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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-06-01, Page 4Must stand test The fire which destroyed the Hensall area home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted MacDonald and their five children last week should cause members of Hay Township council some moments of soul-searching. Although the home is boated about one mile away from Hensall, the fire depart- ment which was first dispatched to the scene was from Zurich due to the fact Hay Township, does not have a fire protection agreement with Hensall, Under the circumstances which prevailed, there were no great problems encountered by not having the services of the much closer Hensall brigade. However, the possibilities inherent in such emergency situations point up the need for trained and equipped assistance arriving at the scene as quickly as possible. What if the fire had broken out at night when the family was in bed? A delay of only a minute or two in getting a ladder to the scene could well spell tragedy. It is this type of possibility that must be considered above the dollar cost involved. As the first on the scene, Hensall fire chief Dave Sangster was put fully "on the spot" and he's to be commended for seeing the necessity of having his own brigade at the fire, It is, however, unfair for Hay Township to continue to test the conscience of Hensall officials at times of emergency because it is their own conscience which must stand the test. Need general rules "Now we can sari, up for that roast you're always wanted!" 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Rear Entrance — Free Parking At The Rear EXETER "Firecracker Day" has come and gone for another year, and with it have been the usual stories of death, injury and property damage. That there aren't more such stories is due mainly to good luck rather than good management, because firecrackers are tossed about with reckless abandon by youngsters of all ages and some even get their hands on some of the more volatile rockets. Most parents wouldn't dream of allowing their offspring to play with dynamite, but they apparently forget that fireworks can be just as dangerous. We support the idea that control of the sale and use of fireworks should be a job of the provincial government. While some municipalities have tackled the job with effective rules and regulations, they often go for nought when neighboring com- munities do not follow the example. The province has the scope to regulate how and when fireworks can be sold and how and when they can be used. They should do so, Too familiar If it happened only once a summer, the story would still be an all too familiar one. A family goes to their cottage or favourite beach for a weekend of fun and relaxation. After unpacking and changing into their swim suits, they head down to the water's edge. The children are all playing together on shore. The parents close their eyes to enjoy the sun, and fall asleep. Suddenly they're awakened by the shouts of other people. They see lifeguards combing the water for signs of an unattended child who suddenly disappeared. Sometimes a life is saved. Sometimes a life is tragically lost. But by that time it is far too late to think about water safety measures which could have prevented the child's disappearance in the first place. Fortunately many Canadians do think about water safety, and the story of their summer isfunfilled and safe as well. For 26 years the Red cross Water Safety Service has helped Canadians stay alive with water safety. The rules are simple. But they can help keep your family safe. Supervise and educate your children. If they can't swim contact your local Red Cross Water Safety Service and enquire about local swimming programmes. Even if your children do swim, always keep them in sight. If you know where they are and what they're doing, you can make sure they play safe. Swim only in supervised areas and at times when the beach is supervised by , professional lifeguards. In unfamiliar waters, debris or sudden drop-offs which you can't see can hurt you. Always swim with a buddy. If trouble should occur, someone will be there to help. Equipped with a respect for the water and a thorough knowledge of water safety, you and your family will enjoy the water more. So enjoy the water this summer, and stay alive with ,Red Cross Water Safety. Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 eireferfOne,s-Abuocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Women's Editor — Gwyn Whilsmith Phone 2351331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mai( Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30,1971, 5,175 SUBSCRIPTION RATES:, Canada $8.00 Per Year; USA $10.00 Play it the old way, Sam Do you, occasionally, have the feeling that you'd like to stand up, preferably in some public place, and scream, "Stop the world! I wanna get off! "? This urge, which is becoming a compulsion, geems to be hitting me more often lately. Perhaps it's the first, faint symptom of senility. Twenty years ago, when our kids were babies and I was leading the hectic, 72-hour a week life of a weekly editor, I accomplished a great deal. I still found time to play the odd game of poker (and odd is the word), catch opening day of the trout season, get in a few rounds of golf a week. see the latest movie, play with the kids and tell them bed-time stories, and fight with my wife. Today, the kids are grown up and gone, and my weekly chores have been pared to a reasonable number of hours. Yet I find myself so beleaguered that I haven't played poker for five years, haven't wet a line or sliced a drive this spring, haven't seen a movie for a year and a half. and scarcely have have time to fight with my wife. Don't say it. "He's getting old." This is pure malice. I can still out-dance and out-drink most twenty-year-olds. I was going to add out-fight. But let's put it this way. I can still out-run any coward my age , or up to ten years younger. I can still swim a hundred yards in half an hour: I can walk a block in twenty minutes, with time out for catching my breath. I can hit a golf ball 200 yards with a mere 60-mile tailwind. Don't say it. "He's caught up in a social whirl." That's pure im- agination. The only social whirl around here is trying to decide whether we should go over and visit Grandad, or ask him to come and visit us. No, it's something else. What, in the world of all that is ridiculous, is happening, in the prime of my life, when I should be coasting a little after years of uphill pedalling? It's the rotten world, that's what it is. The danged thing is flying around faster and faster on its axis, whatever the scientists may say. The days are getting shorter and shorter. the years are flip- ping by like somebody shuffling cards, and everybody is wishing the weekend would come or saying, "Thank God, it's Friday." And all God's chillun seem to know it, The kids are into drugs and sex as though they'd just been invented and might be out of style tomorrow. The trout streams are polluted. It's easier to flop and watch an — Please turn to page 5 Last week's mock funeral staged for Prime Minister Trudeau at the Great Lakes Region Jaycees convention in London drew a storm of protest, Opposition leader Robert Stan- field joined in "the fun" and placed a pot of planted flowers on the coffin. Judging from opinions aired on London radio stations, it was an act of that could cost him some votes from those who in- dicated the whole skit was deplorable. One area lady called this writer to suggest we join in the scathing indictment and she forwarded the opinion that the funeral director who loaned the coffin, and other props for the occasion should lose his license for not living up to his ethics. Unfortunately we'll have to disappoint our caller, because we find it difficult to be overly critical of the mock funeral, although in restropect we im- agine all those involved reallzelt was-in bad taste. However, while we did not, at- tend the event and therefore have no way of knowing in what con- text the skit was presented, there is every indication it, was done only in fun with no 'thought of malice or seriousness involved. Certainly, Mr. Stanfield would not harbour any thoughts of wishing to see Prime Minister Trudeau buried and we imagine the same could be said for all others attending the event. , It is only the demise of Mr. Trudeau's position as Prime Minister that Robert Stanfield seeks and presumably that was the spirit in which he was thinking when he placed the flowers on the casket. At a time when violence and anarchy surround us, it is un- derstandable how people can place a mock funeral in such a context, but we choose to give the Jaycees and Mr. Stanfield the benefit of the doubt. It is interesting to note that one of the Jaycees predicted the same event would have taken place with the principals being changed had Mr. Trudeau been the guest of the event. Could be! * * Many campers were chagrined to learn over the first summer holiday weekend that their favorite sites have been literally "taken over" by rowdy youths whose inhibitions are non- existent. Most people just don't care to expAe themselves or their children to some of the types of conduct being displayed in public parks and their weekend outings were completely spoiled. It may well be that some type of segregation will be required to keep the family groups apart from the young people if the latter continue their antics. Many people do not strenuously object to the young people en- joying their "freedoms," but they do wish to have their own "freedom" of not having to witness it, There are 125 people in Saska- toon looking for work, and the reason is enough to make grand- ma roll over in her grave. Seems that people have changed their eating habits to such extent in the last few years that the Quaker Oats Co. of Canada is ceasing operations in their western milling plant. People just aren't eating porridge any more! One of the die-hards is the firm'„ : office manager, who point .out he stilt eats his bowl of porridge for breakfast, but then has to,admit rather forlornly that his kids won't touch it. So, here we are, a nation whose hardiness stemmed from a piping hot bowl of _porridge each morning, being turned into a puny bunch of critters weaned on a quick gulp of some instant breakfast before heading out the door, However, the situation does create one job opening. One of those displaced persons in Saska- toon should sit down and rewrite the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, inserting "a glass of instant Whiz-Bang" for the porridge mentioned in that most famous of stories, He'll have to devise his own reasons for the heroine turning down ma and pa's glass for junior's. The rising popularity of bicycles is not all good. Unfor- tunately, it's being followed by a 50 YEARS AGO The annual trap-shooting tournament of the Hensall Gun Club was held last week, under ideal conditions, Fred Kerr, Crediton, won the silver trophy and high average. R, F. Jordon, London won second honours. Hydro workmen have been busy at Crediton wiring up some of the houses in preparation for the coming of hydro. It is ex- pected that the lines will be com- pleted about the end of August. Mr. Melville Gladman has taken a position with the Domi- nion Tire Company, Kitchener, for the holidays. Mr. Edward Taylor, of the Molsons Bank, Centralia, has been transferred to Ridgeway. Mr. Maurice Senior has taken a position with Pilon and Foote for the summer. , The 24th of May holiday passed quietly in Exeter. A number of the citizens spent the day in their gardens, others at the bowling green, others fishing, and several went to Grand Bend. 25 YEARS AGO Rev. A. M. Hunt after a successful ministry of 15 years in Exeter, as rector of Trivitt Memorial church, delivered his farewell sermon on Sunday and moved to Mitchell this week. The crop situation throughout this area is considered quite serious. There are numerous farmers who have not sown one kernel of spring grain. An old tuner says he doesn't remember when rain fell continuously for 36 hours as it did Sunday and Mon- day. Council Monday approved preliminary plans for a new Ex- eter District High School. Rev.- A. B. Irwin, Rev. N. J. Woods, Rev. C. W. Down and Mrs. W. C Medd are attending the London conference in Chatham this week. J. Allison Morgan, first year student at the O.A.C., Guelph, and Ross S. Proctor, RR 5, Brussels. were winners of the Huron County Scholarships. corresponding increase in bicy- cle accidents. While the two situations may appear to go hand in hand, it surely doesn't have to be so, There are many factors which need correcting, not the least of which is the need for the bicycle riders to practice more stringently the rules of the road, The young riders in particular are a carefree lot and if most parents took time out to watch their offspring from some hiding spot, they would shudder at the sights. Motorists too have to be more vigilant, especially with more and more riders hitting the highways on long journeys with the 10-speed racers. One of the problems with these machines is the fact the tires are so narrow, they are difficult to ride on the shoulder of the road because they can be easily tipped by running over a stone, Get two motor vehicles and a bicycle abreast on a highway and you've got a precarious situation. If you're wise, you slow down to avoid such situations, although it must be remembered that the bicycles are going com- paratively slow and you need a fair distance in which to reduce your speed behind them, 15 YEARS AGO On Tuesday Rev. H. J. Snell, who is entering his tenth year as pastor of James Street United Church, Exeter, was elected president of the London Conference of the United Church, held in St. Thomas. Pouring rain disrupted the dis- trict rally of the Scouts and Cubs here Saturday. Always prepared, however, the troops moved inside the arena to finish their com- petitions. Exeter troop won the Scout laurels, while the Lions Club pack from Clinton won Cub honors for the second year in a row. Caven Presbyterian Church, Exeter; will be re-opened and re- dedicated Sunday. The dedication service will be held in the mor- ning. SHDHS Board approved a three-cent-per-mile increase in transportation cost for 1957-58 at a meeting Tuesday night. Huron MPP Tom Pryde an- nounced this week that a contract has been let to Brennan Paving Co. Ltd., Hamilton, for the sur- facing of Highway 84 from Hen- sall to St. Joseph. 10 YEARS AGO Large congregations attended the 113th anniversary of Carmel Presbyterian Church Sunday, Rev. W. A, Young, a former minister of the church, and pre- sent chaplain at O.A.C,, Guelph, was the guest speaker. Crediton's softball squad started off on the right foot, in the defense of their rec-league title when they defeated the Kinsmen 7 - 2, in the opening game played in Crediton, Mon- day. At a meeting of South Huron Agricultural Society in Hensall, Tuesday evening, W. R. Dougall was presented with an agricultural service diploma for over 50 years of service to agriculture. Over 150 ears have been checked in a three-day safety- check carried out by the Exeter police this week. They warned that, as of Thursday they will begin to press charges. 0632NONSIVANUCCOMMI, 'ASSMV4MMEMMEEMEME.M. S t.