The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-05-04, Page 4Living testimonials
While there is obviously some
question in setting aside a week in each
year to honor such things as donuts,
there is considerable merit in many of
the other things for which a week is
designated.
One example is National Forest
Week, particularly if the slogan "Keep
Canada Growing — Plant Trees" is
followed by a number of citizens.
In addition to providing the
aesthetic benefits which are well known,
trees play an important part in
maintaining the oxygen balance of the
atmosphere and more importantly, the
storage of carbon dioxide which is
increasing at alarming rates.
The Canadian Forestry Association,
which is promoting the May 7-13
observation, points out that families can
use tree plantings as living records of
special events such as birthdays, births,
anniversaries, etc.
Trees planted now will serve the
future and will be living testimonials to
the planning of those who planted them.
So, prove your desire to preserve
our ecology. Plant a tree and keep
Canada growing.
Pensions yet?
Last week there was talk in
Toronto about the possibility that the
Legislature might be thinking of
pensions for citizens who have served a
minimum of five years on a municipal
council or a board of education.
Let no one deny the justice of some
form of remuneration for those public
spirited people who are willing to spend
many hours of their time every year
looking after the tasks which our form
of local government demands. They
certainly deserve something more than
the pitiful stipends normally paid for
their efforts and the criticism which the_
non-participating public usually heaps
upon them.
If, in fact, such a pension plan is
indeed afoot, the planners had better do
a little more homework. Municipal
councils and boards of education are
only two of the many public groups
which have a part in the maintenance of
our public services. What about members
of public utilities commissions, hospital
boards, planning boards, parks boards,
and recreation councils? Some of these
people work just as hard or even harder
than do councillors and school board
members and most of them don't get
any stipends at all — not even the 12
cents a mile for use of their cars which
has become quite commonplace for
those who have to travel to and from
meetings.
Whether or not we can afford
pensions for those who take on public
responsibilities is another question — but
by golly if it's going to be done it should
at least be done fair.
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Now, isn't it a bit strange?
The making of a news event
Next time somebody in the club
or other organization you belong
to asks if you'd handle the
publicity for some event that's
coming up, take my advice and
respond with a ringing "NO."
That's the way they always put
it: "Handle the publicity."
Casual. Nothing to it. You just
"handle" it.
Well, I'm sitting here in my
underwear trying to write a
column, because I've just
finished a two-week stint of
"handling" the publicity and I'm
soaking wet from the waist up.
.Why? Because I'm just home
after galloping up and down the
main street begging merchants
to put posters in their windows.
I should have known better. I
got my baptism quite a few years
ago when I took on the publicity
chores for an election campaign.
And I've been involved in three
elections since, each time
emerging in the same condition:
wringing wet and swearing
"never again."
But the first one was the worst
one. I was a lot younger or I'd
probably not have come through
it without cracking up.
My candidate was young, had
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evidence your guy has anything
worth listening to in public. And
so on.
Then there are the ad-
vertisements. We had ten
weeklies and a daily paper in-
volved, plus two radio stations.
And we never had enough money.
So, every ad had to be small but
packed with power. Try this
sometime. Try getting across a
vital message in a thirty-second
commercial.
Oh well, it was sort of fun at the
time, and I learned that a man
can work 18 hours a day and
emerge, if not unscathed, at least
alive. As I recall, the only
material reward was a crock of
Crown Royal, Not because the
candidate was a cheap-skate, but
because he was up to his ears in
bills, after the election.
As I said, I should have known
better, at my age, than to
"handle the publicity" again, But
when I was asked, I responded
like an old war horse who has
been through the reek and blood
of battle, but can't resist it,
It was such a little thing, really,
Just the publicity for an Open
never run before, and was up
against a man who belonged to
the large government majority.
The latter should have been a
shoo-in. But we licked him.
We formed a triumvirate: Ross
Whither, the candidate, Geordie
Hough, campaign manager, and
myself, publicity manager.
• Ross beat the back roads and
wore out three pairs of shoes.
Geordie beat every bush in the
county raising money. And I beat
my brains to the bone writing
speeches and news releases and
advertisements.
Hardly anybody pays any
attention to the platforms of the
various parties, so you have to
sell the man. And there are only
so many ways of saying, "Our
guy is better than their guy,"
You say your guy has more
children than their guy and that
the former is active in church
work. The opposition counters by
pointing out their guy's ex-
perience and claiming he is
vitally interested in crippled
children. And so on.
You challenge your opponent,
in an ad, to a public debate. He
gets free publicity by refusing on
the grounds that there is no
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Isn't it a marvel that in this age of
super technology and communication
that people have to resort to the type of
antics displayed in Grand Bend over the
past few weeks?
It's a type of violence, and while
not as severe or demeaning as some, it is
nevertheless a most unfortunate way in
which to settle differences,
The topic of beach ownership or
rights at Grand Bend is not new. It has
reared its head on many occasions in the
past and indications are that it could
drag on for a long time before any
settlement is reached.
Neither is it a problem confined to
Grand Bend alone. Communities across
the province have seen similar battles
due to the nebulous terms of land
ownership adjacent to bodies of water.
. . .
In many cases it involves all three levels
of government, resulting in
"buck-passing" tactics that a times are
unequalled.
Last week's post pulling episode
may have brought the issue to a head as
Reeve John Payne believes. That is a
matter for speculation, and even if he is
correct, we doubt that he'll see any
quick solutions.
Meanwhile, we suggest the parties
involved sit down and attempt to
negotiate some type of compromise
without prejudicing their positions.
Surely it's not a matter that
requires police intervention and the
village works department's "heavy
artillery" being called out every couple
of weeks.
Come over
to five
per cent
on savings
Right now is the time to switch. your
savings to where you get five per cent
.interest on non-chequing savings
accounts. Victoria and Grey has less
service charges, more convenient hours,
pays interest from May first on deposits
made before May 12. Get more for your
money — today — at Victoria and Grey.
Must be better way
"Justin just said his first words—'When's t he election, Pop?' "
Men have again journeyed
back and forth safely from the
moon and the occurrence is
becoming so "old hat" that few of
us pay much attention to it any
more.
While we sat up into the wee
small hours of the morning to
watch the first moon walk and
used the achievement as a topic
of conversation for several days
after, the subsequent trips have
not generated that intense in-
terest,
However, we continue to be
amazed by the television com-
munication possible, in part due
to the problem most area
residents have in bringing in
pictures from TV stations which
are less than 100 miles away.
It's one of the many
paradoxical situations evident
from space travel.
Another is the fact that a way
has been discovered to get man
back and forth safely from such a
lerigthy trip with so many
unknowns, and yet there has yet
to be a solution on how he can.
keep from killing himself while
driving the few miles home from
work or from his summer cot-
tage.
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Lynn Lashbrook, publisher of
the Rodney Mercury, was among
a group of Canadian publishers
who recently toured some NATO
bases in Germany to see
Canadian troops in action.
We were intrigued by one of the
questions he asked in an editorial
following the trip.
"When was the last time you
saw a member of our armed
forces in uniform?"
He pointed out that most
Canadians probably haven't seen
any of our armed forces with
their equipment in the past two
decades.
Our association with the armed
forces has been more recent than
that in Huron County but it did
bring home the point that it has
been some time since we've seen
a uniformed member of. Canada's
armed forces on the street in
Exeter.
By the way, readers will be
interested to know that the
House at our school, to mark the
completion of a new wing, built to
the tune of three million, Nothing
to it. A no-profit event. Just let
the papers know . , . etc.
Next thing I know, I'm writing
ads, churning out thousands of
words of copy, trying to con radio
and television stations into
believing that the "news item" I
am phoning in is not paid ad-
vertising, composing a letter for
1300 kids to take home to their
parents, writing letters of in-
vitation to various dignitaries,
arranging printing of posters,
and finally distributing these in
person.
However, I've managed to
totter through once again, The
only thing that bothers me is that
I enlisted one of my young
assistants in the English
department into writing radio
commercials, and I'm afraid he's
hooked. He's been batting out
thirty-second commercials With
not only elan but gusto. I
wouldn't be surprised if he quit
teaching English and went into
advertising, a fate worse than
death.
There's one other unfortunate
side effect, My wife and daughter
have a wedding coming up. The
former is flying in ever,
decreasing circles of panic and
accuses me of having deserted
her during the Crisis, because
I've spent so much time — you
guessed it — "handling the
Kim is blithely
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Rodney publisher was extremely
proud to learn of the high respect
in which our Canadian forces,
their wives and offspring are held
in Germany.
Seems like a heck of a long way
to go to see a Canadian in
uniform.
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The cool weather of late has
delayed many things, but at least
one local resident indicates it's
going to adversely affect the
federal government.
"It's too cold to give them the
shirt off my back this year," we
were told as our friend indicated
he would have to delay his in-
come tax payments.
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During his recent trip to
Canada, U.S. President Richard
Nixon introduced one of his
speeches with a quotation from
the pen of a Stouffville area
woman, Frances Shelley Wees.
It read: "Canada is bounded on
the north by gold, on the west by
the East, on the east by history,
and on the south by friends".
It was interesting to note that
President Nixon tactfully
declined to quote the poem's last
line:
"It is our country".
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As we've noted before, it is
interesting to follow each issue
of the Stouffville Tribune and
read the letters to the editor
which are flocking in regarding
the new International Airport.
A POP committee (People or
Planes) has been formed to fight
the establishment of the airport
and one of the tactics they used
50 Y EARS AGO
The Exeter Lodge of Odd-
fellows celebrated the an-
niversary of the Order, Sunday
evening, when they paraded to
Caven Presbyterian church and
listened to an excellent sermon
on brotherly love by the pastor,
Rev. James Foote. W. W. Taman
acted as marshal.
Postmaster Milton Pfaff is
having the interior of the office
remodelled and renovated. He is
having a partition put in dividing
the office from the public waiting
room and is also adding a number
of new boxes.
Miss Amy Shapton has taken a
position as clerk with Southcott
Bros.
Mr. Gordon Wells left Tuesday
morning for Stratford where he
has taken a position.
Miss Idella Davis left Tuesday
for Windsor where she has ac-
cepted a position with the Bell
Telephone Company.
25 YEARS AGO
The work of flooring Exeter's
new bridge is now in progress.
Mrs. L, Kyle was re-elected
president of Exeter Women's
Institute. During the year the
Institute made 428 lbs, of jam for
the Red Cross.
Dr. J. G, Dunlop has been
appointed coroner for Huron
County.
Ten acres of the canning fac-
tory's property on the east side of
Exeter were planted last week
with 1,080 pear trees of the Keefer
variety.
George Shaw, a former officer
with the RCAF at Centralia has
purchased the property of Mr, B.
Moore, Exeter North, Mr, Shaw
will be remembered by sport fans
as an outstanding hockey player
With the airforce team,
15 YEARS AGO
Clinic committees have been
appointed in this district for the
recently was to play loud-
speakers purporting to simulate
the airport noise levels.
One writer complained they
played them at an unreasonable
and excessive level and was
critical of the scare tactic.
It points up, once again, the
lengths to which some people will
go to back their arguments.
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Did you know that in the U.S.
there are a grand total of 26 towns
and cities with the name
Greenville? We're not certain
that that is even the most popular
community name, but it does
point up the need to be extremely
careful in addressing
correspondence.
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One of the oft-quoted
statements from delinquent bill
payers is "you can't get blood
from a Stone".
A' chap in Detroit has turned
that around a bit. He plans to
retire from his job,' on the
assembly line and will pay his
bills by bleeding — at a pay of
$12,000 per year.
Apparently he's got something
rare called anti-Lewis type B in
his blood and it fetches $1,500 a
quart. He can do without his
regular income if he gives just
eight donations a year.
He probably carries a small
bottle around with him just so he
won't waste a few hundred
dollars worth if he happens to cut
his finger. '
Huron County mass TB x-ray
campaign near the end of May.
Last passengers on the Huron-
Bruce coach service, which was
discontinued Saturday, were
Mrs, William MacLean and her
two sons, Brian 7, and Allen 3.
Calvin Fahrner, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Emmery Fahrner,
Crediton, graduated from
Toronto Bible College, Friday.
Sandra Walters, 8, of Win-
chelsea, received the highest
mark of the eighth annual South
Huron Music Festival last week.
She was awarded 90 percent for
her singing.
Uel J. Schroeder, formerly of
this district, was one of three
RCMP constables cited for
bravery in the gun-battle capture
of four armed bank bandits in
New Westminster, BC.
10 YEARS AGO
Monday night, the bank barn of
Elmore McBride, Biddulph,
burned to the ground destroying
nine cattle. Saturday morning,
high winds helped ravage the
large turkey broiler barn of
Clarence Knight, Usborne. It was
empty at the time.
Inspector Donald M. Scott, has
urged the SHDHS board to in-
crease its guidance service for
students in view of the new
streaming program.
Area children only landed
about 50 of the 200 trout put in the
Morrison Dam the first day of
fishing, They have two more days
to fish before the adults are
allowed to cast in their lines.
J. Carl Hemingway, Huron
Federation fieldman, announced
his intention this week of stan-
ding for nomination as Candidate
for the New Democratic Party in
the coming federal election.
Two non-commissioned of-
ficers of RCAF Centralia, WO
George Nobel and Flt. Sgt. J. W,
Harris lost their lives in a boating
accident in the Parry Sound
district this week,
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