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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-06-20, Page 4Canada's youth is drowning in a flood of booze. Warns the Addiction Research Founda- tion - "the endless regurgitation of beer commercials featuring modish kids in forests, boat and balloon indicates how vital a market the young have become." Warns Gerald Le Dain, head of the commission on non-medical use of drugs - "alcohol is the worst curse affecting socie- ty today." A nation-wide survey shows dramatic escalation in alcohol problems among youth - since the legal drinking age was dropped from 21 to 18 in April 1971. Manitoba teenagers have moved from hard and soft drugs to alcohol, and Nova Scotia reported only two persons under 20 treated for alcohol problems in provincial hospitals during 1970, while 20 patients were admitted in 1971. In Quebec 14-year-olds sneak into pubs and taverns and in Toronto drinking among high school students doubled since 1970 - while marijuana and hashish usage climb- ed 10 percent and LSD dropped. The public must find out the inter- relationships between drug usage and alcohol. A royal commission should be set up to determine if raising the drinking age back to 21, will cause kids to just sink deeper into drugs. Meanwhile, those seduc- tive, youth-oriented beer and liquor ads should be banned from the media. —Contributed Trash can be used If you can imagine a trash can holding more than 1,500,000 tons of garbage, you have a picture of just what Toronto really needs. During this year, garbage trucks will pick up in Metro an estimated 1.59 million tons of trash. Metro Works Commissioner Ross Clark must find some way of burying or burning almost half a million tons of garbage this year for which no solution has been found - and obviously nobody expects him to do it in his backyard. In reality, garbage disposal is a serious matter that demands the attention of all Canadians who are more fortunate than most people in that we have a very large, relatively underpopulated land. What do other peoples do with trash? New Yorkers each year have millions of tons shipped about 10 miles offshore to be dumped into the Atlantic. Hong Kong does the same in the Pacific - but it works there, whereas New Yorkers have been warned about the growing slick of filth floating off their shores. Some U.S, cities have their trash com- pacted into solid blocks, as large as a kitchen table and hard as concrete. These are then hauled by rail to outer suburban areas for landfill projects. No smell. No need to wait for years before the garbage rots, It's expensive, but it works in the cities willing to pay the price. Scientists are experimenting with ways to burn tash - and in the process to produce a gas that could be used for heating. But most experts admit they are still searching for a cheap, convenient way of removing the mountains of trash that accumulate in cities every day. The truth is that the global garbage dis- posal situation remains a great big mess! Dire consequences Safety inspectors have been busy in the area recently and a number of changes have been laid against contractors who fail to enforce regulations under the Safety Act. It's difficult to get men to change habits developed through the years, par- ticularly when they can point to the fact they have escaped any injury while perf or- r, ming,4he job in the same manner for those many: years. .A.,;4HoW,Aver, statistics point out that con-,., struction and safety accidents continue to climb, and those who fail to comply with safety rules are stacking the odds against themselves. The accident which claimed the life of an Exeter man this past week points up most vividly what happens when safety rules are violated. The consequences should surely prove to all concerned that an ounce of prevention is still the best policy. rileilLOSW;Vet ANCSMISCINKAMENRUSFELTWAT4MPANSANN Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C,W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Rott Haugh Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0384 Paid in Advance Circulation, March 31, 1972, 5,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES': Canada $9.00 Per Year; USA $11,130 241/24MLISSEN7aV"''' ' ."'""7""'AraiNFANSIZ Phone 215-1331 Never know until you try A new emphasis Alcohol and youth Mind your manners #054inonton 53uvrAL "But it'll take twice as long to accumulate free gift coupons Dentec Had a birthday recently. Some people, especially women, are rather daunted by certain bir- thdays. For a young, attractive woman, having her thirtieth birthday is almost as horrible a prospect as having all her teeth out. After a couple of years in the early thirties, she realizes that she is really just coming into her best period, that of a mature woman, still mighty attractive, and with a new emotional maturity she didn't have in the Gay Twenties. She's in the Flirty Thirties, and enjoying it thoroughly. But with the fortieth milestone looming, panic sets in anew. She suddenly is convinced that anyone in the forties is over the hump, headed into a wizened old age. Strangely enough, after a couple of years in her early forties, she admits to herself and anyone else who will listen, that she's in the prime of life. She can still draw a whistle when the light is right, get her bum pinched if the party is rowdy enough. She's probably a grandmother, but she's a "young" gramma. With a good dentist and contact lenses, she can disguise the fact that her teeth are still there only through but not daunted sheer will power, and that she's blind as the proverbial bat. Then that grim reaper, the gaunt visage of Fifty, comes over the horizon like a wolf sweeping down on a lamb. This time, there is no panic. Just sheer despair. She knows, with a little mathematics, that anyone in the fifties is away past Middle Age, and has one foot in the grave and the other on a piece of dog defecation. She is OLD, and there's no hiding the fact. Yet five years later, in her mid- Fifties, she's striding about a golf course, or screaming "Sweep!" at the curling club, or lying by a pool in Florida, holding in her gut and convinced she's in the Golden Age, Of course, Sixty is IT. The old man with the scythe is lurking everywhere. There's no longer any way of disguising the wrinkles and the wattles. At 62, she gets a good tan, hides the eyes with shades, and maybe even has the jowls tucked up beneath the ears. And a good girdle does wonders. At 65, she's collecting late huband's pension, living in a house with the mortgage paid, and jaunting off to Europe or California, where she picks up her second husband, a well-off widower. She's never had it so good. At 80, widowed again, she's a swinger in Sunset Haven, playing bingo and the piano, and giving the eye to every fresh oc- togenarian who enters the place. And that's how women are daunted by birthdays. Per- sonally, I am never daunted. I have a lot of dents, but not a single daunt. Things have changed a lot around here. My birthday used to be a small something. Carefully coached by their mother, the kids used to come up with gifts which I — aw, shucks, you shouldn't have done it— accepted gratefully and gracefully. Nothing great. Maybe a fishing-rod or some golf balls. And the old lady would bake a cake — a ready-mix. When they were older, away from home, they'd call (collect) on the occasion, wish me Happy Birthday, and suggest that they could use a little financial aid. Now, I call them up, and after the usual exchange of amenities, ask coyly, "Know what day this is?" "Yeah. Sunday. Why?" I try again. "No, I mean what day of the month?" "Not really; wait'll I check the calendar." I try again. "No, I mean what You never know until you try! That's the motto of most op- timists and despite the many setbacks they may encounter, it is amazing to note the many things they accomplish only because they try. As an example, residents of the southern part of Exeter have a new mail drop box in their vicinity because they decided to take some action. A couple of members of Exeter council were very cool to the suggestion when it was first broached by Councillor Ben Hoogenboom on behalf of a couple of local residents, but when he appeared two weeks later with a petition, they had little choice but to at least fire off a letter asking for the facility on behalf of the petitioners. Within a week, not only had approval been received for the mail drop, but the box was ac- tually delivered to town and ready for use as soon as the move to the new post office building is undertaken. It's not an earth-shatterihg accomplishment by any stretch of the imagination, but it does prove once again that "you never know until you try". + + + The Bank of Canada recently released new $1 bills to the chartered banks in the nation. It carries a portrait of the Queen on one side and a picture of the Houses of Parliament on the other. It also has a little more color than its predecessor. With rampant inflation, that $1 bill is really worth about 53 cents in spending power in comparison to the original issue in 1954. Perhaps the Bank of Canada should be encouraged to save paper and at the same time reflect the true value of the dollar by making it about half its present size. + + + The contradiction in one part of Canada's economy continues. Unemployment is increasing on one hand, while on the other, firms are having difficulty fin: day of what month of what year? How old are you? How do you know how old you are? What day reminds you?" "Oh, golly, Dad. Why didn't you tell me it was your birthday? I would have sent a card. Or something." No, I am not daunted. But I never, ever, forgot my father's birthday, Let's see, I can still remember it. It was April 3rd. Or was it November 3rd? Anyway, I always sent him a card, even if I didn't remember until a month after the occasion. Anyway, I got one call on my birthdaythis year.It was from my big brother. After grumpily asking me what I was doing in bed at noon on my birthday, he revealed the real purpose of his call. He wanted to know if I had my little brother's address in Germany. I didn't, Some bir- thday greeting, But I did receive one birthday card which touched me deeply. It was from my insurance agent. He never misses. This is Senior Citizens Week "Living everyminute of it" is a philosophy that applies to any age group. It simply means making the most of one's opportunities and enjoying life to its fullest. ding enough labor for seasonal harvesting jobs. To ease the latter predicament, many firms and the government have joined in their annual program to import labor from other countries. To ease the predicament, of unemployment, of course, unemployment insurance is provided for those in this country who can't find work. An easier solution to the whole problem appears to be evident. Why not have the unemployed people in Canada do the work being undertaken by the workers being brought in from other countries? That would appear quite simple, but unfortunately many of those who are unemployed wouldn't undertake that type of work and in this nation it appears that one does not have to take work that is not to one's liking. That's a policy with which we would argue. As long as jobs are available, many of those on the unem- ployment roles should be advised to take those jobs or miss out on their unemployment insurance payments. But, that's probably an old- fashioned attitude! + + + Believe it or not, in less than three weeks the voters of Canada will be going to the polls to choose the next government. To date, the election has generated about as much interest as many of those unemployed people have in working. It's almost non-existent. That lack of interest no doubt 50 Years Ago Rev. R. E. Southcott of Gowganda, Northern Ontario, is spending his holidays at his home in town. At least three town children have been successful in winning a big "mamma doll" in the Advertiser contest. The winners are Jean Walper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Walper; Jennie Passmore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Passmore and Helen Penhale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Penhale, Messrs. R. G. Seldon, J. A. Stewart, George E. Anderson and William Rivers were in London this week attending the Thistle Club scotch doubles. Warren the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred May had a narrow escape from being' poisoned 'on Wednesday morning last. He and little Jean McEwen were out playing together and getting hold of some toadstools he ate a portion of one, thinking it was a mushroom. A physician was called and administered proper antidotes and the little lad was soon himself again. 25 Years Ago Atthe laying of the cornerstone of the new Exeter District High School Wednesday afternoon R, N. Creech realized the crowning achievement of his long years of service as a member of the Exeter Board of Education, Town council approved the final plans and tender forms for the William Street storm sewer, Clerk C. V. Pickard was in- structed to call for tenders. Grading for the site of the $25,000 new community centre in Hensall is being done this week. Lucan High School graduated its final class this spring and now Lucan pupils will travel to the new East Middlesex Collegiate at Arva, ...IIND IF 5 ANY or OUR CARS' ODOMETERS PoriT 55or4 -tom , zk ORIGINAL MILEAGE, MAI t BE STRUCK BY- r‘1) `:. at the service station!" proves that people didn't want an election and certainly they didn't want one in the summer. However, there is an election and voters still have a great responsibility facing them in choosing the best possible can- didates and party to represent them until the next election rolls around. While the cost of living is the main platform for the PCs and the Liberals campaign on the leadership of the Opposition, indications are that the people are more concerned with the high costs of government. London's Colin Brown has received an enthusiastic return on his advertisements across the nation in which five questions are posed. Essentially they are asking the three parties why the cost of government is so high, why it is rising so fast and when, if ever, it will begin to level off. It seems the London in- surance executive has touched on some kind of nerve among what he calls "the silent majority people". Ten days after the first ad- vertisement appeared, he had received 12,000 coupons and $20,000 in donations. The returns indicate that Mr. Brown may be able to generate some interest in the election before the campaign ends, because, if the coupons keep coming in the three major parties may have to include some discussion on government spending in the waning hours of the election. 15 Years Ago Four Scouts from Exeter, Doug Jermyn, Jim Sweitzer, Doug Hodgson and Dale Turvey were among the 25 honored at a Queen's Scout recognition ser- vice for the Bluewa ter region at Harriston Friday night. Grand Bend Lions Club has completed arrangements to present TV songstress, Joyce Hahn, as the feature attraction at its annual ball to be held im July. Exeter Girl Guides paid tribute to a sister, 12-year-old Lynne Harper bf Clinton, Saturday afternoon by forming a guard of honor for the funeral procession which passed through Main street on its way to burial service at Port Stanley. The Clinton Girl Guide's body was found in a woodlot near RCAF Station, Clinton. Council passed a bylaw exempting Exeter Legion's Memorial Hall from all taxes except those for school and local improvement purposes for a period of 10 years. 10 Years Ago Ed Brady, Exeter, recently won the western jumping class at the Southwestern Ontario Hor- semanship Club horse show at St. Thomas. Canvassers will be calling on residents in the district next week in connection with the upcoming mass TB survey Several lads from SHDHS walked out of school after exams Monday and immediately headed for another school term — at the Conservation School being staged by the Ausable River Con- servation Authority at Camp Sylvan. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Learn and Fred and Mrs. Norah Taylor flew from Melton airport Thursday for a ten-day visit in England and on to Germany, Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage. I Corinthian 13:5 (1, B. Have you ever joined a group of people who continued to speak their native tongue even though they knew you couldn't un- derstand it and you knew they could speak English fluently? What was your reaction? Likely you were more than put off, and I'm sure you'd be justified in thinking they were not only insensitive to your feelings but rude and ill-mannered as well. It strikes me that some of we Christians are among the most bad-mannered of the lot. We may want to share our religion with others ...indeed we have been commissioned by Jesus to do so . but we often insist on doing it in ways that turn people away from Christianity instead of bringing them into it. Take the language we use. Some of it must sound as archaic and bewildering as the year 1274 tax forms. Phrases like 'being led to the Lord', 'sharing what's on my heart,' under conviction' or 'witnessed to' and a host of other cliches have little or no meaning for the average modern man., If we think we're impressing people by our sanctimonious 'talk' we're sadly mistaken, It not only doesn't enlighten them, it only makes them feel more like outsiders. Jesus and the first Christians spoke in a manner that everyone could understand. Surely we can try to do as much. I'm not con- demning this language (anymore than I would condemn French or German) it's just that I believe it should be spoken only when fellow Christians who enjoy speaking it get together, It's quite lovely, really, when used as a sort of family language when all By E LMOR E BOOMER Counsellor for Information South Huron For appointment phone: 235-2715 or 235-2474 Written this Week By MADELYN DeJONGE So' your doctor has just suggested (directly or indirectly) that you should check in to a Psychiatric hospital . . . Now what? It's enough to depress anyone. In case this sends you off to search for some information somewhere about psychiatric hospitals, I hope the following might be helpful, There is a new emphasis called "Change Over '74" at the London Psychiatric Hospital where I have worked for the past four and one half years. What this means for you is that you may not have to go to a psychiatric hospital for in-patient care. You may be able to talk to a counsellor, or to bectome involved in one of the out-patient programs. The Hospital has regionalized its services. Th ay have separated the hospital outreach into three regions, North London and Middlesex, South London and Wellington, Waterloo - Oxford. The hospital feels it can give better service to the communities and individual within the com- munity by working more closely with different helping agencies in their regional areas. So now when a person is ad- mitted or seeks help from one of these areas, they can receive better follow-up care after treatment. This will be done by working with local doctors, teachers, social workers and hospitals in the catch basin of each region. London Psychiatric Hospital feels that they have several programs to offer to the com- munity, i.e. Behaviour, Modification, Adolescent programs, Merimna - which consists of day and evening programs for outpatients, Moditen Clinic, Mental Health Clinic, Self-Care program and a very exciting, modern Geriatric program. So much is being done today to keep Geriatric patients motivated and active, We have four special wards for Senior Citizens. Modern techniques and chemotherapy are helping people to live longer, There is a need today to recognize depression and social problems in senior citizens, that can be treated so that they may go on and lead useful and happy lives in their own homes. Today we on the Mental Health team are still dealing with the so- called stigma attached with a mental hospital, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about the new Psychiatric Hospital in, London„ People imagine that patients are locked up in padded cells, Nothing could be further fromthe truth. I have heard people refer to the London Psychiatric Hospital as the Big Brick present understand it. Does it surprise you that many a person is turned off because of the appalling lack of good manners by practicing Christians? It's true. I know because I've talked to many of them. "I've been introduced to 'that' woman three times," said a friend referring to a bulwark in one of our churches, "and she still doesn't know, me when she meets me on the street." Why? Because 'that' woman never really sees the person to whom she's being introduced. She draws her lips over her teeth in a tight smile while her eyes quickly search the rest of the crowd to hunt out the leaders, special friends, or someone she considers more important. Another aquaintance confided this to me about a certain good lady, "I'm sure if I told her my kitchen sink was plugged she'd quote scripture to me, Scripture is alright . , . but there are times when all I want is help without a sermon larded with Bible ver- ses." No one likes the feeling of being used, yet I suspect that a great many receivers of our so-called Christian bounty feel that way. If we make a hundred trips to the hospital to visit the sick, or witness to dozens of people just so we can tell about it in our testimony then we are only using people as objects to pursue our own selfish ego-building in- terests. Jesus had a genuine regard for people. He liked them and was interested in them whatever their state or condition, He was never ill-mannered and his graciousness drew people to him in droves. It's still the best way to bring others into the Kingdom of God. Building, In the future, all the old building on the hospital grounds will be torn down. Today we have in our com- munity a very modern hospital, with complete laboratory, X-ray and operating theatre facilities. All patients are given a complete physical examination and if anything is found wrong, they are sent to a general hospital for further care. All wards are like wards in a general hospital. They are bright and cosy. The patients are assessed in- dividually when admitted and the staff set up to individual programs for each person. Our programs consist of Talking Therapies, Family Therapies, Marriage Counselling, Occupational Therapy, Industrial Therapy. We have several fully qualified Psychiatrists on staff, plus fully trained Psychiatric nursing personnel , social workers, psychologist and counsellors plus a very active recreational staff. Patients are kept busy most of the day in different programs. Visiting hours are from 11:00 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. We try and work with the whole family where problems exist. We try and help a person to learn how to deal with their own individual problems and also to help families deal with the problems. We are hoping that people will work through their own personal physician, public health worker and social worker in their own communities. These people will then refer the person to one of the hospitals many programs. Out .-patients programs are increasing because we try and help people before they need to be hospitalized. Merimna and mental Health Clinic are only two such programs available. We hope by working with community agencies that we may cut out duplicating services., People can make appointments at the hospital and trained counsellors will refer people to the right agencies in their own communities. But I would like to urge people to contact their own doctors, ministers and social workers in their own com- munities first. If anyone would like further information the hospital has a Public Relations number. Please phone 455-5110. During the last four and one half years I have watched many changes which have meant improved care to patients. Our hospital stay on my ward is approximately five to six weeks. With new drugs and new therapies , we hope to improve this. Today our patients are taking an active part in making our community work after discharge. Today there are very few people who need to be hospitalized. si