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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-07-17, Page 4Contribute opinions The first of a series of meetings con- cerned with planning in Usborne Township was held Monday night at the Usborne Cen-, tral School. The purpose of the meeting Monday, arid the four or more which are to follow, was to allow for discussion and public input of opinion on many issues which will affect the lives of residents of the township. While the turnout was far from overwhelming, a good number of interested citizens were on hand to hear what was go- ing on. There was also some good solid thinking offered on the part of a few. Far too many, however, seemed to come to the meeting with the attitude that something was being shoved down their throat. There are many aspects of modern society which seem to rub us the wrong walr, and unfortunately municipal planning is one of hese. In order to insure that our resources, particularly our land, is utilized to the best possible advantage to all con- cerned with some thought to the future, planning is necessary. Some restrictions must be imposed or theindividual's right to do what he pleases could eventually result in mass chaos and endless incidents of in- fringement against the rights of the in- dividual's neighbours. Usborne residents would do well to keep in mind that the council of Usborne is implementing a secondary plan for the long term benefits of Usborne residents. Rather than approach the task with a preconceived notion that planning is an infringement, it would be more productive and successful if Usborne residents, each and every one of whom are invited to attend the meetings and take part, contribute their opinions of what would be best for the township. A consensus of many opinions should give the planning officials and the township council a clear picture of what shape the people of Usborne want their community to take both today, tomorrow and for many years to come. Phone 235-1331 Published ach Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation Match 31, 1975 5,249 'SUBSCRI TION RATES: Canada $9.00 Per Year; USA $11.00 SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND O,W,N.A. and ABC gUlorisher — Robert SOuthcott Editor -.'-'Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Plant Manager — Les Webb Composition Manager — David Worby CCNA RUM PINION AWARD 1974 SMALL CRAFT SAFETY Know how to care for your boat. Make sure the hull is sound and you have an anchor and a paddle on board at all times, Our response to now By ELMORE BOOMER Counsellor for Information South Huron For appointment phone: 235-0560 Flap day S Should follow own precedent Exeter council's precedent-setting decision to, pay members of the committee of adjustment is not a particularly dangerous precedent, unless of course, they continue to use the rationale cited at the meeting in which the salary request was presented. It was hinted that the committee members were justified in receiving a sti- pend for their duties because the town received some direct remuneration from their efforts due to the fact those making applicatibiCfor committee decisions have to pay a'fee of $50. Tit obviously holds little credibility in the decision of whether appointed officials should receive remuneration. Other ap- pointed officials, such as RAP, shoulder responsibilites for the expenditures of huge sums of money and obviously their decisions are equally important as any • madelg the committee of adjustment. Still others, such as the planning board, are responsible for shaping the future of the community, and while no direct revenue is received from their efforts, they are still extremely important and the indirect revenues are great. The basis for paying remuneration boils, down to the single criteria that if one appointed official is to be paid, all others should be treated equally. Now that the precedent has been set, future decisions should not be based solely on requests from the officials involved. Council should take the leadership to es- tablish the stipends to be paid to all ap- pointed officials. This can be handled on either an annual salary or a per meeting basis, the latter appearing to be most favourable due to the fact some committees and organizations have considerably more meetings in a year than others. Paying all appointed officials will naturally add to the tax burden of local ratepayers, but it must be noted that the present system of paying only elected of- ficials has never been entirely fair because many other bodies have as much respon- sibility as members of council or the PUC. It will be considered by many to be regrettable that people can not provide of their own time and talents for the benefit of their community, but now that the prece- dent has been set, council appears to have little alternative but to provide remunera- tion to all those who have been appointed to standing boards and committees within the town. Members of those organizations still have the alternative to return their stipend if they choose to continue to donate their service. Something to say? Sign it! Don't fight the stream All about that green stuff Well, Canada's in good shape for a long, hot summer, it looks like. Don't be surprised, even in these days of women's liberation, if you hear some time this summer that a member of the male sex has given birth to a child. The figurative father would be Mayor Drapeau of Montreal, one of the great con artists of the 20th century. Asked near the beginning of the fiasco whether there was any chance of the Canadian Olympics being a financial disaster, His Worship replied something like this: There is as much chance of the Olympics losing money as there is of a man having a baby. Well, hi there, Dad! The 1976 Olympics to be held in the Canadian city with the worst slums, the worst schools, the worst sewage problems, and the biggest crime rate in Canada, is now approaching $300 million over estimates. But don't sell M. Drapeau short, He has pulled so many rabbits out of so many hats in the last decade, baffling his audiences in the proceedings, that it's not at all impossible that he will prevail upon one of his stooges to produce. I can see the headlines now: Drapeau Aide Bears Baby; Medics Baffled. The kid will be horn with an Olympic coin in his Times Established 1873 mouth, and he'll be hustling lottery tickets from his cradle. But you and I will still be stuck with a tax bill that would have made the Fathers of Con- federation have simultaneous group stroke. The whole country wasn't worth that! Don't be surprised if M. Drapeau starts a completely new lottery, with the winner (men only) chosen as the first man in Canada to have a baby. I know a lot of women who would buy tickets. However, that's peanuts, only something like one tenth of the national debt. There's the very serious problem of the increase in the price of gas. Dear me, if they keep putting up the price of gas, it will soon he more than a pack of cigarettes. It has already soared past the cost of a bottle of beer. What is this country coming to? Fearless John Turner, with about as much choice as a lady who is eight months pregnant, has produced again, with a budget that will go down in history with the same impact as the 50th anniversary of Joey Crack and Flossie Snail. So the price of gas has gone up. So, what's new? Did we all expect it to go down? And these stern, new prices are going to. cut away back on our- mis-use of one of our natural resources: My foot! Advocate Established 1881 Did you stop smoking when fags went up to 80 cents a package? Did you stop drinking when beer crept up from about 12 cents a bottle to 30 cents? Are you going to stop driving and get off your lazy tail and walk down to the store for a pack of cigarettes or a pack of beer? Those, of course, are rhetorical questions. We're smoking more than ever, drinking more than ever, and we'll probably burn more gas than ever, just to prove how irrational we are. There is only one thing that is going to cut away back on our wastage of fuel. That is when some politicians (they'd have to do it in concert, because no in- dividual would have the guts to do it) decree that the speed limit will promptly be reduced to 40 miles an hour, in Canada. it we did that, and at the same time cut by two-thirds the amounts spent on superhigh- ways, we'd almost pick up the amount M. Drapeau is flushing down the drain. I can see that you're wondering why Smiley isn't Minister of Finance, if he has all the answers. Well, I can tell you. I have the big, broad concepts well in hand, but sometimes the niggling little details escape me. Recently, for example, I had my wife convinced that if I paid • Amalgamated 1924 While this newspaper enjoys nothing better than receiving letters from readers on various topics of interest, it should be remembered that those letters have to be signed. At times we do allow pseudonyms or pen names to appear on certain letters, but these situations are rare. In the first place, newspapers are still responsible for the ,content of the letters which ap- pear on their pages and therefore must know who has written them. Secondly. if a person has something to say and particularly if it is in the form of a complaint or criticism, that person should be able to stand behind his statements without hiding anonymity. The foregoing is an effort to explain our position regarding some letters which have been presented for publication recently. They have not appeared in print because no signatures were attached to them. + + + One of the letters was promp- ted by the fact that one person had her picture in the paper twice in one week. The writer suggested that the newspaper could surely pick out different subjects and therefore get more people into pictures. While the T-A photographers do attempt to avoid duplication, this is often difficult for the very reason that a photographer at- tending one event has no way of knowing what pictures a cohort has taken at another event in the same week. When the films are processed and the pictures printed, the fact that some duplication has oc- curred is evident, but by then it is too late to correct the situation. Asking participants to re-stage an event so the photographer can choose a different subject is obviously most unreasonable. We trust this explanation will satisfy the anonymous writer. + + Another anonymous letter signed only "disgusted citizens" reached our desk last week, and while it was not printed it does seem worthy of some comment, The writer (s) was complaining about the fact that community spirit in town "is just pitiful" as indicated in the attendance at some of the Canada Week ac- tivities. The reason suggested by the writer was perhaps "the lack of spirit shown by our mayor this past week." Never bypassing an op- portunity to get a dig in at the mayor, yours truly decided to check with the staff to see if in fact the mayor had been up my war service, and taught for another year, I could retire at a pretty good pension. Not that she was in favor of it, She wants me to work until I'm so old and sick and tired and stupid and useless that nobody will have me, except her. Then she plans to cart me off to Golden Glow Haven or such, One of those awful places where couples can retire together. My idea is that we should split when we finally decide we are mature. She can have the house, the car (1967 Dodge), the piano, rugs, the $147 in stocks and bonds, the lawnmower, and the snow shovel. I won't need any of that. I'll just take my grandbaby, Pokey, and we'll go off somewhere and make a good life for ourselves, with no women. My calculations were out about 400 percent on the pension deal, so I have to work for another 20 or 30 years. And perhaps that is the reason I am a very astute financial critic in the big world, and a complete failure in my own. On the other hand, there are not many guys still driving a '67 Dodge that runs like a well-oiled rabbit„ And there are not many guys left who still have 12 shares of Elder Mines. And there are not Many guys My age who could still make a good living in a pool room. So, watch it, John Turner. negligent in his duties by missing all the Canada Week activities and therefore setting a poor example for the rest of the citizens who also chose to stay away from the events in huge numbers. We knew the mayor had been at .the opening event of the week as he had donned his official chain of office to deliver an opening proclamation to the 25 people who attended the flag-raising at the cenotaph. It was also indicated he at- tended the dance later the same evening. Was that the the end of his participation? Well, according to confirmed sources, he was on hand to of- ficially open the Exeter Lions new tennis courts on Saturday afternoon, and even took time out in the heat of the day to engage in a comedy contest on the courts. Knowing his physical con- dition, that would no doubt ex- plain his absence from a couple of the Sunday events, but he had apparently recovered in time on Monday to be one of the judges for the garden show. That in itself is another mystery, because we happened to share a garden with the mayor one year and readily came to the conclusion he didn't know the difference between a ragweed and a red beet, because his rows of the latter were filled only with the former. At ,ally rate, the mayor spent five hours Monday afternoon viewing 31 gardens. Oh well, he's well paid in his position and obviously should be prepared to take that amount of time from his personal life to assist a com- munity project, although one could readily understand why he 50 Years Ago A number of young ladies from town are camping at Grand Bend for a couple of weeks having rented Mr. S. M. Sander's cot- tage. They are being chaperoned by Miss A, Sanders and Mrs. E. Howard. Among them are Ruby Creech, Tina McCurdy, Irene Stewart, Dorothy Smith, Florence Walter, Ruby Davis, Thelma Taylor and Muriel Howard. Of all the mean types of humanity there is probably none worse than the wilful dog. poisoner. We have one at work in Exeter and two valuable canines have fallen victim to his dastardly work, Miss Marie , Bell and Miss Bertha Corbett of Hensall have received word from Hay town- ship to attend the council meeting at Zurich where they will receive the scholarship they won at the recent Entrance examinations. 25 Years Ago The Exeter Band played two engagements during Clinton Old Boys'. Jim Bowey toured the coal mines of Pennsylvania recently. Rev. J. Wesley Down, a former resident of Exeter, died in Belleville Hospital Friday. . Very Worshipful W, E. Mid- dleton was appointed Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Ontario at Grand Lodge in Toronto. The newly formed Lions Club at Grand Bend netted $900 in its first money raising venture Sunday night by sponsoring a concert and raffle, Petty Officer Jim White, son of Mr, and Mrs. Harold White, and Ordinary Seaman W. C, Brownlee, RR 3, Lucan are seeing action in the Korean zone, 15 Years Ago Speed limit on No, 4 highway was raised to 60 mph Tuesday when the Department of Highways erected signs between Exeter and A Clinton . attem pt by a middleaged couple to steal $170.00 from a register at Darlings IGA was may have required time the following day to recoup and not be on hand to toss out the first baseball for a challenge game at the park. The "concerned citizens" may also find it of interest to know he had to spend some time at his own home during the week to get it readied as the site for a family wedding. However, tthere was further criticismfor the mayor from the anonymous letter writer. It was suggested the confusion about the closing of stores and businesses would have been ended if the mayor had fulfilled all his duties by proclaiming the holiday for one day or the other. No doubt the mayor would have been happy to bring some order out of the confusion that did exist, but unfortunately, the July 1 holiday is one that is proclaimed by the federal government and municipal politicians can't do anything about it. The letter from the disgusted citizens noted the mayor may have had some excuse for his non-appearance "but we consider his duties were to attend ALL the functions, and facts are facts, he did not!!" Most readers will quickly realize why the disgusted citizens didn't sign their names to the letter. Anyone that absurd should remain anonymous. Actually, the mayor attended more events than 99 percent of the people in the community and if community spirit was only as low as evidenced by his interest in the event, then it would have been a much greater success. foiled by cashier Louise Blom- maert who caught the woman taking bills out of the cash drawer.. When she accused them the couple dropped the money and fled. Over 500 took advantage of the free TB clinic when it set up in Exeter Tuesday and another large crowd invaded the clinic Wednesday. Miss Kay Hay, town ac- companied by her neice, Miss Margaret Ann Prance, Win- chelsea, are visiting the former's sister and her family. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McDonald, Win- nipeg. Four farms in Usborne Township, were hit by a tornado which swept north to south along the seventh concession. About 6:00 p.m. last Wednesday. There were no injuries but damage was done to buildings on the farms of Laverne Skinner; Emmerson Penhale, Wesley Heywood and Nelson Coultis. 10 Years Ago Area farmer Russell King is reported in satisfactory condition in South Huron Hospital after suffering severe scalp lacerations when his car ran into a bridge on Highway 83 early Saturday morning. The price of men's haircuts took a 25 percent jump this week following the unanimous decision of the Ontario Barbers Association to increase their fee to $1.25 per head, Warden Glenn Webb, Clerk John Berry and about 25 mem- bers of the Huron County Council were honorary bearers at the funeral of Ralph Bailey, deputy reeve of Exeter, who died in South Huron Hospital Saturday following a heart condition and whose funeral took place from the R. C. Dinney Funeral Horne, Tuesday afternoon, A, D, Stafford, RCAF Cen- tralia, was the winner of the large patio umbrella set in the' draw staged by the Canadian Tire Store to mark their recent ex- pansion. The draw was made Monday by J. M. Southcott. There is nothing I enjoy much more than a ride on a clean, air conditioned bus and I was able to do just that a few weeks ago. It was lovely to sit back, completely relaxed, to enjoy the sights while leaving the responsibility of driving to the competent man at the wheel, With a deft hand he manoeuvred the huge machine through the streaming traffic of the city which moved like fast flowing ribbons, sometimes following the route that took us over the curving skypasses and sometimes under them. While the cushioned tires hummed over the pavement it never once occurred to me to doubt the ability and experience of the driver nor that he wouldn't safely deliver me to my destination. It's a strange thing that many of us who would trust a human bus driver with our lives have the greatest of difficulty in doing the same with God. We can't trust the process, as Robert A, Raines says in his new book called To Kiss the Joy.. We want to control the process or at least manage it. But trust it? That's a different cup of tea. To me trusting the process is much the same as 'rolling with the punches' as a good friend of mine used to say. But supposing every time the bus hit a bump I rushed out of my seat to grab the steering wheel? What would happen? Well, there could be chaos, or at the best, I would make it most difficult for the driver to keep the bus on the road. Or suppose when he was plying his way through On Wednesday, Mr. Dale ex- plained - "today is flap day" - and of course this remark brought all sorts of questions. "Well, it's the day my wife goes to her Clinic", and of course our minds slipped into gear, "Clinic? Now what's that about?" "Well, it is called the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic and is held in the beautiful new Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario located in Ottawa." That's Mrs. Dale talking. It is in the Dale's home that I am living while in Ottawa for a couple of weeks, Cystic Fibrosis! that brings all sorts of questions to mind, and Mrs. Dale obliges. What is Cystic Fibrosis? "A disease affecting the mucuous membranes chiefly in the lungs and digestive system." "It is hereditary and in- curable." "Could you explain that hereditary bit?" "One out of 20 people carry a recessive gene which if two of these people marry can produce children with C' F " Figures: Percentages of the population afflicted with C.F. is hard to come by. In some cases the condition may not be diagnosed.A guesstimation is one in every thousand live births. Fatal? "That is a fatal word - we don't use that word any more. It is avoided, because there is successful treatment." "Intensive care and consistent follow-up . will result in many dense traffic I kept yelling at him to watch where he was going, getting myself worked up to hysterics as I watched the on- coming traffic swirling around what good would that do? Nothing, but it would get me so wrought up I couldn't possibly enjoy any Of the trip. possibly enjoy is often how we act towards God. We want to jerk the wheel out of His hand, or slam on the brakes, or scream when life's traffic gets snarled, and sometimes we even want to throw ourselves right off the bus, sure He doesn't know what He's doing or where lie's taking us, Trusting the process is not, as Mr. Raines says, a fatalistic approach. It does „include the responsibility of choice, of action and response. But there are times and tides in our being and in our relationships; unfoldings of events and a certain flowing in all , our lives, We may try hard to cover every contingency but our plans still go awry or astray. There are always unpredictable happenings for which we need a deep confidence and flexibility of spirit to enable us to trust the process. We must come to believe that God is with us in all the movement of our lives, that He is in the flow with us in everything ... in heartaches, betrayal and sorrow..in hap- piness, triumphs and joy. We must learn that God has the power to redeem whatever happens to us. We must learn not to fight the stream, to relax and go with the flow, confident that God is always at the wheel. Ask your Fled Cross Watet Safety Servica about cOurses in small craft safety, • patients leading normal lives." And of course the next question - "What is the necessary care." There is, some hesita lion - "Well 'this book seems to be out of date already, but postural drainage seems to be the key to successful treatment." "Postural drainage means posturing the patient in a position so that his lungs and chest can be drained. This is done by gently clapping or vibrating over various lobes of the lungs." "This results in mucus being brought up by coughing." This can be a home treatment. Parents and patients are in- structed in the Clinic. "I think you mentioned a board didn't you?" "Yes, the patient is postured on a board. These boards are supplied by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. This is funded govern- mentally and privately," Shades of Bunny Bundle! "These boards are sloped so that the patient lies with head down the upper body being tilted at about 45 degrees, and with the clapping begins to cough thus bringing up mucus. Think of getting ketchup out of a bottle, mucus should be thin and clear, but is thick and sticky. "Drugs are used as well as this physiotherapy. Antibiotics control infection which is apt to develop in the lingering mucus in the respiratory system, "I think you spoke at one point of digestive problems. What is this digestive bit?" "The pancreas is the key. The enzymes from this gland are necessary for digestion, and mucus plugs the openings from the pancreas." "Now, what's the treatment for that?" "The replacement of en- zymes, like supplying insulin to diabetics, in the form of pills taken at meal times or whenever eating," "Life expectancy varies with different people. There is great hope in research. Needed - a chemical to thin the mucus." Generous support of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is indicated to all caring people. "Feelings? What are my feelings? I hope I'm easing the burden on families and hopefully' contributing to a solution,' "My duties are to arrange appointments and encourage people to keep 'their ap-pointments, There are necessary records to be kept also. While my contribution is voluntary the doctors involved iii the. Clinic have encouraged my personal interest as being therapeutic to patients and families." Well- so much for the "flap day", Tremendous! away all afternoon it involved ) Oh yes, because mother was Chinese cuisine from the local "take meta supper,Delitious as well!