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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-03-21, Page 3Not pretty without feathers r 4.` A The Sells BIC BALL-POINTS In less Than a year the Bic Ball-point has captured 22% of the low-cost, throw-away bail paint tit a'rket. Here's vvhyl The tungsten carbide ball and the ex= elusive Bic ink. Buy a Bic at the price of the usual refill. 190 250 has of them. Thr.,Atvocate, March 21, 190 I. man's obbv is strict! for the bird Mother canary on her nest 'sonte011e told you your hobby Was strictly "for the birds" YOU may be offended. But not Ray VaPeraselaer of DashWood. fils hobby is strictly for the birds—raising them that is, In, Ms native Holland, Ray started raising •caearies and homing pigeons as a 14-year-old and five years ago he decided to get back into his favorite • pastime after being in Canada since le.18, lie ecqeired some PageSI six female and one Male canary, and since has seen his hobby blossom into an extensive pro- position. His flock soon outgrew their quarters in the VanDorsselaer basement and he erected a 14' by 20' building in his back yard, which constitutes the area's larg- est bird house, He also expanded into the bust- You have to see the colors to appreciate the sight of this community cage One out . . . four to go County group outlines new system Thieves active in Exeter Thieves hit three 'Exeter btisineSses last week and made off with cash and cigarettes. Chief C. it Mae. kehile and Ron bale look at the smashed dash 'register at the latter garage4 The key' aS in the lock on the t116.6111116 hire.fili6V48 apparently ditinit take the easy'Way to get $ild item the cash register. T-A Photo with 2,000 people to have the same power of vote as a village of 200 persons?" he asked. "How many rural municipalities help pay their rightful share of the ser- vices their urban neighbors have sacrificed to have and are ex- pected to share?" "Cities are a balanced area of population and assessment," shouted a member of the aud- ience. "They should not be for- ced -to come into the county system." Rodgers retorted that coun- ties would favor the inclusion of the cities since annexation problems would be solved, busi- nees and commerce could ex,- pend more readily and industrial assessment would be shared. Someone from the floor agreed. "Small municipalities are bed- room communities for the cities and we want some of their in- dustrial assessment." "What about representation?" asked another listener of Rod- gers. "Are we to be devoured?" "Control should revert back to the localitieS," answered Rod- get's. "We must have a mature type of government. Our neigh- bors have the same concerns As we have. We must learn to trust there to take care of our AffAirs. If it will benefit my community I don't care if I'm no longer a reeve.'" FUNCTIONS Ted WO?, warden of the county Of WaterlOO, thought that any site- CeSefia system would have the entire community under one county jurisdiction. ""This will reettlite some revamping but not destruction of all municipal gest- erninents-3* he Said, tiln so far as possible, legislative powers should be CIOSe to the 'people,"" lie said that the functions of the new county geVernment should be those which are best per- formed on an area basis and *Mild probably vary from county to county. Isley foresees all the powers of the present eOunty body retained, and many More duties added with the assumption of some typet services by the county which would supplement the service tontintlingattheloCal level, Wilfred Gould, county of On- tette., 'dealt With this in a special presentation, Mr: Could referred to The report, which stated that a bewildering 'attO time rit eibe'ar4 and commissions had uereated confusion tot the electors dolilt knot Who to blame when -Something goes wrong."" "It has produced frustrations for the elected representatives who must answer to the people for actions over which they have little or no control," the report went on. "Not only is there an overabundance of special purpose bodies, but their powers are too great. County council tradition- ally did not establish &reputation for pioneering new fields. Rather they showed a great reluctance to accept change. Consequently, the provincial government has looked more to boards and commissions than to county council when it has something new to introduce." The report continued, "Your committee recommends that elected people have more to say about the spending of the money G. A. WEBB, D.C. DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC CLOSED WEDNESDAY For Appointment Phone 2354680 N. L. MARTIN OPTOMETRIST Maiti Street, Exeter Open Every Weekday Except Wednesday For Appointment Phone 235.2433 NORMAN WHITING LICENSED AUCTIONEER Prompt, Courteous, Efficient Any Type, Any Size, Anywhere Phone 235.1964 EXETER fUttORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office — Exeter, Ont. Directors 1Vlartiri Feeney 11.11 2 President Dublin E. Clayton Coiquhoun RR, 1 Vice-President Science Hill William H. Chaff° Itit 4 Robert G. Gardiner RR 1 Cromarty Raymond McCurdy It R. I. Kirkton Tim Tooliey RA 2 Lunn Agents Hugh Benninger Dublin Harry Coates Exeter Clayton I#axles Mitchell. Secretary,Trea surer Hugh Patterson Exeter ness of raising budgies and at the present time he has lag budgies and OP canaries in.his aviary, The budgies come in almost every color imaginable, rang, ing from albin,o to the deep 'blue, green and mauve. Cross-breeding With the var., imis colors also provides some colorful, results. Most of the canaries,are either yellow or black and yellow. The Dasbwood hobbyist sells his canaries to many area resi- dents, while the budgies are sold to the Hartz Mountain people. Ray hopes to sell about 200 birds to them this year. lie points out that the sele of the birds isn't a money-mak- ing venture but it does help him come close to making ends meet in his hobby. The birds are bred about three times each year and lay any- where from four to seven eggs, with an average hatch being about four birds. They are sold when they are very young and Ray points out that people should get a budgie that is about six weeks old if they hope to train it to talk, Canaries are very different in that regard as they don't come into song much before seven or eight months and they must have a good singer as a tutor to encourage them. While Ray has no preference between the two species, he sug- gests that people with plenty of time should consider a bud- gie, while busy people will prob- ably have better results with a canary. The reason is that budgies enjoy companionship of people and can be trained to talk if the time is taken to train them. Ray listed several people who have trained budgies to talk and his mother has one that has a wide vacabulary. They also become quite tame and after being in the house for about one month they can be allowed out of their cages. Until that time the young bird will find his surroundings strange and is likely to fly into objects in the room. While the experience some people have had with birds would they have to raise. Councils set the mill rate. There is no group better informed regarding the financial position of the munic- ipality and therefore, it shouldbe council that has the authority to set priorities when the various boards and commissions pre- sent their budgets. To this end and in an effort to establish better liaison be- tween appointed boards and elected councils, it should be permissive for the appointing body to name a majority of elect- ed council members to anyboard or commission." "The majority of special pur- pose bodies could be abolished and their functions performed by a committee of council," the re- port says. "Council would have to have full-time positions to cope with this," was one remark from the floor. ""Our communities will suf- fer," said another spokesman from the floor. "The needs of the community are reflected by the people who live there." Mr. Gould and his associates were in agreement that since elected officials got the blame for financial and administration problems they should have a greater part to play in the de- cisions, "Are the people onthese commissions and boards afraid to go to the people?" questioned Carl Bateman. DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exeter Closed All Day Saturdays PHONE 235.0231 DR. DON R. GRATTON DENTAL SURGEON D.D.S., 346 Main St. Exeter Phone 235.0601 Closed Wednesday Afternoon ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all &nes. "Service That Satisfies" DASHWOOD Phone 237.3399 C. H. RODER DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC 228 Front St., E. Strathroy, Ont. 1.1Y APPOiNTMIIIIT PLEASE Phone 245.1272 JACK HEYWOOD LICENSED AUCTIONEER All types of sales "For Top Prices" EXETER LONDON Phone 254020 451.2626 make them think twice about let- ting them fly about in their homes, Ray notes that their droppings are dry. However, it's a different Story with canaries, The Dashwood bird fancier, who is ,one of the area's top 5- pin bowlers, tells of one couple Who have a budgie that has com,e plete freedom of the house and guests have often been startled to have him land on their heads while visiting. MORE DIGNIFIED. In his experience, Ray has formed the Opinion that canaries are more dignified than budgies. As, an example they prefer to have their cages covered when they retire for the night, while this is not necessary with bud- gies. Budgies will also play with toys, but canaries are not in- terested. Similar to many other mem- bers of nature's family, it is the male canary which is the most colorful and it is also only the male which sings. Either the male er female budgie can be taught to talk or whistle. People who may consider buy- ing birds as companions should take heed of Ray's advice that they should only purchase one. Two budgies in a cage will make friends with each other and ignore you, while two canaries in a cage will not sing. You may question that theory if you ever heard the racket put up by the 200 birds in Ray's cages. He's the first to admit it's "very noisy" but he doesn't mind. He doesn't have much trouble with them keeping him awake at nights either. ""You just turn the lights off and you don't hear them again," he said. "They're easier to put to bed than kids." It takes the Dashwood man about two hours each day to care for his birds, although there's no doubt he could do the work faster if he wanted. However, he spends time with each bird and can tell you many things about the respective "per- sonalities" to be found in his aviary. Surprisingly enough, there are no birds in the VanDorsselaer house, although it's not because his wife won't let him keep any. He's found in the past he just gets one to his liking trained and someone comes along and wants K./ tq hay it, Peilletimes they take the nage .and everything. A foreman at DashWeed Indus, trio, LiMited, ,Ray weicemea visitors to his DaShWeed Aviaria$ Where YOU can see some champ ieriship birds, Asa member of the London ,& District Cage Bird. Association, he entered the most recent show with, some of hip favorites and came home with five firsts in nomPetitiOn with about 300birdS. By animal standards, birds live long lives, If a budgie gets past Six years he'll live nine:or ten, while canaries live quite frequently to 10 or 12 years of age, A visit to Dashwood may in- dicate that Ray likes birds be- cause of their colors. But that's not quite true. Last week there were large numbers of common, sparrows, starlings and other birds enjoying Ray's hospitality. in the form of the feed he had set out for them. OPEN TONIGHT THURSDAY 6 P.M. - 1 A.M. FRI. AND SAT. 4 P.M. - 1 A.M. SUNDAY 12 NOON - 10 P.M. DERBY DIP HOME OF THE FAMOUS CHAR-BROILED BURGERS DERBY DIP Although Carl Bateman, chair- man of the Regional Government Committee of the Association of Ontario Counties, tried to pull some contrary comments from any one of about 180 dele- gates from Huron, Perth, Mid- dlesex, Bruce, Grey and Well- ington counties who attended a one-day Workshop in Goderich last Tuesday, there was very little discussion. Most of the men and women assembled in the spacious Har- bourlite Inn sat quietly as they listened to the Association's "Blueprint for Local Govern- ment Re-organization" as it was explained by five speakers. Mr. Bateman had rioted at the outset of the meeting that the paeel had come unot to brain- Wash but to discuss and critic- ally analyze" the extent of re- form Which is needed at the mun- icipal and county level to keep pace with a modern, changing world. Ralph Hinder, reeve of the town of Alliston in the county of Simcoe, began his remarks by assuring all present, uWe are not specialists." He went on to say that while most county councils are too large to be ef- ficient, a streamlined hard-hit- ting county government could ev- olve from an equally stream- lined, hard-hitting municipal body of elected officials. Known as the two-tiered municipal council the first level system—municipal council the first level and county council the second level—it is believed to provide the highest possible amounts of "access and service" as advocated in the Smith Re- port. Mr. Hunter said the two-tiered system could be efficient, could operate at a reasonable cost and Was best suited to satisfy the requests of local people. "What is a suitable size for a municipality, a county?" asked Don Rodgers, reeve Of the village of Stirling at the beginning of his talk about boundaries. He answered his own ques- tion. "It should be large enough to assume a certain set of ser- vices without imposing undue hardships on the taxpayers," he said, ""People want more ser- vices at a minimum cost." "If we want local autonomy," Mr. Rodgers insisted, "we cannot be too small." He gave his opin- ion that counties should have a population of from 100,000 to 150,000 persons. Acreage, he added, was no yardstick but rather population and assess- ment. voluntary amalgamation was the answer, he thought. ""We must join with out neighbors to form a larger form of government to our own Rodgers pointed out. "Presently we have too many small , municipalities trying to provide a service and wanting a voice at the county level." Mr. Rodgers asked two per- tinent questions. "Is it right for a community EXETER FEEL BETTER FAST WITH SUPER PLENAMINS SAVE $$$ SAVE 288 tablet - 10.69 Save 2.00 144 tablet - 6.69 Save 1.00 72 tablet - 3.94 Save .75 BUY NOW AND SAVE AT MIDDLETON'S ME 235-1570