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Say thanks, not help
The rollapse of a local fireman at a
barn fire last week when he was over,
come by smoke points out once again
the risks that these volunteers take in
protecting area properties and lives.
Several of the firemen were cer-
tainly going beyond the call of duty
when they entered the smoke-filled
barn in an attempt to rescue some
livestock. It's easy to argue that
animals or buildings aren't worth the
risk some of the firemen take, but they
always seem to set that consideration
apart when it comes to fighting to help
save the belongings of area residents.
Most people have probably never
stopped to ask themselves why in-
dividuals volunteer for the many fire
brigades in the area. Probably most of
the men who serve would be hard press-
ed to come up with the answer ... at
least one that would appear logical in
view of the risks and hardships in-
volved in the service and the amount of
stipends paid.
October is fire prevention month
and it is a good time to stop and think of
the men who stand ready to come to
your assistance if the need should arise.
However. there is every indication
they would be just as happy to have you
stop and think about fire prevention in
your home and consider the ways in
which you could reduce the chances of
having to call them.
That's probably the best way to say
thanks'
Another boost
As a time when most people are
showing considerable concern over the
economy. this area appears to still be
getting more than its full share of good
fortune.
The recent announcement -that Bell
Aerospace at Grand Bend has landed a
mammoth contract with the United
States Army is certainly a real shot in
the arm for the entire area• and the
company in particular.
Basically. the company has been
idle for the past couple of years and
there was naturally some concern that
it would ever get back into production.
That it showed such determination is a
credit to the management.
The addition of up to 55 jobs in the
next few months will be felt throughout
the area.
Need your help
OXFAM -Canada. the international
development organization.Iaunched its
1979 Fund AppealacrossOntariorecently
The target for the appeal is $200,000.
Proceeds go to aid self-help projects
education. nutrition. agriculture,
economic development. and health care
around the world.
Canadian actor and broadcaster,
Don Barron. is sponsoring this year's
appeal. In an open letter to OXFAM'S
supporters: Harron says. "A charity
should above all respect the people it
works with. ,by letting them decide
where the work is most urgently need-
ed. instead of trusting outside experts.-
- "-OXFAM does that. I can't help but
respect OXFAM -Canada's commit-
ment to work with people who are help-
ing themselves.'- Harron said.
Recently OXFAM has been very
active assisting people affected by the
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By
SYD FLETCHER
it all . started because 1
didn't have any money Not
that I have very much now.
but then we had lust got
married. We had bought our
furniture on credit from a
big department store. and
they were billing us for it
even- though the had not
delivered it yet and we wet
sleeping on the hardwo
floor Freckles. our multi-
coloured Volkswagen was on
her last legs. almost literal-
ly. it had so little pep that I
almost had to pedal up the
really steep hills.
We had got married on the
strength of my fiancee's new -
teaching job in
Chinguacousy Township. a
place not really so remote as
the name implies-. She would
be getting the princely sum
of thirty-three ' hundred a
year. We had the cock -sure
attitude of the young that
our finances would eventual-
, , ly work- themselves out.- i
would be able to go to un-
• iversity somewhere 1'n
Toronto while My wife work-
' `ed and ;supported. mY. ;-» '
-VIE a couple of months
-"of married life. we dis-
covered that sixty-one
dollars a week will barely
pay the rent and bills much
struggle against the Somoza dic-
tatorship in Nicaragua, and refugees
fleeing minority rule in Southern
Africa. OXFAM's projects in these
areas include medical supples for
Northwestern Nicaragua. a vegetable
garden in Zambia, and a nursery in
Angola.
During the OXFAM fund drive,
special events are planned for many
localities in the province. OXFAM
committees in Kitchener -Waterloo and
Ottawa are organizing benefit concerts.
The Deep River committee is holding a
bazaar. Appeal letters and information
brochures will be distributed
throughout Ontario.
. This worthy organization needs
your help' Please be generous. Con-
tributions are tax-deductible and should
'be sent to Box 18,000, Toronto.
Perspectives
less cover that first tuition
installment. so I began to
look at other possibilities.
American Motors wanted
assembly line workers.
Ford wanted a parts man.
and f had fifteen years of
schooling which seemed to
be going to waste Teachers'
College was free. my wife
told me if 1 didn't really
"want to go out to work right
away
Before I really knew what
was happening l was enroll-
ed. 'and was commuting
from Brampton to Toronto.
a would-be teacher Ady first
lesson. I was infor ed ex-
actly three weeks later.
would be teaching the schot-
tische to a giggling pack of
eight-year olds. Grade three
experts at demoralizing a
student teacher.Not so hard
at that when he has two left
feet. about as much rhythm
as a waltzing elephant. and
has not yet mastered the
two-step.
The schottische may be
somebody's favourite dance
but I can hardly bear that
kind of music even now
without shuddering. Perhaps
it's the memory of- the Old
maid 1 was teaching for. She
had handed the assignment
to me . with • some - sort of,
malictexis'satlsfaction at the,
it.
classroom with its arrow -
straight rows and unsmiling
students 1 had a horrible
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feeling in the pit of my
stomach.
That night my wife
laboured to well past mid-
right, trying to teach me To
step -hop. Inster.d I could
only manage something that
looked like the old hop.step.
and jump that I had never
perfected half as well at high
school track meets. When
the people in the apartment
below began hammering on
their ceiling. most incon-
siderately i thought. we had
to stop practising till just
before breakfast when we
had another go at it. it still
looked like the hop. step. and
um
1 And the kids would
probably have thought it
looked like that if they had
known the difference. They
seemed to enjoy it though.
Maybe it was the sight of a
sweating stout red-haired
object bouncing on the gym
floor in a very unusual
demonstration of the schot-
tische or just the difference
in having a man for a
teacher. The dragon though.
was not impressed with my
efforts. and did not hesitate
to methodically point out my
shortcomitlgs. Myrmark for
that lesson showed that '-had
only been hopeful .about a
twinkle. in .her ;eye..afs" she
--tilaMed me.. . •
It was just as -well that I
to teach the schot-
again that year or my
teaching -career would
probably have ended right
then and there.
BATT'N AROUND with the editor
You can cut- the costs
As winter winds start to send their
chilling reminder of things to come in
the days ahead. there's rising concern
over the fact that heating oil supplies
may not be sufficient to meet the needs
before summer's warm rays return.
Picture it you will. two lines on a
graph. One is population. going up; the
other is oil going down. They had to
meet sometime - and they did.
For several years now. Canadians
have been admonished to save energy.
but to what effect'' The cynics claim
it's all a big rip-off by the oil companies
and the complacent suggest that their
small contribution in cutting back
won't really do much good anyway.
The latter are right to a degree since
energy conservation isn't the complete
answer. but it till give us extra time to
replace our brutal meat -ax technology
based on cheap resources with a second
generation of more subtle technologies
attuned to biological and ecological
realities: and there's little doubt that
we do need that time. '
Those who may scoff at the contribu-
tion they can make to energy conserva-
tion land to their own pocket books)
may be interested in a press release
which' crossed the writer's desk this
week from the Council of Ontario
Universities.
Since the start of their energy
management programs. Ontario's 15
universities and one polytechnical in-
stitute have realized savings of more
that $36 million.
In 1978-79 energy savings represented
a cost avdidance of more than $11
million.
There's little doubt that most home
owners can make sizeable reductions in
energy use and costs and when they see
the price on their first tankful this fall.
it may spur a few into some action.
Many people are turning to wood
stoves in an attempt to reduce their
heating costs and those considering
such a move would be well advised to
secure a copy of the October issue of
Canadian Consumers in which stoves
are rated.
While wood stoves are more
sophisticated than those by which
grandpa warmed his feet, they are still
bad news for careless people and
modern airtights are no less subject to
the hazards of the over -firing or
chimney fires than his parlour stove
was. -Now. as then. knowing your stove
is the key to safe. efficient wood
heating.
Wood stove efficiency depends most-
ly upon design. installation and`
chimney. but to some extent it also
depends on your stovemanship, accor-
ding to .the consumer publication.
Several excellent how-to books are
available on the entire subject and
those embarking on such a plan to
reduce their home heating would be
well advised to read up on the informa-
tion before they find their new stove is
not all it was cracked up to be. or that
they have to arrange for a quick visit
by the local volunteer fire brigade.
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One member of the staff spent a good
portions of a recent weekend out collec-
tion wood for his fireplace. He proudly
announced how he had saved some
hard-earned 1??) cash` by picking up
some. deadfall timber and _chopping it
down to size.
That of course also resulted in a few
blisters and a healthy sweat and he was
savoring the pioneer instincts he could
unleash when he curled up in front of
his cozy fire with a good book.
Unfortunately. the darn wood
wouldn't burn and he has now worked
up some more blisters and sweat by
Sugar and Spice
Dispensed by Smiley
It's all in the personals
Some. people. much too refined to in-
dulge in pornographic books or blue
movies. get their voyeuristic kicks
from reading the "Personal" columns
of the newspaper.
Not me. 1 ain't refined. By the time
i've skimmed the front page, been
bored by the pomupous editorials, Fm
through with the paper. it is strietly for
wrapping garbage in.
Never do i read the classified ads.
selling everything from houses and
cars to bodies I haven't time. And
besides. they're all the same. Whether
it's a car. a house. or a body, it's the
greatest buy of the century. Many of
them carry the same message: "Must
be seen."
Well. i strayed. Yes. i wandered. The
other day,, looping through the ads dor
teachers in the hope that I could find
my daughter's address •in Moosonee
(she hasn't- written:us In over lliree
-week's acid I have a piercinfi picture of
and 'the 'Rlanitboys silimblin�
around the tundra looking for the
place). i staggered, by some mis-
chance. onto the "Personal" column.
No wonder those warptes read it, the
peoplewho leave the room, nose in air,.
when someone mentions sex, or fells a
funny. slightly offcolor joke. It's a
kaleidoscope of sex. sin. silliness and
sickness to warm the heart of any
poker through others' windows. '
I read with at first amusement. then
amazement. and then a bit of shock,
though i am fairly unshockable.
This appeared in "Canada's National
Newspaper which maintains a lofty
moral,tone on most of its other pages.
it was like looking under the rug in a
highly moral dowager's house. while
she is out getting tea. and finding a lot
of dirt under it.
First under suspicion are the items
under "Massage". Some of them are
innocuous enough. but what about this
one "No appointment needed. 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m..7 days a week." With a
woman's naftle and phone number.
Maybe ,sbyis t sj.a ttarckworlcet,.,who,
doesn't get u oo• early, -and doe n't
_hitt days off, but 1 doubt it.. -
Then you come to the section headed:
"Readers. Palmistry, Horoscopes."
Again. some of them are legit, as legit
as a fortuneteller can be. But there are
some intriguing ones: "Mrs. Selma will
help you in all problems of life. No
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IMainstream Canada �
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Good News for Canadians
Hr 0. Roger Worth
The recent oil strikes off
the Newfoundland coast are
good news for all Canadians,
for two reasons.
First, it creates a nice feel-
ing to see a long-time friend
and associate succeeding and
becoming wealthy, particularly
when for so long the financially -
troubled prosince contended
with the highest living costs In
the countn and unemplor ment
which sometimes surpassed
Secondly, depending on the
extent of oil and natural gas
deselopmenls, the province
ma) be able to proside the
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carting away his tree wood to the
dump.
Roger 11 orth is Director,
Public Affairs,
Canadian Federation of
Independent Business.
energy needed to allow Canada
self sufficiency in what is a cru-
cial commodity. Without en-
ergy, Canadians would, in that
oft repeated phrase, "freeze
in the dark."
What's really important,
though. is the impact of New-
foundland's good luck - to-
gether with hard bargaining
on the part of the government
- on the rest of the nation, and
the Atlantic provinces in par-
ticular.
Up to now, it has been oil
and natural-gas producing
provinces Alberta and Saskat-
chewan that, thankfully, have
subsidized the rest of the coun-
tn to the tune of S15 billion
during the last few years.
The writer suspects the chap's wife
was a bit more understanding than the
one represented 'in a tale of woe about
another buff who decided he would
drastically reduce the family fuel bill
by installing a wood stove. Ile found the
first year of operation a little on the
steep side as evidenced by his following
account of itemized expenditures.
Stove pipe. maintenance. etc. $458.00
Chain saw - 149.95
Gas and maintenance for chain
saw 44.60
4 -wheel drive pick-up. stripped8.279.00
Maintenance on pick-up 438.99
Replace rear window of pick-up
( twice) 310.00
Fine for cutting tree in provincial
park 500.00
Fifteen cases of beer 126.00
Littering fine 50.00
Tow charge from creek 50.00
Doctor's fees for removing splints
from eye 45.00
Safety glasses 29.50
Emergency room treatment broken
toes -dropped log) 125.00
Safety shoes 49.50
New living room carpet 899.00
Paint walls and ceiling 110.000
Log splitting 150.00
Fifteen acre woodiot 3.000.00
Takes on woodlot 314.00
Replace coffee table i chopped up and.
burned while drunk i 75.00
Divorce settlement • 33.678.00
Total -first year's costs 48.881.54
Savings min conventional fuel first
year 172.52
Net cost of wood' stove operation first
year , 48.709.02
414444..
If Newfoundland becomes
a "hove" province on the basis
of oil, together with the boom-
ing fishery, the nature of Ca-
nada will change substantially.
Instead of being forced to seek
support from fellow Cana-
dians, Newfoundlanders will
be able to pay their fair share
of federal government sub-
sidized programs such as pen-
sions and unemployment in-
surance, and Ottawa's equali-
zation grants system for the
province will be reversed.
On a more personal level,
the thousands of hard-work-
ing Newfoundlanders enrich-
ing life in other parts of Ca-
nada because they couldn't
find employment at home,
may again become "down
homers" as the economy ex-
pands. Which is good news
indeed.
Further, the spinoffs from
Newfoundland's success will
be felt throughout Atlantic
Canada as the nearby source
of energy is des eloped. At the
present time, Canada's East-
ern provinces import virtually
all of their oil and have the
highest unemployment rates
in the country.
The energy finds will also
create a new sense of confi-
dence in the Atlantic region,
providing an added impetus
for the resourcefulness of peo-
ple in the four provinces.
And so-called "Newfie"
jokes will become as dead as
the proserbial do -do bird. It's
been a long time coming.
4tiownmemOrlfi r
55 Years Ago
The Exeter Times has
takfn over the Exeter Ad-
vocate. their plant. subscrip-
tion list and good will.
Beginning next week this
paper will appear as The
Times -Advocate.
Miss Lila Taylor. a
promising artist of Usborne
has had her work recognized
by having one of her pic-
tures. a winter scene. ':The
Homestead". hung in the
Canadian Academy at Ot-
tawa.
Mr. S. Fitton is remodell-
ing his store. dividing it in
two.
30 Years Ago
Thes5.800 cottage won by
Jack Drysdale of Hensall at
the CNE arrived in Hensall
Friday night The men from
the firm which donated the
cottage arrived to erect the
building on the bowling
green. Mr Drysdale donated
it to the Hensall Chamber of
Commerce as a community
hall. .
Rev. F E. Clysdale of
Thorndale. a pastor of -Main
Street United Church 25
-
years ago preached anniver-
sary services Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs .1. T. Allison
of Thames Road observed
their 590 wedding -anniver-
sary Sunday -
20 Years Ago
The lirst .of two main
thoroughfares in the new
eastern development was
designated Pryde Boulevard
by town council Monday
night Tha name specifically
honours the late Tom Pryde,
problem so small that she cannot solve
t Haw about big ones?). One visit will
convince you " . Hanky-panky? Sure
sounds like -it
Big that is kid stuff. only mildly
titillating. compared with the sick,
arrogant. lonely. blunt. no -holds barred
medicine, that comes under the
heading: Companions Wanted. This is
where the real meat of the "Personal
Column"- is. and i imagine an in-
veterate reader skips the masseuses
and the fortune tellers quickly. and gets
down to peering into private lives.
When I was in the weekly newspaper
business.,•there was the occasional
pathetic guy who would come in to the
office and place an ad: "Successful.
young•fAt{rrl 'gond. fa(rn'stlfek,1fointe
seeks partner int&rested in matrimony.
Write -Box 2280 ^. - . •' •
it was pathetic hecadse we knew the
guy. He was 53. ugly. His farm was six-
ty acres. mostly second -second -growth
bush and pasture. His "stock" con-
sisted of two pigs. four chickens. and
three mangy cows. His "house" was a
Huron MLA for 10 years.
Kids in Exeter. llensall
and Lucan raised 5282 for
UNICEF'. the United
Nation's Children's fund
which can buy five glasses of
milk for one cent
Paul Wilson. who is atten-
ding Victoria College,
University of Toronto was
elected president of the Mid
Western Ontario zone of the
Christian Young Councillors.
Monday night -members of
Exeter Public School board
viewed preliminary sketches
of its proposed three-room
addition.
15 Years Age
New organ chimes were
donated to Main Street
United Church by Mrs W. J.
Beer in memory of the Beer
and Quance families in
honour of the church's 69th
anniversary Guest speaker
for the service was the Rev.
H.J. Mahoney who was
minister at Main Street
United Church 15 years ago.
School bells at three
Usborne Township schools
sold for more ai a public
auction Saturday than the
three one -room school
houses did.
One of the top prices paid
at the Huron County Hols-
tein Club sale at Glanworth
-recently-was 5420 for a bred
heifer consigned by Ross
Marshall. Kirkton.
The first drafter rolled out
of Exeter's Custom Trailers
plant on Highway 83 at 4:30
p.m., bringing to completion
several months of planning
and building of Exeter's
newest industry.
shack without plumbing, heated by a pot-bellied stove. He
never received an answer, but would come in once a week
for two months asking for the mail from Box 220B.
But these city slickers are a lot more subtle and tough.
I'll give you a few examples that curdled me a bit. The
egos are fantastic.
"Professional man, married, mid -thirties, seeks
married woman for afternoon or evening meetings." How
would you like to behis wife?
"Gentleman, 48, business owner, lives in new apt. seeks
charming, attractive lady to share his life with." No men-
tion of marriage.
"Middle-aged business man seeks younger male com-
panion." Well.
"Sophisticated gentleman, creative type, seeks the
pleasure of sensuous woman 30-45. If an exciting affair
with an appreciative male is your style, send snapshot and
phone no. to..." He could be 80.
But it's not all men. "Lady, 55, R.C., wishes to meet gent
up to 60." If you're sixty-one you're'out, but you could be
twenty-one.
"One wild and crazy guy wishes to meet one wild and
crazy gal who loves dancing and camping and would like to
share a serious relationship." On a dance floor? In a tent?
"I am a lovely, loving female, 33, divorced and a writer,
who is also tolerant, perceptive, idealistic, off -beat,
romantic, cerebral and a Cancer, looking for an honest,
stable relationship. I am looking for a man... (and a list of
adjectives like hers). Someone with a calm exterior, but
brimming with hidden fires and worlds to explore. Under
50 and over five feet seven inches," That's what get/1 fie
. -
After the great build:up, the blunt facts. If you were fifty -
'one and five -six, yyou'd miss out on this fantastic;vfemah� "
• "intriguing. Blondt± young lady seeks wealthy man for
daytime affair." That's the shortest and most honest of the
' bunch. Sheep pbably works nights' .
I'm afraid -the only one that tempted me was "Russian
lady. Beautiful. (That's nice, nothing against beautiful
Russian ladles.) Seeks gentleman over 40. (O.K. 1 qualify).
Lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Great climate there.) For
marriage purposes." Always the stone -dead clincher at the
end. I'd have to ask my wife.
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