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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1959
SOME HUMANS ARE PIGS
(Wingham Advance -Times)
YOU'VE HEARD this cry before; in fact you've read the
same words right in this column. Nonetheless we never cease to
be amazed at the filthy habits of the few who love to clutter
up the earth the rest must live in and want to enjoy.
This spring the evidences of these sloppy creatures are on
every hand throughout the countryside. There is one area near
the east boundary of the Township where some low grade in-
dividual has dumped actual truck loads of empty oil cans, old
bottles and coffee tins—not all in one place, but in eight or ten
spots through what otherwise would be a lovely piece of natural
swampland.
The same type of pigsty activity has been taking place all
over the rural areas. We have a most beautiful countryside in
our part of the world and it is just a crying shame that a few
who care nothing about it can mar the enjoyment of so many.
Visitors from other and more tidy areas must think we are a
loathsome aggregation.
The Department of Highways has posted signs along its
routes, giving notice of the fact that there is a $50.00 fine for
cluttering up their property. The municipalities in this area should
pass similar by-laws and take some action to see that they
are enforced.
SAFETY SLOGANS
TAPS ARE for turning off ... especially on busy highways!
Taps on the brake pedal give warning flashes to the cars
behind. Coupled with turn indicators and/or hand signals they
give unmistakable indication of intention to slow down and turn
off the highway.
There is nothing in the law to require a motorist to give
this additional warning. It is just a matter of common sense
and self-protection. And it is also something else that is very
important . . . it is a matter of courtesy.
A diriver should make his turn off a busy highway with all
reasonable speed. A leisurely turn can back up the line of traffic
unnecessarily. But firm braking at the last moment may invite
a rear -end collision if the car behind has not noticed, or has not
believed the turn signal. That is why warning flashes of the stop
light, operated by Iight taps on the brake pedal, are always
worth while when high speed traffic is following close behind.
Signals are public evidence of a man who is driving well,
A driver who is thinking ahead, thinking behind and thinking on
the side. A driver who wants to keep out of trouble himself,
and wants to help the man behind to do the same.
MORE SAFETY
You may have to brake unexpectedly to -morrow, warns the
Ontario Safety League, because another car crowds you without
warning. If and when it happens, remember that the other
driver isn't deliberately trying to give you a hard time ... it is
just that he made a slip, through inattention. He isn't feeling
too good. He has just been fired. A 'flu cold is making him
dizzy. His wife is quarreling with him, and his boy is in some
sort of trouble with the police. The tax people have nailed him
for three years' undisclosed bonus. He can't find his trout rod,
and the roof needs re -tiling. . . In the circumstances, is it
going to do much good to blast him with your horn when he
cuts in ahead too sharply?
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1959
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill)
May is one of the months in the
year when I would give a great
deal to be able to relax and live
the full life. It is one of those
rare transition months in Canada,
like October, that are exhilarating
and enticing. May can turn on the
heat until you're on the point of
prostration, then next day, when
you've doffed the long underwear,
come up with a bone -chilling wind
that can curdle your blood.
* *
It's a month of unfulfilled pro-
mises. The trout season opens and
your mouth waters over the pros-
pect of a pan full of speckled
trout, fried in butter. But the
streams are too high, or too low,
it's too cold or too hot, too windy
or too calm, . and you're glad the
Old Lady remembered to order
some hamburgers.
* *
In May the golfer has his finest
hour. He doesn't expect much, his
first time out, because he hasn't
swung a club in six months. But
he tees up and hits that first ball
about three miles. Twenty minutes
later, he's slicing, hooking, whif-
fing and missing 12 -inch putt, but
that first stroke did it, and he's
hooked for another season.
* * *
It's the month when the shirker
who has been going to fix up his
place for the last four years takes
a grip on himself. And that's about
all he takes. He doesn't take the
ashes out of his cellar, the junk
out of the back yard, or the storm
windows off. But he does take a
firm grip on himself, and threat-
ens all manner of dire renovations,
before succumbing to a fishing rod,
a golf bag, or a cold beer.
* * *
May is a month that leaves me
really frustrated. I've finally lost
that mean miserable look I've
been toting around since February.
Life beckons. My blood doesn't
exactly boil over with the ecstasy
of spring, but it does emit a gentle
burp or two. I'm ready to troll
a stream, gaze at a golf course,
grouch around the garden, or at
least look at the lawn.
* * *
So what happens? I'm plunged
willy-nilly into the annual music
festival. For about two weeks,
while the trout are all caught by
others, the golfers get a big start
on me, and the lawn and garden
return to the jungle. I must play
dresser, second, family psychiat-
rist, wailing wall, old philosopher,
and maid -of -all -work, to the tem-
permental musicians in the family,
and their coach.
* * *
Just because I don't know a cad-
enza from a cockroach, an allegro
from an alligator, I am looked up-
on as poor white trash around our
place, at festival time. Despite
this, I am useful therefore toler-
ated.
B. T. Smiley)
into tears, while I remarked on
the weather, pointed out good fish-
ing spots, and generally tried to
keep things in the cold war stage.
I thought the child would be
through with festivals forever.
But next day, back she went, play-
ed .like a trooper, redeeming her-
self and restoring' the status quo
in the family.
* * *
Then there was Hugh's first per-
formance. Playing a Bach pre
lude he has stumbled and fumbled
with for the past month, he pulled
all the tattered ends into place
and turned in a nearly flawless
performance, probably the first
and last time he'll ever play that
piece without a boob. Only festival
parents know what a lift that can
give you.
Then came the final piece of
luck. It was Nature's way of
compensating, I guess. The other
night, in spite of the exigencies of
my position as temporary hired
help, I managed to slip away for
a few minutes fishing, just before
dark. I knew it was hopeless, but
I just wanted to get away long en-
ough to preserve the remnants of
my self-respect and sanity.
* * *
Went to my favourite hole. Sure
enough, somebody was there ahead
of me. I moved up the stream,
brooding, and hurled the worm in-
to a place I knew was a blank, so
I could sit down, light a cigarette,
and let the line drift in nerve -
soothing peace. Bang! I tied into
a rainbow trout. He shouldn't
have been there. I shouldn't have
* * *
All it involves is: getting all the
meals and doing all the dishes;
taking half -days off at the office
and working like a fiend to make
it up; comforting the losers, Moth-
er and child, when they get licked;
suffering the agonies of Prometh-
eus during the performances; try-
ing to keep the performers from
falling off the giddy heights of
triumph, when we win; and gen-
erally leading a life that would
try the temper of a turtle.
* s *
But I'm not kicking too much.
In the midst of life there is death,
in the midst of pain, pleasure, and
so on. And in the midst of playing
midwife to the music festival types
around our house, I learned some
things, received some thrills, and
enjoyed an unexpected stroke of
good fortune.
* * *
I learned that kids can take
their lumps with as much compos-
ure, or more, than adults. Kim
blew up, high, wide and handsome
in her first festival piece this year.
All the way home, she and her
mother shot looks of hatred at
each other, each ready to burst
been there. Maybe he was trying
to get away from his family, too,
poor devil.
Reception & Dance
FOR
Mr. and Mrs. John Eckel
(Nee Geraldine Harburn)
AT
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ON
Wednesday, May 13
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ONTARIO
AUCTION SALE OF BUILDINGS
For REMOVAL or DEMOLITION
PROPERTY SALE No. L-0226
Eight -room two - storey brick
residence and lunch room 30'x40',
frame chicken house 10'x20', locat-
ed at Pt. Lot 20, Concession South
Boundary, Township of Hay, ap-
proximately 5 miles westerly from
Exeter on the north side of High-
way No. 83.
Auction Sale will be held on the
property at 2.30 p.m. D.S.T. on
Wednesday, May 27, 1959.
TERMS: Cash or Certified
Cheque, together with a Certified.
Cheque for $100 performance bond
at time of sale.
Further information may be ob-
tained from the Department of
Highways, District Office, 581
Huron Street, Stratford, Ontario,
Telephone 4350, or the Auctioneer,
Mr. A. Walper, Dashwood, Ontario,
Telephone Dashwood 119.
Sale subject to a reserve bid.
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DR. H. H. COWEN
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L.D.S., D.D.S.
Main Street Exeter
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DR. J. W. CORB
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DENTAL SURGEON
814 Main Street South
Phone 273 — Exeter
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*Doctor of Chiropractic
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AUCTIONEERS
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