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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-09-03, Page 4OUR POINT Savings build museum. Remain/Ayr 60.1? After spending 27 years guiding the progress of South Huron District High School, principal H. L. Sturgis retired. Former board members, teachers and staff gathered in June of 1965 to honor him and he's shown above with former board chairmen, Larry Snider, the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Mr. Sturgis; Dr. H. H. Cowen and Ken Johns. During his years at SHDHS , Mr. Sturgis gave out many lectures to students returning late from a noon-hour game of billiards, but his interest in the sport was heightened when his farewell gift turned out to be a pool table. Demonstration ...area style the midst of the crowd the clear resonant tones of one of the demonstration leaders broke into that favorite, insulting song used to deride policeman, "For They Are Jolly Good Fellows". John's usually smiling face was sober and Addie wiped tears from her eyes. But there was no mercy shown by the crowd. The words of the song came stronger from the audience. There was no remorse shown by any of the demonstrators. Their vile acts on that hot, summer evening had not even spoiled their appetites and shortly after they lined up for food in a fashion after their harsh ancestors who had watched the bloody conflicts of Roman gladiators. They had come to do a job. All seemed satisfied that their dem ostration against the policeman and his wife ranked on a par with other demonstrations across the country. To add insult to injury, many said "good luck" to the couple before leaving the hall and stealthily disapppearing into the shadows before word of their acts had attracted the attention of the mass news media. :.* Getting The Times-Advocate out to readers has been frought with problems these past few weeks. First, it was the mail strike-lockout situation. Last week it was the Women's Liberation Movement. At 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, while the editor was busily engaged during a critical period in the production of this newspaper (coffee break), a large pile of assorted female attire was dumped unceremoniously on his desk. People who know that our office is already cluttered to the extreme, can well imagine the r v &it loll lit ---- 4-6 .--,V-st-Nr1rWV "Memorize your diploma and swallow it." ,...:.•••••••••=1111111311111541:111. YE GADS— This is the pile of ladies' undies and other unmentionables which ended up on the editor's desk last week. The editor was so shocked that the female members of the staff would perpetrate such an indeeent act that he couldn't even get his camera focused properly to show the garments clearly. But then, that's perhaps just as well! T-A photo '7. • • '• MOM ige*Xa 9.??.% "WW0fri,X ',$"..?e;••• t,1:0; " Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 `fie toteferZimes-Ablsorafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W,N.A., O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor -- Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Phone 235.1331 . ..... ost, ..,..., ...t •'74-.1-..- Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1969, 4,751 RATES: Canada $6.00 Per Year; USA $8.00 SUBSCRIPTION mautozzaw..45nistiCIWA,— ANNOUNCEMENT TO SOUTH HURON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Opening Day of School Tuesday, September 8, 1970 1. Buses. The buses will follow their regular routes at the usual times. 2. The first day of school will begin at 9 a.m. Students will assemble at 8:50 a.m. as follows: Grades 9 and 11 - Gym 2& 3 Grade 10 - Gym 1 (old) Grade 12 - Cafeteria Grade 13 - Room 97 3. Tuesday, September 8 will be a regular school day. Buses will leave at 3:45 p.m. 4. The Cafeteria will be open as usual. 5. Students should come prepared to pay their Caution Fee, and $2.00 for the Student Council Fee. It is hoped that students will also come prepared to pay for the 1970-71 yearbook J. L. WOODEN, Principal. NEVER Assume the public knows as much about your business as you do. That's why ad- vertising is so indispensable. xri Let us help you get a new home NOW! Right now, with Winter coming on, is the time to move to the spaciousness of your new home. Pay for it while you enjoy it! An easy payment mortgage at Victoria and Grey Trust may cost less than you think. Get it today at Victoria and Grey: VG The senior Trust Company devoted entirely to serving the people of Ontario. TICTORMand GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 425 Main Street EXETER 235.0530 st The department of national defence announced last week that a $3.6 — million building be contracted in Trenton to commemorate the air history of Canada. That's the same department of national defence which announced four years ago that in an effort to reduce costs, CFB Centralia would be closed, tossing about 350 civilian workers out of jobs. That's the same department of national defence which announced about a year ago that CFB Clinton would be closed and an equal number of civilian workers would be tossed out of jobs, That's the same department of national defence which decided that neither of the two Huron County bases were of any value to them and therefore just abandoned the bases with little or no concern for the blight they would cause on the countryside if left in that condition. Now, we don't know what type of displays will be included in the lavish Each year at this time this newspaper usually prints an editorial urging all youths to get back to school and not join the list of school drop-outs. It's difficult coming up with concrete reasons to support the suggestion that a school drop-out is on a deadend street. After all, there are many examples they can point to, to repudiate the arguments. However, they should realize that most of their "examples" couldn't have made it in today's world under present circumstances. The day when the uneducated, self-made man can attain success is almost non-existent. The machine-age has eliminated many of the tasks which were available and have been used in the past to provide comfortable jobs for those willing to face good, stiff manual labor. In this area, there was a time when a lad could drop out of school and work his way into the family farm. That avenue has disappeared also as farming has become big business, requiring astute management and a good educational background. For those who don't believe all that "junk" about the necessity (yes, necessity) of getting the best education one can attain, we urge them to look through a recent copy of the help wanted ads in their daily paper. We did this week. There were 80 jobs for males and 76 for females in Friday's edition of The London Free Press. Over half the jobs - in both categories required someone with specialized training. For the drop-out, those were out of question. More than half the remaining jobs Good fences make good neighbours. That's what poet Robert Frost told us in The Mending Wall. From our experience this summer, I agree with all my heart, though perhaps not in the way that Frost intended it. We had two of the worst fences in town. One, at the back, was ours, leaning at a 45 - degree angle over our neighbours' vegetable garden, and killing it ruthlessly, year after year. They, understandably '- annoyed, suggested a new fence. I was loath, after pricing fencing. But we agreed to split the cost of a mutual fence. And here's the kicker: He's a builder. I couldn't nail two boards together without mutilating myself. So I jumped at it, It was arranged that I would help him. You know: Hold the boards: fetch nails, provide museum, but in addition to the enormous cost of the building it is reasonable to assume that an equal amount of money will be spent on getting the displays together and in operating the attraction once it is completed. Included in the displays should be two pictures. One showing Centralia and the personnel who lost their jobs and the other showing Clinton and the personnel who lost their jobs, A suitable caption noting that the department of national defence abandoned the bases and cut the jobs so they could spend the money on some thing more important, such as a museum, should be included in large size print. We have no quarrel with those who wish to perpetuate the history of the past, but it is ridiculous that it should be given higher priority than the present and the future. required someone with at LEAST a grade 12 education. However, with the unemployment rate high, the jobs would probably be filled with persons having more education than the minimum requirement listed in the advertisements. In case you potential drop-outs can't figure the mathematics of the situation, that leaves less than 20 jobs open. What are they? Well, there are a few part-time tasks that will probably end when the snow flies and you'll be among the ranks of the unemployed to enjoy Christmas. For the males, there are job openings as pin setters, driver for a car wash, farm laborers (although most want married men because they are usually more ready to settle down and can't afford to lose a job because they have responsibilities), and then there's an opening for paper routes. For females, there are a few more opportunities. Many working women (some who have to get out to work because their uneducated husband can't earn enough to make ends meet) need babysitters and household help. There are some jobs as waitresses, but most want experienced gals. If none of those jobs appeal, you're out of luck. So, our advice to parents who have youths considering the drop-out route, is to save your words. Give them a copy of the want ads and maybe they'll see the light. If they note that jobs open for a drop-out fail to list starting wages, you can assure them that they will be the minimum as required by law. And assure them that that is probably the level at which they will remain. wife hid, in shame, for two days. Now he's going to use his power saw to cut up all my old dry cedar fence, and we'll have enough kindling for the fireplace for two years, and the finest fence in town. How's that for neighbours? At least on one side of the fence. The second fence, along the side, is an atrocity, erected about the time of the War of 1812. It leans, lurches and looks like a gap- toothed wino . Unfortunately, it isn't ours, and the bird who owns it has no other interest in his property than collecting the rent from the series of unfortunates who move into his house, a new family about every six months. I have toyed with the idea of arson, but there are those numerous small children to consider. But it's not only good fences that make good neighbors. There Demonstrations aimed at policeman have become quite prevalent in some centres, and about 500 people jammed their way into the Exeter Legion Hall, Thursday, to voice their opinions about Cpl. John Wright and his wife, Addle. The demonstrators arrived from most sections of the area policed by John in his seven years at the local detachment, and it was clearly evident from the outset that all had been waiting patiently for the opportunity to unleash an attack against the policeman, who not only has handed out traffic tickets and other nasty charges but has been seen in schools feeding children with such establishment bunk as safety rules. In fact, the demonstrators were so pleased with the opportunity to confront the officer that they even paid money to attend. None carried bricks or other missiles, but most attempted to inflict injury on the officer by squeezing his hand tightly at the door or by slapping him on the back. The demonstration at the Legion Hall quickly built into noisy proportions and people shouting "booze" gathered at strategic points around the hall while others built themselves into the proper frame of mind with wild gyrations on the floor. The peak came around 10:45 p.m. when OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell and Exeter Police Chief Ted Day ascended the platform and required a public address system in an effort to communicate with the noisy crowd. The crowd hushed momentarily when Cpl. Wright sat down in a chair (placed in the hall on the premise of being a gift) many waiting for the loud explosion of the bomb that had been set in it. Some disappointment was mirrored in the faces in the audience when the malfunction of the bomb became evident, but smiles quickly appeared when Addie was presented with some roses — most in the crowd knowing the painful injury which can be inflicted from the long barbs, Then the finale came! From are other things.. This week, our neighbors on the third side showed what they are made of. Their son, a university student, works for the summer at a mental institution. On a fine summer day, he brought home two carloads of patients for a barbecue in their back yard. How would you like a dozen nuts dumped in your back yard for a three-hour picnic? I'd probably go hide in the bathroom. Yet his parents were out there, talking to them. humoring them, feeding them, and simply being sympathetic and decent. Can you imagine what it means to those poor devils — the patients, that is? Some of them had probably not been in a house in 30 years, but they were given the run of the house, as well as the back lawn. One of them said not a word all afternoon, but when it was over, he shook hands with his h ostess and murmered: "Good-bye. Thank you." It was a great achievement for him, according to those who knew him. Another, a schizophrenic, examined all the rooms in the house, verbally re-arranged all the furniture, dabbled himself with any perfume or lotion available, and drew a portrait of the hostess, including a heart above her head, and a swastika in a basket,. She wonders if he saw her as a benevolent dictator. It takes all kinds of neighbors, but I think we're pretty lucky, Luckier than our neighbors are, perhaps, They have Only us. 50 YEARS AGO The 'Big Four' won the trophy at St. Marys Bowling tournament last Wednesday. The rink was composed of Woods, Stewart, Taman and Seldon. The Main Street in Exeter north has been opened for traffic, Exeter now has a cement pavement from the south boundary to the Lake and Thames Road. Mr. Ed Kestle has bought the 100-acre farm of John Blatch ford on Concession 2 Usborne, for $7,100. Clinton Model School will not be opened for three weeks owing to repairs. Lloyd Beavers will attend St. Marys Collegiate this year. 25 YEARS AGO Wayne Heywood, 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Heywood, was rushed to Victoria Hospital Wednesday suffering from a ruptured appendix. Mrs. Muriel Sweet, Douglas and Helen, of Esteven, Sask., have moved to Exeter into one of Mr. Elliot's apartments. Mr. Albert Ostland, who for the past four years has been stationed at the Clinton Radio School, has accepted the position as caretaker of the Exeter cemetery. Miss Margaret Dougall has been successful in the two summer courses she has been taking in Toronto. One course was for vocal music in public schools and the other for instrumental music. 15 YEARS AGO South Huron District High School is prepared to squeeze in a record 500 students when the twoosommotolowsotomms..........mstrommommarstm doors open on Tuesday, Town employees, started using the sanitary land fill method of garbage .disposal at the dump this week. The improvements were undertaken after three ratepayers. filed a writ in Supreme Court complaining about the condition of the dump located beside Highway 83. -Exeter Scoutmaster Rene Van der Neut, who attended the Jamboree in Niagara Falls last week, hopes the success of that event will help in the reorganization of a troop in this town. Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Ersman spent Wednesday at the C.N.E. Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Koch have returned from the Doon School of Fine Arts near Preston where Mr. Koch was taking a course in oil painting. '10 YEARS AGO A $45,000 sprinkler system is being installed in General Coach Works of Canada Ltd., at Hensall to give fire protection for the 56,000 square feet of buildings under roof. John Norry, retired police chief of Exeter and Mrs. Norry celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. Roy Alderson have returned from a trip to the west, motoring as far as Lake Louise, Banff and Yoho Park, B.C. Mr. and Mrs. Will l-Iaskett of Market St., Lucan, celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in London on Thursday. The Lucan Go-Kart race way, sponsored by the Lucan Lions Clubs, is temporarily closed, to permit the surfacing of the track in an effort to eliminate the dust. added problem the contributions could produce. Among the items found was an apparatus with two small buckets (well padded) which women apparently use for carrying small handkerchiefs, loose change, etc. What appeared to be a porcupine loomed from the pile. It was made from stout rib-like metal, with many noticeable bulging spots clearly evident in certain spots. Many hooks and wires outlined the structure and it bore a strong resemblance to something one might expect to find in a Chinese torture chamber. Those who viewed the pile agreed that it was no wonder women want to be liberated from that stuff. The question is, why do they try to suggest that it is the male member of the species who makes them wear such atrocities in the first place. An opinion poll may prove otherwise, but we suspect most men don't really care whether the women wear anything or not. In fact, we have some acquaintances who actually ,pay money to enter certain buildings where women do exotic manoeuvres in the attire provided by nature. We note in a news story recently that some men would even prefer to watch beauty contests than football games, but we suspect that such would not be the case if there was no bathing suit division when women are stripped of many of the articles with which they hold themselves together: The debate with one of our readers over whether we were watching dolphins or porpoises perform at Niagara Falls has been answered. According to an encyclopedia hauled into our office by the chap who brought the slip to our attention, the performers were definitely dolphins. Dolphins have a bottle nosed snout which forms a beak, while the porpoise has a flat nose. The latter is also darker than the dolphin. That solves that question, but we still have another one. How does a guy write and get an encyclopedia printed within a week to back up his arguments? Reading for drop-outs Trip around our backyard encouragement. As it turned out, he built the whole thing, singlehanded. I always seemed to be busy when he had time to work on it. Didn't fetch a single nail. I felt rather sheepish, but not unduly so. I've been getting away with this for years. Some time when he wants me to write a nasty letter to his creditors, I'll be glad to do it for him, and we'll be even. Then there was a big conference about the color of the stain we'd put on it. Our wives did most of the conferring, Jim said, and I agreed, I don't give a damn if you paint it purple." Painting began. My wife painted one panel of our side. We were away for a few days. When we returned, the whole fence was finished. His wife said, "I hope you don't mind that we went ahead and painted your side." My 0,1 4