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OUR POINT OF VIEW
Few encouraging signs
Statistics released by the Canadian
Red Cross for their June 1 to 7 Water Safety
Week, have some encouraging signs, while
others are anything but.
For instance. the number of drownings
while swimming decreased approximately
25 percent last year. an indication that peo-
ple are not only becoming more cautious
around the water, but also that more and
more youngsters are taking lessons and
therefore are more qualified swimmers.
The greatest number of drownings,
however, are still in the 13 to 21 year
category, suggesting that teenagers are
still too over -confident or reckless when it
comes to judging their prowess in the
water.
There is no question that parents
should put considerable pressure on their
youngsters to avail themselves of the ex-
cellent swimming lesson program offered
locally. It's a small investment in both
time And money in view of the dividends it
could pay.
On the discouraging side of the ledger
is the fact that drownings as a result of
boating accidents are increasing annually
at a rate of about 10 percent. Boating ac-
cidents are still the cause of the greatest
number of drownings.
Many boaters apparently feel that once
they hit the wide open spaces of a lake they
can enjoy carefree driving. This isobvious-
ly not the case and boating requires the
continual care and attention that one must
'use while operating a car on a busy road.
Too many boat operators fail to follow
the necessary safetykregulations to ensurt
that they and their passengers return tt
land safely.
With the busy water sport season nov
on us, the sobbering statistics of thi
previous years should challenge all con
cerned to look closely at their safety habit
and make improvements where necessary.
Who foots the bill?
Tuckersmith Township Council's move
last week to ask their taxpayers if they
should kick in money into the various
recreation facilities in towns surrounding
the township is a wise move.
The opinion survey will find out if the
Tuckersmith residents want to support via
their taxes, the arenas and ball parks in
Clinton: Seaforth, and Hensall.
The survey is being carried out because
Seaforth wants to place a surcharge on all
non-Seaforth residents who use that -town's
recreational facilities. The cost they decid-
ed. should be $15 per year.
And who can blame Seaforth. who
carried out a survey and found out that 40
percent of the persons using their facilities
were living outside the town. and therefore
not paying their way through taxes.
Seaforth asked for and got help from
the other surrounding Townships. but
Tuckersmith, whose residents use four
different recreation set-ups in Clinton.
Vanastra• and Hensall. as wet 1 as Seaforth.
Tuckersmith council felt if they paid
into Seaforth, then they should also pay into
Hensall and Clinton.
And at Clinton, there is the same situa-
tion, where townspeople foot the whole
$80,000 recreation budget plus the deben-
ture payment while the residents of the sur-
rounding townships use the facilities at
substantially reduced costs.
The only solutjgn is to set up an area
recreation board, much like the one that
exists in Mitchell, where the town and the
surrounding townships pay their fair share
and have a say on how the facilities are
run.
The whole situation of township
representation and financial support of the
Clinton rec board has beellydiscussed in re-
cent years, but discussion has always
broken down because of petty differences.
The subject should be re -opened and a
new look taken at the whole recreation
problem.
Clinton News -Record
Big House pay and perks
i know my readers have been
waiting with bated breath for
Smiley. who seems to be against
most things. to launch his ex-
pected fiery attack on federal
MPs for giving themselves a
magnificent pay increase.
Sorry. chaps. I'll just have to
disappoint you this time. for a
couple of reasons.
First of all. 1 could speak with
the tongue of angels. or devils,
and the boys in the Big House
would ignore it. If they wouldn't
pay any attention to John
Diefenbaker. who speaks in
such tongues. they certainly
wouldn't to Bill Smiley.
Second of all. and the main
reason I have not erupted is that 1
think our federal elected
members should have enough
money so that they will be free
from temptation. and so that the
position does not become one only
for wealthy people who can af-
ford to be an MP. because they
have other income.
i know. and its true that MPs
have some other perks: free
mailing. travel privileges. meals
and accommodation payments
whole on government business.
allowances for offices and
secretaries.
In cash. their income at $34.600
is worth more than S40.000
because a good chunk of it is tax-
free. That's a pretty fair income.
even with inflation. but it's not
wild luxury. it's not exactly
Arabian Nights. it's not the sort
of loot on which you are going to
have orgies or get rich.
1 don't have to tell you- because
they will tell you themselves. at
inordinate length - that an MP
Times Established 1873
has extraordinary expenses.
You've heard it all: giving up his
business or profession: keeping
two homes: being expected to
contribute to evey cause in his
riding. - however trivial; being
expected to entertain when
Honer and Emily drop in on him
at Ottawa: having to buy a raffle
ticket on anything going and so
on. It's a lot of chickenfeed that
builds up into a pile of dotlars.
if somebody asks me to give a
donation to the South Nor-
thumberland Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to
Pregnant Cats. 1 can tell him to
get stuffed. drop dead or blow it
out his ears. The MP for that
riding must smile gamely. and
hawk up a five. And so it goes.
This is no apology for MPs.
They are the ones who should be
apologizing. Not for the increase.
But for the incredible ineptness of
the timing. Out of one side of their
mouths. they are supporting a
program of restraint for business
and labor. Out of the other side
they are muttering a shamefaced
"Aye" or absenting themselves
for the vote. when it comes to
giving themselves an increase
that is 92 percent over what they
were making in 1970.
1 admired those MPs who
bluntly said they needed the
increase and would vote for it. i
have nothing but contempt for
those who snuck in on their
braver brothers' and sisters'
coat-tails.
Nor do i have much time for
people like Diefenbaker, who
made a grandstand play out of it
by pointing the finger of scorn at
others. At his age, and with no
Advocate Established 1881
WHY NQT!
with the editor
A bat for male supremacy
There's nothing quite like
having a bat around to stir up a
bit of excitement or commotion.
TV viewerswere amused
during one of the recent Stanley
Cup games when a bat invaded
the Buffalo arena and was finally
subdued by a well -aimed hockey
stick and the game proceeded
through the fog.
Last week, the editor was
called upon for some similar
heroics. the conclusion of which
suggests that the women's
liberation movement has not
managed to gain the foot -hold
that some would have us believe.
At 5:00 a.m. Monday morning
our sleep was suddenly in-
terrupted with the better half
exclaiming there was a bat in the
bedroom.
Any male chauvinist pig would
have quickly jumped out to
display his manhood supremacy
by subduing the hairy creature,
but even in drowsiness the writer
managed to contain that impulse
and allow the better half the
opportunity to practicek
opportunity in this Worn
Year.
However. our feigned snoring
was soon abruptly halted with a
- severe jab in the ribs and an
urgent plea to get out of bed and
rid our bedroom of the invited
guest.
Stealthily sneaking to the at-
family,and no political future, he tack, with our commander
issuing directions from under the
doesn't need it. He's got a fat covers. the fearless white hunter
pension, plus the old -age pension, moved towards the screen where
waiting for him. the intended victim had been last
But his leader, Robert Stan- seen.
field, the millionaire, doesn't With no black blobs visible, it
need it either, and he voted for was quickly calculated that by
the increase, for the sake of dropping the inside window. the
others. who do need it. creature would be trapped on the
It seems like a lot of money, but inside. This done. it was soon
it forces some questions. Is an realized that the tactic had some
MP with all his extra expenses. drawbacks as there was no way
worth more than a letter carrier - of getting into this "trap" without
five times more, in cash. raising the window again.
Should an MP be worth about However, a careful search
the same as two and a half high revealed that in fact there was no
schoolteachers? is he worth less, bat.
from an income point of view, By this time full consciousness
than an Air Canada pilot, who had set in and the writer calmly
flies a maximum of 75 hours a advised the head under the
month. for just over 850,000'• covers that she had probably only
is the MP as valuable in cash heard the June beetles banging
terms as about three from outside and there was in -
steelworkers? deed no bat in the bedroom.
If your answer to these
questions is no, then you are
That calmed the situation for
either a letter carrier, a school
teacher, a pilot, a steelworker or
a damfool.
When an MP received 810,000 a
year for about five months work,
and was able to keep his own
business or profession going, he
was rich.
Today, how many first-rate
professional men, who have
worked hard to build a practice
that is bringing in $50,000 a year,
are going to throw it up for
hazards of a political career,
where it might be here today and
gone tomorrow?
At the other end of the financial
scale, the bright able young man
or woman who has a low income
and could not possibly finance a
run for parliament, will be en -
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only a few seconds, when the
intruder, it would also be the
means by which we would be up
the rest of the early morning
hours fixing a rather sieable gap
in the window.
A quick search of the upstairs
came up with a solution. Thank
goodness for modern packaging.
Despite the. complaints from
many consumers, we found that
one of those round cylinders used
for packaging the modern ver-
sion of potato chips was ideal for
trapping bats.
In one fell swoop, the creature
was deftly in the cannister, with
the exception of one wing and
part of a leg.
With the commander and the
bat putting up the same amount
of squeaking, the troops ordered
a pair of pliers by which to grab
the loose wing and carry the bat
outside for its execution.
However, the third hand
unmistakable squeak of a bat was
heard out in the hall. inspection
showed that there was a bat
sitting on another window in the
hall landing. its eerie frame
outlined by the moon.
+ - +
Asking for directions from the
commander, we were advised to
hit it with "something" and to
accomplish that end the com-
mander produced a hammer.
Fortunately, some rank and
file troopers have more common
sense that panicky commanders,
and it was quickly evident that
while the hammer may prove an
ideal weapon to dispose of the
couraged to take a shot at it.
There's no point in sa ing:
FATHER'S
DAY
JUNE 151
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Stop pretending
David, the four-year-old who
lives across from us has just
strode up the street with pur-
poseful step, long gun clutched in
his hand, cowboy hat low on his
forehead. He's off to stalk a bear
or a lion, ambush a bunch of bad
guys, or on some equally
dangerous escapade. Last week,
when the construction men were
laying sidewalk in front of his
house he was right out there
beside them equipped with hard
hat, shovel and rubber boots.
David is a boy with imagination
and what he's pretending now in
these young years will help him
to harden his muscles and
•sharpen his wits when he really
does reach that manhood of
which he only dreams now. •
Watching David reminds me of
C. S. Lewis's comment that most
of us start out by pretending to be
Christians. We pretend we are
sons of God, when all the while we
know we are not at all like the
Son of God, Jesus Christ, whose
will and interests are one with
God. We, are instead, a parcel of
self-centred greeds, fears,
jealousies, hopes and self -
conceits.
There are two kinds of
pretending. One of the bad kinds
is to pretend you are a good
friend who can be counted on for
help when you have no intention
of helping at all. There is also the
good kind of pretense which leads
up to the real thing. You have
likely experienced those times
when you are not feeling par-
ticularly friendly or helpful but
you know you ought to be. The
required for the job of holding the
cannister and the pliers was not
readily available as the com-
mander stood her distance and it
became necessary to rouse our
10 -year-old from his sleep to
assist in the manoeuvres
Fortunately, he hasn't been
subjected to the women -'s
liberation movement and gttickly
agreed to assist and in a few
minutes the entire operation had,
been completed, with the ham-
mer finally being brought into
play, although before the death
knell was sounded it was
necessary for the rank and file to
become mutinous and tell the
commander to get inside before
her screams would awaken the
entire neighborhood.
Yes, this is Women's Year.
Fortunately, such little things as
bats come along to keep the
female set in their place:
Now we know the foregoing is
going to draw the ire of the
leaders in this great women's
liberation movement and similar
to $jll Brady, Exeter's best
knoulh rodeo performer, we'll
probably end up with the label of
sexist ... or maybe male
chauvinist,pig, if you prefer.
However, we still have the bats
on our side, men!
50 Years Ago
Mr. E. S. Steiner, VS of Bergen
NY was in Exeter a few days and
has decided to open up a practice
here. He has rented one of Mr. C.
B. Snell's houses on Anne St.
Next Sunday will be an unique
date in the Methodist Church,
Hensall, as it marks the last
Sunday of its existence as a
Methodist denomination.
During the thunderstorm
Monday afternoon, Dan
McCurdy, of Stephen had a horse
killed by lightning. Several trees
were blown down by the wind.
Mr. W. C. Keddy and sisters
Misses Hanna and Nettie Keddy
left Tuesday for the West.
"Pay them what they're worth."
Some MPs would be in the bread-
line and others would be
millionaires.
But there is some point in
giving the office some dignity,
economically as well as socially
and politically.
Despite what you may think,
there is precious little corruption
in Canada at the MP level. All the
big money in corruption is at a
different level.
Let's keep it that way. Pay a
Member of Parliament enough so
that: a) he is not tempted into
nefarious practices to make a
living; b) he or she does not have
lobe wealthy to make a run at it.
This way, we'll get the most for
our money.
But that pension plan for MPs
is another matter. f haven't
space here to comment on it. All 1
can do is weep bitter tears and
suggest that never in the field of
Canada $9.00 Per Year; USA $11.00 human endeavor will so few have
,. _ ,, .. oo ,o been paid so much for so little.
25 Years Ago
interior of the new airmen's
lounge at RCAF Station Centralia
was gutted by fire Tuesday af-
ternoon. Damage was estimated
at 84,000.
Dashwood Band was re-
organized with T. H. Hoffman as
leader assisted by Melvin Stade
and Maurice Klumpp.
William Brian, 8 -month old son
of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Decker,
Zurich won first prize in the baby
show at Hensall Spring Fair.
Records were topped at the
preliminary juvenile contest at
Kirkton when 76 contestants in 56
numbers from 23 public schools
took part.
The Huronia Male Choir took
part in the anniversary services
at Roy's Church on Sunday.
Mr. Francis Clark, Crediton,
was presented with a life
membership in the Telephone
Pioneers .of America in
recognition of active service in
the telephone industry.
best thing you can do is to put on a
friendly manner and act as if you
are a nicer person than you are.
Very often, you will notice that
you actually start feeling
friendlier than you did in the
beginnin
Sometimg.
es by pretending to be
Christians we become nicer
persons ... but Christians are
not just a group of nice, decent
people. Most of us eventually
come to the stage in our lives
where we finally have to honestly
face this kind of masquerade and
usually we do one of two things.
We either bag up the whole bit
and toss it out, or we take the first
step toward the real growth and
maturity God intends for each of
us.
Remember the days when your
babies took their very first tot-
tering steps, how thrilled you
were? But how sad and dissap-
pointed you would have been if
they had continued to walk in that •l
unsteady, faltering gait the rest ft
of their lives instead of learning
to walk with firm sure steps and
stride out into the world in their
maturity.
So it is with God, our heavenly
Father. He is delighted when we
take those first faltering steps but
He is not satisfied with this. He
wants us to stop pretending, and
with faith in Him to step out to
become what He wants us to be.
We could not get launched into
our earthly life without blind,
baby trust in our parents. in
much the same way, every step
of our spiritual growing up must
be by our faith in God.
week by John Burke, Exeter
realtor.
Mrs. David Millar, town, Mrs.
J. P. Williams of Cumberland,
Maryland and Mrs. David Henry
of Clandeboye attended a reunion
of registered nurses in Stratford
last Sunday.
t0 Years Ago
Miss Ann Fairbairn of Exeter
showed pictures of her trip to
Newfoundland at the citizenship
meeting bf Hurondale WI in
Coven Presbyterian Church last
Wednesday evening.
Mr. & Mrs. Lorne Genttner of
Dashwood celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary quietly at
their hotne Saturday.
Mr. & Mrs. R. D. Jermyn,
Karen and Don Jermyn of Ottawa
attended convocation exercises
at Wattjrloo University .Saturday.
Douglas Jermyn received his
BA.Sc. degree in mechanical
engineering.
John Quinlivin, 64, of Grand
Bend, t passed away at South
Huron Hospital, Exeter Monday,
May 3!.
The Telephone System plans to
instal:dial telephone in Dash-
woo.
ash-
es Stephten Township Reeve Glen
Webb ',and Clerk Ross Haugh
were authorized by council
Thursday night to sign easement
agreeptents with the Hay
Municipal Telephone System for
their panned work in Dashwood.
1S Years Ago
Miss Sally Acheson, daughter
of Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Acheson,
town, won the supervisory staff
award for bedside nursing, in-
termediate year at the Sarnia
General Hospital school of
nursing, Saturday.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Hubert Jones,
left Monday on a conducted tour
of the West going as far as
Vancouver.
W. Joseph Hogan; son of Mr. &
Mrs. Wilfred Hogan RR 8,
Parkhill received his11A•deegrreeee
at UWO convocation Satbrday.
Katy Korner restaurant has
been pichased by Alice Leckie,
Zurich It was announced this
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Our response to now
By ELMORE BOOMER
Counsellor for
Information South Huron
For appointment
phone: 228-6291 or 235-0560
Motivation
We were discussing
motivation.
"Well, these two particular
'people seem to be really
motivated. They want to quit
drinking." The discussion ranged
round various residents on an
addiction ward.
"Don't you think that everyone
Who comes to the unit is
motivated? After all it is p very
difficult thing to present one's
self for treatment."
"Yes, that may be so; but I
know some who are singularly
unmotivated. As soon as they are
out they're going to their Barest
liquor store."
"Do you not thisi' that
everyone is motivatedif that
motivation is a matter of
degree?"
The whole discussion sent me
looking up material on
motivation.
A motive is a certain
organization of life which makes
a person do certain things.
Another person has said "...the
term motive refers to any inner
condition of the organism that
initiates or directs its behaviour
toward a goal."
What makes people do certain
things? Why are people so much
the same yet on the other hand so
different?
The drives present in us which
tend to make us act in similar
ways are basic and biological.
We all need food, water, sleep,
warmth, air, and elimination of
wastes. If we do not have food we
are hungry and if we do not sleep
we become irritable.
All of us seek to avoid pain. One
of the widely used means of
obtaining confessions is the
. application of pain.
People respond and suddenly
are energized when new in-
formation is available to them.
People are thrilled with new
experience and stimulation.
On the other hand, if
stimulation is too great and
significant matters demanding
attention are too many, there is a
tendency to seek rest and retreat
to quietness.
These are the forces then that
tend to make human beings act in •
very similar ways.Uniformity in
human behaviour arises out of
these basic needs.
What makes us so different?
Why do some act so strangely
while others are so predictable?
Here we come to psychological
needs which, while basic to
human functioning, have so
many different formations in the
human family. There are as
many different formations of
needs as there are people.
Psychologically then we need
"order and predictability". Men
are very curious. We seek to
understand the happenings about
us. We cannot afford to be next to
the unknown or unorganized.
There is the need for a feeling
of being adequate, competent for
the job at hand. These are just
different ways of saying "We
need to feel secure."
Love and acceptance are ob-
jects of our striving. Just as we
need bodily warmth, we need
psychological warmth. Children
living in a home warm with af-
fection and love are greatly
blessed and those who do not are
tragically deprived.
Our psychologieel needs are
not well known but they include
the following: self-esteem, self-
worth, identity, meaning, hope
and faith.
There are other dimensions to
this subject that must be men-
tioned. The satisfaction of needs
spoken of above is necessary to
keep our lives in balance. If we
are deprived in any one way we
become distorted, or forces are
mobilized in us to fill the gaps.
But life is not concerned with
just keeping a balance. There is a
reaching out, a need for
fulfillment.
We may be able to comment on
this far-reaching aspect of
human motivation in another
column. in the meantime a
recommended reading on the
subject is Abraham Maslow's
book Toward a Psychology of
Being.
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