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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-12-02, Page 4EDITORIALS Appropriate penalty IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIgIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I don't usually decry the crass commercialism of the Nor th American Christmas season nor do I usually worry very much about the hours that are spent every day, on T.V. especially, appealing to the acquisitive in- stincts of children. I am probably one of a minority of ministers who usually fully enjoy the secular aspects of the season. But one emphasis in this year's "appeal" or "pitch" to children that creates a mild case of nausea is the "push" on vio- lence via war toys and the various assortment of James Bond type "goodies". Eileen Morris, in an excellent little article in Maclean's pro- vided food for thought on this theme under the title "Agent 007 And the Great Christmas Caper", subtitled "Last year's war toys and brassiere clad dolls seemed bad enough. But now along comes James Bond to flash a startling array of ingenious weapons and pose a bewildering moral dilemma for parents". She starts out by quoting the Voice of Women's appeal to par- ents last year: "Have you noticed the increase in war toys each Christmas? It is time to call a halt—plastic hand grenades, land mines, booby traps, automatic guns, toy missile s, etc.—the whole grisly collection must be repudiated. We the buyers make the ultimate decision". She goes on; "Parents who thought toys were a grim prob- lem last year will go right around the bend this year. For now that cash registers are beginning to ring Noel again a violent new figure has come swinging on to the scene to complicate the argu- ment as never before. James Bond has become Mr. Big with toymakers and retailers". "In the toy business at least 007 is getting the big build up— each year Canadians spend a fantastic $160 million for toys, most of it in the hectic eight weeks before Christmas. "The James Bond 007 Road Race features an authentic model of Bond's famed customized Aston-Martin DB5, fully equipped for action with a varied speed motor sound, bullet shield, tire cutters and automatic guns". "The 007 Automatic pistol shoots plastic bullets. Secret Sam is an international spy set. It's innocent looking attache case packs a pistol that shoots bullets while concealed within the case". "This year many weapons wear camouflage for guerilla fighting. For instance a paratrooper set billed as "a one man junior army" features a camouflaged burp gun with recoiling barrel, bullet shooting, cap firing, 45 automatic with holster and belt, camouflaged helmet with netting, a grenade and a super-snooper 4 way scope. A kit called Attack supplied two field c annons, howitzers, machine guns and mortar units, cases of shells, sand bags and one bombed out house". Her thesis is summed up in these words: "It is our own adult fault that guns make up 10% of the toy market . . . our gift buying created the moppet mafia. And it's a bit late in the day to plead ignorance if the gimmicky secret-agent guns, the battlefield cannons, cowboy der- ringers result in a mess of psychic kinks for our children". She quotes one psychiatrist: "Before deciding to buy any toy we should ask: "What does it tell the child about the world? What does it tell him about him- self?" Things like hockey games, trains, sports equipment, guid- ance toys and others get her blessing. But one expert says "war toys won't make war seem natural, the important thing is the way parents see things: if you are against violence and war your child will reflect this". He may well be right but I'm a great believer in "Pavlov's puppy theory" and "as the twig is bent so grows the tree" and all that. As for me, I think our so- ciety's emphasis on violence and war, glamour et al is simply reflected in toys. I don't like the gimmicks any better than I like the effects of the real thing. It seems to me that once upon a time the emphasis of this season was "on earth peace, goodwill toward men". 50 YEARS AGO Will Snell Jr. seems to be the champion coon hunter of the dis- trict he, having secured 12 pelts this fall. Andrew Carnegie has now about $20,000,000 left of his fortune of almost twenty times that and the greater part of the balance is willed to charities and he may yet die poor, as is his wish. Bert Gillies of the Canadian Bank of Commerce staff was last week transferred to Paris. Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown of Greenway are going to take charge of the Huron House of Refuge. 25 YEARS AGO The Thames Road Farmers Club are booking orders for molasses, Western feed oats, oil cake and hominy. Vera Decker Beauty Shoppe, Marion Pooley Beauty Shoppe and Tomlinson's Barber and Beauty Shoppe have agreed to close Wednesday afternoons and evenings all year. A cablegram was received Wednesday morning from Sapper Andy Easton that he had arrived safely in England. Andy had been stationed for some time at Peta- wawa Camp. A number of friends surprised Mr, and Mrs, A. E. Wuerth on Monday night it being the 000a- slog of their 25th wedding anni- versary. 15 YEARS AGO Sixty new houses at Centralia RCAF station have been built or are under way. Mr. Ray Lammie has been appointed postmaster with duties to commence in the New Year, He recently purchased the post- office from Mrs. W. J. Parsons and is making improvements. J. Grant Mills of Woodham, a student at the University of Wes- tern Ontario, has been awarded a Huron County bursary. 10 YEARS AGO The Bank of Montreal's Exeter office will soon have "around the clock" banking service ac- cording to manager C, E. Shaw. Arrangements are being made for the installation of a night depository. Mrs. Martha Jacob retired De- cember 1 after completing 33 years as matron of Huron County Home. Harry V, Carling, former Exe- ter boy, and son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carling, retired officially as manager of the main branch of the Bank of Commerce in Windsor after serving nearly 30 years in WindSor and45 years with the bank. Plans for a $140,000 dam in Usborne Township to Rrovide water supply for Exeter, a road for the township, and a flood control measure for the Ausabie Authority Were approved by dis- trict officials Tuesday evening. ui Itiv, cotinfe4 jpkiiii mars 1 1_111,11111 II it II i 1 if litt Ir',1 . ukr istm.ral I I. 1)4setilet7 'Si!Ali.11;11:;21.11::::71slii91121$4Z111 i Ifiwoz z.....'''AP,s158191111111/18111Ellr5111,2114gniellet. icti''' Pie life!" -ieeteti I l'191103 430212012419fteMigfike3 OM es RIZ I fifiv a glititit02113121Morbefnes t'M P1111505 ,,,41371911E, fe. -17.MM0600111, Ili Isikiliteer74 1 ,111, mislizafee.1 -N, "... come on, Haroldson, GROW UPI Safe Driving Week is no worse than any other week . • . there's nothing to be afraid of .. ." Safe-Driving Week, December 1 to 7 1111111111111111111111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11111111111111111111111111IIII1111111111111111111111111111I11111111111111111111111111 ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne Enough! 4111$101Mliattilkozcovrrzst4, •• -rPf• - waaagoa:OMO this Sunday, Wednesday afternoon and during the evening throughout the week, Graham Arthur Traquair's HARDWARE 412 Main S. Exeter 235-2511 Kerr's Korner of the meal, these generally come pre- packaged now. I don't really remember what happened to her baking attempt but I know she was sure nothing could go wrong. She had a fool proof recipe she borrowed from her mother as well as a package of instant pie filling. It took the entire afternoon to make and for some reason it didn't turn out exactly like she imagined it would. I must say it tasted a lot better than the time she tried to make biscuits and used baking soda instead of baking powder, or perhaps it was the other way around, I'm not sure yet but I remember they tasted like they had been made out of sawdust. That was the end of the baking attempts and now any experimenting we do is in the variation of the cans purchased when shopping. The fall banquet season is upon us now and I attended three last week as well as eating out with June to celebrate my birthday Saturday so I shouldn't complain too much about food. The two busiest times for banquets seem to be near the end of November, first of December and the months of April and May in the spring. It always seems to me that there should be some special way to pay tribute to the various auxiliaries for their work in preparing and serving some wonderful meals. They always get a traditional vote of thanks at the end of the meal but I feel that the work and effort put in by all the members merits a little more than a simple thank you. A fine example of what groups such as this can do is the Auxiliary at Belgrave, The Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association held their annual dinner meet- ing in the Forrester's hall there last week. It was the highest attendance in history with 183 hungry men sitting down for the meal. The women, working with the speed and precision that many res- taurants could copy, had the entire group served with their first helping in less than 10 minutes. There is no shortage of food at a banquet such as this and there was enough left over to feed another 25. These banquets are something which are truly Canadian and you find an atmos- phere of pleasant good will at these that you could not equal anywhere. There are no tips involved and yet the women work their hardest to make sure that everyone is pleased and do not stop in their efforts until they see everyone with a good second helping. There is something about these banquets which seem to whet the appetite and I am sure that most people end by eating far more than they origin- ally intended, or indeed needed. And the dishes, can you imagine how many dishes it takes to feed a full course meal to 183 men? The pile when they get through is staggering and what is not seen are the hundreds of pots and pans and cooking utensils needed to prepare the food. Most Auxiliaries do not own a set of dishes for this purpose and so the members loan their per sonal dishes. These all have to be marked by hand, especially the silverware and then sorted and washed after the banquet is over. The auxiliaries make no profit on serv- ing a banquet such as this for $1.50 or even $2.00 a plate. And yet they use the money received from banquets such as this to do service work both at home and further away in the mission fields. The economics of this are simple as actually what the women are doing is contributing their materials and time to the auxiliary and using the banquet as a means of converting these things into cash which can be used for their projects. We would like to pay tribute to all the women from these organizations across the county for their contribution to our way of life. They serve a great need in many areas and they deserve recognition for their work. Five young men from this area may not be any wiser this week but they probably feel a finan- cial strain in their budget 'in trying to raise over $600 in fines imposed in magistrate's court last week. The fines were levied against the boys when they plead- ed guilty to charges arising out of an evening of drinking and damage to property in Usborne Town- ship. There has been far too much vandalism in the area during the last couple of months and it is to be hoped that the heavy fines which were handed out last week will not only serve as a deterrent for those boys convicted, but for others in the area as well who feel that a night of fun is the same as a night of vandalism. There can be no excuse for flagrant vandal- ism such as has been experienced in the area. Those responsible for breaking 10 windshields in Exeter October 30-31 have still not been apprehended but we would imagine they view their Hallowe'en prank a little mare seriously now that they have seen the type of sentences which have been handed down by our local magistrate for similar cases such as this. Safe Driving week in Canada is observed through December 1-7. There are so many special days and weeks set aside for various projects in the country that it is sometimes difficult to pay more than passing notice to these. Safe Driving week is not one of those. This is something which newspa- pers across the country try to promote 52 weeks of the year and although the results are difficult to judge they still keep trying to make people aware of their responsibilities on the road. It is perhaps appropriate that safe driving week is held at this time because this is the time of year when everyone must change their driving habits and pay even more attention to how they drive. Driving on snow and ice is dangerous at all times and an entirely new set of standards must be used by those who wish to maintain their accident free records. We would suggest drivers should spend the first week or two of winter driving in teaching them- With the editor in We had a lovely mincemeat pie for dinner Sunday evening. The pie had a little history behind it and it gave me a lot of enjoyment in laughter as well as tasting delicious as a dessert.The pie was given to us by the Main Street UCW, and made from mincemeat the organization made early last week. I was asked to take a picture of the women making the mincemeat in the church basement and after I took the picture they offered me a jar of their product. I refused and suggested to the women that it would be a lot safer for my stomach if I purchased a completed pie in the bakeshop rather than have June attempt a job of baking. Apparently the women got together after the meeting and decided I should get a taste of their mincemeat and delegated one of their members to bake a pie for me. Friday the pie was ready and it came as a complete surprise. It was a little difficult to take the pie home and explain how this had come about in a diplomatic way so I wouldn't end up with the pie smashed over my head but I managed to do not too bad a job of this until June opened the box. She didn't really mind someone feeling a little sorry for me and making me a pie but the note inside upset her a little bit. The note suggested the pie be warmed before serv- ing and she took it as a bit of an offence that people would think she didn't even know enough to do that. June did try baking once, about a year ago. I remember it now because she made two pies and a dozen tarts and she was a little provoked because after I ate one little slice she had to eat all the rest of it herself. It took about two weeks before the last of the baked goods were eaten and since that time she has more or less given up any idea she might have had about baking our desserts. Like most 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: Kenneth Kerr Young people travelling in gangs seem to be prone to carry out acts which they would normally have nothing to do with as individuals, The collective spirit of the gangs seem to bring out the worst in young men with each trying to go just a little further than the others as a form of showing off. This type of attitude must be stopped and it is possible that the best method •to carry this out is through a penalty to the pocket book where it will hurt. It is to be hoped that the parents of the young people involved will make the boys work and pay these fines them- selves rather than "helping" them by contributing towards payment of the penalty. Any financial assist- ance given these young people would defeat the pur- pose of the penalty set out by the Magistrate. In addition to the fines imposed these young people have a permanent reminder of their acts. This criminal record will stay with them all their lives and could hamper their chances of success in many fields. It is to be hoped that other young people of the area who have looked upon the actions of these young men as being "smart" will take a second look and realize just how stupid they have been. selves once again how much longer it takes to stop a car on ice and snow than it did on dry pavement or gravel a few weeks ago. Take the time to re- member that when a car starts to skid the worst thing to do is to apply the brakes, which is com- mon reaction. Take the time to have the vehicle com- pletely checked for winter conditions and make sure snow tires are installed. Learn once again how to drive during winter conditions and remember that it is important to start looking for trouble signs a great deal further away than you would during sum- mer driving. Take time, this is probably the most important thing in winter driving. Bad roads are no place for a person in a hurry, especially if he is behind the wheel. We will probably be called on to take many pictures of accidents this winter. We hope that when we arrive on the scene the cause of the accident is not apparent as it is so often. Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Debit, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1965, 4,208 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year; USA 15,00 20 Shopping days left A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CUSTOMERS OF THE B OF M What "My Bank" did with your dollars in 1965 Charles Smith, Manager Exeter Branch Bank of Montreal They were active dollars, those savings dollars you placed in the keeping of the Bank of Montreal in 1965. As manager of the local branch of "My Bank", I would like to take a few moments to fill you in briefly on the use that the Bank made of them. Every dollar you saved during the past year was put right to work helping people directly or in- directly, Many of those dollars were used to aid people in financing things that meant an improved way of life for them , . such things as cars, home improvements, household appliances of all kinds. Another substantial number was lent to small, medium and large business enterprises, encouraging them to expand and employ more people, The personal savings of people like yourself amounted to very nearly one-half of the total de- posits of $4,605,387,144 at the Bank's year-end on October 31st. This figure represents a record high for deposits in our 148 years of operations and in turn permitted us to record a new all-time high in total loans of $3,167, 990, 306. Another $811,767,061 was invested in high-grade government bonds which have a ready market, plus $163,541,999 in other securities—mainly short-term credits to industry. What else did your hard working dollars do in 1965? Well, they breathed new vitality into vir- tually every community across our nation, They financed new industry and created new jobs . . . helped farmers improve both their farms and their way of living . . • constructed new schools and helped students get a better education aided fishermen to increase their catches and their in- comes built new roads and highways sup- ported community projects, large and small, of many kinds. Yes, your savings dollars worked hard in 1965 — and hardest of all for you. For, steadily accumulat- ing at interest, they are a sound investment in a better future for yourself and your family. Orr behalf of the Bank of Montreal, may I say "thank you" for your confidence in "My Bank" and for the opportunity you are giving us to work with you in building a more prosperous Canada. 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