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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-07-08, Page 2Davies Grant & Patterson DEVON BUILDING CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Municipal Auditors • PH 235-0120 EXETER Office Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m . Exeter Public Utilities Commission NOTICE to WATER CONSUMERS. The Public Utilities Commission is forced to limit the use of hoses for watering of lawns and gardens. Effective immediately, and until further notice, the follow- ing schedule for the use of hoses will be permitted: West Side of Main St. Mon. Wed. Fri. 7-9 p.m. East Side of Main St. Tues. Thur. Sat. 7-9 p.m. This regulation will be strictly enforced and your co- operation will be greatly appreciated. H. L. DAVIS Manager EDITORIALS GUEST ARTICLE Responsibility rests with public Native gets plaudits 0: In recent weeks two Ontario newspapers have published ar- ticles featuring natives of the South Huron area and the ac- counts of these stories have been sent to The Times-Advo- cate for publication. From The Weekly at Port Credit comes a story on Ferris Cantelon, a native of Hensall, who has enjoyed a long teaching career Ferris Cantelon ities today with a selection of areas in which to carry out their work at little difference in salary throughout the whole country, At the same time, the profession is more demanding and strenuous than before. This teacher of long standing has no definite plans for his retirement and, although his hobbies are fishing and garden- ing, no doubt his active mind will seek another outlet to satis- fy him. "Sorry to call you on your coffee break, Wiggins, but it's the only time I can find you." factors such as the twist, the Beatles and hot-rods! As the student matures, these tend to be placed in their proper per- spective." He finds too that the teenager of today has much wider horizons; He is less difi- dent; He has a more enquiring mind and is easier in conver- sation. Naturally, Mr. Cantelon has had the pleasure of meeting many of his former pupils after they had gone out into the world. Not all of them had been bril- liant at school and he feels that, "All too frequently we teachers tend to criticize the few negative students with whom we come into contact. Many of them rise above their deficiencies and give us the lie by becoming solid citizens. We should be glad of the great proportion of con- scientious, sincere and hard- working s tudents in our clas- ses." What about the t e ac hers themselves? Mr. Cantelon says they have wonderful opportun- ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne P We don't know of anything placed in the hands of people falls directly onto the people themselves. However, while the argument may be sound, it does nothing to provide a remedy for the situation, which even the beverage manufacturers would probably agree is dan- gerous, unsightly and deplorable. Legislation in Ontario at both the pro- vincial and municipal level provides penalties for people who think nothing more of our countryside than to use it as a garbage dump, but again this does little to help the situation because enforcement of such rules is, at most times, extremely difficult. While we may question the intelligence of litter-bugs, it is a fact that most of them are smart enough to perform their acts only when they are not being watched. This indicates not only that people realize they are wrong in their acts to some extent, but also points out that litter-bugs are very childish. And similar to children, it appears that others will have to continue to pick up after them. More garbage containers, promotional work and strict enforcement of rules regard- ing littering may help to some extent, but the problem of people not taking care of our lovely landscape probaly will end on the same day that 100c7c of our population shows a sin- cere interest in all aspects of the welfare of our country; such as turning out on election day. attending nomination meetings, taking their part in community activities, etc., etc. Unfortunately, that day appears to be a long way off, Despite the dangerous world situation confronting mankind, the Viet Nam crisis ap- pears minor in comparison to the open war that is being fought against beverage manu- facturers now employing cans and disposable containers for their drinks. Editorial writers are suggesting "the menace" will soon make Ontario's streets and highways nothing short of one huge garbage pile and some municipal councils are even petitioning the government to outlaw the use of disposable containers due to a similar fear and the expense they think they will soon' meet in employing people to clean up parks and streets. There is no doubt that the situation could get out of hand, but the issue is pri- marily a problem of our society and any cor- rective action should necessarily come from the populace, not the beverage manufactur- ers, Obviously, there is no precedent to suggest that the beverage manufacturers should be denied the right to use whatever containers they wish, just because people do not show common sense in using them. After all, we do not point accusing fingers at car manufacturers because people often use their products unwisely and create untold deaths and injuries, although it is plain to see that in reality products turned out by car manu- facturers are creating situations much more dangerous than beverage manufacturers will ever equal. There are, of course many other com- parisons that could be used to point up con- clusively that the responsibility for the use Party of the third part An editorial in a recent issue of The St. Marys Journal-Argus points up a public service rendered by the press that few peo- ple stop to consider. This is how the matter is explained: While the fact is generally not recog- nized by the reading public, the Press has long operated as a sort of "United Nations" with its ''peace keeping" confined largely to squabbles within the various levels of govern- ment. The value of the press as a "whipping post" should not be underestimated. As the party of the third part, reporting on a civic uproar, a reporter tries to keep his story as unbiased as possible. Words are only words and may well be interpreted in any given number of ways. The numerous meanings taken from the Bible by varying religious groups is vivid evidence of this fact. Consider the mythical case of Charlie Jones who has said something in council .-,-• which might conceivably cost Harmony Smith a few dollars were his suggestion to be fol- lowed. Naturally, Charlie is on the defensive when Harmony collars him along the main stem and proceeds to tear him apart. Where would Charlie turn if it were not to the press who were "misinformed" and who also "mis- interpreted" and '`misquoted" everything Charlie said; at least according to Charlie. It invariably ends with Charlie ,ind Harmony in complete rapport and the press as "those guys who will do anything to sell papers". While we expect nothing to change as a result of these paragraphs (indeed the press is quite happy and unconcerned about this aspect of its operations) the above is an in- dication of what might be termed a "public service" not generally recognized by the pub- lic, / % PAID ON GUARANTEED TRUST CERTIFICATES • issued in amounts from $100 upwards for 3, 4 or 5 years. • earn the above indicated interest, payable half-yearly by cheque. • authorized investment for all Canadian Insurance Companies and trust funds, BATT'N AROUND WITH THE THE EDITOR Do they care about us? THE STERLING Rusnrs "There are plenty of weeds for wildlife to feed on, but it prefers our roses, our mums, our glads and anything else we'd like to keep for ourselves. And Bre'r Rabbit — doesn't he like to winter kill any thing soft enough for him to get his nib- blers into? "Come summer, and if you go out to protect your carrots and roses the mosquitoes eat you up. Now they are claiming that DDT is killing the bald eagle. But we find that DDT and other things will kill the mos- quitoes, and definitely we prefer to protect bald us rather than the bald eagle." We're not sure how much agreement the writer will get from nature lovers, but his point is well taken. 372 Bay St., 35 Dunlop St., 73 Mississaga E., Toronto Barrie Orillia With a rising level of educa- tion the danger is very real that we will produce a genera- tion of know-it-alls. There is nothing more sicke Ling than to encounter half-educated people who think they know all there is to know about everything. I find in my own experience that the more a person comes to know about any subject the more he begins to realize all that he does not know about it. The fact is we often lack proof in many areas of life. When I majored in Economics it was assumed that economists could predict with reasonable accu- racy — but there are unknown variables. We have found out before and may well find out again that human nature throws even the best theory down the sewer. We tend to think that today science will answer all pre- viously unanswered questions. But listen to these words from two scientists: "The ultimate realities of the universe are at present quite beyond the reach of science and probably are forever beyond the comprehen- sion of the human mind". And these: "We don't know the millionth part of one percent about anything. We don't know what water is. We don't know what light is. We don't know what gravitation is. We don't know what enables us to keep on our feet when we stand up. We don't know what electricity is. We don't know what heat is. We don't know anything about magnetism. We have a lot of hypotheses about these things but that is all. But we do not let our ignorance about all these things deprive us of their use." The scientist then often lacks proof — he has to experiment with his hypothesis. This same humility should A school teacher of the dis- trict who has practised his pro- fession for 40 years is Ferris C. Cantelon of Cooksville. He will be retiring officially in June this year from Port Credit Sec- ondary School. Ferris C ante 1 on graduated from London Normal School in 1925 and his first teaching post was at Onondaga Continuation School where, for three years, he taught all the subjects of the first two years of the secondary school course. Remuneration for his work at that time was $1,100 per annum. Of his abil- ity for the task he says unpre- tentiously with wry humor, "I was quite ill pepared, but ig- norance was bliss and I stag- gered through, but I must have been an object of concern to the hard-bitten inspectors of that era!" That may, or may not have been so, but he moved to his home town of Hensall, Huron County in 1928 as principal of a two-room ContinuationSchool where a student could progress to the end of grade XII and then write departmental examina- tions for admission to the grade XIII course. After four years at Hensall, Mr. Cantelon took a similar post at Schomberg and spent 11 years there. It was in 1933 that Schomberg supplied Ferris Cantelon with a bride and he was married to Miss Jeanne Farquhar of that town. They have one son, Bruce of Oakville and a daughter, Bet- ty, (Mrs. D. McMahon) Cooks- ville and five grandchildren. In 1943, Mr. Cantelon came to Cooksville where he taught in the Continuation School for ap- proxiately eight years before joining the staff of Port Credit Secondary School. For the past 14 years he has taught mathe- matics to the students of that school, with the exception of several months recently when he has been on extended sick leave. He was staff sponsor of the Students' Council in the school for six years and he or- ganized their annual Activity Banquet for two years. In 1955, he obtained his B.A. degree extramurally from the Univer- sity of Toronto. It is almost inevitable that anyone with Mr. Cantelon's ex- perience in the teaching field be asked to compare the stu- dents of yesterday with those of today. He finds this awk- ward to assess because of his background among pupils of ru- ral or semi-rural areas. On this basis of comparison, he feels that those of a generation ago were more self-reliant than the pupils in large urban or sub- urban schools in this age. "A- part from this" he says, "their fundamental qualities have not changed greatly when one strips away the impact of transitory 11 1 11 11 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 cently bought a garage in Hen- sall, expects to move there shortly. Hon. Ray Lawson, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will pin RCAF pilots' wings on 32 air- men during graduation cere- monies at RCAF Station Cen- tralia on Friday. Miss Norma Wilson, operator at the Lyric Theatre, has re- ceived word from Toronto of her operator's license qualify- ing her as a licensed operator for any theatre in Ontario. Robert Nicol, Carl Schwalm, Lorne Lamont, Dick Watson and Charles Seymour have enlisted in Canada's special United Na- tions Brigade for Korea. NOTICE TO DESTROY NOXIOUS WEEDS Miss LaMarsh fortunately is not responsible for the Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics. If she were, she might look up the life-expectancy tables and find that, whether they smoke or not, 40 percent of the boys and a lower percentage of girls will die before 70. While Miss LaMarsh should be encouraged to continue her fight against smoking, we note that she has ended up in the same plight as many others who have kicked the weed, Reports of late have Miss LaMarsh several pounds over the weight she enjoyed when she was a chain smoker. The question of smoking un- fortunately is much similar to that pesticide business we men- tioned previously. Many smo- kers who have what it takes to quit smoking start putting on the poundage and the medical experts are agreed that extra weight can lead to serious health problems. It is also a fact that the economy of this country would take a drastic decline if the money poured in through cigar- ette taxes was lost. Not only that but what would happen in the lush tobacco growing areas of Ontario if they suddenly lost their markets? Where would the —Please turn to page 3 There is an increasing ten- dency to cite what purport tube facts and figures in an effort to uphold or demolish arguments. "Purport" is the operat iv e word in this connection. Miss Judy LaMarsh, Cana- da's health minister, recently told young people gathered at Carleton University that if smo- kers continue their present ha- bits, one million North Ameri- can young people will die before the age of 70. In the past few years the use of pesticides and insecticides has been credited with incrPq sing farm and garden crops con- siderably, but the gain has not been without some accompany- ing loss. Many persons have died from improper use of these deadly chemicals and we are being constantly reminded that the balance of nature is being up- set dangerously in some instan- ces and the result could be disastrous for mankind. Experts tell of the dangers being presented to wildlife in the indiscriminate use of sprays of one type and another. This -would suggest that some steps should be taken to alter the situation, but this is obviously not the concern of a writer on the Ridgetown Dominion. He doesn't think mankind should be all that concerned about wildlife, noting that the question he wants answered is what does wildlife care for us? "We keep our bird feeders full all winter and the birds show their gratitude by eating up all our cherries and straw- berries. We put out feed for the squirrels and they strip our apricot tree as thanks. They don't want the fruit — only the nut, to get which, they destroy the fruit, owners all Nox- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to property in urban and subdivided areas to destroy ious Weeds as often as necessary in each season, to prevent their going to seed. Also gs. .1- after July 10, 1965_, proceedings will be taken= P.- to destroy Noxious Weeds in accordance with the Weed Control Act. Fs_ Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. ALEX CHESNEY Huron County Weed inspector E. F.--. 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 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $1.00 Per Year; USA $5.00 10 YEARS AGO R. D. Jermyn, Exeter coon- cillor, was elected president of the Huron County Industrial Promotion Board at its second reorganization meeting Wed- nesday night. Grand Bend was swamped by the largest crowd in its history over the hot holiday Weekend. Estimated at 20,000, the crowd was thousands more than the summer resort could accom- modate. Harry 0. Brown, engineer from London who never misses a chance to buy a ticket on a car, won Exeter Kinsmen's raf- fle for a 1955 hard top on Dominion Day. Purchase or expropriation of the Pinery for a public park novt rests in the hands of the Ontario cabinet. attend our conversations about God. It needs to be said that God can't be fully described in our petty concepts. We don't have all the answers. If we did, faith would not be required of us. We don't know very much about how God comes into a human life — we can't pigeon-hole Him or bind His Spirit and say — He is here and not there. When we think of God we have to do so in terms of symbols or pictures — and these are always inadequate. Even at the heart of the Christian faith where we believe we see God most clearly there is still mystery. We believe we see God in the person Jesus Christ. We believe we see the self- giving of God at the Cross — but this is a source of wonder, a source of bafflement, a thing of such mystery that faith is re- quired. But faith begins when we are aware of the fact that we don't know all there is to know. Presi- dent Lowell of Harvard used to describe the voyage of Col- umbus this way: "WhenColum- bus started he didn't know where he was going. When he arrived he didn't know where he was and when he'd returned he didn't know where he'd been." He didn't know the world was round — he had to set out to prove it. There was a great deal he didn't know yet his faith and the venture it produced added immeasurably to the future of our world. Every time we think we have our understanding of God cut, wrapped, and tucked away we should listen again to Paul:"We walk by faith not by sight"; "we see through a glass darkly"; "faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen". "we look not at the things which are seen but the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are tem- poral but the things which are not seen are eternal". I am trying to say that faith in God is something you cannot fully explain, understand or dis- sect. It is something you can only experience. Harry Emerson Fosdick once put it this way: "How do we know what anger is? By being angry. How do we know what romantic love is? Surely not by hearing Freud analyze it or Browning sing about it but by experiencing it. For example we can't tell an unkissed person what a kiss is like — he has to try for him- self. How do we know what a lovely home is like? Only by having one ourselves". So may we not let our ignor- ance about God deprive us of faith, of fellowship. Personal relationships always involve this element of trust, of experi- ment. There is much we do not know, much we do not see. But in the person Jesus we see God'S for- giveness, His acceptance of us — His love for us — of that we can be sure. Amelia Burr once described love this way: "I am not sure the earth is round, nor that the sky is really blue. The tale of why the apples fall may or may not be true. I do not know what makes the tides nor what tomorrow's world may do. But I have cer- tainty enough — for I am sure of you." Being sure of a person re- quires faith — we don't know in any mathematical sense — but when we say "I know my Re- deemer lives" that "know- ledge" of faith rings as true as 2 plus 2 equals 4 because it is the result of experience of its reality. Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 "OetxeferZintes-A6uorafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A.., C.C.N.R, and ABC PUBLISHERS: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southeott EDITOR: William Batten Ptc2414, rid 1:7 50 YEARS AGO Mr. G. H. McAvoy left Mon- day morning for Niagara on the Lake where he has accepted a position as druggist. Reeve J. W. Taylor, Coun- cillor Dr. G. F. Holliston and Clerk Jos. Senior are attending the official opening of Western Ontario's first hydro Radial railway from London to Port Stanley today. Mr. J. Elston of town was in Hensall for a few days assist- ing in refitting D. Urquhart's Oatmeal Mill which is again to be put in operation. Mr. Herman Elliott, who has been working at Lucan, has moved to Sarnia where he has secured a position on one of the boats that sail from Sarnia to Duluth. 25 YEARS AGO Ratepayers of SS No. 4 and SS No. 5 Usborne packed the Eden school Tuesday evening to organize a Red Cross unit. Dominion Day was quietly spent in Exeter. Quite a.number attended the races at Stratiroy; others went to Grand Bend, Rev. James and Mrs. Anthony of Motherwell moved to their home In Exeter last week. Privates Chester Cornish and Jack Brintnell of Camp Borden were home on leave the latter part of last week. 15 YEARS AGO Mr. Ed Westcoit of Usborne has purchased the brick resi- dence of Thomas Coates, An- drew St. Mr. Coates, Who re-