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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-10-15, Page 2this ,spn0y, Wednesday pf ternoton gnd 4,4ritit.ttle evenF,,g tbroisahrout the week;' An Invitation For You To Come In And Make Us An Offer On The Following Used Cars '63 FORD, coach, 6 cyl., automatic, 2 tone, radio, very low mileage. '62 CHEVROLET, sedan, 6 cyl., standard shift. '62 CHEVROLET, coach, 6 cyl., standard shift '62 PLYMOUTH Station Wagon, 6 cyl., standard transmission. '61 FORD, convertible, 8 cyl., automatic, radio. '61 FORD, 6 cyl., standard shift. '61 FORD, coach, 6 cyl., standard shift, radio. '60 MONARCH, sedan, V-8, automatic. '61 MORRIS OXFORD, sedan, low mileage. '60 PONTIAC, hardtop. '60 FORD, coach, 6 cyl., automatic, radio, above average. '60 FALCON,4 2 door. '59 METEOR, coach, 6 cyl., automatic. '59 FORD, sedan, V-8. '59 PLYMOUTH, coach, 6 cyl., standard shift. '58 PONTIAC, sedan, 6 cyl., automatic. '58 FORD, sedan, V-8, automatic. '58 MERCURY, sedan, V-8, automatic. TRUCKS '63 FORD PICK-UP, V-8, many extras. 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Need earlier organization BY ROSS WEIN, PREDIWN, A MEMBER OF THE CROSSROAD,S AFRICA SCHEME Dr. Jam e s Robinson, who started Crossroads Africa, stated at Orientatipn that this trip 44 is not a joyride nor a safaV, it is a person to person contact with the African peo- ple. Frpm my articles the reader may think that we were on a "joyride", hilt I have purposely left put much reference to our Work. I felt it was necessary to complete the summer before I could evaluate what we really accomplished. This is much more difficult than just relating facts that I have heard or seen as I have done in former ar- ticles. For the first six weeks, our group was joined by three Afri- can university student counter- parts who worked with us under the direction of the veterinary department. We built one pqultry house, one pig shed, two cattle crushes and hundreds ef yards of fences. It is hoped that the buildings will serve as examples for other African farmers to copy. Dem, onstration is one pf the better methods pf teaching people. To be quite honest, I would have to say that this project was net quite what most of our kids had hoped for. Since we were working on only six farms during the six weeks we did not meet too many people during the day. We would often run short pf materials and organi- zation of the projects seemed to be lacking. To overcome the lack of corn, munity contact we began to visit several nearby primary and secondary schools where we spoke to both teachers and stu- dents about Canada and United ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne The operation of - the county plowing match by the Huron County Plowmen's: As, sociation carne in for some mild criticism at the baard meeting at siimis last week and the :criticism appears, to be warranted. Main objection of the board was that they had not been approached beforehand in connection with paying the entry fee and ex- penses of any local students Who may have wished to compete in the high school Classes. As it turned out, two lads did enter the school class, and the board had to decide after if they were going to pay their fees, as well as whether or not they would pay the expenses of the lads to represent the School at the International Plowing match at Peterboro. There can be no doubt but what this is a backward approach and there is actually no necessity for it. The Plowmen's Association apparently knew about a year ago that the match would be held in the southern part of the county. They knew approximately on what date it would be held; and 'because it has been a competition held for several years now, knew there would be classes open -to school teams. But, while knowing these facts, they made no representation to the board in re- gard to having them stimulate interest among Students. And on top of this, they didn't choose .an exact date and site until about three weeks before the match was held and even then failed to give their endeavour any great publicity or promotion to attract en- tries or spectators. The Plowmen r e c e i v e substantial grants of public money and therefore have a responsibility to make their plans known earlier and to have it better organized so the match will attract as many contestants as pos- sible. There is no reason why an exact date can not be set well in advance, and there is no reason why they can not make approaches to the various boards well in advance for se- Look before you point curing .competitors, The site also should be. MOP known as soon as possible, although this is really not as important 'as the first two points mentioned. This would give everyone an ample op- portunity to plan to compete and would per- mit the boards to draft a policy before -the. match. While the present slipshod arrange- ments put the SIWIIS board into a bit of a quandry last week in regard to expense money for their representatives at the inter- national, there is one aspect that was not mentioned. And that is the 'fact that these plowing matches are "professional" competitions with handsome prizes being offered. The high school class winners at the Huron event re- ceived $40 for their efforts, and we suppose the International prizes are somewhat larger. than this. This all leads to the question of how far the board should really go in reimburs- ing students for expenses in professional events. There is Ixo doubt but what it would be fair to .pay the actual expenses, but a de- cision to grant a flat rate of $30 for each competitor may not be entirely workable in that it may leave the lads with a profit or a loss. Perhaps the question should be an- swered once and for all and a committee could be asked to come up with a plausible policy in regard to paying students' expenses for any such outings. To point out further that such a policy should be made, it is interesting to note the board voted $60" expense money for two boys to attend a professional plowing match, but at the same time appeared quite content to learn that two groups of students would be paying all their own expenses on two worth- while educational trips this fall. That hardly sounds equitable. Practical but not appropriate The attitude of some members of Hen- sal council, following a refusal of their re- quest to have the arena repaired as their cen- tennial project, is quite understandable. In fact, in 'one respect it is a com- mendable attitude and shows the down-to- earth practical thinking that is displayed among many of the members of area coun- cils. For this type of person, it is rather difficult to understand why a project that is definitely needed in the community would be turned down while some other projects of a less needed 'type—such as a fountain in the park as mentioned by a Hensall councillor— are approved. But at the same time, it must be re- membered that 'the funds are being made available to communities to appropriately celebrate Canada's 100th birthday and to serve as 'a somewhat lasting -memorial to the occasion and perhaps even more important, .• • 'Mf.r4WCWitriEDIZESSMIUS Ptates. Many of us sat in on history, geography, science, musi c, art and agriculture cla.sses to, teach, and discuss as well as ask questions. Once we became better known we would wander' through the nearby villages talking to those who could speak English or speaking through our African counterparts. This taught us a great deal about the Kikuya way of life. After about the second week, U we ran out of materials or the project failed in some way we had plenty of other things to do. The last two weeks of our stay were spent working at an African hospital, painting baby cribs, staff houSes and roofs. We also fixed beds, made signs and did some landscaping. We were joined by 15 African stu- dents, both young men and wom- en from different parts of Kenya who had joined the Kenya Volun- tary Work Camps Association. These students give up their vacation to work on worthwhile projects on a voluntary basis. The Crossroaders made sev- eral very good friendships and. I hope to be writing quite reg- ularly to some of these students. This was the person to person relationship that Dr. Robinson was speaking about. Since this work was a com- munity project, favoring no one person, we were accepted very readily by the people. One lady brought us 10 pineapples one day. This does not sound like much but when you consider that this is about two days wages it meant a great deal to us to receive this gift. Other people often gave us sugarcane, or- anges and cabbage. Another lady organized a tea for us just before we left. The summer's work was sometimes hard, dirty and frus- trating, but when people show that they appreciate what we were doing the work went much easier. Speaking for myself, I would not have missed this summer for anything: It opened my eyes to the world need for develop- ment, the problems of racial segregation and the narrowness of my own thinking. These ar- ticles relate only a few of the things our group saw and did. Many of the other Crossroads groups had health problems, poor diets and poor living con- ditions but since we were pre- pared for the worst each group turned in a very favorable re- port on the summer. I feel that my summer's ex- perience did not stop when I stepped off of the jet air liner at J.F.K. Airport in New York but through my speeches here at home and my letter writing to my African friends my ex- periences will continue for a long time. nese. In 1960, Canada and Aus- tralia were represented as dragging their feet on coloured immigration in world refugee circles. The story of Chinese immigration in this nation is tragic. Our government has on paper a declared policy of equal right of entry for all people. Our prime minister warns that with- out racial equality the common- wealth cannot survive. Yet we continue to stifle im- migration from coloured areas. Yet from Italy, from Portugal, in short, from white Europe comes a steady flow of people. I am not complaining about their entry. I am simply saying that coloured people should have an equal opportunity to enter this nation. In "To Kill a Mocking Bird", Harper Lee had Jean Louise say to her brother, "Jem, I think there's ,just one kind of folks". He replies, "That is what I thought too when I was your age. But if there's just one kind of folks why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike why do they go out of their way to despise each other?" We forget, at our peril, that God "has made of one blood all nations of men". We forget that "God so loved the world". In our growing interdependence, in our development towards one world we are going to have to re-learn what that means. to show we are proud enough of this nation's heritage and 'achievements to undertake proj- ects which can be enjoyed by all. While it is Canada's 100th birthday, this is 'a very tender age as nations go, and so it is understandable that we should cele- brate 'as most youngsters do and this includes "presents" that are more in the luxury cate- gory. While a pair of stockings may be an ideal gift, 'it is doubtful if any person would be overjoyed with learning that his gift was having his old socks mended. And this in effect, is the nature of what Hensall had in mind in regard to fixing the washrooms at their arena. While the project may be practical, it is apparently something that has to be done anyway and is hardly 'an ideal centennial me- morial. It is to be hoped the council of that community won't give up on the selection of a project, but will use the money available to them in a suitable manner. BATT'N AROUND WITH THE EDITOR Short memories . . long livers When the United Church want- ed to build a fellowship centre in Winnipeg the most violent opposition came from recent white immigrants. Recent research in the U.S. shows that the most violent pockets of resistance to equal opportunities for negroes in the north exist in areas where the people are largely recent im- migrants. Those who have been wel- comed now seem to have found a strange new arrogance. But are Canadians of long standing any better? I know one minister in Quebec who adopted three multi-racial children. you would be surprised at the criti- cism this aroused in his own congregation. For too long, Canadians have pointed the finger at the south- ern U.S. and South Africa and have said "what a good boy am Ilf. But the statistics show that our immigration policy has a very clear colour and racial bias. I worked one summer as a porter on the C.P.R. "Cana- dian". I got the negro point of view on Canadian attitudes and it wasn't pretty. My own church did a little research on this subject and it said, "Discrimination should be particularly repulsive to Christian men and women and to the Church of Jesus Christ because it is abhorrent to God and contrary to the spirit and teaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ". On paper, our immigration laws are fine. In January, 1962, the Federal government stated that infuture immigration would be based upon equal right of entry for all regardless of race, colour, or nationality. What has happened since? In 1962, the following were ad- mitted to Canada: Asians, 1,- 690; non-white, Africans, 383; West Indies, 1,480. Yet from Portugal (white) alone we re- ceived 2,928 people — almost as many as the combined total of coloured immigrants. In 1963, there was an across the board increase: Asia, 2,543; non-white Africa, 495; Westin- dies 2,227. But again the number of Portuguese was only slightly under this total. The fact is that the real critical problem areas in otir time are in the non-white lands. Hong Kong, for example, has a horrible refugee problem. Yet we receive relatively few Chi- 50 YEARS AGO The dimensions of the fall millinery styles have been somewhat reduced but the price still remains firm. The municipality of Exeter is desirous of contributing 200 bags of potatoes to be sent to the British Government for re- lief for destitute English and Belgians. This is Belgian week in Hur- on. At Centralia Monday enough produce' was brought in by the farmers to fill three cars. So it was at Exeter, Hensall on up the line. Mrs. Hastings and Mrs. Al Hastings are WI delegates to the London convention held this week. In the not too distant future, the House of Commons special flag com- mittee will be making their report and it will be interesting to see if their suggestions will be supported by their fellow members. And, it will also be interesting to see if the people of Canada will sup- port their suggestions, especially the residents of Huron County. And just what flag are the residents of Huron most likely to support? Well, that answer may not be too difficult to ascertain if you've been reading some of the stands taken by members of our county council lately. Back in June, members of that astute group let it be known in no uncertain terms that they backed the Red Ensign as a national flag and any other suggestion for a design of an- other nature should be dismissed at once. This vote was made in connection with supporting a resolution froin Wellington County, and the Huron members voted in support of the re- commendation made by their legis- lative and educational committee, which had apparantly studied the mat- ter beforehand. This certainly left no doubt in anyone's mind as to the thinking of residents of Huron County, and it was perhaps further emphasized when Arthur Ford, a summer resident of Hayfield and former editor of the London Free Press, even went so far as to suggest Huron may well secede from Canada if the Red En- sign was not chosen. Yes sir, we Huron residents have strong convictions on such matters as a national flag and those chaps in Ottawa had better not try and foist anything but the Red Ensign on us. We know exactly what We want and it's doubtful if our minds will be easily changed, and the overwhelm- ing support given by county council backs this up. Or does it? Looking through the files at the Of- fice the other day we came upon a report of the flag issue of 1960 and were astounded to read the headline "county backs national flag". Obviously a printer's error! We read further in hopes of finding the true fact that county council had in fact not suggested such a thing at all. But alas, it was indeed true. County council had voted 19-15 at their Sep- tember meeting of that year concur- ring with a resolution that the federal government "provide forthwith for the establishment of a distinctive Canadian flag". Supporting that move were Deputy- Reeve Glenn Fisher, Exeter; Reeve Lloyd O'Brien, Zurich; Deputy-Reeve Karl Haberer, Hay; Deputy-Reeve Alvin Rau, Stanley. Opposing it from South Huron were; Reeve Chester Mawhinney, Exeter; John Henderson, Hensall; Clayton Smith, Usborne; Ivan Forsyth, 'Dick- ersmith; Glenn Webb, Stephen; and the Deputy-Reeve of Stephen, Ed Gill. Conclusion: Members of county council are perhaps as fickle as the rest of C anada."s residents in that they do not know what they want in the way of a flag. And, persons Who question why we ever did get into the hassle over choosing a new flag may now See that it was perhaps from reso- Whorls Such as the one passed by 25 YEARS AGO Rev. J. B. Rhodes MA, minis- ter of Caven Church from 1929 to 1933, returned Sunday to his old congreatlon to conduct the anniversary services. Last week the Exeter Horti- cultural Society and Lions Club completed the planting of 25 Norway maple trees on the vil- lage streets. They were planted under the supervision of E. C. times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 enferIrisnesibtocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A., C.C.N.R. and ABC PUBLISHERS: .1. M. Southcott, R. M. Southeott EDITOR: William Batten was as follows: Dear Sir: I would like to draw your at- tention to one particular item in your want ads under poultry for sale: regarding the Honeg- ger Layers which are 125 years old and still laying good!!! Here in Wellington County we do have hens living to the ripe old age of four and five years, providing highway accidents, diseases, etc., de not hasten their reward. You are certainly to be con- grattila.ted en hens that are such "long livers". Respectfully, John 'Hendrick. For readers who may not be acquainted with our friend (??) we should point out John it the son of Mrd and Mrs. gain }lend- Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Depst,,, (*ewe, and for Payment of PoStage in Caoh Paid-in-Advance CirculatiOn, September 30, 1963, 3,1328 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: chnibdi $4.00 Per Year; USA $5.00 Heron County council back in 1960. * * * While no man is infallible, there are prObably few who have their mistakes recorded for posterity such as news- papermen, There are Many "excuses" fOr our mistakes naturally, but no matter how plausible they may be, the Mis- take in the printed word can never be altered. Knowing this, and in an at- tempt to point Out to everyone that others also make mis- takes, it Was perhaps a newt- papertnan who noted that we in the profession were net as lucky a.t some, and to back this up he came up with the note that a lawyer holgs his mistakes and a deCter buries his. Both thete avenues are 'of 'course not open to neWsPapertneh. We don't knOW What Under-, takers do with, their mistakes, but it is possible' they rank in the category of doctors and are able to bury them as well. At any rate they Must. bEINe some inethed, or they prehahly "wouldn't be SO' quick to Point Out our MittakeS anti ,rneek us as the following letter deed. It was reoeiVed this Week And Appleton. The annual South Huron Plow- ing Match was held Friday at the farm of Percy Stone, Thames Road. W. T. Quinn is president and Percy Passmore, secretary. A memorial hockey game for the late Babe Siebert was play- ed in Montreal Friday evening between the Montreal Canadians and the National Hockey League All-Star team. Total receipts were $15,000. 15 YEARS AGO Plans are being made for the organization of a Home and School Association in Exeter. Adorning the front of Exeter's postoffice is a huge thermo- meter that, in the future, will Mark the progress that is being made for the raising of funds for the erection of a new hospital to be known as the South Huron Hospital. The Sweitzer Lanes, owned and Operated by Mr. and Mrs. William Sweitzer, have been sold to Mr. Rene Francis of Tillsenburg. Mr. William Ellerington re- turned home last week after a trip to the West going as far as Calgary where he purchased 350 head of feeder cattle. 10 YEARS AGO The annual meeting of Huron County Municipal Officers As- sociation was held in Exeter Town Hall Wednesday after- noon Damage was estimated at well over $100,006 from the weekend flood at the Haig Farm, south of Grand Bend. Some 1,200 acres of soya beans were covered with water. Exeter and, community has, to date, contributed about $800 to the Ontario lintricane Relief Fund. General C6a.ch Works, Heiman, have donated a mobile relief office for use in the flood., ed ileilarid Marsh area. Construction of a Supermar- ket under way at the south end of town is-expected to be completed early in December. Please turn to page 3