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Tin L UCKNOWSENTINI Le,' LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Brue County council Initiated.
Two-day Special Session l,a�i Meek.
$ruee County. Couneil met
last week for as ;two-day session,
decided ' on in January to ,be
Itield‘ .between the .January. and.
June . Sev ons tofiaciiitate deal-.
n+g ' with county. • .business Lt;
was: 'an inovation an Bruce County
1egieslatirig, •
The County's tax' rate for 1963^
ns unchanged from .last year at.
131/ mills, 7% for highways
and . 53/4general. $.702,8.7.6 •will.
(he .raised aised: frau.' : Municipalities..,
Council decided to . start ''a.
reserve. fund and ` $10;000 • was
Fbugeted: for this purpose
County •treasurer Thomas A1 -
ton said $3,000 in interest char-
ges wil be saved by the Bounty
becal.I.Se the province decided ' to
pay a partial subsidy in, ¥ay
rather' than "wait until October..
This „advance_ .payment for Bruce
will Ibe about $13.2,000, -0 • •
Zlhe county will receive . ,its
rate 'on an increased . assessment
Valuation',of $255;3199. which is
the +arnount of "property in the
county on which the local mu-
nicipalities receive grants in lieu
MONUMENTS.
For sound counsel ' and a fair price on', -n, monument
•correctly 'designed fromualit
esigd� . • quality i
... ,.. _ material, rely on
p : SKELTON - ..MEMORIALS
Pat: O'Hagan, Prop.
lvstablished Over Sixty : Years
.Walkerton Phone `638-w ' . Ontario
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■ 1963. Pontiac Laurentian sedan, automatic:'li
■ 1963 Chev "Blair Sedan, automatic radio •
■ 1962 Pontiac. Parisienne 2 -door hardtop, V.,8; ':fully' powered :
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ioe.o■,■■Raaiiuieadn■ a ■ ■. ■>riapuai■it •
of taxes. Also 'the . total 'county
assessment increased by. $788;573
during the year wlhic+h will re-
sult.in the county rate 'bringing
iri an additional. $13,495 ,„ n* rev-
enue without increaainig the
mill 'rste. • .r
Tax Study Sehools
Council agreed with a finance
cornmitttee 'request . ',haat 1oea1
clerks and treasurers attend a
sohool where methods • of tax.
collection •by -instalments and•
other'. methods of finance will
•be : studied • with the ain of re-
dueing in'teres't ..paid 'o'n • .bank
loans Iby• municipalities." .•
Probably ' wo ' schools; w111 be
held, one to , +the' north of ,the.
county and 'one in the .south, '
Huron Supports Resolution
•A Bruce'�r•esolution ,critigizing
television, ision 'and radio liquor ad-
vertising received .little support
in some quarters However, clerk
Stuart . Forrester presented cox-
respondence ; on the issue from
the prime ininister, the . Ontario
premier, the Board of !Broadcast
Governors, ` the , Liquor :Control
Board, the United Gliuroh,
Canada, ' which supported the
resolution, as: we'11 . as several.
cqunti'es, including Huron.
Growing Cost .0f Services
A review of the • county rate
in Bruce over the .past 10 years
illustrates the igrowing cost of
'C.iia.1.�$i'.T�.V'-1C.es�!11d-•-tth
Of More snore Itiaxes .for ''highways,
In 1953 the rate was 11 % mu lis '
With. q1/2.. of this for general-. qac=
counts;. '..A . '11 mill . juump' . took
place in 1954;.With ' ihiglhways re
ceiiring ; only a qualrte:r mill of
this nncrease.. The ;,rate was un-
changed for 1955 butin .1956 the.
general rate went up 11/4 ++nils
to nine. ,.and• •higihway,s increased
a. •f mill' t ' 53/4.
•The w sessanent, ' in effect
in :1957, . sopped the rate but
made :little; ehapg.e> .in 'x.evenues
as. the total rate . of 10/4. mi.l'l
consisted .of 61/4 ' for general :fee -
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counts and four . for highways,.
The next - year '•,brought" _ the
first '.major.: increase for, 'high-
ways:: purposes, as . 'B'ruce' em -
,barked on la 'large-scale.' construc-
tion
on5truc:•tion prograrxi wlrhi' h is still under
:way..'' It is ,now showing results
in better '.row, s.'•ancl 'rower main-
tenance `costs' as more. roads are.
paved :••••.:
That '.' yearan additional.
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milks were, added for .':highiwiays
purposes' while 'the . general `'ac-.
counts were chopped a quarter
mill
Roads' received another, in -
Crease in .1959 'of three uarters
Of a 'mill while the. general
counts • went . ` up a ` ggarter rni11:
For the.: first. ;and probably last,
•time in, the county's •'' history:
highways and general accounts
receivedaqual: rates, of 61/4
mills.
In 1960 .the general . accounts
were curt a half mill to 53/4 while
hi+ghway.s went' Up a ,half rni.11-
Ihe .general accounts' :.Lewy, has
•remained unchanged tut. ;road.
costs went up td 71/4 in 1961, .and
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WEDNE$DAY, MAR. 27th,. 1963
■ ■a Illia.aa■ omiu .aa*IPI i.I. ewoo!U. U'Unr
THE BETTER
A CHANGE:FOR
us■ Why not make a COMPLETE. change for the, better • :
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ut your SWINE BREEDING. PROGI,i��N�NIE this: year.. �
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■. ' buy' , a top'purebred sow at.the upcoming breed- ■
oi err', sales. For you
• r information, the dates -are:-
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as A..,pril 3 : Zone.' 2 Yorkshire SaleWalkerton
■ April 4 ,Wellington County Yorkshires, Palm
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■ CountyYorkshires Bridgeport `:
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Presenting;'. the NEW
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C0.=0P BASIC
PACKAGE
HEALTH.
INSURANCE
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71A for 1962 end :19.63.
Kin•eardine.•'Ghaimhber of Com
meree rather ; than • the. . •tow.n.
council .` decided . a . .truck ' •route
st;ould .not `'be 'built 'td bypass`
the town the ' reeeve of neig+hlbor.-
ing Kincardine 'Township, A. E..
Greer told,. county. council . at.
Walkerton en Thursday.
Mr.: Greer of 1Glamis said` the.
chamber took a'survey,'of'niem-.
bers and decided against .the
bypass,' Tl'2 proposal fcr , the'
'new thick 'route..was ..made lby
',Kincardine Township.' ` P,.:
• R•ussell • Wiles of. •'Walkerton.,
suPerin'tendezit'. , of the. '' Bruce
,Caun:ty 'Home, ".is 'retiring .after
38 years. H. D, ..7lhernp on, " of
Lucknow, assistant' superintend-`
ent for :'the past several.months;
will : be .his .suece:asar. .•
Brcwn..•and Carl ':Lar
sen' :of the. Bruce County
pital' 'Beard waked council 'for a
grant for the proposed construc-
tion. program.`. at 'the . hdspital'.
ihe•re. • As the' Mill rate •h
' as been
'set for:�196i�
3 ne zmnediate action
was taken by,.counci1.
Freeloaders' are drawing heav-
ily•.from Peru'ce.•.con n4ty welfare
funds;. a we.ifare investigating
committee told ' county icouncYl
:yeste,rdayl People :really, needing
aid 'are being .deprived of .help,
the cornmittee said•
It suggested, some weiifare • ser
m .
vices be. aalgamated' to . avoid
duplication' • ani' pbor co-
Ordina—tion„
'.;Bruce County's ,19+63. levy,. bas-
ed on last .June's county .equali-
zaticn,..,J Will: brine in 'revenues
on a total assessment of $53,872,-
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Walkerton is the. municipality
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with' the largest assessment.' in
the county at $3,900,813, Othei
towns are .Kincardine; -:$2,774,98.0;
Port . Elgin, $2,091,$05;: South=
ampton $2,039,172; : Chesley,
$1,708,837 „ a;n�d Wiarton, $1,573
0,63, "
'Brt. leads other townships it
assessment . at $3,736,673; Huron,
$3,217.,930; Car:riek; $3,100,256
Arnabel, $3,008,036;.Kincardine
$2.66;$15; 0,, Bruce, .;$2,577,250,
Greenock, $2,494,100;' ' Elderslie
$.2;434,971; Culross, $2,036,824
Arran, $1,9:83,5:01 Sauge;en, $1,:
953;983; Kinloss, $1,737;939
Eastnor, $1,335,905; ' Albemarle
$1,038,315; St.' Edmunds;. $656,8.0(
and Lindsay, $447,500.
.Lueknow leads villages' in as•
sesment 'with . $975,861; '.Tees
water,'' $880,020, Mildmay., ; $734;•
965•;•• Paisley, $701,605;• Tara
.$563,400; : Ripley, $413;905; ,Lion':
!Head; $40.7,255; Tiverton; $255,-
695 and'"Hepworth, $203,890,..
EW BRIEFS
FROM NEARBY
Fergus Chamiber of; 'Commerc+
is • planning 'to expand: ,thein
Highland ' Games •,program. ` Fe'r
Agus is •,one of four, "great Gaines'
in Ontario at present. •
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Cemetery' notice ' in . Sheffield
England: "Owing to staffing 4i;iif
ficulties, grave digging . will .tiy
carried on by ..a skeleton staff.'
IN-HOSPITAL MEDICAL CARE: Op . to
)` ilospithI Visit ' and one :can iltation
for: non-surgical ,cal illnesses per 'contract
year for each • member and dependant.
// MAJOR MED/CAL BENEFITS: A SIAM 00
/deds.setible plan forHome and Office Visi f
*Option Drugs Ambulance ' Chor a. ;
:Limited Nursing Core end .. Therapy' treat.
nrsersts. .You pay the , first, $1.00.00 the
Co-op 'pays ,80% of the 'bokance up 'to:,
$5.000 'in. any, one 4+ectir.
"Your . Coop
has ; open..
membership'"
HURON
0 -OPERATIVE
MEDICAL
SERVICES
Office in the Clinton
Credit Union Building:
CLINTON, ONTARIO
Telephone Hunter 2.97$1.
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