Clinton News-Record, 1961-07-27, Page 2Page 2, ----Clinton News Reco!d-Thur$d.oy, July .27 1961
Editorials
No Excuse for Subdividing Pri
ohl_
e s
CTINTON IS not alone in its prob-
lems of expansion.
The south Huron town of Exeter is
in the throes of negotiations with legal
counsel involved to agree upon comple-
tion of a subdivision road. It concerns
road of which the developer owned
only one-half which is very similar to
the situation at the end of Townsend.
Street in. Clinton..
It would appear, however, that the
town of Exeter has gotten farther along
with its plans fora subdivision by-law,
and apparently the developer had signed
a subdivision .agreement, making him
responsible for roads and drainage,
There seems to have been considerable
arguments over what early agreements
had called for, but the committee of
town council and the town solicitor are
working out something.
This same situation occurs in Clin-
ton, except that no subdivision agree-
ment has yet been prepared, so our
town is just .a little farther back in the
woods.
There is no excuse for this situa-
tion, Anyone who reads daily news-
papers has been aware that expansion
in any town brings about these prob-
lems. Other towns have had to contend
with similar situations.. We could have
learned by their experience,
If our "town fathers" had seen the
writing on the wall and been prepared
to take, action, neither Clinton (nor
Exeter) would be in the pickle they
now find themselves.
We would predict that things will
get more complicated in the near future,
and it behooves us all to move swiftly
and wisely to prepare the legal atmos-
phere which makes growth of towns no
:Vlore difficult than the growth of a
fainily, or the growth of a business.
Sure there are problems relative to
all growth. But it doesn't need to be
upsetting,
What Others Say...
The Cursed Sales Tax
(Smith Palls Record -News)
WE HAVE received a 69 -page
booklet outlining the complicated three
percent sales tax which will be enforced
by the Frost Government, effective
September lst. There are going to be
many headaches .for the retailers and
other vendors who are compelled to
collect the tax. After reading the con-
tents we conclude that the tax is one of
the worst curses in our country's tax
grabs, and we have decided that the
Frost Government is a spendthrift re-
gime, otherwise would not have to re-
sort to such nasty means of collecting
money. Wonder what will be the next
move to gouge more money from the
already over -burdened taxpayer, But
then,, with the large majority Premier
Frost has in, the legislature, no change
can be expected, until there may be a
change of government at the next elec-
tion.
Some of the means of assessing tax
is, in our opinion unjust. We will refer
to the tax on commercial printing. At
present there is an 11 percent federal
sales tax on most commercial printing.
The provincial government not only
wants the three percent tax on the pr-
inting, but goes all -hog, and guzzles a
tax on the federal tax. Oh, they are
smart guys at Queen's Park.
Back to the rules and regulations.
As could be expected they are in ph-
rases, etc., that will have to be deciph-
ered by a lawyer for most people. To
us they are the most cumbersome, irk-
some and iniquitous pieces of legisla-
tion ever enacted by this province. The
government says it needs the money,
but surely it could have evolved an
easier and more acceptable system of
taxing the people than this cursed sales
tax. Mr. Frost and his cohorts are only
inviting contravention of the law in
stipulating that goods purchased out-
side Ontario must be declared andthe
tax paid on them as if they had been
purchased locally.
Now, here is something that is
difficult to believe. But after passing
the cursed three percent sales tax, we
can expect anything from the Frost
government. In a news story referring.
to the tax it was stated that "field in-
spectors will also act on information
from the public." What does this mean?
It means that the government will at-
tempt to enforce unenforcable parts of
a law through public spying. The gov-
ernment will need a new tax to pay
the salaries of the inspectors needed to
check all the spiteful and malicious re-
ports made of alleged violations of the
sales tax. We understand that there will
be a staff of from four to five hundred
people to administer the new cursed
three percent sales tax. Well, onegood
point it is giving employment, but the
taxpayers have to pay their salaries.
The spies, or informers, of course,
will be expected to report violations of
some of the new legislation's more rid-
iculous clauses, such as the tax on the
sale of secondhand goods and the tax
on merchandise purchased elsewhere
than in Ontario. Neither one of these
clauses can be enforced with any sem-
blance of fairness, so Queen's Park asks
Ontario people to be good little spies
and trun in their relatives and neigh-
bours. The sales tax legislation calls for
taxation of second-hand items no mat-
ter how many times they change hands.
The only exemption is with second-hand
goods sold to a licensed vendor for re-
sale to the public. The tax applies to
items costing 17 cents or more whether
new or second-hand.
Even more unrealistic is the ex-
pectation that taxes can be collected
on goods purchased outside the prov-
ince. The only real check government
inspectors can have on these purchases
is through informers. It is hoped that
honest citizens will willingly report
such purchases on their own, and pay
the necessary tax. They undoubtedly
will, but the less honest will not since
they are not likely to be caught except
through an informer, the public will
once again have it demonstrated that
dishonesty pays, It is shocking, in a
way, to see how matter of factly
Queen's Park suggests the people of the
province should inform on one another.
Dictatorships use this method of con-
trol, but it has no part in Canadian life.
The sales tax may have become neces-
sary, but let it be applied only where
it can be enforced by proper methods.
We are even being asked to en-
gage in correspondence with the gov-
ernment. Shoppers, that is, Will be ex-
pected to drop • a note to the govern-
ment giving the total of their purchases
and remit three • percent of the price.
Later, a form is expected to be made
available. Persons caught evading the
tax will be liable to heavy penalties.
We anticipate one thing in relation
to this sales tax, and that. is a huge
buying spree before September 1st that
may put Christmas rush in the shade
and perhaps even turn our communities
into ghost towns around Christmas
time. A round of wage demands may
also be expected. But, then the poor
victims, the tax collectors and the tax-
payers, have to take it on the chin with
such a powerful government as Queen's
Park.
Active Opposition
(Exeter Times -Advocate)
Where is the Liberal party in
Huron?
Without taking anything away
from the excellent Conservative repres-
entation which the riding is receiving
in both senior governments, the weak-
ness of the Liberal party in this riding
at the present time is a matter of con-
cern. In the interest of good democ-
racy, it is an appropriate time to dis-
cuss the situation.
What candidates are the party
sponsoring in the forthcoming contests?
Will the immediately former nominees
be asked to ran again? Both were good
men whose defeat were far from dis-
creditable. f2 they are to continue to be
the party's standard bearers, why have
they not received the party's backing
to continue their campaigns even now?
If new candidates ,are being considered,
they should be fighting for recognition
now. It's too late two months before
the election to expect them to present
serious opposition to seasoned cam-
paigners.
couraged by the results in recent years.
Liberal supporters may be dis-
Yet why . should they be? The party
It has elected a number of excellent
has a great history in Canadian politics.
representatives in Huron. It's been
proven before, too, that this riding
isn't afraid to elect an opposition man.
It is not a died -in -the -wool constituency.
It's recognized, of course, that the
political wind can change :quickly and
that within a conparatively short time,
the apparent apathy of the Huron Lib-
erals may be soon dispelled. At the
same time, it does not augur well for
the riding to have too weak an op-
position and it would appear to be that
at the moment.
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40 Years Ago
•O itNTQN .Nls'WS'REG1ORD
Thursday,. July 28, 192t
Live hogs on the Cliutoe..
market were selling for $12;
wheat was .$1.25; oats, 40 cents;
butter 25-80 cents; eggs 26.27
Bents,
Jewish settlers are being tak-
en to Palestine as fast as pos-
sible.
The soldiers memorial rnonu-
meot was placed in Sea -forth
park last week,
A calithumpian parade is
planned for civic holiday in
Clinton, Goderieh Township
council planned an early meet-
ing so .all ,who wish may attend.
The Belle Lateens troupe of
three women and two _nen, or-
iginators the most daring
spectacular monoplane and tor-
pedo ,sensation will appear twice
in front of the grandstand.
R. Fitzsimons and Son offer
five pounds of beef to the boy
eating fair soda biscuits in the
shortest time.
The White Star Line adver-
tises a special midsummer ex-
cursion, Goderich to Detroit for
$3.0Q the round - trip. A Grey-
hound moonlight out of Gade-
rich .at night for dancing in
Greyhound ballroom. • Extra
charge of 50 Bents; children
under 12, 25 cents.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, July 28, 1921
Overalls are available from
the Morrish .Clothing Co, for
31.50. "A Square Deal. for Every
1Vkan".
Miss Florence Cuninghame
who .has been visiting with Pul-
lout= friends, took part in the
entertainment held there last
Friday evening and gave several
readings.
Two rum -runners were fined
$1,000 each. The men, from
Corunna and Port Huron, ap-
parently neglected to sends their
order outside the province, and
picked up 17 cases of liquor
in Kitchener illegally. They
drove a high-powered car cap-
able of 100 reviles per hour. Con-
stables discovered the men in a
drunken sleep in the ditch by
their car, near Iiirkton. Nearby
lay a loaded revolver.
Miss LV1u Elliott, Goderich
Township, has been engaged for
the fall term as Model School
teacher.
The dutch set crop is report-
ed to be only half a crop this.
year,. owing to drought. p1,.
2. Years • Ago
PUNTON NEWS-RE()OBP
Thursday, July 23, 1936
Postmaster G, Morley Coun-
ter report: that :the post office
has not authorized anyone to
game by and paint your axia!i1-
box, ,nor charge you 50 cent: for
the job. It's up to you to db
Your own painting if it needs
fresbeni'in gup. "Don't be foal-
ed by any travelling slicker",
At the Clinton market wheat
was 80 ,cents; dairy buttter 20
cents; eggs 14 to 19 eents; live
hogs 38.50.
Zunieh baseball report is that
the only Satisfactory umpiring
to be done this year has been
by Clinton men. Umpires Haw-
kins and! Thorndike handled a
game so well that nine innings
were 'played for the first .time
this summer at the Zurich
diamond,
The unveiling of Vary Ridge
memorial by King Edward VIII
was to be broadcast by the
OE3C. It is expected that 6,000
ex -servicemen will see Eng-
land'S youthful king unveil the
monument, an everlasting trib-
ute to gallant Canadians who
made Veiny Ridge forever a
Dart. of the Dominion.
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, July 26, 1951
Mrs. Alice Hohner, Bruce -
field, won a refrigerator at the
fifth annual Lions Carnival at
Bayfield park.
Tenders have been, called for
laying blacktop on Highway 4,
Clinton to Kipper. Also, the
Department of Highways is go-
ing to install a ,flasher light at
the Brucefiefd intersection.
Imperial Oil has leased thous-
ands sof acres in Colborne and
Goderich Townships.
Theron Betties was named
president of the Betties Family
reunion.
Flight Cadet J. F. Powers,
was honour graduate among 18
officers from Air Radio Officer
School, RCAF Station Clinton;.
Has home is Newfoundland.
The fine team of grays be-
longing to Waldby Burton was
frightened ,and ,"ran ,away" last
Friday morning, pulling a mow-
er behind' them. They straddled
a telephone installation near the
post office, losing the mower,
and continued on. One was
stopped near the Bank of Mont-
real, and Chief Constable Jos-
..e1rh Fernand stopped the other
An front orf the police office. .
Talbot-Sallows
A noon wedding was solem-
nized pn Saturday, July 8, by
Rev. Dr. K. E. Taylor in
St. George's Anglican Church,
Goderich, when Cynthia Jean
Sallows became the bride of
Doyle John Edward Talbot,
Varna.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Reuben 3. Sal -
lows, Goderich, and the bride-
groom's parents are Mr, and
Mrs. Milton E. Talbot, RR 1,
Varna.
The bride's brother, James J.
Sallows, gave tier in marriage.
She wore a full-length gown of
French lace over slipper satin,
fashioned with fitted bodice
featuring pearl and sequin -
trimmed sabrina neckline and
lily -point sleeves. The bouffant
skirt was 'accented with lace
inserts. A crown of sequins
and pearls held her French.
illusion veil and she carried a
white prayer book crested with
red roses andstephanotis-.
Miss Grace Boyce, Goderich,
wore a pink lace gown and
parried a bouquet of blue baby
emmylsam hemiums es maid of
honour.
Bridesmaids Miss Judy Arm-
strong, RR 3, Btayfield, and
Miss Audrey Allison, Goderiohh,
wore aqua gowns and carried
pink chrysanthemums. T h e
goons of the :attendants were
street-lenlgth, designed with
square recldines, taffeta cum-
merbunds and lace tiered skirt.
Flower -girl Judith Rentsch-
ler, Goderich, wore a white
lace frock sand carried baby
chrysanthemums.
Clapton Boyce, RR. 1, Varna,
was groomsman and the ushers
were Frank Sallows and Allan
sibehiings, Bayfield, Stephen
SalloWs was ring -bearer:
For a reception at the Little
ixrth, Bayfield, the bride's •mo-
Cher received in a gown of blue
French lace and the another of
the bridegroom assisted in fig-
ured aqua organza. Both hoe
white !accessereies and pink ear-
_nation corsages.
The bride wore aqua organza
said white ,accessories for her
traveling ensemble. Foilowitiig
a trip to rnbrthern Ontario, the
Couple wa'l live in Bayfield:
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Letter to the Editor
The Editor,
The News -Record,
Clinton, Ontario.
Dear Sirs:
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'Agent, Notts, England, to:
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Wing, CA.PO 5052, Cdn. Armed
Forces Europe.
We have been transferred to
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the News -Record will continue
to bring us news from home as
regularly as has been the case
during many years of moving
about the world.
Sincerely,
Helen. Collier,
(Nies, D, W, Collier)
July 17, 1961,
SUGAR and SPICE...
I'zn. living a kind of crazy,
xnb, ed -up life tikese days. On
the p.urface, it's sensible
ough. I go to lectures .and study
hard ,au week. On week ends, I
go home for a' couple of restful,
refreshing days with my family.
retic>a.:'
�, that's the Pie-
ture. I slog around aril week in
the city heat, I labor long and
late over my books. I'rn lonely
and frustrated'. Then, on Fri-
day afternoon, limp, exhausted
and red -eyed, I head for the
0o01 north country, where I lie
in a long chair, sip a long, cool
drink, and recoup 'my strength
for another harrowing week,
But it isn't like that at all.
It's just the •opposite, Down
here, I live with the peaceful
precision of a monk. I saunter
in the shady streets in the
evening, and listen to the mut-
ed squeal of tires. I read all
night if I want to: 1 eat when
I'm hungry, I smoke 80 fags a
day if I ciamweil feel like it.
Despite the fact that they're
building a subway a hundred
yards away, I clan step out into
the quadrangle of the college,
of an evening, and enter a world
of medieval tranquility. I can
have a sihower at any hour
without a .child hammering en
the bathroom door, in agony,
the minute I get wet. 1 can
step out of my trousers and
kick them into a corner if I
want to.
I can smoke in bed if I wish,
I can sit around stark, staring
naked, as I am at the moment.
I can drop across the hall in
half an hour and enjoy a rye
and tap -water aperitif with
another gray -thatched refugee
from domesticity and exchange
with him lies about how much
money we gave up to go into
teaching.
No, it isn'tthis end of the
stiek that's turning ane into a
gaunt and haggard creature
who is one massive twitch. It's
that weekend shift that makes
me so shaky I can't eat soup
without sprinkling it .all over
my shirt.
Finset, when I get .home, I
have to run the gantlet of a
brief, penetrating interrogation
by the Old Battleaxe. Some-
how she has got it into her
head that I'm having a wild
fling down here in the city.
Ever since we were married
she has been convinced that the
moment I escape her vigilance
I begin( to 'drink furiously, dash
from one night club to another,
and acquire mistresses night
left.
How I'm supposed to accomp-
lish these bacchanalian orgies
on the $2.80 I have for spend-
ing money after paying my
room and board, she doesn't
explain, But she still thinks of
me as the gay, dashing dog she
first :net, 15 years ago, and re-
fuses to see the gray old wolf,
mast of his falriigs :gone, who
sits across the kitchen table,
assuring her, with some indig-
nation, that such a thing never
entered his mind.
* * *
•
Atter she has checked on shy
morals, the duet begins. Her
soprano carries the melody: the
kids are driving her crazy, the
cam is full of rattles, the lawn
is burned to a crisp, andthere
are hordes of visitors about to
(B,' W. B. T. SI Y)
descend, lVIy .croaky baritone
ploys. ,the accoavpanimenrt; the
course is impossibly hard, I'm
work'ing. like a dog, the city is
an inferno, and I'm sick of
restaurant meals:
Ma ancient chant,. as farnil-
ler and fascinating .as ever,
ea ales on tar into tyle night,
over countless pots of tea, cof-
fee.or anything else that's
bandy and we totter off to bed,
awash,. •about 3 a.m.
I
have scarcely closed my
eyes when .one of the I=ns is
shaking me vigorously and ask-
ing, "What time are we going
swimming, Dad?" It is 8 a.m..
Somewhere or other, they have
nicked up the notion that 'ny
entire weekend is to be _devoted
to togetherness, And somehow
ar other, that's about the way
it turns out.
By Sunday night I look and
feel .like a sales manager who
has been entertaining a couple
of oat -of -town clients T'rx Sun,
burned again, there Isn't a Poli
beer left in .the.house and I've
been on a 36 -lour treadmill of
swimming, bowling, tGramPolin-
ing and cook -outs,
4xouad ten that night the
"clients" are draped on their
beds like a ,couple oif wet
towels, the Old Girl is yawning
Wildly and the oat, who Is Meg-
nant, by the way, is bedded
down for the night, It is time
for Dad to start his Latin home
work, so he can get it curie by
1,30, so he Gan get up at 5.30,
so .he can drive back to the city
for an .eight o'eioek lecture.
I'm not eon:piaMing, mind
Y`041, But compared to the mon-
astir simplicity of my scholarly,
purely week the weekend at
home :is about as restful as eat -
Mg lunch off .a moving cauweyar
bent with one hand, While pul-
ling on your trousers with the
other,
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