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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-03-09, Page 4■>ft Pose N©w»-ltecor<l-~.Thuri., March W ■WFY*T Letter To The Editor * # I • '-«■ t f ? Thirteen May Be Your Lucky Number < The driver has too much akoh'Ql in his system is, therefore, in­ capable of properly driving a WQter 'vehicle,. . , ■ • The motorist has defective eye-­ sight, defective hearing, or both, or Otherwise physically ,pr mentally un­ qualified to drive a motor vehicle. • The motorist, driving at night pr jn a location which is not temiji^r, travels at a speed too great in such circumstances and, because he cannot 1 stop ini time, drives in front of or into the side of a train. ■ '• ,1 ■ • The motprist, driving a, car with •faulty brakes or other mechanical de­ fects, is unable* to stop or start at the proper time or stalls his .car on the crossing. z • The motorist overdrives his head­ lights or fails to properly conform hjs \ driving speed at night or prevailing weather conditions. ; • With air ..conditioning and radio running, a motorist cannot hear ap­ proaching train and he fails to look. • Driving along and carrying on conversation with passengers in his vehicle, the drivers attention is pri­ marily on the conversation and he ig­ nores signs and whistle warnings.' ' ' • Windows of the motorist’s car are frosted up or dirty. He does not have sufficient visibility to see a train ap­ proach and drives carelessly into or in front of an approaching train. TWO RAILWAY grossing accidents in Huron County in r^nt weeks have. prompted us to pass along 13 common causes of car-train mishaps. They are published with regard ter the lives of all motorists n— young or old — who m'ay have become over-confident through years of safe driving. If after reading these thirteen thoughts you have found just one fault with ypur Qwn driving habits, this edL tprial will have served its purpose. The thirteen thoughts, come from an - American magazine, Trans-Com- munications, formerly'the Railway Tele­ grapher, published in Washington, JD.C. • The driver sees the train coming, „ but misjudges speed and distance. A collision at the crossing results. A • The motorist races the train to the crossing and is either struck by the, train or runs into the side of it, ; , • As train clears (a crossing, the, ; motorist immediately starts. across the ' ptracks without looking for othef -trains and either strikes or is struck by a train running on an adjacent track. • A motprist, familiar with a cross­ ing, uses no caution whatsoever when coming to the crossing. Most; grade crossing accidents involve drivers living, within 25 miles' of the location of the accident. • The driver fails to observe and obey the advance railroad warning sign and other crossing warning signs and signals. i I Make Stratford A Personal Centennial Project THERE MAY be no robins on the Canada, the Festival brought talented wing in this area as yet; there may be actors and actresses' who would ulti- no daffodils or crocus or even snow- mately live here, for a time at least, drops which have poked their heads lout ■ in the most unique cultural centre of from under their snowy blanket; there' > its kind in the world today.' may be no crow calls except in the dim '• ” distance. • ■>. - Still, we know that S-pring is not far away. How can it be when the box office at the Stratford Festival build­ ing opened March 6 for the 15th an­ nual season? ' , • To those of us who-cari remember - .Centennial Year. . when the Shakespearean Festival was* just a dream — a plan — we find it difficult to imagine it is now a fact which has proven its worth . through fourteen prosperous years. ’ To the city of Stratford, the Festi­ val brought a ; multi-mi'llion dollar , in­ dustry; to the province, the Festival brought tourists and their money; to Yes, Spring is on its way; but so is another summer of top-notch theatre entertainment right here in our own area, less than 50 miles away’, ’ May we take This opportunity to encourage anyone who has not yet seen a Stratford production to do so this a.Wx. . • / It is not absolutely necessary to be an authority on ^William Shakespeare (or any other author with works- per­ formed at Stratford) to enjoy the effect of lighting and music; the continental flavour, which prevails; the Festival building; the city; the knowledge that this is professional theatre at its fin­ est. Carter Report and You , (IN A SPECIAL four-page analysis Baillie, a Toronto chartered accountant, ' of the recommendations of the Royal in The Financial Post, transfers of pro­ Commission' on Taxation — known as perty between husband and wife, dr the Carter Report — The Financial Post parents and dependent children, will looks at the major changes it might attract no tax at all at the time of trans­ fer, and very little tax when the chil­ dren cease to be dependent and leave the family tax unit. ' ' Any gifts made now will attract gift tax. -Property owned by dependents would form part of the assets of'the family unit and would presumably be taxed again if the Carter recommenda­ tions are adopted when the recipient leaves the family unit. ' Therefore, it seems unwise to sug­ gest that any gifts, be made between now and implementation of the • recom­ mendations. ■" ■ In general, Baillie points out in The Financiail Post, small transfers Within- families will attract no tax, larger trans­ fers to successors outside the family unit or to dependants leaving the family tax unit will be taxed, with the inci­ dence being reduced by the averaging provisions. ' , Gains Tax Although the Carter proposals call for taxing of the full amount of capital gains, Beatrice Riddell, Writing in The Financial Post, says the actual personal tax liability for a Canadian shareholder may not be any" greater than that of his counterparts in Britain and the U.S. On other investments, however,. liability would usually be greater. On a real estate investment, for in­ stance, a $10,000 gain, (apart from the* $25,000 lifetime exemption for sale of his personal residence) would draw $5,000 m tax from a man in the 50% tax bracket. • The Financial Post says that in the U.S., tax' on such a gain * (if it were realized more than six months after the property was acquired) Would be $2,500. * The British taxpayer in a high income bracket would pay. $3,000. bring about. Here are three, views of vital interest); to all investors, Financial Post writers discuss how finance and.in- ~ vestment patterns could be remolded; ” how the burdens would shift under gift and bequest rules and just how heavy, are the Carter proposals Tor a gains tax compared with similar taxes in the U.S. arid Britain.) ' ' t Investments Significant — ^nd frequently de­ sirable — shifts in Canadian investing and financial patterns could be shaped by the radical Carter Report proposals, The Financial Post says. Among them: increased Canadian investment in Canadian stpeks — particularly by low and middle-income investors and by sav­ ings institutions such as pension funds and life insurance companies; more new stock issues as a result of relatively more corporate fund-raising through equities rather than bonds;- a gradual decline in dividend pay­ out ratios, but not an absolute drop in cash dividends; , * . , . relatively more foreign purchase of Canadian bonds, but relatively less stocks. 1 The Financial Post says there seems little doubt that over the long pull the Carter plan to integrate per­ sonal and corporate taxes would make the price of stocks relatively more at­ tractive than fixed-income securities. - The after-tax dividend income returns from stocks would be raised substantial­ ly — because of the 100% Credit for corporation taxes. Giving In future, if the Carter proposals are implemented, says Charles P. F. " -J—... ; - | : :| : 1 1 Clinton News-Record I THE CLINTON NEW Established 1865 'W’ Authorized •« Second I Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORD 1924 , . Established 1881. Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron Cbiihty Clinton, Ontario, Canada ' Population 3,475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER .............. ® ® 7 ® - JSigned contrlbuflom to thk publication, ar* th» bplntont of the writart only. and do i|df .ne&lftarily axprou ! tha Vlaw* of hi# niwipapa^ _ _____ Cfaii Mall, Foil Offka Dapartmanf, Ottawa,; and for 'ftj/mahf df Pottage in ,CaiK 4 SWSCKIPTIOM 1ATB: Payable IS advance - Canada and Grant Brltalni a ydar; UnHadl Statm amt Forafani Sinaia Caplan: 11 Caaft. ERA (i CHSS Teachers Perturbed Over News Coverage Of Salary Negotiations To The Editor, Clinton, News-Record. The Staff pf Central Huix>n Sp-Cond'Etry Sdhppi ’W&s prilburh-- ed fo.day to repid, in the London Free Press the comments qf Mr. Walter Newpqmbe, Chairman of Clinton Disitrict Collegiate in­ stitute Board apd Mr, Robert Eniiott, Chairman of the C.D.C.T. Board' Salary Committee. This is ,e further breach of faith by the Board, concerning salary negotiations with the sitaff • of CH.S.S. : ; At previous meetings between the Board 'and Staff Salary Committ-ees it was agreed that salaries- in Clinton should be conipetitiye. It was also agreed that there would be no public comment on negotiations, other, than mutual press releases until a final settlerrjent was made. It, was further agreed that no d!is- cussion on salary would be held until the staff had itime to study negotiations in other areas so they could draw up a request that would be lair to bath the present teachers' and the local taxpayer, and thfaf would at­ tract good new teachers. Since these agreements were made, the; Board, ' under the guidance of, Mr. Elliott, has or­ ganized1 a combine of boards in Western Ontario to try to keep secondary school teachers' sal­ aries below the provincial level. This broke the agreement with the staff to keep salaries com­ petitive. Because of carelessness on the, part of the baa’rd, infor­ mation concerning Mr. Elliott’s meeting and the agreements reached were known, to us a week ago. Up to this time the staff has refrained from com­ menting publicly as agreed on with the board. If this proposed salary sche­ dule were .to stand, 'Western Ontario1 would not attract good teachers and . would lose the good ones it now has to other areas. The advance publicity of today will 'hander boards hiring teachers tomorrow. Secondly, the'-board' ’insisted On meeting with the srtaff sal­ ary committee before the staff had time to draw up a fair pro­ posal, and made on offer which was hundreds of dollars below the figure they themselves had suggested for their combine. These combine figures are the lowest offers by boards in Ont­ ario to date, yet Clinton’s offer is even lower. This offer was not made in good faith since the board was prepared to raise its offer fo, the comhtoe lev^l sat ja later date. This meant that the mooting held' at their fe^tenjce. was a, waste, of time and they knew it, The present salary schedule fpr C.H.S.S. is-one of the lowest in the province, 66 %■ pf boards in the province pay . a higher salary at the Minimum. and 72% pay higher at the maximum, Other boards in the combine are ‘ also hoodwinking „ the C.D.C.I. Board by offering fringe benefits which will make their salary much higher than Clinton’s.' These include pay­ ment of . medical insurance, higher increments and higher, responsibility a!dowahqe's..i This would leave Clinton’' ait the. bot­ tom of the bottom salary group­ ing in the province.' This Would mean a lowering’ of the stan­ dard pf education at C.H.S.S. as good teachers leave for high-' i er paying Jobs and are not re­ placed. Clinton, in particular and Western Ontario in general, would then become an educa­ tional Dogpateh. The teachers art;- C.H.S.S. feel obligated to protect their own interests, plus the. interest of their students by preventing this from happening and1 will take whatever steps are neces­ sary tp acquire a competitive salary schedule. E. ROBERTS, Chairman,' Salary and Welfare Committee. Clinton, Ontario. March 3, 1967. i ; * * ED, NOTE; The above received on March 4 as a release, dated March 3. We pass it on to the public as an un­ edited Letter to The Editor. — A. L. C. * was news T? HT1f rom lne HENRY F. HEALD OTTAWA — “I’m a member of the Conservative party, I think I’ll throw my hat in the leadership contest.” This is the kind of quiip one hears around Ottawa these days as the list of leadership candi­ dates (declared, tentative and rumored) grows steadily longer. , Tb'e present party leader, Rt. Hoh, John George Dieferibalter, added his own quip the other day. Aslfed by 'Some students at the PC Student Federation con­ vention what he thought of the leadership contest, he replied with a mischievous smile: “I didn’t know there was one on.” It .is’ generally assumed ’ that Mr. Diefenbaker, will step down, but he willxdo it at Mis town time and that, could' well be at the opening of the leadersMp convention in Toronto on Sept­ ember 6, In the. meantime he will 'enjoy the controversy and bask in the publicity generated by' his mystery. ' Keeping alive the possibility that he will riot step down.' and may in fact fight flor' a con­ tinued mandateto lead has some advantages, It means that any potential candidate must Re­ alize that when he throws ‘his hat in the ring, Diet's homburg may be in there too. The pros­ pect of doing battle wlirth the Chief on the * convention plat­ form’ will sort the men from the boyS. . Also, as long as Mr; Diefen- baker is undeclared, there is no possibility of ariy other can­ didate enjoying the benefit (or the stigma, depending On which camp you ate in) of being the official Diefenbaker croWn prineb. The disadvantage lies in the deterrent effect Mir. Diefen­ baker’s presence may have Oh some of the provincial leader’s. Ah unsuccessful crack at the top job Would not damage the career Of a Member df Pariiiia- rtieht, but a provincial premier who tried unsuccessfully to un­ seat Mr, Diefenbaker mishit find .the rebuff had serious re­ percussions on his provincial leadership. Davie Fulton ahd George Hoes haw emerged as the two Serious contenders for the Didf- (dontinued oh page ten) From Our Early Files1 gw M M JKW ASUGAR ( , AND SPICE V , a • Jjy by Bill Smiley I Rest Content 4 1 4 75 Years Ago HURON NEWS-RECORD Wednesday, March 9, 1892 Mr. Storey of Clinton, gives Summerhill fife and drum band' a. lesson every Thursday even- tog. Editor Stahl of the Hensiall Observer, gave the News-Record a call the other day. He reports his new “venture a success so flar. ■ • The Scarlet Chapter of Hul- lett District wtill be opened in the Orange Hall, Clinton, oh March. 14 at .8 p.m. * * * ■ A THE CLINTON NEW ERA Friday,"March 11, 1892 /At the recent annual meeting of the board and directors of the Royal College Of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, R. Agnew, Clinton, was successful in ob­ taining has licence to practise dentistry in the province1, of Ont­ ario. He has tafcen possession of the. dental business establish­ ed by G. H. Cook. On Wednesday, Wm. Town­ send, Tuckersmith, had a very successful wood bee, when the forest kings of the west manu­ factured in the nefiigbourhood. of 25 cords of wood with 3 saws, in a little more than five hours. 55 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA > Thursday, March 7, 1912 The’ Seed Show held in Walk­ er’s Hall, Brucefield;. last Fri­ day was a successful one. . Miss Grace Murdock has re­ signed from the Stanley School near Brucefield and Miss Anna Bell Petrie will take her place. Hay was selling on the Strat­ ford market at $20 per ton. . George Layton and John Mc- Knight have bought the farm owned' by the late Richard Tas­ ker. The farm will be divided by the new owners, each taking half;- At the recent examinations at the London Conservatory of Music, the following ladies from Varna vicinity appeared in the honour roll: Miss Rose Elder, grade 3; Miss Ella Elder, grade .2 and Miss Kate McGregor, grade 1. These were all pupils of Miss Annie Foster. * * CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 7, 1912 Mrs. Herbert Guy of Toronto has joined her husband who is a member of the staff, of ithe Clinton Motor Company. They are making their home( at -the Hotel Normandie. 1 . Mrs. George StanbUry has re­ turned home from, a two weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. John McEwan of Stanley, SS 5 School board have chos­ en a site for thelir hew1 sahool house on the farm of the late Wm. Taylor on the eighth con­ cession, Huliett, a(nd intend to proceed with fhh buildihg as soon aS the Season opens. It is the intention to Use the m|a.- terial in the old. building. / - A big fire in Wingham wiped’ out the Beaver Block, one of the best business blocks in town, vyith a total loss of $75,- 000. ' 4. Among the architectural in­ novations at Expo 67 is the pavilion Of France, a citctilar structure of eight stpreys.- rising 190 feet, The centre of the building is hblldW. The visitor dan gaze/ down from each, level into a. fountain. On the roof iis an open air restaurant. Among the exhibits are fashions by Paris designers, and a model of the super sonic Concorde alr- cTaft. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 10, 1927 Reeve N. W. 'and Mrs. Tre'- wartha have moved into the house recently purchased 'from Dr. Brown ’on Ontario Street. John Dale is moving into Mr. Trewartha's house on Rattten- bury Street.* A. F. Cudmore, when' renew­ ing his subscription the other day, drew attention'to the fact that it was amongst the oldest on our list. His grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Fisher, started taking the paper when it was called the Huron Record”. Later this subscription was transfer­ red to her daughter, the laite Mrs. Cudmare, 'then later on taken over by her son. Four generations have been reaving this paper as “A.F’s" children now read it weekly. Thbs. Oliver;- Clinton, spent the weekend at the home of Mr. S. Woodman, Londesboro. Mrs. J. E, Cook is attending the LOBA Grand Lodge meet­ ing at Guelph this week, as a delegate from the local lodge. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 12, 1942 Miss Helen Welsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .Oliver Welsh of the Bayffeld Road, has ac­ cepted a position on the Royal Bank staff. ■■ Albert Shaddick has sold his ’house in Londesboro to Mrs. Herman Sundercock, Who will take possession the end- of March. . • * Mrs. W. S. R. Holmes spent last weekend in Toronto, the guest of Mr. and Mrs.' Gerald Holmes. Earl Douglas, Landon, was the. guest last week .of Mb. and Mrs. Peter Douglas. Dr. David’ Volume has pur­ chased the property on Chlini- quay Street, Bayfield, from Ivan Steekle and intends to remodel the house.v J^st the other night we had a.talk, at oui’ Honor Banquet which letflt me rather peirplex-r 1 ed’. It was an interesting, at times exciting, address by one ‘ of our Captains of Indu^jfi No less than the president of one o>f our biggest producers of. processed foods. A big cheese, one might stay, m the vernacular, American owned needless to say, Perhaps1 I should explain what the Honor Banquet is. ‘ It’s an occasion when the' stu­ dents who have obtained 75 per cent or more the previous year are honored, 'along with their parents. Again, needless to say, it is dull, There’s nothing much- to say except thait these kid's are • in the fop 25 per cent, whiph ;eyen they can figure out. And the “banquet” runs more to potato salad, a bottle of milk at ea’ch place, and cold puts, than it .does to .Falernian wine, Lobster Thernridor and Baked Alaska, But it’s a gesture, anyway. The athletes get a banquet, with cups, trophies, letters ■and 'heartiness. The kids in drama and music get applause when they perform. Least we can do is honor the 'bright and industrious. Trouble is, they don’t get a chance to show, at the ban­ quet, how bright and industi- ous they are. Instead; 'they get a Guest Speaker.. This Would be enough to keep me from making the Honor Roll. And apparently my daughter feels the same, as she didn’t make it this year. Second problem is,, the Guest Speaker feels he must inspire the kids. It’s a tough, audience. A hundred-odd kids, their ’ proud parents, and about 100 teachers arid spous­ es. I know whereof I speak. I was Guest Speaker a couple of years ago. What kind of a talk do you give? Well, this chap, with the best intentions in the World, scared the wits out of the kids. If I’d been on the Hon­ or Roll, 17, in Grade 12, I’d . have walked right out of there and started swilling booze or gobbling sugar cubes loaded with LSD. This fellow was an honest, hard-hitting, 105 per cent , capitalist, and I admire him for it. I don’t like pussy­ footers v But his talk was ol> viously, aimed at a sa les con­ vention, with some concession ‘ to the kids. / First, he painted a horror picture of the world they • would take over: population explosion; starvation; it’s all yours kids. A few commer­ cials, here, about the food­ company. .Then he outlined' as fright­ ening a pair, of alternatives: produce or you’re out. And he explained, witih a certain ■ amount of pride, how ruth­ less an executive Mice himself .has to be, when someone is "not up to scratch. (I’m prob­ ably being unfair. He 'is noted as a tough, but fair man). He talked about hitting' with a sledgehammer, rather .than a feather. He talked : about choosing goals and pur­ suing them fiercely, He said that if you got up' Monday morning, , and hated the thought of going to-work, you should switch into something else, He talked about money: giving statistic', for annual earnings depending op educa­ tion, from elementary to col­ lege degree, Teachers perked up a bit here, whep he said $11,000 for a university ’ de­ gree, and they average about $7,000. The point is that eyery- ■ thing he said -was emfinepfiy sensible. If you (happened to be a salesman bucking' for sales, manager or vice-presi­ dent. But his. talk troubled me, Change , the ' terms slightly, and what. do yolu have? It was against everything I be- " lieye, and fry to preach. (And don't be surprised if you hear , I’ve been fired I ) I don’t believe, for example, in efficiency, and having a clean desk, except in a gen­ eral way, That is, doing your job. I wouldi find it extremely difficult to say: ‘(Baxter, your sales are slipping. You’re­ tired.” There’s nothing in -this world that I hate doing more than going to work Monday morning. The only goal I have ever pursued fiercely is my wife, when I fell flor her. And she’s been pursuing me fierce­ ly ever since. . There’s „ room' for people like us, -friends. Today I re­ ceived the supreme accolade. Another teacher who uses my room told me the girls of 10L (and they .are no Einsteins) said: “Mr. Smiley looks nice. But he sure has an untidy desk.” I rest content. -------—o----------- O'Keefe Centre Flower Show (Continued from page 3) A favorite too, was the entry of Frank Mahovlich —- a pair of his skate boots with White laces,- toes'poised' for flight on a white stylofoam ice-like base. His number 27 on the skates and the shoes were filled with futuristic rose arrangements. Pierre Benton's huge fish­ bowl held starfish and queer cacti from which sprouted up­ wards three feet out of the bbwl a composite flower like a giant sunflower, made with a yellow mum centre and white lily petals raying out'in layer- super-imposed on layer! 1----------O----------- Nearly 200,000 Canadians suc­ cessfully completed Red Cross water safety courses last year. -----------o-------— Charity begins at home—but it doesn’t end there. / Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY INSURANCE 15 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 13, 1952 Orland Johnston has’ pur­ chased the Huron. Wholesale Confectionery business in Sea- 'forth,from John G. Wallace. Robert Allan was a quintuple winner at the 1952 Huron Seed Fair held in CDCI on Fridiay and Saturday. Miss Eleanor Yeo, Holmes­ ville, has received word that she has received first class hon­ ours in her Grade II piano. Council approved a building permit to William C. CaldWell, RR 6, Goderich, to construct a frame , dwelling bn Shipley Street, 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, Maresh 14, 1957 Mr. hnd Mrs. W. A, Willard, Buffalo, were the guests of their patents, Mr. and Mbs. Whs Shobbrook, Over the week­ end. Mri hnd 'Mrs. Tom Riley has recently purchased the farihef George Rumball’s IGA Super Market. f • Miss Carol Williams, Clinton, spent the weekend with Miss Bonita Williams. , Frank E. Trewartha, son o£ Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tre­ wartha, RR 4, Clinton, has been appointed mechanical superin­ tendent of the Canada Starch Company Ltd. plant in Cardinal. 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 482-7205 / / G. B. CLANCY, O.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH H. C. LAWSON First Mortgage Money Available Lowest Current Interest Rates INSURANCE-REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phones: Office 482-9644 Res. 482-9787 ALOMiWMPRODUCTS ----------------------------- -----------. ,, . r. w; bell OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 M'KIUOP MUTOAf ■’ 'FIRE IRSURMSCE- m COMPAWl ■ ■ H For Air-Master Aluminum Doors and Windows and ' • Rockwell Power Tools > JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis—68 Albert St. Clinton — 482-9390 Office —• Main Street SEAFORTH Insures: • Town Dwellings • All Class of Farhn Property • Summer Cottages • Churches, SchbolH, 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- forthjWm. Leiper, Jr., Londes boro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels} Harold Squire, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G. Eaton, Seaforth. - ,