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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-03-23, Page 4/ / ragfC! 4^|inton News-Record--^Thurs.f March 23, 1967 1 4 t Letter To The Editor Editorials . , . Postal Service To Cost More.,. Naturally WE ENJOYED the phraseology in a recent news release from the office of the Postmaster General, the Honourable • Jean-Pierre Cote. He pointed out that ■ interim adjustments to a number of . postage rates which will go into effect on June 1 and October 1 could be just the beginning of other anticipated ad­ justments to “firm up the whole postage rate structure”. In layman’s terms, postal services will cost more because it is costing more to provide the service. The announced increases in the cost of domestic parcel post, COD ser­ vice charges, special delivery and over­ seas air mail will “firm up” the post office coffers by something like 13,0QQ,- 000: additional dollars annually. Even this is expected to be insufficient to meet current costs. And it isn’t just the postal depart­ ment which feels the need to “firm up”. Almost every other business endeavour, across the land has ^firmed up” or will “firm UP” very soon, with the result that people — folks like us and our neighbours — are firmly convinced that consistent “firming up” is. no firm guarantee of a firm economy. / On the contrary, ordinary people know that the ideal situation would be to “firm up” in the line of employment in which they as individuals are in­ volved. In that way, a wage increase would be of-some value to them.k The only argument seems to be over which line of employment to ‘‘firm up”. In the meantime, while the postal department and others are “firming up”, many workers are shaking and quaking on the brink of financial disaster in the wake of rising costs everywhere, ‘ Good Show, Goderich Township HATS OFF to the enterprizing folks in Goderich Township who, are getting done what so many communities intend to do. Their. efforts on behalf of a’ Centennial celebration on the week­ end of June 16-18 are commendable, especially because they have seen the wisdom to “reserve” a date well ahead of the -event. We have little doubt that in the dying hours of the late spring and sum­ mer, officials in 'all parts of Canada will become very Centennial-minded. They will begin, at the ninth hour so to speak, to plan for festivities that to be successful should have been started"' long ago. , • We are impressed with the agenda drawn up by Goderich Township offic­ ials to entertain visitors therA It - doesn’t really matter that the same • things will be done in many municipali­ ties. What does matter is that some­ thing has been planned for Goderich Township sons and daughters who will get their kicks from coming home and meeting old friends and relatives. Other communities throughout the country will have much more elabor­ ate celebrations, we believe, but none will have any more ■ enthusiasm than the three-day fun fest planned for Gode­ rich Township this June. And the nic- I I est thing about it is that we 'are all invited, whether we’re from that muni­ cipality or not. Goderich Township extends a friendly invitation to all to celebrate Canada’s Centennial there . . . and with­ out knowing it, Goderich Township has gained that prestige which is born of an intangible something known as community spirit. / Beware of Small Print BEFORE YOU rush to sign up for, one of the new super-low-fare airline flights to Europe this summer you had better have a good look at the small print, Clive Baxter suggests in The Fin­ ancial Post. And, while you are at it, make sure you and your (travel agent ■are in complete agreement on all the rules. The fact is that the airlines, having introduced record low group fares in an’ attempt to beat off the competition from charter flights, are now being very tough indeed about how they enforce new regulations. A As one senior airline executive put it to The Financial Post this week: “We don’t want to make it so attractive that we don’t get any passengers paying regular fares.” Want Libraries Open Sunday THE UNITED Church Observer wants Canadian public libraries to keep open on Sundays. In an editorial in its current issue the United Church paper says: “Librar­ ians won’t like this we assume, but we believe our public libraries should be open on Sunday. One of the major arguments we make for keeping Sun­ day 'different’ is that man may have a. time to recreate himself, and that famil- ies may have an opportunity to follow pursuits not possible for them through the busy days of the working week. We haven’t enough libraries in Canada,” continues the Observer. “But in many - communities we have very good ones, staffed by able and helpful librarians qnd their assistants. They are kept open on evenings ,and Saturdays to help those who can’t visit them during work­ ing hours.' They should be, we believe, open on Sunday afternoons and even­ ings, too.” / Interesting Little Book THERE IS an interesting little volume available at most book stores for a price of $1.00. This is the official guide to-Expo ’67<and its, 350 pages contains a tremendous amount Of infor­ mation and pictures of what one will discover when he visits the World’s Fair in Montreal this year. Each of the buildings is described in some detail. There are sketch maps ' not only of the fair grounds itself, but of the entire Montreal transportation system. Those who plan to take in Expo will be able to organize, their tour for the best use of their time while they are there by studying the official guide book. Hoot Bayfield Taxpayer Concerned Over Burden of Taxation I Editor,"” Clinton News-Record. Dear Sir; • In the Ontario Legislature the Liberal Leader Robert Nixon charged the Government with failure to relieve the mwiicipailities of part of the. burden df increased educational ■ costs. He advocated that the Province assume 8Q percent of the school taxes, leaving 20 percent to be borne by the local taxpayer. The Provincial Treasurer, Hon. Charles MacNaughton, has encountered this1 in a spate of election euphoria in London that this could mean a rise of 16 percept in -the personal in­ come fax., This is enough to, make one shudder. If we as­ sume that Mr, MacNaughton is correct in this figure,* however, he undoubtedly means only the Ontario portion of the income tax. A look at the tables' we are studying for the 30, April dead­ line for tax returns shows that this would mean .an increase of under $4 in a $100 tax payment, ■and under $16' in a $500 tax. Moreover, should our provin­ cial Scrooge impose this ad­ dition, why should he. nott re­ alize that- this will allow the- munieipalities to gain addition­ al reyenue from cur land tax, ■holding the gain from ■ the re­ duction in the school portion for" the spiralling increases needed for local services1? Mr. MacNaughton is also quoted as saying the Province already pays 65 to 75 percept of the cost.'of education in Huron County,. Now Mr. Mac­ Naughton may be excused for having difficulty with figures, because his is new to the Trea­ sury. Moreover, he undoubtedly received these figures from (Mr. Davis, Who presides over that Parkinsonian nightmare, the Department of Education. , The First Huron County School Board welcomes his as­ surance that they may expect even the lower of these figures, since this will be a relief to the taxpayer. The Provincial share is well less than 65 per­ cent, as will appear in the press when the audited statements .are releasedjfrom the Queen’s Park computers. It appears that this share will decrease further when the debentures are floated, .since the Province is only Assuming about half toe 'cost of construction on which to apply their grants, Gan lit be that Stanley^ and Tuckersmith are alone in the County in this position? A possible emanation for this discrepancy,' off course, is that the Provincial Treasurer is 'announcing Government pol­ icy on the hustings, .and' indeed is accepting Mr. Nixon’s pro­ posal to relieve us locally pf further tax'rises. If so, I 'sug­ gest h,e passes1 tiMs1 measure the our the through the house before election, since Otherwise credibility might not bear .sitrain. Now anyone would hearing in school of a revered English Monarch (who convinc­ ed his subjects that he could not stop the relentless advance of the tide. With the increase ih. wages and prices, and the never-ending growth of beau- rocracy, the. patient taxpayer is, being milked with greater fin­ esse each year. Onitairliio will not increase taxes in this election 'year, and ;is building a. large, increase in the deficit for the increased costs. This, mark you, is also done at the expense of the local taxpayer, but his property tax will not be due until after the provincial elect­ ion. Our Treasurer knows that should he be re-elected., he can make up tlie^deflicit next year, and if he fails at the polls it Will be .an embarrasement to ■his successor in office. The landowner and tenant are already bearing too great a share of taxation. Huron is an agricultural county, and there is verjr little industrial taxation for any of the munici­ palities. Why should we not pay for some of the 'increases out of. our provincial pockets, and' keep our local taxes within reason? Come now, Mr. Mac­ Naughton, have you no influ-'' ence with your fellow members of the Provincial Cabinet? ’ . G. L. MORGAN SMITH. Bayfield, Ontario, March 20, 1967. forit. would be naive to expect that taxes not increase. I. recall SUGAR AND SPICE. It’s Time From Our Early Files 75 Years Ago HURON NEWS-RECORD VJkirtnosday, March 23, 1892 The price of wood in 'Clinton has gone up to an exorbitant price, between $3.00 and' $4.00. Grocery shoppers have been seen carrying homie baskets of wooden clothes plins, not for the purpose of securing the household linen but for fttel to make the kettle ‘ boh. Those who have tried both say the clothes pegs come cheaper than cordwood, and they hope the supply of pegs will not give out. ’The Orange Fife and Drum band is being reorganized. * ■(' THE CLINiW NEXV ERA Friday, March 25, 1892 The first sod on the Gode­ rich. and tyingham railway Was turned cn Tuesday at Saltford. Mr. Morrow of the Varna Post Office Store took in oyer 800 dozen eggs last ’week, and is calculating on sweetening up the ■ people, as he purchased a carload of sugar, 'in preparation for Easter. , John Brickenden has pur­ chased the brick house on Rat- tenbury St. East, recently oc­ cupied by S, Wiilson for the sum of $1,350. N= 55 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 28, 1912 The Cheese and Butter Co. is making preparations to start manufacturing cheese ,at Hol- .mesviUe.. Both chopping mills hi Lon- desborp are out of coal and are Obliged to haul It from Clinton, Walter Rothwell who has been spending the winter months at his parents’ home. Mr. and Mrs. E, Rothwell in town and with relatives in Goderich Township, left on Sat­ urday for Wilkie, Sask. Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Coats have become comfortably set­ tled in the house lately vacated by Mr. and Mrs, D, S. Cook on Princess. Street. Nf **/ • • swriwupfed a 12-inoh cuib and crashed into thq Mutch Bto- thers' grpcCTy The comeback of the bicycle, which really started', in 1936, ■has, been further speeded nP by the wait Manufacturers ' are hoping to, produce 125,00Q this year. LAC Bruce Bairtiliff of the RCAF at Aylmer spent 4last weekend at his home. F rom The THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, March 28, 1912 I Mrs. W. R/ Counter and Master JNoitman spent a few days visiting iajt Seaforth. Last .week a big motor truck of the Clinton Motor Car Co., was hauling wheat from the G.T.R. Yards to’Hafir's Mill. A complete trip was done in 8 minutes. Albert Neal' of the Base Line advertised/last week a" quantity of seed peas .and seed oaits for sale, tise than He says fit pays to adver- as he hod more replies seed to sell. HENRY F. HEALD SADDEST story of the month is surely that involing ’Pipe Major Iain McLeod of the Edinburgh City Police Pipers Band. Having recorded four bagpipe tunes on tape, he sent this on to London where a record company produced and distrib­ uted 1,000 longplaying records, 400 of which were sold. On playing the record for himself, alas, the gallant man suffered instant humiliation. Reason: it had been record­ ed backwards — and not one of the 400 English buyers had complained. - ' And those Sassenachs have the au­ dacity to wonder at the rising popularity of Scottish nationalism . . . Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW Established 1865 Amalgamated The HURON NEWS-RECORD 1924 Established 1881 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER ® El ® Signed contribution! to this publication, are the opinion! of th« Writers only, and do not necessarily express the view! of the newspaper. ERA CV|»V Authorized m Second C1a«i Mell, Post Office Department, Ottawa,' and tor Payment of Pottage th Ceih SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In advance —> Canada and Great Britain: RUB a year; United State! and Foreign: 4.M, Single Copies: 11 Ceeh. Is Defence Minister Hellyer, as he presses- relentlessly for unification of Canada’s arm­ ed forces, miarch'ing them straight into the twenty-first century, or straight into-an ■abyss? It ^depends on whom you listen to, these day^j as one admiral after another goes down with all guns blazing. But I don’t like the idea my­ self. .What will happen, for ex­ ample. to the old friendly give-and-take atmosphere that was .prevalent among the services in World War II? You remember. When our air force used to bomb and' strafe its own troops and -ships. And the army land navy regular­ ly took pot-shote at their own aircraft. All this jovial cam­ araderie will be lost. 'S Another thing. Who will the new forces fight when,they go ashore on leave ? If there are no soldiers, no salilors or air­ men to tangle with, they’ll have to fight among them­ selves or beat up civilians. A bad show, either way. But these are minor things, which could probably be ironed out lin about 80 years. There is another, and more frightening prospect implicit in the formation of a single force. Dictatorship. “Oh, come how”, you say. “Don’t be ridiculous. It could never happen here. 'Phis is a democracy. Canadians would' never put up with fit.” Don’t kid yourself. Can­ adians who will put up Wfilth the kind of government, taxes and weather we have now would put up with anything. And the'Whole business would be as painless as lucking off your old galoshes and putting on a new pair of rubbers. Let’s project a little. Say 20 years' into the future. Here’s the picture. We have a dod- dering, fumbling, • inefficient government. Sb what’s hew, you ask.- Doil’t interrupt. The only reason this government is in is that the .opposition is even more hopeless. By its tOX policies, this fee­ ble federal government has alienated both rich And poor, and has infuriated th© middle-class. The provinces to Project thumb, their noses at it. Que­ bec treats it with Gallic scorn, while bleeding it to death With blackmail. < The United States is angry With it for its crushing taxes on the two-thirds of the coun­ try owned- by U.S. cor­ porations. The United States is also disgusted with it for its vacillating foreign policy. A dim picture. .Yes, but. there is one flaming torqh -in the heart of this darkness. That is Uniforce. It’s the- only thing in the country that Canadians hre proud of.'It is a crack force (in every sense. Every one1 of the 100,000’ men is handpick­ ed. They are the physical and mental elite of the generation. Their pay equals that of the average university "professor. Their equipment is the best in the world. Their esprit de corps iS 'superb. And they’ve earned the -right to swagger a 'bit, and push civilians of^ the side­ walk and openly pinch, the ■bottoms of young matrons. In the Lower Frombpsia inci­ dent, they proved themselves • a tough, efficient and ruth-, less fighting machine. In .the Upper Cambodia affair, they stamped out communism, so­ cialism, democracy and the entire native population 'in two weeks. Time Magazine nicknamed them the Canadian Cobras. And the creator of this mag­ nificent fighting force, envied' by the whole world? Two- fisted, jut-jawed Joe Gari­ baldi, the aggressive young Defence .Minister, the only man in the cabinet who got things d'one, And people done A . ’ “ Before entering politics, the Honorable Joe, as the papers called him fondly, had fought his way to the top in the trade unions, thus learned what . democracy Was all about, HiS tough, no-nonsense treatmeht Of creeping social­ ism. an union tanks made him tehred and respected by all. He ruled the unions fairly, With an iron haild. As jPresi- dont of the Canadian De- struction Workers Union, lie once shouted from the plat­ form, to wild applause, “If you can’t beat ’em in the OTTAWA — Prime Minister Pearson finally managed to shake the slush and 'snow of Ottawa from his feet and get away to Antigua for a much delayed,'and welldeserved, holi­ day in the sun. The delay was caused by what official 'spokesmen called "the press of government bus­ iness”, but what was generally believed to be the internal cab­ inet squabbling over’ the Mer­ cantile Bank and wh'at it would have to do to claim Canadian citizenship. It would be asking too much to expect people to believe that the rift was healed, but at least it was patched up well enough that the Prime Min­ ister could .spend a few days re­ laxing without worry about his government -bleeding to death. Mitchell Sharp and Walter Gordon, the two- protagonists in the Liberal party’s perpetual rumble over economic policy, sat side by side in the Basilica for Governor-General Vanier’s funeral to show that gentlemen can disagree and still be friends. It has been this open, honest approach to disagreements that has given the Liberal govern­ ment the strength ito remain in power while the odds often seem to be stacked against' it. What other party could sur­ vive the’ innumerable fumbles, the persistent accusation of scandal, the backbench criticism and the poorly concealed cab­ inet schisms? But then what other leader would ever try to put such a mixed bag together in one cabinet? The Liberals have capitalized, probably unknowingly, on the public’s appreciation of reality and understanding of human nature. People have seen the cabinet bared as never 'before, but they see real people With strong views and honest differences. People who believe that Kvhat they are doing is the best,thing for -the country. And at the head -of it Mike Pearson, everybody’s fa­ vorite uncle, a man who loves Canada, >a man who isn’t too proud to' change’1 his mind. That may be too generous a picture -of the situation, but it will all be over very soon any­ way so we can afford to fee generous. For while the Liberal party may not be indulging in the public self-flagellation that characterize's the Tory leader­ ship struggle, -a thorough upset in the party is on the way. Mr, Pearson bias made no secret of the fact that he would like to call it quits. It would be disastrous to make ia move while the cabinet is still sensi­ tive over the recent Mercantile fracas or .while so many (deli­ cate pieces of legislation are be­ fore the House. But once into 'the Centennial Session of Parliament he could resign as leader of the party, serve out Centennial Year as Prime Minister and 'retire graciously. He is not likely’ to cast his mantle in any particular direc­ tion, ' but what he will' do is clean out some of the dead- wood and move more of the younger men into the .front rank of cabinet responsibility enhancing their leadership pos­ sibilities. With nine vacancies in the Senate, the cabinet hOUSeciean* ing should hot be; too painful. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, Maxell 24, 1927 Messi’s. Ross and Brazier, who paved the stretch of pave­ ment from GoderiCh east, have taken the contract to finish the portion ^on to' Clinton. John Cuninghame, florist, grew enough grapefruit this year to supply the family with marmalade. He has been -grow­ ing lemons and. grapefruit for some years; Within a year five brides have come to' reside on. the 9th concession of Goderich Town­ ship, "all within a mile of each other. They jare, Mrs. W. Pearson, Mrs, Oliver dole, Mrs. Arnold Millar, Mrs.' Bert Fin­ lay and Mrs. Lloyd Millar. Miss Elva Lavis of Toronto, daughter of Mrs. George Lavis, is spending the winter in Miami, "Florida; , Clinton. Hospital -has been re­ membered recently by be­ quests, by- the will of the late Miss A. Wilson a bequest of $200, and by . that of the late Miss ”E. Hunter $2’000. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 26, 1942 Bill Counter, RCN VR, is a member of the crew of the corvette “Goderich”. Mike Reynolds, employed at the Jervis chick hatchery had a freak motor accident last Wednesday evening, when he cranked his' car, forgetting that he had parked with the gears in reverse, it backed diagonally across Albert Street, unioh hall, beat ’em in the alley!” Oh, dear. We've run out of space. But ail will be rcveal- ' ed in next week’s column, In the meantime, don’t rush out , and buy forming ment. a shotgun, dr start a resistance move- 15 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, Morph 27, 1952 Eight members of the choir of CDCI will participate in a ,250-voice choir from all parts of Ontario in Eaton Auditorium Toronto, on Wednesday, April 16. They are: Anne Fairservice, June Lear, Marguerite Hall, Loraine Hamilton, Gerald' Teb- butt, John • Wilson, Harris Oakes and Ronald Philip. " Mr, and Mrs,’ Bert GMldldbn and staff, including Helen Fair­ service, Helen Bisiback, Len Baker and Carl Bender, attend­ ed a drycleaning 'convention in Hotel London on Monday even­ ing. Miss Eleanor Fuller, Gode­ rich Township, has been en­ gaged as stenographer-ibpok- keeper in the office of ..the Hur­ on County clerk and treasurer . A. H. Erskine, Goderich. The followinig wests', most of whom 'are schoolmates of Elaline Weston, enjoyed a happy afternoon'playing games at her birthday party:. Sandra Abbott, Francine Greydanus, Teddy Turner, Brenda Blair, Binny Sturgeon, Margaret Wallis, Joyce Bell, Phillip Gemeinhardt, Ruth Ann Scotchmer, Howie Scotchmer, Rosemarie Telford and Jeffry Heisler. I 10 Years Ago. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 28, 1957 Champions o-f peewee hockey and winners of ibhe Tip Top trophy 'for 1957 were the 'fol­ lowing players: Lloyd Hoy, Alvin Potter, Alvin Jones,' R. Dutot, Bruce Cooper, Craig Cox, Bayne Boyes and John Coopert Frank “Tirpmer” Mc­ Ewan was coach and R. D. “Dick” Fremil'in was manager. Mrs. William Pickett brought into the Oil'fice some letters written over 100 years ago to the late Robert Richardson, who at one time ifarimed on the 16th concession of Goderich Townshipf Mrs. Pickett 'is a granddaughter of the late Mr. Richardson. In one of the let­ ters Mr. Richardson’s sister, Mary, was spoken of, she later married Mr. Disney, the father of the famous Walt Disney, HqUywood. Mrs. May McElroy spent the- weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Agar at Point Edward and attended the Musgrove- Agar wedding there. Miss • Una MacDonald, Gode­ rich, District Commissioner, Girl Guides, „ conducted the en­ rollment ceremony for- five Bayfield Brownies who became Girl Guides on Monday evening. They are Anne Gemeinhardt, Roberta and Frieda McLeiod, Sharon Recler and Ramona Telford. 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 H. C. 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