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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-10-05, Page 4this Sunday, Wednesday 'afternoon and during the evening throughout She week, f4";',00,••• zN:*•4;,:4 0,0t Call Exeter's ELECTION CENTRAL For Voting Day Information, 'V Is your name on the voters' list? V Where do you vote? V When are the polls open? or For Transportation to the Polls, call 235-1951 GET OUT AND VO -U - LET'S MAKE IT A BIG MAJORITY FOR CHARLIE Published by Huron Progressive Conservative Association TO CENTRAL HURON SECONDARY SCHOOL EVENING CLASSES, CLINTON, ONTARIO. I am interested in attending evening school next Oct. and hope to register in the following subjects, SUBJECT (s) NAME . ADDRESS TELEPHONE ono issitmatishis No, Clinton District Collegiate Institute Board and its Advisory Vocational Committee offer adult NIGHT CLASSES each Tues. and Thurs. commencing 7:30 p.m., 17 Oct, 19 Oct., in the following subjects providing sufficient enrollment is received in each course and instructors are available. Registration will be by coupon below and fees collected at7:30 p.m. Tues. 17 Oct. and Thurs. 19 Oct. Fees shall be$5.00 for Business and Recreational courses, $10.00 for each Academic Course, $15,00 for Technical courses. Materials will be provided for Business/Technical subjects. An additional $1.00 will be charged each person for insurance coverage while on board the premises in accordance with board policy. Other courses may be made available should there be sufficient demand. In order that the board may have an indication of interest in the subjects being offered, please register now using the coupon. Business/Recreational Tues. 7:30 - 9:30 Typewriting Sewing — Basic Oil Painting Bridge Technical 7:30 - 9:30 Thurs. 3ookkeeping Sewing — Advanced Millinery Rug Hook ing Welding drafting — Basics General Carpentry Auto Servicing drafting — Advanced Academic 7:30 -. 10:30 Mathematics 11 History 13 Physics 11 English 72 English 13 Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Vie tieferZinies-Usorafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Publishers: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott Editor: Bill Batten Advertising Managers Howie Wright Phone 235-1331 • 4111111111111111111111123111111k 40aosikm Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid in Advance Circulation, March 31, 1967, 4,379 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $5.00 Per Year; USA $7.00 1., .Centralia on the move The Centralia Industrial Park is on the move! We're certain all area residents were cheered by the announcement last week from the Hon. C. S. IVIacNaughton that an enterprising English firm had decided to settle at the former air base and that negotiations with other come miles are proceeding well. For some months now, the skeptics have been looking upon the announce- ments of negotiations with the attitude it was merely some political football. Now those attitudes have been com- pletely quashed and there is every in- dication the predictions about Cen- tralia's potential can be fulfilled. The most interesting—and also the most reassuring—aspect of the work of the Ontario Development Corporation is the care and deep thought which has been shown in their plans to en- tice industry to Centralia. This is a pilot project for them and they're taking every precaution to make certain, as much as humanly possible, that the firms coming to Centralia are successful industries. We have it on good authority that some firms have indicated a desire to settle there but have been discouraged because of certain questionable aspects of their operation. There will be no "fly-by-night" in- dustries at Centralia. The ODC also took painstaking care that the first industry at Centralia would be of the type that would attract other "neighbors" and this is apparent- ly the opinion in which Technical Mar- keting Associates is held. That alone provides the company with impressive credentials and certain- ly we welcome them into the area, The number of area residents who could conceivably find employment with the firm is not known, but pre- sumably there would be openings for some. On the other hand, the nature of the firm's work would suggest they require some highly skilled personnel and certainly this type of person would be most welcome in the community. There is no question that profes- sional and technical jobs will open up as industries move into Centralia, and it may provide an opportunity for some of our former residents to return to the area if they so desire. The thought occurred to us that if you have a son, daughter, brother or other relation or friend who would like to move back to the area if there was an opportunity for their type of work at any industry at Centralia, they should register with the Canada Man- power Centre in Goderich. Obviously, there is no idea of what type of jobs may be available in the future, but certainly a list of potential employees would be of great use to in- dustries and to the ODC in pointing out what type of persons are available for work. There's gold in them thar hills Area residents may not find any gold when they visit the Confederation Caravan in Exeter, Tuesday, but they'll certainly find a treasure of Canada's history. Here a visitor tweaks the moustache of life-like mannequin, a city slicker crouching on a gold-rush river bank, panning for his fortune. It's one of the hundreds of life-like displays of the history of this nation and will be open to the public from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. It's all free. You have no greater legacy Has it's interesting moments Development of new operations and techniques in the medical world have been literally fantastic in recent years, and many persons right in our own community are "living proof" of some of these life-prolonging advances. Visitors to Expo this year had an opportunity to see a display of some of these medical wonders, and one of the most interesting was that of a dummy composed of all the mechanical com- ponents which doctors can now use to replace defective or lost parts of the human body. The display showed that only a few parts of our body can not be replaced. One of the most encouraging ad- vances made is in the ability of eye specialists to take cornea from the eye of a deceased person and. transplant it in the eye of a blind person and give that person sight again. Those of us with good eyesight have no doubt thought of the terrible handicap of the blind. However, it is doubtful if we can really imagine what it must be to go through life without the ability to see. Sight is obviously one of the great- est gifts we have. Now, through the generosity of the Exeter Lions and the assistance of area doctors and South Huron Hospital, resi- dents of this area have an opportunity to share that gift with someone who is blind. Physically, it is the easiest and cheapest gift we could possibly give. It can be given after we die and have no further use for our eyes. The Lions have donated a special container to the hospital in which the eyes of a deceased person may be ship- ped to The Eye Bank of Canada and details of what is involved are con- tained elsewhere in this paper. We'll only repeat the main fact that the re- moval of the eye in no way disfigures the corpse and mourners will never know that the eyes are missing. We are not going to suggest every resident in this community sign a pledge to have his eyes donated to The Eye Bank. Obviously, this is a very per- sonal matter. All we ask is that every resident read carefuly the report of a talk given the Lions by Jack 'Clements, district field secretary for the CNIB, regarding this great legacy. Take a look about you and con- sider once again the plight of one who is blind and think about the satisfac- tion you would derive from being able to give some person the gift of sight when you no longer have any need for your eyes. If you would then wish to sign a pledge — and there are undoubtedly many in this community who would — see a member of the Exeter Lions for information as to where you can get a pledge card. You may also write to the CNIB at Tweedsmuir Hall, London. As stated, this is a personal gift, but we know of no other which can equal it. In newspaper work, we attend a variety of meetings through- out the year, and generally speak- ing, most of them are usually quite interesting. However, last week we prob- ably reached new heights in this regard. On Monday we had the privil- ege of chairing a panel discus- sion on funerals at the James Street United Church AOTS club; Thursday we accepted an invi- tation from Larry Snider to attend the Lions meeting when the removal of eyes from de- ceased persons was on the agenda; and we concluded the busy schedule with a double- header on Friday night, with a discussion of such things as the keeping of horse manure with the Saddle Club and then we headed for the Exeter Arena to chaperone the Teen Town dance with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Chaffe. So, if you are one of those who have come to the conclusion you have a dull job, perhaps you should consider becoming a journalist. All four of these spec- ial meetings were extremely in- teresting, and we probably learn- ed as much in the week as we did in one year during our school life, although that doesn't really say as much about the meetings as it would indicate. Sitting on the panel for the discussion on funerals were Bob Fletcher, Bob Dinney and Rev, S. E. Lewis and they were answering questions fired their way by Carf Cann and Gerald Godbolt. There's been a considerable Not so simple with Momma "My brain is rusty. I'll never make it. They've probably lost my files. There'll be a rule re- fusing people over 30. The course is most likely a lot harder now. I'll feel like a fool with all those kinds in mini-skirts and eye- shadow." And so on. You patiently point out that: rust can be removed; any half- wit can pass fourth year; uni- versities never lose anything, except the letter you wrote them last week; she's more mature and the course will be a snap; she's better looking now than she was in third year, away back. Thus bolstered, she sends off the application. Nothing happens. Fear and frustration mount. So father has to write a letter in his inimitable style, with force arid firmness. Straight back comes the good word. This is the real crisis. She can't believe it She's accepted, It's no longer castles in Spain. And the real panic begins. "It's ridiculous. I can't leave you and Kim alone. You'll burn the house down. You'll forget to put out the garbage. You'll die of malnutrition. We can't afford it. You can't get along without me," And so on. This, of course, is rank cow- ardice. She simply is afraid to get her feet wet in the big, cold world from which, like all housewives, she has been shel- tered all these years by guess who. So she goes to visit her mother for three days, as a sort of trial run. Comes home and is a bit dashed to find the house still 15 YEARS AGO Mrs. Hilton Laing has been appointed librarian of the Ex- eter Public Library to replace Mrs. J, D. Smith who has re- signed. A second year of night school classes will begin Thursday, No- vember 13. Principal of the high school, H. L. Sturgis, was elected chairman of the night school executive, Norma Wilson is sec- retary and Jack Doerr, treas- urer. Lor n e Ballantyne and Bob Wildfong, two South Huron plow- boys, are in Ottawa practicing for the International Meet, Both won at the South Huron Meet Saturday. 50 YEARS AGO Mr. J, A. Stewart this week sold his house on Main Street occupied by Mr. N. Sheere to Mrs. Gambrill who gets pos- session in a month. The new three cent Canadian postage stamp is now in circu- lation, The stamp is an engraved reproduction of Harris' well- known painting of the Fathers of Confederation. Squire—Morley - At Whalen on October 6 Edgar V. Squire to Miss Verda May Morley, daugh- ter of Mr, and Mrs. John Morley all of Blanshard. Miss Mary A. Tom left Monday for Toledo, where she intends spending several months with her brother, Mr. Frank Tom. If you think it's tough trying to get a son or daughter ready for college, cooled out, and set- tled in, you should try it with a wife, who hasn't been there for 20 years. It's an exhausting experience, emotionally and financially. All the kids want is that you should take all their stuff down, help unload it, press a large sum upon them, and disappear back to Hicksville, so you'll stop em- barrassing them in front of their new class-mates. With Momma it's not that simple. First comes the trem- endous decision itself, compar- able to Moses making up his mind to lead the "Children" back to the Promised Land. There are surges of confidence, but they are outweighed by sudden des- pairs. NUM ;.a 4Vr*-7174'411MMNIUMMaltrANS. amount written and said about our funeral customs in the past few years, and the three men involved with them helped provide a few answers to the AOTS mem- bers and their wives which proved most educational. For instance, the disposal (for want of a better word) of a human body is not quite as easy as some people would think. There are very strict laws, and it isn't an easy chore to get buried under your favorite back-yard tree if you so desire. Approval must be received from health officials and we gathered this is rather difficult. Perhaps the most interesting point made during the panel dis- cussion was that one of the main reasons for holding funerals under our present custom is to bring a sense of realization to the survivors that death has actually come to one of their loved ones. One of the local funeral dir- ectors quoted a specialist in psychology as stating it was im- portant that survivors realize fully that death has occurred. It was explained many people do not want to accept this fact, and this can lead to great psycho- logical difficulties later on. Therefore, by viewing the body in a casket for three days or so and having friends and neighbors come to express their condol- ences, people are helped to realize that death has occurred. The matter of funeral costs was naturally broached, and the conclusion most people came to is that people are no different in death than they are in life. They still want "to keep up to the Joneses" and request services that they possibly can't afford. The funeral directors pointed out their profits were no higher than those of any other business- man. Rev. Lewis had some com- pliments for the local men when he pointed out they were certainly more obliging and gave a more personal service than funeral directors in large cities. We came away with the impres- sion that even after death, a rural area is still a better place in which to be, especially when figures on the cost of funerals in some large cities were dis- closed. One point that was made at both the AOTS and Lions meet- ing, is the fact that after death you have no control over the disposition of your body, even if you have set down in writing some of your wishes. Naturally, most people would follow the wishes you have list- ed, but they are apparently not legally bound to do so. If you wish to donate your eyes to The Eye Bank of Can- ada (see editorial and news story) you may fill out a form to have that done, but it won't be done unless your next of kin agrees in writing after your death to permit it. The story of the Lions meet- ing has been fully reported else- where, but obviously just reading the plea by Jack Clements, dis- trict field secretary for the CNIB, — Please turn to page 5 25 YEARS AGO There are 180 women stationed at the new $1,500,000 SFTS at Centralia, referred to as the "last Word in flying schools." The first flying fatality at the Centralia airport, in future to be known as No. 9 SFTS Ex- eter, took plate Thursday morn- ing) October 1, when LAC John Jacob Birky, a student pilot from Valparaiso, Ind., died from in- juries received in a crash about 11 pm Wednesday evening. By order-in-council the Fed- eral Government has declared that only six statutory holidays should be observed by employers and employees for the duration of the war. Everything is in readiness for the Third Victory Loan opening On October 19, The County quota ha$ been set at $1,900,000. standing, garbage out on sched- ule, lawn cut, kitchen tidy and Kim and I living like Oriental poten- tates. She had to save face and go through with it, but not before trying one more gambit. It was impossible financially. There was no way we could manage it. Father points out that, with judicious borrowing, we can keep one of the family going to college. Since Hugh is no longer there, and in fact has a splendid job laying carpets, it might as well be she. This produces half a day's tears of mingled rage and grief over Hugh's quitting. It also produces a guilt com- plex. She vows that nobody has ever lived as cheaply at college as she will. She's going to pig it in a grubby little room. All she needs is a sleeping-hag, card table, hot-plate and elec- tric kettle. She'll walk miles to save car fare, hitch-hike home on Weekends. Hah! Have you tried to rent a cheap little room lately? Father took mother to the City, and while she registered at the college, poured an ale and pored over the classified ads. Best he could find was a room, share bath and kitchen, at $20 a week. It wasn't bad, But there was a stumbling-block, as usual. The other inmates were college girls, and the landlady had an iron rule that no men, except her own husband Were allowed inside the front door. She was inflexible. So was I. I'd planned to pad down with the old lady the odd weekend, saving the price of a hotel room. TO cut a long story to rib- bons, the shabby little room first suggested has grown into an apartment, furnished, And Wouldn't tell My closest friend, let alone my banker, what the rent is. 10 YEARS AGO Kirkton Fall Fair staged on a new day this year attracted a crowd of 1,200 who witnessed competitions in perfect fall Weather Wednesday. The date was changed from Friday to Wed- nesday to attract larger crowds from urban centres. Canning of sauerkraut began at the branch factory of Can- adian Canners Ltd., Monday. Students responsible for the publication of SHDHS Ink Spot this year ate Donna Oesch, lit- erary editor; Paul Wilson, ed- itor; Allison Clarke, assistant editor; Peter KuZmick, circul- ation; Pat Cann, production; Nel- son McClinchey and Heather MacNaughton, reporters; Doug Wein ) sports editor; Eleanor Hodgins, social editor, Contract for construction of the nurses' residence for South Huron Hospital has been let to C. A. McDoWell ) Centralia.