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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-05-06, Page 2PAGE TWG ZURICH (_...Ltizen3, NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT., for the Police Village of Zurich, Hay Township, and the Southern Part of Stanley Township, in Huron County. A. L. COLQUHOUN HERB, TURKHEIM Publisher Business Manager PRINTED BY CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, CLINTON, ONT. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2,50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1959 CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME WITHOUT HAVING had the experience, it is difficult for one to understand the heartache suffered by parents of a physi- cally disabled or mentally retarded child. Most parents faced with such a situation do all that is possible to care for the child. The one hope uppermost in their minds is that some day advances in medical science will enable their child to live a norm- al life. So far as the financial burden of caring for the child is con- cerned the Income Tax Act offers a degree of relief. A tax ex- emption is allowed when a person supports a wholly dependant child who is physically or mentally infirm. Medical expenses, as allowed by the Act, may be deducted from taxable income. Contributions made to organizations that are engaged in medical research to provide for relief and rehabilitation of handicapped children are also deductible. The principle of making allowance for expenses and contributions for the relief of those suffering from physical or mental disability, has therefore been established. It would seem logical for our Government to go one step further and make allowances to the parents of physically dis- abled or mentally retarded children for amounts which are set aside to look after such a child if he survives his parents. In 1957, the Government of Canada introduced amendments to the Income Tax Act allowing an individual with earned income to provide for himself and his wife on retirement by making tax saving con- tributions to a registered retirement savings plan. We submit that it would be quite consistent with the principle already est- ablished to further amend the Act to permit an individual with earned income to make a tax saving provision not only for him- self and his wife, but in addition for a child of any age who is a dependant because of physical or mental infirmity. We believe that parents should be given every reasonable assistance to make provision for the proper care and mainten- ance of their physically disabled or mentally retarded children. An extension of the tax saving allowance as suggested would furnish worthwhile relief to such parents with an insignificant loss of revenue to the Government. (Canada Trust Bulletin) A WILL IS IMPORTANT FOR THE average family man, possession of a lucid and detailed Will, drawn up under legal advice, is an absolute neces- sity if he wishes to ensure the future security of his wife and children. For example, a married man with two children should never assume that when he dies, his entire estate will pass on automatic- ally to his wife. This is not the case. Unless he leaves a Will, clearly defining how he wants his estate to be allocated, his wife, after payment of all debts, would only receive $5,000 plus one-third of the remainder of the estate. The balance would be held in trust for the children by a Court Officer until they had attained the age of 21. Before a mother could get access to the principal of this fund for the immediate benefit of her children, she would first have to obtain an order from the Supreme Court of Ontario, which can be an expensive and drawn-out procedure. Should a man with no children neglect to leave a Will, part of his estate might pass to nieces, nephews and cousins whom he may scarcely have known, but who in the eyes of the law, stood in certain relationship to him. When drawing up a Will, it is essential to have reputable legal advice as Estate Law is extremely complicated. In saving a few dollars in legal fees at the time of drawing up a Will, a person might be costing his estate large amounts in taxes and Iegal fees after his death. THINGS ARE DIFFERENT COLLEGE STUDENTS seeking employment upon graduation in 1959 are learning the hard way that jobs don't grow on trees. Although campus recruiting by business and industry is brisk, the recession appears to have convinced not a few college students that they've got to show prospective employers what they have to offer, In campus interviews students themselves are doing the selling. There's far less emphasis on job security, on pension and other benefits, and much more interest in the job itself. Oldsters who went to college during the thirties knew that it was up to them to show that they had something to offer to the business or industry in which they sought employment. Nobody entertained the notion in those days, as has been the cause during the postwar boom, that a college diploma immediate- ly qualified the holder for a vice-presidency or something of the sort. The job itself was the thing, and most young people leaving college worked hard to get a job, and worked harder still to hold it. Nobody likes a recession. Chances are, however, that it has served to bring home to college graduates a deeper sense of economic realism than they would otherwise have. (Letter Review) TAX RATE UNCHANGED (Exeter Times -Advocate) Exeter's tax rate for 1959 is the Same, practically, as last year. Commercial rate remains at 71.5 mills; the residential is 67.1 com- pared to 67 last year. Residential is up one-tenth of a mill because of an increase in assessment over 1958. "I'm happy with the rate," said Mayor R. E. Pooley following council's decision. "We are well in keeping with towns our size. Some of them have shown in- creases as high as 12 mills this year." Council was able to hold the Exeter rate by virtue of a large $16,000 surplus from 1958 and by trimming its road budget $3,000. ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1959 SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) Aren't those people fortunate who are making the arrangements for the Royal Tour? They're get- ting all kinds of help in planning the Queen's visit this summer. * 1: * Foremost among the generous and unselfish assistance they are receiving is a lot of free advice from newspaper columnists. A decades, the columnist is a jurnp- peculiar spawn of the last few ed -up newspaperman or woman, who speedily acquires the certainty that his, or her, opinions carry on- ly a little less weight than the scriptures. With a few notable exceptions, the columnists have an almost des- perate urge to be the voice of the "little" man. Their stuff is writ- ten to be gulped, not digested, by the "man in the street", that neb- ulous character, and the "average housewife," another non-existent personage. r. * * Free of the need for either edit- orial dignity or the objectivity al- leged to be found in the news col- umns, the columnist can use his space for tilting at windmills, fan- ning prejudices, sublimating neur- oses, exposing foibles, picking scabs, and championing the un- der dog, even if he is just that—a dog. * Most of them are clever, their stuff entertaining. They are, in fact, the court jesters of the age. Their sharp tongues and impuden- ce are tolerated by that mighty monarch who rules the public press, the Constant Reader. He is amused by them, fond of them at times, occasionally listens to them with half an ear. But when he is not in the mood, one growl sends them scuttling to the scullery. • * M: These days, a favourite theme of some columnists is a new deal for the Royal Tour. They want the Queen to meet the "common people," to get the flavour of the "real Canada" this summer. They demand, these pipsqueak proph- ets, that the people in charge of the tour eliminate all pomp and ceremony, cut out the reception lines and banish the official ban- quets. * * ,, They want the Queen to visit supermarkets, go on picnics, take part in square dances, and engage in all sorts of similar asinine an- tics. If the supermarket is a sym- bol of our Canadian way of life, take me back to dear old Dixie, • * ,, And what's so great about the "common people"? I know a lot of common people. In fact, my wife often tells me I'm as common as they come. And frankly, I'm not particularly impressed by them. Uncommon people are much more interesting. * * * It's bad enough having to shake the hot little hands of a few thous- and perspiring officials and their quivering wives, without getting all clowned up with the common people. If Her Majesty was inter- ested in meeting common people, she wouldn't need to come all the way to Canada. They have plenty of them in England. DOG PROBLEMS? (Goderich Signal -Star) A local lady recently came across an idea which she feels might help in rounding up the stray dogs around Goderich. She got the idea from a news item which originated from Riverside, a suburb of Windsor. The news item states: "Despite complaints of several residents, Police Chief Bryce Monaghan says he sees no- thing wrong with the way Douglas Mayes, the town's dog catcher, operates, Mr. Mayes' method: He strolls down the street with a dog of his own on a leash. The dog attracts the strays, and they're promptly apprehended by Mr. Mayes' assistant, following close behind. "It isn't my invention, though," Mr. Mayes says. "My late father used the system for years," B. T. Smiley) Another thing. What have the common people done to earn the privilege of a greeting or a hand- shake from the Queen? All they've done is pay their taxes, and that under vehement protest and with the greatest reluctance. On the other hand, Mayor Mal Function and Mr. Seldom Wright, M.P., have been listening to our complaints about sewers, our de- mands for new post offices, for years. They have laboured through many a dreary task for us, while we were out fishing, or home wat- ching TV. Why shouldn't they, as our representatives, have the honour and the pleasure, if they get a chance to meet the Queen? They've earned it. * * * Of course, if she just happened to bump into some of us common types, in a purely spontaneous way, that would be different. Like, for example, the Royal Yacht will be passing within 50 miles of our house, on July 4th. This I know. And by pure coincidence, I just happen to have a fast launch char- tered for the fourth of July. * :u * Now, if we just happened to be passing right in front of the Royal Yacht that day, and our boat hap- pened to catch fire, and I had to throw the kids, the dog, and the Old Lady into Georgian Bay, and Prince Phillip demanded that the Yacht stop and take us aboard, well, that would be different, and sort of democratic, and I'm sure we'd all have a nice chat. a: * * I should put life -jackets though, just in case. Maybe on them, BLUE A l ER BAYFIELD (By Mrs. Russell Grainger) Mrs, Mary Beaver was able to leave Clinton Hospital on Satur- day and come to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Johnston, where she is improving as well as can be expected. Miss Bonnie Johnston spent the weekend with her girl friend Miss Donna Peck, on the Babylon Line, Wilfred Turner left on Monday for Parry Sound after spending the past week with his wife and family at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Turner were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turner, Deb- bie and Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner, Gail and Philip. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Scotch - mer, Kathleen and Margaret Por- ter, Elaine, Mary, and Phyllis Grainger, attended the Charuk- Ducharme wedding on Saturday morning. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Westlake and family were Mr. Jack Donaldson, Nancy and Johnny, and Mrs. B. McLean, Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Elliott, Stratford, Mrs. A. Elliott and Bob, Mitchell, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dunn, Jr. HOCKEY INTEREST (Huron Expositor) There hasn't been any hockey in Seaforth for some weeks but the interest aroused by the Michigan- Seaforth series, played in March, still is remembered. Seaforth ob- tained valuable publicity from the return visit of the local Bantams to Dearborn, when the Dearborn Independent carried a half page story under a banner line telling of the visit by the Seaforth boys. Included in the story was an Ex- positor picture, showing two of the players of each team. Business and Professional 'rectory DENTISTS AUCTIONEERS DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon Phone Exeter 36 DR. J. W. CORBETT L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON 814 Main Street South Phone 273 -- Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoons DOCTORS Dr. A. W. KLAHSEN Physician and Surgeon OFFICE HOURS; 2 p.m. -5 p.m. Monday -Saturday Except Wednesday 7 p.m. -9 p.m. Monday and Friday Evenings ZURICH Phone 51 G. A. WEBB, D.C.* *Doctor of Chiropractic 438 MAIN STREET, EXETER X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. and Thurs. Evenings, 7-9 For Appointment -- Phone 606 FUNERAL DIRECTORS WESTLAKE Funeral Home AMBULANCE and PORTABLE OXYGEN SERVICE Phone 89J or 89W ZURICH HOFFMAN'S Funeral & Ambulance Service OXYGEN EQUIPPED Ambulances located at Dashwood Phone 70w Grand Bend—Phone 20w Attendants Holders of St. John's Ambulance Certificates ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwood INSURANCE For Safety EVERY FARMER NEEDS Liability Insurance For Information About All Insurances—Call BERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 5% for 3, 4, and 5 Years 43/4% for 1 and 2 Years J. W. HABERER Authorized Representative Phone 161 — Zurich LEGAL W. G. Cochrane, B.A. BARRISTER and SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensall Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 14 BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOLICITOUS a NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETER Phone 4 .