HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-02-05, Page 2Feeding Fires of Inflation
Even 'the most uninformed among us vice was the smallest of the three —
can agree that the biggest problem we just 15 per cent 4200,000 to 230,000).
Canadians face today is that of infla- , • • Next Year will be the first in Canadian
tion.
We realize that unless expenditures
are brought into balance with income
'and increases in earnings 'related
to the increase in the gross national
product we face economic preSsures
which,- -in no time, can eliminate any
true gains.
At first hand we tend to place the
blame on Ottawa as the big offender
in ,claiming our tax dollar. It is to Ot- —
tawa that' we pay tribute through oar
pay deductions and other tax demands.
But statistics indicate 'otherwise ac-
cording to Industry, a brochure issued
from time to time by the Canadian—
Maunfaettirers Association. As a mat-
ter of fact the provincial governments
bevel been much more demanding in re-
cent years — more than either- federal
or municipal governments-
Between 1961 and 1969, there' was a
'better than 70 per cent increase in the 7
number of provincial.. civil servants
(from 134,000 to 226,000). Over the
same period, the number of municipal
employees went by 45 per cent (141,-
000 to 204,000).
The increase in the federal civil ser-
histary in which the -ten provinces be--
,tween them have a larger number of
employees than the federal government.
Payrolls tell the same story Industry
goes. on to 'point out. The .regOar an-
nual payrolls of 'the provintes have
nearly tripled since 1961. (from $455
million to $1,340 far ahead of
,,the 'increase in gross national product.
'Those of Ottawa and the municipalities
haVe both les.k than doubled, up from
$700 :million to, $1,375 million in the
first ease, and, from $537' million to
$1,052 million in the second.
Money is money, and 'it matters little
to the' .average.. taxpayer, we, suppose,
which level of government is taking it
from hirn.„Still, it is worth noting that
it is the, spending and the taxes of the
provinces' Ivhich are growing host
'rapidly' these days. The 'welcome, if , be-
lated, evidence of determination to
bring federal spending cinder' greater
control has : yet to be matched . in the
provincial capitals all of which, of
course,' can ,point with pride to vastly
increased entlays on such desirables as
.higher education, social Welfare and
highwaYS.
FEBRUARY 9 , 1945.
H.B.liolines- of the Public Utility
Commission staff had bOth bones of his
left leg broken. While doing some Wee-,
trical work at the home of J.J.Cleary, he
slipped And fell while going downstairs.
The property of Charles A, a,dame.
ottuated on Chtirch Street has-been sold
to Beverly Beaton.
At the capping ceremony at
Stratford General Hospital, Genevieve
Smith, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Berry,
Brucefield, was capped.
' Sgt. John Joseph Holland, Seaforth,
was awarded the Military Medal for gal-
lantry and distinguished conduct during
the_Caen battle. .
James Hagan of town is busy this
week supervising the loading of turnips at
the C. N. R. stations •
Mrs. Thos. Habkirk fell at her
home and broke both bones in her right
arm. ' '
' The Tuesday night club of First
presbyterian was represented by 16
members going to KnoxChurch, Goderich,
when they were entertained by the Young
people of that Church.
Geo. Walker of Hensall has pur-
chased the property of Mrs. Jean Manson
of Hensall.
The Seaforth High School annual
'commencement was held with an except-
ionally large audience present. A musical
program was given by Marion Manson, Er-
nest Clarke, and the opening chorus,
directed by Miss Mabel „Turnbull and
Miss W. Savauge as pianist,
The Expositor is in.lobted to David
McConnell, of Dublin for two interesting
souvenirs of Dublin ictivitieseofethe long
ago. One is an invitation to the celebrat-
ion that was held in the village on the
occasion of its corporation when the name
was changed from Carronbrook to Dublin.
Arthur Nicholson, Harold Jackson
and E.P.Chesney were appointed by the
Tuckersmith Council as delegates to the
Ontario Municipal AsSoelation Convention
in Toronto.-.
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One of Ontario's 30,000 Marching Mothers is symbolized by cartoonist, James Reiaford, on behalf of the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled whose "Ability Fund" campaign gets under way in Seaforth next Monday, February 9th'. The Ability Fund -= new 'name
for the March of Dimes -- rehabilitates disabled adults primarily by fiztding,them
suitable work. _
SUGAR and SPICE
FEBRUARY' 6 , 1920 .
Peter McKay, the 'well known
breeder of slueekhorns in Tuckersmith
disposed or the very superior bull Roan
Conqueror to Adam Sholdice of - Walton.
Menno Steckle of the Bronson Line,
Stanley, recently purchased a fat pig
from his neighbor W.J.Tough-that tipped
the scales,at 814 pounds, .
Wm. Chapman of Hensall,. who has
been ''engaged for the past year with Bon-
thron and Drysdale has gone to Toronto •
where he has .secured' a similar position
in a large establishment there.
More than 150 men and boys attend-
- ed'the father and son banquet given by the
Sunday School - of First presbyterian .
Church. •
M. Broderick, town . assessorshas
started on his rounds and ,rowing to the
great 'increase ire— the -value--of•-town-
property, ,the assesso.r has been, instructed
by the council to make, a new equalizat-
ion of the assessment.
There will be five Sundays in the
month of February this year.- It is said
that this has not happened for forty years-
and N.T.Cluff wants to know,,when it
will occur again.
Frank Faulkner of town has pur-
chased the Payne residence on George
Street and will occupy it shortly.
' Robert Cole, of the 13th conces-
sion of TuCkersteith, has • sold his 50
acre farm to; Archie Hodgert of near Far-
quhar:
John Eekert of Manley has taken the
agency for engines and farm machinery, as
he is not able to' do the heavy work on the
farm.
George Bennewies of 'McKillop
had a very successful wood cutting pee.
Sol. Bell of McKillop had' the mis-
fortune to be thrown _from the cutter one
• —clay while driving' along the road and
sustained a dislocated shoulder. -
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• 4.
I'm in a terrible meed today. I
don't know whether it is the aftermath
of the flu or peel a bad case of the blues,
'but whatever ir is. I feel as theegh i"ci
appreciate it if someone would shoot me
cleanly thr,origh the head.
I guess I'm depressed because I've
been let down. For the last week. 1.was.
editor of a • town' weekly paper. It
was a glorious sensation 12 pow". but.
short -lived. The real editor • is up iron)
his sick bed and .hopes to be beck at his
desk in time for next weee's issue.
To be trut •seealen'tereally•
Meel at all. I worked like a sleve this
week doing. a whele host of thing's I bad
no idea I could manage without some-
one's help. It was exhilerating to say
the least, but I'm worn out now and all
I want is some peace.
Do you know, that the only ty
to get away, 'really away. from your
problems, is to go to sleep? T ete's
.If you are awake you a•-e seieet 'vs! to.,.. everything -the' goes on around you and
that can bg darned depressine.,
I was cheered for awhile to-day
by the prime minister's love affairs with
Miss Barbara Streisand. 1 think our prime
minister has equisite laete in women and
if he can. lure MISS Stre',sand Into the
'house o' Commons visitors' gallery, I
think it is a tribute to ,•the Charm of our
prime minister.
It really doesn't matter to me with ,
whom the prime minister .speads his tree
time. He is a bachelor with, I su,spect, all' the imturai desires of a bachelor . If
he chooses to flirt 'ratherthal enter
. more perrnaient relationship, that's Ms
ebasitieste,
'Then as I flipped the page Of the newspaper, i noted an article abeitt-the
Scheldt In New York where theyaregiving,
course on how to become a irita«aiilfe:
It teems that there are so mallY.YOlilig
In seeking, the agreement of Huron
Board of 'Education to accept payment
of tax monies twice yearly rather than
on the quarterly basis that the province
has established,' Huron county council-
lors were reflecting a problem common
to rural municipalities.
The quarterly payment plan recog-
nized the" need of the school board for
a continuing income and was an effort
to reduce the interest costs of the
board. But in clearing the board's prob-
lems the province created even greater
problems_ for many municipal councils.
Most townships continue to collect
their taxes.each• December and if they
are required to pay over the educatibn-
al tax levy quarterly it means the coun-
cils must borrow additional sums until
the tax money comes in. And this in
-tarn means more expense for the town-
shipS — an' expense that actually is a
cost of education but which under this
method can only be buried in the gen-
eral expenses Of the township.
It is true there is an increasing ten-
dancy. — particularly in urban areas —
towards meeting tax costs on a month
to month -basis or at least at regular
periods thrdukhotrt, the year. This is
common sense since the majority of the
taxpayers receive income weekly or
;monthly. It 'is easier for them to pay
taxes throughout the .year in the same
way as they pay their hydro and gas
bills than be faced with a walloping big
bill• at a time when pre-Christmas- ex-,
penses place undue demands on ones
pocket book.
It makes sense, too, from the stand-
point of the municipality which must
raw, its accounts throughout_ the year.
A{'-regular inflow' of . money cuts the
necessity of borrowing to a minimum
Sir:
. (1)ri reading the tistory of the life
of hfr.• Carter the founder of the Carter
sc hips a',hich appeared in a recent
trite of The BapOsitor, 1 was reminded
titan incident or actident that happened' ,
to A Mr.; Kemp that esed to clean tea-
'. kathv,-toolit'mftiet- attbr vt"iis tint
• paved with' asphalt bloat, Settle 60 'tart
Uri tertiP ''S tools consisted of k
WheelharroWi• ittable ,broom and tliovel.
.r ". Carter Ilaft Site ,Mr. Iterfes tools
mitt upset itti ROOM is the accident.
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with a resulting saving in interest.
But this doesn't apply to the same de-
gree in rural areas. While the produc-
tion of many farmers is such that their
income is geared to a monthly schedule
the majority find it necessary to bor-
row in the spring until crops or stock
are sold in the fall. If townships insist-
ed on payments each quarter councillors
properly feel an undue burden would
be placed on many of their ratepayers
through the-additional borrowing that
they would be . faced with, to meet their
tax bills.
its' all' very well to say 'let them bor-
row" but 'to the farmer faced with
mounting costs and tight, credit — and
there are altogether too many in this
category today the added load can
be a major item. It can only mean more
problems for the •municipal council and
.probably added penalties for those un-
fortunate taxpayers 'who are delinquent.
None of 'this, of course,, would have
happened bad Premier Robarts carried:
through with the• promises he made as
he announced the county' school system.
He said the new school Tioard.S would
levy and collect their own taxes and be
accountable to the electorate for the ed-
ucational bill they had 'created.
This didn't happen. While the boards
;of education . determine the costs-of-ed-
ucation and, levy accordingly, they levy,
not on- individual ratepayers', but on
the respective-municipalities who act
as collection agences. As a result it is
the municipal councillor who faces, the,
problems of tax collection and bears the
brunt of the -ErititiSiii whitIrincreasing-----
- tax bills generate. N• wonder Huron
- reeves were troubled by this ,:added
"problem which the province ha's placed
on their laps.
Thinking Mr. Kemp injured, he drove
him home and gave him-, $100.00. It
so happened that Mr. Kemp was back on
the job in a few days none the worse
of the accident. •
The writer has often seen, Mr.
Carter on one of his visits to •Seaforth
but was not actpiaintei3 with him. Ile was
a tall Man and • wore a beard. Re is •
buried in Maitlandixink Cemetery and
the words on the high stone are "tarries
Irvin carter 1860 -1912 The tOunder Of
the Carter Scholarships".
Walter Murray
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munity, a mortgage, and-growing children
'' to educate.
But the malaise is there. 'And
it's difficult to put your finger on the
trouble. Our wives are getting worried
They ask, ," What is wrong, specifically?"
And it's difficult to give an answer that
doesn't sound trivial. It's a host of little
things whith add up to one-word--trust.
ration. •
What is the trouble, then? I think_
-there are two major, sources. First, the
pendulum has swung too far - from a
system that was „archaic to one with
new permissivences. Everyone is sup-
posed to• do his own thing. Sad truth
is that a majority of teenagers hasn't
got a ,"thing" to• do. They want to b;
entertained not learn.
They'll sit happily thitingfiTertiOvie - -
at school. chewing gum.' , But try to get
them "to talk about it, express their
ideas, relate' it to their own lives, and
they groan with boredom. Therreemen-
tally lazy. as most teenagers have always
been. Their favourite conement on e
thought-provoking. stimulatineeVovies, is .
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never believed in corporal I've never
punishment. either 'as a disciplinary de-
terrent or. as a spur. But I'm beginning
to wonder. , I am hurt and alarmed at
the increasing fa,C1 of courtesy. the "$vho
cares?" attitude of the kids, and the
increase in ,plain, dirty talk. Ohe lang-
uage you can hear in a modern high
school, especially among girls, would
curdle your blood.)
You can imagine the joyous rapture •
of my wife to my proposal that I quit. •
Like the good little wife' she" is. she
said she'd, go anywhere with me. and
do anything, aselong •es I was happy.,
She made 'up a great list or where .and
how we could save money, without the
salary.
But the reaction has set in. and
in 190 casual. little hints she is reveal-
ing the utter -folly of it all. But I was
prepared for that, and I'm going to keep
her thinking, about a shack, and a piit-
bellied stove, and potatoes, and porridge
for a while yet. It'll do her good.
pregnant students in the liter stages of
that 'rather unfortunate condition, thee it
has been deemed wise to teach what to do
in case some teenage mother4o-be would
go into labor while attending . classes.
, Right away I was depressed again.
Shre,' I believe that those girls have a
right to Complete their education, preg-
nancy or no 'pregnancy, but surely there
is something wrong with 'our moral code
when there are so many pregnant students
that everyone needs a crash course in
mei-wile/7y ror whatever the-e tall it) just
as an extra safety Measure in the modern
r'Iassroom.
fare I was so depressed by the
newspaper that I got out Of the house for
awhile. I went to a iecutre and chanced to
meet a young mother there wit) had her
hate with -her. I told the voune mother what
e lovely child she had.
s e He's pretty Mee now " was her
reply. , -I don't know how long he'll stay
that wa.$• Whit with drugs and . "
She had a whole list of terrible temptations
that would she feared, rise upend swallow
her precious little boy'when he was older.
I was depressed again. What kind
of a world is it that frightens young mothers
that badly. I asketi„mytelf. When we got
.to the point that we fear to bring Children
into the world because of, the hideous
ordeals , they must • face. 'what is left?
Then I recalled a statement of faith
lady repeated tome just the other days,
She said the old gentleman 'who 'spare the
words was referring to the No4'0, but
it has meaning in almost any situatten.
"The sante mail that fetched it will
send it away again
• $6,„ presently I am cheered by a bit
of philosophy, Tomorrow? Who koala's?
may be in the doldrums again over sortie
Stupid Utile- thing that really Shouldn't
bother me at all.
boy, the fly, beg Le tertaielyveakenl
isn't
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, February 6, 1970
Problems for Municipal Councils
o the Editor
Recalls James Irwin Carter
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FROM MY WINDOW
By Shirley Keller
FEBRUARY 8, 1895.
John Landsborough of,Seaforth has
purchased over 5000 fence posts in the
locality of Brussels.
The Kippen Hall Cdmpany intend
giving another 'concert when Miss Grace
McFauf of Seaforth and Wm. McLeod,
comic singer, Miss McLean of !Jensen and
Thos. Murdock will perform.
The dedication of the new Presby-
terian Church at Hillsgreen took place.
Rev. A. D. McDonald of Seaforth was the
speaker in the morning and Rev, J. S.
Henderson in the evening.
Thos.• Daly of Egmondville has
purchased a splendid driver, one of
those stylish speedy animals full of grit
but gentle enough fOr the most nervous
'to handle. -
A very pleasant social was held
In the rooms of leritilinia Lodge. During
the evening there was an interval in Which
order was called by Worehipful,,Master
Reid, who introduced a short musical
prOgramme.
5, Dickson, P'ostmaster, Seaforth,
has shown iege a letter Written by his
grandfather Sam Dickson, fifty-one years
ago. •
Several members' of the Presby-
terian Church choir were billed to sing'
at an entertainment at Constance, tiet,
the weather teas so cold and stormy that
they remained at hotne,
'We understand that Andrew Goven-'
lock of Winthrop has leased his store for
a term of years to Frank Willson, a former
.chiese maker to the village.
A public meetlrir wits held in the
Town Hall in Zurich .for.the purpose of
forming a joint .stack company to build
a flax mill here next summer. We under-
stand that upwards of $7,900, is already
subscribed.
The managers of Cartnel Presby-
terian Church, Hensall, with a view of
putting in a new organ intend extending
the pulpit platform and making the neces-
sary artlingenientS for the choir and organ
at the rear of the pulpit.
' • T....Murdock of Hensel] has recently
added a ,fine pleasure sleigh to his livery
and to test it, he took large party of young people to Kippen and back.
Mrs. • Wiltoti,st., of Silver'Ctk slipped on the sidewalk near her residence
and brae het arm near the elbow.
I've been thinking seriously about
,giving up my hob as a, teacher, and
settling for a lot less money and a lot ,
more peace of mind., And I'mnot the only
one.
• Colleagues, right and left, are un-
happy. One would like to go into the hotel
business.' Another dreams of buying some
roach' 1-land 'on-Manitoulin Island; 'and
raising sheep.
Others;'-'who have been teaching a
long time, are planning to quit soon and
take a- reduced pension, rather than battle
it out to the full term. They can't face
another five years of teaching apathetic,.
lazy-and insolent kids.
Another friend, who has taught
happily for 23 years, says he used to
look forward -th—every day -61-
year, he asimitS. he faces each• day with
a, sort of vague horror. Still another
is socking ,every nickel , he can spare
into investments so that he can get out
while he retains his sanity.
Had lunch the other day with a
chap who this year, after some years
of running his own business, came into
teaching - in the, technical depailment.
On his own, he worked 10 or 12 hours
a day. At this lunch period, he didn't
stop talking for half an hour. From the
outside, he thought teaching was a snap.
The pay was good, and the holidays looked
great. Now, "he's, exhausted at th6 end
of a teaching day. though he's done no
physical labour. He said: "I never ,knew
there were kids like these."
.Perhaps we soured like a bunch
of old fogies who are getting tired.Most
of those I've mentioned are in their 40s,
net qeite lied the old-fogey class.
they've enjoyed their teaching for years.
But another colleague ,is talking,
about going to the ,Northwest Ter-
ritories. Another is thinking of taking
a job'in a steel plant. His wife, also a
teacher. wants to get out and, do social
work, at less money. They are all in
their 20s.
All of us are making quite rea-
sonable salaries. It would be: quite a
Wrench. ..finaticially. to quit, especially
for those who have roots in the corn-