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SFAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 14, 1965
Huronview Proposal Merits Study
One of the . major problems facing tion, such as Huronview can provide,
Huron County Council when it meets could be looked after without leaving
next week will be a decision concerning their neighborhood.
additional accommodation to serve That 'there are compelling reasons
Huron senior citizens. • suggesting the wisdom of a second look
In Huronview, the county has in before any final decision is taken con-
Tuckersmith Township an institution cerning Huronview is pointed out by
which compares favorably with any of the Wingham Advance -Times in these
its kind in Ontario. Experts regard it words :
as being superior to many. "There are, no doubt, some valid
In terms of both management and reasons for considering further con -
physical appointments it is an estab- struction at the Clinton location, but-
. lishment of which the reeves and of- full examination of all the factors in-
ficials who planned it and the citizens volved will provide a great many sound
of Huron who made it possible, may be reasons for establishing a completely
justly proud. separate home at another site.
But Huronview is filled to capacity, "Most important is the advice to the
and there is a long list of people who committee from the Department of Wel-
wish to ' be accommodated. Many of fare that any further • addition, even
them are quite prepared to pay the per though located at Clinton, should be
diem rate set by the county. distinct and separate from the present
• The problem of increasing the accom- institution, which is now close to maxi-
modatioi is not as simple as it appears. mum ize for efficiency of operation.
The department of government which Thi be'ng the Base, there is -little in
administers such matters and approves the y of financial economy to be
grants representing half the cost of gal by building there.
construction, says the present plant is "The most compelling 'reason, how -
as large as can be properly administer- ever, for selecting a second site, is pure-
ed. If additional accommodation is to ly humanitarian. With a drastic short-
be provided, it must be another admin- age of reliable nursing homes in this
istrativity self-contained establishment. area, and in a county, where the popu-
The Huronview committee has gone lation of older people is much above
along with this and . proposes a new the national average, a very high per-
unit be erected in the immediate area tentage of bur aging ,persons will be
of the present institution on No... 4 cared for in the county homes (includ-
Highway. ing,. not too many years hence, we who
There is a strong area of opinion are now in our middle years).
that feels that the concentration of "The facts of geography and weather
senior citizens accommodation in one make it obvious that homes for the aged
location creates ,a..hardship in terms of should be located as close as economic -
the average resident. It is suggested ally possible to the families of those
that satelite Huronview at 'other iota- who require such. services."
tions would avoid the necessity of resi- Recent studies have indicated Huron
dents being -torn from the area in the has a greater proportionof citizens of
county with which they are familiar, advanced age than other Ontario coun-
and that if such satelites were located ties, and this undoubtedly is reflected
at the north and south of the county in the demands being made on Huron -
a majority of those making use of the view.
facilities would be able to remain near- At the same time, perhaps this would
er their families. be a good time for the county to re -
Another proposal which has been view its entire policy covering the pro -
advanced would result in smaller units vision of accommodation for senior citi-
being established in each of the four zens, including the relation which rates
county townsnot now directly served. being charged bear to the ability to pay:
With units at Seaforth, Exeter, Code- Such a study might suggest the wisdom
rich and Wingham, existing hospital of changes in the rate structure which
facilities would be complemented and in turn could have a bearing • on the
elderly persons requiring accommoda- demand for accommodation.'
A Macduff Ottawa Report
Tax Cuts Are Hinted •
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OTTAWA — If Finance. Mini-
ster Walter Gordon . fails to
come up with some pretty
healthy tax cuts in his Spring
budget,' Canadians will not on-
ly be disappointed but quite
reasonably annoyed:
No finance minister has ever
laid the groundwork more com-
pletely for - tax reductions.
It is becoming a yearly event
for Federal finance ministers to
address the Canadian Club in
Toronto early in the New Year
and give a forecast of what is
in store. •Mr. Gordon this year
was more• forthcoming than us-
ual. He announced that his bud-
get deficit, forecast Iast March
as $455 million, would be be-
tween $150 million and 200
million. Then he added the
opinion that a deficit of this
size should not be -covered by
taxation unless it, was felt that
the state of the economy could
withstand and justify the 'defla-
tionary effects of such action.
After pointing out that if his
budget were calculated on a
national accounts basis to show
the impact of taxing and spend-
ing on the economy, there
would be a surplus, he conclud- -
ed:
"They (facts and figures)
show that we have achieved our
objective of moving in the di-'
rection of a balanced budget
under conditions of high levels
of employment. They demon-
,strate that the Government and
Parliament --despite our mani-
folddifficulties—have brought
the budget under control".
This was the firs public dis-
closure of Mr. Gordon's think-
ing which' he' has expressed pri-
vately that continuation of a
moderate della rather than a
balanced -Widget should be the
'Gti'verntnent's policy for the
not few years.
There are three very cogent
reasons- ., by this:
1 The' population explosion
t .poste h'abies 'I$ now treat
kt!lf�g•:lri the labor.
felt in .1964, will be more forc-
ibly felt this year, and will con-
tinue at least until 1970.
Merely to keep pace by pro-
viding new job opportunities
for the new labor force entries
will require an increase in na-
tional production this year of
something the same order (eight
per cent) that we experienced
• in 1964. This would not allow
any improvement during the
coming year in the unemploy-
ment picture.
2. While the prosperity of
1964 is expected to carry on
for the first half of 1965 both
here and in the United States,
no one has been optimistic en-
ough yet to suggest that there
• will be no flattening out in the
last half.
3. The final quarter of 'Mr.
Gordon's fiscal year will co-
incide with the launching of
the Canada Pension plan. Since
no pensions will be paid far
another year the full amount of
the contributions from workers
and employers (approximately
$164 million) will be drained
from the spending and "invest
ment stream. It is true that the
Provincial Governments will be
borrowing the money, but ...the
lag' between that borrowing
and ifs' expenditure on capital
projects could produce a ser-
ious deflationary effect on an
economy that is being bolstered
largely by high consumer spend-
ing. The quickest and simplest
method of returning this money
to the spending- stream is for
the Federal Government to re-
duce personal income taxes on
a healthy scale at the expense
of balancing next year's budget.
This, at least, is one logical
interpretation of Mr. Gordon's
Toronto forecast that the year
ahead would call for a continua-
tion and enlargement of present
expansionary policies "and the
ntroduetion of scone new ones".
Mr. Gordon In 1965-86 could
reasonably forecast a balanced
brtdpefw. sit pre lent tat rates; as.
•
GNP. Or, as an alternative, he
codld reduce taxes, budget for
a deficit of $250 million to $300
million and borrow this amount
in the open market, replacing
the demand for loanable funds
usually made on the market by
provinces. He cannot expect to
cut taxes and balance his bud-
get.
Ottawa's spending budget for
the coming year will probably
seen an increase of about $500
million or be in the neighbor-
hood of $7.7 billion. The
Finance Department alone will
need an additional , $200 mil-
lion 'to meet new payments to
the province as a result of last
year's concessions.
The Defence Department,
launching its new $1.5 billion'
five-year spending program on
equipment will probably spend
at least $265 million in the com-
ing year, eliminating any sav-
ing achieved in the current year
through a cutback in personnel
andsteps toward integration of
the forces. •
In addition to this there will
be the usual uncontrollable in-
creases for welfare payments
and civil service salaries, the
one dictated by population, the
other by the Government's pol-
icy of annual increments.
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Capital Hill Capsules
With no further additions,
the hangover of Government
legislation at the end of the
second session of Parliament
will be more°than sufficient to
keep a third session busy until
Christmas, allowing for only a
short summer recess. The new
labor code, the Pension Plan
and the legislation to allow Que-
bec to opt out of Shared pro-
grams will be completed before
this session, to be reconvened
on February 16, cioses4 But this
leaves '1'7 important govein-
rrent bills including the rail -
wap bill, the Bank 4et'revision,
the hew' eettiPatileCt et And iia"f
IT AIN'T GONNA BE EAR '
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor to assume his military d
January 19, 1940 in connection with the t
George Feagan, of Colborne contingent. He will have ch
Twp., was elected warden of of two divisions and his h
Huron County at the opening quarters will be in London
session. of county council in 'On the matter of se
Goderich• Other contenders changes and new teachers we
were Reeves H. A. Keys, of learn that Mr. W. E. Hoggarth
Grey; George McNall, of Blyth; is now teaching at School Sec -
George Armstrong, of Hay, and tion No. 10, a couple of miles
Roland Grain; of Turnberry. south of Hensall, while, Miss
Fire destroyed.the stately Mabel Sparks has secured a
school building of S.S. No. 6, school on the 14th concession
llibbert, commonly known as •of Hay.
Cromarty School. The text In •Form One the .following
books, note books and work are the results of the December
books were all burned. The examinations held at the Col -
school had just been.redecorat- legiate Institute: M. Cuthill, H.
ed. Mr. Ross R. Maclay, Hen- Dickson, F. Deem, D; Wilson,
sall; has been the teacher for Jean Hays, H. Kerr, J. McMi1-
a number of years. lin, B. Willis, G. Stewart, N.
One of King Winter's worst Jeffery, Janet Hays, R. Sleeth, •
and most persistent outbursts J. Argo, W. Weiland, M. Sillery,
of the present winter is still in L. Holland, E. Webster, W.
progress. A heavy. rain, and Hart, L. Epps, G. Kerr, I.
thaw on Sunday, which provid- Woods, J. Malone, K. Eckert,
ed • badly needed water • on G. Dill, W. Habkirk, J. Doyle,
many farms, on Monday was A. McMurtrie, E. Elder, L. Al -
followed by intense cold and fan,. G. Waghorn, E. Stewart,
a blinding snow storm. E. Dayman, J. Archibald, C.
Trott, J. Sproat, R. Butt, J. '
uties Road, Tuckersmith, sold to Mr.
hird J. H. McDougall, of Seaforth,
arge about 45 lambs, for which he
ead- received the sum of $304.00..
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The basket social held at the
hool home of Mr- Robert Kettle, : un-
der the auspices of the Metho-
dist Church choir, was a decid-
ed success. The proceeds were
$28.00.
The recent windstorm did
considerable damage in the vi-
cinity of Kippen by blowing
over buildings, and unroofing
barns.
Mr. Thomas Nicholls, of Kip -
pen, has the contract for paint-
ing. the Methodist Church.
While Mr.' John 'McIntosh, of
Brucefield, was . splitting• wood,
his axe caught in the clothes
line and in coming down cut
an , ugly gash over his left tem-
ple: Dr: Elliott was called in,
who stitched and dressed the
wound.
'The following officers were
installed in Brucefield Star
Council Royal Templars of
Temperance Rev.- J. H. Simp-
son, S.C.; Alex Mustard, V.C.;
Wm. Belt, U.C.; Jennie Fother-
ingham, R.S.; Jessie Dowson,
A.R.S.; Mamie McIntosh, F.S.;
Maggie Dowson, treasurer; Wm.
Simpson, H.; John Snider, D -H.;
James Allan, chaplain; - Wm.
Dowson, guard;. James Dallas,
,sentinel.
Mr.. Peter Campbell, one of
Stanley's progressive farmers,
has bought from Mr. Wm. Mof-
fatt, of the 4th concession' of
Stanley, the 50 acres that butts
his own lot. He gave the sum
of $1,650 for it.
After an illness of some Dickson, A. Hoggarth, A. Nev-
months, Narcisse M. Cantin, ille, N. $_ peare, H. McLellan,
widely known in Ontario, pass- J. Ivison, M. Murphy, W. Hor-
ed away at St. Joseph. Ile was ton, L. Heffernan, R. McLean,
the • promoter of a city to be
built on the shores of Lake Hur- A. Jeffery, C. Carpenter, M,
on, at the hamlet formerly Tyndall, M. Cleary; senior Tam-
knownoni-
on,
as Johnson's Mills and mereial, A. McGrath, F. later renamed St. Joseph.• an, T. Holland, H.McMichael;
E.
Members of the Seaforth Jr, commercial, J. Maloney, E.
Branch of the Canadian Legion Malone.
giv-
on Friday re-elected George D. An opening concert was Ferguson as president for 1940. week the new Town Hall last
Other officers were as follows: at Hensel' and was much
Past president, J. E. Keating; Benjoyed: The Hensall Citizens'ennie
first vice, John • Earle; second wand, red by Mr. fullM. force Rennie,
vice, Dr. J. A. Munn; secretary, was present in and
B. ' 0. Muir; treasurer, J. A.
gave stirring and well -rendered
Westcott; auditors, E. C. Bos- selections. .
well and H. E. Smith; chaplains,
Rev. T. P. Hussey, Canon Ap-
pleyard and Rev. E. W. Ed- From The Huron Expositor
wards; pension officer, C. P.. January 17, 1890
Sills; relief officer, Charles '--Mr. H. Shaffer has let the
Holmes; executive, J. M, Me- contract for the erection of a
Millan, R. J. Sproat, W. A. large 'pork' packing establish -
Wright,. E. C. Boswell, H, E. ment at Kippen.;
Smith, R. B. Holmes. • Mr. Robert Graham, of Brus-
A card, party sponsored by sels, shipped three cars of peas -
the •Young Ladies' Sodality, was direct to Liverpool, via New
•held in the parish ball,' Dublin, York, and` three cars to Liver -
prizes. being won by Mrs. Jas: pool, via Nova Scotia. -
Shea and Mrs. Walter Careen- Mr. George Baird, the ,very
ter. worthy and efficient teacher of
J. A. Westcott, Bell Muir, the school in Section No.' 1,
John Earle and W. C. Bennett. Stanley, has. just entered on his j
of the Seaforth Branch of the 29th year as teacher in. the s
Canadian Legion, were in Lon- same section.
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Sugr and Spice
By Bi11 Smiley
AND WHERE DID IT GET
YOU? a,
' Well, here it is mid�January
and another year has slipped
down the drain.
It's rather depressing to lock
back over the 12 months and
realize that neither civilization
nor yourself has unproved one
iota, despite the frantic scram-
bling of the pair of you,
throughout the year.
to doing them. But since 1,�•
didn't, they probably weren't
worth doing in the first place.
' Figure that one out, if you can
find an •Irishman to help you.
I have already dirawn up a
program for 1965 that is per-
haps the most positive plan, in
a negative .sort of way, that •-
I've ever come up with. It's
composed of all the things I'm
NOT going to do this year.
Not that I'm admitting for a
moment that 1964 was a com-
plete failure. There were some
things from which I derived a
good deal of satisfaction. For
one thing, I remained alive.
With the traffic the way it is,
and the tension cutting swaths
through the -ranks of, chaps my
age, just staying alive these
days, is quite a feat.
In the second place, I hung
onto my job. This may seem
like a trivial boast. But what
with computers, it's like stay-
ing alive. Ask the fellow who
hasn't managed to do either.
Or both. What it meant was
that I was able to continue
keeping in high style a woman
I never met until I was 25, and
two - kids who think money
grows on fathers.
a:
• Keeping my job also meant
that I was able to keep up my
payments, no mean accomplish-
ment in this age. In fact, I
epitaph read: "He was a good
man. He kept up his pay-
ments."
As a matter of fact, I did ',a
little better. Not only did I
meet all my interest payments,
but I reduced the mortgage on
my house by $28.64, leaving a
mere balance due of $12,971.34.
This was somewhat offset by
the borrowing of a couple of
G's from my friendly banker,
in order to replace the family
transportation, which was rot-
ting on the vine, but you can't
win them all.
I'm not trying to brag. There
were a lot of things in 1964 that
I'd do differently another time.
That is, if I'd ever got around
At the annual meeting of
the members of the Tucker -
smith Branch Agricultural So-
ciety, officers and directors ap-
pointed were; John McLean,,
president; John G. Grieve, vice-
president; Gordon .McAdam,
secretary; Charles Wilson, treas-
urer; G. E. Cresswell and David
Johnson, auditors; directors:
Robert Charters and Simon
Hunter, Tuckersmith; Thomas
Govenlock and R. Common, Mc-
Killop; George Watt, William
Aitcheson and J. G. McMichael,
Hullett; James Watson and Wil-
iam Hawkshaw, 'Seaforth.
A brisk southeast wind set in -
which sone, developed into a
uvenile hurricane. The smoke -
tack was blown down at . the •
alt works; the greater portion
f the high board fence at the
gricultural grounds was blown •
own; the front was blown out
f Whiteley's livery stable, and
he front window was blown
ut of Mr. 0. C. Willson's im-
plement showroom,
don attending a zone meeting Mr. D. Buchanan, of Henan, o
of the Canadian Legion. and Mr. Robert Elliott, of Sea- a
Miss Mary McGavin, of Tuck-
ersmith, had the misfortune to o passed very d
fall in the home of her sister, successful examinations at the o
Mrs. Ralph Elliott, and fracture Ontario Agricultural College. t
her hip. Mr. John F. Dale, who works o
There were six rinks in play 200 acres of land on the Huron
at the weekly bonspiel of the
Seaforth Curling Club. • With
the best ice of the season, the
play was keen and the scores
low. J. M. McMillan's rink,
composed of Dr. J. A. Gorwill,
G. D. Ferguson, Dr. E. A. Mc-
Master and R. E. McKenzie,
were the winners of the silver
spoons, Last week the spoon
winners was J. E. Keating's
rink, with Dr. Gorwill, P. B.
Moffat and E. C. Boswell play-
ing,
Mr. -H. F. Smith represented
the Lions Club at ithe charter
night of the newly -formed Lions
Club of Milvertto
Mrs.- W. E. Hffrclzl'ey, of town,
had the misfortune to fall in
her home on John 'Street and
injure her back. .
The euchre and dance held
Friday night was well attend-
ed.The prize winners were:
ladies, games, Mrs. Robert Mc-
Clure; lone hands, Mrs. Gordan
Papple; men, games, George
Campbell; lone hands, . Oliver
Pryce.
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From The Huron Expositor
January 15, 1915
The first hockey match of the
season was played in the Palace
Rink between Seaforth and
Stratford Intermediates. The
Seaforth' line-up was: Roy Mc-
Geoch, goal; Hays, r.d.; Reid,
l.d.; 0. Dick, rover; T. Dick, cen-
tre; Sills, r:w.; Best, 1-w.
Mrs. Taylor, of North Main
St., while corning out df church,
had the misfortune to, fall and
tricotte er a ltil4
r,%?N.f�:•. w..,,;yt.:.;.r,;4,.c•,w•%..,”•4riy.,y(:•1*.: :»
"My eyes have been bothering me lately , . ,1 wish J
could move my desk a little closer to the blonde!"
TO THE EDITOR:
Protests F
For ohe thing, I'm • not going
to worry so much. My reckon-
ing shows- that I spent 20 to
30 minutes worrying last year
about trifling things, like my
son running away from home,
my daughter going.out on her
first date, and my wife report-
ing cancer . in a new location
weekly. That's enough to put
a fellow in the hospital. I aim
to cut that down to a maximum
of ten minutes this year. And.
it'll be worry about something
worthwhile, like my golf slice
and trout that got away.
Another thing I'm not going
to do this year is lose so many
arguments with the Old Battle-
axe. Last year, 'must have lost
about 97 per cent of them. I
don't know just how I'll go
about it, but I'm determined to
cut that figure to the . bone—
maybe right back to 95 per
cent. -
Qnce again, I'm not going to
buy my wife •a mink coat; I'm
not going to build that patio
that I didn't build last summer;
I'm neither going to start get-
ting to bed early nor getting
up early; I'm not going to stop
smoking because it might kill
me, nor drinking ditto; I'm not
going to pay my 'income • tax
with anything milder than rage;
I'm not going to pay any atten-
tion to all the silly people in
the world who tell me what Pm
not supposed to do.
In short, the next year will
be much like every other year.
And good enough for me. But
perhaps we could all' join heart-
ly in repeating a little slogan
for the coming year. It goes:
"Let's stay alive
In '85."
lag Decision.
Hamilton, Ont.
• 1432 Upper Gage.
Sir: Macdriff-rep u't stales, re
ferring to the new. flag: '"Thi
flag' slow and erratic . accent
up the nation's flagpole has in
flitted some deep and abidin
w o un d s, These "abidin
wounds" Will be with us for
very long time and be very bit
ter, make no mistake about that
Although raised in the - Lib
eral traditions, we suggest th
whole blame should be placed
on the Prime Minister, We al
know Diefenbaker's shortcom
ings, but let's not forget he
fought to the last minute t
uphold the ,Red Eensigp fo
those of us in this vast land
who cherish liberty, human
decency and traditions which
this flag stands for. • The peo
ple's 'history make the flag, not
the reverse. •
The arrogant' attitude of some
government members; "oh, yes,
We'll • have the flag by Christ-
mas," was sickening. Why -did
Liberal members, to be fair to
the Canadian people, not get
on their feet _ and ask that a
plebiscit be granted?. - Were
they brainwashed?
Their answer to the above
question was, "It would cause
national disunity. Just what do
they think they have now! At
this point, Ralph Cowan, Lib-
eral for York -Humber stood u
about five million do not, and.
many of thelatter do not want
to be Canadians, even.
The anti -English feeling; in
Quebec does not coincide with
- the feeling there after the Bat-
tle ' of Trafalgar, when, quote: "Bishop Denaut ordered public,
athanksgiving for ' the news
- which spread ,joy in all hearts,
reminding them the debt they
owe to Heaven for having put
them under the rule and pro-
• tection of His Majesty George
1
In 1799 the Quebec 'Assem-
bly offered to vote £ 20,000 to
O help England meet the expense
✓ of the war . with Fiance. Mr.
Pearson should clean house
thoroughly. Wooing *Quebec, at
the expense of the rest of Can-
- oda, is not the answer, ,and will
divide the country further. He
also should make a public ac-
counting- of members absent
and make 'sure they get docked
$120.00 a day after the given
time hasxe Aired.
Ontario will have its own flag,
the Red Eensign, with coat of
arms altered, thanks to Mr.Ro-
barts. This flag will be highly
honored and we will fly this
Red Ensign, as our own, in spite
of Ottawa.
Yours truly,
R. REID.
RR 3, Hannon,' Ont.
and was counted as a member
for the Red Ensign and balk-
ed when the Ensign was to be
hauled down. Smiles
Mr. Pearson states, as we all
know, the Maple Leaf Was the
badge or emblem on our sol-
diers' uniforms (we in the naval.
servicehad none); "therefore, it
was proper that the Maple Leaf
should be on the new flag.
The Royal Canadian Legion
do not agree, as they let the
Prime Minister know in no un-
certain terms at Winnipeg,
The (Scottish) Argyle Batta-
lion wear, as the badge or emb-
lem on their bonnets, a wreath
of Scotch thistle with the
Crown. They wore this badge
When they formed, the famous
"thin red line". It follows that
the Scottish government did
not have this badge imposed
on the Scottish flag because of
its soldiers.
About 12 million Canadians
want the Union 'Jack some-
where on their country's flag;
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It's just as well that men
don't understand women. Wo-^
men understand, women, and
they don't Iike them.
When asked aboutthe shape
of the world, the schoolboy on-
ly 'quoted his father—and as a
result was kept in after school.
Barry:. "My wife swears that
if I die she will forever remain
a widow."
Larry:' "Thinks there isn't an-
other man like you, eh?"
Barry: "No; ' she's afraid
there Is!"
A henpecked husband was
terribly disappointed when his
wife gave birth to .a baby girl.
Ile confided to a friend: "I was
hoping for a boy to help me
with the housework."
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