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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-09-29, Page 26Page 24 Times-Advocate, September 29, 1977 t. WINNING ENTRANTS — These six youths topped the various divisions of the Kippfield 4-H beef calf club show which was held in conjunction with the Exeter fair, Saturday. From the left are: top show- man, John Coleman; second place showman, Les Consitt; second place in senior steer, Ron Taylor; top senior steer, Dave Townsend; top senior heifer, Rodger McKinley; top junior heifer, Paul Hoggarth. rK SAVE ON THIS QUALITY FRANKLIN FIREPLACE Comes with Screen, Barbecue grille, Wood grate, Damper in boot on top. BY INSTALLING ONE OF OUR Down Draft Space Heaters 5 Year Guarantee Comes with shovel, decorator panel & lifter. SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE 35,000 BTU per hour First Five $2 3 5 00 Customers 55,000 BTU per hour only $265" HAMILTON'S Machine Shop Exeter, Ont. 235-1655 Blair report on farmland discussed 41.WWW.Mant Many visit at Woodham By MISS JEAN COPELAND WOODHAM The flowers in the church Sunday last were placed there by Mrs. Ross McCurdy in memory of her father, the late Charles Glanville. Mr. & Mrs. George Wheeler and Mrs. John Rodd visited on Wednesday afternoon with Rev. John Wheeler of the Wellington Terrace, Elora. Miss Rhea Mills has returned home after spending some time with her sister and brother-in- law, Mr. & Mrs. Harold Thomson of Parkhill. Mr. & Mrs. Bob Baker, Lam- beth and Mr. & Mrs. Bev West- man of Granton were Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Copeland, Cynthia, Ellen and Deanna. Mrs. William Stephen, Calgary, Alberta is visiting with mother, Mrs. Frank Rodd. Mr. & Mrs. George Wheeler visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Lorne Tinning, Mu, ro. Better late than never, Better. never late. JIM SIDDALL & SON LICENSED & INSURED TRUCKER • LIVESTOCK • GRAIN • FERTILIZER • FARM SUPPLIES KIRKTON 229-6439 Petrofina Canada LTD/LTEE FINA PRODUCTS FOR Farm-Home- Industry • FAST, EFFICIENT AND PERSONAL SERVICE • AUTOMATIC WEATHER CONTROLLED DELIVERY Dave Moore FUELS Exeter 235-0853 SISTERS LEAD THE WAY — The top two places in the confirmation class of the Exeter 4-H beef calf club were taken by a pair of Usborne sisters, Margaret and Elaine Pym. While Margaret topped the Saturday show, Elaine had her day at the recent Seaforth fair when her calf was judged better than her sister's. Third in Saturday's show was Dave Kinsman. T-A photo Attend funeral in Whitehorse By MRS. FRED BOWDEN CENTRALIA Harold Tripp and his daughter, Mrs. Bill Ford, Exeter returned home last week from Whitehorse, Yukon, where they attended the funeral of Steven Tripp, son of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Tripp, who was killed in a car accident. The deceased was a grandson of Mr. Tripp and a nephew of Mrs. Ford. Sympathy is extended to the family in their bereavement. Mrs. Lorne 'Hicks was tostes at a dinner party at the Garage in London, Sunday. Guests were her grand nieces and nephews. Following the dinner all returned to her home for an enjoyable visit together, Mr, & Mrs. Lawrence Hirtzel were Sunday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Bill Hirtzel and family in Exeter. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins spent a couple of days last week with their daughter and son-in- law, Mr. & Mrs. Jim Files in London. A number from here attended the Anniversary Service in the Zion West United Church on Sunday morning. Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bowden at- tended the Service in the Zion West Church on Sunday and spent the day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. Ray Jaques and family, The Sunday school and church services in the United Church will be at the usual time Sunday morning. I I 'Let me put it this way—if you were r;' cornfield I'd put you in the soil bank." County Administrator Bill Hanly urged council to look at the Blair report as government tax reform rather than a ploy to take control of the province's far- mland. "the government isn't taking over the farms," said Hanly. "It is a new method to get money to pay for the programs the municipalities are going to operate," Hanly explained that while assessment may be up 10 times over the present rate, the mill rate would only be one-tenth as much as it is now, "Just because the system is changed, the municipalities aren't going to need more money to operate," argued Hanly. "If your municipality is now working on a $200,000 budget, it isn't suddenly going to need 10 times that much. The elected people will still be responsible, and responsible to the same people." He predicted the system as envisioned by the Blair Com- mission would be fairer. Hanly said that if cottage owners, for instance, should be paying a larger share in a municipality like Goderich Township, they would be paying a larger share if their assessments were tied to the market value of the properties. In an urban municipality, two homes each valued at $40,000 would be paying the same amount of property tax and he suggested that some homeowners would pay more while some would pay less than under the present system. A similar result would occur in business and commercial buildings. "You would be raising the same amount of money," Hanly insisted, "but it is a redistribution of shares on what would appear to be, I think, a fairer system." Hanly also pointed out that how much a businessman makes per annum on his property has nothing to do with the value of the property. He said an individual's earnings are another matter "and that's straightened out in income tax", MORE IDEAS "I don't see anything wrong with the system we've got now." said Reeve Bob Lyons of West Wawanosh. "I don't mind paying half the taxes on my farm, When I can't pay half then I'll quit farming," "McKillop is 90 percent agricultural," said Reeve Allan Campbell of McKillop. "If 90 percent of all the taxes are paid by government, what difference would it make how high the assessment goes? Why not pave all the roads?" Gerry Ginn, a member of the executive committee, said Campbell was forgetting that farmers will be paying all the taxes on their homes and the land surrounding them. The 90 percent would apply to only barns, sheds and farmlands. He estimated that when things were all evened out, there would be very little change for the average farmer in actual dollars and cents paid out for taxes. "What is market value?" asked Ervin Sillery of Tucker- smith. Bill Hanly said while it was true that some property was worth more to some buyers than to others, the inflated prices paid for real estate in the future would affect the estimated market value for taxation purposes. "If you pay an inflated price for a piece of property, the assessors are likely to back into that neigh- borhood and restudy all the homes to determine if the market value has increased there," said Hanly. Hanly said he'd always believed that everyone should be his own assessor. The price a person put on his real estate would be the price he would be prepared to pay taxes on as well as sell his property for when the time came to sell it, Reeve Bill Clifford of Goderich said he'd talked to assessors about this point and was con- vinced that the market value would be determined on a scale which would be the mean - not the high, not the low, Frank Cook, reeve of Clinton, said equalized assessment was now obsolete although it had cost the county thousands and thousands of dollars to change over from the previous system of municipal accessors. "How much is this new system going to cost us?" asked Cook. "How many new assessors are we going to have to hire to solve this problem?" Hanly said there was every indication the Huron-Perth Regional Assessment Office would be able to make the changes without any additional staff. "And they have less staff now than they had two years ago," said Hanly. Seaforth Reeve John Flannery said the whole system was just to permit "under the table borrowing for the provincial government". Hayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson said he was concerned about where the money would come from, "If it is not coming from the farmer, where does it come from?" asked the Hayfield representative. Harold Robinson of HOwick felt there should be more figures for comparison purposes. Simon P. Hallahan of East Wawanosh said, "I think we should take a pretty close look at someone picking up the tab for us." DAIRY the CLUB CHAMPS — Only three entries were included in this year's Exeter 4-H dairy calf club show at Exeter fair. Paul Hern, left, had the top junior heifer and was second in showmanship; Marilyn Brand was third in showmanship and had the second place junior heifer; Murton Brock had the top senior heifer and was the top showman. T-A photo NOW YOU CAN HAVE LOWiR FUEL BILLS mumminummumummummummmmumummummumummumuummuum. 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Also, a sincere thanks to the following who donated time, money or goods to the feeder calf club project: Auctioneer Larry Gardiner, Hensall Livestock Sales, Bank of Montreal, Sherwood (Exeter) Ltd., Exeter District Co-Op, Cen- tralia Farmers' Supply, Carpenter Optical, Bev Morgan & Sons, Garnet Hicks, Royal Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia. A COMPLETE LIST OF BUYERS IS AS FOLLOWS Shur Gain - 5 A& H Food Market 1 Darling's Food Markets a 4 Jenny Rowe catering ..,. .... ..,,, 1 Dees Beef ..— ... a 1 Bev Morgan & Sons — . ......— . a 2 United Co-Operatives Exeter Family market .. . . ... 1 Freeman Horne „ ..... „ . . 1 Hensall Livestock Sales AMOZWARAW ZNON.