The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-12-31, Page 4This crazy world
"No wonder the economy's in such a state — imagine, not buying something just because
you can't afford it!"
Developers show interest in Exeter
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Our response to now
By ELMORE BOOMER
Counsellor for
Information South Huron
For appointment
'phone: 235-0560
New Christmas custom
The recent cutback in Ontario's
hoApital facilities will concern thousands of
people across the province,
• Although the Exeter hospital came
through the budget slashes without too
much damage, it would be wise to remind
those in 'power that many people in this
area depend on the hospital here for a wide
variety of medical services.
If this message is not impressed im-
mediately in the minds of those in control
of cutting back essential hospital care
The organizers of the sixth annual
Novice Hockey Tournament are to be con-
gratulated for their efforts in making this
year's event another success.
Too often little or no credit is given to
these few individuals who do so much work
'and donate so many hours of their time to
teach sportsmanship and the values of
teamwork to our children.
The fact that this year's tournament
was a day longer than the one last year and
more teams came to town to take part in
the events made the task even more dif-
ficult.
Only real "hockey parents" know the
Hospital is "Necessity"
Tournament successful
across the province, the next time there
are additional cutbacks, Exeter may be
among the list of unfortunate communities.
We have all grown to rely on the
hospital here to handle most medical
problems or injuries that arise throughout
the year. The possibility that -many lives
have been saved by getting quick aid in the
local hospital rather than rushing to the
hospital in London could not be disputed.
We all look on the hospital in town as a
necessary service for Exeter and the sur-
rounding area . . and it is.
amount of effort it takes to get their
youngsters to the games. When you add up
all the many long hours of practise and the
hundreds of miles of driving to get the
teams from one game to the next you'll
know why it takes special people who really
love children to get the job done.
Even though hockey is Canada's most
popular sport there still never seems to be
enough people who show an interest in
teaching the game to our youngsters. We're
fortunate to have a few of these people in
Exeter although we could undoubtedly do
with more.
Faith for perplexing days
It's a pretty cock-eyed world
we live in these days, Everything
my generation was brought up to
respect and admire has become a
subject of derision. Everything
we were taught to despise has
become an object of veneration.
Or so it seems to these rather
glassy eyes.
There's no denying it's an in-
teresting time to be an inhabitant
of the world. Just as it must have
been an interesting time in about
'600 A.D. to be a Roman citizen.
Raging inflation, sandals at the
gates, but free bread and a new
smash hit at the Colosseum, bill
changed every Thursday.
Perhaps the only thing for the
sage or the cynic to do, in order to
retain his sanity, is to stand on
the 'sidelines and chuckle. The
alternative is to stand on the
sidelines and sob.
I prefer chuckle, with only the
occasional, quickly choked sob.
I'm chuckling with about the
same amount of hilarity as
Cassandra, the Trojan princess.
She was given by the gods the gift
of prophecy, with the proviso (the
gods always had a catch in it)
that nobody would ever believe
her glimpses into the future.
Right now, I'm chuckling
merrily about the Olympics.
About two years ago, and again
last year, I spelled it out, loud and
clear, right in this very space. We
were going to be tooken as we
have never been tooken before.
Just recently, we entered
Phase 2 of my predictions. That
outstanding Canadian, that huge
frog in the big puddle, Mayor
Dropout of Montreal, was right
on schedule.
He dropped out, and turned
over a debt of about half a billion
(not million, billion) dollars to an
even bigger frog in an even
bigger puddle, M. Bareassa. The
name itself is prophetic; that's
the way we're all going to wind
up.
Phase 3 consists of M.
Bareassa handing over the
:muddle to Pierre Fuddle-Duddle,
,the biggest frog in the biggest
puddle of all,
And f don't think I have to tell
you what Phase 4 consists of. If
you can't see the handwriting on
the wall, either you have a
reading disability or you are not a
taxpayer.
Let me assure my readers, my
assistant department head, Miss
Sauve, and my shuffleboard
leaget0
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partner, Mr. Chenier, that the
foregoing remarks are not racist.
I am not even a Zionist.
I don't care whether I'm
conned by a Jew or an Arab, a
Chinaman or a Texan, a
Presbyterian, Ukrainian or a
black Catholic. All I care about is
the fact that I'm being conned.
In fact, my liberal and tin-
prejudiced views are•known far
and wide, with the exception of
one Walter Somebody, a Jap in
Alberta, One of my best friends in
the air force was an American.
One of my favorite students is an
Australian. I mean, how broad-
minded can you get!
Well, that dispensed with, let's
turn to other examples of our
crazy, mixed-up world.
Everything is either backwards,
or upside down.
A friend told me this. She is a
highly qualified teacher, who quit
to have some babies. Recently,
she was offered a part-time job,
teaching, and was interested, as
her babies are past the stage
where they require 28 hours of
care a day.
Her potential employer told
her: "We are told you are an
excellent teacher. But there is
one serious criticism of you, They
say you are a disciplinarian."
Ten or 15 years ago, a principal
who managed to bag a good
teacher and a disciplinarian*
would have been shouting from
the rooftops: "Hey, I got me a
good disciplinarian." This is how
principals talk. It would be the
equivalent of a coach announcing
he had just signed Johnny
Rodgers or Bobby Orr.
Today it's a flaw, She didn't
take the job, and the world is that
much shabbier.
Still on education. It used to be
something you took for one of two
reasons. If you were rich, you
went to college to become well
rounded. If you were poor, you
went to college so that you would
someday be rich and able to send
your kids to school to become
well-rounded,
Not so today. Going to college
has become a career. My son-in-
law, after 20 years of
education, is just starting a five-
year course. He'll be a grand-
father if and when he graduates,
Even closer to home, it's a
crazy world. For the first time in
her life, my wife has a weight
problem. She's gaining, instead
of losing. At the same time, she
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has acquired a long-slumbering
passion for gourmet cooking.
With typical courage, she has
tackled both problems
simultaneously.
She sits serenely, reading her
books on exercise and dieting.
Then she tosses them aside and
picks up one of her four new cook-
books.
She gets all her exercise
hustling around the stove, con-
cocting something that would
turn an eel into a pbrpoise.
Dear Editor
I was appalled reading the
local Exeter papers of December
17 and 18 of this year by the
comments that were made by
some members of our present
Exeter council. Now it seems to
me that we have members on
both bodies, our Exeter
Industrial Committee and Town
Council with a sheer conflict of
interest if this major super-
market wanted to locate in the
town of Exeter.
Now I would like to make one
thing perfectly clear, that I would
not be in favor of having to rezone
said area of any location in our
new proposed official plan, but I
would like to remind our present
members of council (and they
can correct me if I am wrong and
not doubt they will) that it is not
within their jurisdiction to oppose
anyone from locating in our fine
town.
Two years ago while being a
member of council I did not recall
anyone making such biased
remarks when it became known
that we would be blessed with
having a third florist come to
town and I certainly would not
have expected them to, because I
do believe that this is why
Canada is the greatest country in
the world where free enterprise,
,is a way of life.
Not so very long ago a survey
was done in this area with many
of them indicating of their weekly
and monthly trips to the city for
groceries.
Perhaps a supermarket in
Exeter is not such a bad idea at
all, I am inviting your comments.
Yours truly
Ben J.L. Hoogenboom
235-0111
ganged
Amalgamated '1924
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1974
If the interest shown in Exeter
by Landawn Shopping Centres is
any indication, this community
could have a major retail
business locate here in 1976.
It is understandable to see that
several retailers in the com-
munity are concerned over what
will happen in this area if a large
shopping complex develops in or
near town
After all, there are only so
many dollars in the retail pie, and
it could be sliced a little thinner if
there are more places in town for
consumers to spend their money.
At the last council meeting
mayor Shaw reported there were
two sides to the question in terms
of what was said at a meeting
with Landawn representatives.
The two points made were:
existing businesses could suffer
and that shoppers could benefit
from the competition.
The possibility established
businesses in the town would
suffer is of course concerning to
store owners and in some extent
to the town's elected officials.
This latter group may feel it is
their duty to offer some measure
of protection to the places who
have been sharing the tax load in
this community for many years,
It would be difficult for anyone
to accurately estimate what
effect a 'major retailidevelopment
would have on this town until we
know what type of businesses are
involved and the quality of
merchandise and services they
will be offering.
It's also hard for any merchant
in town to express his true
feelings on this possible
development.without appearing
selfish and afraid of competition.
This is not true because if you
look at the shops in this town you
will find a history of retail suc-
cess stories. Many of these stores
have been able to do a successful
job of convincing thousands of
area shoppers that Exeter is the
place they can buy with con-
fidence.
It is thy opinion that our local
merchants have lived with stiff
competition for years and have
still managed to do extremely
well. When you consider we are
just a short driving distance from
hundreds of chain and discount
stores in London you'll know why
our own cetailers must constantly
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strive to deal fairly with local
shoppers,
However, you don't have to be a
mathematical expert to realize
that if more stores open their
doors in town and are offering the
same or similar goods at the
same prices it could quite
possibly result in a loss of sales
for present businesses.
On the other hand the
developers will be quick to point
out that increased shopping
facilities will attract more
shoppers to the area and
therefore multiply the number of
dollars floating around for retail
purchases.
Because this country is a,
democracy and the free en-
terprise system is one that
prevails, we must expect new
businesses to want to locate in
our town, Our members of
council though must face the
problem of whether rapid
commercial growth in an area
where there hasn't been a
marked increase in the
population over the past several
years is a good thing for the town.
Depending on who you talk to
you will hear a variety of opinions
as to whether or not Exeter will
benefit or suffer if there is a
sudden increase in the number of
retail outlets,
The developers could be right
in their belief they 'will attract
more people to the community.
Established businesses may be
right in worrying about increased
competition in an area where
there are a limited amount of
dollars available to spend in the
stores.
It is interesting to note that
development companies are
beginning to take a hard look at
locating here and we can take
this as an indication that Exeter
is in a prosperous area and it has
a good potential for future
growth.
If Landawn is unable to find a
50 Years Ago
Dr. Rollins, who for the past ten
and a half years has been a
successful prohibition officer in
this district has resigned his
position as County Constable.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Whiting and
little son, Donald, of Parkhill
came over to spend Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. J. Kestle.
Mr, John W. Vanatter, well-
known newspaper man of
Goderich died Saturday morning.
He was associated with the
Goderich Star.
A serious accident occurred at
ho.--te near Kippen when a child
was badly hurt when a horse
kicked him in the stomach. Dr,
Dougall of Hensall was called and
found the lad in critical condition.
He is now doing nicely.
25 Yea rs Ago
Members of Exeter council
tossed their hats into the, ring,
saying that they would stand for
nomination as councilors to serve
on the first administration of
Exeter as an incorporated town,
Nominations were to be held on
Friday at noon for the nine
positions as councilor. Reeve AA
Sweitzer announced that he
would be a candidate for mayor.
Periodic snowfalls during the
week have enhanced the
probability of a white Christmas
for Exeter,
Usborne Township council
found itself in the pleasant
position of having a budget
suitable location it will not sur-
prise me to find some other
company begin a similar project.
Good Business
The following poem was used by
businesses several years ago to
express their philosophy of
attracting and maintaining
customers.
Times may have changed since
this was written but the message
is as true for any company today
as it was then,
By EDGAR A. GUEST
If I possessed a shop or store,
I'd drive the grouches off my
floor!
I'd never let some gloomy guy
Offend the folks who come to
buy;
I'd never keep a boy or clerk_
With mental toothache at his
work,
Nor let a man who draws his pay
Drive customers of mine away.
I'd treat the man who takes my
time...
And spends a nickel or a dime
With courtesy and make him
feel,..
That I was pleased to close the
deal,
Because tomorrow who can tell?
He may want stuff I have to
sell,
Then in that case, then glad he'll
be...
To spend his dollars all with
me.
The reason people pass one door
. . .
To patronize another store,
Is not because the busier place...
Has better silks, or gloves, or
lace
Or cheaper prices, but it lies,..
In pleasant words and smiling
eyes;
The only difference, I believe
Is in the treatment folks
receive!
surplus at the end of the year of
some $11,000.
20 Years Ago
Fifty new Canadian families
proudly opened their first church
in their adopted land at a special
service Friday night. The
congregation of the Christian
Reformed Church turned out in
full force to mark the completion
of their house of worship,
Ten Years Ago
Canadian Armed Forces
Headquarters announced the
promotion of two officers located
at the Centralia base to the rank
of squadron leader, The two
officers involved are S pL. Price
and S.L, Val Pattee.
There were many accidents
reported this month, 9 in all, The
Ontario Provincial Police have
attributed the extraordinary
number of occurrences to the
severe winter weather conditions
of December and to drivers Who
have not adjusted to winter
driving.
Kivu Years Ago
Members Of the Huron County
Board of Education voted 9 to 4 to
oppose Supporting a resolution
from the Larribton County Board
of Education to register an ob-
jection with the Ontario govern-
ment concerning unequal
methods 'of tax relief,
The Motion was prepared to
support, urban ratepayer's who
complained that Only the farmers
Jean Lenoir, a humble cobbler
living in Paris, France in the lath
century, made an entry in his
diary on July 14, 1789: "Nothing
of importance happened today."
But we, looking back, see that as
an event of world shaking im-
portance taking place in the very
City in which he lived, For that
was the day the mob stormed the
Bastille and the French
Revolution was begun. But how
cold that poor cobbler know the
vast significance of the event?
This is the great truth of life
that Paul points out in his famous
chapter on love. "Now we see
through a glass, darkly," he says,
"Now, I see only in part."
How often it is that way with us.
Especially during perplexing
days. We judge circumstances in
the light of the immediate
present and some experiences of
today seem like the end of
everything, But so often time
reveals it was only the beginning.
In the present we see only in part.
Experiences that seem hard
now may, later on, be seen to
have been good. We remember
the young man Joseph sold as a
slave into Egypt by his own
brothers, Surely that was a dark,
bleak day for Joseph. He must
have thought it the end of
everything for him. But it was not
so in God's plan. Later, Joseph
could look back on the puzzling
experience of being a slave and
see God working out a won-
derfully, good plan.
Think of Paul himself, shut up
in prison when his great soul
yearned to be free out in the busy
market places of men preaching
the Gospel of Christ. But if Paul
had not been confined to prison
we would not likely have had his
•letters, written under God in a
Whole streets of them!
Shadowy, flockering lights
fringing 'the lawns!
"It's spreading all over the
village. It started on that street
over there. Now many people are
doing it."
Just brown paper bags,
weighted with sand, with a candle
stuck inside. The top of the bag is
rolled down a turn or two for
rigidity.
They call it 'luminaria'. It is a
Christmas Eve practice that is
fast becoming a custom.
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We're in the Chicago area for
Christmas with our family. The
excitement of gifts well chosen,
delightfully wrapped, and
joyfully received is with us.
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The Magnifcat arranged for
soprano voice by the choir
director comes to our ears. "My
soul doth magnify the Lord, My
spirit bath rejoiced in God my
Saviour, Alleluia. He hath
regarded my low 'estate, From
henceforth shall all men call
blessed, Alleluia. He that is
mighty bath done great things
And Holy is His name. Allelui,
Alleluia."
This is part of the Christmas
Eve church service.
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The Chicago Daily News
featured a report from
Bethlehem, Faith is celebrated.
And fear is documented.
The nuns kneel in the grotto of
the Church of the Nativity
reaffirming personal confidence
in Jesus the Christ reputed to
have been born on that very spbt.
Above on the streets, check
points spaced sometimes only
half a mile apart allow only
accredited tourist buses and
taxis. No one comes to the
Manger Square without a frisking
by military police protected by
heavily armed infantry,
Nevertheless the people con-
tinue to come. Here is a tribute to
the resonance of faith in a dulled
World,
Christian Arabs, the merchants
Of Bethlehem, are not only
making an honest Christmas
dollar this year but are also more
strident in their faith,. The
IVIoslein pressure is very real
with the fighting in Lebanon
adding gruesome overtones.
The high percentage of
received a recent tax deduction
with respect to educational tax,
Ilandel's Messiah, performed
at Exeter United Church by the
Buronia Singers drew plaudits
from the large crowds who at-
tended the program Monday and
Tuesday nights,
Roman cell, that would one day
comprise a good part of the New
Testament. Paul saw only in
part, but the full picture viewed
by God was different.
Or take Josephine Buller; a
yopng woman, gay, full of life,
loving beautiful clothes and a life
of dancing and partying. Happily
Married, a lovely little daughter,
all of life was full and beautiful,
But on coming home one day her
little girl, rushing to meet her,
fell over the bannister to the floor
below and was killed. What a
terrible piece to try to fit into the
jigsaw puzzle of Mrs. Butler's
life,
Yet, out of that experience
came a deep sympathy for all
sorrowing women of the world,
.No longer could she live her self
centred life, It sent her into the
terrible prisons of that day where
she sat among the women there
comforting them, reading to
them from the Bible. I do not
think God sent this tragedy into
Josephine Butler's life, but when
she worked with Him, even this
sad experience was turned into
Something everlastingly wor-
thwhile.
All of us "see through a glass
darkly ... now we know in part".
We each have some bizarre
pieces to be fitted into the puzzles
of our lives,
But with God's grace, let us
learn to fit them in! For when the
picture of life is completed, and
we see the whole, if,. we have
trusted Him, and sought to work
with Him, we will find there was
a purpose for each experience
and it was good. •
The Christian message is one
that steadies and strengthens life
in darkand perplexing hours.
seemingly impious youth is
startling according to our
reporter. While some look
askance at informal attire and
back-packs yet these people add
their air of joy and camaraderie.
They, afterall, are part of the
procession. They have made a
place for themselves in the
Christmas worship.
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The weekly village paper of
Downers Grove, The Reporter,
editorializes happily that a rise in
the first class postage from 10
cents to 13 cents has been delayed'
for three months at least.
Thoughts of a mooted rise in
Canadian postage rates do not
seem so difficult to accept now.
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'there's 'restraint' in the air"
here also. One short wisdom big-
lettered itself into our eye space,
The Only Money The Govern-
ment Has Comes From You!
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Newsweek features "Big
Government" in its latest issue.
A two-page essay centres out
Governor Edmund G. (Jerry)
Brown Jr. of California.
Liberal Democrat Brown has
topped Republican Reagan's last
surplus in California. Growth in
spending' by the State was held
to 7.5 percent begetting a $963
million surplus in the last year.
Ontario's projected in percent
does not seem so radical in view
of this.
While big government remains
a present reality, yet Brown
verbalizes, "A lot of the in-
tractable problems are being
seen as just that — intractable".
Brown argues, "The idea that
you can buy out of unem-
ployment, pollution, and world
responsibility on the cheap just
isn't so".
Here is "a revolution of falling
expectations." Yet Governor
Brown's prospects are only
rising. He now leads various polls
in overwhelming fashion.
Mr. Brown has caught a strand
of the present popular concern.
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Christmas brunch was
'restrained' in the tuanitity of
food consumed and rich in love
and worship.
The young people pieced the
Christmas story — written on
various scraps of paper —
together and read it,
Grandma told of a Christmas
feast for beggars from
missionary days in China,
Another spoke of the waiting
entailed in 'Christmas — the
Christmas vigil.
friends.
Grandpa prayed for family an
A beautiful Christfnas Was
ours?
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