The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-01-11, Page 10Page 10 Times-Advocate, January 11, 1973
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NEW NEIGHBOR — Mrs. Maxine Balazs and her family haVe lived in
Exeter about one and one-half months• Here she is shown with her
daughter, Michele, 3. T-A photo
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divulge secret pals
holes in all the work that has been
put into studies of this sort, I've
done a few myself, and believe
me, there is a lot more work and
scientific controls put on ex-
periments like that than one
would ever imagine. The fact
remains, however, that it is very
difficult to come up with any
concrete conclusions, except if
they are very, very general,
So my suggestion is this,
Combine a study on television
violence and trivia, Find out how
much people remember about the
violence they see on the tube by
asking trivia questions about it.
That way, you could find out all
sorts of interesting things about
what people remember, about
violence, and about trivia.
By the way, who did play
Elliott Ness on "The
Untouchables"?
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I don't usually attempt to do
critical reviews of plays, books or
movies, because I am just too
easy to please. I'm not critical
enough to do justice to either the
actors or the audience. But this
time, I just can't help myself.
This weekend, I saw one of the
best movies I have seen for ages.
Most of you have likely seen "The
Poseidon Adventure" advertised
quite a bit lately. Without giving
away the plot it is the story of a
luxury liner which is capsized in
a tidal wave.
For sheer drama and ex-
citement, this is an excellent
movie. You will be sitting on the
edge of your chair the whole
time. The characterizations are
equally well done and totally
believable.
But if you're interested in
something a little deeper, it is
there too; a subtle contrast of
weak versus strong and a moving
take of human dependence and
appreciation.
I hope no one will pass up an
opportunity to see the movie and
if you do, I hope you're not
disappointed.
Women hear
of love story
Caven Presbyterian Church
Women met for the first meeting
of the New Year with Mrs. H.
Strang, president, presiding.
Devotions were given by Mrs.
C. Ersman and Mrs. E. Johnston.
Suggestions brought to the
meeting concerning the year's
activities were discussed, voted
upon and conveners of groups
named.
A silent auction will be held at
the close of the meeting in
Febuary. A number of ladies
desired to attend the Annual
Meeting of the Stratford
Presbyterial at St. Andrew
Church Stratford January 10.
Guest, Mrs. M. Dougall
fovoured with a delightful piano
solo and the love story of
Florence Nightingale and John
Smithurst was narrated by Mrs.
H. Laing.
Mrs. Wasson led the members
in a game in which Mrs. W.
Jarvis proved the winner.
Mr, and Mrs. Coleman
Bowman, Elmira, and Ola
Morley, London, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Morley.
Recentvisitors with Mr. and
Mrs. A.E. Wuerth wereMr. and
Mrs. R.M. Long and Denise,
Birmingham, Michigan; Mr. and
Mrs. Barry Long and Robert,
Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Reg
Wuerth, Susan and Carol, St.
Catharines; Lawrence Schwartz,
London; and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Wuerth, Stephen and John.
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Does oils overphotography
Both Mr, and Mrs. Balazs
would like to travel, but said they
haven't had too many op-
portunities, When they do travel,
though, they explained that they
like to just pick up and.take off,
"If you plan and your plans fall
through, you are disappointed,"
said Mr. Balazs, "This way, you
can not be disappointed".
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moving to your district or neigh-
borhood, please tell us. The T-A
would like to do its part to make
new neighbors welcome.
taking the pictures,
In addition, Mrs. Balazs does
quite a bit of work combining oils
and photography. She said her
hobby has no actual name, but it
involves accenting photographs
with oils to bring out the
highlights of a picture, including
lighting, background, and the
subject of the picture. She
compared it to putting on make-
up to emphasize some sections
and de-emphasize other sections
of the photo.
Mrs. Balazs also does a lot of
sewing, and can do crocheting
and other types of needle work.
Following the meeting the
Secret Pal Party was held and
the sisters divulged their names to
each other and Presented a gift.
At the close of the evening names
were drawn for next year's secret
pals.
Who played the title roles in the
movie "Seven Brides For Seven
Brothers"? Who acted as the
three children in "Father Knows
Best"?
I'm not really interested in the
answers to these questions, but if
you can give them, you are a far
better "trivia" expert than I am.
According to the dictionary,
trivia is defined as 'trifles, or
unimportant matter, but in terms
of activities today, it has
developed into a great contest of
trying to recall vast quantities of
absolutely useless information.
(Useless, of course, unless you
get embattled in one of the these
trivia contests).
For some reason, the advent of
electronic media - radio,
television, movie theatres - has
fostered a rising interest in
trivia. Personally, I think it may
be because certain individuals
have decided that if they don't
memorize all this useless in-
formation, they aren't going to
remember anything about the
countless hours they have spent
in front of the boob-tube.
Some people really do get to be
experts at it too. I challenge
anybody to take on two friends I
had at university. Lunch time,
coffee breaks, anytime would Ocieir ITO eted
The Times-Advocate
would like to welcome one
new member to our Over 80
Club this week, and would
like to extend best wishes
to a former member.
Congratulations go to both.
Mary Hannigan; Huron
St., Exeter, 80, Jantiary 8,
1973.
Mrs. Lavina Reichert,
11.11 2, Hensall, 86, January
16, 1973.
If you know of any one
who would like their name
to appear in this column,
please tell us.
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find them challenging each
other's skill in the game of trivia.
Questions would be tossed back
and forth quicker than a
volleyball, and very seldom did
either of them falter,
Occasionally, I tried to in-
terject with my own question, one
which I was sure would stump
them. But more often than not, all
I got in return was a friendly look
of contempt at my feeble attempt
to match my wits with theirs.
And just about everybody is
getting in on the act. Sports fans
have always had a reputation for
reciting trivia. Even if you watch
a baseball game on television,
you are subjected to a list of
trivial information as long as
your arm,' including such "in-
teresting" facts as the origin of a
player's nick-name, his batting
average, runs batted in and
throw outs for the past six years.
Then, and only then, does the
announcer have time to slip in the
most important phrase of the
afternoon, "Strike 3."
But for some odd reason, that
doesn't seem to bother all those
people who gather around the
television every Saturday af-
ternoon.
Then there is always some
sports nut in the crowd who is like
a walking encyclopedia of names,
dates and every record which has
been made for just about any
sport going. He can tell you the
name of the tiddly-winks
champion in 1936, and if you press
him, details about the cham-
pion's family.
But ask him the name of the
three astronauts who first landed
on the moon, and he's way out in
left field. (Leave that question for
trivia experts in that field).
I bet you it would be interesting
to conduct a nation-wide trivia
survey - not to find how much
everybody knows, because that
could take forever, but just to see
how many people indulge. Then,
if you got really ambitious, you
could start assessing the impact
of trivia on society.
That has developed into a real
business now - trying to deter-
mine the social impact of just
about anything concerned with
media. Heaven knows what harm
I might be doing, just by the very
act of putting these words down
on paper.
Of course, one of the biggest
questions concerning the media
today is that of violence on
television, and how it affects
violent tendencies in children.
One way and another, groups of
people try to prove "scien-
tifically" that television violence
does ( or doesn't) make children
more violent.
One study proved "beyond a
doubt" that violence on TV does
multiply the violent tendencies in
children. Their findings were
based on the fact. that after
watching a war movie, a child
left alone in a room with a pun-
ching bag would start pounding
it.
I ask you, if you were left alone
in a room with nothing else but an
object that was meant to be
punched, what would you do?
I'm really not trying to cut
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Pride of Huron Rebekah Lodge
No. 338, Exeter met Wednesday,
in the lodge rooms with the Noble
Grand Vi Coates presiding.
Everyone was wished a Happy
New Year.
A visit was made to Eunice
Stone and Cora Ryckman in
Clinton and cookies were sent to
the Davis Nursing Home at
Christmas. Loretta Ball, PNG.
reported the CP and T com-
mittee had distributed 40 plants,
five cheques and five fruit boxes,
at Christmas. There is to be no
marathon euchre this year.
The speak-off for the United
Nation's Pilgrimage will be April
6. A certificate and $5 will be
given to each participant. A
cheque was sent to the United
Nation's Pilgrimage Committee.
An invitation was accepted from
Atwood to attend their 25th
Anniversary February 2, and it
was voted to provide a gift. The
lodge will serve the Senior
Citizens at their meeting.
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This is the second move in two
ygars for Maxine Balazs and she
hopes it will be the last for a
while. Mrs. Balazs, her husband
Alex and their three children,
Alex, 7, Steven, 6 and Michele, 3,
moved to Exeter from Milverton
about the first of December. Mr.
Balazs is the most recent addition
to the Exeter Police Force.
Before Milverton, the family
lived in Aylmer, where Constable
Balazs was on the police force for
four years,
They are very pleased with
their move to Exeter. Mrs.
Balazs said that Milverton was
just a little too small for her
liking, and that it is nice to be in a
little larger town.
At present, the family is living
in a house on Main St, Both Mr.
and Mrs. Balazs grew up on
farms, however, and said they
would prefer a house a little
closer to the edge of town and one
that is bigger than the one they
have.
Mrs. Balazs said they used to
live in a 12 room house and she
really liked it. "It took me a
whole day to clean it from top to
bottom," she said, "but it was so
nice to have all that room",
Their Exeter home is very
elegantly decorated in well-co-
ordinated colors of green and
blue. Mrs. Balazs said blue is her
favority color and that she also
loves big fireplaces.
Mr. and Mrs. Balazs are both
very interested in photography.
Mrs. Balazs was trained in a
photography studio and got her
husband interested in the subject.
They have darkroom equipment
and can do their own
enlargements as well as actually
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