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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-03-14, Page 8Why Wait ? '_EPITORIMS Looping abead is .vital 00ESTOPINION. This. story :needs. tolling BY LYNN .144StiPROOK, ROANEY, pnunMNrr, ONTARIO WggIcOr .ZMW$P4Pg13+5. ASSN lase federal government has let Canadians and Americana down badly by not :accepting unclear warheads for our Bo- man iniselles arid Voticioo fighe ters. This was the feeling of 28 directors of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Aseecietionw h o vi- sited NORAD headquarters in Colorado. Springs, Colorado, recently. Representing nine provine ces, the weekly newspapermen were of the opinion the govern- ment not only has ill advised the people, but has not made any effort to bring their own in- telligence on the subject of North American defence up to date. This was the gist of the feel- lag among us newsmen after being briefed by key NORAD officials in a lecture room at NORAD headquarters. YOU KNOW? WHAT A CREDIT UNION IS? It is a group of people who join together to pool their savings and melte loans to each other for good purposes at low rates of interest, KNOW? - WHY WE HAVE CREDIT UNIONS? To encourage THRIFT , To iceep our own money circulating in our own. coin, immity . and to protect our friends who must borrow from paying high rates of, interest to lenders who take the profits, out of our community and out of our coun- try. Irl short, we have Credit Unions to HELP OURSELVES, - THAT CREDIT UNIONS INSURE SAYINGS? With few exceptions, each dollar deposited in a Credit Union is matched with adollar of Life Insurance AT NO EXTRA COST TO TtE MEMBER, so that when he dies his heirs get all his savings PLUS an equal amount of insurance. DO YOU KNOW? With taxation near its however, all bodies requiring funds from the municipal treasury should work in co-operation to ensure that future major expenditures are met with. the least possible disruption of the rate of levy. The five-year forecast should help to do that providing, (1) the preparation of it is taken seriously, and (2) that it is taken into account at each budget sitting of the muni- cipal council. There is a tendency, because it is a provincial request, to pass the forecast off lightly as another annoying "form" to be filled out. And once prepared, there is also the in- clination to forget about it the attitude of crossing the bridges when they are reached. The Exeter Planning Board is now at- tempting to prepare a 10-year forecast for the drafting of its Official plan, This again is not simply a nuisance 'procedure but a sound de- velopment which can provide a very practical guide to municipal spending in the next decade. Municipal bodies which fail to recog, nize the importance of these projections, and Who do not give them serious consideration, are negligent in their duties. The ultimate loser will be the ratepayer. With -tax 'rates at the straining point,. planning becomes a very vital ingredient in the successful management of .public funds. This is most evident at the municipal, level. Unless they are prepared for in ad- vance„ future capital expenditures for_educa- tion, municipal works, county programs and utility extensions can cause sudden increases in mill rates which are unfair to the ratepayers and .cause unwarranted imbalances in muni- cipal spending. Because of this, the recently instituted request from the provincial government for five-year capital expenditure forecasts from municipal councils is a welcome development. This formal request is forcing all municipal bodies to look to the future, a practice which they have not been inclined to do. In the pat, whenever a major expendi- ture has arisen, say for schools, it's been plop- ped on top of the existing budget as if it crop- ped up in the manner of an unexpected catas- trophe. Councils have been inclined to make the other agencies scapegoats for sudden in- creases in rates, nand the other agencies have not been too concerned because they are not directly responsible for the collection of their costs. A brutal way of learning THAT CREDIT UNIONS INSURE LOANS? Most Credit Union loans are covered with life insurance at NO EXTRA COST TO THE MEMBER, so that, if a member dies or is totally disabled, the loan is paid off com- pletely. Isis family does not inherit a debt. DO YOU KNOW? TEAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN ? EXETER COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION IS ESTABLISHED TO SERVE ALL RESI- DENTS OF THE TOWN OF EXETER, AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A' TEN MILE RADIUS OF THE TOWN. THE OFFICE IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE DEVON BLDG., ANDTHE HOURS OF BUSINESS ARE FROM 10 to 5:30 WEEK- 'DAYS, AND 10 to NOON ON SATURDAYS. Invest your savings where they will be available to help your friends and neigh- bours in your own community . , and where you will earn agooddividend (CUR- RENT DIVIDEND 4-1/2%) PLUS LIFE INSURANCE. every hazard; it remains with the individuals to learn the lesson. The importance of taking into account the occasional and unscheduled hazard has also been pointed out in two train crashes this winter, one of which killed a father and a son. Both involved the CNR line here, no longer on fixed schedule, but still operating daily. Although most motorists rarely see it during its runs, it does pass dozens of cross- ings in this area twice every day. Hundreds of drivers have crossed those tracks hundreds of times unmindful of the danger because of its infrequency. Yet it's there always and at no predetermined time. It's tragic but true that it takes death to remind us the hazard is real. Immediately overhead. NO BLAST EFFECTS The men were aware there was a big eamlosion, but none had any immediate or lasting ef- facts even though they stood directly below the explosion at what is termed 00round Zero." The above is no over simplifi, cation of the matter. It is as simple as that. Too bad the fed- eral government, particularly its senior members, did not make it their business long be- fore now to learn first hand what NORAD and nuclear warheads for our defence are all about. Then we would have been as- sured of a logical approach to accepting our rightful share of duties involved in defending this continent. PROTECT OURSELVES Instead, there has been a great hubbub between Washing- ton and Ottawa, and our Ameri- can allies, who are really foot- ing the cost of North American defence, look on us as being un- willing to help protect them and ourselves. This story situation could have been prevented had our government and news media people put forth the effort to go to NORAD and get the proper prospective on arming our Bo- mares and Voodoos with ade- quate warheads to meet today's defence requirements. mares and Voodoos are armed with conventional high explostve weapons. The bombers continue, down over Northern Canada to a pebit where our Bomarc )3's can in- tercept them. Interception achieved, the high .explosive warhead goes off and the plane le shot down, but its nuclear bomb is not destroyed, Attachedto the Russian nnc- leer bomb is a "cleed mee fuse" which will explode when it falls to a predetermined altitude, If it fails in the neighbourhood of Toronto peOP1 will be killed and most of the city will be completely destroy', ed. "COOK" NUCLEAR BOMB On the other hand, had the Bomarc been armed with a small nuclear warhead, its ex- plosion would have "cooked" the. Russian plane's n u cle a r bomb and it would have fallen to earth causing no more damage than any other object its size weight from the same al- titude. de. As for the Bomarc's nuclear detonation, it is puny indeed, as weekly newsmen were shown in a picture which depicted five men 'standing with faces sky- ward, watching a similar device of the size used in Bomarc ware heads and Voodoo fighter pla- nes, exploded at 10,000 feet, 5 MINISTERS AT NORAD In fact, when it was learned that only resigned Defence Min- ister Harkness, his assistant, Mr. Sevigny, and three other cabinet ministers had ever visited NORAD, is it any wonder there is confusion within the government as to accepting nuc- lear weapons to arm our Bom- arc B missiles and Voodoo interceptors so they will be effective in defending the con- tinent? While this situationisbad en- ough, there have only been two or three Canadian news media people visit NORAD to learn first hand what is going on there and the role the Canadian gov- ernment is refusing to accept in our defence. Add to this the fact no oppo- sition leader has ever visited NORAD and very few private members of government have been there either. Borrow when you need money for a good purpose from your own or gani z at ion, where you know .the interest will be rea- sonable, and where there will be no extra charges or fines . . . AND WHERE YOUR LOAN WILL BE INSURED. Recognition DO IT NOW For full details, drop in to the Credit Union Office in the Devon Building, Exeter, or call the Manager at . . . . 235-0640 We regret that in a recent tribute to the Boy Scout organization in Exeter, we in- advertently neglected to mention the name of Ross Taylor in the list of members of the group committee. Mr. Taylor has served on that committee for about 20 years, many of them as treasurer. His faithful contribution especially merits recognition and the omission of his name is therefore all the more unfortu- nate. ONLY 178 VISIT NORAD In fact, the grand total of only 178 Canadians have ever visited NORAD, and of these 52 were members of the Toronto Board of Trade who felt they should learn more about our defence system and paid over $200 each to charter an aircraft to fly them to Colorado Springs and back. Next to the Board of Trade, CWNA directors formed the second largest Canadian group to visit the installation. In light of all this is there any wonder there is such confu- sion, misunderstanding and em- otion about securing nuclear warheads so we can play our rightful role in the defence of the continent? It was a grim, grim lesson about the hazards of winter driving. The accident Sunday, in which a young airman was killed when his car struck a bus near RCAF Station Centralia, tells more than these or any other words can attempt to do. Several hundred spectators saw the les- son at first hand. They viewed that heavy-class car squashed under the mangled undercarriage of the snub-nosed, multi-passenger bus. In the middle of the mess was a man's body. The conditions under which the crash occurred have risen more frequently than usual this winter. Cross winds caught up light snow on the encrusted fields, sent it swirling over high snow banks, creating a complete fog over the road. Similar conditions have caused over a dozen accidents in this area in the past month. Fortunately, none was as serious as this, but in each case the peril was as great. Motorists can drive through these blan- kets trusting only to luck. It is not enough. Sunday's scene dictates that speed must be reduced to a minimum in every such case. And that driving in such conditions should be avoided and prevented whenever possible. In some of the more recent storms here, the Ontario Provincial Police have blocked roads to traffic. The Centralia fatality is wit- ness to the wisdom of such. action. But police cannot protect the public against each and lefeelleireeleeM. BELL LINES '11EIMMESSeet, BY THE EDITOR Don Southcott 'It was a good convention' by W., W. Haysom your telephone manager It's often difficult, for some strange reason, for municipal representatives to explain what happened at the con- ventions they attend this time of year. Councillors come back from the good roads, the rural municipalities', may- or's and reeves', dog-catchers' and fenceviewers' sess to es in Toronto (usually) with four stock comments: (a) "Oh, yes, it was a good con- vention this year. Wouldn't have missed it for anything." (Very enthusiastical- ly) (b) "Well . er . . . ah . no, there really wasn't anything in par- ticular for our municipality, but . . er . . lot of good general stuff, you know. . . some dandy speakers here let me look at the program (looks in coat pocket) . . oh, I left it home in my other coat . , but most of the speakers were good . . really good." (Slightly less enthusiastic). (e) "Joe will give you a report on the late, late show at the Lichee Gardens and George will report on the late evening and sports sessions." (Pointed laughter) George and Joe, to the disappointment of all, never do give such reports. (d) "Here's my expense accOuht". (Conventioneer sheepishly passes it on to clerk, who hides it quickly under other accounts). Chorus the rest of council: "That's one bill we won't pay this month. ha ha." But they always do. inowegoesamozzzo Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1081 "I think someone has preceded us!" STORY ONLY NEEDS TELLING Without intelligent informa- tion in newspapers, magazines, and other news media,Canadians have had no way of learning the real truth behind the problem. But let me assure you, the story is as simple and as straightfor- ward as it can be. All it requires is the telling and Canadians would be up in arms over the government's lack of action through the years in this regard. While there are many in this country, including the Prime Minister, who say the dayof the manned bomber is just about over, US intelligence proves Russia is working hard at pro- ducing supersonic four-engine jet bombers which will be able to overfly this continent with one refueling in the far north and either return home or land in Cuba. "that when Ted has his eyes closed, he's not always asleep," Rarely are any of the accounts item- ized, for obvious reasons, and it's an unwritten law among councils not to question them. I can only remember one that was honest to the "T". His account read something like: "Liquor, for enter- tainment of other councillors . . $8,46". It turned out the other members of the contingent had broken into his hotel room and substituted two empty bottles for the two full ones he had stashed away in the dresser. * Friday night, Mayor Simmons at- tempted to prove conventions weren't just fun. At a PUC banquet in honor of for- mer commissioner W. G. Cochrane, QC, the mayor revealed that he and the other PUC officials, including Chair- man R. E. Pooley, had attended the utilities' convention in Toronto the early part of the week. "Here," he said, showing the group a copy Of the newspaper published at the convention, "is an illustration of just how tiring these sessions canbe." In the foreground of a large picture Of the convention in session was Ted Pooley, his head resting on hisshould- er, dozing away blissfully. Mrs. Pooley had the last word: "I found out long ago," she told the group, Although the 'flu is pretty common these days, not many people have had a "bout" with it like Doug Miles, Huron county's ag rep. Doug appeared at the Huron'County Seed Fair in Wingham Saturday with two mellowing black eyes and a bent nose. Fighters have looked better after they've been knocked out in the ring. Doug had been "hit" by the 'flu bug a week before at his home. Although under doctor's orders to stay in bed, he still had final arrangements for the seed fair and the Tuesday hog vote to look after. It proved too much. As he emerged from the bathroom at his home, he keeled over, his big six-foot, 200-pound frame falling to the floor face first. No rematch has been scheduled. Clark Fisher, James St., tells- me I'm inaccurate when I reported last week there's no such a thing as niem ,. bership in the Conservative party. He says he's had a membership card for years. His efforts to find it, however, weren't successful; but We'll believe hire anyway. Must have been a few years age, Clark. eteeeleeeigNetegneeM., L.4161e2MINSUSIVINViikeiMetift* 50 YEARS AGO Restarnayer-Willert -- On Tuesday March 11 Louis Restamayer and Miss Clara Willert were united in marriage by Rev. G. Thun. They will live on the Restamayer homes- tead on Con. 14 Hay. The first straw hat appeared on Wednesday but it was of last year's variety. Mr. Harry Rowe sold hisfine farm south of town last week to Mr. Sidney Snell. Miss Annie Sanders, who for the past two years has been en- gaged on the jarvis Reeord, returned to her home on Friday and left en Monday for Waterloo where she has taken a similar position. 'raLltiaS.'Shttgitei' .""n """itraca:.-totoso Appos=0. _ 15 YEARS AGO Mr. Irwin Ford has recently completed his new Food Market on Huron St., West, Exeter and this week announces the opening of his new store. The Huronia Male Choir is announcing the opening concert in Exeter Tuesday, April 13. The choir comprises 28 young men from Exeter and district. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Madge, Hensel', have purchased the property of Mrs. Sarah Gibson on the corner of Mill and Car- ling Ste. Gordon Cudmore of Trequ- aeles Hardware was one of a group of e50 from Canada who paid a special visit to the 738 acre •research farm of the Puri na Company at Grey Summit, MO, Amalgamated 1924 1r/, : exeferIchnestatrootatett SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C,W.N.A., O.W.N.A., C,C.N.R, and ABC FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES Talking with an old friend the other day, I heard an amusing little anecdote which illustrates a point which might mean something to many of us. It seems his four-year-old daughter answered the telephone at- tached to the kitchen wall. She climbed up on a chair beside the table to reach the phone. The caller wanted to speak to her mother. As the little girl climbed down, she dropped the receiver which hit the table with a clatter, fell off to swing from the spiral cord and bounced against the wall. She got her hands on 'the instrument and inquired of the caller, "Are you hurt?" . . In this story of the tiny tot and the telephone you may see the reason for teaching children, even at the tender age of four, the importance of good telephone manners. She may not have used the same apologetic phrase you or I might have used, but you must admit that she certainly was considerate. CLEANING PROBLEM? People ask me occasionally; "What's the best wad to clean my telephone?" Well, ehe answer is quite simple: a damp cloth keeps any phone clean and shining. Never clean your telephone with soap and water though, as water may penetrate into the set and put your service out of order. Also, the outer plastic shell doesn't require any special waxes or polishes, Just by way of interest, you might like to know that there's no need to keep your telephone surgically clean. Labora- tory tests have shown that a telephone doee not serve as a shelter for germs from a previous user. So, if you just give your set the damp cloth treatment oc- casionally, your phone Will be shining and spotless. BELLS ARE RINGING Ever been in ohe of these situations ladies? Just about to take a pie from the oven . phone rings in the live ing room; washing the din- ner dishes . phone rings in the living room; after coaxing the baby to eat his lunch and he's taking the first spoonful . . phone rings in the living room. Sound familiar? You've had to drop everything and dash out of the kitchen to answer the phone, Perhaps you realized 100 at that moment how tonVenient a kitchen extension telephone would be, With a phone within your !Toth, you could continue With the jobs mentioned without an abrupt break and a dash to another 'room. Maybe it Was Cost that held you back when you, thought you should pick up your phone and call our buSinets office to order an extension. Well, if that is the tate, you'd really be surprised how little it tests . . only a few pennies a day. why don't you give us a cell right away? Published Each Thursday Morning at E)teter, On*, Authorized as Second Class Mail, POO Office Dept, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash fiaici.tti-AdVance Circulation, Sept, 30, 1961 2817 BOMBER THREAT With bonmers almost com- parable to those of the US, key intelligence officials at NORAD claimed the bomber threat to this continent will last for at least five more years and pos- sibly ten more. Thus the reason for arming our Bomarce and Voodoos with nuclear Weapens now. Consider what happened dur- ing the Cuban fiasco? It might well have resulted in a third world war when bombers Would have been used againstue.Cene alder the recent situation when Cuban-based Russian-built1V110 fighters fired on a disabled American shrimp boat. START THIRD WAS. As soon as AMerican radar picked up the action at Key West, Florida, We US Super- sonic fighters were dispatched to the scene and the MiGs went home in e hurry. Could the third World war have started then and there if 'a dog fight had ensued and one or more Of the planes had been ehot clown? These are just some of the problems NORAD personel have On their minds day efterdeY,Yet we continue knowing little if anything that goes on in the world about us which could be drawing us closer to another War, -NUCLEAR WEAPONS Ff7Tf, -US tut whore do we and nuclear warheads come into the'pictiate, you ask? Well, itiseeeimPleee thisi Let's suppose Russia 'sends bombers over this continent with inicidarbernbsatid our 156- SUBSCRIPTION' RATES: Canada $OO Fer' Year; USA 0.60 25 YEARS AGO Miss !bath Hendrick, 11.1L1 DeehwOod, was One of 10 stti ,- deete to enter the training Class at Stratford General Hospital On Monday. With keen competition lest Week at the annual College Ro- yal at the OAC Guelph, Harold Fahrner; son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fahrner, Creditors won the grand championship trophy in the Agronomy Divlsiott, An elocution and musfeal festivel Under the allspice-8' of 'The EXeter WI will be held in the town hall on Friday, Mardi) 20, Open to all pupilS of Exeter High and Exeter Pub,: lie School.. Hugh Berry has been appellee secretary-treasurer of the ItirItteu Agricultural Society to fill the merles" caused by the resignation of Amos Deno, 10 YEARS AGO Exeter District co-operative Will hold epee Melee its new Brook Street. on Tuesday Meta lee Leiden Public Spool was des-, from by fire early Thursday morning: A meeting of Dashwoed Mete riot women Was called Tuesday, for _the puitose of organizing e. WI breneh. Mite Meele Rader was named the fleet president. Otptaih ;Julia Dunlop elid Coa Oh Laurette Siegtier Of Soutar iron Girls, won the tro,- phy at the WOSSA tournament in tolideri Saturday, They have WOE it three' out of tour years it has been awarded. NPOMT[INA (ifk;)140.1 WHY NOT? WHY NOT? "Well, then, can Jimmy's new bike come out to play?" "Why, I had no idea skiing was so easy!" Kini Features Syndicate, 1:36.3. World rights rt