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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-03-24, Page 4Of proven value • • • • • • • . • . • • • • : • : : Co-operation and conflict It is probably very encouraging to the members of Exeter Industrial De- velopments Ltd. to see their first pro- tege, Custom Trailers, expanding their production facilities less than a year and a half after starting production. The company has enjoyed continued sales and expansion since it was start- ed in November 1964 and justifies the faith which local people had in this company in putting up the necessary cash in order to see this industry start- ed, A change in financing allows the Development Company to investigate other industries for Exeter as well as offer assistance. Custom Trailers have returned their indebtedness with in- terest to the Development Company and are now able to carry on without assistance. This is a remarkable achieve- ment in such a short period of time and is indicative of the progressiveness of this new company. The company has become success- ful because of many reasons but one of the main ones must surely be the policy of giving consumers the product they demand to their peculiar specifi- cations. Service has been responsible for the success of many companies in the past and it is apparent with Cus- tom Trailers that this has not gone out of style. Custom Trailers has proven to be an asset to the Town of Exeter bring- ing with it increased employment as well as additional tax dollars. We hope Industrial Developments Ltd. are as successful in their next venture. Exe- ter does need small industry but it will only be located here through the con- tinued efforts of men such as those who spearheaded the Development Company and who are continuing their efforts to make the Town of Exeter ex- pand. They deserve a vote of thanks. Worthy of support Usually at this time of the year the Red Cross asks us to tell you about its various accomplishments in its many fields of humanitarian endeavour, with the hope that you will support the Red Cross by donating your dollars, your blood and your time and talent as a volunteer. Well, we hope that by now, you already do give whatever sup- port you can to the Red Cross. And the Red Crass has asked us to thank you for it. They want us to thank all the in- dividuals, businesses and industries for their financial support. They've asked us to thank all who give blood to your fellow Canadians and all those indus- tries and offices that hold blood donor clinics in their premises and sacrifice valuable production time for this vital service. They've asked us to thank all those who give their time and talent as willing volunteers to carry on the programmes and services of the Red Cross. If you're a Red Cross supporter in any way, the Red Cross thanks you sincerely and hopes that you will con- tinue to, and perhaps increase your support in whatever way you are able. We believe that the Red Cross with its local, national and international re- sponsibilities and its solid foundation of humanitarian principles is one of the strongest forces for world peace and harmony in the world today. This Thursday evening when a can- vasser calls, you will have an oppor- tunity to donate to this work. By Val Baltkalns 'awe it draw& Parliament or playhouse The Parliament of Canada has suf- fered some grevous blows in the past two or three years. Right at the pres- ent time its prestige is undergoing the most degrading treatment one could imagine, as the smutty implications of a sex and security scandal are dragged back and forth across the floor of the House. The sponsors of this latest spate of charges must surely have been deep- ly impressed by the Jahn Prof umo case in Great Britain. It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. If, indeed some cabinet ministers have been injudicious in their social contacts and if they have endangered Canada's security, then by all means let's turn the facts over to the RCMP for full investigation. If those people are guilty let them suffer the same consequences as would be meted out to any other citizen — but for good- ness sake let's not waste the time and dignity of Canada's Parliament. The voting public has conceived a petition and our religious, edu- cational, and political institutions on the basis of co-operation. Our religious life has stressed a love that goes beyond self, our eco- nomic life has stressed a love confined to self". Msgr. Smythe reminds us that the Rochdale and A nt I go nish movements provide an alterna- tive to what he calls .(the low self-centred kind of economic ac- tivity'. "The jungle ethics need not prevail.—These movements refuted the claim that man was made for bestial fighting and must 'do' his neighbour or in- evitably be 'done'". He goes on "The R ochdale weavers who co-operated togeth- er in the economic sphere influ- enced the lives of 150 million people. In the Rochdale type of co- operation people have always had priority over profits. The Co- operative movement is one of the world's most widespread demo- cratic influences for the econo- mic and social emancipation of people everywhere. It combines social and economic ideals with sound business practice". He concludes: "Economic co- operatin is in harmony with t h e eternal verities and provides the world with a means of building an economic and social structure based on social justice. The world is seeking a way out of the morass of social conflict. Economic co- operation challenges the idea that there must always be a submerg- ed portion of the population which can never expect to have a decent level of livelihood. It proves what can be done when democratic peo- ple motivated by good will and a spirit of self help determine to reconstruct their lives without resorting to extreme ideologies or revolutionary means". Dr. Barbara Ward, one of the world's leading economists has said: "For the members of in- dividual national societies and the individual nations in the world family of nations, our very sur- vival and the advancement of civilization depends upon the sup- plantation of the economics of competition by the economics of co-operation and the economic machinery of individuals by the social machinery of co-opera- tion". I realize how idealistic this all sounds — but I also realize how absurd conflict is as a way of life in the nuclear age. I believe it is time this emphasis came into its own. It will involve change — it will involve a radical new way of looking at things. After all we have all been brought up to bow down before the god of individual- ism and competition and dog eat dog and let the devil take the hindmost. We have been conditioned to believe that in the world of eco- nomics the only principle that works is the principle of con- flict, competition, and dog eat dog. Nehru once pointed out the fal- lacy of this argument when he said; "We live in this world of conflicts and yet the world un- doubtedly goes on because of the co-operation of nations and in- dividuals. Little is known or little is said about this co-opera- tion. So the conflicts go on and we live on the verge of disaster. Perhaps it would be a truer pic- ture if the co-operative elements in the world today were put for- ward and we were made to think that the world depends on co- operation and not on conflict." Msgr. F. J. Smyth, Director of the Coady International Insti- tute in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, agrees and says: "What we must do is seek out and publicize the many ways in which people are working together harmoniously and fruitfully". He can speak with authority here because the Antigonish Co-operative move- ment is an exciting story. As he puts it: "There is a school of thought that claims competition is the law of life — especially in the market place where jungle ethics must pre- vail. Otherwise a man cannot survive in business". He reminds us that 60 years ago Lester Ward refuted the point of view that competition and conflict are necessarily and naturally good. An anthropolo- gist supported Ward and proved that even among animals co-op- eration is more important than competition. Montague who was that anthro- pologist went on to say: "Belief in false values, belief in com- petition instead of co-operation, in narrow selfish interests in- stead of altruism, in individual- ism instead of universalism, in the value of money instead of the value of men — all of these — put too great a strain on the adap- tive capacities of most men". The real problem as Dr. Bowen put it in "The Co-operative Road to Abundance" is that our fore- fathers developed our religious, educational and political institu- tions on the basis of co-operation instead of conflict but "they fail- ed to do so with our economic institutions. The result is that we have a great unfinished task which we must solve in the re- organization of our economic in- stitutions on the basis of co- operation". He concludes: "We cannot con- tinue to build our economic in- stitutions on the basis of com- Did you ever get talking with someone and talk yourself into something you had no intention of talking yourself into? I have and I did it again Sunday evening. Along with a lot of other peo- ple from Exeter I have been tak- ing an interest in the Centennial year and am looking forward to the wide number of events which are being planned. I even agreed to work with one of the commit- tees working on this which will assist the overall C ente nnial Committee which has been work- ing for the past several months. I should preface my remarks LETTERS THE EDITOR serious dustrust of the motives which have prompted the accusations. Most of us have a strong feeling that same of our members of Parliament are far more interested in discrediting their opponents than they are in good gov- ernment for the people of Canada. Already Canadians have been treat- ed to the sight of one former cabinet minister standing before television cameras to protest his guiltlessness, while wife and daughter waited to kiss him as soon as his speech was over in proof that they know Daddy didn't do it. Why, we wonder, was this display necessary on a national viewing net- work? It would have been more suit- able before a proper commission of in- quiry charged with responsibility for a decision as to his guilt. Parliamentary debate seems to have degenerated into successive rounds of mud-slinging, interspersed with billion-dollar schemes to spend money the public has not yet earned. (Wingham Advance-Times) Pity for the principal Where to put them? in the Exeter Growda Beard Con- test and will soon be sporting more than a two-days growth of beard. So far there is a prize of $25.00 for the best beard by 1967 and I am hopeful more prize money will be donated. I am sure there would be much more enthu- siasm if we could have a prize of, say $100. It might also be an in- centive for other wives to allow their husbands to grow a beard, money always seems to have an inducement along this line. Being a former beard sporter I could offer a little advice for would be candidates. The first is, don't attempt to kiss your wife for the first week or so as she will have a rash she will never forgive you for. The biggest temptation is of course to scratch and worry the beard, especially the first three or four weeks. This takes a great deal of de- termination but is a necessity. A little digging will irritate the face so much you will say the deuce with the whole effort and shave it off before it has a good start. It takes a certain amount of intestinal fortitude to wear a beard as well. Especially during the first week or two you will find every person you know making wise cracks. I have had people — Please turn to page 5 with the statement that my wife likes me to have a beard. I grew one for her a couple of years ago and ever since then she has been attempting to get me to grow another. And therein lies the story. We were kicking around a few thoughts with a couple of friends Sunday evening and of course two subjects were bound to enter the conversation. One is the famous (or infamous) Gerda Mudslinger case which has been before the eyes of the world for the past week or two, and the other was the centennial projects which are being planned by various or- ganizations. Someone suggested there must be some way to connect the two events and capitalize' on the pub- licity the name has received. We finally came up with the idea that Exeter should have a "Growda Beard" contest for the Centennial. You've got to admit there isn't too much connection between those two names and possibly it is just as well but the suggestion of a beard growing contest de- finitely does have merit. I believe that with co-operation the town could take on a centennial atmos- phere in 1967 with beards being the style and even a trend back closer to the old style clothes at least for special events. As the clothes can be changed for the occasion and the beard is a semi-permanent fixture it would seem that an early start would be advisable. And along with this line of thought two of us have agreed to be the starters Every now and then the case comes up of some group which wants parking provided by its employer. No- tably, this happens in connection with public employees. This raises howls about parking at public expense. But our sympathies are with those who, in this day when the automobile has crowded out public transportation, must find a place to put the things when they get where they are employed. At every move one makes with that essential machine, he has to pay excessive toll to somebody. Motor ye- hides are treated like liquor and to- bacco for tax purposes, as though they were luxuries, and the plutocrats who own them should be taxed to the hilt. Well, let it be said that the cost of owning and operating a vehicle is al- ready too high. And those who drive are doing it because they must, in most cases. The final insult is to have no place to put the thing without handing over tribute to some Caesar. So let those who can push for places to park. Until folding automobiles are made, which can be carried in the pocket, this is the least they can expect. (The Trentonian) Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Vte tiefeaimes-Abuocafe 15 YEARS AGO Mr. W. G. Medd, who has been spending the winter in London, attended a meeting of the Kum- joinus class of MainStreet United Church Monday night and gave an address. He spent the night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pearce and died in his sleep. He was elected to the On- tario Legislature in 1929. V. C. French, a former em- ployee of the Exeter Times, founded the Wetaskiwin Times in 1901, a 50th anniversary of that paper reveals. With the passing of Miss Ida Carling, 86, the last link of a pioneer family whose history has been closely related with Exeter, has been severed. 50 YEARS AGO The minstrel show, "Black and White" was well attended Wed- nesday evening. The roles were taken by B.W.E. Beavers as in- terlocutor and W. Martin, W. Statham, L. Wilson, E. Southcott, T. Nelson and F. Wells as "blacks". Will Davis has taken a position on the Advocate staff to learn printing. A number of people from Cre- diton East gathered at the Town Hall, Exeter, Thursday afternoon to present wrist watches to three members of the 161st battalion who came from their village: Garnet Rau, Earl Redden and Gordon Appleton. SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., CLASS A and ABC Publishers: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott Editor: Kenneth Kerr Advertising Manager: Val Baltkains Phone 235-1331 you walked past her room and saw two boys hanging out the win- dow. Investigation revealed Miss Muffett hanging upside down, a boy holding each leg. They were testing the wind velocity, they explained, using her hair a s a weather-vane. Monday morning, you heard that the director of your Techni- cal department was in hospital with third-degree burns, after trying to change a fuse at hme. The head of your Maths de- partment, old Gwillimbury, re- fuses to teach the New Mathe- matics, or have anything to do with it, because "It's a lot of nonsense." And on top of this, there are four teachers you'd dearly love to fire because of incompetence, emotionalism, idealism, being too fat or plain laziness. So you have two resignations, but you might wind up with 42 What to do? If you leave it too late, all the other principals, like so many dogs after a bone, are in there first, and you wind up with a collection of clots. If you jump too early, and start hiring teachers right and left, nobody will resign and you'll wind up with 12 more teachers than the Board will pay for. And no job yourself. As a result, quite a few prin- cipals these days are treading the thin line of lunacy. They start at shadows. They quail when they see a teacher looking surly. They stare with unconcealed horror at Mrs. McGillicuddy's swelling waistline. They flinch when a teacher knocks at their door. They pour oil on troubled waters, turn their backs and find that somebody has tossed a match into the mixture. Hard luck, chaps; and good hunting. Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dep't, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Sir: In discussing road financing, no mention was made by me of development roads, of which, ex- cept for land purchase, the high- ways department assumes the en- tire capital cost. In the fiscal year under discussion, 1964-5, the department's capital expen- diture on development roads was $14,368,22'7, or nearly 7% of total capital outlay. Stratford district was fifth highest with its share, at $957,000. In that fiscal year the development road from Sea- forth to Highway 86, costing more than $1,000,000, was completed. In the current fiscal year a con- tract was completed for grading, granular base and structures on the Crediton-Khiva ten miles, at $379,775. Huron earlier got a development road on county road 25, and in fact has done very well. But when it is argued that "the money is there, and we might as well have it," an exception must be noted. The money is not all there even when all taxes are col- lected. Actually, the revenue from gasoline and fuel taxes and license fees should cover all highway ex- penditure, ordinary and capital, but much is diverted. To make good its capital commitments in 1964-5 the government borrowed $68,725,999. It has been borrow- ing like sums annually, on highway account mainly, so that interest and sinking funds now require $164,835,000. Some motor ve- hicle revenue may be applied to that, but it could not begin to take care of it. Roads being for the general good, not exclusively for motorists, it may be con- tended that retail sales tax, in- come tax, etc., should help ser- vice the highway devt. It may well be so argued, because that is the way it is. Subsidies mentioned a week ago are based, of course, upon var- ious categories of work approved by the department for subsidy. That should be well understood by everyone interested, but County Engineer Britnell says he thinks it is not, and ought to have been spelled out in any dis- cussion of this subject. Subsidies worked out per capita do reflect in a general way the amount a municipality taxes Its people for roads ), in expectation of Collecting from the province a substantial share, The latter, howeve r, comes from our provincial taxes, soon to be increased, except for what IS borrowed, and on that we must pay interest. At no level of government can legislation re= yoke the rule that you Can't get something for nothing. W.E. Elliott Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1965, 4,208 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: danadto $4.00 Per Year; USA $5.00 25 YEARS AGO The trestle work for Exeter's new bridge is now complete. The contractors are ready to pour the cement flooring. Speculation is again to the fore as to whether or not the location between Centralia and Crediton is to be selected for the new Air Force gunnery and bombing school to be established in Huron County. The land surveyed last summer for it comprised 1,000 acres and included the farms of Chas. Isaac, Mrs. Hodgins, Lloyd Hodgson and the Robinson farm on Con. 3 and of Louth Davey, Sandy White, Jack Edward$ and the Ileaman farm On Con. 4. The old board walk north of the Exeter bridge is soon to dis- appear. 10 YEARS AGO Fred Wells, Exeter Legion's best poppy seller, received a certificate of merit for outstand- ing service to the branch in a special ceremony last week. The 83-year-old five foot two-inch veteran of World War I has spent many hours in Legion work since its beginning 25 years ago. amns student Connie Ostland won second prize in the provincial lyric verse-speaking competition at the Ontario Education Associa- tion in Toronto. Over 500 entries have been re- ceived for competition in the South Huron Festival. It is a three-day festival sponsored by Huronia Male Chorus. This a time of year — one of a very few — when I feel deeply sorry for high school principals. It's the time when they have to start bidding on livestock, in the form of teachers, for next fall. Let's put you, gentle reader, into the boots of one of these sterling chaps for a few minutes. And let's say you have a staff of 60 at the moment. And let's say you don't know whether you're going to have 1,200 or 1,400 students next September. Oh, well, so far, only two people have officially resigned. Any clod could hire two teachers. Unless of course, those extra 200 kids show up, which means two o r three more. Even so, nothing to it. Ah, but tarry a moment. You know perfectly well that one, possibly two of your teachers, preferably from among the mar- ried ladies on the staff, will be- come pregnant. You are fully aware that Made- moiselle Tartuffe, of the French department, had an unfortunate affair with young Jablonski, the basketball coach, and that one of them will be leaving. The grapevine has informed you that Mrs. Billings, the old faithful in the History depart- ment has been hitting the grape pretty regularly since her hus- band ran off with the waitress. Everyone knows the English department is rife with strife. Since the unfortunate demise of Mr. Wiley, the department head, in February, of cirrhosis of the liver, four of the English teach- ers, all equally qualified, have been gunning for the position. No matter which gets it, all the others will quit in dudgeon. You have just heard that your Home Economics teacher, the one in charge of teaching girls to cook, planned the menu for the monthly meeting of the Unfulfilled Wives Club. And everybody came down with food poisoning. One of your junior science teachers has just blown up $850 worth of equipment and two stu- dents, during an experiment which completely justified your opinion of his knowledge of the subject, Little Miss Muffett, the geo- graphy teacher just out of college is having discipline problems. You have discovered this when Here's a quotation from the Bible (Nahum, 11-4, about 607 TIC.) that has a very modern application. "The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways; they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings,"