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Times-Advocate, 1980-06-04, Page 4Exeter council and the PUC face a rather thorny question in relation to the request from Frayne Chev-Olds to have town water piped to their proposed new location at the southern limits of the community. Complicating the proposal is the fact the site is located in Usborne Township. Exeter, of course, derives its water supply from that municipali- ty. While it would appear the current policy would result in a negative response to the request, it is a fact that the policy does have some room for maneuverability in that other residents in Usborne receive water from the town supply as it passes their property. The rule basically is that if water passes a township property, it can be serviced. It would appear simple to suggest that the town consider annexation of some of the built-up area on its doorstep, but that too is complicated by the fact the capacity of the local sewage lagoon is already stifling local growth and it would be absurd at this point to consider adding property while land owners in the town can not develop their property due to the limitations of the sewage system, However, discussions are already underway to consider extensions of the sewer lagoon and it would appear to be an opportune time for council to con- sider future growth through annexa- tion, particularly when township of- ficials appear interested in such discus- sion. The enormous cost involved in ex- tending the lagoon to provide for future growth would appear to dictate that all avenues be explored and experiences of the past would indicate that sewer, as well as water services, may be sought by some of the township residents currently living on Exeter's boun- daries. The underlining fact of the current request from the car dealer is that Ex- eter can not provide services that would further hamper the possibility of local landowners developing their property, or provide them with unfair competition. The town's present and future needs must be safeguarded. The impending national catastrophe of another postal workers' strike has been averted. For the first time the CUPW has won a new contract without strike action, Let us hope that the patience which won this victory can now be translated into a sincere effort by both union and management, They must solve the differences which have plagued the system for too long. In a country as widespread as Canada an efficient postal service is vital. Post office people don't like it when we in the media comment on poor Do their There is so much written and said these days about the selfish, careless attitudes of youth that were some alien being suddenly to alight in our midst, be, she or it would surely think all young people must be a thoroughly rotten lot of human beings. It isn't so as two Listowel police of- ficers found out last week. One police officer was assaulted and knocked to the ground while trying to get a man into the police cruiser to take him to the breathalizer machine, A se- cond officer, responding to his fellow policeman's request for assistance, was also having difficulty with the man when three youths came to the rescue. The three young men assisted the of- ficers in getting the man into the police cruiser and then went about their own business. And while we have seen all kinds of people, old as well as young, striving to The readers write: service, but it is an unpleasant fact of life which everyone in this country has experienced. Removed, as most of us are, from any knowledge of the day-to- day operations in the postal system, we are not prepared to express any opinion about where the fault lies - with employees or with management. Perhaps this peaceful settlement of the CUPW contract presages a more thoughtful approach to the im- provements which have become so necessary. Wingham Advance-Times own thing draw attention to themselves in just about any way you could possibly im- agine, not so these three young men. They didn't even want their names mentioned. Now that's the kind of maturity a good many people, years older than these three fellows could learn a lot about. However the assistance rendered by the young men did not go unnoticed. Police Chief William Sachs publicly thanked them and they will be receiv- ing letters commending them for their actions from the Listowel Board of Police Commissioners. The recognition is fully warranted, but it does tell us something about the times in which we are living. It is a sad thing to realize that this kind of respon- sible behaviour is now the exception rather than the norm. Listowel Banner Serves all tennis buffs Dear Editor: I am writing as an in- terested person who has been on both sides of the fence. First, I would like to make my apology to previous Exeter Tennis Club members. I vocalized my negative opinions concerning the locked gate and having to pay (for)and join a club to have privileges to play on a court which I thought should have been open to me at all times. At that time I had not attended any of the club's open meetings. After doing so, I found that my opinions had been based on false information and on how this club came to be. In 1974 the Rec Director approached interested ten- nis individuals to verify the necessity of an organisation to take over the responsibli- ty of hiring a tennis instrue- tor and maintaining the courts. This would include the purchasing of new nets, Paint, all advertising, all labour etc. In doing so they had to set a fee, They kept thie at an af- fordable price for all per- sons and no skills or re- quirements were needed to join. One must agree they had to offer privileged time to draw the tennis enthusiasts. This club in the future relieved the Rec Committee of precious time and cost, Please note that all other sports, ie: skating, hockey, soccer, baseball and swim- ming have to be financed by imposed fees. Why not ten- nis? There are always com- mittees to set rules and guidelines to help preserve these Sports. Why not ten- nis? Now as an Exeter Tennis Club member I stand to be corrected for tny past ig- norance and hope that others Will also join in on our Meetings to benefit the Mutt of this sport. I mysett Want to see our beautiful courts maintained for our children and feel this can only be accomplished by an organization. Marlene Moore Dear editor: May I use your newspaper to contact a number of old friends who may be in your area? In conjunction with the City of London's 125th Anniversary, there will be a MARY HASTINGS' REUNION PICNIC at the Springbank Park on Saturday ruly 19th, 1580. Bring your lunch and your voices for a sing-song! If you play an instrument, bring it too, and be part of the entertainment. So, fin a car, or take a bug and meet your old friends, <including me: Limy Liz), Contact Mrs. J.0. Blake, 413 Wonderland Road, London N6IC 1L5 so we will know how many old friends to expect. Sincerely, Grace Hussey veCNA "Jump!" By SY') Ft-ETCHER Stroke-bound You've had two of them. Not so much that you're totally crippled, just enough that you're not strong enough to tear away all those tubes. The tubes are all that keep you here. One in your arm, one in the nose, horribly uncomfortable, and that een's eueee,ne Wes".e. Perspectives Mainstream Canada Ng. 4: TirnwAdvocoto, Juno 4: 1910 Term t€►ra4tises41573 Advseste 410000.1.0e 1 Amgiocimato 1514 SeRVInitle CANADA'S. REST` PeftnetAND c,W,Neet., Q,W.nait.. CLASS Sind ABC Published bye. W.-leersly Publ.lcotione Limited WINE PBOUSHER Editor eilt. Outten Assistant Editor --- Ross Haugh. Advertising Manager Beckett Ceseposition Manager.-„ Harry **Vries etninuise eteneger ee. Pick eonelti me Published. each WocinesciayMotrilosi "hon. 2151431 at Exeter, Ontaiia $eceri class Mail Registration Number 0300 SUBSCRIPTION.RArgs;- Coortada $14.00 Per Year; USA $35.00 'ekeeeeee,,,seeseee Tough question CNA B.uf .i11210,1 A OW In the near future, the entire transformation will be completed. The grandstand will be removed and then the two animal shelters at the park will follow suit. calfs, Siamese twins, freak vegetables with two carrots growing from one seed. Repeating the same old things, bickering about the same trivial things, chewing their cabbage twice, they lose their individuality, and become both boring and bored. They are nearing the end when they start calling each other "Mother" and "Dad," and can spend half an hour patiently desagreeing over a third-rate 'TV movie. This was no great vision on the road to Damascus. It came to me when my wife went off for a few days in the city and I was alone, all, all, alone, on a sea of beautiful privacy. Nobody saying, "Lights out, dear, you have to work tomorrow," at mid- night just when I'm getting into the guts of a novel, I know I have to work tomorrow, Two nights she was away, I read until six a.m. Nobody telling me what a day she'd had, when I'd had a worse one. And vice versa. She thought I'd eaten the cooked ham she left me. I fed it to the squirrels and ate a lasagna that almost killed me. Dill pickles, ice cream, coffee a spoon would stand in. Unmade bed, unwashed dishes, cigarettes with no filters. Bloody Mary's for breakfast. When she came home, of course, everything was epic 'n span. But she loved me so much she almost strangled the. It was mutual. Try it. It cost me about four hundred. Worth every tent. About once a year, I do the same: take off to a convention or into the woods. She doesn't miss me, loves the solitude, and I'm delighted to be holne. Separate holidays Might make that domestic cage of yours bearable. No pun intended. It would be difficult to guess the ac- tual increase in the amount of floor space the municipality has accrued over the past few years with the transformation. but it would probably be fair to say it has increased by well over 10 times. The staff has probably tripled or quadrupled. With the increased number and size of facilities, of course, the utility, in- surance, maintenance and housekeep- ing costs have also increased propor- tionately. About the only savings that has been • realized is the fact the town has discon- tinued the services of the bell ringer. However, the $25 per month salary reduction there won't go very far in terms of meeting the costs that have been added by all town departments in recent years. The interesting thing is that the town's population has not kept pace with the rampant growth of the public sector and one has to stop and wonder why those two components don't bear some relation to each other. While many decry the growth of the federal and provincial government staff and facilities. it is doubtful if they have grown any faster than that which has been experienced in Exeter, Has the boom ended, or do we face a continued trend in the coming years? Stay tuned to find out! 55 Years Ago Messrs, W. E. Sanders, G. E. Anderson, W. W. Taman, and R. N. Creech of Exeter Bowling Club won the second prize, carving sets at the Blyth Bowling Tournament. Rev. Edward Sheppard will succeed Rev. W. E. Donnelly as pastor of James Street United Church. Four thousand dollars is left to the parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church at Mount Carmel by the terms of the will of Norman Farrell, Bidduiph Township farmer. - Mr, Colin. Hudson, Hensall has a white leghorn hen that laid an egg six inches round and eight inches long. The members of Lebanon Forest Lodge, AF & AM together with a number of visiting brethern from Clin- ton, Hensall and Lucan attended Divine Worship in James Street United Church on Sunday evening. 30 Years Ago The 25th anniversary of church union will be celebrated in Centralia church on Sunday. Lucan Community Memorial Centre will celebrate the official open- ing Wednesday June 14, and Friday,June 16 and on Sun- day June 11, a memorial ser- vice will be held. The Huron County Old Boys' Association of Toronto celebrated its fiftieth birth- day at a golden jubilee dinner at Chez Paree June 1, Kenneth Stanbury proposed the toast to Huron County. Grade nine pupils of Ex- eter District High School have just concluded their turkey project. Five weeks ago they purchased 200 broad breasted bronze turkeys which they have cared for under the direction of agriculture teacher An- drew Dixon. Most of them have been sold - but several students took home a few birds to raise. Miss Myrtle Reeder, who recently graduated from Woodstock General Hospital School of Nursing was awarded the Dr. C. McPher- omoperation is the key The writer took a few minutes last week to enjoy a tour of the new police office with Chief Ted Day as official guide. While there are still some finishing touches required, particularly in landscaping, it appears to be a very functional building and certainly brings an attractive addition to the communi- ty. Upon leaving the facility, I couldn't help but think of the vast changes that have transpired in municipal edifices over the past couple of decades and the growth in the local public service per- sonnel. When the writer first started cover- ing the local scene some 16 years ago, former clerk C. V. Pickard performed that function on a part-time basis in conjunction with his insurance business in the small office which now houses Jerry Smith's barbershop. Assessor Erie Carscadden operated basically from his home, again on a part-time basis only. The police department which at one time consisted of a Chief and a `night watchman" was housed in the old town hall, which was also the headquarters for the fire department with its one piece of equipment. The council chambers were also located in the town hall, The works department was located in a comparatively small shed behind the town hall, and oldt imers will recall that the Chief of Police, the late John Norry, was also in charge of that opera- tion. The same people will recall that the old arena and fairgrounds were operated by one man, with the assistance of a part-time helper during the ice season and of course, -several "rink-rats". It's bewildering when you think of the number of things that can break up a marriage that began in heaven and ends up in the other place. Sexual or emotional incompatibility, disparity of interests, rotten kids, desertion, booze. insanity, to name just a few of the serious ones. Then you work your way down to the aspects that seem trivial on the sur- face, but can be just as rending over the grind as the big ones. Stuff like halitosis, dandruff, body odour, nose-picking, digging wax from ears or jam from toes, and similar physical foibles. And then there are the basic differences in genes that shatter many a case of connubial bliss. Some people are yawning until the tears spurt at 9:20 p.m., and are wedded to other peo- ple who just begin to hit on all cylinders about the time the late movies begin. That's bad enough, But the former are the type who leap out of bed at six a.m., carolling: "Here bath been daw- ning another new day: think, wilt thou let it slip useless away?" And the latter have to dragged out of bed at the crack of noon with a block and taekle. Not much chance for them. Then there are the poor devils who put on a pound just by reading a menu, and bitterly resent their mates, who can shovel in the chocolates, pastry, whipped cream and beer, and go around remarking blithely, and smug- ly, "I have to eat like a horse to stay even." Grounds for a hatchet murder. Some people, mostly men, look forty when they are married, and still look forty when they are sixty. Others, mostly women, look sixteen when they are Married, and sixty when they are forty. This can lead to a certain amount Of savagery. And there is plain old body temperature. Some like it hot; some like it cool. Thus we find running Over the past decade, all those facilities have been abandoned by the town and been replaced by new buildings or other structures that were converted. The fire department was the first to change location. moving into the former Exeter Motor Sales garage at the corner of Main and Victoria St. The department now has four major pieces of equipment and the old engine is stored in moth balls at the works department shed. The police department "expanded" into a second room at the town hall, then took up residence in a house on Main St. before that was gutted by fire. After spending the past few months in a temporary trailer behind the town hall, they have moved into their spacious new quarters on Sanders St. The works department shed behind theetown hall was razed and a new modern structure erected on Nelson St, Several trucks. a garbage packer, street sweeper, etc, were added to the list of equipment. Council also kept pace with the move to bigger and better things by leasing the former post office on Main St, and moving the clerk and council chamber into that facility. The staff has been in- creased to three and they have been joined by a building inspector and zon- ing administrator, The old arena. of course, has also departed the local scene, being replac- ed by the ultra-modern South Huron rec centre. A swimming pool has been add- ed and the park system greatly expand- ed. Also lost from the local scene was the race track and horse barn at the com- munity park. along with the rodeo ring and the band stand. battles as bedroom windows are thrown wide or slammed down; as the thermostat is viciously wrenched up to 80, and the moment the back is turned, is triumphantly twisted back to 60, Another of the fractious items in the constant domestic skirmishing is the question of who does the most work. A man, let's say a barber, bleats that he's been on his feet all day, and they're killing him. His erst-while soul-mate retorts that she's been on her knees all day, and she'll kill him if he doesn't get out and mow the lawn. In the same vein, an executive will reel in from work, collapse in a chair after mixing a triple martini, and go into a recitation about the overwhelm- ing stress he's under: a fight with the boss; a . client lost; inefficient un- derlings. And his "darling", "sugar", or "hon" of thirty years ago will come back like a tigress with her stress: the phone rang thirteen terries today; she had a fight with the plumbers; the new drapes don't match anything except puke; she had to take the new car to a garage because some turkey creased her, to the tune of $800, in a parking lot. Heck, I could go on for an hour, listing reasons that people first begin to get on each other's nerves, proceed to smoldering dislike, and end up in a glorious blaze of pure hatred. And I'm sure every one of you gentle readers could add to the list. I'll do a thirty-thousand word thesis on it someday. But for now I'd like to add just one item to the list that is seldom mentioned by either sociology professors or Ann Landers. This cause of fractured marriage is too much togetherness. When a married couple spend too much time together, they not only begin looking alike, but talking alike, thinking alike and all the other alikes. As a result, they become two-headed will. support :its big manuftue luring sector, and British Columbia - like the other Western provinces Is seeking better representation in the Senate and the highest court in the land, The list of federal-provin- cial irritants seems endless. Confrontation has be- come the norm in Canada! The amount of Co-operation that had existed between the two levels, of government in earlier times has plummeted, and the country has suffered. Perhaps it is time for the politicians to return the word "co-operation" to the federal- provincial vocabulary, tapping the publiegoodwill in all parts of Canada to provide solu- tions to very real problems, Somehow, a political deal must be worked out that will satisfy at least some provin- cial aspirations, at the same lime allowing Ottawa enough power to effectively manage the economy and redistribute the nation's wealth to main- tain living standards in the poorer regions. Canadians deserve a real effort to find political solu- tions that will halt the endless federal-provincial battles that are playing a large role in tearing the country apart, son award for proficiency in operating room technique. 20 Years Ago This year Huron County had the highest count of con- firmable cases in animal rabies in the province. At the anniversary service of Kirkton United Church, Rev. R. S. Hiltz, Exeter delivered an inspirational address. James Street Women's Association highlighted the June meeting by visiting the rose garden of Mr. and Mrs, C. V, Pickard. Mr. John Goman, public school inspector for South Huron addressed the Exeter FWTAO unit at the annual banquet. Mrs. C. A. MacNaughton, Mrs, Fred Dobbs, Mrs. Richard Dickins attended the June meeting of the Huron County Home to plan for the Christmas Fair for the residents. 15 Years Ago The severe windstorm which swept through Exeter last month may have forced cancellation of any proposed sidewalk repair or construc- tion this year. Exeter businessman R. Ross Tuckey miraculously escaped with only a frac- tured hip and cuts and bruises when his car was completely wrecked when it crashed through a culvert under construction on Highway 4 early Wednesday morning. Catherine Ann Rader, who graduated from Kitchener Waterloo Hospital school of nursing on Saturday receiv- ed word that she was successful in passing her Registered Nurses' ex- amination. Miss Rader is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Rader, Zurich. At the Provincial Trap Shoot at St. Thomas Satur- day, John Anderson was runner up in Class C with a score of 192 out of 200. Mr.and Mrs. A. J, Sweitzer attended the Lions Convention in St. Catharines and spent a few days visiting Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Steiner of Welland. other one, the ultimate in humiliation. You always swore that anything was better than that insult to the body. You never wanted to stay here past the appointed time. With a lot of good years behind you, life was reasonably complete. You struggled, tried to rip the tubes out, only to have them replaced by hands that were much stronger than yours and the straps that finally defeated you. Yet your eyes still begged and there was no doubt what you were trying to say or how you felt. And us? We hung on to the last thread of life for you, hoping for some miracle, not realizing that by letting you go, gracefully, easily, that the miracle was there, within our grasp. Reason prevails Has the Doom ended? Ar IC Roger Worth What does Quebec want? For that matter, what does Alberta want, or Newfound- land, _or British Columbia, or Ontario? If the views of hard-nosed provincial politicians are any barometer, one thing is emi, -nently clear; most of the Provinces want more control: over their own affairs. The only way to increase provincial autonomy, of course, is to dilute the power of the federal government, Many times it is difficult to fault the provincial cians, • Roger Worth is Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Quebec,. for example, is deeply concerned (and rightly so) about survival of the French language and culture in Canada, as well as econom- ic matters. Politicians in the energy-producing provinces believe it is their job to fight for the highest possible price for the commodity. Newfoundland claims the rights to offshore minerals and the fishery, industrialized Ontario wants policies that • • • • • • • • Di S $ 1492f b?'/IngYSp ine Marriage misfortunes 19