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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-02-20, Page 2this. SPridai, WednescIOYaf4rno.9n and 04ring th e evOlnp th ro49hou the Larry Snider .Motors. HIS . . MODERNIZING OR THIS? YOUR BUSINESS? IDB provides term loans and other types of financing to new or existing businesses anywhere in Canada. We invite you to discuss term financing with us. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK tCb \ - 23 BRANCH OFFICES ACROSS CANADA KITCHENER • WATERLOO Waterloo Square Building Telephone 744-4186 Wetzleannalwomiannummtworn... ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne ca ndy Ja nus OZ.V.M1' :0.1nT.EVINVIMMUSi . USED CARS :EDITORIALS It's Brotherhood Week During this Canadian BrOtherhood Week we might all do well to momentarily forget about the evils of apartheid and the injustices in the Southern states. It would be a goed time to remind ourselves that our own house is not in the best of order. What about our own broth- ers . , the ones with black and yellow and red skins the ones who walk the streets of our cities in long beards and black hats? We have so little room for our typical Canadian complacency, We smugly believe that because a Negro couple can buy a meal in most Canadian restaurants we are morally superior to our American neighbors. What have we done about the hopeless poverty and ignorance of our Canadian Indian brothers? What efforts do we expend to make our Chinese population truly Canadian? Do we act like brothers to those among us who are Jews? Only if they have made lots of money and have shaved off the beards, Brotherhood, true Brotherhood, does not demand conformity to our own particular standards of dress or education. Brotherhood means a deep And abiding concern for every man, or woman, or child who suffers, or hun- gers, or is shamed, There are some signs that mankind may have fought its last foolish battles over bound- aries and trade routes . . But there is yet no sign that all battles are finished. Man now faces the supreme test of his right to survive. Unless we can somehow extend true brother- hood to all the hungry and the outcast, we breathe an atmosphere polluted with the foul breath of our deadliest sin . . inhumanity to those other creatures which God created in His own Divine Image. (Written by Barry Wenger, editor of Wingham Advance - Times, for the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews Inc.) Necessary initiative Town council, as has been suggested, must take the initiative in establishing plans for sewerage and drainage programs in the east side residential development. The provision of such services is the re- sponsibility of the subdividers, according to the terms of contract made with the municipality in the registration of subdivision plans. This doesn't give council license to ignore the sit- uation. The municipality is responsible to see that the terms of developments are carried out and done so according to a program which the town can adapt to its own facilities. Some 20 houses already have been erected in the new subdivision with little or no sewer service being provided. To allow further developments on this basis will only end in chaotic conditions. There's no question here about ignoring service to the older, built-up sections of town in favor of new development. There's no case of discrimination against veteran taxpayers. It's simply a matter of ensuring that there is room for the town to grow and pro- viding services for that growth. To arrange for the installation and financing of sewers as lots are being sold and houses are being built is much preferable to the problem of providing for them after the subdivision is developed. And good riddance If this is "old hat" in county council circles, as it appears to be, then it's time muni- cipal representatives acquired a new and more respectable fedora . . one that isn't so crooked around the brim. It smacks of the old-time political wheel- ing and dealing in which representatives tried to build up their personal strength by scratch- ing the other man's back. This may do some- thing for private gain but what happens to pub- lic good? In recent years, county council com- mendably has rid itself of other traditions and unwritten laws that were not in the public in- terest. This is another "custom" that should be discarded. News stories and editorial comment on the voting shifts which took place during the election of Huron county warden in January should prompt reconsideration of this practice at future inaugurals. At least three county councillors ap- parently switched their votes from one candi- date to another during the two ballots which were taken to determine a winner in this year's three-man race. There's no justification for it. No con- scientious representative can support one man as the best leader for the county in one vote, then change his support to another candidate in a second ballot 15 minutes later. Not if he's honest with himself. - BY THE EDITOR Don Southcott About discrimination Do Christians really think? Our world demands clarity of thought. It demands hard think- ing. It demands honest thinking. When we fail to concern our- selves with truth or honesty, we come close to chaos. As one writer has put it "Even today so much of the suffering and chaos of humanity is caused by the cowardice and prejudice that refuses to accept truth because if truth is accepted comfortable patterns of living and long accepted injustices will be challenged and eventually shattered". Yes, if people really started to think many things would have to go: things like segregation and racial hatred, things like a world divided by the over-fed and the undernourished, things like a Christendom divided and competing in waste. Jesus Christ called us to love God with our minds. We are '63 GALAXIE XL 2-DOOR HARDTOP, bucket seats. The ideal car for married people. '63 GALAXIE 2-DOOR HARDTOP, low mileage. '63 GALAXIE 500 4-DOOR SEDAN, loaded with extras. '63 FORD CUSTOM SEDAN, automatic, radio, V-8, power transfer axle. For those who are weak and don't want to push. '62 GALAXIE 500, 6 cyl., automatic, radio, low mileage, a lovely thing. '62 FALCON BUS, 9 passenger, ideal for small school bus, or a large family. '62 MERCURY SEDAN, 6 cyl. '61 ANGLIA, ideal car for the wife. '61 VOLKSWAGEN DELUXE, radio, the car for • leav- ing town. '59 VOLKSWAGEN, radio. This car has been lady driven. '58 DODGE SEDAN '57 MONARCH SEDAN '56 MERCURY 4-DOOR HARDTOP '56 METEOR COACH, black called to think long and hard on the realities and depths of our faith. Yet in fact our church- es get by with very little thought. I remember a skeptic once asking a brilliant man, "What did you do with your brains when you went to church?" Well, too often they are left at home or given a rest. • As a result, there is too little real hard thinking in the church- es. So we think that we can.re- peat hollow phrases from the past and get away with it. We are satisfied with a second hand faith—"it was good enough for grandpa and it's good enough for me". We are too ready to swallow Christian teaching whole with- out really chewing it until we are capable of digesting it. Too often our faith is blind, unreasoning, unquestioning. So the word "faith" is often used TRUCKS '59 FORD F•7 DUMP. Get into the trucking business. '58 FORD PICKUP, 6 cyl. '56 INTERNATIONAL VAN with aluminum body. '55 METRO VAN '56 DODGE, chassis and cab, no motor. '50 FORD 1/2 TON anyone else but he'll try harder. He doesn't see anything wrong with trying to get the best for his family." He feels there's definite discrimina- tion against the Negro in centres like Toronto and London, particularly as far as barbershops and accommodation are concerned. He suggests the segregation problem might be just as bad in Canada as it is in the U.S., if we had the same proportion of Negroes here. "There's discrimination all over the world, and there always will be, and there'll always be somebody trying to take advantage of it. Most of us have our hates but it takes a leader to bring them out in the open. Hitler brought out the worst in the Germans.Someone else might have brought out the best." Lee sees considerable benefit from the efforts of religious leaders to get together and discuss their differences. "It's much, much better to bring it to a head by talking about it, than by fighting about it. You can compromise when you're sitting around a table, but you can't compromise when you're fighting." By the way, if you're concerned about religious education or language for your children, you'll be interested in how the Jews do it, Lee Sherman, for example, attended synagogue school five days a week from 4 to 8 p.m. (after regular school) and on Saturdays for four or five hours. He learned to write and speak Hebrew and Jewish fluently, as all Jewish children do. During their training they translate the entire Bible from the Hebrew. TRACTORS we might find more talk about us, too." The Shermans haven't found any bars in social organizations, either. Lee was a member of Exeter Kinsmen for a num- ber of years, and his wife belonged to the Kinette group. They both resigned voluntarily several years ago, but not for any discrimination reasons. What about Toronto, your home town, Lee? "In earlier years, I came across discrimination in Toronto. When I left high school to get a job, I had to put my religion on an application. On one or two occasions, I put down 'protestant' and I got the job. If I had written 'Jew', I'm sure my application would have been refused." "Don't get me wrong," he explained quickly, "I'm not ashamed of being a Jew—I'm proud of it—but when you need a job, that's a different thing." "There's no discrimination against Jews in Toronto restaurants. After all, the Jew loves to eat. He enjoys good food, and he represents alarge propor- tion of the patronage at some of the better restaurants. They couldn't afford to bar him", He feels there is some jealousy of the Jew in Toronto, which may border on hatred, because members of his religion like to display wealth, although all of them aren't rich by any means. "The tendency among Jewish people is to live the fullest life possible, even if it means mortgaging property, The JeW wants a close family, a loving family. He wants to give them everything and he's willing to work hard to do it. He doesn't have any more opportunity than What's the brotherhood level in this community? How much racial or reli- gious intolerance do we exhibit? I don't know how anyone would deter- mine that. But let's ask someone who might have some idea. Since Brotherhood Week is sponsored by the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, I sought the reaction of Lee Sherman, the young Jewish business- man who operates Exeter Salvage with his father-in-law, Harry Joseph. Lee and his wife Marian moved to this com- munity about eight years ago. "I've never found any actual dis- crimination, either in business or so- cially," reports Lee. "I haven't really encountered any situation where my religion has made a difference, whether I'm dealing with farmers or towns- people, or we're out with friends on a social evening." "Mind you " he qualified, "I don't look for discrimination. If I did,I could probably find some. But there's enough trouble in the world without going after more. "The first two or three years I was here, I would become infuriated at some of the expressions people used that involved my religion—things like 'I'm going to Jew him down'—but I realize now it's a slang phrase that wasn't meant to be a slam at me." "From what I hear, there's more discrimination between he protestants and the Catholics in this area. There seems to be more talk about that, probably because they are larger groups. If there were more Jews here, stiBMWRISsetvsZetzimmr.sznzamcummisommnnw.rm,„„,,,,214malemccommrinmo:.•.timmia.,- TirneS Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 WE HAVE THEM NEW! • WE HAVE THEM USED! '60 FORD 184, DIESEL, industrial loader, back hoe. '62 ALLIS CHALMERS 272 DIESEL '58 INTERNATIONAL B 250 DIESEL '50 M M 2, gas CHOICE OF TWO 1950 FORDS JOHN DEERE B with hydraulic '53 ALLIS CHALMERS B and scuffler '44 CASE S.C. '41 MASSEY HARRIS 101 SENIOR '63 FORD 150 BALER `Op exeferZimes-Atworafe The Kippen Gun Club at a re- cent meeting In Watson's Hail, Kippen decided to put up a club house on their target field on William Kyle's farm. 10 YEARS AGO Plans for the proposed $32,- 500 addition to James St. UC were approved at the annual congregational meeting Monday night. Three classrooms of the four-room addition to Exeter Public School will be occupied as soon as construction is com- pleted about March 1. SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W,N.A., 0.W.N.A., C.C.N.R. and ABC 'WE EVEN HAVE SOME CORN PICKERS; THRESHING MACHINES AND HAY BALERS. COME'IN AND SEE OUR BARGAINS. Lorry Snider Motors Ltd. Ford Fairlane Falcon and Ford Trucks Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Malle Post Office Dep't, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid-in-Advance Circulation, September 30, 1963-3,828 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year; USA $5.00 DIAL 2354440 EXETER "Mrs, Jones, this is your baby sitter!" 50 YEARS AGO Chiselhurst curlers are play- ing a friendly game in Exeter Wednesday afternoon and Hen- sall will be here Thursday. Prize winners of the Car- nival Monday night were: hu- morous costume, Gerald Hur- don; original costume, Maud Rollins and Winnie Huston; Old Maid, Jessie Manson; graceful lady, Maud Rollins; open race, David Ross. 25 YEARS AGO Harold Rowe has purchased the farm owned by B. M. F. Fran- cis on Con. 9 Usborne to take possession March 1. The first short course lee= tures to be given in the Shipka district are being held in SS 7 With over 50 farmers attending and lectures on nutrition for the ladies are being held at the borne of Mrs. Arthur Webb. CGIT members preSented the play "The Old Peabody Pew" by ka.te Douglas Wiggin oh Fri- day evening. 15 YEARS AGO Deputy District Governor J, A. Traqhair and Mrs. Traci:halt were present at London Lions Ladies" Night: simply to cover up a lack of clear thinking. We do not really question until the truth shines clear for us. This is one rea- son such "faith" folds up when confronted with skepticism or cynicism, A "faith" which has not been fought through and thought through cannot stand up to criticism. It is lack of thought which allows people to think that only their denominational approach is really Christian. So we flaunt our tradition, our heritage, our uniqueness to justify our se- paratism, our competition, our sin. As long as we refuse to discuss, debate and suffer to understand the One Lord and the One Faith lack of thought will condemn us to obscurity. The Church of Christ today needs people who will have the courage to think; the courage to question past positions. We need people who are cap- able of doing more than repeat- ing the old cliches, the old theological jargon of the past. We need people who are cap- able of giving a reason for the hope that is 10 thein. We need people who are ready to experience for themselves the realities of our faith. We need people who are not satisfied with hearsay and in- herited experience. We need people who have thought their faith through so that ,wheh a caricature of Chris- tianity is ridiculed In public, on TV, in the school, on the job, they are capable of expressing their faith in words and actions whiCh makes sense to those about them. Lack of thought affects every aspect of elm church life — even Our prayer, It is often so me- ChaniCal, so rigid and Stereo, typed that we feel if we just ramble through the right for- mula all will be well. Even "free" prayer often just re. peats the same thing over and over like Jingle Bells, So much Of it remains praYer Withotit thought, prayer 'which does not really 'affect our every day re- lationships with God Or With eadliother. only real hard thinking will lead us beyond Shoddy thinking to a vibrant living relevant Coirithetif or criticism be wet.' cooled, Wriie fiO Sox 37 E*Oler