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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-10-21, Page 4A Bonus for You As an introductory offer wc will ties you your choice of one of these three recommended Publications al no additional cos, except the 05 cent postake, World Atlas, Funk a Waonalls Standard Encylopedic Eectionary or Medical and Health Encyclopedia 4" lioto it's co to 6711 Use common sense Last week, a mother arid her young son died in a crash on Highway 401 between London and Woodstock. One of the contributing factors was a bog fire, which sent smoke curling across the highway, reducing visibility. That may appear to be a freak situation. But, is it? Throughout the area in the next few weeks there will be identical occurrences, with the smoke coming not from bog fires, but leaf piles. For people without gardens, it is an easy way to get rid of leaves. But it has its dangers, particularly when many of the fires are burning at dusk. If you find it necessary to have a bonfire, have it at a time when the smoke will not blow across the street and create a hazard for motorists — and more particularly, bicyclists — and certainly on days which are clear so visibility is as good as possible. It's also a good time to remind children not to play in piles of leaves stacked up on the boulevard. A driver wishing to park may not realize a youngster is buried in the pile of leaves he must drive through, A backward step 1 Provide systematic delivery. 2 Keep your furnace in tip-top shape. 3 Offer a budget plan with ten even payments. 4 Give you emergency repair service, day or night. 5 Finance a new furnace for you. Your distributor will Bill McFalls Fuels 227 Wellington St. Exeter Phone 235-2840 FAMILY SALE Prices Effective Through Sat., Oct. 23 HUNTLEY S DRUG STORE EXETER 23571070 LISTERINE, ORANGE sr LEMON-URN 18's I.D.A. BATHROOM TISSUE WHITE, PINK, YELLOW or BLUE 100's SIM. LIST 4.49 CHEWABLE VITAMINS TABLETS PLAIN dr with IRON ' 100's 4.10 LIST 244 SW: 99 CHOCKS "AN, FRUIT FLAVOURED MULTIPLE VITAMINS LISTERINE ANTISEPTIC "30% MORE" 26 es. BONUS BOTTLE 9 LISTERINE ANTISEPTIC THROAT LOZENGES SUG4. LIST I.119 NOXZEMA SKIN CREAM SPECIAL 10 oz. SIZE ,s.„. 49 UST 1.99 CONTAC-C COLD CAPSULES NEW , BOX OF 20 SUGG. LIST 2.80 1 77 WI VASELINE BRAND INTENSIVE CARE CREAM C 88 127 TM 3.75 oz. JAR SUGG. LIST 1.09 6 OZ. JAR SUGG. LIST 1 . 5 =MN YAP-AIR AUTOMATIC, ELECTRIC VAPORIZER HUMIDIFIER SHE. LIST 4.11S 140 oa. CAPACITY 44 54 0 NI. OPERATION AUTOMATIC SNUT-011 NIVEA NIVEA CREME 4 1 OZ succ. LIST 159 98, EMUS LISTERINE ..1•1•••• + + + Predicting the final outcome in Ontario is a more difficult task, Even those who are familiar with most of the ridings are having some difficulty making such predictions. While some sitting members appear to be hi trouble, there is no strong suggestion at the present time that any one party stands to lose or gain on an overall basis. Each may pick up seats from the other, with the result of " At.t. the Izci:PLE ciaY , Mt9iND Lig WILL. Kget, YNE r. TOEVOR" Lk* a ., 4V Zli I 50 YEARS AGO Mr. James W. Morley has engaged to study law with Messrs Gladman and Stanbury. Messrs. Harvey and Harvey have had a cement ice house erected to the rear of their store. Messrs. R. Welsh S, Fitton, W. Johns and D, Russell left Monday for a two weeks' hunting trip in the nieghborhood of Wingham. Within the past week two carloads of farm products have been sent from this community relief work in the dried out areas of Saskatchewan. One was loaded at Hensall and the other at Exeter. Quite a number of Exeter people attended the cham- pionship lacrosse match in St.. Marys on Wednesday when the home boys won from Toronto. 15 YEARS AGO Prices for haircuts have gone up. Exeter barbers have in- creased the price from 35 to 40 cents effective last Saturday. This week Leavitt's Theatre is celebrating the fifteenth an- niversary of the new theatre and their thirty-fifth year in the moving picture business in Exeter. Mr. Charles McNaughton is in Ottawa with a delegation of seed men that is waiting on the government with the view of establishing a seed laboratory in London. Mr. Tom Walker of town, who took up photography as a hobby several months ago, has decided to open a small photo studio at his home on Main Street. 25 YEARS AGO George Rether, a fifth former and a newcomer to the school was elected president of the student council of Exeter High School with vice-president Elsie Gaiser and secretary Helen Leslie. St. Marys Collegiate Institute, Mitchell and Exeter High Schools held a joint field meet at the Exeter Recreation Park Tuesday afternoon. Exeter placed second with 80 points. Record capacity crowds at- tended the jubilee services of Zion Evangelical Church, Crediton from October 13 to October 20. Former ministers and native sons gave messages and a special jubilee choir of former familiar voices sang. Friday evening Roy Goulding's choir from Talbot 13aptiSt Church presented a grand concert, Tuesday evening the Exeter Badminton Club held a local tournament arranged by the sports (Breda', Art Campbell. Mr, Rowe Di nney who has been in the staff department in the head office of the Royal Bank of of Canada, has been transferred to Vancouver, B.C. 10 YEARS AGO Two impressive homes have been erected in the new residential subdivision established on the south side of Hensall, west of No. 4 Highway. The homes have been con- structed for Harold Bonthron and borne Hay. This year's area corn crop easily grew "as high as an elephant's eye" and some of the cobs came close to matching the size of an elephant's trunk. Construction progress on the $3'2 million hospital being erected near Goderich is well under way. The hospital is ex- pected to be completed next year. Don Cann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carf Cann, Exeter, was elected editor of the SNOBS annual publication, The Inkspot, at a recent election at the school. In charge of the Progressive Conservative leadership con= vention in Toronto this week was Elmer D. Bell, QC, Exeter who won praise from many quarters for his firm hand which prevented enthusiastic demonstrators from getting out of con( vol. Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail. Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 100, 4,675 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $8.00 Per Year; USA $10.00 IAZOS2r4MIWp:MITAIL4::,?::t 4ainagreaellg.a....*MEILME) 000111Matittik. oviAlOIA141 k4TIAlti \l{,V7V.rei 04' Al$0 WS PA A New Service To Our Subscribers The Tin es.Advocate can now offer it's subscribers the opportunity to save mopey on the purchase of an .FNCYCLOPFPIA 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 duality, its conciseness and ease of use it is ideal for the home or office. By buying through the TA, a publishing firm, the 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, Obviously there is a higher degree of consideration for the rules of the road when a fine for speeding at 45 in a 30 zone is going to result in a $45 fine rather than only a $15 fine. The latter is certainly not a hardship for most people, whereas it is when you start talking in terms of $45 and up to such figures as $90. Make sure your heating oil man can do all this A man who has lost most of his week's pay cheque through a speeding fine is going to be more prudent in his driving habits than one who has lost only $15. The benefits to be derived from the new system are welcome, Policemen will now be able to inform motorists what their fine is going to be if they wish to settle out of court. This will reduce the amount of office work required by court officials, as well as the amount of time policemen will have to spend in court. Perhaps the latter situation will help some, in that policemen will be able to do more patrol work and catch more infractions, even though those who are caught won't be paying as much. Sorry, we can't take bets There will certainly be some advantages in the new procedure to be followed for the issuing of traffic tickets in Ontario, but we quarrel with the reduction being planned in the fines. With death, serious injury and property damage continuing on the increase each year, it appears ,rather ridiculous that fines should be lowered when in fact they constitute one of the main attacks on drivers who fail to obey the rules of the road. Drivers, in general, are not a conscientious group. If there were no such things as policemen, radar or air patrols, our highways would be completely caotic. However, drivers are not primarily concerned about being caught breaking the rules, but rather from the punishment handed out. Even the point system provides little deterrent except for those who are nearing the limit. In most cases, therefore, it boils down to a matter of dollars and cents, or perhaps we could use a bit of a pun and say dollars and sense. The.- more dollars it's going to cost, the more sense some drivers will have. creating a situation such as beating Paul to lose to Peter. However, we predict that Premier William Davis and his Progressive Conservatives will retain power, although with a reduced majority. To put it in figures, here it is: PC's 51, NDP 36, Liberals 29. As you will note, that does not allow for a majority government, which in addition to all the problems being mentioned in the campaign, will he among the most serious facing Ontario in the months ahead. The 1960's gave us ample evidence of the problems created by a minority federal govern- ment and it will indeed be un- fortunate if Ontario suffers the same fate. For that reason, we hope our predictions are away off base. This is election day in Ontario, and if perchance you haven't voted and there still is time, get out and exercise your franchise. By late this evening, we'll all know the outcome, unless of course the verdict is so close that recounts may swing the balance of power. In the same way that a horse race becomes much more ex- citing if you have a couple of bucks riding on the outcome, we're going to make some predictions so we'll be able to watch tonight's outcome with more interest. However, for those of you who may think they're way off base, we're not going to make any wagers, so don't bother to call and challenge us to put money on them. In Huron, we're predicting that Charlie MacNaughton will win comparatively easily, although his majority will be cut slightly, primarily by the greater strength being shown this time by the NDP. We don't think Paul Carroll will be as close as some of his workers imagine though. However, there is every in- dication that it will be a close battle between the NDP and the Liberals for the second spot in the final tally. The former have worked hard and for that reason, we'll go out on a limb and say they'll nip the Liberals by a few votes. The race in Middlesex North appears much closer at this time, particularly following the NDP bi-election win in the neighboring riding of Middlesex South. The popular mayor of Parkhill, Adrian Ansems, also gives the Liberals a strong candidate in the riding now held by Agriculture Minister William Stewart. We'll stick with Mr. Stewart in that one, despite the fact that Mrs. Pat Chefurka has been campaigning strenuously for several months now. She'll lose a few votes just because she's a woman, and while there is ob- viously a need for capable women in our government, there are still those who won't give their sup- port to a woman, regardless of which party she may represent. Our other neighboring ridings of Lambton and Perth are more difficult to predict from our standpoint, because we don't know that much about the can- didates. Indications are that Liberal Hugh Edighoffer has enough support to recapture Perth and because we need one upset to make things more lively, we'll suggest that Lorne Henderson will go down in Lambton. Mood right in golden days Perhaps we could get the area councils to proclaim October 30 as Hallowe'en this year. + + + From time to time, we receive reminders to advise parents of the dangers to small children swallowing drain cleaners, furniture polishes or doses of medicines. The vile taste is no deterrent for small children, but in many cases even that has disappeared. Many household cleaners have fruit-flavor scent and come in bottles that resemble beverage containers. Pills, in their fabulous array of colors, have some semblance to the contents of a box of Smarties in the eyes of a child. While modern science has come a long way, it has added to the dangers of accidental poisoning. In the days when most children were given a large dose of caster oil for all their ailments, there weren't too many who went snooping in the medicine cabinet for anything that may be as vile as that. At any rate, with their at- tractive colors, pills and cleansers are only safe under lock and key. +++ While drive-in banks have not invaded this area as yet, the first one here may carry this rather interesting poster: "Patronize drive-in banks. Let your car meet its owner." + + + A glance at the calendar shows that Hallowe'en falls on Sunday this year, so there will be some confusion as to whether the young ghosts mid goblins should go trick or treating on the Sabbath or Saturday. We imagine most will get out Saturday night. tember and set our eyes on breaking the October swim barrier. Usually, by October 1st, the water would freeze the brains of a brass monkey. On the first Saturday in October, we swam and drowsed and talked and read and argued for seven hours, Good company is just the little frill to such a day, when even the gulls seem to co- operate by sitting quietly on the water, bobbing gently, rather than screaming around looking for potato chips and ends of hot dogs, which they do all summer. Our friends have children and many of the same problems with them that we have had. She is Scottish, with a lot of good sense, a good sense of humour, and a refreshing indifference toward owning things and keeping up Mr. Wm. Batten, Editor, Exeter-Times Advocate, EXETER, Ontario Dear Mr. Batten: I would like to express the appreciation of those of us at Huron Hope and also the com- mendation of our Superintendent for publishing pictures of our school recently, Certainly pictures such as those Mr. Haugh took will hopefully break down barriers that have surrounded the retarded and make the com- munity more aware of our program. Thank you. with the Joneses, and what the neighbours think. He is German, and we have a lot in common. He was captured in North Africa and spent most of the war in a prison camp in the States. I was a prisoner in Ger- many. We compare notes. He is a Doctor of Philosophy, teaching high school mathematics. I needle him by calling him Herr Doktor, and occasionally click my heels. He just plain needles me. We walked down the deserted beach.,He's a great walker. He's about six feet two and I have to take one and a half strides to his one, He talks while I puff. "What is it with these teenagers? he asks. "They talk all the time about how they love nature and how they want to get away from it all, and there's not one in sight on such a beautiful day." I puffed back that the boys were in the poolroom and the girls were strolling the main street, in hot pants, trying to get the boys out of the poolroom. Perfectly normal. Then I was betrayed, We rounded a spit and there was a male, definitely young, because his moustache was just a glim- mer of hope, lying back against a driftwood log, reading. I couldn't resist. Asked him what he was reading. C. S. Lewis, of all things, a brilliant English writer and theologian, Once again my faith that young people are complete hedonists was shattered. Lewis is tough reading, as the lad ad- mitted. This has been a very in- consequential column. But when I think of the way in which nature can recharge our run-down batteries, all I can say is, "Thanks God. You're a pretty decent sort after all." Yours truly, Eleanor Scott, Principal, Early autumn, when the weather behaves itself, is a time when no Canadian in his right mind would care to live anywhere else. This fall, after a moody summer, has been as close to perfection as anything this side of heaven, Golden days to sit around and listen to the acorns fall. Weeks of frostless nights when it was sheer delight to be out and breathing that ineffable scent of fall. Golf course almost deserted and offering magnificent vistas of golden trees and lush fairways and off in the distance, vivid blue water of the bay. And speaking of water, I can scarce believe it, but we swam at the beach until well into the first week of October. And that's no heated swimming pool, dear reader, but the water of one of the greatest inland lakes in the world. The beach in October is something. No howling kids who've stubbed their toe on a rock, No mothers screaming at kids who have gone out too far. No beach boys horsing around with a football, No distracting bikinis. No fat old ladies with varicose veins staggering through the sand carrying more beach junk - towels, umbrellas, lawn chairs - than you could load on a mule. No transistor radios blatting the latest rock. No teenagers lying around smoking dear knows what. Nothing, Just miles of clean sand with the odd piece of driftwood, The sun is warm, gentle, not scorching, abrasive. The water is, uh, refreshing, but so clear you can stand up to your belly-button, look down, and tell whether your toenails need cutting. My wife and I and another couple swam all through Sep- Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 ereferlimes-Abliocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Women's Editor — Gwyn Whilsmith Phone 2354331