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The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 1971 Farm Page Blen Picnic at farm home for exchange students A delightful happening in Rockwoofl last Saturday temoon was held on the grounds of Wishwood Farm belonging to Mr and Mrs Vincent Price when Mane Ellen Saunders was hostess to the Guelph and Quebec Exchange students at an outdoor picnic Vincent and Ruth Price acting as aides to Mane Ellen welcomed the young people girls and boys saying in French Soyei le and continuing in the native tongue of the Quebec students explained that having learned of Marie Ellens trip to Drummondvllle they were very pleased that one of Rockwood girls should have such an opportunity and because French culture was so typified In the beautifully preserved and restored historical Quebec building said they felt it would be interesting for the visiting students to be introduced to two examples of early English Canadian homes Tour homes barn students were then treated to a tour of the beautiful old home and the unique storied barn which was originally designed by the famous architect SirCasimir 130 for Colonel Strange on his Estate Farm Afterwards the Quebec fcirls and their English counterparts then enjoyed a true Ontario outdoor picnic lunch while the ladies on the committee Mrs Richard Butts and Mrs Jack from and Mrs Herb Saunders of together with their husbands visited with Mr and Mrs Price Also in the ifkrnonn wen ind Gordon Morns two other people from Acton CasualUslts It v is a which begin at in if until It was not the neither however in for indoor in t of run Earlier in the week Mine from CI had taken time off from the planned itinirar for visiting ind in of Mane Ellen id the of also meeting her Quebec Farmers included are assessment bill too harm Assessment as well as reported that the bill would P Deputy Minister home assessment will be frozen freeze home assessments they Municipal Affairs Palmer until 1974 if a bill introduced by Municipal Affairs Minister Bales is passed announced on Wed July the bill proposed a freeze on all assessments However the news media did not mention farm assess clarified the position for me it I iter He Bruce Taylor Durham county thit this freeze on assessment farmer and executive member of would to ill property not the Ontario Federation of just homes but farms com culture learned this Thursday industrial property when he met with William too This medns that farmers on t be t lxed out of their pants Seek farmers as hosts for students in the next few Taylor said Can increase 500 New buildings enlargements and improvements wont increase values unless they increase total market value According to Evelyn the weeks of Aug to Aug and more than The bill does of the Aug 17 Miss Weatherston rule t of farmers Urban Rural Exchange program expressed some disappointment l0 iJpc lt thclr presen for Halton County there are more in not being able to locate more youngsters eager to visit the than youngsters so far This freeze on property farm than there are forms that idea of the program is to assessment until is willing to have the young aUcjt who ordinarily preparation for a complete visitors would not get to a farm or learn revamping of the system Only one third of the young anything of the rural way of life Taylor said told me who have applied have to live the life of a farmer for a th it his department was found farms to go to About to week and experience both the developing a new land value arc still hoping that Halton leisure and work aspects of the schedule for firm valuation This farmers will open up their homes farms schedule might be ivailable for and give them an opportunity to farmers interested in the discassion in six months but it 11 escape their suburban program should contact Miss several before the environment and live the rural at the Milton office department is re to rev isc ill lite for week of the Department of Agriculture isscssmcnti According to Miss those who have been Involved as hots or visitors have enjoyed the program The urban students have learned a great deal considering they were only on the farm for a week she said Need more hosts Two more groups are slated for Rebates are slow blame assessors At their regular meeting night Esquesing Council Reeve Tom Hill received an invitation to the Open House and official opening of the addition to the ARC workshop in Hornby 11 at pm Instructed budding inspector Tom Mcliun to inspect property owned Hurry Hooper Lot ton 1 regarding operation of a wrecking yard and give a written report to council Instructed roads superintendent C Bud Snow to erect CURVE signs on each side of the bridge on between Concessions and a resolution passed Georgetown Council petitioning the Minister of Municipal Affairs not to accept the recommendation of the Select Committee on Election Laws that any resident of Ontario since the first day of January in any election year otherwise it I to vote in any municipality be entitled to stand for office in any other municipality and that the dis qualification of candidates be generally less restrictive than heretofore and such grounds as payment of taxes be eliminated Endorsed a resolution passed by Kitchener Council asking the province of Ontario to amend its grant regulations so as to provide a per cent subsidy on all cost involved In all matters of water management including water supply water control and water quality Some Ontario farmers have not yet received their property tax rebates for 1970 The problem according to Department of Municipal Affairs officials is that some properties are incorrectly coded on local assess roles This is an extremely unfortunate situation Ontario of Agriculture president Gordon Hill commented on hearing the report This rebate was awarded to all farmers and all farmers should receive it The property tax rebate was announced in October 1970 by then Prime Minister John It amounts to per cent of net farm taxes Do this If any farmer t received lus rebate here what I suggest he do First he should contact his loeal assessment office to eheck the coding on his property If it coded residential or commercial or something other than farm he should ask trie assessment office to correct it and pass the information on to the Department of Municipal Affairs in Toronto Hill said that if the property owner doesn insist on correction noone will After have spoken to y our assessment office Hill continued write to me at the Ontario of Agriculture 3B7 St Toronto giving me details of your assessment and property We have found that some assessment offices ire reluttant to make coding corrections But If wc have the information we cm exert pressure from this end too I invite any f who t received his rebate whether he s a member of the federation or not to write to me ibout his rebate problem Hilton deration president Bruce said ill farms mast be at least acres to take advantage of the rebate Mr s farmers could submit to him and he would forward thein to H if they so wished LINE 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