HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-10-16, Page 4Pay for planners
Exeter councillor Ross Dobson
suggested last week that members of the
planning board should receive remunera-
tion for their jobs.
Coming from a member of a public
body who does receive pay for his
position, it appears to be a sound
suggestion. If members of councils and
school boards receive remuneration, why
should those who serve on other public
bodies not be treated in the same way?
However, before council make any
decisions in this regard, they must look
over the entire spectrum of public
service.
If remuneration is to be granted to
members of the planning board, then it
follows that stipends should also go to
members to RAP, the cemetery board,
the library board, the representative to
the Ausable River Conservation Author-
ity, the representatives to regional
tourist and regional development groups,
etc., etc.
Such a decision obviously does not
come to fruition without a fairly hefty
price tag.
At the present time there is a
distinction between the public servants
who receive remuneration and those who
do not. Those who are elected receive
pay and those who are appointed do not
— at least at the municipal level.
To change that guideline and
extend remuneration to any group of
appointed officials would obviously be
unfair unless it was extended to include
all appointed officials acting on behalf of
council or the ratepayers.
Salute to farming community
Last week in this editorial column
we drew attention to Huron County's
agricultural background and
dependency. This week we'd like to
pursue this one step further by
suggesting that communities throughout
the county should follow the example
set by the Wiarton Chamber of
Commerce.
Last week's Wiarton Echo had this
to say about the upcoming Farm Festival
in that town. We think there is merit in
the idea:
"Our hats are off the Wiarton
Chamber of Commerce for their efforts
to show our rural people how much they
appreciate the business done by them in
our town.
"Even though the tourist dollar
means a great deal to the economy of
our fair, town, and the business man
gears for the extra business in the
summer, this salute to the farm and rural
people is proof that they are also
appreciated.
"The three day event is
spear-headed by Bill Saranchuk who has
worked hard to see that everything is
organized, will take place Oct. 18, 19
and 20.
"Plans call for a dance to be held
Saturday evening at the Propeller Club.
There will be refreshments served and it
is hoped a good orchestra will provide
music for dancing.
"Thursday, Friday and Saturday
will see stores putting on specials which
should prove well worth the shoppers
close scrutiny. The three day event
should prove well worth while for the
urban and rural people alike.
"The name Farm Festival would
indicate that only the rural people will
be entertained. Not so. Everyone in
town is invited to partake of the
festivities.
We understand the clerks in the
stores will wear strawhats where possible
and the town will take on a farm
atmosphere.
Smileys go visiting
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by W.W. Haysom
your telephone manager
WELCOME THAMES ROAD CUSTOMERS
I would like to include a special welcome in the column this week
to our new customers in the Thames Road area. It is nice to see you
joining the growing group of Bell Canada customers and I hope our
association will be long and pleasant.
On Wednesday, November 5th, we're planning a special
Telephone Night at the Thames Road United Church on Highway No,
83. We'll have along our management team for the area and hope to
meet with you and•answer any questions you may have about our
operations.
An invitation with more details will be mailed to you shortly.
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RESERVE YULE CALLS FOR OVERSEAS NOW
Will you be among the 6,000 Canadians who will call overseas on
Dec. 24, 25 or 267
Three out of four of these calls will be made from Bell Canada
phones.
From 10 a.m. Oct, 7 on, you may make reservations for calls on
those dates.
Of course, you don't really have to reserve. At Christmas, you can
still make a call in the usual way.
However, a limited number of reservations will be taken from
those who wish to avoid possible delays on the busiest telephone days in
the year.
Naturally, your call would be put through a lot faster on Dec. 23
. . . or Dec. 27. But if you wish to make reservations, we're at your
service.
It's estimated that there'll be 190 operators on duty on the
overseas board in Montreal on Christmas Day.
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If names make news then one of the newsiest items of the year is
on its way to area residents, It's your new telephone directory. You'll
notice a significant change in telephone terminology in your new
directory. The word "Information" is being replaced by the phrase
"Directory Assistance," The new words have been adopted by many
telephone companies throughout the continent because they more
accurately describe the service provided to customers — furnishing
numbers not listed in the current directory and assisting in the location
or listings a customer is unable to find by himself. "Information" is a
fairly broad term and many times has led to callers asking the Operators
questions which have nothing to do with telephone service. But that's
just one of the changes In the neW directory, There
are also many new and changed listings which will
be of interest to you. I find it is always a good idea
to double check my personal list of frequently
called numbers against the new directory listings,
We have a handy new Personal Directory to help
you make and keep a list of those numbers you call
most frequently. It also lists Area Codes and
contains a four.year calendar. Just call our Business
Office and we'll send you one free of charge, it's a
handy little book to have around,
Just three months ago we were Witnesses to the first telephone
call to the moon, Perhaps anticipating increased long distance traffic to
the lunar surface, the Fall meeting of the Consultation ComMittee of
International Telephone Carriers will include choosing an Area Code for
the moon,
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This column is not going to
have one theme, but several. Fair
enough? I've just returned from
an exhausting weekend, taught
eight 40-minute periods of
English and attended a
department heads' meeting
which ended by six p.m., with
everybody snarling.
We went to visit our daughter
at university. A mistake, but you
love them. First few weeks are
bad enough, but when you add a
tooth extraction, with
complications, it's 'orrible.
Complicate that with
loneliness and you have a pretty
sad kid on your hands. Funny,
isn't it? Kids spend years telling
you how glad they'll be to get
away from their rotten parents
and be FREE. And a week later
they're desperately homesick.
But it wasn't all bad. We had
a good dinner, out; and Kim
ruined her new leather skirt by
dropping a fried shrimp on it,
This is the only skill she has
really mastered, after 13 years of
education. Dropping things.
And then there was Dennis,
the cab driver. Rotund and jolly,
he talked steadily as he drove us
in circles and squares, looking
for en address. When we finally
found it, we realized we could
have walked in half the time.
And Dennis, striking his
forehead violently, remarked:
"Geez, I shoulda known dis
place. I work right across de
street dere at de garage two
nights a week."
But he gave us a refund,
which you'd never get in most
cities.
Perhaps the highlight of the
weekend was The Newlyweds.
We were coming down in the
elevator on Sunday. A very large
man, in his late fifties, and
stoned to the eyeballs, joined us
at the fifth floor. He was
accompanied by a statuesque
blonde, in her early fifites. Also
stoned, but a lady. Couldn't say
a word.
"Wantcha to meet the wife,"
he burbled deliriously. "Just got
married yesterday."
We were delighted at this
manifestation that love knows
no race, creed, or age, and
congratulated them heartily.
"We got 12 kids," he
announced proudly, Seems she
had four sons and two daughters
and he had four daughters and
two sons, by previous marriages.
Lots of grandchildren.
They were just off to Boston
on their honeymoon. Now,
don't ask me why anyone would
go to Boston on a honeymoon.
There isn't that much time to
talk while you're going down
five floors in an elevator.
But they seemed extremely
happy, and God bless them, and
I hope they made it out of the
city without being thrown in the
impaired driving tank. He almost
wiped out a bellboy as he
backed away from the hotel
entrance. But love and peace to
both of them. How would you
like to start on a honeymoon
with 12 kids?
Personally, I love and admire
anybody who believes in love
and admiration after the age of
50. But 12 kids! And all those
grandchildren. Wow! It's like
going over the trenches at dawn
with a cap pistol and a string of
firecrackers.
Theme two. Does anybody in
his right mind understand
Medicare? I take it from the
silence that the answer is a
resounding "No!"
This will replace that, and
that will replace this, and I can
get a hearing aid, which I don't
need. How about a smelling aid
for those who can't smell? My
wife, after carefully reading the
utterly confusing directions, has
the idea that we belong to four
different medical plans, none of
which will pay all our medical
bills. The only thing that comes
through to me, loud and clear, is
that it's going to cost more
money.
Theme three. Do you realize
that a high school with about
1400 students in it, is a snake
pit? Confine about 1600 people
(counting staff and janitors) into
a shoe factory about a city block
in size, and what do you get?
A learning situation? No, a
burning situation and a gaggle of
paranoids. More about this later,
when I'm feeling better. And. I
feel better already, just having
said it.
TESTING THE
throughout the
daughter of Mr,
ready to eat.
A glaring publicity faux pas
has hit Niagara Falls tourist
industry operators this year,
right where it hurts — in the cash
register.
The Financial Post says
tourist operators are blaming the
great American Falls turn-off for
turning off their business as well.
Business is down about 10
percent compared to 1968.
The public relations mistake
is explained this way. Too often.
in the past, the twin falls have
not been promoted as a package.
Many brochures convey the
impression of one falls,
American or Canadian,
depending on where the
literature originates.
This year many people read
about the turn-off and got the
impression that the falls were
not worth seeing. „
The majority of those who
stayed away were Americans
who apparently don't know that
Canada boasts its own falls.
In fadt, we are of the opinion
they are much more exciting
than the falls on the American
side.
The situation points up the
fact that our neighbors to the
south of us don't really know
much about the geography of
Canada.
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Britain's tough new law to
prevent impaired driving has had
at least one unforseen effect — a
rush of women to driving
schools.
It is estimated that 80
percent of those taking driving
lessons are female. Presumably
this is because many men who
used to drive themselves home
from the pub have now decided
that their wives should be
qualified to take on this chore,
when necessary.
The men in Saudi Arabia
don't have this opportunity.
Women are forbidden by law
to drive in that country.
But get this! If one is caught
at the wheel, her husband goes
to jail.
That certainly appears to be
an easy way to get rid of the old
man.
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Some members of the Exeter
Lions appear to have the opinion
that we were unduly harsh on
them in some comments we
made recently regarding the
bridge that was washed out in
the July 24 flood.
One of the club's eloquent
after-dinner speakers took the
editor to task about the
comments during the Thursday
night dinner meeting at
Centralia.
It should be pointed out here
that guests of the Lions are
treated royally, and the criticism
aimed our way is not a practice,
so if you happen to get an invite,
by all means accept.
In much the same way that a
fish out of water is at a great
disadvantage to any predator, we
wisely passed up the invitation
to get involved in a verbal debate
over the topic. That medium is
out of our element.
Our first comment in regard
to the Lions bridge was made a
couple of weeks after the flood
when it was suggested that the
bridge should be pulled out of
the river because the kids were
dismantling it to make rafts.
In that particular column, we
Made no reference as to Who
should take the responsibility
for getting the bridge out,
However, shortly after, one
of the Lions pointed out the
club members planned to do the
job, There was even an inference
that the club knew about the
bridge and didn't require our
reminder that it should be
hauled ashore.
It was on this basis that we
assumed the Lions were taking
the responsibility and it was the
reason for our later criticism
about the fact their intentions
had not been carried out and in
the interval much of the bridge
structure had been lost.
We agree wholeheartedly with
the contention that the bridge
was in fact not the responsibility
of the Lions club. It in fact
belongs to the community and
as such comes under the
responsibility of RAP or council.
Unless the Lions had
indicated they would be
responsible for the bridge, it is
only reasonable that RAP or
council should assume the
responsibility for it, in the same
manner as they have assumed
responsiblity for • looking after
the Kinsmen bridges installed•
below the dam.
Now, if Lions members have
further comment they would
care to make, we are certainly
open to another invitation to
one of the dinners to hear it.
In fact with the thought of
their generous hospitality, we
hope the debate carries on for
some time. Your turn, George.
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Speaking of the Lions, we
joined some of the members and
their wives in a canvass for the
Canadian Institute for the Blind,
Wednesday.
Going out on such a canvass
gives one a real insight into
human behaviour.
50 YEARS AGO
An immense number of
electors attended the
nomination meeting in Hensall,
Monday. Three candidates who
were duly nominated were Fred
A. Ellerington, Conservative;
Andrew Hicks, 0.F.0.; John
Morgan, Liberal.
Mrs. R. G. Seldon and Master
Wallace have returned from a
visit to Kingston.
Mr. B. M. Francis,
Massey-Harris agent, will move
shortly into the building south
of the Central Hotel, he having
purchased the property.
The objective for Huron in
the coming Victory Loan
campaign has been set at
$3,700,000.
A very pleasant gathering of
ladies took place at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Penhale,
'the occasion being a surprise to
their daughter, Mrs. Smith, in
tendering her a kitchen shower.
The evening was pleasantly spent
and the guest of honor received.
many useful articles,
25 YEARS AGO
When a spring broke on the
passenger bus on its way froM
Exeter to the Centralia Airport
early Saturday morning the bus
took to the ditch and knocked
over a hydro pole. The bus was
driven by Dalton Finkbeiner and
one side of it was damaged.
Cavell Presbyterian Church
has extended a call to the Rev.
I'tenneth McLean of Witigham to
becoine their new minister.
Armed with onion sacks,
Exeter and rural school pupils in
the district have been spending
their spare time in vacant lots
gathering milkweed pods which
May eventually save the lives of
Canadian airmen, Floss inside
the pods makes an excellent sub-
stitute for kapok, formerly used
in life preservers.
The Women of the !Neter
Some canvassers were told "I
gave at the office," despite the
fact no canvass had been
conducted prior to Wednesday
night.
We found several people were
without funds until pay day,
although we were cheered by the
fact one person in such a
predicament indicated he would
contribute double in next year's
canvass.
Despite the fact we are
continually told that we are an
affluent bunch, most donations
to charitable causes don't bear
this out,
For many of us, our
donations fail to take into
consideration that inflation has
increased the costs of welfare
agencies and our donations don't
reflect our ability to give on the
-basis of our inflationary pay
cheques.
It may be of interest to some
of our readers to know there
are 77 blind persons in Huron
County and the CNIB will
spend $13,231. in their assistance
this year.
If you were missed in the
canvass, or were one of those
who got caught short before pay
day, you can still leave
donations with Larry Snider or
any member of the Lions.
Close your eyes tightly for a
few moments and perhaps you
can better understandhow greatly
appreciated your gift to aid the
blind will be.
District War Time Committee
have this week packed and
mailed 150 Christmas parcels to
the district boys overseas.
15 YEARS AGO
A load of 10,000 eggs was
scrambled near Zurich, Thursday
when the rear dual wheels of a
produce truck fell off while the
vehicle was travelling along a
township road.
Lorne Ballantyne, 17-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Ballantyne, RR 3 Exeter, is
believed to be the youngest
plowing champion South Huron
has ever had. He won the top
award at the match near
Dashwood, Friday,
The EXeter Lions Club is
going all out in arranging a
bang-up Hallowe'en Party for
the children of Exeter and area.
.Jack Smith and his committee
are presently finalizing the plans.
Grade nine ' students under
the supervision of Andrew
Dixon have undertaken as part
of the agricultural course an
experimental poultry project to
ascertain the feed costs per
dozen eggs,
10 YEARS AGO
Ross Tuckey of Tuckey
Beverages Ltd., EXeter was
elected president Of the Ontario
Carbonated Beverages
Association at a convention in
Hamilton, last week.
Ontario Department of
Education has given tentative
approval to the proposed
60,000 three-room addition to
xeter Public School.
Official opening of the new
central school in McGillivray
Township will be held Friday
evening, October 2,3, it was
announced this week:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs and
Mayor and Mrs, It. E. Dooley,
who are on a trip to the West
have been held up on their
return owing to snow storms.
Ballet Lessons
SOUTH HURON DISTRICT
HIGH SCHOOL
SAT., OCT. 18 10:00 a.m.
Gymnastics
1:00 p.m.
Anyone interested in either activity
is more than welcome
Fall Deep-Cut
SALE
Monday, October 20
to Saturday, October 25
Reg. $2.19 $1.39 I
Reg . 75e 59e
Paramette i8coOzTa sbylreutps and $8.07
Family Pack
value $5.99
$3.88 Heating Pads Reg. $4.99
2 For $ 1.00 Hair Brushes
Panti Hose
Kleenex 400's
3 For 99
Pepsodent
8V Tooth Paste Reg $1 25
- Huntley'sDrug Store
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district and in some cases youngsters could hardly wait to get a sample. Above, Laurie,
and Mrs. Alvin Willert of town is anxious to find out if the delicious looking morsel is
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