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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-04-13, Page 4A 'we(come treat "les people like you u'ho make medicare such au expense!" :aiaiaalaiaiaiaKans• •••••,,,,,, Ride for Cancer MON Sun., April 30 Ladies (or Reasonable Facsimilies) Over 18 Are Invited to Help Raise Funds For the Cancer Society In This Bike-A-Thon Leave North End Exeter At 1:00 p.m. Pick Up Your Sponsor Sheets Today At The Times-Advocate Anyone wishing to sponsor a rider may leave name at the T-A to our all-year leisure community near Grand Bend on Lake Huron How do you refresh yourself from the noise, the traffic, the office and the pressure? The hectic vacation helps, of course, but perhaps you need a weekend retreat you can enjoy all seasons of the year. Take a day-trip this weekend to see Southcott Pines, the leisure community on Lake Huron. No concrete stilts. No traffic tangles. No flower pots, No manicured lawns. Just trees — white pine, black cherry, red oak, staghorn sumac, green ash, pfitzer juniper — each reflecting the unusual ecology of sand dune vegetation. You'll find some modest but interesting leisure homes for sale. And you can look at a variety of building lots, all large enough to preserve the natural atmosphere. Winding roads and a private gate, all part of the retreat. Sun Beach, Pines Park and the Aux Saubles River are among the facilities shared by all property owners in Southcott Pines. You're close to Grand Bend harbour for sail and power boating, and to Oakwood Golf Course, Pinery Provincial Park, Rock Glen and Parkhill Conservation Areas, and to pineridge Chalet for winter snowmobiling. If it appeals, you can choose a lot for $6,0001 piped water, paved roads, underground electricity and telephone services. You get a lot light free. And we'll point out the building restrictions. If you can't come this weekend, write for our brochure "Be part of a legend". ESCAPE OPEN HOUSE Saturday & Sunday 1 • 6 p.m. Each weekend in April Four all-electric leisure homes on display, including Canadian Housing Design award winner by Moffat, Moffat & Kinoshita SOUTHCOTT PINES 519/238-2515 Grand Bend Stock Reducing Boys' Clothing Sizes 8 to 18 Savings Up To 50% * * Men's Suits and Co-Ordinates We invite you to see our selection of Double Knits, Sport Coats & Slacks. Suits by Savile Row. Priced as low as 19" * * * NEW SPRING TOPCOATS and CASUAL JACKETS Just Arrived Len McKnight gt Sons h.ssi CI IA It(iTX MEN'S WEAR Thanks far Shopping at 114oKnights On All Cancer Can Be Beaten There's too much delay between performances., That's the reaction of many following the highly entertaining production of the Huronia Singers over the past weekend. Their offering of Patience was enthusiastically received by all who availed themselves of the opportunity to see and hear the talents of area residents in this delightful operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan. It recalled similar operettas of some years ago, and certainly the reaction that there's too much delay between such performances is understandable. Most in the audience would certainly welcome such treats every year, although they no doubt understand the great sacrifice in time and energy that must be - expended by those associated with such a production, Our commendation goes out to those who conceived the idea and were able to enlist the support of the cast and the production crew, and to all involved goes a hardy and prolonged chorus of "bravo". Hopefully, they will feel "obligated" to display their talents more frequently so the delay between performances will not be so great. New source of Terror William Cochrane, dean of a medical school in Calgary recently commented on the "medic" shows which currently appear on television. He said he derived a good deal of amusement from "Marcus Welby, IvI.D." and "Medical Centre" (if those are the correct names of the shows). There can be no denying Dr. Cochrane's right to comment, for he must be a man of considerable standing in his profession — but we strongly disagree that the general public reacts with any degree of pleasure or amusement to these same shows. As a doctor, he is able to assess the situations presented and dismiss the implications of tragedy which they so often imply — because as an expert, he can maintain a sense of reasoned perspective. That is hardly the case with the ordinary layman who watches, as week-by-week, new and frightening physical disorders are used as the focal Let's get the facts straight point for emotional climax. People who never gave a serious thought to their minor aches and pains are starting to, diagnose all manner of complicated ailments after a visual diet of medical crises. It is not difficult to imagine the wrenching fear that grips a family when they find out that mo ther's blood count is a little off — after they have witnessed the sufferings of a leukemia patient on the TV screen. If these programs served to emphasize the danger signals of cancer and heart troubles — the ailments which are unfortunately all too common, they might serve a useful purpose. As they are produced in their present form, week after week, they serve no purpose but a build-up of a dozen new and nerve-wracking kinds of fear. Wingham Advance Times Worlds apart Astronomers tell us we live in a world within worlds. Politicians, however, would tell us we live in "worlds" within the world. Politics — international, national, provincial and municipal — are built on that premise. Each "world" endeavors to sustain itself independently with as little external influence as possible. Only culturally are we moving positively towards establishment of a global. community. Mention trade and commerce: the politicians wax eloquent and the money-changers and bl ac k-m arket eers rub their hands together in anticipation of the profit that is sure to follow. Meanwhile, mankind suffers. Nothing will change until we see ourselves as individual members of a glob al community with basic responsibilities embracing all people, regardless of their color, religion, nationality or politics. The resources of Canada — natural and human — should be shared on a reciprocal basis with all countries of the world with much less political squabbling and economic philandering, Only then will we be able to begin to build the best of all possible worlds. — Contributed spend their time tracking down the convicted killers who ap- parently lose track of time and fail to return to their retreats after a holiday weekend, Now that April' is with us, it would be appropriate to remind area residents to watch their income tax calculations. These days you can spend a longer time in jail for evading tax than do convicted killers and the fines for being late can amount to more than what is paid by a drunken driver who may have slaughtered someone on the highway, Strange, isn't it? + + + The scarcity of jobs is saving money for the government and many industries, but it is cer- tainly cutting down the revenue for newspapers. The Ontario government, for instance, has 396 job openings for students at Ontario Place. Normally, one would expect them to place some advertisements to advise students of these op- portunities. They didn't bother. Almost 4,000 unsolicited applications have already been received and hundreds more are pouring into Ontario Place from every part of the province. No further applications are being accepted. The same situation holds true for most people who have sum- mer job openings for students, and it certainly points up the problem many of our young people will have in being gain- fully employed, Take a look around. If you see an opportunity to create a job for a student, consider it most seriously because there is a very great need, Many places he'd rather be Here are some signs of our modern times: On a garage: We stand in FRONT of our brake jobs. Over the box office of a small movie theater: First run — if you haven't seen it. On a community-sale barn: Your friendly used-cow dealer. On a florist's truck: Drive carefully — the next load may be yours! On one side of a signboard on a secondary road: Road closed — do not enter! The other side reads: Welcome back, stupid! In the window of a drugstore: We have remedies for the moaning after. In an Italian restaurant: Have you tangled with our spaghetti. In the window of a loan com- pany: We serve the man who has everything , . but hasn't paid for it. On the outskirts of a small town: Slow. No hospital. Near a fire hydrant: Park now, pay later. At a car wash in a suburban shopping center: Motorcycles washed at half the price, in- cluding the riders." In a maternity shop window: "We provide the accessories after the fact." On a diaper-service truck: "What pill?" Near a road crossing on a secondary: "Crossroad ahead, better humor it." Outside a municipal building: "Don't even -think of parking here!" As I write, the so-called first day of spring has long gone, but the only indication that winter is nearly over in these parts is that the curling season is drawing to a close. Outside the window the snowbanks look like the iceberg that sank the Titanic. Inside., the furnace thumps away like a bull moose that has just outrun a pack of wolves, And every four days, it seems, the oil delivery man wades through the drifts, inserts that solid gold nozzle in the side of the house, and whistling cheerfully, pumps another $30 worth of oil into the great guzzler. It is a time to try men's souls. It is a time of year when I curse my Irish forebears for not emigrating to New Zealand or South Africa or Jamaica. However, it happens every year, and there's ahv7vs some little ray of spiritual or emotional sunlight to penetrate the late- winter blues, My little ray of sin:shine (at four o'clock in the att ,,irnoon) is sleeping the sleep of the pure at heart, She's been in the sack since '7:30 this morning, after sitting up all night talking to her crazy mother, who suffers from insomnia. It's not that Kim disturbs the quiet, gentle routine of our daily life. She doesn't disturb it at all. She destroys it. As mentioned, she's a night- owl. Does her best work, writing essays and stuff, after midnight. And just like the owl, she can sleep all day. Safne with eating. She's never hungry when anyone else is. If dinner is carefully planned for six-thirty, she is suddenly famished at five-thirty and smashes herself up a big mess of bacon and eggs or spaghetti and sardines, leaving her mother and I looking ruefully at the roast. Or else she is not hungry at dinner- howr anu will eat nothing but some celery, and then about eight-thirty is fainting and slaps up a vast concoction of fried bananas and mushrooms. These are minor things, of course, and she's a delight to have around the house. When she's here, at least I know why my socks are disappearing and I haven't a clean shirt to wear, The problem, you see, is that we ask her home for a weekend. 50 YEARS AGO The Young People of James Street Church put on a play, "All on Account of Polly," in the basement of the church Tuesday evening. There was a very good turnout and the play was very entertaining. The cast was as follows: Amy Shapton, Mrs, H. Jones, Hubert Jones, S, Reed, Fern Short, Margaret Kuntz, Wilfrid Shapton, Hedley May, Hilda Powe, Chas. Fisher, Alice Handford, Ila Johnston, Elva Harvey, Verna Coates, Clarence Boyle and Dorothy Hardy. The second ice storm to visit this section within a few weeks occurred on Thursday afternoon of last week, The lights were off until Sunday evening and the telephone wires suffered con- siderably. F. E. Ellerington won several prizes at the Seaferth spring show With his team of horses. She throws a clean blouse in a shoulder bag and heads home. But she hates the city so much that her weekends turn into a six- day sojourn, and she has to wear somebody's clothes, and she and her mother can't abide each other's taste in garments, so she wears mine, which are so drab and nondescript that nobody could fight over them, As I said, these are trifles. But she's always in some kind of a hassle, and these are the things that produce the hours-long, all- night sessions with her old lady, while I lie blissfully, dreaming of the grand old days when she was a cuddly infant. She's still pretty cuddly, by the way, but not for the old man. And that's the sort of thing she and her Ma can talk about for six hours at a stretch, without either one drawing a full breath. They can talk about Don and The Wedding. This is not the title of a Russian novel about the Don River. Don is the other man in her life, and The Wedding is causing more confusion around here than anything since the Times Established 1873 affRROMPRWW.,,MboOMEMIMMBRIMEMIUMINIS Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Another youthful letter writer has attempted to set the adult population of Exeter straight this week. She joins some of her contemporaries by berating people under a nom de plume for their prejudices and then proceeds to point out that only by establishing a youth centre will we be able to halt an increase in drug abuse. There may well be some truth to that prediction, but we fail to find substance in her contention that the youth who asked for the support necessary to start a youth centre were denied any assistance. Our recollection was that they were made aware of the problem of finding suitable ac- commodation for such a venture. However, they were advised to make a study of the needs and present these to council so con-' sideration could be given regarding financial assistance from the town coffers, To our knowledge, they haven't been heard from since. Did their survey of the situation suggest there was no need for a youth centre, or did the work involved in taking such a survey prove too much? Or was the idea a passing fancy? Finding suitable ac- commodation for youth activities in Exeter would appear com- paratively simple, and could be provided at little cost. It's unfortunate the young people failed to come to grips with the problem and didn't provide the answers requested by council. Similar to all projects, facts about the need must be established and not just opinions. Some young people in the com- munity are of the opinion a drop- in centre is not required. Which group is correct? Rather than sitting around composing letters to point out the prejudices and inadequacies of their seniors, we suggest the young people spend their time in more productive pursuits and perhaps some of their goals could he attained. + + + Officials at the Salvation Army House of Concord must have some magical treatment for some of the youths which the courts send them to correct. .A local youth sent there recently was in the correctional home for only two days when he was allowed to return home for the Easter weekend. No doubt officials at the home could give some reasons for their action, but they'd have a hard time convincing us of the wisdom of it. However, we're becoming accustomed to such happenings. After all, if convicted killers can get the weekend off from penitentiary then it would nattirally follow that a youth at a correctional home should be given even greater favors. And it does help to keep policemen employed. Think of the layoffs if they didn't have to SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor Bill Batten Advertlsing Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Women's Editor » Gwyn Whitsrnith Phone 235.1331 PiAlished Each Thursday Motnirtg at Exeter, Ontario . Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Cireulation, September 80, 10/1,5,1/8 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada VIA Per Year; USA $10,00 day we discovered our tomcat was pregnant, The great event is scheduled for May, Typically, ICim an- nounced that they had chosen May 7th as the day, And typically, her Mother, who never misses anything important like this, though I doubt if she knows the name of the prime minister, checked the calendar and discovered that May 7th is a Sunday. Not many people get married on Sunday, though I don't know why not, There isn't Much else to do. I've had a lot of free advice about the wedding. Most people Chuckle fiendishly as they tell me What it's going to cost. "Well, — Please turn to page 5 15 YEARS AGO A massed choir of 175 voices of grades three to eight from Usborne township schools, under the direction of music instructor Lawrence Wein sang for a capacity audience in Thames Road Church, Friday evening. Les Parker, past president of Exeter Kinsmen Club, was elected deputy governor of the zone ate rally in Simcoe, Sunday, The women of Centralia district held a kitchen shower Wednesday f or Mrs. Gerald Isaac, whose home was recently destroyed by fire. Youth Fellowship of Calvary EUB Church, Dashwood, presented a pantomime at their sunrise service, Sunday. Those taking part were Donna Eagleson, Ruth Schade, Donald Bender, Stanley Heist, Jack Schade and Ronald Snell, Shirley Bender, Joan Guenther, Joyce Haugh, Carol Schade and Lynda Tiernan. Bronze arrowhead badges were presented to Douglas Jermyn i Wayne Bowen, Bob Wood and Tom Arthur at the Scout father and son banquet last week. 10 YEARS AGO Mary Shaw, daughter of Mr, & Mrs. George Shaw, was chosen queen at the annual At-Home dance at the High School, Friday. A fire which threatened an entire business block in Hensall, was contained in the Silco Store by brigades from Hensall, Zurich and Exeter. Damage was estimated at $50,000. H. J. Normingtort, son of Mr. & Mrs., E. B. Normingtori, has been awarded a 0,4o0 National Research Council scholarship, Exeter Furniture Limited Is currently working on an order for church furniture to be installed at the Guy Indian Residential School in northern Manitoba. 2$ YEARS AGO The war-weary, weather-worn people of Great Britain are to receive immediate help from the Canadian Red Cross to the extent of $1,500,000. Miss Annie Elford of the London Name] School is spen- ding this week practice teaching in Exeter Public School. A large gas tank in front of Snell Bros. & Co., garage sprung a leak and 125 gallons of gas seeped away. Fumes found their way into the drains and up into several houses, Henry Ford, who has had one of the most notable careers In the industrial world, died suddenly at his home in Detroit at the age of 8 years, The Dashwood girls have reorganized for softball for 1947. Chosen manager was Sheldon weir); coach, Howard Xitoripp and captain. Dorothy Tetreau.