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Drive safe
Wait for us!
It's rather difficult to understand
the reasoning behind the statement of
Huron board of education director John
Cochrane that "we can't stand still to
wait for the have nots to catch up."
His remark was made in regard to
the planned addition at the Seaforth
school to handle McKillop students. The
school addition is apparently going to
include such things as an industrial arts
shop and home economics room.
If it was simply a matter of the
"have nots" being without this type of
facility, there would be some reason
behind Mr. Cochrane's statement.
Someone always has to be ahead.
However, some of the "have nots"
are in the position of being without
adequate classroom space and it appears
totally irresponsible that the board
should consider an industrial arts shop
and home economics room in one school
before ensuring that the room to provide
an adequate education in other schools is
available.
Exeter happens to be one of those
"have nots", and while local ratepayers
may not be too worried about the fact
their children may not get industrial arts
and home economics training, they
should be concerned that local pupils are
overcrowded and don't even have a
library resource centre.
The board and Mr. Cochrane may
argue that they'll take everything they
can get at Seaforth because the
department of education has indicated
they'll pick up 100 percent of the tab.
But if that's the basis for their
reasoning, they can surely take steps to
persuade the department to curtail the
expenditure in the "frills" for the
Seaforth school and spend the money on
providing the basic requirements at other
Huron schools.
Education officials in Clinton and
Toronto must surely dedicate themselves
to a program of providing equal
educational opportunities and this
obviously dictates a policy of the
"haves" waiting for the "have nots" to
catch up.
The way it is
GOING ... GOING — The little girl covers her eyes so she won't have to watch what was once a
traditional part of Thanksgiving. However, she probably managed to grab onto a drumstick once Mr.
Gobbler made his way to the festive table. This photo was taken by the late R. R. Sallows, Goderich,
and similar to many of his other pictures depicting scenes from early days, has been reproduced by the
Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food.
A couple of events in the past week
clearly indicate why members of the
younger generation in our midst are
rebelling against some rules of the
present society.
They tell us that we're being
dishonest and their campaign to "tell it
like it is" has to be encouraged.
Take the matter of the planned
Octoberfest celebrations in Kitchener
and London. The bureaucrats in the
Ontario Liquor Licence Board have told
organizers that they can't use posters
showing a blonde holding six mugs of
beer and the words "Canada's Great Beer
Festival".
They don't mind the pictures of the
six mugs of beer, but the fact the
organizers inserted the word "beer" on
the poster is not to be condoned.
In short, our antiquated liquor laws
make it illegal to "tell it like it is" and as
a result the deception which young
people want eradicated is allowed to
persist.
Report needs more dialogue
Another example of bureaucratic
officiousness was the matter of NHL
president Clarence Campbell getting all
upset about the CBC showing some
dressing room scenes in their special on
Bobby On.
Mr. Campbell no doubt was
concerned about the bad image which
would result in the showing of a group
of athletes spraying beer on each other
as well as the shocking scenes of men
stripped down to the waist or even
sitting around in their underwear.
He even wants to go so far as to get
some CBC employees fired for "telling it
like it is." Oddly enough, Mr. Campbell's
complaints do more to shatter the image
of the NHL than any of the scenes
flashed across the TV screen.
Take these examples and add them
to the lengthy list of other hypocrisies
displayed by our society and it becomes
a little easier to understand why some
young people have decided to opt out.
Keep the bras on, girls
With Thanksgiving in the air,
perhaps it's as good a time as
any to give thanks that all our
women have not joined the
lunatic fringe of the Women's
Liberation I lovement.
I'm not knocking the
Movement. The majority of
those who belong to it and work
for it are mature, intelligent
women who believe there is
discrimination against women in
some -areas and want to abolish
it.
I agree with them about the
discrimination in some areas.
But I want no more to do with
the screaming, bra-waving,
instant-abortion parodies of
women who haunt their ranks
than I do with the hard core of
Maoists who turn every peaceful
protest meeting into a riot.
'Twas not always thus. A
look at history shows us some
remarkable women who had
tremendous influence without
ever waving a placard or
screaming epithets at policemen.
Back to Greek mythology. Hera,
wife of Zeus, was a wicked old
dowager who repaid him in
spades every time he strayed
from the straight and narrow.
Venus and Aphrodite did all
right for themselves. Among
mortals, Helen of Troy launched
a thousand ships. And she didn't
do it by flaunting her girdle on
the end of a pole. She did it with
her face.
Moving up a bit, we come to
another majestic figure —
Cleopatra. She managed to
diddle her brother out of a
kingdom (yay!), get herself an
Illegitimate son (yay!) by the
great dictator Julius Caesar
department, but The John Peel
column in a recent edition of the
St. Marys Journal-Argus had a
point that deserves some
commendation.
The writer questioned the
wisdom of the many new stamp
issues.
He suggested that if money
spent on this continuous flow of
new designs was used to pay the
upped salaries of mail carriers and
so forth, we might get away
without an increase in postal rates
for another ten years.
"Canada must be about the
same as Lichtenstein where the
issuance of postal stamps is the
principal industry," he
concludes.
We'll have to agree with his
comments, because hardly a week
goes by without the post office
department sending us news of a
new stamp on the market.
The design of the stamp, plus
the cost involved in sending out
the information to newspapers,
must cost a considerable sum.
A plan to dispense with new
stamps may not get much support
from stamp collectors, but the
economies of such a move would
be welcomed by the vast majority
of Canadian citizens who seldom
take time to study the stamps
they stick on letters.
highways and polluting the air
unnecessarily. Unless you have to
close up the cottage, leave the car
at home.
Enjoy the changing colors of
nature as close to home as
possible — walk through the
parks, along the river, or out into
the country; ride a bicycle if you
have one; or if transportation is
necessary, share a ride with others
to the nearest conservation area
or nature trail.
Plan a simple picnic lunch of
sandwiches and a hot drink from
the thermos instead of polluting
the air with barbecue smoke.
A stroll through the park or
along a nearby river-bank can be
your gesture of appreciation for
nature's bounties and can be just
as rewarding as a campsite miles
from home.
Engage the family in a little
listening to nature — to the birds,
the little wild animals of the
woods, busy insects, rustling
leaves.
Let us try this one day to hear
and understand a little of what
nature has to tell us when we have
time and patience to listen—that
on this beautiful planet each
creature has a place and a
purpose, no more or no less
important than man's.
* * *
We hesitate to keep harping
back to the post office
The MODA Design for
Development has been receiving
some close scrutiny by area
officials, and those who haven't
been complaining about the
statistics have been spending
their time in a bit of confusion.
Hensall councillors are upset
about the fact villages were
almost completely overlooked in
the statistics, and it is easy to
sympathize with them.
Hensall has more industry
than some of the towns in the
county and to be overlooked in
such a manner would lead one to
question the spade work done
by those who undertook the
study.
Officials in other
communities are upset about the
fact many of the statistics were
outdated or were not correct,
and when one considers that this
report will be the basis upon
which development will be
planned, such inaccuracies
obviously must be corrected
before any final plans are
drafted.
Sitting in on three meetings
on this subject, we have come to
the conclusion that area officials
have not had time to study the
report to the extent warranted,
nor do some really know what is
expected of them in the way of
making reports back to the
experts who will be undertaking
the next step.
In view of this, it would
appear imperative that the
deadlines be extended until such
time as more dialogue can be
held on the matter.
It can be argued that we've
been "drifting aimlessly" for
well over 100 years, and another
month or two delay probably
isn't going to cause any great
difficulties.
In the final analysis, it's up to
the residents of this area to
decide upon their own future,
and such important decisions
should not be rushed.
(boo!) and bring the magnificent
Mark Antony, conqueror of
hundreds of women (boo!) to
his knees, a quivering wreck.
She did wind up clutching her
asp to her breast, which made
for a rather sticky end, but he
had a lot of fun. I wonder if she
wore a brassiere?
Isabella of Spain overrode the
quibbling of her husband and
gave that lunatic who thought
the world was round, Columbus,
some rotten biscuits and meat,
some rotten jail-birds and three
leaky ships to find the New
World. Oh yes, they've always
been tight with a buck.
Moving quickly, look at the
two English queens who had
entire eras named after them;
Elizabeth I and Victoria. Liz had
most of the male royalty of
Europe desperate to marry her,
and dallied with the lives and
loves of such robust chaps as Sir
Francis Drake and Sir Walter
Raleigh. The handsome, virile
Earl of Essex was in love with
her when he was about 20, she
in her fifties. What woman could
want more? And with womanly
logic, she chopped off his head
when he got too big for his
britches.
Victoria was a stick, but
nations trembled when she
spoke, and she had so much
influence on manners and morals
that we are just now shedding
the double morality of her age.
She'd never be accepted by the
Women's Lib.With another leap,
let's move up to another Liz:
Taylor, the royalty of this
century. She is married, for the
fifth time, to a brilliant, sexy
man. She has made millions. She
50 YEARS AGO
* * *
Mr. William Hunter of Eden
had a successful barn raising on
Thursday. The first stick of
timber was put in place at 9
o'clock in the morning and at 5
p.m. the raising was completed.
Bread was dropped one cent a
loaf in Exeter. It now sells at 13
cents instead of 14 cents. It is
believed the peak of the high
prices has been reached.
On Sunday, Rev. Dr. Fletcher,
after 42 years of service in
Thames Road and Kirkton
preaches his farewell sermon.
Messrs. Carman Doupe and
Cecil Stewart are the delegates
from Bethany Sunday School to
the Boys' Parliament to be held in
Exeter.
The clerks of Jones & May
motored in three autos to Grand
Bend for a wiener roast on the
beach.
has been envied and admired by
millions (of women).
Certainly, this is a superficial
view of women. But it does
prove that if you've got what it
takes, you can get where it's at.
To confirm my suspicions, I
made a rough and hasty survey
of female opinion. My senior girl
students are all for Women's
Liberation, but deplore the
tactics of the far-out wing. They
do point out the soft spots,
particularly in industry and
business, where women meet a
stone wall at a certain stage.
True, and something should
be done about it. But in the
professions: medicine, the law,
teaching — women get the same
fees as men. Why aren't there
more women engineers and
dentists? One would think their
practical common sense in the
one case, and their gentle touch
in the other, would be
invaluable. Maybe they have a
thing about peering into
canyons.
My wife thinks things are
O.K. as they are. Like most
women, she controls most of the
money, can ruin her kids by
spoiling them, and has a wailing
wall (me) when things aren't
going right.
Well, the Women's Lib likes
to set up straw men and knock
them down. I've set one up for
them.
The day on which Mae West
tears off her brassiere and starts
waving it (the brassiere, that is)
I'll apply for an associate
membership in the W.L.M.
Thanksgiving weekend
generally finds Canadians driving
madly off in all directions.
Thanksgiving Day itself is usually
a hubbub on the highway.
The glory of green trees
turning to scarlet, russet or gold,
draws us to the woods, the lake,
the river or other scenic spots to
enjoy nature's colorful spectacle.
This year it's being suggested
that we pay our beautiful planet a
tribute by NOT crowding the
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Published Each Thursday Morning
at Exeter, Ontario
Second Class Mail
Registration Number 0386
Paid in Advance Circulation,
September 30, 1969, 4,751
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25 YEARS AGO
The two night's frolic
sponsored by the Exeter Lions
Club in the Exeter Area last week
were well patronized by the
public and the Lions Club will
have a splendid surplus to add to
their welfare fund.
In support of the National
CI othi ng Collection Drive,
Leavitt's Theatre, on Saturday,
will run a special children
matinee, admission by
presentation of a wrapped article
of used clothing.
W, C. Keddy and Miss Nettie
Keddy have moved to Exeter
from Usborne into the residence
they recently purchased from
Reeve B. W. Tuckey. Robert
Jeffery has taken possession of
the farm purchased from Mr.
Keddy,
The fiftieth anniversary of
maiti Street United Church was
successfully celebrated over the
weekend. Rev. J. A. Walker and
Rev. W. E. Aldworth preached
the sermons. Both are former
Main Street boys,
15 YEARS AGO
Douglas Wein, Richard
McFalls and Bill Pollen of James
Street Sunday School and Donald
Hendrick of Crediton attended
the three-day conference of the
Christian Young Councillors of
the Ontario Boys' Work Board, at
Stratford this week.
The C.G.I.T. Rally for South
Huron was held in James Street
United Church last weekend
when over 100 girls registeied
from eight groups.
Spot checks for fire hazards in
Exeter stores and houses will be
made during Fire Prevention
Week, October 9 to 15.
This year's South Huron
Plowing Match will be held on the
farm of Rochus Faber and Sons,
near Kippen, Saturday, October
8.
Six girls have enrolled in the
new nursing course which started
last week at South Huron
Hospital under the direction of
Miss Alice Claypole.
10 YEARS AGO
Town water rates have been
increased 25 per cent, effective
October 1, it was announced by
the PUC this week.
Because ofapprehension about
loss of trade because of liquor
outlets being established in
Exeter and Zurich, Hensall
businessmen have petitioned
through council for a
combination beer warehouse and
liquor store in the village.
Four who shared
championship honors in the boys'
divisions at the SHDHS track and
field meet last week were Neil
McAllister, Gary Sytsma, Ron
belch ert and Bill Sytsma.
Mrs. Mary Hannigan has just
returned from a trip to England
and Scotland where she visited
with friends and relatives.
Two propane gas explosions'at
Golfview Restaurant and Service
Station, Grand Bend, caused
$50.00 damage to the building
and injured its owner, Gerald
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