HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-05-20, Page 4Not opposed in principle
Exeter council's decision to thwart
attempts to stage a tent crusade drew
criticism from one letter writer last week
and there were also some verbal
comments regarding the matter.
In one area church, the minister
commented that it seemed unfair for
council to try to stop the religious
meetings while at the same session they
had approved yet another lottery.
In fairness to council, it should be
noted that at no time during the
discussion was it apparent that members
were opposed to a tent crusade in
principle, but rather only that it was
scheduled for a residential area,
A one-night stand, or even a tent
meeting for a week would probably be
acceptable for a residential area, but
when the group in question apparently
planned a crusade for the entire summer,
that is a different story.
Council members were concerned
about the noise, although they didn't
imply they were "awful sounds" as the
letter to the editor implied.
A religious meeting in a tent does
create noise. It may be a good noise to
be sure, but on a long-term basis it is
bound to deprive neighbors of their right
to privacy and serenity. Not everyone
wants to 'listen to singing and gospel
preaching every night.
However, we hope those interested
in sponsoring the tent meetings do not
misconstrue council's attitude. They
opposed it solely on the basis of it being
planned for a residential area and we
have little doubt but what approval
would be given to the erection of a tent
in an area that did not infringe upon the
rights of people to enjoy privacy in their
own backyards.
There are such areas within the
community.
Important crop
While this area has always displayed
a keen interest in new farming crops
because it is one of the most progressive
agricultural districts in the nation, there
should be an even keener interest in the
"crop" planned on one Usborne
Township farm in the coming months.
That new "crop" will be homeless
boys and the success of Erwood I will
obviously depend on more than the five
young people who have undertaken the
challenge of cultivating the lives of some
eight lads.
It will depend to a large extent on
the acceptance and co-operation of the
entire community and there can be no
more bountiful harvest results than
helping the boys on the way to more
meaningful lives.
These will be boys not unlike the
other 12 to 16-year-olds who reside in
our community. Some .will be tall and
others will be chubby; some will be good
at athletics and others poor; some will
have good scholarship abilities and
others will not; some will have quick
smiles and others will appear serious.
What they do not presently share
with their local contemporaries is the
love and stability of an average home
life. But let it be made amply clear from
the outset, that that is not their fault.
They were born into a situation
over which they had no control, and it
behooves each of us to repeat that
time-worn statement, "there, but for the
grace of God, go I".
During the most formative stages of
their lives, these lads have had few
people to whom they could turn for the
many amenities provided by normal
parents. They've been left to shift for
themselves in many cases, and it is to
their credit that they have not been
shattered to the point where help is too
late.
Five young people have decided to
engage themselves in that task, and that
too is to their credit, because their
backgrounds indicate that each could
find more lucrative work in a society
that more easily caters to those who
strive for monetary gain rather than
those who are prepared to make
sacrifices to help their fellow man.
The farm staff has already issued a
plea for animals, flowers and shrubs and
no doubt there are many in the area who
could fulfill these needs.
As stated, the future contributions
for area residents will be to join the farm
operators in their challenge of providing
a proper environment for the lads under
their care, and obviously that
environment will include the complete
round of schooling and extra-curricular
activities which boys of that age enjoy in
this community.
We trust that the faith placed in the
area by the young people operating the
farm will be forthcoming.
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Published Each Thursday Morning
at Exeter, Ontario
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John is 10,a slender boy with
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John is a quiet, perceptive
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John gets on well with both
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This young lad takes part in
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PHONE 235-1570 EXETER
NOTICE
to Customers of
Hay Municipal Telephone System
Since the birth of the Hay Municipal Telephone
System in 1911, the officers and employees of the
System have endeavoured to provide the best poss-
ible service available to it's customers and our aim
is to continue improving telephone service with the
interests of our customers in mind.
Our construction program for the next.' ten-year
period includes numerous cable programs; whereby
old lines will be replaced by new underground cables ;
new cables installed will enable us to provide extend-
ed area service to neighbouring communities as war-
ranted; additional office equipment will have to be
installed to meet the requirements of old and new
customers and in some instances extensions to ex-
isting buildings will have to be made, all of which
will exceed a cost of $250,000.00.
The proposed construction program will take place
in all three exchanges of the System, namely Dash-
wood, Grand Bend and Zurich and we are certain
the proposed programs will benefit all our subscr-
ibers, however, in order to help us achieve our goals
it has become necessary to take a look at our rate
structure. Our rate structure has not changed since
our exchanges were converted from manual oper-
ation to dial operation and since the material req-
uired in our construction program is increased in
cost; we feel a rate increase at this time can be
justified. The rate increases we propose are in line
with the major telephone companies.
Application has been made to the Ontario Teleph-
one Service Commission for authority to make the
following charges' for telephone service effective
July 1st, 1971.
EXCHANGE RATES - All Exchanges PER MONTH
Individual Line Business 7.30
Residence 4.05
Two-Party Line
Multi-Party Line
Extension Phones
Business
Residence
Business
Residence
Business
Residence
5.85
3.15
4.40
3.05
1.45
1.25
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GRAND BEND ZONE RATES
Zone 1
Individual Line Business
Residence
Two; Party Line Business
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Four-Party Line Business
Residence
Multiparty Line Business
Residence
If individual or two-party line service is required
outside the Base Rate Areas of the three exchanges
or Zone 1 (Grand Bend), excess circuit charges will
apply.
SUBSCRIBER RATES
A paid-up subscriber shall pay 50 cents per
month less than the above listed renter rates.
A new subscriber shall pay the subscriber's
rate plus $1.50 per month for ten years at which
time he will be considered to be a paid-up sub-
scriber.
This application will be heard before the Commis-
sion at its next regular meeting in Toronto. Any re-
presentations to be made to the Commission with
respect to this application should, therefore, be sub-
mitted on or before May 31st, 1971, and addressed
to The Chairman, Ontario Telephone Service Comm-
ission, Department of Agricuture -and Food, Parlia-
ment Buildings, Toronto 2, Ontario.
If you desire any further information in reference
to the need for increasing the telephone rates, you
may apply to the undersigned either personally, by
telephone, or by letter.
W. C. Horner, Seeretary.Treasurer
Hay Municipal' Telephone System
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This is going to be a long, tough
summer for parents of young
people in the senior high school
and university brackets. They're
going -to be stuck with bored,
restless children.
And the only thing worse than
having a bored, restless child on
your hands is a severe case of the
crud, with complications.
The reason it's going to be a
bad summer is that there are no
jobs for the majority of young
people who would normally be
working.
The other day I carried out a
brief poll of one of my senior
grades. Most of them are bound
for university or nursing or some
such. I asked how many had a job
lined up for the summer. Out of
. thirty people, two had. One will
work for his father on a dairy
farm, The other, a girl, will
punch a cash register and only
got the job because she'd worked
at it last year.
So there we have twenty-eight
frustrated young people. I have
the greatest sympathy, not for
them so much as for their
parents. Nothing will break up a
good family relationship more
quickly than having a healthy
young animal lolling about the
house all summer.
They eat as though every meal
Going to be bad summer
Here's some more fodder
In less than a month, several
area young people will complete
their secondary school education
and will face the decision of
planning their fiiture course of
action.
It will not be an easy decision.
Plenty of avenues are open to
them, but as many have been
finding out in the past year, some
of those avenues are dead-ends as
far as obtaining work in their
chosen fields.
College graduates by the
hundreds are having difficulty
joining the labor force and there-
are also many young teachers
and graduates of community
colleges who have found that the
demand for their abilities is
considerably lower than the
number of graduates.
At the same time, there are too
few graduates in some lines of
endeavour.
It therefore becomes a matter
of choosing a field in which the
chance of employment is high. It
may not be the first choice, but
that is the price that will have to
be paid if the young people wish
to obtain gainful employment.
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One of the incongruous aspects
of ,journalists writing about
pollution is the fact that the very
paper on which they have their
words of wisdom printed becomes
a disposal problem and adds to
pollution.
Fortunately, a solution appears
evident and we many soon be
able to pound out as many words
as deemed necessary without our
own pollution haunting us.
Animal scientists at an
American agricultural research
station say that newspapers can
be blended with other ingredients
to provide tasty meals for cattle
and other farm animals. They
claim that a good cow should be
able to stow away several 80-page
journals a day providing they are
properly mixed with molasses,
soybean meal, minerals and the
like.
Some journalists may feel
that's a rather poor fate for their
efforts, but it probably still rates
a bit higher than having fish
wrapped in them.
It could open the door to a new
source of revenue for members of
the over-worked and under-paid
fraternity.
We could tether a cow or two in
the backyard and cart honic.., the
press overruns or the huge
bundle of government and cor-
porate press releases we receive
daily, thereby providing feed at a
minimal cost and still enjoying
the low-cost milk and beef wi:ii
which we would be provided,
However, we're certain some
wag will quickly point out that no
cow could manage to digest some
of the stuff we write.
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As long as researchers con-
tinue to come up with ideas to
vast pool of unemployed, for the
same figure?
Is it the government's fault?
Partly. The $50 million the
federal government put up to
alleviate the students' situation
was too little and too late, and
had so many strings attached to it
that Mr. Benson might just as
Well have thrown it into the
Ottawa River,
All it has done is create another
branch on the vast oak of
bureaucraey,That's where a good
chunk of the money will go, It's
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dispose of our waste, we may yet
lick the pollution problem, or at
least thwart it from licking us.
The Glass Container Council of
Canada is continuing its efforts to
come up with uses for empty
glass containers and tests are
already underway for glasphalt
road paving material, building
bricks, glass insulating wool,
aerated concrete, acoustic tiles
and other items.
Recycling depots have been
established at several centres
across Canada and they're
paying one-half cent for each
empty glass container, or $15 a
ton for bulk amounts.
We urged Exeter council to
look into this matter some time
ago after it was reported
Wallaceburg was expected to
raise several thousand dollars by
having residents. sort out the
glass from their garbage and put
it into special containers.
It's something that should still
be investigated,
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The calendar often does
strange things and one such
occurrence will be this weekend.
We'll be celebrating the 24th of
May holiday on the 24th of May.
Oddly enough, that's the latest
50 YEARS AGO
The' Women's Missioliary
Society of the Methodist Church
of Exeter district held their 25th
annual convention in Crediton,
May 11. In attendance, interest
and enthusiasm the convention
was a decided success.
Mr. George Brock, of Hensall,
who last week lost all his
equipment in the fire, has
decided to build a two-storey
cement shop on land purchased
from Mr. Thomas Murdoch.
Mr. W. M. Schenk, of Stratford,
has opened a new grocery,
confectionery and bakery shop at
Dashwood.
Mr. Sam Wein, of Crediton, has
sold out his barber shop to
Emmerson Wenzel, of Kitchener,
who takes possession in August.
Mr. Cunningham is moving into
Mrs. James Taylor's house this
week. Mr.. James Weeks is
moving back to his own home
being vacated by Mr. Cun-
ningham,
25 YEARS AGO
Exeter will this year celebrate
its first peace-time 24th of May
since World War II. All returned
men are being entertained the
evening previous.
Mr. John Thomson has sold his
farm at Eden to Mr, John
McAllister, a returned veteran.
Mr, and Mrs. Thomson will move
to Exeter into the home recently
purchased from Harold Whyte.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hendry have
moved into the new apartment
'fitted up over the Bank of Mon-
treal, •
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Taylor
were in London attending the
graduation exercises of their son,
Grant, Who received his BA
degree in chemistry,
Dr, W. S. Stanbury, a native of
Exeter, arrived in Canada
recently from England to take
charge of the Red Cross Society's
national blood transfusion ser-
vice.
the holiday can be celebrated and
in recent years it has fallen as
early as May 18.
The extra few days should pay
dividends if the weather of
the past weekend is any in-
dication, although those who
have been thinking of heading for
Lake Huron for a refreshing dip
hadbest be advised to stick their
big toe into the water for a test
before plunging head-long into
the blue waters.
As a picture elsewhere in this
edition will show, the fishing fleet
at Grand Bend was stuck in the
ice only one week ago, so the lake
obviously has a few degrees to
warm up before it will be enticing
for other than polar bear club
members.
This weekend will also produce
the crash and sparkle of
fireworks and once again,
parents should be reminded of
the dangers associated with the
colorful displays.
The setting off of any type of
firecrackers or rockets should be
handled by adults only, with the
children watching from a safe
distance under supervision.
15 YEARS AGO
OPP , Constable Elmer Zim-
merman, who has been in charge
of the Exeter detachment since
1949, has been promoted to
corporal and transferred to
Guelph.
At least six farmers in
McGillivray township suffered
severe damage to buildings
Friday when a short-lived tor-
nado ripped through about three
miles of farmland south of
Crediton. Disaster struck twice
on farm of Earl Hamilton.
Wednesday night, fire destroyed
the farm home, and Friday, the
tornado ripped off part of the
barn roof,
At the AOTS supper meeting in
James St. Church, Monday,
Mervin Cudmore was elected
president to succeed the charter
president, Dr, H. H. Cowen.
Census for the mass TB X-ray
clinic in Exeter will be taken on
Thursday and Friday, chairman
C. V. Pickard announced this
week.
10 YEARS AGO
A new $15,360 fire truck to
serve Exeter, Usborne, Stephen
and Hay townships was ordered
Tuesday following completion of
negotiations for its purchase.
Oliver Jaques, Hensall, was
elected associate deputy grand
master at the convention of Royal
Black Knights of Orangemen in
Windsor last week.
'Boom Boom' Geoffrion,
Montreal Canadiens' ace, was
guest at the Exeter Minor Hockey
banquet this week.
Peter DeVries, 14 year old son
of Rev, Bren and Mrs. DeVries,
won top marks from the ad-
judicator, J. L, McDowell of
London Teachers' College at the
annual Grade IX music festival.
Jack Fulcher, area census
commissioner, addressed
members of Trivitt Memorial
Guild on the forthcoming census
take.
were their last one. They get
lazier and lazier, staying up late
and sleeping in late. They have no
money for recreation, and get
surlier anthurlier. They develop
a feeling of being useless and
unwanted, and resent any advice.
Too darn bad about the spoiled
brats, you say, and I agree. But
that doesn't alter the situation.
I'd rather live for the summer
with a porcupine that had an
ulcer than a student without a
job.
Thousands of them will hit the
road, like the hoboes of the Great
Depression, drifting about the
country, bumming meals, a place
to sleep, and losing their self-
respect in the process.
And just as the hoboes used to
raise enough for the occasional
gallon of wine, some of these kids
will panhandle or steal to get
money in order to get high on
drugs.
What's the answer? Don't ask
me. I'm a question man, not an
answer man Then let's ask
some questions.
Is it partly the kids' fault? Yes.
Some of them would rather bum
all summer than clean them-
selves up to the minimum
standards of a pretty free society.
Others have never done a dirty
day's work in their lives, and
would not stoop to menialchores.
(My first job was cleaning out
lavatories.) And a great many of
them simply sneer at the whole
protestant work ethic. It's all
right for the old man, but I'm
going to do my own thing - not
work.
But I think the majority of
these kids would welcome a job of
any kind. Tough toe-nails for
them. There aren't the jobs.
Industry doesn't want them, for
practical reasons. They have to
be trained for even the simplest
factory work, and by the time
they're producing, they're off to
school again. Industry prefers to
hire perople who are going to be
content to put round pegs in round
holes for years, at minimum
wages.
And speaking of wages, the
tourist industry, which used to
absorb so much student labour,
can't afford it any more.
Minimum wage laws in jobs that
used to be supplemented by tips
have made many resort
operators turn their backs on
students. Why hire an awkward
girl waitress with no experience,
at a buck fifty an hour or
whatever, when you can hire
experienced waitresses from the
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