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Clinton News-Record, 1981-08-06, Page 4PAGE 4 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 ,1981 TTra Cilrrt®rt Heneliesoed is published seen Thurtriay et P.O. lira an. Clinton, Ontario. Canada. P14M 11.0. Taal.: 4.1•3448. Serb awlption Rate: Canoes - °W31 Sr. Citizen • °14.10 per year U.S.A. A .....In ,84.N par year CMA MEMBER JAMES Eo FITZGERALD Editor L HELLEY McPHEE - News Editor ARY HAIST - Advertising Manager EATHER IRANDER - Advertising AGARET L. Glen Offic. Manager ARY ANN GLIDDON-Subscrlptlons It k registered es tam class sued Ity the post cativo under the permit auamber N1Y. TPoe N*mn-R*nord Incorporated In TOM flee Huron Nowediatord. founded in TNT. end The Clanton Haas Sm. lo^.an:eal In Ta4S. hotel Frew .ran 3.94s; 6lspaay advertising rates available on request. Asia for Rate Cern No. 11 *Hotline Ont. 1. 1444. Parliament fiddles while Canada burns earsememialli When historians talk about the height of uncaring governments, they usually refer to the reign of Nero of the ancient Roman Empire, an emperor who cared so little about up his country and its people, that the only thing he could do while the city of Rome burned to the ground was to stand on his balcony a safe distance from the flames and play his fiddle. And that's exactly what's happening in Canada today: while the country burns, economically speaking, Parliament fiddles. We haven't had, postal service for six weeks, the inflation rote has hit an all-time high of 12.8 per cent (or 20 per cent if you've done any grocery shopping lately), the dollar is at a rock -bottom low, and still falling, .and some 200 small businesses and farmers go bankrupt.every week. Where is our parliament through these crises that will cripple the nation for years to come and leave scars like the last depression that will take a generation to heal? Adjourned for four months holidays, but not before they corrected the flagrant injustice of the low pay they were getting! The prime minister is holidaying in Africa, the finance minister is vacationing in Nova Scotia, and last week during the crisis over the dollar, even the top civil ser- vants were away from Ottawa, attending a "seminar" in Kingston. Who's minding the store? Now that parliament has corrected their own problem of poor pay, would it be too much to ask them to be recalled to solve some of the more mundane pro- blems affecting a few million other Canadicins. Let's have less verbiage and more action per dollar. Reducing government spending and the $14 billion deficit would be a -start, doing so not by raising personal income taxes, come budget time. By J.F. Wet or dry for Hullett? It isn't too long before Hullett ratepayers again will go to the polls to vote on whether the township stays dry or goes wet, says the Blyth Standard. The last vote three years ago found the township dry after the ballots were counted and the small halls in Auburn and Londesboro became restricted in the type of ac- tivities that could be planned. Let's face it. Liquor sold -at events for adults is still a drawing card and cannot be ignored when organizations are trying to raise funds for community work. The nice part aboiithe holds is that theyare small, and hold a comfortable crowd of close to 100 people, says the Standard. Not too many, yet just the right size for an intimate wedding or annual dance for a small group which cannot afford the high priced auditoriums that need a small army to fill. . As it is at present, small local groups have to rent large tent facilities: Auburn softball tournament hosted their teams in a beer tent on the river flats. Had sale been legal in Hullett the price of the tent could have been used for the Auburn hall. With increased revenues the hall could be updated with more washroom • facilities for future and larger groups, While some may argue that drinking around the hall and in the village itself could be hazardous and damages could occur with more regularity, this perhaps would be offset by eliminating the hazards that can arise as people drive back and forth between the events at the grounds and the beer tents on the river flats, says the Standard. This discussion may seem premature now, but once these youngsters are back in school the time will move with lightning speed and before we know it the vote will be here and gone. Start thinking now about your vote and watch for that date. Dollar Sense Farmers should be wary as debt load increases By Donald J. Shaughnessy, CA Dollar Sense offers general financial ad- vice by members of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. Seldom has the topic of farm bankrupt- cies been so widely discussed since the "dirty 30's", and even the farmer who thinks he has a good handle on his debt and costs should be wary. Although he may be successfully manag- ing a debt load reaching into six figures, he should give some thought to how this debt is being aportioned. Farming is, unfor- tunately, a highly capital intensive type of activity but one in which capital is scarce. Debt is thus almost inevitable. In most non-farm households, there are three kinds of debt; long term, such as a mortgage, medium-term, such as a bank loan financing a car; and short-term, plastic credit card debt. Each of these forms of debt are appropriate to the value of the things they buy. Houses last a long time, cars wear out in three years, and the pleasures of credit card purchases are usually fleeting. On farms, however, debt is usually either short-term or long-term, with little being paid off in the intermediate term. Typically, a farm might have $100,000 borrowed from Farm Credit Corp. on a long-term basis, and another $60,000 from the bank payable in a few months. Yet the farm's assets very likely include some intermediate terrn assets as well, such as a dairy herd, a cow -calf operation, or mechani i..1 equipment. The mgney each asset yie la comes in at a rate com- mensul°ate with • it lifetime, so the money borrowed to f' I etti should go out at the same rate. The problem of loading up on short-term loans with no regularly scheduled repay- ment rate is that the banks don't like it. They are not going to press a viable farm operation for immediate repayment, but the next time the farmer wants such a loan, he may not.get as much as he would like. Spending the capital appropriately once the farmer has it in his hands is another area that tests his skills. The tobacco grower might face the alternative of spen- ding his money fixing up the old kilns, or tearing them down and replacing them with more expensive kilns that will save labor in the long run. The dairy farmer and the breeder may have identical looking operations, but their spending decisions should be quite dif- ferent. The milker should be putting his money into enhancing his production facilities, and the breeder, improving his stock. Only one-third of farmers who use out- side financial advice do so on all of their financial decisions. Yet it is readily available in such areas as the financial structure of the farm, the utilization of assets, the planning of capital spending,:' and tax and estate planning. Getting this kind of advice is all the more important in the current inflationary en- vironment, when everything seems to be going up except the price that the farmer is getting for his products. Donald Shaughnessy is with Ward Mallette, Chartered Accountants in Cobourg. Rain barrel wealth remembering our past t 5 YEARS AGO August 5, 1976 Building blocks and burgers will be taking up Bryan Williams time for awhile as he helps in the construction of his new business, Buffy's Burgers on Huron Street in Clinton. The take out restaurant is scheduled to be open on September 1st. . Rubble left from demolished buildings is upsetting the Vanastra Community Association. They feel that the rubble is unattractive, may be a fire hazard and could be dangerous to children who play in the area. T.B. Allen, owner of T.B. Allen Ltd. Feed Mill in Londesboro is building two , corn dryers which will handle up to 600 bushels of corn per hour. His four storage elevators will hold 200,000 bushels of corn. The $300,000 project now gives Londesboro area corn producers large drying and storage facilities. 10 YEARS AGO August 12, 1971 Eighty-five per cent of those surveyed in a poll conducted by Ross Whicher, MP for Bruce recently favored wage and price controls. Mr. Whicher, speaking at a meeting of the Huron Federation of Agriculture held Thursday evening in Hensall said he had no doubt the results would be much the same if the survey was conducted in Huroh County or just about any other riding in the country. The bare ribs of the building where so many memories were made stood against the sky Monday morning. The old Clinton Lion's arena was being torn down. Since the new arena was built the old building had become more and more pf an eyesore and this winter the heavy load of snow caved in part of the roof so it was decided to pull it down, along with the Wearwell factory nearby. The first house in the Huron Pines subdivision at the end of Raglan Street is under construction. The house, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kerrigan is the first of the prestige homes the subdivision was designed for. Red tape held up a start on the subdivision for two years. 25 YEARS AGO August 9, 1956 The sympathy of the entire community goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Merner and family on the loss of their barn, due to a disastrous fire, which suddenly enveloped the whole building in a mass of flames around 1t o'clock Friday night. No one was home at the time but in a few minutes cars sped in all directions to the fire and with the aid of the Bayfield Fire Brigade it was confined to the one building. A total of $307 has been received to date for the Jessie Grainger Memorial Fund which has been initiated by the Clinton Graduate Nurses Association in honor of their late well beloved superintendent. Since it is expected that renovations at the hospital will be completed by the end of the month, and that furnishing of the new waiting room will then be done, the Association is anxious that all donations be made by that time. Individual donations will be much appreciated from any who wish to "Contribute. indications that the Canadian National Railway intends to stop one of the trains by Jim Fitzgerald a look through the newsrecordfiles which comes from Stratford to Goderich and back each day were seen last week, when the Post Office Department advised local con- tractors that their services may not be required after September 30. Only one man has received his notice here in Clinton. He is Jim Makins, who has the contract for picking up mail at the CNR Station, taking it to the post office, and taking other mail back, to the Station. Mr. Makins also picks up mail from boxes situated throughout town. 50 YEARS AGO August 6,1931 Clinton has one' claim, an important claim in the Hall of Fame. Each year a varying number of students depart for University and Normal and other fields of activity, but especially they go to Normal. it would be astounding to enumerate all the teachers in various parts of the country that received their elementary education in Clinton. Hot Days makes one want a cool drink. Dry gingerale and other popular drinks, delivered to your home for only $1.00 for 24 bottles. The Bayfield Golf Club held a decidedly successful dance in Jowett's Pavilion on Monday evening. The music was excellent and the dancing floor was crowded. During the evening several splendid vocal solos were rendered by Eric Chapman on London. Mrs. Violet Gilmore and pupils of London also entertained those present in their toe tapping. 75 YE ARS AGO August 10, 1906 Not withstanding the dry weather the Holmesville butter factory is doing well; although not quite so much cream is coming in, the priceis good and will net the. patrons a. good season; Instructor Hart came up, but on account of the rain did not visit the patrons; he expressed pleasure with the state of things at the factory, the quality of butter, and improvement of the cream gathered on the routes. With special care of cream, he can•see no reason why this factory should not' become the best in Ontario - it now ranks among them. Keep up the record patrons; you are doing well; aim for the highest and you'll win. Rev. Mr. Davidson of Varna had the misfortune a few days ago to meet an automobile on his way to Bayfield; he got out of h his buggy and held the horse, but the Action needed Dear Editor: At time of writing (July 29), the postal strike is still in progress. Any country in the world would have brought in the armed forces to do the job long -before this. To. allow a very small segment of the working force to impose so many hardships to so many, is criminal, and proves an irrespon sible government. Then, why should (Adolph),,(OOPS, slip of the pen),Pierre be worried: He is more concerned with using the taxpayers' money to travel the world;. It is said that small businesses are ,the backbone of our country. Fact - There are ,200 small businesses going bankrupt not every month or week but every DAY this postal strike has been in effect. Remember my letter to your paper, sir, dated December 24th -80 on children aged 3 to 13 years old, queueing at the Salvation Army Hostel in Winnipeg for food. This is a little closer now as London, Ontario families are now in this degrading situa- tion. Clinton is only 40 miles from London. I wonder who may be next in line? One way for business to strike back, (Ir- respective of when the strike is settled) is to enquire about the services of such firms as Purolater or United Parcel Services and. other' transportation companies such as Listowel Transport Lines. These and a lot more firms deliver at reasonable rates. And to broaden the delivery, why not ap- proach firms like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Labatts, Molsons, who have trucks on every road in Canada, are well organized, and would be willing to add to their income and I am darned sure they would not keep your goods and letters in storage for three weeks. Sincerely Fred ("Doc") Jackson Clinton, Ont. Do you hare an opinion? 11 by nut write us a letter It the ('(1itor, amt lel everyone know. .-II/ letters are /If1I/ll.hell, providing there is sufficient ./lace avthilabl1', and they ('a n authenticated. I'.C.II(1(►nvm. Hen name.) are allowed if the letter i. .igne(l • elsewhere, but all letters are .tab ji ei to e(lililt� I �►r length M. libel: animal was -Co-terrified he could not hold him, and it ran away, demolishing the buggy. He went to Zurich the next day and bought a new one. It was a rather dear experience for our reverend brother, and if he had not been a good Presbyterian minister he probably would have sworn. We have repeatedly called attention to the fact that houses are scarce in town and very difficult to be had. A gentleman who looks after real estate said the other day, "I never knew houses to be as scarce here as they are. I have several persons wanting houses who positively cannot secure them at all. Why doesn't someone supply the demand?" This state of affairs is a detriment to the town. too YEARS AGO August 12, 1881 The Huron Record This is about the time of the year for the average boy to be seen wending his way quietly into ..his neighbor's corn -patch. after dark, hunting for "coons" you know. No don't learn a trade, young man. You might soil your hands, wilt your shirt collar and spoil your complexion perspiring. Go hang your chin over a counter: learn to talk twaddle to the ladies; part your hair in the middle; make an ass of yourself generally, and work for wages that would support a Chinese laundryman - just because it more genteel in the eyes of people whose pride prevents them from pounding rock or hewing wood, and whom poverty pinches more than a patent clpthes pin. in a sermon on Sunday morning last, the Rev. W. McDonagh spoke of what the people should do in support of the Gospel, and if it were needed, should even part with some of the necessary comforts of life. This was more than the editor of the New Era could con- scientiously bear, and he quickly and un becomingly spoke and officially declared such doctrine as being false. Our friend has since repented of the action and has given as his reason, that he was thinking aloud. Probably he was in deep reverie and woke up under the impression that he was discussing the National Policy. If this be the case and no doubt it was, our brother should. by all means be excused under the cir- cumstances. We would advise him however. to have a little more courtesy in future. dispensed by bill smiley ihte to the postal strike Hill Smiley is not available this week. Coincidence Thinking alike can give sisters a very amiable relatibhship, but, occasionally it can cause problems. My sister and I didn't realize how much alike we thought until this year. She gave her daughter a charm necklace and one charm for Christmas. I knew she was giving my niece the chain, and 1'. thought another charm would make a perfeclt gift. The one I chose seem- ed fitting for a girl who loves horses; it had four tiny silver horseshoes on it. When the family got together for Christmas, I asked Janice what her parents had given her. Out she came with a pretty silver chain with a charm with four tiny horseshoes on it. Farmers should take care Dear Editor: Another year of hard work is already well underway for farmers across Canada. In the push to get the job done, especially during those critical periods of planting and harvesting, too often the little things that make the job a safer one are ignored. But when it's too late and you're tired - straining to finish plowing or haying - that's when an accident can occur. Agriculture remains the -third most injury -prone industry in Canada after mining and forestry. Several thousand farm injuries occur every year. Many of these accidents happen around farm machinery. The Agricultural in- dustry, as you know, is becoming more mechanized every year. Last year far- mers spent nearly $1.75 billion on new machinery and parts. This year they are expected to spend almost $2 billion. We can trace our farming community's productivity back to these machines, but we must ensure they are working for us. Every farmer owes it to himself and .his family to learn how to operate this equipment properly. And that means safely. It just doesn't pay to take shortcuts or chances. The need for safety is clear every time we sit down for dinner with our families. It is vital that we, as farmers, make sure everyone on our farms is safety -conscious at all times. I congratulate the Canada Safety Council for its efforts in the field of farm safety and I wholeheartedly endorse Farrn Safety Week, which will be observed this year from July 25 to 31. Yours sincerely, Eugene F. Whelan Minister of Agriculture. Eight horseshoes seemed a little much, even for Janice. Fortunately I was able to change mine. My sister and I agreed we'd have to communicate better in the future. For the first birthday of the year, we compared ideas. On the second and third birthdays, we forgot until the last minute, but no harm was done. Soon we forgot about the Christmas incident. Besides it couldn't happen twice. Thenalongcame Mother's Day. We ar- rived at the house, and my sister and 1 each took our gift out of a bag. We each set a small square box wrapped in pretty paper and tied with a bright bow in front of morn. The size and shape were almost identical. Our eyes met in a silent, "You dldn't1f9 We did, almost. Each box contained a pin; each nin was round. and each held pearls. (Simulated, you understand). That's where the similarity ended. Mary's pin had pearls and amethysts alternating in a gold setting. Morn opened it and said, "Oh, lovely!" My pin had two pearls and two leaves inside a silver ring. Mom open- ed it and said, "Oh, lovely!" She's extremely diplomatic. When she sees me, she wears the silver pin. When she sees my sister, she wears the gold one. And, when she sees us both, she wears a chain that a friend gave her. During the conversation on Mother's Day, she made the remark that I've heard. several mothers make: "I don't know what I'd have done, if I'd had half a dozen kids." One of my nephews commented: "Then you'd have six pins you wouldn't knew what to do with, either."