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Harsher treatment necessary
When it's just too much Principal 11,P. Ritter of the F.E.
Madill Secondary School in Wingham said
at a meeting of the Huron County Board of
Education recently that some students
have to be sent home from school after
they have-visited the local cocktail lounge
during the lunch break. Mr, Ritter added,
however, that the situation is by no means
"epidemic" and that 'a comparatively
small number of students are involved.
Long gone are the days when a few
quick drags on a ciagarette in the school
washroom was a serious offense, notes an
editorial in The Wingham Advance-Times.
How long will it be before teachers will be
forced to allow the students to pass the jug
around the classroom? Or, on the contrary,
how tong will it be before we do something
about raising the legal drinking age to a
sensible 20 years?
No two people in this world can handle
liquor in exactly the same way. It is ob-
vious there are lots of us in our later years
who can make bigger fools of ourselves
with a bottle of booze than even the 18-year-
olds, depite long years of practice, It is
equally apparent that the natural
"Marsha, how could you think of such a thing . . . at today's gas prices?"
enthusiasms of youth rnake alcohol a trap
for the uninitiated, The statistics of liquor-
auto accidents among young people prove
the point,
Our school teachers are shouldering
the blame, albeit unwillingly, for a serious
lack of basic learning skills in those who
graduate from our secondary schools.
Responsibility for that situation might be
better placed on those who have so badly
maltreated our whole concept of child
training, "Permissiveness" has been the
watchword for 20 years and a whole
generation of your people has been
affected, Educators are no longer per-
mitted to enforce the disciplines necessary
to inculcate respect. Our young people have
conceived a contempt for all types of
authority which will be a burden for years
to come,
What is it with out school system
anyway? Any business owner or plant
manager who found an employee half
looped after lunch would not only tell him
to go home—he'd tell him to stay there per-
manently.
—Ridgetown Dominion
Decisive action?
Sometimes 1. think I'm not a
very good Christian," said a dear
little friend lately, "I get so
depressed."
Goodness knows, she has much
to trouble her, problems that
mount one on top of another until
it's 'just too much'.
Most of us sympathize with her
for we have had times when we
felt the weight on our backs was
more than we could bear and
occasions when we reached that
state of 'the last straw'.
Many well meaning friends will
say Christians ought not to feel
this way. They tell us the benefits
of Christianity should be suf-
ficient to prevent depression or
nervous tension. Or they imply
that mental suffering stems from
spiritual failure or sin.
In his book, "Why Christians
Crack Up", Dr. Marion Nelson
says, '"I'he idea that a Christian
can know perfect mental peace at
every moment is unrealistic and
unscriptural. Even Christ was
not in perfect mental peace at
every moment as proven by the
gospel accounts of His times of
conflict. "rl'he sorrow in my heart
almost crushes me," Ile is
recorded as saying in Matthew
26:37."
Dr. Nelson goes on to say,
"Nervous and depressed
Christians receive a lot of advice,
some useless and some that only
helps to relieve a few symptoms.
They are given sympathy and
encouragement or criticism or
exhortation to straighten up and
exercise more faith in God. They
are either pampered or rebuked.
Friends usually urge them to
read the Bible, pray and com-
mune with God. All of which will
give partial relief but they fail to
cure the disease. To get per-
manent relief, one must remove
the cause of the symptoms."
Remove • the cause of the
symptoms . . . there's the catch,
for the Christian and non-
Christian
Sometimes the cause is buried
so deep in our subconscious that
we cannot bear the pain of
digging it out. Other times the
person or thing that is upsetting
us is so dear to us that we cannot
bear to let it go.
Getting hack to my friend, the
cause of much of her frustration
and depression is a person very
close to her. "You must unhook
yourself from all this," I told her,
"I know it may not go away but
as long as you stay so hooked-on
you are in danger of going down
with it. So, unhook yourself just
as you would lift a hook that's
holding the storm door shut."
"The trouble is," she retorted,
"I may unhook the door, but it
will keep on banging."
Perhaps, but eventually the
door that's causing the trouble
will either break itself to pieces,
or the wild wind will drop and it
will cease its noise and hopefully
start functioning like a good door
should.
Of course, God never intended
us to carry these big loads by
ourselves. He built us needing
Him, dependent on Him for
guidance and power. When our
world is in turmoil around us, we
need to listen for His voice and
catch what He is saying. The
trouble often is we don't want to
hear what He's saying, we prefer
to think His answer is what we
want to hear, rather than what
lie may be trying to tell us.
Can the Christian avoid
becoming depressed and
discouraged when he can see no
solution insight? Well, he can try
by not walking by sight but by
faith, He can start being honest
with himself and with God and
bring out into the light the real
reason for his depression. He
'must believe the promises of God
and let Him solve the problem in
His own way and in His own time,
Yes, we can have some peace
of mind if we will leave the
problem in God's hands He does
guard our hearts and minds with
Ills peace, hut only when we are
truly honest and truly trust Him
to help us cope with our troubles,
Dog show May 1st
By KIT SCHILLER
The idea behind council's original mo-
tion, at least as we understand it, was to
determine what the feelings were with
regard to an arena alone or an arena in con-
nection with a swimming pool or some
other facility. It was to be a group discus-
sion with an opportunity for every
municipality to voice their position. At the
end of the meeting, Exeter would tally up
the responses and proceed with an arena
and hall or perhaps go back to the drawing
board, knowing that including a pool with
the arena and hall would increase the base
of financial support amongst area
municipalities.
It seems that Council is unable to take
flexible positions on problems which they
are confronted with.
A suggestion from John Stephens,
chairman of SHRCC that Council approach
the municipalities with a motion that at
least tentatively included a swimming pool
was rejected on the basis that Council does
not na...4S,,,RAtorta that might be rescinded,
two weeks later.
Whether Council had included the pool
in their motion or just included it as a
possibility in discussions with the
municipalities does not really matter,
What does matter is that Council has by
and large decided to go with an arena and
hall without hearing from the other
• municipalities that are supposedly involved
in a South Huron recreation centre project.
After last week's Council meeting, we
wonder whether Exeter Council is serious-
ly interested in a recreation centre for
South Huron.
We find no logical reason for Council
not to have proceeded in discussions with
area municipalities with regard to finan-
cial support for a recreation centre, They
had passed such a motion at the previous
council meeting and then let two weeks go
by without, making contact with the
municipalities involved to set up the
meeting.
Instead the municipal body decided to
change their original motion and send out a
letter to each municipality asking whether
they would contribute to an arena and hall
in Exeter in spite of reports carried in the
press that most of the municipalities in-
volved would not be interested in an arena
unless it included some other facility which
would be used by residents in those areas,
such as a swimming pool.
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A.letter is something altogether
different in character from a face-to-face
meeting, A letter is essentially a unilateral
form of communication. An offer is made
and a response is returned. Chances are
that most of the municipalities who receive
the letter will respond by saying, "No we
are not interested in a new arena, we
already have one" or, "we use facilities in
another area."
couple of ambitious projects that
undoubtedly involve the in-
vestment of many thousands of
dollars.
They are both holding grand
openings this weekend to let
people in the area see what they
have accomplished,
Gib Dow has scheduled the
opening of Ironwood Golf Course
for Saturday and is expecting
many golfing enthusiasts to come
out and try his new course.
Leo Masse, owner of The
Tenderspot in Grand Bend, has
completed an addition to his store
that will double the retail space
for his grocery customers. His
open house is also slated for this
week.
At the risk of repeating myself
in this column I will say again
that this area is undoubtedly
getting to be one of the more
lucrative parts of the province for
a wide variety of commercial
endeavors.
Watch for more grand openings
this year that will indicate other
businessmen share my opinion
that this is a 'great community
with a tremendous future.
Ride postponed
Mother Nature really gave us a
slap in the face this weekend
when this area was pounded with
rain, sleet and snow after we
were spoiled with a few days of
unusually high temperatures and
sunshine,
Participants in the Great
Family Ride for Cancer who
were probably all rested for their
long run scheduled for Sunday
were forced to reschedule the
event for this Sunday,
Perhaps some of them will use
the extra time to collect more
sponsors for their worthwhile
project.
Most of us don't think too much
about cancer because we believe
that it won't really affect us,
Personally, I never paid too
much attention to cancer until
this "killer" disease attacked two
close friends this year, One is
dead and the other is a mere shell
of the person he used to be.
Who knows when you or one of
your close friends or relatives
could become another victim of
this dreaded disease? If more
people lent their financial sup-
port to the battle against cancer
it could very well be one of the
wisest investments we will ever
make.
It's not too late to sporfAor
someone in the Great Family
Ride this weekend.
Fact or fancy
Much publicity has been given
lately to what will probably be
the newest fad to sweep across
the country.
"Pyramid power" has been
touted by many as a source of,
new strength and the cause of
many beneficial things to happen
to people who use the pyramids.
Red Kelly, coach of the Toronto
Maple Leafs, was responsible for
bringing the pyramids to national
prominencewhen he used them as
a last resort to help his team in
their battle against the
Philadelphia Flyers. Some
people will argue that the
pyramids- didiA 'W-Cifk 'for him
but others hold the opinion that
the Leafs would never have
forced the series to a seventh
game without getting additional
support from somewhere.
Pyramids have become the
topic of conversation on radio
talk shows and many people have
called in to tell of how they have
personally benefited from using
them, They are claimed to have
cured everything from backache
to headache. One caller I heard
said she always had difficulty
getting to sleep but now that a
pyramid is under her bed she
sleeps peacefully all night.
My suspicions are that the
pyramids will replace the pet
rock as the fastest growing fad.
The only person who will
benefit from the pyramids will be
the sharp operator who can
capitalize on public interest and
get thousands of his pointed
objects on the market first.
Depending on the price, owning
your own personal pyramid may
not be a bad investment. Even if
it doesn't do anything for you it
will certainly be a conversation
piece.
wn memory ane_,
Go to Europe, buy a farm, take a
year off. Do what you want to
now, becauc you won't have time
when you're middle-aged.
I just sat down here for a
minute, to stop my heal spinning,
and it struck me that it's the first
chance I've had to sit down and
take my usual cool perspective of
life for weeks,.
Life is not exactly a gay, mad
whirl when you're middle-aged.
It's more like a ease of the blind
staggers,
Just for example. If we're not
running in one direction to see
our two grandsons, we're running
in another to see their 83-year-old
great-grandfather.
Recently, in a wave of good
feeling, we decided to treat my
daughter and her husband to a
night out. They are students,
broke, and never get out. So I
hawked up the price of dinner and
a show, and my old lady told
them we'd be delighted to baby-
sit.
Fine. Any grandparents would
do it, But it was akin to a disaster.
First-horn grandbabby, Pokey,
was so wild with excitement at
seeing his favorite toys, servants
and sycophants, that he ran
Several hockey fans I talked
with during the past few days
have indicated their disgust with
the rough play and un-
sportsmanlike conduct that was
so evident in the playoffs between
the Philadelphia Flyers and the
Toronto Maple Leafs.
Interviews with NHL officials
show they believe they should be
allowed to police the game
themselves rather than bow to
outside pressures from the
provincial government. Most of
them said they were interested in
taking the violence out of hockey
but were quick to add that it
couldn't be expected to happen
overnight.
Nonsense. This writer believes
they could clean up the game any
time they wanted to if they
thought they would still be able to
attract as many fans to the
arenas and the millions of
television viewers that are
necessary to make professional
hockey the financial success it is.
Rule changes could be made
immediately .that would put an
end. to much of the violence and
"cheap shots" that is so evident
in the games today. After all,
every team likes to win and if
penalties were such that the
offending team would be severely
penalized for any rule infractions
there would undoubtedly be
fewer penalties.
What is to prevent the NHL
board of governors from making
a rule that each minor penalty'
would credit 1 1 goal for the other
team and that the aggressor in a
fight would cost his team 1 2 a
goal?
Many hockey fans might think
these rules would be a little ex-
treme but if the coaches had to
live by them they would think
very carefully about giving ice
time to players that weregetting
too many penalties.
The rule change could be
passed quickly and I don't believe
it would detract any of the
quickness and excitement from
professional hockey.
It might take some of the
players a while to get used to
playing under safer conditions
but those who had to rely on
violence and intimidation to keep
their spot on the team could seek
other employment.
After seeing some of the antics
on television I believe a few of
them would have no problem
fitting into the professional
wrestling circuit.
When you manage to totter
through to what is
euphemistically called these
days "middle age," you are
supposed to be able to relax a
little, slow down, take it easy,
enjoy all those things you never
had time for before.
After all, your kids are grown
up now, and on their own, The
mortgage is paid off, or nearly.
Passion is not exactly spent, but
let's say that you don't exactly
turn to jelly at the sight of a big
buzoom,
If your health is reasonable,
you should have a quarter-
century of mellow living ahead,
time to travel, to contemplate
your navel, to read all those
books, to cultivate your own
garden, before you are quietly
shuffled off to one of those in-
stitutions with the ghastly names,
like Sunset Haven or Trail's End
Paradise.
I am here to state, quietly but
with grim ferocity, that this is
one of the Big Lies perpetrated by
our society on young people when
they are raising their children.
It's a lot of poppycock, chaps.
Take my advice and have all the
fun you can while you're young.
Arena decision
around the apartment like a
demented chipmunk, up and
down over the furniture, leaping
into arms, jabbering and
laughing and roaring with
defiance at any effort to cool him
down.
And the other guy, the little, fat
new one, is a bawler, He doesn't
even bawl at the drop of a hat. He
bawls at will, And at Suse. That's
my wife. I'm Will,
The young couple left at 6:30,
baby asleep, Pokey fed. Two
minutes later,thelbawleriwasat it,
Two hours later, he was still at it,
Somewhere in there I'd managed
to stick our dinner (a frozen
chicken pie) in the oven, At 8:30,
my wife was sitting with him on
her knee, trying to give him a
bottle with one hand and spear a
bit of chicken pie with the other.
Across from her, I sat with Pokey
on my knee, feeding him every
second bite of my meagre por-
tion.
At 9:20 we had them both
asleep. We collapsed. At 9:45,
little fatso woke up and bleated
for titty. He acorns the bottle.
Suffice it to say it was a long
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SUBSCRIFTION RATES;
skeletal structure, quality and
color of coat, correct head and
jaw fOrmation, You might say
that a conformation show is a
beauty contest for dogs. At the
end of the day when the final Best
in Show dog is chosen, he will
indeed be beautiful, and the half
dozen dogs from whom he wins
away this coveted award will also
be a thrill to behold.
A possible 136 breeds may be
represented. These are divided
into: Group I Sporting Dogs;
Group II Sporting Dogs (houn-
ds): Group III Working Dogs;
Group IV Terriers; Group V
Toys; Group VI Non-Sporting.
And now a capsule comment
about each group.
in Group I sporting dogs, there
are six types of retrievers and 10
types of spaniels. If you own a
good specimen in this group and
conformation shows are not your
thing, there are always field
trials, carried on in the open
country, which can be great fun.
In the group II sporting dogs
thounds ) there are six types of
dachshunds — also the dour-
looking bloodhound.
Group III, the working dogs
takes in guard dogs like
Doberman Pinschers, rescue
dogs like the Newfoundland and
St. Bernard, and herding dogs
like collies, old English sheep
dogs and the diminutive Welsh
Corgi.
The terriers (group IV), in-
clude the Skye Terrier, im-
mortalized for loyalty and
striking in appearance with his
blue-black coat, and the West
Highland and Scottish terriers
who made a certain whisky
famous.
About Toys there is little to be
said. If you like exquisite little
dogs, you'll love Group V,
Group Vi is a mixed bag of dogs
who don't seem to fit any other
category but that doeset
lessen their charm. Most popular
in this group is the mop-looking
Lhasa Apso — you can't tell the
front from the rear without a
program.
Man's best friend is waiting to
greet you at his best May 1 at 11
a.m. in the Belgravc Arena.
cheque for $500. This is the
second donation the ladies have
made to the fund and their
donation now totals $1,000,
Approximately $1,300 was.
raised for the Canadian Cancer
Society during their campaign of
Exeter last Thursday evening.
Students from the South Huron
District High School carried
out the canvass.
On Saturday evening, the
RCM" Officers' Mess at Clo Base
Centralia entertained over 200
guests at their annual Spring
Formal.
It's a first for the Bluewater
Kennel Club too! Organized last
fall in Goderich, this club, whose
members are mainly from Huron
County, are putting on their first
dog show this Saturday at the
Belgrave Arena on Highway No,
4, just south of Wingham. This is
no minor achievement. It takes
most new kennel clubs at least a
year to put on a show.
What kind of people (and dogs
go to dog shows? There are to
start with, we the onlookers, then
the clog breeders and owners who
are there to exhibit their
purebred dogs in competition, to
see how their pride and joy stacks
up against other representatives
of the breed.
The first time I went to a dog
show I thought is all very
well for' the owners a real ego
trip a • but how do the dogs feel?"
ICs rather hard to interview a
dog, so I have never actually
heard how a dog feels about being
trotted around a ring, with other
members of his breed, having his
teeth examined and counted, his
backbone fingered, and other
seeming indignities. But in time
became the owner of a "cham-
pion", saw her in shows, and
drove her home afterwards. She
was quite enthusiastic, if you
could judge by the proud way she
carried herself around the ring,
Like a real trooper she was
nervous before each show, but
cool was the word as soon as her
turn came.
People strange to the ways of
dog shows often remark "those
poor animals in their cages." Dog
owners call them "crates".
Actually a dog feels safe and
comfortable in his crate, he's
used to it, and frequently it's his
bed and refuge at home. But if a
dog is nervous or irritable he's
"excused" from the ring, which
means no unhappy dogs at a dog
show.
What do the judges look for
when they give a dog Best of
Breed, Best of Group, or Best in
Show Awards? In a "con-
formation" show, such as that
being put on by the Bluewater
Kennel Club, they look for breed
standards, or in other words they
are looking for the ideal gait,
10 Years Ago
The Province of Ontario will be
represented by two Ministers at a
ceremony marking the com-
mencement of activities at the
site of the 1906 International
Plowing Match. The match takes
place in MeKillop Township,
Tuesday, October 11 to Friday,
October 14.
The Exeter Swimming pool
fund received a boost Monday
evening when members of the
Legion Ladies Auxiliary
presented f inaneecha irman
fund R. E. Ted Pooley with a
Marion Lamport, who called
her favourite athlete, Turk
Broda, "the oldest, fattest,
baldest and best goaltender in the
N.H.L.", captured the senior
championship of tisborne public
school speaking contest held at
Thames Road, Friday night.
20 Years Ago
The musical McCutcheons
from Centralia had a heyday at
the SHDHS festival last week.
The four ehldren of Mr. & Mrs.
Fred McCutcheon captured a
total of 20 prizes — 13 firsts, five
seconds and two thirds.
South Huron Music Festival,
although only five years old,
rivals some of the best musical
competitions in Ontario.
Adjudicator Lloyd Queen of
London said,
Twenty-two Girl Guides from
Exeter, Hensall, RCAF Cen-
tralia and Clinton planted trees in
Hay township Saturday morning
under the supervision of Hal
Hooke, Exeter. Each girl was
required to plant 20 trees to earn
her woodman's badge.
Besides -delaying seeding and
damaging crops already seeded,
heavy thunderstorms inflicted
serious erosion on farm lands in
the district. SIIDIIS teacher
Andrew Dixon, a member of the
Au sable River Conservation
Authority, estimated the river
was carrying more than 350,000
tons of top soil.
SO Years Ago
Mr, N. J. Dore station agent,
has purchased a lot on Carling
Street and will commence the
erection of a new brick house of
bungalow style shortly,
Mr, W. J. Grant and son of
Glencoe are opening up a
bakeshop in Mr. C, B. Snell's
block on Main Street.
The brick work of the old Verity
foundry has been torn down and
the bricks are being used for the
erection of an, additional 125 feet
to the storeroom of the Exeter
Canning factory.
Mr. C. C. Piton is enlarging the
Huron Garage and is building up
the vacant lot between the garage
and R, N. Rowe's furniture, store.
25 `tears .Ago
Zurich Lions Club presented
their minstrel -show to a packed
house in the town hall, Revisal],
Wednesday evening. The show
was sponsored by the Hensall
Women's Institute.
A good number of the future
men and women of Lucan area
met on Friday evening in the
Memorial Centre for the first
Teen-town sponsored by the
1J-n‘ri tett Entertainment Corn -
On Friday, April 20, the Right
Reverend G. N. Luxton, Bishop of
Huron' was present in Grand
Bend to confirm the first class of
Confirmation candidates to be
presented in the new Anglican
Church of St. John's by-the-
Exeter council's decision to
write letters . to other
municipalities in the area to
determine their support for a new
arena and hall only may dim the
hopes of people who believe any
new recreational facilities should
include a swimming pool.
John Stephens, South Huron
Recreation Committee chair-
man, made perhaps the most
valid point at the last council
Meeting when he suggested it
would not be fair to begin can-
vassing for funds until it was
determined exactly what kind of
facility would be built.
Although this writer leans
toward the building of a new
arena and hall (because there is a
limit to how Much money can he
used for recreational purposes) I
agree with Stephens' statement
thatthe fund raisers must know
exactly what they are trying to
accomplish before any can-
vassing begins.
Before any final decision is
made on what will fill the
recreational needs of this area
careful consideration and
planning will have to be used to
make sure the benefits outweigh
the costs.
TWo local businessmen have
demonstrated faith in the future
of this area by completing a
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