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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-11-12, Page 2se EDITQRIA(3 Leaves big gap in community point of decency On Thursday afterneon the blinds on several Exeter stores were pulled shut as the funeral procession of the late Albert Traquair proceeded- through town. The act Was a thoughtful tribute and expression of regret at the loss of one of this community's leading eitizens. Many local merchants of course at- tended the funeral service and were joined by mourners from a wide circle of friends the hardware merchant had built up during his active life in many segments of the town's business, social, service and civic life. One of the regrettable aspects of our society is the fact that all too often it isn't until a man dies that his attributes and dedi- -PAW. ON GUARANTEED TRUST CERTIFICATES cated service to his community are fully rec- ognized and appreciated to their fullest ex- tent. This of course is often due to the per- sonality of community leaders, in that they go about their work in a quiet, efficient man- ner and take the challenge as a duty. Gen- erally the sole remuneration they seek is the rewarding satisfaction that they have been able to use their time and talents in some manner to make their community a better place in which to live. Albert Traquair was a man of such characteristics and his loss will be felt not only by his family and friends, but by the en- tire community. Will your epitaph shine so brightly? • issued in amounts from ,100 upwards for 3, 4 or 5 years, e earn the above indicated interest, payable half-yearly by cheque. II. authorized investment for all Canadian Insurance Companies and trust funds. Opinions vary drastically An editorial in last week's Zurich Citi- zens News questions the advisability of stu- dents at SHDHS conducting their annual mag- azine campaign under the Curtis Plan, noting they are "allowed to play on the sympathy of parents and friends while many hours of valuable study and leisure time are lost for- ever". Orihia 372 Bay St., 35 Dunlop St., 73 Mississaga E., Toronto Barrie al echieVernents, science, Or)/ and WhateYer else might be ping on in Canada which the Canadian people should know and which no outside news media could possibly supply to the Canadian people in the same way a national broadcasting coy- poration could, Its purpose was to foster na- tional unity, It was concerned only with radio In those first years, Later on, when television took its place alongside the othe er media of communication, the C.B.C, arranged for the broad- casting of television programs. Now, no organization other than a government organization could possibly provide the re- moter areas of this .country with radio and television facilities, particularly the latter. This was one of the fundamental purposes of the Canadian proadeasting Corporation, to provide these facilities in the remoter areas which would not be attractive to private enterprise because there would be no profit in broadcasting to those areas. On the whole the C.B.C. has done a very good job of serving Canada. The corporation has produced some very good pro- grams. It has brought into this country some very good pro- grams. Nevertheless, M recent times particularly, the C.B.C. seems to be letting down its standards—I would not like to say of decency, but it is letting down its standards of, shall we say, acceptability. 04/E$T. OPINION. :Beyond (The felloWing is an extract of e speech made in the house of Commons on Tuesday by W. H, a4. Thomas, MP for Middlesex West). I am happy at the opportunity to take part in this debate on interim supply, I know there are some objections to the length of time which has been consumed by this debate, but one of the duties of members of parliement, particularly members of the opposition, is to seek to guide the government along right lines through con- trol of the monetary supply. I think the members of the government will be ready to agree that across this country today there are a great many worried people. They are wor- ried over the conduct of busi- ness in this house. Mr. Thomas: They are wor- ried over the proposed imposi- tion of a flag. They are wor- ried over the conduct and per- formance of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and they are deeply worried over the proposed formula for amending our Canadian consti- tution and the effect it is likely to have on Canada in the years ahead. I should like to deal first with the CanadianBroadcasting Cor- poration. Back in the thirties the corporation was set up for several purposes, the chief of these being to foster Canadian- ism through disseminating Ca- nadian news, sports, education- ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne The editor suggests the scheme may not be too far removed from others employed by "armchair bandits" who have their pock- ets filled to the brim by having irresistible children sell their products. While the editorial does not call for a discontinuance of the scheme, it is suggest- ed that there must be something wrong with it due to the fact other high schools in the district do not participate in it. The editorial bears some merit and there are always those who are quick to point out that high school students should not be engaged in any selling programs, especially when they compete with local merchants who pay taxes for the education of those chil- dren. About time ! While The Times-Advocate is in that category, due to the fact we handle magazine subscriptions, we support the scheme and have become a part of it as new subcsriptions to this newspaper are sold by the students, and they also take money for renewals. This of course may put us into the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" category, and also puts us into the category of those the Zurich editor points out must be finding the plan a sound financial proposition. While the financial aspect of our par- ticipation in the plan is rather hard to ana- lyze, we doubt that it is as much of a sound proposition as the editorial would suggest. For each new subscription the SHDHS students sell for this newspaper, they receive half the $4.00 rate. They also receive 50 cents for each subscription they renew. And be- sides that, The T-A donates another $20 to be divided among the top three salesmen. The Zurich editor will probably agree that the 175 or so new subscriptions sold this year by students is a substantial number, but that the $2.00 we receive hardly makes it profitable other than the fact we are able to entice our advertisers with a higher subscrip- tion total. The selling point of higher circu- lation of course is the reason all newspapers and magazines are quite willing to offer sub- stantial subscription commissions to any sell- ing agencies such as the local high school students. But it should also be explained that this newspaper does not necessarily add one new reader for each new subscription sold by the students—kfter each campaign we find sales drop at most of our many area dealers, suggesting beyond any doubt that many add- ed to the circulation figure were already readers who picked up their newspapers at an area grocery store, drug store or res- taurant. The editor of the Zurich paper will also agree that most progressive newspapers have no difficulty in getting most of their subscribers to renew each year. Therefore the 50 cents the students receive for this task is a hiss to Us, other than in the fact we do not have the cost of mailing out notices to persons whose subscriptions are coming due There Is no, reason why the. C.B,C. should become a show,- case for pornography, but there has been serious criticism of the content of some recentpro. grams which have been broad- cast over our national facilities, I submit to the committee that nothing should be broad- cast which would cause em- barrassment in any way in an average well adjusted Canadian home when all its members are sitting around w ate h in g television. I submit that free- dom of speech and truth should not be used as an excuse for broadcasting subjects and pic- tures which are ruled put in polite mixed company. In other words, if it le not lowering the standards of decenc y, the C.B.C. in recent times has been guilty of lowering the standards of acceptability. Acceptability cannot be defined by law; it can only be defined by public usage and by public acceptance, The C.B.C. has violated this law of acceptability. Now, Mr. Chairmen, I should like to comment on the sug- gestion that it is the duty of the C.B.C. to show the truth and things that really exist. I agree this is true, but I think all of the members of this committee would agree that there are some areas of our lives which are not to be exposed to the public view. People do not exhibit them- selves when they take a bath. On nearly every toilet door in the country there is a lock. We do not wash our dirty linen in the livingroom. Mothers do not change their babies when there is a lot of strange company around. There are certain areas of our lives which are kept pri- vate, and it seems to me that this fact should be recognized by the C.B.C. Surely the C.B,C, know what is acceptable in polite social circles; and surely what is ac- ceptable in polite social circles should be respected by the cor- poration. Why the Canadian peo- - Please turn to page 4 "That money could pay for 5,600 university scholarships of $1,000.00 each so why should we let it be poured down the drain." They conclude, "All financial considerations aside if this civil defense nonsense does anything it does harm, not good, by fostering false feelings of se- curity and by discouraging Ca- nadians from accepting the reality that the only defense against nuclear war is to keep it from starting," I agree with that editorial wholeheartedly. I believe we now need to see that war is obsolete as a means of solving anything, We need to learn a new way — call It co-existence — call it live and let live — call it mutual understanding— call it a way of love — call it any way you like it is the only serious practical way of defense left to us. The fact remains, however, that much of our public govern- mental spending is misdirected. It is no more effective than dis- solving our money'in a solution and pouring it down the sewer. We are wasting a lot of money to bolster up and support our — Please turn to page 4 ••4 at this time. In only a few instances does the mailing and clerical work figure out to 50 cents for a renewed subscription. We trust this explanation will show readers that we are far from being in the class of the "armchair bandits" who fill their pockets through the efforts of irresistible young salesmen. However, despite the fact we may not find the scheme too financially sound, we still endorse it for many reasons. One is the same reason why local school officials support the plan. And that is due to the fact the student council makes enough money on the plan to carry their ex- penses throughout the year, and therefore it is the only major money raising scheme in which they participate. At a time when our youth are being charged with having no realization of the value of money, it is practical that they should be permitted to engage in some scheme whereby they can raise their own funds to administer their own activities. As recent as last week's board meet- ing Principal H. L. Sturgis explained he backed the program because it carried on for only a short time (about two weeks) . the students were able to raise all the money they needed for their activities . . . it was done all at once and there was no need for other schemes to take their time throughout the remainder of the school year, The Zurich editor suggests the stu- dents receive only "a bit of money for school projects". This is hardly correct, because if the local students reach their goal of ap- proximately $6,000, they will receive close to $2,000 in commissions. The reason for the high profit of course is as we mentioned be- fore in that magazines and newspapers rely primarily on advertising to support them, and advertising rates and the inducement to ad- vertise are established by circulation figures. Another reason we support the scheme is due to the fact there is probably no other field in which there are more "con men" par- ticipating, than in the magazine field. Door-to-door pedlars and telephone salesmen swarm through the district many times each year, and unfortunately there are many in this class who are far from honest. They use high-pressure and sympathy tactics and other means to sell, and on many occa- sions purchasers never do receive their maga- zines. 44\ LETTERS TWE EDITOR tr.s. • ,-e They're evil Dear Sir: Permit me to speak to the opinion of Reverend Boyne as he has written "One Man's Opinion—A Moral Problem." Since Mr. Boyne is a clergy-, man it Is possible that sincere people will misconstrue his opinions for that of Christianity. The Word of God exhorts the Christian to be content with his wages because life does not depend on the abundance a man possesses. Contrary to this the sole excuse for the existence of Labour Unionism is their ability to incite discontent with wages, rebellion against the authority of those who employ, and vio- lence to gain their goal. Labour Unions by their pur- pose and nature of their opera- tion are evil, Pastor Orval M. Jantzi Zurich Area residents are protected from these sharks by the very fact they can turn them away by saying they deal only with the local high school students—none of whom can be charged with using high-pressure tactics. And also, as the Zurich editor admits, the Curtis Plan "is on the up-and-up, and no one need fear that his money will be lost in the vast chasm of misdirected funds", And too, magazines and newspapers which educate and enlighten peple on various subjects are a must in every home and are certainly never a waste of money—at least not those Sold under the Curtis Plan. All in all, we think the pros far out- weigh the cons and the magazine plan at SHDHS should remain as their major money- raising project. The Times-Advocate is proud to have these young salesmen as their rep- resentatives each year. as fast as average use demands with the new 15 YEARS AGO A Board of Management was set up for the Crediton Public Library consisting of nine members with Rev. H. Currie chairman. Mr. William Cook who for the past 17 years has conducted a grocery business in Exeter has sold out to Wesley Ryck- man of town. Mrs. W. E. Middleton was installed as worthy matron of Exeter Chapter 222 OES for 1949-50 Wednesday evening. The third annual banquet for Winchelsea school pupils, their parents and the school trustees was held in Elimville United Church. Mr. Harvey Sperling is the teacher. -,r2:4PM19111.51etrivAillrAtl=trIxr-11121TOZ:, Titan Elfablithict 1V3 Advocate Establish 1*11 Aiiiiljernated 1924 ' lifteetelerZintesikituocafe ELECTRIC WATER HEATING APPLIANCE "Cascade 40" is fiarneless, clean, silent. And there is a ten year guarantee on the tank. SERVING CANADA'S UST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A 4 C.C.N.R. And ABC OLIOLISHERS: J. M. &sidle.% R. M. sounicott EDITOR: *Ohm APPROVED: the new "Cascade 40" Water Heating Appliance is an APPROVED PRobubt deVeloped through the combined research and resources Of Ontario Hydro and electriCal manufacturers. Publisinici Each Thursday Morning at Exits*, Onto ai SfiCfaal Cliii Milli POO OHiea DiOtti and for Paymint Of Pistil* in' Ciih Paid-in-Advance Circulation, SaOtatnbor 30, 1963, 3,82i tined. $4.00 Per Vier; USA $3.61 The following editorial in MacLeans, November 2, is worthy of quoting as a prac- tical, prodding, followup to Re- membrance Day. It was entitled, "Let's Stop Kidding Ourselves About Civil Defense". . "The parliamentary defense committee has had the gumption and sanity to report: 'Programs involving mortgage loans, bank loans and informa- tion have been provided to in- duce homeowners to provide their own fallout protection. They have been failures. Much of the publicity falls on deaf ears. Most of the pamphlets wind up in the wastebaSket. The public is generally not in- terested. These facts must be recognized', "While this franknets is re- freshing it is too bad that the committee didn't go farther and recommend that the wh ole stupid joke of civil defense be permanently and completely er- ased". "All it has done . . . has been to hoodwink the more gul- lible kind of Canadians into believing that they can protect themselves or be protected against — nuclear weapons and would be able to sit out a nu- clear war in comfortable re- inforced cellars, happily sip- ping canned water and nibbling emergency rations. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ILLUSION." "Even in the U.S. these days — where these nutty notions at one time flourished — fallout shelter companies that flOtir- ished deririg crises have folded up or converted toproductt like swimming pools. For most peo- ple have by now realized that a fallout shelter is simply a pre maturely dug greVe, a hole to be buried alive in, no more ef feetive against H bombs than a silk umbrella against machine gun bullets," To StippOrt the accuracy of that last statement I came across the following eXcerpt from a different source: "The explosive power of an H bomb is eqUal to the explosive power Of a Iliteshima sizebomb drop- ped on a different city every day for 13 YEARS. One alone could set everything on fire in the silk western states. These fires could :stick the OXygen out of the bOreb shelters in our cities so that we would die of tuffo Catkin." in spite' of that statement, a Week ago OttaWe announced that Civil defense signs will be Spread all over the place; We Will have .increased praetie runs, etc. This appears absurd. The MacLean article goo "GoVernitienta are slOW about teeing the truth 86 especially in the 1.1.S. there are still hordes 'civil detente officials anybody' takes the bifida* the signs, the' shelters Or the periodic air raid drills serlotisly,0 "As taxpayers We maintain an EnnergentY Measures &digital that spent $5,300, 000.'0 on 6IVil 'defense 'in the last fitcel, Year, and is- OXPeeted to' spend $5,60t4o00 in the etit,- rent fiteel year," re YEARS AGO Mrs. EMery EesJarditit Of Grand Bend Was elected pre- sident of the Ladies Auxiliary to South Huron Hospital at the annual meeting Tuesday, Judy SnelgroVe, Robert Sch- roeder, Barbara McDonald, Donne Bridges and Roxanne Beavers received A book each /or writing the best paragraph On their favorite book ineebni., petition to mark Children's Book Week, _ Hugh ittairge i 1tFt 3 :8Zeter, whO took honors at Eke* Fair With his Angus steer, is one of I n !tern this club Competing In the Otieen"8 Guineas class at the Royal Winter vale. Membeta -oi$otithituro-rtHOS4 at the Association were gilesta Senior ditizena dlub Tuesday evening. 50 YEARS AGO The issue of November 12, 1914 contains a letter frotr. Maxwell Baynhain to his moth- er, Mrs. George Baynham, Cen- tralia, from Salisbury Plains, Eng, He was serving with the 101st Fusiliers of EdMontOn and had just arrived overseas. Mrs, Hyndmari and son Geo- rge are in Olandeboye today to celebrate the 100th birthday of Thomat Collins,. who is Mrs. Ilyndnian't brother-in-law. Mr. T. E. Handford of Inger , son is visiting friends here and enjoying a shoot at Grand Bend in company with Messrs S. Fitton, W. Johns, W4 Here and T. H. Bittett. The boys and girls of Exeter High Sth661 geVe their annual et home in the Opera House Friday evening. 25 YEARS AGO MOtiOri ,plettiket, that Were taken at the Exeter rah' will be ShoWn in the Onere petite Friday evening, December 1 folloWed by e dance. A registration booth will be open' in Exeter et the Town Hall Friday and Satui'day :ad that the women may 'register to serve as beat they can. This is itpure ly volunteer movement On the Canadian of Cadiari Watnehi De. W. Stuart Stanbary, fernier the boy, 're- eeiVed the bigh appothtbieht in the tenter chair of pathology at Mr. Leeds datd tin:No they,- *0i England. A, Who is attending Otgoede Hell, ter, spent the weekend at his home, Thaniet float",