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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-10-15, Page 4OUR POINT '''''''' ! • '' • • '''''' " !" • " ! '' Buckled under pressure The year was 1966. Huron hosted the International Plowing Match. It was held near Seaforth. It rained the first day. It rained the second day. It rained practically every day. There was mud. Cars were stuck. People were stuck, including this chap who appears to be attempting to fly to get out of the mud. It's T-A sports editor, Ross Haugh, who appears to have finally got his head out of the mud and made a correct prediction in picking Baltimore to win the world series. Rememeet dx 604? OIL TRUCK DRIVER needed for town and farm deliveries. Both male and female employees are expected to carry out deliveries regardless of hours and snow conditions. Experience in handling tank truck in unplowed lanes will be preferred. BULLDOZER OPERATOR for construction company. Only men and women who can handle long shifts will be considered. SILO MANUFACTURER will hire men or women to work as erectors. Must be able to work at considerable heights. ITISON SECURITY personnel urgently needed. Men or women who accept such positions must have experience in use of firearms and be in excellent physical condition. NORTHERN ONTARIO mining company will hire up to 50 men and women for work underground. Present operations at rockface in 6,000 foot• level; temperature app. 90 degrees. Bonus remuneration for rugged working conditions. UNDERSTANDING woman or man needed to supervise home for errant girls. Must be able to offer comfort and advice at any hour. Wise counsel' must be provided for girls with deep emotional problems. MOULDERS WANTED for modern foundry. Applications will be considered from young men and women to work on moulding floor, to pour molten iron casts. Applicants should be only those who can work in noise and heat. COUNTY HIGHWAYS department needs men and women to handle heavy snow ploughs during winter months. Must expect night work. TOWN PUBLIC WORKS department needs a man or woman to help with cleaning of catch basins. Lids do not exceed 175 lbs. in weight. BARTENDER — Young man or woman for dockside bar and grill, Montreal. Must be able to maintain order and eject unwanted customers. APPLICATIONS will be accepted from persons (male or female) with proper qualifications and experience to assume management and supervise operations in Ontario lumber camp. Cutting area located 135 miles north of Kapuskasing. — Please turn to page 7 Earn higher interest on our Guaranteed Investment Certificates now paying as high as eight and three quarter percent. VG The senior Trust Company devoted entirely to serving the people of Ontario. VICTORM and GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 425 Main St. Phone 235-0530 Exeter SECTION HANDS required by national railway in Western Ontario area. Male and female applicants, if accepted, will be expected to carry out reasonably heavy work in track maintenance regardless of weather conditions. new car, the new bog, the new snowmobile, the finer house. These are trivia that we can't take with us. Definitely, we should be thankful for our children, however much pain they have caused us. We can't take them with us either, but we can leave them, and their children, and so on, as testimony that we once lived and loved. We should be deeply grateful that we live in a land where hatred and violence and prejudice are frowned upon, rather than accepted as part of daily life. We should be thankful, fervently, for real friends and good neighbours. Not the type who pry and are delighted when something is wrong, but the stalwarts, who rally round and give comfort when things are black, or blue. Perhaps I sound like a Pollyanna. But you just try it, My wife has burned the stew and is snarly. The bills are piling in. I have a carbuncle in an extremely embarrassing and painful place. But after counting my blessings, I know be humble and grateful Fat at least three days. BODY AND FENDER man or woman for shop specializing in repairs to heavy trucks. Only experienced men and women need apply. BABYSITTER — Reliable woman or man to oversee young family of six while mother at work. Children range from 6 months to 12 years. FIREMEN needed for full time duty in Toronto. Only men and women who can react coolly under pressure and at 60 foot ladder elevations need apply. toctierZimeg-Ainsorafe T • _ • SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND 0.W.N.A., CLASS `A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Phone 235.1331 Published Each Thursday Morning 001inalletike roso,,. woRL t 4;(4itch% at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1969, 4,751 sUBStititstiON RATES: Canada SA Per Year: USA $1.00 59' lb. 49' 2" 5 lb. lb. 55' Fresh Whole or half Ham Roast Pork Fresh Side Pork Frozen Beef Steakettes Lean braising Ribs of Beef Maxwell House Roasted Coffee 1 lb. 99° E.G. Smith Applepie Filling 19t i°nz 39' Imported Head Lettuce ea. 29° Calif. Emperor Grapes lb. 29° Culver House Choice Golden Peach Halves 1,9,noz. 31° Swifts Beef or Irish Stew A 2 . 02. tin 55' Open Friday and Sat. nights til 9:00 p.m. WALLY'S MARKET Main St, Grand Bend 238-2512 • " ' , ' ' . . ' •''',"` r'4^"' Times Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 50 YEARS AGO The molding shop of the Bell Foundry was badly damaged by fire, Monday. The trustees of S. S. No. 13 Hay fell in line this week and raised the teacher's salary to $1,000.00. Messrs. S. Fitton W. Johns, J Rd. Welsh and W. J. Beer left this week for Hay Swamp where they will spend two weeks hunting. They have a camp in the bush. Messrs. Bert Kernick and Herman Dayman are up north on a deer-hunting expedition. The St. Marys Journal and the St. Marys Argus amalgamated and will be known as St. Marys Journal-Argus. 25 YEARS AGO Donald Dinney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Dinney, found a puffball on their farm that weighted 20 pounds and measured four feet, seven inches in circumference. Mr. Wm. E. Welsh has sold his 100 acre farm one and a half miles north of Exeter to Cornelius Faber, The Exeter Lions Club were treated to a travelogue at their supper meeting when Rev. A. B. Irwin gave a very interesting account of the trip he and Mrs. Irwin took to Alaska. The Very Reverend G. N. Luxton, D. D., Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, in addressing the South HuronMinisterial,said Protestant churches must unite to survive. Church at .Exeter north has been completed and interior work is expected to be finished in time to open the church in early November. A monument to the late Brother Andrew, Montreal, whose faith healings were renowned in this district 30 years ago, will be unveiled at St. Peter's Church, St. Joseph, Sunday, October 16. Mary Elson, R R 1, Hensall, received the most valuable award ever won by a SHDHS student. She has been awarded an Atkinson Foundation Bursary valued at $400.00. Mary also won a Firth award of $100.00. Exeter Agricultural Society will seek increased grants from local municipalities to meet an estimated $400 deficit on this year's fair. 10 YEARS AGO Kathy Love of Shipka, a member of SHDHS's Perthex champion cheerleading team was crowned queen of Exeter Kinsmen's Harvest Jamboree, Friday night. A usable Authority has established its new office in the former Ray Frayne home at Riverview Park which ARCA purchased this year in cooperation with the town. Exeter's chief magistrate, ft. E. Pooley, came within a whisker of winning the celebrated mayor's class Tuesday at the International Plowing Match at'Springfield. Over 24,000 persons were given tuberculin tests this summer by the Huron County T13 Association. Seventeen were reported to have pulmonary tuberculosis, of which eight were diagnosed as active. Rev. Bren de Vries, rector of Trivitt Memorial Anglican church will represent the diocese next week at a U.S. conference oil town and country citureheq. FALL SPECIALS Effective Until. Oct. 24 2: Reg. 75c 57 Reg. $1.35 89 .9.s1,59 88e Reg. 99c 11e Reg. 89c 61 Reg. 98c 83 Reg. 99c 66e Reg. 49c 37i E Crest Toothpaste Dristan Tablets Nivea Cream N oxzema Spray Deodorant Wilkinson Blades Heet Liniment Lady Patricia Hair Spray lypsyl 4, • 4' • HUNTLEY'S DRUG STORE EXETER 235-1070 Filifiliiiiiiiffiltillifillillifilitiii1100ffifillIIIiiiin0111111111011111101111011111111111110001111iiiiiii4, One of the most unfortunate aspects of the democratic system is the fact that those in power must rely on popularity to maintain their positions. This often leads to decisions aimed at appeasing lobbying groups, and certainly nothing is more characteristic of this titan last week's decision by the Ontario government to rebate one-quarter of the property taxes paid by farmers in the province, There was little indication that the movement to withhold property taxes was gaining much support, although the tenacity which was exhibited by the farm groups involved has to be commended in view of their many feeble attempts in the past to take action as a group. Obviously, there can be no criticism for the idea behind the farmers' actions, although the manner through which they hoped to gain their goal was not as commendable. As it turned out, they were rewarded for their defiance, or at least the defiance to which they had been urged by their leaders. However, we suspect that even many farmers will be disappointed with the Ontario government in their decision. Farmers no doubt realize that the decision was in fact discriminatory tax relief in that they alone will benefit. This was not something they asked for nor anticipated. Throughout their campaign they did not single out farmers as the lone group being hit hard by property taxation. They sought the aid of urban residents as well to have educational costs removed from ALL property taxes. There were indications that their campaign was going to be successful in a manner that would be fair to all; that being the introduction of a new tax Opportunities now limitless Now system. Government members who spoke to farmers indicated that this was the proper method of handling a system that most agreed was unfair. But somehow the government apparently became frightened, They buckled under to pressure from the farm group. It did not come in the form of tax reform as government members had indicated. It was an expedient matter indicating that the government was interested in maintaining their popularity with a segment of the electorate. .While they must be happy with the results of their actions, we imagine there are a great number of farmers who will be disappointed by the fact that the present government can be moved by intimidation. We hesitate to draw a parallel between the withholding program in Ontario and the kidnappings in Montreal, but nevertheless while the degrees of action are widely divergent, there is a similarity that can not be dismissed. Democratic government can not survive under the threat of blackmail, regardless of how minor it may appear, because demands would increase after every incident until they became unbearable. Having seen farmers win their case as the government of Ontario reversed an earlier decision that a total tax reform was required, it is now open to other groups to try the same type of project to win their demands. The government clearly erred and in retrospect it must be said that the farmers' action was debatable as well. To keep democracy safe, we must continue to use the most powerful weapon available to us to gain .our wishes. That weapon is the ballot box. CLERK WANTED for ladies' wear store foundation garment department. Only gentlemen and ladies who are discreet and well-mannered will be considered. Newspapers throughout Ontario recently received an announcement that their classified headings must be changed for help wanted. No longer will a man be able to look under the "male help wanted" column to find a job, nor will a female reader be able to quickly turn to the "female help wanted" column for the same purpose. The Ontario department of labor has set up a women's bureau, and at this time we would like to suggest that is perhaps as discriminatory as anything in the help wanted columns of this newspaper. In fact that strikes us as being as funny as the decree itself. While announcing legislationt that must not show any discrimination between sexes, the department has set up what is called a "women's bureau". The 'legislation states that an employer can no longer specify which sex he (or she) requires for a position. Advertisers must give an equal hearing to qualified applicants of both sexes, married or single. In last week's issue, the Wingham Advance-Times listed some "help wanted ads of the future". We pass them along to give readers an indication of some of the new job openings which will now arise for men and women on an equal basis now that the "women's bureau" has decided there should no longer be any discrimination. WELL BUILT man or woman wanted to operate pneumatic jack hammer, breaking concrete. Forty-eight hour week. Top wages and fringe benefits. Is Christmas next? b although how long they can withstand the pressures of competition from the city stores remains a matter of conjecture. Canada's two leading retail outlets had remained closed in the face of opposition from discount stores and others on holidays, but now they too have followed suit. No doubt they had hoped that shoppers would be stirred to more stimulating activities than shopping during such holidays, but such was apparently not the case. People love to spend money, and will even give up the pleasures of a holiday to do it. Canadians in general had much for which to be thankful over the past weekend, although similar to most holidays, Thanksgiving has also turned into a day of commercialism for retailers in cities. Christmas and New Years day appear to be the only days left when city stores are not attempting to attract customers, and it is doubtful if even these two days will hold out much longer. It appears that as long as someone thinks he can make a buck, no amount of tradition or propriety will deter him in that quest. Small town merchants have not yet degraded themselves to that extent, ATTENDANT REQUIRED for men's washrooms in city hotel. Men and women applying for this position must be discreet and helpful under all circumstances. ... Before it's too late Thanksgiving, one of our truly important holidays, is losing much of its religious significance, and becoming more of a bacchanalian festival, a last fling before melancholy autumn grips us in his frosty fingers. The air — as it was last weekend — is more apt to be redolent of rye and roast turkey than of incense. There are more people cussing on the golf course than praying on their knees in church. Despite this growing paganism, Thanksgiving is about as good a time as any for stock-taking, and I try to do it every year. I hope you do. The Lord, or whoever looks after the weather, nearly always seems to feel a bit benign toward us poor, forked animals on Thanksgiving weekend. Almost every year, the holiday is a smasheroo of golden sunshine and glorious color. This enough to get on your knees for. I'm always humbly thankful that I live in a country where the seasons are so sharply defined, And I'm always doubly thankful that it isn't yet soggy November. 4 country. Almost nobody in this land is without shelter, be it ever so humble. And nobody is starving, be he ever so hungry, unless he's plain stupid. The worst Thanksgiving I ever spent was in October, 1944. I didn't even think of Thanksgiving at the time. I had just received a thorough going-over for attempting to escape from the Germans. My nose pointed one way and one of my legs the other. My hands and feet were tied. It was very cold and there were no blankets. Food was four slices of bread a day. But, looking back, I realize I had lots to be thankful for. I had the roof of a box-car overhead to keep out the rain (until a night-fighter shot some holes in it). I had enough food to stay alive (and no steak has ever been as delicious as that black bread). And I was alive, young, bloody and unbowed. I should have been singing "Bringing in the Sheaves." What else should we be thankful for? Certainly not the Be honest now. What did you give thanks for this Thanksgiving? Or did you just go to a family reunion, glut yourself on turkey and curse at traffic all the way home? Or did you just go for a drive in the country and burble over the foliage? Or just crowd in a last game of golf or sail on the lake? Or just shoot a bird or catch a fish? Shame. We should begin with basics. Just being alive is something to be ineffably thankful for. There's not much joie de vivre in the graveyard. Forget that arthritis, that insomnia, that pimple on your nose. You'll be a long time dead, and you can spend all of it whining over your physical ailments. To be sane, or relatively sane in a world that seems insane, is something for which we should send up paeans of praise. Think of the poor lost creatures overflowing our mental places, and thank God you're not among them. Being alive and being sane, then. Other basics are shelter and food. We don't give them much thought in this affluent .'. 15 YEARS AGO Mrs. Martha Jacob who has been matron of the County Flame near Clinton for 33 years resigned at a meeting of the County home committee, Tuesday. The exterior construction of the new Christian Reformed 'Af•a". ......................