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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1967-01-19, Page 2is'iince 1660, Searing,., -the Community First : Pu' liPhod at SE,AFQRTF ,- QNTARIO. every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers Ltd ANI)itEW Y. 1VICL AN, 'Rditor Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly -Newspapers Association Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $5.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $6.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES .— 12 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 19, 1967 Worthy of Another Look Late last year Seaforth council con-. sidef:,ed a resolution which originated Wairton and which had been sent hacross 'Ontario protesting the basis on 'Rwieh the assessment of mail order outlets and L.C.B. outlets was arrived Oat, 'The resolution called for support in an effort to have the province amend "legislation so that in future the tax ',paid by such business places would re- fleet the business they did. Councillors arrived at no decision, feeling they required additional time to study the matter. At a subsequent meet- ing when the proposal came up again it was agreed no changes were needed' and the resolution was filed., The action of St. Marys council when. faced with the same resolution and re- sulting comment in the St. Marys Jour- nal Argus is topical in view of the Sea - forth decision. "The resolution recently approved by Si. Marys Town Council regarding the proposal that mail-order houses pay their municipal taxes on a basis of 60 - ,per cent. of sales, rather than the piti- fully small amount now collected by the ;.municipalities by way of business tax assessed' on the size of the premises is a good one." The Journal Argus. com- ments. "However, in view of the tremendous. Strength of these commercial gaints, it is- likely that a much more substantial boulder .must be hurled before munici- palities may, hope to get a larger share of revenue from such sources. "Basis of the resolution lies in the fact that these firms operate, in most cases from tiny quarters, with small "staff, yet annually take out a very sub- stantial share of the town's commercial dollar sales. Because of their mail-ord- er operations, no stock ace is neces- sary other than room on a counter for a selection of catalogues. "Without a doubt, it is most unfair that firms doing this volume of business should not pay their fair. share of mun- icipal expenses. "We must realize that these firms have about as much personal interest in the welfare of a town as a dowager has in a can of worms. We may have little hope of winning this dispute in a court battle, but at least we are getting the opportunity to tell them that we protest ,the unfairness of their opera - Coil insofar as paying their way in the towns in which they do such a large share of their business." the editorial concludes. While perhaps . the_ comparison the St. Marys' paper employs may be some- what extravagant, we cannot help but agree there is an inequality as between the tax contribution which a locally, owned business pays as compared to that of institutions such as those re- ferred to in the resolution having re- gard to -the amount of. business which. each does. The solution Wiarton ,sug- gests may not be • the answer but cer- tainly in this day of increasing pres- sures on the local tax rate, some further study at least, is justified. I3irthday Party Produces Results Canada's birthday party while under wag -less thanthree weeks already hp.s.. generated 'an enthusiasm that. has con - 'founded the many skeptics who derided any suggestion that Canada had any need' to celebrate anything. Perhaps Seaforth is typical. Despite pleadings over many months there was little interest and less action. Yet now the event is• at hand the Centennial com- ;inittee finds interest is accelerating rap- dly and if early commitments are any indication the community can expect to have its calendar filled throughout the year with Centennial events .in which every element will play a part. • But it is not only at the local level that the Centennial . has created results. The Centennial has contributed'a de - "gree of unity which not long ago would have been considered impossible. This is apparant among the many faiths of Canada and as a result of action stem- ming from the Centennial a, prayer book has been written which is accep- table to a11. It :came about when at the invitation of the federal government's Centennial Commission, official representatives of THE HOME TEAM 4 32jCanadian religious faiths met in the _Canadian_Inter-Faith Conference to de- velop and promote activities for Centen- nial year. Buddhists and Baptists, Cath- olics and Christian Science, Jews and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Muslims and Mennonites, Uniteds and Unitarians, all have worked together for two years without compro- mising 'their beliefs °or losing their in- tegrity. Together; they have prepared and cir- culated to 18,000 religous leaders in Canada, a Centennial proclamation, a Centennial anthem, a Centennial hymn, and best ofall, a bilingual inter -faith anthology 'of prayer. The corning to- gether of thefaiths will be history -mak- ing. In 1967, Anglicans and Baha'is and Doukh.obors. will go to Roman Catholic churches for Open House. Mennonites, Quackers and Pentecostals will go to Jewish synagogues for the same reason, the process will touch all 32 faiths, and the purpose is not conversion but un- derstanding. - Surely such results merit an exist- ance for the committee beyond Centen- nial year. • -4eff tet Sugar .. and • Spice By 'Thfl Smiley 100 YEARS OF WHAT? Wouldn't it be fun if w could conjure up from their neglected graves Sir John A and the other Fathers •of Con federation, and take them on tour of the nation they tied. to gether 100 years ago, wit string and staling -wax? Would they think they had builded well? .Would they swell with pride overtb.e nation that has emerged? Would they look with awe on what has been ac- complished? Or would they cry as with one voice, "Lemme ni►wr outa here! What' have you done to our glorius Dominion?" Thephysical changes in those 10 tiny decades, a flea- bite leabite in the human span, would surely- impress' them. The vast towers of steel and concrete in our cities; the ribbons of road and rail that span the conti- nent; the St. Lawrence Seaway. And surely they would be thrilled by the vast technologi- ' cal leap made since they stood together for that stiff portrait in Charlottetown. They would be dazzled by the simple facts of electric light and power, flight by jet -liner, radio, televi- sion, the telephone, the auto- mobile, oil -heating, air-condi- tioning, and a thousand other things we take for granted. But how would they feel h about the country they created n after the fancy wrapring came' a fleet of some 12 or 14 German torpedo boats and' destroyers were intercepted by a British patrolling fleet and in the short fierce engagement Which fol- lowed, the Germans suffered serious losses. yond the familiar things and saw that the healthy -looking e body was riddled with disease. The pollution of air and water • would make them /urious. The soaring rate of divorce, drug a addiction, homosexualism, alco, h holism would appall them. The number of dead, on the high- • ways each year would sicken them. The power of huge mono- polies would frighten them., And the apathy of the average, well-fed Canadian would dis- gust them. •. No, we'd have to divert their attention quickly, and turn- it to other things that would dazzle therm. Perhaps' they'd •be im• - pressed by some of our great cultural traditionsdeveloped since their time. bike the GreY 1< Cup Game, when the punks iyid the drunks take. Aver. Or Hopk- ey Night in Canada, one of el4r great national customs, when this entire sprawling nation 91,s linked together into a war*, friendly group of idiots, rising as one man to fetch anotltr beer when the commercial comes on. Maybe they'd enjoy a tour of one of our new atomic energy plants?ut I wonder- what -- they'd think of the pictures of Hiroshima? We could tell them what we did in the two great wars. But one look at the tax bill for de- fense would gide them apo- plexy. And so it would go. Personal- ly, I think that after the initial novelty wore off, Sir John A. and The Fathers, more in sor- row than in anger; would re, turn to where they came from without ever taking, 'a look back. �yv In the From The Huron Expositor Jan. 23, 1942 • Wm. J. Kay, reeve of Hibbert Township and council member for the past twelve years, was elected warden of Perth Coun ty. . George W. Armstrong, Reeve fo Hay Township, was elected warden of Huron County. Members of the Sodality of St. James' Church, elected of- ficers at their meeting as' fol- lows: past president, Katherine Flanigan; president Joan Dever- eaux; vice-president Frances Matthews; secretary Loretta Bannon; treasurer, Isabel Flan- nigan, A successful farm forum was held at the home of Mr. R. Mur - die, McKillop, with Mr. N. R. Dgrranc.e as convener. Mr. Fred W'atsorir was listened to over CKNX. F./O, Thomas Pryde of Exeter, home on weekendfurlough from Toronto, wher-e he is .interview- ing officers at the RCAF, was guest of honor at the meeting of the Exeter-Hensall branch of the Canadian Legion: Comrade Sydney' McArthur presented him with a- , handsome wrist watch. Mr. W. S. Ruby of Zurich has sold his dwelling property on John St.; to Mr. Ted C. Harburn. Mr. Ruby is planning to move to Kitchener. The euchre and dance .held in the Winthrop Hall, was well attended. The prize winners be- ing ladies' games, Mrs. Lorne Webster; lone' hands, Beth Campbell; men's games, Sam McClure; Ione hands, Bert 11e- Clure; a few hours was spent in dancing' to the Pryce orches- tra. Miss Maxine Lawrence, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lawrence, has joined the staff of the Bank of Commerce in town. Miss Frances Fortune, who has completed her three years train- ing . at St. Mary's Hospital, . Kit- chener, has successfully -passed her examinations as required by the Department of `Health, •and is returning to nurse on the staff. ' Mr. Ken Murray of the radio -school at 'Clinton, left for New Brunswick and it' may be his last leave for some time. Miss Margaret McDaid, who has been in Scott Memorial Hos- pital for the past few months as the resuLt'of a motor accident, has- sufficiently recovered to leave for her home in -Stratford. The •following officers were elected at the Red Cross So- ciety held in the Township Hall • at Bayfield: past president Mrs. Alfred Johnston; president, Mrs. Lee .McConnell; vice-president Mrs. Alex McConnell; secretary Miss Rachael Johnston; treasur- er Mrs. G. H.. Beatty; press sec- retary Mrs. R. M. Peck; execu- tive com. Perce Johnston, J. T: 4M crvrLr�u i" Years Agone McAsh, Elmer Webster. At a work meeting of the Sea - forth, mission band, when there were 30 present, officers elect- ed were president Peggy Willis; - vice-president Sue Nixon; sec- retary Leona Stevens; treasur- er .lean Bal'ant*ne. Glen Louis Hildebrand and Jack Derwood Dunlop of Sea - forth were among those who enlisted in the RCAF at London. Mrs. J. F. Reid received word that her son. Cant. R. S. Reid had .arrived aafely in England. The Hensall-F.xeter branch of the Canadian Legion sponsored a very cneeessful bingo and dance fn the town hall. with Mr. . C, Stone as master of cere- monies. Ten special prizes of blankets and tnrkevs were won by Mr.'Clvne. London. Miss Ed- ith D.ek rags~ Moore, german Davman. B civ Mickle. Mrs. Pet- er M'.Nau'hton. all of Hensall; Mr. Eldon Parrott, Mrs.,J. Bell, Kippen and Earl Whiting, Exe- ter: -c„ '111,1 '111111 ow wound you` detcribd my goal , .. Stupendous? Terrific? eel • ' ' 1 want a rule booke' 144 w- , tf' * * * From The Huron Expositor Jan. 26, 1917 Mr. Fred Eckert of Manley has purchased the 50 acre farm on theA9th concession, from Mr Michail McLaughlin, the consid- oration being $4,000. Mr. Thomas Purcell of Man- ley m,et with a painful *accident while cutting wood in Wm. Man- ley's bush, The ave missed the mark cutting his foot. Miss Mi17ie Murray of.Manl•ey has been ,engaged as dressmak- er with Miss Brine of Seaforth. Mr. Frank McConnell of Dub- lin, manager of the Standard Bank, has returned home after being in the I onddii hospital, with an injured knee. A rink o Seaforth curlers, composed of . George Bethune, W. E. Kerslake, W. Bethune and roan Beattie. skip, were in St. Thomas plaving_•for• the Wind- sor Hotel challenge trophy and succeeded hi lifting..it...by a maj- ority of four shots. The nomination meeting was well attended and very orderly. The council for this year will be composed as follows: Mayor H. Stewart, Reeve; J. A. Stewart, Councillors, J. J. Cluff, George Card,no, T. Stephens, W. Gold- ing, Dr. Grieve. - Mr. R. P. Bell and Mr. J. S. Welsh of townpaid their 44th annual subscriptions to The Expositor this week. Mr. -John McLennan of Tuck- ersmith delivered to P. A. O'Sullivan, the well known' buy- er of. McKillop, seven' hogs that weighed 1,640 pounds and. for which he received the hand. some sum of $219. Mr. J. J. Morrison, president of the United Farmers of On- tario organized a club at Wal= ton at which there was an at- tendance of over 50. The fol- lowing officers were elected: president J. J. McGavin; secre- that the naval engagement whic occured in the North Sea, whe * :* From The Huron Expositor Jan. 22, 1892 For some time a number of teams and men have been en gaged in repairing the breach made in the dam by the faI 'freeze-up..It is perhaps not the most comfortable weather for such work, but with his usua forethought, Mr. Wilson has managed to find employment for hiis men while the hens are resting. Mr. Andrew Kidd, for many years 'connected with.. the band of the 33rd Battalion, was pre- sented_with -a handsome cane upon the occasion of his leaving Seaforth to take up • his resi- dence in••Torgnto. Mr. Thomas W. Duncan, one of the oldest businessmen of Seaforth, died at his residence in this town, at the early age of 45 years. He took a very active part in the late fire andlot very wet which ultimately settled •on his, lungs and caused' his death in a very few days. - Mr, Thomas O'Rourke. of Beechwood is busy drawing 'brick for a new residence. --Rev. Mr. Acheson _of_.Kipp_en, was agreeably surprised• on en- tering his stable to find 23 bags of oats in his granary and a new overcoat on his horse. Messrs. Joseph Hudson and Dav- id Anderson, representatives of the Hillsgreen congregation had. called during' his absence and m:adde the donation':""-," -, About 180 invited guests. as- sembled at the hnme of Mr. Wil- liam Best, Hullett Township, to assist him in warming. up the new brick residence. The par- ticar feature of the evening was the popular amusement "tripping the light fantastic" and in this both old and young joined with all -the energy of youth. Al the annual meeting of the. members of the Tuckersmith branch Agricultural Society, the following officers and directors were appointed: Thomas Go''e,n- 'o k president: George E. Hen- derson, vice-president; directors, Tuckersmith, James McIntosh, Mill Road; Wm. Coleman and Henry Chesney; McKillop. John r. Grieve, Richard Common; Hullett, George Watt. Peter TTawthorne.' Thomas McMillan; ' Seaforth, John Grieve; G, E. Cresswell and D. Johnston were appointed auditors. • Mr. Thomas E. Hays has• shown us a sample of a two - rowed barley grown on one of his farms near Seaforth. He had six acres and a quarter under his crop and. it averaged 50 bushels to' the acre and weigh- ed 56 pounds to the bushel. Rev. Mr. Hodgins has pur- chased the residence of Mr. Kenneth McLeod, on Goderich Street • for $900. Mr. McLeod lntends removing his, family to Brandon, Man. . off the toys? After they'd seen the Toronto City Hall, and flown across• the country in a few hours, and plunged into the bowels of a modern mine, and cone up in a chair -lift at Jas- per, and faced annihilation in a Montreal cab, and groped for their drink in a gloomy cocktail lounge? Behind tile glittering play- °thinas, would they really find much change in the country? - Not • at this time pf year, a•ny- __ a sham- bling geographical monster, buried in white, tail turned• tea the north wind. Only a sprin- t kling of lights, a few curls of smoke, and a few ants crawling about would suggest it was not straight out of•the ice ages.. And if Sir John A: and his fellows lifted that familiar blanket of white and peered under it, would they be sur- -nrissee'd - and delighted by what they saw? Would they Perceive a mature, virile, independent people proudly proving that the twentieth century belongs to tary'treasurer John McArthur. . t Mr. Sam: L. Latta, a former principal of. Zurich school, but now of Govan, Sask., was recen- tly nominated as- Liberal midi:. date' for the Saskatchewan Leg- islattrre. At the annual` congregational meeting of the members of First Prebyterian• Church, John M. Wilson was elected chairman and James Watson, secretary. After paying all. liabilities, the year$784.19. closed with a balance of Mr. Appleton Elcost of Tuck- ersmith Township disposed of a fine 14 month old Shorthorn builio Mr. John Drown of Staf- fa. • Mr. W. A, Morrison of the 10th concession of McKillop, dis- posed of his handsome grey mare to Mr, Roy Logan for which he received the big fig- ure of $300,60. • One of the earliest as well as one of the most prominent ,and ablest of the great pioneers Of McKillop, passed away„ at the London Hospital, in the person of James hays, Sr„ in his 87th year. J Phone 527--0240' The mail) news from the seat of war, and it is` god news, is +� WANTED To purchase A. copy of •BELDON'S ATLAS OF TIMM Please indicate condi- tion and selling pricer Write or Call BOX 1629,.• - The Huron Expositor One look would, reveal a ma- terial prosperity and comfort bevon,j their dreams. But it N*"onid show that a lot of -other things they were familiar with had not changed 'Or improved in 100 years, Fear of the U.S., corruption . in high places, French and English Canadians wrangling,. dirty fighting . at Ot- t-aw•a, __the - taxpayers__ being . bribed with their own money, the rich getting richer and. the Poor getting children• a famil- iar worid to. The Fathers. But the sorrow might change to horror when• they looked be- "Haven't•I- aiwa s givenyou • everything you need for survival?"' ARROW ALL CANADIAN Petroleums Limited Gasoline * Diesel HEATING OILS Valvoline Oil and Greases "Go With Arrow" AGENT: DON COLEMAN DiAL 527=0646 SEAFORTH NUARY CLEARANCE SALE Special Money -Saving Discount 20% Off Snow Suits:, 30%. 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