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TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY , 1939-45 — This photograph was taken recently by J.
McDonald in Rangoon, Burma. Mr. McDonald says that many Canadians are buried in this
cemetery.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
Boyle presents the trophy to South
Following Saturday's Huron-Perth Conference junior football final, Exeter mayor Derry
Huron team captains Bill Glover, Dale Kerslake, Guy Dietz and Dave Shaw. T-A photo
HONOUR MINOR HOCKEY MEMBERS — Two members of the Exeter minor hockey association were honoured Friday for
their long services to the local puck group. While Shirley Pratt looks on, Bob Whiteford and Brian Mclelland present plaques
to Derry Boyle and Harvey Pfaff. T-A photo
Precious Blood students visit TRA
A SHORT REST — Gary Spurn, one of the hardest working
two-way players on the South Huron junior football team Is
being carried off after o slight injury in Saturday's, cham-
pionship game. He came back to action shortly after:
•
F/L GERALD SCHROEDER
died in 1945
By Mary Alderson
Seeing legion members
parade, or attending a
special Remembrance Day
ceremony are very moving
experiences. But sometimes
something will happen to
give Remembrance Day
even more meaning.
A letter came to the Times-
Advocate office last week,
just ,a few days before
Remembrance Day,A Mr. J.
McDonald wrote to us from
Rangoon, Burma. Mr,
McDonald said that he was a
retired member of the
Canadian Armed Forces,
and was stationed at
R.C.A.F. Centralia from 1959
to 1964. He has some friends
and acquaintances in the
Exeter area.
Mr. McDonald is now
working for the Canadian
International Development
Agency (CIDA) in Burma.
He writes:
"There is a Com-
monwealth Cemetery near
Rangoon which containes the
graves of many servicemen
who fell h battle in this
area."
"On a visit to the cemetery
I had a conversation with one
of the groundskeepers and as
often happens, one question
leads to another. I was
shown some records which
recorded that some
Canadians were buried here,
so I took the opportunity to
see if I knew some of them."
Mr. McDonald noticed the
name of Flight Lieutenant
W.G. Schroeder of Centralia,
The grave marker said that
Schroeder was a pilot with
the R.C.A,F. and had died on
February 9, 1945 at the age of
27,
Mr. McDonald said that he
didn't know Schroeder, but
"I felt we both had
something in pommon."
He sent along eight colour
photographs of the cemetery
and the grave and asked the
Times-Advocate if we would
like to do something further.
He said that if we were able
to contact the family, he
would be pleased to do
something more for them, if
they wished. He sent along
the address of a relative in
Ottawa.
We called
Schroeder near Centralia y
and learned that indeed it
was his eldest brother who
was buried in Burma. Harry
was just a small child at the
time of his brother's death,
and didn't remember many
details. He contacted his
brother LeRoy who lives in
London. They were in-
terested in the letter from
Mr. McDonald.
There were nine boys and
one girl in the Schroeder
family. Gerald is the only
one who is not living. Harry
and his brother Reg are
working the family farm,
near Centralia.
Harry brought us a
yellowed newspaper clipping
from an old copy of the
Times-Advocate which
reported that Gerald
Schroeder was missing while
on air operations in India. It
states that Gerald was one of
four sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Schroeder who were
with the R.C.A.F.
Gerald enlisted in August
1941, and received his first
training in Belleville. He was
then posted in Brantford
where he graduated in July,
1942 with a Pilot Officer's
commission. He spent a year
as a staff pilot in Sum-
merside, and later was
posted to Boundary Bay on
the west coast. In November
1944 he went to India and was
on operational duty for abou
a month,
At that time his brother
LeRoy was stationed in
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Another
brother Earl was an in-
structor at Souris, Manitoba
and Orville was taking a
course at Aylmer. At home
there were James, Reginald,
Uel, Glen, Harry and May.
The T-A report saying that
Gerald was missing con-
cluded: "It is hoped that the
next news received will be of
an encouraging nature."
Harry also brought us a
blue hard covered book
which was Gerald's "Pilot's
Flying Log Book." It is filled
with neatly printed times
and reports. Aircraft type is
listed as Liberator,VI.
Between February 1 and 9,
1944 Gerald's duties were
listed as low and medium
level bombing. Then on
February 9 his dqties were
"Operations as ordered". On
the next page in red ink, it
reads: "Failed to return
from operation." Total
operational hours were listed
as 114,55.
A note inside the log book
says that the flight
lieutenant rank was received
posthumously.
The Schroeder family
received two photographs
from the war graves com-
mission. One shows a sign
listing eight names of men
buried in a common grave.
Harry thinks this was a site
of the plane crash. The plane
was shot down in Burma by
Japanese ground fire, it was
believed.
Another photograph sent
to the family shows the
grave in the commonwealth
cemetery near Rangoon.
This was the same photo as
was sent by Mr. McDonald.
However, Mr. McDonald
included pictures of the stone
work on the front entrance of
the cemetery, as well as
pictures of the flower gar-
dens.
Harry says that this is the
first time the Schroeder
family has had contact with
someone who had actually
been to that cemetery His
brother LeRoy said that
he would be writing to Mr,
McDonald. Memories for the
Schroeders will be extending
past Remembrance Day.
MAY THEY SLEEP IN PEACE — is written on the 'grave
marker of Gerald Schroeder in Burma.Schroeder was killed in
1945 while he was a pilot in India with the R.C.A.F,
• Memories of Gerald Schroeder
Burma letter gives meaning to Remembrance Day
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Jack's Jottings
Gross over-expansion
REMEMBER AT USBORNE — The annual Remembrance Day service was held Friday at Usborne Central School with
members of the R.E. Pooley Exeter branch of the Royal Canadian Legion assisting. From the left are Padre Rev. George
Anderson, branch president Lee Webber, Usborne student council president Brent Dawson, parade marshal Percy Noels and
Edgar Cudmore. T-A photo
By JACK RIDDELL
,; MPP Huron-Middlesex
It is now beyond argument
that Ontario Hydro has been
allowed by the Ontario
Government to grossly over-
ekpand. To be precise in
January of this year, the
peak demand for electricity
by Ontario consumers
reached just over 16,000
megawatts,
Even if we accept a
reserve of 25 percent to meet
unforeseen, contingencies,
sOch as power stations
temporarily out of corn-
Mission, we arrive at a
required generating
capacity for the Province of
20,000 megawatts. Yet in
January of this year Hydro
already had an installed
capacity of over 24,000
megawatts.
In other words, it is
presently over-built to the
extent of 4,000 megawatts.
To many of us these may
simply seem to be another
set of meaningless figures
but it is important to con-
sider what these figures and
the resultant overbuilding
has meant in terms of
dollars. ,
If we take the costs of
building generating capacity
between 1971 and 1978, the
over-building has cost us
over 2 billion dollars-for
power we don't need at this
time!
When one includes the
present building plans of
Hydro, even after all their
cancellations and deferrals
(each one of which by the
way, costs us millions of
dollars in penalties) the
figure rises to several
;billions of dollars-which we
will be unnecessarily paying
for with future massive rate
increases.
To confirm that fear, we
have already been warned
earlier this year by a senior
Hydro official of possible
Stephen township council
has approved several
revisions to the munz
ciiaplity's secondary plan
and it will now be forwarded
to the Ontario Ministry of
Housing for hopefully final
sanction,
Huron County planner
George Penfold attended the
last council meeting to assist
in making the final revisions.
Council voiced no ob-
jection or comment on the
Exeter zoning bylaw change
regarding Kongskilde
property.
A severance application
from Clare Kennedy at the
Oakwood subdivision north
of Grand Bend was passed
subject to the lot being large
enough to satisfy regulations
of the Huron Health Unit.
Council authorized
payment of $1,200 to the
South Huron Rec Centre
board as Stephen's share an
expected deficit.
Permission was given to the
Augable-Bayfield Conser-
comparable increases for
1981,
The costs of past over-
building, present over-
building, foreign exchange
losses and various other
errors are included in your
current Hydro bills, largely
in the form of interest
charges on the money which
Hydro has had to borrow.
It is difficult to be precise
as to how much of this can be
allocated to genuinely
needed expansion, but. the
best estimate we can make is
that at least 15 percent of
your 1979 .Hydro bill is
required to pay for the
Government's failure to
keep Hydro efficient and for
generating capacity Ontario
does not need.
I think it is important at
this point, to make it clear
that our criticisms of these
misjudgements and un-
necessary costs to con-
sumers are not a result of
being wise by hindsight. The
Liberal Party has, for many
years, been sceptical of
Hydro's future load
forecasts and critical of the
Government's apparent
inability to review and
control Hydro's empire
building.
However, we do not simply
restrict ourselves to
criticisms of the system.
Indeed the Liberal Caucus
has concrete recom-
mendations as to how these
excessive costs to consumers
can be reduced and we are
committed to implementing
those recommendations if
the opportunity avails itself.
Specifically, we propose
that the basic electricity
necessary for survival
should be provided to
fesidential users at the
cheapest rate, rather than
the present situation where
the "Little guy" 'has to pay,
relatively speaking, more
for his energy while the
person heating a swimming
vation Authority to repair a
portion of the Walker drain
at part of Lot 2, LRE Con-
cession, Stephen is to be the
benefitting municipality.
A grant of $50 was made to
the South Huron Association
for the Mentally Han-
dicapped.
Hay township fire in-
surance agent Glenn Webb
discussed a review of fire
insurance policies on
township buildings.
Council hipsigted two
resolutions. OMFiVas from
Valley East asking M''C to
review legislation regarding
school children crossing a
highway with more than two
lanes.
The other from Dunnville
asked for automatic signal
devices at all crossings,
The November council
meeting was attended by a
number of township young
people brought by members
of the Stephen Optimist club,
Bob Pinter, Bill McGrath
and Kitch
pool 'pays relatively less.
This position is detailed in a
private member's bill
presented to, the Legislature
last year by Eddie Sargent,
Centralia
ladies meet
The Centralia U.C.W. met
in the school room of the
church. President Freda
Rollings opened the meeting
with two poems and
welcomed all present.
The Treasurers report
given and Correspondence
was read. The_ U.C.W, were
invited to attend a bazaar at
Exeter United on November
17. Mrs. Graham would
make cakes and the money
to go to the White Gift.
The Christmas meeting
Group 2 to convene
Programme and Group 1 to
convene lunch and invite the
CGIT girls also the men.
Senior citizen Christmas
dinner will be December 17
at the community centre.
June Essery convened a'
silent auction which was
very successful.
The ladies in charge of the
programme were Mildred
Greb, Aldeen Skinner, Doris
Lightfoot and Alice Koehler.
Aldeen Skinner opened with
a poem "Time has passed."
All the ladies took part in
presenting the ten best
hymns and explaining how
they became to be written
and the name of the writer.
They are as follows: Rock of
Ages, Onward Christian
Soldiers,There is a fountain,
What a friend we have in
Jesus, Just as I am, All IHail
the power of Jesus name,
The Old Rugged Cross, From
Greenlands Icy Mountain,
Ninety and Nine, Sweet bye
and bye. Some of the hymns
were sung.
Penny Smith played
Onward Christian Soldiers-
Lois Wilson sang a solo
Ninety and Nine-Mildred
Greb introduced Leona
Morley who showed us her
display of flowers, and made
a corsage and also a
Christmas arrangement. It.
was very attractive. Alice
Koehler thanked Leona and
gave her a gift.
Liberal Member for Grey-
Bruce,
This "Lifeline" bill
recpmmended that Hydro
rates should be structured so
that the cheapest rate ap-
plies to the basic amount
which domestic users
equire. At present, the rate
structure encourages con-
sumption, so that the
average cost per kilowatt
hour is less for the person
with the swimming pool than
the pensioner with the space
heater. Rates have to be
turned around to remove this
inequity and to promote
conservation,
In addition, our Liberal
energy critic, Julian Reed,
Listowel lady
speaks in town
President-Mrs. Edna
Simmons presided at the
Thank offering meeting of
the Presbyterian church
women. In keeping with
Remembrance Day she,
opened the meeting by
reading a poem entitled
"Dreams."
The Devotional 'was
"Symbols and Signs of the
Christian Faith"-by Mrs.
Norman Stanlake assisted
by Mrs. Don Webster, Mrs.
, Alvin Moir and Mrs. K.
Knight and . prayer of
dedication for the
thankoffering was given by
Mrs. R. lies. Mrs. Derek Nind of
Listowel was guest speaker.
She brought greetings from
Stratford Presbyterial and
spoke of the importance of
each individual member,
Ingredients in private life to
remember to have faith and
trust, love and friendship,
fellowship or togetherness,
service-to see the need and
act.
Thanks to Mrs. Nind were
expressed by Mrs. Don
Webster.
Report of fall conference
in Harrington were given by
Mrs. Kenneth Knight.
The next meeting will be
held thp first Monday in
December, a change from
regular second Monday.
Lunch was served by the
committee, Mrs. A. Orr,
Mrs. J. Pryde and Mrs. M.
Pryde.
the Member for Halton
Burlington, presented a
private member's bill
earlier this year which would
have given the Government
power to impose policy
directives on Ontario Hydro.
With the immense control
that Hydro now exerts we
believe that such public
accountability is crucial to
avoiding the mistakes of the
past.
In a strongly worded
statement to the Legislature,
Premier Davis outlined the
Government's response to
Premier Levesque's white
paper on sovereignty-
association. He described
the proposal as "limited and
short-sighted" and what
might be described as the
"Ultimate copout-a self-
imposed ghetto mentality,
surely beneath the dignity of
the French-Canadian
people".
Both Opposition Leaders
immediately endorsed the
Premier's statement.
Liberal Leader Stuart Smith
described the white paper as
"a meaningless concept, a
phony concept.. a cheap
political trick to get people to
vote yes on renewed
federalism, only to wake up
the next day and find he
(Levesque) was selling them
something else.
The Minister of Consumer
and Commercial Relations,
Frank Drea, has tabled
legislation to make public
liability and property
damage insurance man-
datory for all drivers with
fines of up to $2,500 for
anyone caught without in-
surance. Courts are em-
powered to suspend licences
and confiscate vehicles in
the case of "habitual of-
fenders".
When 1980 licence plate
stickers go on sale
December 1, motorists will
be required to shoW proof of
insurance. The Minister
estimated that on any given
day about 250,000 motorists
on the road have no in-
surance, either because they
refuse to pay any or because
they have allowed their
policies to lapse.
His advice to people who
say they won't be able to
afford car insurance when it
becomes compulsory on
March 17 "Get rid of your
car!"
The Ontario Government
cannot afford the huge in-
creases being requested by
most of the Children's Aid
Societies in the province,
according to the Minister of
Community and Social
Services, Keith Norton.
Figures made available by
the Ministry show that six
agencies are asking for
operating increases of more
than 30 percent. One in
Kapuskasing, wants 46.6
percent more. Ten Want
more than 20 percent. Only
nine of the 50 societies in the
province are asking for less
than 10 percent increases,
Letter to editor
Dear Mr. Batten,
Please find enclosed
reports written by two
students from Mrs. F.
Westelaken's class. These
reports are their account of
what happened on their trip
to the Exeter Times
Advocate, Also enclosed is a
graph of the newspaper
reading habits of the parents
of the students in the class,
We would appreciate your
considering the possibility of
including this material in the
next issue of the Exeter
Times Advocate, I believe
that this action on your part
will be an extremely
valuable conclusion to the
classes study of the
newspaper.
Yours truly,
Laurie Kraftcheck
Principal
On Monday, October 15,
our class went to the Exeter
Times Advocate. We saw a
large camera. Then we went
to a dark room. There Mr.
Devries showed us the inside
of the camera. Then we went
into another room. There
was a machine called a
fliptop. They put a negative
coated with silver in the
fliptop ,and flipped it to the
other side, Then it takes a
picture. This picture is the
size of a whole page of the
paper and is now ready to go
on the printing press,
Written by Shawn Moore
4-1
On October 15, 1979,
Grades two, three, and four
went to the Exeter T.A.
When we went in the two
people who work there put us
into groups and one group
went to see the camera and
the flip top.
The other group that I was
in, went to see' the
typewriters that girls would
run and a little strip of paper
would come out and they
would put it through a
computer that would read it
real fast. We also got some
souvenirs to take home.
Written by Jeff Kints
Stephen approves
changes for plan
Pictograph of News papers read by parents of students in 2,3,4, class at Precious Blood
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