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SEAFORTH, 'ONTARiO FEBRUARY 22, 1979
mrd job •done well
Every year at this time we imagine "there, are a series of
"hummpphhs" around the breakfast table or the dinner table or in the
living ,room: after supper, .
The "hummmpphhs come from weekly newspaper readers who
have just learned, thee new salary that their town or township's
clerk -treasurer ha's negotiated.
Old notions die hard and the idea of the rural clerk treasurer as a
retired farmer who puts in efew hours a week n township business is a
• treasuredold one.
--Yes a municipal, clerk's job was'part time, done with dedication and:
very Little remuneration, 30 or 40 years ago. T'aint so now. '
It's, this newspaper's policy to publish: salary details from all
municipalities in our coverage area every year about this time when
wage increases are negotiated. We believe on doing public business in
public and salaries of all government employees are certainly public
business; •
And ever Year at this time reporters get flack from irate clerks,
Yand •
sometime other employees, loyees, who know or fear that printing
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their salaries will lead to harassment from ratepayers.
If there is harassment it's because the public doesn't realize how
much Municipal! clerks' workloads have, increased. The quantity of
forms they must complete and send on to other levels of government
alone, could use up at least a day a week. Any small business person
knows that. .
Whether we like •it , ort not, our township, village and town
governments are no longerfolksy,affairs operating on trust and word of
mouth. .they are big business: They ads sinister services and,
government for other big businesses which didn't ex is t 30 years ago, .
.big. farms and expanded local stores and industries.
Take payroll, as'one small example of the work currently done in our
hand out t $35
or
municipal offices. Years ago the clerk• might have to
$50 a week on Friday night to ` the • occasional 'road man who. did
The modern
township clerk has to keep detailed payroll•
roll for
• seasonal work.
the several full time permanent employeesthat every local government
has.
s : offices,-
Poing
ffices-
Some clerks in the Seaforth area still operate one.peron ,
ive rthemselves. Theyfeel
d i all-ct Tical as well as adm nstrata work
one e
they shouldbepaid for thato
n
we a9r
e
e.
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Being amunicipal clerk treas u
er is n
oibnger..sort
6fah0
bby---an...
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interesting art -time job for someone' who wants to serve her, or his
fellow citizens and is making a financial sacrifice to ,do so.
Our local' clerk-tresurers are well paid. They are also doing a very
complicated, time consuming,. nerve wracking job that requires tat,.
Patience and knowledge. f business and 'finan
finance. •
ifY ou doubt that, follow your Municipality's clerk around for a week
he or she deals with two or threenight meetings(without the pay per
meetingthat most councils enjoy), irate taxpayer
s complaints,
p ,
r
requests for•ten-page letters from the provincial
treasurer,.sending out
tax notices;;,/taking'building dingpermit :licati, lugging the county
appons ..
about the' township's official plan and briefing new councillors on the
difference between a by .. law and a motion.
No onewho regularity attends council meetins or has a
good look
iinside• amunicipal office wouldcallthe clerk's job a soft one. The
earn ..eir•'salaries.
clerks in our area their
i -..o c m lain is to
If on eXaminattonyou still dispute that, the place t o p
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representatives, your' elected re resentatives who conduct wage negotiations, not their
employee, the clerk.
should we pays:
ABOUT 1915 — S,S.7 .McKillop' (Manley) a two -room school and,
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teachers.: Frances Givlin and Eva Sperling and 57 pupils ils when this photo
was
was, taken. It's been loaned to the Expositor by Mrs. Marie Melady,
R.R.#,
2'Dublin. • The pupils are; Back, from left;: Lawrence
•Messerscllm_WiA_ P
idt, Leslie eterson, Gordon Bell, Joe . Eckert, Mike
• Murray, Matt Mrray, Bob Kistner, Daisy Naylor, Minnie'Siemon, Ida..
Regele, Leslie Rapien, Ernie Prager, Joe McLaughlin, Clarence. Regele,
Second; Stephen Eckert, Roy Hemme, Sidney Hoegy, Rueben Rapien,
Toleda Miller,Dora Rapien, Amanda Koehler, Clotilda .Eckert, Kenny
Kistner, Tony Siemon, Manuel Beuermann,
Front;. Billie Koehler; Clarence Drager, Lawrence Rapien, John.
Driscoll,' Norman Herrirne, George Regele ' Edwin Drager; Wilmer
Drager, Billi,e Bennewiest Dalton Pitz, Marie Murray, Teesa Eckert,
Edna Hoe9YEdna- Benewies Jimmie O'Loughlin. :.
,e years agone
Colt strangled in stable
FEBRUARY 21, 1879
A.young lad, son of A.G. McDougall met,
with slight accident by falling from a sleigh..'
John Cowan of McKillop has passed a
successul examination before, the law society.
and has been licensed: to practise as a
barrister. ' 4'
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There are 60 pupils: attending ge Seaforth h .. ,
High School:
During the past two weeks an immense
amount of cordwood and saw logs have been'
delivered in town,
Henryamilton of .Mc 'llo has just
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completed a ind,brick residence.' The brick
work was dole by J. Kidd of Exeter.
FEBRUARY 19+ 1904'
ld his fine'
ha o
�of `. McKillop s
Wm. DragerM �,
Benneweiss farm to his- neighbour Henry Ben ss for
she sum of $7.000.
Robert Rogerson of Constance has ' put.-
chased. the. 'fi acres. belonging 'to m
Dunlop.
Malcolm. McKay has sold 'his farm on the
L.R.S. to W. Cameron.
When J.A. Case went to 'his stableto
attend his horses he found that his 'young
• colt had been strangled to death.
County Councillor •John B. McLean of
Tuckersmithmet with a painful accident.
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while walking down main street. He slipped
on some -ice and gave his ankle a bad twist.
and one of the small bones was broken.
A fine team of heavy horses belonging to
James Archibald made a lively runraway on
Friday,'
Engine works paid out S2 139 for
The. Bell g e ._
aagcs: in January.,
M. Broderick of . town is making 'several
sets.ef harness for a:;rancher, in Alberta.
John Shine .has purchased the warehouse
at the railway track from Messrs. Scott Bros. S a
Cordwood is selling • at from 6 to 510
cord: •
known firm of Greig .•
The. well andStewart
r
has been awarded the contract orsupplying
uniferms for the cadet corps of the'S.eaforth.
lnsi ute:
Collegiatet
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The thermometer • registered 20 de grees
below zero on Monday morning. '
The furniture factory has been shut down
for a week because of the lack'of cars' to ship
P
out More finished work,
FEBRUARY U 9
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The"<
man'Yfriendseof Wm..
Bennet .
weiss of
Manley are sorry to learn that the broken leg
he sustained last fall when his horse and
buggy went over a culvert in. Grey Township
has not healed and he is Estill in critical
condition.
a fine
Manley '
Thos. Mackay of Ma y purchased
team of horses from Mrs. James O'Laughlin.
'At an enthusiastic. meeting in Dublin
at which Wm. J. Byne •was chairman and,.
Thos. Moly'neaux • secretary, almost 55,000
was subscribed of the . 515,000 required to
erect a factory in Dublin.
Thos, M:olyneaux : of Dublin has been
' elected Treasurer of Hibbert Township and
Robert Butson of Staffa road commissioner.
Fishing along lake Huron on the ice has
been a failure so far this year.
Eighteen below zero was registered,. by
some thermometers in Zurich. •
Tuesday 'night and Wednesday were
claimed to :be. thecoldest of the winter at
Kippen.
Campbell Eyre, Glen McLean, Bert Riley,
Calvin Horton and ,Alex McGregor of
Chiselhurst motored to .Detroit and report
the roads in good condition for travel.
Daniel Regele of the :14th • concession of •
McKillop has sold his farm, to Mr; Drager of
the '12th concession of MoKillo ,
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The report trade
business men. of Hensallp .
very goodas both anteing and sleighing lend
to increased business.
pn
T.J. Stephensand sister Miss Stephens of
the Queens Hotel gave a surprise dinner.,
party in. honour of their father, on the
occasion of his -88th birthday. After the..
the• chair was taken;
dinnerby the mayorW.
Ament: Mr. pwmade, the
recipient of a meSteershawhens pipeas and a' jar of
tobacco: .-
The thermometer registered 20 degrees
below zero Wednesday morning.
risepartywhich'included 75 young
surf Y g
eo le.was held: at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
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W.M. Sproat.
W.J. Jamieson of Constance has sold :his
farm to Wm: _Addison.
FEBRUARY 26, '1954
Isaac Hudson, Seaforth business man and
a former mem ber of Seaforth Council
passed away in Scott Memorial. Hospital
after an illness of four weeks.
Robert Campbell, McKillop, 'was elected`;
president of the Huron County 4-H Club
Leaders Association at. their annual meeting
held in Clinton. ,
Mr. and. Mrs. James Reynolds marked 50
years of married life at thehome of their son.
Gordon Reynolds and.), Mrs; Reynolds in,
Tuckersmith.
When
a door,a of the car in which she. was:
passenger jarred open Mrs. F.J. Bechely'
was thrown to the pavement and suffered' a
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fractured' bone in her foot.
On Friday evening -:a. number of friends
and neighboursgathered at the; home of Mr,
and
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and Mrs. Wm.•Wolfe in McKillop. Progres-
sive euchre was played. Dancing .was
enjoyed with Albert Siemon as manager.
Firemen were called to' the office'' of:'.
Simpson Sears on Tuesday aftenoon when
an„oil heater exploded and' caugh
t fire.
was, elected
Mrs: lea Duranceas; by Edel
weiss Rebekah lode, Seaforth-to receive' the
Rebekah order of chivalry.
othan 30 y
George Turner who for moreyears
was Treasurer of Tuckersmith celebrated his
90th birthday at his home in Clinton.
Robert. Hoggarth of Stratford marked his
91st birthday at his home on Tuesday,
'Rickie, son. `of Mr. ` 'and Mrs. Lionel
Fortune while sitting in his class ,at St.
James Separate School swallowed an ally.
He received attention at Dr. Gorwill's office',
and is recovering nicely.
Mrs. W.E. Kerslake of town had the
misfortune to fall •in her home, and fracture
her hip.
Ontario Hydro seems to be a victim of its.own successful advertising
campaign. •
For sometime, Hydro has been sponsoring a series of newspaper
and television commercials advising consumers that "wasting
electricit turns I,,
electricity to s people off, Apparently Hydro users have taken the
message to heart, turning off unnecessarY lights, using energy
-
burning
burning
appliances only when necessary and generally being a little'
more conscious of wasted energy around the home.
Of course, When we see office buildings and site sera ers ablaze' with 9 Y p
lights at night, it may seem pointless for the; ordinary consumer to
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worry about leaveng on an extra'
lightor two When a room isn't being
used: B i
Bat ndividual energy saving has been an important factor in
cuttingdown on Ontario's electricit: needs,
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Both the successful advertising campaign and Ontario Hydro's
miscalculations in estimating futurepower needs in the province have
resulted'' in the company be left with' a' heftypower
,.
p y .i�g._ ..., th power surplus on:its
"'ands. One company ....l.__._..
h n spokesman said the. company overestimated Locaf
demands for the 1980's by as much as 40 per cent.
NoW the power company is negotiating the sale of its excess power to
easternseaboard states to the south of us. The idea is that the sale of
(surplus power will prevent we taipayers from paying.f
for power we
won be using.
won't ing,
Consumers,.
after..all, deserve a sinal pat'
•r. l on the, back .for. taking
Hydro's message seriously and cutting back on wasteful energy
. 9Y
demands Now'let's hope consumers.will be rewarded; for their efforts:.
when they receive their monthly hydro bills:
Consumers shouldn'tbepenalized bY)�• v'n pay
p . , ha 1 g to for the power
Ontario
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Ontario Hydro has suddenly:discotaered it'doesn't need''
Nrlsartlstrq la•seoepted, *teat carrrtrtten that In the event of a typogripf+leal error the 4404104 'ilpik8
eewltied bti Mil orroneew lion, ieyethor w fah ryalonobie allowance for signafuro, will not be Charged for but
, ate beaanes of the adwrliaontent win bit p1Cdi' for at the applkab1. rsfs:
ttllhlle wary effort welly be mods to Inouye they're handled with are, the pubft hers chino* be 'esponilble for
as recant of ern»iiitfsidi'm.nuicrhns or pi»Uii:
kh'tnd..the.;
by Keith `Roulsfon; e
Listen anywhere, radio, television,
newspapers or the corner coffee shop, and
you hear nothing but complaints about
government these days '
,•.
It saiCynicaf •age when every move, or
even decision not to move, by a politician is
looked on either as an attempt to gain more
dictatorial power or to trick people into
voting for him. There's hardly a good word
said about a government today, .whether
federal or provincial. I'm often includedin
thatrou :of Cynics, 1 must confess
g p y , but
sometimes, I have to admit when the,
government has done something ood.
I thought aboutthis positive side of
government action last week when I
watched the Grammy awards presentation
from the U.S. Usually,I dont even bother
to watch such American shows with
their
flag-waving, "ain't we great” boosterism.
This tithe I changed my mind mainly
because I heard that a number of
Canadians., led by Anne Murray, were up
for awards. I soon discovered that. the
Ward. Show was, well perhaps not
dominated, but certainly had a dis-
proportionate ortionate number of Canadians
nominated for awards. There was Miss
Murray, of course, who was nominated for
four different awards and finally won ones
But there Was Oscar Peterson from
Montreal and Rob McConnell and the Boss
and Dan.: Hill and Ohio >.
Brass,i
Vanella.
Despite the dothi.nanaee at the cereniiony
by Britain's Bee Gees, there were probably
more Canadians up for awards than pe, plc
Iredit goes to .the government
from any other country than the U.S.. Even
here, by proportion to population,, the
an'dians were near' the
C atop.
All this from a' countrythat a decade ago
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,x,:,
didn't have a recording. rndustrt, acountry. •
that wouldn't have one todayif it.
perhaps
wasn't for government action.
It was one controversial move made by,
the,Canadian Radio Television Commission
under Pierre Juneau
and, J. Boyle •
that had thereatest effect: on creating a
g t g
recording industry. In thepast, Canadian
radio stations simply picked ups the
Americanbest-selling recordcharts and
played the -same' records here. 'It made life.
simple for them, But the CRTC realized
that something had to be done if Canadian
song writers, musicians and singers. were • .
to get an even break. They imposed a quota'
system on radio' stations that said 30 per
tent of all records played' on the station
must be Canadian.. The screams from the
stations were long radio s o g and loud saying
'that is was government interference in
private •enterprise, that there' weren't
enough good Canadian perfOrMera and the
'tival►ty of Canadian records are poor. Yet
today we have a wealth of young recording
Mars and the duality of 'our 'recording
studios is such that huge international '
stars come here to make recordin'-t3 The,
e.
trend has funnelled down to the grassroots
where we even have a total • recording
studio theSe days togive loultalcnt a
• Chance to recon.
. 'Olt sure, everything isn't. perfect,the
ironiC thing is that while big British and
Atnerin. ar stars come to Canada to record,
Miss Murray and some other top Canadian
stars now go ',to the U.S. to record, but at
least the trade off is there and it's. probably
healthy because 'he interchange will aallow
ourPeo le to learn from others and. others
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to learn from us,
Today the music industry is 'so strong in
Canada that superstar Gordon Lightfoot,
one of the few able to make it before the
regulations changed, can be booked: into
huge Massey Hall in Toronto for
something like nine concert dates in a•row.
Government action is also to be credited
forthe fact we have a• strong theatre
establishments in''Canada today: There,
virtually wasn't Canadian theatre in the
early 1950's when the Si Laurent govern,.
ment appointed Vincent Massey to look
into culture in Canada anti on the Massey
Commission recommendation set up the
Canada Council. That move eventually
prompted the provincial governments • in
several provinces to begins ;providing.
money for the arts.
And it isn't just the money that counts. .
The money to keep' a theatre going is
' important, but money isn't what makes
theatres in this' country go: they 'run on
visionand enthusiasm of the people who
dedicate their lives with little monetary
reward to their work. It's the encourage-
ment thegovernment has given the 'arts,
that has made more difference than the
moil nal money involved. Government sup.
'Port has let; the musicians the actors *nd
writcrswvthe dancers and Other artists know
that somebody does think what they are
doing is important:
Much the same policy and results have
been seen in recent years in athletics.
Government interference has often
h
been badmouthed ` ►n sports but without the
government, thousands of young
Canadians wouldn't be:out there in
Brandon this week at the Canada Winter
Games. The government seems to be the.
only body that cares about getting. hockey
back in the hands of Canadians by putting
pressure on to get the NHL and. WHA
together so that major league hockey cans
'be a tru :ly national sport: The government
' has been; involved in a fesser way in;
prodding the Canadian' Football League to
become ntore Canadian. ad►an. The government
has provided the funds and the en-
couragment that has helped Canadian`
skiers reach the top; that's turned Canada. f
into a major swimming; power n the world, pl
that has helped Canada go to a decade
from a erennial
pto a nation that can
loser
hold its head up proudly in international'
sporting events.
All right, be cynclal about this if you
want. What do musicians and 'actors and
skiers and swimmers matter when the.
dollar is nearing 80 cents U.S and
unemployment is soaring? Mycbet is that
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the thing that will be :remember about the '
1970's when the tenuity tutus is not titir
economic problems but the triumphs in the
arts and athletics. We need the heroics the,
athletes 'and artists provide, Oven more 10
When tines are tough.