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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-09-14, Page 4... Wilson's Jewellery Opposite Exeter post office Exclusive Dealer for the popular Blue Mountain Pottery Large shipment just arrived in assorted styles Pleasing You Pleases Us A NEW One.Year Program The Only One of its type in Canada School of Technology Offers One Year Program In PROCESS OPERATIONS TO START SEPTEMBER 25, 1972 The Minimum requirement for admission to this program is the Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma with Satisfac- tory standing in Year Level 3, Phase 4 Physics (Grade 11, general level), and Year Level 4, Phase 4, Chemistry, English and Mathematics (Grade 12, general level); or the equivalent, This program was developed because of a definite need by industry for trained personnel. Indications are that there will be no shortage of positions for qualified graduates. Apply the Registrar 1457 London Road Phone 542-7751 Or Write P.O. Box 969 lambtonk 12Aeollege iirwiiiwiii September ... so long. snarly . tzefertnies-ibuocate SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor Bill Batten a Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Women's Editor a Gwyn Whilsrnith Phone 235-1331 Good News For Men! There's No Price Increase In Our Botany 500 Made-To-Measure Suits Come In Today And Look Over The New Samples YOU'LL FIND THEM EXCITING WHEN APPEARANCE COUNTS We Insist You Look Just Right For your wedding day, leave the formal wear to us. You con-trust our advice on styling and fit. We'll insist you look just rightl FORMAL RENTALS For All Occasions INSURANCE AGENCY D.T. (Terry) Wade Generosity plus Total Insurance Service Auto — Fire — Liability — Glass Sickness and Accident Income Life — Pensions — Surety Bonds, etc. I would be happy to discuss your Particular insurance neeus• call today or at renewal time, Phone crWiton 234.036$ orLucan 2274061 ar Similar to many area residents, some of the staff at the T-A apparently found it difficult last week to believe that one firm could be as charitable as Dashwood Industries Limited. So, while our headline and story reported factually that the donation made by DIL to the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded was $111,000 a caption under a picture had the figure at $11,000. That lesser figure in itself would have been most commendable and generous and indeed it is difficult for many to com- prehend a donation of 10 times that magnitude. Dashwood Industries Limited, similar to many Canadian companies, has long realized its obligation to support the many community services in its area whose work can only be fulfilled by the donations received from all segments of society, In addition to cash donations, their executives and employees have played an instrumental part in the work of many organizations and civic bodies which function throughout the district. Certainly, few other private or cor- porate citizens have the circumstances available to make a donation to the retarded workshop to the same extent as DIL, but they have certainly shown through their example that worthy causes of this nature deserve considerable consideration and cannot function merely by handing them the loose change one may have in his pocket, The proverbial widow's mite is, of course, equally important. As the directors of the Association explained last week, there is still a great need for additional funds to establish the workshop. The donations to date, including that of DIL, will cover the purchase and renova- tion costs of the Dashwood workshop, but funds will be required to pay salaries, purchase equipment and meet operating costs, The support to date has been generous and with a continuance of that from those who will be canvassed in the next few weeks, the workshop for the retarded will become a viable reality and will not be starting out on the rather shaky foundation that had been envisioned. The goal is now attainable, thanks to DIL and all those who have contributed. Let's get on with the job so each person can proudly announce he has helped make a dream a reality. eitaiziatitiei:pinVittitatatt•• Good insurance One of the hardest things for any promoter to do is turn people away from an event, Generally speaking, there's no additional cost in accommodating these people and the revenue is frosting on the cake. That's the plight of the directors of the Mid Western rodeo. They had to turn people away on Sunday and yet there were hundreds of empty seats for the two Saturday shows. It's beeh the same for most years and one of the reasons is the drawing attraction provided by that daring rodeo participant, Bill Brady. or Sorry about that, Clarence The success of the Zurich Bean Festival indicates clearly that Saturday should be a good day for special events and it appears that it would be in the best interests of the rodeo directors to come up with some formula for splitting the crowds up more evenly — or better still, having to turn people away from all three shows. Special Saturday features, price reductions or other gimmicks may help to achieve that goal. It's worth considering seriously and would be good insurance for the time that it rains on Sunday and spoils that day. Away out of balance 0 The unemployment problem in Canada is far more serious than most of us realize. Lack of work is a serious situation at any time, and the consequent lack of income usually spells economic disaster for any nation thus afflicted. The plain facts are, however, that there is not a shortage of work in Canada at present. Employers all over the land are screaming about the fact that nearly 600,000 people are drawing unemployment in- surance. Another vast horde are living off the rest of us while the government doles out money for make-work projects only a portion of which are of any real value. Where, then, does the discrepancy lie? almost vacated, despite the fact it was a busy summer holiday weekend. People were at home watching hockey. It helped business for some doctors, because there's no doubt that blood pressures were in- creased considerably when a power failure cut the game off from Kitchener viewers on Wednesday. It should have contributed to better church attendance, because many no doubt thought it best to make amends for the foul language they used when the TV screen went blank. excuses. The team shouldn't have been an all-star aggregation, but rather an entire NHL team, he advised, He blamed the coach for some of the choices he made for the starting lineup and reserved much of the blame for the two NI-IL executives who had scouted the Russians at home, He may have had some points with the latter. The two scouts must have become lost and ended up in the wrong arena if they were among those who cited the poor goaltending the Russians were bringing with them. The only grounds for excuses is the fact the NHL failed to take the Russians seriously enough and didn't give their players enough time to practice and get into condition. That, of course, was their own fault but they won't make that mistake again. We hope series of this nature -,continue between the best in many countries. It's certainly going to be difficult to settle down and be subjected to games bet- ween the Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers. or Last week we offered an unemployed pressman from Guelph $100 a week as a starting salary until his ability could be measured. He said he couldn't afford to take work at a figure of that kind. Another young, able and single maz we know took his first job last fall. He worked three months, was laid off and luxuriated in front of the TV with successive cases of beer all winter, He didn't try to find work because he was drawing $83 every week for doing nothing. Is it really hard to understand why unemployment figures are high? Wingham Advance Times + + + The hockey series has probably attracted more TV viewers than any other event in history. It is interesting to note that it may be a means of curtailing the carnage on our highways. News reports indicate that at game time on Sunday night, streets in major cities and high- ways across the province were + + + There are drawbacks to summer hockey, of course. When are fans going to get fresh air if they're propped up in front of the TV watching hockey all year? How are farmers going to get their harvest in if they have to quit early to view such spec- tacles? One interesting point is whether or not the breweries will continue to help sponsor the events. The games are so ex- citing from start to finish there are few who would leave to get a cool one from the refrigerator. Now wouldn't that be something? Breweries spon- soring programs that could end up turning us all into teetotalers! That great big "Who-o-o-o-sh" of air that is still reverberationg across the nation, from coast to coast, is not caused by hurricane, typhoon or cyclone. It is the expulsion of breath from hun- dreds of thousands of mothers after their sigh of relief because school has started again. There are many emotional reactions to the annual re- opening of school. Let's look at a few of them. First, the mothers who have had three or four school-age kids on their hands for two of the longest, most dreary summer months in decades. During the past summer, the sun has been as elusive as medals are for the Canadian Olympic team. Rain, overcast, drizzle, downpour, humidity. You name it; we've had it. So, mothers. You've had your brood underfoot most of the summer. Kids getting up at all hours, eating at all hours, whining, "There's nothing to do." You've been making peanut- One of the most interesting aspects of the Russia-Canada hockey series is the fact that Canadians in general don't ap- pear overly upset about the fact their best have been shown wanting against the best from the Soviet Union. Of course, we've been ac- customed to having Russians - and others - beat our national teams for some time, but we always had the excuse they were amateurs performing against prefessionals, But one should have expected more of an outcry once the NHL allowed their top stars to put the Russians to the supreme test and came up with pie on their face. There are probably a couple of reasons why Canadian fans haven't. First is the fact they've wit- nessed some of the best hockey.) ever to flash across their TV., screens; and secondly, let's give some credit for good sport- smanship. Canadians are knowledgeable hockey fans and realize the teams are evenly matched and aren't above giving credit to the Russians when it is due. Thirdly, we're the best losers in the world. We've had plenty of practice and despite the ac- complishments Canadians have recorded in every field of en- deavour we don't really have a boastful nature. We appear to feel more comfortable losing, However, one of the main reasons is the fact Canadian hockey fans are glad to see Clarence Campbell and his NHL moguls end up with egg on their face. 'Their monopolistic attitude has soured Canadians for some time, arid to fatten their own wallets, they diluted their product un- mercifully at the expense of the hockey fans. For some time, they have been telling us we could expect to see the NHL welcome some European teams into the league, Well, don't expect that to happen too soon! It may have been a good idea a few years ago, but now some of those European teams are too strong, They'd walk through some of the NHL expansion teams like a dose of salts, and despite Mr. Campbell's opinion, this is one writer who thinks they'd take more than their fair share of games from the top established teams in the league. Mr. Campbell, unlike many other Canadian fans, finds it difficult to swallow the bitter pill that the Russians are as good as his best. After their initial and stunning loss to the Russians, Mr. Camp- bell came up with all kinds of butter-arid-jelly sandwiches until you gag at the sight of a peanut. You've bandaged cuts and scrapes, invented games, planned picnics which had to be held at home, rained-out, and been driven to the point where the kids call you "Old Snarly." For you, school opening was euphoria. Sure, you love your children, but love, like most things, should be taken with moderation. Admit it. When you got them all off that first day, you made coffee, sat down, put feet up, lit a cigarette, sucked in your breath and let it out "Who-o-o-o- sh." You felt a deep love for teachers, however momentary. You secretly thought you wouldn't care if they doubled your education taxes. Well, that's one reaction, What about your kids? Their obvious reaction is one of disgust and despair. "A-a-h, school! Who needs it! Back to jail." But how do they feel behind the com- plaining that is second nature to kids? ONNIIIMESSMIMM times Established 1873 Secretly, they're delighted and excited. They are bored to the point of depression, whether they're in elementary or high school. They are sick of "Old Snarly". They've had enough of working, if they worked, or bumming, if they just bummed. Despite the constant criticisms of the "unreal" life at school, in my opinion many young people have far more "real" life there than they do at home. Opening day means seeing old friends, making new ones, ex- -changing lies about what they did all summer and sizing up, with a hard, cold stare, the new teachers for the year. For high-school students, despite their attempt to be blase, it means the end of that heart- breaking summer romance. But look! There are some new chicks, and some of last year's teeny- boppers have turned into real . birds. And that greasy obnoxious Grade 10 boy of last year is now a MINTOOMMIna Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 G eorge en '6 Vriese Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advande Circulation, March 31, 1972, 5,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: tanada $8.00 Per Year; USA $10.00 MAIN ST. The Store With the Stock. EXETEri ' _ diftaiwah sophisticated Grade elevener, after a summer pumping gas, And he has a motor-bike! Most of all, at school they are accepted by their peers. At home, they were children, were sup- posed to love and respect their parents, and had to obey orders, however grudgingly. At school, they don't have to even pretend to love or respect their teachers and disobeying orders becomes a game, as long as you're not tagged. There's another species. These are the mothers who tearfully, with enough instructions and warnings to confound a Socrates, send off the first-born to the first day at school, Don't worry, ladies. Next fall you'll be so glad to see little Tim or Kathy off you'll think there must he something hard and cruel un. — Please turn to page 5 Presbyterian Church was threatened. The fire is believed to have started from an overheated bearing in a mixing machine in the mill, Bill Etherington, R.R. 1, Hen- sall was elected president of S.H.D,H.S. Athletic Society in the first of the student's ballots for their school organizations. A fund has been established to receive donations for Don Hubert, a Zurich district farmer whose barn roof was extensively damaged by a tornado Sunday afternoon. One of the attractions at Ex- eter Fair's trade show Tuesday night was the new Edsel car, unveiled to the public last week. 1 0 Years Ago Mrs. George Allen, Kirkton, unveiled the historical plaque erected at Thames Road United Church Sunday in recognition of Hon. James G. Gardiner, who was Canada's Minister of Agriculture for over 20 years. A large,crowd of relatives and friends of the late statesman attended the ceremony. Judy Snelgrove, Exeter and Helen Zimmer, DashWood, graduates of South Huron District High School, who com- menced training for nursing careers will share the Hospital Auxiliary bursary of $100 for each of their three years of training. Miss Snelgrove is at Hamilton General Hospital and Miss Zimmer at St. Joseph's, London. General Coach, Hensall is get- ting ready to introduce produc- tion of its 1963 lines of mobile homes. They will feature some structural changes as well as new furnishings and decorating materials. Biddulph township council Set the 1962 tax rate at 11 mills for farm and residential and 13.5 for commercial and industrial. Last year the rates were 10 and 12 mills. 50 Years Ago In the first of the home and home games for the semi-finals in the North Wellington Junior League played here Monday between Clinton and Exeter, the home team put up a greatexhibb- tion of ball but lost out by two runs, the score being 3 - 1. Maurice Ford scored the only run for Exeter in the seventh. Mr. Geo. Hind has resigned his position at the Molson's bank and is returning to school to resume his studies, The Exeter High School has opened a fifth room owing to the large number of pupils who are attending third form. Miss Mildred Harvey left this week to take a course in Alma Ladies' College, St. Thomas. Mr. ,W. J. Beer has received the contract for supplying the fixtures for the Crediton Evangelical church, 25 Years Ago Kenneth Mills, Woodham, won the Free Press, CP'PL scholarship for music. The Huron Lumber Company celebrated the opening of their new offices and show rooms on Main Street this week, The home of the late David Johns is being enlarged and remodelled by Messrs, Hopper and Hockey for an up-to-date funeral home. Dr. and Mrs, W. T. Banting, LuCa ri, celebrated their 55th wed- ding anniversary at their home. An opening rally for Boy Scouts and Cubs will be held in the new headquarters, E. Harvey's store, Main St. Nottle Friday evening. 15 Years Ago Loss was estimated at $50,000 when the Croinarty Feed Mill burned to the ground Wednesday morning. Part of the house owned by Nelson Harburn was also gutted and the Cromarty • f