The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-08-24, Page 4Fed up with waste
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SQI.JTH HVRQN DISTRICT
HIGH SCHQQI,
Students
and
Staff
• School begins on Tuesday, Sept, 5 of 10;00 a.m.
• Buses will operate on all usual metes. They will however run
one hpur later than regular time.
• There will be a staff meeting at 8;30 a,m.
• Students are asked to come prepared to take care of such
matters as. Student Council fee, caution fee, etc.
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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 235,1331
A letter to the Toronto Globe and
Mail would_ suggest that there are other
people concerned about the way our tax
dollars are being spent.
A Thornhill resident expressed it
this way in a, recent letter to the editor
of the esteemed Toronto newspaper:-
"As an interested citizen and
businessman and also a Councillor in the
Town of Markham I have been
increasingly concerned about the
wastefulness in which tax dollars are
spent, The Opportunities for Youth
Program is a big flop.
I know of two instances where
young people are laughing because they
are being paid $1,000 for two months to
do virtually nothing with no supervision
of any kind,
The average person has no idea of
the fantastic amounts of money which
are spent in the name of progress or
modem government, but in effect it is
just a hand-out to a few who could be
working constructively.
I am most concerned about the
attitude today that if you are smart you
part get something for nothing from the
Government. Unfortunately, this is true,
A part-time secretary I had working for
me left to take the summer off because
by going on unemployment she could
earn within $30. of what she was getting
in the office — so why work during the
summer months? It takes good reporting
and repeated reporting, of these facts in
order to make people aware of what is
going on.
It will take time for enough hard
working taxpayers to wake up and get
the economy back onto a basis where
you get paid in proportion to the
amount of effort you put forth,"
No doubt, we emphasize, there is
an ever-increasing feeling by the citizens
of this land that there are just too many
instances of government waste to go
unchallenged.
Suruep craze?
AROUND
If there's one thing that is
beginning to irk the ordinary citizen in
this country and one to which they are
constantly referring it is government's
continuous policy of conducting
expensive surveys. Surely we must be the
most surveyed people in this world. It
would seem that the greater number of
them are either pigeon-holed or
completely ignored and if it wasn't such
an expensive hobby it would be a joke.
The latest federal splurge is a
Policeman stops flight 317
$250,000 survey of the unemployed in
the Metro area. If past performances
hold true, the main beneficiaries of this
exercise will be the several hundred
people assured of a job to do the survey,
More and more citizens are
beginning to believe that nothing can be
accomplished until it has one of these
expensive surveys, to be talked over,
rehashed and finally put away on the
shelf.
Leader or fake?
captain advise her it was one of
those planes "with those four
scary little things on the wings",
referring to the propellers.
After some consultation, we
were all soon aboard and the
ground crews bustled about
getting prepared for our
departure once again for London.
However, another snag arose.
The Viscount was found to have a
mechanical problem and word
was received that flight 317 from
Toronto to London would be made
via a bus.
The announcement was met
with mixed reaction. Everyone
complained about the length of
time it would take in comparison
to our half hour flight, but it was
easy to spot some relief in the
faces of many who had just about
had all they wanted from air-
planes in one day.
The trip had one unusual twist.
Here we were, flight 317, being
hailed down by a London
policeman for speeding.
He let the driver off with a
warning and at 6:45 p.m. we
climbed out of the bus.
worried as the one on our face,
They quickly went to work up and
down the aisle to check
passengers to see thatnonewas in
shock and the trip back to
Toronto was quiet and without
incident.
A passenger two seats back
remarked this was the second
time he had been on a plane that
had experienced trouble that day,
As Toronto came into view,
silence filled the craft as the
moment of truth arrived when we
would hit the runway and end
up who knows where.
The captain assured us he
would have no problems and in a
matter of seconds there was a
great collective sigh of relief as
his words came true and we came
to a halt on the tarmac and rolled
over to a cargo area to have the
plane checked.
Isn't modern travel really
something?
At 11:00 a.m., Sunday, the
editor and Madame Batten (how
about that for only four days in
Quebec?) left the Hotel
Bonaventure in downtown
Montreal and in only eight and
three-quarter hours we were once
again sitting on the porch at 64
Sanders St. in Exeter.
Not too bad for a train..,, or
even a bus...or for that matter,
even our sporty 1965 Studebaker
considering the heavy traffic on a
busy summer Sunday afternoon.
However, we were flying! Yes,
in an airplane. One of Air
Canada's jet DC9 models, and it
took eight and three-quarter
hours.
It was a beautiful day for
flying. The sky was clear and
from our vantage point 25,000
- feet above land, miles and miles
of Quebec and Ontario could be
seen with a glance out our small
window.
The scene,to say theleast, was
spectacular. Numerous lakes and
rivers dot the countryside,
although unfortunately our
geographical knowledge left a
great deal to be desired and we
could only guess at some of the
lakes, rivers, cities and towns far
below.
Our taxi ride to the airport
consumed half an hour of the
previously mentioned eight and
three-quarters hours and there
was another wait of half an hour
at Montreal's Dorval airport.
Actual flying time to Toronto
was about one hour and we
touched down around 1:00 p.m.
We had another hour and a half
wait to make our connection to
London, but at 2:30 we were once
again in the air with about 30
other persons and this portion of
the trip was more familiar,
although it was a more in-
teresting and panoramic view
than one sees driving along at 70
m.p.h. on Highway 401.
In about 20 minutes, we looked
out to the port side of the plane to
see Woodstock and by the time
we looked to the right, Wildwood
Lake and the St. Marys Cement
plant smoke stacks were already
behind us.
Fanshawe Lake, covered with
the white dots of boats, soon
came into view and a look out the
window brought into view the
runways at London airport.
However, the plane didn't
attempt a landing and we were
soon listing at a crazy angle as we
circled north over Arva and
made another approach.
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Disillusioned with the ruling party, he
first went totally independent and
originated Action Canada. When that
Movement failed to arouse any
widespread public interest he threw in
his lot with Robert Stanfield and the
PC's. It may have been a sensible
solution for Paul and his followers -7 but
personally we hoped for something more
original and courageous. Canada could
use a new approach to her problems and
a dynamic leader to fire us with some
enthusiasm for what we can still achieve
as a nation.
Sadly enough Paul Hellyer was not
the man. He would have cast a longer
shadow had he sought oblivion on the
bridge of his own ship rather than
non-entity as a stoker for the
Conservatives.
Wingham Advance-Times
With a long tradition of political
stability behind them, Canadians are
hesitant in the extreme to accept those
who proffer new forms of leadership.
Thus Canadian conservatism has avoided
the extremes of fad politics — and may
well have consigned many potentially
brilliant leaders to the trash can of
history.
There was Mr. Stevens who
founded the ill-fated Reconstruction
Party during the depression years — and
others who posed new and challenging
concepts. They got just about as far as
the inventors of storage batteries which
would have put the oil companies out of
business.
Paul Hellyer, former Liberal cabinet
minister and one time right-hand man to
Mr. Trudeau — is the latest to urge
departure from the traditional.
Mechanics, pilots and Air
Canada officials bustled about,
one carrying a package that
presumably would replace
something defective in the craft
and we would soon be on our way.
However, an announcement
was made that we were going to
try another aircraft. A bus
arrived and we unloaded and
were soon arriving at another
section of the airport where a
couple of Vicount models were
parked.
Our stewardess had apparently
never flown in one. We heard the
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For the writer, it was a rather
non-eventful arrival at London
airport, but for some it was much
different.
While our minutes of suspense
— Please turn to page 5
There is a movie called
"Suddenly One Summer",
something like that. This is more
or less the way I feel towards the
end of this one.
For one thing, the weather has
been generally rotten. My heart
has ached for the campers, the
tenters, as temperature drops,
the winds blow, and I turn up the
thermostat on the furnace. As I
write, it's more like late October
than August.
But there is nothing much I can
do about that, its happening to
everybody. However, somebody
is definitely out to get me. I don't
know whether it's the Lord, fate,
or the devil. But it's too obvious to
be merely coincidental,
It, or they, started with my car.
Almost six months ago, a gen-
tleman backed into the front of it,
He's a mechanic and promised to
have it fixed, rather than pay the
almost exhorbitant insurance
rate. It is still not fixed. Not his
fault. We made a date for
July 31st and my wife busted her
ankle and in the confusion, I
forgot, But it's still not fixed.
Next, I was at a public
gathering, where there were a lot
of cars parked. Somebody, and he
was not a gentleman, snuggled up
too close to me. The only calling
card he left was a deep in-
dentation in my left front door.
Third, And that was my wife's
fault, not mine. She was yakking
at full steam, somewhat like an
organ with all the stops out. It
happened at a highway motel
where we'd had lunch. I backed
up, knowing there were no cars
there and hit a light standard that
shouldn't have been there. It was
solid brick, It made a boomerang
of my back bumper. There went
another hundred bucks.
Here's where I'll go along with
Ralph Nader and company. The
bumpers they put on cars today
are not bumpers, but junkers. A
generation ago, a bumper
bumped and didn't give an inch.
The thing that was bumped gave.
Today, they seem to be a com-
bination of plastic and spaghetti.
I'm convinced that if you ran into
anadult male hummingbird at 50
miles per hour you'd lose your
$100 deductible on your bumper.
Well, to cut a short story long,
the car is pretty much Of a
disaster area. Front grill bashed
Cann's Mill Ltd. during their tour
of Huron County this week. They
visited Jones, MacNaughton Seed
Ltd., SHDHS and district farms.
Ausable Authority has pur-
chased 106 acres of land on the
site of the proposed dam and
reservoir near Parkhill.
SHDHS graduates have been
awarded three of the four $500
university bursaries provided for
Huron County by the Ontario
Department of Education. They
are Robert Clarke, Stephen
township; Beverley McLean,
Exeter, and Donald Peterson,
Dashwood.
Trudy and Margueritie
Pickard, daughters of Clerk C, V.
Pickard and Mrs. Pickard have
returned from an eight-week tour
of Europe. The sisters, both
school teachers in Hamilton
travelled thousands of miles
through Western Europe,
England and Scotland.
50 YEARS AGO
On Saturday evening last the
large bank barn of Mr. Thos.
Ross, 12th concession of Usborne,
was totally destroyed by fire
together with the season's crop of
hay and grain, two calves, about
70 hens and the machinery. Mr.
RQSS was working in the barn
when a lantern either exploded or
fell over. The flames spread so
rapidly that nothing could be
done to save any of the contents,
The Editor of the Times and his
wife motored to Milverton on
Friday last and attended the
annual meeting of the Perth and
Huron District Association, being
guests of the President, Mr,
Malcolm McBeth of the
Milverton Sun.
At the bowling tournament on
Friday evening, Messrs, T,
Pryde, E. Harness and W. Rivers
were successful in winning the
first prize. Messrs. E. Harvey, W.
Sanders and J. G. Cochrane were
second,
The evaporator in Exeter is
proving a boon to farmers of this
section as they now have a means
of disposing of their surplus
apples.
4aradvatkoms.
Times Established 1813 Advocate Established 1881
in. Chrome strips buckled and
ripped off. Back bumper a
bummer.
Motor still great, but whole
vehicle now in classified ad
section as a "bodyman's
special".
As we all know, accidents come
in three's, Well I had my three
and thought whoever was out to
get me should relax for a while,
Not so,
As I mentioned, my wife broke
her ankle and a week later I
broke my toe. She groans and
hobbles around in a walking cast,
I groan and hobble around. I
never realized before just how
important a big toe is in the
process of ambulation.
Something like a fish trying to
swim with his tail cut off.
Oh, it's a jolly, lively place
around our house. We should be
out at the beach, doing a fancy
crawl stroke, calling cheerfully
to each other about how terrific
the water is today, Instead, we're
stuck in the house, doing a fancy
crawl up and down stairs and
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SiMirSEMEMMUMMUSIIM
Amalgamated 1924
10 YEARS AGO
Huron County is not affected by
the small pox threat which hit
Toronto and New York over the
weekend, according to Huron
MOH Dr. Robert Aldis, Goderich,
Town council Monday night
agreed upon a program to
reclaim the swamp land in the
northeast section of Riverview
Park as part of the long-range
development project for the area.
Ontario Hydro plans to erect a
transformer station on No. 4
highway, just south of Centralia,
To be known as the Centralia
Transformer station, it will
provide better distribution
facilities to Exeter, Centralia,,
Dashwood, Lucan, Grand send,
Parkhill and Ailsa Craig,
Bill Batten's sports page has
won second place in the 1962
better newspapers competition of
the Canadian Weekly
Ne'vspapers Association, The 'r..
A was second to the Stouffville
Tribune in the best sport's page
competition.
Puhiished Eath Thursday Morning
at Exeter, Ontario
second Class Mail
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Paid in Advance Circulation,
March 31, 1972, 5,037
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Note; T. Harry Hoffman, opened
his new Funeral Home in Dash=
wood 30 years ago, August 1041•.
The crazy lilt to the plane
brought 5a question from the
better half, but this veteran air
traveller (three commercial
flights to her two) brought forth
some sound reasoning that we
were ahead of schedule and had
to circle to eat up some time,
However, the intercom quickly
proved us wrong, with what had
to be one of the most unsettling
comments we've heard for some
time.
"Ladies and gentlemen", the
first officer called out. "We are
experiencing some minor dif-
ficulties with our brakes and will
be unable to land at London and
will be returning to TOrento",
He went on to explain that the
runways at London were short,
and with brake problems, the
plane would require the longer
runways at Toronto Inter-
national,
The reactions of the passengers
were varied, Most met the an-
nouncement, with Silence,
The lady seated behind let out a
worried gasp and the editor shot
a reassuring smile in the
direction of the better half. It was
probably the most nervous
reassuring smile she's ever seen.
The stewardesses also had
Smiles-perhaps not quite as
25 YEARS AGO
Huron County Library
Association mobile library —' a
new book truck filled with shelves
— starts its tour of the county
early in September,
Mr. Ted Davies has disposed of
his residence on Andrew Street to
Wallace G. Seldon. Mr, and Mrs.
DavieS will move to Forest,
Public School will open
Tuesday with C. Blowes, prin-
cipal, and teachers Mrs. Arm-
strong, Miss Grace Pepper, Miss
Marion Forbes, Miss Jean Cann
and Miss Helen Walper,
The Hooper reunion was held at
the home of Mrs. Edgar Hooper,
St. Marys on Monday,
MiSs Doris Mitchell has joined
the Bell Telephone staff,
1.$ YEARS AGO
Officials of the Ontario Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
inspected modern grain-handling
machinery in the elevator of