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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-01-28, Page 8ours. ()until Jaiitiary ession• Sets Tentative 10 Mill Rate Provisional eatimates, based on eration of the county, assessor's .a tax rate,of ten mi purposes .vvere presented to Huron Estimated receipts for 1954, oth- ' County 6ouncil last week by A. H. er than receipts from taxes,' in- „. • _Erskine -county treasurer..; The elude $I2,900 from the registry of- ', itropoSed rate, made up of 6.75 fice, $12,00t) from hospitals, $9,000 'znills for general aecount, and 3.25 from fines levied in the admin- ' znills for county roads, is the, same istration, of justice, $6,450 interest ' • ,, as ' the 1953 rate, and One mill on bonds,. $2,000 in revenue from higher than the 1952 rate, the county historical museurn, Comity Home $1,500 in Ontario Government con - The biggest single item in the tribution to the costs of county -provisional estimates- of :expense is assessing, $1,200 from airport ren- • . • 3125,000 for the addition to the tal.j ' Huron County Home, near Clinton, In terms of the tax rate; the ad - which is now under construction. dition to the Huron CountyHome This expenditure would be in ad- is provisionally estimated to' re- dition to $50,000 budgeted for the quire 2.27 mills of the 10 -mill total CountY Home addition in 1953, and levy, and hospitals are estimated another $50,000 PrOvided in the to require one mill. 1952 estimates. • ; •r, Fair Grants G. W. Montgomery, agricultural Other Main Items ' representative, urged the members Other lar e items in the general 'estimates for 1954 are $55,000 for hospitals, $38,000 for operation of the Huron County Home, 328,000 .for the Huron County Health Unit, 123,000 for county administration, 121,000 for admthistration of jus- tice, $20,000 to operate the jail, $17,000 for grants to organizations; 115,000 for the Wingham hospital building fund, $14,500 for care of wards of the Childrens' Aid Soc- iety, 313,500 for Children's Aid -Society grants, $7,500 for the op - for county department, wri11e11 _Was, Agreed te' l'ZUron COuntY Council. Professor James R. Scott, Seaforth was commis- sitined to do the work. ; • Appearing before eetumil, Profes- sor' Scott pointed out that nuron has an important story to be told. A writer and lecturer' on creative writing at the University' of West- ern Ontario, he reminded council 'that Huron was the original county in. the Canada Company. ':"Bruce County has had three histories written; while. Huron has riot had any,' he said. to give serious thought to the grants for agriculture He pointed out the importance of fall fairs and spring shows, and the encourage- ment _given to stock breeders by such exhibitions. Harold Baker, assistant to the agricultural representative, ad- dressed the 'council on the Junior Farmers' extension program and its value in promoting leadership. History of County Under -Writing of the cost of hav- ing a history of Huron County FARMERS We are . shipping cattle every Saturday for United Co-operatives of Ontario and solicit your patronage. Wp will -pick them up at your farm. Please PHOND COLLECT not later than Friday nights. Seaforth Farmers Co-operative H. S. Hunt, Manager Phone Day 9, Evenings 481w 39-tfb Recommendation' that the his- tory.be underwritten was included in the report of the historic com- mittee adopted by council. The committee rectimmended that the county allot $1,000 a year for five years to pay the cost. Road Bebate A move to have the road rebate to urban municipalities increased from 40 to 50 per cent was tabled until the June session: Reeve R. E. McKinney, Wing -- ham, who advocated the increase, said that since Huron intends to decrease the road amounts of the rebates would be reduced. He poni ted out that the reduction would represent close to a mill to Wing - ham. w otirt otlse 0 lit •C''' • ' • • • - 111 • , • , , • • •. ..: •• , Get• t $25:PG EIqHT. to Goderiol Wingham Hospi Will:Move Health Uint Froth on To Grant McKINLEY'S BABY CHICKS CANADIAN APPROVED PUREBRED NEW HAMPSHIRE PUREBRED LIGHT SUSSEX PUREBRED WHITE ROCK N.H. x L.S. CROSSBREDS N.H. x B.R. CROSSBREDS and our popular THREE WAY CROSS W. R. x H. S. 1 to 12-b Little Theatre. of $700 recommended The sem was or the general county au PaS6ed. rhe County Weed Inspector, W. R, Dougall and, C. W, ICingsbury of the crops branch, 0,A.C,, and dis trict inspector under the Wee Control Acf addressed the counci stressing the need for destructio of weeds on all roads and recom meding spraying for this purpose Dr. R., AI, Aldis, Clinton, ad dressed the,council on the work o the ounty Health Unit, now i operation for five Years. He Gui lined the work of the unit whic is staffed by trained personnel. Hospital Board Reps. Huron County's century -old courthouse, a landmark in Gocier- ich's Cciurthouse Park, is going to be 'torn down and a new building will be: erected, With construction slated to start early next year. This decision of County Council follows eight,years of waiting for a new building. It was at the January session in 1946 that County Council first decided to buid a new courthouse. Every year since, councils have postponed construction because of rising costs of materials. It was just 100 years ago, in, 1854, that County Council decided to build the present structure. Prior to that time council held its session at the county jail: Estimated cost of the new building is 3500,000. Eight years ago, when Council first decided to build, the estimated cost was $350,000. While the new structure is be- ing erected, it is hoped to house county offices at the old col- legiate, when a new collegiate building was finished. Council property con-nittee:was instructed to make arrangements with Goder- ich Town Council for obtaining the temporary accommodation. The matter was brought to a head by a letter from the inspect- or of legal offices, Hugh Donald, informing council that there was not enough vault space in the courthouse to house legal docu- ments. Fox Bounty Council recommended to the ag- riculture committee that it approve dropping fox bounties after hear- ingf a delegation from the Blyth Conservation Club, C. Lorne Scrimgeour, represent- ing the club, introduced Clive Thompson, Toronto lawyer and wildlife authority, who told coun- cil' that the fox is essentiallly an asset and should not be extermin- ated "Bounties have become pretty well abolished in most of North America," Mr. Thompson said. He noted . that the county pays but about $4,000 each year in bount- ies and felt this money could be saved if the bounty were dropped. CAS Report Mrs. Mary P. Chaffee, superin- tendent of the Children's Aid Soc- iety in a report to council said the society in 1953 was interested in 156 children in 54 families and now has 74 children in its care. Twenty-four children were placed in adoptive homes and 27 final adoptions were completed. The society' made 5,060 visits, had 2,694 interviews, attended 119 conferences, gave 15 addresses and traveled 38,664 miles. 7 the new structure or pay rent for Pm/11041 Offices in it. At Present, the GovernMent pays no rent for its offices and provides no assist- ance foe a now building. Mayor J. E. Huckins, Gbdeiich, present as a spectator during the proceedings, told council that it could be assured the town would "co-operate to the fullest 'extent" to assist the county in finding tem- porary acconunodation. Ile suggested the meeting be- tween County Council's property committee and the town council to make arrangements to use the old collegiate. AUTO GLASS REPLACED While You Wait Saftee Glass BOTH FLAT AND CURVED Installed to Your Complete Satisfaction BEEVERS AUTO SUPPLY Phone Goderich 295 43-tfb WinghamgrantofHee$15,000irlotmel will county getye(!.a un- cil this year for constructioli of new wing only if the hospital -a- grees not to levy a surcharge on county patients. A record vote showed 16-14 a- gainst the surcharge. Spearheading a move to have the surcharge levied was Reeye 11. E. McKinney, Wingham, who point- ed out that Ashfield and Grey were the only townships in the area served by the hospital who did not contribute to a drive for funds. "I don't think the people of these townships should expect to go to the Wingharn Hospital and not pay a surcharge," he said. , Other grants were: $1,500 to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind; $1,500 for the Salvation Army; $1,000 each for five county hospitals; $2,500 to the University of Western Ontario; $200 for a scholarship at U.W.O.; $2000 for a scholarship at 0.A.C..; $100 to God - Pay For Home First Clerk -Treasurer Erskine told council he would not suggest start- ing construction this year, since the county wishes to finish pay- ing for the additio'n to the county home,Which is nearing completion. It is proposed to levy $125,000 this year to pay for the completion of this project. Council levied $50,000 for the addition the past two years. Move Health Unit He said that the lease on the health unit office in Clinton ex- pires in June and suggested moving that office to the old collegiate building at that time. Perhaps, he said, the remaining county offices could be moved in the fall. He suggested also that the new courthouse could be built without issuing debentures, as was done with the county home addition, and the county could levy an a- mount each year on the tax rate toward the cost. The vault space, he said, was definitely lacking. Councilors found that out this -Week when they toured the building and found all drawers in the vaults filled, and legal documents packed into oran- ge crates and apple boxes on the floor, ' - • No time was set for the meeting between the property committee and Goderich Tow -n Council, but it was expected the two groups would get together within the next few weeks th make necessary ar- rangements. Tornado Fluid Wound Up Winding p of the Huron County Tornado Fund was reported to Council by ,Ilarvey C. Johnston, former reeve of gorris township, who was chairman of the special committee established: in 1953 to handle relief for tornado victims. The sum of $681148193 collected by the committee, therepoit show- ed was sufficient to pay 45 cents on the dollar of loss. The com- mittee considered only losses a: - mounting to more Than. $200; an took into account insurance cov- erage. The tornado relief receipts in- cluded $10,000 from the coilhty of Huron; $8,304.48 from nubilesub- scriptions; $22,000 from the Nat- tional Disaster Fund; $9,405.24 from the province of Ontario.' $18,- 186.21 from the Dominion ofCan- ada; $506 from the county of Wat- erloo, which gave $2,000 for allo- cation among five tornado -hit counties, Same Request in 1945 County Clerk -Treasurer A, H. Erskine,told council that in 1945 the -inspector had made the same report which prompted the 1946 decision to build, Architect L. G. Bridgman, London, drew" plans and council issued debentures for $250,000. Council already had $100,000 in victory bonds. At that time, he said, it was difficult to get materials, so the proposal was shelved from year to year. But the eountY retained the 3350,000 since it had passed a by- law earmarking it for a construc- tion of a new courthouse only, and on the same site as the present building. Mr. Erskine pointed out that the county pays out $325 each month to rent offices outside the court- house for county departments; $165 for the health unit's office in Clinton; $75 for the Children's Aid Society headquarters; $55 for the Huron County -Library; and $30 for the county assessor's office. Accommodation for these offices, he said, had been planned in the new building. In addition, he said, it requires 100 tons of coal to heat the pres- ent building, and certain ways the wind blows sections of the build- ing are cold. Five radiators leak, but employees are afraid to touch the old heating system because it may break down completely. Provincial Aid? He said also that he felt the Provincial Government could eith- make a grant toward the cost of County representatives to th hospital boards were named: Scot Memorial Hospital Board, Scot Habkirk, Seaforth; Wingham Hos pital board, F. L. Davidson; Clin ton Hospital Board, Fred Thom son, Clinton; South Huron Hospi al Board, H. Rivers, Exeter. - NOTICE Clinton Memorial Shop' For the winter months contact J. J. Zapfe, phone Clinton 103. Residence, Rat- tenbury St. East. T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON -- EXETER - SEAFORTII naantnAt,:aiXA, ............................................... ..... 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