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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-07-22, Page 16•' 'PAGE SIXTEEN A BIG JOS AHEAD, Lucknow Sentinel, ' , Dear Don; Abouta• year ago I wrote an article under the heading "Are We getting: our Money's. Worth?" •That article was mainly ,concerned about two'things• L The high cost of 'education.' 2. The' impor'- tance of effective teach World history in North America'... Since that time l have been glad to•see an interest in the prob• lem by the Education Editor of one of our best known•daily news- papers. This ewspapers....This Editor has informed me that in the year 1960-61 the Ontario Department of Education • spent $226,510,58$.. Just a . few years later for the year 1967-68 , the same department spent $695,729,067 -- quite a hikt insuch•a short period of time. Although I feel stye that there • .are many dedicated teachers to - whom-the:following criticism does not apply, considering this tremendous' spending of the taarpayer`s-motrerrfeel very dis .appointed that the teachers and' professors in thehigh schools and. • universities of Ontario are not doing a much 'better' job• of teach ing world history. In this article I would like to rnentiona tew of the things I. -,..!r.F.1,a' THE LUC141!IOW SENTINEL, I,UCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,, J� LY 22nd, 1970 • ThuCorpc.atiOLOf �e �ov�rnshnp of 1�inloss • Auditor's Report• and financial Statements • D.. OR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1969 • A. M. HARPER - Auditor. GODERICH,, ONTARIO LIABILITIES $ 2,054 Temporary loans 62,000 Other governments, Municipal $ 17`,147' $ 17,147 Local boards and other funds Huron Coun4► _. Board of Education s. Capital fund re Municipal drains $115,000 115,107 Other' .. 7,971 • Other liabilities 1,246. Reserves 25,643 Surplus (deficit) (5,164) June 5, 1970 The Reeve; Councillors and, Ratepayers The Corporation of the • Township of"' Kinloss Holyrood, Ontario' Gentlemen: have audited the acc. p co�nls•..andrerords of:_the.T'a�►nshp of 'I�in. Kin- loss for • the year ended. December 31, 1969 and have prepared there- from the statements.listed in the index accompanying this report. • OPERATIONS The operations. for the year, resulted in a deficit: of $23,012; leav- ing the municipality in a net deficit position. of $5,164:, after deducting an accumulated surplus of $17,848. to December •31; 1968. AUDITOR'S OPINION ' ••. 1 The financial transactions which have come Under notice have been within the powers of the municipality.° 2. The audit' has been'• conducted in accordance with the instruc- tions' of the Department of Municipal Affairs. 3. The financial'statements `present fairly the. financial position of the municipality as'at December 31, 1969 and . the 'results of its operations for the'year ended` on that date. Date of filing - June 12, 1970. Signature A. M. Harper Make Number 3859 • StaternentOfRevenU. $� Expenditure. or - year. ended December 31., 1969 Bank overdraft. ' 107 $ 4,249' 18,000 Total labilties $226,004 Analysis 0#- Revenue. 107,288 • 17,566 1,168 • •20,643 17,848 .$186,762 For the year ended December ° 31, 1969 , • . • 1969 1969 1968 Budget Actual Actual' $114,462 $103,689 :2,574 2,353 L17° -_ Residential and farm Commercial and industrial Business $117--106-042= • 646 • 616 Special Charges • 8,740 7,749 $�,�. Contributions from. other governments' . u of .butes , .. • believe we'should' be able to ex- pect graduate 'students, to • be very -familiar with. .1. They should have a deep appreciation of the great debt• :we owe to the early civilizations. :of the so called' Mediterranean World. 2; They should -Ie. familiar With* 7 . the rather backward centuries be- tween the fall of the West • • Roman Empire. in 47.6 A,. D. and the great voyages of discovery that tookplace in, ihe 'late •15tH and ase t]'c-ear of the pressure that led, brave men to -lead these great.• voyages was .built up:during and.. ' after the Crusades and especially after the 'fall-of-Ganst-a•'ntinopie---- - to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 These voyages ofdiscovery gave. the world its .first experience. in inte.rna:tidnal land; grabbing, and the 'main targets were.the new found North and South•American • continents. 3,. We should be able to expecte'' • "REVENUE 1969 1968 • Ontario. Ont o enterprises, -Municipal enterprises $126,422 $114,407, graduates .t.o-be_fa_rxiili-a- with -t___.- olds great experience with international'land ,grabbing.' This experience took place in the • . latter 19th century and the main target in this grab was the huge continent of Africa. The pressure is second -rand grab- bing experience' was mainly the tesult_oLecoriorn,icpressure-that--- Taxation: $126,422 Contributions from other ''governments - 97,465 Other 2,616 Total Revenue ' • • • . Generalgovernment- _ $ 8,620. Protection to persons . and ` property ` 2,622 Public' works : 126,027 Sanitation and waste removal Conservation of health ' .,; - 1,032 Social. and • family services 2,017 Recreation . and. 'community services • ' . • 179 ,021 • 63,515 38•,204. 113 • EXPENDITURE • • Financial: Education - , • County = share of expenditure Other • Total expenditure $249,515 ....Excess-ofrevenue`: over expenditure -for the -year 23;0 (Excess of expenditure over revenue for the year) ' Surplus (deficit):' at the beginningof the year 17,848 Surplus at'the end of the • year 0•e 1• .. . • developed after the start of the Industrial:.Revolution that began in the 1750' . Another nation that was the. unhappy victim of the grabbers in the latter 19th century was China 4n-t-he=ease -of- htha . i` was more a grab for trade rights than for'land. This unhappy ex- perience eventually led to the terrifying Boxer Rebellion of the .year 1900, (5,164) $114,407` • 98,006 2,994 $215,407 $ T7,66,2- 2;131 107,472 • 109. 1,066 3,335 168. 4;431- 53;941 33,530 .$213,845 Subsidies.' Ontario •1 - General General •350 Per capita • $ 5,975 Residential property tax reduction Specific • Roadways . 70,000- •' General -welfare assistance • 1,360 Warble Fly 180 49- - :, 78 194 351 $• 5,975 $ 5,975 18,375,: 20,000 , .• .20,035 Municipalities $ 97,865 `Other -revenue ' ' Licenses and permits • • `$ 480 Rents, concessions & franchises ' Penalities and interest on taxes ' 2,000 Sundry Interest Miscellaneous 1,300 $ _ 97•,515 • 69,410 69,778 • 1,460 3,347 ' 185.. 180 97,065 ,; $•97,655' 42. $ 97,465 • $•,98,006 $. 451: . 164 • •A 1,655 . 327 19: 477 71 1,785 516 145 16,286 $,17,848 $' 3,780. Total revenue $221;049 $ 2,616 $. 2,994 .•• $226,503 • ' $215,407 Revenue Fund Balance Sheei As At Deeernbe• r .31,.169 - ' ASSETS Accounts receivable :Ontario $ 38,223 Municipal' , 1...... u ' r j • ..b, $, 39,398 Analysis Of•Expenditure ._'_._1969. Local boards and other funds: _ Capital_.fund -re Whitechurch - water supply Bruce County Board Board of Education 12. 1 Municipal anis 155,757 131;218 Other, after deducting allowance 337 :186 • 1,615 -1968 for tho,�rear end,orl december-31; 1969 '1969' 'Budget -eneral Government $ 8,000 Protection to persons and property $ 2,300 Public : Works $111,500 ' n -and -erste -re noval Conservation of "health 1,100: Social and family services 1,700 Recreation -&--community ' -services` Financial ' expenses. , • Education Coun ' are uf_expen d Retarded children school re. ;1968 .., '$29,701 • 2,095 for doubtful accounts ' Taxes 'receivable, after deducting allowance for uncollectible taxes--_:,.,.- -- • _ 28,309 . • 23,004 576 ' ; .558' $226,004 $186,762 Inventories, at cost. ............ Total assets "• 4; Although world history nstruc• • tors cannot afford to break the general continuity of the., •. world history story down through the centuries, it is probably .unav oidable that special emphasis be given to the very eventful 19th and 20th centuries. Progress in the fields of transportation and communications has been so rapid during the last hundred }fears that the ,peoples of the world have been •literally brought under. one roof. When one.considers how many different religions, cus toms, languages, etc, there are in'the world this closeness offers quite a challenge ` • 1lenge, especially to the people of the Western world as they have•been the prime ' movers behind this 'closeness• movement. tinder These circum stances it is very important that• students in• North America not Only bbe. given • a good understand7 g in _ rld history but also be e cou'raged 'to develop a :strong •1969 1968. Actual ,• Actual $ 8,620 . $ 7,662 $ 2,622 $ 2,130 $126,027 /'$107,472 i 1O9 1,032, • ••• • 1;066 • 2,017 3,336' 179. `.16'`: 11,000 • 7,021. • `. 4,431 63;149 • 63,515 53,941 • di.....::,• �, ¢--- 113' . ,, Total Expenditure • 9 • : $249,515. spirit of tolerance the ability to see ourselves as other nations see us, etc. The ever present aware- „„nes3 tlat-mad rn: wea. truction are capable of making the Wold. uninhabitable ;for' hurnan beings shottld be a pretty good prod for us to give this close Hess challenge a real good try. Sincerely',., Art Andrew, ,19 Cherry St. kapuskasing,: n '$213,845 SAWS YOUR SOLES IM 1NE WAN ADS