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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-08-05, Page 4The games of the 21st Olympiad are now history! The mixed reactions Of Canadians, however, will continue and cer- tainly the experiences here will cause much conjecture on whether the Olympics can in fact continue under their present setup. Initially, people were joyed at the prospect of this nation playing host to the best athletes in the world. However, this quickly turned to frustration—and even anger—as the costs continued to spiral and the labor and international problems associated with the building of the facilities mounted. While this attitude appeared to be heading into the background as the games did become a reality, the squabble over Taiwan and the withdrawal of several African countries brought credence to those who had argued that the event was nothing more than a political arena for the nations of the world. Unfortunately, as the host for the Olympics, Canada ended up with a black eye in the minds of most people. There were continual. complaints about the tight security, yet the memories of the tragedy at Munich made that security an absolute must. Given the present state of world con- ditions and human foibles, the Olympics are a virtual impossibility to stage without the many problems encountered, but similar to organizations such as the United Nations, they carry a hope that some day they may live up to their codes and promises. To terminate them would be to give up entirely on that hope and the ramifications of that may be even more severe than the problems they create. Worth considering Experiments in the U.S. are showing that there are ways to get all the electricity --,that modern households need without necessarily building more and bigger power plants. We hope Ontario Hydro is watching. When a New York utility company ask- ed customers if they would change their household routines to take advantage of lower electricity costs, eight out of ten said yes. If night time electricity, (it's not a time of peak use,) was made cheaper, or day time more expensive, the same way that long distance phone calls cost less at off peak times, people said they'd reschedule their washing, baking, ironing and showering to take advantage of the bargain. We're sure. that an Ontario Hydro sur- vey would find the same thing here. If the incentives are there people will change their habits. Right now, with Ontario Hydro still offering lower rates to high volume customers, there's little reason for wasteful consumers to change their ways. And as long as electricity consumption doesn't drop by much Hydro can still claim we need bigger and better, preferably nuclear, power plants. Power demands can be spread out. Wasteful uses of power can be eliminated. Several American communities where utility companies have tried have proved that consumption can be cut. Let's see a provincial policy, passed on to Ontario Hydro, seriously offering incen- tives to make our use of power as efficient as possible now. Then we'll talk about 10 year forecasts and more nuclear plants. Huron Expositor Image is tarnished . It used to be that Canadians who were vacationing overseas would proudly sport maple leaf lapb1 pins to distinguish them from American tourists who, it was believ- ed, were loud, boorish and much less sophisticated than we. It-seems now, however, that the maple leaf pins are quietly disappearing lest serious travellers find themselves iden- tified with camera-laden, talkative, loudly dressed and insensitive visitors from north of the 49th parallel. Travel writers in Canadian newspapers used to praise the average Canadian for good taste, quiet manners and a regard for local customs that Americans seemed to ignore in their rush for the hamburger stands and tourist traps. Sadly we hear reports that Canadians, especially in the Caribbean, are the culprits and that in Spanish areas like Cuba and Puerto Rico, people grit their teeth as the latest Canadian contingent arrives complete with wash and wear, drip-dry manners. Our image abroad is being tarnished as more and more people take advantage of cheap package tours to countries desperately anxious to earn hard currency to boost their sagging economies. Travel is an excellent way to broaden horizons provided one does not expect to live with conditions and people that are different from "back home". Tourism earns Canada some five to six percent of our gross national product Wand employs some 800,000 people with 1975 receipts totalling some $8.5 billion. It would be a shame if the behavior of some travell- ing Canadians were to burden us with a reputation for crass and unpleasant actions and thereby distort our image as kind and friendly hosts. Canadian travellers would be well ad- vised to study the customs and conditions of countries they plan to visit and travel with the idea of learning something, having some fun and relaxation but never at the expense of others or of our own good name among other countries of this planet, What's doing? Everything! WriaMEMMEAW,.„, -AMMAIESSECMZINMIMEM:.:'.3WPArerSMENNU::i.",N Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 tratelerZimes-,ate SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A. CLASS 'A' and ABC Published by J, W, Eedy* Publications Limited LORNE EEDY, PUBLISHER Editor — Bill Batten Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Advertising Manager — Jim Beckett Plant Manager — Jim Scott Composition Manager — Harry DeVries Business Manager — Dick Jongkind Phone 235-1331 IIMMArtrett=MIAVEISWO"'" CCNA Mt RIBBON AWARD 1474 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation September 30, 1975 5,420 Canada $9.00 Per Year; USA $11,00 MEMILIM=.0',74 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN .:4 11111111111111.111 THE TORONTO ,7::;lat\_1 SYNDICATE Andy, soon to be three, is a handsome chtibby boy with blue, eyes, light-brown hair and a lovely smile. Ills shining teeth show,` the benefit of good care — Andy himself loves to brush them. Andy was a disturbed child when he came into Children's Aid Society care, He trusted nobody, he had tantrums and he often tried to harm himself by putting a hand on a hot burner or throwing himself down the stairs. In the serene, affectionate atmosphere of his foster home, Andy has become much more secure. He can trust people now and his self-destructive behaVior has greatly improved. Though he still has a temper, his foster mother says Andy is generally happy, chatty and friendly. He plays unselfishly with other children but is content to play alone. He is devoted to a 15- year-old in his foster home, following the teenager around. Tests suggest Andy is a bit slow in intellectual growth. He needs young, energetic, patient parents who will provide stimulation in a warm, consistent atmosphere and who will understand his great need for security and acceptance. It will be best if he can be the youngest in.a small family. , To inquire about adopting Andy, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. In your letter tell something of your present family and your way of life. For general adoption information, contact your local Children's Aid Society. rowg - r • NEEDS SECURITY AND ACCEPTANCE won . budge? Then get an ad into every home every week. That's the way to move merchandise! That's the fastest way to profits, t4,-Mita +ft Page 4 Times-Advocate, August 5, 1976 "Sorry, sir — we're not allowed to serve customers in tank-tops!" Well, by the time this appears in print, we'll be nearing Fall, and here I am groping, around in my own backyard, not even started on my way to Paraguay. It's not that I haven't had a tremendous response to my appeal to readers to help out with accommodation in such places as Lima and La Paz, and for someone to volunteer to fly me down, An enterprising travel agent in Meaford, Ont. told me his Dad wanted to go to South America too, wished me well, and offered to arrange my trip down. Caroline Ngui of Windsor warned me that I had my coun- tries mixed up and might wind up in the former British Guiana in- stead of the former Dutch Guiana, with no place to stay. Quite right. The former D.G. is Scow Surinam, and that's where I aim to go. Perhaps Ms. Ngui has a sister there, or an ancient aunt, who would put me up for a night or two. But the clincher came when old Don McCuaig, the newspaper baron of Renfrew County, challenged me to put up or shut up. He offered to share expenses, and presumably he has.a plane. I had hoped to be going along with somebody younger and better looking. Another thing. He says he has no ex girl friends south of the border. No problem, old buddy. You can have Maria Rosa Car- valho. She's the homely one. And she's just about your age and speed, She does dance a mean tango, or did, 30 years ago. I can just see you two living it up in the ballroom of one of those gilt- edged hotels off the Copacabana beach in Rio. Never fear. I'd stand behind you. With a couple of wheelchairs. McCuaig goes on: "The way employment is going in the secondary school business, you'd never be missed... We can finance the trip with a travel book, Smiley. In fact I have a title: SA After 50. (Not Sex Appeal, Smiley. South America.) You write, I'll take pictures. It should sell like hotcakes." Yeah, McCuaig. Or cold bread pudding, more like. And more: "One other thing, Bill. Let's wait until November. No Canadian in his right mind would leave this country now that summer is here. November, Smiley, When the leaves are gone, we're gone, right? No backing out now." Well, I have a few holes to pick in that, First of all, what summer? Around here, we had summer back in May. Since then, What's doing in South Huron and North Middlesex these days? Well, just about everything it seems. Entertainment features are being staged in record abundance and the number of such events is becoming so prolific that there is a fear that most of them will suffer from the overlapping. Take a look at the list for the • last couple of weeks in July and the first one in August: Kirkton Garden Party, Exeter sidewalk sale, Zurich fair, Ailsa Craig gala days, Granton fun day, Exeter Agricultural Society tractor and truck pull, Dashwood Friedsburg days. Add to that a number of barbecues and other money- raising events and you can see that it becomes a drain on the budget for most area residents. While many of the events at- tract different types of people, most are of a general nature in which the promoters hope they can provide entertainment for everyone. Unfortunately, all may suffer due to the busy schedule, and that is unfortunate in view df the amount of time and talent, that has to be expended by the people involved in the organization of the various attractions. we've been deluged by rain, bad- ly rattled.by thunder and scared skinny by lightning. When it hasn't stormed, it's been muggy as Mozambique or colder'n a witch's tit. Campers are moving into town from their cottages. Tourists are bundled like Laplanders. I haven't had a single swim yet, to the disgust of the bikini brigade, whose most hilarious moment of the summer is watching yours truly, white as a slug, flinch into the water and dog-paddle off for his first swim of the year. The strawberries were rained out just before we got our supply. The raspberries are "doing poorly." But it's a great year for grass. The lad who cuts my lawn has barely finished the front when it's time to start on the back. Except that he can't because it's eight inches high and soaking wet. Pity the man trying to get in all that wild growth of hay. About the only ray of sunshine this summer has been the Queen, that serene and gracious lady in whose presence even President Ford, for once, didn't resemble Boris Karloff playing Frankenstein's creation. Ah, yes, I'm a monarchist, along with, apparently, about 90 per cent of the residents of the U.S., and two or three hundred other Canadians. I'm not saying I'd be starry- eyed over fat, stupid George the Third, or fat, smart Henry the Eighth. I'm just saying that I think it's essential to have a sym- bol that is aboVe and beyond the petty squabbling of politicians, the bullying of big unions, and the arrogance of civil servants. See how you got me side- tracked, McCuaig, with your nonsense about summer in Canada. All right, back to business. You fly; I'll navigate. I'm pretty good at it, Only bad spot might be fly- ing across ,water, jungles and mountains. My navigation gets a bit shaky if I don't have a railway line to follow. By the way, I thought I'd take my two grandsons along to see their Uncle Hugh. So when you're fueling up, lay in a large stock of diapers, preferably dis- posable. We could blaze a new trail right across the Andes. One last thing. I can't wait un- til November. If I wasn't there, calm and collected, the day after Labor Day, the members of my English department, without their leader, would be as bereft and lost as the Children of Israel without Moses. fiesta la vista! Obviously, some of the groups should seriously consider looking at other summer dates in the future. It would probably pay dividends for everyone. + + + Whatever happened to light- ning rods? There was a time when they were an absolute must on every home and barn in the district, but today they don't appear to be in such general use. In the last couple of weeks, lightning has struck several times in this area, being blamed for the destruction of two sum- mer cottages, one barn, a house and the filter on the local swimming pool. We recall quite vividly a demonstration put on one year at an SHDHS open house about lightning rods. Under the guidance of Andy Dixon, the writer and Don Welsh were called on to conduct the demonstration • to show how lightning rods did protect buildings. With the use of a hand-operated • machine that generated some electrical current, we started a fire in a gas-soaked wad of cotton and then demonstrated that the same container would not catch • on fire when protected by lightning rods. Our recollection is good, due mainly to the.fact that every time the demonstration was put on for the visiting parents, Don and yours truly ended up getting a shock from the equipment, much to the delight of the audience (and the teacher). At any rate, experiences of the past couple of weeks would suggest that area residents would be' well advised to consider the items required tq protect their buildings from lightning bolts. + + + The recent good fortune of Audrey Bentley no doubt will stir some extra activity locally in the purchase of Wintario tickets. The success of the lottery has gone beyond the wildest hopes of the Ontario government and plans are now underway to stage a few mammoth draws with one million dollars as the top prize. Local groups are also starting to reap some direct benefits 5 Years Ago Property losses totalled more than $150,000 in fires that struck five district farms. The buildings and livestock were owned by Harry Van Osch, Morley Hodgins, Bev Hill, Ross Forrest and Cornelius Dorssers. More than 200 Grand Bend and area residents turned out Sunday afternoon to see a long time dream come true. The $30,000 Grand Bend Medical Centre was officially oned with the two new Irish doctors in attendance for at least part of the ceremony. The Edinburgh World Atlas has been presented to the Cen- tralia Public Library in memory of the late Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hicks. The donation was made by a niece and nephews, Isobel Wilson, Dudley A.,* Hubert F., and Ray E. Irwin, 15 Years Ago For the second time in two months, Walper's Men's Wear suffered a major theft, with a loss of $3,500 worth of pants and suits over the weekend. Rev. Merrill J. James, 35, has assumed the pastorate at En church, Dashwood. He succeed- ed Rev, J. W. Gillings last month, . Mrs. Valeria Armstrong and Mrs. Alvin McBride, Exeter, Mrs, Hugh MeEwen, Hensall, from the profits of Wintario and last week the Usborne recreation council were given some assistance for softball equip- ment. Organizers of the South Huron, recreation centre cam- paign, of course, are also hopeful of getting some sizeable assistance for the local project. Some controversy has arisen over lotteries and opponents point out that they are in fact a drain on the low income people in our society as these people spend a larger percentage of their dis- posable income on tickets than do the mid and high income seg- ment. On one hand, we have groups actively engaged in attempting to curtail the evils of gambling, smoking and alcohol, while at the same time the government tax coffers fill up with the lucrative returns from these sources. It's not clear profit for the government either. A large share of the monies realized must be paid out to help rehabilitate those who over- indulge and the welfare and medical expenses associated with these three "vices" is enor- mous. Don't look now, but the summer holiday period is half gone. Hopefully, the last half will not disappear as quickly as the first. Judging from reports, area residents have been travelling to many interesting holiday spots this summer, although the two local couples who made it to Hell's Gate must surely have set some unique record in that regard. Travellers are returning home with reports of high gasoline costs in the eastern portion of the land and no doubt this will start to have an adverse affect on travel in the Maritimes. As we said at the outset of this column, those of us who have stayed home have certainly had plenty of pleaiant summer ac- tivities in which to engage and we may have the best of both worlds as we sit around this winter viewing our friends' slides of their journeys elsewhere. ' and Mrs. Owen Norman, Woodstock, returned recently from a six week trip to the British Isles and the Continent. 20 Years Ago Jimmy Hamilton, RR 1 Hen- sall, didn't exactly strike gold when he went digging for worms last week, but he did come up with a rare coin. The lad un- earthed a large one cent piece dated 1857. Flying Officer D. Broadbent, RR 3 Exeter,crashed;a1Harvard training plane in a field of grain near Brucefield, Friday, after its engine quit during a routine in- struction flight. Construction of the Morrison dam in Usborne, held up by red tape and engineering delays, may be started this month and completed by fall. 30 Years Ago OVland Taylor, Grant Cud- more, Edward Hunter-Duvar, Leo Witmer and Charles Parsons are spending 11 days at Camp Hiawatha, near Goderich, Rev. A. H. Daynard was of, ficially inducted as pastor of Staffa and Zion United Churches on Friday evening, coming from Jarvis, Alta. Aboard the Aquitania, which is expected to dock at Halifax this week, are several brides coming to this district. Friends of ours write' that they're moving again, the fifth time in eight years. In our present society many people are transient with little chance, it seems, of putting down roots. Yet, I suppose that all depends on your point of view, I like the story about a little boy whose armed forces father was moved to another station. The family, unable to locate living quarters were making 'do' at a motel when a sympathetic soul said to the young lad, "I'm sorry you're having such a hard time to find a home." The boy quickly replied, "Oh, we have a home, we just can't find a house to put if in!" You see, he knew that as far as he was concerned it didn't matter where the moving van took their chairs, tables and beds, his family's home was a being together no matter what the circumstances. We haven't moved for about 20 years but previous to that I had made seven shifts in 11 years and I know it's a wretched business. It uproots the whole family from their friends, school, church and other activities. Then there's the packing, the inevitable breakages, and after the moving van is packed there's still a heap of nasty little things like stiff brushes, cans half full' of paint, an old coal oil lantern , . things common sense tells you you'll never need but which you simply can't leave behind either! Then, too, there's the new house with its different sized rooms, different length windows so that none of your rugs or Curtains will fit at all. And no matter how carefully you've packed, you go for days looking for something absolutely essential such as a comb, soap or iron. Of course, moving has its compensations; making wider friendships, attaining new ex- periences, and the chance to live in a different part of the country or world, And not the least to be mentioned is the unparalleled chance to pitch out all the trash. That's worth a good deal. Henry Van Dyke once wrote that Moving Day is going on all our lives , . , "from house to house we move", he says, "from youth to age, from opinion to opinion." Be that as it may, we still love to settle down in customary ways; to put our minds to bed and tuck them in. But God's forward moving purposes are forever disturbing us and forcing us to move. Once man settled for a flat, stationary earth with a vault of heaven a few miles above until suddenly the flat earth rounded Out into a sphere and went spinning through space. "And that," says Dr. Harry Fosdick, "was the day God tipped the minds of all the world out of bed and cried, "Move, on!" Perhaps the same thing is happening now as man makes his probe into outer space. Jesus insisted, . . . "It was said unto you of old time, but now I say unto you. . ." Those old standards and ideals, now over- passed, Christ discards. Dr, Fosdick adds, "One way to be a sinner in God's eyes is to live in His new day as though the old days still were here," Heaven and earth combine to save us from stagnation. They are wise people who know it, and make the Moving-Day of Life a challenge and not a curse. Shouldn't give up Move on!