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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-06-24, Page 4BY HELEN ALLEN 111111111111.101111.011111W_ croMA(9744tram &ndicafr Acting on orders from Exeter's KAP committee, the police issued a notice last week that overnight campers were forbidden from using Riverview Park, TODAY'S CHILD Wally's engaging smile is just like his disposition. He is a bright, friendly boy who makes friends easily and is interested in everything he sees. Wally is nine. He is a healthy, active boy, keen on sports and enthusiastic about outdoor living, especially in a camper with his foster family. He's involved with soccer now and in the winter it was hockey. Though not husky in build, he plays defence and loves it. He is also interested in judo, You can see Wally is a handsome lad with blonde hair, brown eyes, fair skin and a few freckle& He's tall for his age. He likes school and is a good student. Wally loves other children, so Children's Aid adoption workers feel he would thrive in a happy. busy household where he would find plenty of stimulation and a great deal of love. To inquire about adopting Wally, 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. find a place in Exeter to bed down for the night? Surely some secluded Corner of Riverview or Community Park, away from nearby residences, could be considered for these young people — at least on a trial basis. Some rules regarding the area to be used and the length of stay, etc., .could be established and certainly any misuse of the privilege would have to terminate the plan. No doubt there are some young people from this area among the throngs who have decided to explore Canada and most of us would hope they would be given some considerations by the people across the country. Can we not do the same? Such a decision three or four years ago would have been quite acceptable, but this year has presented us with a new situation. Young people by the hundreds, unable to find work, have decided to spend their summer seeing this great Country of ours. With limited funds, they are hitch-hiking and using the great outdoors for their bedrooms. Are we really being fair when we Say "move on" when they attempt to Policy for rural roads Alteration Sale 2070 1 EVERYTHING IN THE STORE • Westinghouse Appliances • Toys • Paint • Tools • Housewares *Cutlery • Giftwares • Small Appliances • Radios • Light Fixtures • Garden Tools • Fishing Tackle • Etc, • Etc. Beavers Hardware MAIN ST. 235-1033 EXETER Resort justice criticised We know that many Wallace Township sideroads have YIELD signs which are probably given more attention by motorists than the few STOP signs which are placed helter-skelter in other townships in this area. What is needed however, is some uniform, sensible policy which can be enforced and adopted by all townships. We believe the proposal put forward by Mornington Township fits the bill and we'd like to see it made law throughout the province. If the motorist driving the sideroad knew that those travelling the concession road had the right-of-way, then he would be prepared to yield the way to him — with or without the benefit of a YIELD sign, although such a sign would be of definite value. To complement such a law, we would also need to have our concessions and sideroads clearly marked; but then, this is something which is badly needed in itself, as any stranger travelling the country roads can tell you. Mornington Township Council this month instructed its clerk to prepare a by-law concerning its rural roads which we think should be adopted by every township in the province. Providing it meets with the approval of the Department of Transport, the township plans to designate all concession roads as through roads with YIELD signs at the sideroad approaches. It is a splendid idea and we can't see why something like this hasn't already been made law. One of the most difficult laws for the driver to remember is the one concerning who has the right-of-way at an unmarked corner. Is it the driver approaching from the right, or the fellow who gets there first? It's a confusing thing and people driving in our rural areas must face this decision at least every P/4 miles. The problem is bad enough in summer when trees often obscure the view (not that we would ever advocate cutting them down, because the country doesn't belong to the automobile any more than the city), but given the snowbanks of winter, the issue becomes a hazard. Listowel Banner Look back at 10-year term At this time of year, the average school-teacher takes a deep breath, lets out an even deeper sigh, and wonders where M the name of all that's ridiculous the last teaching year has gone. Looking forward to it in Sep- tember, it seems endless. But that doesn't bother you. You are refreshed, full of beans, full of plans, and full of that once-more- into-the-brea ch-dear-friends spirit. Looking in either direction about February is a depressing experience Behind lie the ruins of your buoyant September self. Ahead lies a trackless desert, with the end of June far beyond the horizon. But looking back, it seems to have flown by at the speed of a mallard. You are exhausted, you query whether you have ac- complished anything, and you are ready to step out of the breach and into a lawnchair. It's a good time for a quiet assessment of what the whole educational business is about, and also of whether you have contributed anything more than a fairly capable job of baby-sitting. The young teacher especially, just finishing the first year, has had a genuine eye-opened. First of all, he or she has discovered that the "learning process", as the jargoneers call it, is vastly different from what he or she had imagined it to be, The brighter ones realize that they have learned more than they have been taught. They've learned that kids are people, that problems are never as large as formation centre for people with sex problems. Many of the projects are for establishing youth drop-in cen- tres in various communities; providing playground activities for underprivileged children; research into pollution, drugs, housing, etc; park cleanups; concerts for the aged, refor- matories, prisons, hospitals; students providing legal aid; summer theatre groups; etc.; etc. While ,some of the direct benefits from the programs may be questionable in some in- stances, they are providing jobs for students who would otherwise be unemployed for the summer, and in a majority of the projects, there are ' direct benefits to be gained as well. Unfortunately, students — or officials — in this area have apparently not taken advantage of the program to get projects approved that would have given area taxpayers some return on the money being spent on the 'national program. If it is continued next year, plans should be formulated to come up with a project in this area. Opportunities for Youth program. The program, which is costing Canadian taxpayers a few million dollars, (about 25 of them), is designed to provide summer employment for the nation's young people. Many of the projects, are most worthwhile, although you may have heard published reports of criticism from some areas where people who had projects turned down throught they were more worthwhile than some of those approved. This is only natural, and no doubt the government attempted to spread the projects out across the country, and therefore had to pick and choose on the basis of equalization rather than strictly on merit, We would question some of the projects approved and we'll give you a partial list to judge your- self. Spaghetti Banquet — $1,220 to assist the production of an animated film, a light-hearted three-minute look at spaghetti. Rock Opera — $24,050 to write, produce and perform to the public a rock opera based on Romeo and Juliet; performances will be free of charge. Sex and Education — $7,350 to help finance and expand an in- weak of will or the faint of heart. There are certain prerequisites. You must like, if not necessarily understand, young people. Who does? You must be able to get along with, if not necessarily like, your fellow teachers. It is perfectly O,K, to loathe administrators. Everyone else does. After ten years of it, I have learned to roll with the punches. if you don't, you'll get a broken neck, figuratively speaking. I have learned that that mob of hoodlums I faced in September is just a group of high-spirited youngsters. But roll on, the First of July. they look, and that memos are for the waste-basket. For some of them, it has been the most exciting year of their lives, because it has been the first year in which they have been totally involved in a real job, with real people, students. For many of them, the year past has been a blur, or a dazzle: endless hours of preparation and marking papers; and a com- bination of great leaps ahead and agonizing prat-falls. They're looking forward desperately to vacation, because they've really been through the wringer. They can scarcely believe that they have come through a year of teaching without anything worse than a slight tic or a voice several decibels higher than it was in September, Quite a few are even more "dedicated" than when they began. Some of them, fortunately not many, are soured on the whole shambles and have decided they don't like kids, detest their fellow-teachers, and loathe the administration. They should clear out without a backward look, if they want to avoid unhappy lives for themselves and all those about them. Teaching is a reasonably well, paid job, with a long holiday thrown in. But I've never met a wealthy teacher and never will. And one can even get a bellyfull of holidays, Especially when one has to get up at six o'clock to drive his daughter to work. But to those who consider itas a vocation, let me just say it's a helluva tough job, It's not for the Keep air-inflated toys out of the water. Play with them on the beach where they belong. 50 YEARS AGO Miss Idella Davis, who has been operator at the Central Telephone office for a number of years, this week resigned her position. She has taken a position in Dr. Roulston's office. Mr. George Anderson met with a nasty accident on Friday last. He had placed a heavy sheet of iron above the bottom sash of a back window in the tinshop to shut out the sun, and later, forgetting it was there raised the window and the sheet of iron fell on his head inflicting a painful wound. The Exeter Canning Co., started operations last Thursday on the pea crop, the earliest in the history of the company. The Oddfellows on Sunday afternoon drove out to the cemetery and decorated the graves of their departed brethren. The ceremony was conducted by Noble Grand Fuke and Past Grand Snell with Past Grand Creech as marshal, 15 YEARS AGO Mrs. Cornelius Verkerk, RR 1, Exeter gave birth to twin boys Monday. The second one to arrive was the 1,000th baby born in South Huron Hospital and was the recipient of many prizes given by local businesses. B. W, Tuckey, retiring president of Exeter Lions, presented the club's gavel to his successor, R. C, Dinney, at the final meeting of the year Friday night. Phyllis Merkley and Douglas Kelson were presented with awards for academic standing at the EPS graduation banquet, Fishermen Tom Penhale, Bob Fletcher and Alvin Willert came home from Chesley Lake with a nice catch of 15 pike'and pickerel. Rev. James Kelley, of Sacred Heart Parish, Sarnia, has been appointed priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. AllileinegeigrallaUt:,Nr-AMINOLINCatagiarattetakkamencommortemintga Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Alilalgamafed 19/4 ‘).0)0.1A Wsik4 r Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1970, 4,675 SUE1SCRiPTION RATES: Canada $6.00 Per Year; USA $8.00 ..: • 3 6‘,:..,.,"&r&.,..W.IWA.Z‘: 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Larry Snider, of the Ford garage, has purchased the residence of Mr. D. A. Anderson, Main St., and gets possession in two months. Hurondale School will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the present building on July 1. Miss Wilma Dinnin is the teacher. R. E. Russell has purchased from W. J. Beer the brick building on the corner of Main and James Streets in which he has been carrying On business since Mr. Beer's retirement. More than 300 residents of McGillivray Township gathered on Sunday to witness the un- veiling of a new tablet on the memorial bearing the names of 12 district Men who died in World War II. The general store of Restenieyer & Miller at the main intersection Dasitwood, was broken into early Monday morning and bonds and -cheques valued at S1,000 were taken. A perplexed, young university student from the area showed up in our office Thursday morning, seeking some advice on how to go about registering a complaint against the jail facilities at Grand Bend and the type of justice handed out at the resort. The young man of legal age had spent Saturday night in the cell at Grand Bend, having been stopped around 9:30 p.m. and being charged with possession of alcohol in a place other than his residence. He had four bottles of beer in the car. After many repeated attempts, he was finally given permission to phone his parents at 2:30 a.m. to arrange the necessary bail money. As he pointed • out, he could have raised the money shortly after being picked up, but had to stay in jail until 9:00 ,a,m. Sunday when the Justice of the Peace arrived to set up bail procedures. Many of the other 19 persons in the jail cell weren't as fortunate. They couldn't come up with the $100 and were then taken to the county jail in Lambton and were held there until Thursday mor- ning when they were brought back to appear in court. Three of those had been charged with illegal possession of alcohol. While any person who breaks the law must be prepared to face the consequences, we think the consequences are too severe at the resort. Spending five days in jail for having some beer in your car is ridiculous, particularly before having been found guilty by the court. A night in jail even ap- pears severe, especially without giving an arrested person an opportunity to post a bail to guarantee his appearance in court. Unfortunately, the system breeds further contempt and animosity towards the police and it should be changed to free them from that position when in fact they are not responsible for it. + + + Another aspect of the situation which caused our young acquaintance much displeasure, was the fact he was tossed into a cell with 18 other people, ranging from drunks to drug addicts. While he may not have been in a position to be too choosy about his company, such overcrowded conditions are rather deplorable. There were four blankets for the "prisoners" and most had to sleep on the cold floor. He said it appears to be a standing joke that the toilet is flushed every Tuesday, whether it needs it or not. Again, the police can not be faulted for this condition, although unfortunately it is only natural that they are the recipients of the complaints, While law-breakers should not expect all the comforts of home, they should not be treated to inhuman conditions, Justice appears to be lacking when an adult found with four bottles of beer in his car has to spend a night in a crowded jail with drunks and drug addicts, sleeping on a cold floor without a blanket and not given an im- mediate opportunity to contact parents or friends to post a $100 bail. + + + During the past few weeks, there have been a number of releases sent to this newspaper from the Secretary of State, the Hon. Gerard Pelletier, indicating projects which have been ap. proved under the government's Guaranteed For your 214 FEDERALLY our on STANDARD INVEST Investment further Say oteoSit 5 year "CASHABLE Savings financial Street, 111/0 CHARTERED AVAILABLE term AT information adviser Toronto INSURANCE Certificates. or NOW TIME" . write CORPORATION THROUGH - , Certificates. TRUST COMPANY ANY 1 Guaranteed Ask about contact A MEMBER CANADA CERTIFICATES 235.2420 Hodgson Limited is Wm. J. Amos Insurance LUCAN AND PARKHILL ZURICH John R. (onsitt l§OX 130 236.4332 10 YEARS AGO Sup't. Alice Claypole and Board President Ray Morlock greeted area citizens who in- spected the addition to South Huron Hospital following the opening Sunday. Health Minister M. B. Dymond made the official opening.. Bob Russell, member of the `Men of Accord' barbershop chorus, sang with that group in the international competitions Of the SPEBSQSA Inc„ in Philadelphia last week. S. G. Rennie, who resigned as director of HenSall United Church choir after serving for is years was honored Friday night during a presentation. Sylvia and Kathy Cane, daughters of Mr, & Mts. Bruce Cann, each broke a finger this week, Sylvia broke her thumb while playing ball, and Kathy fell over a tree root and broke her little finger, Sixty-four grade eight students of filxeter Public School were feted at a graduation dinner and presentation in the Legion Hall, Wednesday, ks •,:. 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