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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-04-18, Page 41111111111011111111.11111111NNI 81111111111111111111111#5,11 16111111111111r v.11111 11811111111111 1:1111111111 Ammo 111111181111110:111111111111111 11111111118:4111111111111111 liP4M11811111111111111181 terossamiimiimi rIpr Pow crowmaGhom Jobs By now most tax payers in Huron County have had time to digest, if not to adjust to, the fact that the County's budget for 1974 is away up over last year's. The $400,000 increase in County spending for this year simply means that all of us will be paying more in taxes. Because some county costs are new " distributed on a population rather than an assessment basis, town dwellers in Huron County have been hit harder than townships. Huron Warden Bill Elston seemed to have a logical answer to the average taxpayer's question about why the big increase. "Our services are going up every year" he's quated as saying, "If we keep adding, we must have more money", It's also obvious to all of us that the costs of all these services have been going up every year, We've had price hikes in almost every commodity during the past inflationary twelve months or so. ... we should have almost expected the cost of running Huron to take a huge leap too. Exactly what are we paying for? Well, looking • down a breakdown that show which county departments get what money, one thing is very clear. We pay a lot more because we get a lot more ser- vices from our county government than we got ten or even five years ago. In the "good old days" we didn't spend much county money on public health or recreation. There was no such thing as county planning and social set- vice and welfare costs were lower. Local governments, like the schools, are expected to pay a much greater Part in people's lives than they did in •the "good old days". Emphasis has shifted from purely public works like bridges and roads to involvement in good works. This involvement costs more but we think it's worth the pripe. In human terms our county services pay off. We need Huronview, we need regulated and or- derly land use and our fine County Museum, Huron County, in terms of services, planning and programs is one of the most progressive rural county in the province, and this progressiveness has cost us money, But we can't go back to the old days of small county budgets and skeleton in- volvement. Rural as well as city people have a right to the best in local govern- ment services. We'd rather see Huron County keep up our up to date services under our own steam and control than have what Toronto designates as modern imposed on us by some form of regional govern- ment. With the extra layers of bureaucrats and experts involved in a regional system we could watch our costs really zoom. Complaints about the 1974 County budget look small in the face of the regional alternative. (from the Huron Ex- positor) Whg is the budget up? "Remember that gold watch we gave Smithers, the janitor, when he retired? Well, he melted it down and bought us out!" The Jack Scott Column - Getting the information across Many places do not have a newspaper they can call their own. So when someone has some important news to disseminate, he can either sit down and write a letter, find someone to help him make a batch of posters for local store windows, call a meeting, or sit down at the telephone. All methods cost him something. Take the letter writing process. First the letter must be written by someone who will make it factual and hopefully interesting. Then there are the costs of paper and reproductions and postage. Even if only a postcard is sent to adver- tise a church bazaar, it would cost $15 to reach 'less than 250 homes. All legal notices have to be posted for a certain number of days in a central place, if there is no local newspdper. And -hOw many people see them? Maybe the information to be gotten out is very important, and requires group action. A meeting has to be called, but this entails getting in touch with people to tell them about the meeting and we are right back where we started. , Of course there is always the good old telephone, a .great idea for contacting a dozen people--ask anyone Who has tried to get a committee going. So, most people are very happy to have a newspaper in their town. A sim- ple phone call or visit to the newspaper office ensures that the news will be sent out to thousands of local homes, But as with other methods of infor- mation dispersal, someone must pay for it. Publishing a newspaper is a big operation, requiring a lot of time and equipment, not to mention postage and cost of materials. Subscription fees• har- dly, scratch,, the surface. A newspaper has but tvv6"things to sell-subedriplieni' and advertisements. How ' much is the paper worth to you, your organization, or your place of business. Are you helping to ensure that it will be here when you need it? Think about it the next time you want your news or ad" put in the paper." (Editor's Note: The foregoing article is reprinted from a release of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association.) Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiley I've become a VIP From our early files • • • • • • ' • Air THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 I Tim CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 Mambas, Ontario Weekly sew Asomiation *unbar, Canadian Community 06W/spew Association Published every Thursday Mif OlIntoni Ontario Editor - Jones E. Fitzgerald 13 Wit OF HURON OUNITY 41111111111W A SOcond Class Noll rollstnitIon no. .1‘ General Manager, J. Howard Altkon 4, MANTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1974 Have you ever been a VIP? As a matter of democratic prin- ciple, I'm solidly against special treatment for anybody, But when it came to pi:actice, I found it delightful, and won- dered what the poor people were doing tonight. It has never happened to me before, and probably never will again, so I want to get the ex- perience down here for posterity and my grand- children. It happened during my recent trip to Germany, courtesy of the Department of National Defence. Hold it, you tax- payers. It didn't cost you a nickel, The plane was going anyway, and I was told I'd have to pay my own expenses overseas. Fair enough. The invitation was very casual, and there were no strings attached, though the Department knew I write a syn- dicated column. But I could have gone to Germany, spent three days in a beerhall, writ- ten nothing, and no questions asked. I chose to do otherwise. Thus, I had a quick, but enlightening look at that tom- paratively recent hybrid, the Canadian Armed Forces, the rather pallid name chosen by Paul Hellyer, when as Misister of Defence, he integrated the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. That was a bitter time for those in the service, as each branch had its special pride and traditions, and foresaw these being swept away in the integration process. Many of thlkm were, and the bitterness has not completely dissolved. Btit it probably made sense. There is only one uniform now, a reasonably attractive dark green. There are no more Group Captains or Lieutenant- Commanders. Atmy titles are Used throughout, At any rate, these were the people I got tangled with for a few days which I thoroughly enjoyed. I talked with all ranks from corporal to Brigadier-General, I couldn't find a private, and still wonder if there are any left in the service. Generally I found them friendly, courteous, reasonably happy in the forces, and keen on their jobs.. It was quite a change from the "rude and licentious soldiery" of war- time, with its constant grousing and grumbling. I began my pilgrimage as a VUP (Very Unimportant Per- son), just my usual self. Up at 7:30 and a long, cold, boring bus ride to Trenton. Hours to, wait for my flight. Nothing to do, Tired already. Blizzard outside. Everything fairly typical, in other words. In despair,, I asked a couple of ladies at an information desk if there were anywhere could lie down for a while. One of them - she must have been my fairy godmother - said there was a VIP lounge. I went into it, expecting to be thrown out, and a handsome young pilot in there looked a bit surprised, but pleasantly asked if I'd like some coffee. We exchanged a few remarks. I told him who I was and where I was going. And suddenly, to my utter incredulity, I discovered that I was a VIP. This Captain Hanberg, who turned out to be the Duty Of- ficer for the day, looked at my letter of confirmation for the flight and went into high gear% Carried my bag, took me to the officers' mess, got me a room for a lie-down, showed me where the bar was, lined up dinnet, drove me back to the terminal, checked my bag and ushered me through the bliz- zard right onto the plane and to my seat, This Went ott for the next four days, and I'll never be the same again. Crossing was pleasant enough, though exhausting. The Forces use large Boeing 707 s (I believe they have five of them) 'to shuttle personnel, baggage, mail and whatever to Germany, Cyprus, Egypt, and back and forth across Canada. They're fast and comfortable. No drinks and no movies, but 'excellent service from two young ladies, with food and cof- fee and snacks. Can't sleep on planes, so spent the time exchanging horror stories with two veterans of Dieppe who were going to a Dieppe reunion. Tottered off the plane at Lahr, the Canadian base in Germany, in the Black Forest region, Walked into the ter- minal and an officer walked up: "Are you Bill Smiley?" I admitted as how I was. He was Lieutenant-Colonel Hopkins, the chief padre. His wife was with him. They both went to the same high school I did, years ago. My kid brother had asked them to meet the plane. "Hoppie" calls himself the Vicar of Lahr. They offered all hospitality. With them was a Captain, who took charge of me, showed me around the town, got my brother on the phone, took me to a bank to change dollars for marks, and took me to a hotel room he had organized. I met this same unfailing courtesy in all forces people I encountered, both Canadian and American. Staggered into bed at 4 pan. German time, just 27 hours and no sleep after I'd started out. Left a message to be called at 6:30 the next morning. With typical German efficiency, the maid called the at 6:30 the Came evening, Horrors. Back to bed and died until 5 a,m, More next week from Gullible°s Travels. War for gain Henry Kissinger's notion that the concern of the private citizen is still a powerful deterrent to another global war makes good sense, but I have wondered if we shouldn't forget about world peace and just set- tle down to making some rules for a nice, safe war. We should assume, to begin with, that war might be really quite good sport if it weren't for people getting killed or hurt. Properly run, under new management, a good, safe war would be popular with all and might be stretched out for a hundred years or more, Hundreds and thousands of men and women would get to travel to exciting foreign coun- tries. 'Poor .men'" atV..given the opportunity to 'have'all the pleasures of the rich, to fly ex- pensive airplanes and go on world cruises in fine big 'ships. Unemployment disappears. Governments function at maximum efficiency. Inflation is rigidly controlled. Everyone is united in a common aim. There are grand farewell par- ties, wonderful reunions. Most folks never had it so good. Having established that a world conflict is okay so long as 10 YEARS AGO April 23, 1964 Three teachers were added to the teaching staff of CHSS at the Wednesday night meeting of the board. Gordon A.M. Smith will teach English and Guidance, Mrs. Aileen Burgin will teach home economics and Gerald ,Leeson will teach Machine Shop. Miss Margaret Wilson, Ford- with, has been chosen from Huron County to represent On- tario at the National 4-H Con- ference in Washington D,C. Eric Collins, Clinton, a past president of Huron Fish and Game Conservation Association has been named second vice-president of zone 6 of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Inc. For the second consecutive year, the Clinton Legion juveniles have ended up as the runners-up to the Ontario juvenile "B" champions. A Huron County Emergency Measure Organization project held a course in Goderich. They discussed plans and develop- ments in EMO, facts about fallout and the army role in national survival. The RCAF Clinton Drama Group's presentation of its Spring Revue closed last Mon- day to thundering applause. 25 YEARS AGO April 21, 1949 The farmers of this area are very busy on the land these days and R, Gordon Bennett, agricultural representative for Huron County, estimates that about 'I5 per cent of the seeding has been completed. A few of the local gardeners have been busily at work sowing some seeds. Mr, and Mrs. James nobody gets hurt, we must, now devise some plan to take the danger out of it. Fortunately, we know that this is quite possible. In the First World War, as you'll find in any history book, they got around to an agreement on both sides to ban the use of poison gas. The con- testants, with the clear lunacy which enfolds the human race in time of war, decided that chemical warfare was too pain- ful a way to die. It was okay to use the cold steel of the bayonet placed in the soft upper groin, but poison fumes in the lungs were too nasty, too messy. So they made the rule. All right, there is our precedent. The next move is, simply to have all the nations gather about the conference table and agree to a set of regulations covering the War Without Tears. All kinds of bombs, explosives, chemicals or projectiles, from the nuclear on down 'to the revolver, will be considered outlawed. Nothing shall be deemed a fair weapon which may inflict injury or destruction. This pact alone will advance on celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary quietly, at home last week. Mrs, Manley Thompson, Toronto, spent the Easter weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. MacKenzie. Miss Gloria Westlake, Lon- don, spent a few days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Westlake in Bayfield. Miss Annie Kawa of England arrived in Canada last week and has taken up residence with her aunt Mrs. Tytus Wocz- ckinski and Mr. Woczckinski, Morris Township. Mr. and Mrs. K.C. Cooke and two children, Stratford, have been spending the Easter vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Cooke, and Reuben Grigg. 50 YEARS AGO April 17, 1924 Seaforth has let the contract to pave their Main street to the Godson Contracting Co. There will be two courses each 1 1/2 inches thick and the work is to be completed in two months. Mr, and Mrs. Charles Williams will move to the house lately occupied by Mr, J. T. Reid on High Street, The Home and School Club for the • public school have decided to use their funds in fitting out the vacant plot across from the school, as a playground if permission is granted by the Properties Com. mittee. Buyers of lambs in Huron County do not want "buck" lambs. They showed this last fall, when they decided to cut the price for these animals by $1,50 pet hundredweight. Beginning on July 16, 1924 a cut on all buck lambs of $2 per hundredweight is to be made civilization by a good ten thousand years and will im- mediately release the world's foremost scientists. to concen- trate on curing cancer, the com- mon cold and arthritis, It would be quite feasible to have the new war look, on the surface, much like its predecessors. That is, all the fellows who like to get dressed up in fancy uniforms and wear medals and ribbons and strut about saluting and looking heroic would still be satisfied. This could be done by having mock warfare, a device still used extensively in training troops. In this type of make- believe conflict, live bullets are never used. Instead of firing a bullet which will .bring pain and untold misery, the soldier shouts, "Bang!" An umpire then decides if a' an is "dead" or out of action. Reliable um- pires are in good supply in Switzerland and Sweden. In addition to the mock war- fare there would be all sorts of contests between the "enemies", including a kind of gigantic Olympic Games, boxing matches between the fatter generals, Beauty Con- tests, Chess, Bridge, Twenty effective. Mr. J.D. Cantelon, who has been in town for the past two, months, left this week for Lon- don and will go from there to Detroit where he will enter into the real estate business again. 75 YEARS AGO April •20, 1899 • The good people of Dungan- non, Auburn and Zurich will enthusiastically support a CPR extension such as was discussed last week. These villages con- sider their importance, together with the fertility of the country about them would make it worth the company's while to construct the line. Mr, Arthur Cook is a veteran pruner having been so engaged for thirty-five consecutive years. He feels that he is quite safe in prophesying a big yield Questions, Crokinole--oh, anything you can imagine. A system of points would be worked out to determine the final victor, but, of course, not before a good time was had by all. Instead of destruction, the War Without Tears would put the accent on building and creating. A large number of points would go to the con- testant first adequately housing all its old-age pensioners. Points would be awarded in the fields of the creative arts, in medical care and hospitalization and in caring for the needy. Now, of course, the final vic- tor would not win anything, but he wouldn't lose anything, either. This comes out lot bet- ter than even. And in the meantime we would all be get- ting to know each other on a global basis, not merely joining for the purpose of butchering each other, but for understan- ding. You think this is all a lot of foolish nonsense? Maybe so. But is it any more nonsense than the kind of wars we've had. . or the kind that may await us in the future? of fruit next fall, barring frost and that sort of thing. The population in the town of Clinton has increased by 108 since last year. SAFETY BELTS Recent studies by the Canada Safety Council indicate that 53 per cent of automobile accident deaths could be prevented by the use of combination lap and shoulder belts, advises Con- sumers' Association of Canada. In an emergency situation, safety belts keep the driver behind the wheel where he can best control his vehicle. Rear- seat safety belts are just as im- portant as they keep passengers from being catapulted into the front-seat occupants. Shoulder never be worn without the lap belt. CAC National Headquar- ters is located at 100 Gloucester Street, Ottawa. Paradoxical. Dear Editor; Regarding the editorial "A Word for the Thoughtful" in this week's issue - may I be per- mitted an expression of my per- sonal opinion? "That, in part, is what Good Friday is all about" is a paradoxical way of dealing with this very important Scrip- tural occasion. It was instituted by Jesus on the night before his betrayal and therefore must have been quite important to Him. While it is true that Nisan 14 fell on a Friday in the year 33 of our Common Era "The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge" says: "The 14th of Nisan might fall on Friday or any other of the days of the week." (Vol. IV, p. 44). Also "Historical Com- mentaries on the State of Christianity During •the First Three Hundred and Twenty five Years" has this: "The fourteenth' day of the month (Nisan) did not always fall on one and the same day of the week." "The Encyclopedia Britan- nica attributes the practice of holding "Good Friday" to be "just as many other customs have been established." Therefore, how could "Good Friday" be anything else but a 'corruption'? Jesus stated clearly: "Do this in remem- brance of me" (1 Cor. 11:25,26). Why did he say this? In harmony with Leviticus 23:4,5 ("These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy con- vocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah's passover.") it is reported at Matthew 26, verses 1 and 2: "Jesus said...Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is to be delivered up to be crucified." That ;passover feast was, to xerrzindi the Israellitesrt ON,gP each year of their deliverance from Egyptian bondage. And what has been 'corrupted' to "Good Friday" was to remind Christians of the deliverance from sin and death now made available to men of faith because of Jesus' laying down His life as the "Lamb of God; who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29) What the Man Christ Jesus did is what is here celebrated - not what other men have done, however good their efforts. "Genuine love for one's fellows" is an unselfish interest in the eternal welfare of one's fellow. Thoughtful people recognize that one's eternal welfare depends upon our recognition of the eternal truths set forth in God's Word ,and a course of action in har- mony therewith - not a passive 'going along with' every popular notion. C.F. Barney Clinton News-Record readers are en- couraged to express their opinions in letters to the editor, however, such opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of the News-Record. Pseudonyms may be used by letter writers, but no letter will be published unless it can be verified by phone. To control bleeding St. John Ambulance advises that you apply direct pressure on the wound using a clean pad or your hand. Have the casualty sit or lie down and raise the in- jured part above heart level.