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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-07-25, Page 4WaeR irvr.1 saedoy„,wedneiday ,414preace and, cluTing'the.monintp;t4royohpe the wietc:- ECHTORIA4 Salute to the Irish All together now, SOutb. Huron: Doff yOur hat to the Irish community of Lucan, which .opened a handsome swimming pool. Sat- urday, Equipped with lights for evening swim- ming and a well-designed bathhouse for hand- ling . swimmers efficiently, the pool stands be, side Lucan Community Memorial Arena to pro, vide a double monument to an ainbitious grOup of people who make 'the principles of good business serve the public good. Lucan has about the same population as. Hensall, Zurich and Grand Bend 'in this area, It's about one-third the size of Exeter., with less surrounding population to support c0III, munity projects. Yet the Irish are the first to boast a swimming pool in the district, They were one of the first to have an artificial ice arena, too, and that building remains the most pretentious of three in other communities mentioned. More than that, Lucan's arena is paid for and it operates without the requirement of municipal subsidies. Exeter pays about $6,000 in debenture retirement each year plus an op- erating grant which has run between $2,000 and $4,000 annually for the past decade. Hen- sail, too, pays off debentures out of the tax levy and contributes municipal funds toward operating costs. Reeve Ivan Hearn says the village's only annual cost is a measly $100 grant toward the Motors Ltd. PHONE 235-.1313 gxm$A Jottings by MS operation of a minor hockey program, Com- pare that to Exeter's $3,000 annual offeringto the entertainment of the citizens. Exeter may have a more active program but probably not on the basis of poptilation. What is it that produces such different results? Probably more than .anything else, it's the attitude toward operation, The board of -directors of Lucan Com-, munity Memorial Centre, led by wise Erwin Scott, adheres to a .payas,you,go policy both in capital expenditure and operations. It's a sim- ple 'business principle, established years ago but abandoned recently in federal government and other circles, that revenues must match expenditures. You can find another example of the success of that fundamental formilla in the South Huron Hospital, which provides an ef- ficient, competent service without asking for handouts from the municipalities it serves. In contrast, there is another philosophy that public recreation and its facilities should be financed, partly at least, out of tax revenue. If buildings or activities don't pay for them- selves, say the proponents of this group, get a grant from council. Public funds, however, encourage waste and lighten responsibilities, without providing any better services. The Lucan achievement serves as an out-, standing example of the success of responsible community service, '63 LARK WAGON, 6 Cyl. Demonstrator LARK, 6 Cyl., Radio, Automatic '5$ LARK, 2 DOOR '51 iviDTDDR HARDTOP, Radio, Automatic '52 PONTIAC Boer war celebration I We need more like him I said good-bye to an my friends and went to see my gal, A. For I want to be a soldier; I knew when I came back again I'd be a gen-er-al, Not an ordinary soldier. I knew I'd be promoted right away for bravery For I'd be where the cannon balls were thickest, don't you see; Beneath the ammunition wagon that's the place for me; For I want to be a soldier. Public school Inspector G. John Goman has completed his duties in the combined Hur- on No. 3 and Perth No. 3 inspectorate and will leave this community at the end of the month to undertake his new educational position at Guelph. He departs before he will see some of the more tangible evidences of his efforts to improve public school standards in the area but he must be gratified •to know that the machinery is in motion for the development of two central schools in rural areas. To no small extent, these schools will be to his credit. The easiest course for any civil servant, particularly in the field of education, is to go along with conditions as they stand, attempt no move to which strenuous objection will be made. After all, the pay's the same with or without controversies and certainly the eve- nings are much freer if there are no extra meetings to deal with special problems. Inspector Goman, obviously, did neither shy away from the controversies nor the meet- butcher shop; Herb Gregory, son of the P. S. principal, and now president of the British Mortgage Corporation of Strat- ford; Earl Browning, son of Dr. J. W. Browning; Fred Walters, son of James Walters, clerk with E. J. Spackman; Ory South- cott, retired merchant; Elmore Senior, barrister of Toronto, son of Joseph Senior, photo- grapher, who took the picture. Bottom row: Russell Frayne, son of Peter Frayne, harness maker; Wilbert Martin, retired business man; Roy Farmer, doctor, son of John Farmer; Tom Hunkin, Charles Dyer, son of Alex Dyer, of the Dyer & Howard planing mill and secre- tary of the Exeter Fair Board, and Dyer-Hurdon, son of N. Dyer-Hurdon, manager of the Bank of Montreal. which ended in May of that year. A holiday had been proclaim- ed in Exeter and featured a par- ade and a concert. Heading the parade was Squire Leathorn riding a horse. A number of the local businessmen of town were dressed to represent the var- ious leaders in the army and several prominent citizens de- livered addresses. The members of the village council at that time were: Wm. Levett, reeve; John Muir,John Wood, William Harding an Jos. Davis, councillors; Geo. Bis- sett, clerk. I doubt if many of our readers can recognize any of the above group. There are not more than five living at the present time. Starting with the top row is Dan Rendle, whose father ran a Chorus; Right face, forward, don't you hear them shout Last night I dreamt I put a regi- ment to rout I'd give anything if a weed break out For I want to be a soldier. ings. In his encouragement and leadership of boards to provide graded school education for rural children in this area, he has faced vehe- ment opposition and personal abuse, much of itt unjustifiable. He took neither lying down be- cause he believed his cause was worth fighting for. It is gratifying to note that both teach- ers and boards with whom he served have paid him farewell tributes, for he deserves them. There are too few fighters for better education these days. At the community level, Mr. Goman has been active, too, particularly recently in his leadership of the community swimming pool campaign. This project, too, appears to be near- ing reality, according to reports this week. Again, he took on this task in the face of con- siderable opposition and lack of enthusiasm but it has been his efforts primarily which have made it successful to date. Every community needs John Gomans. It's unfortunate ours will lose one. Contact C. A. McDOWELL That was the beginning of a song that the above group sang along with a drill at a public celebration in Exeter onJune 6, 1902, to mark the end of the South African or Boer War General Contractor Letter to the editor Defends Berton's sex, 'Times' God-given attribute Phone 228-6961 Centralia litelealallieraSSMSCL. BY THE EDITOR DON SOUTHCOTT local case proves the need he was on his way to a parade in Michi- gan, hitchhiking, when he wandered into the woods near Point Edward. Kicking at a piece of pipe sticking out of the ground, he unearthed a white wallet which contained about $20 in cash and the social security card of a lady living in Detroit. Subsequent investi- gation by U.S. authorities, reveals the lady has now moved to Pennsylvania and the purse has been returned to her. And Have Your Arrangements Made Today To Let Us Connect Your Water System To The Sanitary Sewer 'THIS is the mysterious woman who answered my phone the night I worked so late at the office." Perhaps I shouldn't comment on the case, since I don't know all of the de- tails, but I'm disturbed about that four- year penitentiary sentence given to Wayne Culbert of Lucan July 12. Wayne pleaded guilty to a number of charges of arson and one of break-in and theft over a two-year period. He was remanded several times for ex- amination. Before his sentence, it's reported, a mental health authority testified the youth had emotional and personality problems. His attitude was one of "detachment and unreality". He was "partly out of touch with his surround- ings." I met Wayne only once. He came to The T-A office to get a camera I of- fered to loan him, since he had been taking a number of pictures for us in the Lucan area. He was quiet, reserved, not as interested in being a newspaper cameraman as I had expected. No one can accurately assess another person in one meeting but of this I am certain: Wayne Culbert is not a criminal as he has been sentenced. was startled when I first heard of the penalty he had been given. I phoned to confirm it, then to question it. 1 learned that at least some of those deal- ing with the case shared my opinion and had much more reason to believe so than I. Why then was he sent to peni- tentiary? Because, I learned, Ontario provides no institutions, short of asy- lumS, to treat these people. Newspaper and magazine writers have been pointing up for years this countless lives ruined by a completely unnecessary feeling of shame fostered by bigoted, small-minded, short-sighted individuals who attempt and too often succeed in forcing their own small concepts on those truth, about them, without regard for As "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," so "filth is in the mind of the thinker". Thus, we may infer that all those who regard sex or any other natural appetite as dirty or shameful, are possessed of sordid minds, regardless of the religious af- filiations or other positions of authority they may hold. To quote from "Ye are Gods", by Annalee Skarin; "The day has come when we as in- dividuals, must rise from the orthodox complaisancy of 'the accepted rules and regulations of life' and pioneer into new fields of progress. The greatest mystery of life must be ex- plored--Life Itself--the why of it, the how of it, the unspeakable majesty and power Of every as- pect of it. Man must learn the dignity of living and being." This breadth of vision of which the author speaks is im- possible to the small, closed minds which are ever content to preserve the status quo, to follow in the well-worn path of those who have gone before, with eyes so closely fixed inthe small, mean and inconsequen- tial, that they are incapable of catching the vision of Divine Majesty implicit in every God- given attribute of man. So I say, Bravo Mr, Berton! You are at least one hundred years ahead of your time. (Mrs.) Hazel M. Stone 818 Stinninghall Ave., London To the editor, I should like to comment on the letter which appeared in a recent issue of your paper de- ploring the "filth" which ap- peared in an earlier edition, in the form of an excerpt from Pierre Berton's thought-pro- voking article regarding teen- agers and sex. Undoubtedly the writer of this letter is a "fine, upstanding pillar" of some church, but does he "think" or simply fol- low the constructed orthodoxy which has been instilled into his mind and emotions from ear- liest childhood? Most of us, in the present generation, were so indoctrinated, but there are those of us who find these emo- tionally-inspired taboos rather difficult to swallow, so we ven- ture to enquire further. How a thinking, reasoning person, of any faith, is able to classify a God-given attribute, like sex, as "filthy" is beyond the comprehension of any lo- gical individual. As well to say, hunger for food is filthy. Of course, our forbears did not happen to fasten this appella- tion to that particular desire, so it is perfectly right in their eyes to indulge the appetite for food. One is led to wonder at what stage in the history of mankind the distinction between sacred and sordid became so clouded that succeeding generations were led to believe that, rather than being too Sacred for prying eyes, sex was filthy and shame- ful. The many thousands of par- ents and religious leaders who have fostered this false doc- trine have a great deal for which to answer in the many unhappy, unsatisfactory marriages and Judge: "Why did you steal that watch?" Prisoner: "I only wanted to know the time." Judge: "Well, the time is five years. Net case." tragic situation in which we, the state, treat mentally disturbed persons as callous criminals. Our penal system provides little to distinguish them from the deliberate offenders. It has not the staff to treat them as they should be treated. Here is a case close to home, lease that graphically points up the problem. Wayne Culbert, the authorities hope, will receive some assistance in the penitentiary. But he should not be there. He is not a criminal. He is ill. Two gentlemen from Grand Bend poured over The T-A files recently to dig up some history on Dashwood. They were Peter Eisenbach, owner of Grand Bend's growing museum, and Samuel Carrier, a Toronto lawyer, son of a Presbyterian minister who served the resort for over 40 years. After finding some of the material they were after, the two discussed early history of the area with an en- thusiasm that comes from onlygeneine interest. Mr. Carrier was particularly pressed by an item in an early record which covered the period during which the church was being built at Grand Bend in his father's time. Two wagon- loads Of stone were delivered to the site at a cost of 251 each. It's refreshing to see people en- thusiastic to learn about days gone by. They're helping to preserve this area's heritage. * Bill Gossman's at it again.ThiS time ZaklaRireSMAZIA' • 1111 BAN tO 011011 eke Dr a Thanes Established 183 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 What with? 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Authorized s # Second Class Mail, Poet Office Oeset, Ottaika, Y and or Pa lass of Postage in Cash Under one tOof bring§ all yOur perS'onal credit needs Maid`-in-A4ance Circulation, March 31, 1963-4928 SOBScRIPTION RACES: Canada .00 Per Year; USA S5.00 1:26 KhIg.ritttilitk, 1043, f6ettte 'er41412. txetee 13 -rhneh: CNAkt...kg tfv11114, Mee, °fete§ -"Alga tantrfiliii( treciiton4 biistivifOodc deend beticif 1-tenielif Lucan* Orion "Ali I did was climb up thete to paint the window Ain!" 50 YEARS AGO The christening of the new town park situated on the south hank of the Ausable River on Friday was an event of unusual interest. Main Street Methodist and Caven Presbyterian churches are holding union services for two weeks, Rev. Sharp preach- ing while Rev. Powell is on holidays. The Rev. D. W. Collins on Sunday last completed seven years as rector of Trivitt Me- morial Church. • On July 1, the new Municipal Act came into force decreeing that "No municipal council or owner of land shall lay out a highway less than 66 feet wide." 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Ray Creech with the Ca- nadian Canners has been trans- ferred from Exeter to Forest. Rev. A, Page and Mr. William Frayne leave the latter part of the week on a trip to England. They will take in the Glasgow Exhibition and Mr. Page will visit his mother at Loftus in Yorkshire. Chainway Store is putting in a new vitrolite front--the old plate glass windows have been removed, Elgin Luxton, 21 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Luxton, of Usborne th 1 e d spectators at London airport Sunday when he made his first parachute jump, , 15 YEARS AGO Work on the new runways at Centralia RCAF' station is pro- greasing rapidly. They are al- most doubled in length to give one mile runways. Messrs Ross Tuckey and El- drid Simmons recently received word that they had passed in their final exams from the On- tario SchOol Of Embalming at Toronto. They are now licenced embalmers and funeral direc- tors. Nearly 600 WinchelSea old boys and girls returned to the SchoOl last Monday for a suc- cessful reunion. Messrs Wm. SWeitzer, Sam Sweitzer and the Tuckey Trans..' port left for Toronto Wednesday morning to bring back the run- ways and equipment fOr the hew bowling alleys being erected by William Sweater, 10 YEA1 AGO Plans fora wading pool and a fended-off switnining area at Riverview Park are being con- .Sidered by a council committee as work progresses rapidly on the park beautification project, A rink of EXeter bowlerS won the Northern 81ectrio Trophy in the Western Ontario Bowling Association totirnattent in Lon- don this week, sixty four rinks were itt competition. The rink 'CoMpriSed ken BOCkey, skip, Wes Rytionen, vide skip; Russ 8rieli i lead, and J. ivi:Southnott, seeond, rrreepeir OKONVOI9x.WV -,,0,aboan% USISSOUNINSISTIMISSPI