The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-09-17, Page 4Rememeet de 60'4?
The appearance of RCAF Harvards over the area in the past decade was not unusual, but the flight pictured
above was. It was the last one as CFB Centralia closed out operations in mid-summer, 1966. That event was
probably one of the most significant during the entire decade as it touched many lives in the area.
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50 YEARS AGO
Twenty-one cases of whiskey
were stolen from the baggage
room at the G.T.R. station.
Dr. Ward attended a
convention of the Drugless
Physician's Association of
Canada held in Hyman Hall,
London, Thursday.
Byron Hicks, Centralia, sold
155 steers to the Swift Company
last week. These cattle were all
fed by Mr. Hicks and considered
an excellent bunch. He will ship
100 this week.
There will be a special train
service on the G.T.R. during
London Fair week. Train will
leave Exeter at 7:55 and return at
midnight.
Mr. Hugh Spackman, who has
conducted a hardware business in
Exeter for many years, has sold
out to Mr. B.W.F. Beavers who
gets possession at once.
25 YEARS AGO
The latest information to the
future of the Centralia Airport is
that No. 9 S.F.T.S. is being
reorganized and will be known as
No. 1 Flying Training School. It
will be a permanent school where
elementary, and flying training
will
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itorium of the
James Street United Church was
well filled Sunday morning for
the Memorial service for the men
of the congregation who fell in
World War 1939-1945.
Bob Burns and Eldred
Simmons of the R.C.A.F., have
returned from Belleville airport
and are on an extended leave.
Reeve B. W. and Mrs. Tuckey
expect to move into their new
house on William street, this
week.
15 YEARS AGO
Hensall Feeder Calf Club
backed by the South Huron
Agricultural Society will again
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otter 100 calves to boys and girls
in this district to compete in the
annual feeding contest.
South Huron District High
School Board made a formal
request of the municipalities in
the area for $85,000 to finance
the construction of a five-room
addition.
Robert Jeffery was awarded
first prize in the field crop
competition in corn sponsored by
the Exeter Agricultural Society.
Thirty girls joined the Exeter
Brownies at an organization
meeting in Exeter Legion Hall,
Wednesday night..
Open House was held at the
Crediton Evangelical United
Brethern Church parsonage on
Friday. Rev. & Mrs. Strome
greeted friends and members who
called to see the improvements
made during the last few months.
10 YEARS AGO
SHDHS board agreed Tuesday
night to advertise for another
teacher. This will bring the staff
number up to 26 .
Elmer D. Bell, QC, Exeter is
regarded as a strong favorite to
become the new head of the
Ontario Progressive Conservative
Association, reports from
Toronto indicate this week.
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Mayor R. E. Pooley recently
attended a practice plowing
session conducted at Springfield,
Elgin county, in preparation for
the International Plowing Match
there in October.
Bill Mickle, Governor of
Kinsmen District I, flew by jet to
Vancouver to attend the
National Convention of the
Association of Kinsmen Clubs of
Canada last week,
Hensall "Odd fellows" Midgets
ended a 20-year famine for an
Ontario Baseball Association
championship Monday night
when they whipped Langton
Lions 12-6 to win the all-Ontario
Midget "D "crown.
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steps to ensure that their children
understand the seriousness of having
received such a ticket.
It's not a little game the policemen
are playing. While they could take time
out to engage in some serious lectures
when apprehending violators, this is a job
that should be handled by parents. It may
be worthwhile for some parents to
consider grounding their youngsters for a
couple of days to make certain the
seriousness of the tickets is clearly
understood.
If the kids learn the need for
complying with traffic regulations, the
record set last week by their elders at
Exeter court may not be broken.
The "crack-down" on youthful
bicycle riders by the Exeter Police
department will be interesting to follow.
Unless the kids change their habits
drastically during the project, the 175
tickets the police have on hand my fall
short of the required amount.
Most youngsters completely ignore
stop signs, proper turning procedures and
signals and the traffic tickets to be taken
home should help to make more parents
aware of the dangerous practices being
followed daily by their offspring.
While the violation tickets are not to
be used in any way by the police to punish
or embarrass the youthful offenders, it's
to be hoped parents take the appropriate
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Reg. $3.79 $2.77
Reg $1.75 $1.44 Rather severe
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Reg. $1.35 While this type of punishment is
almost unbelievable, the odd thing is that
the students' council wanted stiffer
punishment. They suggested persons
caught smoking or with cigarettes should
be suspended for 30 days-period.
Three student council members were
on the committee which ratified the
approved system of punishment.
We have reason to believe the
student members were non-smokers and
probably so were other members of the
committee which drew representation
from staff and board members.
The news report indicated the
students objected not to smoking, but to
dirty lavatories which stemmed from
smoking.
In reality the system is designed to
eliminate smoking and pollution at the
same time.
We wonder if students at SHDHS
feel such a program should be
irnplimented here. If so, the pollution and
bad habits exhibited in the teachers'
lounges should probably also come under
some similar type of rules.
And one final question. What
happens to kids found in possession of
drugs at Lapeer? Are they shot?
Reg. $1.29
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A recent edition of the Lapeer
County News (Mich.) reports an
unusually severe attack on student
smokers at the local high school:
Any student caught smoking OR
with cigarettes in his possession will be
taken to the principal, who will then
contact the parents to inform them that
the student has violated the rules.
At the end of the school day, the
student will be suspended from classes
until the parent returns with the student
for a conference with the principal or his
assistant.
Second and third offenders face even
harsher punishment. If a student violates a
second time, he will automatically be
suspended Until the end of the marking
period and a failure recorded for the
marking period. The marking period lasts
six weeks and there are three such
marking periods per semester.
If a student should violate a third
time, he is automatically suspended for
the remainder of the semester with loss of
his credits.
Last year at Lapeer, students caught
smoking were forced to sit on a bench
outside the principal's office for three
days.
sport. He who hesitates or fails to
muster up the courage to stick his
car's hood into traffic, invariably
takes about one hour longer to
reach his destination.
They are also amusing drivers.
For some strange reason they
think they have the ability to
communicate with all the other
drivers around them.
So, our conversation while
heading out to dinner was
intermingled with a number of
"conversations" with other
drivers. Some were spoken in
normal tones, while others were
muttered under the breath so the
delicate ears of the ladies in the
back seat would not be offended.
The antics of some drivers
were such that the latter course of
action was not possible as curses
could not be so contained.
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pay for judges range from $21,000 for
county judges to a high of $42,000 for the
chief justice of Canada. Postal workers
receive in the neighborhood of $6,000 to
$8,000.
As Mr. Dobbs correctly noted, such
disparities already create much
disatisfaction in the labor ranks and one
wonders at the judgment of the "learned
friends" who deem it necessary for judges
to receive a 50 percent pay boost.
Perhaps one of the influencing
factors is that lawyers often become
judges.
At any rate, such gross suggestions
indicate that members of the Canadian
Bar Association are not in tune with the
times.
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Speaking at the MODA meeting in
Exeter this week, Fred Dobbs had an
interesting comment on wage scales being
suggested recently.
He noted that the September 4 issue
of the London Free Press carried two
front page stories related to wages. The
headlines reported that postal workers
were expected to sign an agreement for
wage increases of 7.2 percent.
Elsewhere on the page was a story
that members of the Canadian Bar
Association were recommending that
judges' salaries in Canada should be raised
by as much as 50 percent.
No one will argue with the fact
judges should receive higher stipends than
postal workers. Fact is, they do. Rates of
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In addition to beating our host
soundly in a game of cards, there
were three highlights in our
recent visit to the polluted city.
Saturday afternoon we
journeyed to the McMichael
Conservation Collection of Art in
Klein burg. Let us point out
quickly that the writer is by no
means an art connoisseur. In fact,
it could probably be said he
doesn't know the first thing
about art, 'and even more
degrading, he doesn't even
appreciate it to any great extent.
Now that would appear to
make for a rather dull visit to the
McMichael Conservation.
However, such is not the case.
It was most enjoyable. With some
600 displays on hand, it is
impossible not to find some to
your liking.
Perhaps among all of Ontario's
beauty spots, none combines the
grandeur of nature and the
creativity of man more
dramatically than the McMichael
Conservation collection.
In one of the most unusual
gallery settings anywhere, the
McMichael Collection displays
the 600 paintings by Canada's
most famous landscape artists in
27 gallery rooms, constructed
from ancient timbers that once
enclosed pioneer Ontario homes
and barns.
The gallery stands in a
protected park site on the crest of
the Humber River valley and just
to walk through the grounds and
the gallery is breath-taking,
regardless of whether one enjoys
the paintings.
On the grounds are the
studio-shack of the legendary
Tom Thomson, who, despite an
early and mysterious death at the
age of 40, has emerged as the best
known figure in Canadian art.
The portion of the home
which was owned by Robert and
Signe McMichael is furnished in
some of the most beautiful
antique furniture one will see
anywhere and this makes the
gallery of interest to art and
antique buffs alike.
The McMichaels , and a few
friends who shared their deep
love of Canadian art, donated
most of the land, buildings and
many of the paintings to the
Province of Ontario. The visitor is
offered a rare opportunity to
enjoy the vivid art of the historic
Group of Seven and their
contemporaries.
The collection is open to the
public, free of charge, Wednesday
to Sunday inclusive and most
public holidays. It closes during
the month of December.
Tours for school classes or
groups can be arranged, and we
can heartily endorse such an
outing for anyone interested in
art, or for those who wish to
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Over the past weekend we
made our biennial jaunt to
Toronto, a trip which we've been
stalling off for some weeks,
despite repeated invitations from
a couple of old Rye (that's short
for Ryerson - not the beverage)
types with whom we've kept
contact since the days at the old
alma mater.
It's not that we don't enjoy
visits with our Toronto friends. If
they lived in any other place in
Canada, we'd probably make
pilgrimages every couple of
weeks.
But driving in Toronto sends
large goosebumps racing up and
down the spine. And that's just
thinking about it. The actual
experience is even more
horrifying.
However, we mustered up the
courage Saturday morning and
the first 110 miles of the trip were
most enjoyable.
The enjoyment ends around
the airport and from then on to
Willowdale, it's sheer nerve
racking.
'Your stomach muscles start to
tighten up as cars and trucks start
descending onto 401 at you from
all levels ... to the right and left ..
. and now with such phenomenon
as the Spadina spaghetti junction
. . . even from on top and below
you.
It ' really shouldn't be that
difficult. After all, there are
about eight lanes from which you
can choose. The problem is trying
to choose the right one so you
don't have to try and cross over
those other seven to exit in the
correct places.
Highway 401 in the Toronto
area is certainly an engineering
feat. Now if we were all engineers
we could probably enjoy driving
on it!
By some strange miracle, we
arrived at our destination safely,
and promptly pulled our car as far
into our friend's drive as possible,
so there would be ample
indication that yours truly was in
no way going to drive on any
outings during the weekend.
We left that chore up to our
host, an experienced Toronto
driver. He even has the scars to
prove it!
Toronto drivers are a different
lot, although one has to give them
full marks for their abilities.
Driving in the city is an individual
In a burst of blind fury
weeks' supply.
We just drove until we felt like
stopping. North and north. And
we wound up spending a couple
of days in a cabin on a lake and
loving it.
It was a run-down,
old-fashioned tourist resort. We
got one of the deluxe cabins. No
bell-hops, no broadloom, no TV,
but a real washroom, with
running water. In fact, the water
was running all over the floor,
from a leak or something, when
we checked in.
Strangely, my wife loved the
place. At home, she's a psychotic
emptier of ashtrays, sweeper of
floors and maker of beds. At the
cabin, she cheerfully walked
around in grit up to the ankles,
and actually chuckled when the
Trans-Canada train went by three
dash to the Maritimes. But Kim
was home and "We can't leave her
alone" (and she didn't want to go
with us, after just having been
there).
Well, spilt milk isn't much use.
We finally made it. Left on a
Thursday afternoon, and got
home Sunday evening. How's
that for a Big Trip?
However, perhaps it was worth
waiting for all summer. It was
different. We bought a Coleman
stove, as we planned to cook
along the way. Anyone interested
in a brand-new Coleman stove
that has never even been lit?
And, of course, we bought
food here and there, to cook on
our new stove. Arrived home with
two huge boxes of groceries. I
swear I had 12 meals in a row of
bacon and eggs and beans. No
mean fare. But we've still got two
In a burst of blind fury, I made
my wife get off her tail and go
with me on our Big Trip, in the
last week of holidays.
It hadstarted out, back in May,
as a leisurely trip to the British
Isles. It shrank like a dowager on a
crash diet.
There was no formal
opposition, just a lot of little
feminine tricks, something like
the Chinese water torture. Drop
after drop. Insomnia, nothing to
wear, can't afford it, who'll cut
the lawn, absolutely must have
the so-and-so's for a weekend.
You know the gamut.
By mid-July it was a trip across
Canada, with a trailer. Looking
up friends and relatives, not
driving too far in a day, enjoying
the camaraderie of the trailer
camp.
By midAugust, it was a mad
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or four times a day, rocking the
cabin like a cradle.
For a couple of days we forgot
about pollution and population-
explosion and other such
poppycock. It was enough to
wrench the door open, look at
that great, clean lake 20 yards
away and wonder what the rich
people were doing. Sunshine and
sand and bacon and eggs and
beans.
Evenings were just as
p ar a d isical. Campfire until
midnight, then into the hut with
the little gas stove sputtering
cosily, a novel, a nightcap, and no
phone ringing or car door
slamming to indicate callers.
We had a special treat on
Friday night, when the
proprietors held a dance. The
rock band made the railroad train
sound like a muted whisper. We
didn't go to the dance, but it was
just like home, when Kim has a
record on.
But idylls must end. Third
morning, woke to a wild wind, a
driving rain coming in around the
front door, and the worst storm
of the summer in full flight. t
Drove the long way home in
rain that was worse than a
blizzard, with sundry morons,
tail-gating, cutting in, passing on
corners and hills and over, the
white line, when you couldn't see
the front of your car. Shaky._
Things didn't improve. They
just got back to normal.
Discovered daughter engaged to
fine young chap who had two
cents. Literally, I know it's hard
to believe in th IS affluent age, bu t
he had two (2) cents cash when he
proposed.
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