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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-09-26, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990. Walton Compiled by Mrs. Betty McCall. Phone 887-6677 Family visits fair Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lundy, Hamilton visited for a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Allan McCall and family and attended the Brussels Fall Fair on Wednes­ day. Several people from this area attended the wedding of Ruthie Thamer and John Uyl on Saturday at Duff’s United Church, Walton and the dinner and reception later at the Brussels Community Centre. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Huether, Toronto spent the weekend with their parents in the area and attended the 125th anniversary service at Duff s Church on Sun­ day. Congratulations to Hugh and Malinda Johnson who celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary, Sept. 23. They were formerly of the 17th of Grey and now live in Brussels. The U.C.W. of Duffs Church have a busy week with the fall meeting of the Huron-Perth Pres- byterial being held in the church on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m. the East Huron Regional Rally will be held at Brucefield United Church, Lavonne Ballagh as speaker. Next Sunday the regular Sunday School classes begin. Teachers are to be present for the award ceremony. Merchants expect more bookwork with GST Continued from page 1 wouldn’t have.needed.” Bob Richmond of J. L. McCut­ cheon Motors Ltd. in Brussels said that a rough estimate of what his company has spent would be about $3,500. “This is before we even collect anything and God only knows what the additional time spent on it will be. I’m not opposed to the tax, but it is going to be costly,’’ Mr. Richmond said. A new cash register cost $1,300 while Mr. Richmond figures about $500 has been spent in time, mileage and productive hours for people to attend training seminars. Another $500 will be paid to the person setting up computers and new work orders and sales bills were about $1,000 more than those the com­ pany had previously used. Some business people have not made any moves yet, either be­ cause they are reluctant or do not need to at this time. Jayne Marquis of Bainton’s in Blyth said that as yet they have not spent anything but adds it is going to cost money. “I’m against it, so I’m holding out until I have to before taking any action,’’ she said. “But, we know there is going to be a lot of expense in bookkeeping hours and in setting up the books’’. Mr. Howson said his company will be needing new computer programs added to the existing ones, while Jennifer Hill, the assistant General Manager of Blyth Festival says their major concern is the implementation of the tax and keeping track. “It is really going to increase our workload. We have so many accounts that we handle here it should be quite a challenge,’’ Ms. Hill said. For small businessmen the chall­ enges and uncertainties are fright­ ening. Mr. Teeft said, “I was fortunate to have a large company, Elliott Mar, backing me so we could attend all the seminars. But, you look up and down the street and there are a lot of people here that don’t understand it, or know how to deal with it.” Rene Richmond of Just For You in Brussels is one of these mer­ chants. “I am not sure in a lot of ways how it is going to affect me in my business,” Mrs. Richmond said. “I had to buy a new cash register already that I would never have spent the money on other­ wise.” The increase in book work is also at this point something a little overwhelming. A lot of small business people wonder whether they will have to pay someone to deal with the extra workload which simply isn’t financially feasible for them. “I think there’s going to be a lot of people going out of busi­ ness,” Mrs. Richmond said. Mr. Clarkson is optimistic about the tax, however. “For those using books or ledgers it will only mean one extra line added to record the GST,” Mr. Clarkson said. “It may be a little more time consuming but it also may encourage small busi­ nesses to keep better eyes on their books”. Mr. Scrimgeour noted, however that for him it will put an extra load on the accounting people which will mean additional labour costs. “What I find most disturbing,” he added, “is my understanding that we pay the tax when the product comes in, then collect from the customer. The onus, therefore, is on us. If one of my employees forgets to charge the tax, the money comes out of Don Scrim- geour’s pocket.” Mail route changes affect delivery Changes in Canada Post’s truck­ ing system may mean some sub­ scribers to The Citizen may be receiving their papers later. Trucks to Blyth and Brussels now travel from London and Kitchener respectively, meaning that all mail must go to those centres before being returned to the area. Mail from Blyth to Londesboro, for instance, will go to London and back. Mail from Brussels to Blue­ vale will go to Kitchener and back. To ensure as many people as possible will get their papers on time. The Citizen has expanded its own delivery system. Oscar and Dorothea Ducharme who already travelled from Clinton in the south to Wingham in the north to deliver papers Tuesday night, have now added trips to Bluevale and Ethel to try to speed delivery. Another run is made to Auburn Wednesday morning to take papers there. (Our apologies to Auburn rural route subscribers who got their paper a day late last week. Our delivery to Auburn was too late to catch the rural route drivers.) In some cases, however, despite the added effort and expense, we won’t be able to delivery your paper to you as quickly as in the past. We apologize and promise we’ll keep looking for alternatives to improve service. Duffs celebrates 125th It was a special Sunday at Duff’s United Church, Walton when past and present members gathered to share in the 125th anniversary. Greeters were Doug and Marjory Fraser. Organist was Glenda Car­ ter; pianist, Marion Godkin; violin­ ist, Phyllis Mitchell. The large crowd were ushered in by Brian McGavin and Allan Searle. The Wilbee family played a musical prelude prior to the wor­ ship service opened by Rev. Bennie Cole Arnal. The Bosman Trio from Londesboro sang several numbers and the choir sang an anthem “What a friend we have in Jesus”. Don McDonald sang a solo, “We come to praise our maker” accom­ panied by Margery Huether at the piano. The guest speaker was John King who is Rural Life Co-ordinator for the London Conference, bring­ ing a very thoughtful message on “The Church as Servant”. The offering was received by Brian McGavin, Allan Searle, Doug Fra­ ser and Rick McDonald. After the service a lunch was served in the basement during a time of fellowship. An interesting display of pictures was set up by Marilyn McDonald. Orders will be taken for those who wish a copy of the church history which will be purchased later this year. Special service Duff’s Church in Walton celebrated its 125th anniversary on Sunday. A full house was in attendance to commemorate the special occasion. Here, from left, are: Alvin McDonald, a 50 year plus member of Duff’s congregation; Rev. Bonnie Cole Arnal; Graeme Craig, Clerk of Session and John King, Rural Life Co-ordinator for the London Conference of United Church Canada who was guest speaker. East Wawanosh school news PRIMARY In the grade 1/2 class, the grade 1 is learning about colours while grade 2 is writing a book about dogs. The students are involved in various activities. This is what some of them said: Paul Walker, “I like painting. I think it’s the funnest activity of all. I’m painting a picture of a sunny day.” Daniel Mullin, “I like the computers. They’re fun, but are hard to use.” Travis Campbell, “I like blocks. They’re fun and I like building castles.” Grade 1/2 always has a new helper each day. The helper on Friday was Garrett Knight. Mrs. Dodds’ class is making Tommy Cat books and “All About Me” books. The students had their picture taken to put in their books that they are making. Under their pictures they are writing a couple of sentences. They are also study­ ing the author Priscilla Galloway. The grade 2/3’s are working on various activities to get to know each other. They welcome David Wray to the school and to grade 2/3. They also have a new teacher named Miss Mathers. JUNIOR Mr. Fisher’s class is starting a unit on Fairy Tales. They are very busy doing activities at all different centres. The centres involve crea­ tive thinking, reading, and drama. They hope to do an assembly in the future. During the second week of school the grade 4/5 class talked about the 70th anniversary of the School Fair. They talked to Dorothy Logan and Louise Bosman about their memor­ ies of the School Fair. The students learned about how the School Fair was different in the early years. The grade sixes are selling lunch bags full of popcorn for 50 cents every third Thursday of the month. They are raising money to go to see “The Nutcracker” ballet in London in December. INTERMEDIATE The grade 7’s followed the provincial election and held their own election. They are recycling the glass juice containers from lunches. They will be selling donuts on September 28. They are making get well cards for Craig Shergold from England. Craig has a terminal illness and his dream is to receive the most Get Well Cards to get into the Guiness Book of World Records. The grade 8 class has started working on the musical “Scrooge”. The performance will be in Decem­ ber. We are also studying Shake­ speare’s “As You Like It” and will be seeing the play at Stratford on Thursday evening, October 4. New Minimum Wage Regulations The following new general minimum wage rates (excluding harvest workers) take effect at the beginning of the work week in which October 1 st, 1990 occurs: GENERAL (including domestics) General (hourly) $ 5.40 Students under 18 (hourly) $ 4.55 Liquor servers (hourly) $ 4.90 Hunting/fishing guides (day, 5 hours/ + ) $54.00 Hunting/fishing guides (less than 5 hours) $27.00 The following new minimum wage rates for fruit, vegetable and tobacco harvesters will go into effect on January 1st, 1991: Adults $ 5.40 Students under 18 $ 4.55 Maximum room and meal values in calculating the minimum wage (applicable to general workers at the beginning of the work week in which October 1,1990 occurs, and to harvest workers, January 1 st, 1991): Room —private (weekly) $25.00 — non-private (weekly) $12.50 Meals —(each) $ 2.00 — (weekly) $42.00 Room and meals (weekly) — with private room $67.00 — with non-private lodging $54.50 Housing (weekly) for harvest workers only — serviced $78.30 — unserviced $57.80 Ministry of Labour ® Ontario