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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-08-09, Page 4OUR POINT OF VIEW Gone with flue cent cigar At a political gathering a confused young father asked his member of parlia- ment what he was prepared to do about the increased cost of ice cream bars. It seems that the father now' had to pay fifteen cents for a. daily ice cream bar for his child, after only paying ten cents, and thought the government should act. He apparently saw nothing remarkable about allowing his child to accustom herself to this kind of indulgence! The member, an excellent economist, diplomatically pointed out that we live in a society that no longer suggests any limits to our wants, and perhaps this could have something to do with the .case, inflation alone hasn't .deprived us of the five cent cigar or cup of coffee. In an era of rising ex- pectations we have grown accustomed to more and more and damn the expense. But there's a change in the wind. Peo- ple all over the world are plugging into this Western philosophy - and why not? Many of them live on incomes ranging from $35 to $200 annually. They have a long way to go. So if some of us in the western world continue to set this dizzy pace - "getting and spending" - the day will soon come when we are confronted with the im- mutable law of society which insists that. those who get must also give. —Contributed Moveless grass We have some good news, or at least the possibility of good news, in a daily paper The Science Monitor concerning two scientists at Rutgers University in New Jersey who are hard at work on the development of a variety of grass which never needs mowing. They are collecting grass seeds and hope to develop a type that will never grow long enough to be mowed. The New Jersey Highway Department, which spends about one million dollars a year on mowing grass, is sponsoring the research. The best wishes and fondest hopes for success of those of us who only spend two or three hours a week mowing grass, or an increasing number of dollars which we pay our children or neighbouring kids to mow the grass, go out to these enter- prising scientists. Our enthusiasm for grass which doesn't need mowing is exceeded only by our wish for snow that never has to be shovelled, — Contributed Highway statistics Ninety-two Canadians died and hun- " dreds more were injured in automobile ac- cidents across the country on Dominion Day weekend last year, according to the In- surance Bureau of Canada. The IBC, which represents most of Canada's fire, casualty and automobile in- surance companies, recommends these safeguards to help prevent death and injury on our roads. Obey speed limits and traffic laws at all times. Use your car's safety belts: remember, they can save lives. Have your car throughly safety check- ed before starting out on vacation, Take frequent breaks from driving by stopping for meals, rest, etc. Rotate the responsibility for driving if you are travelling with another driver. Avoid driving for long periods at night on unfamiliar roads, Be aware of the differences in traffic laws that exist between provinces and states. Never drink if you are driving. Ensure that young children stay seated and car doors are kept locked. Children often become bored on long trips so take a game or some toys along to keep them amused, —Lucknow Sentinel Summer of 73 Insurance WADE Agency P. T. (Terry) Wade 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 needs, Call today or at renewal time. 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Canada WOO Per Year; USA $10.00 We're stupid once a year Pisa Oh well, everyone say cheese. Now where's the thing-a- ma-gig. Click. Move over Mr. Karsh. During the third and fourth weeks in July you might have noticed a slight difference in the women's pages. Sue was on vacation and yours truly was trying her hand at being the women's editor. Before Sue left she dictated about ten pages of notes on anything she could think of that I might run into. Then before she left she wrote another ten. So my first morning as women's editor was spent in reading instructions. My first afternoon as women's editor was spent in re-reading the instructions. Now all copy for the women's page is supposed to be off my desk by five o'clock Tuesday afternoon. It's one of the first pages to be set up on Wednesday morning. Fine. I was working away at two o'clock thinking that everything would just be done by -:five when his highness himself, the editor walks in. He peers down over his beard and says with his usual subtlety, "Have you got all the women's stuff done yet'?" After I picked myself up off the floor I found out he was kidding. Like I said, never a dull moment, Then there was the day I got lost on a back country road, fell in a ditch, almost smashed up the business car (other guy's fault, honest boss), had to wander through six inches of mud in a There's no place like home, as some wise man or woman once said, I think most likely it was a man, For a woman, home means washing clothes and dishes eternally, scrubbing dirt, making beds, and all those other rotten jobs that make "home-making" a dirty word. For a man, it means a good, hot cup of tea instead of lukewarm coffee, a meal that tastes like food instead of wet kleenex, clean sheets smelling of sun, and going around in his underwear and bare feet if he jolly well feels like it. That's exactly what I'm en- joying today, after four days in The City. I've just had a decent cup of tea, a great, slurpy bacon and tomato sandwich, and I'm in my shorts and bare feet. We've just had our annual splurge in The City, and even my wife gave a groan of pure pleasure as we pulled into our driveway last night and the cat came running to greet us, flinging herself on her back and rolling her belly ecstatically. That's the cat, not my wife. I haven't the slightest idea why, but every summer, when sensible people are fleeing like lemmings from The City, the old girl and I take off from our sylvan retreat in the heart of tourist land and head for the concrete canyons of that same City. There's no intelligence, let alone common sense, in it. We can't afford it. We don't even like it. But we go, Don't ask me for a logical explanation. It would be like asking a caribou why he runs back and forth, with wolves snapping at his heels. And the wolves are there. In The City. Just waiting for us caribou. Unfortunately, they don't look like wolves so you don't know what's happening to you until you're hamstrung. They look like cab-drivers and waiters and bartenders. But one can't blame the wolves, can one' That's what they are for: to weed out the cripples. Well, I can tell you that if you are not crippled, at least finan- cially, after a few days in The City, you've been staying with your relatives. For some reason, we always stay in the best hotel. After all, it costs only about three days pay for each night in the swank joint, This is part of the whole mid- summer madness. And, what the heck, it's only three dollars each to see a movie. And what the shoot, room service charges only $1.50 for a pot of coffee, and a meagre $1.50 for a sandwich. And, of course, you can't take it with you, so spread it around a little. And then there's the swim- ming. The big hotels have a swimming pool. Of course, only the common people swim in the pool. That's what we tell our- selves every time we remember we've forgotten our swim suits. This is about the point where I start to pound my head, thinking of the mile-long stretch of clean white sand and clean blue water back home. BY JANET ECKER Gee whiz, a mere cub reporter from the mortal ranks being allowed to write the editor's column, It's enough to boggle the mind. Bill's in Quebec for two weeks so Ross, Sue, Gwyn and I are holding down the fort. Don't tell Bill but we actually managed to get out two whole issues of the T-A on time. We were considering three or four issues just to prove how good we are. But then he might get the idea he's not needed. And that would never do. Anyway, we hope he's having fun in La Belle Province. Ross said last week in this column that I would be telling you about the summer's experiences. That could easily fill up the whole paper but try and give you some idea about how I've spent the past three months. It has been difficult, enjoyable, embarrassing, satisfying, time consuming hair-raising, disgusting, frustrating, exciting, funny,hard work, interesting and sometimes sad, but most of all, its never been boring. One thing about this business, you walk into the office each morning never knowing quite what to expect. You may sometimes have to work evenings, weekends and holidays but it's the variety of the things you do that make it all worth while, Getting out the centennial issue was an experience in itself. I learned more about my town in that short time than I've learned in the 17 years I've been here. I met some very interesting people who were always anxious to tell me some little anecdote about early days or show me pictures from old family albums. Hardly a day would go by that. I didn't burst into someone's office with a new picture to show them or a story to tell. It's a wonder they didn't throw me out so they could get some work done. But they never did. The T-A staff was also involved in putting together Joe Wooden's book so it could get to the printers on time. Between the centennial paper, the book and the regular T-A every week, you can see why the staff were putting in some long and hectic hours. There were articles lost, pic- tures misplaced, pages disap- peared and people tore their hair out but we got every thing done. One day Sue and I cracked everybody up when we came into the office with centennial hats perched on top of our heads and centennial pins on our shirts. We were just being patriotic Exeter citizens and all we got was teasing. But as the big day drew closer, the others soon followed suit with buttons anyway. Of course with se much going on during centennial week the paper needed everybody out with cameras. Well, what I know about cameras could be written on the proverbial pinhead. So Ross was assigned the job of teaching me. The day before I was to cover one of the big do's he gave me my first and last lesson. "It's easy, nothing to it." he said. I listened carefully while he showed me how to turn the gizmo here and the do-dad there. Very simple. I grabbed the camera, Whoops! Heavier than thought. Now look through the top of the What'll Why is everything so blurry? Oh yes forgot to adjust. the focus. Wait a minute, something's definitely wrong with that tree. Looks like the leaning tower of 50 Years Ago The hearts of the youngsters of town have been made happy the past week by Mr. W.F. Abbott, who has installed on his playgrounds near his home teeters, slides and swings for the boys and girls. Mr. Abbott is laying out ball grounds and a tennis court, Harvesting of the Dutch set onion crop is in full swing. The crop on the whole is not up to other seasons. The Exeter Bowling Club held their annual bowling tournament an Wednesday of last week. R.N. Creech's rink, comprising W.E. Sanders, T.R. Ferguson, and W.J. Beaman, won the Beaman Trophy for the third time. The annual Ford picnic at Grand Bend on Wednesday of last week in which Ford dealers and their friends from all parts of Western Ontario was an unqualified success. The weather was ideal for the thousands who crowded the village. 25 Years Ago Mr. W.R. Goulding was ad- jucator at the juvenile contest conducted at. the Kirkton garden party. District men went on an old- fashioned bear hunt Monday afternoon and beat through an eight-acre bush in Usborne Township north of Exeter looking for a mother bear and four cubs seen by Bill Rowcliffe at the edge of his farm. A teacher in 1887 in Dashwood, Mr. A.J. Styles, has returned to Seaforth from Hollywood, California to visit boyhood scenes. Exeter council voted to call for tenders for a new Exeter District High School. At magistrate's court at Gocle.rieh Thursday, tribute was paid to the late magistrate J.W. Morley, KC., of Exeter. cornfield (I would have suede shoes on) and had a dog slobber on my slacks ( of course they were washed that morning). And thank heavens a paper has proof readers who check over all the copy before it goes into the paper. One afternoon Marg came into the office with a big smile on her face. That always means trouble. It did. Instead of typing "the minister with love" the Gremlins in my typewriter had typed "with lice.". Being on the staff of the newspaper also gives you certain privileges too. Like getting in to see dress rehearsal at the Grand Bend Playhouse, or meeting politicians and dignitaries and just knowing what goes on in town. And while on the subject of privileges I'd like to say that its been one to be associated with the people who put this paper together. From the typesetters who try and read the arrows and dittos all over my copy, to Sue who has to put up with me in her office, to Ross who answers nine hundred questions a day, and to Nic and Bart in the darkroom trying to straighten out my crooked pic- tures, thanks. To Bill and Robert who gave me the chance, to the proof readers who spell better then I do, and to all the other wonderful people who work here, thanks for an unforgettable summer. 15 Years Ago Brewer's Retail store at Grand Bend was the last in Western Ontario to close after a province wide strike created a beer drought. this week. Fire started by lightning destroyed two large barns, over 2,000 bushels of grain, 4,000 bales of hay and considerable machinery on the farm of James Gardiner, Thames Road early Wednesday morning. The loss is estimated at $30,000. Usborne Township school area this summer completed the in- stallation of oil burning air conditioning units in all its schools. In addition to the tri-service drill squad which formed the guard of honor for Prime Minister Diefenbaker at Wed- nesday's CNE opening, Centralia will contribute a smoke-writing team for the afternoon air show September 5 and 6. 10 Years Ago John Anderson, Hensall, broke 97 out of 100 targets in the ham dicap event at the Quebec provincial trapshooting cham- pionship. His score equalled that of the winner of the event, but as an out-of-province competitor, he could not qualify. Recreation Director Don "Boom" Gravett is one of 50 candidates who has been chosen to attend the CAHA Hockey Leadership Institute at. Kingston next week. Helen Shipway won the most Lucan Awards at the swim meet Friday night. She took part in four events. Gar Myers, superintendent at the Pinery Provincial Park estimated this week that about 156,000 people visited the park in July. 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You can almost go into some of them without an over coat. Some of the bars are so un-cool the waiters don't even have blue lips. But in most of them, the customers are sitting around racked with pneumonia and arthri tis, I don't know why I'm com- plaining. Nobody forced me to go to The City. And if anyone tried, it would be like attempting to force a mule to walk backward. I wouldn't go there if you paid me. Especially in the summer. But I went. I guess it was for my wife's sake. She loves a few days in a big hotel. No laundry. No meals to cook. No brains. However, the annual stupidity is over again, and as I said, it's great to be home. No more of that ridiculous wasting of money on things priced seven times too high. No problems like that at home. Nothing here but the old cat and the new woodpiles. Let's open the mail. Might be a nice fan letter. Yikei Town taxes, 644.00. Fuel bill from last winter,$130.00.Bank manager wants to see me. I guess it's back to The City. 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