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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-05-15, Page 1Mau Erkg NO 19 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1975 20¢ PER COPY ATTEND ST. BONIFACE CWL ANNIVERSARY - Ten of the 11 past presidents of the Catholic Women's League of St. Boniface Church, Zurich, attended the celebration last Tuesday night. Back row left to right are Father A. Spencer, of London, who assisted in the program, Mrs. Theresa Hartman, Mrs. Alphonse Grenier, Mrs. Case VanRaay, Mrs. Louis Farwell, Mrs. Mozart Gelinas, Father A. Durand, the parish priest. Middle row are Mrs. Leo Meidinger and Mrs. Claude Gelinas. Front, left to right, Mrs. Lerina Rose, Mrs. Clarence Farwell and Mrs. Lawrence Bedard. SELL GOODIES AT MAY BAKE SALE - Members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Blue Water Rest Horne sponsored a bake sale, tea, and bazaar at the home Saturday afternoon. Shown here are several members of the organization as they line up the tasty pastry table ready for customers. Left to right are Mrs. Lee Regier, Mrs. Art Brisson, Mrs. Charles Thiel and Mrs. Wilfred Corriveau. Stephen tax rate takes big jump Increases in salaries and in fire protection costs were pin- pointed by Stephen Township reeve Cecil Desjardine as maj- or reasons why a 1975 township budget will see tax bills for some ratepayers increase more than 40 per cent. Reeve Desjardine said that the township budget approved by council earlier in the week, which calls for expenditures of $922, 086, is not as big a jump as it appears. "We really should have raised the taxes about six more mills last year and this jump wouldn't seem so big, " he said of the 26.17 mill increase in farm and residential rates for those tax- payers supporting public -schools and the 20.08 mill rate jump faced by supporters of separate schools. One mill represents one doll- ar of taxation for every $1, 000 of assessed property value. Public school supporters will pay a total about $157 more than, last year's bill of tax rate of 99.82 mills, meaning an average -sized farm assessed at $6, 000 will be taxed about $440 --an increase of more than 41 per cent. Separate school supporters will pay $120 more on a similar property. Reeve Desjardine said the township's share of the $145, 000 Haist Bridge northeast of Cred- iton ate into an expected surplus last year and left the township in a slight deficit pos- ition. Had the township known the cost of the bridge and had it been able to better estimate the impact of inflation, an additional increase of six mills would have met last year's . expenses, he said. In the new budget, in which 19 mills is the general township rate, he said, salary increases for the municipality's eight employees accounted for about four mills, while the paving of 1 1/2 miles of township roads in the Huron Park area will cost another three mills. Another three mills will off- set the cost of the township takeover of the Crediton the department and the provision (continued on page 7) Separate Scho moves to new (by Wilma Oke) The Huron -Perth County Rom- an Catholic Separate School will move its administrative offices from Seaforth to Dublin this summer it was revealed at a board meeting held in Sea - forth Monday night. Trustee Michael Connolly, Kippen, in releasing the details of the move, said the board offices in Seaforth have been cramped for space and the park- ing facilities have been inadeq- uate. The board offices have been located on the Main Street in Seaforth since shortly after the formation of the county board in 1969. After July 1 they will be moved to the building housing the former Dublin high school and the Ursuline Order convent. Mr. Connolly said the Ursuline Order will be vacating the con- vent at the end of the school term in June after 60 years of service in the community. The two teaching sisters will remain on the school board staff and take up residence in the Ursuline Convent in Stratford. Sister Florence Kelly is principal at St. Patrick's elementary school in Dublin and . Sister Marian is prin- cipal at St. Columban elementar school, Mr. Connolly said the board has leased the building for a five-year period from the St. Patrick's parish at Dublin and the Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of London. The kinder- garten class for St. Patrick's school area which has been using a room in the former high school, part of the building, will cont- inue in that location under the new arrangement. The agreement calls for St. Patrick's parish to collect $1, 000 per month for the building and at the end of the five-year rent- al term the board has the right to purchase the building for its coninued use as a board office. Richard Box, owner of the building housing the present board offices, will be notified his premises will be vacated by the end of the present lease in January, 1976. In other business the board agreed to send three board mem- bers to the Canadian Catholic School Trustees Association Convention in St. John's, New- 'foundland, from June 25 to June 27 - Chairman David Teahen, of Stratford, Ted Geoffrey, Zurich and Donald Crowley, Gadshill; and alternate, Arthur Haid, R.R.4, Listowel. The board approved a 1975-76 school bus rate schedule of approximately 15 per cent inc- rease over last year's. Trustee Donald Crowley was named to attend a testimonial dinner in Toronto on May 16 for Monsignor Hardy of Hamilton., Board approval was given sev- eral changes in updating board policies as outlined by Stratford Trustee Howard Shantz. A new policy approved called for copies of general minutes of all board meetings to be sent to separate school representatives on the Perth County and the Huron County Boards of Educating in order to keep them conversant C.) `97, 1..J 1,Z „ 0 hl i7; a.° Y oI Board Iocation with its general business. William Ennis, Stratford board counselling officer, was authot' ized to attend the Ontario Ass- lociation of Counselling officers in Geneva Park in June. •The board approved giving the Stratford Recreation Associat- ion permission to use the ball diamonds at the Stratford Separ- ate schools for the summer prog- ram, also the soccer field at Aloysius School. 'I'm glad these are being used now, ” commented Joseph Looby of Dublin. They were only cow pastures when this bond took over those school grounds. John Vintar, Director of Ed- ucation for construction of a general purpose room and dress- ing rooms at St. Patrick's School at Kinkora. Stratford trustee Francis Vere, chairman of building and prop- erty committee, outlined the various maintenance works being carried out at the schools in the two counties. Mr. Vintar and Ted Geoffrey both reported on the Ontario Conference on Education held in Toronto on May 7, 8, 9, and 10 which they attended with the theme Learning to be Where in the World do we stand. 0 y I Hocafi Grants for the implementat- ion of the Ontario Home Renew- al Program (OHRP) have been. allocated to several additional Ontario municipalities, includ- ing the village of Bayfield, Housing Minister Donald R. Irvine announced this week. OHRP provides per capita grants to Ontario municipalities to administer directly as loans to homeowner occupants to repair their houses to an accept- able municipal minimum stand- ard . Bayfield has been allocated $15, 000 at this time, Mrs. Irvine said, which represents approximately 50Tfo of the total 1974-75 funding designated uncle OHRP for the municipality. The prime objective of the program is the correction of faulty structural and sanitary conditions and the upgrading of plumbing, heating and electr- ical systems of the owner occup- ant's home. "OHRP is directly oriented to low and moderate income fam- ilies, with a maximum annual income of $12,500, " Mr. Irvine said. "Bayfield is to be congrat- ulated for its initiative in mov- ing quickly to implement this program, which ensures the con- tinued usefulness of needed existing housing." The maximum amount of an OHRP loan, as determined by the local municipality, is $7, 500, less any funding from other home renewal programs. The municipality is also .responsible for determining the rate of int - (continued on page 15)