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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 5, 1967
Seaforth Assessment in .Line
Many Seaforth ratepayers have ex-
-pressed concern at increases in. assess-
ments which were revealed as assess-
ment notices were received a few days.
ago.
They protest that they don't want to
pay any more ,taxes. In this respect of
course, they are no different from any-•
body else. Nobody likes paying taxes
whether they be large or small and this
despite the .fact that most of .us .rec-
ognize thatif we are to enjoy the ser-
vices we demand of our municipality
somebody must pay for them.
What we forget of course 'is that an
increase in assessment does not mean
an increase in taxes. The reverse. could
just as well be the case. •
The Amount of taxes which we pay
is based on assessment. If -the assess-
ment, is large, taxes for a given expen-
ditureare smaller ; if 'the assessment
-is smaller taxes for the same expendi-
ture must be larger. The expenditure
can only be met by applying, the tax
rate to tax assessment.
Sometimes a situation arises which
affects the taxes of particular ratepay-
ers as a result of assessment, over a
period of time, getting out of line.
What happens is" that the value of cer-
tain • properties or of properties in cer-
tain areas increases more rapidly than
does that of other properties in .other
areas. Sometimes, too, the assessment
schedule as applied to land gets out of
balance with that applied to building
structures. When any of ' these. situa-
tions arise it means ratepayers are not
paying equally towards the costs of op-
erating the town.
This is what has happened in Sea -
forth and which this years assessment,
which will be the basis of taxation in
1968, seeks to correct.
Many vacant lots in town had been.
assessed at amounts that were realistic
perhaps years ago, but which bore no
relation to the values of today. At to-
day's values, these lots and land -gen-
erally throughout -the :town,_were 'not
carrying their fair share of the taxa-
tion load. This. is particularly true as
the demand for services increases. It
costs just as much to plow snow from
the road or sidewalk in front of a va-
cant lot as it does from in front of a
lot on which a house 'is located. It
costs., propottionatly as much to .pro-
vide paved roads injront of large lots
as small lots and again it matters not
whether the lots are vacant or built on.
In taking the action he did, Assessor
Don Haines has recogni-zed inequalities
that existed and has moved to bring
matters into that balance which is the
very fundamental of -an equitable taxa-
tion procedure.
Despite assessment increases it does
not follow there, will be increases in the
tax which each of., us will pay next
year. This will depend on the rate that
is established'and which in.turnwill re-
flect, the year's anticipated expendi-
tures in relation to an enlarged assess-
ment base. There may be increases in
some cases, in others decreases, but
there is one. thing' of which we can be
sure. We will each be paying our proper
proportion having regard to the Costs
of operating the town. Some among us
.will not be paying less, than we should
while others pay more.
Thanksgiving Day 1967
7. For the Lord your God,.is bringing
you into a good land, a land of
brooks of water, of fountains and-
• and 'springs, flowing forth in val-
leys and hills. .
8.- A land of wheat and barley, of vines
and fig trees and pomegranates, a
land of olive trees and honey.
9 A land in which you will eat bread
without scarcity, in- which you will
lack nothing, a land whose stones
are iron and out of whose hills you
can dig copper.
10.. And your shall eat and be full, and
you shall bless the Lord your God•
• for the good land he has given, you.
, Deuteronomy • 8, verses 7-10
In the early days of our, childhood,
we were told the story of the first
North American ' Thanksgiving—how
the Pilgrim Fathers in 1621 after gath-
ering in their first harvest in the new
land, collectively arranged a huge
spread, inviting a friendly Indian chief,
Massasoit, and ninety'of his braves, to
join in'a banquet and Service of Thanks-
giving.
All through the years, Canadians con-
tinue to celebrate Thanksgiving. Every
year a national holiday is proclaimed
for the• purpose—in the month of Oct-
ober, when the foliage pf our woods
has reached)ts. zenith in exciting col-
our and stately grandeur.
Especially in this Centennial ,Year,
MY COLLEGE CO-ED
'If you think it's tough trying
- to get A son or -daughter early
for college, cooled ouf;-and• set-
tled in, you should try it with
a wife, who hasn't been there
for 20 years:
It's an exhausting experience,
emotionally and financially. Ail
the kids want is that you should
• take all their stuff down, help
'unload it, press a large sum
.u ontheta, and disappear back
to Hicksville, ,so you'll stop em-
barrassing them In front of -
":their tie* "class -mates.
With. /doming it's not that
simple, Pirst conies 'the • tee-
Mendititia deci#1on itself, 'UM*:
Parable to Moses ithaking rip
h , ittlna to leta ilia:° f�" ere
bolo to the Pry& t
Canadians would seem to have a mul-
titude of blessings for which to be
thankful: '
for peace in our land
* for political and religious freedom
* for the . opportunities available to
our youth
* for the beauty of our country itself
— mountains* forests, lakes and
rivers
*
for 'our fertile .Melds with their de-
pendable harvest of grain -
* for the resources of our forests in
pulpwood and lumber
* for ' the minerals extracted from
our rocky regions
* for our coastal waters teeming with
fish•
These are but a few of the blessings
we share in this bounteous land of Can-
ada, extending "from sea to sea, and
from the river unto the ends of the
earth".
Let us reflect on the needs of others
during our 1967 Season of Thanksgiv-
ing, and as we thank our Maker for the
many blessings we enjoy, let us con-
sider pledging some df our subetance,4
our thought and our time to those of
other lands who lack, in spite of these
enlightened times, the necessities of
life—food, clothing, medical care and
education.
(A tribute to Thanksgiving by Globe
Envelopes Limited.)
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The cariboo road to the, gold fields of
B.C., completed in 1865; miners are go-
ing in,, and a coach is coming out, with
gold guarded by armed men.. ,,Placer
gold -was • discovered on the Fraser Riv-
er in the 1850's. It was Canada's first
important . find of the precious metal.
Further discoveries up the river spark-
ed the Cariboo gold rush of 1858. Only
two years before then, the white popu-.
•lation of B.C., then known as New Cal-
edonia, consisted of employees of the
Hudson's Bay Co.'s fur..trading post
plus 40 freehold farmers, at Fort Vic-'
.toria on the „colony 'of Vancouver Is-
land. Then came the impact of thou-
sands of prospectors' and adventurers
from California and all over the world.
Britain quickly proclaimed a .second
colony on the mainland, named it Brit-
ish Columbia and gave it a.civil govern-
meat with its capital at New Westmin-
ster. The gold rush also led Sir James
Douglas, the first governo-r o,the two
colonies (which merged in 1866) to
build the Cariboo wagon trail up the
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From the Imperial 0i1 Collection
course of the Fraser River from the
head . of seamboat navigation at Yale
to Barkerville, the centre of ,gold min-
ing• in the Cariboo country. The road
was planned by Royal Engineers -under'
Colonel Moody and at their direction
it was completed by privatecontractors
in less than three years, one 'of the fin-
est roads ever built. It was nearly .500
miles" long, 18 feet wide, and justly
regarded-. as a major triumph of engin-
eering, becausel:kif the precipitous can-
yon and rugged country it traversed.
The Cariboo trail and the people who
used it brought about the first exten-
sive settlement of B.C. Although._many
successful miners returned to "civiliza-
tion", other remained and continued
prospecting or turned to other occupa-
tions. The.opportunities of feeding and
supplying the. gold rush induced pio-
• neer farmers, ranchers ,and tradesmen
to settle in the fertile valleys of the
interior.
(This' -historical feature is one of a
series which readers -may wish to clip
and save.)
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
Oct. 2, 1942
A meeting of Edelweiss Reb-
ekah Lodge elected the follow-
ing officers: N.G., Mrs. Nr R.
Dorrance; V.G., Mrs. W. D. Man-
son; Rec. Sec. Mrs. H. E.
Smith; Treas., Mrs. J. A. West-
cott; Fin: Sec., Mrs. Albert
Baker.
On Wednesday, from 10
o'clock in the morning until.
late in the afternoon, trucks
with heavy loads of salvage,
consisting of rubber, paper and
iron, were arriving at the Sea -
forth Salvage Headquarters.
Those in charge were Harold
Jackson, , Robert Archibald and
Wilson McCartney and over 10
tons of metal found its way to
the scrap pile.
Miss Isobel McKellar was pre-
sented with a• picture by the
members of First Presbyterian
Church choir, of which she has
been• a'member. She is now a
nurse in training at Stratford
General Hospital.
Mr. John E. Daley has saki -
his farm in McKillop Township
to Mr. David Shannon, who, gets
possession next month.
• The Village of Winthrop was
visited bya heavy snow fall.
Mrs. George Cowan ,received
word that her husband, who
had' taken part lir the Dieppe
Sugar and Spice
There are surges of confidence,
but they are outweighed by
strdden de"spa-irs.
- :Mr brain is rusty. I'll never
make it. They've probably lost
my files. There'll be a rule re-
fusing people over 30. The
course is most likely a lot hard-
er now. I'll feel. like ,a fool with
all those Idnds in mini -skirts
and eye -Shadow." And so on.
You patiently point out that:
rust can be
removed
• anY
half -
Wit can pass fourth year; uni-
versities never lose anything,
except , the • letter. you wrote
them, last week; she's titore ma-
ture; and the Bourse will be a
step; ,she's better looking no*
tired . hack." was fns third years
' .ir✓A',y,` hacks
'hu, bolster, she send oft
raid, had landed back to Eng-
land safely.
There was something peculiar
about the appearance of Main
Street on Saturday night. It
was the lights of course, or
rather the lack of them. All el-
ectric signs were out and all'
store windows were in darkness.
Even with the street lights on,
the street looked like a dark
tunnel and the occasional lights
of a car at the curb seemed
only to intensify the darkness
'of the rest of the street.
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From The Huron Expositor
Oct. 5, 1917
Mr. Thomas O'Loughlin of
Manley gave a farewell dance
before •retiring from the farm.
Mr. Peter Lindsay of Con-
stance has leased Mrs. Sam
Dorrance's farm for a term of
years.
A quiet, but pretty wedding
took place at the home of Mr:
and Mrs. Hugh Dunlop of the
8th concession of Hullett, when
their daughter, Maud, was unit,
ed to Orville Dale of Hullett.
The Ford contests at the Sea -
forth Fair for prizes .donated
by J. F. Daly, local Ford deal-
er, created a great deal of in-
terest , and .amusell;{ent.
prize winners were, half mile
slow race, W. Southgate, Jr.,
By Bill Smiley
the application. Nothing hap- housewives, she has been shel-
pens. Fear - and frustration tared all these years by guess
mount. So father has to write a who. ..
letter in his inimitable style she goes'o visit her moth -
with force and firmness: t"
er for three days, as a sort of
Straight back comes the good
word.
,This is the real crisis. She
can't beleive it! She's accepted'.
It's no longer castles in Spain.
And the real panic begins.
"It's ridiculous. I can't leave
You and Kim alone. You'll
burn the house down. You'll
forget to ptit out the garbage.
You'1l.kdie of,malntitrition. We
can't afford it. Itou can't. get
along without me" And so "on.
This, of course, is rank cow-
,*rdi"ce. She simply is afraid to
,get her ;feet wet in the big :01d
world fthI4 *Web; like '.:511
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trial run. Comes home and is
a bit dashed -to find the house
still standing, garbage out on
schedule, lawn cut, kitchen tidy
and Kim and I 'living like Or-
iental botbntates.
She had to"save-face and go
through with it, but not before
trying one more gambit. It was
impossible financially. There
was no warwe equld manage
it. .. ..
rather points out that, with,
judicious borrow1lft, ,we can
keep oneof the family going to
ebllege' SSine Hugh •is no long -
TO THE EDITOR
The Time to Think of
Muscular Dystrophy
Sir;
At Thanksgiving we tradition-
ally take inventory of the good
things of life. Among these,.
this October 1967, no resources
are ,more beneficial, more ef-
fective, more 'striking than the
achievements of medical
science. -
Diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid,
cholera and the worst types of
infantile paralysis — a host of
infectious diseases — have
been virtually eradicated.
Other killers such as cancer,
diabetes, tuberculosis, pneu-
monia . and • malfunction of in-
ternal organs have yielded, or
are in the process of yielding,
to the wizardry of chemistry,
surgery and new refinements
of treatment. -
Oply a few deadly maladies
remain; muscular , dystrophy
perhaps the chief ' unsolved dis-
ease among ' them. Today some
10,000 -;to 12,000 of our fellow
Canadians are' its victims, most
,of them children for whom the
disease is "nearly always fatal.
Muscular dystrophy may strike
at any time, in any family, any
region. It is non-infectious,
caused by. neither bacteria nor
virus. Its cause is unknown; its
cure non-existent.
The Muscular Dystrophy As-.
sociation of Canada sponsors a
large number of muscle arid gen-
etic research projects involving
the leading universities and
medical research centres of
Canada. These '.projects are
slowly but steadily closing in -
on this 'esti historic killer.
MDAC's program of research,
Russell Dallas; best lady driver;
Miss Habkirk, Miss Adams.
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From The Huron 'Expositor
Sept. 30, 1842'
. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turnbull'
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of McKillop have returned from
their visit to the Old Country.
Mr. James Constable, barber,
had a serious -mishap in London.
fie was getting en a street car
when a car coming along on the
adjoining track struck him,
knocking him down, fracturing
his shoulder and injuring his
back.
Mr. 'Robert Charters of "the
Mill Road, Tuckersmith, is mak
ing- for himself, quite a name
as a breeder of Leicester sheep.
Mr. Jon Ward, Seaforth's
well known saddler, has receiv-
ed a contract from a Michigan
lumberman, to make for him
a large number of sets of heavy
harness. •
Mr. William Ament thinks
that his men at the cooper shop
beats the record. They made
600 barrels in one week and
that Witho t working overtime. ,
Mr. William Henderson, paint-
er, met with a yet painful ac-
cident. He-- was ' painting Mr.
McIntosh's new house in Mc-
Rillop when the lad lerr on which
he was standing .broke and .)ze.
fell about 25 feet td the ground,
er there, and infact has a
splendid job laying carpets, it
might as well be she. This pro-
duces half .,a-_day''s-tears of•=tnin-
gled rage and grief over Hugh's
quitting.
It also produces.. a guilt com-
plex. She vows that nobody has.
ever lived as cheaply at college
a§ she will. She's goingto pig
it in a grubby little -room.-All
she needs is a sleeping bag,
card table, hot -plate and elee.,
trio kettle. She'll walk miles to
'save carfare, hitch -hike home
on Weekends.
Hald have you"tried to rent
a e1teap "little room lately?: Fa-
ther ' took mother. to the city,
and .w)i41e,ilie registered ;at the
college, pound: At ale and posy
its clinics, and its patient ser-
vices are financed through con-
tributions from an enlightened
and generous public anxious to
see 'one of the. last great meal
cal crusades achieve its goal.
As we recall our blessings in
the form of health safeguards
Protecting us and our families
this Thanksgiving, let us pray
that when next year's Thanks-
giving rolls around we shall
possess another medical shield
— one against muscular dys-
trophy.
Yours very truly,
J. C. Evans
President
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ed over the classified ads. Best
°he could find was a room, .share
bath and kitchen, at $20 a week.
It wasn't bad. But there was
a stumbling block, as usual. The
other inmates were college
girls, and the landlady"had an
iron rule that no men,- except
her own hu3band were allowed
inside -the front door. She was
inflexible, So was I. I'd plan-
ned to pad down with the old
lady the odd weekend, saving
the price of a hotel room.
To cut.: a -long story to rib-
bons, .the shabby.. little room
first suggested has smolt into
an apartment, furnished. Mid 1
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