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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-06-19, Page 4 (2)OUR POINT OF VIEW Took many hands Despite the threats from the weather- man, Grand Bend's first Buffaloburger 'est was a resounding success. As a participant, it was easy to sit Town and enjoy a buffaloburger, something of a novelty in itself, listen to the music and •elax. But for many, the two-day event was he apex of one 'hang of a lot of hard work'. Planning for the event started months ago. Getting the buffalo meat to Grand Bend was an effort in itself which required two trips across Ontario to the Peterborough area. And as most mothers will appreciate, arranging food and refreshment for the thousands who took part is a big job. Buffaloburger Fest will show a good profit for the newly rejuvenated Grand Bend and District Chamber of Commerce but had the venture been of a commercial nature, without the hundreds of hours of volunteer labour, the profit and loss state- ment would have looked somewhat less cheerful. Before the first buffaloburger was chomped, hundreds of hours of plan- ning and arranging had been completed. Dozens of volunteers spent untold hours Friday and Saturday, cooking, serving, working at the bar, policing, cleaning up and carrying out the thousand and one little jobs which crop up unexpectedly when an event of this size is carried out. To all who helped with the Buf- faloburger Fest, congratulations on a job well done. There are those who worked harder than others and if you fit into this category, you at least have the personal satisfaction of knowing that your efforts contributed to the success of the event. Next year, with good weather again, Buffaloburger Fest will turn out to be an annual event and the second staging of the gala gathering will be an even bigger success. Court rules wisely Three cheers this week for Judge Glenn Hays in ruling that four-letter words are still considered obscene when used in public in this particular area. It may be a losing battle. in view of the obscene language and pictures to which people are subjected in our permissive society, but that has only come about because people failed to take a stand. More and more it seems people think it is "cute" to shock their audience with obscene utterances on TV, in movies and even newspapers. but it still goes against the grain for many residents of rural On- tario who were brought up under more strict standards. The use of obscene words does little but ANOTHER COMPLAINANT TO 5E1 'f0 ABOUT THE GREEN PAPER BEING RACIST, MR. AtyDRAS- Silly bird When we were opening up the are! We become nest -bound with cottage a few weeks back, we a kind of arthritis of the soul. The came upon a robin's nest built young bird thought that he was between the window and the stuck to the nest; that it was boards we had nailed over it for impossible for him to leave; that the winter. We tried hard not to the dangers out there in the disturb the mother and her three unknown were too formidable to face. Yet, I'm sure, having flown high above the nest which had held him so long, he looked down at it with amazement as he compared its drabness with the beauty he was now free to enjoy in the trees and air. All of us get bound down by our troubles and disappointments but perhaps we tend to over estimate them. Like the bird, we need to rise above them and look down at our problems before we can overcome them. Then, they often do not seem so impossible and we gain confidence in our ability to deal with them. looks Perhaps your problem very big, but you have a brain with which to think and pray and believe. This combination will lift you above any difficulty and help you to see that the impossible is possible. Louis Brandeas says, "most of the things worth doing in this world have been declared impossible before they were done." Christianity is a religion of possibilities . For example, we read in Luke: "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God." If we get with God and tuned in on His wave length, nothing is impossible. If you have a problem that is defeating you, *ith God's help you can handle it. You may not overcome it, but you can at least learn to live with it and be master of it. Don't let creeping paralysis bind you to your trouble like the bird stuck in his nest. Soar above it; with God's help it can be overcome. indicate that the user has an extremely poor command of the English language when he can not find less obtrusive ex- pressions with which to communicate. Oddly enough, there are words in the dictionary that are more biting or derisive and yet can not be considered obscene, but leave a much better impression of the user even though they actually get his point across much more vividly. We agree with Judge Hays that four- letter words are indeed still ranked as obscene by the majority of residents of this area and it is most encouraging that our courts are backing up the ideals held by the majority. Little Ieague woes The United States -controlled Little League Inc., tilted its rules recently to shut out tiny Taiwan from this year's baseball playoffs. Seems Taiwan's been winning too often. But the "official" reason given by Lit- tle League executives is even more hysterical. They announced they couldn't afford to ferry in teams from far-off places because they have already blown $250,000 in court battles last year keeping girls from playing on the boys' teams! Moans Moe Druick, director of Cana- dian Little League Inc.. "evertime we were sued by a mother wanting her daughter on a boys' team we had to hire a lawyer to answer it." As Montreal sports columnist John Robertson acidly put it, "if there's anything more demeaning than losing to a bunch of Orientals — it's exposing America's red-blooded young athletes to potential defeat by the pre -teen feminist movement!" Robertson said the whole infantile con- troversy makes him want to "throw up". Isn't it time Canadian coaches and parents laughed the entire pressure - cooker, win -mad Little League system clear out of existence? We should set up more community leagues to serve ALL boys and girls interested in playing team sports — teach them expertise. sportspeopleship — and let them have some FUN. Some good news, some bad Having listened to a number of the arguments presented in the current dispute over use of the bowling green clubhouse, it is almost necessary to come to the conclusion that some members of the local adult population are being rather contrary. It may well be a proverbial tempest in a teapot, but nevertheless if' is most disheartening to learn that har- mony can not be attained in the use of a facility. Comments from those in the middle (RAP members) would suggest that a major problem lies in the fact that some people in- volved in the dispute do not fully comprehend that the facility is owned by the public and therefore no one group has any priority. The problem is not an unusual one for RAP, of course, because they face similar situations in demands for the use of other facilities such as arena ice, ball diamonds, etc. There can be little quarrel with their decision on the clubhouse, but there may have been some merit in locking the door for both the bowlers and the card players until such time as they agreed to sit down, as responsible adults should, and work out their own satisfactory arrangement for joint use of the building. However, if the people are as stubborn as some would suggest, that may have resulted in a crippling blow for both groups, and fortunately RAP members alleviated, may have at least shown some al wisdom that was not evident While it maybe prudent at this iii time to exclue sme of the op - others involved. + +ponents of the scheme from On the other side of the coin. it meetings between officials, it is was interesting to sit on last apparent that they must be week's meeting between Exeter provided with all the facts available and given an op- - portunity to question those •' presenting the facts so they too sounds pretty ugly, doesn't it But i was there, gentle reader, and so were many of you. With education. enlightenment, and a fine per - In defense of the Yanks As regular readers of this column are aware, there are a great many things that bother me. On the whole, I'm glad of it. May i never become one of those people who are never bothered about anything, or if they are, don't have enough guts to say or do anything about it. The list is endless: Celsius temperatures: those silly organs at hockey games; strident Women's Libbers; stupid male chauvinists; gutless politicians; lawless unions; greedy big business; chicken bureaucrats; tire -squealing adolescents of any age: mindless beer ads; town engineers who want to cut down trees; snotty hotel desk clerks; religious fanatics; ripoff artists in the social services; the Receiver -General of Canada; most administrators; most people who make more money than i do. I could fill a column. This should make me a very disturbed young man.I use the term advisedly. How come everyone is getting old but you and me? Fortunately, this has not happened. There are so many Times Established 1873 things i like that I am usua y n state of happy balance, like a fat lady going on a diet of ice cream sundaes. However, there is one thing in this country that gravels me thoroughly. It's a nasty thing, spreading like a cancer, as dif- ficult to fight, and just as fatal to the people infected. That thing is the steady growth in this country, fostered by a small, often vicious but vociferous minority, of Anti - Americanism. ' I don't think is has yet grown to uncontrollable proportions in the corpus Canadiensis, and i hope it can be cut out with some rigorous surgery in the right places. it's a creepy, crawling rosiness, and the healthy mind can be smeared with it subtly, without even noticing its existence. It's hard to pin down. You can find it among educators, in the press, among politicians, and in varying degrees of shrillness throughout the media. Many honest nationalists are taken in, and eventually find that Advocate Established 1881 PUC, council and Usborne of - little nestlings, and in a matter of a week or two, two of the young birds, having acquired their feathers, had stretched their wings and flown out into the world away beyond the confines of the narrow window sill. But not the third. No; he just sat there like a great lump, either too afraid to try his wings, or plain lazy ... we couldn't tell which. The housecleaning couldn't be held uplindefinitely so finally we decided we had babied him enough and went ahead with our work. We also thought all our activity might rouse the fellow into some action himself. Not so.While I flailed my cleaning cloth on the inside of the window, my husband pushed the whirring lawn mower over the long grass directly beneath the bird's retreat but he still sat there, shaking in his feathers, head tucked deep down into his neck, eyes closed determined not to move. The next day, my father, who was also a part of the clean-up crew, inadvertently put his hand on the nest as he reached for support while trimming some bushes. That did it! The young bird, having finally felt the hand of fate, as it were, spread his wings with a terrified squawk and flapped into the nearest branch. In no time at all, having discovered his ability to soar above his old nest, he was off and away. How silly -bird -like some of us ficials regarding the proposed can become more knowledgeable water test in the township. and understand the basis for any The officials had come to get decisions that may be reached. answers to the many questions + + + that have been raised and basically, they stuck to that ideal Further to our comments of and didn't allow the meeting to last week regarding the town hall degenerate into a dialogue of issue, the point about requiring unfounded opinions, as often accurate costs became evident happens in such issues. when tenders were opened for the We may have misread the renovations to the former post meeting to an extent, hut our office. conclusion was that everyone in Figures for this project have attendance was anxious to been tossed about for several conduct the test and then get months and ranged anywhere back together and attempt to find froman original figure of $5,000 to out what those tests may con- $35,000. clude as far as further The tenders show that even proceedings are concerned. knowledgeable construction men It is absolutely necessary that differ in their opinions as to the matters of this nature be taken costs. One bid was for $35,033, one step at a time and this ap- while another bid was set at pears to be the intent. It's when $61,025. people start reaching conclusions At one time, council members on . suppositions that problems argued they should be their own arise and if the discussions contractors on the job and hand continue on the same level as out the business to those ih- they were at the meeting, the terested. matter should be resolved to the That type of decision would -atisfaction of all concerned. only have been prudent had they It is only natural that farmers managed to find the firms which in the area_ of the proposed well could do the job for $35,000 rather should be concerned, but judging than those which would have from the comments of ministry of submitted bills for $61,025. the environment officials, their In our estimation, the work interests will be well (no pun required on the town hall is even intended) protected. more of an unknown factor and a The geological ramifications of decision can not be reached until such proceedings are difficult for an architect has drafted plans for most laymen to comprehend,but the work planned and prices have if those involved rely on the been secured on a tender basis. opinions and facts presented by .That will obviously involve these experts, many fears can be some cost before any decisions can be reached, but it may still be far cheaper than proceeding without such information. As indicated by the post office project, and several other previous projects in this area, the estimates of some people can double and even triple when the actual work is undertaken or put out to tender. formance by most of those lowly their pride in things Canadian immigrants, came a change in has been warped into Anti atmosphere. It became Americanism. Let there be no fashionable to be "tolerant,"e mistake. There is no real con word that has always made me nection. The former is healthy. squirm. The latter is sick. But not before the private This has always been a country schools, and the law societies and loaded with Prejudice, whatever the medical schools and the golf you may think. A couple of clubs had had their Wasps -only generations back, the Anglo - barricades knocked down. it was Saxons of this fine free country of ugly, in this country. ours looked down their noses, The grandchildren of those even though their own earlier prejudiced people showed background was an English a remarkable lack of that slum, a Scottish croft or an Irish narrowness. Canada was shanty. becoming an oasis of freedom for They spoke bluntly ana the individual. People were disparagingly of lesser breeds, leaning over backward to prove Germans and Scandinavians they were liberal and "tolerant." were Squareheads. Italians were And now that narrowness and Wops, or Dagoes. French were secret hatred seems to be neither Canadian nor Canadien. channeling itself into Anti - They were Frogs or Peasoupers. Americanism. Everybody from Eastern Europe People in .this country talked to the Ukraine was a Hunkie. A endlessly about Watergate, as black person was a Nigger. Anda though such a sewer of corruption Jew? Well, a Jew certainly were peculiar to Americans. wasn't Jewish. He was "just a They sniggered about the antics Jew." The only thing lower than of American leaders. any of these categories was a There was a particularly nasty woman. gloating when the Americans Think I'm romancing. It pulled out of Vietnam. 'WfrIelisa4MitatiV4 There was and is a Our response to now r(.•, By ELMORE BOOMER Counsellor for Information South Huron For appointment phone: 235-0560 or 228-6291 Marriage today proliferating of 15opuiar articles Amalgamated 1924 about the Americans owning. Canadian industry, buying up Canadian property. Let's put an end to this slimy business. Let's look at our own dredging scandals and lawless unions. Let's stop secretly cheering when the Yanks get a bloody nose somewhere. It's not their fault that they're rich and powerful. They didn't seize our industry. We sold it to them. France and Britain virtually ignored Canada when this country was abuilding. We owe them nothing. We could have a lot worse $eighbors than the Americans; in fact almost anyone 1 can think of. Anti -Americanism is chiefly petty envy, and is found only among those who are petty and envious. We're too big for that. SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A. and ABC Publisher — Robert Southcott Editor - Bill Batters — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Plant Manager — Les Webb Composition Manager — David Worby Phone 235-1331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulotior March 31, 1975 5,249 CCNA Q,UI RIPR ) AMARO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $9.00 Per Year; USA 811.00 50 Years Ago grant to support research into the A blaze of doubtless incendiary eld of world relations. broke out in the large frame R. L. Beavers was installed as storage building in connection president of the Exeter Lions with the flax mill owned by Mr. lub, Thursday night by inter Owen Geiger and Son of Hensall, national Councillor A. J. at the north end of the village on Sweitzer. Sunday night and before anything could be done towards ex- Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Cerson left tinguishing the blaze the entire Monday for a trip to the west. building was enveloped in flames They plan to see the Calgary and beyond control. The fire was Stampede and visit in Regina and still burning late Monday Portage La Prairie. evening. Damage was estimated it was announced this week by at $50,000. John Berry, Goderich, that a Mr. C. B. Snell, Exeter leading total of 813,366.17 has been realestate manbasconsummated contributed by Huron County to a deal whereby he becomes the the blitz for World Refugee Year possessor of one of the oldest and held in May. Exeter citizens at one time what was considered contributed $1,460.00; Crediton one of the finest residential 8776.85 and Hensall $300.00. properties in Exeter, viz: the ectio se Musical lns by the double house on Main St. built by $CitizensBaounder the the late James Pickard, owned leadership of Brother Theodore by the estate of the late Thomas Wal er featured the annual Gregory. This residence was memorial and decoration day built about fifty years ago and at service of the Exeter Lodge that time was the finest dwelling iOOF, at Exeter Cemetery on this side of London. It was the Sunday. centre of the community life and hummed with activity. In Canada in 1971 there were 191,124 marriages. Marriage is still the in -thing. There are more married people in our population than ever before. People are getting married younger. Twenty-seven percent of the brides were 19 or under; bridegrooms of the same age made 15 percent of all grooms. There is a tendency for people to marry at a younger age. These facts and others regarding Canadian marriage patterns are presented in the current issue of Chatelaine. There is much satisfaction in marriage and a tremendous promise. Men and women form partnerships in marriage wherein individual growth and mutual support and concern are the order of the day. The marriage ideal is still with us. Yet the stresses and strains of modern living have their effect upon the institution of marriage. More than ever it is true that couples have to work at their marriages. Such is the sign of the times. in times past the institution of marriages had the full support of the law and of the church. But the law is reflecting the stresses of the times and is not as supportive as in Ones past. The church is not as significant in present day society as in former times. The religious values that strengthened marriage are not held univer- sally. 25 Years Ago Harvey Sparling and pupils of Winchelsea School wentPoy chartered bus by way of Huron on an educational tour to Detroit. Reeve A. J. Sweitzer brought up a big question at the council meeting Monday night - should the village of Exeter become a town? Mr. & Mrs. Willis Powell celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in St. Joseph's Hospital where Mrs. Powell is a patient. Mr. J. M. Southcott is travelling on an extended goodwill tour of Ontario with a number of American editors. t5 Years Ago Dr. Carey B. Joynt, of Hensall, now head of the Department of International Relations of Lehigh University, Penn., has received a The family functions such as education, food supply, and personal security are in- creasingly supplied impersonally by agencies and institutions. 10 Years Ago David Noakes, former SHDHS graduate and son of Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Noakes, Hensall, received his Bachelor of Science degree in Honors Biology. He was presented with a gold medal and is currently working for his Masters of Science degree. What is believed a first in Huron County occurred last week when results from a He -detector test were used in a court session. About 100 members of the "Exeter and Area Hydro family" surprised K. J. Lamp - man, area Ontario Hydro manager, with a retirement banquet, Thursday night. Tax rates of 65 mills residential and 72.5 commercial were ap- proved at a special session of Grand Bend council, Friday. Mr. & Mrs.Richard McFalls and family left Friday to spend three weeks with friends in Nova Scotia. relationship is a product of our times, in some degree at least. Many bonds that have sustained us in the past are weakening and broken. Values and beliefs are dim; associations are impersonal and fitful. "Our contacts are many. our relationships are few: our lives externally crowded, are often internally isolated: we remain but tenuously linked to each other and our ties are easily undone." Loneliness is prevalent even in the midst of crowds. Marriage is seen then as the antidote to this modern. disjointed living. Romance surrounds marriage and has for centuries. "They got married and lived happily ever after." The fairy-tale simplicity is the heart of modern fantasy about marriage. Even social science has cen- tered on the family decree that singleness is inappropriate to modern living. The centrality of sexual con- cerns tends to becloud the discussion about marriage. in modern times manuals on life are written by scientists. They are in reality sex manuals. The process of life is seen as being entirely sexual. It is well to turn from this to some other problems commonly seen in marriages. indeed we can make the following idea a test regarding our family life. Togetherness is touted as being all important. True togetherness is certainly a building block of marriage. But often togetherness is contrived, self-conscious, following a stereotype. Rigidity in relationships brings a limitation to growth. Often a marriage partner has to live up to the other's preconceptions. Over -permissiveness is a general problem of today. The loosening of family ties prematurely is a breaking up of the family and the spoiling of individuals. Some families are charac- terized by a concern for certain aspects of living and a forget- fulness about others. This is seen often in the matter of material provision with a lack of emotional care. Scapegoating is a sign of ab- normal family living. One part of the family is comfortable at the expense of another part of the family. When family life becomes a routine in the place of true in- timacy then the shell is intact but much of the vitality and life has escaped. An escape mechanism from the responsibilities of family life is self-indulgance, a turning to alcohol or a love affair. It is a sign of our modern times that marriage has to be worked at. It was always true but more so now. Why are more and more couples going the way of the altar? The explanation posited is simply that marriage is the way to happiness. However difficult it is to be happy and however over- burdened the marriage relationship is in the quest for happiness yet there is hunger to belong to someone and to love someone. This hunger for personal KEEP CA*N4D4 OWING