HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-11-08, Page 4An unbeatable situation?
A number of deep and troubling
questions are puzzling me this
fall. Perhaps if I get them out in
the open, those stabbing cramps
in my stomach will ease off.
Leaves. I have six maples and
two huge oaks on my front lawn.
That produces leaves to the
knees. My neighbour across the
street has four maples around his
property. Also a fair crop of
leaves, but nothing like ours.
My neighbour rakes up his
leaves. At least his wife does. I
contemplate mine with a
judicious eye, waiting for the
right moment to strike. "Might
as well wait till they're all down."
My neighbours are godly and
righteous people. I am an
acknowledged sinner. Yet every
fall, about this time, we get one of
those howling north winds that
make you shiver in bed, glad
you're there,
I get up the next morning, and
my front lawn is as clean as the
cat's dish, I look out the other
window in dismay, and sure
enough, my neighbour's tidy
lawn looks like the Maple Leaf
Forever. My leaves. Why?
I've thought this time of telling
him he should put up e snow
fence, but I think I'd better give
him a couple of weeks to cool off.
And get those leaves raked up.
There. I feel better already,
getting that off my chest. As good
as the confessional.
Football. In my youth, I dearly
loved the game. Played five
years in high school, two in
college before I went off to play
another kind of game.
Every night I'd draggle home
in the dark, after practice, aching
in every limb, drinking in the
sharp fall air, completely
satisfied.
During the games, there was
the heady knowledge that every
girl in the school was out there
watching you. This, of course,
was a two-edged sword. You
might catch a pass for a touch-
down, You might also drop it, for
a red face.
We had some great teams, in
high school, because our prin-
cipal was a football nut, When I
think over the names, I have
more than a sense of nostalgia.
Half a dozen were killed in the
war.
We didn't have much going for
ONTARIO
Assessment Review Court
NOTICE OF HEARING
TAKE NOTICE that the first sitting of the Assess-
ment Review Court for the year 1973 to hear
complaints against assessment for taxation in
1974 in The Town of Exeter will be held at Hen-
sall Town Hall, Hensall, Ontario at 9:30 a.m. on
November 27th 1973.
Appellants will be notified by mail of the date
and time at which their complaint will be heard.
Dated at Newmarket this 1st day of November
1973.
M:Harbinson, M.I.M.A.,
Regional Registrar.
ONTARIO
Assessment Review Court
NOTICE OF HEARING
TAKE NOTICE that the first sitting of the Assess-
ment Review Court for the year 1973 to hear
complaints against assessment for taxation in
1974 in The Township of Usborne will be held at
Hensall Town Hall, Hensall, Ontario at 9:30 a.m.
on November 27th 1973.
Appellants will be notified by mail of the date
and time at which their complaint will be heard.
Dated at Newmarket this 1st day of November
1973.
M. Harbinson,
Regional Registrar,
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Your brother's keeper
It's here to stay
Former Hensall Reeve Minnie Noakes
Noakes, but obviously it is the type of
munity have been lax in extending acts of
kindness and concern to senior citizens.
is quite right that most people in her com-
any such "scare" motivation.
program that should be carried on without
Extending a helping hand, a cheery
phone call or a short note to senior citizens
There's problably no community in
is important throughout the year, but is
Canada that the charge couldn't be made
even much more appreciated in the coming
against, The young and middle generations
months when weather conditions will con-
are usually much too busy with their own
fine many to their homes to an even greater
affairs to consider the plight of those who
extent, are in their twilight years,
Even if you don't want to join in an
While many senior citizens lead quite
organized approach as Mrs. Noakes has active lives in their various communities, it
suggested, consider some personal involve-
may surprise a great number of people to
ment in helping those less fortunate than
find out how many are not in that position
yourself. and hi fact have few contacts with the "out-
It pays dividends in many ways, not the side world".
least of which is how good it will make YOU
The recent murder in Hensall may add
feel, some impetus to the plan outlined by Mrs,
Goodwill, not bitterness
The Goderich Ratepayers' Association
is a new organization in town which is at-
tracting the attention of many citizens.
Some Goderichites are getting involved;
others are content to watch from the
sidelines.
The manner in which the Goderich
Ratepayers' Association was born is less
than desirable but the worth of an informed
group of actively interested citizens cannot
be under-estimated. Therefore there is no
intention to discredit the efforts of those
people who are among the ranks of the
GRA.
It is encouraging to note that the GRA
has made provision for representatives
from its membership to regularly attend
meetings of Goderich Town Council, This is
a move in the right direction and one which
this newspaper highly approves. In fact, it
has been repeatedly suggested in editorial
comment in this newspaper that spectators
at open sessions of town council are of vital
Very few came
Department said this week the members of
the windows of bedrooms so that firemen
the brigade are not very happy with the
response to their recent decal campaign.
' The yellow decals were to be posted in
A spokesman for the Strathroy Fire
several evenings, very few persons showed
not too many people in the community
up to pick up the free window markers.
and might save a life someday, Apparently
While they waited at the fire hall for
We thought the decals were a good idea,
agree with us.
would know enough to check these rooms
—Strathroy Age-Dispatch first in the event of a late-night house fire.
us besides lots of spirit, There
were about four helmets on the
team. Our uniforms were ragged.
We made our own pads of felt
obtained at the local felt mill,
Some had cleated boots, others
played in sneakers.
One of my great thrills was
when my big brother took me to
Ottawa for the Grey Cup final. In
those days the Grey Cup game
wasn't the silly-ass spectacle it is
now, with beauty contest,
marching bands, parades and
such foofawraw.
It was serious business. You
were there to see a football game,
not to get drunk and make an
idiot of yourself.
You could get good seats for
seventy-five cents. I sat between
two voluble French-Canadians
who, quietly and with dignity,
passed a mickey of rye (85 cents)
back and forth, but only to keep
off the chill, Today they'd have a
twenty-sixer each and be glassy-
eyed by half time,
It was a great game. Those
were the days of giants: Bummer
Stirling, who could boot a ball the
length of the field; Bunny
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It's going to be a long, cold
winter according to the Farmer's
Almanac, That fact we reported
previously.
However, there are indications
on several fronts that it may be
colder than some would en-
visage . . inside as well as out.
Imagine if you will just how
cold it would be in your house if
you were unable to purchase
heating oil, or if the supply
dwindles to the point where
rationing may be required.
Such a fate is not quite as
"impossible" as some would
believe. Certainly, the price is
going to reach a point where
some may find it difficult to heat
their homes to the same stan-
dards to which they have been
accustomed through the years.
That will force them into a type
of rationing.
However, energy minister
Donald Macdonald has provided
a solution for us all' "stay in bed
longer" he suggests.
That's similar in nature to John
White's famous suggestion that
we should all wear sweaters and
turn the thermostats down a
couple of degrees.
While the cartoonists and
editorial writers led the public in
rebuking those two suggestions,
the time appears to be fast ap-
proaching when we're going to be
forced into following the advice.
Experts point out that keeping
your home only three degrees
below what you normally would,
can result in substantial savings
in your heating bill.
It will certainly more than pay
for the price of a sweater to
enable you to still be com-
fortable.
Try it!
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The answer to part of the
problem is for all of us to depart
this cold climate and head for the
warm sands of the sunny south.
However, the price of gasoline
is also skyrocketing and just
paying for the trip there would
Wadsworth, who was like a tank
in the line. This day, the centre of
attention was Fritz Hanson, who
was as hard to pin down as a
dragon-fly. But for all his
scampering, the bigger Ottawa
team won 7-6 on the last play.
At any rate, in those days I
knew the game. From there it
was all downhill. The Yanks took
over, and as usual, we adopted
their terms.
Outside wings became ends.
Middle wings became tackles.
Inner wings became guards. And
the flying wing, my own favourite
position, vanished into limbo.
Today, I am as baffled by the
terminology of football as an
elderly librarian would have been
by the terminology at the recent
fighter pilots' reunion in Ottawa,
What is a tight end, for
example? Is that what we see
when the players go into a hud-
dle, and stick those extremely
tight pants into our faces on TV.
What is the opposite of a tight
end? Is this someone who has the
skitters? Is that why they are
always running off the field?
What is an offensive tackle? Is
this someone whose language or
behaviour you find offensive to
your sensibilities?
Is the familiar phrase, "I gave
him a pretty good shot" , an
indication that the players are
now carrying concealed, not to
mention offensive, weapons?
One of the universities is giving
an extension course at, its night
school. It's for girl friends and
wives of football players, so that
they can enjoy the game more,
I think I'll sign up for the
course. I'm dying to know what a
middle linebacker does for a
living.
leave most of us with no ready
cash available to pay for any type
of accommodation.
In the eastern provinces, the
price of gasoline has hit 67 cents
per gallon and it has been
suggested by those in the know
that prices here could near that
figure in the coming months.
As stated, it could be a long
winter. Too cold to stay at home
and too costly to go anywhere
else.
How do you beat that situation?
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One wag in Michigan has
suggested a new way to conduct
census counts.
Rather than hiring people to go
around and count noses, it has
been suggested that in each
municipality in the state, the top
administration post should be
contested by a white man and a
negro.
It's suggested as a cheap way
of getting an accurate count of
blacks and whites.
Fortunately, not all states or
municipalities to the south of us
show such a high degree of
prejudice as Michigan, and such
elections don't always mirror the
black and white population.
Several black mayors have
been elected in communities
where the majority of the
populace are white.
But, don't expect that to
happen in Detroit!
50 Years Ago
Headed by the Exeter Band
about 60 veterans and the young
men in training paraded to the
Trivitt Memorial Church on
Sunday morning where they
listened to a very eloquent ser-
mon delivered by the rector, Rev.
A.A. Trumper.
The Exeter Opera House was
filled for commencement
exercises of the Exeter High
School which were a great, suc-
cess. Messrs. Nesbitt Woods and
Keith Love and Misses Hoffman
and Medd rendered a quartette
and the presentation of
graduation diplomas was made
by the principal, Mr. E.J.
Wethey, The presentation of
scholarships was made by Mr.
J.G. Stanbury.
The anniversary services of
James Street Methodist Church
were held on Sunday and were a
decided success. Rev, W.E.
Donnelly had charge of the
services.
The Salvation Army has leased
the rooms over Southcott
Brothers' store. The rooms have
been nicely decorated.
25 Years Ago
The new turnip and vegetable
storage plant is nearing com-
pletion. It is believed to be the
largest plant of its kind in
Canada,
Exeter's population is 2,364 an
increase of 384 over last year,
B,W. Tuckey has taken over the
franchise for Kist beverages for
this district,
Mrs. John W. Taylor will on
Friday celebrate her 94th bir-
thday.
Mr, W.& Reid has opened a
new bean packaging plant in the
former hotel in Dashwood.
The threatened shut-off of
hydro came into effect Monday at
6:30 and remained off for half an
hour, These interruptions will
continue as long as Exeter ex-
deeds its present quota for power.
Speaking of elections, this is an
"off" year in the area. There will
be no elections and officials will
soon be starting into their second
year of service.
For what it's worth, some of
them should take time now to
look back over the past year and
see how they have measured up.
Have they fulfilled the promises
made at elections time? Have
they accomplished what they set
out to accomplish?
A bit of soul-searching and new
dedication may well be required
in some cases.
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Isn't it great to have
Remembrance Day actually
being observed on the day on
which it falls?
Somehow there's more sin-
cerity when people pause to bow
in thanks on November 11 when it
is November 11 and not
November 8 or something.
There are no arguments over
store closings, no complaints
because schools are closed, etc.,
etc.,
In Exeter, of course,
Remembrance Day has been
observed on the Sunday closest to
November 11 for some time, but
the cenotaph service still fails to
attract the numbers it should.
Have many really forgotten?
Have you?
15 Years Ago
Receipts from this year's
poppy campaign of the Exeter
Legion set a new record in the
history of the branch. Fred Wells,
"Mr. Poppy", again led the
canvassers in sales.
Mrs. L. Desjardine has sold
her home, "Eventide Villa" to
Lorne Roth of Prospect Hill.
Extensive renovations are being
made to have the first floor as a
nursing home.
Grade 12C boys have nearly
completed a 32-foot partition in
the manual training room at SH-
DHS which will provide cleaner
and quieter quarters for drafting
and painting. The project serves
as a practical lesson in building
construction as well as saving the
school board money.
SHDHS students gathered in
the gymnasium .Monday to ob-
serve their annual Remem-
brance Day service. The high
school honor roll was read by
Merlin MacLlean and a wreath
was presented by Gordon Strang.
10 Years Ago
Representatives from 1
Baptist churches were present to
assist Emmanuel Baptist
Church, Exeter with the
ordination of their pastor, J,
Wallace Stephenson, B. Th.,
Tuesday.
The Women's Society of
World's Service of Dashwood
Evangelical UB church
celebra ted its golden anniversary
last week with a special service
at which ladies of Crediton and
Dashwood were guests. Jean
Kellerman, Japanese
missionary, addressed the group,
A man who promoted the
building of a 32-unit apartment
building on an extension of Senior
St, in Exeter last year, S,E,
Richard Fowler, London, has
been charged with bigamy,
At a dinner meeting Mayor
Eldrid Simmons presented
certificates and gifts to former
members of the recreation
committee and community
centre board.
No doubt about it, love is here
to stay.
We are living in a love culture
where rock and roll groups belt
out songs of sexual love, singers
drone ballads about wishy-washy
sentimentality, and writers write
volumes about free love.
Love, love, love; all around us
is talk of love until, unfortunate-
ly, it has become a word of very
little meaning.
In The Sensuous Couple by
Robert Chartham, the author
says love-making should prevent
you from being selfish, but then
he goes on to expound at length
the theory of emancipated lovers
having a variety of partners. One
women (or man) ts waved on
while yet another takes her
place. What, tell me, is unselfish
or noble about that?
The Bible has much to say
about love but what it talksabout
is something solid, concrete and
lasting.
Many floods cannot drown
love' says the author of the Songs
of Solomon. He's right. In its
highest form, love is the
strongest, most cementing force
in the world.
It's real.It's terrific.It's power-
ful and it's a pity more people
don't try it.
Paul laid down some pretty
good ideas about love in
Corinthians when he said
something like this:
Though I- go out and sway
audiences with my rhetoric or
thrill vast numbers of people
with my singing or my ability to
play an instrument, and then go
home and stomp all over my
family, I'm just a great big noisy
wind-bag.
If I have read the Bible 70 times
and have great and deep un-
derstanding of its mystery, and if
I can even remove mountains
with my faith, but cannot under-
stand the frustrations of' those
around me, then I'm nothing but
a zero.
I may be a generous giver to
my church and make a great
show of putting a handful of
change in the Salvation Army
bucket; I may consume all my
strength or work myself to death
serving on church committees,
but if I cannot spare a few
minutes of my time to listen to a
neighbor's trouble or heartache
I'm a fraud and a loser.
Love is never in a hurry. It
lasts and lasts and keeps on glow-
ing even when nobody bothers to
stoke the furnace.
Love never begrudges the good
fortune of others, does not turn
green over someone else's pop-
ularity, does not become over-
awed by its own success, and
does not consider itself above the
hoi polloi.
Love does not go around remin-
ding everyone of who is boss
here, and that no other ideas or
suggestions are needed, thank
you.
It is not rude; puts other
people's feelings first, and
doesn't blow its stack every time
it doesn't. get its own way.
Love is not touchy or believe
that everybody is plotting against
it. It forgets any little wrong it
might have received,
It does not smack its lips over
scandal. It stands up under any
load without roaring its head off
for everyone to hear; Love is
ready to believe the best about
everyone,
It endures everything, but not
with a grim, stiff upper lip at-
titude that casts a vale of gloom,
but with calm and cheerful
strength that makes onlookers
take courage.
Love never fails or becomes
old fashioned.
It never vanishes.
And you can bet your bottom
dollar this is the kind of love
that's here to stay.
—Honestly. I)ich you've got to get over this obsession of yours about the media
being out to get you."
importance to the proper functioning of
municipal government here and
everywhere.
GRA can provide a valuable service to
Goderich's taxpayer only if its members
approach this vigil at town council with an
eye to becoming better educated in the
municipal system; to handing out plaudits
where they are deserved; to putting forth
constructive criticism where necessary;
and to offering solid alternatives where
there is disagreement.
In that role, GRA can become a
meaningful and purposeful watchdog in the
community, a voice for the people and a
real strength to those elected officials who
number only nine in a population of close to
7,000,
There is a sincere hope that GRA will
not permit bitterness or pettiness to in-
filtrate where goodwill and good sense
must prevail.
—Goderich Signal-Star
Solution to raking leaves
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