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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
More Loophole Than Law
It is hard, offhand, to think of anything
less likely to work than the arrangement
made to collect Ontario sales tax on pur-
chases that Ontario residents make out-
side the province, after September 1,
Provincial Treasurer James Allan hop-
es that when someone goes across the ri-
ver from Windsor to Detroit, and buys
something which would be subject to sales
tax if he bought it in Windsor, that he will
report his purchase, and pay the tax on it.
The system proposed, so far as the public
has been informed, amounts to a complete
lack of system. The Ontario resident, when
he returns from Detroit, is expected to
write a letter to the comptroller of revenue,
reporting his purchases, and enclosing a re-
mittance for the amount of the tax.
The news reports of the press confer-
ence conducted recently by Mr. Allan, to
explain the workings of the sales tax, say
that ` ... the government will rely heavily
on the honesty of out -of -province shoppers
to pay the tax, Persons caughte evading
the, though, will be subject to heavy pen-
alties."
So you are an honest man, most of the
time. and you have no intention of evading
your lawful duty to pay Ontario sales tax.
What you have to do, to be completely
honest, is write a letter, and a letter of the
kind that you are not eager to write.
Answer truthfully. Have you written
the letter you should have written to Aunt
Nellie, to thank her for the antimascassers?
Have you written the letter your wife said
you should write, to invite those people in
Podunk to come any weekend? What chan-
ce is there then, that you will ever write to
the comptroller of revenue, to let him
know about the box of cigars you bought
in Detroit.
Business executives, if they are being
pained by conscience, can turn to their dic-
taphones, and report cozily to the comptrol-
ler: Please be advised that on Saturday
the 7th ultimo, my wife and myself and our
three children, while motoring south of Ni-
agara Falls, NY, stopped to bu five crock-
ery mugs for the purpose of a picnic meal.
Receipts were not obtainable, but I am pre-
pared to make affidavit that the price was
19 cents, and that the total outlay was 95
cents. I may say in further explanation of
my liability to Ontario sales tax, that we
had intended to give these mugs, after
use, to my wife's relatives in Lewiston,
N.Y., but this was not possibl, because the
mugs were not washed after the picnic, and
my wife refused to give away ditry mugs.
The purchases, therefore, entered Ontario
in my possession. Money order is enclosed
for 3 (three) cents, in discharge of my lia-
bility to tax."
The executive can then forget about
it with a clear conscience. His secretary
will raid the petty cash box for 12 cents to
buy a five -cent stamp, pay the four -cent fee
on the money order, and pay the tax.
,Few of us are business executives,
and most of the letters to the comptroller
will never get written.
Mr. Allan might as well forget about
people who are honest enough to declare
this source of sales tax revenue. Even the
their small purchases at the border, and
their small purchases att he border, and
pay duty, are going to fall short of being
honest enough to write that letter, and pay
another three percent.
Tomorrow's Jobless
The recently announced crash pro-
grams of vocational training to be under-
taken by the federal and provincial govern-
ments represent a major advance in the
provisions of technical education facilities
in Canada.
The two-year program .embarked upon
by Ontario, still teh nation's leading indus-
trial province and with one-third of the
population, is particularly ambitious. Some
20,000 construction and allied workers will
build new technical institutes and enlarge
existing ones. Teacher training facilities
are already being expanded with qualified
and experienced journeymen receiving
tuitionfees and living allowances while
taking their course.
Under this and other provincial pro-
grams, high school students will be trained
in technical and commercial subjects to the
point where they qualify for direct employ-
ment in industry; the number of apprentic-
es will be greatly increased; the young un-
skilled, having learned the hard way the
value of a trade, will be taught one; and
older workers, where necessary, will be re-
trained in new skills.
The elevation of national standards of
technical, education which must follow from
such programs is, of course, highly desir-
able in itself. And that it will, in future,
lead to worthwhile and well-paid employ-
ment for many who wouldn't otherwise
qualify for it. cannot he doubted.
But even so welcome and important a
step as this is not without its tragic aspect.
For teaching of industrial and professional
skills requires that those undergoing train-
ing be already educated to at least grade 10
level, and the hard, bitter truth is that no
less than two out of every three Canadian's
unemployed for any length of time fall
short of this.
Indeed, we have it on the authority of
Dr. W. R. Dymond, Director of the Econ-
omics and Research Department of the De-
partment of labour, that "almost two-thirds
of the unemployed have only a primary
school education or less."
Clearly, before such people are going
to be able to take advantage of any voca-
tional training scheme they must first go
back to school, whatever their age. But
the pressure on school and teaching facil-
ities being what it is this is going to be
anything but easy to arrange, and the re-
entry of even a modest proportion of these
people into the labour force as educated
workers with needed skills is likely to be
a long and painful process.
The moral of all this is as inescapable
as it is obvious: much more must be done
henceforth to dissuade those now at school
from leaving before they have completed
their education. That 67 percent of all
students who enter primary school do not
finish high school is both a national waste
and an appalling reflection on our sense of
values.
The responsibility for improving this
situation is one which all adult Canadians
must share. But the heaviest responsibil-
ity of all devolves on parents, and particul-
arly on those whose children have reached
the age where they may legally leave
school, regardless of whether they have
graduated or not.
Let any, who are tempted between
now and September to 'take the easy way
out, think again, lest they leave their child-
ren a legacy of wasted years. In this uncer-
tain world, nothing is more certain than
that the premature school leavers of today
will be the jobless of tomorrow.—(Indus-
try).
Traffic Rules Afloat
There was a time when traffic on the
'eoantry's lakes and small rivers was negli-
:gible—a canoe or two moving gracefully
through the water, a rowboat taking an
'unhurried fisherman to a favorite spot. Life
on the water was quiet and leisurely—and
comparatively safe.
The motor -boat changed all this. In its
beginnings it was slowy if noisy, and its low
speeds hardly endangered the lives of other
people on the water. The modern motor-
boat is still noisy, for the most part. This
creates no hazard except to the nerves.
But its speed can be a menace. When there
is a water-skier being towed behind and a
careless person at the wheel it can make the
lakes hideous with danger,
Ottawa has moved to curb the menace
by making it an offence under the Criminal
Code to use a boat for water-skiing with
only one person in the boat. There must.
be a watcher, a lookout, who can warn of
danger and help see that the rules of the
road are obeyed.
Too many people driving fast boats
are unaware that there are such things as
rules of the road, or that some of the re-
sponsibilities that attach to a car driver
are also responsibilities of the boat driver.
This ignorance did little harm when there
was little traffic on the water. But now,
with water-skiing schools at most of the
lake resorts and boats getting faster and
faster, ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Users of the water must realize that laws
apply to them just as they do to users of
the highways.—(Montreal Star)..
40 YEARS AGO
JULY, 1921
Mr. Frank Bossenberry, of
Kitchener, called on relatives in
the village of Zurich over the
past weekend.
Mr. Will Colles recently made
a business trip to Chatham and
points in Michigan. While away
he purchased a fine Oakland
Six touring car.
Several from this vicinity at-
tended the circus in London last
week.
While crossing a creek during
the recent flood, a farmer near
the village lost a roll of bills,
valued at $100. The roll fell
into the water and floated down
stream a considerable distance.
Later on the bills were picked
up by a neighbour, some hang-
ing on chicks of grain, some on
clots of earth, and some on the
fences. The finder returned
the money to the owner.
It apparently seems a hard
pill for Goderich to take—the
County Town( and over ten tim-
es the population of Zurich,
that they cannot produce a ball
team supreme to the Zurich
boys. Brighten up, Purities,
next .game Ohlert will likely
use Purity flour on the ball and
dough it all over you.
Mr. Charles Fritz is this week
replanting his acre of celery,
which was drowned out in the
bad flood.
0
25 YEARS AGO
JULY, 1936
The Bluewater highway, nor-
th of Drysdale, which is to be
paved this summer, at present
is in a very dusty condition.
On Wednesday of this week
workmen are beginning to work
in readiness to the asphalt pave-
ment which will take till late
fall to complete. Most of the
labour employed are residence
of the area.
The Hay Township Memorial
Scholarships, awarded annually
to the three pupils from the
Township of Hay securing the
highest marks on entrance ex-
aminations, were won as fol-
lows this year: first, Chelsea
Thiel, second, Vera Flaxbard,
third, Ruth Brown, all of the
Zurich school, SS No. 7.
A very pretty wedding took
place at the United Church
manse in Welland on July 4,
when Miss Pearl Elder, daugh-
ter of Mr. and. Mrs. John Elder,
Hensall, was united in marriage
to Delbert L. Geiger, of Zurich,
Rev. Roy M. Geiger, •uncle of
the groom, performed the cere-
mony.
Mr. Percy Rowe has left for
Toronto where he is taking a
course at the University of Tbr-
onto.
The cottage recently built by
Mr. Clayton Smith at Beaver -
town is now completed, and at
present is being rented to Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Masse, of De-
troit.
OF
GONE
-BY -
15 YEARS AGO
JULY, 1946
William Leonard Geromette,
of Detroit, has purchased the
fine 100 -acre farm of Mr. and
Mrs. August Koehler, one-half
mile north of Zurich, including
all implements and stock. Mr.
Geromette has been serving on
the Detroit police force for the
past number of years.
An Oesch family reunion was
held on Saturday at the farm
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ra-
der, on the Goshen Line south
of Zurich. The reunion was in
honour of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Smith, of Saskatchewan, who
have been visiting here.
Miss Ethel Williams has had
as her guest for the past week,
Mrs. Emma Sanders, from Tam-
pa, Florida, who has been call-
ing on friends in her native
town.
Dr. Archie MacKinnon left on
Tuesday morning for Manitoulin
Island, where he will carry on
extension and experimental re-
search for the Department of
Agriculture.
Mr. Harold Koehler has re-
ceived word he has completed
a successful year at the Univer-
sity of Toronto, where he is tak-
ing a course in Faculty of Ap-
plied Science of Engineering
Physics.
William Siebert has the ex-
cavation completed for the
foundation of his new home,
which he hopes to have com-
pletely finished before the snow
flies.
0
10 YEARS AGO
JULY, 1951
The hay crop this year is re-
ported to be one of the largest
in the history of farming in
this area. •
Miss Marlene Wagner has re-
ceived word that she received
first class honours in her music
exams in grade two theory have-
ing obtained 93 percent.
The council of the Township
of Hay gave third and final
reading to the by-law No. 9,
1961, regulating the licencing of
hawkers and pedlars in the
township.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kalb-
fleisch, of Tampa, Florida, are
at present visiting with friends
and relatives in Zurich and sur-
rounding area.
Miss Anita Datars has left for
Hamilton where she is taking an
advanced course in Primary
Class teaching. She has been
on the staff at' a Kitchener
School.
Grand Bend will hold it's first
election since becoming an in-
corporated village, when 10
men qualified to run for the
five council seats. Herman Gill
will oppose Bruce Bossenbury
for the office of reeve.
The induction service of the
Rev. T. J. Pitt was held in the
Varna United Church.
News Of Kippen District
(MRS. NORMAN LONG, Correspondent)
Mr. Jim Russell and daughter
Nancy, of Sault St. Marie, visit-
ed last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Alex McGregor and family.
Sunday guests with Mr. and.
Mrs. Norman Dickert included:
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wahl, of
Listowel; Mr. and Mrs. Delmer
Dickert, Garth and Bruce, Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Jacques, of Clif-
ford, and last week, Mr. and
Mrs. Emerson Dickert,, of Clof-
ford.
The Cooper family held a
family reunion Sunday at Lion's
Park, Seaforth, About 30 were
in attendance. Supper was ser-
ved and everyone had a pleas-
ant afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs, John C. Doig, of
Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Ly-
dia Doig and Janet, of Clinton,
visited Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. N. Long.
Hold Picnic
The Baby Band and Mission
Band picnic of St. Andrew's Un-
ited Church was held at Lions
Park, Seaforth, on Thursday af-
ternoon, July 6, with a good at-
tendance. Hostesses were Miss
Dorothy Turner and Mrs. Ross
Broadfoot. In charge of sports
were Mrs. Harold Jones and
Mrs. Laird Finlayson.
Winners were as follows: 5
years and under, David Lovell
and Billy Consitt; 6-8 years,
Kathy Hendrick, Karen Hend-
rick; girls, 9-11 years, Gwenn-
eth Hendrick, Joan Sinclair;
boys, 9-11 years, Kenneth Jones,
Douglas McKay; girls, 14 years
and under, Marjorie Turner,
Gwenneth Hendrick; relay race,
Mrs. Hugh Hendrick's team;
youngest baby, Jeffrey McKay;
youngest grandmother, Mrs.
John Sinclair; lady with most
buttons on dress, Mrs. Bob El-
gie. A candy scramble ended
the sports,
Table committee was Mrs.
John Anderson and Mrs, John
Sinclair.
It was decided to hold the
Sunday School picnic on July
24.
When In Zurich
GET YOUR HAIR CUT A'
EARL OESCH
BARBER SHOP
Open Thursday
and Saturday Nightie . .
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley,
How came they're killing off
all the big fellows this year?
First it was Clark Gable, then
Ernest Hemingway. When in-
destructibles like these are sud-
denly mowed, it makes us other
old soldiers -of -fortune realize,
with a shudder, that even for
us the bell must toll one day.
In an age where men' think
it's a big adventure to go duck
hunting, when they think it's
rugged, he-man stuff to cook
on their back -yard barbecues—
these men were our folk heroes.
These were the giants who kept
us aware that once men were
brave and violent and wild and
gallant.
How we swaggered through
the belles with Gable in Gone
with the Wind! How we stood
up with him to the fury of the
vicious Captain Bligh, in Mutiny
on the Bounty! How we gather-
ed the luscious women in droves
merely by joining him in quir-
king an eyebrow!
Many a lone and dusty wes-
tern street we stalked with
Gary Cooper, hand poised ready
for the draw, eyes darting to
the upper windows, where the
rifle barrels poked. Many a
lonely ranch we rode up to
with him, our past a mystery.
* * *
How often have we strolled
with Hemingway the f est i v e
streets of a Spanish town, girls
tossing roses to us from the
balconies! How many times have
we sat with him in the great
arena, squirting the native wine
from the goatskin into o u r
mouths, as we waited for death
in the afternoon, the fanfare
of trumpets, the march of the
matadors!
Don't try to tell me that a
lot of cleancut young fellows
called Rock and Tab and Rip
and Kirk and Dirk are going
to fill the boots of Gable and
Cooper.
Please don't try to tell me
that these earnest young men
in crew cuts and horn -rimmed
glasses, who write as though
they had swallowed a diction-
ary of psychological terms, are
going to oust Hemingway of
the clean, stripped prose, the
haunting poetry.
These were the men will()
were what all of us wanted to
be—the dead shots, the mighty
drinkers, the lady killers, the
devil-may-care adventurers. Ho-
nest, Mom, I don't want to be
just a timid old school teacher,
I want to have a beautiful coun-
tess goofy over me. I want to
out --draw the fastest gun in the
west. I want to shoot a lion.
fi $
It's a lot of fun mowing the
lawn, but I'd rather mow down
six or eight cattle rustlers. I
like a game of bridge, but my
heart yearns for Russian Roul-
lette. I know I have trouble
getting the top off a jar of
pikles, but I have a ver to bend
horseshoes with one hand.
I suppose a lot of you wom-
en will think this is immature.
But the truth, however bitter,
is that you• just haven't been
able to tame the wild man that
lurks in every male breast.
You think we're just sitting
there, half asleep, watching te-
levision, don't you? Well, next
time ,there's a showdown on the
screen, observe the grim set of
our jaws, see the fingers of
our gun hands curl.
Keep an eye on our eyebrows
next time Sophia Loren heaves
' into view. They'll be so quizzical
you could hang a water pail on
them,
Note the way our eyes narr-
ow, next time we're out in the
boat, as they peer into the dis-
tance, seeing things you've nev-
er dreamed of.
And look out for that little,
dangerous smile that barely
curls the corner of our mouth,
at the next meeting of the Home
and School Club, when the cha-
irman asks for a frank statem-
ent of opinion.
(continued on page 3)
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