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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1966-06-16, Page 12Page 12t—ClintQni News-Record—Thurs^ June 16, 1966 County Assessment Plan Rejected by 26-13 Vote (By R. S, ATKEY) GODERICH -r- By a record ed vote of 26-13, Huron County Council Tuesday afternoon de cisively rejected a. recommenda tion of the County Equaliza tion Committee that th® County Assessment Commissions Sys tem bo established for the County of Huron, .effective 'January 1, 1967, Recorded vote was as follows'-- FOR system; Alexander, Boyd, Boyle, Gandon, Gibson, Jefferson, Krauter,' Leiper, Mc- Fadden, Snell, Stewart, Talbot, Thiel — Total 13. AGAINST system: Corbett, Cuthill, Dalton, Dun bar, Etherington, Geiger, Hardy, Hayter (Elmer),’Hayter (Jim), Hendrick, McIlwain, (2), Noakes, son, Smith, Stirling, (Duff), Thompson Wonch — Total 26; • , Prior to the vote, indicated doubt in minds regarding cost necessity- for establishing the system at the present time and fear of ' inability to obtain qualified- personnel. The Equalization Committee . in it's recommendation pointed’ out that one of the most im portant factors relates to a- . vailability of staff. ' ’ “Eventually each and every municipality will be faced with the problem of obtaining a licensed assessor. As long as your assessor continues to do the work on a’ temporary lic ense^ you do not have a prob lem.. Once this- assessor leaves your municipality, .■*. then you. must obtain the services of a licensed person. . “Further, in view of the fact that it -is apparent all, counties. . will eventually be adopting this type of 'assessment system^ we, feel it would be more advan tageous for the County of Hur on to establish ,the County As sessment Commissioner System now, in order to have .some choice of staff, and at. the same -time be able to retain in our own County, men who are pre sently licensed and working in the County of Huron.” M. Jelly, Ontario Department t of Muicipal Affairs who prte;- vtously had met the committee , also. addressed Council in ses sion -before the vote wias taken. He recommended for Huron County, eleven male assessors and two clerk-stenographers at an estimated cost of $68,700 for salaries alone, for a .total-esiti-. mated County cost of $86,200, Cook, Kerr,Jewelil (2), McKenzie, Moody Procter, Thompson (Elgin), Robin- discussion members’ .^gainst a provincial grant pf $8,000, In addition, Me, Jelly said provisions would have to be made for offices and .furniture, With 50 per cent grants on equipment. in answer to :a question, County Cloak-treasurer Jphn, G. Berry stated no rpom could be available in present Court House, and tliat total cost pf the proposed system could, well exceed. $100,000 per year, Committee chairman Thomas Leiper, Hallett, during the dis cussion, Stated that on a recent tour of the south of .the County, he had’found at least four .as sessors WhP wanted to quit. “We have some assessors under license but won’t be- able to replace them with, qualified aissessors,” he said. “However, I want to point out that regarding the oyer-all cost, this tptal of $86,200 does not include. office spaice nor equipment”, Reeve Leiper in formed Council. Figures indicated that be tween $40,000 and $50,000 is being spent now by the County on. assessing, the chairman pointed out? Reeve Carl Dalton, Seaforth, declared he was “getting rnjore confused as time goes on.” Owning a farm in McKillop Township’ and 'a house and lot in Seaforth he was certain that “farm values are increasing far faster than, urban values”, Reeve Duff Thompson, Clin ton, asked if -tihjis was to be “a reassessment all over, again”. He wqs assured .it was just that, , “How is the county system going to differ from the pre sent time where assessing is done locally by municipalities?”, he asked, Mr. Jelly replied that the County of, Waterloo had re ported large accounts of assess ment gained in the Switch. Reeve Thompson suggested that now there arc 26 munici palities to look after. Appoint ing eleven in their place did not seen! feasible to relieve the situation. Reeve Grant Stirling, Gode rich Township, said he had been talking recently to representa tives of other counties and they were unanimous in stating that actual cost was .far in excess of the estimate. “You can be absolutely sure of that!” he exclaimed. MP's Plow First (Continued from page one) cd”.'/ - ' .The • two cabinet minister were presented with hats,” pro moting the match, in October. A. J. Wright, president, Sea forth" Mons and -Dr. Frank Mills, president of Goderich Ro tary, made the presentations for their clubs. Robert/ McKinley; MP fpr Huron, and Murray Gaunt, MPP; for Huron-Bruce, both spoke to the 300 persons pre sent. „ ‘ . 1 Other speakers were: James M. Scott on whose farms the main part of the match & be ing held1, and who has been ap pointed Mayor of the Tented City; Huron Warden Ken Ste wart, Reeve of McKillop in- which, township the ’match is being hold; John F. Flannery, Mayor ” of Seaforth; Norman Barber, Owen Sound, president of the’Ontario Plowmen’s As sociation and Floyd A Laskliey,- OPA secretary-manager. The co-chairmen of the Hur- . on Local Committee1, Gordon McGavin, Walton and Larry Snider, Exeter, bo-th. spoke. The wardens Of Perth, Wel lington -and Lambton Counties were also present. After the sod-turning the in vited guests attended a recept ion and buffet dinner at the Seaforth Arena. • Clinton and district persons on the local committee include:- Doug Miles, Huron Agriculture Representative, who is secre tary; Bill Hanly, Huron Couhity deputy dlerk, who is treasurer; Tom Leiper, Reeve of Hullett, in .chtrgie of teams and horse show; Waiter Forbes, Clinton. in Oharge of wagon tours; - Simon _ Hallahan, Bly th charge of special events. County Council Hears (Continued from page one) e’ter, asked what wias the object- of the resolution. He thought it- was “a little ridiculous” to put such a resolution before the Department of Highways. ■“All alt is doing is allowing cer tain contractors to make a lot of money,” he declared. 'Mr.',Briitnell replied, that the wage Schedule called for large .increases in the hourly rates. ' Deputy Reeve J. Philip Gan don, Exeter, speaking in fav-. our of the resolution, said that 'the costs of living are going- up for the workingman als well • as for the professional mail. “We have just voted to raise professional salaries” (referring to a prospective increase of $1,000 to the County Engin eer). Reeve Joseph Kerr, Wiing- ham, commented that all wag es would1 go up. Reeve Borden Cook, Blyth, saiid be didn’t like the Depart ment of Labour saying what you should pay-. " Reeve Duff Thompson, Clin ton, said: “I fail to agree that a third party can dictate to- me what a fourth party should pay. I can’t buy this; it isn’t demo cratic.” ' “How long can we keep lab dur if we don’t keep in the lab our market?” asked Reeve- Boyle, Exeter. , “I think the Department of Highways is right in recommlending fail* wages.” The County Engineer reveal ed that .the County of Huron now pays $1.55 per hour for common labour. Reeve R. R. Jewell said the Town of Goderich paid more than $2 .per hour,in the works department. ' . County Enginer Britnedl pro duced present rates and 'pro posed rates under the . “fair wage” directive of ithe Depart ment of Highways. He stressed- the word “optional” in the res olution which was of great im portance. “Isn’t this' dictatorial?” put Reeve Duff Thompson, Clinton, in a -parting shot. -Council divided as follows,: FOR the motion: Alexander, Boyd, Cook, Corbett, Cuthill, Daitoiri, Dunbar, Etherington, Geiger, Gibson, Hardy, Hayter (Elmer), Hayter (Jim), Hend rick, Jefferson, Kerr, Krauteif, .Leiper, McFadden, McIlwain, McKenzie, Proctor, Robinson,. Smith, Snell, Stewart, Stirling, ' Talbot, Thiel, Thompson (Duff), Thompson (Elgin), Wonch — Total 32/ , AGAINST the motion:, Bo-ylo, , Exeter; Gandon, Exeter; Jew- ! ell, Goderich (2); Mocdy, Gode rich (2); Nolakes, Hensall — Total 7. - ‘ The report indicated, 'that “work is. now underway on our 1966 program. Tenders Were called 'and the following contracts have been awarded: 160 h.p. motor grader, Domin ion Roaids, ' $18,600; five half ton pick-ups, McCutcheon Mot ors, Brussels, $9,150; nine-pas senger wagon, Bridge Motors, . $2,980; 46,000 cubic y!ards> gra vel, Geiorge Radford Construc- . lion Ltd, BlythT $38,180; 36,000 — cubic -yards graVel, R.'H. Jeri- riisan, Grand Bend, $58,320; 42,- 000 cubic yards gravel, Saugeen Spraying, $35,280; gas and diesel fuel, British American, gas, 32.40 cents, diesel, 36.80; tires and tubes; Radford’s Gar age, . Londesboro, 51 per cent . discount; calcium chloride, POL lardK Bros., Blyth, $47.54 per ton; pavement marking, E. A. Horton Sales, $4,950; Weed spray *■ chemicals, Niagara Brand, various prices; corru gated me'tal pipe, Ontario Cul vert and Fawcett Metal Pro ducts, $11,362; " granular “B”’ gpa^el, 130,000 tons, George Radford, Blyth, $58,500; gran ular -"A” gravel, 46,500 tons, George Radford, $32,550; hot" mix paving, Lavis Contracting,' Clinton, $52,559; pipe arch, cul vert,' Ontario Culvert, $1,889; pre-stressed beams, ABC Struc tural Concrete, $27,518; Devel opment Road 759-2, grading , granular base and paving, George Radford Construction Ltd., $422,719.50. The report commented: “You will notice, with few exceptions, ■ local contractors were success ful in securing -the 'work. In effect, this is pouring the tax dollars' back into the economy of Huron County.” “As noted' above, Contract1 DR-759-2 for grading, granular base and paying, was awarded to George. Rajdford Construction Limited, Blyth, at a bid1 price of $422,719.50: Thi^ was ,-the lowest of six bidls, with the sec ond at $448,647, and the highest $533,262. This Contract includes grading from Khiva Comers to King’s Highway 81 — 5.0 miles — and hot mix paving from Orediton to King’s' Highway, 81 — 8.7 miles — and completes the .project. , “According to our rtecent’cal culations- we should, be .eligible . for additional, Development Road designations Within a year or so. - • “Our auction sale of five Used pick-up trucks was held at Auburn oh May 18 and grossed $3,221.50.” J Warrant Officer Retires > Having served with the Royal Canadian Air Force for 25 years, Warrant- • Officer Trevor Thomas receives his certificate of service from Wing Command er L. J. Lomas, Base Administration Officer. On hi$ retirement, Warrant O&-, ficer Thomas, a cook by trade, will reside in London, Ontario. • ‘ . (CFB Clinton Photo) Clinton Plays Away Games First In WOAA Midget Baseball Clinton’s' * midget baseball team plays three games away from home before their first' home game'on Thursday, July, 7 in the WOAA midget base ball schedule. ■ - Doug Andrews, Clinton, con vener, has just released the schedule. - June ’ • ' ■ 23—Clinton vs. Mitchell 27— Clinton vs. Listowel 28— Seaforth vs. Mitchell. . 28— Hensall vs.' Lucan 29— Seaforth vs.' Listowel 30— Clinton vs. Hensall July 4— Listowel vs. Ltican 5— Mitchell vs. Hensall 5— Sdaforth ys. Lucan 6— Lucan vs. Listowel . 7—Seaforth vs. Clinton , • 8—Hensall vs. Mitchell 12—Mitchell vs. Lucan 12— Seaforth vs. Clinton 13— Listowel vs. Hensall 14— Lucan vs. Mitchell 14— Listowel vs. Seaforth 15— Hensalll vs. Clinton 19—Seaforth vs. 'Mitchell 19—Listowell vs. Clinton £1—Listowel vs. -Mitchell 21—Seaforth vs. Hensall 21—Clinton vs. Lucan 23—* Mitchell vs. Clinton 25— Hensall vs. Listowel 26— Lucan vs. Seaforth 27— Mitchell vs.' Listowel 28— Lucan vs. Clinton ■ ’ 28—Hensall vs. Seaforth August 4 4—Lucan vs. Hensall.’ * GAME TIME 2:30 Correction! The Huron Fish and Game Club, which sponsored bantam hockey last winter, gave mem bers of the team which won the WOAA championship, and their fathers, , a "turkey dinner, Sun day, May 29. The dinner was catered to-. b/ the Ladies Con servation Club and held at the clubhouse in Alma Grove. r Series Loses Kin Peewee Bill Stinging After four weeles of” play the Kinsmen Peewee ’ bas'eibalji league, the Dodgers and Bears qre- tied, for first place with three wijis.; and one loss each. , The games are played at 9:00 and 10;30 on Saturday morn ing. This week the Dodgers vs. Tigers and Yankees vs. Bern's. Standing ' ' W L Pts. 3 3 2 .1 { iu Dodgers -. Bears .... Yankees . Tigers .... 1 1 2 3 6 6 4 2 Kids Win $5.00 ’ For Fair Float Robert and Douglas .sons of Huron Central AgricuL tural Society secretary William G- Riehl, won $5.00 for their “'Pinky Pig” float in the child ren’s section of Clinton Spring Fair,'June' 4/Mr. Riehl sent a picture to Lucas and Arfhuirls Ltd., meat packers, whose theme the boys used in their float. ' • Riehl, DRIVE-IN THEATRE « CLINTON • 2 Shows Nightly Come as Lafe as 11 p.m. ! and See a Complete Show. Box Office Opens at 8 o'clock : First show starts at Dusk THURSDAY and FRIDAY * June 16-17 THE ART OF LOVE Two nimble: American rascals turn Paris on its ear ! ! ! JAMES GARNER ELKE SOMMER DICK VAN DYKE ANGIE DICKINSON Color Cartpon* SATURDAY and MONDAY June 18t20 ELVIS PRESLEY as a roving, restless -reckless; Roustabout BARBARA STANWYCK JOAN FREEMAN Color * . Cartoon1 tuesdayITwedn^^ June 21-22 COMING EVENTS RATE: Four cents a word; Minimum 75 cents Thursday, June 16 — BINGO at Clinton Legion Hall, 15 reg ular games for $5.00. 2 share- the-wealth.., games. 1 special game for $25.00, the first letter “L” and first letter “T” applies on this game for $2.00 each. 3 share-the-wealth games, jack pot applies on those 3 games $55.00 in 55 numbers. 2 door prizes for $2.00 each. Admission ■ 50c; extra- cards 25c * or 6 for ?1.00. tfb Tuesday, June 21 — BINGO at Huron Fish and Game Club. Jiackpot $57.00 in 57 numbers. Six door prizes. 8:30 p.m. ' WESTERN ONTARIO’S LARGEST CASH . BINGO. $3200.00 in Cash Prizes1’in DUR HAM ARENA, starting Friday June 17th and every second Friday Night. LARGE MAS TER CARD that, everyone can see. 1 game at $1,000.00, 1 novelty game $1,000.00, 1 game at $500.00, 15 games at $40.00, 1 game at $100.00, 1 share the wealth -game. Conducted and run by the Kinsmen Club of Durham with entire proceeds going towards ' Community Work. For the best run Bingo in Ontario1, ,be on hand‘at the Durham Arena Friday, June 17th at 8:30” p.m.' •' 22-24b Sunday,. June 19—Dedication of new Cenotaph and Decora tion Day at Clinton Cemetery, parade at 2:30 p.m., dedication in Library Park at 3 p.m. fol lowed by a short service at Clinton Cemetery. 23b, 24x Tuesday, June 21 — Clinton, Lions Chicken' Barbecue, Clin ton • Lions Arena, starting at 5 p.m. Reserve this date to' eat out — Adults $1.50, children $1,00. 20b-23b-4x-5x Friday, July 1 — Turkey and- ham supper, St. Andrew’s Un ited Church, Bayfield, 5-7 p.m.; auspices UCW. Adults . $1.50, children $1.00. . 24, 5b Hush Hush (By R. S. ATKEY) GODERkcH — Huron County Board of Health has tost the services of four employees, Reeve. Galvin Krautdr, Brus sels, chairman, reported to Huron County Council Monday. They are:. Dr. R. M. Aldis, who has been .director of the Huron . County Health Unit since its inception miore than 15 years, ago; Miss L. Robert son, Miss M. Keough, and Bruce Lobb. • . ” . At the same time, the board 'has engaged a summer assist ant, Murray Lobb, who in -turn ,Will be sponsored on a cqurse at. Ryerson Institute, Toronto. “We hope Mi*.' Lobb will return to,. Huron County at the com pletion of his course,” the re port commented. “In this day and age, we find we are in a very competitive ’field’'for Health Unit person nel. It appears that no sooner, is a salary schedule set by one Unit dhan it is bettered by an other, Thus j constant change and vyiing for staff continues each and every year. In order to obtain adequate staff and re tain them once they have been secured, we. feel we must meeit the competition in the field. “We recommend to County Council that in future all sal aries of Health Unit staff be deleted from the County salary schedule and left for- negotia tion between the Board', and em ployees.” ' ‘ Chairman Kraufer comment ed: “We have tost'the services of these people. All appear'.to have legitimate .reasons for re signing. . They have to. be re placed.” ‘ • Reeve Krauiter reported that the Warden, the Clerk and him self had been in Toronto look ing for' replacements arid'" had found 14 Health Units looking for a doctor director.- He urged . 1 ' ................. . "S (Continued from page one) and Charles Switzer, Clinton, (split); Mrs. Hirst, and Miss Carter, (split); Mrs. L. Denomme, Dan McGuire, RR 3, and Jim Watson, (split); Mrs. Joe Silcock, Clin ton; Kirs. G. Brown, Clinton; Miller Heartwick, Kincardine, ■■ Mrs. Frank Walter, Walton and Mrs. Ed Jeffery, - Goderich (split); Sylvia Gowing, Lis towel;’ Isaac Nixon, Lucknow, Mrs1. Norman Counter, Clin ton; Mrs. June Habkirk, Sea forth; ' Mrs. Russel Holmes, Clinton and Fred Seers, Auburn .(•split); ’ Mrs. G. Wittaker, and Mattson', Hensall,. (split).; ■ Verna Moore/ Goderich; Spencer Ervine, Bayfiileid. Winners of $5.00 door prizes were Mfs,. Vic Darasch. arid ■Mrs. HzGibbings, ..both of Clin ton. Persons mlay obtain extra tickets oh the . door prizes. by bringing ’ the newspaper adver tisement clipping and exchange it for a door prize ticket- ■ <■■■ ’ ■ ' ..........—....... ■ FATHER’S DAY JUNE 19th 4* Goderich Clinton', Clinton, Goderich Seaforth Mrs Mrs. Mrs. JEWELLERS LIMITED CLINTON SEAFORTH 482-9525 527-1720 ANSTETT SPECIAL EVERYONE READS AND USES Gift Suggestions... BOOK ENDS, "The Thirtker" or 'The Old Folks" ......$6.50 pr. "THE PROUD TOWER" . By Tuchman .............. 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