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SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND
O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC
Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager
Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh
Women's Editor — Gwyn Whilsmith
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We've reached the half-way mark in
summer '72 and it's been a busy one.
Activities for area youngsters is at an
all-time peak with organized playgrounds in
several communities, plus swimming
classes, exchange programs, etc.
Adults too have had plenty of choices
for entertainment. Ball tournaments, a
band tattoo, a new country playhouse and
the usual activities such as Friedsburg
Days, the Kirkton Garden Party and
sidewalk sales have provided enjoyment for
all,
The last half of the summer will be no
The Huron County Board of Education
gave its approval Monday evening to Mrs.
Moira Couper, Huron County Co-ordinator
of Children's Recreation, to use one of
three kilns in county schools in connection
with her summer playground program.
Board approval, however, doesn't
assure Mrs. Couper of the use of the kiln at
South Huron District High School, She must
next gain the cooperation of the local
principal and his custodial staff.
Sometimes, particularly in the summer-
time, it is an almost impossible task to pin
down such persons. School's out. Who wants
to be bothered?
Occasionally people complain to this
newspaper that although the Huron Board
of Education says it encourages the use of
school facilities by the community after
school hours whenever possible, it is quite
another matter to make the arrangements
locally.
Conversely, school board officials
argue they have very few applications from
persons who wish to use the school
facilities. They further promise that if any
ratepayer can prove that a community-
Time for new concept
A busy time
different. There's the Exeter Kinfest and
rodeo, the Zurich Bean Festival, Lucan
fair, etc.
It points up the fact that area residents
are taking advantage of being centred in a
highly-populated tourist area and it is to be
hoped they continue to reap the returns.
Vacationers are always looking for
such attractions to give a lift to their
holidays.
However, it does create one problem.
The summer is getting so busy that area
residents have trouble planning their
vacations because they hate to miss out on
the extra fun.
oriented activity has been squelched at the
local level by a principal and-or
custodian(s), the matter should be brought
to the immediate attention of the school
board.
The necessity for ratepayers to become
embroiled in such potentially bitter dis-
putes in small communities such as exist in
Huron County is debatable. Perhaps there
is need here for a totally new concept with a
truly active attempt to ensure that school
property — bought and paid for by the
people — is an integral part of each and
every municipality in Huron.
If the schools are to be the hub of the
communities surely some policy can be
adopted by which the principals of the
county need not be involved after hours in
their own schools. Indeed it is possible that
principals do not enjoy this responsibility or
relish the extra duty it obviously entails.
In fact, this may be one area in which
the school boards and local councils can
work with a common goal to serve the
ratepayers in a vital capacity, who knows
what sound principles might evolve?
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In lieu of fines
Driving along the highways these fine
summer days one is impressed by the
number of men at work cleaning up the
debris_ along the roadways. This job while
necessary is not one demanding a great
deal of training and reminded us of an
article we read concerning a policy adopted
in California.
Introduced by Judge Jacqueline Taber
six years ago, the system has spread to
most of the courts in the county. It is well
worth some study by our officials.
At the lower court levels, indeed at
every level, the mainobject should b.e one of
rehabilitation. A fine is no hardship for
someone who has money, and a period in
jail does little to rehabilitate those who
have not.
There are plenty of jobs that could be
offered in lieu of a jail sentence, or as a
compulsory alternative to paying a fine:
clean-up jobs, services for the aged, the
disabled, the mentally retarded. Jobs in
hospitals, recreation centres or helping
volunteer organizations with routine tasks.
Such a program permits the offender to
do something constructive and co-operate
with others at a task that may even interest
him enough to continue a course that would
work toward building a better society
rather than destroying it.
— The Ridgetown Dominion
Outhouse and other schemes
I've mentioned this before, but
of recent years there seems to be
a feverish desire to "get back to
the land.,"
There are many aspects of this,
of course. There is the young
people's determination to get
away from it all: the pollution,
the commercialism, the mate-
rialism — and live a simple life,
close to nature, communal
sharing, organic foods grown
with their own pink little
materialistic hands and so on. .
This usually ends in failure.
Not because they don't mean
well, but because they simply
don't have a clue about the land.
Most of them are the products of
middle-class life, and when it
comes to doing something, they
can't do anything,
They can't milk a cow. They
can't nail two boards together
without making a hand sandwich.
They're used to staying up all
night and sleeping all day, and
the land doesn't go for that. And
they don't realize that among
every group of people who live at
close quarters there is at least
one coward, one rotter who can't
eat turnips, and one who should
have been born a pig.
These things lead to a certain
amount of disillusion. Oh, they
have serious meetings, and they
set up committees, and they
study their navels. But it usually
winds up the sarrie.
Mervyn, who is a slight
ephemeral poet, winds up
chopping all the firewood, along
with his foot.
George, the vital, hairy, press-
on type, likes tosleep until 11 a.m.
and complains for the rest of the
day about the food.
Sylvia, the frail and fragile,
folk-singer, carries eight buckets
of water and feeds the pig (they
always have one pig).
And Voluptua, strong as a bull,
gets up late, demands coffee,
strums her guitar, and complains
about the bugs.
' Myrtle, who dropped out of
university because life was so
"irrelevant", winds up doing all
the dirty dishes.
John, the third-year drop-out
from architecture, is given the
job of building a backhouse. With
compass and calipers, he lays it
all out. He even digs the hole. He
completes the building, the grand
unveiling takes place, and it is
discovered that the hole is three
feet wider than the structure.
Peggy, the drop-out
oceanographer, is put in charge
of the water supply. There is a
well, though slightly decrepit and
full of frogs and snakes. With
commendable courage, she
dumps a quart of potassium
cyanide in the well. It is not well
done, and for the next month,
they walk three miles to the
nearest farmer's for fresh water.
And so on.
This is just a sample and I'm
not knocking it. These people are
learning something besides
writing essays, demonstrating
against practically everything
and smoking pot. Eventually,
Cyril will discover that you can't
milk a dry cow. Janice will learn
that if you pick up a long-tailed
sweet little kitten, you might get
a shot of exotic perfume. Good for
them all.
Then there's the other type of
back-to-the-landers. They are
new immigrants. Europeans who
wouldn't have had a hope of
owning some land in the old
country. They will buy prac-
tically anything as long as it's
land.
They form a syndicate of
families, move in, work like dogs.
They live in the city because
that's where their skills are. But
when they attack a piece of the
land, they move. Everybody
Ever notice how a small piece
of paper can spoil a perfect day?
Sometimes it's a note from the
bank that the better half has
overdrawn your account. It may
be a summons to appear in court
to face a speeding charge. There
are times when it's merely a
short note from a friend can-
celling out an outing which you
have been anticipating for some
time,
Generally, the paper is small
and the words few. But they
always pack a wallop that pulls
the skids out from under you.
Our "bad news" arrived out of
the blue last week. It was the
annual statement from the in-
surance company which
manages the T-A pension plan.
The figures looked good and the
initial reaction was one of
pleasure. Our contribution to
date has been comparatively
small, but the company noted
that if our weekly pension con-
tribution remained the same,
there would be a sizable pension
awaiting us on retirement.
The blow came when we
spotted the date of our "normal
retirement." It was January 1,
2001. That's right, the year 2001.
Rapid calculation puts that
somewhere around 28 years plus
five months plus five days plus 18
hours from the time of present
writing.
In short, it's an eternity and
unfortunately it appears an
almost impossible goal,
Everything you read these
days indicates by the year 2000
that this poor old earth isn't going
to be fit to live on. With the rate of
our present pollution, there won't
be any fresh air or water left.
And, even if there was, the
experts point out that by the year
2000 our population will have
multiplied to such an extent that
each of us will have only about a
quarter square foot of land on
which to rest our tired feet — one
foot at a time.
With our luck, our allotted
space will probably be on one of
the mountains or rubbish that
will spew over the countryside
and it will be impossible to get
works. There's a stone mason or
two, a carpenter, a roofer, a
plumber, an electrician and a
farmer,
They are used to the big-
family, communal life. Within
weeks, they have everything
working. They'll have a cow
that's not only milking, but
producing a calf. They'll have a
sow that's going to deliver
sixteen piglets. They'll have hens
that are laying.
Their women can produce a
huge pot of something out of
nothing. Kids happy, mosquitoe-
scarred and everywhere. Bless
them.
And then there's the third type,
like a couple of colleagues of
mine. A few weeks ago they
bought 100 acres of — uh — land,
Mind you, there was a house on it,
and a barn.
One is a Doctor of Philosophy,
whose thesis was on Word-
sworth's Influence on 19th
Century Political Thought. The
other is a civil engineer, who is
extremely uncivil when he has to
do any engineering,
He has been known to tear off a
screen door when he couldn't get
it tofit, and has been heard by
reliable witnesses to attack the
furnace with a shovel and ap-
propriate language, when it
wasn't working satisfactorily,
They've both been working like
maniacs. They tore all the
shingles off the side of the old log
house and apparently put them
on the roof. They have to walk
only three-quarters of a mile to
gei to the homestead,
Their only real problem now is
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enough room to even swat the
flies buzzing around one's head.
In short, we don't retire until
one year after "doom's day."
To top it all off, the pension
plan stipulates that the em-
ployees retires at the first of the
month following his birthday.
Our birthday falls on the 6th of
the month, so we have to work
another 15 days or so, being
saved only by the fact December
has a couple of additional
holidays with Christmas and
Boxing Day.
+ + +
While the preceding may in-
dicate there is little for which to
look forward in our retirement
years, we can only hope someone
comes up with a solution to our
pollution and over-population
problems.
But just think of all the risks
we're going to have to face in
those next ,28 years plus five
months plus five days plus 18
hours.
Based on an average of 8,000
miles per year, we'll be on the
„ highway for a grand total of
224,000 miles before January 1,
2001. We shudder to think of the
odds in driving that many miles
without being killed, crippled or
battered in a highway accident.
The editor crosses the street
about 10 times a day so that's
93,450 chances of getting knocked
down by everything from a
double tanker gas truck to an
errant youngster on his bicycle.
Our mind could continue to run
50 Years Ago
Over 20 Boy Scouts in charge of
Scoutmasters Thos. Pryde, G.S.
Howard and Jas. Grieve left
Wednesday morning for Bayfield
where they will camp for two
weeks.
Last Thursday the roof of
Winchelsea creamery caught on
fire, it is supposed from, sparks
from the chimney. Mrs. Hern was
passing at the time and noticed
the blaze. She informed the men
at the creamery who soon got the
fire under control.
Czar Harness has resigned his
position as barber with F. M.
Boyle.
Flax pulling is well advanced.
About 50 Indians are engaged in
the work. The Exeter flax mill
have 200 acres of flax and it is a
fair crop.
The first to deliver new wheat
at Harvey Bros, mill this season
was Mr. S. Parsons, of Stephen,
who threshed it in the field on
Wednesday of last week.
25 Years Ago
The hottest spell of the year has
visited Ontario during the past
few days, with the thermometer
registering around 90 degrees,
The newly organized chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi held a wiener
roast at Port Blake Tuesday
evening.
Don Traquair, Exeter, Melvin
Gaiser, Shipka, and Glen
McTavish, London, are
holidaying at Grand Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Clark,
Crediton returned home on
Friday after spending the month
of July at Sundridge, Muskoka.
Reeve B, W. Tuckey and
councillors W. C. Cochrane and
A. J. Sweitzer on Thursday joined
the representatives of several
municipalities on a 70 mile tour of
the Aux Sable Watershed by the
Ontario Department of Planning,
15 Years Ago
Elston Cardiff, veteran Huron
MP who was appointed govern-
ment whip recently, is in Ottawa
this week conferring with Prime
Minister I)iefenbaker and his
Cabinet about his new duties.
Voldemars Gulens, 19, son of
rampant at the number of pitfalls
which will appear to reduce our
chances of ever reaching that
sought after retirement date.
+ + +
There's another aspect that
warrants consideration as well.
Assuming the writer remains
at his present job, he'll have to
turn out a total of 1,479 issues
before retirement.
That's 1,479 columns, about
739 council meetings (not
counting any special meetings
which we may be lucky and get
invited to), 44,370 headings to
write for news stories, etc., etc.
About the only good thing we
can see is that we can anticipate
having 2,958 coffee breaks,
although if one figures the in-
flationary cost rate, that alone
will cost us around 400 bucks.
The entire situation leaves us
more than a little limp.
Fortunately, we have a holiday
next week to think about it.
Perhaps not working for a whole
week may be so pleasurable we'll
plan an early retirement for
January 1, 1973.
That is if we can come up with
some scheme to stretch our
present pension fund out over the
remaining years of our life.
If you have any ideas on how
you can do that on $298.64 we'll be
most appreciative of your ideas.
Doctors Voldemars and Mirdza
Gulens, Dashwood, became the
first student at SHDHS to receive
first class honors in nine upper
school subjects when results
were announced by Principal H.
L. Sturgis. He received an
average of 86 percent.
The resignation of Herbert
Wainwright as clerk was ac-
cepted at a recent meeting of
Grand Bend council. He has been
confined to his home through
illness.
Liberals Monday night
nominated A. E. "Pete" Smith,
Ilderton, farmer-realtor, to vie
with the PC's W. A. "Bill"
Stewart, Denfield, farmer, for
the seat in the by-election in
North Middlesex, The seat was
left vacant by the death of Tom
Patrick.
10 Years Ago
Roy Webber, Main St., recently
was presented with a watch by
officials of Canadian Canners
Ltd., in recognition of his 25years
of employment with the corn-
Pany. The presentation was made
by Wayne Paxton, western
district supervisor, Hamilton.
Mr, Webber is a viner and husker
boss at the local plant.
Exeter council has requested
the Mid-Western Ontario
Development Association to
conduct an industrial. survey of
this Community, to determine the
industrial potential of the area
and the particular advantages
the community offers for
development.
Grand Bend council was in-
formed by George Jackson,
Deputy Minister of public Darks,
that the department plans to
dredge 12,500 cubic feet of sand
and silt from the local harbour to
facilitate boats which are agin
having difficulty entering the
harbour.
Even town council postponed a
decision on a request for a liquor
vote in Exeter, Mayor Eldrid
Simmons said, a full coma
should be present to discuss the
question, The request came from
Amelia Acheson, owner of the
Central Hotel.
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