The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-10-14, Page 4'TODAY'S CHILD
Martin is a handsome boy,
very tall for his two years and
four months. He is a child of
mixed race.— black and white —
and he has fair skin, light-brown
soft curls, and brown
almond-shaped eyes.
He is the kind usually
described as all-boy. He is
happy, active, rambunctious and
very determin,ed. He is built like
an athlete and is well
co-ordinated, running and
climbing and riding his tricycle
with skill.
Martin is very inquisitive,
wanting to see what's behind or
inside everything he sees. He
isn't much interested in
television, but does like music.
He's a good eater and makes no
fuss about going to bed.
This sturdy young fellow
needs parents who will enjoy his
liveliness and will provide
stimulation without pressure for
academic achievement. To
inquire about adopting Martin,
please write to Today's Child,
Department of Social and
Family Services, Parliament
Buildings, Toronto 182. For
general adoption information,
ask your Children's Aid Society.
BY HELEN ALLEN
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SERVICE Keeps
Don Cowan busy
Don Cowan started selling BP
home heating and farm fuels
within a 15-mile radius of Exeter.
Huron County, early last Fall.
Now, only one year later, more
than 300 homes and farms in the
area rely on Don throughout the
year to deliver oil and gas, service
their oil heating units and install
on-farm fuel equipment.
As one of the many BP fuel truck
agents in Ontario, Don con-
centrates on giving his customers
service— in the form of regular oil
deliveries• furnace cleaning and a
24-hour emergency burner service
from October to May each year.
In his first year, Don trucked
more than half a milion gallons of
fuels, and was a very busy man
through the coldest months of last
year's long, hard winter.
And his business has grown in an
area which already has nine other
competing oil agents operating,
"I'm more than happy with the
way my sales have gone, but I have
to thank the many customers who
have stood by me in my first year
as a new oil agent."
Much of his success has been due
to his fine reputation for service in
previous years. Before becoming
BP's truck agent in Exeter,
Ilensall, Kippen and Centralia,
Don worked as the main service
man for another oil company and
before that spent two years
working on furnaces for a heating
company.
"This experience helped
tremendously," Don adds. "I
already knew and serviced many
of my present customers before
starting on my own, and this saved
itleitiecdhs.,o,f the teething troubles you
usually get when you have to get to
know a new customer's heating
i
Don has tried to keep the per-
sonal touch in his business and
says: "In the past year, most of my
customers have become more like
friends and this is the nicest way I
know to do business".
He points out that most people
want to be sure that they will not
run out of fuel in the winter
months. "I have a good system of
indexing and filing and this way I
can tell when each house tank
needs refilling," Don states.
Together with his wife Vivian, he
keeps accounts up to date, adding
"People don't want to be spoiled,
but they do want the service that is
due to them --and this is what I try
to maintain, Service is the main
criteria of the oil business,
although I freely admit that OP
fuel oils are the best I've ever dealt
with, and I've dealt with a few."
Most of his business is presently
made up with home heating fuels,
hut this year Don moved into the
farm fuels business and has
already expanded his gallonage for
farm and home fuels considerably,
"Tractor Oil Universal made by
BP for use in all types of farm
machinery is excellent and I'm
beginning to get a lot of interest
from farmers who have heard of it,
and this in turn is helping me in-
crease business, ton," Don says.
From October through to May
when the 24-hour service is in
operation, Don admits that he is
"tied to the phone. Sometimes it
gets a bit hectic, but this is when
my customers rely on me and this
is when service counts".
Don is also enthusiastic about the
BP water heating system and
expects to begin installing a good
number of BP rental heaters in the
coming year.
At the moment, Don collects his
products from Clinton BP agent,
Paul Kerrigan.
He has one 1,550-gallon tank
truck and a service van which
holds all his equipment necessary
l'or repairs, installations and
service calls.
Don moved to Exeter in 1955 and
since then declares that he is the
"town's biggest local hockey team
fan," as well as a member of the
Exeter volunteer fire brigade. He
and his wife and two girls, Chris,
aged I1, and eight-year-old Janet
- belong to the Exeter Pentecostal
Church.
Don can be reached at 235.2616
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But obviously, to please everyone is
humanly impossible. Most programs to
assist one segment of the economy draw
complaints from other sources,
In balance, and certainly that's the
only way in which one's political record
can be fairly assessed, this riding has
been fortunate in having Charlie
MacNaughton,
A look at the record indicates that
Huron has benefitted greatly from the
representation of Charlie MacNaughton,
To reach that conclusion you don't have
to read his campaign advertisements. The
opposition parties have pointed it out.
They claim that Huron has received
more than its fair share of industrial
opportunity grants to create jobs.
They've complained that the
establishment of the educational and
industrial complex at HuroA Park was
more than one area should expect to
receive.
No doubt this may prove slightly
embarrassing to some government
officials as they move across this
province, but electors in Huron have few
complaints.
The alternatives do not show
enough promise to be strongly
considered.
Mr. MacNaughton's strongest foe in
this election may well be complacency,
not the NDP or the Liberal candidates.
Failure to signify support by getting out
to vote is in effect giving the opposition
a vote. Too many of those can be
disastrous. Exeter is not an island
Ontario's election campaign is
rapidly drawing to a close and even
before many readers will receive next
week's issue they will have marked their
ballots,
For the past month the three major
parties have been plying us with written
and spoken words, although in general it
has been a lack-lustre election,
particularly in Huron.
The reason is obvious. This is not
one of the "key" ridings up for grabs.
It's the riding of the Hon. Charles
MacNaughton and even the most
optimistic member of either of the
opposition parties would agree that an
upset in Huron is unlikely, and in fact
almost impossible.
It's a riding where people vote for
Charlie MacNaughton; not particularly
because he's running for the Progressive
Conservatives or because he's the Bill
Davis candidate, but solely because he's
given this riding the type of
representation that has been
unparalleled.
This is not to suggest that the
electorate, or even this newspaper, have
been completely enamored with all the
decisions that Charles MacNaughton and
his fellow Progressive Conservatives have
made.
The creation of county school
boards still does not sit well with many;
there are those who are strongly opposed
to the move to regional government; and
in this area there is a feeling that the
government has not moved fast enough
to help boost farm income.
Disturbing situation
There was a time, right in this part
of Ontario, when the family home
needed constant protection. In the
earliest days mother had to be handy
with the shotgun for when her husband
was away there was always the
possibility of a bear or a wandering
tramp creating havoc.
Fortunately, as the years went by,
and the country became more settled,
shotguns were forgotten. It even got to
the point where most people in smaller
communities forgot to lock their doors.
Now, it seems, a new menace stalks
the land. It has not come with the
invasion of a new type of enemy;- the
only animal to be feared is the
occasional rabid dog. Of all unbelievable
things, we are now menaced by our own
children — the youngsters on whom we
have lavished so much affection and
wealth; the boys and girls to whom we
have given everything so that they would
never know the privations we
experienced in the lean thirties.
A few weeks ago a group of
troubled citizens held a meeting in one
of the nearby villages to seek a solution
to the mayhem which is occurring on
their streets. Within a few days these
same people attended a meeting in
Goderich at which we understand, there
were worried representatives from many
other centres all over Huron County —
and all impelled by the same fear and
concern.
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many pictures he takes at their
various events.
Teaming up with the Lucan
veterans to present written and
pictorial reports has been
asssistant editor, Ross Haugh.
While this has entailed many
special trips to the Irish town, we
now realize that this can't be
considered all work. s
Friday evening, we spent some
time with the members of
Branch 540 and came away fully
understanding why Ross is
always so eager to be present at
their events, Their hospitality is
first rate.
For his efforts on their behalf,
he was presented with a merit
award, which is the highest
award the Legion can present to a
non-member.
We know he was most
pleasantly surprised and
honored, particularly when the
same award was presented on the
same occasion to some of the
stalwart members of the branch
for their efforts over a number of
years.
To the Royal Canadian Legion,
and particularly Branch 540, we
say a sincere thank you.
As you will notice elsewhere in
this issue, this newspaper and
one of its staff members received
special recognition from the
Royal Canadian Legion, and
Branch 540 in Lucan in par-
ticular.
The national media award
received was only the second
awarded in Canada and we were
extremely humbled to be able to
accept this token of the Legion's
appreciation for our efforts in
bringing news of the Lucan
branch to our readers over the
past few years.
Although it may appear con-
ceited, the writer can say the
award was deserved. Actually,
we had very little to do with it,
other than providing the vehicle
for the Lucan Legion to "tell their
story" to our readers.
The work in most part was done
by the Legion members them-
selves in making certain that we
were always informed of special
events taking place for which
news coverage was warranted.
Members in charge of public
relations for that organization
over the years, and in particular
in recent years under Sid Daley,
have done their job extremely
well. Sid, of course, has written a
weekly column for the Lucan
Legion and also provides us with
All this, we admit quite freely, is
hearsay, for there were no
representatives of the press at these
meetings. We can't tell you exactly why,
but it would appear that the domination
of the wild element among our young
people has approached the point where
the fear of reprisal lurks in adult minds.
Perhaps that is not the case, but the only
reason we can think of for such secrecy.
Naturally, these adults are
concerned about the sort of action
which is or is not being initiated by the
police and the legal authority to control
oulbreaks of lawlessness. The main point
at issue, however, is one which must be
answered by parents themselves. What in
the world has happened to mothers and
fathers that their youngsters can
terrorize whole communities?
Parents, of course, can do little
about the behaviour of young men and
women who have reached the age of
independence, but they must have been
developing their savage tendencies long
before they left the parental home. They
are still someone's offspring and their
parents have obviously failed in their
obligations.
It's one thing to read about
far-away cities in which the power of
organized crime has created a state of
siege. It is really something else when
Ontario villages and towns have to walk
in fear of their own children.
— Wingham Advance-Times
50 YEARS AGO
Messrs Bagshaw and Eastman
have started a cartage business
in town.
Messrs Francis and Williams,
machine dealers, last week
secured the contract of installing
their lighting system in the new
Brinsley church,
Mr. Peter Frayne, harness
maker, has retired from
business, having last week sold
his stock to Maurice Quance.
The fowl supper given under
the auspices of the Trivitt
Memorial Church in the Dome
rink was a success and was
followed by a program with Rev.
Trumper as chairman.
About 170 voices from the
district attended the first full
rehearsal of "The Messiah" in
James Street Church Monday
night.
We're cheered by the wisdom
of some members of Exeter
council who think they should at
least read over the new official
plan for the county of Huron
before giving the document
their endorsement.
To do otherwise is to negate
their responsibilities.
Reeve Derry Boyle is only
partially correct when he ex-
plains that the plan has no ap-
plication for Exeter. It may well
be that Exeter's official plan has
remained unchanged, but as a
community within the county,
Exeter is certainly involved in
the total concept of planning in
Huron.
For instance, in recent years
local officials have attacked the
unrestricted ribbon-type growth
which has taken place in the
townships near its own boun-,
daries.
Some of this growth has
created problems for Exeter,
from a drainage standpoint in
particular, and it could well
continue to increase those
problems if allowed to continue
without any planning restric-
tions.
Therefore it is prudent indeed
for local officials to peruse the
plan carefully to ensure that the
regulations being considered will
in fact follow their own planning
theories and curtail problems
being encountered by the lack of
planning in neighboring
municipalities in the past.
Similarly, neighboring officials
must consider carefully' that the
regulations as they pertain to
Exeter are acceptable to them.
When it comes to planning, no
one municipality can set itself
apart from its neighbors and
that's the whole idea behind a
county plan.
It should come under close
scrutiny by all concerned, and
because it's already a number of
years late, a few weeks more
won't make any difference.
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You know what they say about
the best laid plans of men and
mice,
Well, a few faces were a bit red
around this office on Thursday
when we looked at the front page
and noted the price was still 15
cents per copy, despite our
previous announcement of a
price increase on October 1,
So, most newstand readers got
a week's grace, and we apologize
to the dealers for whom we
created some problems last
week.
Recently I wrote a column on
the subject of what the individual
would do if he or she had one year
to live. I asked for suggestions
from readers and have received
quite a few.
Perhaps the most interesting
ideas came from a Grade 9 class.
Their teacher had suggested my
topic and asked them to write an
essay on it, The results were
revealing, touching in some
cases, rather horrifying in
others. I'll give you a sampling,
reproduced just as they were
written, grammar and spelling
intact,
In most cases, the boys were
15 YEARS AGO
Promotors of a junior band for
Exeter received the green light
from town council and recreation
council this week to begin
practices and were given per-
mission to use the instruments of
the disbanded citizens' band.
Instructor will be Hames Ford of
London.
K. W. McLaughlin of
Morrisburg has been trans-
=ferred to the local branch of the
Bank of Nova Scotia succeeding
H. W. Kelson, who has been
posted to Milton.
Members of the Exeter
Chapter of the Eastern Star
presented South Huron Hospital
with an anaesthetic table, this
week.
Mrs. Almer Passmore, winner.
of The Times-Advocate trophy as
champion cook of Exeter fall fair,
will make her TV debut over
CKNX Wingham Thursday
demonstrating the baking of a
cherry-nut chiffon cake.
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It's still too early to reach any
conclusions about the ef-
fectiveness of Exeter's new
building bylaws and some of the
changes implemented by Council,
but the speed with which
they disposed of last week's
building permits must have been
a pleasure for them all.
Each of the applications had
been checked by the building
inspector prior to the meeting,
and noting this, council passed
them with no discussion at all.
On occasions in the past, it has
taken a lengthy time to ac-
complish that and the new
program should work out better
for all concerned.
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10 YEARS AGO
Top executives of the
Kongskilde Manufacturing Co.,
Denmark, arrived here Tuesday
to supervise establishment of
their Canadian assembly plant
and distribution centre in Exeter,
Exeter population has passed
the 3,000 mark this year ac-
cording to the new assessment.
Over 200 attended the 10th
birthday party of the Exeter
Legion Ladies Auxiliary Monday
when 25 charter members were
presented with mother of pearl
brooches,
Exeter Lions Club fed nearly
700 at their Table-Rite Beef
dinner in the Legion Hall
Thursday night. Judy Snelgrove
was crowned Miss Table Rite
Queen by Lion Fred Darling.
With the ice machine turned on
at the new rink Wednesday, the
executive of the Exeter Curling
Club are busily preparing for the
coming season with the opening
bonspiel the first week in
November,
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25 YEARS AGO
Special services in connection
with the Golden Jubilee of the
Crediton Evangelical Church
commenced Sunday and will
continue next Sunday, During the
past weeks considerable
alterations and improvements
have been made to the church.
A turkey banquet for over
thirty persons Thanksgiving Day
was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Sweitzer, the occasion
being a reception for Mrs,
William Higgins and son Bobby
who arrived in Exeter Thursday
from Paisley, Scotland to join her
husband.
Walter Sovereign, editor and
publisher of the Lucan Sun, died
Tuesday in his 82nd year.
The years and months of
planning for the International
plowing match for Huron County
came to fruition with the opening
of the great event Tuesday at
Port Albert, the former RCAF
Station., Over 15,000 persons
attended the first day.
RCAF veteran Larry Snider of
Exeter landed his own plane on a
runway, hopped out, and
proceeded to take part in the
veterans tractor class for Huron
County.
is the best place to go if you want
to win money. After I go there I
am going to go all over the world.
Then I will go to the hospital and
just wait until I DIE. But I will
have a wonderful time before I
go. THE END." Obviously a
hedonist,
Cindy: "The first thing I would
quit school because what's the
use of getting an education if you
don't have time to use it," Good
thinking, Cindy.
Barb: "I would quit school
leave home and take lots of
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brief and pungent. The girls
tended to write what the teacher
might think was worthy, with a
few notable exceptions, They
waxed romantic and dramatic.
The boys were blunt and honest.
Grace: "About a month before
I was to die I would go to church
every day talking to God and then
later to a priest,"
Lynn: "If I had one year to live
I would quit school, leave home
and go live with my brother in
Montreal. When I died well I
guess I die."
Debbie: "I would quit school
and . , . go to Las Vegas because
my mother and father . . said it
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