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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-06-21, Page 911 .4 ro k•. - qv 115th Year --'No, 25 - • r • • Kh GOi0ERLCH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1962 • eeond Section County Plans Re Salt Mine Profits � Upsets Calculations Of Goderich Instead of the $588 .surplus on 1963 operations for which Goderich council budgeted only a few. weeks ago, . it may wind up with a bookkeeping deficit of neatly $3,000. If so, it 3011 result from action of the county finance committee in providing for payment this- year, instead of next,, of the amount due for county purposes from salt mine profits. The procedure for cal- culating this is laid down in the Assessment Act and was fol- lowed bycounty assessor Alex- ander, but the town council had expected payment -Would be -re- quired next year,.not this. There is no actual loss .,of Money involiied, but as. Reeve Walkom pointed out in protests ng the .arrangement, just as ' ounty council was concluding business W-ednesday afternoon of `last week, conflicting instruc- tions have been given by two senior officials in the De'part- ment of Municipal Affairs, --Count ty clerk -treasurer Berry confirm- ed tat "one said one thing and the other the other," and -said the county finally took the '.ad- vice of ifsauditor, who had been in touch with provincial authorities. "Thais can be app'eaTed in Sep- tember or November," MVlr. Berry pointed out as a lengthy discus- - 'sion ended. "We would still have two sessions to deaf' with it. Goderich could prepay its rates less this amount until this is clarified." Introducing the matter, Reev Walkom. said: "This ,extra a sessment of the . town of Gode rioli, amounting to $130,400, as far as the salt works is con- cerned, is a, little late for our tax bills, which 'have been sent out. At the time we struck our estimates we had no know- ledge this was going to come into effect. Therefore, we feel an injustice has been done to thetow_ n; it may be according to law but we are Ieft ,holding the -bag. "We are going to be up against it, as far as finances are concerned; it may mean $3,000 and Awe budgeted for a'surplus of $500 and would have to go back to the ratepayers and ad- mit we were not -up _cm. the --bit.. I cannot, go for it, and am pro- testing on these grounds. If anyone can show where -we are wrong in protesting, I will be glad to hear it." ."Too Bad!" Reeve R Adair, of Wing - ham, chairman of . the finance committee, explained: "Accord- ing to Mr. Harper .(the auditor) and Mr. Alexander (assessor) we thought we were doing the/right thing, and although I feel sorry for Goderich it is too bad this thing did not come up earlier before your tax bills• went out. I am in sympathy with Mr. CATHOLIC 'WOMEN'S LEAGUE REVIEWS ACCOMPLISHMENTS Hostess for the, June meeting! of the Catholic Women's League was Mrs. Gerald , Crawford, Jones street. Opening prayer was by Mrs. Dan Murphy, presi- dent, followed by a: Bible read- ing .by Mrs. Earl McLaren. Since ` this was the last meet- ing until fall,' visits to Hospital 'patients and shut-ins during the summer were. arranged.. Volun- teers included Mrs. F. Wick, Mrs. Leo Chisholm, Mrs: H. Beattie, Mrs. M. Berner, Mts. Ben Chisholm, Mrs. Don Fisher, Mrs. R. Davis and Mrs. W. Rein- hart. Rosaries and prayer cards pre - .pared by the Sisters of St. Joseph --had -been-=-presented---to- the boys and girls by the Social- . Action committee on the oecas- ion of their First Holy Com- munion. '- A -Sunday 'nursery -for small children. will 'be conduct- ed in the meeting room of St. Peter's school during the two masses, in order to enable mo- thers to attend. Leagu mem- bers, assisted ,by girls= of the ,,_parish, will be responsible:- Fees or••1962=63--are-to-'be- collected in September under the con- veriership of Mrs. M. .Berner and Miss Carrie O'Neil. Present ',rates are to remain, until the following year. A .collection of clothing, books, school supplies, candy, games, toys and vacuurn- packed food will be forwarded to the Oblate Esquimo mission at Homan Island, ' N:W.T., by August -in order to` catch' the supply boat. Ten dollars was - voted to the Women's Hospital :Auxiliary for their June tea, Mr. and Mrs, L. Pitblado were honored on their 25th anni`vers- • ary by the spiritual offering of a mass. Delegates' to the diocesan con- vention held at Hotel- London in May, Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Don Fisher, brought back much in - \\ formatio ti i 'ortof Seine. Ca%WsLeagite, the, largewomenorganiza- tion r aniza- tion in the world, has 132 coun- cils with 16,724 members in the FLondon diocese. Them of the conference was " IVlission Minded 'at Home and -,Abroad." Itevtt • . Father Hennessey, director, in his remarks, urged members to make a project of 'daily medita- tion and as-kw"Do I have a house 'ora hoose?" What we have. .is . not important, rather it is what we' have given. it is not what we have .wgn'but what we .have done. It is not -what We have done but how much we have ' sacrificed. It is not how much we have been honored, Wis. how much we have loved . and served. It is riot how much we have lived but how well. It is not ow we we ave ived`°"b"i1'i how we will die, We are put into this world ° to' contribute, not to see what we can get out •0 of it. We need piety, courage, humility, kindness; • love of our neighbpr,°regardless of color or creed and an abounding • 2ealr. To love God and ottr neighbors as , ourselves. is .theJaW,, the hallmark of true patriotism gild the bedrock of peace *aid" freeH dom. of the' .following tbmmittees: spiritual; education, .organiza- tion, finance, publicity, social ac- tion, citizenship, immigration, resolutions and report forms, radio, television and films, legis- lation, Mercy Shelter Guild, Gill' Guides. ' Mrs. W. Reinhart, spoke on the "Story of Guiding," and told of the beginning of the movement by Lord Baden-Powell, an army officer of many years and a lover of .out -door fun. He re- cognized that boys' could', take, their place beside men in dan- gerous situations and so he , de- veloped scouting for a group of boys. In 1909 when the first rally began, a hanu -'o gir s dressed vaguely like their bro- thers, also much to their bro- ther's disgust tagged along call- ing -t`hemseIves Girl Scouts. -This was the pioneer,movement that spread across • the world, the first company in Canada being formed at St. Catharines, Nov- ember, 1909. An its first days the girls were ,aught something* of 'bird, animal and plant life, -lrow'to °swim; ~lrii�e and - pl scouting games. The subjects of instruction with which Guid- ing fills the chinks of regular education are individual effic- iency. through development of character, health and handi- craft and -iii citizenship through the employment of this -e le= iency in service. Therefore the -aim=- of &uid training --is to• re- place self with ,service. Mrs. Reinhart's daughter, Ruth Davis, a Guide leader, an- swered questions on camping and what the girls work for. Mrs. R. Buchanan thanked the speakers. . At the conclusion of business, a social time was spent over the coffee cups. Walkom, 'but 1 do not see how it can be changed." "The information you receiy- 'ed from Toronto," the clerk- treasurer told Mr. Walkom, "was incorrect." "That," said the reeve, "is part of -the 'trouble.; We re- ceived ' advice from the Muni- cipal Board, and after two' or three weeks of 'negotiating a change in the entire setup of our tax structure we sent it to Toronto and the department OK'd it, and now we finis that Mr ,-Beaudreau (a supervisor of the --'municipal~- administration - branch) -says he was wrong. I feel we are still going, topursue this, and if .Mr. Beaudreau is wrong he has no business in the position he is in." • "We had all the details pre- pared—the other ' way "tip until yesterday morning," said county clerk Berry, "and lastweek we had two different, opinions from Toronto. Mr. Beaudreau and Mr. Sloan (director of municipal assessment)' and one told me one thing and the other ' the' other, and our auditors talked to Mr., B,eaudreau in the same -department and got the same story. ,. Mr. Harper happened to be talking to somebody `this Monday and got. their opinion. We are now acting on the -ad- vice of .-our auditor in prepar- ing these bylaws." Mrs. Mooney, :deputy reeve of Goderich, said: "I feel until this matter has been cleared up be- tween the Ontario Municipal Board and . the assessment branch,I could not suptiort this bylaw, either." "Even, if .we pass the bylaw with this amount, should it de= .velop differently I would feel council would have 'to 'amend the 'bylaw," suggested Warden McCutcheon. "I cannot figure out how Mr: Beaudreau got the rate. What originally happened, I think, Mr,> Beaudreau advised the town what" it would have from the cbunty, say for school board; etc., which was wrong. The assessment arrived at after de- termining the profit is added on to our equalized assessment and becomes part of this county 'as- sessment. Each municipality shares in a small degree, and that determines . your county rate, based on your financial not take 14 mills and put it in as extra county money; it goes• on the equalized assessment and comes out in our apportionment of county rates." • Tax Bills Delayed "This came up for discussion in. town council before we got this kind ofadvice. this. year," W,74•• MYNAiS{F94k ". 7"-)FAY)�kk7GD,i,� noun Directives from the diocesan` council were read by conveners Lying beside Ship Island, in immediate foreground *of pic- ture -above; are -some ref- the long lines- or pipe, whicn will carry dirt, broken rock, etc., from the Island site through tunnel below ,the 'North Har- bor Road and into the river side for fill. Centre picture shows the sand sucking dredge which will 'transpose Ship Island, in bits and pieces, from one location+,. to ' another. _ r Bottom photo shows the ' old "Tunnel of Love" being, re- opened so that the pipes might be placed through it to carry the debris from the harbor to• the river mouth area. Now dredging the inner harbor to a• depth of. 23' feet, work wig eommence on Ship Island' Vit- a -, self some' time next ;week. Signal -Star Photos very -nice." Third reading was then given the bylaw. Reeve Walkom got action on another matter in the final .min - said Reeve Walkom. "When we utes, the outcome being that received word, the clerk- and persons prepaying •county taxes myself forwarded a summary of will 'get the same discount as the rate of bank interest. "We prepay our taxes as soon as we get the money, in June," he, said, "but this . year I think the discount is one-half of one per cent less than what the bank changes. I feel there is the tax structure to the depart- ment of municipal affairs in Toronto. It was on Mr. Beau- dreau's advice that a revised schedule was 'prepared, and I do not want you to think we are trying to get oat of any taxes; but we acted on his ad- no reason, so far as book work vice and thought at that time he -was an authority. In fact, be- fore we got any ,portion of the money` we had -to submit a -see: and schedule. It was held up two weeks while he was in north- ern Ontario, and we were held up in sending out our tax bills. "It is a very awkward position for all of us," said the warden. "We have 'set our mill rates, and if we find we'• need extra is concei ned, it is infinitesimal, but the half of one per cent of .which'. the :m$nieip-ality (gets the benefit only comes td several hundred dollars. I. don't know that it necessitates any more book -work, but you are able to Use that money instead of bor- rowing 4it froni the bank." "I would like to support Mr. Walkom," said Reeve Glenn thousands of- dollars it is not Webb, of Stephen. "I am in- clined to agree that this money is -available to the- county --and I see no reason why 'it should not take full rate. We have just startedthe practice in the past two years, but anyone paying in that amount of money should be given full bank rate." He moved, seconded by Reeve Dan Beuerman, of- McKillop, that the rate of interest on pre- payment of county rates be based on the full bank borrow- ing rate, effective 1962." ' The necessary bylaw will be brought before .council at the September session. GETS PROMOTION - RC1YIP. Constable Jerry Aedcr- son, formerly of -Goderich, was recently promoted to Constable First Class and has been posted to Norway House, leaving for that northern Manitoba outpost recently. - Constable Anderson was recently credited with sav- ing the life of an 18 -year-old girl by prolonged application 'of artificial respiration. t\' `ET ,READY FOR JULY ~1`st Weekend Medal Won By Barbara Elliott F CeIebrate 128th Anniversa ry t. Georges Church On Sunda When St. George's Churc►a.I i Sheffield, who •came'out to Akia- , niversary, next Sunday, the spec- formed by Bishop Fleming. The- ial preacher . for the day • yid ; Websters went by Hudson's bay come from a parish of the sa boat to Coppermine and re - age.. Rev. J. H. Webster, for mined there, except for fur= er Archdeacon of Aklavi in -lough in 1939; until May,�_,19p2, the Western Arctic, w i : served when they transferred to. Xkla- among the Eskimo' for 4nore vik. Mr. Webster was made a than ,25 years, is now Lector of canon of All Saints' Cathedral, Delaware, •in iddlesex, where Aklavik,, in -1939 and Archdeacon the first resid t missionary ar- of Aklavik in 1951. - rived in 1834. .He was an Irish- . In 1932, while on furlough, man, Rev. Richard Flood; in- Mr. Webster took a medical deed, all the Church of England course, especially for mission - clergy came from the British aries, at Livingstone College, Isles in that period, and • Rev. Leyton, London, England, and Robert F. Campbell; a former this proved very usefult- .navy _- officer, was -_first resident The Websters have two daugh- clergyman in- Goderich. There ters, both registered nurses, one was no church building for sev- in Winnipeg.` and the other in eral years, and for his rectory Brantford. Both are married. Mr. Campbell was provided with here • celebrates its 128th an. vik. The ceremony was per The Goderich Public School graduation party has.. been ar � at ged"-ftf t "sclay, Jtifrie :, in 'Victoria 'School auditorium, beginning at 6,15 p.m, In charge of arrangements are Principal Ralph Smith,. of Victor Lauris-' ton, and Principal Ha r r y Shackleton, Victolia. • Special speaker for the even- ing will be Mr. Leonard Swat- ridge, Toronto, head of the geo- graphy department of Weston Collegiate. An innovation this .year will be special awards for general proficiency' in grades seven. and: eight,.in science,don- ated by the -Goderich Home and ,School Association. Winner of the Robert Park Memorial-Medal,,,donated by Mr: Victor Lauriston for highest standing, will -be Barbara Elliott, daughter of .Mr.• and Mrs. Earl Elliott, St. Vitieent street'. Other awards to be presented include trophy cups from the Maple Leaf and Ahmeek Chapters of the LO.D:E.;$ for general pro- ficiency in literature, and the a house built for Thomas Knee- shaw. Mr: Campbell, and -later Arch- deacon E. L. Elwood (1849-1887), served a wide area, and travel- led as the roads of the time wou d permit •in visiting seat- tere a settlements. Marriage and, baptismal records, kept with care:;.from 1834, show that peo- ple came not only from a half- dozen townships of Huron but, for . example, from ;Kincardine and Southampton, Bosanquet township F tri Lambton, West .Flamborough in ; the "Gore Dis- trict," and even Stratford and London "town." Mr. Webster, born it Shef- fieldi, England, •is a graduate of Emmanuel College, Saskatoon. After ordination he went to Bernard Harbor, on the Arctic coast. That was , in 1927, and a jouirney of seven and a -half weeks from Edmonton, via the Mackenzie River: In 1928 he established the Mission at Cop- permine and built the mission house, which he later enlarged. In 1950 he built a church, 36 by 24 feet. Returning .from 'furlough in 1933• he took over .at Shingle Point, first Eskimo residential school, • while Principal Shep- herd took furlough. In 1934 ,VICTORIA 5T, WOMEN.' The. June . meeting.. ' o f Unit, Two of the Victor ff Street Unr. ited Church was held in the, church basement, 'Mfrs: Gn Cur- rell opened ,the mieeting. With prayer. The theme for the wor- ship service was' . "0 Lord, So, Many .Churches," The rollcan. was • answered by "13 rnember4s. Mrs. E. Patterson and Irs... Horton were appointed for the bake sale to be held in --June,' The study period was`;•taken from the book. "Signals for the. 60's." It was stressed where . churches are weak communities , are • without character. The church" is" the hub of the come- munity. The meeting was clos- ed with the benediction., Lunch was served, Mr. and. Mrs, Glen Eckmier,. of Scarborough, visited over the• week -end with Mr. and Mrs: William Mugford, Newgate street, - - OhTAR,O LEGISLATIVE -ASSEMBLY • P Select Committee on Manpower Training IN •. • BRIEFS INVITED - On April 18, 1962, The Legislative Assembly of Ontario appointed a Select Committee to investigate and make recommenclatioes concerning: 1: The.Apprenticeship Act and the regulations made thereunder; • 2. Allaspects oftheapprenticeship system as presently established in Onti rio anc more particularly as -it pertains to the training of persons in trades or crafts • relating to the construction industry and in industrial undertakings; �. 3. T e training of wotkers'and more particularl9 re- training and upgrading of skills; and 4,. Theroles of government, industry and labour in this • field. e .Public hearings are expected to take place in the Parlia- ment Buildings, Toronto, in September and -October. Individuals or organizations interested in presenting sub- missions to the Committee are invited to contact the he _married- gi,,,,-,Gil Left „0.of „ p94 •t,no j4terlh n,.July 15th, The_Coninuttee. will be glad to supply a list of specific questions upon which comment is particularly desired, as well as background •annual Women's Institute Award. Featur•ing'the grad party will be the annual banquet, and the diploma and special awards pre- sentations. Valedictorian for the event will be medal winner Barbara Elliott. N The Horne acid School Associ- ation, under the convenership of president Mrs. J. E. Wright, is arranging the 'dinner and also -presenting school -pins- to the graduating students. A dance in, honor of the graduating 1962 entrance class will provide the ending to tkiisyear's graduation party. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wil- kins and Miss -Barbara, of Wood- stock, and Mrs. Eva Fraser, of London, were week -end guests with Mr. A. J. Wilkins and Miss Vera Wilkins. - lr µ "WE MEMBERS ;.oWN- ouR--- CREDIT UNION" -.t• It's a good-wacyr-- fo save — a good! place to borr::;• Your Sales Earn • • • . • In the Credit Union •••,. • • ,• ••, On Monthly Balance FDA i DAYS ON'L1 -- June gist until ttne " 30th •4,a armee l ai tt: Seg 6 ,n Selection anPrrc�e at We Are Open' -Every Evening ` r..'2bur ton.Venieneo Thit l 11 pin. Low Cost Loans Example --- $300.00 borrowed for one year (12 ;monthly payments) cost only $19.50 in interest. Loans are Life Insured at no extra ti ' At no additional cost your SAVINGS are LIFE Insured. Goderich Community Credit Union IJrntiie Owned and' operated bar the people of Goderich • and district: ' AtitEar - Phone JA 47931. f information andadvice which mayassist interested parties in the preparation and presentation of briefs. - J. R. Simonett, M.P.P. ' T. M. Eberlee,: Chairman. 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