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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-01-30, Page 4Where are we going? Great, lengthy columns of words concerning the proposed legislation regarding abortion, divorce and homosexuality are being written daily in newspapers across the land. As well, much is being said on television and radio about the proposed regulations which will ease the laws on these controversial issues. We have been amazed throughout it all that very little dissention has come from the grass roots of the nation, other than perhaps a shocked "What will they do next?" from the old lady down the way who lives in the last century anyway, Perhaps this disinterest is a vital indication of the sickening apathy on the part of all Canadians; or a prime example of the moral loosening which has already taken place. Still the debate on the matter continues in Ottawa among politicians of varied backgrounds and religious convictions. It is their task to decide the moral standing of this country for the next century or until the laws are amended. It is a serious question. Those who cast an affirmative ballot for the bill will do so in the belief that legal abortions are necessary for women destined to give birth to unwanted or deformed children; that marriage contracts doomed to unhappiness should be legally dissolved; that homosexuality, while repulsive to those who do not understand, is a condition which exists and should become permissable in the eyes of the law between consenting adults. Those who vote "no" will very likely be those persons whose Christian consciences will not permit them to back a bill which is in direct opposition to God's will for mankind. Historical events tend to add weight to the arguments put forth by the opposition voice against divorce, abortion and homosexuality. Biblical students point to nations in the past who disregarded God's word and paid dearly for it through loss of influence and power — indeed, whole cultures have disappeared from the face of the earth because they chose to disobey God's ordinances. In a country like Canada, built on Christian principles, it is difficult to imagine that no strong unified voice of the people has risen to oppose at least some of the government's proposed decrees. Worthy of comment A SUMMER'S SUPPLY OF ICE -Ice cutting was a necessary chore in the "good old days" before the invention of refrigerators. Most Ontario farms had an ice house where blocks usually of 100 pounds were packed in sawdust. Ice was used for cooling milk and making home-made ice cream. This photograph taken by the late R.R. Sallows of Goderich was reproduced by the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food. Mid-Winter SPECIALS Prices Effective Jan. 27 to Feb. 8 ANUSOL Suppositories REG. $1.45 $1.19 SAYER REG. $1.35 Decongested Capsules 99 Halo Shampoo HANKSCRA FT Vaporizer Vicks Vaporub REG. 68c 574 Dristan Tablets 24's REG. $1.35 99C Sucrets Lozenges REG. 68c 51 BRONCHIDA Cough Syrup 85< HUNTLEY'S DRUG STORE EXETER 235-1070 REG.99c 774 No. 202 $86G..8.913 .43:11;.115.g3.1.4i;ittZ:" „ 0 Our commendation and congratulations go out this week to a number of people within the district. First, of course, we congratulate Stephen Reeve Jim Hayter in being chosen as Warden of Huron County, following a "tradition" established by Stephen reeves in recent years. While Jim was acclaimed to office, it can in no way be regarded as a shallow victory. His opponent was supposed to be Grant Stirling of Goderich Township, but he fell by the wayside when his own ratepayers ousted him in the December elections in that township. If members of county council had been of the opinion that the Stephen reeve was not the man for the job there is no doubt some of them would have attempted to get another man to oppose Jim, and as there was no hint of any such move this indicates their complete trust in him. No doubt county council members are well aware that the 1969 Warden may have many responsibilities not shared by many of his predecessors as we move towards regional government. His request that a special committee be set up to look into this Long live the winter carnival aspect of government should serve to answer some of the many questions in the minds of all municipal administrators in the county. This is a foresighted suggestion on his behalf and it is to be hoped the committee will give the job their conscientious and concerted efforts. We're also impressed with the initial work of Exeter's new Police Chief, Ted Day. The double-parking problem in this community has been the subject of much complaint in recent years, but the complaints have never led to corrective action. His suggestion for five-minute parking zones at the post office and loading zones for trucks elsewhere on Main St. deserve serious consideration, and a trial. Our congratulations and best wishes go out to the new owners of local businesses as detailed in last week's issue. It is encouraging to see local people place faith in their own abilities and in the community to take these progressive steps. Some days are like that Canadians, unlike Scandinavians, don't commit suicide during the long, cold, dark winter months. At least not more than the usual number. Instead, they just half-kill themselves by attending a winter carnival. This makes them feel so rotten for the following week that they're so glad to be alive again that they wouldn't even contemplate suicide. I've seen people age 50 years during a winter carnival. Don't talk to me about the October beer-fest in Munich, or the carnival of the bulls in Pamplona, or the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Those things go on for a week, or a month, and there's a lot of indiscriminating kissing, and dancing in the streets, and drinking. We Canadians, hardy lot that we are, compress the whole Bacchanalian orgy into a weekend: the winter carnival. Every self-respecting Canadian town has a winter carnival of some sort, and if the government had any brains, it would declare a national festival for about the first week in February. It would be a great pressure-reliever. No work, all play. We'd get rid of our winter frustrations, our hatred of cold and snow. We might look and feel like skeletons when it was over, but we'd be purged of our hang-ups. Personally, I'd be willing to kiss practically anybody, and dance in the streets should it be 12 below, and drink almost anything except anti-freeze, if I had a week's carnival to look forward to, and back on. It would break the bony,rigid back of winter. We'd just be climbing back into our ruts about Valentine's Day, and there would be spring, right around the corner. Two years ago, as a centennial project, our school had a Frosty Frolic. It was beautiful. There was no organization at all, which is the secret of a good time. One bright, white February day, we marched down to the park, teachers and students in step for once, behind an impromptu band, and had a hell of a time. Ski-doo races, tug-o-wars, and teachers being overpowered by mobs of kids and having their faces well washed in snow. For at least a month after that, we didn't hate each other. I went in the snow-shoe race and finished 21st. Went in a tug-o-war and was dragged 40 yards through the snow by exuberant, yelping students. Three years ago, son Hugh, laden with school work and music, and not doing too well in either, begged to be allowed to go to the Quebec winter carnival. He was only 17. After the usual soul-searching, hedging, and predictions of disaster, we let him go. He was entranced. All those Quebecois dancing in the streets, being merry, loving one another. He came home, went to work, pulled up his marks by 12 percent and passed his performer's music exam. Therapy. Now Kim has been invited to Amalgamated 1924 Pets are wonderful things, and we have long been an advocate of the theory that no one should go through life without one. As a youngster we ran the gammit from dogs to white rats and guinea pigs and at one time even counted two of those colorful bantam chickens among our menagerie. Many lessons can be learned from keeping pets. One of the first we learned was the fact tip). one should not keep two colorful bantam chickens along with a dog that suddenly develops a taste for colorful bantam chickens. Only a couple of spurs and a few feathers remained to serve as ample reminder of this fact. One of the pleasures of raising a family of boys is the fact they enjoy pets — or at least dad uses that as a reason to initiate them at such an early stage. For the past four years we've been carting home disobedient poodles, short-lifed tropical fish and a hampster and guinea pig which met unusual deaths. Believe it or not, Charlie Brown (the hampster) was run over by a car. The unusual part was that the incident happened in the playroom. Mother arrived upon the scene to find Charlie Brown stretched out on the floor making his last kick. Junior innocently explained that Charlie Brown had wandered out of his cage and had been run over by a car. The car which had done the job was still being held in Junior's hand. Needless to say, mother quickly decided that Junior was still too young and irresponsible to have such frail pets. Since then, our experience with pets has been an occasional visit with them in some of London's pet shops, although a winter carnival, at a university, by the jail-bird I mentioned recently. Should she go? She's 18, or near enough. In another country, she'd be married, with at least one kid. In Canada, she's just a baby, with years of education ahead of her before she could even think of marriage, let alone babies. It will all sort out, but I think the winter carnival is a great institution. When it's all over, there are husbands looking for wives and vice versa. There are people who have gone through the ice in a Skidoo and saved their lives only by a hasty application of toddy to the tummy. The winter carnival has something for everybody. For the kids, there is the excitement and the colour and the chance of being run over by a snowmobile. For the swinging set, there are wild rides through the woods, and the parties, and the breaking of bones in the ski hill. For the middle-aged, there is curling and companionship and remembering the good old days before those noisy damned snowmobiles were invented, Long live the winter carnival. But lets spread it out a little. Forty-eight hours of kissing and dancing and drinking brings even a sturdy Canadian to his knees. See you at the carnival. each visit was preceded with a stern warning from mother that all those "adorable" little creatures were to remain in the same places we found them. Last Thursday turned out to be one of THOSE days at the Batten household. Following a precedent set by her two oldest sons, mother came down with the flu, and as such, didn't quite have the energy to handle all three of her offsprings. Those responsibilities fell to dad, and being of this modern era, we have found through practice that the easiest way to baby sit is to load the kids into the car and just drive. However, even this can reach the point of boredom if extended too long, so with this thought in mind we headed off to our favorite pet shop in London, figuring that many minutes could be eaten up by investigating all the exciting species to be found in such a place. Our assumption was correct. Our two youngsters stood in awe listening to the colorful parrot state he wanted a cracker and a few more minutes slipped past as we watched the shop attendant make him flip over on his back, cross his feet and say his prayers. The fish tanks also abounded with interesting creatures, 50 YEARS AGO Mr. C. T. Brooks has been appointed Canadian Express agent in Exeter to succeed the late T. G. Creech. Mr. Books will continue to carry on his insurance business as well. Mr. John Andrew, who recently disposed of his farm in Usborne, has purchased the handsome red brick residence on William Street from Mr. George Connor, the price being $3,000. Mr. J. H. Holtzman of Crediton is attending a banquet of Sunday School workers at Kitchener this Thursday evening where he has been engaged to give an address. At the conclusion of the Exeter Council meeting Friday evening Reeve B. W. F. Beavers acted as "mine host" to an oyster supper to the members at W. J. Statham's restaurant where the weighty matters of town affairs were set aside for a sociable gathering. 25 YEARS AGO Mr, William May, who for 22 years has been a prominent member of the Board of Education, recently tendered his resignation and his position was filled at the Huron County Council meeting by Dr. H. H. Evelyn Howard left for Cowen. Ottawa s where she has secured a position in the Civil Service as Spanish Censorship examiner. Several of the men folk of Thames Road held a rabbit hunt last Wednesday afternoon. Some 140 jacks were bagged. The supper and program in connection with the burning of the mortgage of Grand Bend United Church Friday evening was a grand success. ranging from the smallest tropical species to some that would make any fisherman feel proud. However, the most captivating of all was an eight-foot anaconda snake coiled up in a tank. While we wonder who would in fact want a fish that thrives on raw hamburg or dog food, we are completely baffled to know what type of person would want an eight-foot snake living in their home. Unfortunately, these thoughts weakened our anti-pet position slightly. After all, we reasoned, if some people would want an eight-foot snake or a crocodile, we could see no reason why the better half would have any objections if we came home with a small rodent or two. So we enquired if the store had any gerbils, and while the reply was negative, we learned from the proprietor that gerbils are the most friendly and clean of the rodent family — and unlike hampsters or white rats, will not bite. With this information in hand, we decided to strike out for another pet store to see if it —Please turn to page 5 15 YEARS AGO Mr. Stanley Frayne, at present employed with Gould & Jory, has purchased the Beaupre general store in Exeter North. He will take possession the first of April. Members of the Exeter Kinette Club presented an oxygen tent valued at $650 to South Huron Hospital. Mrs. Charles Snell, Mrs. Warren Sanders, Mrs. Sheldon Wein, president, and Mrs. Ralph Genttner made the presentation. The first Teen Town meeting was held in the town hall Tuesday with a turnout of 15 boys and girls. The group was eager to organize. 10 YEARS AGO - Hensall's new post office is expected to open Thursday, January 29 according to Cecil Kipfer, the postmaster. It is a modern one-storey building on Wellington St. between Xing and Queen Sts. Presiding over the three-day meeting of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association in the Coliseum, Toronto, is Harry Strang, the first Huron farmer to head the provincial organization. Although there's still more than a month to go, this winter is breaking records nearly every day for snowfall. Already over 150 inches of snow has been recorded and the previous record for a full winter was 136 inches which fell in 1955-56. Winners of the first weekly cash prize in The Times Advocate snapshot contest is Joan Guilford, Exeter, who titles her picture of a dog and cat "Perfect Companionship," want a home? get a mortgage loan! A high value first mortgage loan on a residential or improved farm property will cost you less than you think— and you can arrange for convenient payments to write it off. 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