i i v i v mtlttmd by hem nawspaaare umitad 7 22 main streat south georgetown ontario wcmehn page 4 thursday february 6th 1969 j wecome action action by thai honorable paul hellyer fe help solve canadasvriousirig problems is jvmlconaeiibws fori people pawleurartyin ithispart of ontario all levels 6f government are becoming 5 j increasingly concerned about the fact that jin ohe of historys most affluent eras the jprice of housing is beyond most peoples pocktbook according to a report prepared byift iw esler chief appraiser with the brampton real estate firm of e a mjtchell limited chouse prices have increased 50 in six years this has gone up in stages varying from 490 in 1964 to 1520 in 1966 i since 1966 house prices advanced 119 n 1967 and 1015 in 1968 aof all one sided while prices of homes are completely out of line and much more inflationary i than most other spiralling costs in todays 1 world the problem is twopronged we think back to the days when any- one with an average job and a burning de- sire to own a home could do so george- town still has many senior citizens living in comfortable homes paid for over a period of twenty to thirty years this wasnt done without some sacri- fice and- todays young couples have to be prepared to make similar if not even i greater adjustments if they are to have the same success as young couples of thirty forty or fifty years ago perhaps it was easier then a 60 hour working week left men little time to spend money on afterhours entertainment be- sides most families had a large garden transportation was not so rapid nor did many people afford the luxury of an auto- mobile housewives were much busier with little labour saving equipment too thfejjrrtiiitiwhaj a reasonably priced house ten years ago in the 12000 bracket is today selling for 18000 and while there has been wage increases too these hava riot kept pace at all with inflated prices of homes it is also evident too that besides the startling rise in the price of homes art upsurge in inter est rates has made it doubly difficult foran average resident to own his own home or even if he can foot a substantial down payment to pay for it in his lifetime whatever our senior governments can do to stabilize the situation will be a pro gressive step it may be old fashioned but we still think one of mans main goals in life should be to own his own little corner of the universe it was an age when that burning des ire to buy and pay for a home was allim portant and many people were willing to deprive themselves of luxuries to cut every corner possible to make mortgage payments and anticipate the day when the house was clear of debt if men could save and buy a house in the twenties and thirties when few famil ies boasted the double income of a work ing wife then it is still possible today de spite inflation but young couples must be prepared to save money to give up a percentage of luxuries if one isnt a commuter it is still possible to do without a car for a few the generation gap three men is a boat halton mp kudlwhiting ject which i appreciated very much your letters and tele phone calls helped in getting certain parts of this legislation changed the minister of finance the child reaches the age the honourable edgar benson twentysix for a maximum years to play cards instead of going to a j tabled in the house of comi 35000 in the case of infirm show eat a little cheaper cut of meat now mons a notice of motion prec- children a maximum exemption valentines day a week from friday is val entines day a traditional time of remembering the women in your life with a card or gift the traditional gifts of flow ers and candies have been aug mented by many other items youll find many suggestions in of the advertising columns of the of herald and then edin bill to amend the estate tax act and the provisions of for while one can hopefully expect our 1 the income tax act dealing government to make home buying somej lft tax what easier one cannot demand that thisf be entirely a public service project with- 1 jut the individual also doing his share these amendments or lfs the truth nothing to do in a small town i a georgetown man was talking to a i city boy who wondered how one didnt die from boredom in a little town like george- town what has toronto go that we havent asked our friend z i go bowling was the reply i so do i how long does it take you to get there to which the youth replied 3 half an hour i takes me ten minutes said the geor- l getown man swimming 40 minutes in tor onto 15 minutes in georgetown skiing an hour and a half plus considerable expense in the city could be as much for each child as 80000 there is no change in the once in a lifetime gift of 10 000 for farm property nor it changes which were announced there any chance in the basic on january 30 were brought i exemption of 20000 on all es about to large extent by sometates over 50000 members of the liberal party with representations made dir ectly to the government by pri vate citizens farm and business organizations i received many letters and telephone calls from constitu ents and i answered each letter the annual rift tax excm ption of 2000 given to each in- dividual is extended to cove- gifts to trusts in which there is one beneficiary a living person this allows trusts to be set up for minor children as mentioned at the be georgetown herald published by horn newspapers limited georgetown ontario walter c biehn publisher garfialdmcgilvray production superintendent frank mullin advertising manager news editor accountant terry harley aileen bradley valerie tost anne currle reporter leslie clark dave hastings forwarding a copy of it to the of co i re- myles gilson john mcclemenu minutes and all for free in georgetown and so it went until finally the boy thought he had the poser weve got the okeefe centre he challenged and how long does it take you to get there was the query i dont know ive never been there en minister of finance so that he r in the mail bag 4 i says school budget now j beyond reasonable bounds rjtrl boundaries of a reasonable pro- georgetown ontario portion to the public income and i ge perhaps a little further t 7 dear sir i if the herald feels that the when f to j critical tone of some of its cdii f unwse ending of toriafa in particular those deal- e t wa wltn ing with the high cost of pub- eeptoon j lie expenditure is likea cry in l t k utu the wilderness it is because n ou8ht most people do not share tirei p are editorial writers critique it u rudmenl some fade just that these days sane 0 whl laler rely ack- i ions aft not being formulated nowledges j what gets the attention arc weird schemes preferably re- im hnni jv uc weuing 01 1 quiring hundreds of millions of t of su wesom thc nundred d of food t tax money to change things l te of preparation as always will fall j bnedaius plan to urx i ne feslof the sh he the corridor between osh- z protests of and usui u i l7 and hamilton v between i for ths are stl11 done by the various womens seek womens help hockey catering job to the ladies of georgetown one of the most interesting and e weeks as far asn- tertainment goes is coming up in a months time as george town once again plays host to the international bantam hock ey tournament teams and their supporters the tournament runs from march 14 until march 22 this year should prove bigger and better with ap proximately so teams from as many towns and cities in cana da and the united states one of the biggesfjobs in connection with this enterprise today we have of course is e billeting and feeding of toronto and guelph it does not really seem to matter the next very weak clubs and organizations of to provide a minimum income of opportunity which spons- for everyone presumably inclu- ors these educational adventur- ding millionaires as well as es iishort of money and this no wonder that the province own ln helr u3ual outstanding despite- its incomefrom a pro vincial sales tax which in times saner than the present nuisance chronically unemployed jthe following weqk likely as not i great fanfare is given to a rcc- j ommendation to provide schools would be called for the unschoolable or some tax t other costly enterprise 1 l a i the last thing we need is to i but with one or two notable see queens park successful in 1 exceptions little is said about i taxsupported salary of 31300 for the new halton county dir ector of education although everyone surely feels that the man be he as capable as he may cannot possibly earn that much money i for one am in agreement with most people who feel that our entire public school budget has some time ago left the its clamoring for more tax- shared moneytfrom ottawa 6c the imposition of a provincial income tax which would of course be the same thing what we donecd is prudence in spending and if the her alds editorial critique helps to accomplish this lets have more of it xoutb truly charles hildebrandt way but i realize that there are many ladies in town not connected with an organization and many would like to be a part of the welcome extended to these young and some not so young visitors if any have an hour or so of their time to donate during the above men tioned week please call mrs norm long also if there are any teenage girls who would be willing to wait oh tables for an hour or so we would welcome your calls too let us send them back to their cities and towns praising the merits of the lad ies and girls of georgetown as they have in the past thank you jessie hayes caterer ror the annual bantam tournament would be aware of the feelings of the people from halton al ong with other government members i met with mr ben son personally and urged him to make some much needed changes in this legislation some of our recommend- ations were accepted and are included in the new budget pro- posals the new proposals still j exempt from tax outright gifts j and bequests from husband to wife and wife to husband estates of 90000 or less will not be taxed this restores i a provision of the estate tax act prior to october 22 1968 and replaces the budget prop osal that estates of 20000 ro under would not be taxed i a new provision permits payment of estate taxes in up to six annual instalments interest will be charged on the deferred amounts under the old regul ations estate taxes were pay able in six months but the min ister of national revenue had the power to postpone payment ln casej of hardship this prov ision will remain but the new provision will make instalment available as a matter of right it has not been possible since the budget october 22 1968 to rewrite some of the wills drawn in the light of the old exemption structure prior to october 22 1968 to recog nize this situation it is propos- od that in the case of a death occurring before august 1 1969 the taxpayer be entitled to use the old exemption total if this proves greater than the to tal of the new exemption this should give individuals six months from the time the bill is made public to consider and complete changes ln their wills with regard to bequests to children this remains the same as announced on budget night october 22 1968 adult children are those twentysix years of age or older and in good health maximum bequest 10000 to each child depend ent children -are- those under twentysix years of age each child would be allowed the basic 10000 plus 1000 for each full year remaining until ceived many letters on this sub- george young news echoes from thai heralds of 10 and 20 years ago 1959 a report from the office of the assessment commissioner this week reveals that 500 people have taken up resid ence in georgetown since the end of september the new figure of 8722 indicates that since 1954 the town has more than doubled in population a north halton golf and country club rnay have their own curling rink in 1959 according to a newsletter sent out to all shareholders this week the club proposes to build a four sheet rink ata cost of 65000 to 70000 with provision for increasing it to six sheets at a later date 0 announcement was made this afternoon by delrex dev elopment limited that loblaw groceterias will locale in the new shopping area at the corner of hwy 7 and the 9th line 1949 4 the annual congregation meeting of the georgetown united church revealed plans for the building of a new sunday school hall arid the division of the present hall into suitable classroms on the recommendation of the j building committee work will start this year 0 on wednesday nighf between the periods of a game between westoh and georgetown raiders the new sheeny tost memorial trophy was presented to the rai ders the trophy donated by the board of parks man agement was won by the tocals in a preseason series with halton teams it honours the memory of one who did much to make the so hockey conscious one of georgetowns finest hockey stars sheeney was am ong the first to enlist in the last war and was killed in action overseas in 1942 1939 4 school children in georgetown will be among the thous ands of young canadians who will receive bronze med allions commemorating the visit of the king and queen to canada this summer the medallions about tin inch in diameter will be distributed free to all school chil dren through the agency of the provincial educational authorities 0 georgetown horticultural society elected its officers for 1939 on thursday the president os a maclareh first 1939 on thursday the president is a maclareh first f c overend treasurer mrs j b mackenzie secre tary ralph ross auditors j d kelly and g w mclin- tock directors are w nodwell miss staunton a m nielsenr rafph ross doctor paul professor hutt e b swackhamer w c aiilhony mrs j b mackenzie and mrs w g 6 thompson this week i showed my stu dents a film about the much vaunted generation gap and then had them write an essay on it the gap not the film coincidentally on that very day i recewed two letters that gave met new thoughts about the gap one vas from my old high school math teacher i clont mean that he was old it was -xusti-iona- time ago it was a pleasant shock to haar m hfnfe the pleasure ma from his raport that h was alive amf wall and curling and skiing the shock was the realization that the jthtlafnan w called old flamr is only about 22 years older than i am strangely as things so often happen in the world 1 wis talking abouthinrlti school that very day the- kids and were talking about corporal punishment strapping slapping the whole business i told them about how miss liza mccuuough used to break pointers over my head regularly and miss ma walker used t strap me and my young brother and a kid called geegee relyea three times a week whether we needed it or net and we liked them and bow mr cosgrove our science teacher a man of gigantic proportions and the patience of a saint used to sweep two of us off our stools with one cuff and we never held it against him and how my old math teacher at a point when even the angels would be tried used to give us a punch with two knuckles just below the ribs and we liked and re spected him when we got our breath jack those people got a rotten deal financially and socially from the community but at least they could clobber a kid and thats worth a lot of money if you even shake your finger at some rotten little hoodlum nowadays he either turns out to be a barrack room lawyer or else hes too big to clip on the ear because he cnuld eat you alive and would my other letter the same day was a chatty friendly one from one of my last years students now at university enclosing a parody of hemingway she thought id enjoy hows that three generations and no dts- none of us are teenagers any more old flem would hki young ruth and id enjoy tslk- ing to both of them well to go back to the begin ning some of the essays- assitv ned were revealing one jhamett the gap on cage another saya its been there since- shakes- peare which ii true others say its been blown out of ah i proportions by the news media seoicingfbr conflict antfrtifce-r- sensational- r another says it isjuat tha intense fear children have no- bilized in their parents and of course fear of the uuknofn is the most powerful fear in man the same one says fear has advanced to prejudice and prejudice is a deadly emotion todeal wthdeaillyjecauseit is composed of blind hata be- tweeh strangers and hate is a policemans face- as he con fronts a barefoot girl or a a long haired boy and on then there are the adults who posing as shocked and indignant eat up such pro paganda as wild in the street search newspapers for teen age orgies on lsdthrust mim eographed sheets of drug ad diction symptoms and system- atically punch out words such as job college goals mon- ey and future this assay ands with the sug gestion that whil this gap la not as serious as racial or reli gious prejudice it la closing paoplas minds adults fear a revolution but the young pea- pit to my knowledge have not van thought of such a thing howaver getting stronger artd stronger every day is the young peoples urge fust to be left al one this tendency could be just as disunifylng as a revolution glad to hear from you 01d flem and you young ruth and all i can say is phooey to you kim smiley whose opinions fragmented appear hi the quotation marks above a green traffic light doesnt mean go it means go with caution says the ontario safe ty league a traffic signal isnt a shield to guarantee safety be extra alert when entering aa intersection look left then right especially in the mom ents just after the light has cernible gap maybe its because changed from red business directory c0rbett chiropractic clinic spinal xray service available by appointment 8776631 69 mill st old post office optometrist rr hamilton od- 116 mountainview south carretal building for appointment 8773971 wallace thompson 3rd division court 772963 clerk a commissioner 0 a optometrist l m brown 0 d 47 main st n suite 1 for appointments phone 8773671 w 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