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Delivering end just as bad
Last week I, mentioned making follows a fairly pat format.
a speech to the Vimy Branch, You are called up, or written to,
Canadian Legion, and what a by the secretary of some
treat it was to be able to get up organization which you've never
and talk about the stupidity of heard of, and told they'd like to
senior officers, have you as guest speaker at
Normally, I loathe making some function you have no in-
speeches almost as much as I terest in, at some place you have
detest listening to them. no idea of how to get to.
As a former weekly reporter- This is the moment to say, loud
editor, a cold, wet, grey blanket and clear, "Thank you; I am
comes down over my spirit at the deeply honored, but I can't
fateful words, "And now, I give possibly make it." Any wavering,
you our guest speaker," and you're in trouble,
That's the signal. Some guest The professional guest
speakers you couldn't "give" to a speaker, and there are a few
starving group of cannibals. about, chooses that moment to
I have been "given" dun- lay down his cards. He says,
derheads and dolts, politicians "Well, I might be able to fit that
and poltroons, pipsqueaks, in on that date, but I'll have to
pedagogues and presidents, consult my calendar." He con-
farmers and philosophers, sults his calendar, which is blank
Not once have I been inspired, for weeks, He calls back, "Yes, I
uplifted or convinced. On a very could make it, My fee is $75. Plus
few occasions I have been mildly expenses."
amused, although almost never This produces an agonized
by professional humorists, who pause, if you're on the phone,
always seem so intent on keeping Then comes a plaintive, "Oh,
their tongues in their cheeks that Yes. Well, uh, as you know, uh,
you begin to feel that somewhere we're a non-profit organization,
in the process they have bitten and we don't have much money,
them off. and we thought you'd just come
That's the receiving end. The along and give us a little talk.
delivering end is just as bad. It You know, just anything. Uh, how
would $10 expenses be?" And, in
a burst of enthusiasm, "And
bring your wife along. Her dinner
would be free, of course."
This is always what clinches it
with me. A last-minute invitation
for my wife. And a free dinner for
her. Big deal.
Some people love to speak. To
anybody. They have one speech,
which they've memorized. They
have two jokes, invariably in-
serted with the prefix, "That
reminds me of a little story . , ."
It didn't and the story has nothing
to do with anything.
But for half an hour, and
sometimes, Lord help us, for 45
minutes, these speakers are the
cynosure of all eyes, except those
which are closed in slumber. And
every ear is attuned to them.
Except those with the hearing
aids turned off. They bask. It is
nectar and ambrosia to them,
even though it may be lukewarm
coffee and cold porridge to their
listeners.
Good luck to them. For me, it's
torment. It's like a Saturday
night bath, whether you need it or
not.
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Phone 235-2144 Exeter
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Poor investment
Certainly council will have plenty
of avenues in the next year or two to use
the money. But when the time comes,
will the money be spent on the basis of
need, or will this or future councils be
slightly swayed by the fact money is on
hand and can be spent without as much
consideration because it won't show up
directly on that year's rate?
It's easier to spend someone else's
money if you already have it in your
pocket and don't have to ask him for it.
The final concern, and probably the
one most open to criticism, is the fact
that while council has instituted a
savings program on one hand, they have
taken steps to borrow through a deb-
enture issue on the other.
There's nothing wrong with that
setup as long as one can borrow the
money at a lower interest rate than the
one he receives on his savings, and if
council have found a method to turn
that trick every ratepayer will be most
interested in sharing in that valuable
knowledge.
Clerk Eric Carscadden suggested the
$9,000 could have been used to reduce
the planned debenture, and this would
appear to be common sense, particularly
when debenture debts almost double
themselves before they are paid off.
Few ratepayers would complain
about that type of savings program, and
while the one being planned by council
does not entail a considerable amount of
money, it is one that we oppose in
principle.
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eldest displayed a keen out-
doorsman attitude by noting that
we would undoubtedly have
plenty of fish to eat,
About all that was needed, as
far as he was concerned, was a
knife to cut off the fish heads and
a fry pan in which to cook them.
While toying with various
approaches that wouldn't
completely shatter his optimism
about our abilities to get the
required fish, his younger
,brother came to our rescue. ,
"Thefe's no'placeln the bush to`
plug in our fry pan," he ex-
plained.
Unfortunately, the weather
spoiled all plans for the weekend,
although it did allow for some
extra reading that turned up the
following "Fisherman's
Prayer",
I pray that I may live to fish
until my dying day,
And when it comes to my last
cast I then most humbly pray,
When in the Lord's great
landing net and peacefully
asleep,
That in His mercy, I be judged,
big enough to keep.
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Last week's issue of the
Wingham Advance-Times
50 YEARS AGO
Mr. Henry Willert's saw mill,
about three miles west of Dash-
wood, was destroyed by fire
Thursday morning. The loss is
considerable and the cause of the
fire is unknown.
Mr. W. Q. Bobler opened the
creamery on Monday last and
has five teams gathering cream.
Mr. John Spackman has
purchased from Mr. John
McLaughlin the residence for-
merly owned by Mr. Wesley
Bissett on the corner of Gidley
and William Streets,
At the annual meeting of the
Exeter Band held on Friday
evening last the following officers
were elected: Jos. Senior,
president; Andrew Stewart, vice-
president; D. Dyer, secretary;
B. Fuke, treasurer; H. Gidley,
leader; H. Gidley, J. Senior and
Geo. Eacrett, committee.
25 YEARS AGO
A memorial baptismal font in
honor of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William D. Vlieekes, presented by
their son, Frank, was unveiled in
Caven Presbyterian Church on
Surrh
ndeay.Huron Perth baseball
league will resume operations in
the OBA after a war-time ab-
sence of several years.
The work Of excavating for the
new Exeter Co-operative building
has been completed,
At the Exeter Lions Meeting in
Trivitt Parish Hall, Dr. E. S.
Steiner was 'elected president.
The Exeter Bowling Club will
open their new club house with a
bowling tournament on May 24,
15 YEARS AGO
) Parents of over 90 boys and
girls in town have expressed a
desire to have their children play
in a junior band, Cecil Wilson,
chairman of the special band
At a time when people face rising
costs on all fronts, Exeter council's
ability to hold the line on this year's tax
rate would normally be accepted
without question.
However, there is a point of
concern, mainly their reluctance to drop
the rate when they could have done so,
rather than their decision to set aside
about $9,000 for a "rainy day" as it
were,
Unfortunately, council members
were none too specific in their reasons
for establishing a future building
program fund and there is a genuine
concern that the money set aside may
look very tempting whenever any project
comes along that is not included in the
budget.
Normally, council's reaction would
be to shelve any request or plan because
it is not included in the budget, but with
that money available, they may be less
tenacious in their attitude toward items
that crop up periodically for which no
provisions have been made.
Secondly, council overcharged the
local ratepayers by over $19,000 in taxes
last year, - and while there is no
suggestion of criticism over such a hefty
surplus, it would appear only fair that all
reductions this year should have been
passed back to the taxpayers in the form
of a lower tax rate.
In effect, council appear to be
forcing the ratepayers into a type of
savings plan, without any exact
indication why they're saving the
money.
Have you been to Detroit lately?
No? Well, don't fret, hardly anybody
goes there willingly anymore from Sarnia
district.
If ever a city has developed an
anti-touristic image it has to be Motor
City. It used to be THE place to go to
catch a show, a ball game, a hockey
game or some international shopping.
Bus tours were arranged for the WI's,
various clubs and associations, etc., but
we cannot recall any recent such news
item.
Detroit after -dark is a terror for
Detioiters, let alone Sarnians loose on
some of their streets. Up to last Saturday
there were 200 murders since New
Year's Day. Last year? 645 murders in
365 days. That figure is enough to
deflect a great many people, let alone
the horror stories about nuns getting
shot, little old ladies mugged and robbed
and then left to die . all for 37c in a
purse.
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With his hands held high,
Kevin looks like a hockey player
who has just scored ,a goal but
his glee must have had another
reason because Kevin is only
years old,
He does like to play with
children, though, joining in their
games as much as he can, or he
can be quite contented playing
alone for as long as an hour at a
time.
Kevin is a blue-eyed blonde of
Anglo-Saxon and Irish descent.
He's short and chubby,
easygoing and good-natured.
He's talking in small sentences
either to people or animals.
This laddie was born
prematurely and had a whole
series of minor health problems
in his first year. He is still
susceptible to colds. He has a
slight loss of peripheral vision,
but otherwise his sight is normal.
He has a good background, but
because of birth difficulties it is
possible he may have some
learning problems when he gets
to school.
In the meantime, he is a
handsome youngster with a
beguiling personality who makes
friends with everyone he meets.
He needs loving parents who will
not be concerned over his
medical history. To inquire
about adopting Kevin, 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.
As stated last week, there
appears to be growing support for
government intervention in the
matter of increased costs,,
although those who support price
and wage controls may have
different thoughts if the controls
affect them.
It's a human characteristic
that most people think they are
worse off than the other guy, and
therefore would back some
control over "the other guy'.',
Ontario civil servants, for'
instance, are quite upset that the
recent • budget suggested theirs.
wage increases be held at five
percent:. They're already talking
about strikes and work-to-rule
campaigns to show their
displeasure.
Some of their resentment is
understandable. The five percent
wage guideline looks extremely
discriminatory when almost at •
the same time the federal
government was making plans to
boost the wages of MPs by 40
percent.
In London recently, the city
workers went on a short strike
when wage differences could not
be settled, and it was most in-
teresting to read that the lawyer
they had to assist them in their
fight with city hall was getting
paid a cool $50 per hour.
When people who are
struggling to get $2.50 an hour
have to pay that much for some of
the services they require from
other people in the community, it
is understandable that they will
have difficulty accepting controls
that 'will leave themso far behind
others.
This wide disparity is one of the
basic reasons for discontent, and
unfortunately it is severely
aggravated when percentages
are used as a method of in-
creases,
On an allowable increase of
five percent per year, as an
example, a $50,000-a-year
company president can get an
increase of $2,500, while a $10,000-
a-year worker in his plant gets
only $500.
The gap widens and so will the
discontent,
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Fishermen appear to be the
biggest winners in last week's
Ontario budget. Not only has the
$3.00 license fee been
revoked, but because most of the
good fishing is confined to Nor-
thern Ontario, they'll also save in
beer prices when they head out to
bring back the big ones,
The most recent definition of a
fisherman . . . a man whose wife
won't let him drink at home.
Speaking of fishing, our three
lads got the bug last week and
had the whole weekend well
planned for an extensive fishing
trip along the banks of the
Ausable,
A discussion naturally centred
around what provisions We would
require for our lunch, and our
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carried an interesting — and
provocative — opinion related to
Canada's high rate of unem-
ployment.
In short, the writer suggests
that the day may not be too far off
when it will be necessary to
implement a fair distribution of
employment.
Only one member of a family
will 1)e allowed to hold a„position
to ensure that each family will
have at least one bread-winner.
As an, example, the newspaper
noted the problems of a father not
being able to secure a teaching
job, while hundreds of married
women hold down jObs in that
profession in addition to the jobs
their husbands have in other
endeavours.
Of course, in many families the
woman may be the one allowed to
retain a job, because in some
cases their income is higher than
that of their husband's,
We can well imagine the
problems associated with em-
barking on such a program, but
unless the employment rate
shows better in the future, it is
possible that some rules may
have to be established,
committee, announced Wed-
nesday.
Uel J. Schroeder, a former SH-
DHS student, was one of three
RCMP constables cited for
bravery in the gun-battle capture
of four armed bank bandits in
New Westminster, B.C.
Calvin Fahrner, Crediton, was
one of 27 student ministers who
graduated from Toronto Bible
College, Friday.
Passenger service on the
London, Huron and Bruce
railroad line ended Saturday
without fanfare. It marked the
end of an 88-year era during
which travel on the line was the
most popular means of tran-
sportation from London to
Wingham.
General Coach Works of
Canada Ltd„ Hensall, started
night shift production last week
in order to meet unprecedented
demands for its mobile homes.
10 YEARS AGO
A wintry blast of snow ushered
in May this week. Farmers are
getting concerned over the back-
ward weather.
H. G. Hooke, fieldnian and
secretary-treasurer of the
Ausable Authority since 1954, has
been transferred to a group of
four adjoining authorities in the
Peterborough area.
Construction began Monday on
a new 37' x 62' church on Huron
Street for the local Bethel
Reformed congregation, Rev, R.
Van Farrowe is the minister,
SHDIJS canvassers collected
over $1,000 Thursday night
during their fight cancer drive in
Iexeter, according campaign
Chairman Lloyd Henderson,
Ausable Authority executive
has recommended that con-
struction of a bypass ditch
around Ilensall be accepted as a
flood control scheme.
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shrink—
Houses
increase in
real value!
Compare the price of any house
today with its value twenty years
ago. It's up—way up! Hedge against
creeping inflation by buying a home
right now. A Victoria and Grey
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We think it all started- (the
stay-away-syndrome) with the race riots
just about 4 years ago. All of us can
recite anecdotes of happenings to friends
or acquaintances. It is really a pity
because the anti-black feeling, if it were
test-able, would surely show our city and
county unusually (and unhappily) high.
What can Detroit do? What can
most of the U.S. do? Their big cities are
places of peril to say the least. That most
generous of nations is engaged in
meaningless war outside and a civil war
inside its boundaries. We happen to be
1000 yards away from the U.S. as we
write this. Detroit is but 56 miles away.
Little wonder our beaches are jammed,
our parks crammed and our cottages
rented or bought by our American
neighbors. We at least can stay away.
They have to live there. God Bless
America and pity her if the social
direction continues.
— Sarnia Gazette
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