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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-03-18, Page 4Cheque out a crippled child today. See what your dollars can do. Support Easter Seals. IS YOUR HEATING SYSTEM . . . . . . GIVING YOU TROUBLE? FREE ESTIMATES FINK HEATING Plumbing and ELECTRIC 262.,21114 IIENSALL SERIES 145 OIL LOW BOY Clare Hecla offers you the complete freedom of fully-automatic oil heat- ing and air conditioning. FEATURING 20 YEAR GUARANTEE This is your assurance of satisfaction and trouble free performance. JERRY MATHERS TYPEWRITERS 92 Main St. Exeter Phone 235-1840 SALES — SERVICE We service all makes of TYPEWRITERS & ADDING MACHINES TODAYS CHILE) Must be reconsidered BY HELEN ALLEN "What is the good of a good thing if no one knows about it r c70.ffinloTelegram Atodicitc ADVERTISE YOUR aoaa THINGS IN THE NOW OPEN South End Variety type of home some couples can afford to consider, A mobile home is really a packaged apartment, and while it is technically mobile and can be moved at any time, once it's in position, it usually stays. A properly planned mobile home park is as attractive as any modem subdivision, and even alone, a modem mobile home is as attractive as many of the older homes which make up, a large portion of the housing in any community. Obviously, some regulations are required. However, municipalities should seriously consider the pros and cons and not be biased by the type of thinking that accompanied this type of housing 1 0 or 15 years ago. The Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation in London has already agreed to provide mortgages on mobile homes, a clear indication of their growing acceptance. EXETER COIN WASH AND DRY CLEANING (Formerly Brady Cleaners) 508 MAIN ST. We'll be watching, with interest the regulations which Stephen. Township may come up with in regard to the use of mobile homes. Most communities in this area now frown on this type of housing. accommodation, This may stem from, past experiences, but it is evident that Municipal councillors must take a hard look at mobile housing. In the first place, a good share of the area economy is derived from the production of mobile housing with factories at Hensall and Exeter. Municipalities are quick to offer assistance to these firms. and collect their tax dollars, and obviously should reconsider their attitudes towards this. type of housing for their communities. Secondly, mobile housing is gaining in popularity, primarily due to economic reasons. They're considerably cheaper than standard housing units, and in today's economy they represent the only 0 OPEN 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Daily Watch For Our Grand Opening — Soon Frances is a petite eight-year-old with blue eyes, dark-brown hair and fair skin. Her background is German. This young girl was born with a heart defect which required .surgery when she was an infant. She has no heart problem now, but the operation resulted in en abnormality of the spinal cord which affects her walking. She manages well without braces or any such support and will improve with physiotherapy and her own determination. Her greatest desire is to learn to skate, and doctors have not ruled out the possibility that she may. In the meantime, she likes to slide, pretending she's skating. She likes swimming and loves the gym classes at school. She is a happy, energetic child who makes friends easily and goes around singing to herself. Frances started school late and now is in Grade 1, but is reading at the Grade 2 level. She needs a loving family who will understand her problem and will help her develop to the limits of her capacity. To inquire about adopting Frances, please write to Today's Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182. For general adoption information, ask your Children's Aid Society. Interesting project and apparently even the whims of the birds themselves. However, it's not expensive with a number of people contributing to the initial cost of around $150 and the benefits are certainly '\ worth that investment. A number of geese enjoyed a brief stay at the reservoir last year, and thrilled area residents who enjoyed the sight of the majestic birds. Interest should be high in a project being undertaken by a number of area sportsmen who will attempt to make Morrison dam reservoir a stop-over home — and even a permanent one — for wild geese. Exeter's rec director Alvin Willert is spearheading the project, which will entail the purchase of three pair of geese. It's quite naturally a risky project. It will face dangers from vandals, hunters Can you turn him down? Don't blow the horn Detroit, long known as the automotive centre of the world, can now lay claim to another innovation . . . that of drive-in corpse viewing. Seems that one of the Detroit funeral homes now offers this service. People who are pressed for time may merely drive through a p orte-cochere, and from their car window, view the remains of -someone departed this • life. Presumably, corpse and coffin are tilted at an angle for easy viewing, and when This has been done, a card may be dropped into a convenient drive-by box, indicating that Mr. and Mrs. S. Bloe had thus paid their respects. 0 The funeral director indicated that the new plan has met with a great deal of "success". The dear departed is in the display window during certain hours, and then is toted back to the "slumber room" where those with more time may come to view and express sympathy in person to members of the deceased's family. This is one custom from the United States 'which Canada would do well not to emulate. The idea, to us, is repugnant and repulsive, and in our opinion at least, is un-Christian. North Kent Leader ••; This fellow will be disappointed with the recent announcement from Frank Howard, MP for Skeena, who will be a candidate for the NDP leadership in April. He has announced that he will refrain from preparing large numbers of posters, placards, hats and buttons and will not be setting up any so-called hospitality suites. " He claims these tend to become booze dispensaries and no real effort is, made in them to discuss serious matters in a serious way. He thinks the presumption that delegates will and can be swayed by liquor is highly insulting to delegates. ' However, he will serve coffee and tea. If other candidates follow his example, the affair will obviously not attract many "party crashers". . So, slow down drivers, and give the pedestrians a brake! + + + At a recent meeting of Exeter council, .a newspaper clipping was passed around telling of the exploits of one of Canada's ter) "party crashers" who had at- tended the recent PC leadership convention in Toronto. This chap, who hails from B.C., has attended all the leadership conventions from coast to coast I in recent years and indicated the 7 PC event was one of the best. The liquor stock in the hospitality suites was excellent and some of the candidates were wooing the delegates with some expensive brands. The "party crasher" wasn't a delegate, but he indicated that he merely picked up some of the regalia from the candidates and was royally treated by them all. Of course, he changed the buttons to coincide with the particular candidate who was "hosting" him at the time. Only half the list of troubles next month, and realize that the average Canadian gives up a third of his income in taxes, and you can go right around the bend. Our nerves are stretched to the snapping point by the rigours of the last four months, and it doesn't take much to break us. Even a little thing like forgetting to get your car license plates before the deadline, or forgetting to pay your hydro bill in time for the discount, can make the most stable Of us crack and go roaring, after the nearest person with the nearest blunt instrument. I haven't quite blown a gasket yet, but I can feel the pressure building up. My wife has been off her oats since Christmas. Having two kids in University is like walking around with two large leeches clinging to you. Half a dozen people want me to speak to a similar number of completely dissimilar groups all over the geography. I have a hundred letters to write.My boss is bugging me for a detailed plan for a new workroom for my department, and I couldn't design the interior of an March is a time for madness in this country. I have lain on the grass with a girl in March, studying for exams. And I have waded through snow up to the belly-button, in the same month. This is enough to make Canadians a bit more psychotic than other nations. March is as unpredictable as a pregnant female, as precocious as an eccentric old man. "Mad as a March hare" is no flight of the imagination. You don't have to be a hare to be mad in March. All you have to do is look at the body of your car, at what the salt and sand have done to it, and you get mad. All you have to be is a mother with soaking, muddy small children tromping in and out, and you get mad. All you have to is total your fuel bill, and you know you are out of your mind to live in such a clime. All it takes is a note from a friend in the south, who asks how high the snow-banks still are, and . says he expects to come home about the first of May. All you need to do is think of Pr 15 YEARS AGO Yeggs who pried open the safe of F. A. May and Son early Monday morning made off with approximately $1,500 the owners disclosed Wednesday. Continuing a precedent established last Easter with- a visit to New York City, 32 senior students of SHDHS will leave by bus March 29, for a three-day visit to Washington, D.C. Zurich citizens elected officers Monday night to organize a "bang up" celebration for the village's centennial this year. Exeter Lions Club collected $1,300 for the Red Cross during their campaign blitz of the town Friday night. Construction began Monday on a $47,000 three-room red brick school for the Roman Catholic Separate School Section No. 6, at Mount Cannel. • 50 YEARS AGO Mr. Walter Cunningham, of town, has purchased Mrs. James Taylor's house on Gidley Street. Messrs. Alvin Brintnell and Harry Bierling have been engaged by Mr. T. H. Newell to assist in his Gray Dort Sales business. A meeting of the Crediton baseball fans was held in Ewald's Shop, Monday night. The following officers were elected: Honorary president, Herb K. Eilber; president, Ezra Feist; vice-president, Fred Haist; sec.- treas., Freeman Morlock; scorer, Sam Wein; capt., of the team, Bill Motz; manager, Herb Faliner. Mrs. Peter Case of the London Road North, had a successful sale on Tuesday, and will move to Hensall after taking a trip west during the summer. Mr. Richard Welsh last week purchased Mr. S. J. V. Cann's residence and lots on the corner of Andrew and Victoria Street. • outhouse. I'm in charge of two public speaking contests and two essay contests, both with looming deadlines. The cat did it again on the floor last night and is going to the glue factory if it happens once more. The C.N.R. has phoned five times to tell me I owe them $1.09, which was their mistake in the first place. The guy who shovels my drive with his plow has put his rates up fifty percent. I have sixty essays, seventy- five tests, and one hundred and thirty exam papers to mark. I have stubbed the second-littlest toe on my right foot and the nail is dangling by a painful bit of gristle or something. I missed two crucial shots and lost out on the big prize in the last curling bonspiel. The lock on the bathroom door has been gone since Christmas and people keep getting locked in insteadof locked out. So, all in all, if you hear a small "POP" one of these days, it won't be the wax in your ears cracking. — Please turn to page 5 WSPZ:RZYSZVEMZEMAINVIESPIRL...,:aMaS7AMINANIMMSUIVIONSTAMOBSTOWA Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC a' editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Phone 235.1331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1970, 4,675 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $6.00 Per Year; LJSA $8.00 ' a Spring officially arrives this weekend, although area residents probably won't take anything for granted. It may be around August before they start removing snow tires and storing snow shovels. Snowfall statistics are not available for this particular area, although in most communities where they are kept, it has been a record year. On that basis, we should declare for the record that this! has certainly been a--,.record snowfall year for, this area as well. A few thawi'throughOut the winter were the only saving factor. We don't have any e' figures available, but apparently there was 11 to 12 feet of snow this winter, with most of it ending up on roads, sidewalks and laneways, as if pulled by magnets. + + + The experiences of the past winter should prompt the Huron board of education to consider new arrangements with their teaching staff. On occasions, supply teachers have been hired in urban centres, while teachers hired by the same board sit in their homes in those urban centres, unable to get to the rural schools. We see no reason why those teachers couldn't be.called upon to fill in at urban schools and save the taxpayers the expense of paying for supply teachers when regular teachers are ill. It's not a large amount by any means, but it's the small items that quickly add up to make the cost of education a drain on many people. + + + We've never had the pleasure of meeting Denis Lapalme, but in many ways he's an ordinary young lad. He loves to play hockey, climb trees, ride a bike and play ball. What makes Denis ex- traordinary is the fact he enjoys all those activities with the aid of ' two artificial legs. This year's Timmy lost his legs in a train accident three years ago and through his determination has overcome many of the handicaps of his misfortune. However, he had help. Through donations from the Easter Seal campaign, Denis was provided with the legs and given training in how to get along with them. This year he's asking YOU to help make the other crippled children better "like me". Can you really turn him down? Send in your cheque this week to the Exeter Lions appeal. each year at this time it ap- pears necessary to issue a plea to drivers to take extra cautions to prevent "drowning" any pedestrians as snow and mud become the order of the day. This year will be even WorSe with the vast amount of snow which has to turn into water and the problem will be severe, part- icularly because people have to walk on the roads. 10 YEARS AGO R. ROSS Tuckey, of Tuckey Beverages Ltd., was elected president of the Canadian Bot- tlers of Carbonated Beverages Ass'n last week at the organization's annual meeting in Winnipeg. 'Biddulph ratepayers are considering seriously' the establishment of a township area school board, with an eye to erecting a central school. / Harry "Eldie" Gill, Grand Bend, won the $100 prize for the nearest guess in the Grand Bend Lions "Ice Derby", The ice broke up earlier than it has for many years. Larry Henderson, CBC TV newscaster presented a talk and showed pictures of his recent Our through several Asian countries, Wednesday evening. & Mrs. Ward Fritz have returned from a month's trip in South America. 25 YEARS AGO As a result of a citizens' meeting concerning local recreational activities, a com- mittee of Messrs. Joe Creech, C. V. Pickard, R. N. Creech, Bob Dinney, Tom Pryde, W. G. Medd and J. l3. Bowey was named to investigate the possibilities of hiring a full-time director. PPC Junior Prout of American army airforce, son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Prout, returned home last Week, having received his discharge after four months on the island of Okinawa. The Guenther Transport have just completed a new addition to their terminal in Exeter North. Ladles of Caven Red Cross Unit met in the library basement TueSday evening and Wednesday and quilted five quilts for the Red Crogs. MaSNER::;;MAL:w.t.222Aglegtigageimikiim•mrett-