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AV W. Roger WWII;
Thousands of Canada's
small and medittrwsized busi-
nesses will be placed hi bank-
ruptcy or receivership this, year,
partially due to high interest
rates and partially as a result
of a weak economy.
The government argues that
additional support for inde-
pendent businesses can't be
justified because the freedom
to fails an integral part of the
free enterprise system,
The argument makes a lot
of sense and in fact statistics
indicate that Iwo out of three
entrepreneurswho fail will
succeed when they later take a •
crack at running their own
business,
While bankruptcy may seem
tough medicine, there is little
question the system produces
the. "scar tissue" that is many
'Roger Worth is Director,
Public Affairs,
Canadian Federation of
Independent Business.
Dear editor:
On behalf of the Huron
County Unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society, I would like
to express our
congratulations and ap-
preciation to all people in the
Exeter area who contributed
so generously to the 1980
Cancer campaign for funds.
As a result, the Exeter
Branch, under the capable
direction of Carfrey Cann
and Charles Smith, is the
first branch in Huron County
to exceed its objective
having achieved the
significant atnourit of wet
$13,000.00.
Efforts such as this enable
the Cancer Society to con-
tinue its important work in
research , treatment to
`Patients, and education of
the public in prevention of
cancer.
With sincere appreciation
and gratitude, I remain,
Yours truly,
Ross IVIcbaniel,
Campaign Chairttran
Huron county 'Unit
Canadian Cancer Society
teams fill arenas, bring in big television revenues, and the
N.H.L. is well organized arid carries a lot of clout.
Maybe I sound like a hawk in this column. I'm not. I'm a
school teacher. Perhaps because of that, I realize that, as
there must be order, and semblance of civilization, in the
structure of nations. •
There are times when I'm ashamed of my country. We
are not without guts and imagination as Ambassador Ken
Taylor's high jink's in Iran proved,
But tittle and again it has been proved that Canada will
never take strong measures, whatever the provocation, if
it's going to cost us a felar bucks in trade.
That's the way the free en-
terprise system is supposed to
work,
But from Ottawa's point of
view, what's sauce for therose
is apparently not Sauce for the
gander,
For while thousands Of
smaller firms are allowed to
fail, Canada's federal govern-
ment has opened the money-
vault &Mrs, providing $200
tnillion worth of support for
troubled automaker Chrysler
Corp. The 1J,S. government
has kicked in another $1.5 bil-
lion and further aid from vari-
ous American state goverh,
meats is in place.
The point here is not whether
the governments (and taxpay-
ers) are likely to lose their
money. Or whether support is
justified because of the thou,
sands of jobs involved.
A much broader principle
is at stake. If taxpayer aid for
one mismanaged and Inefficient
enterprise can be justified, why •
shouldn't all troubled firms
receive support?
That is the one delicate
question the politicians have
failed to answer in all the dis-
cussions concerning support
for ailing Chrysler. The public,
and especially independent
business people facing bank-
ruptcy because they are playing
by the rules, deserve a real an-
swer to that very tough question.
beside nursing, intermediate
year at the Sarnia General
Hospital school of nursing,
Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hubert
Jones,. left Monday on a
conducted tour of the West
going as far as Vancouver.
W. Joseph Hogan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hogan,
RR 8, Parkhill received his
BA degree at UWO con-
vocation .Saturday.
Kozy Korner restaurant
has been purchased by Alice
Lockie, Zurich it was an-
nounced this week by John
Burke, Exeter realtor.
Mrs. David Millar, town,
Mrs. J.P. Williams of
Cumberland, Maryland and
Mrs. David Henry of
Clandeboye attended a
reunion of registered nurses
in Stratford last Sunday.
15 Years Ago
Miss Ann Fairbairn of
Exeter showed pictures of
her trip to Newfoundland at
the citizenship meeting of
Hurondale WI in Caven
Presbyterian Church last
Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne
Genttner of Dashwood
celebrated their 25th wed-
ding anniversary quietly at
their home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Jer-.
myn, Karen and Don Jermyn
of Ottawa attended con-
vocation exercises at
Waterloo University
Saturday. Douglas Jermyn
received his BA.Sc, degree
in mechanical engineering.
John Quinlivin, 64, of
Grand Bend, passed away at
South Huron Hospital,
Exeter Monday, May 31,
The Telephone System
plans to instal dial telephone
in Dashwood,
Stephen Township Reeve
Glen Webb and Clerk Ross
Haugh were authorized by
council Thursday night to
sign easement agreements
with the Hay Municipal
Telephone System for their
planned work in Dashwotxl.
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"I think Trudeau finally achieved his Just Society —
the country's JUST surviving!"
The stress factor increases •
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While it may be correct to say that
figures don't lie, they can be
manipulated, depending on the end'
result one wishes to attain.
Nowhere is this more evident than
on a discussion! of municipal taxes and
one member of Exeter council last
week indicated that the 12,47 percent
increase in the local mill rate was com-
parable to most other municipalities.
That is more than a little suspect.
Two weeks ago it was reported that
Hensall's mill rate went up eight and
half percent, while only last week
council set a rate that was equal to the
previous year.
However, the one consideration in
discussing the Exeter rate is that it has
been increased 24.35 mills for public
school residential ratepayers, and
while that represents a percentage in-
crease of 12.47, it is extremely high and
in fact could be a record.
Talking in terms of percentages is
always a questionable practice. The
higher the base factor is, the lower the
percentage an increase represents.
Had Hensall's mill rate increased by 24
mills, for instance , the percentage in-
crease would have been 17 percent. But
because they started with a higher
Michelin wants $50 million in
government handouts to construct a
new plant in Nova Scotia (it has
already been given $22 million by the
federal government toward building its
first two plants) while other tire com-
panies across the nation are in dire
straits.
Firestone has already been forced
to inititate layoffs and plant closings
because of the depressed radial tire
market. After spending $150 million
during the last eight years on conver-
ting, upgrading and building its own
plants, Firestoneis justified in its de-
mand that, if Michelin wants to expand,
it should use its own funds and not tax-
payers' money.
Last week's news told of yet
another boxer who lies in a coma after
taking a beating in the ring. Not long
ago a boxer died of his injuries.
Modern men, and some modern
women, are indeed strange creatures in
this century of enlightenment. Boxing
is still called a "sport" when, in fact, it
is nothing more than a demonstration
of the same sport of brutality that
brought roars of approval from Roman
mobs in the coliseum two thousand
years ago. What is sporting about two
men facing each other in a roped-off
enclosure, intent on hammering each
other to insensibility on the mat? Why
is the public ready to pay these gloved
gladiators millions of dollars so the
spectators tan witness a display of
brutality?
Art Linkletter used to
have a program called "Kids
Say the Darndest Things". I
have to agree. Just when you
think you've got the little
duffers all labelled and
wrapped up they tome along
and make you realize that
you don't really know them
very well at all.
Take the little guy in grade
I who walked out of the
school one day, wrinkled his
note, and then leaned back
base, Exeter's 24-mill boost was only a
12.47 percent hike.
Council will point to the education
levies to cite the major reasons for the
increase in local taxes, But the in-
fallibility'ofIthat argument depends to
an extent on whether the mill rate or
percentage increase is to be con-
sidered.
The school rate for high school pur-
poses is up 25.03 percent, compared to
an 8.45 percent increase in the general
municipal rate. Quite a difference!
But, the actual mill rate increases are
comparable at 7.69 and 9.27 percent
respectively, and in terms of dollars,
the increase in the high school rate is
only $223 more than the increase in the
town's general levy.
The underlining fact is that the mill
rate has been boosted by an all-time
high and local ratepayers have every
right,to be concerned.
Hopefully, members of council will
give some explanations of the budget
before they pass the bylaw at their next
meeting, because to date the
ratepayers should pay one of the
highest increases in this community's
history, particularly when they started
with a surplus of $120,0004,
One reason put forth for the
government's interest in the Michelin
grant is the desire to stimulate the
economy and job market in Nova
Scotia. While the aim may be commen-
dable, the approach is faulty, There's
no sense in spending public money to
create jobs in one part of an industry,
knowing that it will cancel jobs in
another part of that industry.
If the federal government wants to
help Nova Scotia, it should investigate
other incentives, such as reduced
federal sales tax on construction in-
dustry materials - or help other
businesses get started in an industry
that is thriving and which will not be
hurt by the increased competition in a
saturated market.
Modern society has passed all sorts
of laws against brutality in other
forms. If you beat a horse or a dog you
will face heavy fines or imprisonment.
If you hit your neighbor, even with an
open hand, you will be charged with
assault. If you slap a neighbor's
youngster after he has smashed your
living room window you will be in real
trouble.
Organized dog fights were outlaw-
ed years ago. Cock fighting has been
forbidden; killing baby seals has half
the world nauseated - but it is still a
multi-million dollar business to get two
grown men to beat each other into un-
consciousness or death.
Stange world!
Wingham Advance-Times
whispered to her mother,
"Somebody turned my
volume down!"
I was standing outside of
the grade I room as the little
ones were getting ready to
go home. The bell rang and
one of the boys, wide-eyed,
looked at me as if he could
hardly believe his ears and
blurted,• "How did that
happen?" I think he figured
that I just lived to press that
magic button eight times a
day.
There's no chance of a per-
son getting too inflated with
one's importance with little
kids around. Quite inhOceht-
ly, they're always ready to
cut you down a peg or two.
If you've taken advantage of some of
the warmer weather of late to get some
spring planting done in your flower gar-
den, you may notice that inflation has
not been rampant in that regard.
In fact, there is evidence that defla-
tion has hit the box plant industry, but
it is a situation that warrants some
scrutiny from buyers,
The price range runs the usual gamut
from 694 to 894'. but similar to most
other aspects of the marketplace, one
has to watch carefully because some
bargains really aren't.
What is happening is that the people
who grow all those beautiful flowers or
vegetables in their greenhouses have
eliminated any standard by which a
careful shopper can judge his purchase.
So, while you may be prompted to
rush to the garden centre offering that
special price of 69c, you may find that•
all you get is six plants, whereas the
dealer offering box plants for 84 may
have nine cubicles in his offerings.
At any rate, the only way to go shop-
ping is with a trusty calculator in your
pocket, especially so you can haggle
over the price when you find that one of
your boxes has a blank cubicle,
The box plant business is one of the
fastest growing in today's society and if
inflation continues through to next
year, you can probably bet that the
price won't have increased. However,
there will be new boxes on the market
that have only four cubicles, It's the
new way to beat inflation!
*
While old-time gardeners scoff at
those of us who load up the trunk with
box plants and head to the garden, it's
not merely a case of being lazy or
spendthrift.
ti r'an oispe aedby srniley
Headlines are not reassuring these
days, to day the least. By the time this
appears in print. they may be terrify-
ing. The American debacle over the
hostages has ended, and who knows
what violent and world-shaking stunt
the CIA and the U.S. military will try
next.
There is no more dangerous time for
our society on earth than one inwhich
the Americans are embroiled in foreign
affairs, and, at the same time, there is
a presidential election in the offing.
This has been proved, over and over
again. The incumbent president, if he
wants another term in office, and he
nearly always does, is tempted, es-
pecially if it is going to be a close race,
into perilous ventures from which he
will emerge as a hero and waltz into of-
fice.
President Jimmy Carter showed, for
a long period, admirable restraint as
the lawless Iranians twisted the tiger's
tail. But, as the election loomed, arid
the situation remained stagnant, he
came under more and more pressure
from the "hawks" among his advisors,
and from the mood of his people, to "do
something."
He gave in, with the resulting fiasco
in Iran. A, completely bollixed rescue
sortie. The hostages, target of the
attempt, scattered. American soldiers
killed in action for the first time in his
regime.
At the White House, the moderate
Secretary of State, Cyrus Vahee,
resigned because he was against the
somewhat strident mission. And a new,
It's the only way most of us have' of
knowing what those green shoots are in
the garden. The tales are many of an
ardent tenderfoot removing all the
tender vegetables in a row and leaving
only the weeds.
The writer is quickly coming to one
sound philosophy that could set the box
plant business back a few years and
once more make it easy for people to
buy the less expensive seeds in• those
colorful packets.
The first rule in weeding gardens is
to pull out anything that appears to be
healthy. Chances are that it is a weed.
The second rule is to watch what the
birds and squirrels don't eat. It too is
probably some type of weed.
The third rule is to keep a close eye
on insects. Any green item on which
they appear to be gourging themselves
is a vegetable seedling. And the fourth
and final tip is to search out dog tracks.
Those tender, crushed pieces of foliage
under a giant paw mark are also
vegetables. Dogs, it seems, 'do not like.
walking on weeds!
The writer has come up with another
sure-fire trick this year to thwart the
usual invasion of weeds which tends to
decimate a garden.
After several years of getting out a
string and a couple of stakes to make
certain the rows of vegetables were
straight, I came to the realization that
whoever is in charge of weeds was do-
ing the same thing.
So this year. I merely eye-baIled the
garden and put in a few zigs and zags to
keep that fellow off guard. The move is
already paying dividends.
Just this past weekend I spotted two
huge dandelines that had failed to zig
and there they were, right out in the
middle of nowhere where they could be
harsh, hard-nosed voice for Carter, as
No. 1 Man on foreign policy, Zbigniew
Brzezinski, who doesn't believe in the
soft-shoe shuffle, but in hob-nailed
boots. Another arrogant idiot like
Henry Kissinger, the late, unlamented
mouth for Richard Nixon. Lord help us
all.
Behind all the pious expressions of
grief for the dead men, and the
lukewarm sympathy of America's in-
ternational "friends" lie a lot of un-
answered questions.
Why didn't Carter wait another three
weeks, until the date many of his allies
had agreed to apply heavy sanctions on
Iran? You supply the answers.
How could a nation with the greatest
technology in the world, a nation that
put a man on the moon, so abysmally
foul up a rescue operation similar to
the one carried out successfully by tiny
Israel at Entebbe?
Why did they leave their dead behind,
to be ignominiously displayed before
the world's television cameras by the
savages Masquerading as holy men, of
Iran? Surely you take your dead with
you.
Those are just a few of the questions
the headlines force one to ask, unless
one is a booby. and trusts the leaders of
nations,
Let's leave the Yanks alone with
their troubles, and have a look closer to
home, More questions pop up.
If Canada really syinpathizes with
the American position on Iran and the
hostages, as our leaders indicate, why
don't we do something about it?
pulled out without-removing six inches
of spinach along with them.
Even some creeping Charley vines
have failed to notice the zags and are
having trouble staying in the irregular
rows to entwine the lettuce with their
choking tentacles.
The twitch grass, of course, isn't los-
ing any ground with its rampant growth
and one huge burdock still stands
defiantly in the middle of the garden,
knowing full well that it will take two
rows of peas and 19fled beets along
with it if I ever get up enough courage
to pull it out. Oh well, you can't beat
them all in one, year!
* *
This year the editor was among the
early-birds in the gardening business,
but now thatall the spring lawn and gar-
den informition is starting to be made
available, I have learned that
procrastination would have been more
advised.
The first periodical received had a
lengthy and colorful article showing the
need for "companion" planting. That is
to say, some plants apparently get
along well together and some are bitter
enemies.
On checking through the list, it was
found that every cardinal rule had been
broken. My peas were beside the
onions, the tomatoes were in cahoots
with the cabbage, etc., etc. Now I'll
have to go out and put up privacy
fences so they don't know who they're
bedding down with.
No wonder so many guys are giving
up gardening to sit around watching
ball games and guzzling beer! The
stress factor is obviously too great.
.3.
Whatever the Shah did, and his was
obviously a corrupt and brutal reign,
his successors are no better, They have
hanged hundreds after kangaroo trials,
persecuted racial and religious
minorities and surrendered the prin-
ciples of justice and Mercy into the
hands of a narrow, religiously fanatic
old man.
Why doesn't Canada kick out all
Iranians, stop trading with them, seize
any assets they have in this country,
refuse them entry visas, and keep it
up until the hostages are released and a
stable and civilized government is
restored in Iran?
Why doesn't Canada, internationally
known as a peace-maker, go back to
that role, and work through the United
Nations. the Commonwealth, and the
other great powers, to bring Iran into
line?
If we deplore Russia's invasion of
Afghanistan, which we claim to do,
why don't we do something besides
deplore? Because we might lose some
wheat sales: that's why.
We make a feeble gesture by talking
our athletes into staying away from the
Olympic Games, poor devils.
But we go right on planning to host
Russian hockey teams in the "great"
Canada Cup series.
Of course, that paradox is simply
enough explained. Olympic athletes
don't make money, they cost Money.
And they aren't very well organized
and don't have =eh clout.
On the other hand, Russian hockey
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So this is sport!
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in with his thumbs in his
pocket just like his farmer
dad and said to his teacher
"Boy somebody sure is
spreading the pig (Manure)
thick today, eh?"
Another teacher, on yard
duty, was told by a little
kindergarten lass that some
of the bigger boys were pick-
big oh her. He said that he
would tend to them right
away and just about laughed
in her face when she said
very seriously, "You're
really going to give them
(manure)?"
In the Reader's Digest
recently, a four year-old was
afflicted with her first case
of laryngitis. Amazed, she
It's questiOn time
times instrumental in driving
business-minded Canadians to
become even more successful
than they might have been.
The process also separates
the wheat from the chaff, sup-
posedly ensuring that the least
efficient and productive busi-
nesses will fail because they
can't compete.
ss Years Ago
Mr. E.S. Steiner, VS of
Bergen NY was in Exeter a
few days and has decided to
open up a practice here. He
has rented one of Mr. C. B.
Snell's houses on Anne St.
Next Sunday will be an
unique date in the Methodist
Church, Hensall, as it marks
the last Sunday of its
existence as a Methodist
denomination.
During the thunderstorm
Monday afternoon, Dan
McCurdy, of Stephen had a.
horse killed by lightning.
Several trees were blown
down by the wind.
Mr. W.C. Keddy and
sisters Misses Hanna and
Nettie Keddy left Tuesday
for the West.
30 years Ago
Interior of the new air-
men's lounge' at RCAF
Station Centralia was gutted
by fire Tuesday afternoon.
Damage was estimated at
$4,000,
Dashwood Band was
reorganized with T.H.
Hoffman as leader assisted
by Melvin Stade and
Maurice Klumpp,
William Brian, 8-month old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Decker, Zurich won first
prize in the baby show at
Hensall Spring Fair.
Records were topped at
the preliminary juvenile
contest at Kirkton when e-76
contestants in 56 numbers
from 23 public schools took
part.
The Huronia Male Choir
took part in the anniversary
services at Roy's Church on
Sunday.
Mr. Francis Clark,
Crediton, was presented with
a life membership in the
Telephone Pioneers of
America in recognition of
active service in the
telephone industry.
20 Years Ago
Miss Sally Acheson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
C.E. Acheson, town, won the
supervisory staff award for
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