Clinton News-Record, 1963-10-24, Page 4Doge News-Record—Thurs., Oct. 24, 1963
Editorials
Will Money :Stimulate inkiest?
THE QUESTION of how much a
person. should be expected to do for
his community without receiving any
remuneration would appear to be one
of the deciding factors in setting the
stipend to be received by various elect-
ed and appointed officials.
And certainly, the amount of
responsibility undertaken in any Of
these positions has to be weighed care-
fully, as well as the amount of time
the position demands,.
There are those who argue that
pay for municipal officials should be
high enough to attract well - qualified
persons, while others point out that
higher salaries do little but attract
people who need the money and by
reason of their own precarious financ-
ial situation are really not qualified to
run the business of a community or of
a board.
This question was brought to light
again at a recent -meeting of the CHSS
board, when members voted in favour
of receiving pay for their services, as
opposed to the $5.00 "honorarium"
they are now i reeeiving.
Actually, ' the secret ballot vote
was of little value in that it only de-
cided that the members felt they des-
erved renumeration for their time and
abilities. If this happened to be an
example of some of the decisions they
had to reach at their meetings, rate-
payers would be correct in saying they
didn't deserve any pay, because until
such time as they hold a discussion on
exactly what renumeration they want,
such votes are actually useless.
Even -as the ballots were being
marked, we would imagine the figures
being thought of by the members var-
ied greatly.
However, this is far from a true
picture of what decisions are made by
this group of clear-thinking men and
we heartily back their decision to seek
pay for their services, when their work
is compared with those officials who
already receive much higher wages,
namely the councillors in the various
municipalities.
But, that leaves . us open to the
same type of criticism we have levelled
at them, in that we have not suggested
exactly what pay these men should re-
ceive.
We would imagine that if, and
when, a decision is made in this regard
each member of the board would re-
ceive an identical stipend, the same
basis as what the municipal council use.
And this is what makes such a de-
cision so difficult to make.
Each man on the board is not
equally as valuable as the next, due to
the varying 'degrees of ability, exper-
ience and interest they have in their
work, or even on the basis of what
responsibility they are given by their
fellow members.
Judging from the reports given at
the meetings, we know we wouldn't get
any argument from any of the mem-
bers by stating that some of them do
a tremendous amount more than others.
This is due to the fact that as chair-
men or members of one particular
committee there Is just naturally more
work that falls onto them.
Quite naturally, the more exper-
ienced members also lead a greater
part of the discussion, and actually
formulate more of the policy than
newer members.
This is a Situation that exists not
only . on the CHSS board, but also in
municipal councils, and for that mat-
ter, in most organizations.
In private business the persons
who have the most responsibilitt and
do the most work are generally those
who have the most responsibility and
and in all fairness this is the type of
structure that should be used to com-
pensate elected and appointed officials.
Unfortunately such a system is
impractical to administer except" in its
broadest sense of paying chairmen more
than other members; because who is
to say what one member is worth in
comparison to another.
The fact is though that we need
to take a hard look at the axample of
our forefathers who battled strenuously
for the honour and preStige of repres-
enting their fellow citizens.- We need
to reawaken our dedication in using
our God-given abilities to serve in
whatever capacities we are able to help,
not only ourselves, but also our fellow
man.
Perhaps then there would be en-
ough interest stimulated in these posi-
tions that more and more would vie
to be of service so that the present
members would not be handed the job
year after year unless they were anx-
ious to do so.
Paying ,municipal elected officials
has quite correctly opened an avenue
for high school board members to ex-
pect similar consideration, and this in
turn will be used as consideration by
public school officials and PUC com-
missioners and perhaps even service
club executives and church workers.
No man should be expected to
meet heavy personal expenses in acting
in municipal and other organizations.
But what is the correct basis to deter-
mine what he should be paid for his
abilities and time?
There are probably very few who
would want to be paid if they had the
knowledge that people appreciated
their efforts and were themselves will-
ing to give of their time and talents
on a similar voluntary basis.
However, such is not the case, and
the work of these people does not re-
ceive the interest and suppOrt that it
warrants, and there are too few people
who have the qualifications and are
willing to serve and to a great extent
the work of the present officials does
become a burden yeal. after year, and
deserving of pay.
The result will be an over central-
ization 'of community government wh-
ere only a few will be making the de-
cisions for the majority, slowly under-
mining our democratic principles.
A very sobering thought indeed.
Nomination time will soon be roll-
ing around, and the few familiar faces
will, be out again, but the majority of
ratepayers will again be too unconcern-
ed or too unappreciative of the work of
others to attend.
By all means gentlemen, give your-
selves a good healthy pay increase.
Perhaps our democracy has reached the
stage where a dollar is more important
than dedicated public service, and per-
haps money is the only thing that Will"
stimulate interest once again before we
reach the stage of a very broad form
of dictatorship or at least the rule of
a very, very small minority.
Kindly Do Not Omit Flowers
A PHILADELPHIA clergyman has
made an eloquent plea for flowers at
funerals in a letter to his congregation.
'Following are the clergyman's remarks
as they appeared in his letter:
"Please send the pastor flowers—
when he should pass away. Don't paste
my casket with certificates for char-
ities, and professional chair endow-
ments and the hundred-and-one do-
gooder agencies ghoulishly squeezing
through the door of the funeral parlor
for a hand out.
"If you are going to'be big-heart-
ed, do it in your own time—and don't
wait for death to open up your heart
to the needy and the sick. I believe
flowers are proper and right at the
time of death — beautifully symbolic
of the brief human life, grown by God
and thereby so precious, to Him even at
its fading. So, no matter what others
may say—send me flowers—and don't
use my last mortal remains as a char-
ity income tax reduction."
—(Wall Street Journal)
We Read That . . .
When a guy gives up his job be-
cause of illness, quite often it was the
boss who got sick of him.
If you give a boy enough rope,
he'll pull something.
People who listen to both sides of
family arguments are called neighbors.
Yawning is usually the act of a
person who inadvertently opens his
mouth when he wishes others would
shut theirs.
People will believe anything if you
whisper it.
When the grass looks greener on
the other side of the fence, it may be
that they take better care of it over
there.
Many a domestic explosion has been
touched off by an old flame.
Reckless driving never settles who's
right—only who's left.
You're only young once, but you
can stay immature indefinitely.
When the days begin to drag you
can make up your mind you haven't
enough to do.
Men are wise in proportion, not
to their- experience, but to their cap-
acity for experience.—Shaw.
A lot of people can trace their
families back 300 years, but don't know
where their kids are at night.
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40 Years Ago
Miss Ivy Plewes, Clinton,
took solo parts in the Choral
Society concert at Brucefield,
on Monday, put on by the So-
ciety under Professor Ander-
ton.
Those wishing to take the
south-bound morning train at
Clinton need to remember that
it now leaves at 7:56. It ar-
rives in London at 9:57.
Whether this is a sign of
an open winter or not, those
who are accustomed to note
such things tell us there are
no nuts, wild grapes, berries,'
or anything especially consid-
ered focd for wild life in the
woods this fall.
E. S. Livermore, Clinton, a
student at the University of
Toronto, was one of the main
speakers at the Toronto Con-
ference Young. People's League
recently.
Mrs. James Scott returned
this week after a visit to Bos-
ton, while Mrs. Nichols and
Miss Charlotte Bilkey left this
week for New York.
Mr. C. J. Wallis returned on
Saturday from a business trip
to the Eastern Provinces. Mr.
Wilmer Wallis returned the'
previous week.
The potato crop seems to be
a little above average this
year.
25 Years Ago
Fred Slavin, RR 2, Kippen,
was fortunate to escape injury
early last Tliursday morning
when. his car struck and killed
a heifer.
The thudding of the engine
at the Feed Mill far into the
night is causing nearby resi-
dents loss of sleep and becom-
ing a nuisance they say.
It is reported that John
Turner has optioned his prop-
erty, known as the former
Copp farm, to local interests
who are working on the form-
ation of a new company to
manufacture salt. The forma-
tions of salt in this part of
the country, especially under
Clinton, are amongst the pur-
est in the world,
The Boy, Scouts and. Cubs
netted over $50.00 in their An-
nual Apple Day.
Officers elected by the Hur-
on County Junior Association
of Toronto are as follows: Wes-
ley MoCutcheon, Robert Leiper,
Miss Doris Hill, Miss Grace
Stirling, Mrs. J. Beattie and
Mike Cook.
Miss Bessie Watt was nam-
ed Noble Grand of the Clinton
Rebecca Lodge on Monday ev-
ening. Other officers include:
Mrs. William Stewart, Mrs. M.
Nediger, Miss Amy Andrews,
Mrs. Frank Glew, Mrs. George
Jenkins, Miss Bessie Smith,
Mrs. Robert Jervis, Mrs. B.
Nickerson, Mrs. L. McKnight,
Mrs. E. Mittell, Mrs. 3. Sut-
ter, Mrs. L. Heard and Miss
Aphra Steep.
15 Years Ago
The sixth Bishop of Huron
is Very Rev, George N. Lux-
ton, London, He succeeds the
late Archbishop Charles A.
Seeger. Archdeacon William
Townshend, Goderich Township
native, ran second in both the
first and second ballot.
Clinton District Collegiate
Institute's enrolment is now
250, an increase of 10 percent
over last year. The Town of
Clinton has the most students
at 66; Stanley has 57 and Elul-
Lett 40.
W, L. "Nick" Whyte, Holm
Farm, Hullett Township, was
recently invested with the
MBE (member of the Order of
the British Empire) in recogni.
Lion of services rendered to the
Federal Department of Agricul-
ture during World War 11,
Hundreds of loxes have met
their death in Httron County
this year, CleSe to $1,600 has
been paid in bounties; $3.00
for a mature fox and $2.00 for
a pup.
. About 75 members of Clin-
ton Teen Town met at the
school Friday and elected the
following officers: Mayor, Aud-
rey Jervis; reeve,, Alex Wilson;
secretary, Joyce Grigg; treas-
urer, Don Andrews; council,
Anna Glew, Jean Gibbings, Is-
obel Chowen, Joe Gibson, Grov-
er Clare, Bill Ashton.
Saving of power is still re-
quested by Clinton PUC as a
necessity in the present crit-
ical shortage in Ontario, as
Clinton is still not under its
quota, although the street
lights have been cut from 150
to 100 watts.
10 Years Ago
William A. Andrews, Clin-
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
W. Andrews, has been award-
ed the Huron County scholar-
ship for the highest standing
of a Huron County man in
any year of any course at
UWO.
What a difference a few
weeks can make in this coun-
try! It is no wonder that Can-
adians carry on a deep, ling-
ering,, tongue - tied, love affair
with their native land.
And they do. Believe me,
they do, although you'd never
know it from casual observa-
tion. They may sally' to Florida
and Mexico and Europe, but
most of them would be sad
beyond endurance if they were
suddenly told they were to be
banished forever from Canada.
About eight weeks ago, we
drove out to visit friends at
their cottage. It was the lush,
bosomy end of summer, and
the evening air was tropical.
We slowed to cross the bridge
and the ever - present, ever-
intent anglers peered with
patience at the black, little
river, and the birds chortled
and the frogs krumphed.
Along the beach, golden girls
walked, and brown urchins
paddled, and fat ladies slump-
ed in lawn chairs, and teen-
agers looked sophisticated, and
dogs ran over sleeping old
gentlemen, a n d people waved
and water lapped and motors
roared and hot dogs smelled
good.
. George R. Finlay, 41, line-
man with the Clinton office of
the Hydro Electric Power Com-
mission, was fatally burned
last Thursday while working
on a hydro transformer near
Londesboro.
Council decided Monday to
call a vote of the ratepayers
to seek approval regarding the
use of the old, public school
building as a municipal build-
ing.
Members of the Huron Coun-
ty Crearn Producers' Associa-
tion at their annual meeting in
Clinton heard the dairy com-
missioner for Ontario, E. M.
Biggs, deny that Canada is
pricing herself out of the
world dairy markets.
Mrs. Pearl H. Lawrence and
Mrs. Phyllis Wilson were in-
itiated into the Clinton Chap-
ter of the, Order of the East-
ern Star last week.
Clinton Teen Town are con-
ducting a beard growing con-
test for Halloween and a sp-
ecial prize will go to the lad
with the longest, fiercest-look-
ing beard.
When we arrived our friends,
about a dozen of them, sprawl-
ed under a vast, sighing pine
tree, drinking chilled' sauterne
and eating dill pickles. Their
children and ours, from tod-
dlers to bantam delinquents,
prowled a n d squabbled and
begged bites of pickle and de-
manded one last swim, and
laughed and cried and wet
their diapers and bothered
their moms.
Out over the lake, the sun,
almost gone, had a moment of
hysteria, slashing color across
the sky with the ferocity of
a Van Gogh. And the water,
darkening its blue, looked up
longingly, and the sun flung
across it, disdainfully, a few
scarlet and gold streamers.
And we lounged, in shorts
and bare feet, shirtless a n d
wordless, too lazy and content
to get up and go in, even when
the sun went down like a bomb
away out at the end of the
water.
Like good Canadians, we ac-
cepted the splendor of the ev-
ening with decent restraint.
Nobody san a sonnet to the
setting sun. Nobody was im-
pelled to sing a dirge to dying
summer. It was admitted, upon
QW),,
Federation of Agriculture
Mr. Elmer Ireland. president
of Huron County, Federation
of Agriculture gives a report
on the tour he bad the pleas-
ure of attending — sponsored
by the Morris Federation of
Agriculture — to Lapeer Coun-
ty, Michigan, when about 45
people, including some from
other townships and urban fr-
iends spent an interesting day
touring farms in that county.
A coffee break was held at
the Alson ShonIts Farm at
Brown City. Two full time
men are employed on the 343
acre farm with 269 acres being
tilled. The 45 Holstein cows
are liberally grain fed, up to
25 pounds per cow per day.
Hay, corn silage, oats, corn
and a soy bean oil meal are
used with silage fed through
a circular silo feed bunk. A
strict culling program is fol-
lowed,
The Ed and Bob Martus farm
operated as a partnership em-
ploys three full time men. To-
tal acreage is 380. They have
90 Holsteins. About 40 cows
per hour are milked in the
double six herringbone milking
parlor. A mechanical feed
bunk is used for feeding a high
level of corn silage.
They also handle 300 to 350
head of beef cattle and 40-50
Holstein steers per year. Indi-
vidual calf pens with wire bot-
toms are used.
Both of these farms had
beautiful homes that had re-
cently been remodelled and the
ladies on the tour were taken
to see the homes. All the latest
equipment had been installed
and in one case, where they
had nine children, it was quite
evident that excellent planning
had provided a very compact
and convenient home.
While the house itself was
not unduly large, there seemed
to be plenty of room for the
family..
The grounds were also well
kept' and attractive. .
The Simmons Brothers util-
ized almost 700 acres, about
450 .used for crops. They have
347 steer calves, 123 heifer
calves and 45 sows and' their
corn crops yield 90 to 100 bush-
els to the acre and 50 bushels
per acre of wheat.
Lake Brothers, with 100 Hol-
stein cows, operate an eight-
the urging of a couple of the
more flamboyant types, that it
sure was a swell night, before
we gathered the kids and went
home.
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Just the other night we went
back to the same beach for
dinner with some friends at
their cottage. The air was fair-
ly curdling. The car heater
felt good. When we reached
the little bridge, there were
no fishermen, but we stopped
to look at the late gold sun
ant the little black river. And
high, away up, went over a
wavery V of geese, a lovely
sight.
Along the beach there was
no sign of life. Steely water
around green-clumped islands.
Silver sand. Black and blue
sky, Cottages boarded up and
blank-faced. It was lonely and
bleak and beautiful.
When 'we came to the cot-
tage, away down the shore
road, and saw the yellow lights
shining, it was a good feeling.
Inside there was a great, glow-
ing fire, a warm welcome, fr-
iendly faces, and the good,
rich smells of rye and turkey
and perfumed wbmen.
And again, like decent Can-
stall milking parlor, 'They use
a mechanized feeding system
for feeding about 70 lbs, of corn
silage daily, Heifers .are group-
ed according to age. Crops in-
chicle 200 acres of corn, 50-60
acres of alfalfa and 15 of
wheat.
The Apaches Bench, owned
by Gene Vesely, manufacturer
of Apache trailers, employs six
full time men, Complete rec-
ords are kept .on each cow.
There is housing capacity for
180 cows in a free stall system,
and this farm has one of the
most highly mechanized feed
handling systems in the state
as well as the largest bulk
milk coling tank.
Crops include 340 acres of
alfalfa, 50 acres of oats .and
250 of corn, Craps and feed are
stored in four air Aight silos.
Lunch was served to the visi-
tors at St, Mary's Church,
Burnside and dinner at the La-
peer County Centre building,
S. Lincoln, county agent and
Leo Doer, county milk inspec,
tor conducted the tour dud Mrs.
Dorothy Pohl, the home econo-
mist, took the ladies on their
visit to the homes.
Receives Promotion
Herbert A. "Sandy" Wel-
land, RCAF Clinton Graphic
Artist, has recently been pro-
moted to the rank of Ser-
geant.
He lives at Goderich, with
his wife Agnes and daugh-
ter Lori Jean, aged 10
months.
Sgt. Welland' served in the
Royal Canadian' Navy during
World War II and then
trained as a commercial art-
ist. He worked in the Art
and Display Department of
Hallidays Company. He is a
graduate of the Animation,
Polarization and Projectual
Course of the Technifax Cor-
poration, Holyoke, Mass.
Before his tour of duty at
Clinton, "Sandy" was sta-
tioned at the Institute of
Aviation Medicine in Toron-
to, At Clinton he is employed,
in the making of Illustrative
Displays and Training Aids.
Sgt. Welland is a member
of the Canadian Legion
Branch 109; Goderich, and a
male singing group, the
"Harbouraires".
adians, nobody made any crude
remarks about what a beautiful
evening it was and how lucky
we were to live in this demi-
paradise, or anything as for-
eign and sentimental as that.
We just stuffed ourselves with
food and drink, and went home.
Maybe we all had too much
Bliss Carman, William Wilfred
Campbel and Archibald Lamp-
man, when we were in school.
Maybe we're just undemonstra-
tive. But surely there is no
nation on the face of this earth
that loves its country so much,
and sings about it so little.
That's why I'm going to sing
out once in a while, however
cracked the voice, or corny the
tune, or, bored the audience.
Maybe I can incite enough
people to f or m at least a
quartet.
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