The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-03-18, Page 23**
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Friday, March 1
HURON PARK REC CENTRE
Music by JOE OVERHOLT
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Surprise birthday party
for Thames Road girls
Times-Advocate, March 18i 19 76
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"WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING" sang this quartette of ladies at a
St. Patrick's Day party held at Caven Presbyterian Church Monday
afternoon. Special guests were new corners, older members and others
t.
who are unable to attend regular meetings of Caven Presbyterian
Women. The singing colleens are Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Percy Merkley
Mrs. William Sillery, and Mrs. Murray. T-A photo.
By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE
THAMES ROAD
Barb Dietrich of Zurich spent
Friday evening with Carolyn
Kellett,. Friday evening, they
attended a surprise birthday
party for Sandra Stewart, Janet
Bray and Carolyn Kellett at the
home of Janet Bray.
Mr. & Mrs. George Kellett
spent Friday evening with Mr, &
Mrs. William Rohde.
Mrs. Reg Hodgert had the
misfortune to fracture a bone in
her ankle recently. She has her
leg in a cast:
Diane Hodgert fell recently and
cut her knee open, requiring
twelve stitches to close.
Personals
Mr. & Mrs. Lorne Ballantyne
returned home Monday evening
after having been to Mexico.
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Beaver of
Exeter stayed with their grand-
children Brenda and Wendy
Ballantyne, Saturday evening,
Mr. & Mrs, Beaver, Brenda and
Wendy Ballantyne were supper
guests with Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd
Ballantyne.
Mr. & Mrs. Lome Passmore
returned on Sunday from New
Orleans and Florida. They ac-
companied Mr. & Mrs. Milton
Keller of Exeter. While in Florida
they visited with Mr. & Mrs. Wib
Kirkby of Kirkton. They also saw
Mr. & Mrs. La Verne Rodd, Mr. &
Mrs. Oscar Brine of Woodham,
Mr. & Mrs. Clifton Jaques of
Zion,
Mr, & Mrs. Howard Cunnington
and family were supper guests
Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Fred
Cunnington of Centralia.
Mr. & Mrs. William Rohde
were supper guests on Sunday
with Mr. & Mrs. Doug Rohde of
Exeter.
Sunday evening March 21 at 8
p.m. the Fellowship Group
meeting will be held at Elimville.
Dr. Frank Mills the Huron
County Medical Health Officer
will be the guest speaker.
Divorce Lawyer — to woman
client: "I have succeeded in
making a settlement with your
husband that is eminently fair to
both of you,"
Woman Client: "Fair to both?
Huh! I could have done that
myself! What do you think I hired
a lawyer for?"
TEETH CLEANING — Matt Ferguson has his teeth cleaned by Mrs. B.
Dougherty of.the Huron County Health Unit at Zurich Public School
where Matt registered for Kindergarten. Each of the 19 children receiv-
ed a toothbrush when they took the test. photo by Youngs.
Dear Editor:
Enclosed is a copy of a letter I
am sending to Premier William
Davis and Minister of Health,
Frank Miller. I would appreciate
it if you would use it in your
paper.
To: Premier William Davis
Frank Miller -
Minister of Health
Dear Sirs:
Subject: Concerning the Closing
of Hospitals
Concerning closing of hospitals
and where we are going; As a
farm organization leader at the
grass roots level, I am very
concerned about the closing of
various hospitals in Ontario. I
wonder if the Government of
Ontario has reached a point of no
return financially; has progress
backed us into a corner with no
way out? Surely our priorities are
mixed up when we can not find
better ways to curb spending
than to cut down on health and
hospital services. We have been
led down the path of prosperity • for a number of years, at the
same time creating tremendous
pressure on many individuals
causing more mental illness and
sickness that we need more
hospitals and medical facilities to
look after them. This did not just
happen, in most cases it was
made to happen.
Society in general has become
so greedy with government
leading the way, pushing
progress for the last twenty (20)
years or so that we have over
borrowed, over spent money
faster than our basic Industries
can provide it.
As a farmer if I did not manage
my finances better than the
educated fools that are supposed
to lead us, I would have declared
bankruptcy long ago and I think
citizens are entitled to know what
the problem is that all of a sudden
we have to restrain government
spending. It took a bunch of fools
to get us into this mess, but it will
take a good man to admit his
mistakes and get us out!
Our government squandered
money on education with central
structures and bureaucracy
beyond our wildest dreams, in the
last number of years, educating
our young people to get jobs in
service industries, sitting on their
behind, doing practically
nothing. As you know around 80
percent of jobs in Canada are
service related and produce no
real wealth - this is where our
education priorities are leading
us.
Our local ambulance service
was at one time a competitive
family business until the Ontario
Government stepped in and said,
"Thou Shalt Do as I Say and
Spend more Money and have an
Around the Clock Service, or get'
out", This attitude was also
forced on farmers, get big or get
out, and many have listened and
are in the pressure stream of life.
The same complaints come
from small business, the ad-
vocating of bigness, government
inspectors making them spend
money really not needed, but `the
small man can not borrow cheap
and get grants like Kraft Foods,
Labatts, etc.
Watching the CFPL television
news we see money spent on
Point Pelee Park and this is
likely only a small part of tax-
payers money spent on
recreation.
We are building roads in the
northern wilderness and I wonder ,
why when we have a so called
energy shortage; will they ever
be used?
I am sure there are many other
places we could look at and save
millions that could go to hospital
care.
So Honourable Gentlemen lets
show the taxpayers where our
priorities should be: on all kinds
of recreation and travelling, wild
booze parties, etc., or should it be
on hospital care that a per-
missive society brings on itself.
You know man spends millions on
foolishness and most follow the
leader, so lets start to LEAD.
We hear many Government
leaders telling us how good we
have it in our country compared
to Socialist countries, but I read
that in Cuba for instance they
educate their children to work
and I would have to give them a
pat on the back for that. In all the
meetings I attended in the
Canada and United States,
listening and seeing where we are ..
headed I can see us going where
Cuba was twenty (20) years ago,
unless someone comes up with
some unpopular leadership.
9 So lets show some leadership to
keep us from disaster, but closing
hospitals is not the answer. Wp
will need more of them if our
leaders fail us.
Sincerely,
Lloyd Willert
President -Local 317
National Farmers Union.
'WPWSIAVARAV,:, 4
Bill Horner's
BAYVIEW
Tourist Tavern
and Restaurant
a miles north of Grand Bend on Highway 21
Now Open
CHATTING with Miss Kellerman at the Zion United Church Sunday are Mr, and Mrs. Emmery Fahrner of
Crediton who are distant relatives of the guest speaker. Miss Kellerman has spent almost a quarter century
performing missionary work in Japan, T-A photo by Sharon Specht.
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