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THE LUC,KNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOWR, ONTARIO
The LUCKNOW SENTINEL
LUCKNOW,, N.TARIO
"The Sepoy,Town" — On the; Huron Bruce Boundary.
Second -Class: Magistraton t�mbe- OS4'I
Established 1873 Published Each" Wednesday 'Afternoon
Member, of the C'.W,N',A., and
Subscriptions Rate,. $5.00 a year in advance -- to. the U.S.A., $7
Donald C. Thompson,' Publisher
WEDNESDAY; MARCH, 17th,. 1971;
What's Wrong With Quarterly Taxes?
Two
• 'weeks ago there• was 'considerable discussion at' a meeting
of the Huron Board of Education over the.frequency and timing of edu-
cation levies. One faction beheved that the board should ask for tax
monies from the municipalities within the county twice yearly, and
op dates early enough to avoid'excessive bank interest•charges. They
were opposed and ultimately defeated' by the remaining n�,embers: of
the board who favored June: and' December dates,
WEDNESDAY
ARCli, 17th 1971..
ration. Week .61 rked At. Brookside Schoc
Originally many.'school boards' in Ontario requestedthat . edu-
cation levies be sent in by municipalities on a quarterly basis, presum-
ably with the same thought in. mind that' interest :charges might, be
reduced•There was a tremendous outcry at the;proposal that municipal;
taxes • should. becollected at intervals throtighot * the .'year; rather than
ti4he-time-Worn-pottern-Of-'-aunual-payinellt
What, -precisely, is ° so- wrong with a municipality collecting its`
taxes,. including those required for, education purposes, four times a
year instead ofonce?' 'It would .a ear that 'we are still in the appear a t e grip o#
an. economic philosophy . inherited from the pioneers , In rural Ontario
•
we tend to believe the only time there is any;sR are: cash on hand' -,is"
afterr. the cropshave been sold in the, fall.
It is quite true, that in earliertimes, when agriculture was .the
hinge -pin of a rural economy and farmers relied on the sale of their.
wheat for the year's only real money; Mll was tax time. That. is hardly
the case today. In the first place our economy' is no longer dependent
entirely on farm income; and in'the.second"place. very few farmers are
worried about selling :wheat
'The annual tax bill, for 'Most ; property owners, whether .on the
farm : or in town, ha's always been ,a. bug -bear. ' For, :the• prudent, who
g ..
:put away a few., dollars. out of each pay cheque, it may have been satis-•
'.factory, but the. av
era e ..Meeting the financial crises 'Which
are bound to arise, found
tax time quite a worry —,particularly •'since,
fit' rolled, around just when mother was' .trying to: save ;a few dollars
for Christmas • :gifts.
•
To us, ;a quarterly-t-ax-paymentsys ':.. sense : e
'amount' . to be 'raised on each occasion would be Only one-fourth as
burdensome:. Goodness knows the buying habits of the general public
offer enough proof of the popularity of the installment` plan when it,
comes to paying for other urchases.
•
•Local clerks and tax collectors might find the quarterly' system
ing, but like any;other ' business managers,
a little more• time-consuming; .
they would be able to work:out; a: feasible 's:stem for a i
system_ � ccepting money
at more frequent:intervals. Certainly the benefits. whick.wouid.accrue,
to the board of education and the eventual saving; : to taxpayers would
make theextra effort worthwhile.`
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SNOWMOBILE RACES'AT DUNGANNON PARK
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ng nmversa
An open hoos,e• was held Or Mr;
and Mrs. Stuart. Finlay of Saska
toon_i.ny.honatir of e -i -r 65th--We:d=
ding.Annriversaty on Saturday.,
February 20th. Tt,e'open hduse•
was arranged by the. family.
-The .couple we; e both born in
the Dungannon area and were mar,
ried here 65 years ago a.rid rrtoved
west to.'EIstow, in 1999:. kir, and
hies, .Finlayy homesteaded in the
. 'Meacham Bruno District iil9l:
"moving back to Elstow in 1927,,to.
farm until their retirement to .
Saskatoon itt i96o. .
They shave four children, Hazel
Johnson, d:eceased),;
• Vera.: Mrs i Bob Holman, Devon.,
Alta Prat7klin 'and Stuart of
Sasitatoon Mr. and Mrs. Finlay •
also have $ grandchildren and 12
great grandchildren.
The isouple received matt k
,��;. � •: `sem
floral .tributes,, telegrams' aril
cards...fSor4.4,far away
as Chicag6., Mayor Buekwold '
sent` Greeting's' from the citizens
'bfSaskatoort 'Guests ine,iraded
the Right H:onora'bte-
John leirefer baker,'
Cleave. `,. Pw ,, and awa<r and w�?s.
`Sandi
Snowmobile /Club , got 'Off to. a •
bigstart on 'Saturday evening:,,
March; :13th,' The dance -held .at
up `"to:1'6•horse ower, Who .also
won :the 18years. y.
. ars and under ;.
,arr Livingston of Seaforth
Brian Argyle of Goderich ,•R:;Alla n
Drennan; R.•. 7. Luckno.w.` •
• • The Ashfield Winter Carnival.,
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sponsored''by the Bluewater.
the Saitford :Valley•, Hall was
largely attended: Bo h young` •
.and old enjoyedg dancing to the,
music .of The: Country' Boys •
The lucky draw was'won by
'.Clare :H.odge•s of Stri,'atford.
• n Su da '. fternoon an• en-,
O n y..a .
thusiastic crowd was,on.hand at
the 'Dungannon 'Agricult.ural Park
to look, over .the;different makes
;of snowmobiles and to watch'the
races: •
On., hand' for the event' were,
Arctic,Cats; Moto -ski, Ski -Doo,
slrirrio Ski-Wh z Boa- ski, •
Husk .. -, Skirotile Sno het;' Ru
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Snow 'prince, •etc.•
Races of underwayat
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with the president, Cletus Dalton
as master of'cerernonies. ' Entries'
were frorn Listowel Sea forth'.
Goderich Kincardine and local'
area..
Ray,: 3.enne:tt-9f-CKNX::wain=
hand with .his rriobile load, speaker
system.
2_,1t_isl hailed_to-ria-ke the : whiter---
carnviai an annual event:, At
time of:writing , it looks, :as if •
this will be the 'grand finale to
srrowmtsbiling.for this winter;.
Prizes; were awarded as follows:
Open Race, 12 years and under.,
ons our Frocks,
re Leaving Ar -ems
A card party arid, 'social evening
was held in Holyrood Hall on Fri-
day, March 12th, when friends of
the area gathered to honour,Mr,.
and Mrs. John .Frooli�'a d be-
fore their departure. Other mem-
bers of their family were present;•
The Frook family havesold
their ,General Store at Holytood
and are moving t `Hanover
l�;rs l'rorne. Fad -le -addressed the'
honoured guests and Mr, and
Frook were presented' with a, rriir:-
ror, tree -lam and purse'of mon-
ey. by .Mrs .' Howard Harrt and
Cliff Johnston
Rick,. was preseY-ntedw.it al'i''
d G"r ''tict . y Y.,eti,.•E-adte
• :.Open. Race up to. 3Q0; c. c , ,
Ron Berlett , David,Livingston,
Brian Craig • • • •••
Open Race, from: 0 to 250 c.c ,
Brian Craig, Harry :Clements,
Murray MacLeod "
Ladies Open, Jill 13erlett•, .Gail•:
Livingston , Anne Rock
Men's -Obstacle Course ";-13111 ‘.
Stewart, Ron "•13er1ett, Al:llster. IViv
ins
Open Race, 300 c.:G:' '"-'35O C....
Harry Clements , Ron' Berlett , ;Ron'
%n
.Open 1Race',.350'c.c.
Wayne Young; Ron . E3erlett, Ron:
Young. .
Open Race, 40'0 c,c Stoerk :or
modified Harry .Cle,ments Ron
Young, Ron.Danial.. r
Over 400.c.c .stock', 13i11
Stewart, Ken Vanderburg, 13.
Zbona;nki . .
ivlrs..,; Marvin Duirnin of :Dttn�;an
nob, Kmdergaiten:teacher a,t
:Brookside, Public School;; met
is e
•the school on'•Thursday a's paitc t,'•
education week...Mrs.' Durniri,.
.on the left ; shows some of the.
class •Wor•k-:to �M s- .Dun(, -an Simi::
son of; Ashfield, on'the right.
Beside Mrs.' Simpson is her: 1) ,•y't r•
old son Duncan'Jr. Standing bc,kt•
'to Mi . Dutnin is' 6 -year-old •: .. '
:Scott. Wilson ,. son of Mr..:and..
Mrs .
:Murray Wilson of .West ,Waw
nosh. ,Both noun men:are kirtd -
"ei arten students.
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elebrafied 9th `.
irthday Receritly
ST HELENS'
;hors. Donald NtcDotiald , r .Cur zr
er.St lelen•s resident; ;eelchr,tr-;.'
ed her ninetieth'' birthda '.. 'recc.Iii 1'.
at'i3rucelea Haven; Walkeriou.. ,`:
Many ha..ppy returns;\trs: •\kr 1?ui'7�',
aid• from you r- lie lens friends'.
Thursdayni �ht is the next
g •,
§hoot Party. at .St..FEe'leri's Lt rid '`
is served ,
Ce ald Do sc.ht is .a par ten. i
'Victoria Hospital, London
borscht .visited' on the week end,.
w.i.th hi-rr%-
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