HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-08-28, Page 4Great weekend ahead
It's shaping up to be a great
weekend in Exeter.
Activities commence on Friday
with the annual Fun Day, and any new
residents not familiar with the event, can
take it from us that the day lives up to
its name,
This year's program will be
conducted with a western flair and the
Board of Trade hope area youngsters will
show up in droves to participate in the
many contests as outlined elsewhere in
this issue.
Shoppers quickly learned at the
initial Fun Day that local merchants
provided many exceptionally good
bargains, and a glance at this week's
advertisements suggests the 1969 version
will be equally rewarding for those those
who still think enough about money to
try and save some in their shopping.
This will be followed by the
Saturday and Sunday performances of
the Mid-Western Ontario Rodeo, an
event that continues to grow annually
and which also provides new forms of
exciting entertainment.
We have an idea that if a poll was
conducted among athletes, the one
sport which would be considered the
most dangerous would be rodeo
participation.
A quarterback may have trouble
keeping his back bone solid when he sees
a 275-pound tackle charging at Mm, but
that's mild in comparison to sitting on
the back of a long-horned Brahma bull
which could literally rip a fellow apart in
a second if given the chance. Falling
under its hooves or under those of a
surging bronc rate high up on the list of
things we'd rather not do.
However, those are the things that
help make the rodeo such a crowd
pleasing affair.
Again we urge area residents to
make it a weekend to entertain their
friends and take them out to the rodeo.
There will be special foods to eat on the
grounds this year, so mom won't even
have to worry about cooking for the
visitors.
'Short-hop' dangerous
Farmers are a great bunch of folks.
They are hard-working genuine people
who certainly play an all-important role
in the economy of this entire
community.
We realize how busy they are too,
especially at this time of year when the
harvest is in full swing and time seems to
be of the essence.
Still we caution farmers to be ever
alert when using the public highways for
the conveyance of farm equipment from
one location to another. Since these are
most generally slow moving vehicles,
they must not only bear the proper sign
advising motorists of this fact, they
should also ride the shoulders of the
road whenever possible to avoid deadly
traffic delay.
One other nuisance — and potential
hazard — is the short-hop from one
laneway to another, perhaps less than
one-quarter of a mile down the road.
Today's farmers often have second
barns on farms adjacent to their own,
They may use the family car as
transportation from one barn to the
other at chore time, for instance.
With minds intent on the job at
hand, the farmer will sometimes pull out
(safely perhaps) in front of a row of cars
moving at the speed limit only to slow
down and pull off the highway a few
yards down the road.
We wonder if in courtesy to
through traffic and in consideration of
his own safety, the farmer would be
much wiser to wait until the traffic has
cleared to make his short-hop to the
other barn.
Tribute to all teachers
With school soon starting for
another year it may be a good time to
tip the hat to the teachers who will spend
the next ten months or so with the
youngsters parents have just tolerated
day after day for the last six or eight
weeks.
Among those persons who often get
the least recognition for their
contribution to the welfare of this
nation are all the hundreds and hundreds
of teachers who perform wonders with
the youthful generation; and within that
organization of skilled professionals is a
group of compassionate souls with a real
mothering instinct.
That's the kindergarten teachers of
the country, and what a tremendous
group they really are.
One such fine teacher who has her
whole heart in her work is Mrs. Ken
Williams who teaches kindergarten in
Clinton Public School.
Her pupils love her and for good
reason. She helps them experience things
that are new and different. Her
classrooms are filled with all kinds of
marvellous living things of special
interest to the children.
Last year, the Clinton News-ReCord
reported Mrs. Williams' findings
following an ,outing on the farm. We
reprint those statements as a tribute to
all teachers — everywhere.
Discovering that 14 of her 40
kindergarten pupils had never been
inside a barn she (Mrs. Williams) decided
this • was an omission that must be
corrected before summer holidays.
"The children's impressions, now
made public, must have been as
surprising to Mrs. Williams as were the
cows to the children.
"These are the conclusions the kids
reached.
"Cows don't bite people.
"Cows have big soft eyes.
"Cows can stick their tongue up
their noses.
"Cows don't hit at you with their
tails when you walk behind them.
"Cows give lots of milk.
"Cows are really big — almost as big
as our teacher."
GETTING A REFRESHING DRINK — A cool drink of water from a fountain can be refreshing to
persons of any age. Above, at the recent Sawyer reunion at Riverview Park, youngster Roy Sawyer of
Oakville is being helped to a drink by Bill McDougall of Fullarton with Brian Walker of Windsor turning
the tap. T-A photo
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The kids are pathetic
It's been a rough summer for
a lot of people, including yours
truly. There's nothing like
getting home, exhausted, after a
trip and finding a) that your
wife has lost the house key and
you have to break in through a
cellar window, and b) that an
oak limb 40 feet long and ten
inches thick has fallen across
your hydro lines during a storm.
However, these are minor
things. I got into the house with
no more than a scraped knee and
a bad temper, and a good
neighbor had climbed up and
sawed the limb in two, allowing
half of it to crash down on my
fence.
But this is a mere bagatelle
compared to what others have
gone through. Teachers are
supposed to recharge their
batteries during the summer
vacation, and hit school in
September tanned, fit and
bursting with idealism.
We'll be lucky to open this
fall, the way our staff is folding
up. A hernia and a heart attack,
a total collapse from exhaustion,
various slipped discs and other
ailments have decimated the
ranks. All I have is a touch of
heartburn, and I attribute that
to a couple of days of Bloody
Marys for breakfast, served by
friends we were visiting.
It's been a bad summer for a
lot of parents. First, two kids I
met on a visit to the old home
town, told me nonchalantly that
they'd flunked their first year at
College. Their parents weren't
quite so nonchalant. Apoplectic
is the word.
Same day I met an old friend
who was at his cottage. They'd
In addition to the closing of
the nearby armed forces base,
Clinton residents have another
problem . . . that of juvenile
delinquents who are responsible
for an increasing number of
incidents of rowdyism and van-
dalism.
Clinton council is considering
the implementation of a curfew
to get the youngsters (ages 10 to
16) responsible off the streets.
Examples of the vandalism
are many. Kids have been seen
perpetrating acts that range from
pelting the police cruiser with
eggs to draining gas from local
service station pumps and then
setting it on fire.
This, area has experienced
several acts of vandalism in
recent weeks also, but the
majority has been of a relatively
minor nature.
However, no such act can be
condoned and we wonder what
the answer is to the problem.
Perhaps school will act as a
bit of • a deterrent in that
youngsters won't have so much
idle time on their hands, but
that only partially solves the
problem.
More police no doubt would
help curtail some of the
activities, and perhaps an
"investment" in additional law
enforcement for a short period
would pay dividends.
However, the main problem
really is not in catching the law
breakers, but rather it is teaching
them the difference between
right and wrong.
It is also a matter of finding
alternative pursuits that will
provide them with a method of
passing their time so they don't
have to look around for other
ways to get their kicks.
Unfortunately many of the
adults faced with solving such
problems look only for the
easiest methods, and in this case
it is probably hiring more police
or clamping on a curfew, the
latter which also affects the 95
percent of the kids who are no
problem.
The ideal solution is one that
will probably prove no more
costly in monetary terms, but it
will prove more costly in the
time expenditure required from
adults.
There are a hundred and one
left one son at home, working.
The night before, my friend had
received a call from the police in
his home town. They had raided
a big teenage party. At his place.
A friend of my daughter, a
pretty, blonde 17-year-old, had a
stroke and her right side is
paralyzed. No need to ask how
her family feels.
A distraught mother told me
three weeks ago that her
14-year-old daughter had
disappeared, run off with
another kid. She phoned,
collect, this week from
Vancouver. Alive, but who
knows what she's been doing?
The lady is a good mother, in
every way. Has two daughters,
one a fine, steady girl, the other
a young rip. Why?
And everywhere you see
them on the highways, dirty,
bearded, long-haired.
Hitchhiking from nowhere to
nowhere.
Some of them cluster in
"communes" in the big cities. A
commune is usually a
falling-down house in a slum
area. It has a kitchen of sorts, a
toilet that works occasionally,
and the rest of the floor Space is
covered by mattresses and
sleeping-bags.
Theoretically, everyone
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activities most youngsters in any
community will quickly join if
in fact some responsible and
energetic adults will come forth
to provide the necessary
leadership.
This adult leadership has been
dwindling considerably in most
communities in recent years, and
generally speaking one finds that
the number of incidents of
vandalism and rowdyism rises in
direct relation to the decreasing
amount of activities provided for
the community's youth.
Not too long ago we can
recall reading in the Clinton
paper that leaders were needed
for certain youth activities in the
town. Some organizations had to
fold up because the adult help
did not materialize.
Now Clinton residents —
similar to those in many other
communities — are paying. the
price of their lack of interest in
their young people.
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The major problem in the
Exeter area appears to be
hot-rodders and a look at the
tire burns which mark several
area roads indicates that
everything up to drag races is
conducted rather frequently.
The drivers are wise enough
to keep off the roads where
police may more readily spot
them, and in fact it is almost
impossible for police to catch
50 YEARS AGO
Miss Margaret Sharp of Siincoe
formerly of Exeter, is to be
congratulated on passing her
Normal school entrance exams
with honours.
Don't forget to attend the
Musical Concert in the Opera
House Thursday evening given
Ontario
School
students of the
School For the Blind. It will be
an evening of solid enjoyment
for all music lovers.
Charles Steinhagen of Hay,
who some time ago suffered
from senile gangrene in one foot,,
and who had part of the foot
removed by an operation, is able
to around and engage in his
work.
The following Exeter boys
have returned this week from
overseas: Private H. J. Fuke, Pte.
B. S. Case, Cpl. P. E. Dearling,
Pte. A. Hackney, Pte. C. B.
Allison.
Mr. Reg. Parsons returned last
week from Toronto, where he
attended the Summer School.
He has accepted a school at
Erieau, his duties to commence
Sept. 2.
25 YEARS AGO
Among the special features of
the Exeter Fair this year will be
the opening of the fair by the
Hon. George Doucett, Provincial
Minister of Highways.
A twin-engined Anson
bomber from Centralia airport
crashed on Dick Kinsman's farm
east of Hensel on Sunday,
catching fire while in the air.
Both occupants were uninjured.
Members of the Exeter Golf
Club enjoyed a tournament at
the Oakwood Golf Course,
Thursday afternoon of last
week. Fourteen men and ten
ladies took part.
On Saturday last, Mrs. Patrick
O'Connor and two children
arrived in Exeter from London,
Eng, to join her husband who is
employed as a hydro lineman
With the Exeter P.U.C,
the drivers involved in such car
tests.
They're conducted on
straight sections of road where
an approaching vehicle can be
spotted in time to halt any
activities that could result in
charges.
Its a problem in most areas,
and certainly not concentrated
in this district alone: A trip
across a back road in the
Tavistock area recently indicated
that it was very prevalent there.
In fact it was difficult to see a
section of road that wasn't
covered with some type of tire
mark.
In the Toronto area, police
have started using aircraft to
spot such activities, and perhaps
they will soon have to think
about stake-outs in corn fields or
riding bicycles in plain clothes.
At any rate, when those who
perform such dangerous hot-rod
tactics are caught, we can only
hope that the courts will provide
them with good stiff sentences
and time on foot to consider the
responsibilities involved in
having the privilege of driving.
It is becoming rather obvious
that fines — even those up to
$50 and $100 — are not enough
deterrent. Driving suspensions
may prove more thought.
-provoking.
15 YEARS AGO
Kathryn Hunter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hunter,
Exeter has been awarded the
first $50 scholarship to be given
by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
Pride of Huron Rebekah
Lodge has purchased a hospital
bed to be loaned wherever
needed.
Mary Skinner, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Skinner,
Elimville, won county honours
for completing six 4-H Home
projects this year, at the
Achievement Day at Seaforth
Thursday.
Dashwood Tigers retained the
Huron-Perth "D' championship
Wednesday night when they
defeated the Zurich Lumber
Ki ngs, 3-OLast year's OBA "D"
champs, the Tigers will now
enter provincial competition to
defend their title.
10 YEARS AGO
First scholarship to be won
by a member of the 1959
SHIMS graduating class is a
$200 U. O, entrance award
which went to Bill Etherington,
RR 1, Hensall,
Robert Wolfe as King and
Ann Robertson as Queen,
reigned over the Cowboy and
Indian parade which marked the
end of the Exeter Kinsmen
playground for this summer.
Col. E. E. Tiernan, OBE, CD
of Dashwood has been
appointed commandant of the
Royal Canadian Army Medical
Corp School at Camp Borden.
A significant development in
district schools will be the
opening on September 8, of the
new central school in
McGillivray township.
There will be three new
teachers on the SIIDIIS staff this
year. Cecil Wilson,will be
returning to the scool and
joining the English department;
Victor Dinnin will be teaching
English and Math; Ron Bogart is
the new instructor in
Agriculture,