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Southcott EDITOR: William Batten ASSOCIATE STORE EDITORIALS "Public image" is important SPECIAL PURCHASE ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyrtio Disgusting gimmick An Ontario Secondary School Head- masters Association request for backing of a ban on the publication of school promotion results failed to win support from the SH- DHS board last week, and also failed to win support from several other boards according to news stories on the subject. It was the apparent thought of board members that they could see no harm in the present system of publishing all results. The Ontario Headmasters urged sup- port for their move on the basis that pub- lishing results is not in the public interest. An appropriate reply to this thought was expressed by H. D. McConnell, chairman of the Tilbury High School board, when he said, -there is too much of a movement for the curtailment of information with the rea- son given that it is not in the public interest. With the ever increasing costs of education and other services, the public does have a right to know where the tax dollars are go- ing and the results of them". The publication of school results has been carried on by this newspaper for many years with no criticism from parents, pupils or school officials. Students are given recog- nition for their respective standings and those who fail are not mentioned. Actually, it would appear to be in the best interests of those who do not do well to have the results published. It is a most convenient way to get the information into the hands of relatives, friends and neighbors and saves the unpleasant task of answering the embarrassing question of how they made out in their studies for the year. And by printing the standings of stu- dents, it gives those of higher standing the recognition they deserve and possibly pro- motes some amount of competition among the students. It also gives parents an opportunity to compare the standings of their children with others in the same grades and in some cases is the only evidence parents have of how their children rate with the others. In this highly competitive world this is information that parents should have for their own best interest and that of their children. It would appear that the only results that could cause some problems is the pres- ent practice of printing grade 13 promotion marks, and this comes about because not all students write the same number of papers. While most students in grade 13 pres- ently write eight or nine papers, there are still some who take the course in two years and therefore may only write four or five. However, this is a situation that is understood by most readers and certainly the personal situation of each student is general- ly known by those most interested in learning how he did in his examinations. In conclusion, it should be remem- bered that a person's "public image" is still one of the major motivating factors of us all, and there could be serious effects if there were attempts made to remove it from our society. Would you let it happen? Plump, vigorous and healthy — Ready to give burst after burst of rich colourful bloom. Each Rose Bush has a minimum of three sturdy canes; individually protectively packaged with easy-grow planting instructions. ' EXTRA- SPECIAL Limited Quantity No. 2 Rose Bushes EACH .74 Another rabies scare hit the area re- cently when a caretaker at the Exeter Public School was attacked by a muskrat. While tests on the animal have not been completed at time of writing, the incidence of the dread disease in other sections of Ontario should serve as ample warning that precautions can not be dropped at any time. Only last week about 14 people had to start taking the painful injections for pre- vention of the disease in Waterford after two dogs contacted rabies. How the dogs became infected is not known, although it is believed they picked it up in contact with some wild animal. The carrier could have been a muskrat such as was found at the local public school, or it could have been a fox such as the one that spent a weekend in. Exeter about a month ago. It is a fact that if the dogs had been tied up there would have been less risk of them coming in contact with the carrier. And had the dogs been tied up, health officials would have been able to determine exactly IT'S GARDENING TIME gift is only available to me because I am a homeowner and I permit you to discuss this program with me in detail. Of course there is absolutely no obligation. I also understand that this gift is not any induce- ment to buy". In other words the Bible has become just another "gim- mick" to sell a product. It is used to soften you up—without of course offering any induce- ment to buy. The whole purpose of the offer is to get the sales- man into your house. By the way, this may even be an im- provement on those door to door types who are taking sur- veys and end up selling every- thing from magazines to ency- clopedias. The man who handed me this particular piece of advertising was not overly impressed by the subtleties of modern meth- ods. It had arrived at the sup- posedly psychologically oppor- tune time—just prior to Holy Week. It was conveniently ar- ranged to capitalize on Easter sentiment, There was a time when "tral- ficing in spiritual things" led to a revolution and a reform- ation. Surely it is time some- thing was done to curb this sort of offensive, distasteful perver- sion of beautiful things to sell everything from soup to nuts. While on this theme I would also like to add my voice to the growing number who are growing weary of the inference in so much TV advertising that to be young, virile, athletic, sophisticated, etc. you must also drink a particular brand of beer, smoke a particular brand of cigarette and drive a particular type of new car. There is only one saving item in this ad under discussion here and that is, they say "never before a free offer like this". Well, I would hope not. I only wish that it were the last of its type as well. Perhaps some of you re- ceived a sensational pre-Easter offer through the mail—a spe- cial offer of the Holy Bible, Protestant or Catholic version —retail value $24.95". The colourful brochure sent out by the company carries this exciting point—"A chance to beautify the outside of your home with miracle . .. textured coating and beautify the inside of your home with this heirloom Bible". Now, I have nothing against this or any other particular type of house covering. But I detest the attempt to capitalize on the religious feelings of people to sell it. To begin with there is a sen- timental picture of a family sitting reading the Bible with the figure of Jesus in the back- ground. It is repeated twice so you're sure to see it. About three-quarters of this delightful product of motiva- tional research is devoted to pushing the merits of this par- ticular family Bible. The other quarter of the 14 x 10 inch layout is given to extolling the miraculous qualities of one par- ticular brand of house covering. This particular product has "such miracles of the modern age as fiberglass, mica, perlite and aluminum contained in an elastomer polyester base". But the main tone of the piece is set by the material which concentrates on the Bible itself. "The average man or women is not a Bible scholar. But almost everyone would like to have a better understanding of the Word of God. For this purpose the Protestant or Cath- olic editions were published". Now I don't doubt the validity of those statements but I do doubt whether that is the real concern of this advertisement. I think the real purpose is seen more clearly in the small print—blended in a soft purple colour and rather difficult to see: "I understand that this who had come in contact with them and need- ed injections. But because the dogs were allowed to run at loose—such as some area dogs are— there will be no way of knowing if the two pets had come in contact with some little child who should be given injections, but won't because there is practically no way of finding out who had petted the dogs since they contacted the disease. If the needed injections were of the type used for most childhood diseases there would be no great problem. Every youngster in the community could be given the shots. But injections needed for rabies are far dif- ferent. They are extremely painful. Few doc- tors give the injections to children unless they are absolutely certain they may be in danger of getting the disease. If a little child came in contact with either of the two dogs and does not receive the injections he could die a most painful death. Could this happen in this area because your dog is not tied up? tat1C21=1=1E111==......Mr.v="11,7.,-.-.75.1.71.7.1=11SralreETATKre.2.7E9719EEEr• • x...21111.05MEM"M"'"F`7.6=191111driM BATT'N AROUND WITH THE EDITOR Let's make it definite 50 YEARS AGO It looks as though June 25 is the date to be set for an election by the Dominion gov- ernment but with Canadians all engrossed in the great European struggle this seems no time to enter the political field. Dr. Will J. Knight, formerly of Exeter, is in France render- ing professional services to the wounded at the front. Dr. G. F. Roulston has pur- chased the new red brick resi- dence on Main Street from Mr. John Pedlar, The families of Henry E ilber, Chris Haist and John Edwards are under quarantine for diph- theria. Part of the original Huron County courthouse will be im- bedded in the new structure dur- ing a cornerstone-laying cere- mony at Goderich May 21. Grand Bend was presented with a large electric clock for the town hall by the Women's Institute. It was accepted by Reeve James Dalton. A plan to provide five ad- ditional classrooms for SHDHS will be presented to Ontario Department of Education of- ficials later this month. PRUNING SHEARS — Tempered, full polished blades. Ratchet adjust- ment, tempered spring and clip. 9" overall. . .79 ALL-METAL WHEELBARROW — One- piece seamless steel tray, 32 1/2 " x 25" widen. 3 cubic ft. capacity. Tubular steel frame 10 x 1.75 semi-pneumatic tires. Each 9.39 4 cubic ft. cap. 27 x 34 3/4 " tray; 12 x 3,00 tire 15.98 LAWN soasaina ugetttv. akirubbia tire4 wivie,ts. With,' "Flo- Rate's control, serated agitator. 5a7 n 7 Each 20", 40-lb cSo FUNNEL TOP SPRAYER -- Rust-resistant galvanized steel plate; electrically welded seams. 3-gal. 9.95 capacity, °t en from 7.95 to 14.45 Cut the grass-clean as a whistle! Don't bruise or break it with a dull, worn-out blade. Special AUS-tempered steel blade de- signed to the specifications of the Lawn Mower Safety Associa- tion. S Although no one need be reminded of the mixed up weather over the East- er weekend, it should at least be re- corded somewhere in this paper for posterity so future generations will know the area received about three inches of snow. Actually, it was probably just a case of the weatherman trying to appease youngsters for his gift of a green Christmas. It gave them one last chance to try out sleighs and toboggans that had to be set aside in December because of lack of snow. It was a type of turnabout that most people would have been most happy to bypass, especially our female readers who had to forego wearing their new spring finery in the Easter parades. * However, for the youngsters, it's still Easter holiday time — with or without the appropriate weather. Recently the Stratford Beacon-Her- ald published an editorial suggesting that the annual spring vacation for school students should not necessarily hinge on Easter due to the fact the time of the religious holiday varies considerably from year to year. The editorial goes on: "we do not see why the custom of taking a break between school terms should neces- sarily be connected with the date of Good Friday. It may be desirable that children should have a week off be- tween the winter term and the spring term, but we do not see that the normal school break between winter term and spring term necessarily has to be a 10-day period beginning on Good Fri- day." The editorial points out that this leads to a short winter term in some years and a lengthy spring term after the holidays, and vice versa. These terms may vary from three to four weeks. "We do not see why the school 1.00 that anything that is fun must either be illegal or immoral and this may hold some truth for Zurich's newest industry, which is presently menu- fac turing the phenomenol skate boards, which have met with extreme success south of the border. The Ontario Safety League dealt the new recreation a blow this week. While it didn't suggest skate board- ing was illegal or immoral, it did suggest the boards were unsafe and suggests parents take "a second look" at what first appears to be a whale of a lot of fun. , The League says it does not en- dorse this new recreation and gives the following reasons: 1. The rider has little orno control over his direction, speed or stopping. A toss, or stepping off from the skate board travelling at high speed can easily result in serious injury to the rider. 2. Because of the lack of control and speed, the board becomes a hazard to other users of the sidewalk. 3. There is no device fastening the board to the rider so that if the rider falls the board becomes actrunaway" likely to harm persons or property. The Safety League urges parents to consider carefully before they allow their children unrestricted use of skate boards. Scooters, roller skates and bikes supply just as much fun and exercise, yet allow the child a large amount of control. While the Ontario Safety League is justified in pointing out this hazard, it would be more to the point if they spearheaded a campaign to have car manufacturers make their products as safe as possible. Chances are there will be more kids killed or injured in auto crashes this year than there will be in the entire life span of skate boards. system has to tie its spring holidays to the date of Easter," the newspaper concludes. "One day, Good Friday itself, should be a school holiday in this province, whatever the date. If a break of a week is needed between winter and spring terms, as it prob- ably is, why could it not be the week beginning the first Monday in April, regardless of Easter." There is one other point to be considered in addition to the varying lengths of the various terms. And that is in regard to the weather, which of course has proven itself very un- predictable. However, the odds are greater for ideal spring weather when Easter comes late as to what they are when Easter falls in March. And any mother will tell you that the weather plays an important part in an enjoyable school holiday, not only for the kids but for mom herself. However, the main drawback to eliminating the association of spring holidays with Easter is the fact that parents miss out on the Good Friday holiday weekend and this is usually counted upon quite heavily for trans- porting kids to grandpa's house or out to some cousin's for a holiday. The entire prOblem of course could be solved by holding Easter itself on a definite date each year, in the same manner as we now declare December 25 as Christmas. The religious experts may prove us wrong, but we see no reason why we mark Easter at varying times, and there appears to be no reason why it could not be a set date each year. This would then eliiminate the draW- baeks to Easter holidayt as cited by the Strafford newspaper and would also eliminate the problems we noted above. There't an old quip that suggests . 1 8" or 19" .203 20, 21 or 22"3 blade .50 blade .. HUB ADAPTER KIT — Required to complete blade installation on some Rotary Mowers equipped with the above listed engines. Hub Only, each . • • • .60 25 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Amos Darling and family of Ailsa Craig have moved to Exeter. Mr. Henry Squire of town celebrated his 91st birthday Saturday. Mr. George James Suther- land, postmaster at Hensall for over 60 years, died Saturday in his 82nd year. A dance recital by 30 pupils of Mrs. Russell Broderick was presented in the Town Hall Friday evening, the Town Hail, Zurich, Saturday evening and the Opera House, Exeter, Mon- day night. 15 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Ross Tuckey, the former Elsie Gaiser, have returned from their honeymoon to Washington D.C. Canadians have a "day of grace" this year in filing their income tax returns. Because April 30 falls on Sunday Cana- dians have until May 1 to send in their returns. Mr. Jack Doerr had the single honor of having the only Flexi- chrome print hung at the 68th convention of the Ontario So- ciety of Photographers. The Huronia Male Choir car- ried off the cup for the second time at the Woodstock Musical Festival Monday night. 10 YEARS AGO The new Sunday School build- ing of James Street United Church was opened and dedicated at the annual Sunday School an- niversary Sunday morning with Rev. Duncan McTavish, London, as speaker. EXTRA - CASH AND CARRY COUPONS ALL-STEEL LAWN ROLLER — Heavy gauge steel con- struction with bevelled edges. Use with water or sand ballast. 14x20'. a% drum. Each . . . 8 .9 As above but with 18"x24" drum . . 15.35 By MISS MURIEL HERN Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Gardiner and Marilyn and Mr. Clarence Fletcher, Exeter, visited Fri- day evening with Mr. & Mrs. Everard Miller and family. Mr. & Mrs. Orville Snell, Bill and Jeanette of Grimsby and Mr. & Mrs. Ephriam Hern visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Allan Westcott and family, Exe- ter, Mrs. James Earl, Exeter, was a weekend guest with Mr. Mrs. Fred Miller and Brenda. Mr. & Mrs. Harold Hern visited with Mrs. Louisa Kyle, Exeter, Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. Angus Earl had as their guests Sunday, Mrs. Archie, Jeffery, Stella, Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Hannon, and Mr. & Mrs. Norman Bushfield, Mit- chell, celebrating the 40th wed- ding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Bushfield. Mrs. Ben Gamble is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don. Mr. & Mrs. Bill Strong, Sea- forth, Mr. & Mrs. Grant Skin- ner, Joan and Julie, Exeter, Mr. & Mrs. Burton Morgan, Paul and Brian, St. Marys, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Spence, David and Susan, Woodham, and Mrs. Mary Brock were Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Norman Brock and Bill. Mr. & Mrs. Morris Hern and boys visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Earl Cole and family, London. Mr. & Mrs. Everard Miller visited Monday evening with Mr. & Mrs. David Blackwell and family, Hensall. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hern, Muriel, Barbara, Sheila and Alan were Sunday visitors in Dashwood with Mrs. Mary Mar- tene and Edwin. Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. 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