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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-10-29, Page 4...AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME GREAT youNGSTERS COLLECTING.. 1969 by News Syndicate Co. Inc, World Rights Reserved Why get the lead out? Wilson's, Jewellery Opposite Exeter Post Office Pre-Christmas Sale Only 3 Days Left Entire Stock S Greatly Reduced Pleasing You Pleases US 34 .44 .44 .&0 44.4&;:tiumowco*LctilM For Entries Contact Carf Cann Poor sense of humor This weekend will see the area's vast array of ghosts. and goblins in action and. it's. .an appropriate time to advise those intent only on tricks that their actions can lead to severe problems—for them, as well as those on whom they perpetrate them. Police officials in the district remind us that there is no provision under the laws of this nation for Hallowe'en tricks. Those which result in damage to persons and property or danger to persons are treated the same as at any other time of the year;that being under the Criminal Code. Conviction under that Code can lead to stiff fines as well as jail terms, and a record that remains with a person for the rest of his life and which can deny him several of the privileges and opportunities of life. Perhaps those who want to have some fun this weekend should base their actions on the criteria that their acts should prove funny to the persons against whom they are directed. If there's any doubt, stay clear. The law has a notoriously poor sense of humor. Keep dealing, Derry Exeter's senior card players will have to give Reeve Deny Boyle full points for his "dealing" with their facility problems. The card players had to be "shuffled" around after the police office was moved and expanded and Reeve Boyle certainly never "reneged" on his promise to try and come up with suitable accommodation for them Over the past few weeks, he kept "leading" into the matter of allowing the card players to use the council chambers, but had difficulty getting his fellow councilors "to follow suit" on his idea. This week he mustered up enough "trump" to turn the "trick" and get his "bid" through council. We may be prone to say, that "knave" did it. Unfortunately, the council chambers have a "full house" on two days per week with the department of transport using the facilities, so we trust Reeve Boyle will continue to look for more permanent and suitable quarters for the senior citizens who find their card games a most interesting way in which to pass their time. Hunters and hearts It is not the intention of this editorial to dampen the enthusiasm of the hunter. There's a nip in the air, a threat of snow, and the annual trek to the northlands, or the woods has already started. The pace will pick up in another few days as thousands of deer hunters go after their game. Yet with all the excitement and good times involved, there are some rather solemn facts to consider. For instance it is not widely known that heart attacks among hunters will soon surpass accidents caused by firearms. And that is quite a rate. The Ontario Safety League claims that any middle-aged man who leads a sedentary life should have a medical checkup before taking off on a hunting trip which involves considerable physical exertion. Even if the doctor pronounces you in fit condition it is still highly advisable to pace yourself. Plan your hunting day so that you will have rest periods when needed to prevent exhaustion. Do not stay up half the night partying; get to bed and be rested for the start of the hunt in the morning. Do not attemp t to carry heavy game out of the bush. Let younger, more physically fit members of the party do it or the guides who are tougher and used to this type of work. If you do have a heart condition which is not severe enough to prevent hunting, make certain your hunting buddies are aware of your condition. This is no time to be proud, just sensible. Other people should also be aware of any medication you may need. Never hunt alone if you have physical impairments. The plain fact that so many hunters do suffer heart attacks is proof enough that these common sense rules should be followed. Admittedly it's rough. We still have to be concerned with the nut who "thought it was a deer." Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 toteleahnes-ibuocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Phone 235.1331 _14 "el 1r Ti I Mt t TIr • • • Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1969, 4,751 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $6.00 Per Year; USA $8.00 In the midst of the terror and panic induced by the F.L.Q. kidnappings, it was therapeutic, to say the least, to experience a few minutes of peace and sanity and beauty in a world that seems to be steadily steering a path toward chaos. Sorry you weren't able to share in this pleasant interlude, but then you weren't invited to the Baha-i wedding in our backyard. When I was in the newspaper business, I loathed writing-up weddings, with their interminable details of the bride's costume, down to the last, lousy stephanotis. Not this one. It wasn't all smooth sailing. My wife insisted that the lawn be raked. I insisted that she was going to spoil the natural setting of golden leaves the couple wanted. It rained all week, and I thought I was home free. But the day before the ceremony it dried up, and my cook was goosing me to get to work. She is a better, or more persistent, insister than I. With a herculean effort and the aid of two small boys, I got the hedge trimmed, the lawn raked, the dead weeds pulled and a pile of fresh leaves covering the old sand-box which serves as a combination compost-heap and garbage-dump. The groom came around and asked what the point was of raking the leaves. During the night, naturally, it rained and blew, and by morning, the lawn looked exactly as it had when I'd started the day before. My only satisfaction was going around all morning muttering "I told you so." Tension increased as the day wore on. It was pouring. The girls' dresses and new shoes would be ruined. People would be tracking mud into the house. The neighbors, who'd been looking forward to the spectacle for weeks, would be deeply disappointed should the ceremony be moved indoors. As the Saturday morning passed, and the drizzle held, no word from the bride. We phoned, and her mother, with supreme confidence, said it was going to clear by noon. At noon, I took a little sashay out to check. The sky was like the inside of a tar barrel and the Scotch mist showed no signs of abating. But those Baha-i's must have something special going for them. By one p.m., it had stopped raining. By two it was clear, and a number of guests had arrived. (Typically, the bride had issued invitations for two p.m., the groom for three p.m.) By three, it was one of those beautiful, warm, autumn days, with the sun catching the highlights of the maples, the grass almost dry, and about 80 guests in a variegation of colors that made even the full glory of the fall foliage look a bit dim. They piled out of vans and cars and moved into the yard. There was everything from blue jeans to smashing maxi dresses, buckskin jackets to white shawls, colorful headbands to cowboy boots, ultra-mod tweed jackets to gaucho hats. The principals were not to be outdone. The bride, with long, sleek golden hair, wore a full-length hand-crocheted off white dress with matching hood. The groom was no less imposing, with beard and Afro hair style, his dark, full-length cape covering a white tunic with black hand embroidery. Only a few old squares, like the principals of the parents and us, wore "ordinary" suits and dresses. Ninety percent of the guests were under 21, happy and excited, but mute and reverent during the ceremony. The service itself wascharming in its simplicity and sincerity. Friends and relatives read selected prayers. There was no ritual as such, no sermon. The couple was attended by a Witness, who did just that — witnessed. The only music was a modern song, with the refrain, "See me, touch me, hold me, heal me", soft and lovely, sung by our Kim and friend Mike Hanna. Then the bride and groom pledged themselves to each other and to God, kissed emphatically, and it was all over. They can have a Baha-i wedding in my backyard any time. Except February. I will be barbecued before I will shovel three feet of snow out of my yard for anything except the Second Coming. In recent weeks, labor leaders have been quick to criticize the federal government's attack on inflation on the basis that it has created a considerable amount of unemployment They also claim that labor has been wrongly accused of contributing to inflation with salary demands. At the present time there is a special group of some 5,000 Canadians unemployed, and it is rather obvious that'it is labor--and not the government-- that must take most of the blame for this large number of people being without jobs. The 5,000 people are those who have been laid off work because of the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors. These 5.000 people were employed by firms supplying auto parts to General Motors and no doubt there are many more persons presently unemployed because of this strike. The 23,000 Auto Workers who have been on strike for over six weeks have naturally curtailed some of their spending and this unquestionably has led to persons in other sections of the work force being put out of jobs. A strike of such magnitude as that of the United Auto Workers affects a great number of Canadians, and labor can not escape the fact that many in the ranks of the unemployed have been put there by labor's actions. The nation's major gasoline companies have been tooting their horns lately about the efforts being made to reduce the lead content in their product to reduce pollution. We presume we were in the same boat as most Canadians... happy to see this attempt to clean up the air we breathe. However, a recent article in Canadian Automotive Trade magazine indicates that perhaps we have been mislead to an extent about this being a major contribution to fight pollution. The magazine says its difficult to determine just how lead used in gasoline became the whipping boy of the vehicle exhaust emission --environmental pollution crusade. "It's weird that people should have picked lead as their current sacrifice to the dark gods of pollution when it is only one-fifth of one percent of what comes out of an automobile exhaust pipe compared with some 14 percent hydrocarbons and 77 percent carbon monoxide. "It's even more weird when there's no evidence that any of this lead is getting into people's bloodstreams (tests rate people in the smoggiest cities the same as their purest-air country cousins) while there is evidence that the perfumed additives which are replacing the lead have produced cancer in laboratory-tested animals. "Most of the principal gasoline and automobile companies are doctoring their products so as to eliminate or overcome the miniscule lead problem while sweeping the big one of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide under the rug for the time being. "In 1974,cars will be equipped with an exhaust reactor that will convert these poisons to harmless water and carbon dioxide, That's when we'll have to get the lead out, otherwise it will act on the reactor and make it worthless." An interesting editorial appeared in last week's Parkhill Gazette in which the writer related that during a recent outdoor symphony orchestra concert in that area "a gnawing fact kept coming back to haunt us". The fact was that the townships in that area had hastily passed laws to prevent any use of lands in the townships for other than agricultural purposes. These laws had been passed to keep out a proposed rock festival. The editorial suggested that the precedent set by allowing the symphony concert may backfire if a group tries again to hold a rock festival. It suggests that young people in that area are already questioning why a rock festival was kept out and a symphony let in. "To them, and in this they have a good case, laws should not be made to restrict one group and bent to allow another one a free hand". Many of the young people in our society have been described 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Norman Hockey, barber, has purchased the business property of C. T. Brooks, express agent. Mr. Ben Makins disposed of his butchering business to Alfred Paul of Kirkton. Mr. C. F. Hooper was paying $1.00 a dozen for new-laid eggs on Saturday. Exeter High School held a very successful field day on Friday last with Parkhill and Lucan students taking part. The weather was ideal. At the conclusion of the sports an excellent -repast was served by the Exeter pupils in the school building and addresses were delivered by Principal Wethey and Mrs. McAllister. Prizes were presented later in the Town Hall by Mrs. Gladman. Trustee Rev. A. A. Trumper presided. A picture show was then put on in the Dome Theatre for the students and their visitors. 25 YEARS AGO The Queen Elizabeth is expected to arrive at Halifax about Friday from overseas and among those returning to this community are Gnr. A. J. W. Schwalm, Hensall; Pete. F. H. McDonald, Pete M. J. Nightingale, Tpr. Chas E. Snell, all of Exeter. Mr. Thomas Appleton was entering the Lamp ort Coffee Shop and had the misfortune to stumble on the top step inflicting a nasty gash in his forehead which required the medical attention of Dr. Fletcher, The Halloween party sponsored by the Exeter Lions Club at the arena Wednesday evening proved to be a great night. The evening started with a parade of youngsters dressed in all manner of costumes, and led by the Exeter Band, to the arena where the children were given treats, and were entertained by tuarl Heywood with his banjo. as rebels without a cause, and while we fail to agree with such charges in most cases, we do find some justification in view of the actions of the university press across Canada. When the War Measures Act was invoked, several university newspapers across Canada quickly decided it would be fashionable to print the FLQ Manifesto, in whole or in part. This, of course, was illegal under the Act and some of the newspapers were grabbed up by the RCMP, censored by printers who realized it was illegal, or withheld from distribution by university officials. We doubt that any of the university journalists thought about printing the Manifesto prior to the recent Quebec situation and it being made illegal. Their actions were little more than an attempt to show disregard for the laws of the land at a time when they had an opportunity to display leadership which would have given people more faith in those presently enrolled in the nation's universities. The ladies of Caven Red Cross Unit held a quilting last Wednesday and completed four quilts for the Red Cross. 15 YEARS AGO Two cars given away at the monster bingo sponsored by the Exeter District Lions Club went to local people. Charles Acheson won the bingo special and Mrs. Garnet Hicks captured the raffle car. Mrs. Jack Blair, of Centralia, was chosen Harvest Queen of Exeter Kinsmen's Harvest Jamboree Friday night at Exeter Arena. Mrs. M. C. Fletcher and Miss Alice Claypole attended the District No. 2 R.N.A.O. meeting in Woodstock last Friday. Mrs. Fletcher was appointed counsellor for Huron County. Ontario Department of Public Works is offering $175,000 for the Pinery under an expropriation plan, a senior government official disclosed this week. 10 YEARS AGO Area residents had their first taste of winter on Monday, when they awoke to find the ground covered with snow. Construction work on the new office building at the corner of Main and Huron will start next week, Realtor John Burke said this week. Work started this week on the new 300-bed Ontario hospital at Goderich, for which a $3,400,000 contract was let Thursday. For Halloween, the Hensall Kinsmen are sponsoring a party and parade as a reward for youngsters who are to collect for UNICEF. On a hunting trip to the Timmins area last week Bill Stanlake bagged a bull moose. The moose had a 48" antler spread, and Bill estimated the weight at over 1,000 pounds. Canadian Cllr. Bel. Church sent. Telegram to the Primate Minister The Committee of the Canadian Council of Chr. Ref. Churches for Contact with the Government has sent the following telegram to Prime Minister Trudeau: As our nation trembles in agony we pray that the Government will wield its God-given sword of justice with firmness, but also with compassion and mercy. We deplore the brutal death of Mr. Laporte and pray that God will comfort his family and all who mourn, While we support the decisive measures taken against the revolutionaries we also implore the Government to take equally decisive action to right the wrongs, injustices and discriminatory practices that foster the revolutionary spirit, Citizens and governments who revolt against God-given directives for life in society and declare their own autonomy foster revolution. God will only bless and preserve our great country in this time of crisis if we together as Government and citizens seek to re-order our society on the basis of God-given principles of justice and liberty. On behalf of the 14,000 families of the Christian Reformed Church, John A. 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