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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-04-12, Page 4emir EMINTON ObiNVOL, on the new 'easier-than-it-looks' tax form, dear?" "How are you making out Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 crocefeames-ibuorate SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A., CLASS 'A' and ABC Editor — Bill Batten — Advertising Manager Assistant Editor — Ross Haugh Women's Editor — Susan Greer Phone 235-1331 Mermaid Swimming Pools Are Pleased to Announce The Appointment of MEL WHITING As Their Agent In The Exeter Area See Mel Today For Details About Our Various In Ground Aluminum Pools WITH 40 GAUGE VINYL LINER The Pool With The 20-Year Guarantee Phone 235-1454 (Evenings) Deserve consideration Attempts at "protectionist" policies in this day and age of modern travel and com- munication are questionable, but not so the decision reached last week by the Exeter PUC regarding the stipulations placed on advertising for a new community events sign, Members of council were critical of the Commission for setting a four-mile limit on advertisers, but this is only reasonable when the sign will be placed on public property. The property was purchased and main- tained by tax moneys, a great deal of which is provided by local businessmen, It would be unfair then to allow non- taxpayers an opportunity to place messages Your Will, Your Lawyer and V and G competing with local businessmen in such a prime location. It's high time councils fully ap- preciated the value of local businessmen. In many communities they provide the bulk of employment and a sizable share of the tax dollars by which that town is operated. They deserve more consideration than they are usually given. In some communities, councils fall all over themselves to provide benefits to small industries, but balk at the suggestion that they should spend any cash on such things as offstreet parking for merchants who collectively provide several times the amount of employment and tax dollars of a small industry. Startling statistics We feel that bad debts and shop lifting take about the same amount from the business man's pocket. We further feel that any business man who knows that a theft has taken place in his store and ignores it, for public relations or to save embarrass- ment is doing things wrong. We know of several instances where the theft has been watched or discovered before the shop-lifter left the store. To do nothing about this is only encouraging the person to go to another store and repeat the performance. Or worse they will return to the same store and take something else, perhaps more valuable. Our suggestion to the storekeeper is to nail the thief and charge them, then let the courts deal with them. The younger they are stopped the better. We were prompted to write this editorial, after receiving a bulletin showing how much business must be done to make up for a bad debt. It's simple, but painful to measure the Everybody needs a will. 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Lets look at a bad debt or stolen article worth $500, The same scale applies here. 2% net profit would require a business to do $25,000 in business 3% - $16,666; 4% - $12,- 500; 5% - $10,000; 6% $8,333. With revealing figures such as shown above, it is amazing that the small business man can stay in business. —Wiarton Echo TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1 889 Manager: Ron Cottrell Main St, Exeter 235-0530 Visions of a bankruptcy A bit disconcerting Spring Is Here... Easter Is Just A round the Corner For reasons yet not explained, some people in Exeter don't think the centennial flag should fly from a pole beside the local cenotaph. There may be some valid "flag protocol" reasons for the objections, but surely these can be waived for such an auspicious occasion as a community's 100th anniversary celebrations. In essence, it's a town flag and should be flown from a conspicuous and honored spot. It's doubtful if the men whose names appear on the cenotaph would find it objec- We can outfit you with a new SUIT, or CO-ORDINATE tionable, because they fought and paid the supreme sacrifice to ensure that Exeter would arrive at its centennial date under a free system of government. However, it's not an issue that should be blown out of proportion and obviously the flag will serve the same purpose flying from a new pole to be mounted on the town hall. It is, nevertheless, a bit disconcerting that some people feel our centennial flag should be relegated to a secondary position. Fitted to Make You Look Youi Best It was with some consternation that we watched the better half head out to the grocery store this weekend to bring home the family provisions . The problem was the she in- dicated she'd be away for half an hour and just a couple of days prior to that we had watched Don Mason pick up $1,757.85 worth of groceries in only five minutes. The thought of our cook spending half an hour brought visions of personal bankruptcy, However, she returned home with her usual two bagsful of groceries and a cheque stub for forty bucks (Just slightly under personal bankruptcy!) The price of food, and par- ticularly meat, is a popular subject of discussion these days, although it could hardly be ter- med a pleasant subject for some people. As usual, many are over- reacting to the situation and there are moves on the part of consumers to stage boycotts and similar moves on the part farmers to implement boycotts by withholding their products from the market. Such schemes may have some short-term results, but they only cloud the picture and aggravate the problem in the long run. + + + products, groceries are to a great extent geared to the supply and demand curves. People have to eat, and while that necessity does alter the supply and demand situation to some extent, it certainly does not pertain to the top cuts of beef and pork. Obviously, people are buying the better grades of beef, and by so doing, send the prices higher. One of the inconsistencies in the matter is the fact that people who barter for 30 percent wage increases apparently find it difficult to understand why the commodities they buy also go up 30 percent. They seem to feel they're worth $6.75 per hour, but don't think that all the people involved in the production of beef from the stable to the table are worth anything near that amount. There are many other factors, including an increased world demand for beef and pork, shortages of raw materials that have pushed farm feed prices to new highs, etc., etc. The only consolation, for other than those on fixed incomes, is the fact that food costs take a smaller percentage of your in- come than they did 20 years ago. + + + To Complete Your Wardrobe Choose From Our Wide Range of Colors IN SHIRTS BY ARROW and the latest in colorful spring ties Our selection of CASUAL SPRING JACKETS AND TROUSERS IS TOPS Think he's a rich tourist SHOP TODAY AT government on regional government. Provincial treasurer John White indicated the province is now ready to listen to proposals for restructuring of government within existing counties rather than wholesale imposition of regional government by Queen's Park. Regional government, of course, was one of the big issues in the Huron election of March 15, and the outcome no doubt has prompted Premier Bill Davis and his cohorts to take another look at their ideas on regional govern- ment and the manner in which it is implemented. Ironically, one of the few speakers at the conference to indicate much support for regional government was John Campbell, who just happens to be chairman of one of the •existing regions - Niagara. He said he was unhappy that regional rule had attained a bad reputation and noted there was more criticism from outside Niagara than he found within the regional government formed in 1970. However, county councils such as those in Huron should now take the initiative in establishing their own guidelines for local govern- ment reorganization, in co- operation with the municipal councils in the county. In effect, the province has dumped the responsibility on the counties and municipalities and after their long cries of anguish, they would look extremely foolish by delaying the challenge. The job is now theirs. While the Huron byelection is nowIjust a memory — pleasant or otherwise — for most people in this area, it may be much more in the mind of some officials at Queen's Park. At the recent meeting of the Association of Counties and Regions of Ontario (ACRO) delegates were buoyed by a somewhat startling shift in the emphasis by the provincial George Pliett's Vriese MAIN ST. The Store With the Stock EXETER One of the first things that has to be considered in the matter of rising prices is the fact that farmers are finally getting a fair return on their investment in capital and time. They have not kept pace in the past and if they had, the current prices would have been reached long before now. They were able to keep going by improving production methods, but there is a pinnacle that is reached in this area and certainly sizable gains cannot continue forever. However, similar to all other Dear Sir; I noted with disappointment (not surprise) that Huron's new M.P.P. in his column last week is still attempting to exploit the regional government non issue. When one considers how in- consistent the Liberal Party of Ontario has been on issues and non issues alike, it is conceivable that regional government will come to Huron if that party should ever form the government in this province, Yours truly V. Fulcher long time, and I've driven a hundred miles, and a room clerk smirks at me, "Sorry, we haven't a thing,", I'm going to pull a gun and shoot him right between his cold, mean little eyes. And I think a good lawyer, with an un- derstanding jury, would get me off scot free. Next in the gauntlet is the bellboy. He doesn't lug your bags and sweat any more. He slings them onto a cart. Don't hand him, with a flourish, the old-time half- dollar. He's liable to hand it back, with a bigger flourish, and snarl, "Here, Mac, I think you need it more than I do." And he's probably right. He's no "boy," He's 38 years old and he owns three Auplexes. Well, anyway, you've made it to the room, But before you flop on the bed, don't check the room rates on the back of the door or you won't flop, you'll swoon. Holy Old Nelly! You must be in the wrong room, or they've given you the Trudeau suite. Shake your head, look around the room, make sure that lady isn't Margaret. Same old room you swear you paid $18.00 for last •INEKR.WMITaliaffile.'N'ffgfingre:LVIEN 4 ' Any day now it will be cheaper to fly to Europe and back than it is to spend a couple of days in the city. Air fares are coming down as rapidly as city prices are taking off. This was borne home to me, as they say, during a recent brief visit to the Big Smoke. And I don't mean New York. Just an ordinary Canadian city in the true north, strong ,but far from free. Our relatives always kindly invite us to stay with them, but we visit the bright lights so seldom that we throw caution to the wind, let ourselves go deliberately decadent, and plunge for the hotel room and all the extras. It used to be grand feeling: checking in at the hotel just like the rich people; tossing the bell hop half a dollar as though you did it every day; walking into the luxurious room and turning up the heat and to hell with the fuel bill; picking up the phone to call room service; and loftily asking the Old Lady, "Wonder what the poor people are doing today?" But that semi-annual plunge is no longer into a warm bath of unaccustomed luxury and ser- vice. It's more like a dive off the town dock just after the ice has gone out of the bay. Not refreshing; just numbing. Things have changed. Now there's a car jockey to park your car. He can open the door with one hand and hold out the other like a professional beggar in Calcutta. Next is the doorman. If you have one small bag, he's right there, taking it from you with one hand, and holding out the other. If you have four heavy bags, he's busy whistling up a cab for a blonde. You totter across the capacious lobby, and the bellhop relieves you of your bags just before you collapse in front of the desk, There's one thing that hasn't changed: the room clerk. He's as snotty as he was 20 years ago in every city and every country. You'd think he owned the place as he looks down his nose at your overcoat with the frayed cuffs and your big rubber boots which you wore from the country. And beware the poor innocent who doesn't have a reservation, He is the dessert for the meal of this particular type of hyena. Some day, when I am old enough and crotchety enough, and I haven't had any kicks for a 50 Years Ago Exeter was represented in the Musical Art Society Choir, London, by Miss May Clarke, pupil of A.D. Jordan. The choir of 100 voices gave a very select concert in Patricia Theatre on Thursday night. Miss Corsina Parson presided at the organ in James Street Church on Sunday last in the absence of Mr, Gray. Mr. Alvin Moir, who has been working in Windosr and who had the misfortune to have his hand badly injured, has returned home. Seeking the establishment of a provincial highway to the route which has come to be known as the Blue Water Highway, bet- ween 50 and 60 delegates waited on Hon, F.C. Briggs, Minister of Public Highways, Messrs, Art Ford and Charles Prout, who have been working in Detroit, have returned home for the summer. 15 Years Ago Exeter Lions sold hundreds of brooms to town householders last week in a "clean sweep" fund- raising drive. Chairman of the campaign was C.S. Mac- Naughton, the PC candidate in the May 12 by-election. Paula Boulianne, Credi ton, was awarded third prize in a province-wide lyrical verse- speaking competition at Toronto Monday afternoon, Six teachers have resigned from the staff of South Huron District High School, They in- clude Cecil Wilson, head of the French department; John Mahon, of the agriculture department; Cecil Porter, head of the English department; Heather Goldstein, social studies teacher; Marilyn Bowman, home economics teacher; and Mrs. C. Nichols, of the English depart- ment. Rev. N.D. Knox of Trivitt Memorial Church, Exeter, and St. Paul's Anglican Church, Hensall, told his congregations Sunday that he has accepted a call to Trinity Church, Lambeth. time, Same woman, and the price tag is $30.00. This is not the time to say, "Oh, well. In for a penny, in for a is pound." You know what hap- pened to the pound. Your dollar is suffering the same shrinking sensations. Dazedly, you call room service, order some ice, and if you're smart, you'll tell them you don't want it. transported by air from the Winter Palace in St. I Petersburg, (U.S.S.R.) even though it will take as long and cost as much, Don't order any glasses. They'll cost you more than a new pair at your favourite op- tometrist's. Drink out of your hands, as you did when you were a boy. If your wife has a yen for something sweet when you get back from the theatre or whatever, don't call room service and order French pastry and coffee, Two sad little pieces of stale Christmas cake or — Please turn to Page 5 Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ontario Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386 Paid in Advance Circulation, March S1, 1972, 5,037 SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Canada $8.00 Per Year; USA $10.00 t1SERELOMM,T=4,MMIZ.V. • •i;:• "' 25 Years Ago Mr. B.W.F. Beavers has retired as secretary of the Usborne and Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company after 19 years in that positions. Mr. Norman Walper has just completed a dealer training course in a four-day conference sponsored by McColl-Frontenac Oil Co. Ross Houghton has taken over his new duties as postmaster at Cromarty, Pupils of Winchelsea school were taken on a tour of London by their teacher, Mt, Harvey Sperling, and six of the district ladies on Monday. Only two marks separated the Huronia Male Choir from Stratford choir for first prize at the Stratford Musical FeStival, 10 Years Ago The million-dollar Parkhill dam project was given final approval by the Ontario Municipal Board Wednesday. Estimated at a cost of $1,073,620 the dam will be constructed just north of Parkhill. Exeter Midgets, first minor team here to . reach the Ontario finals, meets Huntsville in a best- of-five title series beginning Friday night. Prime Minister John Diefen- baker Was greeted by a crowd of about 700 at the Exeter train station as he made whistle stops through Huron and Perth ridings,