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Double standards
The paradoxical standards- of our
society are now here more evident than'
the situation concerning a chain letter
currently circulating throughout the
,province. The names on the list include
several area residents.
The letter states it is legal, but On-
tario's solicitor general and the provin-
cial police have, declared it is very much
illegal and have commenced an in-
vestigation in an attempt to nab those
responsible for instituting the letter.
Basicail}.'it is nothing more than a
get -rich scheme on which many people
are prepared to gamble a few dollars.
The do the same thing every day at the
legalized parimutuels at Ontario's race
tracks or at the countless number of
stands where they can purchase lottery_
tickets.
In fact. a chain letter may be a
better risk factor than a lottery, so
perhaps the participants are not gambl-
ing quite as heavily on getting some
return on their money. There have to be
losers, of course; and sooner or later the
people joining in the scheme will be un-
able to find buyers for the chain and
their '100 investment will go down the
drain.
This is not to suggest that law
breaking' should be condoned, or dis-
missing the fact that laws are instituted
to protect people from unscrupulous
schemes.
However, the entire area of gambl-
ing in this province is wide open to ques-
tion in view of the government's heavy
involvement in it.
While they are looking at the im-
plications of chain letters, they should
also take a look at their own moral stan-
dards in which they spend thousands of
dollars in encouraging people to gamble
on lotteries.
Is it really a double standard?
Same name and problem
There is increasing public concern
about vandalism in Exeter.
Police Chief Thomas Powers has
said vandalism is not on the rise but it
moves from place to place, so that those
affected may think there is a crime.wave.
He said his men drive it out of one
area. and vandals go to another.
Whether it is on the increase or not
is debatable. However. all will agree that
something should be done to stop
senseless damage to property. - •
Police administration might vary
procedure for night patrol. For example.
parking a cruiser and checking buildings
on foot would provide double exposure.
Vandals are likely to stay out of the im-
mediate area of a cruiser. An officer on
foot can hear better and see behind
buildings better than one in a car with
the windows rolled up.
.A change ,of manning might be 'in
order. - Perhaps nighttime calls for
heavier coverage than the day from a -
standpoint of prevention.
When police have driven vandals out
By
SVD FLETCHER
He poked his head through
the doorway. I recognized
the square jaw and the stern
eyes: a chill ran up and down
my spine Sounds •
melodramatic. eh? But to a
beginning leacher looking
for a permanent contract the
inspector was a very im
portant person. They've
tried to downplay the word -
inspector lately, n w they're
-,�rlo itw:
Tfilti-fen at ack-of
the room had a reputation
that made young teachers
tremble. i was no exception.
I had heard of the time he
had gone into a junior
classroom in February,picked
up a Science notebook out of
a child's desk and fingered
it. • testing the . written -on
pages for thickness, then
turned abruptly to the
teacher and causfitally
remarked; "Not very much
done for this time of the
year."
I think that he had served
in the array, for he was great
for every boot being Tined up
in military fashion, for
wanting letter perfect at-
tendance registers, and
above all, 'for classrooms
which had lots of fresh air. i
was in a state.of real dread
about this last point for not
of a certain area by stepped-up patrol.
officers should continue to be in
evidence in that area to keep out trou-
ble.
Citizens who note or hear anything
_suspicious should call police right away,
not wait to see if they hear a noise again.
Maybe people .getting up in the night
should glance out their windows at
neighbour's houses on their way to
kitchen or bathroom. Apathy on the
part of townspeople will not help
matters.
Parents should be more strict about
the hours their older children keep and
where they are allowed to go after dark.
They should make sure teenagers know
that civilization would collapse if
everyone became irresponsible and
destructive of other people's security
and property.
If everyone makes an effort to solve
the problem. vandalism might leave
town.
Exeter (N.H.) News Letter
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Perspectives
"They call themselves a newspaper? There isn't a single juicy, sordid line
about Margaret Trudeau."
BATT'N AROUND 'with the editor
They were impressed
It was rather facetiously suggested a
few weeks ago that Mayor Derry Boyle
would prefer to be the top politician in
Exeter's naniesake in England. given the
fact the Lord Mayor is chauffeured to
civic events in a Rolls Royce.
That information was gleaned from
Tom Rookes, a visitor from Exeter (the
one over there) who made a recent visit
to this community where he and his wife
were hosted by our Mayor and his wife.
It may he difficult to ascertain what
Dern told Tom about this community
and our fair province and country, but
there are strong indications that itwas
something extra powerful.
Tuesday of this •week. while' trying to
get the newspaper to bed. the writer was
called to the telephone'and it was none
other that Tom Rookes.
That wasn't so surprising, because in
the past few eeks there have been a
couple of other- calls from Exeter.
England, and it was assumed that Tom
was still truing to glean more informa-
tion from us about this community for
the newspapers over there.
Well, that wasn't the case at all. It
seems that Tom and his wife were sb
enthralled with their visit to Ontario
that as soon as they returned home. they
made a decision to -move to this
province on a permanent basis.
However. that isn't as easy as it may
sound. Tom advises that getting ap-
proval to move to Canada is a difficult
task for an Englishman these days and
about 60 percent of the applications are
turned down.
The main reason for calling yours tru-
ly was to have an advertisement placed
one of my classroom win- the sea. their faces lighting
dows would open or close up.
without a crowbar and "Er, no. I don't think..."I
hammer, vigorously applied. Z stuttered.
But none oft those things "Aw, come on. sir." Their
frightened me now for 1 had spontaneous cries had me
heard that he was to be in the trapped and they knew it. so .
area this week and. L was reluctantly. 1 started -it off: -
ready for him. I felt sure that They had n, er .ung so
I had covered enough in lustily an le y before.
every subject and could pass right frim the fish who
the thickness test. and I had swims without a bathing suit
drilled my class daily in through the mosquito who
proper procedure in placing flies around, in everybody's
boots outside doors. My ' nightie to the little English
register was wonderfully sparrow who sits upon a
neat and•best of all „thougbz-steepteand-apits'tttloa-all the-
the
hethe kids had- complained people.
bitterly, i pried one window • i could see it all on his
open every morning and let repori .. Something about lack
the breezes blow. ' of moral standards and
In he came, and sat at the maybe a note about poor
back corner, his unblinking hygiene teaching, all in large
eye noting the open window black letters. As the
with saji ° '�`'
f - Tho a� " �r19(l tr'streamed • NIi
a'k"iiusied myself at..the d'k;
it was a music lesson, one hoping he would go out and
subject in which i felt leave me to my misery and
reasonably confident of the the want -ads; but he didn't.
proper steps. it ran smoothly "i'd like to talk to you for a
as i went through the
recognized scales and in-
tervals which I knew he
couldn't fault mre for. Than I
tackled a new song and the
kids responded . really, well.
They seemed to sense my said, the granite -face almost relations part meant that 1 had to stop
nervousness and were not cracking into a smile. "1
letting me down.As I was a yecially enjoyed t suggesting in the paper, that the town
finishing the lesson i set, sortg. Retninds'mE of m,
in this newspaper seeking employment
for he and his wife.
Tom has been in the carpet and fur-
niture business for 30 years. while his
wife is a clerk • (after three attempts at
trying to determine what a "clerk" is)
and a tspist.
Normally-. this newspaper does not
run advertisements in regular columns.
but this case is so unusual it warrants
some preferential treatment.
So. rf sou happen to know of any job
openings in the field for the Rookes, or
of anything you think may be of interest
to them:,give-the editor a call and he'll
pass along the information.
While Tom says that financially they
can m'ot'e to Canada and find a job at
their leisure when they arrive, he expects
he'd have an easier time if he could show
immigration officials that either he or
his wife had employment awaiting them
upon their arrival. •
The story has another aspect- of
course and that is that we in this com-
munity and country too seldom stop to
think about all that, we enjoy..
Sometimes it takes a visitor such as Tom
to bring that home more forcefully. He
visited here for only a couple of weeks
and immediately recognized what On-
tario residents have going for them and
he's anxious to get back and make it a
permanent home. •
"You can imagine our impression of
sour country," he said in explaining his
reason for wanting to come back.
One of the deciding factors is the cost
of living here. believe it or not. He
claims it's half of that in our England
namesake.
They're already paving '3.50 per
Sugar and Spice
Dispe sed by Smiley
Municipal politics
If you have never been involved in
municipalpolitics.you should have a go.
Run for anything from dogcatcher to
mayor. if youlose,itwill be good for your
ego. 11 you win. it will he good for
your hypil4.,.. ockR�
perience. For two years I served on a
town council. It wasilluminating. if not
very enlightening.
was elected. of course. by' acclama-
tion. As was everybody else on the coun-
cil. So keen were the citizens to serve
that some years, on nomination eve. we
had to go down to th� ub,dra ��
¢� a c.. '• �508►'� RV1
n�"Friar.
hands while they signed up.
When 1 was elected. I was present as a
reporter. There were only five other peo-
ple in the council chamhers, so it was
decided that I. would be elected as the
opposition was from another councillor.
a retired farmer, who also had a tractor
and a threshing -machine, which he
thought could be converted to plowing
snow. His brother-in-law voted with
hire ,�f
- tint e*SC%!I�r� of. power- and
glory soon faded. The conflict of interest
became apparent, and there was no way
out for a man of honour except to
resign. It took me only two • years to
reach that conclusion. You ay think
that a fair time, but it's not ey to walk
away from a '75.00 a year stipend. The
ade'150.00, - • • • iw
reporter, L had• been 'bore in-
terested in the conflicts than the in-
terests. 1 had delightedly -heard, and
printed, one councillor call another
councillor a "gibbering old baboon.-
And
aboon"
And watched the victim of the pe -
gallon for gasoline'
By the way, Tom and his wife can
supply references if -required and they
plan to arrive in Canada around the
middle of October.
Perhaps he'll bring along a Rolls
Royce for Derry'' The Mayor over there
has already decided to discontinue its
use due to the high cost and short supply
of energy.
That would sure look good sitting out
in front of the rec centre for 20 hours a
day come this hockey season ... to say
nothing of the impression our
neighbours would haveof Exeter if Derry
Pulled up to their arenas to be assisted
out by his chauffeur.
Area mothers will be heaving a sigh of
relief this week as they watch their
offspring trudge off to school to start
another term.
No doubt readers, and particularly -
secondary school teachers, will be a little
dismayed at the enrolment projections
in the near future.
It is expected the enrolment in the five
secondary schools in Huron could drop
by as much as 1,000 in the next five
years. That will be close to 70 teaching
positions unless the teachers can whittle •
down the teacher -pupil ratio.
While taxpayers may see some savings
as the number of students decline, it is
an employment loss that will not only be
felt by teachers but by the community as
a whole in the Toss of supply services,
etc. -
Mainstream Canada
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Ttte Interest Rate Treadmill
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By 11 Roger North
Like donkeys on tread-
mills, the powerful mandarins
at the Bank of Canada - the
country's central bank- can't
get away from the idea that
they have to imitate their
U.S. counterparts when it
conies to raising interest
rates, no matter how much it
hurts Canadian business and
consumers.
For years, Canada's central
bankers have taken a monkey
see, monkey do attitude,
raising this country's interest
rates by more than four per-
centage points in the last 17
months to stay ahead of their
U.S. counterparts.
Roger Worth is Director,
Public Affairs,
Canadian Federation of
Independent Business.
The result: consumers are
paying more and more inter-
est on loans, thousands of
small and medium sized busi-
nesses are in financial diffi-
culties or can't find enough
money to expand, and the
rising rate of bankruptcies
continues unabated.
While costlier money is
an important item in con-
sumer budgets, ifs crucial
for the smaller firms that
created a majority of the new
jobs in the country last year.
A smaller entrepreneur
that borrowed S100,000 to
expand 17 months ago, for
`example,would have planned
on paying about SI 0,000 per
year in interest. The cost of
that loan is now running
about S14,000 per year.
Simply put, Canada does not
have to play follow the leader
with the U.S. on interest
rates, no matter what this
country's mandarins may,
claim.
Holding the line on inter-
est rate increases might
mean a one cent - two cent
decline intheCa.nadian dollar,
compared to the U.S. curren-
cy, with a resulting one per-
centage point increase in the
country's rate of inflation.
But Canada's inflation rate
is now. less than 10!:x, com-
pared to lar% in the U.S.
This country is also much
better off than the U.S. from
an energy point of view, one
of the very real difficulties in
America.
Simply put, Canadians
should not have to pay the
price in higher interest rates
and reduced job creation ae-
cause of a problem in the
U.S. It's time the Ottawa
mandarins started treating
Canada as the separate entity
•that it is.
.4,csmin memory lane,
55 Years Ago
Service last Sunday
morning was taken by E.
Aldworth. L. Statham, 13.
Tuckey and H Dignan of
Main St. Church, Exeter.
They were accompanied by
W.G. Medd.
Several from town at-
tended the fowl supper at the
Grand Bend Methodist
Church Monday. They were
Rev. Clysdale, E.J. Christie,
Misses E. Huston, F. Follick,
E. Follick and W. Martin.
The annual Crediton
school fair took place on
Thursday October 2 and was
the best held in its history
Rev. W.E. Donnelly.
Exeter will give a lecture in
the Evangelical Church on
Friday evening. taking for
his subject" "Scraps."
30 Years Ago
An open house for the new
Bank of Montreal building of
Dashwood will be held this
Saturday.
The new county bridge at
Elimville .on the St. Marys
'-road was officially opened
last Saturday when Mrs.
William Morley, the former
Leona Pym, cut the tape just
after her wedding.
Frances Taylor is at-
tending normal school at
London.
A former Grand Bend -
pastor Rev: Stephen James
Mathers, BD, MA, has been
appointed principal of Alma
College, St. Thomas.
yard (front) and a yard (rear), a gars e
a.puilding. They also `+t
norant-citizenry what a school is, a per-
son, a restaurant, a motel, a boarding-
house. All alphabetically. There was not
mention of "brothel" under the B's.
The by-law tells how high our fence or
hedges can be. it tells us how high our
houses can be. How many square metres
of floor space we must have if we ecides
to''ask' "Auntie Mabel, crippled with
arthritis, to share our dwelling. How
many parking places we need for each
establishment. Again no mention. of
either brothels or bootlegtxers.
For most of the document, the boy -taw -
dwells in metres, squared and decimal -
necessary sixth. Since I had already serv. jorative, a stripling of '78, invite the ed. 1 know very few people over thirty
ed on the executives of various mori- n-.aU (Iionii+ Y �ho would,-lgiow a metro from a-
exc i<rfgr, a askinonge. Somebody on council must
have cornered. the market' on metre
stick s.
Then this baffling by-law moves into
"hectares", What the heck is a hectare?
To me, its art ancient French (Canadian)
piece "pLland about as accurate ,as.
"3'•�' .'., j'understands eithE
-Tf're's and example: "RM2 uses are
permitted as specified to a maximum of
550 persons per hectare." Is it a square
mile? is it a "H !acre" wit' an accent?
This is -crazy. When 1 was a coun-
bund-organizati�'rns: W'hii't`i 'hair Ufeiff fdt e '�• fi i
Ahrttleirth,- I Agreed. It didn't die as I'd thirty-four below dutside.
V. eli, y.ou can see. as a member of
that august body, the Town Council, 1
couldn't print that sort of thing. I had to
report that the two councillors "had a
,_�Llifjefe�lcE.of opj r " Whspy wrote
thecouncillors was A joust i
i5� y
cups. i knew I had to
All of this is a preamble 10 a thickish
document I got in the mail the other
day It is a new by-law printed and
despersed fat what enormous- cost:-
shudder) by our local town counci
There are 39 numbered pages (illegal in-
- ...ajuLak0,11A. • n a ua1 moiler of
-naves-or rrtetrV3 - A4 _ equally''tiw.�
Intelligible. - As I said, the mailman delivered it,
regardless of the expense: A dozen kids
could have covered the town in two
hours, or stuffed them in the sewer.
Despite my wide experience as . a
municipal councillof,or perhaps because
of as,' this lWW law completely baffles me.
The first thirteen pages' are
definitions. They tell us what is a lot, a
hoped. The next year we were all re-
elected. By accloaniation.
It was pretty heady stuff, at first. As a
partner in a printing plant. and a
� a._l was imrpgdi• t I,y -
minute," hitiiii9fd, He was,+, , ,tt'pt.vo it
still wedged.in the student's Advertising, and Public Relations Com -
desk at the back of the room: mittee of council. This meant tt at our
i hurried back. He stood up firm automatically received the contract
and offered me his hand. for the town's printing and advertising.
"A good lesson, son," he which we -already had. The public
was m<Idc up of nitwits, nlncom-
*QtW�GI.. ,.
him looking at the clock as if learned at camp as
a �Y Another chap, with i piens Tod
he were going to leave early.. Kids really like that stuff. heating and plumbing business was
inwardly i -drew a deep sigh don't They." it was a named Chairman of the interior
of relief. statement of a fact. Itot- a Municipal tvlodification Committee.
Heating and plumbing.
A third, who had a tractor, a hack -
hoe and a snowplow. was appointed
Chairman of the Public Works i)epart-
ment.-He immediately introduced a by-
law raising therates per -hour of such
equipment. it assed. four to two. The
r "All right," 1 said, without
thinking, "What would you
like to sing? Something
we've learned before." As
soon as I said it I knew i had
put my foot in mouth. As one
person they said "Fishie in
question. Fortunately. I
could only nod my
amazement, but had the wit
leIt4o say good-bye. Perhaps
inspectors, er; superin-
tendents, were human after
all
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South Huron -Hospital
hoard announced at a special
meeting Friday night_that it
was preparing plans for an
addition to relieve
congestion of the present
quarters.
SHDIIS graduates of '59
have won .more scholarships
and bursaries than any other
class in the school's history.
Principal H. L. Sturgis
reported to the board
Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs....William E.
Lee celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary by
holding open -house for their
many friends and relatives.
Mr. ' and Mrs. • Ross
Ballantyne returned home
front their honeymoon
Tuesday and on Saturday
were treated to a rousing
shivaree.
15 Years Ago
Approval of the Federal
government has been given
for the new 5660.415
vocational addition to
SHIMS, a lab. a carpentry -
shop. an auto shop. drafting
room. and an addition to the
cafeteria. Tenders will be
called in November.
Official opening of the new
. bridge and highway im-
provement at Grand Bend
was held last weekend. The
5552.000 project included a
new bridge. widening High-
way 21 and installing traffic
lights at the corner.
Robert S. Hetherington;
Q.C.. has been appointed
Huron County Court Judge.
he will succeed Frank
Fingland. Clinton who was
20 Years Ago forced to, resign due to ill
health. Mr. Hetherington has
�bird annttal*1e ,�,b en Mayor of Wingham for
.i i.;,-464."::,—mipaF't st three -years -a -
Sylvanus and the late Mrs. Harvey Stringer, 27 RR 2,
Cann of. Bayfield, formerly lienal(, was acquitted on a
of Exeter was held at charge of criminal
Queen's Park, Strafford, last negligence by a Supreme
Sunday with 42 in at- Court jury in Goderich
tendance. Wednesday afternoon.
Dear Editor;
Family and �ldren_
'Service s'Of `Riir n' tbiiiiiy Is
pleased with the success of
Special thanks. is ex-
r r -.fp the twe.ntx
rs who actively
participated in both
our - new comrrntnity progtrams. Their"- time "Mid" --
program FACES 1979. commitment to the children
(Family and Children's and the program contributed
Excursion Services) ' The greatly to the summers'
number of children involved success. We would also like
li . •v volunteer
t, . r. _
r• T��i W nnethel sdm er o'�df'1�crs. .
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cillor, we could knack off three or four
_'by-laws in a meeting, and everybody un-
•derstood them. "Moved and seconded
thou t1here- - it I be no loitertn to the
G w-� th --ora
among the"td, not the quick." That
sort of thing.
The big fat by -400s for the birds. Or
the lawyers. Not for *mid municipal
politicians. Remember what'jltugpested
at the beginning of this column'! Pgr�et
it. -Otherwise you -might end . ur '...
"betAclied dwelling unit", which allows
"3.2 persons perunit standard." Not
two. Not four. 3.2
1978 to 214 children involved The support demonstrated
with FACES 1979. from the community for the
An Experience '79' Grant FACS summer program was
allowed the Agency to hire greatly appreciated.
Pauline Hall and' Margaret Donations to the Special
Foran as program co- Benefits Summer Camp
1 rdinators. Margaret, with Fund totalled $3,947. This
the assistance of volynteers funding made the entire
involve ;• ••skjeen in-prograaybposg�we. 7 ..-A-s•
` variety of special activitt We would like to express
day camps, throughout the our gratitude to Bluewater
Cou , Sixty-nine children Centre for the use of their
par cipated in the week-long tents and stoves and ex-
ov i ciao to JimHayter's
rn ht cam s with Pe Y o a t
Patlfine In addition, another Chev Olds Ltd. for the use of
seventy children were sent to their van.
'e`blher organized camps in Your very truly,
cludlbg a one -parent family John V. Penn
camp. 1 t: Director
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