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MEMBERS OF BABYSITTING PANEL — An eight-week course on the proper methods of babysitting
sponsored by the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority came to a close Tuesday night with a panel discussion. Panel
moderator, Mrs. Earl Campbell is shown above, centre with parent representatives Mrs. Bob Fletcher and
Mrs. Dick Weber and students Debi Wooden and David Mohr. T-A photo.
College offers suggestions
for use of Clinton base
FIRE GUTS BARN — Dense clouds of smoke were whipped across Exeter Sunday afternoon when a
barn owned by William Baker, 160 William St., caught fire. The top portion of the building, containing
straw and hay, was destroyed. The barn was used only for storage of garden equipment. T-A photo
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN TO BENEFIT FROM PANCAKE BREAKFAST — A couple of veteran flap jack
flippers will be in charge of frying pancakes for Sunday breakfast at the Pineridge Chalet, west of
Hensall. All proceeds will go to the Crippled Children fund and Cindy Bisback is shown above with,,
Lloyd Mousseau and Bob Baker who did the same chore at the Calgary Stampede a few years ago.
T-A photo.
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Officials from Conestoga
College have offered some
suggestions for the possible total
utilization of the Canadian
Forces Base at Clinton,
scheduled to be closed down
nei..t year.
The proposals have been put
forth by Aubrey W. Hagar,
director of innovative and
continuing education, and
Charles H. Rushton,
administrator, Kitchener-
Waterloo continuing education
centre.
"We can identify some broad
classifications of need, such as
families consistently on welfare,
families without regular wage
income who may be dislocated
by housing renewal projects and
the person on parole who needs
assistance to adjust to his family
and to find a new way," the
report states.
It continues as follows:
We commenced our
investigation by seeking to
identify the characteristics of
the Base and observed that it
possesses facilities which would
make it a well-appointed village
or small community.
There are single and multiple
family dwellings; single person
accommodation; recreational
facilities — playgrounds, curling
rink, hockey arena, sports fields,
gymnasium and swimming pool,
cultural and religious facilities —
theatre, library, meeting areas,
churches; and over-all a variety
of facilities suitable for
Editorial staff
gets extra help
The editorial staff of the
Times Advocate had an extra
helper this week, Lillian Scott, a
native of Nova Scotia, took a
week off from her Diploma
Course in Journalism at the
University of Western Ontario, to
get_ some on the spot training in
Exeter. This is a slack or
"study" week for the students
and the T-A was one of the
papers which offered this
opportunity for practical
experience.
education.
The Base has facilities which
would be ideal for a living and
learning experience. The
facilities for learning are
sufficient to permit a full
Easter seals
being mailed
An objective of $2,050 has
been set for the Exeter and
district Easter Seal campaign
which extends from February 26
to March. 29.
The campaign is conducted
locally by the Exeter Lions Club
in conjunction with the Ontario
Society for Crippled Children.
Local campaign chairman is
George Busche.
Over-all objective of the 1970
Ontario Easter Seal campaign is
$1,600,000.
Mr. Busche emphasized that
half of the funds raised here
remain in the community for the
direct assistance of needy local
handicapped children.
"These funds," he said,
"enable our club to assist these
children and their families in a
great many ways, such as
financial help in the purchase of
artificial limbs or special
equipment such as braces or
wheelchairs, camping fees and
transportation to and from
camps or clinics."
"The balance of the funds
raised here go directly to the
Ontario Society for Crippled
Children. There they are used to
support the handicapped
youngsters in this province
through one of the world's most
comprehensive treatment and
rehabilitation programs."
The Society operates 21
District Nursing Offices
throughout Ontario staffed by
37 specially trained Public
Health nurses. In addition, the
Society, working with local
Easter Seal service clubs,
sponsors a series of special
clinics across Ontario. Medical
specialists whose assistance,
would not otherwise be available
locally, take part in these clinics
which each year examine nearly
2,000 youngsters.
The more than 14,000
handicapped children in Ontario
also benefit from the Society's
continuing support of the 18
treatment centres located
throughout Ontario. Many of
the children also attend one of
the five summer camps owned
and operated by the Society.
"These children", said Mr.
Busche "need our support. I
hope and trust Exeter and
district will prove generous in its
support of the Easter Seal
campaign."
The, Easter Seals will be
packaged by the Exeter Lions
Club at their regular meeting
tonight, Thursday and will be in
the mail by the weekend.
Any persons wishing to make
cash donations may do so by
contacting Exeter Lions Club
treasurer, Harold Gunn at
Dominion Hardware.
programme for all persons who
could be accommodated.
Experience gained in the
Ontario Manpower Retraining
Program indicates that upgrading
of the wage earner of a family is
often less successful because the
spouse and children are not
upgraded as well.
There are strong indications
of a need among the
disadvantaged to seek to help
the complete family as opposed
to selected members of the
family. The Base has all of the
facilities needed for a complete
family training program.
Furthermore, the program
would be a source of
information to assist persons
engaged in educational, welfare
and other social plans.
The education of children of
the families could be provided in
the elementary school on the
Base and in the secondary school
in Clinton.
The educational program
which we see is one of perhaps
one to two years duration for
each family. The daily program
must be full. Traditional
educational approaches will not
achieve results but there is now a
wealth of experience among
persons working in the
education of adults.
There is plenty of evidence of
the success of innovative
education in the training centres
in this Province.
The Base provides
accommodation for single
persons and it may be possible
to utilize this but the major
emphasis should be on families.
Training programs financed
under the Federal Adult
Occupation Training Act and
provided by the Ontario
Manpower Retraining Program
have placed emphasis on the
need to help the total person.
Provision is made for the
physical, mental, learning and
social health of each person. The
concept of seeking to provide
for not only the complete family
but also the complete needs of
the family should be paramount.
This means the involvement
of several departments of the
Provincial Government,
municipal governments and
agencies. The main thrust will be
in the learning process but
success cannot be achieved
without involvement of many
other resources.
Public and private funds are
now being expended to support
disadvantaged families. The
question is not whether these
will be continued but how they
will be applied. For example, it
should be to the advantage of a
municipality to expend welfare
funds to support a family in
Clinton as opposed to keeping
the family in the municipality
and perpetuating the welfare
payments without hope of
change year after year.
This proposal is in the
concept phase. We believe that it
has possibilities and merits
further study and action. The
task is one of resolutely
proceeding from philosophical
considerations to realistic
actions.
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CO.RAV,.FORO
Mrs. Cora V, (Windsor) Ford
died at South Huron Hospital,
Exeter, February 23, 1970 in
her 89th year.
She was the wife of the late
Herbert I. Ford.
Mrs. Ford is survived by one
son, Irwin of Exeter; a
granddaughter, Mrs. Tom Miller,
Trenton, and two
great-grandchildren, Danny and.
Carolyn Miller; three sisters, Mre.
Ida Hodgins,.Hardeastle„ Oregon,
Mrs. Mary Robinson, Strathroy,
Mrs, Bertha Elva McKeen, Paris;
two brothers, Rev, J. E.
Windsor, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
and J. Perry Windsor, Kingston.
The funeral was conducted,
from the R, C. Pinney Funeral
Home, Exeter, with Rev, Glen
Wright officiating, February 25,
Interment was in Exeter
Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Tom
Miller, Jack Atkinson, Bob,
Robinson, Aaron Hodgins, Bill
Chambers and Mahlon Watts.
EVELYNE S. (LEN) POWELL
Evelyne (Len) Powell passed
away at Victoria Hospital,
London, February 22, 1970 in
his 51st year as a result of an
accident.
He is survived by his wife
Elsie (Chapman) Powell and a
daughter, Heather, at home;
step-son, Eugene Upper,
Toronto; step-father, Ansley
Neil, Exeter; two step-brothers
Rea Neil. Clandeboye and Alton
Neil, Granton; and one
step-sister, Mrs. Stewart (Janice)
Adkins, North Bay.
The funeral was officiated by
Captain M. J. R. Tipping, St.
Mark's Chapel, Wolseley
Barracks from the Needham
Memorial Chapel, London,
February 25, 1970. Interment
was in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery.
SUSAN AGNES SIMMONS
Mrs. Susan A. Simmons
passed away in South Huron
Hospital, Exeter, February 21,
1970 in her 85th year. She was
the wife of the late Wesley G.
Simmons, Exeter, and her
parents were the late Peter and
Ann Melville of Hibbert
Township.
Mrs. Simmons is survived by
three sons, Clarence of Alberta,
Fred and Eldrid of Exeter; and
three daughters, Mrs. William-
(Annie) Cowhig, Mrs. James
(Coquoline) Near, both of New
York and Mrs. Jeff (Rebba)
Ross, Stratford; 12
grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
from the Hopper-Hockey
Funeral Home with Rev. W. D.
Jarvis officiating, February 24.
Interment was in Exeter
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Peter Ross,
Wide choice
— Continued from front page
continue into grade 11 or receive
a certificate and go out to work.
Mr. Wooden said that while
this type of program is much
more difficult to schedule, it
gives the student more
opportunity . to choose the
subjects in which he is strong. A
student will not be held back if
he is good in one subject and
weak in another. He can take
courses from different grade
levels at the same time and can
pick up any subject he has
failed.
English is one subject that
seems to bother a good number
of •students, said Mr. Wooden. It
will not be compulsory in grade
13. In grades 11 and 12, there
will be four levels of English
taught, an advanced course for
those very interested in it,
another that Mr. Wooden
described as a "middle course"
and two more of decreasing
intensity.
Two new courses, Home
Economics and Art will be
added to the grade 13 course.
Mr. Wooden said the Home Ec.
course will be really more of a
sociological study of the
Canadian family,
Mr. Wooden said five new
teachers will be added to their
staff this fall. One will teach all
the academic subjects in the D
level course. Another will be in
the technological department.
They will have their first
full-time art teacher and one
more each for math and English.
He said they started to give
the students more choice this
year and it seemed to work well.
Accidents
— Continued from front page
investigated a three-car mishap
on Highway 4 at the south end
of Exeter,
Drivers involved were Thomas
W. Hammond RR 1 St. Pauls,
Nancy C. Willard, RR 1
Centralia,xeter! and Muriel E, Dunlop, E
Damage was listed at $700.
The other crash was on
Thursday at 1:30 p.m, when a
car operated by Charles
Paulitzki, RR 3 Parkhill, collided
with a car operated by Maida M.
13aynhaxn, Exeter, on Highway
83 in Dashwood.
Constable F. L. Giffin
investigated and listed damage at
$250,
During the week the officers
laid Six charges under the
Highway Traffic Act and issued
warnings to another 33 driirers.
There were two charged under
the Liquor Control Act and one
under the Criminal Code,
John Simmons, Yred Simmons
Jr., David Wood, John F.
Simmons, :Clarence Fairbairn,
A difference
in 100 years
By L. SCOTT
If a man were looking for a
shoe shine on the Main Street of
Exeter today, he'd have to look
for a long time.
In fact he'd probably have to
give up and shine his own,
But a hundred years ago
Exeter was a different place. It
could boast its own shoe-shine
boy, twice as many doctors per
person and seven hotels with
well-stocked bars. To-day not
one hotel remains.
J.L. Wooden said he is finding
out many interesting little facts
like these while researching a
book he plans to write on the
history of Exeter, He hopes to
complete it by 1973 in time for
the 100th anniversary of
Exeter's existence as a
municipality.
Mr. Wooden is the principal
of South Huron District High
School in Exeter.
He said he is most impressed
by the independence diversity
and self-sufficiency of the early
towns.
"They were pretty vital,
perhaps more so than now."
"Certain services were more
readily available then. There
were four doctors in Exeter a
hundred years ago. To-day there
are still four and the population
has almost doubled. The
out-lying communities each had
their own doctor too, which
they don't have now."
The prices of grain, he found,
were almost the same as now
and sometimes a little better,
despite inflation.
"The only thing that keeps
farmers going is that they can
produce a lot more on the same
amount of land now."
Mx. Wooden said he is just
getting the back-ground of the
book together and trying to
categorize the information a bit.
He is reading through old
newspapers and books.
He said Reeve Derry Boyle
has agreed to do some work on
the history of sporting and Bill
Johnson, a history teacher at the
school, has also offered his
assistance.
Remind motorists
to park properly
Exeter Police Chief Ted Day
reminds motorists to park
vehicles on the same side of the
street as the direction they are
travelling in.
Day adds that if a vehicle
crosses the centre line to pull
over to the opposite side and is
involved in a collision, the driver
will be charged with careless
driving. The penalty for this
offence is $100 plus the loss of
driving licence.
In 1970, two persons have
been charged by the local police
force for parking on the wrong
side of the street.
Hurondale girls
feature fruit
The first 4-H meeting of the
Hurondale No. 2 club was held
at the home of Barbara Dougall,
February 14.
The girls were introduced to
the new project "Featuring
Fruit".
Election of officers was held
and leaders of the twelve
members are Mrs. Maurice Love
and Barbara Dougall.
Mr. & Mrs. George Sereda,
Robert Down and A. Garnet
Hicks are attending the Fair
Board convention in Toronto.
The 15-year-old boy charged
in connection with the January
24 slaying of Miss Catherine
McGregor, 70-year-old retired
Clinton teacher, will be tried as a
juvenile.
Judge F. G. Egener, Owen
Sound, made the ruling Tuesday
after hearing two Crown
witnesses and 10 for the
defence.
Crown Attorney W. G.
Cochrane had asked that the
trial be moved to ordinary court
where the boy would be tried
for murder.
Defence lawyer Jim Donnelly
of Goderich opposed the motion
arguing it was "for the good of
the child and in the interest of
the community" to keep the
case in juvenile court.
Under juvenile law, the boy,
if convicted, would have to be
released from training school on
his 18th birthday.
However, he is still in custody
of the court until he is 21 and if
a juvenile showed he was unable
to be rehabilitated and was a
menace to society he could be
retried in adult court on release
from training school.
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MARK ANNIVERSARY — A dozen charter members of the Exeter Kinsmen were on hand Thursday to
help the club mark its 20th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the kinsmen
Association. Posing for a toast are, back row Ross Tuckey, Ralph Gerittner
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Elmore McBride, Sheldon
Wein, Ray Wuerth, Ray Prayne, Eldrid Simmons and Mel Alderson. Front row: by Armstrong, Les
Parker, Gord Saynharn and Jim rairbairn, T.A. photo
Grand Bend Public School
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION
to be held at
Public School Grand Bend
on
Fri., March 13
1970
from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Only children who are born during the calendar year
of 1965 will be accepted, Bring proof of age and also
immunization records.
M.
Clinton murder charge
heard in juvenile court
Questioned about tae
atmosphere in the community
after the murder, Clinton Police
Chief Lloyd Westlake said that
when the murder was
discovered, "people were very
upset". They locked their doors
and there was an attitude of
fear, but after the arrest things
returned to normal.
He agreed with defence
counsel there is now "a
ground-swell of sympathy for
the boy".
By MRS. FRANK SQUIRE
Mr, & Mrs. Bruce Wallis and
family of London were Sunday
visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Alton
Wallis and Gerald.