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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-08-26, Page 4from a News- y :y that there is a municipal tax living, in town, my lPaY dearly It *ice asmuch ownshipc. r taxpayer, who Public sh o, and has a dAlar essesSMent, living in t h would cost him the light in the county' where the same wouldonly ty$2.50:for the Intivilett and West awano T ? sh:1. r, The surpr!Sing thing: of, the whole survey is that God*Ich, with the mast industry in the county, hes the highest tax rate and of h, which has almost no industrial assessment, has the lowest elf all theta/out-at $452. That shatters the ancient myth that more industry lowers the tax rate. Maybe the taxpayers of Goderich should have a talk with the politicians who spend their money. If paying tower taxes is your aim in life, then moving out to Hullett or West Wawanosh—would be the quickest solution, or one of the other townships, with the exception of the villages of Hensail and Brussels, where taxes are lower than a half.dazen townships including the highest, Hay at $471 per year. Someone's Iisiefliog Last week's announcement by the ministry of health that they wouldn't be cuttingthe budget of the Clinton hospital so drastically, is being greeted with broad smiles in this area, and why not. The little tiny; insignificant (to some) community of Clinton and area, and its several thousand souls has fought the big bad government in Butiif r V11place to live, at a 1 are rurkhi +a"4414 and most expensive viii ons r as taxes go. o, Hur #, �' x eve longpaid highest twee I over the years, have slipped to second spot ehil d lch this year, much to their happiness, with the average Joe shelling outm. Of abo rates course none the takes into consideratiOn ,Such things as water and sewage charges, or extra d hiddenlevieskp"M tnique to some villages, such as Lo o where there are charges for garbage collection and streetlight►. But what thervey does show is the inequity of the ditferen; tax rates across the county, or maybe it shows. the -financially sharper municipalities are not in town after all. Another myth shattered. Actually, to:Wnships don't pay for the most part, for recreation and police services, and this accounts for some of the differences In tax rates. -Of course tax rates are only one consideration to be taken in mind when seeking a place to live, but with the wide variations in Huron, many people will be paying more attention to it in the future. -by J.F. • round two, and scored a TKO (technical knockout.) And we at the News. Record can't help but be proud that as part of the media who .publicized and criticized the cut, we may have been of a of the reasons for the government's retreat. Even in Queen's Park they read the News -Record! -by J.F. Sugar and Spicc/By Bill Smiiey Second chances Now that the Games are over, and all th tears have been shed, it's time to lo ahead to the. 1980 Olympics. What the International Olympic Co mittee needs like a hole in the head is ne ideas, but .I'll give them one anyway. It simple: give everybody a second chance. I'm sure people like Debby Brill an Bruce Simpson and Yankovich Strm zlwvzlski wiltagree with me. Most of us get a second chance in lif whether it's falling down on the job, im paired driving, or being married. Why n the Olympic athletes? I got a second chance once upon a tim and I was ecstatically grateful for it. It wa a long time ago, and the Olympics had bee cancelled for The Duration, but there we some pretty serious games in progress, jus the same. It is one of the great ironies, and m students simply can't understand it when try to explain, but yours truly, and a lot others, were involved in a bitter com petition: We were trying to become Rene pilots, so we could be killed. Isn:t that silly? But it was so. No Olympi athlete suffered any more tension, anxiety ole frustration than we did when it came t the big day, thermal event, our wings test Long before that, of course, were th eliminations. First one was the physics examination. It was tough. Many a you with dreams of dicing through the clouds i a dogfight was shot down in the M.O.s offic because he had flat feet or was color blind. Next came the preliminary heats. 'rhes were known as Elementary Flyin Training • -yt 'Y - th i °ugh about 60 hours of flying training without bein terribly air sick, without bouncing more than 40 feet on landings, and withou running into another aircraft and killing yourself, you made the semi-finals. We lived in constant fear. Oh, not off killing ourselves. Nobody was concerned in the least about that. The dread phrase was "washed out." That meant that yot weren't going to be that dashing figure -- a fighter pilot -- but that you were going to be retrained as a mere navigator, wireless op or tail gunner. In other words, sent to the minors. If you survived the heats, off you went to finishing school, known as Advanced Flying. This was like making the Olympic team, but knowing you'd probably finish in 31st place. I was sent, with a lot of other young idiots dying to be killed, to Camp Borden. It was quite an august group. including one Jake Gaudaur, the large, jovial gentleman who is _ now the cotrimissa�r of the Canadian Fdatball Lague. Hi. Jake. Despite the�4 ugustness of the group, we trained in mid-wirttter. We flew in snow, we landed on snow, we crash-landed into snow. and=occasion/Ally an intrepid student. usuallyan A test t' li prayed m+� t►n� p once again that an aircraft failing 0,000 feet will not e ok w 's a e, of e, s n re t; I Of r c o e th n t e s g o w t s Wp w p f m t . A b 11 penetrate the ice of Georgian Bay. The whole deal was not unlike Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. And all the time, leering over our shoulders, was the ugly face of that thing called Washed Out. It seems incredible, looking back, that we were in such terror of that creature. If all the young fellows in the world had managed to have themselves washed out, there wouldn't have been anyone to fly and kill`and die. But we suffered all the palpitations of Olympic contestants as we edged closer and closer to that triumph of sado- masochism, the Wings Test. This consisted of about one hour of psychological torture in which the student flew the aircraft through a number of uncomfortable and alarming exercises while an instructor, sitting in the front seat, snarled imprecations. Came my big day. Everything was great. I was shaking like a wino. It wasn't quite snowing, but it wasn't quite not snowing. And the intercom wasn't working. Normally, this isn't a'big deal. The in- tercom was just a little sort of telephone nto which the instructor shouted ob- scenities and the student ground his teeth. But on a Wings Test, it can be something more than a minor nuisance. My instructor would shout at me to do a steep turn to the eft. 1 would guess at the muffled in- tructions and do a loop. He would yell at me to do .a loop, and I'd do a slpppy slow roll. 1.l`fter.,�.l a1L • hour of this .phnd, st';s tuff, he indicated with a ferocious gesture f his thumb that he was taking over and we ere going to land. We did. He climbed out, peechless. I climbed out with my tail well between my legs. He just looked at me, and shook his head. just looked at him, and wagged my tail. e both knew that I was Washed Out. He alked away. I looked around for some mmediate means of committing suicide. The only thing I could see was' a whirling ropeller and that was a bit too messy. There must, of course, be a climax to this ascinating narrative. And there is.' Next orning I was moping about, feeling as hough I'd just learned my mother was a rostitute and my father a quack abor- onist. A voice: "Smiley, get your gear -on f" pother .instructor, widely known as a can Bastard. We took off. 1 hate to brag. ut with. the careless abandon of a man who ows he is off to the galleys anyway. 1 ang that aircraft around the sky in a dream Wings Test. Two days later. I not only had my wings, but had suddenly become an Officer and a Gentleman. So. Everyone deserves a Second Chance. And .t at, s�. to y d ontrihution to the Iso Olynics. I II let the committee figure out the details. • "Want to bring him back tater? — . I'm in the meddle of 'Edge of Night'!" Odds 'n' end by Elaine Townshend Moving My family and friends feel right at home in my new apar- tment. Why shouldn't they? Three -parts of the furniture belongs to them. Whether the furnishings were begged, borrowed or stolen, they still had to be moved, and that's when the fun began. (Please don't take the preceding figure of speech too seriously ; nothing was stolen.) *Odds and ends of furniture plays tricks on a person. It doesn't seem to amount to much until the time comes to pack it ani'&ransport it. Then, after it's unpacked, it doesn't fill as much space as was hoped. The major portion of my move was achieved in one day with my father's pick-up truck carrying the larger articles, and my car and my sister's car being crammed with the smaller boxes. The "moving men" consisted of my father. my oldest nephew and a friend of my nephew,who just dropped in to sa hello., Maybe he thought his timing was poor, but as far as we were concerned, it w fect. instead of being greeted with a "Hi! How are you?" he was told to grab the other end of the couch. Then he was either coaxed or bribed into riding to town in the back of the loaded truck. My apartment is located at the top of 19 steps - a fact which, was mentioned several times that day.. While the others unloaded the vehicles. I assumed the demanding chore of supervision. During the procedure, we endeared ourselves to the neighbours by setting a dog barking in the next yard and by waking a baby across the hall from my apartment. The work went smoothly until the davenport lodged in the living room doorway. The movers decided to back up and try again, but the davenport refused to budge. With one fellow in the kitchen and the other in the living room, communication was difficult, but they finally removed the legs and wiggled the frame until it slipped through. During their job, the workers remained jovial until I asked them to rearrange the living room furniture. A week, later I held a birthday party for my sister, and after dinner, my brother-in-law offered to hang some pictures for me. Actually, my sister volunteered for him, but that's beside the point. His only complaints were that the nails were either too long or too short. that my sister gave too much advice and that I changed my mind too often. Unfortunately, Iran out of nails before all the pictures were hung, and my brother-in-law hasn't been back since. After more than a month of apartment living, I'm almost settled. I found a place for everything, and everything is in ,its place. The only problem is I forget which place I decided was right for which thing. A sugar howl and a couple of knick-knacks have disap- peared, but 'i 'm sure they'll turn up somewhere: sometime. Searching for lost items is just another part of the moving experience. From our ear y fi 5 e e e • • 1O YEARS AGO September 1, 1958 CFB Clinton's new Personnel Administration Officer is Flight Lieutenant "Bob" Furneaux, a native of St. Catharines, Ontario. He replaces Squadron Leader "Bud" Lingley who was tran- sferred to Ottawa earlier this year. F -L Furneaux served as an air gunner during the period 1943 - 45 until leaving the service at the end of the war. The judge at Clinton Citizens Horticultural Society annual flower show. Mrs. . D.G. Moorhead. RR 2, Clinton, added a little more colour to the show when she attached her comments to some of the top exhibits. Mrs. Moorhead, who had judged at many of the area's flower shows, said "this show 'is as good or better than most of this-, year's shows." The weather has not been ideal for..Aower growing. but "this show is very good" she continued. A sample of . her comments was attached to .Miss Luella Johnston's exhibit of a display of garden flowers in a container the same colour. as follows: A delightful arrangement rran g eat showing lovely colour harmony." _ , --Many Clinton area boys-1W- enjoying oys-W'enjoying their last fling before school opens Tuesday at Huron Presbytery United Church Camp at Goderich. This week's camp for junior and intermediate boys at the Goderich Summer School is called Hiawatha and at the end of the week-long camp on Sun- day. the camp newspaper "Hiawatha Herald" will be given to all the boys. Gary MCAsh, Varna. is in charge of 90 junior age boys and Rev. R J. Tschanz, minister of Londesboro United Church. Is in charge of .the intermediate carr of 45 boys. . Besides camping, swimming and Bible study. the activities include bo making and camera club projects for the in- termediates and archery and various craft instruction for the. juniors. Clinton midget and peewee baseball teams start into Ontario Baseball Association ptaydowns this weekend. Both local teams won Western Ontario Athletic ( Association championships in; "13" classification many miles around told the story of a fire in Stanley Township Friday evening. The blaze completely destroyed the barn and contents on the property on the east side of the road owned by Gordon Hill. Goshen Line, south of Bayfield and Vat na. The farm is known as the Norman Stephenso.i farm and. is located on RR 1, Varna. Barn and contents were covered by insurance, but the loss was heavy. County engineer T. Roy Pat- terson, Goderich reports that considerable work has been in progress on the 400 miles of county roads of Huron this year. At present. there is a scarcity of cement needed for the con- struction of three bridges. one at Dashwood and two north of Clinton. Mr. Patterson stated that the county Roads Com- mission ,has plenty of steel on hand. Three cases of poliomyelitis have been reported in the County of Huron this year. but in none of the trio was paralysis present, Dr. R.M. Aldis, director of Huron County Health Unit. in.- formed the Board of Directors at the August ming held at the Unit. Thursday ajtertlt,�op, - Expansion of the -14eaxltir Unit tuberculosis -prevention program is planned for next year. Though a certain amount of screening for T.B. is done at the elementary school level, where indicated. this age group has not been found locally to be as significant for T B. as the teen-age group. it. therefore is proposed for next year to extend the tuberculin service from grade 9 and final years to all students at high school whose parents so desire. Local and provincial police are (conducting an intensive in- vestigation in connection with a hare -faced robbery of the knit- ting factory of Par -Knit Hosiery Limited. Albert Street. Clinton. some time between 9 p.m. Sun- tay and 7.30 a.m. Monday. They ire leaving no stone unturned to find the culprits. John S. Parker, proprietor of he firm, reported that at least 10 dozen pairs of new ladies' Pollyanna" nylon stockings. till ready for shipping, in 15 small -artons, had been stolen. Value wait plated at $1.136. Five hundred tobacco plants are now full grown on the ?armor Mayor J.E. Iluchins, concession 4, Goderich Township. and plans are prngressing torr ih ge'ii+srlttg 3S TEARS AGO Septembers, Hai A ruddy glow in the k of leaf tobacco on a larger scale. confirms the report of a short Miss Barbara Wright. 17. crop. but says there is a full crop Crediton. was crowned "Miss of plums and pears. Huron County 1951" at Zurich G. Cooper and his_wife. of Labor Day Celebrations, taking Goderich Township returned the laurels from eight beauties. home .Wednesday from their visit Harvesting is now completed in to Port Huron. they enjoyed their the southern part of the county. visit very much. Miss 1. Worshall but there still is a considerable also of Goderich Township starts acreage of grain to be combined off to Toronto, Thursday. She will or threshed in the northern take in the fair and visit for some section. However. rainy weather time the latter part of last week fur- There is some talk of a brewery ther delayed harvest operations. being started in town. Sugar beets, beans and corn Seeley and Turner have no were suffering from . lack of reason to find fault with their moisture. bicycle business this summer and As yet there has not been too they still expect to run off a much preparation for fall wheat. number wheels which they have however. indications are that on hand. A good business has acreage will be down con- been done in renting. siderably. A special meeting of the Hullett council was held in Londesboro 75 YEARS AGO on the 21st. called for the purpose August 30, 1901 of meeting with the promoters of The reports ,being received the Huron Electr'c Railway. from those wh.o are supposed M.G Lameron. A. McD. Allen. to know seem to indicate that the Mayor Wilson. W T. Goldthorpe apple crop in the province will be and Major Beck were all present much shorter than last year. The in she interests of the proposed shippers put the crop at 35 per- railway Mr Cameron made cent of an average, others some explanation about the right estimating it as high as 70 per- of way and other conditions of the cent while others say the yield project. After consideration. a will not exceed 10 percent. 1.t is resolution was passed granting a said the yield will be sntall uA14 .oils. yr .the building and over the United States, except in operating of an electric railway a few districts in the West. upon certain of the highways of One of the best in ,Ontario and the Township of Hullett known as the apple king is D. The franchise is granted on the Cantelon. of town, who has lately condition that the company is been around in all parts of the formed according to the statute counties of Huron, Bruce. Perth. and operations commenced Middlesex. Halton ana others. within one year - ehall Pear Edlitorlt, As ,you, stated Inlast wool~'s paper, we are in for some rent: good ball games with both the Senior and Junlur teams advancing pato the ODA playoffs. 'rho one thing that is laekir is the fans. Some have told• me they never know when .a game is being. played. Another couple said they came over when' they saw the lights on. Surely there is a better way of advertising than this. Where is the bulletin board that used to be in front of the radar screen? Someone. 1 am sure would see that the games were posted on it. Yours truly, Betty MacDonald, Clinton, -flockey Dear Editor: Stectal Bulletin: to all O.M.H.A. teams. Your executive is well aware of the problems many of you face regarding the closing, or possible closing. of your arenas_ We have been advised that some of you are making tentative plans for restricting your own hockey programs and letting your players find other places to play. We have made approaches to the appropriate govern- ment overnment departments for help in solving our mutual -Whim. We expectsome answers immediately and would advise you to make no plans to curtail your program until you have received further advice from the 0.M.H.A. office. DO NOT let your playerssign with other communities unless notified by the WOAA. Vern McCallum secretary -manager, OMHA Toronto. persecution Dear Editor. The persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses In the East African Republic of Malawi has not stopped. In spite of all that has been printed or broadcast exposing it. in spite of hundreds of thousands of written appeals by private citizens and public officials. it continues. You are undoubtedly already familiar with the story through the wire ser- vices to which you subscribe. as well as other news sources. We would like you to be familiar with what is presently happening in Malawi according to reports and letters which we have. received from inside Malawi. Therefore. we have asked our local representati%e . to deliver to you. along . ith this letter. a copy of the August 8 issue of Awake' This magazine contains not only that information but a -iso the international reactions which are beginning to take shape. You may make use of this information in any way you choose. We are certain that you will agree that the con- tinued inhuman treatment' meted out a>a�.yh s. Witnesses should not go on. No one deserves the treat-' ment being dealt Jehovah's Witnesses in Malawi for any reason. Sincerely yours, Watchtower B & T Society of New York. Inca %Ien.hrr tr*term tleebls ♦ewpper 4.wrratton Thr Clinton %rum Record is published early Thursday at 1' 0 Roy IS. Clinton tlntarto. ( anada_ %•51 iIa It is registered as second cuss mail by the .post office under the permit elembrr dlt'i The News Reeved incorporated m 1.1124 the flares %ears Record_ founded in thiol sad iii# cliaten %re I:ra roared d to intik. Total 1n'utalletrrs 2. +Sit N, nth.. r A r,itsar' 1 ..1hft unit• %err.pap... ♦..n.rat bus Irtuplas atlsertimitg rate% as ailatitle tot retwyt ‘slt tar it!tr i gird No I r+ttlyf!'kt, 1. is;'t, Editor James E Fitzgerald Advertising director Gary L. H31!T General Ntalfiag r' J. Howard Aitken News staff Bev Ciar1( Svbscriptitin Rates: Canada - Sit per year U.S.A. . 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