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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-09-02, Page 4At a time when the economy presents a rather bleak outlook for many people, it is encouraging to note that an Exeter firm is doing more than its fair share towards brightening the picture in Ontario. That's basically what is signified in the bright gold and blue "A" flag flying so proudly over the office at Kongskilde Ltd. The firm has been one of seven or eight to be singled out of the 14,000 secondary manufacturers in Ontario for outstanding contribution to the growth of the provincial economy over the past three years. The award is obviously the result of a joint effort shared by management and staff all along the line and one for which they must be highly commended. While the firm was recognized for an achievement that is province-wide, the benefits to the local community are even more noteworthy. It's do or die It's rodeo time in Exeter this weekend, and while that has been the situation for the labor day weekend for several years, this year's event is being staged under different circumstances. Basically, it's a "do or die" situation for the rodeo. Those enthusiasts who rallied to back the event this year will ob- viously be willing to carry on if it generates the success that their work deserves. If it fails, they too will lose interest and Ex- eter's best known promotion will probably fade from the scene. It therefore behooves everyone in the community to give the event some con- sideration. The people who grabbed the reins to give it one more try deserve some support. They've been working for no other purpose than to aid the community and sur- ely their efforts should be rewarded by that community. The proceeds, of course, are all ear- marked for the recreation centre, so your support brings double benefits. Many people believe the rodeo is a worthwhile venture for this area. Give them an opportunity to prove it to you and join in the fun and excitement. Watch the parade Parades can cause a lot of headaches for the motorist . . . particularly if you've forgotten the event and get caught in the accompanying traffic jam. It's frustrating waiting for all those marching crowds to pass by, even more so if you have no in- terest in the event being heralded. There is one parade held each year, however, in which we all have an interest, It's the Annual Back-to-School Parade. Thousands of children across the province participate. They are excited and eager, rowdy and rambunctious, and some, facing the experience for the first time, tearful and apprehensive. Is it any .wonder that the safety rules many of them have learned are forgotten in the excitement of the moment? For the motorist, this sudden youthful pedestrian activity means extra care. The Ontario Safety League reminds you that the back-to-school parade begins early Tuesday morning, September 7. Ex- pect excited children on every street — not just in school zones — and expect the unex- pected. Remember that adult school crossing guards are now permitted to use stop signs to signal traffic to stop on roads with speed limits of 40 mph or less when directing children across the highway. Where a school bus is stopped on a highway to pick up or deposit children and has its signal lights flashing, traffic in both directions is required to stop if there is no median strip or barrier. Where there is such a barrier dividing the highway, only traffic travell- ing in the same direction as the school bus is required to stop. We're all concerned when it comes to child safety. Drive carefully — don't let an accident rain on our back-to-school parade. 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' Tax costs, notprofits Page 4 Times-Advocate, September 2, 1976 • i..V.r.vorere...11,,,RWerromee.sr.,,, • qs...v..nte • Noteworthy achievement We're too serious Boy, I can't think of anything more harrowing than trying to write a column sitting at the pic- nic table in the backyard on a mid-summer day. I envy those writers who have a nice; quiet study, preferably without windows, in which to do their work. No distractions, no • disruptions. Just the writer and his machine, the words pouring onto the clean white paper like sparkling wine onto a white linen tablecloth. It's almost impossible for me to concentrate on turning out a piece of taut, fascinating, creative prose for more than a minute or two, sitting here to- day. Too many interruptions. • Not only do I not have no win- dows, if you'll pardon the triple negative, it's just one big win- dow, and I can't stop looking through it. If it was possible to turn my head in a 360 degree cir- cle, I would see an entire world, mostly green, in miniature. There's my neighbor, Helen, at the clothesline. Uh-huh. Looks like her granddaughter. was here for the weekend, Ten diapers on the line, among the towels and sheets. Doesn't believe in dis- posables, I do. There's a sawing sound across the fence. Wonder what my neighbor, Jim, is working at this fine, sunny day. Better saunter over and check it out. We'll have a chat about the iniquities of the town council. Here comes Patsy Woods, a third side neighbor, with her lit- tle brother. Bad news. One of my INESMZEZMEZZaLgaSEN Times Established 1873 huge oak limbs, about two feet in diameter, the one that hangs right over their house, has a split right up the trunk. Have to go and look. Yeah, that's bad, Pat- sy. I'll have to call George, the tree man, and have it taken down. Pity, but it will provide some excitement for the neighborhood. Right behind me is the big, square, brick house in which lurks my old lady, suffering from the mummy of all sunburns. Nose like an over-ripe cherry, chest like a peeling boiled beet. Furious because of the way she looks and feels. I don't burn. After a dreadful experience as a kid, when I had to sit for two days and nights in a chair, plastered from head to toe with some concoction of my mother's for sunburn (was it baking powder or baking soda?), I keep my lily limbs covered. Oh, I get what we call a farmer's tan, forearms, face and neck, but the rest of me is white as the driven snow. I don't turn around to look behind me at that house. Aside from my suffering wife inside, there is the outside. That beautiful green vine, so much ad- mired by visitors, is climbing the brick wall like a giant squid, pull- ing the bricks loose one by one, and occasionally hurling one down, just above the back door, At today's rates for repairs, that brickwork will likely cost me more than it cost to build the house, 70-odd years ago. Let's change the subject. In Advocate Established 1881 fact, I. think I'll break off for a moment, it's so painful. There's the garbage can to bring in. Maybe I'll get my seven iron out of the car trunk and cut some weeds. That's what I use instead of a hoe. There, that's better. My swing was right on today. Kept my head down, my eye on the weed, took a slow back swing, and one whole flower bed is weedless. Also pushed the lawn mower under the spruce tree, to keep the rain off, and picked up the grandkids' inflatable swim pool, which, after a week sitting there full of rain, grass and bugs, left a big round dead patch in the lawn. Good work, Bill. More distractions. A cheeky black squirrel, looking for a han- dout. Dumb cat rubbing against my leg, looking for the same. Three ugly grackles, striding splay-footed and insolent, across my lawn, pecking up the fresh grass seed. Ahah! What's that noise, down the lane. Better stroll down and see. Great. A Bell telephone truck and two young fellows digging a post hole. Entire neighborhood watches. Machinery digs hole, erects pole with ease. Old timers comment scornfully. Remember when you dug them by hand, with a spoon shovel. Brutal hard work. • There's the fire engine! Better jump in, the car and follow. Holy old jumpin'! Why do they let all these crazies follow the fire truck through town at 50 miles an hour? Somebody might be killed. nEERMENZr•al Amalgamates, 1924 Ever notice how easy it is to prove you're badly out of shape? It can be as simple as having to make two trips up the cellar steps, running half a block to catch up with someone or jum- ping on your kid's bicycle to ride up to get the mail. However, despite problems some of us have in catching our breath after such "strenuous" activities, we still tackle the periodic challenge that is absurd. That was our experience Friday night when we showed up to view the canoe racing and jousting at Riverview Park. No sooner had we arrived on the scene than someone had us by the arm heading towards a canoe. His grip on the flab should have indicated no muscle, but Walt Tiedeman persisted that the writer engage as his partner in the canoe races. He pointed out that the com- petition wasn't too tough. This was quickly verified by noting that Mayor Bruce Shaw and Councillor Harold Patterson had' just won their heat. So, we gingerly stepped (it's the only way) into one of the canoes and headed, for the starting line to face the test of a couple of strapping young men attempting to hide their smiles in the opposing craft, With the crack of the starting gun, we were off, zig-zagging down the river like a pair of drunken sailors. This was due to the fact that yours truly had been assigned the rear seat and was in charge of steering. But, they don't even have steering wheels in canoes. With some good fortune, we managed to win. The good for- tune being the fact that our competitors tipped their canoe'. However, the good fortune quickly turned out to be just the opposite-Shortly after crumpling to the ground in a state of exhaustion, the starter advised that Batten and Tiedeman were now facing the semi-final heat of the races. This time, Walt used his head. He took charge of the navigation, "You sit up front," he ordered as we approached our craft. This sounded easy, except for the fact that we never knew there was a front or a back to a canoe. They look much akin to those Studebakers and you never know which way they're going. At any rate, Walt pointed out the front end, and we were off again, only this time we were going in a straight line. Good fortune prevailed and our Wasn't much. Just some dumb housewife let the fat boil over on the stove while she was watching her soap opera. But it might have been a good one, like the old lumber mill last week. That was a dandy, Should get back to the column. Oh, no. There's the old battleaxe at the back door, wailing, "What are you doing out there, just sit- ting around enjoying yourself, when you know I'm in agony? Least you could do is put a washing through and sweep the kitchen floor, it's filthy. And you haven't brought me any fresh tea for two hours," Oh, lardy. Who's this pulling up? It can't be. It is. It's those people we met at a party two years ago and insisted with great fervor and sincerity that if they were ever in our neck of the woods, to look us up. Look at that. Three kids and a dog. Oh, dear. Perhaps you can understand now why I hate being a schoolteacher and having the summer off and having to write my column out under the trees, instead of writing it at my desk in mid-winter. competitors had trouble navigating a turn and we managed to coast back to the finish line. This, of course, put us into yet another battle, although already an aching body was trying to tell us that another effort would be a disaster, Our young competitors gamely offered a good head start, but the starter would hear of no such thing. Again the gun sounded and our paddles dipped deep in to the muddy Ausable waters. Unfortunately, an alarming sound echoed from the position of the navigator's seat. Walt's paddle cracked on the second stroke. He managed a few more strokes with the damaged in- strument, but again another crack rang out. This left us with one good paddle, but it was in the hands of one poor paddler. However, by reverting to some devious tactics (cutting off our opposition) we managed to nose them out at the finish line to claim supremacy of the water. + + + That should have been enough! But no Walt was looking longingly at the dry clothes of Rob Grant and John Stephens who were obviously enjoying the job of dunking their young op- ponents in the canoe jousting competition. Before we knew what was going on, Walt had pushed us into a canoe and we were heading out to take on the culprits. 30 Years Ago Mr. W. E. Middleton has sold his bakery business to Mr. E. Dorey of Stouffville. The new business will be known as "Mayfair Bakery," An enrolment of 475 is reported for Exeter' schools. 265 in the High School and 190 in the Public School. The High School staff has been increased from 8 to 12. Miss Helen Penhale left for Toronto on Sunday where she will attend Osgoode Hall taking a course in law. 20 Years Ago Greta Pfaff, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Pfaff, RR 1 Cromarty, was chosen first queen of Ontario Bean Festival at Hensall, Monday, Sixty-five Junior Farmers from Huron County have entered the livestock judging competition at Western Fair this year, Jack Boa of Hensall and Fred Bottum), Cromarty, won open titles at the Western Ontario horseshoe pitching contest at the Ontario Bean Festival at Hensall, IS Years Ago Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Thos. Pryde, wife of the late Tom PrYde, former MPP for Huron, and Premier Frost laid the Our confidence was evident. The life preserver was tied more securely and anything not waterproof was removed from pockets. The battle was soon underway. A quick jab sent Walt tumbling onto the seat, but we managed to stay afloat. The canoes were moved into position again, and this time Rob went down, but he too managed to stay afloat. The third jab sent Walt sprawling and noticing the bruises quickly appearing on his legs, he advised that "this is it, someone's 'going to go." We closed our eyes waiting for the plunge into the waters, but the sound of splashing was for- tunately not accompanied by a wet sensation. Rob and John instead were forced to take a shower. Challengers were quickly heading for canoes when we slowly paddled back to shore, but mercy prevailed. The corn husking contest was announced and the challengers had to drop their ideas of sinking the tired old editor to the muddy depths. + + + The night was most enjoyable for everyone involved and the corn husking contest was well worth the admission alone. Councillor Lossy Fuller showed the female supremacy in this ancient art as she easily whipped Mayor Shaw, Councillor Pat- terson and the reeves of Hay and Usborne, Jack Tinney and Walter McBride. Mayor Shaw thought he was a close second, but ended up in almost last place when it was notedlie had overl000ked one of his 10 ears of corn. No wonder our taxes are so high! The dance too proved to be popular, with the mosquitoes encouraging the performers to keep moving briskly about the pavilion floor. The corn served by the Kin- smen was delicious and for- tunately was better engineered than their entries in the bath tub race. Unfortunately, the program did not draw as well as it should have, and people who missed out on the' fun were the big losers. cornerstone for the new $3,500,000 Ontario hospital building near Goderich, Tributes were paid to Mr. Pryde for his energetic ef- forts to have the hospital become a reality. Mr. Douglas Gould has pur- chased the home formerly owned by Mrs. Audrey Green, Kinsmen Governor Bill Mickle, Hensall, and his district 1 executive climaxed a successful year over the weekend by win- ning a record number of awards at the National convention in Toronto. 5 Years Ago Monday night council approved in principle a plan to install traffic lights at the corner of Main and Sanders Streets. Total cost is expected to be about $4500. Elaine Powe who was in Hungary and Austria taking a course in Music during the holidays visited with her parents Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Powe before leaving for St, Catharines to resume her teaching duties. Officials of the Exeter Pair Board who were in charge of admissions at the weekend Midwestern rodeo reported returns were the highest ever obtained. The rodeo committee estimatedithe crowdjin excess of 10,000 at the three performances. 'We would worry less about what others think of us, if we realized how seldom they do', says an old adage. No doubt about it, we take ourselves too seriously. We need to look at ourselves with some amusement or else we may be endangered into thinking we have the last and final word on everything, including God. 'You're so beastlyopinionated,' one man stormed at another as they discussed religion, 'especially when you don't agree with me!' Ah so. Many of us like to think we've found the only road leading to heaven .. . and if perchance there are a few others, not of our thinking, who do make the grade (to heaven, I mean) .. . well, we still feel our 'enlightenment' is much greater than theirs. Let us never be fooled into thinking that there are not a number of ways in which Christians can work out their faith. God, thank goodness, is not interested in dull uniformity. Remember how Paul handled diversity in Christian practice in the New Testament church. Some of the Christians at Rome and Corinth would not eat meat that had been offered to idols for fear they would seem to be sanc- tioning idolatry. Others said since the idol gods didn't exist it wouldn't do any harm. `We have one Lord and Master,' they insisted, 'and He has given us food for our good. I shall eat it and be grateful.' So here we have a difference in Christian practice from people By KENNETH MeEONALli The Communist Mani- festo of 1848 contained a 10-point program for sub- verting capitalist econo- mies and destroying pri- vate property. Second on the list: A heavy progres- sive or graduated income tax. Don't look now, but we've got it. And it's working as foretold by Marx and Engels. • • • Like death, taxes are inevitable. But the method of taxation is subject to change. We may think that because former Finance Minister Edgar Benson's "reforms" are only five years old it's too soon to change them. On the con- trary, it's almost too late! • • • We've become so ac- customed, though not re- conciled, to taxes that we're concerned less with changing the system, than with finding ways to beat it. A great army of accoun- tants and lawyers is de- ployed to help business- men make the most of tax "incentives" and special allowances. There is no such thing as a tax incen- tive, Each and every tax is a disincentive. There are only forms of relief from tax disincentives. • • 0 In a profit-oriented economy the emphasis should be on cutting costs. But when profits are taxed at 50 per cent, the in- clination is to spend more, because business costs "are only 50-cent dollars". Our whole economy is no longer profit-oriented but tax-oriented. • • • A positive, alternative approach is proposed in a who interpret the will of God differently, Take note of how Paul handles it: 'Don't criticise a brother Christian for having different ideas from yours about what is right and wrong. For instance, don't argue with him about whether or not to eat meat that has been offered to idols , . . Those who think it is all right to eat such meat must not look down on those who won't. And if you are one of those who won't, don't findfault with those who do. For God has accepted them to be his children. They are God's servants, not yours. They are responsible 'to Him, not to you.' He goes on to say that God is pleased with both attitudes providing they are held con- scientiously. 'The man who eats Lord, and he thanks God for it meat eats it as a gift from tip) The man who refrains from eating does so out of anxiety to please the Lord, and he too is thankful.' What a wonderful, liberal and humane approach. It vividly points out the priceless gift of Christian freedom. Christian behaviour, in all its variety, is cemented to pleasing God, which is the supreme pattern for all of us, It frees us, then, from taking a last stand on our own attitudes and from the necessity of criticising how other Christians work out their obedience. And it forces us to admit that it is just possible they may sometimes discern the will of God even more clearly than we do.! private research study by JRF Financial Consultants Ltd. of Ottawa tJohn R. Ferguson is also a director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business>. Business enterprises would be taxed not on profits but on the basis of Net Business Costs. • 0 • Then the incentive would be on cutting costs in order to increase profits. The tax system would re- inforce sound business principles rather than distort them, as it does now. • • • Instead of making business decisions for tax reasons, businessmen, would make them for business reasons. Taxing profits favors inefficient companies at the expense of efficient ones—the more efficient, the more tax, In a final absurdity, the state then uses tax monies from efficient companies to sub- sidize failing ones — the free lunch philosophy again. • • • Taxing costs would put everyone, including Crown corporations and foreign branch plants, on the same competitive footing. The study indicates that a tax of five per cent on net business costs would pro- duce more revenue than taxing profits; enough to reduce personal income tax and eliminate sales taxes. • • • Our whole inflationary mess is tax-induced. The way out is to turn the system around so that it stimulates, instead of des- troys, the economy. O ......................... ; T/ME TO OZT 0041f" 2?A'arro SICW001 yt ,k .f..} 4