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The Commission wishes to thank its
customers for their co-operation.
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Exeter Public Utilities Comm, F.
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to Exeter Public Utilities
Wate r Consumers
Please be advised that restrictions for
watering of lawns. 8, gardens have been
cancelled.
A lovely ride?
Anyone who has been shopping lately
doesn't have to be told how prices are
steadily climbing for all types of merchan-
dise.
The most common complaints are
about food and children's necessities. But
that's only because people are anxious to
pound home the fact that high prices have
struck even the most basic of needs. It is to
ward off any insinuations that society today
is kept poor buying services and com-
modities for which it has no real use.
When workers vote to strike for more
money, their cry is that the cost of living is
increasing faster than. ,th*-,pay
They lament over the ,spiralling cost -of
basic needs like foOd and Clothes and, rent.
and utilities. Their -argunient sounds `falt.
Their demands appear just.
But when the surface excuses are
stripped away, it is' surprising the numbers
of times that food budgets are actually cut
to permit payments on a color television;
or clothing accounts are truly tightened to
finance a holiday.
Society willingly swaps necessities for
luxuries and has itself so thoroughly con-
fused it is no longer able to differentiate
between the two groups.
Modern living results in overspending.
Like an infection, greed for more and more
of anything new and up-to-the-minute has
spread over the land until it now is strangl-
ing the whole of society.
Ask the employer what's happening.
He'll tell you the average worker expects
more money than ever before in history —
and at the same time is ready to expend far
••;•;44.zr 1. less ,energy to, earn it. The reason? What's
• the'useaf a camping trailer and no time to
enjoy it?,:,Why have a snowmobile and not
-enough hours to run it around? •
Yes, the• prices are steadily climbing
and it isn't difficult to see why. The trick is
convincing society to get off the mery-go-
round that is affording such a lovely ride!
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Being bugged on all fronts
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Many people are often guilty of a "do as
I say, and not as I do" attitude, and certain-
ly Exeter council could fall into that
category on the basis of discussion regar-
ding RAP's budget last week.
RAP officials had requested $3,000 for
operating expenses and immediately there
was some question on the part of council
members as to what the RAP budget was
for recreational purposes.
A figure of $12,000 was suggested and it
was explained that the $3,000 request would
put the total expenditures to $13,780 to date
this year.
Several council members were then
quite emphatic that RAP should stay within
the guidelines of the budget approved, and
on the surface, there can be little argument
with that contention.
Engineer B.M. Ross had some dis-
couraging words for Exeter ratepayers
when he indicated "sewers are months
away".
It's been two years since council made
the decision to complete most of the sewers
in one huge project and there is every in-
dication that time period could almost dou-
ble before the project is completed.
Naturally, members of council are up-
set about the delay, and one starts to ques-
tion "local autonomy" when in fact the
provincial government processes have
created a considerable amount of the delay.
The entire situation appears even more
Some bad and some good
Setting rules for others
Discouraging news
However, the strange thing is the dis-
cussion arose only minutes after council
had approved the new works department
building for a price that was some $18,000
over what some members had expected to
pay, and $8,000 over what had been put in
the budget by the clerk.
That difference in cost didn't phase
council nearly as much as one would expect
in view of their following attitude on RAP's
expenditures.
Obviously, if council plan to hold other
civic groups within their budgets, they
should show equal concern for their own.
The story did have a happy ending for RAP;
their budget approved by council calls for $15,-
000 for recreation and that means council will
have to forward $4,220 if they follow the motion
approved at last week's meeting.
ridiculous when you consider the ease with
which some of the government's
questionable "make work" projects are un-
dertaken against the delays municipalities
experience in attempting to undertake pro-
jects that are needed and which in
themselves create worthwhile employ-
ment.
While Exeter council will be waiting
patiently for the wheels to turn to get the
sewer project underway, they will receive
numerous letters from government agen-
cies encouraging them to undertake special
winter works projects and other govern-
ment assisted programs that aren't going to
return the benefits that sewers will.
"Well, how did you find
England after all those years?"
This is the favourite question for
people asking about our jaunt. I
have a stock of stock answers.
"No trouble at all. We just went
where the pilot took us." That
sometimes shuts them up.
Another retort. "Just kept
going until we heard a lot of
Limeys chirping." I save that one
for the Britons out here who
haven't lost their accent.
Well, I found it greatly changed
and much the same. Despite the
levelling off economically, the old
class system is still there, and
causes even more animosity
than it used to.
That is, the poor are better off,
and the rich are taxed
iniquitiously, so there's less of a
gap financially. But you are still
labeled by your accent, your
occupation, and your
background.
There is still woeful inef-
ficiency in a multitude of things
and amazing proficiency in
others.
The standard of living has risen
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a good deal, but so have costs.
The papers are headlined with
rising 'food costs and their real
estate took an upward surge a
few years ago.A house there costs
about the same as a similar one
here.
Food is a little cheaper than
ours. Drinks a little cheaper and
a little weaker. Transport is a bit
cheaper and twice as good as
ours. That's because of the short
distances, the heavy population,
and the high cost, for the working
man, of owning a car. Through
trains rocket along at speeds up
to a hundred m.p.h.
Employment?Almost complete,
if you want a job. There are
supposed to be half a million
unemployed, but a businessman
told me this represents only the
unemployables, and those who
don't want to work.
Everywhere, newspapers,
store windows, there are "Help
Wanted" ads. Admittedly, a lot of
the jobs are menial, but not all,
by any means.
The Brits don't want the more
lowly occupations. And that's
why the blacks have moved in,
mostly from the West Indies.
They are the bus conductors,
subway workers waiters and
unskilled labourers.
And whenever things tighten up
a bit there is resentment, and
racial violence.
But there is a great shortage,
right now, of both skilled and
unskilled workers. The Post
Office is desperately under-
staffed. Postal workers are
working overtime, and some of
them, bleats a newspaper, are
falling asleep at their jobs. That
has a familiar ring, somehow.
In London, the bus service is
away below par, because it is
short 4,500 bus drivers.
A chartered accountant told me
that it's almost impossible to hire
girls who can operate business
machines. In desperation, he
cajoled a former employee, a
good operator, into coming back
for a month. She was seven
months pregnant. Slight catch.
A couple of weeks ago, it was
mentioned that the province is
experiencing an unusual in-
festation of tent caterpillers.
However, that's not all that's
bugging area residents.
The monarch butterflies are
mpre plentiful than usual this
year as well, apparently this
being the peak of their 10-year
cycle.
But the big problem around the
Batten household is small gnats
and mosquitoes. Judging from
comments of others in the
community, we're not alone with
that problem.
If you happen to walk past a
shrub and give it a kick, there's a
quick buzzing noise and
mosquitoes rise up in black
swarms. They've infested the
basement and one neighbor tells
us her husband could hardly get
out the back door the other night
because the insects were so
plentiful.
There are many reasons for the
increase, not the least of which is
the banning of DDT.
If any readers have found an
easy, inexpensive way to get fid
of the insects, we hope they'll
pass along the information to the
rest of us.
+ + +
It was interesting to hear
Agriculture Minister Bill Stewart
advise the other day that the
province may have to order
"hobby farmers" to get their
land back into production.
His comment noted that more
agricultural products must be
produced and the province can
not afford the luxury of having
valuable acres of productive land
sit idle.
That may, or may not come to
pass, but the need for preserving
agricultural land is one that all
government bodies should keep
in mind.
During our trip east this
She lasted one hour. Couldn't get
close enough to the machine to
punch the keys.
A publisher in London ad-
vertised extensively for a
secretary. He offered about $85 a
week, a month's vacation and a
bottle of champagne upon
engagement. He got zero an-
swers. In frustration, he printed
1,000 handbills and had his staff
pass them out on the streets to
likely-looking candidates. Result,
four phone calls. Two of them
were not interested. The other
two made appointments for in-
terviews. Neither turned up.
Another aspect of England that
has changed, sadly, is the in-
crease in violence. I met two
young fellows in a pub. They were
both employed and making about
$100 a week. Yet they boasted of
being Borstal boys (reform
school). The elder, who seemed
seething with rage at the world in
general, and ready to start a row
with anybody, had also been in
prison. They were working class,
but hated everybody above them
in the system.
There have been racial riots
involving whites, blacks and
Indians.
London bus stop signs warn
that "Owing to hooliganism and
attacks on our staff" such and
such buses Will not run after a
certain hour.
This summer there was an
outbreak of sheer viciousness and
vandalism among some groups of
football fans. Drunken fights at
the games. Ripping up railway
cars and kicking in compartment
doors and abusing passengers on
the way home from the match.
Motorcycle gangs terrorizing
villages.
It sickens to hear of this sort of
thing in dear old England, for
years one Of the safest and most
peaceful countries in the world,
But it's there,
summer, we took particular note
of the vast amount of acres
"wasted" by Highway 401. The
median in many of the miles east
of Toronto is four to five times
wider than it is west of Toronto
and that appears to be a great
waste of land.
In addition, the areas on the
right hand side of each of the
lanes is also much wider, again
leaving valuable land wasted.
It would be interesting to know
just how many acres of land were
eaten up by the 401, but we
imagine it would run into the
thousands. Many of them could
have been left for agricultural
purposes and we suggest Mr.
Stewart take a look at the
situation when the time comes
that Ontario is forced into a
situation of putting vacant land
back into farming.
+ + +
Three cheers for Usborne
council in their decision to voice
strong opposition to any plan to
clOse the Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology.
This newspaper previously
suggested area councils, far-
mers, farm organizations,
educational groups and the
general populace let the Ministry
of Agriculture know we want the
college to remain open in our
community.
It's to be hoped others quickly
follow the leadership shown by
Usborne in this regard.
There are occasions when
communities spend hundreds of
dollars to attract industries and
other things such as the college,
while at the same time they
wouldn't spend eight cents to
send a letter to oppose the closing
50 Years Ago
On Wednesday evening about
midnight, fire destroyed two fine
bank barns near Kirk ton, The
barn of Mrs. David Rogers was
the first to take fire and it was
completely destroyed. Shortly
after, the barn on the farm of Mr.
Nelson Fletcher, just across the
road from the Rogers barn took
fire, supposedly from the cinders
and it was soon reduced to a heap
of ruins. In both barns the
season's crop had been stored
and both lost a quantity of im-
plements and a number of pigs
and hens. The cause of the fire is
unknown.
Mr. William Lawson left this
week for Toronto to attend dental
college.
Mr. Harry Seldon left last
Thursday for Kingston where he
will study medicine at Queen's
University.
Miss Pearl Holtzman left for
Chicago where she has accepted
a position as assistant principal
of the Evangelical Deaconess
Hospital.
25 Years Ago
The Legion have purchased the
lot on William Street behind the
theatre for the site of the new
Legion building.
Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Pearce are
leaving Friday for Vancouver
where Mr. Pearce will be a com-
missioner to the General Council
of the United Church. They will
visit with Dr, J.E. and Mrs.
Whiting before returning.
Miss Marguerite Pickard left
this week to attend Normal
School in London.
Mr, E. Kehler who has been
installing the bowling alleys for.
William Sweitzer for the past four
weeks has returned to Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Smith,
Creditor celebrated their six-
tieth wedding anniversary on
Monday.
of something they already have
+ + +
It will be difficult for any one to
argue with the new rate struc-
tures set by Exeter's RAP
committee. Many rates were
unchanged, while others were
boosted only slightly.
In this day of rampant in-
flation, the increases are on the
low side if anything.
However, some RAP members
appear to have an attitude of
complacency when it comes to
any discussion about rental for
the ball diamond. While they set a
fee, there was some doubt that
they could collect it from some of
the teams using the facility.
That's ridiculous! Rental rates
for all facilities should be en-
forced as set out, particularly
when it must be agreed that the
rates are extremely reasonable.
+ + +
While most people don't get
very far in life fiddling their time
away, the same can't be said for
Gerry Smith.
The local fiddler has made
quite a name for himself this year
with four championship wins in
some of the top competitions in
Canada.
If he happened to be a ball or
hockey team, Gerry would be
eligible for a banquet or some
other recognition from council.
But before we open up that
debate again, we'll simply, but
sincerely, pass along our
congratulations to Gerry and
thank him for carrying Exeter's
name to the top echelons of fid-
dling.
15 Years Ago
About 75 Boy Scouts from the
Huron district enjoyed a three-
day camporee in the new public
park in the Pinery over the
weekend. Ralph Sweitzer was
camporee chief.
Hilt Laing, Exeter, whose
former building was gutted by
fire last year, opens his new
cement block repair shop on
Victoria St. beside the arena this
week,
Fire destroyed Exeter Turnip
Sales' waxing plant for the
second time in less than four
years Wednesday morning,
Although construction of its
new 202 by 24 building has not
been completed, North Land
Turkey Hatchery have 25,000
eggs in incubators in an effort to
meet demands for poultry. Neil
Campbell is manager.
10 Yea rs Ago
Highways Minister C.S.
MacNaughton posted what is
believed to be the biggest
majority in Huron election
history Wednesday when he
captured his third victory at the
polls by a margin of 4,671,
Heavy rain, just about parade
time, poured on the Exeter fair
and officials estimated the crowd
down about 1,000. A number of
outdoor events _had to be can-
celled, but the majority of ac-
tivities carried on.
Whitney Coates and Son, RR 1
Centralia won both grand, senior
and junior female champions,
plus seven other first prizes at the
regional cattle shows in Seaforth
recently.
A new 51-foot unit in-
corporating-a blower system to
load and unload bulk salt and two
pressurized bins has been added
to the Guenther-Tuckey Tran-
sports Limited fleet.
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