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For a worthy cause
Sometimes it takes only a little news story to
spark the interest of a community. This was the case
with the proposed band for the Town of Exeter.
When Bruce Cann offered council $50 for the band
instruments, uniforms and sheet music he had little
thought of the number of people who would step in
and offer assistance.
Since purchasing the instruments, offers of
help have been flowing in steadily, and a band con-
cert is scheduled for October 20 in an effort to raise
funds to support the new band.
The Strathroy band heard of Bruce Cann's
efforts shortly after the report appeared in the T-A.
They immediately held a meeting and decided to vol-
unteer their services to hold a concert to help raise
money for this project. Others have followed this
lead. The local Legion is donating their auditorium
for the evening. The Legion Auxiliary is providing
lunch for the bandsmen while Tuckey Beverages and
Exeter Dairy are providing beverages for this.
Roelofs Florists are donating corsages for the wives
while the T-A supplied tickets and publicity.
The Honorable C. S. MacNaughton, former
president of the local band committee will make a
special trip from Toronto to assume the duties as
chairman for the evening.
And all of this came about because of a small
news story published as a report of council business.
It proves that people do have a heart to assist a
worthy cause, and that they do not have to be prod-
ded or bullied into making a donation when they see
one man struggling to help the youth of the town.
We suspect that council wishes they had do-
nated the band instruments to Mr. Cann rather than
accepting his money. Had this been the case the re-
port might not have caught the imE.gination the way
it did.
The band is still in need of smaller instru-
ments such as trumpets and coronets. If there are
such instruments laying around unused they would
be a welcome addition to the band. About 50 young-
sters are now attending the practice sessions of the
new Marching Ambassadors and not all of them have
instruments. A good attendance at the band concert
will greatly assist the band in getting a good start.
It is a worthy cause.
"And while I was counting to ten like you told me—
he let me have it!"
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ONE MAN'S OPINION
by John C. Boyne
Where
is God?
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Think before you shoot
With the arrival of cool weather more and
more sportsmen will be taking to the fields as "hunt-
ing season" has arrived. The game supply in. Huron
county is fairly plentiful but there are still those
who, failing to bring down a live target, will take
out their disappointment on stationary objects. These
will include everything from signs to insulators, tin
cans to bottles and just about anything else which
might catch the hunter's eye.
Not all hunters take this attitude fortunately
but there are a great number who find it impossible
to go for a trek in the country without firing their
gun a few times. There is mute testimony to this
within a short drive of Exeter. In Hay township signs
have been obliterated by numerous shots and attach-
ments to windmills show gaping holes, in tribute to
someone's marksmanship with a shotgun.
Insulators are also a favorite target although
this year it may be a little more expensive than
formerly. Under a 1965 amendment to the Public
Utilities Act the maximum fine for breaking insu-
lators has been raised from $20 to $300. Convicted
persons are also liable for all damages arising from
their irresponsible trigger work.
The damage and disfigurement caused by this
type of hunter is almost impossible to assess but it
is a growing problem to which a form of control
must be found. Heavier penalties may make some
of these people think twice before pulling the trig-
ger but the main program must be in education,
Thorough training of boys before they are given a
licence for a gun should include lectures pointing
out the seriousness of this problem and the penalties
set out for this.
With the editor in
Dear Craig:
Well, we have a beautiful political battle
shaping up here in our riding of Huron. I
suggested editorially at an earlier date it
would be difficult to stimulate .interest
in an election at this time, but from the
turnout of both major parties at nomina-
tion meetings, it would appear that. I was
wrong. Both the Liberals and Conserva-
tives have had larger than normal con-
ventions. And, added to this, a few of the
usual types have banded together and are
planning on holding a NDP nominating
convention within the next week or two.
They don't stand a chance, but they can
hurt the commonsense voter by picking
up some of the strays.
There are so many people who have only
one side of the picture, one viewpoint on
an election, that it is really pitiful. If
they could only take a glimpse behind the
scenes, or even attend both nomination
conventions,I am sure their outlook on
politics woud be greatly altered.
I think most reporters must feel as I
do, that this is similar to a game of chess,
and the greatest enjoyment is watching
the moves of the two players, the two
parties, and attempting to guess what
their next move might be. It is an edu-
cation as well as an enjoyment to attend
meetings of both parties and listen to the
propaganda which is tossed out to the
party faithful. This goes for both parties
so I am apt to find both sides down my
neck for this statement.
To give an example or two I must refer
to the Liberal nominating convention which
was the first held in the riding. A young
fellow, Mait Edgar, (36 years old) won the
nomination hands down. He has a varied
background, but appears to be a worker
and is probably the best candidate the Li-
berals have had in this riding for some
time. He has a couple of drawbacks, one
that he has not stayed in any one field for
a long period of time to have deep ties
of friendship and family. But he has con-
stantly been improving his qualifications
and has risen through the ranks from
a public school teacher to a high school
teacher. Comment has it that he appears
to be a bit of an opportunist, and has some
reputation of dropping interest in a thing
as soon as he has reached his goal. He has
good references and qualifications, and has
the support of the Kinsmen clubs, being a
past governor of the district.
As a point of reference, the incumbent
in this riding was a man named Elston
Cardiff who has held the riding for the
conservatives for the past 25 years and
was one of the oldest sitting members in
the house. He is 76 years old.
At the convention the Liberal war cry
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was of course, younger men and younger
faces in government. One of the classic
references to this by a speaker was, "we
passed a law that senators should retire
at age 75, our only mistake was that we
should have made this law for members
of parliament as well." This was direct
reference to the present incumbent who
had, to this point, indicated he would be
standing for nomination again. This of
course, sparked enthusiasm in the faith-
ful, and most walked away with high hopes.
The next move in the chess game was
still to come.
One day before the Conservative no-
mination, five days after the Liberal
convention, the incumbent announced he
was retiring to enjoy his life, although
he was still in good health. You can imagine
the consternation in the Liberal camp.
Although most of them did not know this,
the decision was made after the Liberal
convention, as a counter move. Few people
will ever know what was said to convince
the incumbent to step down but he looked
anything but a happy man at the conserva-
tive nomination meeting. He pledged his
help and support, but in a rather bitter
manner asked to speak to the gathering,
"as this might be the last time I am al-
lowed to speak to a group such as this".
The ballot chairman at the conservative
nomination meeting gave the whole show
away when he admitted that the decision
to have a younger candidate was not made
until the executive meeting on the Friday
night, following the Liberal nomination.
They delayed their decision until after
the Liberals tipped their hand. He said this
in explaining the short amount of time he
had to get the ballots ready and distributed
to the township chairmen. Normally the
incumbent had been nominated without
any power struggle in the party.
Michael Starr, former minister of Labor
in the Diefenbaker government, was at his
blistering best in tearing apart the faults
of the Pearson government of the past two
and a half years. Even a man who is neutral
would shudder at the way the charges were
phrased, and he left no doubt in anyone's
mind that, this would be a campaign of
mud slinging. And he left the impression,
along with the comments of the party whip
Eric Winkler, that this would be in retalia-
tion for the last campaign, when the Li-
berals used the theme of disunity to blast
many of the tories out of office.
The new candidate for the conservative
party, Bob McKinley, was by far the best
speaker and best prepared for the nomina-
tion meeting. He may, however, be over-
doing his public image bit. Believe it or
not, he is doing a takeoff on the president
Kennedy image, complete with grassroots
Kerr's Korner
accent. In his nomination speech he said,
"in the words of President Kennedy, and
we all shed a tear or two when he died, ask
not what the country can do for you, but
what can you do for the country. You all
know my daddy. If he were 10 years young-
er he'd be standing here instead of me.
And my brother Anson, yOu all know him,"
and so it went. There is acertain audacity
in this that could win some of the people
with an agricultural background, but I be-
lieve this is not what will elect him. What
will elect him, and elected he will be,
will be the machine. That famous instru-
ment which is mentioned, pointed at,
cursed and damned, but which defies de-
scription is the instrument which puts men
in office and not their own hackneyed
phrases.
You will notice I have neither supported,
nor condemned either of these two men. I
believe each has something to offer, and
each has much to learn. Both would pro-
bably do their best in a position in Ottawa
and it will depend on the overall quality of
the men in the party which will form the
new government to what avail each could
use his talents if elected.
And lastly I mention the New Democratic
Party. Their nomination meeting is in the
future, but I cannot suggest that this will
be any more than a wasted effort. They
have been described as "hen eaters" and
I believe this nickname might stick. To
understand the term, industry is described
as the hen and taxation as the golden egg.
Most people will agree it is foolish to kill
the hen which lays the golden egg. This is
not the only splinter party I liken to
"socialistic jackels", nipping at the heels
of a system so far above them that they
cannot even understand.
As you know I am opposed to all the
socialistic practices which have been
forced down our throats in recent years,
but I must support one of the two major
parties as they are the best of a poor
choice at the present time.
Both major parties in the riding are
fighting, and fighting hard, but I believe
Huron County will remain Conservative.
As for the remainder of the country, I
would not hazard a guess. Only the men
close to the individual ridings could esti-
mate, and each for his own reasons. I am
inclined to think we may end up with
another minority government but it is too
soon to tell yet. I will be watching the
national scene as well, but I remember the
scandal of years gone by when horses were
found on the payroll, and what the result
was. It will indeed be an interesting battle
— but what do we gain?
As ever
Ken
Our son Richard, who is not
yet four, periodically comes up
with a question that stumps us
for awhile. One that he asked on
holidays that really made us
think was "Where is God?"
We could have evaded the ques-
tion by saying as we do with a
great many other matters: "Wait
until you're a big boy and you'll
find out." But you know and we
knew that you can't say that with
any confidence in this case.
Because "big boys" and indeed
we adults too often ask the same
question. Where is He when things
are rough? Where is He in our
world when there appears to be
so little evidence of His Pre-
sence. There is a great deal of
evidence on the presence of evil
in society—we could believe that
hell in a sense is present now—
but what of heaven, what of God?
We could say with the phrase
from the Lord's Prayer that
"Our Father is in heaven". But
in trying to communicate with a
child or today's average adult
for that matter, that gets you
nowhere. It only leaves still an-
other question: "Where is hea-
ven?" And we can't get out of
that one by saying just above the
clouds either.
The same problem comes up
in "The Robe" by Lloyd C. Doug-
las. Marcellus has been strug-
gling to discover whether there
is any sense to Christianity. He
is talking with Justus, his guide
through Galilee, and he finally
mutters: "If you think Jesus is
alive, where is He?" Justus then
recounted the events of the Re-
surrection and Ascension, but
again Marcellus asks: "Where
Justus, where do you think He
went?"
The reply comes back: "I don't
know my friend. I only know that
He is alive. Sometimes I feel
aware of Him as if He were close
by. It keeps you honest. You have
no temptation to cheat anyone or
lie to anyone or hurt anyone when
for all you know Jesus is standing
beside you. It is a great satis-
faction to have someone standing
by to keep you at your best".
Now this means something to
an adult perhaps but how do you
get that across to a child? How
do you explain that Jesus is still
alive—that He is present still—
how is it so? Where is He?
In one place Jesus said: "In-
asmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto
me." He is saying that we meet
Him: we find Him when we try
to meet the needs of others or
50 YEARS AGO
Little Aljoe Sanders, son of Mr.
Sidney Sanders, is suffering from
an attack of typhoid fever, but is
improving nicely.
Mr. Wilfred Mclsaac of Dash-
wood left Monday morning for
London where he has accepted a
position with the Bell Telephone
Co.
A quiet wedding took place in
Mount Carmel Church Tuesday
morning, the contracting parties
being Miss Laura Dietrich,
daughter of Mrs. Lawrence Diet-
rich, to Alonzo McCann, both of
Stephen.
Hydro men are busy erecting
poles on the streets of Exeter.
25 YEARS AGO
The new Ontario regulations
calling for the registration of all
firearms brought out weapon s
that had been put away for more
years than their owners cared to
admit and covered almost every
type of weapon known to humanity.
Dr. Dunlop is enlarging his of-
fice and building a garage in con-
nection with his residence on
Main Street.
Crediton WI assisted by other
ladies of the community made 795
pounds of jam which was donated
to the Red Cross.
A collection of old papers,
scrap iron, aluminum, rags etc,
for War WOrk will be made in
Exeter by the Boy Scouts on Sat-
urday, October 19.
when we love or when we serve.
He went further when he said:
"The Kingdom of God is within
you"—when love is within God
is within—where love is you
experience God's presence. In a
Quaker book of devotion Jesus
is described as "the human face
of God".
Our vagueness, our sense of
the remoteness of God can be
overcome as we start to look
for Him in Jesus Christ. But
where do we look for Him.
We can say, in the New Testa-
ment or in the Church. But my
boy can't read and the word
Church means nothing but a pile
of bricks at the moment. So
where do you start?
I am firmly convinced that we
have to start by saying something
like this; "When your mother,
your father, your doctor, your
teacher, your friends care for
you, God is there in them. Where
there are those who are trying
to make the place you live a
better place to live, God is
there".
"You will see Him reflected
—feebly for sure—but, still the re
—in the people who possess and
show His love, life and spirit."
So I am saying In effect: Where
Jesus Christ is, God is. Where
His Spirit empowers, strenthens,
and transforms, there God is.
Wherever there is love, concern,
faith, hope, love, or gracious-
ness, God is there. At this sea-
son He is certainly present in
heart felt thanksgiving—children
catch gratitude from us or so
they should.
So I am saying that God can
be found in Jesus Christ, in His
Spirit, in other people and in
ourselves. There is lots of Bibli-
cal evidence for this:
"God hath sent forth the Spirit
of his son into your hearts."
"I travail in birth again until
Christ be formed in you."
"He that dwelleth in love dwell-
eth in God and God in him."
"Love is of God and everyone
that loveth is born of God and
knoweth God."
As we experience love we learn
more of God. As we know more
of Jesus Christ we learn more
of God. As we meet those who
embody His Spirit of love, joy,
peace, gentleness, Christ is be-
ing formed in us and in our
children unless we both strangle
Him first.
In "The Robe", Marcellus'
question: "Where is He?" is
finally answered by Peter, who
when he attempts to explain how
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15 YEARS AGO
The Exeter District High
School Board gave approval to the
Agriculture Department under
Andrew Dixon to proceed with
the building of a barn and the low
tender of F. C. Kalbfleisch &
Son for materials was accepted.
There was an exciting time
around Woodham Saturday even-
ing when the horse shoe fans of
Usborne challenged the brethern
in Blanshard. The former had to
pass up the honors to Blanshard.
Mr. Radford has taken over the
general store in Crediton which
he recently purchased from
Fraser C. Brown.
10 YEARS AGO
Exterior construction of the
new Christian Reformed Church
at Exeter North has been com-
pleted and interior work is ex-
pected to be finished in time for
the church to open early in No-
vember.
Statistics revealed this week
by the Ontario Department of
Agriculture that Huron County
is the top live stock producing
area and the fourth largest grow-
ing district for field crops in
the district.
Frances Green and Allison
Clark won intermediate and ju-
nior girls championships at the
tri-school meet held at the local
school Thursday.
The new truck mail service
began this week and by Wednes-
day was operating right on sche-
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