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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-09-11, Page 4OUR ,sei>aiaess; ar:Seak4S.:1:i::•:iSeaKagaiekezkeskieksaiiii:j INTRODUCING ... Ron Du Moulin A Native of Peterborough, Ron is the New Manager of the BEAVER LUMBER STORE — EXETER Ron Has Been Assistant Manager at Newmarket And Looks Forward to Meeting YOU. DROP IN TODAY :Thank You . • Floyd Patton, Manager at the Exeter Store for the Past 2 Years Says A Sincere Thank You To His Many Friends and Customers in Exeter, Floyd is Being Transferred to Welland and Takes this Opportunity to Ask You to Give Ron The Fine Welcome and Patronage He Fleeelved, BEAVER LUMBER EXETER PHONE 2354582 The ways of war Another of the strange events in the Vietnam war Occurred this week. The North Vietnamese announced they would stage a cease-fire arrangement In order to pay tribute to their dead president, Ho Chi Minh. The fact the warring parties can agree to a cease-fire for such an observance makes one wonder whether the lives of thousands are being sacrificed for any apparent good reasOn. If a "holiday" can be declared for the death of only one man, it gives the war the appearance of being a game -- or even a job. Just think how quickly the hostilities would be halted if a three-day• truce was declared to honor The Ontario Department of transport has apparently decided that money talks, In fact they must think it talks so loud that even chronic speeders cannot help but hear the flap of it as it flutters its way out of pocket and into the public coffers by way of the speeding ticket. Just recently the department of transport introduced a new scale by which speeding fines will be determined. The penalties are pretty stiff with the price rising in accordance with the speed of the vehicle involved. The rate is $2 for each mile per hour over the speed limit up to nine miles per hour; $3 per mile between ten and 19 mph over the limit; $4 per mile between 20 and 29 mph over the limit; and $5 per mile for 30 mph over the limit. There is a desk-bound city dweller, who at most takes off occasionally on an economy flight to a nearby city, who looks out on a lunar aspect. Resting on the pebble-covered roof next door, is a superstructure with a spindly ladder and a variety of unexplained hoods, fans, pipes and domes, which appears to have set down in an unobserved soft landing. A trickle of water has made a path across the stones to a corner protected by a low parapet. There, ten storeys each and every man \Nilo loses his life in the conflict. But then, perhaps Ho Chi Minh never considered any of his fellow countrymen as deserving of such a mourning period. No doubt the same situation exists among the leaders of the South. Unfortunately, wars are not fought by the men who start them or continue the policies which keep them going. Soon, the truce will end. The mourning for Ho Chi Minh will cease. The mourners will return to the battle field. Many of them will die, Their bodies will be tossed into trenches. Will the new leader mourn? Will there be a three-day truce? In practice it spells financial disaster to the motorist who likes to zip along the highway at speeds well above the speed limit. As an example, it will cost a motorist $10 if he is caught and convicted of driving 35 mph in a 30 mph zone. The cost will be $30 if he is found guilty of driving 40 mph in the same area. At 60 mph in a 30 mph zone he will be required to forfeit $150! If a motorist is stopped by police while travelling 80 mph in a 60 mph zone, the fine will be $80. In a day and age when cars are fast, roads are good and police detection methods are better than ever, the possibility of tagging the average motorist - even you, my friend .for such a sizable fine is not unrealistic. It could happen, perhaps more easily than we are ready to admit. above the street in a pocket of downtown city dust, and in spite of scary stories of pollution, air-borne seeds have sprouted to make a midsummer garden of goldenrod, daisies and grasses. If someone would just persuade Houston mission control to send a packet of weed seeds aloft by the next Apollo, television would not he so stark. Who's to say a good healthy goldenrod plant would not survive? — The Printed Word NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS and CATS Prevention of Rabies The Health of Animals Branch of the Canada Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the Huron County Health Unit will hold FREE RABIES CLINIC EXETER RABIES CLINIC 6— Arena -- Friday, September 12/69. From 1:00 — 8:00. ZURICH RABIES CLINIC — Community Centre — Monday, September 1 5/69, From 9:00 -- 12:00 noon. HENSALL RABIES CLINIC — Arena — Monday, September 1 6 /69, From 1:30 —4:30, DASHWOOD RABIES CLINIC — Fire Hail Tuesday, September 16/69. From 9:00 — 12:00 noon, CREDITON RABIES CLINIC — Fire Hall — Tuesday, September 16/69. From 1:30 — 4:30. GRAND BEND RABIES CLINIC — Fire Hall — Wednesday, September 17/69. From 1:00 — 8:00. ELIIVIVILLE RABIES CLINIC — Usborne Township Building — Thursday, September 18/69. From 9:00 — 12:00. Vaccination against rabies will be provided for dogs and cats three months of age and over. Owners who require certificates of vaccination for export or other purposes should consult their private veterinary. No certificates will be issued at this clinic. Help prevent human exposure to rabies, take advantage of this opportunity to have your pets immunized. A booster shot each year is recommended. Punishment befitting the crime Moon dust Aprons or diplomas? A CUDDLY WINNER •- These four area girls had fun in Woodham, Saturday, running their hands through the soft, white fur of one of the championship rabbits in the South Huron Rabbit Breeders Association show. From the left are: Jane VanRoestel, RR 1 Woodham; Janice Dickey, RR I Centralia; June and Cindy Donaldson, Clandeboye. T-A photo The main reason for the lack of support no doubt stems from the fact that the type of losses suffered on July 24 were of a type similar to those which have been faced by area residents in the past, and for which no assistance has been received. There have been farmers in the past who have lost crops due to hail damage, and no doubt there will be in the future. The fact that it is not It would appear that only those who suffered losses in the July 24 flood and hail will have any criticism of the fact the plan to raise funds for their assistance has been abandoned. Generally speaking, there was very little public support for the flood relief fund and this was one of the main reasons why the committee decided to forego their efforts to raise funds. It is a little difficult to understand the reason for the public apathy when it is reported that claims amounting to $400,000 have been submitted from residents in Exeter, Usborne and Stephen. Such an amount would indicate that in fact a major disaster did occur and that people would require some assistance to help them overcome their losses. However, that assistance did not materialize to any great extent, and as the committee pointed out, the amount of money they could envision raising would in fact he of little avail. Even some of the methods the committee thought of using to raise funds met with lack of support, and in view of the mammoth headaches they faced in allotting any funds that were donated, their decision is not too difficult to understand. No funds for major disaster * uncommon probably led some people to the conclusion that if others have had to overcome their losses on their own, those who lost crops this year should do the same. In addition, there were those who pointed to the fact the farmers should have had crop insurance, and this argument was strengthened when the department of agriculture announced there would be no assistance for Kent and Essex farmers who had suffered crop losses this year. The same situation existed in Exeter. There have been a number of home owners in the past who have suffered damages when their basements flooded, and again there appeared to be an attitude that those who had that fate befall them this year didn't deserve any assistance either. Coupled with this was the fact it was impossible to drive down the street a couple of days later and see that anyone had suffered any damage. Some of the battered crops quickly took on new life and soon only the pictures remained to remind us that there had been a storm. No one was without housing or clothing, and the fact that furnace motors were ruined proved of little concern because heating wasn't really needed in the middle of summer. To top it all off, there were reports that some people were padding the claims they were submitting, plus the fact others indicated they wouldn't help "so-in-so" who had submitted a claim because he didn't need help. There may be other excuses — or reasons, if you prefer — but because the fund was abandoned due to public apathy, we leave it up to you to decide whether you should feel guilty about not supporting the fund. Personally, we think the situation points up a certain amount of selfishness in most of us, not only in those who failed to contribute to those less fortunate than themselves, but also those who put in claims that appeared beyond reason. But then, it's one of the blights of our affluent society. The more we get, the more we want, and we live in relative luxury while our brothers around the world would consider it a feast to be able to salvage from our garbage cans. Charity seems to be a vanishing ingredient of our way of life and its complete extinction may well herald our own extinction. One thing that does defy our comprehension is the fact the Lions bridge at Riverview Park was never rescued. From reports we've received, the bridge is almost a total loss. It seems unfortunate that the structure was not salvaged, because it was part of this community's centennial project and in part belonged to the community. We commented on the bridge situation shortly after the flood and it was our understanding that the Lions planned to rescue it. Perhaps there is a plausible explanation as to why it was allowed to go to ruin. If so, we'd like to hear it. You need Three Savings Accounts. To provide you with the greatest amount of interest on your savings and, at the same time, assure you maximum money flexibility, Victoria and Grey urges you to adopt our "Three-Account" Plan. With our "Three-Account" Plan, you get 4% on your regular savings account and you may issue cheques on it. 63/4% on a special savings account on which you may not write cheques but from which yOu may make withdrawals at any time. 81/2 % on Guaranteed Investment Certificates. Start Saving today at Victoria and Grey. VG The senior Trust Company devoted entirely to serving the people of Ontario. IICTORM and GREY One? Two? Three? TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 Why don't girls just get married, the way they used to? What is the desperate thing in modern society that insists a girl must get a degree or become a nurse or learn a skill, such as punching an adding machine. Frightened, frantic parents, with the shadow of The Depression peeking over their shoulders are ramming their daughters, willy-nilly, into something they can "fall back on." The irony, Of course we want them to get married, Eventually. To a nice boy with a nice job and prospects; a nice home, nice children, a nice neighbourhood and at the end, a nice pension. But first we want them to have anywhere from 13 to 18 years of "education" so they'll have something to fall back on. We are tacitly admitting that if they do get married, they're going to be abandoned, divorced, or their husbands are going to die at 28. So they have to have something to fall back on. Why don't we just let them get married and fall back on their husbands for a living? My wife has been falling back on me for almost 23 years and I'm still in reasonable condition. Even though my back has fallen a bit into my front. I suppose you think this is just a diatribe. Well, you're right. But there's a reason for it. My wife and I have nursed and cursed and wheedled and needled our daughter through high school. She hated it in Grade 11, loathed it in Grade 12, and abhorred it in Grade 13. But by a combination of blackmail, bribery and piteous whining, we made her stagger through the process. I promised "If you just get your Grade 13, you can do whatever you want. Go to college. Get a job. Drop dead. But you'll never regret it. Already she's regretting it. Now she has to go to university, which she's about as much interested in as she is in catching leprosy. The whole column is inspired (or uninspired) by the harrowing 1881 effort of getting Kim organized at university. She thought she might he able to hack university if she had a pad of her own; a grill to burn beans on and burn toast on, and maybe a sleeping bag on the floor, and a few psychedelic posters and a few cockroaches and her cat for company, This was all right by me. I've slept in barns and box cars. This was freedom from home and parents and all the awful things they represent, such as cleanliness and godliness and so on. But her mum had different ideas. And her mum, as I have reason to know, is a domineering, forceful, overpowering and illogical woman, like most other women. So Kim is going to stay in a nice home, with a very nice middle-aged couple. As far as she's concerned, it's getting out of purgatory and into hell. I've never heard of anybody being kicked out of hell, but I imagine she'll manage it with in about three weeks. If you have a ,•''i4.`3.6i,":"'"igkrZ.'";•**.'.5""1"•??t, Amalgamated 1924 teenage daughter, you'll know what I mean. They're absolute slobs until they re married, when, by some strange process, they go around emptying ash trays before anyone has used them. But three weeks of dirty bare. feet and a bedroom that looks like a Salvation Army old-clothes depot and a bathroom that looks as if it went down with the Titanic and even that charming, calm landlady will be screaming, "Out! Out!' However, I guess the trip was worth it. We met a nice lady in the registrar's office who reads my column (hello, nice lady, keep an eye on my beloved). We had a couple of roaring fights with subsequent tears, which is good for everybody. And we got home, after a fairly disastrous stopover with friends, to be greeted by our other rotten kid, the vacuum cleaner salesman, who has decided to go back to university after two years of drop-out, who has made $3,500 in the last eight months, who has "Maybe enough money to pay my fees," who was just dropping in at the old oil well to see if it was still pumping. Somebody said, "Life is short and life is sweet." Thank goodness it's short. "Have you one that only tells your fortune?" 50 YEARS AGO The Citizen's Liberty League is careful not to point out that the beer that would be sold under beer and wine license would be stronger than purchasable. Mrs. Wright of Collingwood, mother of Mr. Harold Wright, organist in James Street Methodist Church, has arrived in town and will assist the choir. Automobile stealing is becoming a common occurrence and owners of cars who are motoring to the city should safeguard their autos. The stealing of car accessories is also frequent. A rink of bowlers consisting of C. W. Robinson, W. T. Acheson, Robt. Mawhinriey and R. N. Rowe motored to New Hamburg tourney Monday and made a 50-50 record, winning two and losing two games. Mr. Robert Sillery of Usborne Tp. has purchased another farm, being Mr. Sandy Grey's 100 acres in Tuckersmith, north of Brucefield. Mr. Sillery now owns 350 acres, 25 YEARS AGO A new bus service for the conveyance of pupils from Zurich and Hay Township to the Exeter High School was inaugurated on Monday, the contract having been let to Mr. Earl Guenther of Dashwood. Mr. Glen McKnight has sold his residence on Carling Street to Mrs. David Kestle of town, ML Restle is at present serving with the Canadian Army in the Maritimes. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Coates, who for the past fifteen and a half years have conducted a grocery business in Exeter, have disposed of the business to Mr. Aljoe Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris of town have purchased from Mr. Robert Crawford the house on Sanders Street together with the furnishings. 15 YEARS AGO Several thousand people were full of beans Monday night after they enjoyed the supper served by Hensel]. Kinsmen at the first Ontario Bean Festival. The Kinsmen cooked 16 bushels of locally-grown beans. Anna Messner, 19 year old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Fred Messner, Dashwood won the Men's Club car which was given away at the Labor Day Celebrations. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Neil who were married August 28, 1928, by the Rev. Ilagelstein, celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary on Saturday at their home in Crediton. Leslie A, Parker, Anne St. was installed as president of Exeter Kinsmen at the Club's first meeting of the season Thursday night. More than 100 friends and relatives who called on Mr. William Gaiser at his home in Crediton on his ninetieth birthday, Sept. 2, found him well and in fine spirits. 10 YEARS AGO Arthur Gaiser, Shipka has purchased the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Biggart at the corner of Andrew and John streets. Mr, Gaiser will move his family in at the end of the month, Inspection of the new ship H.M.C.S. Cootenay was the highlight of a recent visit to Hamilton by Councillor Ross Taylor, Mrs. Taylor and Douglas. The couple's eldest son, Chief P. 0. Kenneth Taylor is stationed on the Cootenay. Miss Alexia Lostell who attended a summer course at the University of Toronto has taken a position on the Glencoe High School staff. Mr. Jim Tomlinson is attending Beal Technical School thking a course hi electronic% Mr, Simon Nagel has also returned to his studies at Tech, ' ".6s.'sasva.S Times Established 1873 Advocate Established lhgeteferZitnes-Aboocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Publishers: J. M. SouthCott, R. M. Southcott Editor —6 Bill Batten... Advertising Manager Phone 235.1331 c.„,.•.?#1..sas.,:w Published Each Thursday Mo at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1968, 4,520 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada *6.00 Per Yaar; 1.1;,A ; • s,