The Huron Expositor, 1952-05-23, Page 20
THE BURON EXPOSITOR •
MAY 23, 1952
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SEAFORTH, Friday, May 23, 1952
Where Taxes Go
The amounts dealt with in the re-
cent Federal budget brought down by
the Honbrable Douglas Abbott were
so large that it is difficult to view the
budget, in terms with which we are
familiar.
In an effort to reduce the budget
and what it means to figures, in
amounts to which we are accustom-
ed, the British United Press pointed
out that each $10 bill received by the
Government this year will come from
the following sources:
Personal income taxes $ 2.92
Corporation income taxes 2.91
Other direct taxes .10
Sales tax 1.50
Other indirect taxes and duties 1.92
Non -tax sources .65
Total $10.00
Here is where each $10 bill goes:
Defence and foreign military
aid $ 4.90
Social security 2.90
Interest on public debt and
subsidies to provinces 1.15
General administration. 1.05
Total $10.00
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Teachers Make the Difference
No matter what regulations the
Department of Education may intro-
duce, or the interest the members of
the Board take in a school, or the sub-
jects included on the curriculum, the
success of students, in the final an-
alysis, depends on the teacher. These
things all may have an important
bearing on the teacher's work and
the results that are attained, but if
the teacher is disinterested or care-
less or incompetent, the best of regu-
lations, of boards and of curricula •
can of themselves do little to produce
in the student a desire to attain maxi-
mum results.
How true this is, is indicated in a
recent comment by the Montreal Star
when it says: "A few miles outside
Winnipeg lies the village of Stone-
wall. Its high school this year has
18 pupils in Grade XI, and these 18
boys and girls were introduced not
long ago to the Manitoba Legislature
in a small civic gesture of pride. The
occasion was, as the Peterborough
Examiner points out, richly, justified.
This .,small school, with an average
attendance of about 75 pupils, has
been setting up enviable records.
"Queen's University each year of-
fers a scholarship to one outstanding
student from each province. In seven
years, Stonewall scholars have won
it three times. McGill has four schol-
arships annually open to the whole
country. Two Stonewall pupils have
won these. Less important awards
have been won by their class -mates.
"The principal of this extraordin-
ary school is Mr. Robert W. Bend
who, as if his hands were not full en-
ough already, is also a member of the
Manitoba Legislature. Mr. Bend
must be given, we fancy, much of the
credit for the extraordinary achieve-
ments of the school though it must
be shared of course with the rest of
the staff and with the school board, of
ibis small community.
"Stonewall is fortunate. A good
teacher is a pearl of great price. He
affects and 'moulds the lives of gen-
eration after generation of his pupils.
He rouses the community in which
lte serves. The influence of his school
spreads into every aspect of the life
Of the village, town or city. Better
citizens are the result, and better
tves� :
Tongratulgti_ons to . Stonewall, but
the• i ioaal , be pointed to other
616 s> t0 other school boards all
across the country. A positive, dyn-
amic influence can be got from the
money we pay in school taxes pro-
vided the right spirit is behind the
effort, provided the self-sacrifice of
teachers is given its due."
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Challenging Antarctica
From what is known of the Ant-
arctica there would seem to be little
that would attract men to that for-
bidding continent. But expeditions
are still being organized and equip-
ped with the sensitive instruments of
modern science, to pry deeper into
the secrets of the locked continent. A
group of British, Norwegian and
Swedish scientists has just returned
to London after a two-year survey of
Queen Maud Land. The men have
brought evidence that at one time in
the earth's dim history the climate 'of
Antarctica was warm, and high on
the rocks of the Queen Maud Range
they found fossil remains of simple
shell fish. The scientists found tiny
acarids or mites clinging for susten-
ance to the primitive lichens, and
frozen solid for the greater part of
the year.
In their two years stay the British
and Scandinavian group explored
and mapped hundreds of thousands
of square miles, including 800 miles
of coast line. They measured the
thickness of the ice at 5,000 feet in
some areas, the height of the moun-
tains (up to 8,000 feet), and kept a
careful record of temperature grad-
ations.
They did not discover, and so far
no one has. discovered, one friendly
feature on the empty wastes of Ant-
arctica. But men can still be found
who will take up the challenge of the
icy tomb of Shackleton and Scott.
What Other Papers Say:
Threat Of Lawlessness
(London Free Press)
What's happening to law-abiding
Ontario? Only recently there was an
appeal' for the wholesale branding of
cattle as a protection against rust-
ling. Now from Toronto we hear
that a hand-picked -squad of police
officers may be given the job of run-
,nilig.down bank robbers.
ActuaIIy it does seem as though
some measure of improved co-opera-
tion between various police bodies in
the province might be worked out. In
the Toronto area there are already
plans for co-ordinating the protec-
tive services in a number of munici-
palities.
Ontario has Iong enjoyed a reputa-
tion as a law-abiding community. Let
us do everything in our power to see
that this is not tarnished.
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Flower Foes Are People
(Ottawa Evening Citizen)
The deadly enemies of Canada's
woodland and wayside native flowers
are not bugs with long Latin names.
They are people. And they are not
people who hate wild flowers, but on
the contrary those who like flowers
so well that they simply must carry
armfuls of them home to cheer and
brighten the living room for a day or
two.
The trouble is that many species
cannot stand indiscriminate picking
—or rather plucking. This is true of
the trillium, which suffers mass at-
tacks every May, and which can not
form a new bulb if the unripe foliage
is removed, and consequently is done
for.
However, many people believe that
if they are careful and don't remove
the whole plant from its habitat, all
will be well. They are probably right
but what they are doing is to strip a
patch of woodland of its color, leav-
ing no bloom behind for others to en-
joy. This is plain selfishness. Guard-
ians of the Gatineau Park, which is
the public's playground, insist that
no flowers of any kind should be
picked, for the very good reason that
apart from the danger of depleting
certain species, the woods must re-
main unspoiled.
It is not only children who need to
be reminded that the flowers should
be left alone.
CROSSROADS
(By James Scott)
PIE IN THE SKY ,
Last week I was talking to a doc-
tor from Detroit. He was 'in Toron-
to
orronto to attend the meetings of the
America Medical Association,
which wc'e being held there this
year.
Not being a medical man myself,
we found no common conversation-
al
onversational ground in discussing the latest
wonder drugs ar the most refined
techniques of surgery. Of course
we could not talk politics. That is
a subject I try to avoid with casual
acquaintances at the best of times
and; certainly when it comes to tell-
ing a man from amother country
which presidential candidate he
should elect, well that is very dan-
gerous ground indeed. We did, how-
ever, find a common ground in the
topic which concerns everybody in
North America.
Naturally, I am talking about how
much it casts to live these days --
the high price of food and the
plague of taxes.
It was at this point that the
pewspaperman and the doctor turn-
ed' themselves into armchair econ-
omists and started advancing theor-
ies as to how they would run the
country so things would be as they
were in the good old days.
Well, it turned out that neither
one of us is. a financial or economic
wizard, but the doctor came up with
a statement which I thought 'was
sound at the timeand it still makes
sense to me.
"When I was a young fellow just
out of Medical School," he said, "I
had a general country practise and
one day I got talking about reforms
and better care for indigent pat-
ients in the county. I was young,
hopeful and optimistic. Well; sir,
the farmer I was talking to looked
at me wisely and he said something
I have never forgotten."
"What did he say?" I asked.
• "He said," the doctor replied,
"that there is no tree lunch.
We were both silent for a minute
while I thought this over and' the
Fourth of Eight Articles on
more I thought about it the more
convinced I was that here was the
real basis of all economic theory.
As I pondered I realized' that it
makes no difference whether you
are a communist or a ,capitalist,
there is still no free lunch. You
have to pay some way or another
for what you get.
Today is not much different from
any other time. In recent years we
have had all sorts of things which
look like good things — hospital
plans, baby bonuses, old age pen-
sions for all, etc., etc. And I think
these are • all good things. They
make sure that fewer people Suffer.
But we are only fooling ourselves
if we think that we are getting
something for nothing. As the old
saying goes, money does not—defin-
itely not—grow on trees. There is
no pie in the sky.
Nosair. , We might as well face
up to the fact that every benefe.
we create we are going to have to
pay for. We may need rain like
all get out, but when it comes we
have to buy rubbers, a raincoat and
an umbrella, to say nothing of
making sure that the roof is tight.
Every rainfall costs us. money as
well as making us money. Every
social benefit costs us money as
veli as doing good. And since there
is just you and I, we are the fel-
lows who at the same time have to
pay and enjoy.
T sometimes think that .this is
what we need to realize. If we keep
in. mind that we are, one way or
another, paying for everything we
get, we may keep some of that stur-
dy self-reliance which marked the
Iives of our ancestors. On the other
hand, if we delude ourselves into
thinking we are getting something
for nothing we may get soft and
one day wake up and find we can
so longer pay for what we want. If
that happens, we won't get it any
more.
rtemember, there is no free lunch.
The History . of Assessment
And Municipal Taxation
In Ontario
'Section 33 of the Assessment Act
defines the rules of valuation to be
used by all assessors whether it Ire
in our largest cities or our smallest
villages or townships.
The section provides that land
(which includes any buildings er-
ected on such land) is to be assess-
ed at its actual value. That is not
50% or 75% of value as is some-
times assumed; but 100% of value.
This section also states that when
assessing land without buildings er-
ected thereon, consideration is to
be' given to the' following factors—
location, present use, normal rental
value, normal sale value, and any
other circumstance affecting the
value.
Then when assessing land with
buildings erected thereon. consider-
ation. is to be ' n to the present
use„ location, of replacement,
normal rental ue, normal sale
value, and any her circumstance
affecting the value. The amount to
be placed for assessment purposes
on the buildings is to be the amount
by which they increase the value
of the land.
Assessment Example
An example of this reasoning
might be of two brothers who erect-
ed identically similar houses in the
City of Brantford in 1947. One bro-
ther purchased a $1,000.00 lot in a
good residential section, while the
other purchased a $100 lot in a poor
section. The replacement cost of
either of the houses at 1940 values
was $6,000.
In the good residential area the
assessor was justified in placing
the total 'replacement cost of the
house $6,000 for assessment purpos-
es as the house by reason 'of its lo-
cation, rental value and sales va-
lue increased the value of the land
by that amount. However, while
the house on the poor lot cost just
as much to erect, its poor location,
lower rental and sales values, less-
ened' its actual appreciation of the
land, so the assessor was quite just-
ified in placing only $3,500 on the
building for assessment purposes,
The 'same situation would develop
where two similar value houses
were erected, one in a city and one
in a village. A good brick house'
would cost as much to erect in the
Town of Bala as in the City of
Toronto, but due to Its location, 1
lower rental and sales value, the
property would not be as valuable.
To overcome this, assessors use
various methods to bring the as-
sessment value more in line with
its actual value. Some of these
methods are by allowing deprecia-
tion or location obsolescence, or by
using rental capitalization, etc.
While objections may be found to
any of these methods, still if the
system is applied fairly ovl'r the
whole municipality there will he
some degree of equity, not only be:
tween properties of the same type
or class, but also between different
types of property.
The fact that a building is old
doe's not necessary mean a lass in
value. Residences kept in a fair
state of repair and in areas which
have not gone drown are worth, in
most cases, many times their orig-
inal cost of erection, More large
old homes lose valuebecause of
their oversize and their present use
as single residences when their ,,bet-
ter use would be apartments than
on account of their age alone.
' Use Normal Value Year
Present day replacement costs
and, sales values are possibly very
poor guides today in establishing
assessment values. For this reason
the majority of assessors take the
year 1940 as the normal value year
when calculatingt sir assessment
values. This ensures "that even if
real estate values d line in the fu-
ture that property is not assessed
at over 100% of value.
In some municipalities, sales va-
lues have appreciated as, mach as
300% over 1940 values while build-
ing costs generally rave risen about
200%. It will be readily seen .from
these figures' that a person assess-
ed on 1940 values has not much
complaint unless he is, inequitably
assessed with his neighbors or oth-
er property in the assessing area.
The provisions of 'Section 33 of
the Act detailed at the beginning
of this article governs the method
of making the assessment for all
types and classes of property in all
parts of Ontario with the exception
of railway, telephone and telegraph
properties, etc., and buildings used
in connection with the production
or storage of minerals. Mining build-
ings used for this' purpose are not
assessable as a share of the profits
of the mine is paid to the munici-
palities in lieu thereof. "
(Next week's article will detail
more about your local assessment
and its application).
Hibbert Township; This -That
(By Miss Belle Campbell)
(Article No. 11 in the Series)
(Continued from last week)
By 1865 Thomas Harris had built
a Store just north of the first store
of Hill's. This store and the post
office was run by Dick Rundle and
his .sister, Polly, from April 1, 1865,
tin 1871. After 'Rundle, a Mr. Leg-
gatt had the store a short time
and Wharton Hodgson followed
Leggatt around 1875. In 1878 this
building was sold by Harris to Wm.
Cam;pbeil, who used it as a wagon
and carpenter shop. Nelson Bow-
man also made copper bed springs.
in. it. Today it is still standing on
the back of the lot where it was
moved 'some years ago, and is now
used as a stable. This is the old-
est 'building in its original state,
standing and in use in the village.
The only building older is Darrell
Parker's home, .but additions and
changes have been made on it.
James Hamilton in 1867 bought a
lot and built a store on the same
side south of these other two stores
Hills' and' Harris' — With living
quarters above and • at the back
of it. The post office was' in
this store fdr many years. James
Hamilton was appointed postmaster
when Rundle left the other store In
18711 and since that time the post
office has never been moved, only
when Frank O'l3rien in 1928 moved
it from the s di•e into his home'
Those who had the store rented in
bite early years Were John, McCur-
dy, Alexander Elliott and Mrs. Alex
Blliott, after her •hus'band's death
from stdalipox. These Were follow•
Years •Axone
Interesting Remo Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago
From The Huron Expositor
May 27, 9927
The 24th of May celebrations held
in Hensel' on Tuesday, known as
the firemen's tournament, was a
great success. There was a fine par-
ade headed by the .Galt Jazz Band.
The school children marched with
Mr. Wm. MacKay as their leader.
The procession ended with a num-
ber of 'decorated autos and trade
floats.
J. E. Keating, W. J. Duncan, C.
A. Barber and R. N. Bissonnette at-
tended the Lions 'convention in
Niagara Falls. this week.
An organization meeting of the
Seaforth Baseball Club. was held in
the Commercial Hotel Wednesday,
when the following 'officers were
elected: President, Reg. Kerslake;
vice-president, A. W. Dick; secre-
tary-treasurer,
ecre-
tary treasurer, R. J. Gibb; advisory
committee, A. W. dick, A. Reid, L.
Atkinson, J. J. Broderick.
The Northside United Church
Young People's softball team mot-
ored to Blyth where they lost 10-8.
The Clinton boys' and girls' team
will play in Seaforth on. June 1.
Seaforth line-up was: Barber, pit-
cher; F. E. Willis, c.; Brownlee, 1st
base; R. Willis, 2nd base; A. W.
S•illery, 3rd base; G. White, right
field; F. McLean, c., p.
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From The Huron Expositor
May 30, 1902
'Mr. J. O. Rose, of town, wh.a has
been acting as buyer for the Cana
than Furniture Manufacturers, has
been promoted to the position o
manager of the company's factory
in Wingham.
On Friday of last week the,Ber
lin Collegiate football team dame
here in the hope of carrying away
with them the Haugh cup. In years
gone by the Berlin boys had quite a
cinch on the cup, but times have
changed and from the showing in
Friday's game it will be some time
before it will grace the halls of the
Berlin Institute. The score was 3 0.
A good time was spent on Friday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Snell, Hallett, when they celebrat
ed the silver anniversary of their
wedding.
A hotly -contested football match
between Varna and Bayfield took
place on the Square, Bayfield win-
ning by two goals to one. There
were five entrants for the 12 -mile
bicycle race to Varna and' return.
They finished in the following or-
der: Robert Taylor, ;Frank Aids -
worth, Henry Evans, A. Picot, F.
Cook. In the old man's race, James
Sturgeon was first and Richard' El-
liott second.
Mr. Thos. Carr, Brucefield, has
the contract for the cement founda-
tion of Thos. McAsh's.new building.
Quite a number from 'Brucefield
attend the barn raising at Mrs. Mc-
Lean's on the Mill Road on Satur-
day.
ed by Edward M.cFaul, Richard A.
Kinsman, Mr. Doimage, A. K. Fer-
guson and' Tom 'Hamilton. Tom
Hamilton remodelled the store in
1903, then sold and went to Toron-
to in June, 1920. Frank O'Brien
and George Wilson, Walter O'Brien
and Melvin Gray followed these
others. From 1945 till 1951 it was
used'by B. O. McDonald as an egg
grading station. A cold storage
locker service was added in 1949,
and is still in use.
It was' Dr. A. MacTavish who had
Pellow's old log hotel torn down
and had a stable built on the same
location. Just north of it he built
a frame house, which was his home
and also his office. ,MacTavish was
the first reliable doctor in the dis-
trict. Another., Dr. Hume Rae,
spoken of as rough and cruel, hung
up his shingle across the street as
early as 1865, but for only a short
time, as he was gone before Mac-
Tavish arrived' in .1868. Dr. Mac-
Tavish was followed in 1888 by 'Dr.
Archie Naismith, Dr. William H. P.
Tufford and Dr. Hutchison, who
came from and not many yearslater
returned to the States. Dr. David
Hodgson, who graduated in June,
1900, came to the village early in
1901 and was there till the spring
of 1904, After these Dr. Michel,
who had a regular practice in 'Dub-
lin, came to this office twice week-
ly for a number of years. Dr. Mair
followed Dr. 'Hodgson and had his
office above T. M. Hamilton's store.
He practiced till around 1911. Since
that the village has never had an-
other permanent doctor.
Just west of the village was the
gully or "Park" lot as it was known
in the earlier days, This was own-
ed by William T. Fellow. On this
park lot there was a large quantity
of oak timber. For several years
it was cut, boiled in a cauldron .to
take the sap out of it, and was
then drawn in wagons to the coop-
er shop in Mitchell to be made into
barrels. They also whip -sawed lum-
ber here before there was a saw-
mill in the village. John Sadler
took over the west part of this pro-
perty in the late 60's, when Fellow
left for Port Albert, where he had
Iumber and shingle mill's. The first
years John Sadler was here he had
an apiary and contracted for the
building of barns, etc. Around 1875
he built a planing mill and cider
mill and gave up his carpenter.
work, By this time almost every-
one had a young orchard; on his
farm and wagons stood ha Iine day'
after day with their' supply oIy ap-
ples ready to be ground. Hundreds
of barrels of cider went liar and
near throughout the district. It was
at this time that the people in this
community learned to Make their
own apple butter, which filled, a
great need when other fruits wore
still edarce. They had paring bees
to prepare the apples, and Alex
Ferguson's fifty -gallon copper -lined
kettle, in Which the apple butter
Was boiled, went its round from
home
in'g to ho
seasonme. in the apple butter
(Continued Next 'Week)
Seen in the �ty Papers
Stephen Hall Receives $1,500
Stephen Council decided' to spend
$1,500 on the redecoration and re-
novation of the township hall at
Crediton. A by-law is being .prepar-
ed to govern the stock ear racing in
the township.—Exeter Times -Advo -
Cate.
Observes 94th Birthday
John Johnson, of Bluevale, ob-
served his 94th birthday last Wed-
nesday. .He was born on May 14,
1858, the son of George and Mar-
garet Johnston, on 'a farm across
the road" from where he now re-
sides with his son, James. He is
in good health. Owing to illness in
the family, the celebration was
quiet.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Bank Manager To Be Moved
Mr. Campbell C.. MacEachern,
manager of the Zurich branch of
the Bank of Montreal, • has received
notice fro headquarters that he
has been transferred to Iroquois,
Ont., near the 'St. Lawrence, east of
Kingston. It really does not seem
five years since the MacEachern
family came to Zurich. We will miss
them, but that is the life of the
banking profession: always senior-
ity moves them from one branch to
another.—Zurich Herald.
Former Neighbor Present Gifts
William McGee, who moved into
town at the first of the month after
47 years of residence on Highway
86, east of Wingham, was the re-
cipient of- gifts from his former
neighbors on Saturday evening.
They presented him with a studio
couch, mattress and a floor lamp,
along with their good wishes for
good health and happiness in his
new home. Mr. McGee expressed
his gratitude for the kindness of his
old neighbors.—Wingham Advance -
Times. -
Child Escapes Injury
Hugh Patrick, younger son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Mundell, Bluevale,
narrowly escaped serious injuries
on Friday, when he was struck by
a truck driver of Teeswater. He
had been, watching a roadmap• re-
pair his grader and when the ma-
chine moved off, he started aacross
the highway with his tricycle and
did not see the approaching truck.
He was thrown clear of the road
into the ditph, some distance. He
received a lsevere shock, cuts and
bruise " about the head and face
but the injuries were not of a ser-
ious nature. His tricycle is a
wreck. No blame is attached to
the driver. — Wingham Advance
Times.
Receive Awards •,
Two Exeter boys, graduates of
the University of Western Ontario,
received word recently that they
have been awarded fellowships for
post graduate study. They are Pet-
er A. 'Fraser, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Fraser and Donald Traquair,
son of Mr. and 'Mrs. J. A. Traquair.
Mr. Fraser who graduated from U_
W.O. in 1950 in Mathematics and
Physics, received his Master De-
gree at Wisconsin in January this
year, and was awarded. a $900 Stu-
dentship from the National Re -
Search Council to continue his stu-
dies at 'London next year. Mr. "Tri-
quair is a 1948 graduate in Econ-
omies and Political Science. He wile
receive a $500 fellowship awarded
by the Department of Graduate
S'tuiides at the University.—Exeter
Times -Advocate.
High Water' At Goderich
Effect of thisyear's higher water -
level on facilities at the harbor is,
causing some -concern. A ' 'heavy
breeze the last few days has raised:
the level more than an inch, bring-
ing it right ineunder the bathing
house veranda. The same wind has.
also spoiled perch fishing as it has.
muddied up the water considerably -
Overcast skies on Sunday cut down
the number of viistors, but there
was a party of 26 sportsmen from
Detroit who came up to try their
luck in the Lions Club Perch Der-
by. Extensive damage was caused
to the Captain John when she was
thrown up on the Snug Harbor wall
by the freak tidal wave a weep
ago last Monday. Necessary repairs.
included replacement of the keel
and a number of planks In the bot-
tom -eGoderdch Signal -Star.
A Smile Or Two'
Magistrate: "You have pleaded.
guilty to the theft of this overcoat.
Have you anything further to say?"
Accused: "Yes. I had to have
the sleeves shortened."
•
Traffic Officer: "As soon as t
saw you coming around, the curve,
I said to myself, 'Forty-five "'at'
at:
least'!"
Woman Driver: "Well, you're -
'way off. is this hat that makes
me look so old."
". • . ' saved me days,
perhaps weeks, of work"
After returning from his first trip to
the West, a business man wrote his bank:
"I arrived having no idea where to start
in to make the connections I required.
The thought occurred to me that perhaps.
the bank, which has been very helpful
to me on numerous occasions, would
give me some guidance. ' Mr. W.
proved to be of tremendous help. He -
introduced me to the people I should:
have met and saved me days, perhaps --
weeks, of work."
Every chartered bank works this way.
Whether you walk into your neighbor-
hood branch or one a thousand miles
away, you will find the same full range .
of banking service—and the same
readiness to help.
This advertisement, based
on an actual letter, is
presented here by
THE BANKS SERVING
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