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TELEPHONE 2343471 Needs more consideration Time alone will be the judge of Grand Bend council's .decision to terminate lifeguard, protection at the beach. Fortunately, for their conscience, even a drowning death will not prove them. entire- ly wrong. Drownings occur under ideal supervisory conditions, and. the vast ex- panse of beach and the hordes who use it combine to make the resort situation far from ideal from a supervisory standpoint. While council can not be faulted for seek- ing areas in which to chop their budget, it is questionable if the lifeguard program should have been eliminated entirely. The lifeguards provided a sense of securi- ty for people. They knew assistance was readily at hand if required and it may be in- teresting to see if some - particularly families - now look elsewhere for swim- ming in areas that provide lifeguard. ser- vice. That, of course, could. eliminate the sav- ing to many taxpayers by an accompanying loss of business. The enviable safety record at the resort in recent years with the lifeguard program is worthy of council's further consideration to see if it can perhaps be chopped, but not entirely deleted. Our cops are tops This is Police Week in Ontario. A time to pay tribute to the "men in blue" who serve our communities. Theirs is probably one of the most demanding and thankless jobs in society, but we shudder to think of life without them. Too often they're referred to as "the as though they were self-appointed officials taking unto themselves the task of making us walk the straight and narrow. They're not the law. They're only the law enforcers. Hired to protect us from ourselves, to enforce the rules society has established far the conduct of its members, Theirs is a job of paradoxes. They're damned if they do, and damned if they don't. People pride themselves in being able to elude them if they've broken a law, while at the same time complain when others elude them. They see more misery, bloodshed, trou- ble and sunrises than the average person. "411 this talk of a guaranteed annual income can only serve to destroy initiative!" They are required to have the wisdom of Solomon, the disposition of a lamb and muscles of steel. On TV a policeman is an oaf who couldn't find a bull fiddle inside a telephone booth. In real life, he's expected to find a little blond boy "about so high" in a crowd of 10,000. Above all, policemen are humans. They make mistakes but in fact are punished more severely for those mistakes than others in society. Similar to all other professions, there are some bad apples, but generally they are weeded out very quickly. This community has some of the best policemen in Ontario. Certainly, Chief Ted Day has brought to Exeter the best depart- ment in our 100-year history and our in- cidence of crime and misdemeanors is en- vied by most communities. The three OPPdetachments in this area enjoy the same record. In short; our cops are tops! Alternative is very costly Blooming things Five year Guaranteed Investment Certificates. Get yours now! recreation programs so everyone would benefit. For the interest of local businessmen, we note that a, group in Petrone will receive $7,890 to continue their downtown beautification program which was started last year under a similar grant. As we noted earlier, it's most unfortunate that residents in this area are not taking advantage of the opportunities available under such schemes. + + + VG The senior Trust company devoted entirely to serving the people of Ontario. UCTORIA and GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 RON COTTRELL Manager Phone 235-0530 + + While Exeter ratepayers may present, but it is almost im- be a bit miffed that the local possible to comprehend the dump will be locked over the changes that would come about in weekend as well as every our lives if rationing became evening, they'll have to admit necessary throughout the con- that the alternative is even less tinent. pleasant. Oddly enough, one of the In the past year, council has reasons for a dwindling supply is received several warnings from the fact that today's anti- the Ontario ministry of the en- pollution equipment on vehicles vironment regarding open has doubled consumption in burning at the dump. many cases. Most of the fires had been set If you have nothing better to do by private citizens using the for the next half hour or so, sit dump when the attendant was not down and contemplate the on duty. predicament you would en- A continuance of this practice counter if you had to face next could lead to the closing of the week without the use of your dump and the alternative is an automobile. incinerator which could cost in the neighborhood of $200,000 + + + according to Reeve Derry Boyle. It will, of course, be most in- Further to our recent column teresting to see what happens on the availability of federal and when the dump gates are locked, provincial grants for community Previous attempts at such programs, we have just received control have been highly un- a recent news release outlining successful. projects approved for the Many people, when faced with ;Opportunities for Youth locked gates, either attempted to ''program. smash down the gate or merely{" A total of 4,334 projects have tossed their refuse over the gatteen 'approved with an average or into the nearby ditches. cost of $8,209. The only solution to this is Looking through the list, we police surveillance with charges note a great number are for being brought against offenders, summer playground programs in If a few have their pocketbooks communities similar• in size to tapped, it may save the rest of the our own, ratepayers from the costly So, while local ratepayers dole alternative. out tax money to provide youngsters with a program here, the federal government is paying the shot for similar programs in many other communities. That just doesn't seem right! It would be much more equitable if the government provided increased financial assistance to all municipal At the present time, we're working on a special centennial issue and we hope area residents will help us out by providing pictures or historical accounts. Several have already been loaned to us, but we're sure many more must be available in family photo albums or in attics. We urge you not to be modest. If your family has an interesting background in the community, compile some information and drop it into the office. All groups and organizations have been invited to submit their histories, and while many have already been completed, we haven't heard from some others as yet. Janet Ecker, a local gal studying journalism at the University of Western Ontario, has been added to the T-A staff for the summer and is in charge of the centennial issue, If you have anything to con- tribute, give her a call. One of the things that impresses everyone who travels along the Trans- Canada highway through the Fraser Valley at this time of the year is the extraordinary number of dandelions growing on the me- dian, the banks and the nearby fields. This year they almost blotted out the beautiful daffodils planted in our centennial year. Go south across the border and you'll see the same thing. Millions and millions of dandelions. Yet in England. where it was the same not so very long ago, the dandelion has become so much a rarity that a special dis- play of the weed is being shown in London's Kew Gardens. The world makes little use of the despised dandelion. Yet it has quite a number of values including high vitamin content, medicinal value, protein content and, of course, the flowers make excellent wine. In some countries it is even cultivated for its use in salads. Its root can be roasted as a substitute .for coffee and the milky juice from the weed has even been used as a commercial source of rubber. Useful or not, we should decide whether we want it. If not, then an attempt should be made to eradicate it, as England has done by the widespread use of selective weed killer. The Abbotsford News Recalls old London haunts Is the day of the "Sunday af- ternoon drive" nearing an end? It may well be if the shortage of gasoline continue. Already some areas of the United States are being subjected to rationing. The ominous situation may not cause too many to worry at the I spent a month within a stone's throw of ancient Kenilworth Castle, and didn't get near it. The castle was in the opposite direction to an ancient and venerable thatch-roofed pub, out in the country. Another two months was spent near Shrewsbury, one of the very old country towns, no doubt crawling with history, All I can remember are two pubs, the Red Lion and the Old Post Office. When we didn't go there, we nipped across the nearby Welsh border to the little town of Oswes try, where there was a pub with a roaring open fire and a constant game of Top-It, an old game that is as psychological as poker. One of the few historical sites I did visit was in the old market town of Dumfries, in Scotland. The site was - you guessed it - a pub where the bard Robbie Burns spent most of his evenings when he lived near there. I felt pretty cultural about that. When in London, do as the Londoners do, was my Motto. And you don't find them standing around gawking at the guards or limping on weary arches through the Tower. You find them in the pubs. Sound like one long, alcoholic orgy? I hasten to assure you that it wasn't. It was a matter of choice, not a boozer's delight. You could hang around the officers' mess.This was a bleak, draughty place with a few an- cient magazines. The only source of heat was a fireplace with about three bits of coal sputtering in it, and, standing in front of it, three or four fat senior officers with whiskies in hand. Or you could get on your bike, with a few kindred souls, and huddle off through the rain to the pub. There you found warmth, both physical and social. Girls - Navy,Land Army, Waaf. Local colour. Games - darts, or shove- ha'-penny, And if you hit the right night, and knew the barmaid, there might even be spam sand- wiches. The ale was incidental. 15 Years Ago Hon. William Nickle, minister of planning and development, will officially open the Morrison Dam at a ceremony at the site Wednesday afternoon, June 4. Sunday, June 8, the new $60,000 nurses' residence for South Huron Hospital will be opened for public inspection in an afternoon program. Bill and Don Brock, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brock RR 2, Kippen, graduated with BSA degrees from OAC, Guelph. A marker commemorating the original site of Grand Bend Brewster's Dam was dedicated in a ceremony Saturday. The old dam site is immediately behind the Roman Catholic Church on the Bluewater Highway. What would you like to see if you were going to England this summer? The changing of the Guards? The Tower of London? Shakespeare's home town? Wordsworth's lake country? Winchester Cathedral? This is not yet a burning question around our house, but I've been giving it some thought. Somehow, tramping around with a clump of tourists while some guide spiels off a bored monologue doesn't appeal to me. I spent many a leave in London during the war, and never did get around to seeing anything historical, beyond a few ancient pubs. And when I think of the south of England, and the north of England, and Scotland, all that comes to mind is piles of picturesque pubs. I did spend an afternoon in the cathedral at Chester. But that was because I was with a girl, and it was cool and private in there. And the pubs weren't open yet. Times Established 1873 "A..7017.vi Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N,A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten .— Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Women's Editor — Susan Greet Phone 235.1331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Setond Class Mail Registration Humber 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, March 31, 1072, 5,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada WO Per Year; USA $10.00 Well, which of the two would you have chosen, if you were a young man? No question. Right? However, that brings me to my present predicament. I can't very well take my wife all the way to England and expect her to be wildly enthusiastic over nothing but an extended pub crawl. Somehow I can't see her being ecstatic about bicycling through the rain to get to The Gate Hangs High, up in North Wales. It has room for twelve customers and we used to get about thirty in there. She might enjoy the Cheshire Cheese, on Fleet St. Or the Wagon Shed, at Horley, the Nag's Head, behind St. George's Hospital on Kitygut St., or the Star and Garter, St, John's Wood. But one interesting pub becomes much like another after a while, unless you just want to get in out of the rain, or unless you have memories, What it comes down to is this. If a man's going back to his old haunts, he should leave his wife at home. OtherwiSe he'll hear something like, "What in the world do you see in this place? The 'Golden Lion my foot. It looks more like a brindled dog. When are we having lunch at Claridges?" So, I guess the only choice is to leave her at home, I'll miss her but I won't be lonely, I'm going to call a couple of old buddies, Jack Ryan and Bill Proctor, who have sentimental tnemories of the same pubs, Take there along, Woeps. Ryan has six kids. Might be a bit awkward for him, And, oh yeah, Proctor took his wife to England a few years ago, introduced her to some of his old girl friends, with disastrous results. He's forbidden ever to go again. Oh well, I guess me and the Old Lady can sit and feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. Or go to Bourne-mouth and watch the old women whizzing around in their electric carts. 10 Years Ago Another new 'constable joined the local OPP detachment Weddesday. He is William Glassford, 24, of Mt. Forest. St. Mary's Anglican Church, Brinsley, which was named after the wife of the rector under which it was built, celebrates 100 years this weekend. Agriculture Minister W.A. Stewart will officially open the new memorial community centre at Dashwood Monday, George Lawson, who has served as division court clerk for nearly 18 years, has resigned. He will be replaced by William Musser, deputy reeve of the town who will serve both as clerk and bailiff of the fifth division court of the county at Exeter. Pat Strapp, Hyde Park and Barry Anderson, RCAF Station Clinton , Won the "twisting" contest" sponsored by Exeter Kititmen at their annual spring jamboree, 50 Years Ago A three-act comedy, "Not Such a Fool as he Looks", put on in the Opera House under the auspices of the Trivitt Memorial Sunday School, drew two packed houses Wednesday and Thursday, The cast included Mr. H. Miller, Mr. Donald Davis, Mr. George Hinds, Mr. B. Cunningham. Mr. James Morley, Miss Helen Wethey, Miss F, Dinney, Mrs, N.J. Dore and Miss E.M. Howey. At the recent examination held by the London College of Music, Miss Elsie Knight was successful in passing the tests required to be enrolled as a graduate. Mr. George Layton, Brucefield, has been appointed returning officer for South Huron for the provincial election in June, Mr. Thos Cameron has pur- chased from Mr. Chas. Monteith five acres of land which he has presented to the Thames Road Young People as an athletic field, 25 Years Ago Farquhar Oliver, Liberal leader in Ontario, and Frank Fingland, K.C. the Liberal candidate in Huron, addressed a rally in the Exeter Arena. The 23rd annual meeting of the London Conference Branch of the United Church was held in James Street Church Wednesday. A new grandstand is being erected at the Exeter Recreational Park. Messrs. B.W. Williams and J. Hodgert shipped two carloads of cattle containing 56 head to the Torotito Market Monday and received the highest price ever received during their years of shipping. For baby beef, they got a little more than 19 cents per pound. Exeter's entry in the Huron. Perth Interinediate Baseball League, will be guided by an executive of is businessmen,