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The Huron Expositor, 1964-02-06, Page 2'' Since 1860, Serving the Community First .. Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIQ, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS., Publishers ' ANDREW Y. 11McLEAN,• Editor 4:••.1'or Member Canadian Weakly Newspapers Alsociation ,, Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association 0 Audit Bureau of Circulation ' Subscription Rates: 0'�HU L' . = Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year Q Outside Canada` -(in advance) $51.50 a Year 0• V w•4.• SINGLE COPIES — 1Q CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class flail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 6, 1964 4-H Has ,Role In Fall Fairs It was sound advice which Perth ag rep Newton Ashton offered, when he cautioned fair boards against giving over -emphasis .to '.4-H groups in plan- ning the -fair program. Mr. Ashton, addressing the annual meeting of the Seaforth Agricultural Society, suggestedthat some agricul- tural societies, in an effort to obtain an attractive program and attendant publicity, tend to be overly •generous in prize money, trophies and trips. The 4-H program has an important role in the fall fair activities. It is an opportunity for rural young people to appear in public and in their .competi- -tions to indicate the training which the 4-H program._ has.• made possible. It is a well-deserved reward for the long hours of study and practise which each has contributed as a member of his 4-1-1 club. • Unfortunately, in some cases there is a tendency to regard the 44-1 program as .an easy' -answer to the fall fair pro- gram. Rather than face, the work and planning necessary to provide a bal anced program of competition, in which 4-H would have a rightful part, some boards sit back and let 4-1-1 carry ,the entire fair. �-- Such a practise is unfair to the 441 competitor. It suggests that the only purpose of..4_Ii,_. i the_monetary,. gain....,. which goes with exhibiting at a fall fair. - Mr. Ashton puts it this way: `We want member participation to be main- ly for the education, the happiness and productivity that will come. from it, rather than for the prize money and special trophies." Another difficulty which results when the fair 4-H competition is given too. great an emphasis is the- extent to which particular, individuals are singled out for attention. This, perhaps, dis- courages the average member who may not be particularly clever, but who is a member of a club because of a real desire to . take part and . to do better work. "It seems to me that we tend today in education and all our functions to give advantages to our brightest and brainiest people who have the ability to get them on their own and would be more productive in their ,fife work if they' had • had ,a little more difficult time, Mr. Ashton said. "At the same time, we pay little attention to what we call the average person, the group in which the great majority of us would probably be classed." Seaforth- Fall Fair has shown' how the 4-1-1 program..may._be used 'in such a way that it complements the fair without clubs or individuals being ex- ploited. Here, through the years, 4-H activities have attracted increasing at- tention to the benefit of the club mem- ber, the fair, -.--and the --viewing public: This has come about from the careful planning of the board working in close co-operation - with the ,agricultural re- presentative who directs 4-H activities. Taxes On People Or On Property? (The Stratford Beacon -Herald) Taxes on property for services to property; taxes on people for service to.peopfe- This is theessence of an argument put forward by the Ontario Fede 'ation of Agriculture,' ' in a prepared brief which sets forth the Federation's views on the subject of provincial and muni- cipal taxation. The' Federation would like to see some radical changes in tax- ing powers in Ontario, and its -interest, natttrally, is. in the way taxation falls on farmers and on farm land. The principle set forth by the Fed- eration has the .virtue of simplicity. It is easy, to follow the argument that fire- fighting services are a benefit to pro- perty, and that they should be support- ed 'by a tax on .property, while tuber- culosis sanatoria are a• benefit of peo- ple, and should be supported by taxes on people,such as a sales' or incoine tax. When one turns from theory to prac- tice, the rub comes in the matter of, taxation for schools. There is no doubt that in practice there has,been'a heavy burden of taxation placed on farms, in some rural municipalities, for the sup- port of schools which are attended by the children of non-farm parents. The problem is most acute in rural town- ships which adjoin cities or growing towns. Housing developments on the fringe' of a growing town result in overcrowding in rural schools, and in an increase of the taxes levied on farms to support the schools. The argument put forward by. the Federation will most frequently be ap- plied as an argument that schools should be supported by taxes levied on all the people of the province, and supplied through the provincial treasury; the corollary argument is that farm lands should not be taxed for school purpos- es. • There is merit in the Federation's effort to protect farmers against unfair tax burdens, butwe think the notion that the provincial government should supply all the money need for schools is extreme, and not necessarily fair. • A good school in a rural neighbor- hood is a service to people, primarily, but it is also a- service to property. The test comes whenever a farmer decides to sell his farm, and wants"to get the best possible' price for it. • ,When a farmerretires, and is look- ving for a buyer, the most likely" sale will be to a young couple about to start farming on their own. The young cou- ple will be interested, ' among other things, in the education of ,their chil- dren. If there is a poor school in the neighborhood, the farm itself will Took less attractive, and will sell less read- ily. In actual cash dollars, a good school in the neighborhood can easily add $1,000 to the sale value of every farm in the neighborhood. • - The argument that schools should not draw on .local taxes for their sup- port has a lot. of truth in it, but it is not absolutely true. There is some bene- fit to property from the improvement' of schooling, and it is reasonable that loc to tion should continue to carry • so e part of the cont- of education. The proper .argument is concerned with how to 'apportion the cost between taxes ,on property, levied' by local government, and taxes on people, levied . by the province. 0 The worst obstructionist in any com- munity is not the man who is opposed to doing anything, but the man who will not do what he can because he can- not do what- he would like to do.—J. J. Long. Government is not reason, -it is not eloquence—it is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful mas- ter; never -for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action --- George Washington. We are raising a generation that has _ a woefully small stock of ideas and in- terests and emotions. It must be amus- ed at all costs but it has little skill in amusing itself. It pays some of its members to do what the majority canes no longer do for themselves.. It is this inner poverty that makes for the worst kind of boredom.—Robert J. McCrack- en. * A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently ; there is a whispering in distant chambers,•an earthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. •Ghosts were created when the first man woke in the night. ---,lames Barrie. l �(.:.,.k.� ON THE EDUCATION SHELVES IN THE BOOK SHOP A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT Cryptic Jargon OTTAWA—Mr. Walter Gor- don is quickly learning the cryp- tic jargon of, Finance Ministers. His recent speech in Edmon- ton has been ' interpreted in some quarters as meaning , no tax cuts in sight; in others, as holding out new hope. Mr. Gor- don indicated neither. He said sufficient economic growth. and reduced unemployment would increase revenues and leave Government in a position to choose between acceding to new demands for expenditure or -cut- ting taxes. He warned that un- less expenditures were appreci- ably reduced he found it dif- ficult to see "how Governments will be able to reduce the total revenues they_ must receive in taxes." But Mr. Gordon said nothing about m'eeting his expenditures this year with tax revenues and no one - expects him to do. -.so.. He is expected to have a lower deficit than iu the cyrrent year when it will be well above $700 million. And prospects of this improve daily: Federal revenues for 1964-65 are goinn to be very substantial- ly higher than in the current year. He can count with some certainty on an increase of $450 milli n en times the increase that he has forecast for the cur- rent year. He has a reasonable prospect, given normal econ- omic growth, of an increase of $550 million. Here are some of the reasons: In his last budget the Finance Minister changed the system of paying corporation tax so that payments will be- made earlier. It gave him no extra revenue for 1963-64. In 1964J65 it means another $165 million. Through .pressures from busi- MUMISIIME111111111121111111111E111411M1111111111111111011111111110MIME11111111111111111001M SUGAR and SPICE iiu!iiniillwlw By Bill Smilgyirmitil More Light On, .Reading My speechwas a roaring suc- cess. You know, the speech on Good Reading Habits,to our honor students. I mentioned it last week. Yes, it went well! Does anyone,,know anyone who wants a slightly used. ex -school teacher? I . haven't received an official. communication from, the school board ,yet, but I- understand they had an emergency meeting right. after ply speech, and drew up the appropriate charg- es of mopery, gawk 'and intel- lectual malnutrition. When I began to write the speech, I. couldn't think of a single Good Reading Habit. Then, dimly, from my old health ' class in public school, they began to filter back. Rule: When reading, the light should come over your left shoulder. It's very awkward if your left shoulder happens to be higher than your right.. Unless, of course, you are an Arab and read from right to left, then I presume it should come over your right shoulder. Rule No. 2: Always read in the bathtub, when passible. Somebody once said that the ideal education would be a boy sitting on one end of a log„ and Mark Van Doren, a great TO THE ITOR: Clinton, Ja 28, 1964. Editor, The Huron Exp a sitor: Dear Sir: The Chris as Bur- eau Committee of the Ch aren's Aid Society of Huron C s my wish to extend sincere gratit , e to , all organizations, service groups and individuals who as- sisted in making this phase of their work such- an outstanding success. This could' not have been achieved without the whole- hearted support so generously given. I wish especially to emphasize the generous support and splen- did coverage given by the news- papers throughout the county without charge. There is an urgent need to fill the new empty cupboards with-- children's clothing — all ages and sizes required. Used clothing in good repair is grate- fully accepted. These may bd' left at Chil- dren's Aid Headquarters at the Court House, Goderich. Yours sincerely), C. D. FI?' GLAND, . Publicity Convener. Ar: American educator, sitting on My notion of a great 'educa- tional advance would be a class- room with 35 bathtub's, and up on the platform a super -tub, in pink mother-of-pearl," for Mr. Smiley. Think of the realism we could inject when Lady Mac- beth says, "A little water will wash us of this deed." Think of the special effects we could obtain while reading Old Man and the Sea, or Typhoon. We'd all be in swim suits, naturally. Well, from that point, my speech moved effortlessly into the results,. of Good Reading Habits in history. I` reminded the kids of Archimedes. Thank what the World would 'have. missed if he hadn't climbed in- to his bath ,one day with a copy of Ovid's poems. The minute he sat down, he knew there was something wrong. "Paprika!", he scream- ed and leapt out of the tub. Somebody had put paprika in- stead of bath salts in the wa- ter. And thus was born Archi- medes Principle,' one of our great laws of physics.r I'rn,not quite sure what it is, but I think it's "something like "Half a bath is better than none." Any- way, as we all' know, it's a very important principle. I left the kids with this •solemn thofight. An economic reverse can take away your new car, your' split-level mortgage and your wife. Advancing years can take away your teeth, your figure, and your husband. • But nothing can take away Good Reading Habits. , Many years from now, the matron of the nursing home will point out a desicated old chap. sitting in a wheel -chair with a huge book on his knees. "That's Mr. Smiley. Used to be an English teacher. - Poor old fellow.'He's blind now." And the visitor will say, '"it doesn't seem to bother him much. What's the old-toot'grin- ning at?" And the matron will reply, "Oh, he went blind when he was 88, and was furious for° a while, because he couldn't read, but he learned the Braille sys• tjri in six weeks, and now ,he reads everything he can get his hands on. Including the nurses." Tiny transistors, like those in pocket radios, are used hi heart stlinulation devices known as pacemakers, your Ontario Heart F'oundati'on ' says. 71, ness that impressed his Cabinet ..colleagues,, perhaps unduly, Mr. Gordon was forced to retreat from his original budget pro- posal for an 11 per cent sales tax on building-- materials and production machinery. It was reduced• to four per cent as the first step in a graduated scale that reaches, 11 per cent only on December 31 this year. The amount that this• robbed him of in the, current year's revenues will be returned next year with a good deal. added. If there were no increase in the current level of sales over the next 15 months his revenues from sales tax would be $166 million higher than in the cur- rent year. Canada's gross national pro- duction for 1963 turned out to be one per cent higher than Mr. Gordon forecast last June, In -some circumstances this would mean a„ proportionate increase in revenues' in the current years. Because "of its - riatu.re it will have very little impact on this year's tax revenues. • -The effect of a Fall wheat movement that has shattered all records has not yet shown up in the farmer's income tax and won't show up until next year. Nor will higher ,produc- tion .be translated into corpora- tion tax collections for another six months or more. This means that instead of having to fore- cast his revenues for 1964-65 entirely -on the expected growth, this year he. is assured of higher revenues on the basis of What has already happened. ' Mr. Gordon,, says main esti= mates for the year are $200 'mil- lion-, less than had been con- templated two or three months ago. Again this is cryptic but • with -'defence,. spending lower than the current year by prob- ably $50 million,' it is reason- able • to expect' --that the inevit- able increase in over-all expen- diture will be substantially less than the yearly average of $250 million. If this turns out to be the case Mr. Gordon starts with a deficit at least $350 million less than is expected `this year. If he should decide .it is ad- visable he can' carry out his promise of working toward a balanced budget and still have room for some moderating downward tax adjustments.' Capital Hill Capsules The Prime Minister's Cabinet shuffle has obviously thrown the mantle of Ernest Lapointe on the shoulders of the "new Minister of Justice, Guy Fav- reau. Whether Mr. Pearson's new Quebec lieutenant can 're- peat history arrd become the sante power in his province re- mains to be seen. Lapointe was elected ,to Parliament before he could speak a word of English. He waited 17 years, for his first Cabinet post and longer to be- come Minister of Justice. Fav- reau, perfectly bilingual, has achieved this top Cabinet status iniustia-months and while he is still barely' known in the po- liticalince. circles of his own prov- * *.* The one-shot American pay- ment of $274.8 million (Cana- dian) for 30 years' use of Can- ada's share of power produced on the Colutnbia south of the borde as -a result of Canadian •stora a dams is proving not as simple as it looked. A capital inflow of this size in four days would push Canad'a's reserves of gold and U.S. dollars too high for' Washington's liking. As a result the money will be invest: ed in long term U.S. bonds on a standby basis. Meanwhile Ot- tawa must find an' equivalent amount in this copntry to pay cash to British Columbia in Oc- tober. It will have choice be- tween borrowing it on the open market and taking a chance of boosting Interest rates or bor- .rowing from the Bank of Can- ada and risking the inflationary impact.. * * * •There is a reasonable- pro- spect that by March the annual rate of unemployment in Can- ada- • (eliminating seasonal fac- tors that bring it to its ,peak at that time bf year) will drop below five ger cent of the labor force. This . would bp lower than any year since 1957. F•5 IN TH.Esi'1 EARS AGONE From The Huron Expo 0r February 10, 1939 The annual meeting of the Seaforth Public Library Board was held in the lecture hall on Monday evening, With a fair at- tendance. The following o_liieers were .elected for 1939: chair- man, P. B. Moffat.; secretary - treasurer, Mrs. M. A. Reid; pro- perty committee, J. G. Mills, chairman, Miss Mabel Turnbull, P. B. Moffat, Basil Duncan; book committee, Miss S. I. McLean, chairman, Miss Alice Daly, Mrs. M. A. Reid, B. Duncan, Jas. A. -Stewart. Miss G. Thompson was reappointed Librarian. At the annual meeting of the Ontario Municival Electric As- sociation, held at the Royal York. .Hotel, Toronto, this week, Mr. E: L. Box, chairman `of the Seaforth Public Utility Commis- sion, was elected one of the dis- trict vice-presidents. Mr. Box served as chairman" of the reso- lution. committee. In one of the hardest -fought battles witnessed on Seaforth ice in a number of years, Sea - forth Beavers defeated the Tavi= stock Greenshirts 2-1 in an ov- ertime game on. Tuesday night. 0* From The Huron Expositor February 6, 1914 , The -results of a vote on the Scott Act or the Canada Tem- perance Act took place in Huron County on January 29th. The results of the vote were as fol- lows: For, 7,410; against, 41102; majority, 2,608. This made the sale . of intoxicating beverage illegal• What may be the sunken hulk of the James S. Carruthers,ill- fated freighter which went down last N,bvember, has been locat- ed north by northeast of Alpena by several fishermen of that town. Capt. W. Ferguson has been instructed by headquarters to investigate the rumor. The January meeting of Hur- on County Council opened at Goderich on Tuesday of last week. All the members of the council.were present, Mr. Robt, 2 3JA2 McKay, warden for last year, took:We chair until Mr. D. Cas- telon of --Clinton, was elected warden. The brethren of Britannia Masonic Lodge intend holding an at-home and .dance in. Card - Ms Ball on Friday evening. A rink of Seaforth curl'e$s are in HarrLLston this week compet- ing in the bonspiel there. The rink is composed of W. South- gate, J. Rankin, J. Taman and R. E. Bright, skip. • From The Huron Expositor February 8, 1889 On Sunday, Feb. 3, annivers- ary services were held in Eg- mondville Presbyterian Church; when Rev. Mr. Henderson, of Hyde Park, preached in the morning and evening, to- large congregations. On Monday eve- ning the annual tea took place. The heavy Snowfall Monday night has made excellent sleigh- ing and farmers and others hav- ing teaming to do are taking advantage of it. There ' are crowds of people in town every day, but still .. the merchants complain of business and money being scarce. Mr. Robert Jones has leased the Commercial Hotel billiard room .and it will be conducted under his management here- after: Mr., J. L. Smith has removed ,to the store in Whitney's block, formerly occupied by ,Mr. Harry Scott. He will have more room in this stand. The tie between Seaforth and Paris Curling Clubs was played at Stratford. Thursday, result- ing in a victory for Seaforth by two shots. The boys.came home with' a large silver tankard.- Anniversary services of Turn- er's Church, Tuckersmith, will be held on Sunday, Feb. 10th, • when Rev. R. Davey, a former pastor, ' will preach morning and evening. A tea meeting will be held on the. following Monday evening, to be addressed by Rev, Davey, J. H. Simpson and J, E. Rowell. , •0 T UA cMir .an a.. w 'That's the gas tank!" .r+' ?sem"'-e�'•sE THE HOME TEAM by Wirt 0141111 • Is MMUMMOIN Its RuMMuM■ III ■niaMINosi■ I�.....= ; .�■UI;; RIUj .■ ..1 III�IIq�1111tAN I" IlsuIIllgselI■ ::I ismunnummt 'I imik WI "Yeow!" ,.,_: N.1: •:NHS