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The weather gave area residents plenty to talk about during the past decade — and often something to
complain about. Mrs. Don Webster, Margaret Reeves, Carol Gibbons and Mrs. Gene Baynham were
pictured here in 1961 during a heavy snowfall. The date was May 2. Few farmers had been on the land.
Just think, we have a whole month to go before 1970 will be that bad!
Panic reaction discouraging
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Spring fever and potholes
Spring is the time when motorists
start to complain about potholes, In St.
Marys. our worst street surfaces are very
prominent, and perhaps Queen St. West
takes the prize for the rugged surfaces.
Naturally there will be repairs made, but
until the frost is gone and surfaces are
relatively dry there is apparently not
much use starting even minor repairs.
In other newspapers we read news
of other towns having similar problems.
For instance one businessman in
Newmarket, north of Toronto, threatens
a tax strike "until somebody does
something about this street."
The Newmarket Era (perhaps with
tongue in cheek) says that "eagle Street
has so many large potholes in it this
Spring that it has become the stuff
legends are made from.
"One man said he saw a hat floating
in one of the larger potholes during last
week's rain. When he picked it up, he
discovered the hat's owner.
"Never mind me, said the damp
traveller, "help rime get my sports car out
of this hole."
An Eagle St. resident, Don Wright,
said he saw a lady pushing a baby
carriage on the sidewalk along the street,
and as she passed a pothole a car hit it,
sending up a wall of water.
"That baby nearly drowned," said
another man who saw the incident,"
Another Newmarket resident
describes the street as "the worst in use
as an entrance to a town anywhere in
Canada. I have never driven on any
so-called main entrance as disgraceful as
ihis."
Perhaps St. Marys residents can
take solace from the fact that other
towns "have it bad" too when it comes
to maintenance of street surfaces. But
we hope that suitable weather soon
arrives so that proper and adequate
repairs can be made in St. Marys — no
matter what happens in Newmarket and
elsewhere.
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DEAR KID:
Today you came to me for a job.
From the look of your shoulders as you
walked out, I suspect you've been turned
down before, and maybe you believe by
now that kids out of high school can't
find work.
But, I hired a teenager today. You
saw him. He was the one with polished
shoes and a necktie, What was so special
about him? Not experience, neither of
you had any. It was his attitude that put
him on the payroll instead of you.
Attitude, son. A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E. He
wanted a job badly enough to shuck the
leather jacket, get a haircut, and look in
the phone book to find out what this
company makes. He did his best to
impress me. That's where he edged you
out.
You see, Kid, people who hire
people aren't 'with' a lot of things. We
Within the next few weeks a host of
young people will be attempting to
launch themselves into the work force.
For some it will only be for a summer
between studies, but for others, it will be
the start of a life-long pursuit.
Indications are that jobs will be
scarce this year — perhaps more so than
for many of the past years, Some will be
unsuccessful, for various rea sons.
One of the main reasons is outlined
in the letter below and we reprint it here
in the hope that those who read it may
gain.
Our kitten had a baby!
It's called attitude
know more about Bing than about
Ringo, and we have Stone-Age ideas
about who owes whom a living. Maybe
that makes us prehistoric, but there's
nothing wrong with the cheques we sign
Ever hear of "empathy"? it's the
trick of seeing the other fellow's side of
things, I couldn't have cared less that
you're behind in your car payment,
that's your problem and the
government's.
What I needed was someone who'd
go out in the plant, keep his eyes open,
and work for me like he'd work for
himself. If you have even the vaguest
idea of what I'm trying to say, let it
show the next time you ask for a job.
You'll be head and shoulders over the
rest.
You know, Kid, men have always
had to get a job like you get a girl; Case
the situation, wear a clean shirt, and try
to appear reasonably willing. Maybe jobs
aren't as plentiful right now, but a lot of
us can remember when master craftsmen
walked the streets. By comparison you
don't know the meaning of "scarce".
You may not believe it, but all
around you employers are looking for
young men and women smart enough to
go after a job in the old-fashioned way.
When they find one they can't wait to
unload some of their worries on him.
For both our sakes, get eager, will
you?
Somebody ought to do
something about Easter. It's
much too flexible. It's supposed
to be a time of rebirth and
rejoicing.
But you can't really be swept
away by a feeling of rebirth and
new life when there is still a foot
of snow on the ground and the
wind cuts to the marrow.
Sometimes Easter is in March,
and the weather is beautiful.
Sometimes it's in April and the
weather is horrible. I don't know
how the date is determined, any
more than I know how to fix
loose door knobs, how get
outboard motors going when
they stop, what to do when a
woman weeps, or how to play
midwife to a cat.
I'm not knocking Easter. I
like it. I love the sackcloth and
ashes feeling, and the gloomy
dirges of Good Friday, when
even the pubs are closed. And
there is a joy and triumph in the
Easter Sunday hymns that can't
be surpassed, I think, even by
the Christmas carols.
Easter is also one of the days
that keeps many of our churches
from becoming extinct. Some
primitive instinct brings out the
wayward, the fallen, the sinners,
and the Easter Sunday collection
is the best of the year. You meet
old church friends you haven't
seen for a year. And won't for
another.
This year, we were sent a
Manifestation. No, it wasn't
from the Department of
National Revenue, although it is
pretty good at providing such
things.
We had a birth in the family,
and were privileged to witness
the blessed event, an experience
which must convince the most
hardened cynic that God does
see the little sparrow fall.
Our kitten had a baby. This
may seem a contradiction in
terms, but she is a bare
adolescent, yet she managed to
produce with great yowling
labor pains, one tiny kitten. I
didn't think cats had labor pains,
but she did.
Now, I haven't any use for
cats, but I was fascinated by the
"THE BOSS"
whole procedure. We knew she
was pregnant, of course. But
lady cats, just like lady women,
are rather unpredictable about
the exact day, or even week, of
the great moment.
She had begun to act a trifle
odd, it's true, prowling the
house looking for the most
inconvenient possible place to
lay her eggs. We caught her twice
in the fireplace, casing the joint,
But I thought it was at least a
week away. She was so spry.
When we put her out, she would
leap nimbly onto a window sill
and sit there glaring
malevolently at friendly
tom-cats come to visit, or,
alternately, at us through the
window.
I got home for lunch, from a
Saturday bonspiel, and was
chatting with my wife in the
living room, boring her with the
shots I had almost made. Pip was
sitting on the best chair in the
room. She was acting in a rather
peculiar fashion, stretching her
legs in all directions, I remarked
Ogle:
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The news of a major
attraction brought to any
community is normally greeted
with open arms by most people.
However, that is certainly not
the situation regarding the
planned peace festival for the
Parkhill area. A storm of
criticism greeted that suggestion.
While we certainly do not
concur with some of the panic
reactions being shown by some
people, we share in a general
apprehension about such an
event.
This is based primarily on the
magnitude of the proposed
peace festival. It appears almost
impossible to have upwards of
250,000 people descend upon
one spot without some major
problems, particularly when it is
apparently a live-in type .
assembly which lasts for three
days.
Huge crowds create problems
at any time, but when they are,
dumped into a location for'
which facilities are not 'available,
for them, the problems become
even more acute.
It becomes quite apparent
that the organizers of such an
event must be prepared to
provide all the facilities required
for a gathering of such scope.
If this can be done, to the
satisfaction of all concerned,
then there appears no logical
reason for denying the festival.
The denial of the right to
assembly is a very serious matter
and those prepared to take such
a stand without strong evidence
to support them, shoulder an
extremely great responsibility. * *
Some of the panic reaction
being shown by some people is
most discouraging.
Those who would stoop to
threats against anyone showing
any interest in staging the event
lower themselves to a depth
probably much below that of
even the most unsavory
characters expected to attend
the festival.
We wonder if they are to be
pitied or feared!
Equally disturbing is the fact
that some municipal officials
didn't want to invite the Mayor
of Parkhill to a meeting last
week on the basis that the
Mayor had originally indicated
some interest in having the
festival held near Parkhill.
It would have been more
on it. My wife agreed and went
over to look at her, BLAM! Too
late. The water sac, or whatever,
had burst all over the brocaded
upholstery.
With one fell swoop, I
snatched her up and deposited
her on a blanket, and bingo, she
popped a kitten — something
resembling a tiny, dead dinosaur.
Child-bride though she was, Pip's
instinct worked and she licked
and licked until the infant's
heart began to beat.
Isn't itremarkable how a cat
will clean up the entire mess,
leaving her offspring sleek and
shining? And isn't it amazing
how a mere chick of a kitten, by
the act of giving birth, turns into
a complacent, mild-eyed, smug
mother, nursing by the hour
with her motor going on all
cylinders?
We were as delighted as she
was, arid had a glimmer of that
feeling grandparents must have
when the first grandchild arrives.
What really shook me, though,
was my wife's reaction.
Normally, if anyone drops so
much as a crumb, a bit of ash, or
a drop of coffee on her precious
furniture, all hell breaks loose.
And there's her good chair, with
a great stain on it, and she tosses
it off as nothing.
She became all soft and
motherly and was heating milk
and tucking in the kitten and
lifting it on her hand to look,
with the inevitable accident.
sensible to have the Mayor
attend the meeting so those
opposed could have outlined
their views and tried to sway his
opinion, if in fact they wanted
to sway it.
Based on some of the benefits
which the organizers have
promised Parkhill, it would have
been foolish for the Mayor to
turn hands down on the scheme
without exploring all the
evidence before making any final
decision,
Some of the fears go much
deeper than some would care to
admit. They suggest a general
fear of today's youth. The
consequences of denying the
`,festival may, on that basis, turn
out to be as much of a problem
as allowing it.
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. T. C. McLeod has
resigned his position as barber
with F. M. Boyle and left on
Monday for Kitchener where he
has accepted a job with
Dominion Tire Co.
J. C. Kestle, agent for
Cockshutt and Forest and Wood
Farm machinery is moving his
warerooms to the Baker building
one door north of the Jackson
Factory.
Bethany W.M.S., Thames
Road, intend holding a special
Sunday service on Sunday. Rev.
M. J. Wilson of James Street
Church will preach at 2:30 p.m.
Misses Muriel Nicholson and
Addie Geiser who are attending
London Normal are holidaying
at their homes in Crediton.
Owing to the overcrowding of
the public school parents are
requested to send only those
children Who are now six years
of age,
25 YEARS AGO
At the 18th blood clinic 195
made donations bringing the
total number of donations to
date to 2,135.
Daffodils, violets, crocuses
and hyacinths were picked from
local gardens on March 24.
Farmers are on the land and
considerable seed hat been sewn
this week.
What is believed to be the
largest natural gas find in this
area has been struck in a well in
the Irvine Devine farm north of
Dashwood.
15 YEARS AGO
T. Alvin Crago, reeve of
BIATiShard Township, has
handled over $1,500,000 worth
of purchases during the 24 years
he has been secretary of the
I ir k to n -W oodham Farmers
Club.
With spring making a
determined effort to oust old
man winter from the scene,
traffic in the area will become
heavier in the weeks ahead.
The "Catholic Quote" has
penned the ten commandments
for safe driving, and they are as
follows:
1. Thou shalt hold nothing
but thy steering wheel.
2. Thou shalt not make unto
thee a god of the horsepower.
3. Thou shalt not take the
centre lane in vain.
4. Remember the driver
behind to let him pass.
5. Honor thy father and
mother and thine other
passengers.
6. Thou shalt not kill any
pedestrians.
7. Thou shalt not commit
drunken driving.
8. Thou shalt not steal thy
neighbor's eyes with thy
headlights — not his ears with
thy horn — nor his enjoyment
with thy litter.
9. Thou shalt not bear false
witness with thy signals.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor's right-of-way.
The advent of spring is
normally heralded with an
abundance of mud, as any
mother of a young boy will
quickly tell you.
However, Exeter mothers
appear to have more than their
share this year. Part of the
problem is that laneways and
boulevards were dug up with the
gas installation last year.
We don't know who will have
to correct this situation in some
of the bad areas, but indications
are that some gravel will be
required in a few spots.
Draining of Lake Smith on
the L.C. Hagmeir farm near
Grand Bend "has destroyed one
of nature's finest wild life
sanctuaries," John A. Morrison,
ARCA chairman, charged
Wednesday.
Another 100,000 trees will be
planted in the Ausable Forest in
Hay Swamp this year, Zone
Forester Stuart Hamilton of
Stratford, told the Ausable
Authority, Wednesday.
Mrs. Ed Westcott visited for a
few days last week with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Ron Stephan in London.
Mr. & Mrs. Len Dilkes and
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Lawson spent
the weekend in Port Huron.
10 YEARS AGO
Charles' Reeves, who retired
as road sup't of Grand Bend this
year, was honored by civic
officials at a dinner Friday night.
He was presented with a summer
lounge and his wife received a
bouquet of flowers.
Miss Mary Louise Fritz of the
St. Clair Junior teaching staff
spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr. & Mrs. Ward Fritz.
Exeter will be one of some 19
Western Ontario hockey teams
participating in Brampton Lions
Club Novice Hockey
Tournament over the Easter
holidays,
Exeter Mohawks "Buddy"
Dietrich received the Gerry
Smith goaltending trophy
Tuesday night for the second
straight year as the agile
netminder once again proved to
be best in the WOAA Group One
intermediate league,
Members of the Exeter Lions
Club entertained their children
at the supper meeting at
A r mstrong's Restaurant,
Thursday evening.
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