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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-04-27, Page 6editoriel page LUCKN(., Vine Slept y Vuwe" editorial Uetabltebetd 110 Ontario agriculture minister Dennis TimbreII made a favourable impression when he spoke to a meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture in Lucknow last week, ' The minister who represents an urban riding has learned much about this business of agriculture since being appointed to this position some 14 months ago. TimbreII made several points while answering questions at the meeting. He mentioned that while the province does have a farm assistants plan and is taking initiatives to establish a stabilisation plan for farmersnot covered by existing marketing boards, Ontario does not offer a credit assistance program for farmers as some provinces do. Timbre lt pointed out that Ontario has some programs and other provinces have other programs, `I'imbre11 also stated that the taxpayers of this province are not itt a position to reduce interest rates for everyone itt the province whether it be farmers, businesses or homeowners. Re added that government cannot be all things to all people, Government cannot step in and provide assistance to permit farme,,s' debts to be forgiven, Government cannot be a banker for all people not ran it be one big landlord. TimbreII appears to be honest and knowledgeable. He is also intelligent and patient. All of these qualities make him suitable to the agricultural portfolio itt these stressful times. Ontario farmers are more fortunate than they realize to have `Cimbrell working in their interest. Office rules in 1$52 With conditions of employment very much a topic of conversation, a document headed "Office Practices" and dated I1152, found itt a building recently demolished, makes interesting reading: t tdtitless, Cleanliness and Punctuality are necessities of a good business, * This firm has reduced the hours of work, and the Clerical Staff will now only have to be present between the hours of y a,m. and 6 p.m. on week days. * Daily prayers will be held each morning in the Main Office. The Clerical Staff will be present. a Clothing must be of a sober nature. The Clerical Staff will not disport themselves in raiment of bright colours, nor will they wear hose unless itt good repair. * Overshoes and top coats may not be worn in the office, but neck starves and headwear may be worn in inclement weather. a A stove is provided for the benefit of the Clerical Staff, coal and wood must be kept itt the locker. It is recommended that each member of the Clerical Staff bring 4 pounds of coal each day, during cold weather, a No member of the Clerical Staff may leave the ronin without permission from Mr. Rogers, The calls of nature are permitted, and Clerical Staff may use the garden below the second gate. This area must be kept in good order. * No talking is allowed during business hours, a The craving of tobacco, wines or spirits is a human weakness and, as such, is forbidden to all members of the Clerical Staff. * Now that the hours of business have been drastically reduced the partaking of food is allowed between 11.30 a.m. and noon, but work will not, on any account, cease. * Members of the Clerical Staff will provide their own pens. A new sharpener is available, on application to Mr. Rogers. * Mr. Rogers will nominate a senior Clerk to be responsible for the cleanliness of the Math Office and the private Office, and ali Bays and Juniors will report to him 40 minutes before Prayers and will remain after closing hours for similar work. Brushes, Brooms, Scrubbers and Soap art provided by the owners. * The New Increased Weekly Wages are as hereunder detailed: ® Junior Boys (to 11 years) 15c Boys (to 14 years) 25c Junior Clerks 1.05 Senior Clerks (after 15 years with the owners) 2.50 The owners recognize the generosity of the new Labour Laws but expect a great rise in output of work to compensate for these new Utopian conditons. 1HOMAS A THOMPSON - Adsertising SHARON 3. WET? • Editor PAT I IVINGSVON - Office Manager .10AN H1 -.LM - ('ompositor MERLE 14110TT • typesetter Manager Lacl now Sentinel, Wednesday, App 27, 1193—Page b Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0 Second (lass Mail Registration Number 0847 Subffirription rate, $15.25 per year to *AIN met Seiner Citizen rate, 512.75 per year ht *theatre and lbtetgn, 538.00 pet year hi advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and tbretgn, 5316.00 per year 1n advance A look at the Canadian economy lay Elmo Stoll lite following article, written by an Old Order Amishmanr from Aylmer, Ontario was printed In the January 5 Aylmer Etpriesa.1 1 never expected to get inspired by a weekly paper like the Aylmer express, but at last it has come to that. 1 notice almost every week where some group is getting a government grant to do something people used to think was their own responsibility. It seems there are government grants to bail out companies who are going bank- rupt, grants to manufacture work, grants to restore buildings, and even to subsidise farm products, ambu- lance service, and Dingle Street bridges, This week 1 saw where the Aylmer Mennonite Community Store is get- ting a grant of $51,168 to establish a recycling project even though it is not needed - excuse me, 1 meant to say, even though "the demand for recyely) goods has declined''. 1 also see where four local residents have been hired to "promote tourism in Aylmer". Their wages will come from another govern- ment grant, this time to the tune of $55,384, We Amish are prevented by our religious scruples from taking any government grants, and it's hard at times to avoid the feeling that the world may be passing us by. But here is where my inspiration enters. 1 know a good thing when 1 see it. If we can't take grants from the govern- ment, perhaps we could take an example, 1 intend to talk with all my Amish neighbours and see if they wilt go along with me on this. We should soon have things looking brighter - a promising new tomorrow for our children. We wilt band together, and be like a miniature Canada with a population of 35 families. The first move will be for all of us to give each other a 5500 cash grant to stimulate the economy. Next, Johnny Gaschu used to buy quite a few of out cattle, but lately not much is moving. So we will tax each family 5100. That will enable us to give Johnny a $3,500 grant to buy our cattle from us. Lest Johnny be tempt- ed to use that money to buy cheaper cattle at Walker's Sales Arena, we will vote in trade restrictions and stiff tariITs. 1 also think faithful Levi Schlabaugh should get a grant. He has been making buggies for us all his life, but business is slow now. There are more buggies than demand. We will create a marketing board, with the power to limit buggy production. The market- ing board will put the price of buggies up to where Levi can make a fair profit. If Levi protests that the higher prices will depress the market still more, we will attempt to explain to him that we will counteract that easily enough. We will simply tax each member of our group to make up a grant to subsidize the buggies, so they will still be cheap enough so that we MB afford them. I notice that tdwin Wagler has an old building standing vacant on his farm. Its architecture is unique. The door also sags and the roof leaks in places. A grant of, let's say, $10,000, would go a long way toward fixing it up so it would be suitably to use as a henhouse. If we taxed each family $300, that would supply the grant. We could then move Edwin's hens from their present quarters, and then hire a committee to make a study of what to do with the former henhouse. Daniel Wagler has a small store letiers to the editor where he sells a few groceries. 1 think he should be given a grant to paint some signs to put at the road so all of us could find it easier in the dark. Neon tights would hardly do for an Amishman, but $2,000 would buy a lot of kerosene lanterns. Where would the money come from? We could put a tax on the groceries he sells - 7 rents on a pound of butter, and 50 cents on a hundredweight of whole wheat flour. We would need to draw up an official chart, of course. To administer the tax and keep the books in order would provide employment for a least one person, if we hired someone who wasn't too good at it. 0h, 1 see that this will really be something different. There is no point in any of us living so frugally any more. We will set up a fund to give handouts to people who are out of work. When that fund expires, we will h ave a second fund they can depend on. Having various funds like - this keeps more people employed looking after ,them. We will have something for the elderly, and something for mothers with children. If we run out of money, we will borrow from each other, and then we can have interest income, too. If only 1 can convince - or should 1 say, inspire, my neighbours. Some of them are pretty old fashioned. They believe such out dated ideas like, "You cannot make a blanket longer by cutting off a piece from one end and sewing it to the other". Most of them do not even believe in Santa Claus - they maintain you cannot get some- thing for nothing. Perhaps the most unusual thing of all about them is that almost to the last man, they insist you cannot take six rabbits from a hat that contains only four. With neighbours like that, wish me well. To the Editor: It'a back! And the Jamboree '83 Decorating Committee is glad. A while bark we wrote to say that one of the Jamboree Welcome Nome signs was missing. And if you recall, we were a "trifle" upset. it seems that the pranksters have had a change of heart and the sign is once more where it belongs. THANKS! We really do appreciate it. The Jamboree Decorating Commit- tee has yet another big thank you we'd like to express. This one is to the members of the Dungannon Reunion Committee who have very generously lent us twelve of their brackets which will be used on the main street. Thank you Dungannon. All in all, we are pleased that ('ornniunity Spirit is alive and thriving in Lucknow. 1 ogether we can make Jamboree '83 the biggest and best birthday party Lucknow has ever seen. Sincerely, The Jamboree '83 Decorating Comittee. Dear Friends, The summer is fast approaching, and we at Pinecrest are getting ready for a very busy season. A number of special events are happening in May, among them are our monthly birthday party, which will he held on May 1 1 , at 1.30 The ladies from the Purple (,rove Women's institute will be helping us celebrate. We would like to invite family members and friends of our residents to attend. Caravan Clothing will be at Pine - crest in May also. This is a mobile clothing store that serves Nursing Homes. They will be at Pinecrest on May 24, and again, we invite you to come up and see what this excellent service to our residents is all about. The Resident's Council at Pinecrest is having a draw for a 200 dollar gift certificate at Wheel's Inn in Chatham. Tickets are available at the Nursing Home, and from several of the staff. The draw will be held in July. We are all looking forward to the Jamboree weekend. We would like to remind families and friends that there will be a special area sectioned off during the parade for the residents. We would encourage family members to plan to take the residents down to the parade. Pinecrest Manor Residents and Staff. To the Editor: On behalf of the Lucknow Kinnettes we would like to express our appre- ciation to all those who helped make our annual Fashion Show a success. We are grateful to the businesses which took part and the models who displayed their fashions. Our thanks go to all of the busin- esses which generously contributed door prizes. We would also like to thank those who contributed articles of clothing to the Jamboree segment and to the models who made it all such fun. The support of the public helps make this project worthwhile each year. Fashion Show Chairmen Eleanor MacDonald Wilma Blake. To the Editor: The Town and Country Club of Lucknow recently presented the Luck - now Library with $50 for supplies for Story Hour. As we receive no money from the County System for craft supplies, this donation is gratefully received on behalf of the up to 20 preschoolers who come every Monday to Story Hour. The Lucknow Library committee is pleased to have received several donations this spring. We thank everyone for their contribution to improve their library. Sincerely. Fran McQuail Harlow Stonehouse Helen Riegling Kerti O'Neill Greta Johnston Bernice Johnstone Lorna Guay George Joynt.