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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-10-25, Page 4Organic matter According to Hospital Administration Magazine, research conducted by the Faculty of Food Science, University of Toronto and presented to an Ontario Dietetic Association regional meeting revealed the following. One — No significant difference in the Major nutrients in bread, flour, rice, Macaroni and cereal purchased in a health food store and those taken from a shelf in a supermarket. Two — A microbiological analysis of the same products to determine purity and contamination revealed no significant difference in total micro-organisms between the two sources. But, the rice, oats and flour purchased in the health food stores gave positive results for conform bacteria, indicating possible contamina- tion. Three — A cost comparison based on equal amounts of nutrients revealed that on an average cereal products cost 25 per- cent more in a health food store. The difference is much greater for produce And dairy products. In the same issue, the magazine quotes a panel on health food that disclosed, while discussing organic fertilizer, that if all animal fertilizer available were collected it would only be one quarter of the amount required for the more than 7,000,000 acres cultivated yearly in Ontario. It would appear, therefore, that to keep up with the health food people we need either more animals or less organic matter wasted on their claims. We'll drink to that Eugene MacDonald, who publishes the Glengarry News at Alexandria, Ontario, has mixed blood in his veins, Scottish though his name, he uses French with all the fluency of a mother tongue — one of which it is. But Gene's finest prose flows forth when the Highland blood is roused. Just read this from his editorial column: Television could be much more enter- taining and exciting than is its usual nightly fare. That was a thought that struck us as we thrilled to that hour-long serving of pipe- band music one night last week, based on the World Scottish Festival at Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition. The networks could provide such musical extravaganzas at much more reasonable cost than many of the programs that prove to be duds. Mind you, we have no idea how much was spent on producing "The Pipes" but we have a sneaking suspicion all those pipers made music for this television hour at con- siderably less than prevailing rates for western or pop music makers or most other program talent. They made music that was superb if rated by a lover of pipe band music, in which category count us, The music of the pipes and drums was a cadence to the ears while the cameras were filling the eyes of the viewers with a kaleidoscope of color that only the varied tartan uniforms of the pipe bands offer. That was one of Canadian television's finest hours in our opinion, and we are left wondering why the networks, here and in the U.S., provide so little in the way of music. Lawrence Welk's orchestra is perhaps the only one appearing regularly; the Irish Rovers provide a popular program of ballads. There must be a lot of other fine musical talent on this continent that could provide telecasts more entertaining than much of the trash offered as sustaining programs. Keep watchful eye In recent weeks, several communities have witnessed moves by downtown merchants to modernize and spruce up their facilities. For some, it's a matter of closing the door after the horse has escaped, Shoppers have already moved away to the bright, modern surroundings of nearby shopping plazas, They're also lured there by ample park- ing space, Exeter merchants have been debating store modernization for the past five years, with no results as yet. Off street parking has been a local topic for the past decade. This is not to suggest that local stores are rundown or shabby in appearance. Many are quite modern, but merchants have never followed through on a move to co-ordinate their efforts to provide an even more attractive front for shoppe,rs. Some communities are receiving LIP grants to undertake some of the moderniza- tion work and this is certainly an area which should be explored by the Exeter Board of Trade. Modernization and parking should be watched closely and not left until it's too late. • .7A ••••e 121-577" Tittles Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 eteferZimes-Airuocate .SERVING 4ANAbik'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N,A,, 0.WAA„ CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten ASsiStant Editor Advertising Manager -- Ross Haugh Women's Editor -0- Susan Greer Phone 234.1331 Published Each 'Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Vast Mai( Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, March 31, 1977, 5,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $8.00 Per year; USA $10.00 ' Annual Meeting The third annual meeting of the Grand Bend Area Medical Centre will be held Monday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Grand Bend Village Hall To A. Receive annual reports, and financial statements. B. Elect directors C. Appoint auditors and solicitors. D. Transact such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting. MURRAY A. DESJARDINE Secretary How long can high rates last The present high, high interest on long term savings—how long can it last? Equally important is how much are you profiting from it? Smart people are putting all the money they can spare into Victoria and Grey Guaranteed Investment Certificates, paying a truly exceptionally high rate of interest. How about you—today-- at Victoria and Grey. Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation VG The Nettior Trust Company devoted entirely to serving the people of' Ontario, VICTORMandGREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 Manager! ROrt Cottrell Main St., Exeter 235+0530 FREE Pick Up Your Copy of the 1974 FARMERS' ALMANAC Bird gets too slow a burn Hindsight advantage ... but Who's a thief ? Offer me a ticket to any exotic spot in the world, any October — Rome, Paris, Athens, Rio, Tahiti — and I'd turn it down flat. There could not be, anywhere on this globe, a finer place to be, in October, than Canada. October has everything, Glorious golden days with the foliage flung across the land in such magnificence it's as though the Creator were chuckling, "I am far from dead. Just try to match this with your puny genius." Nights are remarkable, Cool enough for a sweater, but usually calm. Perfect for a stroll around the side streets of a small town, with the smell of burning leaves poignant on the soft air, and the spurt of orange flame as someone pokes up his fire. It's against the law to burn leaves, but such laws were not made for small towns, and are generally ignored. And why not? All the burning leaves in all the small towns of Canada wouldn't pollute the air as much as one hour on five per cent of the high- ways in Canada, with about a million stinking cars belching their bad breath, But October has something for everyone. The hunter is happy, He can squat in a blind until he's almost crippled, or lurch through a swamp until he's almost on his last lurch. He may see nothing more than a few late and lazy crows, or the starling heading south, but by George, he feels great when he gets home and tracks mud all over the house, and tears into that peanut butter sandwich his irate wife has left out for him. More intelligent hunters, of course, will go after partridge, and prowl along an old bush road in comfort. The most intelligent hunters will sit down in the sun, lean against the bole of a tree, have a perfectly relaxed nap, and go home with a good appetite and a clear conscience. Fishermen like October. They flog themselves out of bed in order to hit the water at dawn, Every one of them has a lurking hunch that this morning he's going to hit that big rainbow. And he can stand there, shivering, in the misty morning, happy in the knowledge that none of the nuisance anglers of Opening Day will be fouling his line, scaring the fish. They're all home in bed. For the sports fan, October is the zenith of the year. He might see almost nothing of his family fora month, but he's as happy as an idiotwith an ice cream cone, sitting in front of the boob tube, wildly switching channels as he tries to club-house sandwich the height of the football season, the beginning of the hockey season, and the World Series. October is Thanksgiving. By some piece of uncanny good luck or good judgment, it usually turns out to be a beautiful weekend, and this year's was nigh perfect, in these parts. It's a grand occasion for — Please turn to Page 8 One of the things columnists have going for them in ex- pressing opinions about decisions or actions of other people or groups is hindsight. Hindsight, as many will agree, is a great advantage in making another's actions look bad. Having cleared the air on that point, the writer would like to put some of that hindsight to work in discussing the most recent meeting of Exeter council in which we came away feeling that most members had arrived after carefully asserting they would. prove that rules were made to be broken and minds were made to be changed. In addition, there was an at- titude that probably was ex- pressed best by Mayor Jack Delbridge during the leaf burning debate when he said: "I don't know whether I agree with it or not, but if we're going to do it, let's do it now". Obviously, it would be much better to suggest the matter be held in abeyance or debated further until opinions are for- mulated, Inserting an element of urgency when it is not a real factor can alter one's thinking. The decision on leaf burning was a complete reversal for all but one member of council and it came about primarily by a situation cited for one local asth- matic youngster, That may or may not be enough to warrant a change in policy without further investigation, but it is certainly doubtful that it should lead to such an all- inclusive decree as prohibiting all types of fires. That may turn out to be a more costly decision that some would expect, judging from the amount of garden debris we see burned in our neighborhood, to say nothing of the large amounts or rubbish burned in downtown incinerators. And, having made that decision regarding fires, will council issue strict orders that no fires of any nature are to be set at the dump? The decision made by council has some merit in certain aspects, but it requires con- siderably more study than was given it last week. In matters of such sweeping involvement, council should adopt a procedure whereby issues of this nature should require a notice of motion one week prior to a meeting or that they be held over until the next meeting. It would result in fewer changes of decisions, changes which if too numerous, can create credibility gaps, + + + A need for "slowing down" some of the decision making process was also most apparent in council's handling of the far- mer Ausable Bayfield Con- servation Authority office in Riverview Park. A review of the situation is almost amusing. First of all, council approved a building permit for the Authority to undertake renovations to make the former office suitable for residential use. This was dearly indicated at that, time. The planning board then pointed out to council that this was contravening the zoning bylaw. At this point it must be noted that three members of council sit on the planning board, so presumably they had decided that the contravention was serious enough to draw to the attention of all members of council. Council then decided to write the Authority and point out that the contravention was taking place. At that time council members should have discussed what they planned to do about the situation, because as it turns out they decided this week there was no great problem. That may be, but by condoning the contravention of this bylaw, council obviously weaken their position considerably in other cases where bylaws are being broken. For instance, was that decision in keeping with their actions and attitudes over the fact former council member Ken Ottewell apparently broke a regulation with his sewer connection? + + + Some may call it nit-picking, but there's a bit of a credibility gap in members of council suggesting the police would have to show some common sense in dealing with customers of a local restaurant who may be parked on Main St. during the hours in which parking is prohibited. The question is , what is the difference between someone 50 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Walter Connor motored up from Windsor on Monday in the new Connor automobile, the first all- Canadian auto. Messrs. Connor Bros., who moved from Exeter to Windsor have built a four cylinder air cooled motor on the same principle as their air cooled gasoline engine. The car has no radiator and does not require water for cooling purposes. Mr. Connor expects the will be on the market next week, Mr. C. Kestle who drives the British-American oil tank for H.T. Rowe, met with an accident on Wednesday morning when one of the oil taps became damaged and about 150 gallons of coal oil leaked out. Mr. A.J. Perritt of town has secured a good position with the Green Swifte Co., of London and assumed his duties Tuesday. 25 Years Ago Bill O'Brien was elected president of the student council with Anita Deters, vice-president and Frances Taylor Secretary, Mr. Aljoe Sanders is remodeling the front of his grocery store, Workmen arrived on the seven acre site South of the present school to start a new $560,000 high school building. Rev, Harold Swann, of Trinidad, was guest speaker at the Sunday School anniversary of Centralia United Church, Exeter's Main St, is receiving a face lifting, The coating is being applied this week, illegally parked at 1:05 a.m. or 1:05 p.m.? Should the ,police always be expected to show common sense or should laws be created that alleviate the need for a policeman to turn his back on a law breaker at one time and not another. In this particular case, the no parking signs should probably designate different hours for winter and summer. If the street sweeper isn't going to he on the street until 6:00 or 7:00 a.m. why prohibit parking eerier than that? If policemen are expected to use common sense, council members shouldn't expect them to be out giving tickets for parking for more than two hours if there are a number of parking spots available on Main St. + + + We're still confused over what is to take place regarding the engineer's study on Exeter's water system. Comments indicate council members approved the report in principle while some suggest they were merely sending it along to the ministry for further opinions. Certainly there was no way most members could approve the report in principle, because only — Please turn to Page 8 15 Years Ago Directors of Alcantuc Ltd, and their families celebrated the harvesting of the first crop of 10,000 turkeys last week with a banquet in one section of the large poultry barn west of Exeter. The main dish? Turkey, of course. Wider, longer, lower cars with more glass, improved engines, push-button controls and many other new features attracted a crowd of 200 people to Exeter Kinsmen's auto show at the local arena Friday night, C,H. MacKenzie, 50, of Orangeville, a municipal police officer with 20 years experience, has been appointed Exeter's new chief. 10 Years Ago Hallowe'en pranks began, as usual, several days in advance of the actual event, In Crediton a goat was tied to an overturned "two-holer" behind the garage of Joseph Bullock. Kathy and Julie Schenk, who live next door, found the goat. Seventeen area youths burst out of the town hall Tuesday with shouts of relief and laughter after they had been acquitted of criminal charges resulting from the September 15 gang wet* in Hensall, Pat Makins and Malcolm Hiltz were the grade 10 winners at the SHDHS public speaking contest recently, Grade 9 Winners were Dorothy Farwell and Dennis Hazleton. Mrs. Charles Corey, Exeter was winner of the dotni-prite at the Exeter Lions Club frolic, She wan - what else? - a door! A remarkable thing happened at the conference I attended in Jerusalem last year. One of the women from California arrived with her luggage missing. For days she washed out her clothes each night, hopefully praying her bag would arrive on the next flight, It did, finally, but not until the last day, and when she saw it she was more than dismayed, for it had been slashed open with a knife and tied up again with a piece of rope. Quite naturally, she expected to find some of the contents missing because it was obviously the job of a thief. Strange to say, however, upon checking it out she found nothing missing , in fact something had been added, a letter, When packing her bag she had put in a good deal of Christian literature in both Arabic and Hebrew to be distributed in Jerusalem as she found the op- portunity. Well, the note she found in her bag read: 'I stole this from you because I was a thief, but after reading your cards I decided that your way, the way of the Lord, was the only way. So I am returning this to you and returning to the ways of the Lord. You have saved my soul, and I am now high on His way. Bless you.' Then, he added a postscript which showed he either had a sense of humor or just made a slight misquotations from the Bible: 'Seek and ye shall find; take and ye shall receive.' Here was a fellow who had taken unlawfully, but had received far more than he ever expected! It's interesting to note that had the lady's bag got through with her, she would have found it most difficult and dangerous to give out any of the literature she had in her luggage for it is a criminal offense to do this in Israel. We, who were there, certainly felt that God had his finger on that particular man when he broke into that particular piece of baggage. We also couldn't help think of another thief who had en- countered Jesus. Zacchaeus . . . greedy and ruthless tax collector who had no qualms about using his position to line his own pockets. The effect of Jesus' visit to his home was electric, and so magnetized was he by Christ that he said, "Sir, from now on I will give half my wealth to the poor, and if I find I have overcharged anyone on his taxes, I will penalize myself by giving him back four times as much." He did a complete turnabout, and one of the yardsticks of a person being sincerely effected by Christ is a change in his attitudes. Jesus comment was, 'This shows that salvation has come to this home today'. Many of us say we are Christians, but where is the change in our lives? We all steal. Oh, we may not pad the books, or evade taxes or even rob the children's piggy bank, but we all steal, We pilfer time by foolishly frittering it away instead of using it worthily and honestly. We steal peace of mind from people by deliberately implanting their minds with doubts. We steal virtue by carrying on gossip about someone. We steal life from ourselves by living dangerously and intemperately. Many of us rob something from someone a dozen times a day. We all need God's forgiveness just as surely as the worst hold- up man. The great thing about it is that it's there for the asking. But the secret is, having asked and received this forgiveness we must go the next step and change our ways.