Times-Advocate, 1987-10-28, Page 16Poge 16 Times -Advocate, October 28, 1987
Readers write
Soccer may end if support not Hominy
Dear Editor:
About three weeks ago the Exeter
soccerclub held its annual windup,
with about 400 parents and kids pre-
sent, to conclude a very successful
soccer season.
At that time, in my address to the
gathering I informed them of the an-
nual meeting the soccer club had
organized for October 9 at the Rec
Centre and I impressed upon those
present that it ;takes a lot of volunteer
help to put together a program such
as ours that ensures that 200 plus kids
can have a joyful summer of soccer.
The initial reaction after my plea
was very rewarding and I was very
optimistic about the turnout at the an-
nual meeting.
• Imagine my disappointment at 8
p.m. last Monday night when 10 peo-
ple had gathered to conduct the an-
nual meeting of our soccer club. Eight
of those present belonged to the cur-
rent executiveand two were new.
For 10 years now I have given a lot
of my free time to promote soccer in
this area and to build a program for
the kids. I think that with the help of
a lot of volunteers over those 10 years
we have built a sports program se-
cond.to none. It was a real disappoint-
ment to see this kind of reaction from
the parents.
It appears that we have provided a
' mere babysitting service for the peo-
ple in this area. I guess that in the
summer time their own golf or
baseball game is a lot more important
than supporting their child. -
•
I have always been known to be a
very positive person but right now I
have a hard time being positive about
some of the people in Exeter and
area.
I also have very strong reservations
about my own involvement and some
of the members of the executive that
have been very involved the last few
years feel the same way.
The parents better wake up and get
involved because there might not be
a soccer program for their kids next
year.
We as an executive have decided to
set November 2 at 8 p.m. at the Rec.
Centre as a new date for our annual
meeting t•- see whether or not there
is enough interest for next year's soc-
cer program. If not the present ex-
ecutive will decide that night what the
future of soccer in Exeter will be.
Although it is hard to be positive at
this time I still feel confident that
there are enough people interested to
make November 2 a success.
Yours truly,
Martin J. DeBruyn,
President,
Exeter Minor Soccer.
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Dear Editor:
As a resident of Stephen Town
who lives near the swamp, I am
quently made aware of how in-
' humane people are.
I am referring to the animals that
people dispose of by abandoning them
at Devil's Elbow.
Last August 1 nearly hit something
on the road. When 1 stopped to see
what it was, a kitten of about four
weeks got in my truck and im-
mediately drank my coffee. I still
have this cat and he's a beauty, but
not all of us have barns. He made
number 5 and 1 won't have a number
6 in the house.
Yesterday we found a kitten in our
garage which we shooed away. Every
morning, I see cats and kittens and
dogs at the swamp. They run when
they hear the truck but come back out
in 'eager anticipation as you get
closer. They are pathetic. They were
once loved and cared for and now they
must learn to fend for themselves.
The real shame is that as fall ap-
proaches the abandoned population
increases. These animals won't have
a chance once the snow falls.
If you consider yourself a fair in-
dividual, consider again before you
subject harmless animals to this slow
death.
Sincerely,
Jan Barry.
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October 15, 1987.
Dear Editor:
If we were to read in your
newspaper that two jumbo jets had
collided in the air, leaving no sur-
vivors, we would be shocked and
deeply saddened.
But if we were to discover that this
tragedy is happening not once a year,
but every single day of the year, kill-
ing over 350,000 people in the U.S. and
32,000 in Canada annually, we would
rise up in indignation, demanding that
air traffic be made safer.
Yet, when this tragedy happens
quietly as a direct result of cancer
caused by tobacco use, we are
strangely silent.
The time for silence, however, has
passed. We must unite to bring an end
to the suffering and death caused by
tobacco use.
We have, however, a formidable op-
ponent in this cause; an opponent as
vicious and unconscionable as any
enemy has ever been, dedicated to the
task of increasing tobacco sales
worldwide, especially among
defenceless Third World peoples.
That enemy is none other than the
multi -national corporations that con-
trol the fabulously profitable
cigarette industry.
It is this unprincipled industry that
has launched a major unlimited cost
campaign in an effort to defeat Bill
C-51, a Bill currently before our
federal government that would bring
an end to the advertising of tobacco
products in Canada. It is this same in-
dustry that is spending $80 million a
year in Canada on advertising aimed
at recruiting new young smokers.
Canadians who care ought to im-
mediately write to The Honourable
Jake Epp, Minister of National Health
and Welfare and to their Members of
Parliament, expressing strong sup-
port for Bill C-51 that would bring an
end to tobacco advertising in Canada
by 1989.
We may never have a better chance
to express our collective indignation
against the profit-seeking tobacco
empire. But time- is running out;
please write now and support this im-
portant life-saving cause!
Sincerely,
Karl N. Burden
Executive Director
Alcohol and Drug Concerns, Inc.
Dear Editor:
' "Save Agriculture - Save Canada",
is a headline that could well have been
taken from any current paper. It
wasn't. It appeared in the Weekly Sun
in 1933.
This slogan was the basis for the
formation of a group known as The
New Canada Movement. At that tune,
it was felt the grave situation facing
agriculture in Canada was :,
challenge to the youth of rural areas
to awaken and do something about it.
• During the winter of 1933, counties
such as yours, were "stormed", in
more ways than one. Working
through one of the bitterest winters on
record, The New Canada Movement
swept through county after county,
gaining a membership of 7021
farmers.
Were you part of this event? Do you
have any recollections of meetings or
people involved?•If you do, your`input
is urgently needed. Veterans of the
New Canada Movement, with the sup-
port of a New Horizons grant, have
asked me to document this period in
history. It will not be accurate nor
complete without the input of the peo-
ple actually involved. •
The New Canada Movement didn't
last long, but it had a powerful effect
on the rural community. From it
sprang the Farm Radio Forum, Folk
Schoolff and the Farm .Credit
Corporation.
Please forward any information
you might have or recall, to the ad-
dress below.
Yours truly,
Gisele Ireland,
R.R. 2,
Teeswater, Ont. NOG 2S0
Dear Editor and Residents of
Usborne, Stephen, Hay and Exeter:
The council of Usborne Township
has asked a group of persons to com-
pile a 150 year history of Usborne
Township.
The municipal history of the
Township begins with the year 1842
(January 22) at which time Stephen
and Hay were both united to Usborne.
Some of the names mentioned in the
first council are James Scott, Rev.
H.C. Cooper, Thos, and Wm. Case,
Jos. Hardy, Richard, James and Wm.
Balkwill, James and Castor Willis,
Thos. Rowcliffe, Robt. Bissett, James
Stanlake, Thos. Lamb, Robt. Moulds,
John Westcott, and George Snell.
Wm. May had the first land
registered in Usborne Township June
21, 1832, Thomas Lamb in 1834 (H.
,Strang's farm). Abraham Case in
Hwy. 4 and 83, Exeter
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