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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-05-01, Page 4• -cs..bees- The screams become louder A musical treat A local organization recently enjoyed a panel discussion regarding the benefits of rural living as opposed to that of city life. One of the points made by the side backing the city life was the cultural benefits available, such as the performing arts. It was a good point, but the students' council at South Huron District High School have moved to "refute" the argument. Next week they will sponsor an appearance of the London Symphany Orchestra at the local school and we country bumpkins will have an opportunity to enjoy some culture, The event may sound too long-haired for some, but the program promises an evening that will be much enjoyed by everyone who loves music. We heartily commend the students for bringing this musical treat to the area and recommend it highly for any readers who have not had their ear-drums shattered by some of the tripe that passes for music over the radio and TV air waves. Tried and found wanting gotmemfmrlit Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Publishers: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Phone 235.1331 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, September 30, 1968, 4,520 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $5.00 Per Year; USA $7.00 C 411111111g1111 rrkrxiy 112141441r,. Gass news paws 2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1 NOW INTEREST ON NON-CHEQUING SAVINGS ACCOUNTS ... No Cheques But You May Withdraw Money At Any Time DEPOSITS MADE UP TO MAY 9 WILL RECEIVE INTEREST FROM MAY 1 VG VICTORIA and GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 $0431,7.03•XVIrW WiZgqitiVKWrgnir.ce.z, 4AMMO vow,: , These Make Good Scents . . . Shulton Sparkling Cologne Mist Reg. $1.50 $1.29 One of the most productive sessions of Huron County Council in a long while was seen Friday in Goderich. Warden James Hayter, Dashwood, seems to have his committees well organized and functioning at the peak of performance. It was Mayor's Day, a new idea conceived by Warden Hayter to bring the people of Huron closer to county council. Although some mayors joked about the fact the Warden had issued the invitation to coincide with his birthday (a huge birthday cake was served at the noon luncheon) all mayors attending expressed gratitude to council for allowing them this special opportunity to observe the inner workings of the county body. * * * And Warden Hayter could not have chosen a better day to introduce the mayors to the problems encountered by county legislators. It was budget day, and not just any ordinary budget day with council sitting helplessly by doing nothing much but shaking their heads at the mounting expenses in the county. There was some of that, too, but for the most part county councillors were concerned at the jump of 3.25 mills in county taxes. It took a recorded vote — yeas and nays they call it there — to pass the budget presented by the executive committee. Those who did not approve the budget (there were 15 votes against it) were in favor of deficit financing. Councillors who gave their consent to the budget did so rather reluctantly, assured this was the best course for Huron County at this time and hopeful that next year will bring less stress and strain on the taxpayer. * * It was a day for speaking out. One councillor gave a particularly eloquent speech on what he thought was unfair treatment where the health unit grant was concerned. He scolded the A worthwhile session provincial government because county council was being financially spanked for failing to comply with Toronto's wishes regarding amalgamation with Perth. Another member denounced the provincial government for the upset regarding assessment, He said council had been sold a bill of goods when a government representative predicted county assessing would cost Huron no more than 550,000 per annum when in fact the assessment budget for 1969 is in excess of S197,000. He drew attention to the dollars Huron people spent to house the assessment department only to find the province planned to take over the assessing business entirely in 1970. Still another speaker called for the trust of the provincial government in county bodies to decide their own future wisely. He suggested a much closer working relationship between the province and the county, with the future plans of the province made known to the counties so there would be an end to dangerous overlaps, * * * Finally, a member of council pleaded with council to encourage all municipalities in Huron to take some serious thought about the future of the county, He challenged Huron County to get up off its apathy and start having some productive progressive thoughts about its own destiny, The people of Huron, he thought, had an opportunity now to earn the respect of the provincial government if they could chart a course of prosperity for themselves. * * * It was a good session. For the first time in a long time, council showed signs of being truly alive to their responsibilities. We trust the spark will not die and that Huron County residents will lend their co-operation in council's fight for the rights of man. April is a month to try the soul of the householder. And mine has been tried and found wanting. When the last dirty gray streaks of snow had disappeared, I took a tour of the estate. Then I went inside, wept for a few minutes, and took shock treatment on the rocks. We live on a corner lot. On two sides of it, there was something that looked like the remains of Hadrian's Wall. It was the ramparts of sand and salt thrown up on the lawn by the snowblower in January. You can't blow it back into the street. There are two alternatives. The first is 18 man-hours, first with shovel, then with rake, then with stiff broom. The other is to use it as the foundation for a stone wall around the property. Either way, your lawn is ruined. But that was merely the beginning. Last fall, I managed to keep ahead of the maple leaves, burning and raking like a fiend for a couple of weeks. But the oaks drop late, and they don't cascade down, but drift, one by one. You might as well wait for them all. I distinctly remember going out one day last November, with a face as long as a foot, taking a look at the fence-to-fence carpeting of sodden leaves, and reaching with heavy heart for the rake. My wife, in one of her rare moments of pity, said, "Why don't you wait a few days until they're dry?" Reeling with shock, I said, "O.K." The next day it snowed. And the next: And so on until the end of January. They're still there, even more sodden after snuggling under four feet of snow all winter. And they'll be the death of me, I know it, if I try to rake them. There must be 48 tons of wet leaves on the lot. I wonder if I could get some husky male student who's not doing too well in his English at school, and have a quiet, crafty little chat with him, pointing out the ratio of my benevolence to the scarcity of wet oak leaves on my lawn. Those are just two April problems, neither yet solved. And there's a host of smaller ones. Huge oak branches all over the front lawn, broken off in snow-storms. The hose has been out all winter. My wife set fire to the back porch one winter day when she put out a box of ashes which contained some live coals. Charred is the word. The flower-beds look like a barroom floor on a Sunday morning. The shrubs are all broken off at the elbows by the weight of snow. The fences lean precariously, as you would if an oak branch, ten inches thick, had fallen on you. A dreary scene, indeed. But there's only one thing to be done about it. No use griping. And that's what I did. On the It's the time of year when we Canadians get a clear indication of the high cost of running this country, and for most of us, the revelation is a bit frightening. Income taxes continue to increase each year, and the only thing that saves governments from wide-spread complaints is the fact payment time falls in the beautiful spring months. At this time of year most of us have a new and fresh outlook on life, and surrounded by colorful flowers and other signs of new life we have some of the misery of paying taxes reduced. We're certain the government would have a harder time collecting taxes if we all had to sit down on some snowy winter's night to figure out what we owe for all the services that are provided for our enjoyment. The thoughts of having to pay the fuel bill, shovel the snow or get pushed out of a snowbank in the morning would establish a frame of mind that would make most of us more critical of the expenses of running the country. Perhaps the major single factor in reducing the hue and cry over taxes is the fact that for most people, it comes through a "painless extraction" each week. The few bucks taken off our pay cheques each week aren't missed too greatly because we never do get our hands on them. However, take a look at the amount you had deducted for income taxes in 1968 and think what a chore it would be to raise that amount in full at the end of April. It would be a hardship for some and a complete impossibility for others, because the money would be spent on other things. There's no question that collecting income tax in one lump sum would certainly be a tremendous difficulty for the government, but we have an idea that such a plan would force governments to think more seriously before spending our money. Fact is it goes rather painlessly for most Canadians through the instalment plan and too few stop to question how the money is being spent. However, there's every indication that this apathy is dissipating rather quickly and if any government — whether it be local, county, provincial or federal — doesn't take this fact first warm day, I went out and attacked it. Not directly. That way lies a heart attack. I took a beer and a book, laid them down, looked at the blue sky and thought about Opening Day. That's the salvation of April. Deep in your hearts you know that all that garbage is going to be attended to, even if the Old Lady has to do it. And if you have a touch of the poet and artist in you, as what man doesn't, you know that the first day of trout fishing will wash away all the sordid aspects of April, and leave you pure of heart and mind, if not of tongue, when you get out and have a bash at the trout. This, the promise of getting away out into the real world of icy water and lost lures and no women, on the last weekend of April, gives a man a certain sanity-retaining detachment as he surveys the no-man's4and of his property. Last year, for various stupid reasons, I missed Opening Day, for the first time in 20 years, This year, even with a broken neck (and I think I have one; the X-rays haven't been read yet), I am going to catch my limit, fall off a log into that polar water, and come home filthy, stinking and purged: all the good things that accompany Opening Day and the real beginning of Spring in this country. into consideration they may well find themselves in deep trouble with the taxpayers. * ** This attitude is particularly prevalent in Ontario, where recent government innovations appear to be expensive luxuries that have many people deeply concerned. The cost of education in particular appears to be almost out of hand and directives from Ontario government departments that continue to exclude education from any sort of spending cutbacks or ceiling are difficult to comprehend. Someone said recently that education costs would bankrupt this province within five years and there may be more truth to that prediction than some would care to admit. While councils throughout the province are showing concern and asking for increased grants to reduce part of the exorbitant property tax increases some people face, this iJ obviously not the answer. That money still comes from the same pockets and will still be a burden for Ontario residents to pay whether they have to make the contribution at the local or provincial level. The situation points up the fact most people get concerned only when they have to pay taxes in a lump sum. While many have had income tax deductions of $100 more than last year, it doesn't hurt as much as facing a $100 extra cost in their property tax which at 50 YEARS AGO The Molson's Bank has opened a branch in Centralia, business to be conducted three days of each week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The terms of the Peace Treaty were handed to Germany on Wednesday afternoon at 3:15. The Germans have 15 days to accept or reject the terms. A canvass of the town is being made for subscriptions to erect a memorial to the fallen heroes in the Great War, Exeter and Usborne are uniting to erect a fountain between the library and town ball. Drs. G. F. Roulston and A. R. Kinsman are in Toronto this week attending a dental convention. 25 YEARS AGO The Exeter Lodge of the IOOF celebrated the 125th anniversary of the order by attending divine worship in James Street United Church Sunday evening. Rev. A. B. Irwin conducted the service and the solo parts were taken by Mrs. W. Murdoch and Miss Helen Penhale. Mr. Henry Squire of Exeter last Friday celebrated his 95th birthday, his family of nine children all being present for the occasion. The award of the British Empire Medal to Cpl Stewart Charles Wright, former Exeter mechanic and a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wright of Exeter, was announced Thursday, April 27 by the Department of National Defence. Mr. Ray Waghorn, principal of Exeter Public School, has tendered his resignation to the Board of Education, having accepted a position on the teaching staff in Hamilton. Borden Sanders, graduate of Exeter High School, will graduate as a doctor of medicine from the University of Western Ontario. He has been awarded the Medical Alumni Gold Medal for the highest marks obtained during the full medical course. best is divided into only two payments. That makes taxpayers start to squirm and squeal and failure to heed those squeals could prove disastrous for any political party or government administration officials at all levels. Students throughout Ontario — and elsewhere we presume — are finding it difficult to find summer jobs. To help out, the Ontario government has been running ads extolling the benefits of hiring young people for summer jobs. We don't know how much difficulty area students are experiencing, but we presume there must be some. Employment agency officials stress two main points that we pass along to assist students in their job finding. The first is to apply early. Many jobs are already filled and we were rather surprised to learn that some major employers have their summer help vacancies filled by mid-winter. The second point students should remember is the fact they can't afford to be choosy, Canada Manpower officials' advice is to take whatever is offered, even if it is not the most inspiring or financially rewarding. Then, they say, work hard at that job because 10 others are waiting to move in if you don't do a good job. 15 YEARS AGO Jean Lavender, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Lavender of Hensel!, was presented with the Gold Cord, highest Girl Guide award, at a ceremony in Toronto Friday. Arthur B. Idle, vice-principal of Listowel Public School, will be the new administrator of Exeter Public School succeeding Claude Blowes, who has accepted a position in Preston. A "Florence Nightingale Hospital Service" will be held in James Street United Church on May 9 to celebrate Hospital Day. The staffs of Clinton, Wingham, Listowel, Kincardine, Seaforth, Goderich and St. Marys hospitals have been invited to attend the service with the staff of South Huron Hospital. The amalgamation under one pastoral charge of the congregations of Caven Church, Exeter and Cromarty church was approved at the eightieth annual meeting of the Synod of Hamilton and London of the Presbyterian church in Canada meeting at St. Catharines. 10 YEARS AGO Scoutmaster Ralph Sweitzer presented four members of the Exeter Scout Troup with Queen's Scout badges, the movement's highest award, at a special ceremony Monday night. The four included Douglas Jermyn, Jim Sweitzer, Douglas Hodgson and Dale Turvey, Dr. Walter H, Johns, a native of Usborrie, who has been appointed president of the University of Alberta, will be given a doctor of laws degree at the spring convocation of University of Western Ontario. Dr. Peter A. Fraser, University of Western Ontario, London, ha been awarded a $4,000 research grant from the National Research Council for theoretical studies in atomic collision, He is a graduate of SHDHS and son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fraser, Anne Street, qeeticv! 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