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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-07-01, Page 2,;441140: Wko R. tki4 own,ma? iiiiiiiiiiiiiii i44114' arilliii°41111511411MOONI 41* .1 4S ii ii Y*- FOR MEMBERS who have Maximum Insurance Benefits on Shares BASEBALL LADIES DAY TODAY Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 `fie exefer`kintes-Abuocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A.., O.W.N.A., C.C.N.R. and ABC PUBLISHERS: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott EDITOR: William Batten The Times-Advocate is pleased to announce two changes in its staff lineup. John Nagel follows the footsteps of two older brothers and joined the staff this week to handle advertising. Morley Chalmers, ad manager since last October, takes over a variety of responsibilities, among them, advertising direction, the Lucan Shamrock, design on job printing and other publications. John's older brother, Cornelius, served with The T-A for five years as linotype op- erator and darkroom technician. He is now with the Blenheim News-Tribune. Simon Nagel was with the paper four years working on job printing. He is attending Hope College, Holland, Mich. John, who has just completed grade 13 at South Huron District High School, has Worked at The T-A on odd jobs on Saturdays for the past five years. During the summer monthsJohn will gradually take over the reins of T-A advertising with the expectation of handling all of it by next fall. This falls in line with The T-A's continuing policy of a constantly expanding service to help Canada's best farm land prosper even more. To Serve You Better OieferZiniesitioomfe Helping Canada's Best Farmland Prosper Some Changes Made ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne One person FIRST MORTGAGES FARMS *** RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL Prompt, Confidential Service THE INDUSTRIAL MORTGAGE & TRUST COMPANY Established 1889 Contact Our Representative: JOHN BURKE REALTOR and INSURANCE PHONE 235-1863 EXETER Who will be responsible? Don't let it be you, or anyone you drive with ROAD SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY EDITORIALS Familiarity breeds accidents The area's accident record over the past two or three weeks has been deplorable, and while damage has been substantial, for- tunately there have been few serious injuries. However, let's not press our luck too far! doing things they'd never even consider at- tempting while visiting another community or a city. Take any given day in Exeter—or any neighboring community—and you'll find very few drivers who signal turns into their lane- ways or onto most streets; few have the courtesy to indicate to other drivers they plan to stop and pull into a parking spot; numerous persons drive up to the post office and other buildings and just stop in the cen- tre of the road and jump out to run their errands; delivery trucks double park on the main street or pull just a few feet around a side street and seriously hinder traffic move- ment. West — as a doctor who has given her life to serve. In every walk of life there are still those who take seriously Jesus' words that we are to be the salt or the leaven which will influence the whole lump of so- ciety. He was asked to define His "Kingdom". He did so by say- ing: "It is like a grain of mus- tard seed" -- a small thing, but it will grow. "It is like leaven" — or yeast, and as Paul said: A little leaven leaventh the whole lump". And how right he was. How small the seed of the Christian faith was: a little baby born in a harsh land where human flesh was cheap: a teacher standing on a hillside: a condemned man killed on a Cross: an empty grave: eleven astounded m e n and a handful of women — how could something so insignificant as all this grow to influence the whole world — but it did! So it is that each person still, for better or worse, exerts in- fluence on other people. Our at- titudes, our actions and ultima- tely even our thoughts and ideas rub off on other people. Inspir- ing living is catching. So, too, is shoddy, haphazard, devil-may- care living. The effect of our at- titudes then is multiplied whe- ther we like it or not. So the only question that remains is not whether one person still exerts any influence in our time — the question is only what type of influence will it be? Someone has said that we come into other peoples' lives either like the fog which is cold, depressing and makes every- body clammy and discouraged or we come like the sun to warm and to encourage. Which will it be? The chances are good that our influence will be positive only as there has been and is One who first in- fluences us. Exeter Community CREDIT UNION A review of the crashes indicates the main causes are primarily a disregard for the simple rules of the road. Drivers are exceed- ing the normal speed limits, following others too closely, failing to give ample signal of their intentions in turning or stopping, etc., etc. Ironically perhaps, many of the crashes could be avoided with the most simple pre- cautions, yet few drivers can deny any guilt in performing many of these simple acts, such as signalling stops and turns and follow- ing others at a reasonable and safe distance. The answer to this can partially be found in the statistics which show most peo- ple become involved in accidents within a short distance of their homes, indicating they are extremely familiar with conditions in the area. It is this familiarity which often cre- ates a sense of "protection" for drivers, and as stated, figures show that their attitude should be just the opposite, as their home area is actually the one which poses the most danger to them. A study of the driving habits of most people in any small community would find some incredible situations. You'd find them Devon Bldg. 235-0640 Harold Patterson, Manager In view of the complex gi- gantic problems which confront society what on earth can one person do? Is it possible for one Person to influence their community and make it abetter place in which to live? Is there anything one person can do to strengthen a nation? Surely one person can have little effect on such a large area as the renewal of church and society? This is a day of big things and big problems and we tend to Pqsume that the solutions will be dramatic and spectacular -- but it is not necessarily so. H. F. Matthews tells of being shown around one of Britain's 18 sugar beet factories. This one factory processes 105 tons of beets an hour through super cleaver knives. It mixes and extracts, filters, crystallizes, cooks, and prepares until it is finally packaged in 28 pound,,, bags. Most of the process is un- seen — huge machines and vats which are managed by men who watch a gallery of electronic dials do most of the work. But one part of the process partic- ularly caught his attention. When the juice is purified and ready to be made into sugar it is boiled in a monster pan. A man watches his controls carefully and then at exactly the right moment he pops in a tiny spoonful of powdered white sugar. What for? Well, because that small amount dropping sud- denly into the ton or two of boil- ing juice helps all the sugar to form quickly into crystals. One small spoonful does so much. In much the same way, his- tory's greatest movements can often be traced back to one per- son who has laid the groundwork in thought and action. So today it is no surprise to still find people who exert tremendous influence on the life around them. Every so often for ex- ample we find those who have the knack of encouraging people to be finer men and women. A friend of a famous British foreign minister once visited him and when asked why he came he said, "I have come for a talk because I was feeling depressed this morning and wanted to be made to feel two inches taller." In 1945 Naples, Italy was haunted by gangs of beggar ur- chins who roamed the city and created havoc and fear. It was Father Mario Borrelli who showed the way through by iden- tifying himself with these kids, providing them with a home — and for 20 years LaCasa has been a story of the reclamation of human life. In an east Harlem Protestant parish a small group of minis- ters and their wives are doing a fantastic piece of work seeking to transform the society around them. Also in New York City, Rev. Da:71d Wilkerson, a Pente- costal, is reaching many so- called juvenile delinquents — a work summarized in his book "The Cross and the Switch- blade." A few weeks ago a little wo- man of great courage and dedi- cation received her honorary doctorate from Western Uni- versity. Dr. Margaret Strang Savage has left her mark on the And so it goes . . . . and so does our accident record, although to be sure when you count the number of "close calls" one sees every day, the traffic toll is actually rather "respectable". In view of the mounting traffic toll and the continuing increases in auto insur- ance, it behooves each driver to consider the fact that it is only his safe practices which will appreciably reduce either figure. And perhaps it's time that local police start a concerted crackdown on the "minor" regulations which many now flaunt. There's nothing better than a traffic ticket to make people aware that their driving habits aren't What they should be, and they're much less costly than an accident. Congratulations Another school year has concluded and graduates have been commended for their efforts and challenged to maintain their desires and ambition to ensure success in the next pursuit which they will choose to fol- low. No doubt all those who have succeed- ed in the past year have been justly reward- ed, not only by material gifts, but the self satisfaction that comes from achieving any goal which one strives to attain. This newspaper adds its congratula- tions to all those who have been successful, particularly to those who by their hard work attained standings which were above those to which their abilities would normally permit access. These are obviously the people to whom the opportunities in life will fall, for no one can afford to languish in the thought that his abilities are such that success will come without hard work, regardless of how great his abilities may be. While words of praise are due those who have been successful, it is obviously those who have not been successful who war- rant more concern for they are in the minor- ity, and it is always most difficult to be in this group. There are many reasons why students do not succeed at school, and many of these reasons are very legitimate. Therefore a type of carte blanche condemnation should not be HELEN JOYCE "Last day of school ! Be sure and bring home plenty of aspirin tonight!" . • • • and try again levelled against those who failed to acquire the standards needed for promotion. There are students who through intel- lectual or physical handicaps are just not able to progress at the speed of others; some do not realize soon enough that more work is required of them than in previous years; some do not receive the leadership from their parents to assist them in their education; and many become involved in so many other interests that they neglect their studies. Some of these reasons are naturally more excusable than others, but all are ex- cusable if they are corrected where possible. After all, any man may make a mistake but only a fool will continue in it. Parents, friends and student should realize that some degree of failure is inevit- able for every person, and while most people experience such failures, they are for some strange reason often unable to make allow- ances for failures by others. Whether a student has a reasonable excuse for failing or not, it is important that he not be so discouraged by failure that he will not risk making a second attempt. There is nothing final in failure ex- cept its being taken as final and except in extreme cases it should be noted that words and actions of punishment would be better displaced by words of encouragement in an effort to instill a determined "try again" at- titude that is so much a part of success. 50 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. John Came of the Thames Road celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary Saturday afternoon June 9. Rev. and Mrs. Muxworthy and Miss Margaret of Exeter at- tended the closing exercises at Alma College, St. Thomas, when their daughter Miss Vera gra- duated in vocal music and Mis- tress of English Literature. Rev. R. M. Hamilton of Tor- onto, an old Cromarty boy, will be speaker at the jubilee ser- vices June 27. A deputation of young men led by T. 0. Southcott waited on the Council and asked for the use of a strip of land behind the Library building for a tennis court. The matter was referred to the Library Board. Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dep't, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid-in-Advance Circulation, September 30, 1964, 4,063 25 YEARS AGO Stan Smith, town,, has ac- cepted a position with 131.11Ker- rigan's Orchestra of Windsor for the summer months. A six-leaf clover was brought into the office last week by Ivan airtzei of Stephen. Mr. Leonard McKnight, who has held the position of Cap- tain in the Huron-Middlesex regiment, has been called to join the regiment now being formed at Strathroy. Mr. H. C. Carey, who has been associated with Mr. Gar- net Flynn in the barber busi- ness, has purchased a business of his own at Glencoe and will take possession July 11. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year; USA OA 16 YEARS AGO gaits hill known as wile Mountain" between Cromarty and Staffa is being lowered 13 feet and the cut is being widen- ed to reduce winter ice-haz- ards. Grade 8 pupils from the schools of the district who will be attending high school in the fall, are being brought to Exeter this week and shown over the school so they will have some idea of the set-up when the new term begins in the fall. More than 75 attended the first ladies night for Exeter Kinsmen at the Brenner's Ho- tel. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Del- bridge were honored Thursday evening when friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hern, Winchelsea, to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary. 10 YEARS AGO Beta Sigma Phi Sorority is proceeding with its plans to build a wading pool in Victoria Park. Much of the labor is be- ing volunteered. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones and family left on Tuesday for their new home in Port Credit where Mr. Jones has secured a position on the High School staff. R. D. Jermyn, Exeter coun- cillor, was elected president of the Huron County industrial Promotion Board at its second reorganization meeting Wed- nesday night. The Ausable River Conser- vation Authority established its office in Exeter this week. 11. G. Hooke, secretary-Heldman for the Authority, will he in charge of the office. ."7- • . 41 _... . XMIUkA