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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-10-22, Page 2One to t Fais The Gan C d By T1 dita Mon mun 0: side pre: reta Kar port Mar fielt T "Fr joy' T girl gins ,10-19 ~~',0 King Feattnen 5ynclicate, Inc., 1964. World rights :vier/ed. EDITORIALS Not so daffy a.efinitions Problem of society, not resort "News of the denial, made known at the be- ginning of the term, „shocked residents who left for their homes last May with the understanding that a trial period on Sunday afternoons would be in ef- fect this year." uron County Muilicare 'Group' Enrollment 'Extention * To date we have been unable to service the inquir. ies we have for the Exeter area, we have therefore extended the enrollment closing date to Saturday, October 31, 1964. "A fourth year Western student has been charged with illegal possession of liquor at Satur- day's football season opener. "The charge by London City Police was one of -several incidents arising from student drinking at the game between Queen's and Western. "Student police, also on duty, counted seven bottles thrown from the stands by students who were giving little attention to the game and more attention to the consumption of beer and alcohol. "Ron Atkey said he was 'frankly ashamed' of the crowd's actions. Chief Prosecutor Bob DeNoble termed the crowd 'wild' and labelled the whole affair 'a mock- ery'. Multicare Is An All Canadian Plan the restful peace and quiet, pf his job. SQUARES—All fathers and Mothers who won't let their sons haircutsWear Beatle hPirc permit teenage daughters to stay out after midnight, MONEY—A token of exchange which the boss thinks you get tpomuch pf; your wife claims you don't bring home enough of; and the kids think grows on trees. SCHOOL—A form of penal servitude where boys kick the toes out of costly dress shoes playing football and girls par- ticipate in a continuous fashion show. FAMILY DISCUSSION—A democratic meeting of all mem- bers of the family to consider an important topic at which no one is allowed to contradict dad when he lays down the law. In today's dolly family life, Many ordinary wordS and phrases seem tp have taken on an entirely new meaning, Even Webster pf cnetiPn4rY fame, we are sure, would today agree that any similarity betWeee the meaning of some words he listed many years ago and today's meaning would be purely co- ingidental. Some one has eompiled special dictionary of words for home use today and came up with the following: POCKET MONEY—A weekly pittance husbands are allowed to carry in their pockets so wives and children will have a ready source of cash. SUNDAY—A day of rest when mom and dad knock themselves out trying to amuse the kids. MONDAY—The day af t er Sunday, when dad can return to THAT PAYS Doctor Bills ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne "Drinking must stop in the stands, "This is the policy of the University Students' Council as set down in a press release labelled 'An Appeal to Sanity', concerning drinking and rowdy- ism at football games. Fact or fancy Including — Home Visits, Office Visits, Hospital Visits, Night and Emergency Calls — All from the Very First Call. PLUS — A referred consultation for each sickness and accident. As may be expected, the article on Grand Bend, carriedrrled in last week's issue of the weekend. Canadian Weekly is not receiv- ing much praise in the popular summer re- sort. Many of the businessmen in that com- munity were already of the opinion that the exaggerated reports of the Labour Day week- end riot that were flashed from coast to coast by various news media would do enough harm, but the story by Robert Thomas Allen was something akin to throwing salt on an open wound. The impression one gets in reading Allen's article is that Grand Bend is a place where sex and drinking abound among 'in- controllable youths. To be realistic and honest, it must be admitted that Grand Bend is a place where sex and drinking abound, If drinking did not abound, the operators of eight legal liquor outlets would be unable to remain in busi- ness. But where in Canada does drinking not abound? About nine percent of this na- tion's adult population are listed as complete alcoholics and it would probably be fair to say that less than 20 percent don't use alco- hol at all. It's very doubtful if the percentages are any different in Grand Bend on a sum- mer weekend, although it is very apt to ap- pear so due to the concentration of the popu- lation. While Grand Bend may be a spot where boys go to meet girls and vice-versa, it is far from the first time that the young crowd 'have had an association with those of the opposite sex. Allen points 'out the summer crowd are mostly in their early 20's. And everyone knows that if a boy 'or girl hasn't had a date in today's modern society by the time they're 16 or so, they're classified as some sort of mis-fits. The rules of the game may appear to be crude at the resort, but it's a matter of circumstances. There aren't too many red- blooded Canadian girls—and boys—who don't prefer to have the company of a member of the opposite sex for most of their activities, and it is necessary to use the best postible means at one's disposal to attain this goal. At Exeter, London, Toronto or Tim- buctoo you either phone a girl up, stop her on the street, go to a dance and pick out What you want or meet her after church. You 'apparently have to do the same thing at Grand Bend, although it's naturally attempted more often on the street as few of the girls have telephones. What relations a boy and girl have at Grand Bend, Exeter, London, Toronto or Tim- buctoo depend solely upon the attitudes and training of the parties involved. The percentage of pre-marital sex lations and unwed mothers at , Grand Bend in one summer is probably no higher than in any other place in Canada among the same age group. To back this up, we note that a univer- sity official at Waterloo told his enrolling stu- dents that their decision on how far they would go in their relations with members of the opposite sex was one of the most import- ant they would have to make and was one of the greatest problems of , the university. So mothers, if you don't think you should let your daughter go to Grand Bend because sex and drinking abound, you had better shut her up in her room, because sex and drinking abounds throughout our society and Robert Thomas Allen could have used many other places for his "intimate and can- did" report of Canadian youth. And if you want further proof that Grand Bend should not be singled out we quote the following excerpts from recent pub- lications of The Gazette from the University of Western Ontario. THAT PAYS 100% Of Surgical Bills bothers a soul, is almost human. DOG,r4 family pet that never and never strays from his OM YaY0, DANGEROUS MONSTER—A dog b.plouging to a neighbor. useless square of grass covered with snow seven months of the year and over which dad worries himself into an early grave. HOUSE—A structure that owns a family. CAR—A f our-wheeled ve- hicle that supports a dozen huge industries, thousands of people, several governments, and is always out of style. SUIT—Matching trousers and jacket that are shiny and frayed, but good for another year. TRANSISTOR RADIO—A small noisy plastic case with a teenager attached, COMIC BOOKS—P ublic a- tions from which children obtain all the information they need in life. NOISY PARTY—What neigh- bors have on Saturday night when they don't invite you, QUIET SOCIAL EVENING— What you have Saturday night. BARBECUE—A peculiar ceremony in which members of ' the family are required to com- pliment father on how delicious burnt steaks taste. WEEKEND—A frenzied per- iod of activity sandwiched be- tween work days. BEDROOM—A hide-out for mom and dad when the kids have company. ANCIENT H IS T 0 R Y—What children call everything that went on before they were born. GRANDPARENTS—Inexp e n- sive baby-sitters. INVASION—When a wife 's relatives drop in for a visit. PLEASANT SURPRISE— When your own relatives drop in unexpectedly. MAN-TO-MAN TALK—A father and son game in which father tries to find out if his son knows as much as he's afraid he does. CAMPAIGN—What happens when butter up tactics fail and daughters team up with mothers to work on fathers, BASEMENT WORKSHOP— Where fathers spend their time when campaigns are under way. * * "Fifteen hundred freshettes came to Jubilee Auditorium at the University of Alberta last week to hear Dr. Ross Vant speak about the facts of life. "The group hushed and listened intently as he traced human development from the egg, to em- bryo, birth and infancy, stressing the role of the fe- male. "In the second lecture, the obstetrician de- scribed the basic procedures of intercourse. "He concluded by answering questions, About pregnancy: 'It takes two cats to make a kitten, but the female is the one who is caught with the goods'. "Dr. Vant said petting is fine but there must be a brake. 'The girl must be the one', he said, 'for I would not trust a man as far as I could throw him—and I know from long experience'. "On contraceptives, Dr. Vant said the best one in the world is "No". "Dr, Vant ended with the observation: 'Sex is so greatly emphasized in our society that some- times we cannot get our minds off it." Including Assistants' Fees, Specialist Fees Accord- ing to the Current Medical Association Fee Book. THAT PAYS Anaesthetic Charges Certified and Non-Certified Anaesthetists. * * * * the seriousness of the church- going Christian. Each year we're lucky if we get 15 canvassers. There are at least 2,000 church members in this community. That means that less than 1% are serious enough to see the urgency of the task and wear off a little shoe leather proving it. In terms of money our com- munity does well in relation to other centres, but in relation to our own population we give about 250 per person. To me this is an absurdity. Others are sparing nothing to spread their message, We give less than the cost of a pack of cigarettes PER YE AR to spread what we consider to be the word of life. We have a tremendous job to do—this is fact. We will have the people and money to do it—this may well be fancy. THAT PAYS Unlimited X Ray Benefits For X-Rays of Dislocations or Fractures. THAT PAYS Laboratory Services 50 YEARS AGO This past week the Germans after 48 hours bombardment of Antwerp with 200 big cannon caused the Belgians to give up the city. Tuesday a large number of friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. John Sher- ritt, ex-MP, Greenway, to spend a social evening with his daugh- ter, Miss Lydia, who is leaving to be a missionary in China. Four full cars of apples, po- tatoes and oats were packed in cars here for the relief of Bel- gians, the gift of farmers of this section. John,Keys and Thomas Din- ney near Crediton moved their household effects to Exeter Thursday. Basal Metabolism Tests, Pathology Exams, Elec- trocardiograms, Biochemistry, Etc. 15 YEARS AGO One year from the time that the fir s t bulldozers we r e brought in to break ground for the new South Huron District High School, fire was started in the boilers to test out the new heating system. Thursday evening in an im- pressive ceremony in the Grand Bend Town Hall, the Grand Bend branch of the Canadian Legion No. 498 received its official charter. Mrs. Frank Whilsmith has returned from a four-month visit with relatives in England and Scotland. Beginning November 1, the barber shops of Exeter will be closed all day Wednesday. THAT PAYS Diagnostic X-Ray Expenses Deep X-Ray Therapy, Radiological Examinations, Radium Therapy, Cobalt Beam Therapy, Eye Re- fractions or Examinations For Glasses, Bron- choscopic and Cyctocopic Exams, Etc. THAT PAYS Ambulance Charges To or From A Hospital. THAT PAYS Maternity Bills Children Covered From Birth to Age 21. Frosh Hop is no longer the Slosh Hop. "Most of the students were consuming alco- hol, Mike Horan, chief of the Student Police said in a report this week, however, they did retain their composure, probably because of our presence, "At least two-thirds of those in attendance were drinking alcohol, "Vic Vera, art editor of the Oxy, felt the Hop was 'a social success, inasmuch as it was a pleasant social experience devoid of baccanalian (a drunken feast or orgy) extremities seen in past years," ALL THIS WITH 10 YEARS AGO Plans are well advanced for the building of a new bridge over the Ausable River at cre. ciiton by Huron County Council. R. E. Pooley has leased the building at the corner of Main and Station streets to Wedge Movers of Hamilton. It will be used as a furniture storehouse. The new courthouse for Huron County under construction at Goderic h is attracting con- siderable interest from judi- cial, municipal and provincial circles. Burning of the mortgage on Exeter Legion Memorial Hall will be a feature of the Remem- brance Day service planned by the local branch. 25 YEARS AGO Worthy Matron Mrs. I. M. Sanders and the officers of the Exeter Chapter OES put on the degree work for the Mercer chapter, Simcoe, Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Penhale of town celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary Sunday. The new vitrolite front on S. B. Taylor's jewelry store has been completed. The frame structure on Well- ington St. that once formed part of the old Verity Plow Works has been sold to Mr. Cliff Brintnell. The building will be razed. "A request to allow lady guests in men's rooms at Medway Hail has been turned down. • No Red Tape • No restrictions in • No Age Limit choice of doctor • No medical examina- • No limit on number tion of claims • No claim forms • No deductables The problems of sex, drinking and rowdyism are not problems inherent only at Grand Bend, UWO or the University of Al- berta. Similar stories to the aforementioned can be repeated from any summer resort, any university, any community. It is definite- ly the problem of society as a whole involving every single person and group. A decline in moral standards has ruined vast empires in the past and is apparently gaining a strangle- hold on ours. Can it be stopped? Do we want to stop 'it? If it is to be stopped, the task will fall first and foremost 'in the laps of parents. It will necessitate more stringent rules for all members of the family, personal ex- ample, more combined activities, an under- standing of what is expected of each mem- ber of the family, an understanding of what is right and what is wrong. Of necessity it will also require more support from the church in explaining what is morally right; help from law enforcement agencies in cracking down on those who break 'the laws; stiffer penalties to be institut- ed by the law makers to act as more deterrent against breaking of the law; perhaps com- munity curfews to assist those who hear the common plea that "Johnnie doesn't have to be home this early"; possibly sex education at schools where all youths can learn together and not have to rely on the talk of the back street 'boys; a definite showing by the com- munity that they are interested in the youth activities and are happy to support them; par- ent groups that can discuss mutual problems and set up mutual rules for the conduct of all youngsters in various age brackets; a whole- some regard for the police and an understand- ing by people of why policemen are neces- sary. By our modern standards, some of those suggestions may sound ridiculous, but same of them answer the question of a dis- traught mother who wonders how she went wrong as she views the body of her son beat- en in a drunken brawl or in a car accident caused by 'a youthful drinking driver, or lis- tens to a teenage daughter explain the cir- cumstances which led to her being pregnant. Something must be done, so we can be confident that our sons and daughters can behave themselves when we send them off to the school dance, the summer resort or uni- versity. Grand Bend is where the boys and girls go—but they do the same things there they do any place else. • THE ENROLLMENT WILL DEFINITELY CLOSE OCTOBER 31, 1964, AND NO FURTHER EXTEN- SION WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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A school inspector entered a classroom while the Scripture lesson was in progress and decided to ask the students some questions. Calling on one small boy he asked, "Who broke down the walls of Jericho?" He was hoping to get the answer Joshua. The boy an- swered, "Not me sir!" The inspector turned to the teacher and asked, "Is this the usual standard in this class?" The teacher replied, "The boy is usually quite honest and I believe him." Leaving the room in disgust the inspector sought out the principal and explained what had happened. The principal said, "I've known both the teacher and the boy concerned for several years and I'm sure that neither of them would do a thing like that." By this time the inspector was furious and reported the incident by letter to the direc- tor of education. The director replied, "I feel that we are making a mountain out of a molehill in this case. I suggest that we pay the bill and write the sum off." In spite of superficial lip service to the Bible's value there is simply an appalling lack of Biblical knowledge in our time. In theory you would assume that a majority of people actu- ally study the Bible. In practice it is regarded as a dust-catcher and store-all rather than as a vital, living relevant word for our time. When asked by her minister what was in the Bible one little girl proudly replied that she knew everything that was in it and proceeded to list the picture of her sister's boyfriend, the recipe for her mother's favour- ite hand lotion, a lock of her baby brother's hair and the ticket for her father's watch. It is a fact that too many of our Bibles are a good safe storage place for old letters and pressed flowers simply be- cause they are so seldom used. It is a fact that because of the Reformation, because of modern methods of printing, because of mass literacy the Bible is the world's best selling book. It is a fact that the Bible or portions of it are translated into nearly every living langu- age. It is a fact that the Canadian Bible Society contributes thou- sands of dollars to this task each year. It is, however, fanciful to assume that this means that the Bible is read by those who buy it. It is fanciful to assume that the average churchman knows the urgency of the task. The fact is that in terms of population growth our Scripture production falls further behind each year. It is a fact that vast numbers each year are able to read for the first time. They are given every opportunity to buy cheap pulp books. They are given every opportunity to read well-printed communist litera- ture. They are not always given the opportunity of reading the Bible. We listen each week to ser- mons based on the Bible. This Sunday, Protestants will mark Reformation Sunday. The cor- nerstone of the Reformation is surely the Bible, known, res- pected, studied and grappled with in every home. We need the Bible and others need it too. I Wonder though how enthused we can become about seeing that they' get it? For example next Monday, October 26, the Canadian Bible Society will con- duct a canvass in Exeter. I have worked on this project for three years. I've served as a canvasser twice. This has led 'me to certain thoUghte abont wee fiver the Sch dee ing ers Piet con Reit WaS Kin Lat Mn: iv gue