HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-12-03, Page 4Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881
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Editor -- Bill Batten—Advertising Manager.
Phone 235-1321
Published Each Thursday Morning
at Exeter, Ontario
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Paid in Advance Circulation,
September 30, 1970, 4,675
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New twist to Gordon's tricks
Important duty
Ratep ayers in several area
-communities will be heading for the polls
Monday.
While few of the elegions stem from
local iw..zes, this does not..aggest that
ratepayers should consider the elections
unimportant.
At stake is the dents-ion of naming
candidates to whom they will entrust the
business affairs of their community„ and
obviously this demands that ample
consideration be given to their choices.
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Considered that in sxne cases this is net
suifinient.
Those elected should be thew with
the best atn:ilty whn it work rn the best
of that
The matter of signing should net oniy
be considered ;,$ a privAllee., hit also a
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A brain failure
There's probably nothing that
changesour way of life more than a power
interruption, and while people generally
manage to overcome the inconveniences
associated with a hydro failure, they'll
probably never be able to explain the
strange acts of some people who
deliberately cause such an interruption to
occur.
Last week this area was plunged into
darkness through the irresponsible acts of
some person or persons who used hydro
insulators as targets to test their
marksmanship.
It is innonceivable that someone old
enough to have a gun would not
understand the implications that would
arise from this stupidity, so obviously it
must be considered a wilful act of
destruction.
It is to be honed all people who use.
guns have considered the hardships and
dangers that could arise from such an act.
There are many examples of the
dangers involved in people being suddenly
albjected to a loss of power. Consider
what could happen at a hospital in a
delicate operation even in the split second
that it takes auxiliary power to come into
use.
Add to this the thousands of dollars
that could be lost be industries forced to
shut down and you start to gain some
insight into the ramifications of shooting
out one hydro insulator.
That makes it most difficult to
comprehend how anyone could be so
irresponsible.
Christmas lights shining
over Canada, the Christmas lights
are shining. Blue, green. gold and red, they
sparkle, their radiance displacing shadows
here, highlighting them there, both within
doors and without. Nothing could be a
more significant symbol of this season,
nor, after the shock and fear of our
unhappy fall, more welcome. How we
need light.
Christmas, of course, can be mere
escape - for some even an orgy - but for the
thoughtful this returning celebration of
the Birth helps to restore our sanity and
our humanity.
Machines may be everywhere, but
Christmas reminds us that it is man who
makes and operates them. Laws may rule
us, or try to„ but it is men who make the
laws. Every new thrust forward, every
dream that lifts us even briefly from our
sorry ruts, begins in some human heart.
Here lie buried the seeds of our hope and
our despair.
For a few precious weeks, thank
God, hope is once more ascendant. We
dare believe that better and more
significant tomorrows may even now be
lying in the cradles of Canadian homes, as
once they lay, for all men, in a Bethlehem
manger.
Stephen Township Electors
As a student of geography, I am knowledgeable on
wise land use and resource management.
As an elector, I am concerned about wise spending
and ,vise land use programs.
As a citizen in a democracy, I want to keep strong,
responsible, local government.
As a teacher and parent, I want to preserve our
environment and leave a rich heritage for future
generations.
Asa candidate for council, I solicit your vote.
DAVID McCLURE
RE-ELECT
Gerald
Dearing
FOR COUNCIL
Let My Three
Years
EXPERIENCE.
Work For You
Your Support
atthe Polls
Would Be Mast
Appreciated
I hai,e been a farmer in
Stephen since 1964 and
promise to represent your best
interests as a member of
council.
Stephen Electors
Your Support Would Be Appreciated
Stephen Ratepayers
ELECT
Ken Campbell
Experience Is Important
Stephen Township Has
A New Reeve and
Deputy-Reeve
Let My Experience
Help Them And
You . . The Ratepayets
5 Years
on Council
Steve Dundas
For Stephen Council
RE ELECT
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This child and her companions cannot get too excited about man and his trips to the moon. What the
astronauts see from their journey into space is what they call the beautiful earth — the good earth. To
607:. of the world's children who are hungry, to S0 who are ill, to who lack schooling, it is not the
good earth. With your help CANSAVE can feed and clothe hungry children, give them the rudiments of
education, provide shelter, and aid the children who suffer the devastations of war. Please remember
these youngsters end their plight. Send your donation to The Canadian Save the Children Fund, 70
Hayter Street, Toronto,
Problems add to delights
Gordon Sinclair was up to his
usual tricks when he visited the
area Thursday to be guest speaker
at "An Evening with Charlie and
Addle".
Sinclair's reputation as a
provocative radio and TV
personality continues to grow,
His main forte is his ability to get
people angry and upset with him.
He usually manages this by
blunt criticisms, attacks against'
popular opinions or by asking
questions which many people
don't think should be publicly
asked.
However, he used an entirely
different approach Thursday. He
didn't say a darn thing that was
interesting or provocative and
babbled on for 15 or 20 minutes
boring the audience about his
"firsts" on Canadian TV and
some rather dull insights into
some of the people who appear
on "Front Page Challenge", the
popular TV show on which he is a
panelist.
When it ended up, Gordon had
again upset people; not by what
he said, but rather by what he
didn't say.
Fortunately, the evening
didn't require Gordon Sinclair to
be a resounding success.
The 800 to 900 people in
attendance had bought tickets to
be on hand to pay tribute to
Huron's leading couple and by
sheer numbers they managed that
more than adequately.
There was resounding praise
from some of the speakers, and
while that may be considered as
only being natural in view of their
political attachments to the
Huron MPP, one of the greatest
bouquets for Charlie's
representation was the
appearance of many staunch
Liberal supporters evident in the
large crowd.
Despite the fact it was a night
for honoring a politician and his
gracious wife, the organizers and
speakers are to be 'commended
for realizing that in Charlie and
Addie's case, honor could be
bestowed without relying on any
political party fervor.
You may not always agree
with Charlie's political actions,
or those of his party, but you'll
never find room for criticism in
his dedication to his job.
*
Speaking of politics, readers
will probably have noticed where
the editor had an opportunity to
embark on a career in municipal
politics, having been nominated
for Exeter council last week.
No doubt some wag will
suggest that our nomination was
as a result of someone trying to
substantiate our recent comment
that interest in Municipal
positions is so low that the
"village idiot" could gain a seat
by default.
We have subscribed to the
theory that newsmen should not
hold municipal office because
such a position would obviously
be a type of conflict of interest in
reporting news of council
activities to the ratepayers,
However, that theory is slowly
losing favor with us, because we
start to wonder at times whether
people really care what their
municipal councils are doing with
their money.
Attendance at the nomination
meeting would suggest that about
six people really care; so based on
that minute representation, a
newsman should probably have
no qualms about readers really
caring if reports of council
meetings were biased.
From the standpoint of this
newspapers' editorial columns
acting at times as the ratepayers'
watchdog of council activities,
there is very little basis for
suggesting that an editorial writer
should not be on council.
After all, his opinions of what
should, or should not be done,
would hardly change to any great
degree and obviously those
opinions would often gain greater
consideration if they were
presented as a member of council
rather than in the editorial
columns.
*
We find it rather difficult to
assts the reasons behind the lack
of interest in municipal affairs h
Exeter. Ross Dobson made a
comment that should haunt
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. W.J. Statham who has won
several red ribbons at London and
Hamilton Poultry Shows has been
successful in winning 1st and 3rd
at Guelph.
Miss Dorothy McDonell of
Hensall has entered Toronto
General Hospital as nurse in
training.
Rev.A.A. Trump er was elected
Worshipful Master of LOL 924 at
the annual meeting. Deputy
Master is William Lutman,
chaplain, Aaron Sutton and
secretary, William Powe.
Mr.G.N. Williams, Thames
Road, held an auction sale of
farm stock and implements. He
and Mrs. Williams are moving to
Exeter where Mr. Williams will go
into partnership with B.M.
Francis.
Mr. Peter Moir of Con, 2
Usbome has purchased the
100-acre farm of Mr.P. Case of the
London Road North.
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Hillary Horton while
returning home on his bicycle
from his blacksmith shop was
knocked off by a car resulting in
his death.
Mr. John Essery, who has been
associated with the Usbome
Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance
Company for 54 years, first as
director, then as president and
then agent, has resigned his
position.
Under the spur of organized
effort by the Huron Federation
of Agriculture, registration of hog
producers in Huron County for
the vote now being taken on
proposals to organize, has
reached a total of 1,740.
Mr. Kenneth Hockey, SBA,
stationed at Sydney, N.S. has
received his discharge and 'will
resume his position with E.R.
Hopper,
15 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Albert Fletcher, whose
bequest of $1,000 to South Huron
Hospital was announced last
ratepayers of Exeter and that is
that it's easier to get on council,
than it is to get off.
While Dobson managed to get
off, his comment held true for
Mery Oudmo re who found
himself in the awkward position
of wanting to get off council, but
with no one willing to take his
place.
We have to admire his
dedication to his community in
that he would assume a council
post rather than force another
nomination, although obviously
it would have been an added cost
for which no ratepayer could
complain.
However, he probably realized
that there was no indication that
even a second nomination would
turn up an interested citizen to
take his place.
week, also left $5,000 to the
Board of Stewards of Zion United
Church and $1,000 to the Zion
cemetery.
Mayor R.E. Pooley, who has
never competed in an election
before, has been challenged in his
bid for a second term by
Councillor A.L. Snelgrove.
Plans for a $140,000 dam in
Usbome to provide water supply
for Exeter, a road for the
township and a flood control
measure for the Ausable
Authority, were approved by
district officials at a meeting in
Parkhill Tuesday evening.
Arnold Cann was re-elected
president at the fifteenth annual
meeting of the Usbome
Federation of Agriculture held in
Elimville United Church on
Friday.
Reeve Bill McKenzie of Exeter
and Reeve Jack Morrissey of
Stephen are among five men
campaigning for the office of
county warden it was revealed
this week.
10 YEARS AGO
Work is rapidly progressing on
the new run being built at the
Pinery Provincial Park.
Mrs. W.G. Cochrane is one of
two new trustees elected to
Exeter public school board. She's
the fourth woman to serve in that
capacity,
Excavation work is nearly
completed for the 16-bed addition
being erected by South Huron
Hospital. The contract was
awarded last week to C.A.
McDowell Construction Co.,
Centralia, who also built the
nurses' residence.
CFPL Radio mobile van will
be broadcasting from Exeter,
Friday. This Will be the first of
three broadcasts sponsored by
Exeter Businessmen's Assn to
promote its Christmas program.
Ten neighbors of Neil
Langford, ',near', who had just
returned from /St, Joseph's
Hospital after a farm accident in
which he lost a finger, moved
unto his farm with their tractors
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pleted his Owes of fall
During his span on earth,
unless he is an ostrich, every man
is alternately appalled and
delighted with life. Perhaps that's
one reason the idea of a paradise
on earth will never truly appeal to
the multitudes. It would be too
bland.
In theory, a life without pain,
hunger, disease, cold, war, would
be embraced by all. In practice,
we shun such an existence, even
though it could be achieved if all
of humanity wanted it badly
enough. It would lack spice. And
sugar.
Probably that's why the great
novels about a utopia are
basically satires on man. From
More's "Utopia" to Golding's
"Lord of the Flies", outstanding
writers have portrayed utopia as a
paradise smeared by good old
human nature, or bad old human
nature, if you will
At two different periods in my
life, I lived in an ordered society.
They were sort. of mini-utopias.
One was in prison camp. We
had complete socialism.
Everyone got the same amount of
food, drink and time in the
latrine. There was complete
freedom of speech. Everyone
shared the duties and chores of
the community.
Another was in a sanatorium.
We were treated alike, whether
ex-private in the army or
ex-officer in the air force. Same
food, same rules, same shots in
the bum for all,
And in both cases, we loathed
it. All we wanted to do, in both
institutions, was to get out, to get
back to the sinful, sordid,
disordered, cruel, kind, hurtful,
blessed life of the human
individual in a crazy society.
If you don't have moments in
life that are appalling and
delightful, squalid and splendid,
you can stop reading now. Close
your eyes, fold your arms and lie
down. You're dead, and you
might as well be comfortable.
When I stop being appalled or
delighted by life, I will do what so
many kids do. I will start sniffing
nail-polish remover or taking
speed. Perhaps that is why they
do it.
Well, what's to be appalled or
delighted about these days?
Plenty. The list is endless and you
can make up your own.
I am appalled by the Viet Nam
war, surely the most senseless
since the Hundred Years War.
Nobody is winning, nobody is
losing, nobody knows who will
wear the crown if the stupid thing
ever ends.
I am delighted that all my
storm windows are on, eighty per
cent of my leaves are raked, and
that there is oil in the tank and
food in the freezer.
I am appalled at the successor
to the War Measures Act, which is
completely unnecessary unless
there is a heck of a lot more
going on than the government
admits. My appallment reaches
shock level when I think that a
cop could enter my house, ask me
if I'd changed my socks in the last
week, and throw me in jail if I
hadn't.
I am delighted that my
daughter still loves me so much
that on the weekend she allowed
me to furnish a new winter coat,
new boots, a posh dinner and an
expensive show without once
mentioning the Generation Gap
or saying, "Dad, there's no way
you could understand."
I am appalled at the prices
charged for said dinner, and the
amount of food wasted, to go to
the pigs. Why can't expensive
restaurants give you a
half-portion at half-price or a
little more, instead of assuming
that you are a hog?
I was delighted, next morning,
with breakfast in bed, but
appalled at the sixty cents for a
glass of orange juice and thirty
cents each for muffins. Plus tip.
I am appalled at the manners
of many young people, and
delighted with their courage and
compassion.
I am appalled by the traffic in
the city, and delighted when I can
park illegally and not get caught.
Life is a balance. Appalled.
Delighted. Such are the children
of earth. May you long be one of
them.
Harry Coates Exeter
Hugh Benninger Dublin
Clayton Harris Mitchell