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GUEST OPINION
Ratification of the -change.
A 'proud, achievement
RQPI tiAggAlTr IN Tl3E TORONTO STAR By
past month there was an
P1ection in Canada which, in a
rare burst of curiosity about
Canada, attracted headlines ar-
°mid the world. LastWeek, the
change of government will be
officially recorded in Ottawa
with the opening of the HQUse
of Commons, Whether the
change of gevernmeat really
means a change in the country
still remains to be seem
la the province of Ontario,
meanwhile, there hasn't been
an election for four years, yet
in that time there has been an
almost complete change of go,
vernment--in its moods and its
outlook, as well as in itspeople
--and it has gone virtually un-
noticed..
The Conservative party inn°,
wer in Ontario today is not the
Same Conservative party that
was in power four years ago,
or at least it doesn't appear to
be the same party, which is
what counts.
The Dashwood community celebrated an
achievement over the weekend with justifiable
pride.
The new community centre will serve
them well for many years, providing a meet-
ing place, banquet hall and recreation centre
which will contribute toward a better Dash-
wood.
The most noteworthy aspect of the camp
paign to build the community hall was the
extensive amount of voluntary effort put into
the project. It proves what can be done with
determination. and co-operation.
Almost every .community in this fljat-
TiOt has some monument to a community volun-
teer .effort and many of them, like Da.sliwood's,
Are community centres,. No achievement is
more gratifying than one into which .consicler,
able personal sacrifice has been made,
The 'Times-Advocate adds its congratu-
lations to the .ones paid Sunday to those re-
sponsible for they. Dashwood memorial centre.
Unwarranted interference?
onion°
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Select Committee on The
Municipal Act and related Acts
The Select Committee appointed by the Legislative
Assembly of the Province of Ontario ", , to enquire
into and review The Municipal Act of the Province and
related. Acts, including The Assessment Act, The De-
partment of Municipal Affairs. Act, the Local Improve-
ment Act, The Ontario Municipal Board Act and The
Planning Act, and the regulations made thereunder, for
the purposes of modernizing, consolidating and simpli-
fying such Acts and regulations and making such recom.
mendations as may be necessary for their improvement.",
has resumed public hearings in Toronto.
Elected members and appointed officials of municipal
governments, local boards, commissions etc., groups of
persons and individuals are invited to present sub-
missions pertaining to the legislation applicable to
municipal government.
Hollis E. Beckett, Q.c., M,P.P., Mrs. H. G. Rowan,seBorcxeC.Ary.,
105,
hairman.
Parliament Buildings,
Toronto. (Telephone 365-2804)
The suggestion by John ,Corbett, reeve
Of Hay township, that the school question is
"up to the ratepayers" is unrealistic. It ig-
nores the leadership responsibility which
municipal officials accept upon 'their election.
The attitude, in this case, will serve only to
hinder development of school facilities in Hay.
This is not to suggest that ratepayers'
views and protests should not be considered
by municipal officials. By all means, they must
be heard, suggestions taken into account and
explanations given for decisions taken, But to
take the position that the ratepayers them-
selves must provide leadership is something
else again. It amounts to neglect of duty.
More disturbing is the indication that the
township council is not only interfering with
the responsibilities of the area school board
but also is virtually encouraging opposition to
the decision of another municipal body.
The protests to the school board's de-
cision should be directed to the board. If
council itself objects to the decision, or ques-
tions it, it, too, should discuss the considera-
tions with the school board.
Each of the alternative suggestions
offered by 'the delegation to council may have
some individual merit but it is the overall
picture—the best. solution for all the students
in Hay township which must be taken into
account. No one area should expect preferen-
tial treatment to the detriment of the rest of
the township.
If council, or any group of ratepayers,
after careful consideration of all aspects, be-
lieves the school board's decision is wrong and
can present a better alternative, there is jus-
tification for delay. Without the alternative,
the interference amounts to unwarranted ob-
struction.
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I left my films at...
Huntley's Drug Store
BY THE EDITOR
I tell WV, it it ,enough to
make your head swim; We have
pepped the need for the Winter,.
Meyer of our ditcontent; the.
indispeaelble government ferns
Liberals in a hurry le, Lord
help us, the Tories!
The faces of the cabinet ;Pinta
sters have changed in three
years almost as if there had
been a real change of govern-
ment at an election. The tired,
rheumy faces that once stared
out from the ribbon-cutting
ceremonies, flabby from the
joys of the status qgo, have
been replaced by the eager
young beainessinan of politics,
trade-crusading to Los Angeles
and popring Scotch at the Royal
York like it was a carpet-
buyers convention.
DENT IN THE CABINET
South American coups hardly
make the dent in the ruling
junta which has been made al-
most unnoticed in the Ontario
cabinet. Of the nine top cabinet
ministers, by seniority, who
were in office as recently as
three years ago, only two re-
main in the cabinet today.
The eight most important
names in the Ontario cabinet
today are John Roberts, James
Allan, Frederick Cass, Robert
Macaulay, Leslie Rowntree,
Charles MacNaughton, James
Auld and William Davis. Only
the first four were cabinet mi-
nisters three years ago.
We are, so they say, destined
soon to have an election in
Ontario--probably in the week
of Oct. '7 to 11, I am told by
those who make an occult art
of such things. The purpose of
the election will be merely to
confirm the change in govern-
ment which has already taken
place.
linemen and engineers, were
denied the right of any citizen
to join a political party and
go to political meetings. And
every time they complained,
some old fogey from Quillpep-
per Falls would shout froni the
Tory benches: "Remember how
Hepburn packed the liquor
stores!" and it would be over
for another year.
NOW FIRST GLASS
And then, at the beginning of
the most recent session of the
Legislature, James Allan, the
provincial treasurer, stood up
just as bland as you please
and made a fine speech about
how a man doesn't became a
second-class citizen just be,
cause he goes to work for the
government and of course civil
servants would now be abie to
join political parties.
This basic right of citizenship
was just as sound four years
ago as it is today, but one of
the charming features of the
conservative mind is its ability
to stumble across an ancient
truism just before election time
with all the ecstatic joy of
fresh discovery.
Suddenly the Conservative
party, which first got into power
in this country with the help
of the CPR, is wiping out the
special tax concessions of the
Royal York hotel, and employing
diplomatic wine stewards in
liquor stores (now open the
same hours as ordinary store's)
to breathe over your shoulder
to help you select the right year
of catawba.
And portable pensions and
medicare, words that four years
ago passed a Tory's lips as a
curse, are today the subjects
of reverent study and future
deadlines. Don Southcott Phone 235-1070 Exeter
JOTTINGS BY JMS
J. M. Southcott 'Tipping' is a problem
"Gratuity", says our Webster's dic-
tionary, is "a voluntary return for a
favor or for service, as a tip".
A "tip", even the common restaurant
variety, can cause problems. How much
should one give? When should one give
it and when not? Is a tip justified if the
service is poor?
Some people tip religiously, because
it's "the thing to do". Others tip only
if it will give them sornefuturebenefit,
such as preferential treatment at the
next meal. Still others decide on a tip
on the basis of their personal finances
at the particular time.
You might say HSDHS board is lathe
restaurant right now and it's trying to
decide what kind of a tip it should offer,
The questions faced by the board are
similar to the ones confronting the or-
dinary restaurant customer, only
they're more complicated and the re-
sults are farther reaching. And the
money required for the tip doesn't
come out of their personal pockets but
out of yours and mine as taxpayers,
which makes the decision even more
difficult.
This "tip" is the gratuity plan pro-
posed for loyal members on the school
teaching staff.
It all started three months ago when
salaries were set for 63-64. W.F.B.
"Mac" MacLaren, chairman of the
management committee, understood the
plan had been adopted a year ago but
it hadn't been. So he proposed it should
start this year.
Since the plan itself is somewhat
complicated, suffice It to say that it
would provide a bonus of up to half a
year's salary to any member of the
staff who spends the last 10 years of
his teaching career at HSDHS. The
amount is contingent on the extent of
sick leave accumulated during that 10-
year period but it could mean, for
example, that a teacher receiving a
salary of $10,000 in his final teaching
year would receive a "tip" of $5,000
from the board. This is in addition to
the superannuation or pensionbenefits,
of course, and it is not subject to pre-
vincial grant, which means the cost
Must be paid directly by the taxpayers
in the South Huron distriet.
The plan was made "effective Sep-
tember 1, 1963" and that fortes the
crux of the disagreement atthepresent
time.
At the March meeting when it was
introduced, there was considerable de-
• • FILMS • CAMERAS • SUPPLIES
FROM THE COCOON
Remember all the shibboleths
with which Leslie Frost (he
was the premier four years ago)
used to rule the province? Al-
most every one of them has been
swept aside; the metamorphosis
of the Conservative party must
surely be one of the most re-
markable transformations in
Canadian politics, as clinically
fascinating as the transforma-
tion of the caterpillar to the
moth (the hypnotizing light is,
of course, the coming election).
Remember colored marga-
rine? It was impossible, and
now it's here.
Remember the campaign to
get money from the province to
help build the subway? City
politicians have many times
quoted Leslie Frost at the ban-
quet table saying he would ne-
ver, never give money for a
subway. Now it's going to be
done.
Remember minimum wages?
Frost's minister of labor used
to make delightful Nineteenth
Century speeches saying it
wouldn't be a good thing for
the working man to have a law
for minimum wages. Now it's
almost here.
It does not seem like yester-
day that Frost's minister of
labor, Charles Daley, was say-
ing "I think it would be a mis-
take in this province if we hada
minimum wage for men;" it
seems like a century ago.
Remember Frosts's minister
of education for whom every-
thing but a bare classroom and
the hickory stick was a "frill",
who expelled the "fat boy"
from teachers' college, who--
honorable gentleman though he
was--just couldn't cope with
the pent-up demand for a mo-
dern school system? Today,
the Ontario government is so
hell-bent for education it gave
away $20 million in school
grants a year before it had to,
and junior colleges are popping
from the ground Ike mush-
rooms.
For years, the opposition
parties and the civil service
associations complained be-
cause ordinary employees of
the government, clerks and
ite
prankster
bate as to whether the plan would apply
to teachers who will retire within the
next 10 years or whether it applied
only to teachers who serve on the staff
for 10 consecutive years beginning in
1963,
The distinction makes quite a dif-
ference, since there are a number of
people on the HSDHS staff who will
retire before 1973 and who will have
spent the last 10 years of their career
at the Rica/ school,
As I recall it, the decision was that
the teacher must serve on the staff for
10 years after Sept. 1, 1963. The plan
was looked upon as an "inducement"
to teachers to remain at HSDHS, thus
encouraging the establishment of a
nucleus of experienced teachers on the
staff. In other words, the "tip" was
considered more from the standpoint
of benefit to be gained than from the
aspect of a reward to the loyal teacher.
At the next meeting, however, it ap-
pears that spree of those teachers on
the staff who will retire before 1973
were up in arms about the decision
and some of them threatened to resign
if they didn't receive some benefit.
Because of the disagreement, the mo-
tion incorporating the plan was not
completed in the minutes and the board
was asked to decide the question.
This prompted the board members to
disagree. Some were positive the bene-
fits were not to begin until 1973; others
felt that those who resigned before that
would be given a smaller "tip" based
en the number of years they taught
after 1963. (Confusing, isn't it?)
Since it had been established earlier
that many other boards in Ontario had
such a plan into effect, it was decided
to determine hoW their plans operated.
Consequently, the decision was left
until the May meeting.
But at the May meeting, there was
still disagreement. A letter to the
trustees' association shed no light on
the subject and members Who had ton-
suited other boards were net agreed
themselves as to how these other plans
operated on the particular point in
question.
"Mac" a/fact-area, at the last mee-
ting, said there was no doubt that the
original proposal was that teachers who
retire before 1973 should receive some
benefit. Vice-Chairman Kenneth Johns
agreed with him. In other words, they
consider the tip more of a reward, than
Among the items that come
into the office from time to
time are two that date back
prior to the beginning of the
century and I trust that many
of our readers will find them
into re sting.
By way of comparing prices
in what some might call the
good old days with the present
prices I have received from
Mrs. Dalton Neil, RR 1 Granton,
a receipt dated Nov. 26, 1895,
made out in the name of Dalton
Neil, Alton Neil's grandfather,
for $1.30 to pay for the Exeter
Advocate, together with the To-
ronto Mail & Empire, for one
year. The Exeter Advocate was
paid for from Nov. 26, 1895,. to
January 1, 1897. The receipt
was made out by C.H. Sanders,
publisher of the Advocate.
The second item is a mar-
riage certificate that reads as !a
a benefit to be gained by the donor at a
later date.
But Chairman Larry Snider said he
understood it the other way. So did E.L.
Mickle.
Further discussions brought about
some additional problems, You see, if
no benefits will be paid until 1973, then
the plan won't hurt the taxpayers for at
least a decade and it's easier to approve
the expenditure of funds when it won't
affect you for that long a period. But,
if the benefits are to be paid to teachers
retiring within the next few years, then
the school's budget will be affected
sooner.
More complications resulted when an
official of the department of education
was consulted. He suggested it wouldn't
be fair to exclude the teachers who
retire before 1973 but he also felt the
board should take a close look at the
amount of gratuity it plans to pay,
since its budget may be hit rather hard
by the expenditure in the future. For
example, if three teachers entitled to
the full gratuity retired in the same year
the expenditure could amount to $15,000
or $20,000 at one crack.
In one sense, I find the situation
rather amusing. It appears to me that
the boards began this gratuity program
as a means of fighting the competition
between boards which has resulted from
the scarcity of teachers. It probably
wasn't designed as a "reward" at all.
But now that it's in effect at least in
some places, you can't blame all tea-
chers for wanting to get a piece of it,
What it will amount to, it appears, is
considerable cost to ratepayers and
perhaps not much of a benefit at all.
Some other questions arise, too. How
will the boards feel about this induce-
ment when it takes effect on an older
teacher whom the board cloesn'tneces-
eerily wish to keep on staff? What
happens when the teacher supply fills
the demand?
Probably the most serious of all is
this: boards already haVe committed
theineelves to annual increases in sal-
ary up to substantial maximums, Now
the gratuity plan comes on top of that.
How will future generatioris react to the
combined burden of maximum salaries
and gratnities?
So don't worry too much the next
time you're trying to decide on whether
or not to tip the waitress. Just think of
the ILSDHS board's problem and you'll
realize how insignificant yours is.
IDB
financing
for
Canadian
business
follows: "I do hereby certify
that on the Thirtyeth day of
August in the year of our Lord,
One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty-five Joseph Kessel,
Bachelor, of the Township of
Stephen in the County of Huron
and Province of Canada and
Jane Amy, Spinster, of the
Township above named in the
County aforesaid and Province
of Canada were married by me,
by authority of Banns in the
presence of the following wit-
nesses: Moses Amy, Ann Wal-
ker.
Witness my hand at Fairfield
Parsonage, this 30 day of August
1855, John Webster, minister of
the W.M. (Wesleyan Methodist)
Church in Canada.
RECALLS ANECDOTE
The above item had a parti-
cular interest to me because
the name of Moses Amy recalled
a joke that was at one time
played on me.
Some of our readers will re-
call the name ofJohr1McLaugh-
lin. Mr. McLaughlin was an
employee of the Verity Plough
Works in Exeter and when the
Verity's moved to Brantford,
Mr. MoLaughlin's son Will went
with them but Mr. McLaughlin
remained in Exeter. He was
quite a character and told me of
many jokes that had been played
on some of thepeople of Exeter.
He would frequently bring in
some news for the paper and on
this particular occasion he told
me that "Mr. and Mrs. Moses
May and family had gone west
on a visit."
lie was related to the Amy's
and when the paper appeared
with the news item he came back
with a humorous grin to inforrn
me that the Amy's had no chil-
dren.
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15 YEARS AGO
Ten candidates from Exeter
were initiated as members of
the Ancient Mystic Order of
Samaritans of Thebes Sana-
torium, London at a get-to-
gether in Exeter arena Wed-
nesday night. Supreme Sheik
Harry Wilmot, Sehneeta.dy, N.Y.
was present and also members
from Toronto, Windsor, Ayl-
mer, Leamington and Michigan.
Elmer Bell was elected pre-
sident of Huron-Perth Baseball
Aseociation. He will take over
from Leroy O'Brien, Zurioh.
Mrs. B. S. Milne of town
celebrated her 98th birthday
Thursday.
The town siren which here-
to-fore has been operated froni
a push button in front Of the
Town Hall was on Duesdayton-
meted up with the telephone
system.
10 YEARS AGO
Exeter Council corneleted ne-
gotiations Wednesday to pur-
chase two parcels of land around
the river tai be used for the
beautification of RiVerV ieW tine. -,z
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SUIlCRIOrtiON RATES: Canada $4,00 Pee Year USA $5.00
50 YEARS AGO
Our people (Crediton) are
buying their cow tags to allow
their cows to pasture on the
roadside. They find $2 is cheap
pasturage.
Mr. William Birney, who has
been bookkeeper for Messrs.
Harvey Bros., has resigned the
position and left Tuesday for a
visit in Chatham prior to going
to Winnipeg to reside.
Stewards elected in Main St.
Methodist church are: H. E.
Huston (recording steward), T.
H. McCallum, W. S. Howey,
T. J. Kestle, T. Barton, A.
Hooper; James Street, P.
Fra.yne (rec. steward), S. Mar-
tin, F. Wood, W. P. Down, E.J.
Shapton , C, H. Perkins, C. W.
Keddy, Jose May and T. B,
Carling.
Saturday May 24 will be ob.
served as a public halidaywhen
all places of business will be
closed.
25 YEARS AGO
Mrs. W. E, Walker was eieca
ted president of Exeter WI with
Vice-ptesicienta, Mrs. J.
POI.Vell and Mrs. J. Norry and
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. i3a-,
ail Preszcator.
Mr. William E. Middleton
has improved his ine c re am
parlor with new tables and haS
redecorated it.
The musical festival held by
Public School pupils of Smith
And East Huron in JamesStreet
Chtirch Friday evening and Sata
urday had mote than 1,400 bon-
testatitt and the attendance
reached a total of 3,000.
Thomas 11 e McCanin,
Who for 37 years conducted a
tannery business in Exeter arid
terVed as reeve andtranicillOry
died on Monday in his 86th Year.
140,6' etaii6', I'll say that
for hire'
Park. 'You missed the best P.T,A.
The Times-Advocate is doing meeting of the year!"
a face4ifting job on the front
Of its building taking in what Via.s
forriterlY the Tunes-Advocate
Wilding and that occupied by
the late Mist Vera Essery as
a millinery shop.
Herein County is one of the
few in SOUthWestern Ontario
Which has almost all religions
denonlinationt tO In all.
Announcement Wit blade this
Week that Milton W. Pfaff, Exi,•
etet's postmaster since
ember 19210 will retire at teen
as aticeeSaor is found,