The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-06-18, Page 21WEDNESDAY,, JUNE 18th, 1969
Provincial Tax
Increase lit,.010.00s..- •
The provincial government assess -
rent index factors will ruin a lot
of peoplein,the Bruce Peninsula,
Bruce county council was told Tues,
• day by J.P. Johnstone, Jr.,. reeve
"'• ' of St. Edmunds, the most northerly
township in the county.
The factors here' are based' Oh the
skyrocketing pries; being -=paid or '.
vacation properties,. some:of'which
are selling• for'lO• times their assess
`'ed values:
The index figures are set by the . ."
province as a• measure of the total
property value. or wealth of an area
Grants to, an area .have been based •
on the..figures, with lower grants;
going to areas with rising property •
values and indexes;. ••
County couneiklors complained
' the change in values of vacation.
properties is harming the tax
situation of permanent residents.•.
Farm owners whose "property
values .are remaining relatively
.static are the hardest •liit' by the
indexes, Mr. Johnstone said.
"The:' province pays thousandsto
• attract tourists :and tourism means
much to our economy, but
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if the factor here becomestoo high
it will discourage cottage owner-
ship," he said_ •
The factors are applied by per-
sbns not familiar with thearea and
the factors are ,not made known to,"
local councils.
These �"snea..ky things are not the
fault o Tithe County. assessment de'--
partment , he said. •
The objection should be taken .to
' Toronto , Tiverton. Reeve Thomas
Morris Said .
"Start at the top*.mmWerNe—een
trying to work tips,from the bottom
for too long,
If council. follows the.ad;vice.,'of
its health unit;• cominiftee it; i#4111
not at this time accede to the mer
ger bid from the neighboring Grey--
Owen
reyOwen Sound.'.
The committee. noted that•the
pet -capita cost of the' Grey -Owen
Sound unit is "considerably higher'
than that for Bruce". `
The; cofnmittee-also referred to
the labor problem the Grey -Owen
Sound unit i`s*experiencing. Public
health nurses'ther.e were on strike
for more than'six weeks buthave
returned and.the'unit there' is,hop
ing for Grey "county counciil's approv
al of amended salary rates.
first Couple 1A?riecJ-Af
YearsTAg�ATtendSij
Of Rev. B. F.'Green At St,, Helers:
ST, HELENS NEWS
Mr, and•Mrs Vernon Zeller, Mr,
and Mrs. Howard. Battler and Mr"s,.
Violet Loveday of Breslau'
attend'ed:'Sunday morning scrvice 'at
t . He ens -Cl iireh=and-were air ne,r-
guests•of Mrs. Don Pannabecker. •
Mr.' and Mrs. Zeller celebrated '
their'°5Oth.wedding anniversary:on;'
June •.4th. 'They were,the first
couple unitedin marriage by•Rev.
B.F. Green following his .ordinat-
ion in June 1919. Rev. Green con-
ducted the Morning service on Sun-:
day,.•
On Friday,' Mrs. 'Don Pannabeckei?
attended; the funeral of her cousin,
Ray Dahmer. at Owen Sound. ,,.
'Mrs, Laura McNeil visited with
her daughter and. son-in=law , :Mr.
arid Mrs'. • Robert Johnston at Kincar
dine on F,tiday . '
• Mr. and' Mrs,. • Ross Durnin, Stev.-
err and Colleen along with other
Miller -relatives were - Sunday visit-
ors with Mr. and Mrs. Wilrner ..•
Nicholson and family .at Holstein
Mr.' and Mrs. ;Ernest Gaunt, Mr..
and Mrs. Sandy ,McCharles and.
:Mrs . John MoGharles :of Ripley.
were "guests: at the .1<nott - Proctor
wedding at Thornbury • '
recently. The groom is the son of
Mr. William Knott and the; late •
Mrs. Knott•(the .former .
Sadie,'McCharles of the,Olivet •
'district).
gessranassomenize
*vokly;f04.
GARBAGE :;. i5 Gums. BAGS OF SOAP
bog
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TISSUE
PLUMBING
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ELECTRIC WIRING'
placed on the cost; a •figure'of app-
roximately $3,006 was 000 s generally .
agreed.upon by ,the Board.. This will
riot include the cost of furnishings
and• equip -rent , much of which ss
expected to be brought to.:Cln
tori .from other offices..own.ed by. the
Board In any. case.,. cognizance
will be: takenof the two-year per.-
iod only. It400k•all of 20 minutes'
:discussion' to. decide when the. Board,
should hold •;its• •meetings in' the.
summern-ionths ..'It finally was
decided, `second. Mondays in July
and August; others• at call of
chair.
8 for 88c
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'aver Problem
' 'BY RICHMOND ATK) Y . .
At the request of the' Board's sol-
o • ._�...�ar, of Ed-
ucation went into committee"O:f the
Whole:; in Central Huron Secondary"
School; Clinton, to discuss what
Board chairman John B. ,Lavis„
Clinton; termed '.a: privte .'•
mattes
• Later , in session, .the Board; app;=
roved forwarding a letter:, , as •
outlined by:the" solicitor,, Elmer D.'
Bell., ,Exeter',, to Ly, le Pinkney
Catherine Street,-Goderich, in`
connection with a "complaint.made
.y him--conceriiin e l '
;his property.adjacent to Goderich
'District Collegiate .Institute, play-
ground:
Lavis re.orted that the
•Board's solicitorhad;decided that
it was.:a matter to be decided by
Mr P nkne;y and the' town of God-`-
erich, ,and .that they would be so
advised of
....One of the. items on the agenda`
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it Comprises only -twelve lots, one .
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