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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 2, 1968
Tax Aid Comes from Other 1Nxes
Before long municipal treasurers
-across Ontario will be grappling with
the intricacies of Ontario's new prop-
eity tax rebate legislation and attemP-
1,ting to apply the formula that has
been evolved by the province So that
home owners in each municipality may
•benefit from the act.
, Conceived in -the excitment of last
fall's election the proposal recognizes
and attempts it solution to the. increas-
ingly heavy burden which home own-
ers across Ontario are called on to car-
ry by way of municipal taxes.
While the rebate will provide some
relief in certain quarters, it will in-
crease the problem in others. Not only
does the rebate itself require to be rais-
ed by taxation but there is also the mat-
ter of paying the scores of staff which
will be required to adminiiter the act.
All these millions must come from
some source and the Wingham Advance -
Times in a recent issue suggests that
part of the source will be the small busi-
nessman in the towns and villages
across Ontario who will carry much of
the added load. .
"That source is quite likely to be the
business segment of the provincial econ-
omy'.', the Wingbam •paper . says and
goes on "In fact, the province has, for
several years past, provided tax 'credit
on private property at the expense of
business and commerce. The mill rate
is about 10 points higher on a down-
town store ora manufacturing property
than it is on a home in this commUnity.
A`One of the main sources of provin-
cial revenue is corporation tax levied
on incorporated businesses. It seems in-
evitable that the demands upon, busi-
ness will be increased to meet the ris-
'lig costs and to make up for the mil-
lions which will be represented by the
cut-back in home owners' taxes.
"It is an obvious over -simplification
to hark back to the old cry of "soak the
rich." In the first place thousands of
small businesses are now incorporated,
though they are far from rich. Many
of their owners make a good deal less
than school teachers, doctors and law-
yers.
"In the second -place, it is a delusion
to believe that there is actually a sav-
ing for the average taxpayer if the bur-
den falls .on the business community.
The businessman has no alternative but
to raise his prices to meet the higher tax
demands—so the average home owner
will eventually be saddled with the tax
saving out of his own pocket.
"Under the pressure of rising costs,
including ever higher taxes, small busi-
nesses are disappearing by the thou-
sand every year. Not all of them go in-
to bankruptcy. Indeed, the vast major-
ity of them are being absorbed by the
big corporations."
We are in full agreement with the
Advance -Times when it concludes, "It
will be a. sad day for Ontario and for
Canada when the last of the little men
has disappeared."
Spring Thoughts
The first touch Of spring lightly
turns the.thoughte of some people. Typ-
ical is th'e .editor of Home Goods Retail-
ing who ponders on Murphy's laws and
how they apply in our every effort: ,
* If anything can go wrong it will;
* Nothing is ever as simple as it
• seems;
* If you fool around with anything
long enough, it will eventually
break;•
* If you try to please everybody,
somebody isn't going to like it; •
* It is a fundamental law of nature
nothing quite -works out;
* It is easier to get into anything
than to get out of it;
* If you can explain mnetting so
clearly no one can possibly misun-
derstand, somebody will;
* Whatever you want to do, you
have to do something else first.
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
May 7, 1942
George Kruse, son of Mr. and
Mrs: Richard Kruse of .Egmond-
ville was one of the graduates
at No. 8 Service Flying Train-
ing . School at Moncton, New
Brunswick and is -spending a
few days here with Mrs. Kruse.
Libby, McNeil and Libby, cu-
cumber contractors, have instal-
led tanks and a grader at their
dation
is the
statio
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Expo
A. Si
87th
anony
te.r to lose
at Dublin. Albert Reck
manager of the Dublin
'n. ,
recent photograph in the
sitor congratulating kr. G.
lls on the occasion of his
bitthday has prompted an
mous donor to write a let -
Rail. T. P. Hussey and en-
Ca one hundred dollar bill
for th
ue a
e Catholic Women's Lea-
t St, James' church, •
An
Windoegg is on diOlay in the
w of H.' R. Spence and
ton produce store which' has a
perfe
side.
toryet "V" imprinted oh one,
If this is the sign of vic-
it will certainly end the
War, as the "W' is very plainly
exiiho
wasgradssed an the shell.
Miss Loreen Looby of Dublin,
one of a group of 27 who
u
Schooated from St. Joseph's
l of Nursing, London. •
• Hon. Harry Nixon was chosen
the new leader of the Ontario
.I.Aberal party at the provincial_
-tenvelition 1n•-•-'1,9irento. The
eheice was made on the first
ballot when Mr. Nixon polled
418 of a possible 577 votes.
• Vannes tell us they are get-
ting anxious and we tell them
they have every right to be.
This is the first week in May
eatt there are only a few buds
out* no , grass growing on the
pastures nni1 cattle still in the
barn., lloWever, it will be rem.
einberell that we have a pro.
it seed time an heftiest.
From The Huron Expositor
May 10, 1918 •'
Much interest is being taken
in regard to the Geiger drain
as was evidenced by the number
who attended the meeting of the
Tuckersmith council. The drain
will cost over $8,000.
Miss Forbes, the energetic
teacher of the .Leadbury school,
with the aid of her pupils, has
packed 24 boxes of maple sug-
ar for our boys at the Vont.
George Charters, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Charters of
town, had the misfortune to fall
from a wagon and break his
leg. •
Gordon Dick has joined the
staff of the Dominion Bank and
Wm. Habkfrk the staff of the
Bank Of Commerce.
John Muir of the G.T.R. re-
ceived word that his son Bert
Muir had been wounded in
France. This is the Second time
he has been wounded since go-
ing to the front with a draft of
the 161st 11112•0118.
Mrs, Wm. Westcott also re-
ceived word that her son Ar-
nold, who went overseas with
the same battalion was in a hos-
pital in France,' suffering from
gunshot wounds in the face and
2TM.
Wm. McGregor of Kippen, fin-
ished up his season grain thresh-
ing at the home of Kilpatrick
Bros.
The Orangen_ei n of_Hensall
ia-V-Praiiiiing large things for
the celebration to be held there
on the 12th of July.
The Council of Hensall have
moved the band stand to the
Town Hall and also lowered ,it
a little and repainted it: 1'
The resumption of the Ger-
man offensive on the western
front IS still held up. The fail-
ure of the previous four desper-
ate attempts to reach the sea or
Paris have apparently left the
enemy fortes In a very' disor-
ganized tondition.
From The Huron Expositor
May 5, 1893
The wind storm did not miss
Walton; the barn at the Royal
Hotel was unroofed as well as
several, smaller buildings and
miles of fences were. laid level
with the ground.
The Murphy farm, on the 7th, ,
concession of Hullett, has been
purchased by Messrs. Bell and
Lasham of Londesboro for $4,-
200.
At the meeting of the Chat-
ham Presbytery, the call from
Egmondville Presbyterian Chur-
ch to Rev. Neil Shaw was accep-
ted and his induction will be
held soon.
One of our local. dealers sold,.
four bicycles in one day. If the
fad grows much more in inten-
sity 'people will be forgetting
how to walk.
Mistea Mary Whiddon and
Mary Parker are opening out a
dress Making establishment on
Main St., Bayfield.
Mr. Robert Adams of Win-
throp has leased the east half
of lot 18, concession 13, all in
pasture, to Mr. Henry Homey
for a rental of $100 a year.
Mr. Wm. Colivill, the enter-
prising carriage maker of Hen-
sel], is selling a number of hand-
some new and improved bicyc-
les.
an-ordrItnron
boy, who is now inspector. for
the Dominion Bank, was here
making arrangements for the
opening of an agency here. He
has leased the store formerly
occupied by Killoran and Co.
John Mactavish left here to
take ills place as an assistant in
one of the travelling dairy out,
fits being sent out by the On-
tario government -
John Torrance of Varna, has
sold -his farm to Sohn -MeAsh of
the same place'. Something over
$5,000 was paid for It. ,
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Free the. Imberksl Oil Collectiou
Simon Fraser descending the Fraser
River in 1808. After his Highland Scot
father died while serving the British_
Army in the American Revolutionary
War, young Vermont -born Fraser join-
ed the North-West Company and serv-
• ed as a clerk in various Canadian out-
posts. He became a partner in 1801. He
set up trading posts in -the Peace Riv-
er district, explored west of the Rockies
and established Fort St. James, Fort
Fraser and Fort George..
On May '28,. 1808, Fraser launched
an expedition from Fort George im-
mediately south of Prince George to ex-
plore the length of what he thought
was the Columbia River. Be led' two
lieutenants, 19 voyageurs and two In-
dian guides in four canoes. The party
returned August 6 after completing a
very sdifficult journey of discovery
^
TAKE THAT
Somebody is
thing, anyway.
been coming , in
ly. Keep it up,
you agree or not
down the Fraser River to the area of
New Westminster, where hostile coas-
tal Indians turned them back and they
re -traced their route up the river. Fras-
er reported in his journal "my great
disappointment in not seeing the Main
ocean, having gone so near it as to be
almost within view. We besides wished
very much to observer the longitude.
The latitude is 49 degrees nearly, while
that of the entrance of .the Columbia is
46 degrees 20'. This river is therefore
not the .Coluinbia I" •
Fraser's expedition was assisted by
friendly Indians through the canyon
sections of the river, where nearly ev-
ery mile 'brought danger and difficul-
ty: whirlpools, rapids, rocks, and carry-
ing -places so rough that a new pair of
moccasins was torn to shreds in one
day of portaging.
Sugar and Spice
— By 'Bill
MR. W4IPP!
reading this
Letters have
shovelfuls late -
chaps, whether
A recent column on high tax-
es seemed to touch a sore spot.
I didn't hear_from the- Minister
of Finance, but I did hear from
a number of 'people who are
getting hot under the collar as
various levels of government
take bigger and bigger bites
from an apple that has already
been well chewed.
Ken Gagnon of Tillsonburg
dislikes compulsory benefits.
He says the needy, after a means
test, should be looked after,
but those who just don't want
to work should be given menial
labor ff' they want public hand-
outs. He also protests the cost-
ly commissions established to
investiga4 tax and other prob-
lems, and Whose reports, after
a cursory examination, are shel-
ved.
G. MacDonald of Toronto with
'terse Scot sense, says, "The gov-
ernment has become top-heavy."
Mrs: M. Ferguson, also of Tor-
onto, tells ' of the incredible
cost per day for a hospital bed
in a public ward in that city -
from $45.15 to $52,50 a day, for
those who don't have provincial
hospital insurance. And many
don't
Wm. E: Smith_ of Oakville
writes, "Just wanted to get my
two eents_worth in to_support
your • views." Fastened to his
letter were three penniei, with
the postscript, "Why the extra
penny? Tax."
The Whipp Affair. You 're-
member Mr. Whine, editor of
the Petrolia weekly, who warn-
ed me to stop writing about
education and teen-agers, or
he'd camel. Buckets of letters
excoriating Mr. W. and encour-
aging your hero. It seems that
there are a lot of people, of all
age, who are interested in
these topics.
Many of them run to two or
'Smiley
three typed pages, but I'll quote
excerpts from a few which are
representative.
David Bell of Preston: "Your
column swings with its own
sweet •suburban rhythm. Keep
telling it like it is."
Mrs. Mina Wesley of George-
town: "Felt impelled to write as
per invitation. I never miss read-
ing you; DOes that mean any-
thing? Think you are "kind'a
good'." Thank you ma'm. Some-
times I'm kinda bad, too, • but
it usually makes me feel kinda
good.
Mary McCaugha of Keswick
swings into rhyme: •
"Tell that managing editor to
jump in the lake;
I subscribe to the Era mostly
for you sake;
As to teen-agers, call 'em young
adults,
Perhaps then, by semaa,.3tics,
• you'll get better reaults.
As to education, you're in it,
well brother, so are We,
And besides, as you mentioned,
c'ertainly isn't free."
T. A. Deana of London: "If,
in some of Our' columns, You
stress education and youth a --
good for you. You obviously
don't agree with Richard J.
Needham. I do. But . . . educa-
tion, whether formal or infor-
mal, is essential, and for, the
Managing Editor of a paper to
threatea to cancel a column of
references to it is completely
idiotic." This was . one of his
-mildei--paratraPhs;-
A teen-ager from Walkerton:
"I think that your column is
one of the most alive writings
in today's newspapers. . .Being
a teen-ager is one of the roogh-
est and loneliest times I have
reaehed. I'm torn between loy-
alty to my parents and anger
at them for clipping the wings
that I think are full-grown
enough to fly. It's particularly
hard when I Mart to, wortder if
I'm the only one that acts this
way, and ask rnyaelf, 'What's
the matter with me, anyway?'
There's more, but she (15
"Soiplease,, keep ..reaching out
t� situdents and teen-agers, Mr.
Smiley; too few people do!"
A former student, Maureen
Schwartz (Killoran), of Cooks-
ville, writes hotly in defence,
but she's prejudiced (I gave her
85 in English): Not long out of
hei• teens, she's getting the mes-
sage: "Speaking of raising kids
- it is no *wonder the 'older
generation' always seems to be
making such a mess of things.
Raising the :younger genera-
tion' Is enough to reduce them
to babbling idiots All this
and my kidlet is 17 months.
What will I be saying when she
is 17 'years?" All I can say is
that you wouldn't believe your
ears, Maureen.
Give up, Mr. Whipp?
"Yes I'm surprised. I was
expecting a cart"
TO TIM -EDITOR
McKillop Provides
•Equal -Facilities
Sir:
This letter is written in hope
that we can correct some of the
statements made in an article
by Dr -Morgan Smith which apr
Peared in your paper on April
2• 5, 1,968. Dr. Smith singles out
McIfillop as an area where one -
room school buildings are still
in use and goes on to write the
following which are not entire-
ly true.
Quote 1: •"The only one -room
schools left are in McKillop
Township", and "Why have
some schools nearly all the ad-
vantages of the best city schools
while others are providing al-
most a 19th. century style Of
teaching."
• It is true that we are using the
one -room buildings but the
style of teaching is the seine as
in a majority of the multi -room,
sehools. Each room (dr school
in this case) has two grades and
each teacher 'has approx. 30
pupils except kindergarten. Our
teachers are encouraged to at -
'tend summer courses and visit
other sehobls in order to keep
up with changing methods and
materials. .
Quote 2: "Some have spank-
ing new buildings and others
date from last century."
All of the school buildings in
use in McKillop were construc-
ted since 1900 except two. All
have been remodelled and in -
elude good washrooms, good
heating systems and a first -floor
play areaalnibst as big as the
classroom. In any case every-
one • knows it takes more than
ki l, The
p
to make a schooe
cliillfip T.S.A. Board has en -
co rated the teachers in using
new methods and materials rind
had hoped to advance further
until blocked by the new legis-
lation.
We hope that Dr. Smith and
others who are interested in
our schools will add the follow-
ing features of the McKillop
School System to their notes.
1. There are two grade's per
room. Grades 1, 8 and kinder-
garten are each in one room.
a RQ03118 are not overcrowd-
ed (approx. 30 pupils per teach-
er). •
3. Kindergarten ptoyided. '
• 4. Kindergarten pupils trans-
ported to and from school each
day. .
5. Board elected by and dir-
ectly responsible to the elector-
ate.
6. Taxes shown separately on
statement.
7, Schools and buses are paid
for in full.
8. Mill rate is reasonable and
the board has sufficient funds
to operate without borrowing
during the year.
9. No pupil is required to be
on a bt8 before 5 to 8 a.m. and
the last one is home by 4:30
p.m.
10. Pupils are picked up at
their own ,gateway usually 40
rods or less from buildings.
The contents of this. letter
have been examined by the
members of the McKillop Town-
ship School Area Board add are
concurred in.
Arthur S. Bolton
From My
• By, Shirley
Beginning this week we will
be Carrying the regular feature
• column "From My Window"
written by a , young Dashwood
housewife Mrs. Shirley • J. Kel-
ler.
.Sometimes referred to as
'Huron County's Ann Landers,
Mrs. Keller_ makes weekly com-
ments on situations as they hap-
pen around her house where a
husband and three active child-
ren make her life interesting: •
As a church worker and part-
time newspaper reporter Mrs.
Keller ,keeps abreast of the
times and often comments on
world and Canadian- affairs
which affect • us all. But first
and foremost she is a housewife
and in every color= Mrs: Kel-
ler prepares, the homey ele-
ment sticks out like a thistle
in a petunia planter.
As her children ranging in
age from two years to 12 -
grow, Mrs. Keller writes about
their progress and her head-
aches. Her husband is often the
scapegoat in a column and
sometimes comes in for some
severe criticism at the, pen._ of
his wife.
'"From My_ Window" now ap-
pears in five other weeklies in-
cluding- the Zurich - Citizens -
News (where it was developed);
the Clinton News -Record; the
Northc.Kent Leader; The -Owen
Sound Herald; and the Milver-
ton Sun.
Mrs. Keller is anxious to re-
ceive letters - pro and con -
concerning the colUmn. Addres-
sed simply to Mrs. Shirley J.
Keller, Dashwood, your letters
will be appreciated. (Don't be
surprised if they form the bas-
is for an upcoming .column).
, BY SHIRLEY KIZLER
I Nit can't figure Out what
is Wrong irilth tears childron
Swell)? Fas not the Only one wh,o
has noticed they don't play
any more, ...
It's true. Modern day kids
do net play gaflies ally more -
at least they ;don't play games
the Way We used to when we,
were that age.
I'm not really old, you know.
Oh I adthit there was not a
single teleVision in the neigh-
borhood when I was a youngster
but that doesn't mean I was
born aboard the ark. We had
"Good morning, Johnson."
Window
J. Kellar •
a- radio (and not with the huge
trumpet either but a streamline
cabinet model). My father drove
a car. I had a bicycle. There
were records in my circle of
friends but heaven knows I
couldn't afford them. • .
So you can see that my ,life
wasn't too unlike the lives of
my kids -except when I was
young I used to get up early,
get out of the house as fast
as I could and play all day, to
dark or longer if I - could get
away with it. In spring, we'd
build rafts and tree houses and
go fishing. Through summer
we'd go swiniming. and play
"run. sheep run" and pack
lunches and take hikes. Come ,
fall we'd collect seeds and Watch
squirrels hiding nuts and just
idle away hours and hours down
by the railway tracks. Winter
days were really active with ice
rinks to build, igloos to , plan,
trails to stalk and hills to con-
quer..
Days that I was at home un-
der my mother's feet were days
when I was too sick t� do any-
thing. else. I didn't do it be-
cause I enjoyed it.
At present the kids who fre-
quent our house do little more
than sit. Whether they are
reading tomics„ watching TV,
playing records -or just thinking,
they always do it with, the knees
sufficiently bent to allow the
rear end to be rested on the
nearest chair. MYeldest son's
idea of adventure is - 'to hear
the first performance of a new
Monkee recording. High spot
in my daughters life would be.
to spend a solid ,,uninterrupted
day just "messing around the
house" -yeti know, a little of
this and a little Of that and
nothing too invigorating.
Fact of -the matter is, I'm
worried that such behavior is
not eonsidered abnormal by the
other • .mothers to whom I've
spoken. Most of, My friends
have so much togetherness with
their kids these days that they
can't sweep the carpet without
first asking that Whole bodies
of reclined youths_ struggle to
their knees and crawl to the
side of the room before ioldind
helpless in a limp lump.
Then suddenly without warn-
ing the flonny_ligure_pulls It-
self into a neat, rather hypnotic
stance in answer to the whine
of the radio or record player.
It snaps its fingers, bobs its
head, flexes its wrists, bends
its knees rhytlunically until the
music is done. Then it collap-
ses once more in a heap.
Maybe It is a case of "weak
knees disease" as my husband
claims (that's a nice way of say-
ing laziness). I'm ,hoping it isn't
som severe form of mal -nutri-
tion or a hideous effect of this
air pollution we hear so much
aboUt. I live in hope that ag-
ing 18 the tare.
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