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We suspect that Exeter and area
storekeepers are not immune to the rash
of Petty thefts committed by shoplifters
at this time of year.
Crowded stores, busy clerks and the
abundance of desirable stock make the
Christmas season an ideal time to hoist a
few items for display under the tree.
Although we cannot possibly
condone such action on the part of
customers, we wonder if storekeepers are
aware of the temptation they place in
the way of shoppers.
Those who have stood at a counter
for several minutes in search of clerk to
check out a certain purchase have likely
entertained thoughts of simply walking
deterrents
away with the merchandise if for no
other reason than to get attention. '
We read not too long no about a
certain department store where the
incidents of shoplifting were unusually
high. A judge who was handling the
hearing of the accused shoplifters finally
dismissed a number of cases and urged
the department store heads to hire more
staff to adequately service their
customers.
Of course, we are aware that
shoplifting occurs any time of the year,
There are always unscrupulous people
who will continue to pose a costly
problem for businessmen. Fortunately,
they are more the exception than the
rule.
A bountiful Christmas
Around this time of year people
start thinking about highlights of the
past 12 months and in this area such a
chore is not difficult.
The industrial and educational
expansion of Centralia of course has
been overwhelming and easily heads the
list of items of major consequence.
There was a time when the news of
one industry coming to this district
occupied the topic of conversation for
several days and even into weeks.
However, it is now being accepted
as. a "matter of fact" it would appear.
Last week's news about a veterinary
laboratory and animal health
technician's course at the Centralia
College of Agricultural Technology was
welcomed by all, but didn't generate any
of the interest one would normally
expect.
The only problem we see with this
type of reaction is the fact it may be
construed by some as suggesting we
already have too much in this area and
aren't appreciative of the added benefits
coming our way periodically.
We trust this is not the case.
All area residents must realize the
importance of this rapid development
and we hope they realize the area is in a
most advantageous position.
Bouquets were handed out recently
at Centralia to the Hon. C. S.
MacNaughton, the Hon. William Stewart
and the Hon. Stanley Randall, as well as
the staff of the Ontario Development
Corporation and the various departments
now engaged in the development of
Centralia, and indeed these bouquets are
most deserving.
At this time of year when parcels
start to pile under Christmas trees it is
very easy to forget who makes the
parcels possible and in that vein we once
again tip our hats to those who are
working so hard on the development of
Centralia.
It makes Christmas 1968 most
bountiful.
Sparing the rod
Ontario's education minister,
William Davis, has issued a warning in
the Legislature that his department will,
hehceforth, frown on the use of the
strap in the schools throughout the
province. The only thing wrong with his
announcement is that it should have
been made some years ago.
Yes, we do realize that there are
some youngsters who can't understand
any other form of discipline and that
some teachers are driven so far up the
proverbial wall that they feel they have
to resort to physical punishment.
That is all quite true. There is but
one flaw — it doesn't do any good. The
youngster who is so ill-behaved that he
has to be strapped is never improved by
the punishment. If he is the nervous,
sensitive type, his public disgrace ruins
any further opportunity to reach the
better part of his nature. On the other
hand, if he is the noisy, show-off type,
he thrives on the publicity and seeks,
through bad behaviour, to get back into
the limelight.
We can recall an incident many
years ago, when we attended public
school in Palmerston. In the same class
was a boy who, by today's more
intelligent standards, would have been
described as retarded. The 90-pound girl
who had the audacity to call herself
teacher strapped this lad eight times in
one day. On the ninth attempt he
doubled up his fair-sized fist and let her
have it on the jaw.
Of course there was the most
terrible outcry. Something like a mutiny
in the Royal Navy might have created
200 years ago. Our own opinion has
always been that she got what she
deserved.
Obviously the child who creates so
much trouble in class that he interferes
with the progress of his fellows must not
be tolerated. The sensible thing to do,
however, is to remove the youngster
from the class and from the school if
necessary. Perhaps his worried parents
may thus be stirred to take whatever
disciplinary action is needed.
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10 YEARS AGO
Football teams at the J. A. D.
McCurdy School, RCAF Station,
Centralia, staged their own Grey
25 YEARS AGO Cup Battle recently, complete ' w ith cheerleaders and Sgt, Clarence McDonald who Sale of candy at the majorettes.,
recently graduated as an air game raised $30 which was
gunner at Mount Joli, Quebec is
spending an extended leave with donated to the Springhill Disaster Fund. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A head-on collision about one McDonald.
It is now too late to shop 111.ile south of Exeter °n N°. 4
killinci four airmen and it
Highway early. Saturday morning
county for the past year, was W. Tuckey, warden of
Times-Advocate's es-Advoc t 's WA' school returned as reeve for his fifth essary contest on "My'
public
temiRa‘lph Genttner, driver for Exeter Public School who'd like
Wish" goes to Helen Cole of the
Guenther Transport, is in the to have a Wonderful party for
hospital at Guelph from injuries orphans.
received when two transport First prize of $25 was
trucks collided Monday night on awarded to Dinney Furniture for
the highway between Sheffield the best decorated store window
and Roekton. Latest reports for Christmaa sponsored by the
of.144 }hot Mr Garittner'S injuries Ek e ter B usitiessthqp's
50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO
The boys are coming back Prizes for the best decorated
from overseas a few at a time doorways in Exeter were
and in each case have been awarded Saturday to Mr. and
wel6omed by a large number of Mrs. Ralph Sweitzer, Mr. and
friends at the depot. The large Mrs. Art Whilsmith and Mr. and
brick building on Main Street in Mrs. Harold Skinner. The three
Exeter North known as the old' families received turkeys.
McTaggart Hotel has been sold James Street United Church
to Mr. George Armstrong and held a near-capacity audience
will be torn down. Sunday night for a community
Christmas program in which six
Mrs. Edward Desjardine, local churches and those in the
Stephen Township held a community were represented.
successful bee Tuesday, plucking The program was arranged by
a large flock of ducks which Beta Sigma Phi Sorority with the
promise to make toothsome members acting as ushers.
eating over the holidays. Andrew Rierling was elected
Two esteemed citizens of president of the Exeter branch
Exeter have succumbed to of the Canadian Legion Tuesday
pneumonia following influenza; night. An overseas veteran of
Mr. Thomas Creech, a prominent World War II he spearheaded the
business man, and Dr. J. G. Reid drive to pay for trap rock floor
aged 29, who practised as a in Exeter Arena, this summer.
veterinary surgeon and was
married to an Exeter girl, Miss
Flossie Sweet.
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Well, is that old Christmas
spirit just bubbling inside you?
Do you chuckle away with
sheer, brimming love of your
fellow man as you do your
shopping? Are your eyes
gleaming with glee as you look
at your Christmas card list.
What? It isn't? You don't?
They're not? What's the matter
with you, anyway?
Have you organized your
door-to.door carol singing group
for Christmas Eve? Have you
made plans for a family of eight,
on welfare, to share your
Christmas dinner?
You haven't? You say you
grunt and bunt and sweat and
curse as you stagger through the
stores? Your eyes are shining
with pure hatred as you look
over your Christmas card list?
Welcome to the group. We're
growing with increasing rapidity.
One of these years, we'll have a
majority, and will rise up with
one mighty shout: "Christmas?
Bah! Humbug!"
And if the current Tiny Tim,
that creature one sees these days
on television, shakes back his
long, curly locks, opens his
made-up mouth and starts
warbling "God, bless us,
everyone," he'll probably get it
right between the eyes with one
of those cast-iron Christmas tree
stands that never work.
But we mustn't carp. The
great day will arrive when
Christmas is torn out of the
grasp of the hucksters and
returned to thepeople.
After all, Christmas is a time
As noted in our issue of last
week, there is an increasing
number of snowmobile
enthusiasts in the area as this is
mushrooming into a big
attraction.
However, we do hear some
complaints from a few residents
regarding the late hour activities
of some of the machine owners.
While the first snowfall of the
season no doubt prompts
lengthier activities than usual,
we hope snowmobile owners do
keep in mind that some people
would rather sleep at night than
fly about on these machines and
sleeping is difficult with that
repeated whirr outside a
bedroom window.
In some communities, bylaws
are being passed to curtail the
areas in which the machines may
operate, and while we would not
want to see this happen in this
area, it may well be forced upon
snowmobile owners if they fail
to show the proper concern for
other people. *
One of the major snowmobile
manufacturers recently
published a newspaper listing
several interesting items
regarding the popular machines.
It may be of value for some
to know that the sport is even
being promoted as a boon for
weight watchers. We're not
certain how it is accomplished,
but the item notes that burning
calories is possible.
Perhaps the best bet is for
those who get tossed off in a
snowbank and have to race back
to get on their machines.
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All except the perennial
procrastinators will know by
now the added cost in mailing
Christmas cards to friends and
acquaintances — as well as those
people you'd rather not send
one to, but feel you must
because you got one from them
last year.
Post office officials will
probably tell you the increased
rates have not resulted in any
real decrease in the annual influx
of mail.
Checking over the prices of
some cards this year, we find
that it costs more to mail the
cards than it does to buy them in
the first place.
It may interest you to know
that Canadians are expected to
buy 250 million cards this
Christmas.
Of further interest is the fact
cards are now available in
Chinese, Greek, Italian, Spanish
and 20 other major languages in
of good cheer. Even though
much of it comes out of a crock.
And after all, `tis a season to be
jolly. And most of us are jolly
well sick of the whole business
by the time the sacred day itself
arrives.
One of the founding members
of ACSA, the Anti-Christmas-
Spirit -Association, was King
Wenceslaus, The "good" was
tacked on by the court minstrel
' on the explicit orders of
Wenceslaus himself, who was
trying to improve his image for
the history books,
He looked out one night and
shuddered within his ermine
robes. The snow lay round
about, deep and crisp and even.
A great night for skiers and
snowmobile friends. But
Wenceslaus was neither; and he
had the gout. He saw a poor man
gathering fuel, though the frost
was cruel, And what he actually
Said was, "Get that lousy btim
off my property. He's stealing
Christmaa trees." And so a
legend was born.
Another prominent member
of ACSA was Charles Dickens,
Dickens really hated Christmas,
because he always had a
wretched struggle Jotting the
fro on And whets. he did, his
addition to the two Canadian
tongues.
Charitable organizations have
jumped into this card business in
a big way and as an example,
UNICEF is expected to benefit
from $800,000 worth of special
cards.
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While speaking at Centralia
last week, the Hon. Stanley
Randall hinted that his
department may attempt to
coax some jet pilot training
programs to the former air base.
We don't know what he had
in mind, but we do have some
hesitancy in endorsing such a
project.
One of the reasons is the fact
we just finished reading in the
Financial Post that every time a
four-engined aircraft takes off, it
spews out'a volume of pollutants
equivalent to that from 1,000
cars. Even when landing it
pollutes the atmosphere, but not
to that extent.
However, there is some hope
on the horizon. Improvements in
the efficiency of new jet engines
will cut down the amount of
pollution and at the same time
scientists are mounting a big
drive to introduce pollution
control systems on the planes
themselves.
Aren't you glad you don't
live on the end of the take off
run at one of the major airports?
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In our estimation, Mayor
Jack Delbridge hit the nail on
the head when he noted last
week that "maybe it was a good
thing it' was a useless trip to
Ottawa".
He was referring to the trip
made to Ottawa about two and a
half years ago by local officials
who visited members of the
federal cabinet in an effort to
have RCAF Centralia maintained
as an air base.
The cabinet ministers could
not be persuaded to keep the
base open and in ensuing talks
could not be persuaded to do
anything with the base until the
Ontario Government decided to
buy it and turn it into an
industrial and educational
complex.
What has transpired since
then is not news, as the
industrial park is a hive of
activity and has the promise of
bringing more benefit to this
area than the air base did when
it was in full swing.
As". Mayor D b dge
Commented, it may be' for the
best that the air base was closed.
The "executive night" held at
Centralia a week ago was indeed
a most enjoyable night, as local
officials had their first
opportunity to meet some of the
executives in charge of the
industries at Centralia.
The aspect which pleased us
the most was talking to some of
these men and coming away
with the strong indication they
are not only happy to be living
in this area, but they are keenly
interested in participating in the
endeavours of the community.
They were attempting to pick
up ideas on how they could get
their curling club going a bit
stronger and in discussing the
changes in education.
As we meet more of these
new residents, we can't help but
be impressed with the fact they
will undoubtedly be valuable
citizens in this area.
Safe from fire—Safe from theft—
Safe from all hands but your own—
that's how you should keep your important
documents and other valuables and jewellery.
The place to keep them is in your
own open-only-to-you
Victoria and Grey Safety Deposit Box.
It costs you only $5.00 a year.
VG
VICTORIA and GREY
Somehow the last few days just before Christmas
often turn out to be the busiest of the year. What with chil-
dren home on holidays, pre-Christmas entertaining and the
inevitable delays caused by winter weather, you may find
your telephone an indispensable step-saver. It can help you
order things for the house, find out which store has what
you want, keep tab on the youngsters' whereabouts, plan
and schedule the family's holiday 'activities. And, for a
break in a busy day, what's more pleasant than taking
time out for a telephone chat with a friend across town —
maybe share a few Christmas decorating tips in the bar-
gain.
So keep your telephone in mind when you're planning
how best to get everything done by December 25.
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While a heavy snowfall may create a winter scene to
equal any you'll find on a Christmas card, it's best appre-
ciated if you happen to be indoors curled up in front of
the fireplace. if you're outside, you'll be too busy coping
with icy roads and sidewalks, blinding snow, sleet and
treacherous driving conditions to enjoy fully the splendor
all around you.
Whether on foot or in a car, winter weather requires
caution when moving about outdoors. But for the motorist
it's particularly hazardous. Here are a few reminders for
safe motoring that many experienced drivers follow. Keep
your car in top mechanical order. Drive smoothly, avoiding
sudden stops, starts and abrupt turns. Keep more than the
usual distance between your car and the vehicle ahead.
"Pump" brakes lightly on icy or wet streets to bring your
car to a gradual stop. If you should skid, let up on the gas
pedal and steer into the skid. Watch for thawing ice — you
need twice as much stopping distance on slush as on glare
ice. Turn your headlights on low beam during a snow storm
or fog. Watch for icy patches on streets and frosty bridge
floors. Keep windows clear „and clean and, above ail, slow
down.
Have you ever wondered why the word ChristMas is
sometimes written Xmas? The "X" in Xmas is the Greek letter "Chi" -- written "X — and "chi Is the initial letter of the Greek word for Christ,
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
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