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Times-Advocate, 1979-06-06, Page 4Page 4 Times Established 1873 B imes - Advocate tarf. HwM. ««* MUArm M t Hw* Uate— W«. W» J / Times-Advocate, June 6, 1979 ....................... Advocate Established 1881 SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A. CLASS 'A' and ABC Published by J. W. Eedy Publications Limited LORNE EEDY, PUBLISHER Editor — Bill Batten Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Advertising Manager — Jim Beckett Composition Manager — Harry DeVries Business Manager — T....................... Phone 235-1 (*CNA SUBSC......... Amalgamated 1924 Dick Jongkind Published Each Wednesday Morning fprppnn 1331 at Exeter, Ontario UnUO^uLw Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $11.00 Per Year; USA $22.00 Treat them royally The Ontario government has em­ barked on its annual “we treat you royally” campaign in an effort to ac­ quaint everyone with the necessity to extend a royal welcome to the visitors who will be in our midst in the up­ coming weeks. The key word is “everyone” because, as the ministry of industry and tourism points out, everybody benefits when Ontario residents treat visitors royally. Tourism employs 12.5 percent of the total Ontario workforce and tourist dollars generated 470,000 directly- related and indirectly-related jobs in 1977. In that year, tourists spent $5,000,- 000 in Ontario. The ministry lists eight simple ways to treat visitors royally and it behooves all citizens to follow that guide to protect and develop one of this province’s major industries: 1. SMILE. It’s the quicket way in the world to make a friend. If you look angry, your visitor will feel uncomfor­ table — and that’s the last way a visitor wants to feel. 2. LISTEN. Some visitors have different languages, different accents, different customs. If you listen careful­ ly to a tourist’s needs, you’ll be better able to help him. 3. BE POLITE. “Thank you” is probably the most important thing you can say to make a visitor feel that his visit has been appreciated. Simple courtesy will work wonders. 4. BE PROMPT. Most tourists only have a short time to visit with us, so naturally they don’t want to spend their time waiting to be served. Do you like waiting on your vacation? 5. BE HELPFUL. Try to know your area well so that you can help visitors find their way. Visitors often ask direction to hotels, banks, hospitals, restaurants, sightseeing at­ tractions, liquor outlets and a host of other places. 6. BE CLEAN. Nothing turns a tourist off like grubby people and dirty places. 7. RESPECT THEIR MONEY. A visitor’s money represents his country, his work and his worth.Howevermuch or little it’s worth in terms of Canadian dollars, never treat it as “funny money” and always give the best possi­ ble rate of exchange. 8. WISH EVERY VISITOR A HAPPY DAY. It makes a tourist feel good to think that somebody cares. And if a visitor feels good, he’ll come back again and again. Mainstream Canada The Soul of Your Community By W. Roger Worth To the uninitiated, the facts included in a new book­ let on the importance of small business to Canada reads a lot like a Ripley’s Believe It or Not column. Consider some of the hard to believe facts selected at random from the 16-page booklet: • There are 1.2 million inde­ pendent business people across the country including retailers, manufacturers, fishermen, farmers, rental property owners,and profes­ sionals such as doctors, den­ tists and lawyers. • That these business people employ 50% of all Canadians who work outside the govern­ ment orbit. Change warranted While the majority of winners in the recent federal election are enjoying a breather before getting back to their official tasks, one of their con­ siderations should be to take im­ mediate steps to reduce the length of campaigns. Ontario Liberal leader Stuart Smith has put his finger on the worst features of lengthy campaigns. They’re too costly for the parties, too tiring for politicians and sometimes too boring for the public. It is that last suggestion that will bring most support from local riding voters. The election in Huron-Bruce was a rather dull affair and the main contributing factor was that it dragged on for too long. With today’s high speed transpor­ tation, there is no justification for ask­ ing voters and politicians to endure a campaign of 58 days. Now is an ideal time to review the whole election process as the agony of a two-month campaign will still be fresh in the minds of the combatants, and those who had to listen to them. Picking on innocent Last week a group of Bruce County farmers who are up in arms about the decisions of the Niagara Escarpment Commission clogged the one highway to Tobermory with slow-moving trac­ tors as a form of protest. They are reminiscent of the airline strikers who pick the busiest travel period to shut down services. The right to protest injustices is basic to our form of self-government, but one wonders whether that right in­ cludes the trampling of the rights of others who are in no way connected with the dispute at hand. Selecting the holiday weekend for their demonstra­ tion, the Bruce farmers no doubt created all kinds of travel difficulties for people trying to meet the ferry at Tobermory. Scarcely one of those peo­ ple who had to crawl their way north and then miss the boat would even know what the tractor parade was all about, much less be in a position to do anything about resolution of the dis­ pute. This form of disruptive action com­ es close to being mass hostage-taking. Innocent people are made to suffer as a price for meeting demands. It’s a cowardly way to make a point. If those farmers were so wrought up they should have been picketing the homes of the commissioners to get attention, rather than disputing the lives of inno­ cent travellers. It is high time that we enact legislation to prevent this costly and in­ considerate form of argument. Wingham Advance-Times It’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow some good, and the current gasoline shortage being experienced in many sections of the U.S. could prove a boom to Canadian tourist operators in the next few months. There is little doubt that many Canadians will think twice about heading south for a summer vacation, choosing instead to explore their own land and avoid the long lines at U.S. gas stations or the many “closed” signs which have been greeting motorists as they seek to replenish their fuel supplies. By the same token, many residents in the northern parts of the U.S. will be encouraged to travel in Canada too, given the favorable exchange rate on their money and also our more cons­ tant supply of fuel. However, even if Canadians are not subjected to the shortages of fuel, there is a suggestion that the habits of tourists will change to some degree due to the cost of filling their tanks. People will be more interested in ful­ ly exploring an area than merely view­ ing it from their vehicles as they traverse the highways. That should pay dividends all the way around as people use their legs to visit museums, parks and various points of interest in a locale rather than engag­ ing in the previous game of seeing now many miles they could put on the fami­ ly vehicle during their summer vaca­ tion. ★ Hr Hr This week we received a promotional kit from the ministry of industry and tourism for the “we treat you royally” campaign. Included is a desk chart to be used to show the current rate of ex­ change on the U.S. dollar. A revolving disk can be moved to fill the slot showing the rate for any par­ ticular day. What is of interest is that the disk shows a low of only $1.05, while the top value that can be indicated is $1.25. Area residents who are already look­ ing forward to their winter holiday in the sunny south next year will no doubt be hoping that the exchange rate gets closer to the lower amount than that at the top of the scale. ★ * * Those who read through the recent features on some of the lottery millionaires no doubt did so with some sense of envy but that turned to one of outrage when it was noted that one of the millionaires has been drawing un­ employment insurance. 'Hie winner’s reasons were very simple: he had contributed to the fund for all his working days and now that he was entitled to be a recipient he wasn’t about to waive any such claim. The millionaire was quite within his legal rights to collect unemployment insurance, as are the millionaires who receive family allowances, old age security payments, etc., etc. However, it does lead one to wonder if there isn’t something wrong with our socialist system! * * * The writer is following with interest the current debate over a plan to eliminate body checking for minor hockey players from the pee wee level and below. Those in favor of such a ban claim it will enable young players to better develop their skills of stick-handling, passing and shooting. The theory being, of course, they can concentrate on those skills without having to worry about being taken out of the play by some big bruiser with a solid body check. In short, they won’t have to worry about the age-old hockey survival edict: keep your head up. The opponents of the ban see it slightly different. They note that with body checking eliminated, kids will have only one means remaining whereby they can stop a puck carrier. That is to get him with a stick. They suggest that it will in fact make the game more dangerous as there will be greater emphasis on use of the stick for checking and they claim that is in fact of greater peril than a clean body check. Readers will note that last week, the Shamrock league (in which Exeter teams compete) voted against the ban on body checking and have urged all centres in the league to voice that posi­ tion at the annual meeting of the OMHA in September when the issue will be settled. Former Grand Bend resident, Jim Dalton Jr., told the meeting that he saw one team in action last year which played under the non-contact rule. He said they were the worst stick­ swinging crew he had ever seen. Other veteran minor officials at the meeting said they had not seen any young players injured through a clean body check in the Shamrock league last season. At our novice team banquet this spr­ ing, the writer polled parents on their opinion about dropping body checking. They voted 17 to 5 to retain it. So the argument goes, but there is one thing certain: eliminating body checking for 12 and under players will not have anything to do with ending the so-called violence in hockey. Violence is non-existent at that age level and in fact is seldom evident even at the midget level. Roger Worth is Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. • That since 1971, small and medium sized businesses in Canada have created more than 50% of all new jobs in the country. • That the independent business people collect a hefty portion of all the funds it takes to make government tick, including unemploy­ ment insurance, Canada Pension Plan, sales and in­ come taxes, and workmen’s compensation payments, often for little or no compen­ sation. • That smaller enterprises submit millions upon millions of forms, red tape, and sta- tistical information to pro­ vincial and federal govern­ ments every year. The booklet which in­ cludes the information on smaller enterprises was re­ cently released by the Cana­ dian Federation of Independ­ ent Business to help the organization’s 54,000 mem­ bers explain to customers, clients and suppliers their contribution to national and community life. What’s it all mean? In down-to-earth terms, the booklet emphasizes that .the activities of the corner store, small manufacturers, farmers, fishermen, profes­ sionals, even weekly news­ papers, are the real job creators in Canada and de­ serve a hearty pat on the back for their efforts. The long standing myth that big businesses are pro­ viding most of the new jobs in Canada has been shattered. Meanwhile, the grassroots entrepreneur is often the sparkplug in community ac­ tivities, ranging from volun­ teer organizations to the political endeavours that ensure public participation. Many of Canada’s top-line bureaucrats have difficulty coming to grips with the phenomenal success record of independent business, yet the achievements are very real indeed. Slowly but surely, though, Canada’s entrepreneurs are getting a fairer share of the national attention they deserve. —_ ! OAj ... ■ - ' * *doMun memory Sugar and Spice Dispensed by Smiley Where was female power? By SYD FLETCHER Perspectives After a certain age many people are content to sit back and let the rest of the world go by. With a secure job and a mortgage to pay off they sit and vegetate for the rest of their lives. Others have a vision of something better and enough faith in themselves or whatever they believe in to try out that vision. In the process sometimes something good happens. Take for example a couple who moved into Georgetown, Ontario, in the mid-fifties. They packed everything they owned into a rented truck and through a howling snowstorm and frigid night, drove the three hundred and fifty miles from Ottawa to an old knitting mill that they had invsted their last cent in. All they had to eat for that first week was a case of canned tomatoes. They shipped their three kids off to grandparents and dug in to work. Now you have to give this lady a lot of credit, moving from a comfortable house to a drafty old building so big you could ride a bicycle around its interior, with twelve foot ceilings and an old furnace which belched out clouds of black smoke and clanked ominously. The man was a minister so he wanted to remodel the main floor into a church. As well the main floor made an excellent 3 bedroom apart­ ment. Upstairs he built eight little one-bedroom flats and in the basement he set up a hardware store. All the time his wife worked along beside him, pounding nails into lath with the best of them, in between running a family and helping to start a new church. For a side-line they set up a construction company, building apartment buildings, houses and a shopping plaza. At one point he was asked to run for mayor in a town that respected a man with enough drive and determination to start from scratch and become a prominent figure in the area. He declined. That kind of power was not for him. By the time he left Georgetown three years later, the church was self- sustaining, the hardware store had been sold and they had built themselves a new house to live in. All the hard work and hard times had been rewarded, and the courage and faith had paid off. I have to respect the quality of such people, but then maybe I’m a little prejudiced toward a mother and father who never kew the meaning of the word quit. One thing that was peculiar, among many others, in the recent federal elec­ tion, was the shortage of female power. Where was it? Oh, yes, I know. Thousands of women were out working for their local can­ didate, probably far harder than their male counterpoints, or their reluctantly-dragged-along husbands. And, yes, I know the NDP made a big bid for the women’s vote by demanding all sorts of things for women — which already exist, except in the minds and businesses and hearts of the male chauvinistic empire that still rules this country. Where was the women’s movement? Where were the women candidates? Where was the surge of feminist emo­ tion and rhetoric that could have swept the election? Did you hear the faint sound of a fizzle, as I did? True, there was a scattering of women candidates, mostly, except for the few cabinet ministers, in ridings where they didn’t have a hope in Hades of winning. But when it comes to women in politics, this country is still in the boon­ docks and election results show it. What’s wrong with the women on this continent? They talk a lot, but when it comes down to voting, they cast either: with their husbands, “Because I don’t know anything about politics,” for Pierre Trudeau because Margaret has deserted him or against Trudeau because she has declared her in­ dependence; for Joe Clark because he seems a bit slow and “needs a chance” or against him because he has jowls and no sense of humour; for Ed Broad­ bent because he seems like a younger, or older, brother who speaks out and is cute, in a sort of homely way. Where in the holy world are the in­ cisive, emotional, hard-thinking, straight-forward-looking women of The Movement? They’ve turned into a bunch of plain old women, that’s where. In the mysterious East, where women are supposed to cringe around in veils, subservient, waiting for a kick in the rear or another impregnation by the macho male, we have had a prime minister in Sri Lanka (Ceylon to you old-timers) and India, both have been tough, charming, ruthless. In the not-so-mysterious Middle East, we had a tough charming and ruthless Golda Meir, who ran one of the most abrasive and beleaguered coun­ tries in the world — Israel — for a few years. Even the ultra-chauvinist (male) Brits have elected their first female prime minister in history, and there’s evidence that she’ll do no worse, if no better, than her male predecessors. Maggie Thatcher. Of course, the Brits brought up on the idea of a Nannie, respond well to a female boss. Elizabeth the First was probably their favorite monarch of all time — the Virgin Queen. Victoria es­ tablished an era named after her: morals, manners, hang-ups. Elizabeth II is a model of decorum, good sense, and hard work, vastly admired despite the attacks of a few anti-monarchists. Back to the point. Where was Women’s Lib when the election cam­ paign began? Leaders of all parties were males. At least as far as plum­ bing goes. Is Canada a pale shadow of the U.S., where the thought of a female presi­ dent would turn half a nation white overnight? Surely not. Then how ex­ plain the sound of silence from les dames de notre pays? I just don’t understand it. We males are harped at, and nagged at, and niggled at. And when the women have their big chance, what do they do? They make coffee and sandwiches. If women could get organized, politically, they’d have more vote power than all the farmers, unions, fishermen, and all the other groups the 55 Years Ago Mr. Harry Sweet returned Thursday morning from a trip to England. The comedy “Green Stockings” put on by the A.Y.P.A. of the Trivitt Memorial Church on Wed­ nesday evening drew a capacity house and under the able leadership of Mrs. N. J. Dore was certainly a great success. Included in the cast of characters taking part were: W. C. Davis, B. Cunningham, C. H. McAvoy, James Morley, D. Davis, H. Wist, Miss A. Acheson, Miss Helen Wethey and Miss Florence Dinney. The S. M. Sanders Manufacturing Co. has closed its Hensall branch, and the business will now be confined to the Exeter branch. Mr. Beverly Acheson of the Bank of Commerce staff at Grimsby has been moved to the City Hall branch, Toronto. polls court so assiduously. Quirky, isn’t it? From personal experience, with sisters, a mother, a wife, a mother-in- law, a daughter, and various female acquaintances, I know, absolutely, that women could run this country far better than men. They are less sen­ timental, physically tougher, morally more integral, emotionally more com­ passionate, financially more abler. At least my women are. They are less concerned with making everybody happy. They go to the point, rather than around it. They probe. Oh, how they probe, into sensitive areas that most weak males skirt. They are much better at organizing their time. None of these three- martini, three-hour lunches, at which nothing is settled except that everybody’s a jolly good fellow. They’d probably open government offices at 8 a.m., which would immediately solve the problem of a swollen civil service. Half the incumbents would drop dead within a week. • They have a nasty habit of insisting that things be done; done right, and done right away. This too, would create, almost overnight, a new Canada. They will fight like tigresses to look after their own. If we had a dominantly-female government, they’d probably hang on to the few industries Canada still controls, and bare-facedly demand from foreigners that they give the others back. And what a blessing to have them in Ottawa, running the country, and let­ ting our weaker sex get on with a bit of golf, fishing, hunting. Know who I’d like to have seen run­ ning in the election? Flora MacDonald, Maureen McTeer, and Margaret Trudeau. With no men allowed to vote. And no holds barred. 30 Years Ago Mr. William Sillery is in Kitchener attending the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church as a commissioner from Caven church. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dewar have moved into their new home at the south end of town. A Harvard aircraft was practically demolished early Wednesday morning when it crash-landed three miles north of Exeter. Mr. Harry Sparling with six other teachers of Usborne Township took their pupils to London Saturday. 20 Years Ago General Coach displayed their 5,000th trailer home on Hensall’s Main street this week. The large 10 foot wide mobile home attracted many visitors. Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Flet­ cher left Monday to attend a medical convention in Edinburgh, Scotland, after which they will visit the continent. Miss Jean Darling, who has spent several years as a missionary nurse in India, returned on furlough to the home'of her parents,Mr. and Mrs. William Darling, RR 1 Clandeboye, Mrs. Lome Hicks en- terained her grade 8 pupils at Centralia public school to dinner and the theatre in London Saturday evening where they saw the show “Green Mansions.” 15 Years Ago The Exeter swimming pool fund received another boost this week when the Beta Sigma Phi sorority turned over a cheque for $239.22. Thesmoney was the profit realized in the group’s recent fashion show. Principal Arthur Idle reported this week the in­ cidence of measles was on the decline at Exeter Public School after taking a heavy toll in the past weeks. Publication of a new weekly newspaper for the village of Grand Bend will begin Friday, according to Wilma D. Dinnin, who will be editor and publisher of the paper. Patterned after the original Holiday which appeared in Grand Bend for several'summers, the paper will be a six-column tabloid. The Exeter sewerage system was officially opened Wednesday when dignitaries from Exeter, the surroun­ ding area and government officials joined in the ceremonies. Former mayor, R. E. Pooley cut the ribbon. <• KM Frtt.rt. SyalitMt, M, IM, “What I like about your left­ overs -is knowing I already survived it once."