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The Progessive Conservatives have
themselves a new leader with everything
that Pierre Trudeau had in 1968 and so
many of the things that this country felt
Robert Stanfield lacked.
Joe Clark, an ambitious young
westerner was a surprise winner to a con-
vention that saw just about everything and
as runner-up Claude Wagner said "wrote a
book."
It was the demise of Paul Hellyer for
his forthright honesty; the unlikely alliance
,,of John Diefenbaker, still a dominant force
at 83, and Claude Wagner, another ex-
patriate Liberal. It had a joining of the left
and right in the biggest surprise of the
weekend, with Sinclair Stevens from the
right and Joe Clark, left or center, depen-
ding on your definitions joining forces and
the bathing of some 2,000 delegates in
batches of Canadianism, biculturalism,
bilingualism and self-induced confidence
in their own party. It was in short, a
success and a, failure.
Despite the disclaimers to the contrary
there is still some questions in the regards
of unity.
Despite the many disclaimers to the
contrary, there is still speculation in
Canada about the solvency of the
Progressive Conservative Party.
Racked with dissension since the incep-
tion of Mr. Stanfield as its leader, the party
has, at times, been its own worst enemy in
elections often winning battles for the
Liberals and NDP themselves.
Throughout the weekend, delegates and
leadership hopefuls tried to play down the
disunity question and pass it off as media
hoopla and sensationalism, Yet for all the
comments that suggested that it was not
that important, each speech carried the
same message and each speech called for
work and unity.
Bumps everywhere
Weather conditions the past few days
have turned the easterly part of Saunders
St. into an example of everything that isn't
wanted in a busy thoroughfare.
Dozens of axle-breaking potholes are
annoying to residents in this part of town, If
they were any deeper driving would be im-
possible.
Right now cars are forced to veer from
one side of the street to the other and to
slow to a crawl to get along the rough sur-
face. If a motorist maintained a speed of
over five miles per hour he would be run-
ning the risk of an expensive repair bill.
Even at this slow speed the sound of the
ground scraping across the bottom of the
average automobile can be heard if you
haven't been skillful enough to miss these
ever-growing craters. At the rate they're
appearing on the street you would ihdeed
have to be an extremely skillful driver to
avoid all the holes.
The fact that permanent repairs cannot
be made to a surface that will be breaking
up in the spring is no excuse for not taking
temporary measures in making this road at
least a little smoother.
Taxpayers' who must travel this route
every day deserve better.
A few loads of gravel would undoubted-
ly be more economical than the repair bills
to cover the damage that could be sub-
mitted to the town.
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By ELMORE BOOMER
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Sex life changed
Party is over work begins Thanks for everything
This seems to be of those
winters that simply must be "got
through", like a serious illness,
or a bad marriage.
Now, as a Canadian of a couple
of score years and then some, I
know there's no use whining. We
have to pay a price for living in
the finest country in the world,
and winter is the price.
But, there is, surely, a limit to
the inflation of that price. This
time around, it's getting a bit
ridiculous. Whoever is in charge
of the weather up there has got to
the point where he's just showing
off, trying to dazzle us with the
virtuosity of his for her) per-
formance.
One day you are running
around mopping up water
because the pipes have frozen
and burst. The next day the
temperatu're has soared 40
degrees and you are down in the
basement mopping up the melted
snow that has run in.
A third day you start walking to
work in sunshine, are caught in a
blizzard howling down from the
Pole, get hopelessly lost, and
wind up in a supermarket or
funeral parlor instead of your
place of work.
We don't have any in our town,
but I'm told that in the city, some
guys have been so badly lost in
some of our storms that they
have wandered inadvertently
into one of them there massage
parlors.
As I write this, at school, we
have just sent the kids home
early on the buses because the
roads were blocking in quickly.
As soon as the buses left, out
came the sun, down dropped the
wind, it's a perfect winter day,
and we're sitting here with egg on
our face, and no students.
But just the other day, we kept
the kids in school for the full day,
even though it was storming, and
wound up with two busloads of
students on our hands for over-
night.
We got them all bedded down in
the homes of teachers and
parents.
I was batching it, had lots of
room at home, and offered to take
five girls for a pyjama party, or
five boys for a poker party. They
turned me down. The ad-
ministration, not the kids.
This week, some of our history
students are going to be involved
in a live-in at Fort St. Marie, a
replica of a 17th century Jesuit
settlement. Theoretically, they
will experience the actual winter
living conditions of those times.
No modern aids to beat the cold,
such as oil furnaces, pocket
heaters or booze. Just lots of
clothes, lots of proximity (it's a
mixed group), and open fires.
Good luck to them. They should
have taken a dog team. They'll
probably bring out the frozen
bodies in the sprfng.
On the other hand, knowing
students and the precocity of
youth, I'll venture to say it will be
one big party, and an experience
to be savored for life. But I'm
glad I'm not chaperoning.
From son Hugh, in the desert-
like Chaco country of Paraguay,
comes a cry from the other end of
the stick. "Oh, for one, just one,
white, cold Canadian winter day!
The temperature here ranges
from about 100 to 130 and just to
keep yourself cleaned of sweat
and dust requires almost all the
energy you can summon". I wish
I could trade him one of ours for
one of his.
In the midst of this wild winter,
my second grandson chose to
make his appearance at the usual
hour, 3:30 a.m. He was a healthy
eight-pounder and resembles
quite a bit, so the ladies say, his
big brother Pokey. I can't really
tell at that age. To me; they all
look like tiny orang-outangs.
I hope, for my own sake, that he
has a little less energy than hiss
older brother. The Poke burns up
more steam in a day than Ali
Muhammad does in a 15-round
title fight. And when I try to keep
up with him for an hour, I come
out feeling like Joe Frazier.
The kid is a week old, and they
don't even have a name for him
yet. Maybe it's just as well.
Maybe this time reason will
prevail.
Last time, my daughter was
reading Dostoievski, a Russian
novelist, and my son-in-law was
dabbling in I Ching, a Chinese
pseudo-philosophy. Poor little kid
was named Nikov Chen. That's
why I call him Pokey.
This time my daughter is
studying music and my son-in-
law architecture. Don't be sur-
prised if I announce, one of these
days, that the latest addition to
the family has been named
Ludwig Johann Sebastian Arthur
Lloyd Wright Sieber, Poor little
fellow.
Or Sibelius Kaarinnen Sieber,
That would put the Finnishing
touch to his future. Imagine going
through life being called Sibby
Sieber.
If they commit any such
abomination, I'll revenge myself
in the usual way. Remember that
silly old song-dance, "Doing the
Cokey-Okey"?
I'll nickname this one Okey,
And he and his brother and I will
join hands, dance around in a
ring, and sing to his disgusted
parents, "We're doing the Pokey-
Okey, and that's what it's all
about." That'll fix them.
Aside from all the rigors of the
weather, January and February
are going to he expensive months
in the future. Two grandsons'
birthdays in January, wife and
daughter's birthdays in
February. All that on top of the
fuel bills.
However. However. Let it
snow, let it blow. What nicer
midwinter gift could a fellow get
than a fine, healthy grandson?
Maybe a granddaughter?
Nothing less.
When nature carved out the
mighty cataracts of Niagara in
the prehistoric glacial era, she
gave a legacy of spectacular
beauty unequalled in the world,
Geologists relate that the
Niagara Peninsula was once part
of the floor of a vast lake.
Woodham
personals
Miss Kathy Dunnell of Eighth
Line was a recent visitor with
Miss Janet Parkinson.
Mr. & Mrs, Nelson Morphy,
Richard and Lianne of Hyde Park
visited on Sunday last with Dr. &
Mrs, George Morphy.
Friday evening dinner guests
with Mr. & Mrs, Fred Parkinson,
Margaret and Janet were Mr. &
Mrs. Randy Preszcator and
Jeffrey and Miss Kathy Dunnell
of Eighth Line and Mr, & Mrs,
Glenn Copeland, Cynthia, Ellen
and Deanna.
Mr. Brad Howarth of Cam-
bridge was the guest speaker on
Sunday, February 15, at the
Church service speaking in the
interest of the Alcohol and Drug
Concerns, Inc,
government grant,
The amount of the grant will
not come close to covering the
cost of bringing the building back
to a favorable condition.It's also
reasonable to expect that council
will not want to pick up the tab for
restoring a building they don't
seem all that interested in in the
first place.
Perhaps an arrangement
something like this could be
worked out between the two
groups.
The foundation could lease the
building from the town for the
nominal sum of one dollar per
year.
This would give them freedom
to go ahead with whatever work
they could on the structure, and it
would give the group time to get
better organized.
In leasing the building the town
would be entitled to set down
whatever guidelines they
believed necessary to get the job
done. They would also be ex-
pected to pay for whatever work
required in maintaining the of-
fices of the police department.
The foundation would be free to
apply for whatever grants are
available "(with the support of
council) and to begin what will
have to be a massive fund raising
effort.
Foundation members could
also look at the possibility of
having its members do a good
portion of the work with volun-
teer labor.
It's surprising how much a
group of 15 or 20 people could
accomplish on a weekend and by
maintaining enthusiasm in doing
this it wouldn't be very long
before you would be able to
notice significant progress.
The first work to be done should
be whatever is required to bring
the building up to whatever
safety standards are necessary.
This would be the most ex-
pensive part of the project . the
cosmetics or improving the
appearance of the building could
be done at the last.
The renovations could be done
in stages with no work being
started on one stage until the
money was available to complete
it.
Before this sytem could work
effectively there would have to be
50 Years Ago
On Saturday Elimville hunters
with a few from Exeter organized
a jack rabbit drive and bagged 72
critters. The shoot was under the
leadership of Mr. Thomas Bell
and the honors went to Lloyd Bell
who shot six.
The London Free Press on
Saturday contains a picture of
Mr, Thomas McMillan, M.P. for
South Huron, The Free Press has
a bee in its bonnet when it says
Mr. McMillan supports the Rt.
Hon. Arthur Meighen.
25 Years Ago
At a banquet following the
inauguration of Exeter's first
town council, Ex-Reeve B. W. F.
Beavers told the gathering about
a certain Lancelot Hardy, known
for pig whipping.
Apparently, Hardy, a local
contractor and bridge builder,
was building a bridge on the town
line between Stephen and Hay
townships one day and had
promised his men the job would
be done before noon. Con-
sequently, the men didn't bother
to bring their lunches.
It turned out that the job was
far from complete by lunch hour
and Mr. Hardy was faced with,
the responsibility of feeding his
employees.
Spotting a' pig nearby, Hardy
took a board and chased it to a
neighbouring farm. With the pig
cornered Hardy commenced to
beat upon it. The lady of the
house came out to find out what
the pig had done wrong. Hardy
a firm agreement between
council and the foundation as to
where the final authority would
be in supervising the project, If
these or similar groundrules
were followed the Town Hall
could be restored to a condition
where it would be an asset to the
community,
It may take a little longer this
way but when the work was done
the foundation would truly be
able to say they had ac-
complished something.
Perhaps then the members
would be able to focus their at-
tention on other important parts
of our .heritage in this area.
Another thing the foundation
will probably be announcing soon
is a list of possible uses for the
building. It's one thing to save the
building for the sake of historical
value but if new uses were an-
nounced for the large premises it
may be an easier task to get more
members of the community
behind ,the movement,
"The Chief" strikes
Television on the weekend was
dominated by the leadership
convention of the Progressive
Conservative party and one of the
highlights of the convention Was
the farewell speech of John
Diefenbaker, the firey former
prime minister of Canada.
The 80 year-old man was at his
best as he turned his speech into
one of the most ardent attacks on
Pierre Trudeau that has been
heard in a long time.
Diefenbaker is without a doubt
one of the best orators in the
country and whether or not you
agree with what he is saying, this
great Canadian certainly has the
ability to keep your interest.
While watching the program I
wondered how many of the other
candidates were wishing they
had the skill of putting their
messages across that Mr.
Diefenbaker has displayed on
countless occasions over the
years.
Politics has changed greatly
since "The Chief" was at his
height but there are still many
thousands of people across the
country who pay attention when
he talks.
told her the pig had eaten h's
men's lunches. In pity, the lady of
the house invited everyone over
to her place for a hot meal.
20 Years Ago
Demonstrating they will
protest against the price paid for
hydro pole erection across their
farm, 50 farmers in the Staffa
section staged "one big show"
Thursday and held up H.E.P.C.
line-stringing crews three hours
in the afternoon.
Samuel Norris, RR 1 Staffa,
said farmers disrupted the
operation "merely to let them
know we haven't lost interest in
the situation."
The farmers blocked the path
of a 'billldozer which hauls one-
inch cables. Provincial police
from Exeter, Stratford, Seaforth
and Goderich came to the scene
and restored operations. Mr.
Norris said a policeman had
hinted the Riot Act would be
read.
10 Years Ago
This Saturday, the Exeter
figure skating club is presenting
"Holiday on Ice". The theme is
the various holidays of the year
and there will be lively musical
numbers and costumes.
There are no line-ups at the
Motor vehicle permit issuers
office today but there probably
will be on the weekend. As usual,
many motorists have waited to
the last minute to get their
licence plates and the last minute
has now arrived.
Heavy, persistent drinking
leads to a change in a man's sex
life. This is the conclusion of a
number of American researchers
from New York.
These men have experimented
with animals and more lately
with humans in a search for
answers, It has been observed
that many men who are
alcoholics take on feminine
characteristics.
Known damage includes a
withering away of testicles,
enlargement of the breast, loss of
male distribution of hair, and
impotence.
The study has shown that
alcohol stimulates the liver to
over-produce an enzyme which
breaks down the male sex hor-
mones, testosterone, This en-
zyme is produced at five times
the normal rate and there seems
to be no added production of
testosterone to compensate.
The researchers emphasized
that this is true whether the man
has an adequate diet or not. Such
a sex change is the direct result
of alcohol on the liver, This is
contrary to the usual dictems on
the subject,
It really doesn't matter
whether a man drinks beer, wine,
or hard liquor. The effect of
alcohol intake remains the same,
,What does change the
destructive pattern is the amount
of alcohol consumed. The
researchers doubt that a couple
of drinks on an occasional basis
has any effect,
Enlargement and hardening of
the liver has long been associated
with heavy drinking. Now to be
added to other known destructive
results of heavy drinking is the
change in male sexual behaviour,
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Alcoholics are falling through
the fingers of our welfare and
health systems, In featured
stories in the Ontario press, the
lack of care for alcoholics has
been highlighted. Indeed the
amount, quality and variety of
care is not known to the Ontario
Department of Health.
Although ,alcoholism is one of
Ontario's most serious problems,
until recently the Department of
Health did not know just how
many agencies for the treatment
of alcoholism they were funding,
One of the problems is just how
to measure success and thus the
quality of care given to
alcoholics.
Is success only to be measured
in terms of total abstinence'' Or
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wisdom.
Thank you for the mail and
those who process it. Especially I
thank you for the letter that
brings, love, good cheer and
encouragement, but thank you,
too, for the bills for they remind
me how lucky we are to have so
many facilities that make our life
so comfortable.
Thank you for the visit with the
aged lady clown the street who
does far more for me than I for
her, with her beautiful serenity
and good humor.
Thank you for food for dinner
stored in the freezer, much of
which came from last summer's
garden where you worked a
miracle with just a little help
from us.
Thank you for my family 411111)
returning home from work and
school to share the day's events
around the table.
Thank you for the television
bringing the events around the
world into our living room and for
the funny show that made us all
laugh.
Thank you for the long distance
telephone call from a son far
awayto tell us he's been
promoted.
Thank you for the walk in the
crisp night air, the snow crun-
ching under our feet and the dog
bounding happily in front.
Thank you for the first quarter
moving across the sky and the
stars set in a galaxy millions of
miles away that continually
remind us of your everlasting
power, your glory and your
majesty,
Thank you for my bed, sheets
smooth and fresh.
Thank you for the man beside
me, for his strength and good
health.
Thank you God, that you are
there to thank.
Goodnight, Lord.
do a number of years or even
months of sobriety cout-it for
something?
It has been difficult to follow up
alcoholics after treatment, for
help and support toward normal
living. Here is a shifting mobile
population,
It has been found that 23,252
people were diagnosed as
alcoholic by general prac-
titioners in 1974. This is an in-
crease of 16.7 percent over, the
1973 figure.
But these statistics do not tell
the whole story. Thousands are
treated for alcohol related
diseases without the underlying
cause being mentioned.
While more attention is being
focused on the alcohol problem
with special heed being given to
the drinking age, driving laws
and liquor advertising, yet the
number suffering from
alcoholism is unknown.
No doubt a concerted effort to
come to grips with the problem
will be mounted in the near.)
future.
Attempts are now being made
to devise a network of reporting
and aftercare which will not
allow the alcoholic, once he has
contacted an agency, to fall out of
sight. The Addiction Research
Foundation is taking a lead in
this,
At the present time, while it is
known that some are dying
because of a lack of treatment or
treatment space, it is not known
how many.
Some with potential for change
are not being treated, which lack
of help, no doubt, is leading to too
much death too soon. ,
Moo-Oink
The Exeter Lions Club Bulletin
shows that the local members
have many activities on the go
right now.
The Sportsmen's Dinner held in
town recently raised ap-
proximately $2,500 for crippled
children.
The February 12 meeting was
an important night for Lion Mel
Geiser. He received his 15 year
pin from Zone Chairman Jack
Monet..
One of the ,fund raising efforts
of the local club will be a MOO-
OINK draw which will be made at
a dance on March 19, The first
ticket drawn will be for a side of
beef and•the second ticket drawn
will be for a side of pork.
Less than 24 hours before
Heritage Day was officially over
a group of Exeter and area
residents joined together to form
the Exeter and District Heritage
Foundation.
The name of the group explains
its purpose and the number one
project members will be faced
with is to find a way of restoring
and preserving the Town Hall.
This task could possibly be one
of the most difficult chores the
foundation will ever face.
Ever "since a citizens com-
mittee was formed several
months ago, at the request of
council, many people were
willing to accept demolition as a
foregone conclusion for the fate
of the old structure,
Only one of our town leaders
has publically expressed his
personal feelings that the
building should be preserved.
Mayor Bruce Shaw gave his
support to the group although he
stated the rest of council did not
share his opinions.
A recent survey in the Times-
Advocate showed there is a great
deal of interest in town in favor of
saving the building for bOth
historical and practical purposes,
in fact the number of question-
naires retprned was running
almost three to one in favor of
renovating the building.
This writer would never claim
these results reflect the opinions
of the entire community because
there was a far greater number
of readers who did not send in
their opinions. ,
However the survey did show
there are strong feelings among a
substantial number of Exeter
residents that lean toward saving
the building.
This number may increase
because the committee will now
have a real voice in the Exeter
and District Heritage Foun-
dation as the group will be better
organized with a membership
that is expected to grow sub-
stantially over the next few
weeks,
My initial opinion of the group
is that it is not going to put a half-
hearted effort into accomplishing
its purpose.
Just a few days after the
founding meeting foundation
workers have placed signs ad-
vertising for members in the
store windows and plans are in
the works for a membership
drive.
The first step the group will
have to take in their efforts to get
the Town Hall restored is to
convince council to allow work to
continue on the project.
Last week an official order was
sent out from council halting all
work on the building and this
action could jeopardize any ad-
ditional funds the project will be
receiving under a federal
government Local Initiatives
Program.
The next problem the
organization will have to face is
how they will be able to complete
the work even if they were to
have the full benefit of the
Good morning, Lord,
Thank you for the night's rest;
for this new day, for my life and
the opportunities and challenges
you send.
Thank you for my body which I
can stretch and bend at my will
Thank you for the warm water
that gushes from the tap into my
bath, and for the rough towel to
massage my flesh until it tingles
and glows.
Thank you for the fresh
sweetness of the cologne on my
arms, neck and shoulders, and
for the dear friend who gave it to
me.
Thank you for my teeth and the
minty sting of toothpaste;
thanks, too, for my hair and the
stylist who gave me such an easy-
tq-care-f or cut,
Thank you for the biting taste
of grapefruit and the bitter, hot
smell of coffee and toast.
Thank you for the dirty dishes
left on the table by my loved ones
who ate here so quietly, an hour
ago, I got another hour of extra
sleep.
Thank you for my automatic
washer and dryer that do their
work effectively while I move
unto other things.
Thank you for the vaccuum
cleaner that effortlessly slurps up
the dust, specks and threads from
the rug,
Thank you for the beautiful
things I have to dust and for the
memories they hold; colored
glass sparkling in the window,
my mother's hand painted tea
set, my grandmother's carved
maple chair.
Thank you for the telephone
ring that calls me to talk with my
dear friend whose love and
support I treasure im-
measurably.
Thank you for the knock on the-
door which brings me quickly
into service to help a troubled
sister; thank you for using me.
Thank you for the quiet hour to
eat lunch from your bountiful
provision, and to read another