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22 aaaln slraat s georgetown onmrlo woi hage4 thursday august 35th 1966 1 i i opinions of others gpodnsilar it may come as a shook to canadian yvorkers who are under 40 but back before world war two an income of 5000 a year a pay cheque of just under 100 a week was vary much the exception in 1939 in fact the average factory worker put in 47 hours for a wage of 20 week today in the manufacturing industry the av erage is 41 hours for a wage of 90 a week the 5000ayear manis now almost the rule rather than tha exception looking at these figures ft is obvious that we are much better off today but a study made by the national industrial con ference board indicates that because of tax- etion and inflation the figures are quite misleading trie board is a private econ omic research group headquartered in new york and the study dealt with us statis tics but no doubt it would apply to canada in principle the income tax takes so much more than in 1939 and inflation has so reduced the purchasing power of the dollar that a us worker has to earn 13234 to be as well off as the 5000 earner of 1939 the escalation is even more pronounced in the higher income brackets in 39 the 25000- ayeer man who was married and had two children paid 1727 income tax to have as much money to spend today he has to have an income of 76416 because out of that sum the income tax takes 22562 and from the oakvhle journal record the effects of inflation wih subtract another 30581 as noted these are american figures but there is evidence that inflation and tax ation have undermined workers income 16 about the same extent in canada as a mea sure of how much ess the dollar buys be cause of inflation there is the point that the consumer price index has risen from 635 in 1939 to 1438 in june of this year which means that the cost of living has gone up by about 125 per cent in the iod on the taxation side the combined take of the three levels of government as a pro- portion of the countrys total output of wealth has risen from less than 20 per cent in 1939 to more than 32 per cent today to consider income only in 1939 the average amount remitted to ottawa by those canadians in the 4000 to 5000 taxable income bracket who were rela tively well off since their incomes were four to five times that of the average fac tory worker was only 71 today the person with a taxable income of 650 pays a tax of 71 those with a taxable income four to five times the average factory wage that is something like 200000 a year pay an income tax to ottawa of 6400 perhaps it is pointless to mourn the passing of the good old days but the wor king man might reasonably yearn for the good old dollar y firearms and education from the guelph mercury there is a growing concern about the easy availability of firearms in canada par ticularly all calibres of rifles and the illegal uses to which they could be put by irres ponsible people attempting to control the situation however seems to be as hope less as trying to protect presidents and prime ministers from assassination it boils down to a matter of taking all reasonable precautions and then hoping for the best this raises the question of whether or not present regulations meet the require ments of reasonable precaution under provisions of the criminal code of canada the sale of firearms is restricted to persons 14 years or over that is the only restric tion applying to their purchase although no private person may purchase a machine gun it is thus relatively simple to buy a rifle either of 22 calibre or one powerful enough to knock down an elephant a much higher degree of control is exercised over the purchase of small arms such as pistols or revolvers a permit from the local firearms registrar is required be fore a purchaser can take rt home the fire arm must then be registered with the pro vincial police and with the royal canadian mounted police permits to carry small arms are issued only to those who have good and sufficient reason for doing so and most of these go to members of gun clubs there is good reason for the extra pre cautions taken with small arms they can too easily be concealed whether or not such precautions ought also to be taken in the case of rifles and shotguns is a moot ques tion it would not prevent the illegal use of the weapons although it might serve as a deterrent many however will feel that most children 14 years of age particularly those raised in urban areas are too young to be trusted with rifles the best work in this field is being carried out by sportsmens clubs in ontario whose members are cooperating with de partments of lands and forests in conduct ing hunter safety programs the sportsmen are educating young people in the proper use of firearms and regulations now state that a first application for a hunting licence must be accompanied by certification indi cating the applicant has passed the hunter safety course there have been cases where sportsmen have conspired with an applicant to get around the regulation but these cas es have been few in number a boy who learns to handle a gun with care and respect is not likely to use it improperly in later years unwittingly adding to toll fdont involve the police in unneces sary highspeed car chases was in effect suggested at the recent sarnia convention of the ontario police association referring to presnt legislation which requires police to stop a car to ensure identify of the dri ver a delegate from hamilton said it can force the police into highspeed chases that could end in accidents th- spokesman migljthave added but did not that the public blames the police when such a chase ends in a crash not knowing or not remembering that the law requires the car be chased or by inference the misdemeanor which caught police at tention forgotten qk awavkk srwjrmywaitokohisi lsivths3sjiekamiamypinbtllc r6wtob am vmhoonas uwh thbm 3wohv aooms vxbmat the vmtkr staivt thclknjkm sunny water bbw thr shining iseawater xiongfellows hiawatha ifanut pa it ktymr aii the c0mihg of the traders sugar ralulj kjillmh by bill smiley riding the waves this summer ive been out i a boat twice but each wis memorable in its fashion the first time old friends called and told us to be at their cottage sharp at noon next day they were entertain- ins friends from the states and wanted us to join them for a special scenic ride by chartered boat it sounded interesting and it was we drove so miles to their cottage light refresh ments and we all piled into two ears and drove 15 miles to tobermory the boats skipper was an old friend archie simpson and we exchanged long- timenosees from the brampton times we would back up the suggestion that a dose critical appraisal be given that par ticular piece of legislation h is usually possible to get the licence number of the car in question it must be reasonably sim ple job to find out who was driving it there are quite enough occasions al ready on which policemen must take a risk and drive fast and there are certainly far too many accidents already to leave one sfone unturned which might result in a de crease of either risks or crashes repealing that section of the highway traffic ad might be of real public benefit tn thi mail bag odeonsays georgetown too small for theatre 10 albert street dear mr editor for the information of mrs baker and others who may have oddered about the possibility at oeopening the local theatre vmrl ear that aboat18jnontbs wmshaycr gibbons asked me to make an investigation into such a development taking place i wrote to the odeon com pany and hi a reply from their managing director i was advi sed that even if the local inter ested persons were to undertake a mpaigw to underwrite the cost of getting the building into shape their directors consider ed opinion was that it would not be economically sound to try to operate a movie theatre in a town otiess than twentyfive to thirty thousand population it would therefore seem that we will have to continue to meet our friends in brampton until such time as we arrive at the magic number yours very truly cee davidson bible thoughts bur wtth many ef thai were eventirwwn in l- corinthians kfcs the man who lives for the world can look for the worst everything want swimmingly h was a beautiful afternoon our host had provided all tha trimming the company was pleasant and the scenery sup ft as wa cruised along the rugged north shore of the bruce pennlnsula then the breeze freshened we began to wallow a btl nothing serious but two of the party began turning a pale green should we go on or turn back it was decided to press on pull into wingneld basin and wait for the breeze to drop it didnt it became a wind the skipper said it would be a rough trip back the ladles looked longingly at the shore centennial report 1867 111967 rcaf planes flying over ca nadas isolated communities in the far north are going to be airdropping some unusual car go in the months ahead during the coining school year the planes will be making airdrops of bright new medal lions souvenirs of canadas centennial to the school chil dren of the north why air drops well some of those communities are so isolated there simply is no other way for deliveries to coincide with distribution of the medallions to the rest of canadas school papulation in time by june 1 1967 six million of the centennial jnedalliens for school children are now being produced for the centennial commission by the royal canadian mint at ottawa each medallion one inch and a q iter in diameter wfll be packaged in a special envelope bearing the centen nial symbol on the outside the first delivery of medal lions from jfee mint will be i special one 2000 to the centemial commission at the end of september r the air drop allotments then the mint will make direct shipments to au the provinces and territor ies by april 1 1967 depart ments of education will redist ribute to all their schools for presentation toward the end of the school year for indian children sttend- tny federal schools the mint will make direct shipments to those schools operated by the fedi 4 government the dep artment of national defence will distribute medallions to all canadian school children i military bases overseas centeitmal commissioner the medallion design shown here was recommended this past spring by a special vis- ory committee to the centen nial commission the choice of the design was made following a contest conducted last year among five experienced cana dian designers winner of the commissions award for the obverse side or the medallion was thomas shingles of viot- orii bc and for the reverse side mrs dora de pedrey hunt of toronto ontario the medallions will be of lasting signifigance to all in the new generation perhaps they will be passed along from generation of lilies and a number will appear again on the 200th anniversary of con federation after two hours our host stout chap borrowed a dinghy and rowed 500 yards to the light- boose made arrangements and rowed back without even suf fering a coronary we went ashore two cars ears were available we would drive to tobermory pick our own cars and drive back to the cottage but who was going to drive the two cars back to the lighthouse that was only the beginning of the complications too in volved to relate here both cars broke down the rear end went on one just as reached tobermory and the other crept into the village ami brakes psiaassssp 10yumaoo- a large storage bam owned by owlet greta rt- wet completely destroyed bv tire wednesday r- charles harris e resident on foe grttg property q red the fire when he faokedpout hhavfadow ftdi flames ticking up the sides otthe barn the r had contained various typos of farm machinery induj log a tractor spraying equipment and- cuhlvalotvi well as numerous bales of hay mr john n- black has purchased the kirkwood feed a in balllnafad anct has moved with his wife and twoso to an apartment in thejistrict a cm wednesday august 22nd the federation of w teachers association of ontario met for dlnrfsr iif royal york hotel to do honour to five teachers in province for their outstanding public school teaffai they received the federations highest honour honor membership miss beatrice hume of georgetown one of the five so honoured 20 years ao 4 removal of the federal subsidy has raised wile pric here to 15 cents a quart a fifty percent increase ow thsryyice of milk a year ago election of the 1946 student council at high school h resulted in the following officers form 1 reresentatlv j a carter s alexander m golden form 2 represent tives ross dillon betty king form 3 emery thompso mary sargent form 4 d alexander j chester for 5 p robinson r hunter- secretary v barhei frei urer walter sargent the ladles grimy but glad leek one ef our- own cars and went back to the cottage my host another cnap and myself spent two hours and drove ab out m miles organizing the re turn of the bor cars but it all ended pleasantly with hamburgers at the cottage about 10 pjn midnight found me arguing racial problems with a big dumb norwegian lawyer from chicago hes so dumb he has only three million dollars to his name and still had to drive so miles borne a memorable boat ride ten miles by boat and 250 by car but good clean fun all the way the other boat ride was a typical smiley event kim and i went out in her uncles boat after a threeminute per iod of instruction she insisted on driving though she had never steered anything more powerful than a canoe we staggered about the lake she grinning wildly i i id with fear in the bowfoi miles from the home dock hit bottom drop the anchor man i board hard sstern these and a few other sal seagoing terms too late had sheared a pin that means i spoke silently to myself about ave minutes bead t od as if in prayer then 1i die wa made it ashore m minutes using our hantf she stuck with the ship waded rocky sho clambered barefooted 1 poison ivy seekins help hours after we had set out a 15minute whirl aboul 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