The Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-05-02, Page 2' WEDNESDAY, M4y
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PRITCHARD - GREEN
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Green of
London are, happy to announce the
engagement of their daughter
Carolyn' Muriel to David Eugene
Pritchard, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Pritchard, R. R. 1 Lucknow.
The wedding will take place May
18th at Riverside United, Church,
London.
See. it soon.
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Middle .Man Continues' As "The Goat"
Remen Respond_ To
-Amberley Area.
Lucknow Fire Department,
after spending last. Thursday after-
noon at a farm fire in West Wawa.
nosh Township on the former Don-
ald Murray 'property, weren't
'home long when summoned out
again to the farm of Donald Harn ,
ilton on Highway 86, about 1'
mile-east of Amberley.
The fire call was' early Thurs-
day evening and was to quell a
blaze which had started on the
wooden gangway leading into the
barn. Firemen extinguished the
blaze.
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Whether they like it or not,
Ontario residents have been 'lay-
ing 7% sales tax for a day or so
now, an increase of 2% over the
former rate.
" Most of us don't like it, but ;0
have come to accept increased
taxes at all levels with a' groan
and that's about it.
With the proposal by the prov-
incial treasurer 'for tax on fuel
and, energy, ,and its eventual
withdrawal because of the high
, degree of protest across. Ontario
and within his own party ranks,
the increase of 2/0. a 40% .,
increase in retail tax, has been
hardly talked about at all.
It almost seems that we have
been so wrapped up in the propos-
ed tax on fuel and energy,- that
we have-completely forgotten
that 'we have been stuck with a
40% raise in the tax that we had
previously been paying.,
This seems quite typical of
government at all levels. They
make it seem that they have con-
ceded to the public wishes ,when
actually they are • sticking it to •
you the way no private' business
could ever hope to., and survive.
In this battle between the con-
' sumer and the government,-'sits
a third party who•is very seldom
heard of or considered. With
Government; it's a case 'of "how
much can we squeeze out of
them and survive", and with the
consumer its a case of "how much
ean we afford to pay".
Between the two lies the busi-
nessman and woman. Faced with
the possibility of a slow down in
business because of increased .
taxation, ,the businessman con-
tinues to, be the "goat" of both
tax collector and consumer.
Each day he is asked 'to collect
the miserable tax, count it, re-
cord it, send it to the govern- ,
meat by the middle of the follow•
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ing month or pay a fine.
FOr this he gets absolutely
nothing, not even a thank you to
our knowledge..
Collection of this government
tax costs him many dollars per
day or month, depending on
how big an operation he runs.
Time spent on it is considerable.
If he is a big operator,he prob-
ably pays 'a bookkeeper to do
this work for the -government.
If he is a small operator like
most people 'in this community,
he probably records his tax in the
evening ork,his own time, then
likely comes back to work on a.
Sunday afternoon as the Tiling
date approaches so as not to be
late and bepenalized.
No one, 'absolutely no one in
their right mind inPrivate indus-
try would ask an agent or assoc-
iate to perform the, service which
the government demand that the
businessman perform for nothing.
For a few years after the retail
sales tax was blessed on the people
of Ontario, the government paid
a few cents a month to the busi-
nessman for collecting it. It was
such a miserably small amount,
it was an insult to the intelligence
of anyone in business. But you
would be surprised at the number
of consumers who truly believed
that the buSinessman was getting
a good thing for his work. NOw '
the government pay nothing to
the businessman for services rend-
ered.
7% is here for better or worse,
at least until it's ,raised again,
so the next time you pay your
little bit, think of the many
hundreds of business people, the
small little guys like we have in
our community, and 'then be
thankful that you only have to
pay, and that you're not involved
in the collection:department.
Ask any businessman or woman ,
'There are Worse things than just
haying to pay the tax..
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has, been burglarized in the hist-
ory of the business. The store
was built in 1898 for W. J. Craw-
ford who sold groceries and boots.
It was later owned by George
Johnston and Reg Moore before .
Mr./ Moore sold to Mr. James
about two years ago'. Mr. James
came from the Oakville area.
The store has a •small bake shop
and, also a' cold storage plant.
Do Aerial Survey
Of Crown Lands
In Newfoundland
KINLOSS NEWS
Denver Dickie returned on
Tuesday from Newfoundland..
Highlight of the trip was when he
and Walter assisted' brother, Doug
las, on a helicopter trip doing
an aerial survey of Crown LandS.
Week -end guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dickie were
Mr. and Mrs. Noupan O'Rourke
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Seimms
of Toronto.' Mrs. Dorothea Birch
of Toronto was also' a.visitor on
Saturday. '
Mrs. Lloyd MacDougall and
Mrs. Haryey HoUston froth Kair-
shea Women's Institute are, this,
week: attending the Officer's
Conference in Waterloo'.
Twenty-eight people have corn.
pleted the St. John Ambulance
First. Aid Course held'at Brookside
School.
They are John Howard, Rita
Howard, Marie Miltenberg, Clay-
ton Alton, Herb Wilkins, Clar-
ence Doherty, Betty Van °sell, ,
Teresa Courtney, Helen Riegling,
John Austin, Grace Austin, Phyl-
iss'Boak, Sherry Boak, Joyce
Caesar, Arnold Campbell, Judith
Smyth, Louise Wilson, Robert
Wilkins, Charles Wilkins, Mayme '
Wilkins, Elva Ritchie, Nelly
Plasschaert, Ann Van Osch, Diane
MacKenzie, Tillie Logtenberg,
Dale Irvin, Barry Hackett ar
Howard Blake.
The course consisted of 8,
ings; 7 lectures of 2 hours el
and one more for examinati
Certificates will be mail
and names of participants re
ed in Ottawa as First Alders,
course was given by instmoo
Dave Harman'and Don Stem
both of Goderkh.
The course was sponsoral
the Ashfield Recreation Col
tee and was felt to be ;TV
while by all who took it.
John Anibulance course can
arranged anytime a group°
15 or more people is !metes
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