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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-04-28, Page 1• uititjpatitips„Utged Advanw, Ree*O.,.jorkt OpposedTQ Suggestion Extra To, To Withhold Bruce School Tax ,wEDHEsDAY, APRivp, ion Skigla Copy No 20 Pages • Net Cost Firm Bruce County's 31 local municip alities will be asked to withhold payment of their levies to the Bruce Hoard of Education until the board justifies the "tremendous escala- tion" of school rates. • Bruce County Council was nearly unanimous in endorsing the motion last weekthat will urge withholding rates, County council will also ask the federal anti-inflation board to rule on whether the education cost increase in this county is within the The Bruce board of education recently announced mill rate in- creases of 40, percent which will cost the average householder an additional $63. It is this increase the board will be asked to justify at the. May 18 meeting of county council. . Amabel Reeve Gary Harron, who said his municipality's levy for education went from $292,000 to, $41S,000, argued the board has an obligation to taxpayers to answer Died At Age 88 William Webster, a long time resident of West VVawanosh Town- ship, died at University Hospital, London on Wednesday, April 2L Prior to being hospitalized, Mr. Webster had' resided for •a short time'' itt • Pinecrest Maher ' Ludmow, and, before that at Whitechurch. lie was 88 years, of age. The funeral was held at MacKen- zie Memorial Chapel in Lycknow on Friday, with burial in Greenhill Cemetery. Mrs. Gordon (Winnifred) Wal- ters, 40, a resident of' Goderich, was seriously injured 'in a recent motor accident , north ,of Exeter. She is the former Winnifred Fattish of this.community, daught- /er of Lorne Farrish. . She is a patient in. University HosPital, London, Where she underwent sergery. Her injuries included a broken hip, two broken cheekbon- es,, a broken nose and a possible cracked upper jaw. Mrs. Bill (Donna) CraWford, 35, R. R. '4 Goderich and her . two children, Carry112, and Mark,' 10, with passenger Winnifred Walters, were returning home to Goderich from a dance competition in which Carry had been involved , 'at Fanshawe College 'in London. Also injured in the crash were- Rarold 'Cottle, 17, R. R. 1 Woodham, and his two passengers, Gloria McKenZie, 16, Exeter, and her sister, June, 14. Ontario Provincial Police from tzeter said the Cottle car, was proceeding South on Highway 4 at about 8.15 p.m. when, it collided with a northbound car driven by Roy Marshall, 30; London. Police said- that folloWing the initial impact, the Cottle car glanced off the Marshall vehicle and struck the northbound Craw-' ford car headon. Neither Mr. Marshall nor his Passenger, Madeline Dix, 28, ‘• Bruce County will need 1,500 to 2,000 more, housing units by the end of 1977, and about 200 more will be needed by 1980, a preliminary peek at the countywide housing study shows. The $30,090 study by The Kleinfeldt Group of Toronto. will be made public next month. Ontario Hydro's construction project at Douglas Point still generates most of the housing demand, but service industries which Fame as a result of the nuclear/ project contribute to the need. Changes in employment projec- tions at Douglas Point resulted when Ontario Hydro was directed to delete one 'of the , heavy ,water London, were hurt'. Mrs. Crawford was removed to Clinton Public Hospital with a broken leg, face lacerations and a nose injury. She also lost part of a thumb in the accident.. Mark Crawford was removed to University Hospital, London, with a broken ankle. Carry Crawford suffered cuts and abrasions. 'She was treated at Smith Huron Hospital at Exeter. THELITERARY SOCIETY AT LUCKNOW DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL" ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO was one of the few objectors to council's action against the board. He said the taxpayer will have' to pay interest if the school rates are 'withheld. He said, the county council has no, right to tell municipalities to withhold payment and that "the motion isn't worth the paper it's written on.'.' Commenting to The Sentinel following the Bruce County Council meeting, Reeve Joynt said; "There is no way the municipal representa- tives in Lucknow are going to . further penalize local taxpayers by withholding the local school tax and having to eventually pay the interest on this money. When it is due, the school' requisition has to production units from its program, and to defer,for one year the second. 3.2-million-kilowatt generating sta- tion. . . This has shortened the term of employment for many workers and as a result-some of the workers who intended to move their 'families to Bruce will commute' instead. : One.result of the Douglas Point project is that the ratio of jobs available to women is down. The percentage of dwelling units in Bruce that are occupant-owned is much higher than the ayerage •in the province at 82.5 per cent., They range from a high of. 88.6 per cent. at Tara to 66.7 per cent in Port Elgin. Chesley has .81.2 per cent; Kincardine 70.6; Southampton, 76:5; Walkerton, 69; Mildinay, 81; Teeswater, 78 per cent. • per cent. . There, is also a. larger proportion of older homes in Bruce than in most parts of Ontario. Seventy per cent were built during or prior to the Second World War. This compares with 54 per cent in 13rantford, 35 in Hamilton, 31 per cent in Toronto. • Also most of' the dwelling units, 84.5 per cent, are single-family units.' The survey indicates that at the present time, TeesWater, Lucknow, CONTINUED 'ON "PAGE/2 Seated, left to right, Edith Marshall, Louise' Andrew, Eliza- beth Pentland, Belle Graham, Gladys Kilpatrick, Laurine Mc- Nain, Beverley Ashton, Wilda Reid. ' be, paid.'' joynt said that he will present an• alternative proposal at the May meeting of county council whereby the county might hire in accounting firm to check out the requisition requested by Bruce' County' Board 'of Education and , have them determine if the increase is justified. • Reeve Joynt said that this proposal would come from him providing the procedure is 'legal and that Bruce County Board of Education would agree to: it.. Brant Reeve Leslie Abell said one reason for the increase is the, "tough union the board has to deal with." •• • Council approved a $30,000 grant to be paid over three years to Owen Sound General and Marine Hospital. The hospital board had asked for $44,300.' • Several members•objected to the county' making a grant to the out-of-county hospital. The same consideration should, be given hospitals in,. Kitchener, London, Ontario, Toronto and ether centres where Brube patients receive treatment, it was said. Office space needed for county purposes will be available when a county-owned home on. Jackson Street in Walkerton is converted,: It has been proposed that .the social and family services department, and the 'Bruce County South planning' board could use the new. quarters. McKinley Gets. • Huron-Middlesex MP Robert McKinley has been named to Progressive , Conservative leader Joe Clark's 32-member shadow cabinet.. Mr. McKinley, who has repres- ented the riding since 1965, becomes the public works commit- tee chairman in the 11C•caucu. He resigned as whip, of the party on February 18 just before the Conservative leadership conven 7 Lion, because he' believed the new leader should be free '0 pick his .own whip. Standing, Kenneth McNay, John Helm, Bob Mowbray, Jim Hackett,' Donald Reid, Charlie Chin, Percy Barr. Hugh MacMillan, George. Richards, Jim' Peterson, Jim Reed, Mac MacDonald. After Audit Is completed The Sentinel last week carried a story indicating that an additional $35,000 was to be, raised by Luckriow, Ashfield, ' West Waiva- nosh and Kinloss to pay,The costs of the Lucknow Community Health Centre. It should be pointed out that while the total cost of the facility is ' $148,000, the net cost to the four municipalities, after winter works grants have been applied, will be $112,000 to $115,000; This definite figure will not be-confirmed until after the necessary government 'audit, is' Completed. THE READERS WRITE ... Tells Of Life At Frobisher Bay Near Arctic Circle EDITOR'S NOTE: The Following letter written by Mrs. Ernie, Greba of Frobisher Bay, the former Edna Reid of the Lucknow area, portrays life in that nortitern community where Ernie is ' ;with the Royal 'Canadian Mounted Police.. BoX 500, Frobisher Bay, N .W .T XOA OHO. March 12;,1976. Dear Donald, I do enjoy receiving the Sentinel, especially up here. One tends to lose track of :time in the north, with the long winter. Although our temperatures; whiCh generally range around -30 to -40, are still in the lower' -20s, the ' days are becoming noticeably, longer, and the sun is quite warm. We can expect blizzard's, '',white-outs'7 where everything shuts down, for awhile yet. Winter continues until May or June, beginning early in September. Summer can become quite warm, but generally one needs a sweater or jacket. Frobisher is situated on a small bay extending into the larger Frobisher, Bay: and, that into Davis Strait. It is a 3 hour flight by jet from Montreal (1300 air ,mileS) Costing $348.00 return. There are other flights into the smaller settlements, weather permitting. Everything revolves around the weather here. We are below the Arctic Circle, so receive a few hours of sunshine even, during the shortest days, not that noticeably different to the south, just colder. I froze the end of My nose jus.t walking from our arena - about a ten minute walk! One soon learns to respect _the weather and dress accordingly. Hooded, heavy parkas, wind-pants and good warm mitts and boots are CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 Died Suddenly George Fisher of Wingham died suddenly at his home on Friday, April 23rd at the age of 71 years. N. Mr. Fisher was a former resident of Kinloss and Whitechurch before moving to Vingham. The funeral was Monday of this week'at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Wingham, questions. He noted that summer- vacation property owners who pay 75' percent of taxes in Amabel 'can be expected, to raise a noise. SaUble Beach is- in Amabel. High salaries paid administrative employees of the education board contribute to the high costs,, Kincardine Reeve Floyd Weick; 'said. He claimed some make more than the ,Ontario Minister. of Education. The school board should be more accessible to the public, Harvey Davis, Elderslie reeve said. He said the board circumvented the federal anti-inflation guidelines, ":..at the 11th hour." Lucknow Reeve George Joynt Former Resident Suffers Serious Injuries In Motor Accident in Exeter Area Bruce County May Need Up To 2000 More Housing Units By 1977 4