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Another myth has bit the dust — old
dogs can learn new tricks. Jack W. Taylor,
Pittsburgh executive development expert
says the only thing holding oldsters back is
— "negative attitudes and failure to. try".
Taylor blasts the notion that creativity
and the ability to acquire new skills
diminishes rapidly after middle age.
On the contrary: the capacity to think,
learn, and innovate continues to grow. Even
learning rates don't slip until long past 40.
And then the rate shrinks a miniscule one-
half of one percent a year until it reaches
the level it was at age 16!
Tests show that the scope and range of
life exposure enables the older worker to
more easily avoid fads and pitfalls that en-
trap the young. The mature person's rich
background of experience is especially
useful in the field of creative problem
ing.
Contrast this with the short attention
span, preoccupation with status and ad-
vancement, proclivity for re-inventing the
wheel — and grasshopper pursuits of the
young.
Proof? Jules Verne produced his more
imaginative stories at 70. George Bernard
Shaw won the Nobel Prize near 70. Winston
Churchill directed a war in his seventies.
Voltaire did his best philosophical work
between 60 and 84. Konrad Adenauer was
chancellor of West Germany from 73 to 87,
Joni° Kenyatta, they say, "is past the dying
age" and so, for that matter, are Chairman
Mao and Premier Chou En-Lai.
More than 64 percent of the world's
great achievements have been produced by
people over 60.
Shower of gold
WE BELIEVE that the honest, working
people and companies across Canada are
shocked at the new, increased rates of
Unemployment Insurance contributions.
We were told with very little advance
notice, that as of Jan, 1, both the employee
and employer contribution goes up 40% to
50 (7(
The name of the game is that the Fund
is going into deficit and some $2 BILLION
will be spent this year to keep the pogey
cheques coming!
Well, this would all probably be quite
acceptable if every Canadian felt that the
UIC fund was being handled wisely. We all
know that it is not. We all know that people
quit jobs with every assurance that the UI
will bail them out. We know that married
women who quit work to have a child draw
the money for months on end and that Lake
sailors who make upwards of $10,000 a year
can start to claim the minute the ships are
tied up for the season in Sarnia.
Of course, there are legitimate cases.
But the general feeling seems to be that "I
paid into it . . . I am going to collect". Peo-
ple who retire at 65 for some strange
reason, seem to qualify for months on end
as well when they have no intention, at 65,
to look for work.
We know a young reporter, who once
worked in Sarnia, who took his Volkswagen
Van and is now living in the Yukon , on
Unemployment Insurance. Why the devil
does the law allow a 22 year old to draw
such funds when he is able-bodied, healthy
and trained to work?
This is what makes UI unpopular .
the obvious abuses of it.
The Minister tells us that the UIC dis-
qualified 200,000 people so far this year and
that last year they disqualified only 65,000
persons, He tells the public that the Bill
pending before Parliament which would
have put teeth into the enforcement, has
been withdrawn because "the local offices
can handle the abuses best . ,
Every year that ruddy fund goes into
deficit. And every year we know why it
does. It is a veritable trough of golden coins
for the lazy, inept, slothful and evasive AS
WELL AS to those who truly deserve the
protection.
The employer gets stuck for twice what
the employee contributes. He is inspected,
checked, fined, harassed, brow-beaten and
forced to do the books for Ottawa.
People pay who know they will never
collect one cent. Virtually no one is ex-
empted, Why should a fireman, or Editor,
or Policeman or City Manager pay when he
will never ever benefit from his con-
tributions?
Everybody pays so every slacker in the
nation can collect. We should all write our
MP to tell him that this is patently unjust.
There are too many loopholes that are
never plugged, too many side benefits
which are not merited,
It is getting to be a great pain in the
neck . . , this business of bailing out the
"unemployed". Great God, there are more
jobs available than people who want to fill
them.
If a person turns down a legitimate job
he should not be allowed to draw unemploy-
ment insurance or welfare.
All in all, the abuses, real or imaginary,
have created an image of mismanagement
and waste.
Little wonder there are objections to an
increase with very little evidence of the
crack-down needed to contain costs,
The Sarnia Gazette
Wnter makes us madmen
Canadians take a perverse
pleasure, I'll swear, in the per-
versity of their country's climate.
Give them a sunny, open
winter, as we had last year, and
they scowl, "Yeah, 'sheen a good
winter, but we'll probably have a
cold, wet summer."
Give them a beautiful, hot, dry
summer, as we had this year, and
they grumble. "We need rain.
Country's all dried up. It'll likely
rain all fall."
Give them a fine, warm, sunny
fall, as we had this year, and they
hint darkly. "Yup. 'Snice, but
we'll pay for it. Any day now y'
c'n get out the shovel."
And when it finally does begin
to snow and blow, as it has
around here without cease for the
past thirty hours, there's a sort of
weird pride in the remarks,
"Well, we hadda expect 'er,
Haven't even got muh snowtiree
on. But I got the snowmobile all
tuned up. Turrible about the
increase in oil,"
There's no increase in oil,
unfortunately, only in oil prices.
This winter, we may go back, as
a nation, to long johns with
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collapsible seats,
There's a sort of obscene
triumph in the way your average
Canadian stomps in out of the
first blizzard of the year. Snor-
ting, hacking, puffing, running at
the nose, he roars cheerfully,
"Izzen that a corker? Looks like
we're in for it, Weatherman says
there's more coming. Indians say
it's gonna be the worst winter in
years."
And an endless series of
anecdotes: couldn't get 'er
started this morning; never
thought I'd make the hill. And,
chuckling with pride, "Haven't
even got the damned storm
windas on."
This warped and diabolic
gaiety in the face of what is bound
to be one of the most crushing
experiences possible, five months
of stark, staring winter, makes
me shudder for the sanity of my
compatriots.
Pakistanis and West Indians
who shiver and turn purple every
day for six months, must think we
are a nation of madmen, when
they first arrive in Canada,
We are among the most
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vulnerable people in the world,
when it comes to the vagaries of
nature. And I am one of the most
vulnerable people in Canada,
when it comes to winter. I hate it,
and it hates me.
There are some people who
love winter. Rotten little kids,
for example. They greet the first
snow with sheer delight, roll
around in it, and the more it
snows, the happier they are. I can
scarce forbear from belting them
when they chortle, "Wow!.
Wasn't that a dandy snow, Mr.
Smiley?"
And then there are the winter
sports idiots. When the skiers and
the snowmobilers look out the
window and croon, "Just look at
that lovely white stuff", I could
kick them in the groin without
compunction.
On the other hand, there are the
elderly. Winter is almost literally
murder, for them. No gardening,
no flowers, no gentle walks in the
sunshine. Instead, it means
holing up, with the ever-present
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• Two weeks ago, a member of
the committee investigating the
operations of RAP suggested the
report to be submitted would be
"shocking".
Now that the report has been
made public, it is fair to say that
"shocking" was almost an un-
derstatement,
It could also be termed in-
congruous to an extent, because
despite the "inefficiency,
carelessness, disinterest, conflict
and tunnel vision" which the
investigating committee
discovered, it must be noted that
Exeter's park, recreation and
community centres facilities and
programs are equal to — or
exceed in many cases — the
facilities and programs in
communities of comparable size.
There is certainly a need to
keep in mind that the committee
have not outlined some of the
strengths inherent in RAP, which
as John Stevens points out, can be
built upon along with some of the
recommendations made.
While necessity dictates that
such a study attempt to improve
areas of weaknesses, it is un-
fortunate that some of the
strengths were not mentioned as
a moral booster for RAP
members and employees, so they
have some incentive to effect the
recommendations suggested.
A look at the recommendations
and observations indicates there
will be little argument with some.
Problems of "communications,
lines of authority, positions of
responsibility and job descrip-
tions" are to be found frequently
in public administration and
unfortunately the number of
"bosses" operating in public
administration dictates that
areas of communication,
authority, responsibility and job
descriptions be even more ex-
plicit than they are in the private
sector.
The investigating committee
has read this situation most
clearly and it is one of the areas
in which RAP and council should
move quickly to bring about
changes.
The problem cited in park
administration has been well
spectre of pneumonia, or a slip on
icy streets and a broken hip, or
just the long, savage nights and
the short bleak days. Not much
fun there.
And then there are the or-
dinary, sensible people like me.
We know that winter is a vicious
brute with about as much of the
quality of mercy in it as there
was in Attila the Hun.
Take curling. It is my only
winter outlet, aside from
shovelling snow, and scraping ice
off the windshield with my
fingernails, and cursing winter.
Last night, after taking a year
off the curling with a broken toe, I
returned to the roarin' game.
Early November, Looked for-
ward to a pleasant game. Good
weather, good skip.
Had to curl at nine p.m, instead
of seven. Drove to the rink in a
bliezard. Nearly cracked up on
the ice in the parking lot. Lost the
game. Got home at midnight,
every bone in my body
screaming, "Rape!"
Take my leaves. There are four
inches of oak leaves in the back
yard, covered by eight inches of
frozen snow. My lawn chairs are
still out, looking like forlorn
relics of an iee age.
And my storm windows aren't
on. This is the most unkindest cut
of all, And don't think my wife
isn't cutting me up about it, Most
unkindly.
A politically astute political
party, which wishes to per-
petuate itself 10 perpetuity, as it
were, would introduce a bill in
parliament, packing all the old
people and the sensible people,
off to South Africa or somewhere,
every winter,
The savings in fuel alone, hi
these energy-crisis days, would
pay for the jaunt,
Leave the whole barren waste
to the kids, and the winter sports
fiends, And let THEM pay the
taxes, for a change.
known to council and RAP
members for some time now and
hopefully the verbal chastizing
they received will prompt them
to resolve this matter, It should
have been done years ago,!
The general recommendations
calling for an organizational
chart, a sub-committee struc-
ture, written guidelines and
objectives and the use of advisory
personnel make good sense, as
does the suggestion for better
organized meetings of RAP.
It's one of the oddities of life
that many individuals who
organize their time and efforts to
a high degree for their private
and work endeavours are unable
to accomplish the same in
organizations. The recom-
mendation also points out the
need for such groups having
effective leadership in their
chairman.
The need for looking beyond
today and into the future goals of
RAP in all its facets is another
of the recommendations which is
most worthy of consideration.
+ + +
There are areas in which we
question recommendations made
by the committee.
First of all, a look at the job
description of the " "resources
manager" and "program
director" bring forth the' im-
mediate question: "Who's going
to do the work?".
Using words such as "organize,
control, direct, guide, supervise,
allocate, evaluate" the com-
mittee has not taken into con-
sideration that the positions must
be "working" positions in a
community of this size.
Good managers,organizers and
such are required, but past ex-
perience has shown that the
resource manager must also be
able to scrape the ice, sweep the
floor, take tickets and the
program director must be able to
coach a ball team, referee a
50 Years Ago
Sometime during Thursday
night of last week, Horne
Brothers' place near Zion in
Usborne Township was visited
and a set of harness was removed
and a gravel box was taken off a
wagon. They were taken back the
land near the bush where the
harness and collar were cut into
pieces about a foot long and the
gravel box was cut in two in the
middle. The neck-yoke was also
taken.
The men of James Street
congregation numbering over 100
gathered in the parlors of the
church Monday for a social
evening, Splendid addresses
were given by Messrs. V.J.
A J. Penhale and W. Shapton.
The "Live Wires" a class of
young men in the Main Street
Sunday School met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aldworth,
Sexsmith and enjoyed a very
sociable time. An address was
read by Maurice Ford while Ed
Aldworth on behalf of the class
presented Miss Follick with an
ivory clock and a bottle of per-
ftlme,
25 Years Ago
Huron County Council endorsed
the recommendation of the health
and hospital committee and
adopted a proposal for the for-
mation of a public health unit in
Huron Country.
Mt and Mrs. William Sinclair,
kippen marked their, golden
wedding anniversary on Tuesday
November 23,
Residents of Hay township held
a bee and ploughed 40 acres of
land for Mr. Frank Wildfong who
has been ill for several weeks.
The apartment house on
William St. owned by Mr. S. B
Bow has been sold to Mr, Gordon
Triebner.
hockey game and other duties
beyond merely planning.
It is in this area that RAP will
have one of the hardest jobs in
knowing how to deal with the
committee's recommendations,
because the community is not
large enough to be able to afford
two "directors" whose job
descriptions indicate no
requirements for "work".
We're more inclined to see the
need for one person to undertake
the duties outlined in the two
positions suggested and free that
person from some of the "work"
so his time can be spent at the
more important aspect of
planning, controlling, organizing,
superV'ising, etc., etc.
+ + +
The committee recom-
mendation regarding the
operation of groups and
organizations which are semi-
autonomous is another area in
which valid arguments will arise.
Some control by and ac-
countability to RAP is valid, but
the recommendations would, we
fear, not encourage initiative and
resourcefulness as the committee
suggests is needed.
While RAP now has to meet the
financial obligations of these
organizations, they are not as
great as they would be if RAP
took direct financial control as
the committee recommends.
Another result could well be the
lessening of participation by
those in the activity or those
helping organize the activity.
Had the committee in-
vestigated carefully, they would
have found that such
organizations as minor hockey
Please turn to Page 5
15 Years Ago
The Hensall Public Utilities
Commission has officially opened
its new $10,000 building on Main
St. beside Twitchell's Garage.
Mrs. William Schlegel, Grand
Bend was crowned sweetheart of
Beta Sigma Phi during the
sorority's "La Parisienne" dance
at the Legion Hall Thursday.
Crediton's Bill Motz, popular
ball star in his younger days and
an employee at RCAF Station
Centralia for the past 15 years,
was honored Thursday night at
his retirement party at the
station.
Stratford and provincial police
recovered over $6,500 worth of
jewellery and nabbed two
suspects less than six hours after
the Jack Smith Jewellery Store
was robbed in Exeter early
Wednesday morning.
10 Years Ago
The only woman councillor
elected in South Huron so far is
Mrs. Minnie Noakes, Hensall,
who was acclaimed Friday after
John Lavender resigned his seat.
Mrs. Noakes previously served
on the village council. Reeves
eleeted in the area were Stewart
Webb by acclamation in Grand
I3end; Glenn Webb by ac-
clamation in Stephen; Norman
Jonee in Hensall; Thomas Hall in
McGillivray; and Elgin Thomp-
son in Tuckersmith.
Robert F. Love, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Love, Hensall has
received his third fellowship
from the Ford Foundation toward
his doctorate studies at Stanford
University, California in the field
of mathematical inventory
theory,
A erowd of about 100 joined in a
requiem sacrament for the late
President John P. Kennedy in
Trivia Memorial Anglican
Church Monday,
Have you heard about the man
who had such wonderful plans for
tomerrow? To start with, he
swore he was going to be kinder
and more thoughtful, tomorrow,
He knew of a troubled friend
who needed a lift and he certainly
would go to see what he could do
for him, tomorrow,
In fact, there were a lot of folks
he'd help, tomorrow, Not only
that, he made a long list.of all the
people he'd write a note of cheer
to, tomorrow,
He said it was really too bad he
was so busy today and didn't
have one spare minute, but he
was sure there'd be plenty of time
to do all these things, tomorrow.
The world would have long
remembered this man for all his
good works if his 'tomorrow' had
ever come. But the truth is, he
passed on and quickly faded from
everybody's mind. All he left
behind was a mountain of things
he intended to do, tomorrow
How sad that many of us are
like this poor man. We have great
intentions but somehow we never
get around to doing most of them.
It's either too hot, or too cold, or
we can't stand the rain, or the
streets are too slippery, or
something or other gets in our
way, So, we drift along putting
our good intentions on ice until
they're quite frozen and useless.
Perhaps you're like I am with a
whole bagful of regrets; things
I've put off until it's too late. How
well I remember beingprompted
again and again to write an
acquaintance in the hospital but
kept putting it off until one day I
was stunned to pick up the
morning paper and see her
name in the obituary column. The
flowers I sent to the funeral did
little to ease the guilt and shame
that flooded over me,
Time is a precious element and
not to be frittered away foolishly.
Sometimes, a few minutes wiser'
spent can alter the course of a
life, On the other hand, a few
moments wasted can bring on a
sea of regrets and a sense of
failure,
The Apostle Paul knew the
value of the time allotted to him
and he advised the Ephesians:
'Look carefully then how you
walk, not as unwise men but
making the most of the time,
because the days are evil.'
(5:15,16).
We, too, can use our time to
overcome some of the evils of our
age: the loneliness, disap-
pointments and other
frustrations that beat upon our
society.
Good use of time is a source of
joy too. The happiest people I
know are the busiest ones who
still have time to spread cheerand
encouragement to the people in
their homes, on their streets, in
their community and in the world
at large, They're able to do it by
making the best use of every
minute. No idle day dreaming of
what they'll do tomorrow for
them. They know the value of
their time and how to use it.
Any good we will do on this
earth must be done now. This was
the driving force in Jesus' life. He
knew there was a great deal of
work for him to accomplish in a
very short time and He was in-
tensely conscientious of the fact.
Of course, it's useless for us to
worry over opportunities we've
already wasted but we owe it to
ourselves and to God to stop
putting off for tomorrow what we
should be doing today.
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A look at that RAP report
The Ten Commandments
of Good Business
A Customer is the most important person in any
business.
A Customer is not dependent on us, we are
dependent on him.
A Customer is not an interruption of our work, he is
the purpose of it.
A Customer does us a favour when he calls, we are
not doing him a favor by serving him.
A Customer is a part of our business, not an
outsider.
A Customer is not a cold statistic, he is a flesh and
blood human being, with feelings and
emotions like our own.
A Customer is not some one to argue or match
wits with.
A Customer is a person who brings us his wants,
it is our job to fill those wants.
A Customer is deserving of the most courteous
and attentive treatment we can give
him.
A Customer is the life blood of this and every
other business.
Wilson's Jewellery is based
on this creed of Good Business