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Times-Advocate, 1980-08-13, Page 4Times IstoWis.he414.73 +CNA *MI VI mentonf 45 Years Ago Tom Cainpbell and his. brother Ray were out in the - car Wednesday evening of last week and when the engine stopped one of them struck a match to see if there was any gasoline in the tank. The other„salled to him to drop the match which he did but unfortunately it dropped into the tank which at the time had plenty of gasoline. The fire brigades was sum- moned and brought the fire under control with very little damage. Mr. and. Mrs. G.W. Layton returned to their home in Exeter last Friday evening after an absence of nearly a year and a journey by motor of seventeen thousand, five hundred miles first to Saskatchewan and then south to California. An interesting bowling jitney was held on the local greens on Friday evening last week with six rinks of three bowlers each. First prizes was won by J. Bowey, H.J. Creech and R.M. Creech vith three wins plus 21. Over six hundred extra copies of the Times- Advocate containing the news of Old Home week were printed and have all been disposed of, 30 Years Ago Robert Nicol, Carl Sch- Walm, Lorne Lamont, Dick Watson and Charles Seymour have enlisted in Canada's special United Nations brigade for Korea. Due to the railway strike, railway cars stand idle at stations along the London, Huron and Bruce. Only first class mail is being delivered. The Times-Advocate will be delivered by car to nearby centres. Miss Grace Pepper who has been attending summer school in Torolnto, has been successful in securing her Supervisor of Art degree, She has accepted a position at teacher of art at RCAF Station, Centralia. The "Peerless Construction Co. are resurfacing No. 4 highway from Lucan to Clandeboye. Harvey Pollen, Russ Snell, and Andy Snelgrove won second prize at the Wingham trebles tournament last Wednesday. Tom Pryde, MLA and Mrs. Pryde returned home last week after a vacation trip through Quebec and the Maritimes. Mr. Pryde had an interview with Maurice Duplessis, premier of Quebec. 20 Years Ago A $45,000 sprinkler system is being installed in General Coach Works of Canada Ltd., at Hensall to give fire protection for the 56,000 square feet of buildings under roof. John Norry, retired police chief of Exeter and Mrs. Norry, celebrated their diamond wedding an- niversary Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Alderson have returned from a trip to the west, motoring as far as Lake Louise, Banff and Yoho Park, B.C. Mr. and Mrs. Will Haskett of Market St., Lucan, celebrated their 45th wed- ding anniversary. in London on Thursday. The Lucan Go-Kart raceway sponsored by the Lucan Lions Club is tem- porarily closed to permit surfacing of the track in an effort to eliminate the dust. 15 Years Ago That elusive chain of offide .for the mayor has now arrived and will be presented at the next regular meeting of council. Sep- tember 7. R.D. "Dick" Seldon won the Kinsman "suit of the month" draw for August, Malcolm Hiltz, a grade 12 student representing South Huron District High School left Tuesday evening for Dauphin, Manitoba. Malcolm was chosen as a "centennial trav,eller" taking part in the program of adventure in learning. He will be acting as a goodwill ambassador. boys, some miracle of mechanics, had made it impossible to close them. He also "fixeded" the sprinkler. (Ballind, the little guy, wants to make sure the past tense is quite clear, so he adds an extra "ed"). Jim, another neighbor, fixeded the door, which was just about to fly away by itself. All in all, however, it hasn't been bad, except for the sleeping arrangements, The boys are peripatetic while somnambulant. You go to bed in one room, alone, wake up at midnight in another bed, another room, three of you, and may wind up in the morning in still another, four of you. J wouldn't trade them for all the Samanthas and Mary Ellens and Joannes in the world. But make me an offer. Pa9#0,4 •Timei-Advocat9, August 13, 1900 SWING CANADA'S REST FARMLAND. O.W.N.A, CLASS "A' and AB Published by J. W. Eedy Publications Limited. L9RNE EERY; PUBLISHER Editor — Bill Donek Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Advertising. Manager — Jim Beckett Composition Manager — Harry DeVries. Business Manager — Dick Jongkind Published Each Wednesday Mornihg Phone 235..1331 at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail. Registration Number 0386 SUSSCRIPTIOAI RATES: Canada $14.00 Per Year; USA $35,00 Three problems Adviuonr kskoblisheci 1881.. Amalgamated 1924 May as well enjoy it ByTWhi Ropegrearto rs of Canada'seanada's thoasands of tourism-related businesses find they are at- tracting a strange new breed or customer, not that they're complaining, The "unusual" new cus- lomers: they're Canadians from other parts of the coun- t "*More and more,' it seems, Canadians are vacationing in Canada, and with good reason, For one thing, energy prices. are cheaper at home, and there has been a big advertising and promotional push from the provinces to get us to visit another region, rather than another country. 1!ainstream Canada An Intriguing. Change The major airlines and other transportation compa- nies liave also played a role in the new "see Canada first" attitude, They have reduced some fares and generally made it easier for Canadians to get to know and understand their own country. While the change is bene- fiting the country'S interna- tional trade balances, the real winners are the entrepreneurs operating tourist establish- ments. These are the smaller, sea- sonal restaurants, • camp grounds, hotels, motels, cot- tages and entertainment busi- nesses that are the backbone of the summer economy in many . parts of the country. Without them, unemploy- ment would be much higher, and students seeking a method to earn enough money to fi- nance a year at university or community college would be out of What's intriguing is that Canadians finally seem to be learning about the vast array • , of vacation choices that exist in their own country. It's about time. Members of Exeter council frac- tured most of the accepted parliaMen- tary procedures in their handling of a motion last week to write off an ac- count with the Business Improvement Area for the work provided by the town crew in erecting detour signs. Oddly enough, perhaps, the issue, created three controversial aspects and in view of the fact, the matter will be back on the agenda at a future meeting, those aspects deserve considerable consideration. The first, of course, is the fact that the procedural rules were badly frac- tured, and closely tied to that is the question of the conflict of interest as it pertains to members who have a direct or indirect association with the Business Improvement Area. Having called for a vote at last week's meeting, the motion obviously should have either been declared won or lost by Mayor Derry Boyle. It can not be withdrawn after the vote has been taken. However, there was some question whether the motion was legally on the floor, Councillor Jay, Campbell second- ed the motion and then didn't vote after the conflict of interest matter was rais- ed. If he didn't vote due to the suspicion he may have been in conflict, he ob- viously shouldn't have seconded ,the motion either. In the past year, the conflict of in- terest question has arisen on several occasions and due to the serious im- plications of that matter, it would appear prudent for council to get some direction on the matter from a solicitor. A legal opinion may be able to clear the air regarding council members's position on such matters as their association with businesses or• In the Stratford production of Brief Lives, now playing at the Festival's Third Stage, there is a quote from the writings of the 17th Century English chronicler John Aubrey. It concerns the famed physician William Harvey whose chief discovery was the circula- tion of the blood. Aubrey who knew the great doctor personally noted upon his death, "When a learned man dies what a great deal of learing dies with him." We couldn't help but think of that quote when we heard of the death of another noted Englishman last week. We don't suppose Peter Sellers could be considered a learned man in By SYD FLETCHER How could anyone not love Morley? He was one of those Basset hounds with the huge mournful brown eyes and the size twelve feet on a size one dog. It must have been the feet that persuaded my friend Eldon to take on Morley as he has a somewhat larger than average pair of wallabies himself. "I must warn you," said the owner hesitatingly, "that Morley has a couple of bad habits." 'Pshavv," said Eldon, a big confident man who has been a dog-lover all his life. Then teasingly he remarked, "All that's necessary is that the local groups with whom they have dealings in council decisions. The third controversial aspect is the main topic itself of writing off an account, with the Business Improve- ment Area. While there is much validity to the argument that it is a way of expressing appreciation for the current downtown redevelopment project, •council members must keep in mind that the taxpayers have already contributed $50,000 to that project. It also must be remembered that the redevelopment project stemmed from the core business people attemp- ting to keep business downtown in the face of increased competition from other merchants in the community. Those other merchants are also taxpayers, of course, and in some , regards it is questionable whether council should ask them to contribute to the well-being of the downtown merchants with whom they are com- peting. They are, ironically, paying their share towards the $50,000 provided by council to pay for parking which the downtown merchants hope will attract customers away from businesses out- side the core area. To ask them to further contribute to a specific business promotion in the core area could probably, be considered unfair. Offsetting that argument is the fact that what is good for one area of the business community may also be good for another indirectly. However, council must judge carefully whether tax dollars collected in part from one business group should be used to assist another group with whom they are in direct competition. the sense of a William Harvey, but he too had a special gift - the gift of mak- ing us laugh, And what a great deal of laughter has died with him, In a world saturated with troubles and woes, the ability to make others forget those troubles for a few hours is- a rare gift indeed. Sellers' gift was given to the world for too brief a period, but we are fortunate in that we have a lasting record of his comic genius in over 40 films and countless voice transcripts, The laughter he gave us will echo through the years. What a wonderful legacy to make life on earth. Lis towel Banner Morley, with long sneezers that ended with something between a sneer and a chuckle. They decided to shut the door at the bottom of the steps and leave him on the main floor. As the house settled down, Morley suddenly realized that he was down and they were up. There was a click- ing of toenails on the hallway linoleum. Then silence. Then a very rapid clicking and a resounding crash as his head hacked up by forty pounds of Basset hit the door. It had to give. Silence again. Then very cautious, quiet steps up the stairway. Eldon lifted his head to see Morley very carefully push open the bedroom door and settle down with a satisfied sigh at the foot of the bed. Two seconds later there was a long sneezing snore and a very definite chuckle at the end of it. While the heavy rain of this summer created havoc with the area farm pop- ulace, it did maintain most stream levels at record highs and that too add- ed considerably to the appearance of the countryside. Normally, the streams are reduced to the occasional pool and take on a rather forlorn look during the arid summer weather as they dwindle to depths that hardly cover the back of a crayfish. Lawns too have remained green and vibrant to date, and while that may not sit well with those who would just as soon avoid the cutting chores during the summer months, it does add to the attractiveness of the area as a whole as the brown, dismal patches have yet to People keep asking me if I have any plans for the rest of the summer, such as going on a trip, renting a cottage, learing to scuba-dive or whatever. To each and all of them I have one answer: "I'm going into a rest home where nobody under the age of 50 can get near me." We've just had a lengthy visit from our grandboys, the first in more than six months. If you have any druthers when your children are expecting children, put in an application for girls. There is no girl or girls on earth who could have put their Grandad through the physical obstacle course I've been through in the past week. When school ended in June,I thought I'd hang around for one more year before making way for a, real teacher. I was in pretty good shape and another 10 months in front of the chalkboard would be no sweat. This week, I've almost decided to retire on the third of September. Somehow, I don't think either the authorities or the students want an English department head cranking around in a wheelchair. The bursitis in my shoulder is killing me, after throwing a baseball to a potential Babe Ruth for hours. My right foot is bruised, battered and sprained from trying to prove I can still kick a football over a big spruce tree. My knees are scraped, my hands are raw, my torso is thoroughly pierced from climbing trees to bring down small boys who can get up, but like cats, can't get down. My back door had to be removed and repaired after being slammed ap- proximately3.000 times by the boys and * * different names from raspberry bug to picnic bug are obviously the lowest form and must be a bit of a consterna- tion even to mother nature. There are many other nuisances in the creepy, crawly kingdom, but most of them are either colorful or have some special talents to overcome their handiCap. But, not picnic bugs! They land anywhere, preferably where there is food, and jugt sit down and wait for you to crack their backs between your fingers. They appear to have no problem fly- ing to get to their destination, but upon arrival, have complete disdain for removing themselves even in the face - of harm or total destruction. The only plus they have on their side is their uncanny ability to smell food. You can inhabit an area for hours without a sign of the black pests, but as soon as anything edible is placed in the same area. .they arrive in multitudes. Each bite must be taken in care, because they burrow deeply into sandwiches and often arrive at the their buddies up the street. My lace is burned to lobster-like hue from being out in the sun as long as seven hours as a stretch. The boys never burn. They're moving too quickly for the sun to hit them a single direct blow. I don't know much about girls. I had one about 28 years ago, and she was no problem until she became a teenager. The only idiosyncracy she had was wanting to go to the bathroom at the most inopportune times, such as sailing along on the three-lane highway at 60, with two turkeys tail-gating you, and not a tree or bush in sight. But I'm sure girls are not as curious, daring and dicey as small boys, who want to climb as high as possible, go as fast as possible, lean as far as they can over a dock or cliff, and hit each other as hard as they can over the head with a fist, a stick or a baseball bat. Do little girls .get all cleaned up, dressed up, and then dash through the lawn sprinkler immediately and fre- quently? Do little girls go down to the docks with you, ask how deep the water is, then lean over at an angle of 65 degrees to look down and make sure you're not prevaricating? Do little girls eat junk food all day, then come home and gobble down enough dinner to keep a healthy lumberjack going? Do little girls plague you because everyone else on the highway is passing you, and when you tell them the other drivers are turkeys, suggest with a grin that maybe you are a chicken? Do little girls put on boxing gloves and try to hammer the daylights out of each other, no quarter asked or given? same time as a morsel is being placed in the mouth. , However, they probably do rate some plaudits as being among the few things that can slow a beer drinker on a hot day. Taking a sip of refreshment without first clearing away the bugs is a, fault that does help cut the creature's population, unless they .get stuck on your teeth on the way through. A Huron Park reader has taken us to task this week for what he terms our sensational reporting of court news as it pertains to residents of that com- munity. In our Coverage of court news, we follow general journalistic practices by using the most noteworthy charge in the lead paragraphs of the story. This is usually a simple matter of picking out the offence which •results in the most severe fine or penalty. The July 30 coverage, which he mentions, resulted in a $300 fine and license suspension for a Huron Park man convicted of im- paired driving. 'the other cases on the same docket resulted in lower fines for obviously less serious charges in the opinion of the presiding court official. When headlines are written for news • stores, the person assigned that duty usually follows the standard jour- nalistic practice of writing something that pertains to the main item in the story, hence the most severe penalty is normally highlighted in the heading. There are times when an unusual case may be featured even though it has not resulted in the most severe penalty, but there is no attempt to single out the residents of any par- ticular area community. Do little girls, the moment they've arrived for a visit, ask that everything be turned on: the fireplace (in July), the hi-fi, the fans, and the lawn sprinkler? Do little girls go from six in the mor- ning until nine at night without stopping in one place for more than nine seconds, aside from the odd four- second pee demanded by Grandad? Well, maybe little girls are not as angelic as I've suggested, but little boys are just as demonic as I've in- timated. In fact, my wife heard at the hair- dresser's that little boys are more honest, more affectionate and more lovable than little girls, who of course, are practising to be big girls. That may be. However, I'm about as bruised, battered, bewildered and burnt as though I'd climbed a mountain without any ropes, or crossed a desert without water. Gran doesn't take the punishment I do. Oh, she does a lot of work. The the day, there isn't a dry towel in the house, she's about run out of Band- Aids, and she spends hours in the kitchen, whipping up such delicacies as , honey-and-peanut butter sandwiches and strawberry shortcake. (Guess who picks the berries?) She had a whirl in the backyard one day, batting, fielding, being shot with the hose, did nobly, but hasn't been out of the house since, and spent most of the next day in bed. Thank goodness for good neighbors... John Cfixeded" the car doors when the "Talk about a square peg in a round hole — I wanted WORK and they get me a civil service job." • Gift of laughter Perspectives owner, be smarter than the dog." "O.K." said the owner, with a sigh, "I seem to have heard something like that before. If you can't manage him we'll take him back." The first few nights were easy. My friend said to his wife, "You know, some peo- ple know dogs. I guess, and others just own them." Eldon has a big base voice and delighted in barking at Morley and Morley would immediately speak back. It was comical to hear the duet, my big friend barking down at the little fat dog who had no right to such a deep hoarse voice. It was only after a few nights that they discovered that Morley disliked sleep- ing by himself. At first they decided that it was all right for him to sleep in, their room but finally realized that it wasn't either of them who was snoring. It was • '•!:""--as In less than three weeks, area students will be trudging back to classes after their summer recess. They, similar to most of us, will again be asking the perennial question as to why summer appears to be the shortest season of the year. Generally speaking, things slow down to a lazy crawl during the months of July and August, but this year has been different as far as Exeter's Main St. is concerned. The landscaping projects being un- dertaken by council and the BIA are well underway and people are finally seeing what you get for an expenditure. If there's anything more annoying of just under $100,000. than a nuisance, of course, it is a stupid There are still those in the commuhi- - nuisance. The bugs, which go by many ty who question the validity of such an expenditure, but they may as well stop asking and start enjoying the pro- ject. The money has been spent and cer- tainly adds immeasurably to the beauty of the main drag. Now, if we can just keep the vandals at bay! * * appear, However, this has been offset by the fact that weather conditions have led to an abundance of weeds and insects. The writer's garden has been inundated ' with earwigs and it is almost necessary to get down to the last leaf on a head of. cabbage to rid it of the last of those • ugly litle creatures. The "picnic bugs" are back in abnor- mally high numbers as well,and hake to set some type of standard for their nuisance value. They are also plain stupid. .:;ofatoe.:::00:by:401110y::::.: • • Frogs and snails ••• DIVEwashing machine is thumping most of Roger Worth is Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The devalued Canadian dollar has also helped. Over- seas travellers report horren- dously high air, hotel and food bills, and even exchanging our dollars for the U.S. variety 'costs a minimum 15%.