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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-04-27, Page 311 "717 a r THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 27, 1983 A3 i • A SYMBOLIC BURNING—Proud members of the Van Egmond Foundation had a special evening recently when they burned the mortgage, symbolically. The Foundation Is now free of debt From left on the porch of the historic Constant Van Egmond home in Egmondville are, from left Jack and Gladys Van Egmond in period costume; longtime beard member Margaret isekt,n and Arnold Stlnnissen a member of the first Foundation board. fJ (Photo by Don Jones) • Following the flip-flops As the guy in the TV commercial says, I'm confused, I'm very, very confused. You see, life in the eighties seems to be a eontinous battle between right wing thought and left wing thought and I can't tell whose side I'm on. In fact I'm not sure the right and left wingers are even sure which side they're onsingle factor. On the other hand, right wing 11 all seems tut simple when you listen to thinkers, particularly asdemonstrated by the combatants from one side or the other speak: Moral ivlajority supporters of U.S. President there's the black side and the white side. Ronald Reagan. insist. on having Christ on Everybody who agrees with me is on the good their side, yet they tend to ignore Christ's si c u d the others, poor demented fools. are teachings front "Give away all that thou hath g our world to hell on earth. It all and follow me", to turning the other cheek. sounds like religion in a way. The new right wants religion put back into And lake religion as a first example. Many the schools. The left talks about freedom of of the leaders of centre to left wing thought. speech and religion and says we shouldn't from liberals through socialists. through impose religion on those who don't want it. Marxists, would sneer at anybody who said Thcy look on religion as superstition and the they believed in religion. Yet most of the only time they can get worked up about beliefs of these people in a more perfectable protecting religious rights as if they are human society seem tolme influenced more by protecting the rights of sonic African tribe the teachings of Jesus Christ than any other against attempts 6y Christian missionaries to Carriage house is under construction A replica of the carriage house that once stood behind the Von Egmond house is now being built on its original site after years of preparation with the support of a Canada Community Development grant says Lynda Jones, protect- director. "We've wanted to build this project for quite a while. The grant all ws us to get the frame up and that s the m st important as well as the most Costly part ' she says. Dave Ellis is the foreman o e job. The markings fo two foundations were found behind the '.an Egmond house after two digs by the useum of Indian Archeol- ogy. But, since a digs did not uncover conclusive eviden . two photCgraphs show- ing the carriage h Luse were sen to P Canada engineering Ind archite u Ft err tage recordtng services in Oitlwa where the Incation and dimensions of the building were determined. From there architect Chris Borgal, of Hill and Borgal in Goderich drew up the plans for the building, Although ti will.look like a carriage house on the outside, the building will be, used as a storage house or a crafts store where local artisans will display and sell their work. The craft shop is now located in the Sitting Room in the Van Egmond house but will be moved to the carriage house upon its completion sometime in May. • The prices of the crafts. which will include *weaving. quilting, wood carving. and stained glass. will be based mainly on the artisans' prices with a small commission—added to keep up the shop, says Mrs..rones. On May 8. a special day is planned at the Van Egmond house when the historic site will be open to the public and artisans will demonstrate their craft -making skills. Campagnola praises Liberals In Perth County to promote the Liberal party. former MP and cabinet minister lona Campagnola did just that by emphasizing the past achievements of the federal Liberal overnment and praising its recently intro- uced budget, As one of the guest speakers at a 525 -a -plate fund raising dinner in Mitchell on April 21. along with agriculture minister Eugene Whelan, Ms. Campagnola wound up her day -long visit to the Perth riding. She referred to her visit as a "lovely day' during which time Ms. Campagnola spoke on women's issues at a luncheon at the Stratford Country Club and talked with Perth County high school students at Northwestern Sec- ondary School in Stratford. At the dinner, the president of the Liberal Party of Canada, Ms. Campagnola said Canadians like "our budget". "It's quiet out there because they like it." she said. The former cabinet minister didn't point to any budget specifics. but noted finance minister Marc Lalonde had consulted the party about the budget. "I can't remember any minister of finance doing that before," commented the party president. The former MP from Prince Rupert, B.C. said it was too bad about the photo. referring to the picture of the budget document taken by a' Hamilton television station. "That's what happens when we have 19th century laws and 21st century technology " She cautioned against lumping the media together and blaming them all for the actions, but also questioned the ethics of the particular photographer in question. Ms. Campagnola suggested the Liberal party has to utilize the media, because if it doesn't, the opposition will. The party president said she raised the issue to point out that the party has to reflect a changing society. She referred to media guru Marshall McLuhan's comments that society today is like the Elizabethan era because it is living with two cultures at one time. The Elizabethans were moving from visual to linear and movement today is from linear to audio-visual. She encourages ridings to use this technology, particularly computers, in the campaign process. Speaking about cam- paigns, Ms. Campagnola hinted at a possible election in 1984. While not definitely spelling out Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's retire - Rent. she said there will be a "great vacuum" left when he retires. "He'll be recognized as the greatest Prime Minister Canada ever had," said Ms. Campagnola. With comments such as "A Liberal is a Liberal is a Liberal" and "we cannot'afford the luxury of not, working together" Ms. Campagnola said the party is in the process of building towards speaking in one voice across the country. She noted the best gift the Liberal party has received is the.. "factionalized opposition" which is currently undergoing a leadership election. of right and left 13@hOnd d@ oc@nog y a bail f°3©tOg4©t ' convert them. The. right wing generally is supposed to believe in the rights of the individual over society, calling for less government, fewer laws. Yet the right wing is pushing the return of capital punishment, claiming society has the right to be protected from dangerous individuals. Liberal thinkers, meanwhile, who often argue for the rights of society over the rights of individuals. argue for the rights of the individual in this case. The arguments go the opposite way on abortion. Liberals. who argued that by putting convicted criminals to death society itself, is becoming a murder, suddenly come down on the side of the right of individual people to end lives. Right wingers, who before argued the death penalty for the good of society, now come down the side of the right to life. As mentioned in an earlier column. censorship has always been an anathema to liberal thought. until the women's movement decided that pornography' was directed Against women. Now censorship may go from the black to the white side of liberal thought. Of course there are still plenty of people out there who want blue movies on pay-TV and they will adopt an anti -censor- ship call for the rights of the individual which sounds like a right wing argument except for -the fact that many on the right wing are religiously oriented and have been calling for censorship for years, even though that goes against their normal cries for the right of the individual. Waita minute. My head's spinning from trying to follow all these flip-flops. i've got to rest. Not much in the budget for the average taxpayer: business writer BY HARRY L. MARDON Only a tee of the tax measures in the new federal budget will affect the average Canadian taxpayer. People in the lower income bracket will buying a house under the Registered Home benefit most from the proposed tax changes. Ownership Savings Plan. Upper income Those in the middle income range will gain Canadians stand to benefit from the propesed little if anything. unless they're considering Indexed Security Investment Plan. There is a confusing jumble of dates when the various tax measures go into force, once approved by Parliament. Some are effective in 1983; others won't go into effect until 1984 or later. A tax change that will apply to everybody is the removal inl984 of the $100 "standard deduction". (That's the item on line 47 of your 1982 Income Tax Return form.) Currently, you can claim a $100 deduction ,from your net income for real or imaginary medical expenses and charitable donations. In other words, you needn't have given anything to charity and have run up no medical bills. yet you can claim a 5100 deduction - with no receipts required. Of course. alternatively, at present you may claim a deduction from net income of the actual charitable donations you made up to any amount, but you, have to attach receipts of proof. And you can claim an allowable portion of medical expenses you actually incurred. again with receipts to support your claim. From the 1984 taxation year onward, you will be able to deduct only actual charitable donations and allowable medical receipts • and receipts have to be submitted. Another tax proposal which will have a wide Impact involves the "employment expense deduction". (Thalt'sthe item on line 5 ofthe1982 Income Tax Return). Effective this year. the deduction will be increased from three per cent to20 per cent of your employment income. However, the maximum you may claim remains un- changed at 5500. This tax concession benefits people with an employment income of less than 516.667. Those earning more than that will continue to be eligible for the 5500 maximum. What this change does is bring a lot of low-income Canadians up to the 5500 maximum very quickly, For example, in the 1982 taxation year - when you claimed only three per cent of your employment income - you had to earn $16,667 before you could get the maximum deduction. But for 1983 you'll Whelan supports Ferguson bill Continued from page 1 Paving the way before the president of the Liberal Party of Canada Iona Canipagnola ,poke, Mr. Whelan referred to his former cabinet colleague as a ''people person". As Ms. Campagnola did, Mr. Whelan praised the actions of his party's government. Commenting on the metric system, the agriculture minister said Canada depends on international trade and "all trading is done in metric". Taking a swine at the Tory opposition. Mr. Whelan said it takes "43 Tories to run a gas station". He was referrint to the British Imperial System -run gas station owned by federal Tory MPs in the Ottawa area. When he is asked about the gas station Mr. Whelan says he is "looking for sterling" with which to pay for the gas. Promoting Canada and particularly the Liberal party. Mr. Whelan said he and Ms. Canipagnola are selling Liberalism. It ' pays to advertise in 1883 y®,on ©gone APRIL 27, 1883 The Winthrop Butter and Cheese Company has bought the Winthrop Cheese factory for Thcy have engaged Andrew Park from Fullerton as their cheese maker. The compam arc fie mg uptime factory and hope to make it as profitable as any in the county. Any man in need of a wife can he suited within a mile of Winthrop, as there are some of the finest young ladies in the county ranging between 20 and 40 years of age and all wanting to marry before the warm weather and the Manitoba fever carries off all the young men. Two especially very estimable young ladies say they will take widowers or whisky and tobacco users before stopping in the cold for another year All applicants must apply personally. Clinton. St. Marys. Listowel and Seaforth. The Intermediate group will have Goderich. Wingham, Clinton, Mitchell and Seaforth. APRIL 28, 1933 The Huron Football league held a most enthusiastic and well attended meeting at the Dick House on Monday evening. it is expected three new teams, Ethel. Bruccfield, and Tuckersmith will enter teams this year. ,The election of officers resulted: President Leo Stephenson, Kinburn, vice president J.J. Holland. St. Columban, secretary -treasurer A.W. Dick, Seaforth. Alice Devereaux, Upper School student at Seaforth Collegiate Institute has been award- ed first prize in the Lions Club essay contest. Helen Britton came second. The subject this year was "If I were a Lion. what would 1 want my club to do for our community." MAY 2, 1958 Minister of Northside United Church since 1956, Rev. Bruce Hall has resigned. He has accepted the pastorate of Charmer's United MAY 1, 1908 Church. Windsor, effective July 1. On Friday evening last, W T Walton of A family dinner and open house marked Seaforth. who won the Ontario Championship the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. and in checkers last year, played eight Clinton Mrs. Albert Baker last weekend. Mr. and men simultaneously at the Council Chambers Mrs. Baker were married April 24. 1918 at in Clinton before a large crowd of enthusiastic Brussels Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Baker is checkers players Altogether 15 games were the former Janet Connan of Brussels. Mr. played resulting in 10 wins for Walton. one and Mrs. Baker have six children loss. and four drae s Afterwards Mr. Walton A meeting of Seaforth Dairy Calf Club was played blindfolded and defeated the com- held at the Seaforth District High School on bined players, one game to none. Tuesday evening. Dr. John Harvey of The district committee of the Canadian Topnotch Feeds was introduced by the Club Lacrosse Association met in Tormnto on leader Bill Boyd and spoke on care and Friday night and arranged the groups in the management of a dairy calf. Arthur Bolton, Junior and Intermediate series The Seaforth assistant agricultural representative, spoke Beavers will have a team in both series. The on the judging competition which will be held Junior group will include Mitchell. Stratford, at the Seaforth fairgrounds on May 24. qualify for the $500 maximum when you've earned only 52,500. This tax concession will be especially helpful to married couples in cases where one spouse works part-time to supplement the family income. That improves the "married deduction" situation of the family. (Line 42 of the Income Tax Return). Fulltime students - and their parents - also will benefit greatly from this tax proposal. Students often earn Tess than $3,000 from summer jobs, if they can even get one. Under the new tax measure they'll be able to claitn the full $500 deduction, thus bringidg their net income down to a level where the supporting parent can claim the student as a dependent. (Mr. Mardon, formerly business editor of the Winnipeg Tribune, is manager of corporate communications for The Investors , Group, the Winnipeg -based financial plan- ning services company.) TONIf3HT IS THE LAST night the public can attend a musical production of Tom Sawyer at the Seaforth public school. Tickets are available at the door for thte 8 p.m. showing of the play. All grades five to eight students and staff were involved in the production including' make-up, costumes, sets, and lighting. Students began-praatising after the March break to prepare for the one hour plus musical. Thecholr is made up of approximately 90 voices. The role of Tom Sawyer is shared between Ben Hoegy and Aaron Broome. Mary, played by Amy Workman, forces Tom to wash before meeting the rector. Ben Hoegy is shown in his role of Tom. J (Wassink photo) Separate board okays calendar Huron -Perth Separate School Board teach- ers will be back to school this year on Sept. 1 and 2 professional activity days. The nine professional activity days in the Huron -Perth system for the school year 1983-84 are part of the school year calendar approved by the board at its April 11 meeting. Director of education William Eckert said it will be "uncommon" for boards across the province to start school on Sept. 1. Previously Ministry of Education guidelines stated the school year would start the day after Labor Day, whereas now school may start on Sept. 1. I think it's wise that classes not begin before Labor Day," commented Mr. Eckert, "it's,a tradition for Ontario families to start school after Labor Day." The director noted. that of the nine. professional activity days only five are within the flow of the school year as two are actually before the students come back to school and two are at the end of June on the 25th and 26th. The other professional activity days are on Friday, Sept. 23, Friday, Oct. 28, Monday, Dec. 5, Friday, March 9 (which precedes the mid -winter break) and Mon- day, April 2. Stratford trustee Ron Marcy asked if there are any PA days common with the two public boards - Huron County Board of Education and Perth County Board of Education. Friday, Sept. 23 is the only common day between the three boards, while Monday, Dec. 5 is shared with the Perth system and Friday, Oct. 28 is shared with the Huron system. Monday, April 2 is common between the separate system and the Huron secondary schools. Other changes in the school year calendar recognize the dropping of Remembrance Day as a holiday and a two-week Christmas vacation as outlined by the Ministry of Education. The holidays are Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6; 'Fha sg ay ,n Monday, Oct. 10; Christmas holidays from Dec. 19 to Jan. 1; mid -winter break from March 12 to 16 (changed by one week from previous years); Good Friday on April 20; Easter Monday on April 23 and Victoria Day on Monday, May 21. ' ;Therti are a total of 194 school days including ,PA days which leaves 185 instructional days the minimum required by the Ministry. "Why is it set at the minimum rather than the maximum? asked Seaforth trustee Gerald Groothius. Mr. Eckert said the committee determined there would be 185 instruction days plus nine PA days, but the calendar is before the board and changes could be made. ,No Changes were made. "It saves the busses from runnin noted Ellice' trustee Tim McDonnell p ' ting out one of the reasons for the, minium of instruction days. Trustees also questioned why students don't go until the end of June in 1984 rather than June 22, 1984 being the last day of classes. Superintendent of education John McCauley said the committee recommends the students finish school on a Friday instead of bring them back for a Monday and Tuesday. Board chairman Ron Murray noted that the committee to study the 1984-85 school year is to include ratepayers along with trustees, teachers and administration. CORRECTION in a report from the board's March 28 meeting, chairman Ron Murray referred to trustees' committee pay. in fact trustees don't receive committee pay. The only honorarium trustees receive is their monthly stipend. Soil and Crop names bean committee Perth County is the home of The main White Bean a good part of Ontario's white projects this year will center bean crop. as well as many of around solid seeded, direct the provinces best growers. combined beans. A study The Perth Soil and Crop group of about 20 producers Improvement Association has will compare notes, share formed a White Bean Com- ideas and compile their re- mittee to evaluate some new sults. A Direct Harvesting crop management tech- Demonstration Day will be niques. The committee is held at James Harper's farm chaired by James Harper, in early September. it will RR1, Mitchell. Other commit- give growers a chance to see tee members include Bill the results of several treat - Denham of St. Marys, Ralph ments and see the perform- Siemon of Mitchell, Bob ance of several pieces of Wood from Stratford and ' harvesting equipment in the Hugh Scott from Staffs. field. A SECOND ACCIDENT last Monday, occurred half a mile from a previous mishap and caused approximately 52,000 damage. Steven Litt, 20, of RR1 Gerrie wad travelling north on County Road 12, north of Seaforth when he loot control of a 1978 Ford and slid Into a tree. Constable Bruce Crew of the Goderich OPP reported the driver received major injuries. as Mr. Litt was transferred from Seaforth Community Hospital to University Hospital, London. Mrs. P. Day, a nurse at University Hospital said Mr. Litt was In fair condition. The extent of Injuries was not revealed. The accident Is still under investigation. (Wassink photo)