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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-08-12, Page 4osGoocis sal. HAYING DIFFICULTY DRAWING HIS ?Ali WATER 11q1 CELSIUS. While it is certainly not as elaborate as the other two villages, it has considerable interest as most of the buildings and artifacts to be found are from this part of Western Ontario. If you have younger children, you'll also find that the tour is just about the right length to keep their attention without becoming a bore for them. Buildings include the typical log cabins of the earliest of set- tlers as well as some of the "modern" homes which ap- peared when construction methods made it possible to provide cosier accommodations. In addition, visitors can tour an Orange Hall, church, school, firehall, printing office, wood- working shop, blacksmith shop, weaver's shop, harness shop, gun shop, barber shop and general store. Each of these buildings is furnished with the equipment and machines used by the early traftsm6 and shopkeepers and there are a number of young hostesses around the grounds to answer any questions about the buildings or the equipment. Judging from the experience of our recent visit, the pioneer village is not crowded with visitors and this allows one to take his time and study any exhibit of particular interest. Of course, there are ample facilities to finish off the day with a picnic or swim. + + + Several years ago, when minor baseball was flourishing in Exeter, the writer often took a few turns behind the plate calling balls and strikes. Last week we renewed that hazardous task when we made the mistake of -71 5 Years Ago The Crediton bantams won the Western Ontario Athletic Association bantam "D" championlhip by disposing of Dashwood in four games in a best of five series. Last Friday evening Mrs. Lottie Gaudry met the plane at London Airport which brought her mother Mrs. Elfriede Siebert from West Germany., The latter, hopes to spend several months with Mr. & Mrs. Gaudry and girls. Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Dow Cromarty accompanied by Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Dow of Kemptville have arrived home after a vacation trip to the West. They travelled as far as Banff and Lake Louise, 15 Years Ago Kathryn Hicks daughter of Mr, & Mrs. Garnet Hicks, RR 3, Exeter, has been named one of the two county representatives to the Junior Farmers bus tour to Eastern Ontario and Quebec, Freak hurricane-type winds which attacked Hensall for a short period Tuesday afternoon knocked down at least two large pine trees and cut hydro wires which burned holes in the village arena. The three top students' of SH- DHS's Grade XIII graduating class are Mary Creces, David Noakes and Ralph Wareham. 20 Years Ago Doug Smith, recreational director of Exeter for the past four years tendered his resignation to municipal officials this week. He has accepted a similar post at Iroquois Falls. Contract for construction of the Morrison Dam in Usborne Township will be let to B.A. Blyth of Toronto this week by the Ausable Conservation Authority, Jim Pinder has been appointed sanitary engineer for the south end of Huron County. He is the first to hold' the post. 30 Years Ago The mason work for the walls of the first floor of Jones and MacNaughton's new seed building has been completed. At the request of the District Military Authorities Exeter council voted that the Exeter Fire Brigade should answer fire calls from the prison camp southeast of EXeter at $25 per run. The first flood-lit ball park in Huron County was opened in liensall Wednesday evening. 4PCNA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Just' lucky, that's all Millions more are just above the starving line. They eke out a barren, blunted,„ hopeless ex- istence, just one step away from the animal. These hordes are subject to all the other things that go with a minimal existence, besides hunger: cold, disease, ignorance, fear, and perhaps worst of all, helplessness. And we complain endlessly, we Canadians, about such horrors as inflation, postal strikes, taxes, and all the other relatively piddl- ing burdens we bear, We howl with outrage when butter jumps 15 cents a pound. Some of us nearly have a stroke when the price of beer and liquor is raised. The very wealthy feel a deep, inner pain because they can retain only 55 percent of their income. But what does it all amount to? The consumption of butter will go down for a few weeks, then rise to new highs. The consump- tion of alcoholic beverages will not even tremor, but go steadily upward. And the rich will become richer. Page 4 Times-Advocate, August 12, 1976 Concept is gooc Spending habits The Huron County development com- mittee have come up with an interesting proposal to spark the formation of area recreation committees within the county. It calls for the county to provide a 1, grant of $1,000 on a matching dollar basis to any municipality which actively engages in .an area recreation committee with its neighbors. Ironically, it's the type of approach county councillors have labelled as blackmail in the past when it was used by the senior level of governments in an effort to win support for various schemes. The grant incentive was used to lure municipalities into the county library system. The development committee proposal is nothing more than using the municipalities' own money to provide the grant assistance, The only losers, of course, would be those municipalities . which may not join area recreation groups, The concept of area recreation com- mittees is good. In fact, the five county towns and some villages have been Canada's decision to cease nuclear cooperation with India may be unfortunate in that it will cause temporary strains in relations between Ottawa and New Delhi. Yet it was a wise and necessary move. The Indian Government had used Cana- dian technical assistance to make nuclear devices — or an atomic bomb, to put it more crudely. The Canadian decision is a reminder to all that nuclear bombs remain to this day one of man's greatest follies. It was said in 1974 when India tested its first atomic device that it was merely an experiment. Yet it proved that India could make atomic bombs. The last thing the needy population of India wants are costly and wasteful nuclear weapons. Mankind has foolishly got itself into a corner where the size of nuclear and ther- monuclear bombs has become a status symbol. The military establishments of the two super powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, have grown to enormous proportions. The U,S. defense budget now tops $100 billion. Between them, the super powers spend well over $200 billion ,a year on arms and expenditures.other defense expenditures. `That figure represents 40 years of World Bank loans to The perennial "let George do it" at- titude of South Huron residents is much in evidence as the canvass for the recreation centre continues. Those organizing the door-to-door can- vass in Exeter, for instance, report a success rate of about 10 percent in attemp- ting to get volunteers to assist. Some of the excuses being given would be humorous, except for the fact they indicate the lack of community spirit and interest among local citizens. Every so often I'm reminded of how very lucky Canadians are, We are not smarter than other people, Goodness knows, we are no more industrious. We are just luckier, because we happen to be living in this country at this time. When you consider that we are just a drop in the bucket of the world's population, you can see just how blind lucky we are. Millions of people on earth to- day are literally starving to death. They will be dead, stone dead, in days, months, a year, 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 operating them for years, although their neighbors have been benefiting without paying /their fair share of facility and per- sonnel costs. The time has come when more equitable arrangements must be con- sidered so municipalities start paying on a per-use basis. However, the scheme is doomed for failure if the development committee guideline of $1,000 per municipality is followed, Even with a matching grant, the total of $52,000 in Huron would be less than that which Exeter now pays for recreation itself. This cost sharing is obviously the ma- jor factor to be deliberated and con- siderable opposition can be expected from municipalities which have been having a free ride for so many years. That is being solved by some municipalities charging high out-of-town registration fees, but obviously it would be much better with all involved sharing the costs and the responsibilities to provide recreation for their citizens. the developing nations at the current an- nual rate of legding. Unfortunately, the super powers believe that they can afford to splurge these vast sums on weaponry. But of course they can't. And India certainly can't, No nation can afford the folly of the nuclear arms race. India's decision to explode a bomb two years ago was as much of a mis- take as was the move by the great powers to begin building and blasting ever bigger nuclear bombs from the mid-1940s onward. The Indian bomb perhaps had one beneficial effect. It reminded us all that we live in an interdependent world. And if In- dia cannot really afford to make bombs because of her poverty, other nations can- not afford them either for quite another reason — for they are the guardians today of human survival in a civilized world. While national boundaries are merely conveniences that tend to keep some nations rich and other poorer, Governments will continue manufacturing grisly status symbols such as Atom bombs. Only when we move closer to the one world concept that so many dream of will the nations of the earth accept greater trust in- stead of larger bombs as the lever toward a more just human society. The attitude certainly belies the cam- paign slogan of "we'll all be part of the cen- tre". In fact, only a few people have com- mitted themselves to the project to date and it has created an impossible work load for them. It's time this community got off its collective lethargic butt and dedicated itself to making the,project a reality in the immediate future. The longer it drags on, the harder it becomes. If you won't do it, who will? CCNA PIUF R17141044 *WM 1974 4'1 AMOs%. Pioneer villages are among the most interesting tourist at- tractions, and certainly Ontario has an excellent number from which to choose. Upper Canada Village along the St. Lawrence and Black Creek Village on the outskirts of Toronto are two of the • most famous and complete, but for area residents wishing a shorter outing, we can highly recom- mend the village at Fanshawe Park in London. Talk about fat cats, or buxon beavers, and we're it. The Lucky Canadians, The envy of the world. Oh, yes, we have poor people, quite a few of them. But you would be hard put to it to find anyone in Canada literally star- ving to death. Or freezing to death, Or dying because there is no medicine for disease. Truth is, the vast majority of Canadians eat too much, suffer from over-heating rather than cold and are much more likely14°' die from too much medicine than they are from disease. „And even the poorest of our poor, with all the buffers that welfare provides, are materially millionaires compared with the poor of many other countries, You, Mister, wheeling your Buick doWn the highway and beefing about the cost of gas, might just as easily be pulling a rickshaw in Calcutta, wondering whether you could last until you were 30, so you could see your first grandson, And you, Ms., whining about the mess the hairdresser made, or 'complaining abbut the cost of cleaning women, could be selling yourself in the back streets of Nairobi to keep body and soul together, if you,t11 pardon the ex- pression. But you aren't, and I'm not, and we shouldn't forget it, mates. We were lucky. We live in Canada. Once in a while this hits me like a punch between the eyes. One of these times was on a re- cent holiday weekend. We were spending a weekend with Grandad, in the country. I spent one of those lazy, thoroughly enjoyable times when there is nothing to do and nothing to worry about: eating and drink- ing, playing cards, enjoying the fireplace, reading, watching television. The only fly in the ointment was the constant decisions to be made. At breakfast,for example. Banana or fruit juice? Coffee or tea? Bacon and eggs or ham and eggs? Toast and jam or fresh bread and honey? Evenings were even worse. An hour after dinner, I had to decide whether it was to be coffee and cake with ice cream or tea with butter tarts, Then there was the bedtime snack and more decisions. But it was watching television that blew up the,puffed-up dream that life was, after all, good and gracious, cosy and comfortable, warm and wonderful. There on the "news," with nothing to hide it, was the non- Canadian world. Children with the bloated bellies and stick-thin limbs of the starving. Other children, torn and bleeding and screaming with pain. Mothers howling their anguish because they had lost their children and couldn't find them, And everywhere, on that naked screen, people, suffering, terrified, running like rats, from nowhere to nowhere, Not much you and I can do, ex- cept feel horrified, It's all too far away. ' But at least we can stop bitching in our own backyard, and face the facts that we re not smarter, or harder-working or better-looking. Just lucky. To The Editor: As a youngster I was taught that Democracy was "Govern- • ment of the people, by the people, for the people". I was also taught that the views and the feelings of the "Majority" prevailed. I am confused! Was I mislead by my parents and teachers or am I being mislead by my government in Ottawa? I see government confusing the people, dictating what is good for the people,`spending most of the money of the people. I also see the views and feelings of the "Manority" prevailing. I cannot discuss Bilingualism and Culturalism. If I'm not 100 percent in favour of it, I automatically become 100 per- cent against it. Why can I not discuss this most important issue? I cannot diicuss the Olympics or the reported frauds because this automatically makes me against Olympics. Why am I supposed to "sit down and shut up" regarding this issue? I watch my Government spending my money at a greater rate than I can earn it. Why should I not question this attitude of "get votes to-day — to hell with tomorrow"? Now I am told that I can not listen to US radio programmes. Why am I wrong to call this censorship and completely un- democratic? What's next? US television. Why not, Who is to blame? I am to blame, because I am a typical Canadian. I believed my government was tuned to the "Majority's" feelings and beliefs, Instead of this I find that they are so busy greasing the squeaky wheel they forget the quiet "Majority". • Our only hope is for that "Quiet Majority" to become a "Squeaky Majority", We must openly and publicly discuss our views and feelings. We must tell our government leaders what those views and feelings are, They are busy people and will not understand unless we spell it out for them, If we allow the "Censorship" of U.S. radio and or U.S„ television from our homes we should be ashamed of ourselves. We are being treated like babies. I don't like being treated that way. Now 'about you? Ron McIntosh Jr. This bolstering of the ego is an expensive lifestyle. The need to impress others or oneself usually results in financial grief, In Luke, Jesus is recorded as saying ".. . a man's true life is not made up of the things he owns". So perhaps we need to draw ourselves up short every so often and take stock of, our priorities. Some husbands and wives use the family income as a gaff against each other. One partner, feeling hostility toward the other, may seek to get even through excessive spending. To express feelings of hostility through the use of family income is almost sure to be a cause of over- spending. Pressure of neighbors and friends is another reason for spending beyond our means. It's foolish for one family to try to adopt another family's goals. Each must be responsible to establishing spending patterns within their own incomes. Another pit we often fall into is 1110 not doing sufficient planning of our funds. We know from reading the Old Testament that God is a God who plans (eg. read Jeremiah 29:10-14) and it behooves us, also, to make plans if we are to have harmony and togetherness as a family, Planning the family money is sometimes a difficult exercise because members must lay out their value, goals and ' needs. Planned spending, says one author, is the art of managing the family's income so that it meets (1) 'real' needs, and (2) 'felt' needs, in that order. Effective handling of finances demands an increasing amount of time, energy and insight, It is a wise family who is able to bare their thoughts and their hearts and ask God to help them discern the difference between the 'real' and the 'felt' needs; who with His help can use sober judgment in recognizing and overcoming feelings of past deprivations and ego-bolstering which may lead to overspending. When ones thoughts are tempered by sober judgment, one's spending habits will reflect the same. Dear Editor: In November, 1974, an appeal for old and discarded hearing aids for deaf boys and girls in the West Indies was directed to your readers. At this time I am pleased to report that the response was most gratifying. So much so, that we were able to proceed with our long-range plans to get this un- funded project underway. Several weeks ago the Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology here in Toronto took this project under its wing and began training a group of students from St. Vincent, West Indies, to make ear moulds for use with a hearing aid. These young people are presently in St. Vincent where they are preparing the way for the arrival of Dr. Donald'C. Hood, Head, Division of Audiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, The Rotary Club in Brampton, Ontario, is providing some financial assistance to this project. It is expected that about fifty deaf children will be out- fitted with hearing aids by the end of August. The success of this project ha. spread to other West Indian islands and • an urgent appeal made by the Red Cross Society in Antigua on behalf of 29 deaf childreh has been received. If you•have an unused hearing aid, in any condition (parts can be used), we ask you,to keep it working on behalf of the children who have never heard the song of a bird or the roar of the surf! Please send your aids, along with your nani,e and to: PROJECT HEARING AID, Ministry of Education, Ontario, 19th floor, Mowat Block, Queen's Park, TORONTO, Ontario M7A 1L2 Thank you. Yours very truly, George J. Mason, Co-ordinator, Caribbean Programs, Ministry of Education, Ontario. Cancer can be beaten The past kept intact showing up to watch the local pee wees in action at their successful '° tournament. Mayor Bruce Shaw, organizer of the event, used his civic powers (or at least he said he had such powers of recruitment) and we found ourself once again at the mercy of the fans, players and team managers, Of all the officiating roles in athletics, baseball is probably the toughest. There are no painted lines by which one can judge a ball or strike. It sounds simple enough to have a designated zone between a batter's armpits and knees, but that's not true. Most kids don't fit their uniforms very well, and some of them appear at the plate with their pant knees around their ankles. The location of their actual knee is something at which an umpire can only guess. The only salvation for an umpire is the fact that he is at least right in the eyes of half the .players„ fans and managers on every call. And for baseball umpires, 50 percent is all they can really expect. However, officiating at any sporting event is something that should be mandatory for every fan, player, coach and manager. It is only then that he learns to bite his tongue when he watches another official in action. Similar to all sporting events, though, we found that some managers, teams and fans are chronic complainers, while others are much more sport- smanlike and take the decisions as they are handed out. Officials are expected to be unbiased, but in ; situations where a call can honestly go one way or the other, the grumblers seldom get the benefit of the doubt. As a sidenote, it should be mentioned that the Exeter kids— and more so their manager— were a real credit to the town in ,all their actions on the field. One may expect that the Mayor would take out his frustrations from the many complaints he receives, but such was not the case. He wisely kept his role as coach on a very low key and let the kid's play their own game, It was indeed refreshing to, see such an at- titude. Poor don't need bombs On with the lob . Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Irite exefeaimes-Alitiorafe 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 Everything around us en- courages free and uncontrolled spending. Access to credit, revolving accounts, loans, buy-now-pay- later ads are all an indication of this phenomenon. On the other hand, the devaluation of the dollar and the rising cost of living m%ke it necessary for most families to stretch the dollar as far as possible, How we spend our money is one of the most crucial concerns we have to face. St. Paul tells us in his letter to the Romans that we shouldn't be conformed to this world. Yet, many families, lacking awareness, become conformed to this world's spending habits, succumb to the pressure of buying more than they can afford and fall into great distress. It is becoming increasingly necessary to develop skills and disciplines for stretching the dollar, and this includes evaluation of tnotives and reasons for the use of family income. Many marriages end on the rocks because of handling finances poorly. Young couples will do well to remember that tomorrow will come. Spending unwisely today to satisfy desires that might be more easily met at some future date is often the cause for marital troubles. For some folk overspending grows out of an endeavour to make up for past deprivations. You've heard the familiar statement, "I want my children to have some of the things I didn't have as a child." Or, "My parents never had these things so now that I'm married I'm going to have them." This kind of at- titude often results in impulsive buying, poor judgement and overspending. Overspending is sometimes the result of the need to bolster one's ego. There are people who live fa'r beyond their means by buying an expensive house, when a moderately priced one would be more appropriate; by purchasing a color TV when a black and white one would better fit their income.