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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-08-15, Page 4Partially correct WANT TO MAKE A BIG HIT ?... DONT FASTEN Y01/19 SEAT BELT 'TREVORWe OPP -TPA FFIC BUG WC. Ifite trarefeRime.sattuocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., 0.W.NA., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Phone 235.1331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, March 31, 1972, 5,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $9.00 Pet Year; USA $11,00 IfaMeaNwma,..,,,.AZEMI&SaitfaeflEMMANAZA:Ragi,.:. NA .M.M.111 ri • • © King Feature! SrAfeatei Inc., 1965. Tvect "It's Joseph N. Vanblotz who has the money. People ate always getting us mixed up." Join the dance The suggest* that "little kids" are the community's most serious litter bugs may have some validity, but it's also a way to bypass a problem that adults can't solve. Sure, kids toss litter on the sidewalks and streets. After all, the experts will quickly tell you that most kids are trained "by example" and therefore it comes rather naturally for them . 'Adults are just as bad, unless more kids than usual are smoking and carelessly • tossing away cigarette butts and packages. jf.3,011 take a close look at some of the oth'er' litter on streets, there's ample evidenCe.•.:that not only little kids are responsible. ' • Unfortunately, we're not as certain about the solution—for either kids or adults—but it's a subject that shouldn't be dismissed quite as readily as Exeter's police committee are apparently prepared to do. In addition, it continues to remain a mystery why Reeve Derry Boyle has been unable to convince local merchants that they are partly responsible through their practice of sweeping debris from the sidewalk back into the gutter. Certainly, they haven't dumped the debris there in the first place and it does take a little extra effort to sweep it up and dump it elsewhere, but that's what the whole problem is about. . People not putting out that tiny bit of extra effort and, concern required to keep our community looking clean and tidy. / On right track It's taken a great deal of per- suasion—plus some heated words—but Grand Bend councillor Tom Webster has most of his cohorts prepared to gather further information regarding a sewer system for. the resort. While there may be obvious reasons for the lack of support from some Grand Bend councillors, it is interesting to note that a petition urging speedier action on sewers is gaining considerable support from the - ratepayers. The need for sewers in some portions of the resort has been evident for some time now, and as all communities learn, those problems don't diminish with time, but rather are augmented by other problem areas. A community that derives a con- siderable amount of revenue from the tourist industry can obviously not dismiss sanitary problems lightly. Permanent residents of any community are often forc- ed to suffer such problems, but tourists have too many other locations readily their sins and been forgiven, but they are not dancing. Like Lazarus who came forth from the tomb filled with life but bound by grave clothes, they are unable to leap or sing or enjoy the' exhilaration and freedom that David expresses. Bruce Larson in his book 'Ask Me to Dance' says, ". . . chur- ches have been filled with solid, faithful, gray people who never do anything very wrong but who have never experienced the hope in Jesus Christ that enables them to dance in and through life," He states further that they are intrigued by an authentic person like David, who is released to live life to the full and with joy and abandon in spite of making many mistakes. They make up the vast bulk who sit in the pews, staff committees and pay the costs . . . and they are saying 'Ask me to dance'. But the trouble is that those of us who are supposed tobe leaders in the church haven't learned how to dance ourselves. So how can we ask anyone to dance with us? Like, Michal, we get so hung up on doing everything 'properly' or the same as it was done a hundred years ago that we're too embarrassed to. express any joy or enthusiasm for our faith and for the leader Jesus Christ. But it is only as we dare to let down our hair, as David did, that we catch the tempo and the beat. And it is only as we do this that we can invite others to dance to it. The Bible is chucked full of stories about parties. It seems any event was taken as a cue to celebrate and make merry: At the moment, I'm reading the book of Job which starts out by telling of the birthday parties he gave for his children which could go on for several days and on which he always went through the ceremony of sanctifying his children to God. These biblical parties often speak of a gaiety and merriment that make our get-to-gethers appear like rather lack-lustre affairs. Another celebration that in- terests me is the one that took place when David brought the ark of the Lord to the City of David, So happy was he that he danced with joyful abandon in front of the procession going to the temple. His wife, Michal, a royal princess, seems to have taken a somewhat typical wifely ap- proach as she hovers in the background distressed that the 'king 'is making a fool of himself in front of his people.' David sets her straight by telling her he is dancing before the Lord who chose him king of Israel and that he is more than willing to look like a fool in order to show his joy and thanksgiving to God. The people standing on the streets watching the parade seem unable to join David in his dance, By human standards they are less sinful than their king. They have trusted God; confessed available and don't have to put up with nuisances. It may well be that the resort can not consider sewers at the present time, but there's obviously no harm in getting plans and information compiled so they can move quickly if a serious need does arise. The experience in Exeter has been that even when the plans are ready, it still takes an unbelievably long time to get a project underway and there are obvious advan- tages in being ready to act quickly when the need becomes paramount. There's ample provision under existing Ontario laws to ensure that a minority can- not push through such a project without the consent of the majority and with this safeguard Grand Bend councillors should have no qualms about getting involved in something the ratepayers don't want. But information is required to make those decisions wisely and it is difficult to understand why some would wish not to have that information made available. "Dad — what's 'air'?" Information is important other community activities in full swing, area residents continue to have a varied agenda for their summer leisure. However, too often we fail to stop and think about the handful of people who undertake the majority of work associated with these activities. In many cases, the numbers really involved are quite small in comparison to the work load and the number of people entertained. Some of these people get ample recognition at the public portions of the program, but un- Cornpassion By ELMORE BOOMER Counsellor for Information South Huron For appointment phone: 235-2715 or 235-2474 fortunately there are many others who work behind the scenes and their efforts can not be as easily applauded by those who are being entertained. As a prime example, we dropped into the garden of Mrs. Cliff Salmon in Dashwood last weekend after being told that was where the sauerkraut was being readied. We were surprised to find Mrs. Salmon working alone, draining cabbage and loading it into the huge kettle over the open fire in her backyard. Similar to many others at Freidsburg Days, we had ex- pected that the chore would have required the assistance of a number of cooks. Wife called me 'dear' today • Tiler IS TN( AratrY To LET Tme OmER rk-LLow V01.09 weiSe. There are many other exam- ples of people who work , strenuously to make things happen at such events, and to those people go most of the credit. We know they share in the successes and their work is ap- preciated, but next time you attend an event, take time to marvel at the fact that most of the work has been accomplished by very few hands, particularly in smaller communities where the number of hands (especially willing ones) are not all that easy to recruit. As an added note, if you want to • see a massive and colorful display of glads, walk along the north side of the Dashwood ball diamond and have a look at Mrs. Salmon's garden, It's tally something to behold! • Summer reflections: some gdod, some bad. First we'll give the good news, then the bad, as the current crud goes. If you don't know what crud means, ask your family doctor. Or somebody else's family doctor, if you don't trust your own. A family doctor is someone in the family. That means you try to get everything for free. So if he tells you that you have a little headache once in a while, take an aspirin, relax, you know you have a monumental brain tumour. On the other hand, if you take somebody else's family doctor, beware. He'll probably tell you that you have a possible brain tumour, that you should relax, and take plenty of aspirin. Well, I hope that takes care of that. I didn't really mean to get onto doctors. Grand chaps, ac- tually. But I have a lingering resent- ment against a R.A.F. doctor who insisted on giving me my annual anti-tetanus shot (a dirty great injection . in your shoulder) the . night: Of our passing-out party, from a training course on Spit- fires. 1 told him I had a bad back, a wrenched knee, a toothache, phlebitis, and pneumonia. He said, "Jolly good," and sank an elephant needle into my shoulder. . I had the satisfaction of seeing him. stunned by a . coffee cup hurled from behind •the .piano. It was thrown by our C.Q.; who, despite the fact that he'd had his pants pulled off and beer poured liberally over his lower torso, was still. Very much alive. , And a moment later, I had- the satisfaction of seeing the C.O. caught 'right between the eyes by a dinner-plate flung by a New Zealander who said, "Whizzo" when he saw the Commanding officer fall to his knees, trouserless. This was in the good old days, when it was more or less ex- pected that you'd smash up the mess before you graduated. It wasn't vandalism, in the modern sense. You had to pay for everything you broke, and you took full responsibility for what you'd done. It was a wild, free, careening sense of destruction, perhaps based on the sense that you were destructible and were going to be !!! iiiiiii 111, ............ I iiiiii 1111 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 11.11111111111111110111111111•911 llllllllllllllll tl lllllllllllllllllll 111111111W lose their objectivity and be of no use to you. At least that's the way they tell it. • Which brings us to charity supposedly ,'a really ' chilly, sub-, ject.. Newer :translation's of the Bible have ,thrown out charity, and now Paul's beautiful letter to the Corinthians, speaks simply of love. . . • • Arid' f you loVe sorneone,.surely you suffer with them, surely. you show conipassion. . Do' th.e . American people ' love' Richard' • Nixon?. • . But*.I kept wondering,, why is CompasSien almoSt wholy word. to me? Then I ferheinbered.... It, was, a".Senday afternoon 'in, the month. of May in •Vantouver. We 'had been' invited to the bir- thday of Buddha at the downtown Buddhist temple. People showered us with paper almond blossoms as we entered. Inside , the air was scented, and the sun shone through the plain glass windows making the sanctuary, which housed Buddha's statue gleam and glisten. We were six Occidentals in the temple-full of Japanese and the service was in Japanese. We grew bored, And then the priest switched to English. He was addressing the children in the gathering, about fifty of them. While they each walked up to the sanctuary alone to place a fresh daffodil 'at the feet of the golden statue, the priest talked to the children about "The Com- passion of Buddha". Then followed the familiar story of the young prince who gave up wealth, beauty, family and power to understand, to suffer with mankind. As to Buddha's discoveries, my friends, they will have to wait until another column. By MRS. KIT CONSTABARIS, M.S.W. Social Worker Goderich Psychiatric Hospital We've been hearing a lot in .the last week about compassion and how it should be applied to Richard Nixon. Compassion has always struck me almost as a holy word. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as a kind of pity inclining one to spare or help. Certainly Mr, Nixon's plight cries out for his country to spare him or pity him or both: Then' we read on in the dictionary .. that compassion is derived from Latin words meaning' approximately "to suffer with". That suits' me better. There are so many feeling type words in use today, but none says it quite like "to suffer with". Let's look at a few:— There is sympathy. Now that can be a loving word. As when people mourn with you, when someone dies whom you love. Such a feeling is precious and prized by those who receive it at the appropriate time. But sympathy can also drag you down when what you need is a boost, and sympathy sometimes can be so abused it may sound like a sneer. Pity is something else I believe most people can do without, for it, like sympathy, can be a form of condescension. Then we have this great mental health word, empathy. From what we can gather this word is a kind of cop-out for those involved in psychiatric work. With em- pathy they can understand your problem or grief, but not become involved. Because if these very clever people get involved with either you as a person or the thing that's troubling you, they might Four children who were presented with Bibles for out- standing assistance at the vacation school at Exeter Pen- tecostal Church are Lorraine Bradley, john Richards, Larry Stire and David Parker. Charlie Wong who has been at the Exeter Grill for the past five years, left Tuesday to become a partner with his brother in the operation of the Aero Grill, Kingston. It is expected that close to 500 children will be participating in the Lake Huron Zone Recreation Council's first annual Play day that will take place in the Exeter Park, Wednesday, August 26, 50 Years Ago Fire, caused by a spark from the threshing engine igniting some loose straw at the side of the barn, from there spreading up to the straw stack, totally destroyed the fine bank barn of Milne Rader; north of Dashwood. Wm. McDougall Jr., residing a couple ,of miles southwest of Hensall, caught a bald-headed engle making off with one of his chickens. The bird measured six feet, six inches from tip to tip of the wings. Mabel and Viola Austin were both married on the same af- ternoon, one in Cavell church, the other in Thames Road church to Charles Little and Mansfield Cooper. Did you ever stop to think that the Exeter firemen don't know where your house is? Well, one member of Exeter council, Ted Wright, who also happens to be a member of the local brigade, did some thinking on that subject recently and noted therewasa serious problem. Ted broached council last week about the problem and suggested the solution was comparatively simple, although many people in the community (especially • in new subdivisions) may not realize the danger that exists in this matter. He suggested council sponsor an advertisement in this newspaper to make residents aware of the problem so they could take the easy steps to en- sure that the local firemen would be able to speedily and ac- curately answer fire calls. Council members disagreed. At least they disagreed about the need for informing the public, although strangely enough they agreed with Ted that a problem could arise. In fact, one member of council indicated that he was among those in the community with the problem. It 'would be. easy .to detail the problern and encourage residents to overcome it through a simple message in. this newspaper, • but ;coUncil Mei-fibers .didn't 'think . that 'advisable. • . Well, the .editor thinks people should .be••aware . 4' the .problem `too and vie • suggest residents contact a member of council RIGHT NOW to have them' ex- plain the problem and detail the solution. Believe it or not, your property • • or even your life . . . could depend upon it. To facilitate our readers in garnering this important piece of information, we list the phone numbers of the council members who are aware of the situation and will be able to assist you. Call any one of these men right now: Derry Boyle, 235-1234; Ben Hoogenboom,, 235-0111; Tom MacMillan, 235-2973; Harold Patterson, 235-1326; Bob Simp- s2o0n8,. 235-0636; Bruce Shaw; 235- 0 Don't bother Mayor Delbridge, because he couldn't second Ted Wright's motion and Mrs. Jer- myn was absent due to sickness. However, we know the gen- tlemen listed above will be happy to receive your calls. No, we're not fooling . . . we seriously think it's a matter of utmost concern and urge ratepayers to get in touch with them right now. + + + 10 Years Ago "It was eight years ago that we Aren't you ever going destructed. Perhaps that is what makes young people tick today. If they tick. Some of them don't even seem to be wound up; let alone tick. • • , • • • As usual, I've gone far from my theme.. The..gbod news arid then the bad news. It's like a Newlie. or 'Polish. jOke, both of which I despise: . • '• . Good. news'?; Its . not Taiping; the town. engineer' is not 'going to cut down-31 maple trees-until tie tries again . next*. year. • :My grandbaby is a little devil. One of my students wants to come around and talk. My wife called me "Dear" today. My bursitis is not hurting too much. There's a rose bed in the backyard which hasn't produced a rose in three years, but this summer has a fine touch of green (three baby elms). I don't have a heart condition, though I'm not sure about me liver. The electric storm last night didn't hit my oaks, The plumber gave us a big bag of fresh beans out of his garden. Bad news? My grandbaby is a devil. He and his mother are living in a dome (no lights, no water, no electricity, no toilet). I left an $8.95 library book out on one of the lawn chairs yesterday and it rained all night. There's a nest of yellowjackets up in the roof and the roofer will quit, after he's taken half the shingles off. Two stings will do it, The boys who are going to do the painting will all have fallen off a ladder and broken their right areas by the time they're ready to go. My mistress has the mumps. My doctor has a needle, My wife has a tongue. My cat is hetero- sexual. My daughter is cheerful. My son is cheerful. (This is bad news because it means they are both going to make a touch.) All in all, it's a pretty average summer, so far, hub caps stolen! it?" to limes Established 1873 had forget Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Don't look now, but in a little over two weeks, you'll be booting the kids out the door on their way to school for another term. That raises the question of: where has the summer gone? As usual, the two holiday months have slipped past with incredible speed. We often wonder why they couldn't appear to stick around as long as January and February and no doubt we could gain a great deal of support for a petition to have this come about. At any rate, you've only two weeks to accomplish all those things you planned back in June, So get going. Heard about the 94-year-old streaker who dashed through the ladies' annual flower show? He ended up with first place for dried arrangements! + + With centennials, summer fairs, talent shows and a host of Bert Clark, Exeter suffered the loss of one eye and a badly severed nose and other facila lacerations when he fell through the glass in the front door of Huntley's Drug Store. The Dashwood Hotel, used as a grain storage building for some time, will be renovated in the near future following the gran- ting of liquor licences by the Liquor Control Board, Quick action by the Exeter Fire Brigade prevented flames from doing serious damage to an Exeter home owned by Mrs. Ludwig Schultz, Hillsgreen, when fire broke out at. noon, Saturday. A record group of 104 campers attended the 3rd Annual Boom's Kin camp at Goderich Summer School last week. Despite the fact that it rained four days and a "flu hug" had 21 'on the sick list one day the kids apparently enjoyed themselves, Directing the camp was Gravett's final duty as Exeter's Bee Director. 25 Years Ago Approximately $875 was realized• for the Lions Club hospital fund at a concert and draw at Lakeside Casino Sunday night. Eric Mcllroy said it was a record benefit performance. Council voted to build new rest rooms to be housed in a separate cement building behind the town The first band tattoo held around here in some time drew a large crowd of 1,500 people at Kirkton Community Park, Tuesday night, It was sponsored by the Woodham fife and drum band. Dedication of the new Church of God at grand Bend will take place this Sunday. 15 Years Ago Mrs. John Pletcher, Albert St., who will be 94 years of age on Friday has begun to celebrate early, On. Sunday she visited her brother Ed Francis in Croswell, Michigan. ti L._