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Morning Phone 235.1331 et ExetereOnterie second Ow MO - itsehoetten Numb's 93.4 S UBSCRI RA TES: Canada $14.00 Per Year, USA $30.00- +CNA Call the tune Vats, WAWA' to advertise the event in an effort to regain their costs. What's so sinister about having the public informed- of a dance, reception or stag? It all sounds as though it came from the dark ages! To top it off, the LCBO uses dubious tactics in enforcing the rule, They've threatened the hall operators with loss of further permit approvals if the rule is not followed by those renting the facilities, although they are far fthm consistent in that effort judging from the fact several newspapers still carry such advertisements. At any rate, the rule is ridiculous at best and it's time it was challenged, Surely, the people of Ontario still have some say in their own liquor laws and hopefully Councillor Cameron will pur- sue the matter, further. vAver:Vg., Back to important stuff Ry W. Roger Worth Governments in several provinces are taking a second look at the economic and social impact of, the massive shopping centre developments 'that have permanently changed the face of the Canadian land- scape. Prince Edward Island, for example, has passed legisla- tion that places a moratorium on new mall developments, Nova Scotia has tightened regulations relating to new shopping centres and Quebec and provinces in Western Canada are not far behind. Roger Worth is Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Federation of independent Business, Bigger 'May Not be :Beer there isn't enough business to go around. Meanwhile, traditional in- dependent businesses in the downtown cores ,of Canada's communities are caught in the middle of the shopping centre fray. Mail developers gren't seriously' interested in having them as tenants (more than, 80% of the businesses in show.. ping 4.;,c titres are owned by ma- jor national companies) and the odds are stacked against smaller downtown retailers. In survey after survey, in, dependents represented by the 55,000-member Canadian Federation of Independent Business contend they .are be- ing treated unfairly, which is one reason some provinces Are placing restrietions on new shopping centre developments. One shopping centre in a small community may increase competition. A second may be viable. But the overbuild- ing, of shopping centres based on the bigger-is-better syn- drome is creating horrendous problems, it's time every provincial government in the country re- assessed policies on such de- velopments, Canada's tradi- tional independent merchants deserve to be treated fairly. police and the perpetrators were brought to justice. • Recovering stolen property and ap- prehending .the culprits is often akin to looking for the proverbial needle in a hay stack and the successful efforts of the area policemen is certainly worthy of note and commendation. 0r5e, of the fringe ,benefits is that their r epU6tion" beconies quickly known to those who look for areas to commit crimes and it serves as a very strong deterrent that pays more dividends than most area residents may imagine. But don't get complacent, they still seem to have time to check for speeders, impaired drivers and people,, who haven't buckled up! regardless of age, However under the new legislation a child cannot be charg- ed with a criminal offence under the age of 12 years; it is presently seven years, Only those 14 years or over will be allowed trial in an adult court and then only for the most serious of crimes, such as murder. Juveniles will have more rights in the courtroom, including the opportuni- ty to tell their side of the storyln- corrigibility and sexual immorality will disappear as possible charges against juveniles, because these are charges which cannot be made against adults. Additionally parents, under the propos- ed legislation, cannot be held responsi- ble for their children's illigal acts. In total the new act appears to be a more sensible approach to the problems of juvenile misbehaviour. Wingham Advance Times to be more important things on our minds. The other day now, a little grade two girl came up lo me quite indignantly, "Shane put his wart in the drinking fountain. Is it ever gross!" Now that was a new one on me to I took a look. Sure enough, there seemed to be something bobbing around in the spout. The caretaker was passing by and overheard. "I'll get it out," he offered, grinning. Time to talk to Shane. "No way," he protested. "I've still got all of my `wart," holding up a par- Ocularly loathsome specimen. Gross Was an appropriate word. However, it was still very much intact. So much for that Story. Gosh, it feels good to solve such weighty problems. It doesn't pay Long overdue res Vit'SWOMMEaretWiNigekblifaiStiliatiraiitelAiMiali Perspectives Beatles came along. Hair was long then if it was over the ears and it meant a suspension if you tried it that way with this principal. One night at a school dance several young fellows turned up with long hair. He had told them to leave but they persisted in hanging around the school, Nat too wisely he found their car in the parking lot and removed the coil wire, then presented it to them the next day with a notice of suspension. They, or some close friends, then presented his front porch with a five gallon pail of 'nature's best' several nights later. It got to be quite a war and nobody could possibly win it. I can't quite see anybody worrying too much these days -over the length of anybody's hair. There seems "When are we going to rise off our hind legs and boot this LCBO out of On- tario? That was the question asked last week by Exeter Councillor Don Cameron when the South Huron rec centre board considered the Liquor Control Board's edict which denies non- charitable groups from advertising events at which liquor is being served. Well, it's a good question, but why stop at the question? Let's get at the solution! Circulate a resolution to the municipal councils and centre boards throughout the province asking that the government tell the LCBO to cut out the nonsense. If the LCBO is going to issue per- mits and collect their fee, then the groups paying those fees should be able You've seen the TV bit where the speeding motorist, suggests the policeman who is writing out the ticket would be providing better service to the public if he was out catching a bank robber? Well, no doubt many people who have been apprehended for minor traf- fic offences would agree with the con- tendon, but the fact is, the pOlicernen serving this area appear to be doing both jobs very well. Last week's paper provided infor- mation that the Exeter OPP had successfully recovered most of the items taken in several recent break-ins and numerous charges had been laid. The annual report of the Exeter town police indicated that almost half of the goods stolen last were recovered by The federal government intends to introduce a new act to cover juvenile offenders and will contain changes which are long overdue. The present Juvenile Delinquents Act was passed in 1908 and in the intervening 71 years the whole face of our society has altered, as has the age of responsibility, The proposed law is to be known as the Young Offenders Act and will differ in the basic philosophy contained in the old one, by which it was understood that juvenile delinquents were to be treated with parent-like care and dis- cipline. In this day and age it is obvious that parent discipline itself is in a decrepit state, largely because many youngsters are more knowledgeable about the society in which they live than are their mothers and fathers. The new law is formulated on the concept that young people will be held accountable for their behaviour, ... by SYD FLETCHER Every once in a while something major comes up in the discipline line for a principal. Somebody has a fight with his best friend and 'punches him out', somebody's Barbie doll had been stolen from her desk, or somebody has uttered that particular word again. It all comes within the joWs duties to sort these things out, sometimes with good results, sometimes not so good. I can remember one high school principal back about 15 years ago who got in- volved in the gong hair' issue. That was when the IWO that the election is over we can get down to more serious business in this country. While readers were intent on soaking up all the drivel during the campaign, they will be happy to learn that people in other lands were taking steps to help them enjoy life more. For instance, there's a scientist in Japan 'who will make connoisseurs everywhere happy to learn of a treat that food processors have in mind for there in the near future. Instant, powdered alcoholic beverages are on the way. Yes,beforelong you'll be able to shake the contents of an envelope into a glass, add water and instantly have a martini, a plain old shot or rye or a manhattan, although we can't imagine anyone in his/her own mind drinking the latter concoction. It is hoped that powdered wine will be next, followed by instant beer. The production 'of freeze-dried wine should be a real boon for those of us who have been liable to decide the proper wine to serve with TV dinners. Now, that will be included along with the mashed potatoes and sticky pud- ding that invariably gets spilled over the meat somewhere along'the line. Beer drinkers may have to wait a lit- tle longer for their instant treat. It is giving unexpected trouble because so far the powdered product cannot be in- duced to develop a head. The whole idea started with a Japanese scientist who learned how to encapsulate droplets of alcohol in fermented soya sauce so as to retain For the first time in a couple of decades, young Canadians are taking more than a casual interest in world af- fairs, Young male teachers are asking us old veterans what we think about the invasion of Afghanistan, of boycotting the Olympics. whether the situation is like that when Hitler Was on the march. We don't have the answers, of course, but it's rather interesting to notice the sudden interest of these guys, who are usually talking about their boats, or their snowmobiles, or their last victory, at racquet ball or their mortgages. And they're not the only ones. Just the other day. I was discussing with a Grade II class George Orwell's "Animal Farm," that incisive allegory of revolution and totalitarianism. At least I had planned to discuss IL Instead we talked about Russia, which led to Afghanistan which led to NATO, to China, to Hitler's Waltz into various vacuums while Britain, Prance and the U.S. stood back and tut-tutted, to a possible invasion of Canada, to our pitiful armed forces, and a lot of other things. The kids were serious, concerned, and eager to learn more. They remind- ed me of the young people of the early Sixties, Who were deadly in earnest about the cold war and a possible nuclear holocaust. But they retained their sense of humor. I wound up by asking jokingly, Which of the services they would be joining. "Will you go into the Army, the Navy or the Air rorce?" One boy riposted, "I'll be going into the woods." Per What they are Worth, I do have some opinions on the world situation. the alcoholic content of the product while removing the water. Of course, there will be some marketing problems, How the Ontario government will look upon this instant booze business is anyone's guess. However, it will certainly make public water fountains much more pop- ular. But it will be necessary to have trash containers near by to keep the streets from becoming cluttered with empty packages, It will certainly be a boom in com- munities which add fluoride to their siDliter systems. Even the alcoholics willOaVe good teeth! - * • * As those of us in the business know, it is easy to get caught on not being specific enough in an advertising message. Leaving things to consumers' imagination is somewhat dangerous. An Ottawa Chrysler dealer found that out when he offered a free trip to Ber- muda to anyone who would buy a Chrysler product within a certain time limit. Most people would assume the product meant a car or truck. Well, an enterprising young man walked in and purchased a gas tank cap for $1.38 and demanded the prize, What's more, he made such a nuisance of himself that the dealer finally gave it to him. By the same token, the human rights people are probably wondering what charge to lay against the newspaper which obviously infringed on some type of freedom with this advertisement: "Part and full time employees needed Even Jbe Clark's terrifying threat that Canada would boycott the Olympics will not make them pull out of Afghanistan until they are good and ready - probably after they have set up a puppet government ruthlessly ruled from Moscow. Why not? Because* the hard-liners have taken over in Russia, and they don't give a diddle for world opinion, at the same time keeping their own people in the dark. Secorelly, nobody has the guts, or the stupidity, to take them on, eyeball to eyeball, in Afghanistan, any more than anyone did when the Russiatis crushed the liberating climate of Czecho- Slovakia, or steamrollered into the ground the Hungarian revolution. Oh, there were cries of dismay from everywhere on those occasions, but nobody did anything, except wring hands and take in refugees. On only two occasions Since World War II has anyone stood up to Russia, On both occasions, the Russians cooled it. One was when Russia cut off Berlin from the West. The western countries responded with the Berne Airlift, in the face of Russian threats that the mercy planes Would be shot down. They Were not, and the very tense situation resolv- ed itself, Another was the cuban crisis. Presi- dent Kennedy laid in on the line. If Hes- sian ships carrying Missiles and other obnoxious items to Cuba did not turn around and go' home, they would be at- tacked. The Russians went right to the brink, and banked down. But those Were the days When NATO had some teeth, and the Americans probably had an edge in nuclear hardware. Things are different today, In Europe, the NATO forces are no match for those of the Warsaw Pact, in men or machinery. About five years ago, an American general, now head of the U.S, chiefs of staff, told me per- sonally that NATO could had the Russians for only about two weeks. The situation today is worse. On the world scene, the U.S, has received one black eye after another. A stalemated war in Korea. A disaster in Viet Nam. The propping tip of petty dic- tators around the world. The Machinations of the CIA, A lot of prestige and a lot of clout has gone down the drain. Britain is a third-rate power, as is Frahce. The Scandinavians are wary of disturbing the bear. Germany west is tough and wealthy, but vulnerable from within and without. Japan sits on its can, making money, while protected by the American military. China is a big question mark, India the same. The Moslem world is not going to take on Russia. So who's to stop them? I predict that they will consolidate in Afghanistan, with little opposition, then cool things down for a few years, though keeping brush-fires going in Africa and elsewhere, before making their next Move, possibly to squash Yugo-Slavia. As for Canada pulling out of the Olympics, unless the great majority of nations outside the Soviet bloc follow suit, it would make as much difference, one way or the other, as a flea biting an elephant. 0 94 axiom MARrot.. "Funny, you don't look NDP." interest in world affairs for fish packing plant. Experience help- ful, but not necessary. Mate or female preferred." This would seem to provide for everybody except what the election pollsters refer to as the "don't knows", Wonder if Anita Bryant had anything to do with that? The reason for all the ac- tivity: shopping mall develop- ments have proliferated to the point where overbuilding has become the order of the day in even the smallest of Cana- dian communities.. One successful; reasonably- sized shopping centre, it seems, results in an even larger unit designed to win sales from the original development. Then a third mall may enter the com- petition, many times ensuring 45 years ago The Boy Scouts of, town held a supper meeting in the James St, United Church parlors on Friday evening, last, about 25 being present. Following a sumptuous repast, Mr. 111, Jones gave a very timely address on the subject "Being on the Nowhere in the world, is the English Level." At the meetinge,of tithe language treated with suelf. coMpleteWo en fikS§pCiAti,011-., .of '° or any vestigy of true meane James St, United Church ing as it. is on restaurant meals. four of the members debated BesideS the fact l't has recently' on the subject, "Resolved reported that many are using fast- that the woman, taking an frozen gourmet meals, the sleaziest active part, in public work parlor in the world will use such does more for the corn-, descriptions as "farm fresh eggs" in munity than the one who the full knowledge that the eggs they confines her activities to her use have been frozen in a cold storage home." Miss A. Handford warehouse for anything up to three and Miss B. Hart- years. "Creamery butter" is another phrase nell took 'the affirmative designed to set the patron's mouth and Miss M. Fletcher and watering. Have you ever heard of Miss N. Keddy took the butter being made anywhere else but in negative. Mrs. J.H. Jon0s, a creamery? Mrs. C.V. Pickard and Mrs. Words such as "mom's" or "grand- Cecil Stewart were the ma's" or even "home made" are judges and gave their vet- thrown around to create the illusion diet in favor of the af- that somewhere out in the kitchen a firmative, motherly,'white-haired old lady is grin- 30 years ago ding her own flour and churning butter A weather indicator, ' to create nutritious delicacies that believed to have been build sturdy bodies. released somewhere in the A look in some of those kitchens United States was found by would prompt patrons to consider more A.G. Hess and Bill While carefully the value of eating at home! rabbit hunting on the farm of Hugh Thiel, 21/2 miles west of Zurich. Provincial Police, when contacted, said to turn it into the RCAF station at Cen- tralia, and they would return it to the proper authorities. Three major buildidg operations are now going on in Exeter, The Canadian Legion have started to ex- cavate the new building to be erected at the rear of the Lyric Theatre. A steam shovel is being used, Mr. Thompson of the Lyric Theatre is planping to enlarge that building for an additional 75 seats. Simmons are making a , decided improvement to their implement building. A completely new front is being installed and repair to update the showrooms will be provided. Mr, A.W. Anderton, a former organist of the James St. United -,Church -and, I orgenfet'entrahoirnia0dr. Ofl 4 St. George's Church of England, Goderich, presided for the dedication of the new $22,000 organ in that church on Sunday. 20 years ago Huron MPP C.S, Mae- Naughton has co-sponsored a• bill in the Ontario. Legislature which would require a uniform starting and ending date for daylight saving time. Beaver Lumber formally took possession of Huron Lumber Co. Ltd. Tuesday. Keys to the building were presented to manager Tom Vickerman by A.J. Sweitzer, his predecessor. Six men from James St. United Church appeared on CKNX "Sing Time" program Sunday. Norm Walper, Walter McBride, Harry Dougall, Gordon Cudmore, Merv. Cudmore and Lloyd Bern sang several hymns with Mr, Walper taking solo par ts, Miss Joan Banks, an ex- change teacher from Manchester, England spent the weekend with Miss Norma Taylor. Several members of the staff of Ealing School, London, joined them Saturday night for a sleigh ride. Pastor Gordon Hewlett of Columbia, Wisconsin, visited with his mother, Mrs. Smith over the weekend.