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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-07-03, Page 4Managing their heritage Make sure what you leave ends up where you want it ! The safest way to ensure that your heirs will get everything you intend for each of them is to appoint Victoria and Grey Trust to administer your estate. VG The senior Trust Company devoted entirely to serving the people of Ontario. VICTORIA and GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 C si, Vacation basis discriminatory We find it most difficult to concur with the vacation schedule approved for employees of the Huron County Board of Education, especially the discrimination that is contained in the plan sanctioned by the board. In most vacation schedules adopted by organizations — whether they be public or private institutions — the scale of holiday time is in relation to an employee's service. The board's plan appears to be in relation to an employee's pay cheque or his status in the organization and in our opinion this smacks of discrimination. Why should a custodian receive one week's vacation with pay for his one year's service to the board while at the same time the hierarchy of the organization receive three weeks for the same amount of service to the board? It is the general consensus of opinion throughout the county that the senior staff members are paid extremely well, and to provide them with benefits that are well above and beyond the normal, is only adding fuel to the fire that administration costs are getting out of hand. There appears to be no justification for the board's reasoning in this matter. Canada is an adolescent Muria Co, feature ac • BRIGHT GREEN WATERS OV WORLD FAMOUS SCENIC LAKE ARE FOUND IN MOUNTAINOUS WILDERNESS. PlcitiC4 ' ownlo, fiSLLr 9. cri%noka good eyes 'wean. good memories Care for your eyes atoll tortes. SIGHT-SEE1NG QUIZ an '12a,,t- qZ:s • Times Established 11173 Advocate Established te Crefeaimesabuocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W,N.A" O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Publishers: J. M. Southcoff, R. M, Southcott Editor Bill Batten Advertising Manager Phone 235-1331 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Chits Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1968, 4,520 RATES: Canada OA Per Year; USA S8.00 • 4" SUBSCRIPTION tl 0 C . helped them grow to reach this day! Our milk and other dairy products have helped people grow and stay healthy for many years. Many of this year's graduates at area elementary and secondary schools have been good customers of ours and we extend to them our congratulations. We hope our milk will continue to be a part of their life. Exeter Dairy Ltd. Exeter Phone 35-2144 YOUR HOME TOWN When members of county council sit down together in, session their job is not only to spend the taxpayers' money wisely but to build prudently for future generations, Of the two requirements, the latter is unquestionably the most difficult. It is almost impossible to provide for a future age more complex and more computerized than the one in which we now live. To say that progress is so rapid these days that most plans are obsolete even before they are off the drawing board is to give some idea of the immense and frustrating job county councillors, and in fact all elected officials, have these days. Huron County citizens should be proud of council's deliberations last week concerning a park on the two-acre plot between Highway 4 and the entrance door to Huronview. They should be impressed by the opinions of most councillors that an expenditure of $20,000 to build walkways, fountains, pools, gardens, picnic areas and the like is too great for Huron ratepayers to finance at the time or in one lump sum. They should be relieved that county council sees the worth of a park area at Huronview and is willing to take another look at the situation with perhaps a more modified plan in mind. But Huron taxpayers should also be grateful to men like Roy Pattison and Alex McGregor who envision such a beauty spot in our county. Their job is certainly county development and we think their committee is. to be congratulated for the attempt to preserve another "green area" for future generations, We like Warden James Hayter's idea to adopt some sort of plan for the proposed park and then to work it out in easy, affordable stages to prevent any serious landscaping or engineering regrets or any overlapping of costs. Council for the County of Huron is correct in its immediate reaction to cut-back on spending, in line with recent edicts from the provincial government. It is also of considerable merit to keep the development doors open so that future generations cannot charge we mismanaged their heritage. A GOOD WAY TO BEAT THE HEAT --- Youngsters in Exeter and the surrounding area have ample facilities at the local swimming pool to beat the heat this summer. Swim instructor Miss Joan Warren of Windsor has taken over her new duties and is shown above meeting some of her charges in a recent swim session. T-A photo e`SS x.' • Zte) Cool it Man • Main St. Exeter VISIT THE STORE WITH THE STOCK FOR MEN'S SUMMER WEAR w.111, _m „pp...6 MEN'S I WEAR .......................... Should review interest costs Well, give or take a day or two, and Canada is 102 years old. A man of that age is an ancient, either wise or senile, dignified or drooling. A country of that age is just a pup. Question: Is Canada senile and drooling, at the age of a pup? Some think so. I don't. More than anything, our country is an adolescent. It has all the best and worst features of that peculiar breed. It is easily fired to jealousy, self-doubting, suspicious, lacking in self-confidence, shy one minute and bold as brass the next, opinionated without knowing much, conformist and rebellious, anxious for approval and deeply wounded when it is not understood, idealistic and materialistic. In short, a typical teenager, all mixed up. Tremendous potential, but no clear idea of where it is going. Older brother, who used to seem content to work the farm and go to church, has gone all weird. He gets sore now when you call him the old nicknames like Peasoup or Froggy. He demands a voice in management of the farm and threatens to leave and set up on his own, if he doesn't get it. It's probably because he has fallen in with bad company — a gang interested in bombs and folk-singing and poetry and freedom and all that sort of disturbing stuff. Little brother, who used to be content to sit in his playpen and feed on scraps, and be happy if his diapers were changed once in a while, has also become belligerent. Instead of smiling when you give him a morsel, he has taken to blowing on his Kahn-Tineta Horn and rattling the bars of his ca uh, playpen — and scowling and hollering "Discrimination;" if he doesn't get a share of the goodies — right now. Second cousins out west, up to their ears in wheat and oil and $1.69 steaks, are also deeply and vocally resentful because Grampa told their fathers, "Go West,young punks, go West." They feel that they should still get a cut of the old family farm's income, back East. Down East, Uncle Hiram is fed up with fishing and rum, and is sending his sons and daughters to visit, permanently, as soon as they are.old enough. Even up North, those ex-Siberian cousins who were here first are beginning to bellow instead of grin happily. Not content with having ruined the sleigh-dog industry, they want jam on their blubber. Right in the heart of the country, Uncle Charlie, smooth and debonair as ever, is patting everyone on the back with one hand and lifting his wallet with the other. In Ottawa, Daddy, who has taken to wearing his hair in a peculiar way and being photographed with striking young ladies, is saying things, as he always did, which sound very profound, until you try to remember what he said. No wonder Canada is an adolescent: up-tight, bewildered, belligerent. He's beginning to feel as though he comes from a broken home. And he feels pretty rotten when he thinks of the good old days when the family was one big happy family. He's glad for his cousins out West, though he's switched to fish and poultry. He's leery of his older brother, who's become so hard to get along with. He's sorry for his Uncle Hiram's kids, but wishes there weren't so many of them coming to visit. He wishes the kid brother in the playpen would stop rattling the bars and climb out and help feed the chickens. And that Uncle Charlie wasn't so slick, and that Daddy, up in Ottawa, would stop giving him an allowance and then borrowing most of it back, without interest. Perhaps most of all, he wishes Uncle Sam would stop being so avuncular and at the same time bellicose, Sometimes, he wishes he still had a Momma. Today, it's tough to be an adolescent. The high interest rates being charged by• lending institutions should prompt municipal and school board officials to review their policies regarding tax monies. One has only to look at the Huron County Board of Education to see that the necessary borrowing to meet expenses costs ratepayers a large amount. The board has a bylaw to borrow up to $9,000,000, and with the current interest rate being nine percent, it is not difficult to see that a review is necessary. All area municipalities have borrowing bylaws as well, with so me townships now requiring up to $150,000 at times to meet expenses before tax monies and grants are received. The reason is the fact that many communities collect taxes in December and therefore have about 11 months of operating expenses to meet before any large amount of revenue is received. By the same token, they can not meet their obligations to other boards until the tax money is received, and therefore these other boards—such as the county education group—have to borrow funds also. To tally up the amount of interest paid each year by municipal and education groups in Huron would no doubt bring about a very sobering revelation. The answer to the problem—if municipal officials consider it a problem—is to collect taxes earlier in the year, A policy of having taxes fall due at six-month intervals may provide the answer for some, or even quarterly payments could be considered as long as this does not create collection expenses that would reduce the benefits of having the tax monies on hand to meet current accounts as they fall due throughout the year. We think council members should seriously consider the present situation, at least to the point of asking their clerks to estimate the amount of money presently spent on interest. To this they would have to add the amount the county pays until they receive their municipal levies, and also the county board of education. It appears to be an area where expenditures can be reduced, and all conscientious officials Must realize that this is one of their important tasks. t was a real pleasure attending the 40th anniversary celebration for Benson W, Tuckey last week, and the occasion was made even more enjoyable because it was staged by the employees of the firm in recognition of their employer's contribution to the industry and the community. The fact that about 200 persons were in attendance gives ample evidence that this firm makes a large contribution to the welfare of the area, because most of those present were employees and their wives, Add to this total the number of children each employee has and It doesn't take long to come up with the realization that many, many people in this community gain their livelihood directly and indirectly from the firm started by Mr. Tuckey 40 years ago. The employees' recognition of the opportunities provided to them by the firm deserves commendation. In this day and age when labor and management appear to have troubles getting together, the event last week was a refreshing change to this situation. There was ample evidence that Mr. Tuckey was deeply moved by this thoughtful gesture on the part of his staff. Two years ago there would have been considerable condemnation of anyone who had failed to close shop and mark Canada's birthday on July 1. However, this year there were many who chose to close Monday and open Tuesday, the reason being that it enabled employees to enjoy a three-day holiday weekend. We heard a few complain about such practices, the thinking being that July 1 is an important day in the life of all Canadians and it should be marked as such. Such patriotic zeal is to be commended, but we really doubt that those Canadians who worked Monday and took Tuesday off marked the special day any differently than those who chose to holiday on Monday and work Tuesday. The sad truth is, Dominion Day doesn't really mean too much to many Canadians, and the fervor we generated in Centennial year has quickly died. Had anyone paid $1 for each person who flew a Canadian flag from his balcony or marked the day in some similar significant way, it is doubtful if that person would have ended up giving 50 YEARS AGO Exeter Methodists defeated Crediton Evangelicals in a League Game of baseball in Exeter on Friday evening by a score of 14 to 7. A special Thanksgiving service for Peace was held in Trivitt Memorial Church Sunday evening. It was also the occasion of the annual parade for the Orangemen of the district. Mr. Hector Heywood has moved his family here from London. They will reside on Andrew Street. Mr. S.B, Stothers, agricultural representative for Huron visited Dashwood Monday evening to arrange the prize list for the Fall Fair. He also inspected the School Garden and pronounced it the best in Huron County, The Centralia July 1st celebration attracted the usual large crowd. 25 YEARS AGO Gooseberry jam for overseas will be made at James Street Church Friday morning. Any donations of gooseberries or money will be gladly received and any ladies wishing to help, come any time after 9 a.m. Principal H.L. Sturgis• of the Exeter High School is in Toronto taking a course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy. Flt Lieut. Bartle Motz who has been home on furlough after two and a half years on operational duties in Great Britain, Africa and Italy has left for Lachine, Que., where he is being posted for a short time. Misses Shirley Duncan of Usborne and Gladys Becker of Dashwood, students of Exeter High School, are taking the short course for school teachers at London Normal School. Capt. W.L. Lawson, after spending a year and a half in Newfoundland, is posted to the London district and iS spending two weeks' leave at his home here with his wife and son away very many dollar bills. For most of us it was just another holiday. No doubt there would be many in favor of having Dominion Day celebrated on the first Monday in July to ensure a three-day holiday weekend, and as long as we fail to muster up any more patriotism than was exhibited by most this week, the only reason we can see for opposing such a plan is the fact it adds to the highway death toll. It's a rather sad commentary of our times that Canada's birthday doesn't stir greater enthusiasm. The one exception to the general observance of Dominion Day is the annual celebration spear-headed by Exeter council and supported by most local service and community groups. While the event had no particular Dominion Day wrappings, it was again enjoyed by many people and we certainly hope council will continue to provide the leadership for the day. The co-operation displayed by the many organizations and individuals involved was commendable and resulted in a day of enjoyment for all ages. 15 YEARS AGO Over 6,000 attended Exeter Kinsmen's fourth Dominion Day celebration on Thursday. Fred Dobbs, reeve of Biddulph Township and warden of Middlesex county officially opened the day's events and Lloyd Wright of CFPL-TV was master of the afternoon's ceremonies while the evening vaudeville show was emceed by Kirkton's Lee Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Feist, lifelong residents of Crediton, marked the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage at their home on Tuesday, June 29, Hensall's debenture bylaw to provide $30,000 for the installation of an artificial ice plant in the arena, has been passed. For 50 years Grand Bend has had an outdoor church during the summer. This year's service started on Sunday when cottagers and residents joined together to worship under the trees. Rev. W.C. Smith is the resident pastor and during the summer visiting ministers preach. 10 YEARS AGO Lloyd Hodgins, a former guard at Guelph Reformatory, will join Exeter's police force at the end of the week, He was sworn in Thursday. A 16-year-old Exeter girl, Marilyn Hamilton, was chosen TrnCounty Youth for Christ queen at a banquet in Witigham United Church Saturday night. Huron MPP C,S. MacNaughton and Mrs. MacNaughton attended the Province Of Ontario's civic dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in Toronto Monday night. Opt Tony Aquilina, Andrew St., Exeter, as a member of the RCAF Training Command Band, has seen the Queen five times already during her Canadian tour. At the graduation parade at RCAF' Station, Centralia, Thursday seven men received Canadian Forces decorations for long and meritorious service and 79 graduates were presented with diplomas by G.C. Kenyon.