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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-11-18, Page 4A question of judgement YOUR KEY TO HIGHER INTEREST RATES 4% SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (Chequing Privilege — No Service Charge) Interest is calculated and added To your account /2 yearly 41/4 % SPECIAL DEPOSITS (Minimum $5,000. Withdrawals By Presenting Pass-Book) Interest is calculated on the Minimum monthly balance. 6% Guaranteed Investments (5 Year Term) Interest is payable 1/2 yearly or, if left to accumulate will increase your investment by over 34% in 5 years. 425 Main Street Exeter BELL LINES by W. W. Haysom your telephone manager MOVIES AVAILABLE FOR EXETER CLUBS I'd like to remind Exeter church and social groups and other clubs and organizations that over 60 entertain- ing and educational films are available from the Bell, free of charge, for showing to your members. All are of course professionally done — many in colour — and there are bound to be several which will have particular interest to your group. One favourite is this year's main addition to the Company's film-lending library—a fasci- nating 20-minute film called "Communication". It shows how human beings have communicated with each other down through the ages--:from the caves of pre-history through Egypt, Greece and Rome, right up to modern day Canada. The colour is beautiful, the technique avant garde, and the result is actually emotional. Incidentally, the fim was produced in Canada, especially for the Bell, and certainly shows the tremendous talent this country has for the movie-making art. A free film catalogue which describes the many films available from the Company can be had upon re- quest. If your entertainment committee does not already have one, they need only call our Business Office at 235.1550 and we'll have one forwarded immediately. FOR OVERSEAS CALLS AT CHRISTMAS Reservations to make overseas calls during the extremely busy periods of December 24th to 26th, and December 31st to January 2nd, will be taken starting Monday, November 29th, at 9:00 a.m. Reservations can be made by asking the Long Distance Operator to con- nect you with the Overseas Operator for the desired country. The Overseas Operator will arrange the details with you. Because of the heavy volume of calls during the two peak periods mentioned, I would recommend that if at all possible your overseas calls be placed on other days (no reservations are required). Many Canadian families have soldier or airman sons in Europe and Asia, and a call at Christmas time is especially important for these boys. THAT TIME AGAIN! If you want to take advantage of Christmas this year to give your family something that is really useful all year round, why not order an extension telephone for the kitchen, master bedroom, or workshop? They're only $1 a month! It's T-N-T Trade-in Time, Shove out that old look. Slip in the new look. Now's the time to make the deal of a lifetime on a new range, water heater, washer or dryer. Find out how much your old appliance is worth on a trade-in! Hotson Propane One of the main marks of the mature mind is the ability to appreciate what is best in the past and present. It is to be sensitive both to the value of tradition and to the value of change. This tension is hard to live with and maintain. By nature or temperament or because of circumstances or experienc e, some of us tend to be tradition- alists who hold tenaciously to the past. Others of us with different temperaments and experience are radicals who are impatient with the past. We push aside standards once accepted as au- thoritative, spurn ancient cus- toms and ways of doing things, and welcome whatever is new, revolutionary, or exciting. But it need not be a strict either/or. We don't have to be all revolutionist or all diehard. In Jesus' teaching there is one fascinating phrase on this theme which Is relevant for us: "Every scribe which is instructed into the Kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an house- holder which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old". This is true in a great many areas of life. We can't fully appreciate literature without reading modern authors. But our experience is sadly limited if we overlook Shakespeare, Dick- ens, Milton, the Greeks, the Bible. Both the new and old are required for mature apprecia- tion. The same is true of architec- ture. For example, I love the ancient cathedrals of Europe— basically Gothic in design. But I also admire the thousands of new style churches that have sprung up in Western Europe and North America since the Second War. There is something exciting in the new and some- thing priceless and timeless in the old. This principle applies in poli- tics as well. We need conser- vatives who will seek to main- tain what is positive in our her- itage. But we also need "pro- gressives" who will be "liberal" enough to seek new ways. This is seen in Canada in the two main parties which have slowly incorporated both aspects. Per- haps the time has come in Can- ada when we once again need two main groups with one emphasiz- ing the left and one the right. But our principle of things new and old in combination plays havoc with this oversimplifica- tion, so you in effect find some "conservatives" who are more "liberal" than "liberals" and 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Cecil McLeod has bought a half-interest in the barbering business conducted by Mr. Frank Boyle and in future the business will be conducted under the firm name of Boyle & McLeod. Mr. H. E. Huston of the Exeter Library Board was recently elected vice-president of the Library Association of Huron, Bruce and Perth at a meeting In St. Marys. The picture show at the Dome Theatre Tuesday evening in aid of the Soldiers' Aid Society was well attended. The pictures were good. Miss Follick sang a solo, Rev. Collins introduced Pte. Hu- bert White and both gave recruit- ing speeches. 25 YEARS AGO Fairfield school celebrated the tenth anniversary of its opening Friday, November 8 and also the wiping out of the mortgage. The first teacher in the school was Miss Beryl Hill, the late Mit. (Rev.) Hagelstein. MisS Lenore Norminton of the Hensall public school carried off the Huron County. public speaking championship in the senior class before Huron County council last week. Eight persons appeared before Magistrate C. W. Hawkshaw in police court Friday of last week and paid filleS of five d011arS each for failure to take out radio licenseS. Friday night the Exeter High School held a suCcessful dance When over 300 paid admission to dance to Willis Tipping and his 'Cascade music. vice-versa--no wonder people are confused! In matters of faith too the old and new must be kept in constant tension. Christianity is built on Judaism—the old, It is also not bound by that tradition. Tradi- tional rules and regulations were broken down by Jesus.He offered new insights. So He too brought forth "things new and old". I believe this is good guidance for the Church today: we must be sensitive to the heritage of the past and the value of tradi- tion but we must at the same time be open to the challenge of the present, the need for change, movement and experi- ment. We must be traditionalists in the sense that our criterion will be what is given in Christ and the Bible. There are precious things which must never be lost or surrendered. We must hold with conviction that the Bible is a book through which God speaks; a Book through which He reveals Himself; a Book through which He challenges and comforts; a Book that can never be super- seded; a Book that will always occupy a central, unique place in the life of the Church. But our interpretation of what is given must always involve new insights and fresh thinking. A church that believes in con- tinual reformation: that believes in the Living Lord cannot be static, So I believe we must welcome scholarship where the Bible is concerned. We must not be afraid of the remarkable new research and discoveries and insights into the Bible. We must be open to a fuller, more intelligent under- standing of it. This is an age when we are all taught to under- line intellectual integrity and honesty. To use our minds and the best insights available to us in no way discredits the Bible or our faith. So I believe in the old but I also welcome new insights. I feel I must be constantly pre- pared for new creative experi- ments. I believe that where wor- ship is dull or irrelevant steps should be taken to devise more meaningful patterns of worship. Where old ways of ministering and serving are ineffective new ones must be devised. In my opinion, then, we must be loyal to all that is good and eternal in our faith, but we must also be sensitive to urgent new problems and movements in our time. In short I believe in "things new and old" in every area of life. 15 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Ernie McCarter were installed as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron of Exeter Chapter OES last Wednesday eve- ning. F/O Malcolm G. Graham was presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross by the Governor General Viscount Alexander at Montreal Monday. He is the son of Dr. M. G. Graham, who prac- ticed medicine in Exeter about ten years ago. Mr. A. B. Quennell of Elmira has purchased the Lakeview Poultry Farms and Hatcheries of Exeter following an assign- ment made recently by Sheldon and Kenneth Wein. 10 YEARS AGO MisS Jean Taylor, former star athlete of SHDHS was named Queen of the annual Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Ball Thursday night. Taking part in the crowning cere- monies were Sorority president Mrs. Don Gaiser; sponsor, Mrs. Arthur Fraser, director Mrs. C. Wellington and formersweet- heart, Mrs. Ted Jones. Mr. and Mrs. William Moody celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary Wednesday, Novem- ber 9. Exeter Bantams, who won the WOAA "C" baseball title, were presented with jackets by their sponsors, Exeter Legion, at a banquet last week. Exeter and District Players Guild made plans for production of another three-act play and three one-act plays at its meet- Inv Monday with President ltrs. Art Whilsmith in the chair. .23E0905 GRAND BEND Ofivi'64# "That's Eddie . . , he's the best football player in our • class!" ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne Things new and old IIII11111111111191111111111911111111111111111111111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111111 There are times when, the actions of one news- paper reflects discredit on the complete profession. We belieVe this is to be so in the case of the Lon- don Free Press in their handling of the situation in Stephen Township where 'a shortage in the munici- pality's books has been discovered. This fact in itself is news and certainly worth revealing in a newspaper. This is, in fact, the duty of the newspaper, The question at point is: How far .does that duty extend? We believe the London Free Press has exceeded duty and entered the realm of persecution in this matter. We do not dispute the shortage in the books, We do not dispute that Ross Haugh was the clerk at the time the shortage was incurred. We do not dis- pute the fact that Ross Haugh has admitted respon- sibility. But, we do not believe the complete respon- sibility lies with the clerk. Because the shortages occurred over a long Accidents do happen which apparently are unavoidable. On October 10 a car crashed into the north end of the bridge over the Ausable River kill- ing the driver. Thursday evening two cars collided in a head-on collision on Highway 4 just four miles south of Exeter, The accident occurred on a straight road and for no apparent reason. Two men were killed. In the case of the accident in Exeter it is be- lieved the driver passed out and the car swerved into the bridge, In the more recent accident it is doubtful whether anyone will ever know what caused the driver of one car to swerve into the op- posite lane. Safety editorials, features and lectures ap- parently do little to stop certain types of accidents and so something more is needed. Anyone who looked at the wrecked cars from either of these ac- cidents must realize that the weakness of the auto- mobile must have been a contributing factor. We do not say that the two drivers in the automobiles in the most recent accident would not have been killed had they been driving a stronger made automobile. We do however suggest that the driver of 'the car which crashed in Exeter in October might have been spared had be been driving an auto- mobile of a stronger construction. Automobile manufacturers admit that they can manufacture a vehicle which is much safer but throw up their hands stating the public does not want a car such as this so there is no use in putting One of the unfortunate things in our way of life is the fact that many parents refuse to accept their responsibilities. There are probably many par- ents who consider they are doing their best to raise their children but they are in effect, "freeloaders", taking advantage of the work of other parents. At the risk of raising the ire of many parents we will say that many use youth organizations such as Boy Scouts, Cubs, Brownies, Girl Guides and Minor Hockey as a free baby sitting agency and take all the advantages their children get from these for granted. We see the "old reliable few" out working for these organizations month after month, Some of the volunteers have no children of their own, or their children have now grown up, but they con- tinue with their job because they recognize the need. Parents could and should take an active part With the editor in Tuesday afternoon I was reading of some new inventions which allow for "living better electrically" in the October issue of the Ontario Hydro news and Tuesday evening the great power failure brought home the importance of hydro in our way of We. It is amazing what is being developed to improve life. Take for example the following article from the above mentioned monthly. 'And while we are getting to the bottom of things, here's an item on a new electric toilet trainer for tots that lights up when success has been achieved. According to the manufacturer, it is psychologically harmful to a child to have his mother lift him off to see if he's done his duty. The Baby Biffy gets around the problem with an automatic indicator which lights up when production is deemed sufficient. Sounds like quite a load builder. Now all we need is an electronic forecaster able to predict the intention of kiddies in the pre-potty age group.' An even more significant development will add to the economy of the country over a nine year period. 'One of the hazards associated with earning one's living at the throttle of a big diesel locomotive is about to be eliminated—elimination. Ever since the first Canadian railway began operations 130 years ago, lack of toilet facilities in cabs and cabooses has given rise to jokes and quips about the staying power of railroaders. Electricity is now coming to their rescue. The CNR plans to spend $1,500,000 on a nine year program to equip all its diesels with electric toilets. It thus be- comes the first major railway in North America to get at the seat of the toilet problem. The unit utilizes some of the locomotives electric power to incinerate the wastes, eliminating disposal worries. Obviously the CNR has not been sitting "Or ereferZinteigabuorafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A.., ()MICA., C.C.N.R. and ABC period of time and because the books were in such ObVi0l18 disorder and because of many other facts which come from investigation of this case, we be- lieve there is a moral responsibility to be shared by all members of Stephen Township council and in- deed the bank where the Township's business was transacted. These words are not written because Ross Haugh is a former employee of The Times-Advocate. We will at all times come to the defence of any man or organization we feel is being treated unjustly. The London Free Press described Ross Haugh as an "odd-jobs man who completed a three-year correspondence course for Municipal clerks". We would describe Ross Haugh as a man who has been ill and has now come back to the community and is attempting to face his responsibilities as a citizen. We feel he is doing a good job of this under very. difficult circumstances and we wish him every suc- cess. these in production. We wonder where these men found the proof of their statement. When has the public had an opportunity to purchase such a ve- hicle? Why are cheap good looks more important than safety? A car is a means of transportation and a necessity of our time but manufacturers exploited this and made the automobile a status symbol and a luxury rather than what it was originally intend- ed for. Cheap tin and chrome have been substituted for strength and durability which was the end in view when automobile manufacturers first started in business. We would suggest that for a start police de- partments should call for one of these manufacturers' "safety cars" for use in patrol work. It would not only make the job safer for police officers but it would allow the general public to watch the per- formance of the car and assist in the safety pro- grams of police departments. It might also surprise the experts of the auto- mobile industry in that there is a segment of the population with a degree of common sense who would see the car in operation and create a demand for this product. But then, are the automobile manu- facturers interested in making a car of this type, for with strength would came durability and owners might not want to trade automobiles every year. It is time the 'status symbol' was taken off the automobile. It is a dangerous luxury which costs needless lives every year. in these organizations if they are to function suc- cessfully. There are those who would be exempt from this. That would be parents who are making an active contribution of their time in other endeav- ors in the municipality but there should still be plenty left to fully staff all these groups. This is not the case today. Coaches and man- agers are needed for minor hockey as an example. The lack of these could mean the curtailment to some extent of this organization, or failing this, it could mean that one person is trying to look after too many boys and so all will suffer from .the lack of supervision and training. Perhaps this would be a good time for par- ents to do a little "soul searching" and ask whether he or she is living up to their obligations. There is room for more volunteers in these organizations. Kerr's Korner did not have the radio on and she did not discover how serious it was until she heard it on the transistor radio in the doctor's office. The first thing she heard of course were the rumours of sabotage and she had visions of being left stranded at the doctors while I went chasing news stories. It was a silly thought, but then again, it was probably very close to the truth. Although the failure will cost a great deal in terms of lost man hours and re-- pairs it was probably a good thing in many ways. It certainly made a great deal of people conscious of what could happen to the country if someone wanted to try sabotage. This was one of the problems which will bear serious inves- tigation, because we are, afterall, com- pletely dependent on electricity. This economical life blood of our com- munity is taken for granted to such an extent that were a power failure to occur for two or three days the country would be completely paralized. We should be thankful that the people in the areas Involved did not panic. Al- though many people worried as to the cause of the failure and whether this was indeed an act of sabotage, they carried on to the best of their ability. Civilians stepped in and assisted police in traffic control and many other areas. There was little if any looting and normally impatient drivers reversed their nature for a few hours and acted courteously thus avoiding many major tieups in traffic at intersections. During the blackout it was nice to be able to drive past the local hospital which was the only building in town with emergency supplie s. The interruption proves the value of stand-by equipment. It may be used only once a year but it is still money Well invested. Dangerous luxury Accepting responsibility. down on the job and deserves to be con- gratulated for a major breakthrough in personnel accommodation. At the same time, we wonder if this spells the end to the famous old sign: "Please refrain from flushing toilets while the train is standing in the station". Thinking of the recent power failures which affected some 30,000,000 people I can't help wondering about what some people might have been doing when sudden- ly this section of the world grew dark and many of the facilities which we take for granted in this day and age refused to work. I can imagine the frustration of the modern housewife with a tin of beans half opened on the electric can opener. They would struggle trying to remember where they put the old mechanical type opener and spend another 10 minutes trying to open the rest of the can, only to discover that the electric stove wasn't • working so all the work was in vain. Or, pity the poor housewife who was in the middle of carving a roast using her electric carving knife and having to take an old fashioned knife and attempt to carve by hand. The poor girls really had it tough. In my own case we managed to get a quick supper during one of the intervals when the power came back on for a short period. June had hurt her back and had an appointment at the chiropractor's. She was just nicely on the couch when the power went off again so she probably enjoyed the power failure more than anyone. I would imagine it would be quite comfortable having your back massaged by candlelight until the power came back on again. She was quite worried as to the cause when she discovered the extent of the failure. We were busy at home and so figgifeAgaillEfaiii.aokEirea 1600MMESMERAWATM04;AgfaTIMENSEiMiaRaireintRitTB. PUBLISHERS: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott EDITOR: Kenneth Kerr Authbrizeid as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept, Wawa, smiler' Payment of riiifiite Calif rikagiallOgEZaCiriEZINOWNAMOSEME0iiregMmetaNaLSTMaraiirCEr‘74 • ...ff,,..,.0,4MaiNE:AMEMSZNISVer,Z Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 44