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Gurreat Cotinents ‘Gains in The Claresholm. Chamber -of . Commerce by its recent action. in calling a public meeting relative to the air port question has grown in stature. This is the word from a number of resident farmers who up until the time of the meeting won- dered-what the Chamber was doin The explanations and excerpts 0 meetings held given-to those in at- tendance‘at the public meeting made an impression on those not tn the know. The Chamber program, des- pite the © organization. having. an agricultural committee, has never. in- terested too many farmers. in_becom- ing members. . In fact some mem- bers were of the opinion that: the Chamber, through lack of apparent interest and action in the air. port proplem, were against the Municipal istrict obtaining. certain surplus pula at the port’ for their own use. The meeting appears to have corrected this impression with the result the Chamber will be watched with interest to see what leadership it will give from. hereon in. Those at the meeting were told that little could be. done by an. organization until such times as the court handed down a decision on the pending in- junction. Those in close touch with the work of the Chamber the past few. years fully realize that the -or- ganization has. had a “tough row to hoe.” The. breakaway from the Claresholm Men’s Club left a wound that is healing slowly. .Then for the past two years the air port prob- lem has been the foremost question in the community but the Chamber did not want to take sides while negotiations appeared to. be coming along favorably. It was only. when someone: ‘threw a monkey wrench” into the plan that the Chamber de- cided to come.out and take a stand. Today, officials of the Chamber real- Stature ize their mistake in not taking strong action back in the days when it was possible for the town to acquire the former air port. “Regulations in the Town and Village Act regarding the town acquiring property for industry outside the limits of the town have had a dampening effect on the ef- forts of town offictals and the.Cham- ber. But seemingly due to the ef- forts on the part of other interested municipalities, this regulation in the Act may be changed to permit towns to acquire property for industrial use. If this change in the Act is possible now it could. have just as easily, been made two or three years ago with the proper presentation. The idea of getting the community, other towns along this line and inter- ested people in changing the regula-~ tiohgs in the Act were never ex- plored. An official of a town to the south of here told those at the meet- ing that two other towns which. have purchased former air ports may not be in their legal rights but they didn’t have a. citizen come forward and establish road-blocks. This state- ment had the suggestion the town should have made representation to purchase the air port and’ worry about the legality later. Possibly this is where the Chamber erred. It “swallowed” the statement. that nothing could be done and not being asked to assist in any way, sat on the sidelines. However, that is “water under the bridge” and maybe it is not too late for the Chamber. to take an active part in future negotia- tions. In the meantime, it would appear that the country folk have a greater respect for the Claresholm Chamber of Commerce. and_ this knowledge will no doubt strengthen the Chamber’s action in whatever endeavor it may embark upon in the forthcoming months. Not Worth It The Canadian Chamber of Com- merce have prepared and forward- ed to the Federal Government a pre- budget brief on:a ‘‘substantial reduc- tion” in corporate and personal in- come tax:- We can’t see the reduction of income tax in this field as a means of. stimulating growth ‘of production and employment. We are in agreement with the parent body. in welcoming a royal commis- sion on taxation but until this is done and their finding’ made public, bet- ter to explore other avenues of tax- ation to gain the same result: .How- ever there are two other. points in the Chamber brief we can agree with at this time. They are permission for companies to deduct “all gen- erally” accepted business expendi- tures from’ taxable income and--a higher ceiling on: tax-exempt pay- ments into retirement pension plans. When the Chamber comes out ‘and advocates taxing the small business- Not - One would think that this is Chamber of Commerce week! This ig not so and the Current Comments all on activities of the Chamber is just a coincidence. The nominating committee of the Chamber are faced with obtaining the ‘top brass’. and as a result of the rural interest at this time, the matter of filling the slate of officers should be easy. At no time in the history of the Cham- ber has it been held in so high esteem. But there is always the person who has much to say on the street, in a group or around ‘the coffee-counter but who's.-afraid. to accept the- responsibility of . public office: These self-styled advocates of community. bettérment are afraid - for business reasons, afraid of ridi- cule and criticism which goes: with the job in the Chamber executive. Democracy demands much more than mere lip service and if business- ‘the. thinking man on his actual take-home-pay each year, then we'll endeavour to gather votes for the idea. Presently the businessman pays on the yearly earnings of whith 50%. could be on the’ books and: some. never: collect- ible. Cutting income.taxes on the ordinary ‘Joe” wouldn’t be cigarette money. It is not the incorporate in- come tax which is strangling the growth of. industry but: lack . of markets. .Given markets industry will grow despite income taxes. The government is the same as_in- dustry, businessmen and others: who must. have a certain amount of money on which to carry on. If it doesn’t come one place it must come from another. If the governments donot get it from tax channels, they. will have the experts dream up new ways of getting the needed revenue. So the problem is still with us. So! men are to take-their proper place in the community they must be prepared to serve. The phrase ‘so and so can do. a better job’ because he is: more interested than I am or that I’m too busy. with. other organizations” is just the exctise of someone ‘trying to shirk their respdnsibilities. Yet they would be the first to holler if a cer- tain group got into power and did inking for them. That has been the trouble of Jate in too many organizations in town—too few mak- ing the decisions. “The Chamber of Commerce. can serve a useful pur- pose in the’ community and given the propet leadership dnd. support may be-the means of bringing the community out of. its. present. prob- lem. Therefore now is the time for those men who claim to have an interest in the welfare of-the com- munity to begin pulling their weight. Life's Like That a FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC MEETING. LAST WEEK OVER the air port question’ I met Doug Sagi, Calgary Herald. staff writer and Egon Frech, Lethbridge Herald staff writer, both from. their respective cities to cover one of the biggest stories of the year. tL hope they not disappointed.) After comparing . notes. and discussing J best to handle the news content of the meeting Mr. Frech left for home. Mr. Sagi, learning that the air port hassel has been going .on for years, happened to mention that he enjoyed small:town politics, “After more “shop-talk” from the hall to the doorway, we happened to meet Dr. Kindt. Mr. Sagle ap- peared to know Dr. Kindt well. enough to ask when he would be leaving for. Ottawa and when there would: be ‘an election. Dr. Kindt stated he was-returning to Ottawa next week and that he didn't expect an election for another three. years. G. “BALOY”, MORKIN CAME JN FOR A SUBSCRIPTION - the other night and 1 jokingly sald “What, did your neighbors move away?’ He -was a good sport and admitted that he had been getting the paper elsewhere. We don't mind how the resl- dents of the area get the paper so long as they get it. We're’ like the undertaker Jn this respect ‘‘sooner or later they coma to us.” In our case, as a regular subscriber. LAST FRIDAY MORNING WITH THE TEMPERATURE BE- Member CLARESHOLM LOCAL PRESS Gordon Neale, Editor Member of NV An Independent weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Claresholm, Alberta, Canada. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Oftice Department, Ottawa. Thursday, January 17,1963 SS eet letters to the Editor Some Opinions About That Airport Meeting Claresholm, January 10, 1963. The Local Press, © Claresholm, Alta Dear Sir: After attending — the meeting sponsored by the | Claresholm, Chamber of Commerce . called thelr objection to the sale to the M_D., thereby. giving “Us” an. op- portunity to consider both sides of the. question but they were conspicuous: by their absence The meeting was unanimous in expressing their desire that the R.C.A.F. Station be sold -for. the benefit. of the majority ‘of the taxpayers whose money helped to build ft, which is the opinioa of Sincerely yours, Average Circ. 1034 represented and Hy satistied with the execellent: service ren- dered to us and the whole muni- cipality by Mr. Long, indignantly repudiate the actions of . these malcontents. We. irate citizens fecl; that we are being deprived of material. gain which Js right- fully ours. It Is a‘sorry state of affairs if all the actions. carried out in good. faith by our elected representatives, for the good of the community, are to be chal- lenged by men who are not of good will, Yours .very truly, tween 20 and 25 degrees below zero 1 accompanied Supt: Lorne 1, hear and discuss matters relat- Stewart to Nanton. On the way down, just outside. of town We- ing to the: sale of the R.CAF. noticed a large flock of Pheasants roosting in the trees. At several points ‘along the road We noticed Phcasarits hunched up. Mr. Stewart happened.to remark that during hurting season one could~ lons if I may be permitted to do drive for miles without, coming acroas a single bird. On: the return “trip a flock of Hungarlans flew across the road, Incidentally, the trip was made to view the new Nanton school. It's a beaut. Ll advise our readers to attend the opening ceremonies which will be held Jatsr-on. ‘Due notice will be made in this publication. It will be well worth the 'trip-to Nanton, BILL McCARTNEY, FORM ERLY OF CLARESHOLM. NOW of Granum, came into the shop last Friday with an overlarge finger on his writing hand. He happened to take the end off . «in the planer. He owed -a_smali bill which | made out the cheque for but. when It came to signing his. ‘John Henry’ he ‘ended up like the usual banker's scrawl, ° station, I {elt irritated enough to write and voice a few opin- so through. he. medium of your aper. First, I wish to congratulate the chairman, Don Gaudette, for the very able and efficient way he conducted the meeting and presented the story. of ‘negotla- tions which have taken place between the parties concerned and the Federal Gov.. in dolng so I feel: I am. voicing: the opinion of the majority who at- tended the meeting. also to Dr. | THANKS ARE DUE THE THOMPSON NEWSPAPERS’ FOLKS xindt for being present to give for making available to us a copy of the excellent book on libel ‘ug the information we desired to and slander. This is the.finest work of its type ever turned out for know, Canadian newspaper publishers. While it.does of course deal with the subject in the light of Ontario law, the basic. counsel and information | that we live In a democracy which it contains will be of great value to the writer of editorials and’ 41 permits us to hold a meet- news comment. The basic rules of libel and slander were’ instilled ing of. this type at which ‘clti- in us during. our apprenticeship. Since then we have an occasion zens can meet and express their veered near the borderline but always managed to be right. -Pierre opinions. freely and we pray the Rerton, one of Canada's ‘foremost writers and. TV. personalities. day is far distant. when a saw- states a newspaper hasn't muth life: if it doesn't have the odf dust. Caesar may. arise from libel suit. -At the same time, it-!s difficult at times to determine amongst us and gain enouzh how far one can go without the’ danger of running into something power to forbid us this Mberty, Scraps in Script hot. by Lozina This should be_a good year for the ladies, especially for those ladies that design and sew their own’ clothes. Fashion has - decreed that a gown made from your drapes, the bedspread or your carpet will be just as much in vogue as from materials you. may -buy from a fabric counter, During the Civil War, we are told. women, resorted to cutting up their drapes ‘to make .cloth- ing. Now designers are deliber- ately using bedspread: material, upholstery fabrics and carpeting for clothes. Carpeting seem like the last straw, but anything is possible. when fash- ion designers go on a désigning spree—Seeshow handy this makes it‘for you if a party is coming up and you.haven‘t.a gown for the occasion, just carve up the bed- spread or drapes or combine the two and you may. be. the most fashionably dressed Jady there. There is just one catch to this, you won't be able to use them again in thetr original place. This brings to mind, if given a little thought, a use: for many things now packed ‘away in trunks. and boxes that could be . used to good advantage, if we just had the feeling {t wolld be fashionable. ; . T haven't had any new words in along time. I have found some few ones but they would escape me before I could use them. I do. have two_new ones for, you this week. Like many of the others, it is doubtful if they will beccme too common but they. are interesting. These words woukd—rainbow. Campbell us.we should get out more, have more vavattons,and go- fifhing @ftener if we are to remain healthy mentally and. physically. Nearly everyone has one im- portant, out of the ordinary, job We. should be very thankful Dr. Kindt informed the audi- ence of the enggavors of the Federal Government to sell all or part of the station, first. to the town of Claresholm. . Ap- parently. the. town: council felt they could not invest the rate- payers’ money. in such a specu- lative adventure. The Mayor. of Fort. Macleod who was present, at the meet- ing informed the audience that the town. of Fort Macleod made _ $45,000 through resale of build. ings purchased from the Federal they take on after: catching their breath in the New Year. I cleaned rnrient. out my. desk. - Hdw does one col- Ject so many pens with broken nibs, Inkless ballpoint pens that it is impossible to ‘buy new re- fills for. You. wonder. where they come from inthe first place. Their colors almost. rival the into the: waste basket. There were many letters and as I. read them again, I found I was glad I had not destroyed them before, though they. were several years old. They’ brought back. memories. of people and events that I had forgotten. - It was like_having a visit with very dear friends again. It was diffi- cult. to. let go of these into the waste basket. I found some old birthday books -f-hadn’t hada peek into for « long time. It-is surprising. how we add the years only to our- selves. 1 could only stop and think, how far along life's road some of my. entries had gone and many had left us. I dis- covered there is something sad about an old birthday book. — There were envelopes of clip- Pings about people and events. These too, had a way of taking me back through the happenings of bygone’ years... I culled them cout but since-I am a collector of these, many of them found their Too bad they must go_ ince then the M.D. of Willow Creek has. been negotiating to buy; part for workshops . and storage of. road’ machinery, . the remainder, if any, to be sold or rented ‘to industrial. companies who have expressed a desire to move in. The profit, would be credited to ‘the taxpayers. The Federal Government has been : anxious for :some time to close this deal. Negotiations have been s held. up by a group of citizens referred to by Harvey Dimm in his letter_of a few weeks ago as the “untouchables”: also hav- ing a desire to buy. Having discovered a point of law in the Municipal Act which forbide municipal governments from investing the ratepayers’ money. the sale to the M.D. is being + contested in. the courts. Charles: Dickens once said “the law fs an ass.” In this case. I believe it to be so. We had hopes ‘that one or more of the gentlemen referred to as the “untouchables” ‘would have beer present at the. meet- ing and given, their, reason for Fred. Darch A ‘group of electors. Indignationl Enjoy. Paper Claresholm, Alberta, January 11, 1963. * The. Editor, Clareshholm’ Local Press, ~ Claresholm, Alberta. Dear Mr. Neale: , Dear Mr. Neale: Enclosed please find our check We;. as a group of citizens of for another year’s subscription to Canada and taxpayers: of the the Clatesholm Press which we Municipal District of — Willow always enjoy getting. and read- Creek wish to express our feel- ing. ing of indignation and shock at . So far, wé have enjoyed’a mild the fact that our Councillor, Mr. winter. And also good business. Oscar Long, who represents a The family is. growing, not ‘only majority of four-fifths. of the. bigger but also in number as total vote. could be unseated by we have a’ new baby: girl born the hands ‘of a minority. In our September 24th, and. {is quite na- democratic form of Government, turally. getting well ‘spoiled by a -serupulous minority Wisely all her brothers and sisters. abides by the rule of majority. We all hope you had a. nice In the case of Mr.’ Long's Holiday Season and wish you Hastings, Nebraska, January. 4, 1963. Mr. Gordon Neale, Claresholm, Alberta. election. certain: of those who the best in the New Year. opposed his -election, have not Thank you, seen fit to react in the normal Yours truly, manner but have so. harassed this faithful public servant. that he has. resigned. We, clectors of Division 5, who have been well John A. Hanzel, 810 East Sth Street, Hastings, Nebraska, U.S.A. i OF Many Things by Ambrose Hills FARM PROBLEMS S. Farm probleris had an airing in parliament during October. Every farmer should. get Hansard October 16, 18 and 19.° It makes better reading than a hot Whodunit. Oddly ‘enough, though I am an’ anti-soclalist thm away back, I find myself very much, in- aecord with the sentiments of a leading socialist.on some farm matters. H.W. Herridge, New Democrat Parliament Leader, commenting on the debate in his party's paper, wrote: “We have always rejected the maxim that bigness automatically brings about greater efficiency. Wé have only to look at the inefficiency of Soviet agriculture des- pite collectivization—or, rather, precisely because of coliectivi- zation—to see how dangerous and ‘tragic are the results of doing away with the family farm. ‘The disasters that have befallen the Chinese communes are simply the latest example.” When Mr. Herridge changed his “despite” to precisely be- cause of,” he rang bells for me. é He rang more bells when he wrote; “While I have great respect for highly trained persons and specialists, whose advice is always necessary, I place an equally great value on the common sense of the ordinary Canadian farmer. He knows his economics.” He could-have delighted me-more if he had said-he placed greater. value on common sense, and that farmers. know their farms—rather than their economics. I believe the man who has been farming most of: his life, on his own_land, is the best- trained specialist to make decisions about it! It is refreshing to hear leading socialists talking like’ old- line Conservatives these days, when too many leading Conserva- tives are talking like doctrinaire socialists. Perhaps some sort | of balance will come of it. Of course, Mr. Herridge always has been an unusual socialist, if he {sone at. all. He may be socialist in the party sense, but nog in the theoretical sense. At any rate, he often talks 8 lot of good common sense. ' The bogey that bigness automatically means efficiency that will squeeze the little fellow ‘out of business {s one that needs to be. killed. The big concern is in constant’ danger of ‘slowness and bureaucracy; the little fellow, quick on his feet, can often win. Just keep out-of the fight and watch it; chances are the little fellow, if you leave him alone, will do all right. Canada’s Economic Picture Brighter. Outlook for the Canadian economy encouraged firms who formerly were are: Urbophrenia and Blometer- Way back Into my desk. ology. ~ *.. I.found many booklets of notes Urbophrenia, means: “city Jit- I had: made on many trips I have ters.’ A medical man in Phila- taken. These of course, are delphia_ thinks .a lot of people Priceless because as I read them are suffering ftom this, ailment’ I went back down memory lane and Iam sure many of us come to so many places that time home suffering froma mild case }as pushed away’ back in my of this after a day’s shopping in thoughts. The Gulf’ of Mexico, the city, Too much of this, so how cruel it. could ook on a the. medical man. says, may re- dull cloudy day. The stow mov- sult in physical. psychological and ing - Mississippi River. Watch- social disorders. Sounds like we ing it made it casy’to belleve all will have a need for our medical the Stories folklore has given us men for a long time yet. about it. In thought I travelled Biometerology. means. the ef. 0 Many places and-also. recalled fecis of weather and climate on the wonderful: feeling of coming life. It seems’ that. people who back to our prairies in the shad- are confined to their homes and oS of the Roeky Mountains. buildings of empolyment don't. When I finlshed the task many get enough of weather and cli: things had’ gone into the ‘waste mate, so their’ physical, mental basket. but many are still In my capacity. productivity, and cre. desk awaiting the day when my ative abilities may suffer. ‘This Courage Is great enough to des- ‘also may lead to Urbophrenia tray them. AIL A ATL tt Makes” uff: 8 viclous Including | rionsuitased roads, circle. . Canada has more than 400,000 This is a roo to tell miles. of highways” N in 1963 is seen in bright colors by Hon. George Hees, minister of trade and ‘commerce. in authority to be hopeful atthe begin- ning of a year, but Mr. Hees has some solid reasons to back up his forecast. year just ended, there has been a satisfactory improvement in the gross national product, in both physical volume and dollar value. Export trade has increased and employment is bet- ter than it was a year ago, although there is still: room. for improvement: For the coming year Mr. Hees forecasts an unusually strong financtal position for consumers, which should lead to freer spending and more. jobs at good wages throughout the country. He also forecasts. a five per cent. in- crease in capital spending by large Canadian companies, which should also increase job opportunities, now and in the future. s Mr. Hees credits the pegging of the Canadian dollar with some of the in- crease in foreign trade figures... The discount. on the dollar in foreign markets has made. it easier for export- ers to sell their goods abroad and has It is common for persons not exporters to try to enter foreign markets. Since the pegging of the dol- lar. was undertaken, Canada has‘repaid a large part of the. money she had to borrow’ abroad, although she still owes a sizable sum to the International Mone- tary Fund. This improvement in the fiscal position has given foreign in- vestors ‘confidence in the Canadian economy, and. the flow of outside cap- ital to this country, interrupted during the financial crisis of last summer, has been resumed and should continue. MESSAGE RECEIVED A red-faced weather man asks us to thank the anofiymous sender of the Christmas card inscribed: “I have just- swept six inches of partly cloudy off ° my side of the drive.” QUOTE OF THE MONTH “Quite apart from crises in the exchange value of the Canadian dollar, it.is madness to go or importing thinga we could produce ourselves when we have so many idle people looking for work in Canada.” : : —Mr. Walter Gordon,M.P. FREEZ * Tor 32 oz. . JOHNSO Banc Prices Jan. T We re right qua
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