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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-02-22, Page 4'Sutler the little children' A .g.mp. of Ooderich. residents, have become. upset _over the planned use of a building in their neighborhood and have lodged strong objections to. their council in .an effort to "protect" their properties. • One would assume from reading. about the plight of these citizens, that a glue factory or some other objection- able industry planned to establish with- in their midst.. However, this is not so. What is planned is a 'home for wards of. the H uronCounty Children's Aid society, The objections of the residents ap- pear to be based on the belief that these children are nothing more than hoodlums and punks and therefore 1111, desirable neighbors. It may be true that some of the wards- have run afoul of the law, but basically they are children. Who have done no other "wrong" than to be born into homes where they were unwanted, or homes where there are problems brought on mainly by their .parents,. The only means of Opportunity these children have is. to be removed from their homes and given care by re- sponsible, adults. The "holier than thou" attitude be- ing assumed by ,a few Goderich resi, dents is almost beyond comprehension and we would hope their objections fall . on deaf ears, However, the CAS may be well .ad- vised to seek another location and. spare the children the problem of ing in an area where they are unwant- ed. Most of them have become wards of the CAS because they have faced that attitude throughout their young lives to date. A waste of time At a recent meeting of the Kent County health board, it was reported that traditional church suppers may feel the pinch of Ontario's new food regulations. A. S. Hester, chief public health inspector for Kent, told the board church groups catering to occasional meals will be subject to the same reg- ulations as commercial restaurants. One of the board members quickly saw problems with attempting to en- force regulations on the ladies' groups who cater to such meals. "Imagine go- ing in and telling a ladies' aid how to wash dishes," he said. "You'd better not go in alone," he advised the in- spector. There is no question that many restaurants in Ontario should be kept under close scrutiny by health officials, but they are wasting their time if they think the same inspection should be conducted at church suppers. We've eaten at a number of such events, and the pride the ladies take in serving up a bountiful meal is the only safeguard one needs to be assured that the best ingredients and care have gone into its preparation. We've even suspected at times there may be a bit of competition among the ladies to see if their contribution to the meal can attract the most acclaim. In addition, many of them make up a double batch and put it through a tough taste test of their own before even setting it down amongst the array of delicacies which features all church dinners. There isn't a lady alive who would take the risk of suffering the embar- rassment of having her wares left on the plates of supper patrons because it wasn't found to be of' the highest quality. The department of health can in- spect a vast number of things, but they're wasting their time and, the tax- payers' money if they include church suppers among them. And as the Kent man said, the in- spector had better not go in alone! Just doesn't appear right It is vaguely disturbing to find that. Canada is a haven for United States draft dodgers. Whether the draft dodgers are protesting the Viet Nam war, or are simply trying to shirk the responsibilities of US citizenship, there seems something inherently wrong with what is happening. Once here, those who have suc- cessfully emigrated to Canada seek to inform others 'in their former home- land how they too may avoid the draft. Nowadays, we seem to try to correct one evil by committing another. Lack of patriotism, shirking of responsibili- ties, and what amounts to sabotage of the US war effort seem to be involved in these actions, to a casual observer. Somehow there seems nothing very noble about the manner in which the draft dodgers are showing their dis- approval of their nation's national pol- icy. And even if their own leaving can be justified, and their reasons are per- fectly good, it seems somehow unmoral to use this safe haven from which to help others shirk their responsibilities as citizens. — The Trentonian February is Hear , Month! How You Can Become A Coronary Candidate PHYS ICALLY INACTIVE •-•3 EAT TOO MUCH SATURATED FAT AND CHOLESTEROL • HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND DON'T GIVE YOUR DOCTOR CHANCE TO TREAT IT. SMOKE CIGARETTES EXCESSIVELY MIDDLE-AGED man with three adverse risk factors (high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure and excessive cigarette smoking) has a heart attack risk ten times higher than the man with none. So don't be a coronary candidate! • • • • • • A • • • ► Last 2 Days SALE ENDS FRI., FEB. 23 at 9:00 P.M. TO BE REDUCED A FURTHER $10.00 PER HOUR 3 PCE. CHESTER- FIELD SUITE REG. 399.00 FRIDAY 9 A M PRICE ONLY 30 9 00 WE HAVE 6 POLE LAMPS Left MAKE US AN OFFER and We Gotta Sell This One ... 3 Pce. Chesterfield Suite REGULARLY 499.00 FURTHER REDUCTION TO ONLY 299 00 LOOK! NOW IT'S 1 /2 PRICE SPANISH BEDROOM SUITE 3 77 00 AND AND MORE MORE MUST co!: 2 KROEHLER CHESTERFIELD SUITES YOUR CHOICE 299" 16, HOPPER HOCKEY EXETER 235-1990 OPEN FRI. UNTIL 9 Voices of alarm speak out Same pockets — different hands 50 YEARS AGO Let every urban resident with a baCkyard garden prepare to do his bit in food prOdUCtiOn this spring and free as much Market garden land as possible fOr grOWing grain. Essery-Neil—At the hotline . Of the bride'S parents, Centra lia, and Mrs. Thomas Neil, Centralia, on Wednesday, February 20, Miss Estella Neil to William Eeeery, son of Mr. and Mrs. John ES, ser USborne by Rev. W. A. Finlay. The Exeter Canning and Pre- " serving CO. Ltd., Is preparing to contract With farmers to grow 250 acres of canning Corn for 1918. Mr. Ed Callfae and bride (the former Miss Nellie JOnes) WhO haVe been visiting relatives in this totnnitinity, left Tuesday morning tot their new home in Finn:Ore; SaSk, 25 YEARS Add Up to the preSent time the Exeter brineh of the Canadian Canners has Sent 26,000 tigai-ettes. to farther ethplOyeeS Who are now serving Overseas, The 'travelling Red Cross Per held by the Mein Street unit 'Wag a big success. The first course was at the home of Mrs. George Layton, .second tOtirSe at MrSir beaverS, third at Mrs. E. R. Hopper, fourth at: Mrs. B. W. Turkey and 'a fifth at Mrs. Williatn ,Elletirigton,WrightAt tritt itt Memorial rectory Thursday, FebrtiarY 18, 1943, DOHS Alma Wright, datighter 'ci'f Mr. and Mrs. William Wright, 'Creditors, to ThetriaS 'E. llerington Bicete by tiev,14', Rua. Voices of alarm were heard in the land recently. Amid the excitement of the constitutional conference and the quickening Liberal leadership race, Can- adians were told that the country could be in for serious trouble in 1968. The voices were not of the Wilderness, nor did they cry without being heard. They were neither voices of crackpots or unknowns, and they told us that "economically, Canada is in the dumps" and that the U.S. and Canada face a stock market crash which will make 1929 look like a small ripple on the seas of distress. There it was, stark and simple: "Canada is in the dumps." The words were those of Quebec premier Daniel Johnson, and it was evident when he spoke that there was little or no political motivation to his words: ategitaMMTNAM; Times Established 1873 The other warning, about the stock market, came from the noted (and controversial) Amer- ican economist and writer, Elliot Janeway. This is the man who was until recently one of the chief advisors to President John- son. He now says the U.S. is under such severe economic at- tack that there is serious doubt whether it will be able to avoid devaluating its currency. And when that happens, the plug is out for every other currency around the globe, says Janeway. The Quebec premier's assess- ment of Canadian conditions comes at a time when the nation stands at the peak of an all-time prosperity, but seems incapable of solving the problems of gallop- ing inflation, a -Worsening hous- ing crisis, and growing un- employment: Little or no progress has been Made in the struggle to bring the Atlantic provinces and parts of the West up to Ontario's liv- ing standard. While big governments gather ever more tax revenue to them- selves—Ottawa alone will spend 10 billion dollarS in the next fiscal year—the little govern- ments such as the municipalities find their tax sources actually drying up. While Canada's growth rates show signs of stagnation, many nations appear to be retreating into ever more narrow bit". or of the industrial na- tions expanding their trade by progressively cutting away tar- iff restrictions—as was envi- sioned by President Kennedy iri the trade negotiations since known as the Kennedy Round,- -PleaSe turn to page 5 Although we profess to be an informed society, it is surpris- ing how many people fail to recognize the implications of one small word in our vocabulary. The word is "grant". We've built schools, arenas, libraries, monuments, streets and almost everything imagin- able because such things as government grants were avail- able. In many cases, we went overboard on our desires merely on the basis that someone else was paying for • it, and there- fore we may as well do it up in a big way. Too few people ever stop to realize that all this money really comes from their own pocket- books, and even when they do, they ave the opinion that because their taxes help some other com- munity build a facility, that other community may as well help them build one too. So, the snowball keeps roll- ing. Officials at municipal levels continue to ask for further grants on all aspects of their work. This past week, the members of the Ausable River Conser- vation Authority decided to pet- ition the government to provide grants for the maintenance of the various parks throughout the watershed. Their reasoning appears sound. Maintenance of the parks is a financial hardship and in addition, the parks are used more by people outside the watershed than those who live here. In fact, the latter situation arises because area residents are off enjoying the parks in London, Stratford or some other community whose residents are paying the upkeep there. Grants for park maintenance therefore ' may relieve the direct municipal tax paid by residents in this watershed, but we'd end up paying through increased sales, income, gasoline or some such tax that would have to be levied by the provincial government to meet this new cost. If the figures were available, it may well be possible to indicate that thegovernment assistance we have received in the past years is in direct proportion to what we have paid in. This may indicate the time has come when we should undertake projedts that we know we can afford at the local level. It's absurd to say we can't afford something and then ask for government assistance which is directly and indirectly billed back to us. * * While on the subject of parks, readers may have noted Where there is disthission taking place regarding the extension of River= View Park through to Morrison dam. ThiS is, of cou'r'se; 'a long range project and probably will take at least 10 years to com- plete: One of the problems of the Orb-, loot is again maintenance of the area after the land has been purchased. Well, we have the perfect solution. Leave the area just the way it is right now. 4 116W6Ver, hOPe to have the leg of our Office -fur iiitnre Sandhi% tiekt Week.' Miss Margaret Melville has accepted a position with Exeter Public Utilities taking the place of Mr. Ben Dawson who has been transferred to Sandwich, 15 YEARS AGO Eketer purchased its first power-grader, second hand from Paris at a Cost of $*2,150. Mrs. Thomas Pryde was in Toronto with her husband, Thom- as Pryde MLA for the opening of LegiSlature and attended a tea for wives of the members at the Royal York Hotel. Ari average of one baby every day is the record of South Huron Hospital to date. It was opened the beginning of February. . First project Of the newly fOrmed Exeter BUstriessm en's As sociation will be a toWn-Wide "Dollar Days', Sale. 10- YEARS AGO Defence Minister Pearkes VieWed the library facilities at Centralia RCAF during his Vita Monday and ilia, the librarian, Miss E. A. liforibok, dreditOrii, gbdy-ftve men, all of them from the district, have been talcen on at the Pinery Park development project. dthiStitic.. Lion IS progressing at record pace. Headlines for 'February 20, 1958,...,6116W 22" Wind 64 MP14-,-, Worst Blizzard iri DeCticie, 'Twenty-five travellers, Seine Of whom hailed from as far away as Witt eal Were fortunate that Mrs. 'E. L. chatte of Devon tether, South of Exeter had Dlenty of provisions when they were :Steen stayed Monday. The tin ,' expected gtieSts 'nine from Owen ,a8ntitid ntco, ndterich, Forest As a youngster, yours truly spent countless hours in this bushland and it certainly afford- ed all the requirements for an enjoyable outing without any frills. It was a place to explore and enjoy nature and we recall all- day hikes with our buddies when we enjoyed the delicacies such as leeks and beechnuts, chased squirrels, hunted snapping turt- les and frogs, built tree huts and small dams to trap the few fish that lived in the stream. There were a few good swim- ming holes along the way and of course swim suits were taboo. Wild flowers abounde,d in the bush and were usually picked at the end of the outing keiske home to our mothers to serve as some appeasement for arriving at dusk with dirty.trousers, a torn shirt, one soaked shoe and smelling of leeks. Here was a place to enjoy Scout and Cub hikes when we enjoyed cooking (or at least burn- ing) our can of beans over an open fire. We could go on at great length recalling memories of the many hours spent in this area and we imagine many of our local young- sters still enjoy this area as it is easily accessible from town. However, the dam has flooded a large part of the terrain we used to tramp and we certainly would hate to see the remain- ing portion transformed into a modern park area which would destroy the true value of the bush. SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A.„ 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Publishers: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott Editor: Bill Batten Advertising Manager: Howie Wright Phone 235-1331 ‘JAMIMMIzau Adieartgliteitteefft=7.1.:=Alt Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Aufluirited as Second Class Mail, Pose Offite and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid in Advance Circulation, SepteMber 30, 1967, 4,338 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $5.00 Per Year; USA $7.60 voist.attommeuracareataromaiamEara4 gwaaras tommuniiy no...Wipers Class The pundits say that Agri- culture Minister Joseph Greene has only an outsider's chance of winning the leadership of the Liberal party (and the role of Prime Minister) at the April convention. Perhaps so, but Mr. Greene is a politician worth listening to, as the following two quotations prove: "We surely serve neither those we would seek to help, nor our country itself, if we attempt to delude the people that new social measures can come like the green stamps at the super-market. If we attempt to pass this off on the people we are either ignorant of the fundamental rule of the game by which both man and nations must live—which says very simply, if for too long you spend more than you earn, "something is going to give' or, alternatively, we play the shab- biest of games. We attempt to gain political credit for a pro- gress we know is a sham." "To implement new measures of income distribution before the nation has earned those benefits through its collective produc- tivity is a cynical political hoax. For we are not then passing on social benefits, a better way of life, a more equal justice and op- portunity. We are passing out dross. Fool's gold! The benefits of such policy will turn to dust in the hands of the recipient, amid the economic reality of in- flation and ultimate devaluation which such a policy will bring."