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ALL AT Cie Peer 6 MEN'S I WEAR 235-0991 Exeter class toinmonity ne*sp.Spers ..................................................................................................................... sta'blished 1103 Advocate: 'Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND 0,WJCA.i CLASS 'A' and ABC Publishers: J. M. t authcott, R. M. Soutticoll Editor: Bill Batten Advertising Manager: Hcole Wright ublishecl Eath Thursday Morning at E)toter, Ontario AtffilOrited as Second Cleat Mail, Post Office Dept, Ottawa, acid car Payment of Postage in Cash Paid in Advance Circulation) Septernbtr 10, 1967, 4,338 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada S.5.b0 Per Year; USA $7.00 *",':,Ittleratalgtt Phone 235-1331 Step in right direction Exeter council last week increased the eaSh discount offered for the Pre- payment of taxes, but one resident called this newspaper to point out the amount allowed is too meagre to even. Mention. However, he did agree that it was a step in the right direction. His argument was that people can still get better interest on their money in a bank savings account, while at the same time council is paying much high- er interest rates on loans to meet ex- penises until taxes are paid. We had occasion to comment re- cently on the amount of interest area municipalities do pay, our intention be- ing to urge some of them to consider early tax payments. Some councils have authorized bon-- rowing hyla.ws of S150,00 to $200,00Q. gildthere is no doubt that dOeS create 'Sizeable cost to the ratepayers, While Exeter council May be mov, ing in the right direction, there is a sug- gestion that a detailed study of the situation should be made periodically to see U in fact 49111e' steps can he made to save tax dollars. We still maintain some township councils should investigate their own Situation thoroughly and there is evi- dence that the Matter of tax penalties should be reviewed as In comparison to some other costs, these may appear small, but neverthe- less they do -add up over the years and our elected officials should leave no stone unturned in their efforts to save tax dollars. Is land available? Several encouraging reports re- garding the development of Exeter emerged from last week's council meet- ing, indicating that benefits may al- ready be accruing from the apparent success of the ODC in their Centralia project. Included in their good news was the fact Exeter has been designated as an area under the Equalization of In- dustrial Opportunity program which provides financial assistance for new and existing, industries. It has been noted in the past that many of those industries seeking fa- cilities at Centralia have been unable to secure the type of accommodation they require. As they have expressed an interest in locating in this area, some of them are prime candidates to locate in Exeter to take advantage of the financial assistance they can receive under the government's project to aid industrial growth in communities such as this. There is, however, one major prob- lem, Exeter is quickly running out of industrial land of the type industries are most interested in today. Most want to be on a major highway, and the amount of vacant industrial land avail- able in this community of that nature is very small. Obviously, no amount of incentive or work is going to entice industry if in fact there is no suitable land avail- able for them. . Some will point to the fact there is plenty of land adjacent to Exeter that could be used for industrial pur- poses, and while industry locating in the area does bring benefits, there are certain problems as well. In the first place, Exeter would be called upon to provide services, but would lose out on the industrial assess- ment so badly needed in communities of this size. The town would become the "dor- mitory" for these industrial workers, but it is a well known fact that residen- tial expansion does not reduce tax burdens. In fact, it generally works in the opposite direction. At a time when Exeter appears to be in a most favorable position to at- tract industry, this lack of industrial land should be of prime concern to those involved and some discussion should be held in an attempt to ascer- tain if any beneficial steps can be taken to improve the situation. Watch .this -spool for „news: from yoUr Whoops, didn't know it .was busy This photo may appear as though we caught a couple of fellows in an embarrassing position, but it's really Bob Fletcher and Huss Hopper looking out the door of their ice fishing hut at Lake Simcoe. The editor joined the pair and Ray Cottle in an excursion last week and some of the details are printed below in Batt'n Around. Ice fishing tests patience Thank you, Mother Nature Being the hardy, outdoor type, we are always looking for new adventures, and this weekend provided plenty of them. Unfor- tunately, it has yet to be deter- mined if we have enough strength left to write about them, but will try. It all started last Thursday when Bob Fletcher appeared in the office with an invitation to go ice fishing at Lake Simcoe, and while there appears to be plenty of ice to fish around here, we accepted the invitation. Having done a bit of fishing in the past, we were accustomed to arising at the crack of dawn (7:00 a.m.) to pursue the sport, but we certainly were not pre- pared for the directions pro- vided by Bob. "We should get away around 4:30," he pointed out, and having already committed ourself for the trip, it appeared too late to come up with some plausible excuse for not getting up at such a ridiculous hour. However, as it turned out it wasn't that bad. It was worse! He called back later to say the departure time had been changed to 4:00 a.m. We thought luck was with us when he called after sup- per to report the hour had been changed again, but visions of a lengthier sleep soon were dis- pelled when he explained we were leaving at 3:30 a.m. Getting up at that hour is not as difficult as one would suspect. Fact is, you hardly get to sleep so you don't really know what you're missing, Our fishing companions for the day, Russ Hopper add RayCottle, Were already aboard when yours truly staggered out through the dark to start the trip to Barrie and greetings of "good morning" didn't really teem appropriate at the time, * The trip north was uneventful, although progress was curtailed by a heavy coating of slush along the highways. We passed several snowplows, but in all cases they were just starting to work and didn't provide Much assistance in blazing a trail. Although Our bleery eyes had difficulty getting focused for the first lob miles or so, we did tome to the conclusion that few communities between here and Barrie get any more snow than we do. In fact, most of them ap- pear to get considerably lest. A coffee-break at a restaurant on Highway 400 finally awaken- ed us, and we exchanged greet- ings with the only other customer, a bright-eyed transport driver who had made his way downfrorn Sudbury. Reported it had reined so hard he had trouble -driving. The waitress provided little conversation, as she was going to sleep as quickly as we were Waking up. However, that was understandable after learning she had been working since 11:00 the night before. Badk in the car, the convex', sathati turned to the pleasant experience we were about to enjoy, with Bob and Ray'etail, ing the joyt of ice fishing to their novice companions. StiSt to Makethingtinteresting, they recalled the time several ice-fisherthea from this Com- munity had gone through the ice on their way td the huts and they fellotred This up by VOndering it the ice would be thick enough to take out the banibadier. Naturally, this gave us all the encouragement We needed to tome up with a talitk tate of the flu, but the cold sweat made running up a lettherature most difficult. No sooner had we pulled up to Ray Webb's headquarters, than he pulled in behind us to get us loaded up for our day's outing. As we loaded into the born- baclier, Bob passed along some more of his encouraging words of advice. "Try and sit under one of those trap doors," he said, so you can get out if we go through the ice.". Unfortunately, we were already on our way before we had the op- portunity to make a quick escape through the door which he had in readiness for his own quick escape, Bob and Ray Webb exchanged comments about the expansion area, but this didn't sink home until later, Appears that ice on the lake has to have room to expand and contract, so there is a space around the outside where the water may be showing through in a wide crack, or it may be filled. Luck was again with us, as the crack was filled and we didn't even get our feet wet . . . not until we stepped out of the machine that is. Splash! The spot we chose to disembark was covered with slush and cold, clear water soon trickled in over the tops of our ankle-high boots. "Watch your step," someone shouted in a warning that was delayed too long for our benefit, Bob and Russ headed for one of the shacks and Ray and yours truly sloshed our way to the other. It was surrounded byafoot of water and again we began to question the safety of the whole affair. However, once inside we were 50 YEARS AGO The literary and social com- mittee of Main Street EpWorth League furnished an interest- ing program 'Tuesday evening in the fOrM of an old-time spelling match, The twin Walker girls, Misses Lillie and Millie, were daptaint, the former's side winning out, miss Greta Mawson remaining up the longest, At the annual Meeting Of the Exeter Agricultural Society held in the Town Hall W. D. Sanders tit elected president, John bridge, 1st 'Vice and JOhn.Allitian, 2nd vice. The directors elected were W. R. Elliott, Gee. Perihale, A. a DOttPe, Min ROWeliffe, James Jeckell, R. D, Hunter, Benson Williams, \Valiant Andrew and T.. /Mikity, The president and see'y R. G. Seldon Will attend the .district conventions of fairs in London. tS YEARS AGO At the annual meeting Of Ex- eter Red :Crots Branch Mrt. Ida M. Sanders was elettedpresi dent. Vice-presidents are Mitt Laura Jet keit hits. W. 1+,1. Cann and Mrs. M. Tiethara treasurer, G. W. Layton; secretary, Mrs, W. G. Cochrane. Huron County c cam ellwat ed to Meet Tuesday but owing to the storm only 16'therithers Were able to reach doderich that day; At the time of going to press there hat been no traffidthrthigh. An important business trans- action Will be 'ciantliniated in Exeter this Weekend When the Bank of Montreal takes over the Iocal branch of the Canadian Bank Of Commerce. Behtbli w Turkey, reeve of Exeter, is the newly elected most amazed. A gas furnace greeted us with a blast of heat and it wasn't long until we had peeled down to our shirt sleeves to start the procedure of hauling up white fish and herring. For readers who have never partaken in this sport, we should pass along some explanations. Each fisherman is provided with a stick about a foot long on which is wrapped his line and a spread- er—which is in essence an elon- gated three-hook. The line is dropped through one of the four holes cut through the ice in each hut and in our case we were fishing in about 100 feet of water and were being supported by 14 inches of ice, although it looked more like four to the writer. The stick on which the line is attached is then balanced atop a perpendicular stick that you sit beside the hole. Then all you have to do is watch the stick and when it bobs, you jerk. If you're lucky you catch a fish, but in most cases you merely disturb the water at the bottom of the lake. White fish are unlike any other species. They make only one grab for the bait and if the balanced stick dips by even a fraction of an inch that's all the indication you get. We quickly learned that if your hand is more than half an inch from the stick when it dips, you have no chance at all of getting a fish. So, picture if you will, a fish- - Please turn to page 5 warden of Huron County and is the only reeve of Exeter to hold that position since 1916. 15 YEARS AGO Mayor W. G. Cochrane, whose grandfather, William Leavitt, built one of the town's first rinks and whose lather, Goldie Coch- rane, was a hockey star and coach of local teams, snipped a red ribbon to mark the install- ation of artificial Ice at the arena. South Huroh hospital officials eXpeet several thousand people will Visit the new building during inspection 'days Thursday and Friday. W. C. Allison, 'Who, far a number of years, hat presented the British American Oil Co. in EXeter, has this week sold to Messrs. W, E. Middleton and Ralph Genttrier, The deor of the Mid-town Cleaners will be open wide thit VridaY night and ell day Satur , daY to invite the public telaSpedt the newest and most up-to-date plant in Sthithwesterti Ontario, leYtAltS A60 Mrs. Hannah Taylor, Andrew celebrated her 95th birth,: day today (Thursday), The rich garden Ian& in the thedfor&Grand Bend area had the highest year in history' last year and It el-petted to reach the million dollar mark, Robin smith, 15-year-Old Grade 11 student, was chosen "posture tauten" at slims lag the graduation danCe last week. Police trustees of bashwoo—d presented a large take ttiVarderi Jack Morristey Friday night at the reception In his honor at Creditors, Exeter Public Library There's one thing that brings people together and makes them forget, for a few hours at least, all their normal rotten, little, miserable, petty, private troub- les. That is a good smash in the midriff from that gentle old lady, Mother Nature. Whether it's fire or flood, blizzard or drought, a blunt re- minder every so often from good old Mother has a salutary effect on the perpetually whining deni- zens of the twentieth century. This time it was that "cold snap" in January. I like that term. It's a typical Canadian Understatement. And we delight in it, at we do at barn fires. heat spells, terrible thunderstorms, beauti- ful autumns and three-foot snow- falls. It's peculiarly Canadian, and it makes us all 'become human again, If only until it's over. PeOple who normally trudge around pith a face like an old rubber boot. people who wouldn't be caught dead in a ditch to- gether, suddenly start shouting witticisms like, "Cold 'fluff fer yeh.7", beaming through drip- ping :noses and purple counten- ances.. People who wouldn't be caught speaking to each other in the Black Hole of Calcutta had they have a great deal in common neither could get Ms car started this 'morning. Then there are the braggarts, but we even put up with them. whom we would normally de- test, with gr.9atest of good spirits. They come in different wrappers. Let's say it's 30 be- low outside. But there's always some character who lived in Kapuskasing or Yellowknife who swears it was 80 below there all winter, and wasn't even cold, just refreshing. Hacking their lungs out, they say, "This is nothing," And there's the reverse snob. Through rattling teeth and hunch- ed shoulders, he too claims this is nothing. Why back in '53 it was down to 50 below and stayed there for a Week. Then there's the rugged type. Pounding himself on the chest he burbles, "This is great; this is the real Canada; thit IS what makes us a sturdy, independent people." Three days later you get a card from him. From Florida. Two types are happy, every- thing is golden, when there is a "cold snap." They are the fuel man and the tow-truck chap. And bully for them, say I. But my point is that a nature Crisis gets people mit of them- selves, and perhaps it's better than medicine in this neurotic 20th antury. Forgotten during the "Old snap" are the Vietnam War, higher tares on bOoze and fags, your rotten boss and the fact that you can't live another week without an automatic dish= washer. There is a. certainjoyout draw- ing together against the elements and a definite pride in the fad that yOu can tope, Fiat. oboe, including Expo, there is a com- mon bond, as we rub our ears and stamp our feet and blow our noses in a great national chorus that, to me, expresses the real spirit of Canada, and at least temporarily freezes all thoughts of separatism, divorce, abortion and who's going to be the new Liberal leader. When you go out in the morn- ing add find that the battery is flat, you don't fuss and cuss. You feel Sort of proud that you're taking part in a heroic adventure, You khow you're not exactlyScott of the Antarctic, and that you can 1Thone a cab, btit you know that all Over town, other cars are going, rtargh-argh- arh • uhnn," and it gives you a sense of shared danger and hard- ship. There's a tingling and a jing- ling in the atmotphere. People are grinning and shaking their heads and shouting, "Isn't that a brute of a day?" And even the tioniettidprob- leMs abate. 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