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Times -Advocate, January 25, 1989
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Published. Each Wednesday Morning at Exeter,. Ontario, NOM 1S0
Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386.
Phone 519.235.1331
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Canada: $25.00 Per year; U.S.A. $65.00
Super boxes soon
uper _ mail. boxes to provide
super mail service.
That's what Chuck Talbot of
Canada Post promised Exeter council a
week ago when he. presented the super
mail box program which is expected to
be initiated in the -town within -the nex_t
couple of months.
Our first reaction was that these some
70 boxes located throughout the town
Would- be eyesores and litter could be
strewn around the box area.
A call to Joy Manley, the editor of the
Kincardine News changed our minds on
these issues.
She tells us the cc nunity ')oxes were
well placed mostly on the blind sides of
residences as not to block any views and
have been very well accepted after about
four years in Kincardine and the only se-
rious complaint came during an ice
storm. when boxes and locks froze up.
In another talk, with Canada Post's me-
dia relations officer for this area, former.
fellow employee Tom Creech, our con-
cerns on littering were also dispelled.
Creech said littering was nota problem
as most people are proud of their area
and will pick up any flyers or brochures
which may be left by some residents.
According to Creech, the boxesare
well made to survive the effects of our
various types of weather. He said there
was one instance where a group box was
hit by a car and it fared better than the
vehicle did.
When making council aware of the up-
coming program, Talbot of Canada Post
said it waspnot a cost-saving measure, but
a matter of providing better service
No one outside of the main business
core area will be forced to go more than
600 feet -to pick up their mail and apart-
_ ments with three or more units will have
their own group boxes.
Local . postmaster Keith Ahrens con
firms that he expects service will beim-
proved and emphasizes the Exeter post
office will remain open. Businesses and
residents in the core area will continue to
get their mail at the post office.
Letters may be mailed at the group
boxes and parcels will also be available
for pickup by use of a special key which
will come with the parcel notice to open
a special parcel compartment
Residents who reside outside the core
area and who will be serviced by the
group boxes received address cards in
the mail last week. They are asked to fill
in their exact:street address which will
- now be used for receiving mail. These
cards should be returned as soon as pos-
sible:
After the cards are received and all ad-
dresses noted, postal officials along with
town works superintendent Glenn Kells
will determine where the boxes will be
placed. A large map will then be dis-
played in the post office lobby showing
where the boxes will be located.
The next step is tendering for contrac-
tors to service these boxes. It is expected
three delivery persons will be needed.
Advertisements will appear in this and
other newspapers in the near future.
Progress is continuing. What comes
next?
By Boss Haugh
Please, swallow your gum
I considei t- w gguiiT -
noxious form of pollut-gn.
1 have heard thc argument that
chewing gum exercises the jaw
muscles and therefore relieves'fa-
cial tension. But I suspect that is
not why millions of Americans
and Canadians arc using the
stuff. Our kids, at any rate, arc
not complaining about facial ten-
sion. And yct they think that
t-??eerie-dcpn'rctrwnrcri ffi can't
have a gum in their mouths. ,
We have two rules about gum:
not in the house, and not in the
car. Since our kids are also- not
this reduces thc consumption.
'Theoretically, ihcy could chcw it
in someone else's house, in their
playhouse, or in thc great out-
doors.
Although the kids don't like thc
restrictions, they obey it most of
the time. Occasionally a piece of
bubble gum will be smuggled in
or brought in by an unsuspecting
fricnd or relative.
Why don't we want our poor
children to indulge in this harm-
less pleasure? First of all, I don't
know whether it is all that harm-
less, i suppose it might be in
comparison -with other chemically
prepared snack -foods and
sweets. The package of "Hubba
Bubba Double Gum" (grape -
wf►ic;ti Du.,.....
brought home the other day, for
example, is made of sugar, gum,
bast, corn syrup, glycerin, artifi-
cial flavour, lecithin, malic acid,
tartaric acid, colour, acetic acid,
PETER'S
POINT
by Peter Hesscl
manufacturers -should be advised
....tci provide their customers with
lessons via TV and radio, or
else to pay a special municipal tax
to assist in the cleanup.
Another problem is that. the ac-
tion that is supposed to relax the
facial muscles is extremely un-
pleasant to watch: The face of a
pretty girl becomes common and
repulsive when she is chewing
gum. Thccffcaturcs,of, a handsome
rr become coarse and`.liase
when he is chewing gum. I think
that the gum chewing habit
brings out the worst -in all faces.
sit.i_vc
at gum is an improvement
over other "chews", such as
chewing tobacco, And I can be-
lieve that the chewing gum indus-
try employs a fair number of peo-
ple.
Perhaps gum -chewing should
be treated somewhat like smok-
ing. Have, chewing and non
chewing areas in restaurants.
Have gum -free planes, trains and
buses. At this point i do not ad-
vocate a complete ban on chew-
ing gum. But I do recommend
thc following waming on all gum
packages: "Some hosts may con-
sider it bad manners to find their
-.guests hal 1 -used -gum-stuck 'tm-`...
der their table", or: "If you can-
not find a receptacle for your
dead gum, please, swallow it".
and ethyl malton (in that order).
Hardly one of the world's purest
delicacies, I'm sure.
I wouldn't mind gum quite so
much if 1 wouldn't find it weeks
later as disgustingly grcy blobs
under our table and counter tops.
if I wouldn't have to scrape it.
from the soles of my shoes or
boots. If I wouldn't have to dig
it out of carpets. Or scrape it
from window sills.
Why is it that gum chewers
have such horrible manners?
Why can't they dispose of their
chewed -out remains in a civilized
fashion-- by wrapping them -in -
the original paper or foil, or in a
tissue, and placing them in a
trash can? Perhaps chewing gum
Serving South .Huron, North. Middlesex
& North Larnbton Since 1873
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- BUT 1THINK TIe
COMMUTING ToTbRoNTO
WOULD GeT TO Me.,,
How to cover u
This is more or less directed at •
our female readers. _
Have you ever hada phone call
late in the day that you were get-
ting unexpected guests for that
evening -and your house was in a
mess? - -
1-iopefully this situation doesn't
happen too often or to too. many
people. If it docs we have a few
humorous bits of advice for last-
ditch cleanups..
If dust is abounding on your
furnishings,. wrapping a dish
cloth around your arm will be a
good start -for.a quick dusting
job. . • --
If the hamper is full, throw dir-
ty laundry into closets Under
lumpy -anyway duvet_covers, or
into the bathtub: Be sure to close
thc curtain. "
Throw toys and- other debris
into giant garbage bags. Hide
them in closets or- on the back
porch. Throw everything else
.into one room and shut the door.
Better yet, lock it. • •
Put things in neat piles.. It
makes .the mess look important.
Hide newspapers and other junk
tinder the .bed, in the laundry -
hamper if it isn't full or in the pi-
ano bench. -
For families with small children
how about choosing wallpaper.
designs that look like frogcrprints
and' carpet your home in earth
tones. If dirty spots still show on
the carpet, throw ori some scatter
rugs for that specialconipany.
* * * *
The annual Exeter Lions Sports
A . From the
editor's disk by ® ,
Ross Haugh
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Celebrity dinner is now a: little
-less than two weeks away and
the list of guests -and especially
the headline speaker -is very im-
pressive. - - -
Filling the top speaking post
will be former. major league
baseball player Jay Johnstone.
Johnstone •didn't elicit many
headlines for his performances
during his career which stretched.
from . 1966 to 1981, but he
would be what a lot of teams
would want in this day and age.
He was one of the hest pinch
hitters during that time and
would certainly now qualify in a
designated hitter role. He was
once described as being indis-
pensable on the field. -and irre-
pressiblc in the clubhouse. . _
During the 1981 World Scr-its
as a member of the Los,Angeles
Dodgers, Johnstone hit apich hit
home run in game four of the ser-
ies won by the Dodgers in six
games. He has a lifeiime batting:
average er .307..
Johnstone has an -excellent re-
putation as an afterdinner speak-
er in using the sante philosophy
. he did -during his baseball career.
That was his belief that pressure
• can he taken off any situation by
-making people laugh.'
He is involved in "youth base-
ballclinics and -wants- to ,give
hack some of the- knowledge he
has:leamed over the years.
Living up to, his nickname of
Moon Man he once put firecrack-
ers tinder reporters chairs.
* * *
We recently received a call
from Stu McLellan of town re-
garding information he has re-
ceived from his brother-in-law in
Ottawa Archie Barr on a fund for
victims -of the air crash in Locker-
bie, Scotland.
Anyone wishing to make a do-
nation may do so to the Locker
hie Fund in Trust, Lloyd's Bank,
161 Bank street, Ottawa and d the
Postal Cis K IP 5N7
Winter of discontent
Picture this. Monday I drove
to Grand Bend -along Highway
21. The weatiaer was so warm I
had thc sunroof cranked all thc
way back. With a warm breeze
flowing from the heating ducts
and fresh air and sunlight coming
frofroin atS wc.,1 couldn't ftp" but
grin and think how great it felt, a
real first taste of spring.
But this is January and we
,what happened to winter'.?'
Friday -looked wintery for a
while, but it fizzled out. How
arc we Canadians supposed to
maintain our image as a rough
and tough no ,hem people?
We all have storics from our
childhoods. I can even tell you
about the February I walked to
school every day in knee-deep
snow when the temperature
stayed below minus 10. No, it
wasn't that long ago.
Today we have more sand on
the roads than snow. This winter
is for sissies.
I know what you're thinking .
Bite my-ti3iigue or wd'CI be up to
our eyeballs in thc white stuff.
Make my day.
Let's face it, there's not much
•
.you can do with a mild winter.
You can't ski on it, kids can't to-
boggan on it, and you can't
boast about it to your grandchil-
dren. -We just feel guilty about
lying on the beach when we
Hold that
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by
Adrian Harte
know we
summer.
So what happens if these pa-
thetically mild winters take away
our macho self-image and all
chance to go skiing? in the be-
ginning were chains and studs.
They gave way to snow tires,
but today we can get by with all -
season radials if we. so desire.
What else is there to complain
about if winter becomes just an-
othcr season, only more boring
than thc others?
If 1 were in government right
haven't tamed our
now I'd be getting worried.
Maybe all those countries in po-
litical turmoil arc that way be-
cause they don't have real. win-
ters to complain about.
Perhaps all the noise about
free -trade came about because of
last car's mild winter. This
y ar, • u t>kt be
buying riot gear to deal with 'Sun-
day shopping.
the -Times -Advocate of 20 years
ago how syndicated columnist
Bill Smiley was asking if there
was not much more snow in the
winters 20 years previous.
So what docs this mean Per-
haps we just have selective mem-
ories, remembering only tSe very
harshest winters and making
them the standard of reference.
Actually, it seems to me that the
winter of 1974 was quite mild,
but most people recall 1971 or
1977, as true winters.
I know there are people who
think this weather is just fine.
Thcse..arethesame_ people ..who....... .....
...._._.-..
fly south for winter vacations.
I'd rather head north.
Canada has got -to be up there
somewhere.
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