Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-02-03, Page 4• Members of Huron County council are taking a long time in making a decision whether to renew their membership in the Midwestern Development Council. Primarily, we suspect, the majority of members are inclined to withdraw, and their indecision comes about because attacking development councils is akin to attacking motherhood. It's very difficult to say you're not interested in regional development, even though as in the case of Huron, development councils have not shown much in the way of results. It may not be through a lack of effort, but nevertheless, results have not been forthcoming for the investment made by Huron council in recent years and individual municipalities in Huron prior to that. The problems are twofold: geography and geology, the former being the main one. Huron is too far from the major consumer markets to encourage industrial growth and perhaps it could be said the land is too fertile to be spoiled by industrial growth. The southern part of the county. has few ties with the region to the east, and members of Exeter council have felt for some time that membership in the Lake Erie Council was more advantageous although this has been dropped this year because of lack of results and interest. . Perhaps Huron is the proverbial "fifth wheel" as far as development councils are concerned and some realignment should be considered by the provincial government. A study by the Midwestern Council in this regard may be the best thing they have ever done for Huron. Dealing with women's lib Why kids use drugs Discussion on drugs has reached the ludicrous stage where parents are full into a "guilt trap" egged on by numerous studies, surveys and pontifications of psychologists and psychiatrists. Studies reveal that kids take drugs because Daddy or Mummy take tranquilizers, or they drink, or they don't go to church, or they are too busy with business, or Mother works. So what's new ? Humans have had their frailties since Eve plucked the apple and Adam ate it. Kids take drugs for the same reasons adults take tranquilizers, drink, or overwork — they are lonely, scared, disappointed, have failed, are experimenting or trying to find out who and what they are. The sooner adults stop flailing themselves with guilt about where the kids are at, and begin to act, the sooner ways will be found to cope with drugs. Use of drugs is not going to be stopped by guilt-filled adults stiffening laws, lengthening jail sentences and asking the police to do their work for them, Parents first have to lay down a few ground rules for children: like getting home on time, revealing where they were and' with whom, helping with chores of running a home and a family. Next, parents should try talking and listening more. Tonight would be a good time to discuss with the children why some parents drink, smoke, are busy with business, don't go to church or why Mother works. Then the subject could move on naturally to the children's ideas, thoughts and responsibilities. It could be a beginning. — Contributed Realignment needed? "Somewhere out there there's a virus with my name on it!" Someone au Qope. will love the taste of old-fashioned candies made with sweet dairy cream and fresh country butter. In beautiful Valentine gift boxes. Valentine Candies from jesCout AVAILABLE AT MIDDLETON aan175 P PHONE 235-1570 EXETER qaett 7glat74441 For Saving — Borrowing — Chequing "IT'S THE" Exeter Community Credit Union Where you can borrow with confidence • Share Accounts — insured • Loans Are — insured • Deposit Accounts 6 1/2 % interest (withdraw at any time) • Chequing Accounts at a low, low service charge • Money Orders emote oaurt la eaa a oyez Leslie Vincent — Manager Now's the time to remodel your BATHROOM See the Large Display of Units and Fittings in Our Showroom A PRICE RANGE TO FIT EVERY NEED and POCKET BOOK B. J. FINK Mechanical Contractors HENSALL 262-2114 GROCERY and DRY GOODS open 7 days a week 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Centralia Village, Ont. 228-6431 SKYWAY EGGS Canada Grade A U.S. No. 1 Lettuce U.S. No. 1 Tomatoes Sunkist 138 Oranges Coleman's Cooked Ham Country Sausage Penman's Men's T Shirts 3 doz. 99' 3 large heads 99' 3 lb. 99' 2 doz. 99' lb. 99' 2 lb. 99' 99' 50% off all winter clothing Drive carefully MENEWOMMEZENSMMEWAMIEMENIMMOMMONONnOMMEROMMIEMM Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 torefeRimes-Abucieate SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten -- Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Women's Editor — Gwyn Whilsmith Phone 23S-1331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1970, 4,675 SUASCRIPTION RATES: Canada $8.00 Per Year; USA $10.00 .e;),,=:111...,;x4v.,43Thato...AteMEXAM.&=diaraL.4&..,&,0-MELIMS e grealtlez k: CRA AP IAN 1Y ilti4 , t4 -oAlir A4. RS ASO ' "f"V$P4R, It We've got mysterious `bugs' '771'11/40 -MI e DrAPP/C to6 Vi4YC: NE foRE rs410ELL /N6, Routoo... MARE S(.44k* Y r!s. T/ED .0oLutu,d/ • What with this being Leap Year, and all, and the Women's Lib growing ever and ever more shrill, it could be a bad year for the gentle sex: men. Not that I ever did hold much with that Leap Year business. There might have been some merit in the idea that once every four years, a lass could pick her lad, in bygone times. But it is my conviction, based on careful observation, that the custom is out of date. In these times, if a girl sets her eye on a likely candidate, she whips her tentacles around him, hangs on until he stops struggling, and carries him home to be devoured, with utter disregard of whether or not the year can be divided by four. Now the Women's Lib movement is another thing. There's scarcely a man in the country who dares make a crack about women any more. He knows that the slightest slight will result in his head either being blown off by a grapeshot charge of vituperation, or sliced off by the guillotine edge of irony. These dames are dangerous, and they fight under their own rules. The only people who can stand up to them are other women, who know a good deal when they have one, and don't believe in Women's Lib. That's one of the things that might make it a rough year. If the two factions go at it hammer and tongs some day, what's a man to do? He's going to be caught in the cross-fire, no matter what he says, If he supports Women's Lib through altruistic motives (like maybe his wife is a believer), he is liable to find that she'll turn on him in fury because it turns out that he really is a male chauvinist pig, after all. That old saying about "sisters under the skin" is not to be sneered at. Not in these troublous times. I repeat, what is a man to do? There was a time, not so long ago, when the male of the species could retreat to some sort of a simulated dugout when women got into a flap: his club, the Legion Hall, a bar, the poolroom. Not any more. The women have infiltrated every one of these homes-away-from-home, and there's no place to hide. Men are constantly and plaintively asking about women the rather bewildered question that Anglo-Canadians have used so oft in recent years about the Quebecois, "What is it they want, anyway?" And getting the same non-answer. At the risk, nay, the certainty, of being assailed from every direction that is illogical, I'll put my life on the firing-line, while the rest of you cowards skulk behind your wives, common-law or otherwise. What is it that women want? Nothing much, really. Just everything they can get. I don't just mean material things, though I've never met a bird yet who wasn't convinced that one in the hand is worth two in the bush, whether they're dealing with fur coats, color TV, labour-saving devices, new drapes — or men. But those are not important among their wants, The things they are really seeking are on a much higher plane. Foremost, they want a strong man. This is' half the fun of the game. It's a challenge. Sometimes it takes as long as two years before they can completely dominate a strong man. If they have chosen a weak man, he's already dominated before marriage, which takes a lot of the zest out of the game. They want to be loved. This is a normal, and even lofty aspiration. So do men. But women want to be loved all the time. This is where things get a bit dicey. No man wants to be loved all the time. I'd like to see someone trying to love me at 7 a.m. as I slouch toward the bathroom like some arthritic plantigrade (look it up), yawning, groaning, scratching. In the first place, I'm completely unlovable. In the second, any woman who tried to express her devotion at that moment would be snarled at. Women are different. Just the other night, after an 18-hour day, I crawled into bed, put my liniment-rubbed neck on the heating pad, yawned mightily, vaguely patted my wife on the bum, and fell asleep. Twelve seconds later I got a belt in the ribs from an elbow. "You didn't say, 'Good night, dear' ", she snapped, and I got a ten-minute tirade about couples drifting apart when such amenities are omitted. I've just touched on the things women really want, and already I feel that I'm over my head. What do they want, anyway? Had your bout with the flu yet? Seems that most people in the area have had at least one day with the annual winter malady, and in some cases the bug has levelled citizens for anywhere up to a week. The writer is one of the for- tunate few (at time of writing at least) to escape the flu and we haven't had a full staff for the past three weeks or more. Last Thursday morning, half the staff reported having been ill during the night, although most recuperated in time to get back on the job the next day. The same situation prevailed on at least one occasion last year when practically everyone fell sick on the same day and there is now speculation that some particular process in the building is causing the problem. Occupational hazards are not uncommon, but ours remains a bit of a mystery. + + Men are easily duped, although most females of the species are subtle enough about maneuvering them that few realize they are being duped. We hesitate to point fingers, but one example is the new feature being run in this very newspaper by the ladies' editor. Playing upon the male weakness for honor and prestige, she has managed to talk some of our cohorts into having their pictures taken and featured with their "favorite recipe". The intent is obvious. Make men believe they have latent abilities as cooks, and before long their wives will be handing over their aprons on a permanent basis. But unfortunately, that's just getting a foot in the door, so to speak. Having accomplished the task of getting men into the kitchen, there is no telling what the follow-up will be, She'll probably turn to a feature on which detergent men prefer when they are scrubbing up the dishes. It will only be natural to then move into the area of floor waxes and dusting aids, Then on to the proper method of rinsing out baby's diapers . , . how to bring more gleam to tarnished silverware . , the various methods of making beds . . . and on and on, You're getting the picture? If the women's editor isn't successful in getting men to undertake the jobs normally handled by their wives, the fashion designers are at least going to get us looking similar to members of the distaff side. We read with some con- sternation that high heels are returning to the fashion scene — and this time they're for men, 'Yes, that's right. Men's shoes with heels up to two inches high. They're not going to be subtle either. The heels and shoes are going to come in such colors as: reds, prunes, light navies and even two-tone combinations. Where will it all end? + Readers may have been slightly surprised — as we were — at the comment in last week's column that children have to be instructed in the proper method of crossing intersections where traffic lights are located. Now we have some more bad news, particularly for people who think traffic lights are safety devices. They are not. That's not their purpose as they are installed only to alternate the right of way. A department of transportation and communications engineer, A. Haaland, states in fact that ex- perience shows that in many cases traffic lights will increase the number of collisions. That's not too hard to envisage. Drivers are always trying to "beat the light" and several get caught, while others not paying 50 YEARS AGO Exeter-Zurich hockey team went to Goderich on Friday night and turned in another win by a score of 8 - 2. On Monday they beat Clinton 9 - 2. This gives the locals nine straight wins. At a special meeting of the village council, Saturday, Mr. Jos. Senior was reappointed clerk of Exeter. Miss Winnie Essery, Centralia, has accepted a position in Mr. Joynt's store in Hensall, Mr. Fred Wuerth of Crediton, has installed a 25 horse-power engine and has started chopping. One of the best masquerade carnivals held in Exeter recently was at the Dome rink Friday evening. A ten minute hockey game between the spinsters and bachelors furnished much amusement. 25 YEARS AGO Harry Crocker, a pupil of Exeter Public School, won $10 in the poster contest of Wildlife Conservation. The worst storm of the season blocked all the highways. Messrs. Fred Dawson and William Cann walked over two miles through the snow to the Thames Road where they were picked up by Rev. Mair and brought to town for the Masonic meeting. A new time clock has been installed at the Exeter arena for hockey use. Mr. Jack Doerr, who is taking a course in photography in Toronto, was in Exeter, Saturday looking for a location. Mr. Elmer Bell has purchased from Andrew Easton the fine brick residence on James Street . . . possession April 1. 15 YEARS AGO Ausable Authority officials will sign the contract for construction of the Morrison Dam, Thursday, Saviour Aquilina, a retired British sailor from Malta, attention, slam into the rear of vehicles ahead which stop quickly at the first sight of the caution. There's still no indication when the new lights will be operative in Exeter, but it is obvious that pedestrians and drivers alike will have to be on their toes. brought his family to Exeter recently after spending five years in this country •saving and preparing for their arrival, He "purchased a houS6 on' Andrew Street and had it completely 'furnished before his family came. The eight candidates for SH- DHS's queen this year are Marion Creery, Judy Desjardine, Helen Taylor, Darol Tuckey, Joan Ravelle, Rosemary Dobson, Nancy Fahner and Loraine Taylor. L. J. Penhale left Wednesday to visit his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Keith Colby, Vic- toria, Australia. Work on the development of the Pinery, the 4,000-acre tract expropriated by the Ontario Government, will start this spring. 10 YEARS AGO Mary McDougall, R.R. 1, Hensall, was chosen "Miss CAPAC" Monday night by 40 professional cameramen from Western Ontario, She is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Horton McDougall. The Women's Auxiliary to South Huron Hospital contributed a new industrial-type refrigerator for the hospital kitchen. Mrs. W. J. Routley, Elimville, Mrs. Kenneth Grebb, Centralia, Mrs. Robert Southcott, Exeter and Mr. R. E. Balkwell, Exeter, were among the newly-elected officers for the Huron Presbyterial of UCW. Mrs. Dorothy Hughson and Mrs. Helen Jermyn of the Exeter Public School attended a reading workshop at Waterloo University Friday and Saturday. The Dep't of Lands and Forests called tenders this week for operating the concession at the new store and refreshment booth recently completed at the Pinery Provincial Park.