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Despite its importance, many people
still do not know what action to take in an
emergency situation associated with a fire.
It would appear simple enough, in, that
it is only necessary to call the fire depart-
ment or dial the operator and ask her to call
the fire department.
Unfortunately, it is a little more com-
plex than that. It is also necessary to know
which fire department to call.
In our particular area there are many
fire departments, each with its own area of
responsibility. Due to changes in
agreements between municipalities, even
this can change over a period of time and
the fire department which would have
answered your call last year may not do so
at the present time.
It therefore becomes a necessity for
people to know exactly which department
they are to call. There are two basic
reasons.
The first is that you need help as quick-
ly as possible and much valuable time can
be lost in calling the wrong department if
the person answering the call recognizes
your location as being outside the area of
his responsibility. He'll have to advise you
to call another department.
If he doesn't immediately recognize
that your fire is out of his area of respon-
sibility and the brigade answers your call,
you may end up having to pay the bill
yourself because recent experience has
Shown that some municipalities are not
prepared to accept bills from departments
not authorized to fight fires in that
municipality.
Stop and think! Do you know which
department to call? If not, call the clerk of
your municipality and ask him.
Phone Crecliton 2346368 orLucan 2274061
Need schedule
Trying to arrange holidays to suit those
of your children is going to be more difficult
for area residents next year.
The two school boards have established
various holidays and professional develop-
ment days for the public and separate
schools in the county and several changes
have been made.
For instance, youngsters in the public
system won't be getting a holiday for
Easter Monday, 1974. Rather, it will be
observed on February 18.
So, those civil servants and others who
have Easter Monday as a holiday will find
next year they won't be able to plan an ex-
tended weekend holiday because their
children won't be getting that day off.
This year, separate school students will
be excused from classrooms on June 22,
while their counterparts in the public
system will apparently continue on for a
couple of days after that.
We trust the boards see fit in the im-
mediate future to advise parents as to when
holidays will occur so plans can be made,
not only for corresponding holidays for
those parents who wish, but for
arrangements to be made by parents who
are not at home during the day and have to
secure the services of a babysitter to look
after their youngsters.
Such arrangements can not always be
made at the 11th hour and a complete
schedule should be provided for all parents,
particularly when there are so many
changes being made.
Liquor officials getting tough
It's tax time and he's angry
People will put up with almost
anything, as long as they are left
in peace. They'll take an in-
credible amount of being pushed
around without doing more than
grumble.But there comes a point
when all the frustrations, the
cheatings, the bullying, merge
under some catalyst and the
great public heart boils over with
rage and humiliation.
When it does, heads roll, This is
just a little advance notice to
some of our various govern-
ments, so that any of their
mandarins who want to take to
the hills on the day of reckoning
can get their bags packed and
pick out the particular hills they
want to take to.
In the French Revolution, the
Bastille was the symbol of
authority and repression. The
people stormed it and took it. The
American Revolution, of The War
of Independence, as our friends to
the south prefer, also began with
a symbol - chests of tea. A large
number of these were dumped
into Boston harbour in a protest
that has resulted in the peculiar
way in which the people of Boston
have spoken ever since.
In both cases, the revolutions
were produced by the same basic
factor — excessive taxation. In
the case of the French, the
taxation produced extreme
poverty and hunger. With the
Yanks, it produced violent anger.
In the one case, the result was
the loss of a head for agreat many
people who had the same
quantity of brains before the
operation as they had after it. In
the other, the result was the loss
of a half-continent of incredible
riches.
Both events in history brought
their advantages, of course.
Without the French effort, which
spawned Napoleon, we wouldn't
have had the Napoleonic Wars
and the Retreat from Moscow,
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and where would our history
teachers be?
Without the American
Revolution, western culture
would have been infinitely
poorer. What other nation would
have had the initiative and
gumption to develop such
monumental human
achievements as Hollywood and
the hamburger?
You may think this excursion
into history has no point. But the
more discerning readers of this
column know that Smiley is
getting somewhere, in his own
laborious way. And the most
discerning readers are
chuckling, "I'll bet he just made
out his income tax."
The latter are right, of course.
And as I sat there, surrounded by
papers, sick at heart when I
realized what a puny amount a
year of hard labour had
produced, I had only one thought:
"When is the great Canadian
Revolution going to start?"
Then came other thoughts.
What symbol shall we attack? Do
they need anyone to lead the
attacks on the barricades? Which
of the dastards will I personally
gun down?
I have news for those in power.
I'm not kidding. If you don't get it
with bullets, you'll get it with
ballots. You can rub our faces in
it only so long, and then the hand
that robs the cradle, along with
everything else that can be
robbed, is going to be bitten. To
the bone.
Our national Liberal party,
supreme in its power, arrogance
and scorn, should have learned a
lesson. It is still bleeding.
In province after province, the
people have had their say, and
have tossed out the old guard.
Ontario is one of the feW that
have survived,
Here's a prediction. Check it
later. I've never been wrong.
Advocate Established 1881
Premier William Davis, the most
unimpressive politician I've
every heard, and that ranks from
deputy-reeves up, is in for a big
fat fall, along with his party.
Why? It's obvious, from the
recent Ontario budget. The party
has lost touch with reality. And
that's death in politics.
An example? The tax on energy
sources. It's not going to hurt me.
I can afford it. It's not going to
hurt anybody except all those
people who can already barely
meet their fuel and electricity
bills.
Tax the luxuries. Whack it on
cigarettes and liquor and fur
coats and there'll be some
grumbling. But stick a tax on
light and heat, necessities in this
climate, and you are accepting
the political kiss of death. We
shall not forget, at election time,
It's the most stupid single tax
that I have ever encountered, and
that is a big statement. It hits the
little guy, the elderly, those on
welfare, and everybody else who
is scrimping to make ends meet.
EPILOGUE: My wife asked
me, as I paced a hole in the rug,
grinding my teeth: "What do we
get for all this income tax we
pay?"
It was a typical woman's
question, right on the nose. For
the life of me, I couldn't give her
an answer that made sense.
"Well, there's the Armed For-
ces." Protecting us against
Iceland, "Uh, there are the
salaries and offices and staff of
parliament." Producing more
taxes. "And, uh, you know,
welfare and uh, icebreakers and
uh, royal commissions and uh,
well, stuff like that,"
Aux barricades, m es
camarades!
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For the past couple of months,
there has been considerable
confusion for people who have
been receiving special occasion
permits from the Liquor License
Board of Ontario.
We've been involved in the
confusion to some extent because
the LLBO has been advising
recipients of the permits that
they are not allowed to advertise
them in our newspaper.
Apparently this is not a new
edict, but one which the board
has just recently decided to
enforce more strictly.
Why they have chosen to do so
at this time is not known, and it
would appear difficult for them to
justify their position in view of
the fact they have allowed people
to advertise in the past with no
interference.
We have also been advised that
people planning special occasions
and securing permits may send
letters announcing the event to
their friends and can even erect
posters on public billboards and
other locations. Why the board
has decided to discriminate
against newspapers hasn't, been
explained.
At any rate, we put through a
call to a Mr. Gurley of the board
this week to get some
clarification of the matter and he
advised that no newspaper ad-
vertising is allowed for events
staged under special occasion
permits.
This will effect such things as
stags, wedding receptions and
dances, service club dances, etc.,
etc.
He said the permits were never
intended to be issued for events to
which the general public was
invited.
However, he did indicate that
service clubs or groups raising
money for worthwhile events
could still advertise if the board
gave permission.
"The girl I marry must be the
outdoor type. The kind who
can mow a lawn, weed a
garden, change a flat . . . ."
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This permission should be
requested at the time the liquor
license application is made and it
should be submitted to Tom P.
Gidlay, a member of the LLBO.
Hopefully, this will help to
clear the air of confusion that has
arisen.
We should note that this
newspaper does not have any
responsibility in the matter of
what events are advertised. The
onus is on the advertiser to make
certain he is not acting contrary
to the LLBO edict.
Many events are advertised at
which there is no permit and the
staff of the T-A have no way of
knowing whether our readers
have such permits when they
place advertisements.
While our staff has been in-
structed to point out the situation
to those placing advertisements,
we emphasize that the onus is on
the advertiser solely in this
particular case and a liquor
permit can be revoked if ad-
vertising is run.
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It was rather surprising that a
recent picture in our newspaper
failed to draw much response
from our readers.
However, it finally came from
EPS principal Jim Chapman,
who wondered if we were
promoting a new slogan for the
community.
The photo was taken by
assistant editor Ross Haugh and
shows a group of Exeter ladies
holding a sign stating: `Go
Exeter pee".
It was taken in Huntsville a
couple of weeks ago and the
banner, of course, was that
urging the Exeter pee wees on to
victory in their all-Ontario final.
For the edification of Jim and
50 Years Ago
Mr. Theodore Gray, who for the
past few months has been
organist at James Street Church
has resigned to take a similar
position in Centennial Methodist
Church, London,
The Student Quartette of
Victoria College, Toronto, gave
an entertainment in James Street
Church on Friday evening.
Messrs. R. Ferguson and R.N.
Creech were in Teeswater
Tuesday enjoying a day's fishing,
Rev. H.J. Armitage, of
Elimville, has received and
accepted a unanimous invitation
to become pastor of the Methodist
Church, Summerland, B.C.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wright have
moved into their new residence in
London.
25 Years Ago
Miss Dorothy Forrester and
Miss Marie Melville were among
the graduates of Victoria hospital
school of nursing.
The fiftieth anniversary of the
Women's Missionary Society of
Caven Presbyterian Church was
observed Thursday evening.
Beavers Hardware are opening
in their new location today.
Mr. Frank Fingland, K.C. of
Clinton, was the unanimous
choice as the Liberal standard-
bearer in the forthcoming
provincial election.
The Exeter District High
School students held their annual
commencement exercises in the
arena Friday night.
Past president Lion J. Albert
Traquair was elected Deputy
District Governor of Lions Clubs
of Zone 2,
15Years Ago
Al Pickard, a native of Exeter,
was one of 21 hockey greats
any other readers who may have
wondered about the slogan, Ross
advises that the ladies were
having trouble holding the
banner in the wind and didn't get
it all unfurled for the photo.
The banner, of course, did have
"wees" at the end, but it wasn't
shown.
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Speaking of the local principal,
the reason he dropped into the
office was to deposit five letters
from some of the junior students
at the school.
All letters were similar in
context, asking the editor what
Exeter was like 100 years ago.
Seems the kids plan a play in
this centennial year and want to
add some authenticity to the
event by having it thoroughly
documented.
It may surprise our young
friends that the bearded gen-
tleman who writes this column
wasn't around Exeter 100 years
ago and really has no first-hand
advice to pass their way.
However, we'll attempt to dig
up some information for their
project, along with a couple of
pictures that may show them
clearly just what Exeter was like
100 years ago.
We were particularly amused
at one of the letters. It stated:
"we are going to put on a how and
we need some information."
Just what a "how" is, we're not
certain.
The youngsters, we think are in
a grade two class, and we must
say their printing was excellent.
Even their spelling was better
than some of the communications
we receive from students several
years ahead of them.
selected for the Hall of Fame at a
meeting in Toronto this week.
The Regina Leader-Post named
him "the real Mr. Hockey".
Carol Brown, 13 and Nelson
McClinchey, 16, of Hensall were
winners at the Huron County
Music Festival this week.
Nelson had to forfeit a scholar-
ship because he won one last
year.
The Exeter Branch of
Canadian Canners has an-
nounced that it would not can any
vegetables here this season.
Harry Penhale, manager, has
been transferred to Aylmer.
Rev. N.D. Knox, sparkplug
behind the restoration of Trivitt
Memorial Anglican Church,
preached his farewell sermons
Sunday. He moved with his
family to his new parish at
Lambeth,
1.0 Years Ago
Linda Hun ter-Duvar was
chosen SHDHS posture queen by
judges during an assembly
Friday afternoon. The three
runners-up were Shirley Herm,
Sharon Lawrence and Susan
Dinney.
Excavation of the lagoon for
Exeter's sewerage project is
expected to begin this week.
OPP Constable J.A. Wright,
Guelph, has been transferred to
the Exeter detachment to replace
PC D.M. Westover. Constable
Wright has been with the force
seven years.
Grand Bend Chamber of
Commerce has won the Ontario
body's "Gavel of the Year"
award for communities with
populations under 3,000 for the
second straight year, and the
third time in five years.
Survey and drilling crews have
moved onto the Parkhill dam site
for pre-engineering work,
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