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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-01-17, Page 4History strikes again COMPLIMENT 1974 CALENDAR 1.- TAKE owe You ve got a problem? Times Established 1873 Advocate laWZONEMOSIENSWINSZEMEMENVERVABOil,', Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 linte Corefeames-ibuocale SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Phone 235-1331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, March 31, 1972, 5,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $9,00 Per Year; USA $1100' ringrarIMMIer ZONVINSEEMONNaridr TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN ,1' "THE TORONTO -.7:•:;IJA SYNDICATE Ricky, 8, is doing well in Grade 3. He is above average in in- telligence and is expected to he an achiever in school, especially if he is adopted by a family who will give him both en- couragement and opportunities. Good-looking Ricky has brown eyes, black curly hair and dark skin. He has flat feet but they do not inhibit his activities at all. His health is good. Although he may have some slight allergies, they have not been at all troublesome. Ricky is a quiet lad, sincere and loyal in his friendships. Very inquisitive, he prefers to figure things out for himself rather than having them demonstrated or explained. He is not a sports enthusiast but is fond of camping. He likes music. His special interest is his stamp collection. It is hoped a black family will be found for Ricky, He could be either the oldest or the youngest child, but there should not be a child close to his age. Ricky will be a wonderful addition to a family who will give him much love and attention. To inquire about adopting Ricky, please write to Today's Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888, Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. For general adoption information, please contact your local Children's Aid Society. DOES WELL IN SCHOOL STUDENTS Typewriters for Sale or Rent ••••o•••••• • ••••••••••• • Swim. 000000 1111M111111.111110 Reasonable Rates CxektAr,iino-Abtiorate 235-1331 the poor nations within the global communi- ty consider that the development of the world has not followed normal patterns. Today, they are trying to take remedial action. Those who do not understand the poverty that exists in the poor lands, may call it retaliatory action. But this is an un- just viewpoint, Already the economic distortions, the people of affluent lands have taken for granted in the past, have gone on for too long. The sufferings of two billion people living in poor lands and poor regions have gone on for too long. The energy crisis will hit them also, of course. And yet history has struck at mankind once again — trying to make humanity aware of the fact that inter- national as well as individual greed and selfishness serve no one. —Contributed Thus we are likely to see the restora- tion of many railway services. Our own town which is fortunate to still have some rail service for passengers may find itself getting even better service. There are a lot of hard political decisions to be taken also regarding more money made available for exploration of sources of gas and oil. There must be a long-term export energy policy developed. Revenues from export taxes could go for research on solar, atomic or tidal energy. We are ready to agree that the energy we use is going to cost us more in the future - and we also agree that there is an end to it all. They will run out. So this is just part of the problem which faces the leaders of our country and our provinces, not only when they gather this month, but in many months and years ahead. Then there is the question of present energy use. How do we balance our present comforts and luxuries against clean air, clean water and an unraped landscape? Those too are part of the decisions to be made. —St. Marys Journal Argus a mouse Exeter council's action regarding the use of the local post office building is most dif- ficult to understand, and we imagine even a few of the members must be having some difficulty ascertaining just what their position is. In the first place, there appears to have been a major "goof" made in advising the department of public works that council would be willing to pay $1.50 per square foot for the structure. when it becomes available• upon completion of the new post office at the corner of Andrew and William Streets. That decision was apparently made at a committee meeting, and obviously that is over- stepping the authority vested in any committee of council. Such action should only follow a motion duly approved by the entire council. Strangely enough, council didn't even wait for a report from a special committee setup to,; inyeAtiga,tt,„ the ,adyisabili,ty-LaP11.1 aeceplapkty :of tkootg office foi,municipai pprposes,,;(1 2, glop repor t is more .' incongruous that council should make a decision: the building: That investigation should be the basis for any decision, and r.soz Years Ago without it, any decision is F The Evangelistic meetings in premature. Main St. Methodist Church are Perhaps new start is best + +. James Street and Main Street are To cloud the issue even further,':„ in charge of the services and the there appears to be a "save the two congregations have united town hall" faction on council who ' for the campaign. want to at least get an engineer's - The coldest spell of the season report on the town hall before it is passed over this section on ruled of no further practical use. Monday. The mercury dropped to That was a suggestion made in around ten degrees below zero. this newspaper over a year ago, A.E. Erwin, reeve of Bayfield, although at the time members of was elected to the wardenship at the first meeting of the Huron County Council. Mr. H. Bierling has purchased from Messrs. R. McKenzie and Son the general store and post office in Exeter, North. Miss Hopkins, who has charge of the young ladies' class in connection with the short courses. put on by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, entertained the members of the Exeter and Hurondale Women's Institutes on Thursday of last week. The attendance was large. An in- teresting program was put on by some of the young ladies taking' the course. cupboard door below the sink and is gaily into the garbage. He'll eat anyting; baked potato skins, left-over soup, stale let- tuce, fried eggs. The only time I have seen him a bit nonplused was on New Year's Day. Maybe he had a hangover. I was half-drowsing in a chair, and watching him out of a corner of my eye, in case he took a flying leap and threw his arms around my neck to kiss me, which I abhor. He'd caught a mouse, it seemed, though we've never had mice in this house, He would slam his paw on it, pick it up in his teeth, chew it and swallow it. A tiny mouse. Thank goodness he's good for something. Then he'd throw up the mouse, and go through the whole business again. I got a bit alarmed that he'd throw up more than the mouse one of these times, onto the rug. I in- vestigated. He was trying to digest one of those wide elastic bands, Every time he hit it, it would jump, so he thought it was alive and chewed it and swallowed it, but couldn't keep it down, That's the kind of stupid cat he is. But he's getting smart very quickly. When I try to grab him and throw him out in the snow after a feeding, he goes by me like a cheetah going by a rhinocerous. Sure wish my wife would get home. It takes two of us to handle the two of them, This week I've been batching it and I must say that I miss my wife. It's not that I can't cook and It is common these days to blame the Arab nations for the economic woes now troubling the world, But the malaise goes much deeper than the decision of oil rich countries to either limit the flow of oils or to raise the price of this vital commodity. The exploitation of men and of nations goes back to the mists of time. Ever since the white, Western nations built their in- dustrial revolution on coal and steel, the world has been developing unevenly. European countries, particularly the great powers of the last century and early 'his century, used the wealth of their colonies to enrich themselves, and thus forced other peoples to serve their economic needs. Cheap labor from Africa and Asia enabled American settlers to grow much richer than would have been possible under normal circumstances, To put it plainly, Although changes and trends of the times come more slowly to a smaller com- munity or rural area than they do to the metropolitan centres, it ,would seem that Canadians as a whole are due to see some real changes in attitude and thinking during the coming year, particularly with regard to the expenditure of energy and resources. This January our political leaders will be giving serious consideration to these problems at the first ministers' conference on' energy. • The production of other forms of energy besides the ones we have now must surely come high on the list of con- siderations. Our social attitudes, par- ticularly, are going to be under-going some changes as time goes on. Although we do not believe, like some others, that the big gas-gobblingautomobile will go the way of the dinosaur there cer- tainly must be government-directed rules for the use of the automobile - a shrinking of large parking lots, a scrapping of ex- pressway plans, and the revitalizing of rapid transit plans. (The Japanese and some European countries have trains that travel swiftly and safely at up to 150 miles an hour - why haven't we?) There's absolutely no sex in- volved. He just wants to be loved by a second mother, but she is a happy, childless widow, and wants to stay that way. You can't even feed them together. She is a dainty eater. He eats like a wolf who has just broken a long fast. Put down two bowls. He gulps his while she is sniffing hers, then shoulders her aside and gets into her grub, while she bats him ineffectually, then retreats in disgust to sulk under a bed. She is a bed sneaker-under, since he arrived. And if there's anything more difficult than getting a determined old cat out from under a bed, I'd like to see it. The only way to do it is go under the bed after her, with a broom or mop. You wind up, puffing, stuck under the bed, while she has darted off and is under one of the beds in one of the other rooms. She's as slippery as an eel and a heck of a lot more cunning. Meanwhile, during the half hour you chase the old cat, trying to grab any of her extremities so that you can throw her out, where she should have been long ago, his arrogant young nibs is having the run of the kitchen. He's not a bed sneaker-under. He's a counter-walker. And a cupboard-door-opener, One leap and he's up on the kitchen counters, strolling, sniffing, licking. Don't leave the butter out. He'll down a quarter-pound straight. Give him three minutes alone and he's somehow opened the wash dishes and make the bed and do all those other silly things that our poor wives have to do day after day, year after year. No, there's no problem there. It's the danged cats. They're driving me out of the remnants of what was once a fine mind. I'd rather live with a herd of goats than with two cats, I've concluded, Take one elderly she-cat who has been spayed. She was quite content with life. She is beautiful and very, very distant, except when she's hungry. There isn't a bone in her body that is friendly. She just wants you to keep your distance, feed her well, and let her bask on a sunny stair-tread. In return, she will guarantee not to make a mess in the house. I had just begun to tolerate her, if-not like her, after about six years. Now, add a boisterous young tom cat, He's as agile as an orang-outan, has an appetite like a polar bear, has the manners of a pig, and is sickeningly friendly. He has completely disrupted what was a fairly quiet, peaceful household. He is driving the old cat out of her nut, He follows her around, licking and kissing her, until she spits, takes a swipe at him and makes him back off long enough for her to skedaddle to one of her hideouts, He looks hurt. All you have to do is settle down with a newspaper and a cup of tea, and he's quite likely to come flying through the air, sending + + One of the ironical aspects of the Exeter inaugural meeting the paper one way and the tea the other, as he seeks solace for his yearning heart, Given any encouragement whatever, he'll climb all over you, digging his claws into your ' shoulders because he doesn't know any better, smooching your face and neck 'in a wet, disgusting • fashion, before, thumping himself down for a rest on your stomach or chest or any other part Of you , that suits his convenience, Two' minutes la ter, he hears the old cat sneaking around, digs his claws into your knee and takes a flying leap, off to court her some 't*, more. 25 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Wein of Crediton celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on SaturdaY. Mr. Ed Hunter-Duvar who recently sold two houses on John Street has purchased property from Albert Mitchell south of the village limits and intends to erect a garage and a home on the property. A severe windstorm visited this district Tuesday night. Hydro was disrupted and many roofs Were damaged. The roof of the new Huron Lumber Co. was blown off. Mrs. Hugh Taylor, formerly of Thames Road, was honored last week when she was elected first vice-president of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Thompson Brothers who have the contract for installing a new lighting system for the James Street Church; now have the work well uriclerWay,, Salaries set by Exeter council Balled for the 'reeve to receive $4,00 per meeting and councillors $3,00, Bell ringer, Emerson Cornish to receive $20 per month and the clerk'treasurer, $2,600, A Special admission of 42 cents (including tax) Was set by Leavitt's Theatre for the showing of "Duel in the Sun", even hours) are not wasted in rehashing items or in conducting debates for which no decision can be made or which are not im- portant. It's to be hoped council members justify their pay in- creases by becoming more ef- ficient in their meetings, however, they should be prepared to do more than juit talk about it. + + Tim Stire came across a January 30, 1935 issue of the Toronto Globe the other day and passed it along for our ob- servation. It is of particular interest because one of the headline stories detailed the fact that "Prime Minister Bennett tonight introduced in the Commons and — Please turn to Page 5 10 Years Ago Exeter District Co-Op directors met Wednesday night to discuss plans for the replacement of their $80,000 feed mill which burned to the ground yesterday morning. Traffic was blocked off High- way 21 and area residents warned of danger Tuesday night whene a propane truck leaked a heavy fog of gas over the golf course at Grand Bend. Driver John Hotson suffered minor burns. Huron County has almost reached its quota in the sale of shares for FAME, the farmers' meat processing co-operative it was revealed at a regional meeting in Walkerton. Attending from this area were Ernest Pym, Alex MacGregor, John Soldan, Malcolm Davidson and William Coleman. Earl Dick of Cromarty was re- elected president of the South, Huron Agricultural Society in Hensall, Saturday. Several improvements have been completed at the Dashwood library, Librarian Mrs. Ernest Koehler reports 16 adult readers and 54 children. C.H. Lewis and J,B, Ready plan to erect a $200,000 motel in Lucan. A vote in the village this week gave the necessary majorities for a dining lounge and cocktail lounge. The old maxim says; I com- plained because I had no shoes until I meta man who had no feet, Well, today I met a young woman who has no hands and for a time, at least, it's certainly made me forget any problems I thought I might have, It's done more than that, It's given me new heart, because I now know the impossible is never impossible, This girl, small of stature, is living proof. Born with no arms or hands she's a miracle of bone, flesh and grit. Without hands she couldn't possibly write, you say. Don't be too sure, Deftly holding a pen between her toes she writes a neat and easy script far more legible than mine, You don't think she could open or unlock a door? Why not? Standing on one foot she skillfully lifts the other from her shoe to turn the knob or key. Can she unzip her handbag? Easy. Again using her toes, she slides the zipper open and picks out her pencil, comb, Kleenex or whatever she may require. She does practically everything everyone else does . . . and some things she does better. But, of course, it's not possible for her to drive a car, you insist. Don't take any bets. I saw her maneuvering a qtandard-sized car with all the aplomb of a seasoned truck driver. Albeit, the car is equipped with a specially designed steering wheel, but it's taken nothing but raw courage for this young lady to even think about driving. But drive she does, after passing as stiff a test as anyone in Canada' ever passed. Not only was I profoundly struck by her courage but I was deeply moved by her sweetness for I could detect no bitterness, no expecting a better deal, special privileges or favors. After talking with her for only an hour or two you know she's the type who having set her eyes on a goal will achieve it come what may. Her visit left me pensive. The problem of handicap, affliction and pain is ever with us, Why, God, why? we ask. In Corinthians we read about Paul's 'thorn in the flesh'. No one knows for sure what affliction Paul had, but whatever it was it was bad enough for him to call it 'a messenger of Satan' and he says three times he prayed `urgently' that it might depart from hint God's answer to Paul was, 'My grace is enough for you, for power is perfected in weakness.' That Paul was given power cannot• be disputed. A list of his work would stagger a giant, and if he was physically weak and handicapped, as many scholars believe, he was able to withstand more physical and mental abuse than 10 average men put together. It never ceases to amaze me how much strength the rest of us receive from seriously afflicted people. I once heard a story of a young woman who was dying of an incurable and very painful disease. A man going to visit her took with him a little book . . . a happy, laughing book. "Thank you very much," she said, " but I know this book." "Oh, you've read it already?" asked the visitor. She answered, "I wrote it." That is the work of all- sufficient grace. It is the strength and hope of our lives that in our weaknesses we find this wonderful grace of God . . always, man's extremity is God's opportunity. r,..111 WO c ats .. andhes council appeared content with the report submitted by a local building contractor which suggested the town hall was beyond saving. Now that report has been questioned by some members of council and we were a little surprised that it was not vigorously defended by any of those who oppose spending any money whatever on the town hall. Their lack of support for the opinions expressed in that study of the town hall may suggest to some that they were not con- vinced that it was conclusive and that the building may have some good years left in it yet. At any rate, the discussion is almost back to square one, despite the fact there appears to have been some commitment made regarding a lease for the post office. Members of council have now been asked to consider the entire situation again. Judging from the rather twisted course of events to date, a fresh start may not be such a had idea, because there is no doubt the disposition of municipal of- fices will be among the major decisions to be faced by council this year,' was the fact some discussion was held on streamlining meetings to reduce the amount of time spent around the council table. Council, as it turned out, not only rehashed many arguments regarding the town hall, but duplicated a discussion held in December regarding a second cruiser for the police depart- ment. In December some definite action was taken by giving a committee authorization to proceed with the purchase, but at the meeting last week, the discussion hardly advanced that far. In effect, council "lost ground" from the point where they were in December. There were some extenuating circumstances, but the discussion on the town hall and the police cruiser does indicate most clearly that a meeting chairman must have complete control so. valuable minutes (and „Ps i off to a good'start. The pastors of Some changes coming "Drop that — they're only for our regular customers!" 15 Years Ago Robert Southcott was elected president of the James St. United Church AOTS Men's Club and was installed by the Rev. H.J. Snell. Edgar Cudmore and Morley Hall of South Huron Gideon Camp distributed New Testaments to 74 pupils of grade 5 at Exeter Public School. John Anderson of Hensall copped the Labatt 50-bird han- dicap trophy at the Kippen Gun Club when he won the shoot with a score of 41. The natural ice rink at Dash- wood Lutheran Church has been busy over the past week. Raymie Wein has been supervising the rink. A fox hunt organized by Joe Haskett and Earl Greenlee in the Lucan area was unsuccessful, The hunters saw and shot at five foxes, they bagged none. A yearling doe was chased into town by two hounds Saturday but it escaped unharmed, thanks to protection from Hank Greene, local game overseer.