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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-10-07, Page 4.1111111111111111111111111111 1.101111111.11111.1.111111.01111111161 1111k. A New Service To Our Subscribers Thankvioing • The Times Advocate can now offer it's subscribers the opportunity to Save money on the purchase of art Tun svivin in the spirit of our forefathers, let us all "Ivo thanks ENCYCI-OPEPIA We can offer The Lincoln Library of Essential Information at a. much more attractive price than a multi.volume encyclopedia. And we can show you a list of some 19 schools in Huron that use the Lincoln, making it no stranger to the students in your home. Librarians, too, say that because of its more moderate cost, its high quality, its conciseness and ease of use it is ideal for the home or office. By buying through the T.A, a publishing firm, thp high cost of distributing these 4 million word reference volumes is eliminated resulting in a saving to you. Please feel free to come in and examine it '62" without obligation, of course, A Bonus for You As en Introductory oiler we will gwe you your choice of one Of these three recommended publications at no additional cost accept the as cent postage, World Atlas, Funk & Wegnalls Standard Encylopedic Dictionary or Medical ant Heel t h Encyclopedia 0 k GQ \+('' TA EXETER 0V‘ scornful rejoinders from a skeptical younger generation that has only contempt for the architects of this present world of poverty, injustice, pollution and war. Nevertheless, Thanksgiving continues in the autumn calendar, though admittedly degenerated into one of those "long weekends" featuring sports' spectaculars and gloomy estimates of the numbers likely to die in traffic accidents - forecasts often exceeded by the facts. In fact, Thanksgiving can only be explained and justified on its original terms, that fact that on his emergence as a perceptive thinking being, Man found himself on a fair, green planet of clean air, pure water and fertile soil, well meriting his gratitude to whatever power or process put him there. - Contributed A celebration closing the harvest season, when "all is safely gathered in," traces back to earliest recorded history. Ceremonies under priestly auspices featured sacrifices to the deity or deities worshipped at the times and places involved, Despite moving ever farther from the agriculture-based economy in which the farmer saw plainly more than his own efforts involved in producing a good crop; despite increasing secularization and fading belief in supernatural powers to which we owe our blessings, we still retain a dim instinct that at Thanksgiving we acknowledge a debt of gratitude, though we are far from certain to whom. On the purely humanistic side, an assertion that we are acknowledging our interdependence on each other, or giving due thanks to those from whom we have received gifts or favors is apt to meet It's a day for thankfulness. It's a time for quiet remembrance of good things shared through- out the year. It's a happy day. We give thanks. Political oatbaii The fate of the facilities at CFB Clinton is still very much up in the air, and unfortunately it is turning into a bit of a political football. An editorial in the Liberal-oriented Seaforth Expositor last week was critical of the fact the Ontario government had not moved in qUickly to take over the base and put it to use as it has done in other parts of Ontario. It even suggested the future of the Clinton base "could be solved in minutes" if Ontario made good on its assurance of establishing a Conestoga College satellite in Huron and decided to use CFB Clinton for this purpose. Failing that, the newspaper sees nothing wrong with moving the department of agriculture out of its high-priced headquarters in downtown Toronto and into Clinton. While the Liberals in Ottawa may only take a few minutes to come up with their decision to close down the two CFB bases in Huron and toss hundreds of people out of work and drain the economy, it is unreasonable to assume the provincial government should be solely charged with filling the void. If the base is, in fact, suitable for Not , as bad as some say? the headquarters of the department of agriculture, why not let the federal department move their operations to Huron! Or, if we want to use the base for educational purposes, let the Canada Manpower people use it, rather than Conestoga College. Obviously, the entire base is much too large for the latter to consider in whole anyway. But enough of this silly political bickering, with the pots calling the kettles black. What is needed now is some co-operation between the various levels of government, and not name-calling. Hopefully, a buyer who can put the base to practical use will be fated when bids are accepted next week. Failing that, the federal, provincial and county governments should sit down and see how each could combine efforts to find tenants to keep the facilities active. A few light industries, a satellite of Conestoga College, a year-round recreational training school, a retraining school for Canada Manpower, etc., etc. could just do the trick. The consumerists said the mercury came from industrial wastes, when it was obvious to marine scientists that it came from natural deposits in the food eaten by fish. Fish caught 44 .years ago in a remote lake in the Adirondacks - scores of miles from the nearest factory - con- tained twice as much mercury as any fish processed this year. "Let us also tell the truth about those animals that are becoming extinct, Our factories aren't to blame. Some one hundred million different species of animals have become extinct since the world began. And mankind, with or without factories, wasn't even around most of that time, This weekend will mark the annual rite of Thanksgiving, and judging from the comments about our sorry state of affairs, some people may wonder just what they have for which to give thanks. On all sides, we hear about pollution and the destruction of our environment, and the • dark and dismal predictions of what life may be come the turn of the next century - if in fact we will save the earth to allow' inhabitants at all, Well, the "other side" of the picture was recently deposited on our desk and this is a good week to publish it. You may not agree with all the things stated, but at least it may give some indication that there is- hope for us. The comments are from a recent speech to the National Association of Manufacturers by Thomas R. Shepherd Jr., publisher of Look Magazine. The fact Look has been forced to cease publication may temper your thoughts some, but in his address, he took dead aim at what he termed the "alarmist talk about the environment." Here are some of his com- ments: "Let's show the public, for example, that there is no truth whatsoever to the charge that we are running low on oxygen as a result of fuel-burning industry. The National Science Foundation recently collected air samples at 78 sites around the world and discovered that the amount of oxygen in the air - 29.5 percent - is precisely the same today as it was in 1910. "Then there are those lies about the increases in air pollution. The truth is that pollutants have been decreasing in just about every major city for as long as records have been kept. What's more, all evidence suggests that urban air is significantly cleaner today than it was 100 years ago, when homes and factories burned soft coal and the smog was so thick you Could make soup out of it. "And let's clear up that con- fusion about water pollution. Sure, some of our lakes and rivers are not as pretty as they used to be, but our drinking water is the safest in the world. Back in the days when our rivers were a delight to the eye, they were also a source of the worst typhoid and yellow fever epidemics the world has ever seen. Just one of those epidemics in 1873, killed 20 percent of the population of Philadelphia. We've come a long way in water purification, and we are even making progress Cosmetically. "Let us also identify as blatant falsehoods those accusations about the mercury in tuna fish, Animals come and animals go as Darwin noted and we might conjecture that if our early an- cestors had been as silly as we are about trying to save animals f'r'om extinction, we might be up to our eyeballs in dodo birds and saber-tooth tigers. "Let us advise people to stop believing that consumerist malarkey about pesticides. Like DDT, for example. By killing insects responsible for such diseases 'as malaria 'and by making possible bumper food crops, DDT has saved the lives of hundreds of millions of human — Please turn to page 5 Thursday, Oct. 14 EXETER - By Exeter Lions Club HURON PARK - By Exeter Lions Club CENTRALIA - Ray Shoebottom and helpers DASHWOOD Mrs. Hugh Boyle and helpers CREDITON - Mrs. Ruth Eveland and helpers Relief from tedious news really means, "You're pulling my leg." Try to explain that to somebody learning English. Why would anybody, except perhaps a chiropracter, want to pull anyone's leg? "You're putting me down" means you are squelching the speaker. "You put me off" means that the person addressed is displeasing to you. "Will you put me up?" means you want a free place to sleep. "You're always cutting me up" means that you are criticising the speaker, and is a favourite among teenagers. "Cut me off" refers to anything from a con- versation to an allowance, "I really cut him down" means that you reduced somebody, either verbally or physically, to your own pigmy proportions, and is usually a prevarication. Or even a lie. The Yanks got in there first with "wise." You take a noun, add "wise" to it, and you have a hermaphrodyte. Can you see the tortured visage of a foreigner, who has learned to speak im- pecable English, having to cope with something like, "Sales-wise, he's on the ball, but experience- wise, he's just not with it?" And I wonder how the Department of Transport words its advertisements when it is seeking the services of keepers of lighthouses. Who responds if the ONTARIO FORM MI NOTICE OF HOLDING AN ADVANCE POLL was chosen from 15 contestants and received nearly 40 prizes. Several hundred visitors saw demonstrations of modern printing machinery during The Times-Advocate's open house Saturday night. The event was held in celebration of National Weekly Newspaper Week. Thirteen-year-old Leslie Riley, pupil of SS 7, Hibbert officially captured his fifth consecutive championship of Hensall School Fair Friday night, Mrs. Harold Knight was in- stalled as president of Hensall Kinette Club when Charter Night was held at the Commercial Hotel, Hensall, Tuesday October 9. Donald Pullen, RR 1, Granton who, last week, won two awardi at the Kirkton 4-H beef calf show, was a major winner at the Western Ontario 4-H cham- pionship show in London, Saturday. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF 50 YEARS AGO The laying of the cornerstone for the new Methodist Church at Centralia was witnessed, by over 500 people. It took place two months after the burning of the old church. After the service the ladies served a fowl supper in the church shed. Kirkton Fair was held Monday. The attendance was not as large owing to the rain but the showing in all classes was very good. Messrs Harvey and Harvey, grocers, have purchased the store, premises and dwelling in connection, owned by the Misses Gould. Representatives of South Huron churches met in Hensall to discuss the practicability of sending a carload of foodstuffs to the dried out areas in Saskat- chewan. A truck loaded with sugar beets was demolished at Centralia by a north bound freight train. Albert Dickens, the owner, and Harry Tharr scrambled to safety when they saw the train approaching. HURON It is quite an ordeal reading the headlines these days. President Nixon's surcharge has thrown the financial world into a panic of sorts. Telephone rates are up and rail fares are going up. Everybody and his brother is either on strike or threatening to strike. More than one out of every ten members of the work force 24 and under is jobless. The government has proved totally incapable of both halting inflation and increasing em-. ployment. Welfare costs are soaring. -Plants are shutting down. In a boom or bust economic cycle, we certainly don't seem to be headed for a boom. A friend of mine who came to Canada from Germany told me frankly, "In the 18 years I have been in Canada, for the first time I am scared." John Bassett, financier, wheeler-dealer, and imperious owner of the Toronto Telegram, gave the city a rude shock when he announced brusquely that the 95-year-old paper would cease publication because it was losing large sums of money. And there went 1200 jobs. That leaves Toronto, with a population creeping up on the two-million mark, with only two papers. Ottawa, an infant comparatively, has two dailies. Is there something rotten in Denmark? Now don't feel sorry for Mr. Bassett. You won't find him on NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A POLL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING THE BALLOTS OF VOTERS WHO EXPECT ON THE DAY FIXED FOR POLLING, TO BE ABSENT FROM AND UNABLE TO VOTE IN THE POLLING SUBDIVISIONS FOR WHICH THEIR NAMES APPEAR ON THE LISTS, WILL BE OPEN ON, the welfare rolls for a bit yet, even though the Tely was losing over half a million a year. He owns Toronto ArgonautS and has extensive holdings in an audio- visual empire, plus only he and God know what else. But I feel a little guilty when I think of the Telegram going on the rocks. Until just over a year ago, the Telegram Syndicate distributed my column. Then I switched to another syndicate. Is it possible that merely one rat leaving can sink a ship? I lie awake and worry about this at nights. For about 28 seconds. I find that the only way to escape from this pall of gloom and doom is to concentrate on- something just as silly as the bickering, whining, recalcitrant, salty, exuberant human race. One of the silliest things in the world is the English language. But it's also fascinating. Especially the slang, which changes almost from day to day. I'm not much interested in the thousands of new words added to the 'language every year by science, but I have a morbid interest in the abortions that creep into daily usage. Younger readers may stop here. Their elders, those who have a stomach for it, may continue. For example, you take a verb such as "to put," generally meaning to place. Then you toss in a preposition and you have a whole new vocabulary. "You're putting me on." That OiREMONMEINAMMUSSMNOMMOMMESNAMMOVORMIASC Ti;::. Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 SATURDAY AND MONDAY THE 16th AND 111th OF OCTOBER, 1971 FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 9 P.M. AND ON EACH OF THE TWO DAYS AT GODERICH Mrs. Joseph McNevin's ON Residence 198 CAMER STRET EXETER Town Hall , SEAFORTH Town Hall CLINTON Town Hall SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten Advertising Manager Phone 235.1331 THE BALLOT BOX OR BOXES WILL BE OPENED At THE SAID PLACES AND THE VOTES COUNTED AT $ P.M: ON THE TWENTY.FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, ISTI DATED AT SEAFORTH, THIS 27th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, WI. J1014014 RETURNINO '0410E.R, ONtARIO ad simply says, "WANTED - LIGHTHOUSEKEEPERS?" Is the Department swamped with applications front lazy women who want to do only light housekeeping, no scrubbing? Or does it get buckets of mail from little, skinny guys who don't mind a bit Of housekeeping on the side? Fair boggles the mind, Next time you're troubled by the headlines, find something silly, and save your sanity. 74-ar---.-01F --tertr--------.. - — -0.4.-...--#. .....___.m......,,,.... ,=.•,--ammiliv==zilimer. , ililieliiiiii Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1970, 4,675 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: -Canada $6,00 Per Years USA $8.00 ei=e2r4TANSTS4 ,-....267..,kai;AR,P,,...,. ... -,...11422"•0 Irrra&c.,,,,,,ffeSSZ" 1 1 10 YEARS AGO Carol McLeod, 17 of RCAF Station Centralia, won the Kin- smen crown over" five other contestants at the Harvest Jamboree Friday night which attracted a record crowd of 1,200. Thanksgiving Day this year carried an extra special significance for the congregation of Bethel Reformed Church as they witnessed the laying of the corner stone for their impressive neW $40,000 church on Huron Street. Rev. A. E. Holley preached his farewell Sermon in Grand Bend and Greenway United Churches prior to leaving to take over pastoral duties in Highland Road United Church, Xitcherier. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Thomson, William St. celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary Tuesday with a turkey dinner at the home of their daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Willis. Bob Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. L, Becker, and Paul Turnbull, son of Mr, and Mrs Fergus Turnbull, represented SIMS at the International Plowing Match in Belleville Saturday and placed fifth in the school boW 'competition, The 17- year-old youths were plowing in competition for only the second lime. 25 YEARS AGO Gross receipts were over $4000 at the ninth annual Lions Club frolic held in the arena Wed- nesday and Thursday nights. The highlight of the week was the banquet Tuesday evening in the James Street United Church rooms celebrating the 75th an- niversary of the founding of the IOOF in Exeter. Garnet Hicks past DDGM presided. With the lack of rainfall many of the wells in the district have gone dry and farmers are drawing water for several miles to supply their stock, The shingling of the roof of the new Pentecostal Tabernacle has been completed this week. The construction MS gone ahead fast. HurOn County will he the mecca for thousands of visitors next week as the International Plowing match will be held at Port Albert Airport from Tuesday to Friday. lion. James G, Gardiner, federal minister of agriculture will be the speaker at the Friday night banquet, 15 Y EARS AGO Pearla Hern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Hern, Woodham was crowned queen of Exeter KinSmen's second annual Har- vest jamboree Friday night. She