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All be one
A snowball effect
Anyone who can't get enthused
about some of the ideas being suggest-
ed for marking the centennial in Exe-
ter next year has to be a complete dul-
lard.
shown by those presently involved in
planning for the centennial should re-
sult in a snowballing effect on every-
one's enthusiasm.
One has only to look at some of
the suggested programs to realize that
they'll catch the imagination and inter-
est of the majority of people. Asking
all the groups in the community to as-
sist should result in participation by
practically every family.
In fact, if there's any fault to be
found with the plans it could be that
they're just too energetic, in view of
our complacency regarding past com-
munity programs and projects. But as
stated, we think enthusiasm will snow-
ball and Canada's centennial may well
end up serving the worthwhile job of
getting us back into that happy state
of affairs where we can band together
to provide some good old fashioned
fun and entertainment.
Get on the bandwagon early, be-
cause it should fill up quickly!
Dear Sir:
I wonder how many of our
Canadian friends in Hensell were
watching the service on TV held
at the Confederation square in
Ottawa, on Friday November 11,
before and around 11 am.
With our neighbors we watched
t and a few silent tears drop-
ped when I saw the silver cross
mother laying her wreath. She
lost three sons. Hensall has such
a mother in our midst.
Can we not find the time once
a year on. November 11 at 11 am
to have a one hour memorial
service, instead of having a
church service on November 6
and another on November 13,
Let us all be one in remember-
ing.
in the past, this newspaper has
complained about the lack of action be-
ing taken in the district, but right now
we're prepared to admit to the truth
of the old adage about good things
coming to those who wait.
There may be skeptics who will
point out that the proof of the pudding
is still in the eating and that it will
take a great deal of work before any
of the projects "come off"; but we can
only point out that even if half the
events being suggested are held, it will
be a fear to which this community
can point with pride.
Sure it's going to take a great deal
of work , • . . a vast number of peo-
ple . , . and a tremendous amount
of co-operation, but the foresight being
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sim Roobol,
It pays dividends
standing during this past year
and special thanks to Mr, Earl
Campbell without whose help and
advice my task would have been
very difficult.
Each one of the council ac-
cepted his responsibility and car-
ried out his duties willingly.
The Reeve's position demands
much time and energy and many
hours away from home but it
is very interesting and I have
met so many people from all
walks of life and from all over
the province of Ontario and I
feel that I have represented you
in an honorable manner in my
capacity as Reeve.
A greater part of the meetings
are in the daytime and this fact
Makes it very difficult for other
than a self-employed person
to hold the position and do it
justice.
I feel that because we are
small in number we have no
reason to be small in prosperity
and name. We are a very impor-
tant part of the greatest and most
prosperous agricultural region
in all of Canada if not the world
and have a great many blessings
for which we can be grateful.
In closing I wish to thank you
one and all for the past year
and hope I have the privilege of
serving you again. To you and
yours the very best of health
and prosperity not only this year
but for always.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Minnie Noakes,
Reeve of the Village of Hensall.
Keep cap
By Val Baltkalns
Plettaee e wefavt
There's no doubt that many of the
merchants have noticed some reduction
in business. It's just impossible to lose
that many people in the area without
having some affect.
However, practically without ex-
ception, area merchants are carrying
on as usual. There have been no clerks
laid off. It hasn't caused the closing of
any stores or the reduction in their
stock.
Most of them are optimistic about
the future, anticipating that the econ-
omy will return to normal if the Cen-
tralia facilities are taken over by some
industry or employer of another na-
ture.
By shopping at home this Christ-
mas, area residents will be enabling
merchants to maintain their status quo;
but failure of residents to do this could
bring unpleasant results.
Some merchants would have to lay
off employees . . . curtail their own
personal expenditures . . . perhaps
even close their doors or at best cur-
tail their stock. That would reflect on
the entire economy as fewer people
would be sharing the load of all ex-
penses to which area municipalities
are committed.
Sound unnecessarily scary? We don't
think so!
Shop at home and keep the local
economy buoyant. The person you help
the most could turn out to be yourself.
To the Editor:
When a financially successful
person is criticized, one oftens
hears his reaction described as
"laughing all the way to the
bank".
I was reminded of this when I
read the recent letter criticizing
your editorial page—the paper
which has won so many awards,
and so well deserved them. You
can ''laugh all the way" while
you carry even more of them
home.
Your critic is not interested
in such mundane matters as
"whether Ken and June should
buy a dog or will Bill make it
to the next happy event in the
Batten family", I'm sure she
Is in the minority. I don't even
know the people concerned, but
the editor's column is the first
thing I turn to in your paper.
A lively Letters department
would indeed add interest to any
newspaper. If you find out how
to get people to write them, other
editors will be beating a path to
your door to learn the secret.
When an editor sits down to
write an editorial, he puts on a
rather formal hat. When he turns
to a column such as yours, he
pulls on a comfortable old base-
ball cap.
Don't ever throw that old cap
away.
Can hit what you can't see
of some of the local kids at the
cenotaph suggests that the words
are indeed true. get that silly notion out of their
heads they will continue to come
up with losing efforts that are
coupled with such poor sports-
manship that they'll lose a great
deal of fan support.
That would be unfortunate, be-
cause there's every indication
that the Exeter entry have the
necessary abilities to be a classy
puck squad.
Christmas starts this week in the
pages of this newspaper and in the
stores of area merchants. They're
stocked with their usual array of Christ-
mas finery for all the members on
your shopping list.
Despite the fact area residents can
purchase practically anything they de-
sire right in their home communities,
there are many who think they have to
head off to the big city.
In past years this newspaper has
attempted to encourage shopping at
home on the basis that it provides ben-
efits to all—not only the merchants.
Money spent in the community is
generally put to work in the com-
munity. It maintains employment and
in some cases creates employment; it
is used in the support of welfare and
charitable work; it provides funds for
municipal and district improvements.
In short it makes possible many other
benefits which would not otherwise be
easily attained.
In addition, shoppers receive serv-
ice and dependability when they shop
at home. There are many who can at-
test to the value of this.
Shopping at home for your re-
quired goods and services is always im-
portant, but perhaps it is more impor-
tant than ever this year due to the
loss of business which has resulted in
the closing of CFB Centralia.
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Busy year
Dear Sir:
I should appreciate the priv-
ilege of availing myself of some
space in your paper this week,
I believe that the ratepayers of
the village of Hensall would be
interested to know that I am very
proud and honored to have served
in the capacity of Reeve for the
year of 1966.
This has been the most in-
teresting and educational year
I have spent in municipal politics
and I might add it has also been
the busiest one I have had thus
far.
I have particularly enjoyed the
time I have spent at County Coun-
cil and have been so proud to be
a part of such an important and
large part of our local govern-
ment. At all times I have been
treated with the greatest respect
and have been accepted as one
of the group at that level. For
this I thank the members of Coun-
ty Council one and all.
I have been a member of the
Library Committee and the
L e g i slative and Educational
Committee at the County level
and I have attended many meet-
ings in regard to these as well
as sessions of council.
At the local level I have ser-
ved not only on the council but
also on the P.U.C. and the Li-
brary board. The problems have
been many and varied but I have
at all times tried my best to
find a solution to any problems
brought to my attention for I
feel that is my task while I am
your servant.
The remuneration is not great
but I feel that this is such an
important part of our own vil-
lage and it is gratifying to know
that some progress has been
made toward an even better place
than we already have. We will
no doubt always have problems
but that is to be expected in
this business and it is a business
in this day and age.
I should like to thank the mem-
bers of our own council for
their co-operation and under-
Winnefred Nute,
Renfrew, Ontario.
Key conference The pulpit was
84-feet high One of the most important agricul-
tural conferences in Ontario's history
was held at Vineland last week and one
of the major topics discussed was the
economic status of the province's farm-
ing community. The program for the
three-day session was varied, but its
main concerns seemed to be centred on
farm income and farm efficiency.
A key recommendation of the con-
ference called for the appointment of
a committee to study ways and means
to improve and maintain farm income
in Ontario.
Agriculture Minister William Stew-
art acted quickly on the proposal and
before the conference ended six per-
sons representing farm, government
and consumer organizations had been
named to such a committee. The min-
ister promised that the full resources
of his department would be at the dis-
posal of the committee in its opera-
tions.
The committee's job will not mere-
ly be to seek more government subsidy
handouts. Its first task will be to look
We spent most of Monday tour-
ing CFB Centralia with the Hon.
C. S, MacNaughton and the Hon.
William Stewart, along with some
of their associates and a horde
of newsmen.
The reasons for the trip are
explained elsewhere, but it is
worthy of mention that those who
say that an early disposition of
the facilities is required cer-
tainly know what they are talk-
ing about.
The area already looks drab
and desolate due to the scarcity
of personnel and it won't be long
before it takes on a rundown
appearance that could scare away
many potential customers.
We usually leave the sport
comment to Ross Haugh, but
after viewing a portion of Fri-
day's game between the Exeter
Hawks and the Port Huron Beef-
eaters, it is difficult to remain
silent,
The poor sportsmanship dis-
played by the Hawks in their
losing effort certainly didn't do
any of them credit and was indeed
a terrible example to many of the
young puck enthusiasts who were
watching.
There are times when a play-
er may be excused for showing
his emotions after the opponents
have scored, but certainly there
can be no excuse for the fre-
quency with which it was dis-
played Friday. The local puck
chasers broke sticks, shot the
puck against the boards and dis-
played other acts that just aren't
compatible with anything that
should be played for fun.
It would appear that some of the
locals think their mere presence
on the ice should be enough to
ensure a victory and until they
One doesn't have to go very
far to see law breakers these
frosty mornings.
There are a number of area
drivers who apparently haven't
heard about the new regulation
regarding their windshields and
windows, or at least some of
them certainly aren't abiding by
it.
The new law requires that a
driver have clear visibility on
all four sides of his vehicle.
However, we still see drivers
who have cleared off a small
3 by 3 square—and that's in-
ches—on one side of the wind-
shield and through this they squint
as they proceed along the road.
It's certainly an indication of
our laziness, to say nothing of
our regard for our fellow drivers,
because obviously it is a very
dangerous practice as it is vir-
tually impossible to see cars or
pedestrians approaching from
side streets.
There are few people who can't
deny having driven under these
conditions, often on the excuse
that they are just going a short
distance and that it's hardly worth
the effort to clean all the windows
off.
Now that the law makes this
mandatory, it is rather obvious
that the police should lay some
charges at the outset of winter
driving to remind us of our
obligations to ourselves and other
drivers.
There's the old baseball cry
that "you can't hit what you
can't see--but it isn't applicable
with driving. You certainly can
hit the things you can't see.
into a proposal to base subsidies on
production, subsidies which would re-
ward the efficient and productive farm-
er.
The Ontario Federation of Agri-
culture, recognizing subsidies as a nec-
essary evil, put forth the subsidy-tied-
to-production proposal. Under this plan
a farmer would receive payments on
sales to gille him a reasonable living
standard. The more he produced the
more he would benefit.
The federation is aware that un-
der such a system the efficient farmer
would flourish while the inefficient
would go out of business.
The attitude of the federation is
that the farmer is, or should be, willing
to take his chances in a competitive
field and not rely on government sup-
port.
But this should also mean that his
reward for efficiency and productivity
should be the same as that for similar
accomplishments in other industries—
a good standard of living.
— Elmira Signet
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50 YEARS AGO
Gordon Wells left Tuesday to
join the 63rd Battery. His father
Pte. Fred Wells is overseas with
the 161st Battalion,
Judge Dickson onSaturday sold
his fine home on William Street
to Mr, F. A. Ellerington, reeve
of Usborne Township. The Judge
is moving to Goderich.
Mechanical Transport Driver
Thomas Tapp, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Tapp, Exeter, who
enlisted in Winnipeg and has
been at the front a year and a
half is on his way home on fur-
lough.
Mr. Robert Pickard and sons
returned last week from the West.
Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924
15 YEARS AGO
Comrades from Stratford as-
sisted in the initiation of 11 new
members to the Exeter branch
of the Auxiliary to the Canadian
Legion Monday in the Legion
The first teletype machine in
Exeter was installed in the local
Canadian Packers office last
Week.
E. R. Davis of Clinton was
recently appointed Public Utility
man and Chief of Police for
Hensall. He came to Canada from
Summerset, England in April of
this year,
The Stitch and Chatter Club
of Dashwood celebrated the 25th
anniversary of their organization
at a banquet in the Dominion
Hotel, Zurich, Monday. •
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laymen, are the types who are
treasurers, elders, fund-
raisers, that sort of thing. They
don't have to be religious. They
pay the bills, pare the expenses,
and fire the preacher when he
becomes intolerable. They rather
enjoy it.
Down one in the hierarchy is
the Grade Two layman. He's
the earnest soul who gets stuck
with the Scout Group or the
Bible Class or chaperoning the
Young People's Dance . He's
usually reasonably religious. But
definitely not an executive type,
or he'd be Grade Three.
Farther down is the holyGrade
One layman. He looks on the
church as a slightly shabby ser-
vice club, but Is willing to drive
some kids to a youth conference,
or tell his wife to make scalloped
potatoes for the laymen's supper,
or serve ice-cream at the Sunday
School picnic. Apt to be a keen
curler or golfer, but always
cheerful. His philosophy is, "I'll
leave the church alone if they'll
leave me alone."
And at the bottom of the heap,
striving with all his might to
remain there, and out of sight,
is the Grade 0 layman. He takes
up the collection, bumblingly,
twice a year. He falls behind
with his financial pledge. He
crosses the street and lookg in
a hardware store window every
time he sees the minister ap-
proaching, And he is too stupid,
or too cowardly, to laugh hear-
tily and shout, "Don't be ridic-
ulous!", when the latter has
asked him to preach the sermon
on Layman's Sunday.
As a Grade 0, my admiration
of the chaps on the higher
echelons is unbounded. But the
guy I really envy is the layman
of ,000-odd years ago.
What a Snap he had, He turn-
ed up at the service with his
Offering, a loaf of bread or a
couple of onions, worshipped,
then Went home and counted his
Sheep, his daughters and MS
blessings. No gOlf, no summer
cottage, no ski hills, no televi-
--, Please turn to page 5 • • ,, .
Ancient Romans used to throw
Christians to the lions. Modern
Canadians throw lions to the
Christians. As lions are some-
what scarce in this country, they
often have to resort to lambs.
This is known as Layman's Sun-
day.
Last Sunday I was the sacri-
ficial lamb. I preached a ser-
mon. You think those early Chris-
tians had a tough time with the
lions?
Layman's Sunday is a special
day, Usually, I look forward to
it. It's a chance to get into the
choir, with the other laymen,
and belt out the hymns, serene
in the knowledge that most of
the others,too,are off-key.
Normally, I pray fairly flu-
ently, asking for all sorts of
ridiculous things, like a kid writ-
ing a letter to Santa ClauS. Last
Sunday, before I mounted to the
pulpit, which is 84-feet high, all
that would come out, over and
over, was "Lord, help me!"
What is a layman, anyway?
The clerical dqinition is: "One
not in holy orders." The world-
ly definition is, "One who is
not an expert." I was fully qual-
ified. A clear case of the blind
leading those with 20-20 vision.
Let's have a look at the typi-
cal layman. Usually, he's an
ordinary soul, a bit baffled by
the trials of the twentieth cen-
tury: kids, wife, job and society.
The kids are expected to bloom
like roses but they inevitably have
thorns. The wife is supposed to
be a gentle, forbearing creature,
a good mom and a faithful help-
mate. Too often, she is an old
harpy.
The job is supposed to be a
vocation, of which the layman
is proud because of his particu-
lar skills, Too often it is fraught
with terrible tensions. Society
is supposed to be a well-oiled
machine which enables him to
live with grace, ease and dignity,
Too often, he finds the Only way
he can stand the machine is to
keep himself well-Oiled.
Upper class, or Grade Three
10 YEARS AGO
Exeter's new junior band has
started its practice under Band-
master Jim Ford, London.
Wednesday and Thu rsdays
Wednesday and Thu r Sd ay
nights the Exeter Drama Club
will present Hartley manners,
popular comedy, "Peg 0' My
Heart" in SHDHS. Taking part
are Marjorie DilkeS, Jack Ful-
cher,Audrey Bentley, Jim Carter,
JOhn Hendrick, Gerald Godbolt,
Edna Glaab, Bob Russell and
Connie Ostland.
The provincial government has
started work on the development
of the public park in the Pinery.
No lots will be leased in the
park.
Fred Wells, Exeter Legion's
"Mr. Poppy" again led local
sellers in the Poppy Day cam-
Deign. in town Saturday,
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Fred Forester of Seaforth
has been appointed agent at the
CNR depot at Exeter and is
moving to town this week. Mr.
Forester succeeds Mr. A, 0,
Martin who was transferred to
Harriston.
Reeve T. Percy Passmore of
Usborne Township was on Tues-
day elected warden of Huron
County for the unexpired term
Of the late James Leiper.
"Five hundred men can
slaughter a lot of lumber in a
day" Said one of the men con-
nected with the building of the
new airport at Centralia. New
buildings are rapidly taking shape
at the $1,500,000 Service Flying
Training Sabel.
Mr, W, F, Evans Of the De-
partment of National Defence is
overseeing the building oper-
ations. This IS the third airport
he has built.
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Remembrance day has come
and gone for another year and
the marking of the occasion in
this community proves one thing:
it doesn't matter how the day is
planned, people still stay away
from the s e r vic e in large
numbers.
This was the first year that
Remembrance Day was not a
full holiday in Exeter, At the
time the local businessmen sug-
gested that three hours only be
set aside for attending the ser-
vice, it was explained that this
in effect may prompt more peo-
ple to attend.
The thinking was that if people
didn't have an entire day on
which to drive to the city, go
hunting or do odd jobs around
the houSe, they may be enticed
to attend the church service and
the Cenotaph memorial.
However, it certainly didn't
work out that way, as attendance
at both functions appeared to be
about average.
One of the disappointing factors
was that few businessnen—
except those in the Legion—were
On hand at the event. After the
high degree of co-operation
Shown by the Legion in accepting
the suggestion that stores be
closed for only three hours, we
thought Many of the loeal mer-
chants would have shown similar
courtesies by attending the
Legion services.
Much has been said in the
past that few of today's young-
sters know what Remembrance
Day really is, and the behaviour
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