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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 4, 1976
Too much government
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Since 1860, Serving the CuPlmulty First
Hello
Amen
by Karl Schuessler
What's going on here ,Pepper
in the Years Ago
NOVEMBER 3rd, 187n
The pork acking estabilthment being erected by th
Messrs, etty at /lemon is nearly completed.
Messrs. hitelaw & Moore of the Huron Foundry
haVe placed a bell in the belfry of their foundry.
A few of the sportsmen of Walton divided themselves
lute two parties, each agreeing that the vanquished
should entertain their conquerors to a supper, A.
Stewart claiin,ed a victory over C. McTaggart,
Mr, Scott of the Huron Rd. shot a deer which was
Making for the river. He made a good shot as the ball
went through its heart: It weighed 80 pounds.
The annual plowing match of the Hibbert Association
was held on the farm of James Gilleipie near Cromarty,
NOVEMBER 1st, 1901
Alex Parsons has purchased the old hotel property on
thviffiBaiehyt. hieeldpaRiodad$2.580t.a0noley Twp. from Chas. Tippett for
Mr. Miteh'ell, 'who works at the Hensall oat mill, had
a narrow escape. In endeavoring to put a chain over a
sprocket wheel, the chain caught and tore out t*o
elevators. He found himself on the floor below, having
been knocked through the manhole.
James Simpson of Walton visited Buffalo friends and
took in the Pan-American.
G. Johnson of Londesboro, while getting up his
marigolds, found one weighing 18 pounds.
Wm. Sholdice of Walton, has disposed of his farm in
Morris Twp. to his son, Adam Sholdice of Paisley.
Robert Rae of Walton has accepted a position with a
blacksmith in Crediton.
There is a possibility of a public library being
established in Walton.
Miss Cunningham, teacher in S.S.No. 5 Hullett has
resiTguocekderasinit and she be succeeded by Addison Johns, a
Peter Lamont of Zurich had a logging bee and now
has the bala'nce of his 25 acres cleared,
Dr. Bethune has taken into partnership with him, Dr.
Hugh H. Ross.
Robert Govenlock has shown us a book which he
extracted from his relic chest. It is the minute book of
the first district council of McKillop and Hibbert.
John A. Jackson of Egmondville has decided to
hang out his legal shingle in Blyth, instead of Port
Perry.
Melvin Scott leaves this week for Bowmanville where
he has secured a position as tuner in the piano factory.
Geo. Chesney has purchased the Meyer firm on the
Huron rd. from John Fowler, for $15,000.
Nearly all the wells in Bayfield have gone dry.
The oyster supper and concert given by' the
Forres!er's Lodge in Const ance was a most decided
success., Will McLeod was the big drawing card.
The Brucefield Public Library is now open and
members can be .had from the secretary, A. T. Scott..
OCTOBER29th, 1926
Louis McLeod of Bayfield is now a proud and happy
man, for he now possesses a fine new boat, the "Helen
McLeod II". She was designed by Bert MacDonald of
Goderich and built by McLeod Bros. 'of Bayfield.
Some or fifty of the young people of Constance
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo. Stephenson and
presented them with a case of silver.
James Medd of Constance, who went west brought
back with him between 200 and 300 sheep.
A very pleasant social evening was, held at the home
of Arch. Ferguson and,,, r. and Mrs. Joseph Gibson
prior to their removal to their new home in Seaforth. A
beautiful flobr lamp was presented to them and an
address was read by Thos, Moylan. •
Jack McGrath, 4, Dublin, shipped a car load of fine
horses to Quebec 'lumber woods.
The home of R.S.Hoggarth, son of Mr. and Mr.
Robert Hoggarth,-Cromarty was the scene of a happy
gathering when 35 relatiVes assembled to spend a
social evening with them befOre they removed to
Stratford where Robert Hoggarth has accepted the
position of County Assessor.
The choir of First• Presbyterian Church gave a sacred
musical, it being the last appearance of J.T.Scott before
his removal to Windsor. The large attendance was a
fitting tribute to the popularity of Mr. Scott arid was as
well a h igh compliment to the choir under the
leadership of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Rennie.
G. D. Ferguson has leased the residence of Miss
Hargan on Goderich, St. and has taken possession,
The remodelling of the British American Oil
Company's building on Goderich St. East has been let
to Robert Porterfield.
Mr. and Mrs. John Modeland , Mrs. Sillery and Miss
Martha Johnson were In Windsor attending the funeral
of the late Mrs. W. Lockhart.
. Auction sales are the order of the day in the vicinity
of Hensall.
-Miss Pearl Kennings of Hensall has resigned her
iEssmOBIEiVRe
position at the Commercial 2WHndoot,i,efie19.5a.n1 and her position is
NOV
being taken
A tractor-trailer lumber truck became uncoupled
while going through town, tearing up a considerable
piece of Goderich St. West.
Donald J. Munn, student in the final year of Western
Ontario Medical School, London, has received his
appointment to a commission in the (Royal) Canadian
Army Medical Corps Reserve.. • ,
Miss Betty Addison of Constance entertained a
number of girl friends at her home in -honour of Miss
Dorothy Dodds. During the evening, the bride was
asked to 'follow the balloons and found her gifts in
hidden places.
The Community Centre was the scene of a happy
gathering of friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs.
James Devereaux, newlyweds, when 200 gathered to
honor them and present them with a chesterfield suite.
A family dinner party at the home of Wm. Cameron
marked the 89th birthday of his uncle, 'Peter Cameron.
Mrs. A. W. Sillery, Mrs. Jas. A. McDonald, and Mrs.
D. „H. Wilson were in Toronto attending the Ontario
Hospital Association convention.
Mathew Armstrong of town %tied), 'marked his 87th
birthday.
Homer Hunt has purchased the farm owned by
Walter Smillie at. Grieves' bridge,
Miss Helen.,mith, N, and Miss Valerie Drope
were in Toronto attending the Ontario Hospital
A sms cs ias t Di oanoCnoen vvve no toi do n,
of York , England is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. F. Sills and M r. Sills.oas
W. J. Dale was in Toronto attending the Good Rd
Commission Convention.
"How's my kid dein'?"
11,
The unseemly bickering that goes
on between the various levels of
government in Canada for greater
slices of the taxpayers' pie has
reached a point where few of us know
how much we pay to whom 'for what
purposes.
Three and sometimes four levels of
government compete for the
taxpayers' allegiance; control and
regulate his life and tax his personal
wealth. Yet the overlapping
bureaucracies of federal, provincial
and municipal administrations have
so blurred the responsibilities of each
that the taxpayer -- who is also the
voter -- has little idea for what each
level is responsible.
Worse, the citizen-taxpayer no
longer has any standard by which to
judge priorities, or measure the '
effective use of his .money. We are
over-governed to coin 'a cliche.
Granted that most of. our money
goes to provide services which the
.politicians would argue we have voted
for, it 'would be refreshing if the
Your comments in the editorial in the issue
of October 28th are indeed very timely and to
the point. I, too, think that it,7is unfortunate
that there,will be no ratepayers meeting this
year. It. cost very little if any and it gave the
outgoing council a chance to report on what
each of its members thought had been
accomplished during their term of office' via
the press even if there were few of the public
in attendance.
It also provided a forum for those who were
nominated for office to state their views and
answer questions. Since, however, there is to
be no meeting and you have offered the
services of your paper as a substitute I would
like .to take advantage of that offer.
As one who has stated his willingness to run
for the office of Mayor I would like 'to see a
complete slate of candidates nominated for
every office and in sufficient numbers to
ensure that there will be an election for each
office. Since it appears that there will be at
IRdeast five new members on the next council it
is most important that we all do our best to see
that they are ones who can make the next
council as good as or better than the recent
preceding ones.
I would also like to comment on the few
items suggested in your editorial as matters of
concern in the coming years.
1: In my opinion the matter of
up-dating the town water supply is not a
matter of direct concern to council.
Early in this century the council of the
day transferred all its powers and
responsibilities with respect to the •
supply of water and electricity to a Public
Utilities Commission. The responsibility
for these matters still rests with the
P.U.C. and conncil's role should be
limited strictly to ensuring that in the
interests of greatest efficiency there is
the maximum possible co-operation
between departments of the town
work force and the staff of the P.U.C. If
it becomes necessary to issue
debentures then it is required that the
town be the issuing authority and would
then have a case for intervening in an
action proposed by the P.U.C. ..if it
appeared not to be in the best interests
of the town.
2. I haVe some dOubts in my mind about
the necessity for some of the proposed
expenditures for the police department.
Before I would agree to support theta I
would want to see a full and detailed
'explanation of the benefits to be
derived.
3, The land is available for a trailer
park twilit has been discussed for some
tittle and there seems be some need
'tor this, fype,of land tse,to be allosved
temeWherein the toWlisC,Otincil should
make tip its Mind Whether Or tint it
wishes to alld* this, use *and if it does
then it should preetedvigotAisly to ,see
that it le-developed. h view of the costs
Ituraved in" the starting Up Of such a
Ojeq one thing which is going to have
to lie'eOnsidOketi very artfully Isrilow it
shotdd be done; that it icetay 'should if
various levels of government would
try to tackle their problems on a basis
of need and efficiency. Instead we too
often are treated to the tiresome
display of each trying to grab the
biggest share of the communal pot.
For instance we have federal and
provincial ministries of labor, natural
resources, health, social security,
environment, consumer protection
and business regulation. Add to this
municipal involvement in' health,
social security, environmental
rotecti on , transptirtat - —and
education and you find how the
taxpayer supprorts enormous
bureaucracies which overlap ' in
dreadfully wasteful manner.
How does the beleagured taxpayer-
citizen choose within three
jurisdictions? Surely the time has
come for governments to co-operate
rather than compete for the privilege
of spending tax dollars and free the
financial resources needed for one
level to do things well.
(The United Church)
be owned and operated by the town as a
municipally funded project or should it
be turned over to a private developer, I
favour the private developer on the
basis of the informajion which I now
have but it might change 'my mind if I
had pp-to-date information concerning
actual sites now in operation under each
system. Right now, I do not have any
information which would make me think
that public ownership and operation
would be the best for the town.
4. As far as subdivision development
is concerned it is my opinion that
council should, long ago, have set
priorities concerning, the areas of the
town which should be developed first.
This' would have ensured that a
subdivision developMent does not place
undue burdens on the town as a Whole
in making available services which may
already be available but unused in
another area. I am not aware in detail of
the provisions of the present
subdivision agreement •used by the town
but it should ensure that Where services
are not available most of the cost will be
borne by the developer.
5. The so-called "senior citizen"
housing is already a fact of life in the
town. All that remains for the town to do
in the newest proposal is tomonitor its
progress to ensure that it proceeds
without undue delay. In a town which
has such a large proportion of its
residents in the over 60 age group it is
perhaps reasonable that we should
encourage this type of housing
development. We must not forget,
however, that in every such
development the town is agreeing to
another yearly expenditure over which
future council will have no control,
namely ,71/2 % of the annual operating
deficit; this is already approaching the
level of one mill on the tax rate.
A matter not mentioned in your editorial
was the matter of continuing progress in
providing proper drainage and paving in th'e
:developed areas of the town. In the area lying
between the CNR and Goderich Street 'and
west of Maiti Street little further deLelopment
can'be permitted until some proper drainage
is provided.
This will be expensive due to the fact that
no proper outlet exists at the present and this
will have to be a yery large tile drain. If the
development of other areas of the town
continues at its present rate it seems that it
will it of be very many years before serious
consideration will have to be given to draining
this area even if no consideration it given to
the needs of the present residents of 'the
area.
Thank you for your courtesy in providing
this opportunity to discuss these matters and I
would be pleased to answer any .questions
which you might wish to raise on these or
other mattett. .
Yours truly ,
Ernest M.Williams
— We're through, Pepper. It's all over.
Finished. I'm sorry it had to end this way.
But that's the way things go.
There's no use carrying on. As . Gordon
Lightfoot sings in his song, "I don't know
where we went wrong. but the feeling's
gone,"
That says it all. Pepper.. The feeling's
gone.
In other words, you're a plain nuisance,
A pest. A big bothersome pest of a cat.,
It wasn't always that way. There was a
time, Pepper, when you'd climb up the
back screen door and hang. there like a
monkey. I'd laugh and think you were cute.
Now all I see is the holes your claws leave
in the screen.
There was a time when I thought you
were clever sneaking past me and
slipping inside the house befort I hardly
cracked the door open. Now you're just
bold and cheeky.
I used to marvel at your mousing
techniques. You were the best ever. Now I
figure you're just like any other cat. Every
cat mouses. That's what they have eyes
and ears and claws for.
And your'kittens -• your kittens, Pepper.
Therewas a time when I liked your babies.
Springing kitienk all over the place. In all
shapes and sizes and colours. But now
they're a drag. I can't even give your
kittens away anymore. Everyone's got
plenty. And I'm stuck with child support.
And don't tell me to get you fi xed. It's
too late now: I figure you've run through
about all nine of your lives. It's been seven
years together,hasn't it, Pepper?
You're not at all like the rats I see on TV.
Gorgeous creatutes in full long fur. What
are you now? But some flabby, used-up
mother?
I read your Mr. Schuessler's column
with a great deal of enjoyment each week,
but the past week I can not go along with
him in regards to Mr. French's bell ringing
time piece.
Your Mr. Schuesslet says he has several
time pieces in, his possession and he kill
gets caught going up St. peter's Church
steps whett the bell is ringing, The way 'I
see it from the sideline is.that Mr, French
has a pretty responsible job and shciuld not
be questioned, My suggestion to yoUt Mr.
, •
The cats on TV purr and meow. Why,
they even sing "meow, meow, meow" in
tune to the latest ad °meat food. They even
put a spring in their step -- add a dance
step or two.
Now, now. None of that, Pepper. I know
you don't get that kind of TV cat food. You
say the food I give you is nothing to sing
about? That's enough out of you, Pepper.
And besides, what makes you think you
deserve that kind 'of food? You don't act
like a lady. Those TV cats eat slowly -- keep
all their food in a bowl and never, never
slop on the waxed Nor kitchen. They don't
know the word "gobble". And they never
growl when they eat.
I don't even' want you in the house
anymore, Pepper. If it's not dirty wet
paws, then it's your long hairs on the rug
or bad breath or the terrible thought the
worm medicine isn't taking.
Oh, I don't know what's wrong, pepper.
It's all wrong. Maybe it's the weather.
Dull, grey November. Prospects of Another
winter ahead. Here I am. Tightening Up all
the storms and windows. Battening down
your colony house.
You know, Pepper, I was even tempted
to shut the trap door of that house. Lock it
up tight and tell you to get lost. Go play on
the highway or by the tractor in the
cornfield.
But I couldn't, Pepper. We've been
together too long --,to quit each other now.
Be patient, Pepper. Let me wallow
through drab November. Give me until
December. I need Christmas' already.
Maybe that will spark me up, Put a flame --
a glow-- inside and we'll be back together
again.
I know you're not going to change.
It's me. I have to do all changing.
Schuessler is to deliver his time pieces to •
Mr. French and have them synchronized .
Mr. Schuessler it would be a pity for you
if in the next Kingdom Mr. French gets a
job with St. Peter on the Pearly gate and
they ate closing, as you tun across the ,
road, Be five tninutes early next Sunday
and lend Mr French a hand, that you may
lighten his load. (And keep your witty
columns coming tow)
Peter E. Maloney , Jr.
PAIL ti
To the editor
Reader would like to see
election for each office
To the editor
Don't e late at the
pearly gate, reader says