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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-01-29, Page 4to* L. do TH .$L? `, 4 U '. ; 2g;. 3,979 n ter$ were letermtnel not to print anyt .. to ,i gey were,, • • . ito offend no one, there woutct ie very little - Tinted : Benjamin Franklin'_ 4 F -w Mone! for the future Huron Courtly' Council didn't take long tastweek to set aside up to $20,000 in the- 1970 he1970 budget for the purpose of bringing some kind of replacement activity to CFB Clinton when it closes next year. Could be . the members of county council . were ripe to make -some sort of financial committment because; they spent thegreater part of Wednesday's session listening to reports from men who knew about industry and how to obtain it. McLaughlin Development Association • of Ottawa made an in-depth report to county council Wednesday-- morning concerning their unique abilities to attract industry ' to almost anywhere in Canada. Oneof the most exciting aspects of their -presentation' was the • understanding that the McLaughlin firm would not only seek out - - industry for Huron County, particularly CFB Clinton, it would assist in • establishment of whatever industry would express: en'._interest in the county,}That's a big job, at most industrial -minded persons areaware,..but, the costs for such a service were high and county council was not prepared to spend quite that amount. The manager of MODA, Milt Phillips insurwice rates rising? According • to ' a couple of local car insurance . agents contacted this week by the Signal -Star, there is no . definite information available at this time in •Goder.ich regarding the recent news: that car insurances rates Will go up effective - Feb. 1. f So far, there is no official 'word ofhow ' hard hit Goderich and district drivers will be...and no newsisgood views, as the old saying 'goes. . We have little reason to- hope that Goderich ..,autothobi a insurance rates v' +i11 not soar along with others, Still, 'since there are, no rate sheets in town at this . ° date, we may feel some temporary 'relief from the ever-increasing cost of living. • - was in council Wednesday afternoon.He outlined. MODA's peculiar and desirable position With the Ontario government and .° stressed , the fact that through MODA, Huron ,County would be heard in Queen's Park. Both' the' 'McLaughlin fir"m and,,the- - MODA representative saw the need of an industrial commissioner for Huron County; and both predicted that: he road;_ to an ideal industrial situation in the county would ,take time, ple ty of time, and money, considerable money._ . , Under the .. persistent and , pursuasive °guidance of 1969 Warden James Hayter, council agreed to renew membership in MODA. MOD -A, according to the Stephen Township reeve,-- as been in the background for the development at former CFB Central ia1 and , it is. through MODA ' •that Huron has its most a. • • • u . . • • • indLsial prosperity. fAo It was at'',•" -'the• Thursday session, following a noon meeting of the county • development committee, that county council adopted the committee's proposal to set aside up to $20;000 for the purpose of'developing CFB Clinton. James Hayter. was so surprise-, at the4. immediate affirmative response of council that he rose' to his' feet .to expl'n--at least partially=some of the thinking behind the' proposal. a _ , There was no need. Council deemed the `_.'dee b good 'one and gave their approval for it. It seems likely that an office will be set cip at CFIi, very possibly staffed by someone who will be a kind of industrial commissioner there. If°this takes place, we' can see certain benefits for the entire county, for surely a man posted at CFB Clinton would have •concern for every community inthe district. • We will: have to wait until the February session of Huron County Council to hear more details. In the meantime, we should feel encouraged by the decisive action of county ; council members who have recognized the need to spend ' some. money to pave the long, long road to an industrial -future for Huron. Guest Editorial Economy. is back in style Perhaps you have yet to see very many indications that the .general public is in a mood to save" Money, but economy is 'certainly the watchword as far, as governments-,--are--concerned. The. federal government is reducing the size of its civil service *staff and working toward other .rmoney-saving • measures - - such as ;curtailment ° of funds for" student and senior citizens' housing projects. The provincial government has placed strict limitations bn the amounts which may be removed fromnthe public treasury for such things as hospital• costs and other •- public service expenditures. • (The same . :• -'spirit of penuriousness did not,' however, prevent a 50% increase in Members' pay).. ' p f -.Tile message has been passed on .local councils. At the•meeting.,last week of the Wingham town council there was a letter frons the ,Departrnent of Highways stating that the Illowa le expenditures for new -°construction andmaintenance on local streets would be held to the same level: as last year, unless' some exceptional- ' need arises - and thin solemn promise that the. need. would have to be exceptional indeed to receive department approval. Mayo. Miller expressed the hope .tat the • town's mill rate' can be held at. the 1969 ieriel ,., even, lowered somewhat if .. possible. There is no doubt whatever that 'this goal should be 'the target for 1.970, because 1969.saw such a sharp increase -in the local• mill " rate that we` have been aioazect all `yearfat thinpatience ,of the taxpaying.ublic, P , h Ad a t - of �W members:.it ed Y 1 'p�".d 99.j]�7-]�,aw ■�: �(y: �o- _ �`.z�y�]p at'.�.3I.'c•Y�{y��.. .-`J�+{�-Ar{ay[ o- r a., (.y.) t,wr (y�YWy'i '.] Ot1n�I111�'�M ti Anilli;` ,icM.ail�"VV•- d-tO° 'g• K. up. But taxes cannot .go y up every year, Even though we are loing through' an inflationary peri tai there are° too many mall w- ,. mot in this communit to. permit an annual escalation. If, however, the rate of taxation is. O be kept at its present level, and if there is any chance whatever -of bringing it dovri a flew notches, we cannot expect -that the - town -__..� .__._, town:fathers can provide for- our- _exec: whim out of the "public purse. There is only _ot�e..way�.to_save : rxloney = cut down on the spending. In .,communities the size of our we have a way of falling into the firm conviction that the improvements we believe 'should.be\made are dire necessities without which we simply cannot survive... Fact -of (the matter -is that we could get along very 'well - without many of ,the luxuries v�rhichive take,for granted. We are alt, in favor of, providing for public improvements as rapidly as possible - .bpt right at the 'present time we have reached a taxation ° level `Which will not permit any expensive -projects until. our economy has -hada chance to flatten out and the Ataxpayers' earnings -have caught .up' With rising costs. -- . Wingham• Advance -Times. . . 4-6 n Pete Kelly tries in vain Photo by Ron Price' • Minor Hockey Week rmuununinnainuuuuiniununmuunninnuminninuhuiirnrirnmm�nlnipnuiniruniuinnquuunnnnuuunnpiliiunuunnninuluimuunnuunuuuiiiiai Words of wisdom SPEAKING WETHOUT THINKING IS SHOOTING WITHOUT AIMING Remember When b BO YEARS AGO::. Nelson St. .John Hoggarth, Goderich Elevator and Transit.. speaking for the fire brigade, .Co. Ltd. propose -to build an said $1,000 was being divided elevat among fourteen men and increasing , the capacity to at requested per man as , average yearly payment, Decision on town` dump . is least half a million bushels. They . . Seven dollars per lot `'was delayed, are asking -for a fixed assessment '' Former mayor, Frank including ,$100,000 on present offered, for four rots on.Widder elevator plant ,.,and ' ro :osed St. and '$125.22 was ©paid to Walkom - and Reeve ' H p p p 4for' half of cost of, .Worsell°-_felt a -'visit to the Lite ODH. cleared, iron' the church to annex to its present ??- '1. ' IMacL.eod Ro y CENTt.E ART OF KITE.FLY'ING y . s •I suppose some"people'are reassured by Mr. McKeouglh's essurnncc that his,reassessment will• NOT spell ruin for some householder',. that some .. n , r citizens will NOT be taxed off .their land. At Harnilton on ..,12/1/76 he told the' Women's Progressive Conservative Association "Thiswill not happen." But he went on to identify two specific areas which MAY require detailed examination: For these Ss Whys. the his •depaxtmeiit: has four remedies, under consideration." constant` use of the' conditionaLtense? Mr, � McKeough.and ii}s stable: of assistants' bane been gurgitating.this ''Scheme" •for months now... , Why should he say he could not foresee 'the, actions his ,proposals : 1s « • would cause? If, as he States, the magnitude of , he "problem" would " q { not 'be, known until all properties in Ontario are reassessed;on.,the same market value basis, why did he embarkon this`rriet'hod of manufacturing .hardship for taxpayers? Was• it to find employtent for more dumdums in the civil service? Was it merely a method of setting up an assessment which would bring in-niore taxes, once the hOQ har had subsided? Alternatively, why fly a kite, just to see whether it rises?.- , Obviously the method is catching: The Federal government, in the person of Mr: Edgar Benson is doing exactly the same. In. their " respective spheres, these two men are beating the bounds of -the countryside, trying to find out how their respectively ill-considered, half-baked ideas will strike the proletariat. Is there another Gordon amongst as? But be of goad *cheer! ` You are reassured that "the government will