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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-06-10, Page 4Despicable deed A big, hefty "boo" goes out this week to the character — or characters — responsible for the theft and destruction of the wild duck eggs at Morrison darn. It's to be hoped he shoved a couple of the eggs into his ears, because ob- viously there's nothing else between them It would be possible to sit all day and come up with demeaning adjectives to describe such a deed. But what's the use? Such a person has no feelings to hurt anyway. Perhaps the perpetrator will go un- detected, having only his own conscience with which to contend. If he is detected, the full punishment possible under the law should be enacted if it is found he is a person who. could reasonably compre- hend the seriousness of his actions. At any rate, it is to be hoped this does not entirely discourage those who bought the ducks and geese from their own private funds to provide the com- munity with an attraction, which as we noted before, is most commendable. Conservationists have long been plagued with this type of idiotic interfer- ence. There is no answer. It's to their credit that they have enough determina- tion and sense of responsibility to con- tinue their efforts despite these adversi- ties. There's no escape Ontario hopes to double its inspections of cottage sewage systems this year, Stephen Duncan reports in The Financial Post. While there is some doubt that the target will be met, it clearly indicates the growing vacation crackdown on the man-made pollution of recreational areas. Canada's most popular vacation spots are being threatened by water pollution, ironically by the cottagers who, in most instances, were first attracted to country living by the sparkling clear waters of wilderness lakes and rivers. Industrial pollution has taken its toll, too — notably from mercury discharges into rivers in Northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. But the big threat in the most popular areas — notably in densely populated Eastern Canada — comes from cottage septic systems. This year, The Financial Post points out, many cottagers could find themselves cast in the same light as urban industrial polluters. Provincial and municipal authorities supported by citizen's groups are taking a hard look at cottage pollution and are beginning to put pressure on offenders. The cottage-owning executive may sigh wearily at the news. Chances are he spends hours during the week being bombarded by environmental authorities and anti-pollution activists. There will be little escape on weekends. Ruining our earth Through world-wide pollution, we are gradually ruining our earth. The U.S. Government, for instance, estimates that 62,000,000 tons of waste, ranging from DDT residues to old mattresses are dumped off sea coasts annually. And this is but one aspect of pollution. It does not take into account the filth pumped into the air every day around the world, industrial pollution of rivers and lakes,, oil pollution of the seas and beaches, thus killing fish and wild life. The only way to combat pollution is to fight it with every means at our disposal — propaganda, high fines or even imprisonment for the worst offenders, and long-range planning aimed at preventing pollution. The Japanese, for instance, are working on an almost visionary plan of having only electric cars in the centre of Tokyo and eventually other cities so as to reduce air pollution. But one of the problems with pollution is that talk is far easier than action. The dreamers can draw up all kinds of plans, yet unless there is a national and indeed a global will to change things, pollution can only get worse. All of us must be prepared to spend time as well as money to fight a menace that is as bad as warfare and global over-population. — Contributed HRI KARATE SHAVE COLOGNE FATHER'S DAY SPEC/AL SUGG LIST 2.50 WHILE THEY LAST "TORO" GENUINE BRIAR PIPES MADE IN ITALY ASSORTED STYLES 1 39 OLD SPICE "'ORIGINAL" AFTER SHAVE LOTION SUGG, LIST 1.95 OLD SPICE "ORIGINAL" SHOWER SOAP ON A ROPE 4 Oz OPAL BOTTLE 49 Sugg. List 2.00 6 SUGG LIST OZ 169 CAKE 2 25 HUNTLEY'S DRUGS Exeter 735- I 07n 7 Oz. OIL SPRAY SUGG LIST 2.25 169 4 Oz, LOTION SUGG, LIST'2.00 149 NOXZEMA GUARD INSECT REPELLENT 6 OZ, SPRAY SUGG, UST 9 1,30 TANYA HAWAIIAN with COCONUT OIL & BUTTER Here is Patrick, who will be two this summer, He is a sturdy boy who will likely be tall. Those bip eyes are dark-frown, he has straight black hair and olive skin. Part of his ancestry is Irish. The rest is uncertain. Patrick is a contented young fellow who has been rather placid, but now is becoming curious and active, He walks well and seems pleased that he can navigate on his own, He's very observant — knows where things are, especially the cookie jar, Not only does he know its location, but he can open both the cupboard and the jar •to help himself. His vocabulary is limited so far, but he can ask for what he wants, and he understands what is said to him. This toddler is a happy boy, not upset by new people or new situations. He has a fine appetite. He is in excellent health. He breathes noisily, but has always done so and doctors have found no reason for the condition. Patrick will be a fine son for a family who will love him for himself, without concern over limited background history. To inquire about adopting Patrick, 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. TODAYS CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN Torentolilegratn Syndicate * Three choices ... likes none Managed news? No thanks! Boy, show me a silver lining these days and I'll show you a dark cloud. It's only a couple of weeks since I was crying the blues about being stuck with a jobless child for the summer, and wishing my daughter could find work in this slim summer for students. She has a job and she likes it. It's waiting on tables in a smart hotel dining-room, overlooking the water. The pay's not much, but tips are fair. She has learned the joy of coming home with her apron pockets loaded with quarters, dimes and nickels, and arranging them in neat little piles, and Counting them over and over. Anyone who has ever worked as a slavey knows the sheer, Scrooge- like delight of counting tips. But there's always a catch, and in this case, I'm the one who has been caught, and not for the first time. The catch is that the job is about ten miles from home, and there is no transportation to and from. Bus service is strictly from the stone age, and it's too far to take a cab and take any money home. Times Established 1873 I guess I don't have to draw a picture. Good Old Dad. It's not the money I mind (about $1.00 worth of gas, and five dollars depreciation on the car — most of the journey is on a highway under construction.) It's the fact that she starts work at 7:30 in the morning. We are a one-car family. She doesn't have a driver's license, so it's up at the crack of 6 a.m. for yours truly. I am not at my best at 6 a.m. except on those occasions when I haven't got to bed yet: Good Old Mom can also drive the car, but she always seems to have the vapours at 6 a.m. I have two alternatives. One, have Kim get her driving license, in which case I'm stuck without a car all day. Two, buy a second car, let her use it, and fork up price of the car, license and in- surance. The latter, considering what she'll probably earn, would put us about $500 in the hole for her summer's work. How do you like them for alternatives? I've scrabbled desperately at other solutions. I might be able to hire a boy to take her out and pick her up for about $4.00 a day, plus gas. That doesn't seem too • Advocate Established 1881 profitable, and he'd probably rack up my tired 1967 model. I could physically kick her mother out of bed and make her drive. But I haven't the guts to do this at 4 p.m. let alone 6 a.m. I could let her hitch-hike. But I don't like girls hitch-hiking at 7 a.m. (That is, I don't mind the girls, but the hitch-hiking.) Why, she might be picked up by some renegade and I'd never see her again., (That, on second thought, would solve the problem.) Ah, it's just one of those rotten little problems that will have to sort itself out. I've got another problem today. I haven't felt so tough since the Germans beat me up about twenty-three years ago. Did you ever fall down a mine- shaft? I hadn't either, until a couple of nights ago. At least I thought it was a mine-shaft. Drove some people home. Into their driveway. No lights outside the house. Invited in for coffee. Stepped out the driver's side and straight into an excavation nobody had mentioned. Tore a quarter-inch of skin, VOIWOMMIMSAVAIMMISSNAMS Amalgamated 1924 The Huron County Pork Producers' Association won't get much support from this • newspaper in their suggestion that reports of county council should be prepared by someone within the county office. At the present time, the Huron weeklies co-operate in bringing county news to their readers by hiring one writer to submit reports to each newspaper. It's a system that has been in practice for a number of years, and while any independent writer may still have some biases that show up in some reports, they are obviously not anywhere near as great as someone employed by county council would have if he were to undertake the task of preparing reports for the press. That becomes managed news and is treated most skeptically by any newspaper and seldom used. Only the "good" news is offered for publication and that is ob- viously not in the best interests of our readers or the county tax- payers. The suggestion from the Pork Producers' smacks a little of "sour grapes" in that it comes shortly after a couple of county councillors made comments that didn't sit too well with the pork men. They suggest the public should not be confused with unrealistic quotations and personal opinions in news from county council. If, in fact, some members of county council come up with personal opinions and quotations that are unrealistic, then ob- viously these should be made known to the public so the elec- tors have some basis for deciding whether they wish that person to continue as their representative. It's the only way in which ratepayers can be informed of what opinions their represen- tatives have on various topics. True, the public may be con- fused, as they probably were over the incident which prompted the pork group's suggestion. However, newspapers open their columns to those who wish to express a different opinion to those of a county councillor or anyone else, and as we recall, such a statement was issued by the Pork Producers'. We also recall that an appeal from the commodity group was turned down by county council and possibly the "unrealistic quotations and personal opinions" expressed were partly responsible. To that end, the newspapers provided a service in informing the pork men why their appeal was turned down and some of the Statements made during discussion. A county-appointed scribe may indicate "What" has been done at county council, but the "why" is often equally important, tissue and muscle off my left palm. Sprained the thumbs on both hands. Raised a lump the size of a baseball on my left thigh. Twisted my right, knee. Hit my chest on something else and have a great purple-and-gold bruise that hits me like' a spear when I cough. Can barely manoeuvre a stairs, but apart from that, feel terrible. But good thing I'm a tough old nut. Scrambled out unaided, dripping blood and bad language, It makes the transportation hang-Up recede a little, 50 YEARS AGO Mr. J. W. Powell spent the past week in New York attending a convention of Edison dealers. Mr. Frank Taylor's horse got fourth place in Ailsa Craig races last week. Mrs. Thos. W. Parlmer has entered into partnership with Mr. Milne R. Rennie in Hensall in the boot and shoe business and gent's clothing. Mr. Fred Kerr got third place in the Grand International Handicap Shoot at St. Thomas this week. Mr. W. S. Cole is attending the Druggists' Convention at Toronto this week. 25 YEARS AGO Graduates of Sarnia General Hospital Training School for Nurses numbering 180 returned to celebrate the golden jubilee of the school. Among them were Mrs. Lloyd Taylor, Exeter, Mrs. Kenneth Johns, Elimville, and Mrs. Mason, formerly Beulah Skinner, Belgrave. Mr. Harry Bierling, who for the past 29 years has conducted a general store in Exeter North, has disposed of his business to F. C. Beaupre of Brockville. - The National Clothing Collection, June 17 to 29, is an effort to collect all the garments we can with additional shoes and bedding for the war torn coun- tries of Europe. Gordon Lamport, who has conducted the Larnport Coffee Shoppe for almost two years has sold the business to Mr. George Rether of London. Mr, F, G. Forrester who has been the agent for CNR in Exeter has retired after 42 years service. 1 YEARS AGO Topping their grades at South Huron District High School were government in Ontario as this flagrant abuse of the taxpayers' money indicates," he states, which surprisingly enough, isn't one of the strongest statements he makes in his stinging editorial. He claims it was downright sinful to spend such excessive amounts further enhancing that asphalt jungle known as Toronto. It was also termed a white elephant. One of the main complaints arises out of the fact a proposed tourist attraction for the Arnprior area is apparently tied up in governmental red tape. An interesting point he makes is the fact that a tourist complex, such as the one being considered for Arnprior, could have been built in each county in Ontario and there still would have been pocket change left over. That's a point that has some merit. A half million dollars spent in each of the 50 or so counties and districts would have increased the tourist potential in every corner of the province, rather than centering it in Toronto, a community many of us avoid like the plague due to its congestion. Voldemars Gulens, Grade XII; Bill Pollen, Grade XI; Paul Wilson, Grade X, and Jane Horton, Grade IX. Thames Road United Church which was erected in 1881 at a cost of $4,000 will celebrate its 75th anniversary, Sunday. Temperature just barely missed the 90-mark Tuesday as the weather made its warmest effort of the year. Staffa saw mill was levelled to the ground by fire, and con- siderable lumber damaged Monday night. It was the second time the Staffa mill has been destroyed in 40 years. Dr. Carey B. Joynt, formerly of Hensall, was honored recently with the Alfred Nobile Robinson Award for outstanding per- formance in the service of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Penn. 10 YEARS AGO If the current trend continues the provincial park at the Pinery will have another record-busting season. Three hundred campers invaded the park over the weekend, along with a large group of picnickers. Bill Systsma and Ruth Anne Salmon were two winners at the first Science Fair held at SHDHS, There were over 100 entries, including some working models. Douglas Simpson, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simpson was struck by a car Sunday morning following Sunday School. He suffered a fractured nose and concussion. The Exeter Golf Course being developed by Allan Westcott on the St. Marys Road will be open for play this Saturday. Bill Snow, Grade VIII student at SS 2 Usborne won the T-A trophy for finish in the Hensall Feeder Calf Club Friday night. 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This is not to suggest that the Huron weeklies think their coverage of county council is perfect. We are, however, quite satisfied with the present reporter and the fact there have been few complaints in com- parison to the thousands of words printed in recent years indicates that it leaves little to be desired, , particularly in terms of ac- curacy. Been to Ontario Place yet? Well, as the government points out, it's all yours, so drop down some time. You'll get an op- portunity to see how they spent some $33 million of our tax money. We don't know if the editorial writer of the Arnprior Guide has been there, but he left little doubt as to his feelings about it in last week's edition. "It's time for a change of Graham Arthur Rentals