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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-09-16, Page 4By G. MacLEOD ROSS. ,- PAY WITH NO SAY Do Sou recall that it was Ed- ward- I, after Alfred and Eliza- beth I pprh7tps the greatest of our soyeWittlas,, who laid i i irir't down a card p F le . 'tale classic dictum: 't•That which touches all -should be approved by all." A few, years later and parlia- ment obtained the right to tax and the right to spend. Recall these basic prerogatives of the people and then look around and note how they are being whittled away. To cite one flagrant example which the Canada Year Book so affably "explains." "School Boards requisition the local municipality for the sums need- ed to balance their budgets." How absolutely jolly! The blank -cheque..,. n..-all—its .-nal B ass Nevertheless here lies interred a basic tenet of parliamentary government. It will be argued that Boards are elected, but it is patent they hide behind the facade of Council. They are virtually a law unto themselves, protected in their narcissistic freedom from .public. restraint by prp• vincial law. Truly a strange inversion; the servant appear- summer is likely to argue that storm sewers are not long over- ing as the master. What a de_ due. So essential'in fact, that grading situation for the tax our \ projected sewage treatment payer to be in. plant will be ineffective if we What hypocrisy to pretend channel all storm water into it. council represents the people Why do we have to waste when it only controls the spend- ing of half the. taxation it raises, Why force a council to take upon its shoulders all the op- probrium of increasing the rates and then have to confess that it is a provincial law which rete- t:ates them to the role of beg- L4ars to si:tisfy the behests of the school board. With its half sequestred loaf, council. is in- capable of communicating an overall account :of its steward- ship to the electorate. If you want to know why we cannot afford: street repairs, a beach, a refuse dump, sewage disposal, storm sewers, adequate water supply, ask the ,provincial government, whose puppets. we have become. But another Temple to- -"Edu cation?" They come in gross cartons! In its May 27th_editor- ial the _Signal -Star suggests that because no public demand was, forthcoming for a financial re- -port from the G.D.C.I. Board; Tt is indicative of "perfect trust." You have, I hope, perfect trust in your bank, but you still re- quire a statement of account. The The Carrot Gimmick There is another reprehensible piece of practice which is now rampant. The province "dangles a .earret ..hefare.. _the_ eyes of council to get them to embark on some project which, presum- ably, the province wants. If you will do thus and so 'Ave, the Great White Fathers in Tor- onto, will foot half or a third of the bill. What is one of the immediate consequences of this form of seduction'? Specifically it is that very shortly we shall widen a mile of highway from the liquor store of blessed memory, to the Memorial Gates;' of even more blessed, memory. Something we need about as much as a two - foot slice of the "Queen Mary" when compared with our need rcyr street' •iris:.._._ -- Then wh-y does Council—go along? Because in so doing they automatically obtain a storm ,sewer along its length at 'bar- gain (?) prices. However the bargain which was so glibly ac- cepted at $90,000 is, now priced at $140,000. No one who has been con- tinually flooded out in- this past • on the promise of medicare or insupportable pensions, while the way sentiment is going it will not be long before every- one has to be provided with auto insurance at "provincial" expense. And all the time you, in your • OAREWELL TO A FRIEND After a couplet of thousand miles of travelling, there's noth- ing so delightful as to4q, sit in one's own backyard and con- template the folly of the world. And that's what I'm doing right innocent . w, y,a;,Qare `..wondering now.... - when you' will "get a street, the' surface of which is comparable Two kittens are tight -rope - to even a county road, dr when walking the back fence, as grave will you get your sewage system. and cautious as Blondin cross - When the province pays half it ing Niagara .Falls. They have is just the bargain basement all survived the attentions of Wil - over again. YQU buy what you son, our two-year-old neighbor, do not need because it is knock, who has a 'utilitarianeapproach ed down to half price. to picking up cats: ears, tail, "So let us now praise famous stomach -fur, or wjlatever's near- men. Men of little knowing. est. For their,work continueth., And $ '} ` * their work continueth, The garage -sits there, brood- Broad and deep contintieth. ing. When summer began, it Greater than their knowing!" was a faded blue. Kim began In its simplest form "Repre- painting it as a school project. sentation a la mode" means: You It is now' two -toned half faded pay but have no say. bide, half dazzling gree,Ii. w NILE To Clean; Up Soot Problem * * * s v Peering through - the� "picke- fence on the left are the Little Horrors. There are five of them. I'II swear they're all the same „age, about two and a half. They lurk like Indians watching a wagon train. The minute we leave the place even to go shop- ping, they bat down the loose board in the fence and sack the place, They use our lawn chairs as trampolines and` the picnic 'table for mountain climbing, dismantle my power mower and employ- our hose to squelch civil demonstrators among each other. eaves and are squashed in there, purling their throaty growl. The lawn sprinkler isturned off, but there's a dribble from it, and a young robin is revelling in a shower, doing everything, but soaping his armpits. * * Up a maple tree, twice around the trunk, aloerg the hydro wire, jump to the cedar, leap to the vine, scrabble up the side of the house and straight into my attic, lickety-split, , hurtle two black ,squirrels. Object, either 'love or war. The soot . problem. facing housewives adjoining the Sifto Salt Division of Domtar Chem- icals Limited, may be -cleaned up withinthe month. A. P. Boutilier, plant man- ager, reported this in a letter to council which was read recently. He pointed out that a fly -ash collector, installed earlier this money subsidizing a whim of Year, at first appeared to be the provjnce? Any sane sys- unable to remedy the falling tem would release the same sum soot situation which had pla- so that we might get something we need—a complete storm sewer system. But not us! Hea- ven only knows what hostage -we -shall have -__to give the pro- vince to obtain something we really want and need. Still you hear people complac- ently yacking daily: ""But the Province pays half!" When will it' sink in that WE are 'the province and have no reason to bite .the dust whenever the Minister of Highway Robbery wishes to tear up a highway? Twenty-one per cent of our tax- able income goes bato the pro- vincial coffer plus three per cent sales tax, 13 cents a gallon on gasoline, a huge dollop on snake -bite to the L.C.B.O. and much more for' a smoke, all in addition •to our municipal 'taxes. A-ltd--possibly-befare_this is lished we shall have to get one party or the other. into • office NILE.—Mr. and Mrs. ,Calvin Rutledge of Timmins spent the past fortnight with Mr. arid Mrs. Wilmer Rutledge and family. Mrs. Wm. Wiggins and Mrs. Mrs. Gerry Ginn, Mr. Ginn and H. Talmay attended the work- famil . shop of the U.C.W. at Goderich y Summer School last Saturday. Fate. of School? yLr M.Alain e The Community Club met for of Scarboro spent the weekend rte Strrtrbrr-rrre at their parents' home. home of Mrs; Gordon Orr, Gode- The McNeils, Fishers and rich. There was a. splendid at- Ribeys held a picnic recently tendance of members and form- at the home of Mr. and Mrs. er members. The president, Mrs. Sinclair, conducted the Oreille Ribey. Little Ann and Earl Ribey of meeting with Mrs. Westbrook Seaforth are spending a fewat the piano. Reports were days with their grandparents, read and approved. Articles Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wiggins. were handed in for the bazaar. There will he no • church or Committees were appointed to Sunday school this Sunday as look after the articles owned by it is anniversary services in the club and 'stored in the Dungannon. Rev. J. A. Walker school and there was some dis (a former minister) will be the cussion as to the fate of the guest speaker. Services are at school building. It was decided 11 o'clock and 7.30 o'clock. to hand in jam for the draw at the Little Elaine Graver had 'a October meati A. let- • Little on Monday morn- ing ter was read from the dopted ing to Goderich hospital. Korean son. His Christmas gift Mr. and- Mrs. Wm. Wiggins was acknowledged by the plan. were Sunday visi`ors with Mr.The meeting closed with • the and lir ,. • Marsha Gibson of Mizpah benediction. The hostess 1.ucicn ,v. was assisted in serving Iuneb by Mrs. IrVine Oke and Mrs. P. U.C.W. Meet Harrison. Taylor's Corner gued local housewives. • "Since then tests have shown that the collector is correctly sized but under powered," wrote Mr. Boutilier. - "This occurred because of higher. ldad condi- tions than when the specifica- tions were drawn up." . He added: "A larger motor is now on order and will be in- stalled in five weeks (now four weeks) time." TAYLOR'S CORNER. — Mrs. Florence Ginn of Hamilton has been a recent visitor with her relatives in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Don Gorrie and family of Oshawa spent the holiday weekend with his. sister. 414110 * * Across the street, where there. are two teen-agers, swirls the daily ballet, a kaleidoscope of sound and color. Kids arriving and departing; swim suits and shorts and pyjamas; motorbikes and sports cars, tennis rackets and golf clubs and footballs. * * * From the great oaks spread- ing over the house drop the acorns, thumping the ground with a gentle irregular rhythm. Two lazy pigeons have found an old starlings' nest under our YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE ONAHONDA afternoons: warm, silky sand and hetscan, • the wfrid a ,ilnilhlo'n: .iaes ;away; ` waxer like .enol. sit: very, .ale, for egad beer, barba +cued 'steak new, little p&tatoes sac u i �p'i fits` corn. * Luxury of boat ceruise abrupt- ly changed to roughing it in a tent, Tense Long-distance phone calls from remote outposts to learnwhether son had passed his year. Huge relief to learn that he had done well. Sunday jaunts to visit daughter at camp, going with great gobs of goodies, sitting around for two hours try- ing to think of something -Atli _talk _about returning. _with .leat of scummy camp clothes to wash., Backyard smells: new -cut grass on the lawn; fresh -washed sheets , on the line; cedar and spruce from the trees; and, gently stealing through' the back door, the excruciating waft of coffee. • * * Color everywhere. Six shades of- gteenr4n—spnice—attd,-cadars: elm and oak, maple and walnut. Vivid splash of tiger lilies. Yel- low sun dappling trees and patching grass. One delicate pink rose and pale mauve of phlox. Gay striped lawn chairs. * * And what more pleasant place to look•back over the pattern of summer. Early-ntiorning golf with dew -thick carpet underfoot ,, * * Son claiming an 18 -year-old can get along on four hours .sleep, and trying to prove it. Daughter busting out all over, as fourteens are wont to do._ Wife like cat with cream be- cause I haven't been away from her side for more than four hours all summer. Father prom- ising to write a book, and barely able to find time to write a column. '' * ., * Goodbye, Summer, you seduc- tress. There'll never be,another ..,r.4,4c4,.444...,, ,:.. Personal Town Clerk S. H. Blake and Mrs. Blake, accompanied by the former's brother-in-law and wife from King, Ontario,, are on a trip to Europe. They went over by boat and plan to return by plane. . . Ut3lTUAKIk.J .. _ • ALMT NAM= ° Q,ertru�de NXitcl ell, S rasbourO► .. g four akatchewan; six grandchildren The funeral -service was held asnd reat-grandchildren, Miondaj► afternoon at L900 fun- • eral home for Albert Naegele, TIQMAS- W. .BAl3B 75, who •=•died 'last Friday a$ a � A grandson of Capt. „ Wm result of a traffic accident. near ,Babb, who "Ocean House" who operated Goderiei s Coldwater, Ontario. Rev. C. A. tithe Dukelow conducted the service. waterfront, around the to of Interment was in Colborne the century, Thomas Woodham cemetery. (Bunt) Babb died at his some 14r.. Naegele has been living n Toronto on August 27. The at Coldwater since moving from funeral service was held at the Goderich more than 30 years Earle Elliott funeral home' 7ov ago. For some time before leav- �i g Goderich, Mr. Naegele oper- at d a repair shop on St. David's - - . - r ch tri streak -here. Born in—Goderich, , he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Naegele. He lived in Toronto previous to Cold- water. Surviving are: one son, Wil- mer, Toronto; daughters, Mrs. Melissa Facey, St. Marys; Joyce, Joan, both of Goderich; brother, William, Toronto; sisters, Mrs. M. J.' Riddell, Goderich; Mrs. ercourt. road, on August 30, fol, Creunatorium. Born and educated, at rich,, ie had been living, onto for the ;fast 40 yers 1 active in sports, he was Pit tic larly-active in hockey aroa, th , years 1916.1919, e is survived by his \vitt ;'len, a son, Thomas as brother, William. iiia region in Toronto was 2100 gq street. Debt charges, one of the>naa items in the federal budge are estimated at $1,101,056, for the present fiscal year �oderun memorials Quality -- Service -- Cemetery Lettering PHONE GODERICH 5244981 Or WRITE 130 BLAKE ST. W, OFFICE LOCATION -- HURON ROAD on HWY, 8 W. J. LEE — GODERICH -A1w : ys there with ready cash ji4i$$ Ire! r of Mr ruinsnfa' student a ciiool'�f I Mr. and 1 aisilY are nts, Air. a os, Jaco oho Ron tudies in 1 be en ngineeriP Jog late Mrs. Ji trot, has to-daY v iss mina er Hugh d with dams, wl operati St,'Jose Miss Joy ,and 1 one, has ale Saha ato. Miss Ga ir, and tudYing a goijk c Mrs. W uffell a orning ur tb 51 9 or more - NIAGARA FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED 29 KINGSTON. ST. 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