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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 • • • • • • ' •
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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
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