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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-03-24, Page 5Page 4—-Clinton News-Record—Thur $., March 24, 1966 Editorials ... * The Classic Signs (77ie Montreal Star) From Our Early Files . . t JUDICIOUS as his language was, Mr. Louis Rasminsky is plainly wor­ ried.' The governor of the Bank of Canada does not like what he sees in the Canadian economy. Virtually all the slack, he points out, has been taken up, Shortages of skilled labor have be­ come more numerous; mpre industries are working at capacity or close tp it; prices are increasing at a significantly high rate; the current deficit in our balance of payments is widening. These are the classic signs of in­ flation. In more scary language the economy is hotting up, It is no longer, as Mr. Joseph Kraft suggested recently about the United States, a question here of whether we have inflation. The only interesting question now is what weapons will be chosen to fight it. Mr. Rasminsky has already used the chief weapon available to him -r- an increase in the bank rate. The nation’s govern­ ments, for their part, have made a few tentative passes at the situation by de­ laying a limited number pf public pro­ jects. But the bank, rate is a dub which works broadly across the whole country. It does not discriminate. Yet the infla­ tionary condition here as in the United States is not general across the country, or across the economy. If there is pres­ sure in the central provinces, there is little or no pressure on the east coast. And because the problem is not general the cure cannot be. either. Selective action is what we need. For every dollar’s worth of medicine we should buy, if we can, a dollar’s worth of cure. This means joint government action, and Lord knows how, in this country, we are ever going to get that. For Fun and Your Fellowman SATURDAY NIGHT it would be well worth while to get out into the open, air, leave the TV to its own de­ vices, and enjoy one of the last winter sports nights of the year. You can con­ tribute. towards crippled kids, at the same time. While John Dickins is promoting his Bunny Bundle every morning over the Open Line, and the Easter Seals Sale of the Clinton Lions Club is pro­ gressing as is usual, another effort for those youngsters that are hampered by less than 100 percent physical condition, is going forward in this area. The Shrine Club is staging the 4th Annual Gala Sports Night, with parade around the square at Goderich, squirt hookey, clowns on ice and displays by the county town’s figure skating club. The Shriners Motorcycle Corps, Mocha Temple clowns, and a German Brass Band are included in the entertainment. The Shriners in this area are assist­ ing two youngsters who need the help of the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. Don’t miss this chance to help them help others, and have a last fling at winter time sports yourself. 75 Years Ago ) THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, March 27, 1891 ' Since the electric light was was put in here (Seaforth) it has given such popr satisfaction that we believe some of. the merchants have decided to go back to coal oil, The electric light when working right, is a grand1 light, and we would like to ‘see the difficulty here con­ cerning iit, remedied, and lot us have good light in our ,towin. Mr. Gilbert Mair has sold his farm of 100 acres, on the Sth con. of Hullett, to Mr. James Reynolds, for the sum of $4,000. This farm cost Mr. Mair con­ siderably more than this, but as he hia'd bought another’ farm elsewhere, he was, willing to make a sacrifice. Mr, Pfihromer has his mail in full operation, 'and is fitted with the best of machinery. We think the neighborhood should support him as he. is turn­ ing out fine flour, 'and has went to a lot of expense. The congregation of Bum’s Church, Hullett, have raised the Stipend of their esteemed pastor, the Rev. D. M. Ramshy, $50; it would be in order for the Londesboro congregation to go and do likewise. evening to considei' a letter re­ ceived hbm the Secretary of Ontario West Shore Railway, asking what Bayfield would do towards the extending of the line south of Goderich. The council wias unanimous in dbing all in thdlr power to support the project and a delegation was appointed to wait on the manager ait once. Mr. Chas. P. Sillte, son of Mr. G. A. Sills, who fc attending the School of Practical Science in Toronto, has been appointed manager of the University of Toronto football team for thffis year, held the progressive for Summerhill north, a good crowd an en- evening was spent in cards.' Six Giant Steps WE’RE ON the brink of another great community project. At long last, 'after lesser towns and even villages have been enjoying the advantages of community centres, with artificial ice in the winter, roller­ skating space in the summer, and meet­ ing rooms that actually have space to spare, and washrooms available—Clin­ ton is ready to make the plunge. 'Six giant steps from now, we’ll be enjoying the new building. Six giant steps will include, fund raising, construction, fund raising, in­ spection, fund raising, a gala opening, and the inevitable debenture to cover the left-over costs, and then we’ll be in the position to expand our recrea­ tional facilities for the entire area. Central as Clinton now is, and hon­ oured by the title “Convention Town of Western Ontario”, our town will be able to do better than' ever in serving visitors and ourselves, our children and our adults, as soon as this building (now in planning)" is completed. We’U have a place where ’teen town can 'be held. We’ll have a place where farm conferences can be held. We’ll have a place where large meetings of all sorts can be staged. We’ll be a com­ plete community with year round rec­ reation and educational space for all of us to use. Let’s gird up for the six giant steps toward maturity, and “get with it” as soon as the campaign is actually under way. Letter To The Editor County Roads and Taxes Sir, In discussing road financing, no mention was made by me of development roads, of which, except for land purchase, the highways department assumes the entire capital cost. • In the fiscal year under dis­ cussion, 1964-65, the depart­ ment’s capital expenditure on development roads was $14,368,- 227, or nearly seven percent of total capital outlay. Stratford district was fifth" highest with its1 share, at $957,000. In that fiscal year the devel­ opment road from Seaforth to Highway 86, costing more than $1,000,000, was completed. In the current fiscal year a con­ tract was completed for grad­ ing granular base and struc­ tures on the Crediton-Khiva ten miles, at $379,775. Huron earlier got a develop­ ment road on county road 25, and in fact has done very well. But when it is argued that “the money is there, and we might as well have it,” an ex­ ception must be noted. The money . is not all there even when all taxes are collected. Actually, the revenue from gasoline and fuel taxes and lic­ ense fees should cover all high­ way .expenditure, ordinary and capital, but much is diverted. To make good its capital com­ mitments in 1964-65 the govern­ ment borrowed $68,725,999. .It has been borrowing like sums annually, on 'highways account mainly, so that interest and sinking fund now require $164,835,000. Some motor ve­ hicle revenue may be applied to that, but it could not begin to take care of it. Roads being for the general good, not exclusively for motor­ ists, it may be contended that retail sales tax, income tax, etc. should help service the high­ way debt. It may as well be so argued because that is the way it is. Subsidies mentioned a week ago are based, of course, upon various categories of,work ap­ proved by the department for subsidy. That should be well understood by everyone inter­ ested, but County Engineer Brit- nell says he thinks it is not, and ought to have been spelled out in any discussion of this subject. Subsides worked out per capita do reflect in a general way the amount a municipality taxes its people for roads, in expectation of collecting from the province a substantial share. The latter, however, comes from our provincial taxes, soon to be increased (except for what is 'borrowed, and on that we must pay interest). At no level of government' can legislation revoke the rule that you can’t get something for nothing. W. E. Elliott. Goderich, Ont., March 19, 1966. Clinton News-Record CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 23, 1911 Miss Hattie Coiurtice enter­ tained a number of her girl­ friends on Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Nettie Sitevens. A pleasant feature of the even-- ing’s entertainment was the showering of the guest of honor, a bride-to-be of the month. A special meeting of the vil­ lage council was held Monday 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 25, 1926 Mr. W. A. Crich oif Seaforth and Mr- H. Baritliff of Clinton have purchased the * Bluthner bakery and restaurant, business, corner of Albert and Ratten- bdry 'and are taking over this week. Mr. Bartliff Will be in charge of the business and he. ought to know how to run. it all right as it is hlis old stand. Messrs. Luke and Gordon Lawson have bought out the Watson grocery, south slide of Huron Street, which Messrs. D. N. Watson and Frank Watson have been conducting for the past year, and are also talcing over this week. The river at Bayfield broke up on Tuesday, March 23rd, the latest that has been known for years. There is quite a jam between the piers. The following item 'is clipped from the, Malden correspond­ ence of the Amherstburg Echo. The Mission Band is no doubt named after Miss Sybil Cour­ tice of Clinton, now a mission­ ary in Japan. It seems to be a flourishing slate too, an honour to its namesake. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 27, 1941 On Friday evening, March 14, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ball and family euchre Having joyable playing Mps, James Howitt returned home Monday after spending the winter with her daughters, Mrs. Percy Manning of Lon- desboro, and Mrs. Hugh Ches­ ney of Seaforth. Mrs. J. Taylor pf Forest and’ her brother Mr, William Gil­ more of Bengaugh, SaJslk., are Visiting Mr, and Mrs; Victor Taylor and other friendls in the vicinity this week. The snow plow with Mr. Cameron Rihtoul at the helm is removing some of the snow­ banks on the 2nd Con. of Tuckersmith this week. At the weekly Reid Cross meeting' on Monday next, we will have two more quilts ready for quilting. Any quilters, who are free to come and help with this Work are most welcome. THE CLINTON NEW Established 1865 Amalgamated THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD , 1924 Established 1881 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER fid Rtl S3 $lg**d coirtrlbufloM to toh publication, 'art tho opinion* of too wrlton only, and do not Mcostarily oxpfMi too vfawi of the Mwipaper. Claw Mall. Port Office Deportment, Ottawa, and for Payment of Portage In Carti SUBSCRIPTION RATB: Payable In advance —' Canada and Groat Britain: $440 a year; Unttod State* and Foreign: $6S0; Single Coploe: II Conte ERA / TRAIN TO TORONTO Asksbout convenient departure and return times •*' For Informatloh, phdne the local CN Passenger Sales Of fide CAN APIAN NATIONAL Huron County Tax Rate Likely To Rise To 17.3 (By W. E. Elliott) GODERICH— Tax increases appear certain as Huron County council assembles for its bripf March session, with the 1366 budget as most important busi­ ness. Prepared by clerk-treasurer Jphn G, Berry, in consultation with the finance and executive committee, of which deputy reeve w, J, Cuthili, Seaforth, is chairman, it will call for a rjse in the, general purposes rate from 6.75 mills to 8.00 and in the roads levy from 8,75 to 9.30. bringing the total from 15.50 mills ip 17.30, Action thereon is up to coun­ cil, but in regard to the gener­ al rate there is virtually no choice; a substantial rise has been, averted in the past two or three years only by with­ drawals Ifrom surplus funds, and even so, it was found necessary to increase the rate by three- quarters of a mill to cover 1965 operations. Surplus funds are now exhausted. Advantages of an increased levy for roads, with particular reference to provincial subsidy and “development road entitle­ ment,’’ were set before council at the January session by County Engineer James Britnell, speaking to the report of the road committee (1965), Discus- sion. at the time seemed to indi­ cate general concurrence. Council will be asked to con­ firm a debenture issue of $375,000, bearing six percent to coyer cost of the Huronview addition. Highest tender for the debentures wa!s from J. L. Gpa- ham & Co. Toronto, at 98.1. Numerous applications by various .organizations for grants were laid over in January, to await preparation of the bud­ get. Also to be dealt with is a request from Midwestern On­ tario Development Association that the county take opt mem­ bership, at $5,300. The roads committee, of which Reeve Donald McKenzie, Ashfield,' is chairman, met here on Saturday. --------------------O—--------------- Mexican jumping beans are the seed of a desert plant in Which' the larva of a moth moving caulsCs it to jump. SUGAR. AND SPICE by Bill; Smiley This 'is a time of year— one of a very few — when I feel deeply sorry for high school principals. It’s the time when they have to start bidding on livestock, in the form of teach­ ers, for next fall. Let’s put you, gentle reader, .into the boots of one- of these sterling chaps for a few min­ utes. And let’s say you have a staff of 60 at the moment. And let’s say you don’t know wheth­ er you’re going to have 1,200 or 1,400 students next September. Oh, well, so far, only two peo­ ple have officially resigned. Any clod' could hire two teachers. Unless, of course, those extra 200 kids show up, which means two or three more. Even so, nothing to it. Ah, but tarry a moment. You know perfectly well that one, possibly two of your teachers, preferably from among the married ladies on the staff, will become pregnant. You are fully aware that Ma­ demoiselle Tartuffe, Of the French department, had an un­ fortunate affair with young Ja­ blonski, the basiketball coach, and that one of them: will be leaving. The grapevine has informed you that Mrs. Billings’, the- old faithful in the History depart­ ment; has been hitting the grape pretty regularly since her husband ran off with the wait­ ress.Everyone knows the English department is rife with strife. Since the unfortunate demise of Mr. Wiley, the department head, in February, of cirrhosis of the liver, four of the Eng­ lish teachers, all equally quali­ fied, have been gunning for the position. No matter which gets it, all the others will quit in dudgeon. You have just heard that your Home Economics teacher, the one in charge of teaching girls to cook, planned the menu for the monthly meeting of the Un­ fulfilled Wives Club. And every­ body came down with food poi­ soning. One of your junior science teachers has just blown up $850 worth of equipment and two students, during an experiment which completely justified your opinion of his knowledge of the suojcct. Little Miss Muffett, the geo­ graphy teacher just out of col­ lege, is having discipline prob­ lems. You discovered this when you walked past her room and saw two boys hanging out the window, Investigation revealed Mites Muffett hanging upside down, a boy holding each leg. They were testing the wind ve­ locity, they explained, using her hair as a weather-vane, Monday morning, you heard that the director of your Tech­ nical departnient Was .iri hosplf- tal, with third-dOgree butnS, af­ ter* trying to change a fuse at horiie. The head of your Maths de- partment, old! Gwillimbury, re­ fuses to teach the New MathO* Wati’dS, Or1 haw anything io do with it, because “It’s a lot of nonsense.” And on top of this there are four teachers you’d dearly love to fire because of incompetence, emotionalism, idealism, being too fat or plain 'laziness. So you have two resignations, but you might wind up with 42. What to do? If you leave it too late, all the. other principals, like 'So many dogs after a bone, are in there first, and you wind up with a collection of clots. If you jump in too early, and start hiring teachers right and left, nobody Will resign, and you’ll ’ wind up with 12 more teachers than the Board will pay for. And no job yourself. As a result, quite a few prin­ cipals these days are treading the thin line of lunacy. They start at shadows. They quail when they see a teacher looking surly. They stare with unconcealed horror at Mrs. McGillicuddy’s swelling waist-line. They fl'inch when a teacher knocks at their door. They pour oil on troubled waters, turn their backs' and find that somebody has tossed a match into the mixture. Hard luck, chaps'; and good hunting. 15 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 22, 1951 Fire of unknown origin caus­ ed heavy damage at Huron County Home, south of Clinton, last riight, completely destroy­ ing a large shed and contents. Through plucky efforts on the part of the Clinton, RCAF and Bayfield Fire Brigades, the fire was kept from spreading to the main building of the Home. Property owners of Clinton go1 to the poles on Monday, May 14, to decide 'the future of the town’s elementary, edu- ’aational facilities. “Are you in favour of the Town of Clinton issuing debentures in the a- m'ount of $300,000 for the erec­ tion of a new public school?” is the question which'' will ap­ pear on the. ballot. The police are on1 a strict lookout for the culprits who made a forcible entry to Mur­ phy Bros. Garage, Clinton, be­ tween 9:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Saturday last and stole approximately $15.00. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 22, 1956 Preparations for the opening of Clinton’s dial telephone ex­ change ■— the first in Huron County — are becoming more intense this week as the date of the changeover draws' closer. At about 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 15, the prelsent manual exchange will be cut out of service and the dial system will be placed in operation. Among those receiving honors from the Toronto Conservatory of Music were Carolynne Smil- lie, who passed grade 5;x Mar­ garet Smillie, grade 7. They are daughters of Mr. and Mirs. Clarence Smillie, Hensail. Mrs. William Riehl, Albeit St., was the lucky winner of a new refrigerator (apartment size) in a contest computed by a well known manufacturer of vacuum cleaners last month.. RED CROSS ■ IS ALWAYS THERE ■■■ WITH YOUR HELP ■ Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY INSURANCE J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7265 G. B. CLANCY, O.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 Classified Ads. H. C. LAWSON First Mortgage Money Available Lowest Current Interest Rates INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phones: Office 482-9644 Res. 482-9787 H. E. HARTLEY LIFE INSURANCE Planned Savings . . . , ... Estate-Analysis CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Clinton, Ontario ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master Aluminum Doors and Windows and Rockwell Power Tools JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis — 68 Albert St. Clinton — 482-9390 A. M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 55-57 SOUTH ST., TELEPHONE GODERICH, ONT.524-7562 Office — Main Street SEAFORTH MCK1UX»> MufUAL U FIRE INSURANCE ; COMPANY Insures: ; • Town Dwellings • All Class of Farm Property • Summer Cottages • Churches, Schools, Halls Extended coverage (wind, smoke, water damage, falling objects etc.) is also available. Agents: James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea­ forth; Wm. Leiper, Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Harold Squires, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G. Eaton Seaforth. Hobbies and special interest like Scouting are stressed for the physically inactive during Winter. Contributions’ to the Easter Seal Campaign enable this boy to be .active and ag­ gressive. Send your donation to Clinton Dions Club.; AU f AGREE TO THESE TWO FACTS. 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