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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-09-16, Page 4EDITORIALS Looking to the future Equalized, assessment, area government, area planning board, area fire departznent, area police department, these are all subjects which. the people of Exeter area will be hearing a lot of in the months to come. The trend towards a stronger county or area form of government is rapidly pushing away from the heavily populated areas such as metropolitan Toronto, the Niagara Peninsula and Waterloo County and spreading across Ontario. Sooner or later all councils are going to have to face up to this trend and make some important decisions. Tuesday evening Exeter council was asked to make a decision as to how it would like its repre- sentatives to vote on the question of equalised assess- ment at the county level. They decided to vote against this mainly because the cost involved at the outset would be almost double the present cost. The actual benefits or adverse effects of this new scheme were only touched on lightly but it was interesting to note that the decision was not unanimous. Mem- bers frankly admitted that they did not have a work- ing knowledge of the new plan. Reeve Derry Boyle in commenting on this question made a statement which he probably thought was original. He said, "I feel this is taking away our individual autonomy," This was not origi- nal but was only the echo of what elected municipal officials in many small towns have been saying for the past year or two. In each town, village and township the cries of the uninformed can be heard, harping on the loss of autonomy while refusing to make even a token effort to study the new plans and proposals which are being implemented in other areas. The next few years will see many changes in all levels of governments. In many cases the elected officials will be able to make the decisions as to whether to accept these or not. In other cases the changes will be forced on the municipalities by the Ontario Municipal Board which sees the need of changes if our present form of local government is to last. It is important at this time for elected officials to study the trends and changes which are being carried out in other centres so they may be able to make a rational decision when these occur in this area. The changes which are coming are important and the decisions regarding these should be made on the basis of study and thought rather than re- jecting them as some do, on the basis of, "What was good enough for my father is good enough for me". A change in policy Council made a wise decision Tuesday eve- nig in deciding on a policy which will prohibit the borrowing of town equipment. The decision was in one way the same as, "locking the barn door after the horse has been stolen", but it will probably save the town many dollars in years to come. There are several reasons why town equip- ment should not be loaned but probably the best is to prevent hard feelings. While one person may feel he has the right to borrow this because he is, in effect, part owner, his neighbor who has no use for the machine is also part owner and in many cases will resent this. Equipment which is loaned out frequently comes back in need of repairs. This° was the case in the last instance when the town mower was loaned. In a case such as this it is difficult to say how much, if any of the damages were caused when the equip- ment was not in town use. Council must still absorb this cost, and can only charge an hourly rental rate for the time the equipment was used. Most municipalities have adopted similar poli- des, and by following their lead Exeter council will eventually find it has saved the town money. The old days are fast passing, and soaring costs of equipment and repairs make it imperative that council examine all its policies and run the town as a business. Residents of the town have no more right' to ask for the loan of town equipment than they have to ask a car dealer for the loan of a car. With the editor in Kerr's Korner Dear Craig: Well its been busy this week due to our one day vacation on Monday. We didn't publish until Friday which simply means that there is one work day less in which to put out the paper this week. To top off all this you will notice a special section advertising the fall fair which took a little extra time. Shirley Keller, who works for us on a part time basis, took over the job of contacting all the people who gave their comments for this section but there was still lots of extra work for the regular staff. My week was shortened a little more, as I attended a press reception in London Friday afternoon. This was held in the Chamber of Commerce suite of the Holi- day Inn and turned out to be really enjoy- able. CFPL Television was the sponsor of this which was held to introduce their new fall shows. Newspaper publishers and editors from weekly newspapers through- out western Ontario were invited to take a look at a few shorts of some of the new shows as well as meet a few TV per- sonalities. I took June along with me and I think she got the greatest kick out of meeting Tommy Hunter. Tommy has his own show this year and is full of enthusiasm for this. From what he told us it should be popular and I would expect to see his con- tinued rise in popularity. Of course the staff photographer was on hand to take our pictures chatting with these people. This will of course give a little publicity for the cause. The reception gave me a chance as well to meet many publishers from around the area who, I had either not met before, or, had not seen for some time. You know how it is when newsmen get talking and as it turned out I didn't get back home until '7:00 p.m. although I had intended only to put in a brief appearance and leave. June received an offer to make an ap- pearance on an opinion program originat- ing out of the London Studio. They suggest that you have strong opinions on subjects you discuss for this program. June should have no trouble here as She sure has a few strong opinions. We finally moved into our house Sates urday morning and now have everything In one location although it will probably be some time before everything is put away and we get back to normal. We have at least managed to get most of the cur- tains and drapes up this weekend so if the place is a mess we'll just leave the drapes closed and the neighbors will never know the difference. The neighbors must think we have enough furniture , to fill this big old house and it wasn't really intentional. I phoned up Wedge movers and told them I would like a truck and two men to move the basic furniture from a three room apartment. Saturday morning Bob Wedge showed up with a transport trailer about as big as they make them and backed into the house. I thought he had made a mistake but I found out they use this sometimes in local moves. It seemed a little funny to see our little bit of furniture inside a truck of this size but apparently it saves a lot of ex- tensive packing if they have plenty of floor space in the truck. Actually they did a terrific job for us and were finished in two and a half hours. There's nothing I hate worse than moving and it did my heart good to see someone else doing all the hard work for a change. It was well worth the money. I imagine you will share my feelings of disappointment at the recent decision to call another federal election. There seems to be something wrong with our national politics although I wouldn't know how to go about putting my finger on what it is. I have voted for both the Liberal and Conservative party in years gone by but this time I am honestly at a loss to know where to give my support. As far as the newspaper is concerned I will try to keep it as close to neutral as possible. I will be covering meetings and speeches from all sides of the fence. It will take a lot of reading, thinking and soul searching before I, or in fact any citizen of Canada, can make a rational decision as to where to give his support. I will probably touch on this subject at a later date after I have had more time to assess the situation. We went to an auction sale in Hensall Saturday afternoon and really enjoyed our- selves. We didn't know for sure what we wanted but thought we might pick up a few garden or carpentry tools at a reasonable price. As you know, this is the first house we have ever had and so are discovering we need a million little things we didn't think of before. It would cost a fortune to go out and buy everything new so we thought we would try and get some of the articles second hand. This was the first auction sale I had been to in some years and of course June is not all that familiar with them. It takes a while to get on to an auction sale and get the feeling of it. I was standing quite re- laxed in the crowd just after the auction started and noticed that Garnet Hicks was the clerk. I went to nod hello to him and darn near boughttwo old rakes and a hoe for 25 cents. June was standing beside me complaining that her nose was itchy. warned her if she put her finger up to scratch it she might end up owning the wheel barrow. June got the auction fever after she had watched for an hour or so and ended up buying a brush with a nine foot handle. I guess she didn't see the length of the handle but the brush part looked good. When Alvin Walper reduced the price to 25 cents trying to get a bid, June just couldn't resist, and entered her first bid of the day in a sort of half scream. She must have scared all the rest of the cus- tomers as she ended up the owner of the thing. We had the deuce of a time trying to fit it in the car and it is now in the gar- age. I am either going to have to cut off the handle or get a job cleaning second storey Windows from the ground. We picked up another littlb gem here as well. We are now the proud owners of what is probably the world's first reclin- ing rocker. This is an old wooden armchair rocker with metal brackets at either side at the back. A steel bar rests in the slots of these and holds the back up. To get it to recline Of course, you simply lift the back ahead and move the bar down another notch. If its not an antique it is sure close to it and it will make a good project in my spare time (for me) to refinish this. As ever Ken . ' ' TATIVMMEMPEMAINerrr. ''''11=MEMISIMET17112:1:51:=17 exderZitstesaksocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A., C.C.N.R, and ABC Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dep't, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid-in.AdVanice Cirtulation, March 31, 1965, 4,114 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year; USA $5.00 tIMEM9571RIMMIL Maare4/22MPZIEWLICECOVZ:MEN:,:AU.Valtai',1C42.M7mT5722MTWP,r7TT.; "' 7: PUBLISHERS: J. M. Southeott, R. M. Southcott EDITOR: Kenneth Kerr low eamtzoir 00,1111AN 14,r -'"2u 1-26 4 gine F..... Syndicate, Inc., 1965. Walla 40,4 ,...0`,13. "After we're married a it'll seem funny not having anyone to buy candy and flowers for," Exeter Public Utilities Commission NOTICE to WATER CONSUMERS Please be advised that restrictions for watering of lawns and gardens have been cancelled. The commission wishes to thank its customers for their co-operation. H.L.Davis MANAGER GET THIS BOOKLET OF BASIC FACTS ABOUT IDB BUSINESS LOANS If you are planning to start, expand or modernize a business and you require • a term loan to carry out your plans, write for this descriptive booklet or visit an IDB Office. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK 25 BRANCH OFFICES ACROSS CANADA KITCHENER-WATERLOO WATERLOO, ONT.:Waterloo Square Building —Telephone:744-4186 thla Sunday, Wednesday afternoon and during 'Ve evening throughout BELL LINES by W. W. Haysom your telephone manager MEASLES AND THE TELEPHONE Everybody knows that measles bring spots, but how many people know that measles brought the first telephone numbers into use? Way back in 1879, when a measles epidemic hit the town of Lowell, Massachusetts, a local physician named Dr. Moses Greely Parker realized that if the town's four operators came down with the measles, tele- phone service would come to a halt. Dr. Parker suggested that numbers be used in- stead of the names of the 1200 Lowell subscribers, so that substitute operators, if they were needed, could learn to operate the exchange as quickly and easily as possible. We're not told whether or not the regular oper- ators ever did come down with the measles, but we do know that numbers have been a very important part of telephone service ever since! THE DIRECTORY AND THE TELEPHONE Early day telephone directories were usually just lists of people in town who had telephone service, with an explanation of how to crank the phone to get the operator's attention. But not anymore! The first few pages in today's phone books are filled with lots of useful information: numbers to call in emergencies, for telephone repair service, for assistance on calls, and to order new services or changes. They give instructions for speeding your Long Distance calls, and a list of Area , Codes, These "how-to" pages are there to help you get top value from your telephone service. And that's a pretty good reason for using them! Watch for your new directory to be delivered in the early part of October. TYCOON-TChBE Here's a little story that should warm the hearts of arty Exeter businessmen: A small-town boy went into the neighborhood drug- Store to use the pay phone, The druggist could not help Overhearing the lad'S side of the conversation, and it Was a model of Smooth salesmanship. "Dr. Jones? 'Doctor, do you need a hardworking boy to take care of your lawn? Oh, you already have a boy. Is he good , I mean does he really know his job? Are you satisfied with his work? You are? Olc then, . thanks anyway." The druggistg couldn't help expressing his regret. "Too bad, Jim, Sorry you didn't get the job." "Oh, I already have the job," was the Cool an-swer, "I was just checking up On myself!" te4 ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne The listener The best book I have read in a long time is ,,The Listener" by Taylor Caldwell. It is available in a Bantam edition for .175. The story is built around 15 people who come to share their problems with "The Listener". It is impossible in a short re- view to deal effectively with the main thrust of this book. I can only provide a little of the background by quoting the author's comments in the fore- word. I hope that this will be enough to challenge you to read the whole book. The author says through John Godfrey: "One of the most ter- rible aspects of this world today is that nobody listens to anyone else. If you are sick or even dying nobody listens. If you are be- wildered or frightened or lost or bereaved or alone or lonely— nobody really listens. Even the clergy are hurried and harassed. Nobody has time to listen to any- one, not even those who love you and would die for you. Your par- ents, your children, your friends: they have no time. That's a very terrible thing isn't it?" I for one think so and greatly appreciate the capsule sermon she presents in the fore word which I now quote without com- ment. "The most desperate need of men today is not a new vaccine for any disease, or a new religion or a 'new way of life'. Man does not need to go to the moon or other solar systems. He does not require bigger and better bombs and missiles. lie will not die if he does not get 'better housing' or more vitamins. He will not expire of frustration if he is unable to buy the brightest and newest gadgets, or if all his children cannot go to college. His basic needs are few and it takes little to acquire them, in-. spite of the advertisers. He can survive on a small amount of bread and in the meanest shelter. He always did." "His real need, his most ter- rible need, is for someone to listen to him, not as a"patient", but as a human soul. He needs to tell someone, of what he thinks of the bewilderment he encount- ers wheel he tries to discover 50 YEARS AGO The Patriotic League will open the tea room Saturday, Septem- ber 25 from 3 to 5 o'clock for receiving field comforts, such as socks, tooth brushes, tooth paste, dried apples, chocolate, cocoa, gum, raisins, jam, books, writing pads and magazines. The public school department of the Exeter School re-opened Monday with the teachers being Miss Vosper, Miss Murray, Miss Kinsman, Miss Quakenbush and Miss Dow. Mr. and Mrs. William Ogden announce the engageinent of their only daughter, Vera Lorraine, of Whalen to Earle Roy Neil of Lucan, the wedding to take place the latter part of September. Guenther's motor bus took a large load of people to London fair Wednesday Of last week. 55 YEARS AGO Mr. B. W. Tuckey of the Tuckey Transport has enlarged his field of operation by taking over Epps Transport with headquarters at Clinton. members of Exeter WI have made over 400 poundS of jam Rir Canadian soldiers and overseas shipment. William C. Davis, a war vet- eran and, for the past 14 yearS, linotype operator at The Exeter Times-Advocate, has secured a position as assistant storekeeper at the Goderich Plying Training School. Mrs. Laura Harvey, who re,- dently purchased the groeery business of Mr. H. Motz, has moved into the residence in con, nection With the store. why lie was born, how he must live and where his destiny lies. The questions he asks of psy- chiatrists are not the questions in his heart and the answers he receives are not the answers he needs. He is a sealed vessel even when under drugs or while heavily drinking. His semantics are not the semantics of anyone else, not even the semantics of a psychiatrist." "Our pastors would listen — if we gave them the time to listen. But we have burdened them with tasks which should be our own . . . We have given them little time for listening — and we do not listen to them either. . . . We give them no time to listen, When to have someone listen, without hurry, without the click of a clock is the direct need of our spirits." But she then gets to the heart of the matter by following up this quote from Seneca: ". . . . 0 God is there no one to listen? Is there no one to listen? you ask . . . Ah yes There is one who listens, who will always listen. Hasten to him my friend! He waits on the hill for you. For you alone." "Let us remember that there is someone who listens. He is available to all of us, all of the time, all of our lives. The Listen- er." "We have only to talk to him. He understands our language, our semantics, our terrors, our secrets, our sins, our crimes, our sorrows. He will not consider you sentimental if you speak fondly of the past if you are old. He will not turn you away if you are a liar, a thief, a murderer, a hypocrite, a betrayer. He will listen to you. He will not be im- patient if you become maudlin, or cry in self pity, or if you are a coward or a fool, He has listen- ed to people like this all his life. He will continue to listen." I am, personally, inadequate to describe the delightful experi- ence it is to get caught up in such a book. I invite you to share the experience. 15 YEARS AGO William Wareing appeared be- fore Exeter Council Monday night and resigned his position as night constable after 19 years' service. W. R. Goulding, formerly of Exeter, was organist at Talbot Street United Church where the $75,000 organ, one of the finest in London, was destroyed by fire. Night classes in basic English for new Canadians will be con- ducted in the Exeter District High School starting October 17. Corner-stone on the new Le- gion building was laid in a cere- mony Thursday evening. Taking part were Vern Heywood, in charge of construction, couticil- lot Ed Lindenfield, and Messrs Len McKnight, Bert Borland, president, Bert Ostland and Ted Pooley, 10 YEARS AGO A new 55-passenger bus will be added to the fleet which trans- ports SHIMS students to school increasing the fleet to eight. DaShwoOd Citizens' Band jour- neyed to Clinton Sunday and en- tertained the men and women of the Home with a program of music. Mrs. Bob Jeffrey, RR 1 Hen.. sail, became the 1955 Champion Cook of Exeter Fair when she won more prizes in the domestid section than any other home-, Maker in the district. 1dember8 of the local Safety Council used close to 800 feet Of safety reflector tape on 150 bicycles belonging to pub 1 i sehdol children. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111