The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-05-01, Page 4 (2)OUR POINT OF VIEW
Need assurance
Exeter council's decision to institute a
bylaw forcing residents to hook into the
sanitary sewer service within 15 months of
its completion in front of their properties
appears to be a sensible move.
A vast amount of money is being spent
on the sewer projects in the community to
bring this service to ratepayers, and it has
always been a concern of councils that
some people fail to avail themselves of it.
In addition, revenue to the town coffers
is delayed if the hookup fee is not received
at the time of construction and this is a con-
cern from a financial standpoint.
However, members of council must be
well aware that there are many residents
of the community who do not look forward
to hooking into the sewer system.
They have found from the experience
of other citizens that flooding situations are
Do you
often associated with hooking into the
system, and people who now have no
problems are naturally reluctant to take a
gamble on being subjected to flooded
basements.
Before approving the proposed bylaw
forcing connections, council members
must be prepared to offer some guarantee
that those hooking up will not encounter
any greater risk of basement flooding than
they do at the present without sanitary
sewer service.
If that guarantee cannot be given,
council may save themselves a great
number of headaches and ill feeling by
delaying the bylaw until the storm and
sanitary sewer system is proven more
satisfactory than some. of the situations
now evident in certain locations in the com-
munity.
get the message?
Isn't it marvellous - this age Of -com-
munication in which we live!
Just imagine - flying from London,
England to Toronto in a little over two
hours! That's what the new Concord jet can
do, and since it beats the sun by several
hours, it could deliver a letter in Toronto
today that was sent from London tomorrow
- (barring a mail strike. of course). Now
that's communication!
Meanwhile, satellites are flashing pic-
ture messages around the world in
seconds; computers are spewing out a
volume of informative messages that
boggles the mind - and sometimes the com-
puter.
How many telegraph wires and cables
are sending messages - at this very
moment? How many telephones are ring-
ing right now with potential messages?
The irony of it is that in this great age
of communication we find more and more
evidence of lack of communication -
between husbands and wives. parents and
children. minority groups and the es-
tablishment. management and labour, and
between nations.
Individuals. groups and nations reach
out for the help of marriage counsellors,
psychiatrists. group therapists, strike
mediators, special ambassadors and truce
teams - all in an effort to communicate.
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Words pile on words to create a monu-
ment to our tragic inability to com-
municate with each other in a significant
way.
There is an ancient story which is, in
itself, useful commentary on the art of
communication.
It tells of an old gardener and a very
close friend who shared his love of garden-
ing. They used to take long walks together
and they drank their evening tea together,
saying hardly a word but exchanging views
and emotions by a shake of the head, a
smile or a frown.
In time, the friend was sent to a distant
land and after many years, the old gar-
dener was thrilled to receive a letter from
him. The letter was very brief but it
brought a flood of memories and joy to his
heart. It said simply "Today I pruned my
rose tree."
It took months for the old gardener to
compose a reply to his friend - one that
would express all his affection, his
memories and loneliness. At last, the
return message was ready - an expression
6f the ties that bound the two old men
together - and it read as follows: "Today, I
too, pruned my rose trees."
Surely, his 'friend got the message -
loud and clear.
— Contributed
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DON'T J01ti ANY WALK OUT'i fOR THE NUT FEW WEEKS.
Pushing sales for mootinis
Gordon Hill, the Varna
farmer who heads the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, issued
a statement this week lauding the
proposed changes in liquor
regulations that will require bars
to serve a variety of drinks, in-
cluding milk and coffee. •
"Milk in the bar is a good
idea," he claims, no doubt basing
that on the assumption that some
of the farmers he represents will
have new markets opened up for
their dairy products.
Unfortunately. Gordon appears
to have read only a portion of the
new regulations.
Another one states that it will
be permissible for parents to
serve alcoholic beverages to their
children in their own homes.
It makes one think that
whoever came up •with the
changes must have been under
the influence at the time.
Surely they must have become
mixed up in their suggestion that
Some words about letters
When people ask me about my
column. at one point or another,
they usually say: "Boy. I bet you
get a lot of mail."
Well. yes. 1 do. But I don't
exactly have to hire a secretary
to send out answers. along with
an autographed picture.
1 solve the problem by not
answering most of my mail. As a
result. 1 frequently feel guilty. for
as long as three or four minutes.
Ninety-five percent of my mail
is garbage, and is disposed of as
such. Along with the junk mail —
flyers. broadsides and special
offers that everyone gets — I get
quite a few letters from nuts.
Atikokan, Ont. seems to be a
breeding place of this species,
with apologies to all the fine
Atikokans who, I'm sure. abound
in that fine. fresh. northern
community.
Years ago. I had a running
battle with some kooky minister
from Atikokan. who accused me
of things I'd have been delighted
to be able to do. As I recall, he
thought i thought I was a rake,
and i had to convince him that i
was a hoe.
Then one summer evening, a
stranger walked into my
backyard and introduced himself
as the former linotype operator
from the Atikokan paper. He
wanted a reference for a job. and
he wanted us to join forces and
bring down the free enterprise
system, or the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, or
something of the sort. He got a
local job, lasted a few weeks, and
Times Established 1873
the only thing we managed to put
down were a couple of beers.
Recently. I received another
letter from an Atikokan. For
eight and a half pages he
belabored me about the inef-
ficiency of private enterprise.
because of a remark I'd made,
suggesting the Canadian postal
service be turned over to same.
This guy agreed that the postal
service was rotten. but he told
me. with many examples, that
private industry. also, is com-
pletely inefficient. 1 agree. man.
It's lousy. I know. I once worked
for a summer in one of North
America's great industries. and I
have never, before or since. seen
such skullduggery among the
workers and stupidity in
management.
But what hurt was when he
called my remarks a "figment of
the imagination of a naive.
inexperienced. sheltered
academic, such as yourself ." All
the nasty words were underlined.
Well, i've got news for you.
boyo. Any guy who has worked on
the lake boats. in industry. gone
through a war, engaged in that
toughest of all free enterprises,
the weekly newspaper business, And here's a dandy. from a
and staggered through nearly 30 fellow who has written a book. He
years of marriage and child- sent me a copy, and says: "After
raising is not exactly naive. you have read it, would you
inexperienced, or sheltered. He consider giving it the same
may be a shattered wreck. but. mention in your column as was
And i resent being called an done with Ten Lost Years? He
academic. I'm a school teacher. says:,'This- book is similar,
- Neither proud of ft nor ashamed perhaps more profound."
of it. I don't try to mold little At least, he'shonest. "If it some extrua
twigs in the way they should would, it may give
bend. Nor do I try to turn out a
"product" that our society will be
proud of. I just try to teach
younger people something of
what i have learned about life.
The letter mentioned was
signed, but above the signature sales impact required at this
was a fairly desperate "You can't time." Sorry. No way. It is a dull
use my name," with the "Can't" book.
underlined three times. I should, Ah. Here's a lively bit of
and have you fired as an atheist.
correspondence.- it's my weekly
womanizer, boozer and Marxist, news sheet from Imperial Oil.
but i won't. it isn't important. Fifteen years ago, at a rather
Boy. here's another letter I bibulous reception, I met a
don't quite know what to do with, charming young lady who
it's from a chap who tells me I'm worked for that company's public
all wrong about the Post Office, relations department.
and then proceeds at length to tell When she learned I wrote a
me what a dirty deal he got as an
syndicated column, she wanted to
p
em loyee of that moribund know if I'd like to receive the
corpse. File it, I guess. He too, regular Imperial Oil news.
can't be named.' 'Sure, i gestured 'ex -
{{use's one from a pansively. "Send along anything.
lady whosea daughter
r must live in A quart of oil here, a gallon of gas
sin, or lose her university grant. there, your sister if she's not
if she gets married, her husband busy."
will have to pay her fees. This is a Ever since, I've been getting
blatant inequity, Women's
meyes.which but that hot little item from imperial
a subject rta yseLib. Oil the weekly news release. And
could certainly use some in it inevitably kindles a little glow.
telligent causes, for a change. In my fireplace.
Oh, Lordy. Here's another
great sheaf of correspondence
from that perpetual nuisance. the
guy who had his name changed
officially to Mr. Midwife.
He is now President of an
organization called in-
Ternational Scientific Lay Non -
Medical Midwives.
Now, I can swallow Non-
medical Midwives. But i find it
hard to conjure up an Inter-
national Scientific Lay.
And that's the correspondence
dealt with for another week.
the kids can now be served boot '. patterned after some names we
while their parents are to be gleaned from a liquor menu: with
offered milk and coffee. the suggested alterations in
The kids will be coming home brackets:
after school and instead of Moscow mule (Bolshevik
heading for the refrigerator for bovine), hot toddy (cold titty),
their usual glass of milk and grasshopper ( cudchomper 1,
peanut butter sandwich, they'll Singapore sling (Uganda udder),
be diving into the old man's stash bloody Mary (milky Betsy) ,
of beer and peanuts. martin (mootini), rusty nail
Meanwhile their parents will be (milk pail), Tom Collins (Farmer
getting ready for their evening John) , screwdriver
out sipping miik and coffee in (bullshooter), gin fizz (feedlot
their favorite pub. fiz), Planters punch (Jersey
So you see Gordon, you're hoof).
actually coming out on the short Just use your imagination,
end of the stick again. Your best- more milk
milk customers will be able to
switch over to booze, while their
parents will probably have a
i eren normal adjusting making some inroads and.have a
their milk.bar orders to in few names on the menu already
elude milk. in bars.
Not only that, but the dairy ' If mostyou lookaclosely, you'll find
industry has a lot of catching up Black and White (no doubt
tic in creating exotic names to named in honor of a producing
entice theirknew customers.o.Holstein), Highland Cream, Silk
A "milk sour," may not sound Tassel Dry Sack.
any worse than a "whisky sour", Even andheir beef producing
but getting itenst your nose may cohorts have managed to get
have a different story. Beefeater on the menu.
Even a "cowhattan cocktail";rho knows ...Gordon Hill
doesn't have the appetizing sound may be right in welcoming the
of a "manhattan" and that -new liquor regulations.
decorative olive or cherry would + + +
be lost from view in the glass of He's quite correct in his
milk suds. comment that alternatives to
However, where there's a will, alcohol should be in
there's a way, and possibly some bars, particularly e available a highly
of the public relations experts on mobile rthat depends
the OFA or the Milk Marketing mobiley societyn the automobile.
Board will come up with some Many of the problems which
fashionable names to boost their exist on our highways, and in
products in Ontario's favorite society in general, would cer-
Herenight haunts., tainiy be eradicated if more
are a few suggestions, people consumed milk rather
than alcohol.
But obviously neither Gordon
or the writer are naive enough to
think that there'll be any
noticeable change in people's
drinking habits just because the
pubs will have milk and coffee on
their menus.
By the same token, we suggest
that parents are not going to rush
out and. buy booze for their
children just because it is now
legal for them to be served in
their own homes.
There are many European
families who have been brought
different timed' sting from
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Silence best treatment
Have you ever looked out your brother who is ittingtat t hahe te bhis
le
window, as I did this morning, to detnom°nation, nationality or
background.
So much for those who are
tempted to gossip, but what about
those who are the butt of tale -
bearing even though they are
often innocent? Well, I'm found,
and I', sure many of you have,
too, that silence is the best
treatment.
Although we are born with a
desire to defend ourselves, it
often doesn't do much
good ... you really can't fight
fire with fire.
God told Moses in Exodus 23, "I
will be an enemy unto thine
enemies and an adversary to
thine adversaries." I believe that
means that if I'm in the right I
don't have to defend my position,
God will.
What do we want to defend?
see a dog playing with a plec
rag? He will toss it up in the air.
run with it, toss it again, pick it
up and tear at it until it's in
shreds. That's what some
people do with other persons'
reputations.
They get a story about
somebody or a grudge against
someone and they cian'ttoleae it
`eke
alone. They C
malicious delight running
around, like the dog with the rag,
judging, condemning and
destroying.
Unfortunately, this attitude is
often found among Christians
who are really supposed to know
better. There is bickering and
tale telling and too much
eagerness to pass on things that
would be much better left
re eated. Would that we
un p
could remember what Peter said _ Well, sometimes it's our talents,
in his first letter, "Love covers a
multitude of sins," and forgive
and forget the transgressions of
our brothers.
A. W. Tozer says everyone temptation is to try to run it to
should have a little plot out in his earth. But this is practically
garden when he can go and bury impossible ... it's like
tryi ked
to
all the evil stories passed on to find the bird after you'vep
him and say, "Here lies in peace up the feather off the lawn. You
the story about my brother". can't do it. But if you turn the
When God invites you to sit at his whole matter over to God, keep
table He expects you to know your dignity and silence, those
(and if you don't know, He ex- who are spreading the story will
pects you to learn) His table eventually be discredited.
manners. He won't let you eat, Of course, if we could all only
says Mr. Tozer, unless you obey learn God'setiquettetolive inlove
the etiquette of the table. And the with one another and not spread
detiquette
tell the storiese is aboutt the ou do take twouldn't
this defenseat alt.
our work, and most often our
reputation. Our reputation is
what people think we are and if a
story gets out about us, the big
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Our response to now
By ELMORE BOOMER
Counsellor for
Information South Huron
For appointment
phone: 228-6291 or 235-0560
Mincome Manitoba
It's all happening at Dauphin'
Dauphin is about two hundred
miles -from Winnipeg with about
12,500 people in the town and
countryside.
The farmers around grow grain
and, increasingly, cattle for
market.
Dauphin is also a government
town. The R.C.M.P. headquar-
ters for northeastern Manitoba is
here. The C.N.R. has a staff of
about 50 persons living in the
area. Other departments of both
the provincial and federal
governments have regional of-
fices in town.
Dauphin is, in many respects,
an average Manitoba town. Of
. course, that is the chief reason it
boys, you may ge with wine as a regular part of
possible.was chosen for Mincome
customers than you think their dining habits, and the new Manitoba.
regulations will do little but make Mincome Manitoba is an ex-
+ + + g riment in applying the con -
Of course, milk is not an en- it lawful for them to continue is of Grnted Annual
tirely new product on the bar their practise of allowing their cepts of the more politicians are
shelves. Some ulcer victims have Youngsters to partake. Incom such apot fore
long been on a diet of "moose it was, and still is, a parental Caning toanada, this experiment development of
milk" and one of the chaps who decision. interest to all of us.
shows up at some neighbourhood Judging from the increase in Anyone 18 years and over who
bashes brings along a jug of milk liquor infractions by young has lived in Dauphin since last
to help his creme de menthe get people in this area recently, it
around his tummy without may well be an improvement if July 1st is eligible to be part of
those young people stay home the experiment. Upon their ac-
There'scaheven much discomfort. n ceptance. their income is not
a suggestion that and drink, rather than drinking allowed to fail below a certain
the dairy producers have been and driving. level.
. A family of four is guaranteed
an income of $3,800 which it
would receive in full from the
government if it has no other
income.
This scheme seems similar in
some respects to the usual
welfare payments. If a family
receives no income, under our
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Month
SO Years Ago has been actively associated in
Mr. & Mrs. H. Bowers have the community's progress, died
moved into the apartments of E. on Tuesday in his 85th year.
C. Harvey. Monday night, Exeter PS board
At a public meeting, in the town awarded a contract for the in -
hall, it was decided to ask council stalling of a public address
to submit a bylaw for the erection system throughout the school,
of a two -room addition to the including the new addition.
Miss Marilyn Strang, a student
of MacDonald Hall, Guelph, is
holidaying at her home having
completed her year.
The Exeter Ladies' Golf Club
will open their season on
Tuesday, May 10 according to
plans set up at an executive
meeting Monday night.
Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Harvey have
returned after spending the
winter months in Florida.
10 Years Ago
Exeter council decided this
week to start over again in their
bid to find a police constable to
fill the vacancy on the local force.
Council Monday night
unanimously supported a move
authorizing Chief C. H.
MacKenzie to hire off-duty OPP
receive officer's in an effort to mount a
Advocate. sustained attack against
Supplies are so short in the hazardous drivers driving habits
stricken flood area in Manitoba of area youths in the neigh:
that a plane which flew from bourhood of SHDHS at noon hours
Centralia RCAF station with and at school dismissal time.
radio equipment to Winnipeg has At their Monday meeting, the
stayed to aid air lift operations. Exeter Public School board
Exeter Chapter OES is un- discussed the possibilities of
dertaking tq furnish a $600 room converting their coal -burning
for the South Huron Hospital. furnaces to oil, and a more
detailed study will be undertaken
' on
resident of Exeter and one who at the next meeting.
Exeter public school.
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Ferguson
entertained the teacher and
pupils of SS No. 1 Usborne Friday
afternoon. A picnic to the bush
had been arranged but owing to
unpleasant weather, games were
played at the house.
25 Years Ago
Crediton last week, lost its
oldest and one of its most
respected businessmen in the
person of Mr. Thomas Trevithick
in his 83rd year. When a boy of 16
he worked with his father as
carriage maker and wood-
worker, later taking over the
business.
Donations to an Exeter District
Fund to help the stricken victims
of the Manitoba Flood are being
d at the Exeter Times -
The reader, write
present system they will be paid
certain living expenses.
•
There are some differences.
Mincome Manitoba gives its
recipients the payments without
Dear Sirs -
At this time, I would like to
express my personal Thanks, to
all former members of the Board
of Directors of South Huron
Hospital.
Some of these members are
now Honorary Members, or have
passed away.
A Thank you to the five
members who resigned this year,
some who have given over 23
years of their time, and have
helped Exeter in having a
hospital.
cataloguing need and without any
accountability expected as to the
way it is spent.
Another main difference is
simply that such recipients are
not penalized for any work which
they do. The present system
requires that any amount of
money made by working is
subtracted dollar for dollar from
the welfare payment.
Under Mincome Manitoba half
of any money earned is deducted
from the government cheque. A
family of four would receive
$3.800 from the government. If
they earned $3,000 on their own
behalf, one half of this would be
taken from their government
supplement. The formula would
read, $3,800 plus $3,000 minus
$1,500 equals $5,300.
There is, under this plan, an
encouragement to work. The
family could continue making
money under this arrangement
until they earn twice the basic
supplement, that is $7,600, when
it would be discontinued.
This experiment is being web
documented. Each person and
family is evaluated as to the
results of this income guarantee.
The community is also tapped for
information.
The merchants and employers
have been and will be in-
terviewed several times to
catalogue the effects which the
scheme has on shopping patterns
and work habits.
All information is com-
puterize4. Statistics measuring
almost every aspect of the
situation will be available for
later use.
A similar experiment in New
Jersey showed that adult work
patterns and habits changed
little. The main difference
seemed to be that women tended
to leave their jobs and return to
homemaking duties.
Another side-effect was the
decreased cost. The usual mode
of welfare costs about $300 per
recipient. The guaranteed in-
come plan ran at about $92 per
recipient.
There are worries on the part of
some. The Canadian Chamber of
Commerce looks upon such a
scheme as a blow to the work
ethic. People will tend to become
dependent and lazy.
The same group rationalizes
about the subsidizing of em-
ployers who pay rock -bottom
wages.
The people most helped would
be the working poor - those who
struggle along at subsistence
levels rather than go on welfare.
The president of the Daupin
Chamber of Commerce
remarked, "1 think there's a lot
of merit in it. I'm disgusted with
welfare and unemployment in-
surance. if this is better, then
maybe it's a partial answer."
Having done hospital work for
over 45 years before retiring
December 31, 1974, I have never
known a group of people to be so
dedicated, and so willing to give
of their time.
As any other business,
hospitals have their bad days, but
the good ones outnumber the bad
ones.
I would like to pay tribute to all
former Board Members, that I
have known since 1952 and to
wish the present Board of
Directors every success in the
future.
sincerely
Richard N. Creech, a life-long with a view to making a decision 1S Yess Ago Alice M. Claypole, Reg. Nurse
Former Administrator of S.H.H.
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