The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-03-25, Page 2• •• ••••.: • ••••• " • • '
PUBLIC NOTICE
To all owners or harbourer of dogs in the Town of Exeter.
Bylaw No. 2, 1959 Amended by By-Law No. 11, 1965
states that all owners, possessors or harbourers of dogs
shall not permit their animals to run at large at anytime
unless under complete control of a responsible person,
by the use of leash or other device.
ALSO
All owners, possessors or harbourers of dogs must
procure a license for such animal, regardless of age.
Due to this controversial Bylaw being handed over to
your Police Department for enforcement we respectfully
request that all persons co-operate and abide by the Bylaw.
We wish to assure all persons that where a case can be
proven, the person or persons in question will receive a
summons, which may result in fines up to a maximum
of $50.00.
It is not the intention of this Department to be harsh, but
the Bylaw has to be enforced. All persons will be subject
to this Bylaw regardless of who they may be. There will
be no exceptions made.
The co-operation of all will be appreciated.
C. H, MacKENZIE
Chief Constable
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EDITORIALS THE READERS WRITE
Business is available A threat or promise ?
it's a well known fact that few prob-
lems are solved just by sitting around talk-
ing about them. Some action must be taken
in getting the ball rolling and that is what
Exeter council did last week on the contro-
versial dog issue.
This newspaper suggested some time
ago that council take some affirmative action
in regard to dogs, as it has been discussed at
great length at many meetings with no prog-
ress being shown.
And while some do not agree heart-
edly with the action being taken, it is never-
theless a step in the right direction and if
pursued properly could end the nuisance and
dangers involved with dogs running at loose.
The opinions held by three members
of council that an increase of dog taxes will
have no effect in keeping dogs from running
at loose would appear to be very sound. There
just isn't any logic to back up the thought
that owners of dogs will keep them tied up
because they have to pay more for their tags.
In fact, if the opinion of some council-
lors is true that it will "discourage" some
people from getting dogs because of the
higher fees, then it is quite conceivable that
the higher fees will actually bring about a
much larger number of dogs on the loose.
If people won't acquire dogs because
n films at I left
of the higher cost in taxes, it is reasonable to
assume that many of those who now own dogs
will not pay either and this could result in
many disowning their dogs completely and
setting them loose with no one to care for
them at all.
As cruel and immoral as that may ap-
pear, there have been a great many similar
examples to prove that it well could happen.
And is it any more immoral than the actions
of those Who presently disregard the law com-
pletely in letting their dogs run at loose to
upset garbage cans and also to present a con-
stant threat of rabies infection?
No matter how you look at it, the only
solution to the dog problem will come about
through strict enforcement, which will in-
clude charging owners who permit their dogs
to run at loose and also by catching those
strays that no one appears to own.
Dog owners have now been given am-
ple warning. The rest is up to council.
If their increasing of fees is to be justi-
fied, the bylaw must be enforced strictly and
swiftly after the April 1 deadline. And as
mated, it will entail more than charging some
dog owners. It will include catching dogs with-
out any apparent owners and this should be
the avenue in which the extra revenue is
spent.
my
made on the uniform before our
kind invitation, because we were
to have taken Pictures of the
clothing chosen.
Unfortunately, we did not have
time to re-schedule a meeting
before the board meeting of
March 9.
We do not find it surprising
that area merchants did not
approach the school showing
interest in the matter. How were
they to know the girls were
seriously considering uniforms
— at least to the point of order-
ing them?
And had they known, they cer-
tainly had every right to believe
that as taxpayers in South Huron
they would be extended the cour-
tesy of being contacted in regard
to the matter in preference to
an outside firm.
To set the record straight,
some area merchants did con-
tact the school — at least board
members—as soon as they
learned of the situation.
It has been suggested area
merchants would find it aprob-
lem stocking uniforms in all
necessary sizes. This may well
be, but from information we
have received, orders are taken
by this outside firm and delivery
takes some considerable time.
We see no particular problem
Huntley's Drug Store
for area merchants in duplicat-
ing this service as it appears
to give them time to order the
required sizes from their s u p-
pliers if they do not stock them.
It is encouraging to note area
merchants can now share in
this business. This is exactly
what we campaigned for in our
comments last week. Our fears
that this courtesy would not be
extended were based on a form
from the school which said
"these uniforms may be pur-
chased through the school at one
stated time only in the spring
term and fall term this year",
It is to be hoped area mer-
chants will be extended the
same courtesies and opportuni-
ties as provided the outside
firm now supplying the clothing.
In conclusion, we thank Miss
Stegner for her letter explaining
the situation. We share her ap-
parent opinion that school uni-
forms are a good idea and we
trust she and all others in-
volved — share our view that
area merchants should have the
business.
We also hope she'll invite us
to the school to take a picture
when the first uniform comes
in. And this time let's hope a
blizzard doesn't cancel the ap-
pointment.
ONE MAN'S OPINION
by John C. Boyne There are many Selmas
"There's so much good in. the worst of
us, and so much 'bad in the best of us, that
it doesn't behoove any of us to talk about the
other fellow."
Those are 'words that many persons
should ponder in 'these troubled times be-
cause they hold the key to our understand-
ing of the many conflicts which confront man-
kind.
The fact is it is becoming much too
easy for people to look around and see faults
with their fellow man and miss their own
faults.
This can certainly be said about the
hue and cry that is being sent up throughout
the world over the events in Selma, Alabama.
The atrocities being committed there should
certainly be condemned vociferously by all
men, but we should not permit our denounce-
ment to be solely centred on this problem.
It must be remembered that this is
only one of the many examples of man's in-
Race
relations
humanity towards his fellow men. Because
other examples are smaller in scope should
not lead us to the conclusion they do not war-
rant similar denouncement and action.
And in our pious exuberance to con-
demn, let us not fall into the customary trap
of being all consuming in our condemnation.
The blame for the incidents in Selma should
not be levelled against all our friends across
the border, in the same way that all of us in
Canada should not be blamed for the plight
of many of our Indians.
The fact is, it is being shown in no un-
certain terms that many of the people of the
U.S.A. are just as shocked as we over Selma.
The end of discrimination and the be-
ginning of true brotherhood will not come
about by each of us packing up and marching
through the streets of Selma.
It must start at home — and if done
completely and sincerely — will spread by its
own accord to Selma.
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Dear Sir,
When the school uniforms
were first being discussed by
the girls at South Huron Dis-
trict High School, you were
asked to supply information to
the public regarding the then-
proposed plan of a school uni-
form for girls.
This you agreed to do and
said you would come to the
school for this information.
This you never did; nor was
anything published in the paper
directly by you (except under the
High School News column) until
your report of the board meet-
ing appeared in the issue (Mar.
11th).
If this information had been
made public, the present con-
fused situation would never have
arisen.
On January 21, 1965, an in-
formative letter was distribut-
ed to parents of all girls at
S.H.D.H.S., giving each parent
an opportunity to vote on the
question of school uniforms.
Not one merchant in this
area approached the school
showing the slightest interest
in the matter.
Following the decided "yes"
vote from the parents, samples
of blazers and skirts were ob-
tained from a firm which deals
exclusively with school uni-
forms throughout the province
of Ontario. From these samples
the girls made a choice of the
uniform they liked best.
From the very beginning the
girls have understood (a) that
they are perfectly free to buy
where they choose or to make
their own (b) that the uniform
can not be compulsory. The
colours chosen for the uniform
were, of course, predetermined
by the school colours of red
and black.
The business is available to
any merchant in this area. How-
ever, problems of stocking uni-
forms in all necessary sizes for
the girls would be difficult for
the individual merchant.
It would seem to be high time
that this information was pub-
lished in your paper.
Yours truly,
L. G. Siegner
(ED NOTE — Miss Stegner is
correct in noting The T-A edi-
tor was asked to the school to
receive information on the uni-
forms. The date arranged was
Friday, February 26. We re-
member it distinctly because
it was the day of a terrible
blizzard and school was can-
celled. Therefore we did not
have the opportunity to get the
information on that date.
We remember this date not
only because of the blizzard
but because it was also the date
of the At-Home. We recall that
Miss S ie gne r mentioned we
could drop up because her gym-
nasium classes would be can-
celled as decorating was in
full swing for the dance.
The date becomes important
because Miss Siegner suggests
we were asked to visit the
school "when the school uni-
forms were first being dis-
cussed". Actually though, s h e
points out the first letter went
out to the parents over a month
before (Jan. 21) we were invited
to the school to get information.
Obviously, decisions had been
WALL-TO-WALL Tap Quality
With civil rights demonstra-
tions continuing in the U.S.
South, race relations are on
the minds of thinking people
everywhere.
To state my bias clearly, I
wholeheartedly support the
movement inspired by Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King. Further,
I support the London ministers
who are heading South to confer
with him and to present him
with money raised in London.
Rev. Jim McKibbon and I studied
together in Switzerland and I
wish him well.
In my opinion, it is encourag-
ing that churchmen in North
America have been aroused by
this issue. It is generally ack-
nowledged by arch segregation-
ists like Richard Russell of
Georgia that the combined force
of the churches is breaking the
back of the opposition to in-
tegration and bringing about
liberalizing legislation.
There is, however, one as-
pect of the present furor which
should trouble Canadians. It is
one thing to con d e m n the•
bigotry, prejudice and ignor-
ance of white southerners. It is
another thing, however, to re-
member that our own history
in the field of race relations is
not impressive or inspiring.
This simple fact is what pro-
vides support for the statement
made by Alabama Governor
Wallace to a Lions' Convention
in Toronto; "If you've got a
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run it in your own country".
Indeed, we can. Some of us
know only too well the weird
distorted notions that compli-
cate and pervert French-Eng-
lish relations. The Federal gov-
ernment is attempting to face
this problem. Most Canadians
are now conscious of it and are
trying to overcome the difficul-
ties created.
We forget too easily, how-
ever, that there are over 200,-
000 registered Indians in Can-
ada plus 300,000 persons of
Indian ancestry and not regis-
tered, who, by and large, live
outside the mainstream of Ca-
nadian life.
They are deprived of the so-
cial justice, human dignity and
equality of opportunity which
other Canadians take for grant-
ed.
Miss Jeannine Locke, a Ca-
nadian Weekly correspondent
cites the following shocking sta-
tistics:
1. The Indian infant mortality
rate is tragically high-174.7
out of every 1,000 live births
as against 27.2 for the whole of
Canada.
2. More than half of all In-
dian families occupy sub-stand-
ard homes or shacks of 3 rooms
or less, without electricity.
3. Where 90% of white homes
have sewerage, indoor toilets
and baths only 10% of Indian
homes enjoy such aids to health.
4. In one Indian community—
Moosonee — only 25% of the In-
dian children reach Grade 8.
The majority drop out at Grade
Doug Miles often quotes a farm
management wisdom that goes some-
thing like this: "Never be the first
to try an idea, but never be the last
to accept a practice that has been
found to work in your area by com-
petent farmers and advisors".
That same wisdom may be applied
successfully to many endeavours of
course and possibly is one of the ma-
jor reasons why the planned central
school for Stephen Township has gone
ahead so rapidly without any of the
controversy that has plagued other
areas.
The Stephen school board and coun-
cil may have been slower than others
in taking the steps to a more pro-
gressive type of education, but the
brief delay may well have been worth
it in view of the fact there doesn't
appear to be any eases of "lost
friends" over their move.
It is indeed interesting to note it has
taken less than three months to get
the idea formulated and approved.
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And while the area is rapidly pro-.
viding the best in education for its
children, this is certainly not being
done without some considerable ex-
pense.
If all the projects presently on the
drawing board are approved, the area
will Undertake something in the neigh-
borhood of two and a half million
dollars worth Of educational facilities
this year.
This includes the Stephen projects,
the SHDHS addition, additions and
changes in the Hay schools at Zurich
and Hensel). and also a central school
for the combined townships of Stanley
and Tuckersmith.
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ments will help pay major shares of
these expenditures, although most
of us will come to realize next month
where they get all their money to be
so generous.
And for those who enjoy looking at
big figures (and what man doesn't?) we
could go a bit farther to point up some
of the other expenditures being under-
taken in this area in the not too dis-
tant future.
We'll spend about $40,000 to $50,-
000 on centennial projects; Hon. C. S.
MacNaughton and his highways de-
partment plan to spend a cool million
on the Crediton Road east of that
village to Highway 81; Grand Bend has
its hopes set on a $316,000 water
distribution setup; the OWRC is
spending some $15 million on a Lake
Huron water pipeline to London;Zur-
ich plans a $300,000 rest home;
Exeter PUC is spending $50.000; and
so it pest not to mention the "normal"
expenses that will be met by all area
councils, school boards, etc. in the
coming year.
Is certainly to be hoped our child-
ren and grandchildren can afford all
these things we're buying on credit.
* * *
Those chaps trying to prove that we
shouldn't smoke cigarettes certainly
are a persistent lot.
Some time ago of course they came
forth with the news that while smoking
was not a guaranteed method of getting
lung cancer, it was certainly one of
the better ways to go about it.
That little scare managed to change
some smokers into non-smokers, but
recent figures show that cigarette
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come up with the finding that smoking
can also be a means of contacting
bladder cancer, giving the poor, be-
labored smoker even less chance of
dying from old age or a coronary
thrombosis or something of that na-
ture.
However, if they keep on making
such frightening discoveries about
smoking, they actually may not have
to worry about too many smokers dy-
ing from cancer. Most of them will
probably die of fright long before that;
Seriously, the proponderance of
evidence linking lung and bladder can-
cer with cigarette smoking can no
longer be refuted. The culprit has been
found guilty. What verdict will smok-
ers hand down?
Or another question more to the
point may be in regard to what we
will do to prevent our young people
from following in the footsteps of
those who have gone before.
A visit to any youth group will
prove that smoking is not on a decline
among the younger set and obviously
it is in thisgroup where we have eur
only hope of terminating cigarette
smoking to any degree. Unlike many
of the adult smokers, these youths
can still be saved.
What can be done about it? There
are possibly many answers, but the
most obvious one is to make it illegal
to sell cigarettes until such time as
they are no longer dangerous to health.
The trouble with this approach
comes about in the fact that it is
doubtful U Canada's economy can
withstand a ban on cigarette smoking.
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15 YEARS AGO
Brady's Dry Cleaning Plant
which on February 15 was de-
stroyed by fire has been re-
opened for business.
Exeter District High School
basketball teams swept through
a field of WOSSA Senior "B"
contenders to capture two
championships in London Satur-
day.
Mr.' W. G. Medd who, for
many years, has operated the
Exeter and Winchelsea cream-
eries, has this week sold out
to Canada Packers Limited.
Harry Strang of Usborne, for
the second consecutive year the
wheat king of Huron County,
was crowned at Clinton Friday
evening at the annual Farmers'
Night banquet of Clinton Lions.
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50 YEARS AGO
The Mitchell M ethodist
Church has invited the Rev. G.
N. Hazen, of London, president
of the London Conference, to
assume the pastorate of the
church to fill the place of Rev.
J. W. Baird who has accepted
a call to St. Thomas.
Dr. T. A. Amos died at his
home on Andrew St. following
a short illness of pneumonia.
Miss Madeline Carling, Mes-
srs E. Windsor, Thos. Penhale
and Clare Wood are home from
Toronto for the holidays.
The milk bylaw having had its
third and final reading was
passed at Council, that no per-
son shall engage in the sale of
milk in the Village of Exeter
without having first obtained a
licence from the chairman of the
Board of Health.
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25 YEARS AGO
W. H. Golding of Seaforth,
twice elected Liberal member
for the riding of Huron-Perth,
was re-elected for his third
term at the polls Tuesday with
a majority of 2,112.
The county plow assisted by
about 30 men cleared the road
from Winchelsea to Whalen
Thursday and Friday after it
had been blocked for several
days.
While delivering milk InHen-
sail the horse of Oliver Row-
cliffe slipped on the icy pave-
ment and crashed into the plate
glass window of Harry Mac-
Millan's butcher shop breaking
the entire front window.
Mrs. N. J. Dore has been
appointed organist and choir-
leader of Main Street church to
succeed Miss Evelyn Ruston
10 YEARS AGO
Rev. Donald McDonald was
inducted as minister of Carmel
Presbyterian Church, Hensall,
Tuesday evening.
Chief maple syrup suppliers
for Exeter and district are
Earl and Doug Lewis Of Mc-
Gillivray Township who are tap-
ping close to 1,000 trees this
month.
T. Alvin Crago, reeve of
Blanshard Township, has hand-
led over $1,500,000 worth of
purchases during the 24 years
he has been secretary of the
Kirkton-Woodhaln Farmers'
Club,
New chairman of the Hospital
board Ulric Snell headed the
building committee during the
construction of the hospital and
has 'been chairman of the pro-
perty committee since it open-
ed.
The Ontario Human Rights
Commission reports that some-
thing is being done. The National
Indian Council is pressing this
issue. The Ontario Department
of Welfare now has a full time
Indian Affairs officer. The min-
ister of education is studying
the problem and so on.
It is becoming generally un-
derstood that the 'reserve sys-
tem' has been a colossal failure.
Personally I could never dif-
ferentiate between this method
and that employed by a sick
South African government.
The 'reserves' offer little
opportunity for employment.On
the 'reserves' nearly 50% of the
families live on less than$1,-
000 per year. 75% live on $2,000
per year or less.
Most researchers acknow-
ledge a terrible depth of poverty
among Canadian Indians. They
find rampant unemployment.
They find one-third of the fam-
ilies on straight relief. They
find bad housing, inadequate
education and little positive re-
creation.
Thus most Indians are edu-
cationally and socially handi-
capped by the very nature of
their environment and thus have
very little chance of obtaining
or holding a job.
P. E. McRae says of one
group of Indians: "They have
been exploited and maltreated
by governments and individuals.
They have been deprived of civil
rights and the ability to earn a
living. They trust no one and
despair of the future."
Waiter Donovan, a fellow
minister, who has worked ten
years With Indlane says, 'The
establishment of reserves in
Canada was a serious mistake,
The result has been the growth
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