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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-03-21, Page 2Business and Professional Diwtory 1 orromETRY J. E. LONq$,TAFF OPTOMETRIST *wider and 1040,440,1 20 ISAAc STREET rer an V oint 0 merit phone • W 70 ' • SEAFGRTH OFFME 5274240 R. W, BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 5247.01 HINTON THE MOVER LTD. 58 Mary Street Clinton, Ontario Agents for United Volt Lines Geo. A. Gilfillan, Representative• 482,9779 A " K, W. COWVROVN: INSMRANCE a algal- allTart Phone,: 000190 4n-8747 403-7009 HAL HARTLEy Phone 482-6693 • Lawson Ise First Mortgage Money Available Lowest Current Interest Rates INSURANCE — REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS 482-9644 ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master Aluminum Duare end Win4owi and Rockwell Power Tools JERVIS SAM R. L. Jervis-1,n • Albert IR. Clinton -- 482-assa INSURANCE : FIRE INSURANcE - COMPANY To the Ontario taxpayer, the budget handed down by Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNeughton last week is another heavy straw on the camel's back. Neither is the Ontario administration the only ,one heaping on the atraws, as governments at all levels grapple with the ,preblem of balancing income 'and outflow. ' Admittedly, the theory is a simple enough one. Government has to make a buck to spend a buck and now, with swelling demands' for govern- Ment aervice, the supply of capital to finance these services Must also swell. Where the rub comes is in determining the sources of that supply. Here, unfortunately, the in- dividual seems to be taking a constant bettering to the midriff at a time when living, generally, apart from increased government demands, is becoming a frustratingly expensive proposition. With the new tax hikes announced last week, the average Ontarian.with children and a propensity for such luxuries as tobacco usage and car-driving, will find himself faced with an additional payment of about $1.25 per year to the provincial govern- rnent, on top of the, five per, cent sales tax and re- bates to the province from his spiralling federal income tax. Of this new amount, a whopping $84 a year will go toward health coverage, Yet while the individual taxpayer has become increasingly overloaded with tariffs, the portion of Ontario revenue derived from corporation tax has dropped from 25 per cent to 13 per cent in .the past eight years. Nor is there any relief in sight, This year's budget is basically a hold-the-line, document. An even bigger punch, to the solar plexus can be ex- pected' next year. Clearly, what. is needed is an overhaul and re- 'assessment of our total tax structure at ail levels. Property tax continues to skyrocket, personal income tax (originally' a temporary measure) is going the same way, and now tariffs on commonly used goods 'are following suit. The federal government commissioned an ex- Piaustive analysis of our taA structure, the Carter Re- port, and has clearly indicated it has no intention of implementing its recommendations. The, provin- cial government, after receiving( the SMith Report last year, now says it is waiting for federal aid, and so the wheel turns full circle. Since an "entirely new philosophy of taxation seems to b r6i4) it:64;7 "surely" tije'prOyinaial governe' ment cirl;:cdfrX0,„,Y,0 riatrve s of summoning up its needed revenue. the big bite trom government is here to stay, but there must be ways to keep the biggest teeth , marks out of the seat of the individual taxpayer's pants. budget bites 2 Cl in ton PW ecco Thursday, marob 2t, 00 tom Our Eaey Elks 75 years ago 25 years ago 15 years ago war,perfect war After whapping us in the bread- basket with his budget, Provincial Trea- surer Charles MacNaughton shadow- boxes cleverly and puffs that Ontario needs a bigger kickback from the fed- eral government to head off a "taxa- tion castastrophe". This sounds as if Charlie wants to be Robin Hood, championing the op- pressed taxpayer against Finance Min- ister Mitchell Sharp in the role of wick- ed Sheriff. (Message to Charlie: To be a good Robin Hood, you fake from the rich and give to the poor. Just remember that the poor is us. End of message.) Charlie claims the feds can rebate to the province up to 60 per cent of personal income tax, He says nothing, however, about rebating this rebate— or even part of it—to ease the pay- cheque pangs of the poor who were robbed by the wicked sheriff in the first place, Another of Ontario's merry men,. Education Minister William Davis, pre- 'diets that increasing government ex- penses could almost bankrupt the pro- vince within five years. So Charlie really wa'nts the 60 per cent rebate to feed the province's pet bird, the Mighty Money Gobbler (a sub-species of the American Eagle) which is kept in' a cage at Queen's Park, Mighty Money Gobblers lay golden eggs . tomor- row, During only ono short period of its life has the Mighty Money Gobbler been able to gorge itself. This was dur- ing the Second World War when lives were paid for prosperity. Writing in 1943, Dr, Lorne T. Mor- gan, then associate professor of political economy, University of Toronto, sug- gested permanent war as a cure for economic ills. iii a satirical booklet, "The Permanent War, or Homo the Sap", Dr, Morgan wrote; "I advocate a scientific war, every phase of which would be planned in advance, and which would be operated in strict conjunction with the business cycle. It would be speeded up when the index showed a down- Ward trend in business activity. Con- versely, it would be slowed down when business approached a desired and pre- determined level of prosperity". Dr. Morgan's solution. is as sensible as any proposed by provincial or fed- eral governments to date. So, to keep the Mighty Money Gobbler perpetually fed, and to make the welt for tomorrow's golden egg less irksome, why doesn't Ontario de- clare perpetual war on Quebec? There is provocation enough. ' It is not suggested that anyone be killed, maimed or even slightly hurt in this perpetual war between the pro- vinces. No ammunition more explosive than maple syrup will be used by either side according to rules agreed to by both Ontario and Quebec military com- manders before the war begins. This war will not be bloody, but sticky, and a lot safer than hockey. There will be need for a whole new line of military hardware. Basic will be syrup throwers and syrup shields, Planes will drop maple syrup instead of napalm. (If you think this is a joke, Charlie, you never got hit on the head with two quarts of maple syrup.) Soldiers who think their syrup- squirters are too silent can yell 'BOOM!" as they fire. (Quebec soldiers, of course, can yell "BOUMI") While the young men of Ontario and Quebec are slopping one another with syrup, the rest of the population can enjoy total employment pt;oclucing the military hardware or growing the ammunition in the sugar bush.', How sweet it will bel Such a war between the provinces is possible — like Charlie's chance of getting that 60 per cent from the fed- eral government, Tun CLINTON NEW ERA. March 24, 1893 Mr. E dward Terrier Of Tee", bas decided to. ,give up farming in the course of a couple of months,.and will take up his residence in ;Clinton, 'He was hooking up a house on Tuesday. Mr. Neil !TellPwleeS went to NeWtotiville on Tuesday to help a friend through a wedding core. niOny; he will one of these days be the principal in a similar circum stance, Mr. Kaiser who• has been visiting relativeS here, ,J,eft on Monday on his return to South Africa, which place he expects • to reach by the first of May; he does not purpose remaining in that country, however, longer than is necessary.. THE CLINTON NEW ERA March 3, 1893 • Mr, W. Grigg was very suc, eessed in the gun contest at Toronto last week, winning $135, Mr. Blackall was also a win, ner to a considerable amount, Mr, VanCe, late of Wiarton, has rented, the rooms over Coats' store andwill commence the tailoring business there. Dame rumour states that a certain estimable young `lady of Clinton will shortly be an. nexed to a' popular young man of Holmesville, 55 years ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, March 20, 1913 Miss Lticile Grant was in Blyth on Monday evening talc, ing part in a St, Patrick's concert. Miss Maude Wiltse also took part in this concert. Mrs. J. Middleton spent a few days at the home of Mr: and Mrs. Charles. Middleton, Huron Road. Mr. Robert Mutch, Keeper of the House of Refuge, visited his sister Mrs. John Bennett at Blyth Iast week. 40 years ago The following letter has been sent to a number of farm pub. lications, as well as to Can.• adian Minister of Agriculture the Hon. J. 3. Greene. Ed. Sir: I am a family farmer oper. ating a Dairy and Beef opera. tion plus cash crop and custom farm work of any sort. Our milk is at present sold as industrial milk plus a subsidy allotted to us when our dairy herd was smaller. We haive just completed our book records for the'year 1967, and I might state here that our books are above reproach. bee being maintained • diligently thorughout the year right down to a nickel one way or the other. Our net operation for the year came out tO under thirty cents per hour for time worked! With no expense taken out as yet for a family of four to live! To say that we live frugally is putting it mildly. While we are in the dairy business, yet we use skim milk On the table. We all work hard for long hours every day of the year, and we are as efficient as any farmer in this area, For recreation we worship The Lord in spirit and in 'truth, and I have had one week's holidays from work in seven years! / lave to watch the hockey gameS on TV. but our set has been out of eommiSsion for four • years now, and we eannot afford to get it fixed. Our Liberal Government are liberal all right, 'as far as they are concerned. They have dotib. led their own salaries plus large increases in tax...free travelling allowances, as they put it. 13 ut What are they doing for us? bur malt Crop wheat enter. prise last year, While all bar. vested, left us $11 an acre in the red! They say to Put on crop insurance; We are unable td pay the premiare. They say that Canada, Can use ' an additional t0,000,006 bile.' 11618 of soya beans over What we grow; yet they let reillionS Of bushels bond in front the S fateSi Where the US treasury subsidize the farmers tea° to the extent of $60 per acre not to grow Ceps! Our price Consetittently, cb.INTQN.N.EWS4R.WQ.U.A Thorp;10,y, March g141943, Cliff Snyder and Pon Miller spent the Weelceitcl With the for!! Merls uncle and aunt,. Mr, and mrs. Weinn pf Dashw,00d. Mrs, Milton Cook and -laugh, ter, Miss. Betty of Sarnia were weekend. guests of Mr. atllgr, -0, Ni Ole and Miss Shirley, mapy homes and business places here have flooded cellars following. the Mild ,Spell this week, LAC Harold MePhersen of the fig4.-.P7 at .Flogal spent a MVO of days in town lastweek with Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Harold King of Sarnia is visiting her mother Mrs, Charles Parker, Bayfield this week, Mrs. Wilmer Wallis and Miss Viola Pepper attended ine pot*, • las. e, Fish wedding at 'Union. on Tuesday. Mayor A. J. McMurray was in Toronto last Friday in con. neetionwith the coming Victory Loan campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence LiVer, more and sons Earl. .and Ken. neth of Chesley, visited last week at the home of the form. ' er's mother Mrs. Fred Liver. more. Mr. and Mrs. wietiain Fer., guson returned home on Tues. day after spending the past three months with their sons in Sudbury. Mrs. 13. P. :140FP, 'William gear, PPP .Andrews and Fred Gibson, Clinton, .a,cggaP4410. by Mrs, Elisabeth .14*go,144. don, returned last P#40,45 frein ttwee weekP -trip visitedto Florida. They P in 'Lakeland, S. 'Peterehin'oTaMe pa and stayed for ten days gigarwatpy; Aohg west the party visited With geerge ham who gained his high school training at Clinton District Cele legiate Institute, -Midis atm, sent •Aata. .tbe Shell .Pil at Now Orleans, George Bell who has spent the winter with his parents, Mr, 'and Mrs. .Charles Bell, Bay. field, left on Thnrecle.y last to join the $,S, Prindoc at Pert Williant,' Ontario, on which be will sail in the capacity of third engineer this seson, 10 years ago THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 20, 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hearn, and family, Toronto, visited their mother Mrs. B. C. Hearn Queen Street. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Martin attended the Shortrnan's Show in Toronto on Monday. Mrs. R. H, Middleton, Hen. sell, visited her sister and uncle, Miss Lucy R. Woods and J, L. Buchan, from Wed. nesday to Saturday. HOW Dear Sir: I would like to say something about your editorial "Helping Our Neighbours" in the Feb. ruary 15 issue of your paper. It would seem that the point you are trying 'to make is that the record shoves the military are poor managers. For in. stance, you state, "since 1960 about $9 1/2 billion has been spent by uniformed brains to maintain the woeful status quo without improving Canada's de.. fence position." If our services •have been able to maintain the status quo they should be con. gratulated, not condemned. Again, "Last year more than $80 million worth of obsolete National Defence equipmentwas sold for less than $3 million." Would you, prefer to have the military forces hang onto the ob. solete equipment? It would then be difficult to even maintain "the woeful status quo." Your reasoning is not very logical. Since my father is in the service, I don't appreciate your • snide remarks about the mil. itary. It is easy to be a pro. blem-stater. If you have sol. utions for defence problems, I'm sure the Department of National Defence vvotildbe happy to hear from you. Since you seem to be vitally interested in the Canadian For. ces operating more efficiently, it is assumed you will back the decision, if it is ever made, to close CFB Clinton. Yours truly Bruce D. Woodrow GET FAST RESULTS WITH"' NEWS-RECORD CLASSIFIED ADS Attend Your Church This Sunday NOTE — ALL SERVICES ON STANDARD .TIME FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec) Pastor: JACK HEYNEN, B.A. SUNDAY, MARCH 24th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Church Service. — ALL ARE WELCOME HERE — ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH' "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH" Pastor: REV, GRANT MILLS, B.A. Organist: MISS LOIS GRASSY, A.R.C.T. SUNDAY, MARCH 24th 9:45 r,a.m.-•Sunday School. .0 110114 1.11AL4m•—/t)rithiRAIIrvi,C9. 1,-.'vu;, s A Evening Unit meets Monday, March 25th 8:30 p.m. • Wesley-Willis — Holmesville United Churches REV. A. 3 MOWATi', DD.,. Minister MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, MARCH 24th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School and Confirmation Class. 11:00 a.m.—Worship Service. • - Sermon: Series on the Prophet Elfish, No. 3 "HALTING BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS" Music from Mendeissohn's "Elijah". "LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM" Bass. solo: George Cull "Lift Thine Eye" • — Trio—Mrs. Wm, Hearn, Mrs. Don Andrews, Mrs: Benson Sutter HOLMESVILLE 1:00 p.m.—Worship Service. 2:00 p.m.—Sunday School and Confirmation Class. ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A.,. Minister Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, MARCH 24th ' • 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 10:45 a.m.—Worship Service. — EVERYONE WELCOME — CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH SUNDAY, MARCH 24th Student Minister: MR.. KATERBERG 10:00 a.m.—English. 2:30 p.m.—Dutch. Every Stmday, 12:30 noon, dial 660 CHLO, St. Thomas , listen to "Back to God Hour" - EVEAYONE WELCOME -- BASE CHAPELS Canadian Forces Base Clinton ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL Chaplain—FA. THE REV. P. J. LALLY Sunday Masses-9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m, Confessions—Before Sunday Masses and 1 p.m. to 8 p.m4 on Saturdays Baptisms and Interviews -- By Appoinitnent Phone 482.3411, Ext. 253 PROTESTANT CHAPEL Chaplain—S/L THE REV. P. P. DeLONG SUNDAY, MARCH 24th Holy Communion—Following Divine Service, 1st Sendayi 8:30 a.m. on other Sundays Sunday School-9:30 a.m. (Nursery Department at 11 a.m.)' Divine Service-11:00 a.m. Interviews, Baptisms 2 , ete. By Apointment Phone 02.3411, Est. 47 Or Ext. 303 a p fter hours MAPLE ST. GOSPEL HALL Pentecostal Church 9:45 a.nt..,-Worship SerVice. Sunday,, March 24th °K Werner, Pastor Vietoris Street 11:00 a.m.,•-.Sunday School. SUnday, March 24th 8:00 0.m.,-Eveiting Service, 9:4S a.m.--Sunday schom. Moo Sort**. Speaker: John Martin, 7i30 ji.M.,-••EVeniiii Service. Hawkesvilla-,-StindaY and Tues. dayi special Prophetic Study, FriclaY, 8 p.mo—YPU Meeting THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 22, 1928 Misses Linnie Nediger and Marjorie McMath, principal and assistant teacher of the Burwash Public school are home this week, their school having had to be closed on account of an epidemic of mumps. Mrs. S. Anderson, Mrs. S. Merner,,lVirVDAEraird and Mac ' ter .4aCtaiMder SetHite, Grand .13.ifin4ewele ' weekend "visitors .% with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sturgeon Bayfield. Mrs-.e J. BontliPen of Hensel], • ,'"4/,:';/,'Key-e'e was cut by fifty cents per bus. hel. How can we compete against that? No more beans for us until this situation is straight. ened out. In our area, we cannot gross $60 per acre on the average of all crops before operating costs including seed, fertilizer, taxes, fuel, depreciation, etc. are even taken into considers. tion. All our so-called experts, on agriculture say to expand oper. ations. Yet we see these big operations being foreclosed on right and left every year be. cause they are unable to meet their commitments. It is one thing to put on a big front on borroWed money, but it is quite another thing to pay off these accrued debts on our present standard of farm prices, while our costs of machinery, re. pairs, etc. continue to rise every year, and the prices paid for almost all of our products produced have lowered. It cere tainly 'does not take a college degree to see where this leaves the thousands of farmers like us! You call yourselves Farm Publication Editors. I challenge you all to publish this truthful article in its entirety in order that the general public can get the facts of our existence and do something about it. YourS very truly, Clare Longhurst, Auburn, Ontaria, 4 A" SPEAKING OF CARDS*" visited With Mr. and MrS. E. W. COME THEY'RE SO MUCH FUN 26' Morrison over the' weekend. • `'IF CARDS ARE EDUCATIONAL. THEN LETTERS TO TM EDITOR THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Office -- Main Street SEAFORTH insures: • Town Oweiiings lit Ali Class of Farm Property Sumnier Cottages 40 Churches, Sehookt, Halle ' extended coverage (Wind, sineke,. water damage, falling ' (infects etc is also available, Agents ‘1.0ti s KeyS, RR, 1, Sem MIA; V, .1. Lane; RR 5, Sea forth; Wm. Leiper, Londesboro: Selwyn Baker,russets Herold Squire, Clinton; 'George Coyne; Deiblin; DOnald G. EatOti, Seal'orth.