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f v the georgetrrurri herald wednesday sept 27th 1 950 i j r the editors corner home improvers are penalized there is a growing school of thought which claims that owners of land and buildings are being asked to share too heavy a load of presentday municipal ttjxes the new assessment is a good one and no property owner can have any quairrel that he is being assessed unfairly as compared with his neighbours there are depreciation allowances as well as location allowances both between towns and between certain districts in individual towns the assessor has a complete listing i of tkc physical properties of eachhousea hdc wlil be noted on this from yeat to year whieh increase f decrease its value all assessments are subject to- review by the county auditor which will eliminateany errors a- local aseqsqr may mate property owners can however have some doubts about whether their taxes are not being used to subsi- difcef other members of the community who do not pay their fair share for- streets and sidewalks fire and pol ice protection schoolsand the many other civic ser- vices which we enjoy and those people particularly who take pride in their houses and spend more than the average on keeping them in repair and adding to their vajue are the ones who should be the most concerned look at it this way two men own similar homes and each has saved up a thousand dollars to spend on something major mr a puts the entire thousand dol lars into the physical properties of the house he builds a new verandah puts in a second bathroom or a fireplace paints the house or shingles it whatever he does in this respect means a reassessment a higher value and more taxes to pay mr b takes his pleasure in spending his money on die things that the house contains he buys a radio and refrigerator has the chesterfield reupholstered buys a new bedroom suite but none of these things addto the value of the house itself and there is no reassess ment and no tax increase take mr c who cares not at all for house or fur nishings but puts his savings in jewellery pr a new aut- omobile he too escapes any further municipal taxes here is where the unfairness seems to be all three men are worthy citizens who believe in saving their money and spending it on worthwhile things but differ in their desires the municipal act which lays down the basis for municipal taxation penalizes one man for the way in which he saves his money by- levy ing additional taxes and takes no interest in the others income tax fairer to overcome this inequality in the sharing of muni cipal taxes between individuals an income tax with a minimum would seem to be more fair income tax is the recognized means of federal government fund- raising and there is no reason that municipal govern ment could not also use it a minimum tax would be the same as the poll tax which is collected in some municipalities which ack nowledges that residents who are not assessed for prop erty taxes should bear a share in town financing income tax is easy to collect from wage earners and businessmen for the machinery exists already it would mean only a further deduction from weekly pay envelopes this time for the municipal coffers there would be certain difficulties in establishing a basis of collection from those who do not pay income tax though mbst of these people are required to file tax returns every year h would most certainly mean the creation of anew branch in the dept of municipal affairs to handle the new system and to advise municipalities on what percen tage of income was needed from year to year to finance municipal needs pot pourri in the course of a chat at lions club where riley brethour was a guest we learned that he had gone into the real estate business in toronto in company with two other men the former local dairy operator has an office on avenue road eleanor spitzer of lime- housejias joined the staff of robbs drugs georger town toads are smoother since the new surface has been put on the glen road in front of the fleck residence and patching done on queen street just off the high way now that glen williams has one of the finest new public school buildings in the province it is hoped that an official opening can be planned when everyone will have a change to look it over the fergus news- record tells us a course in public speaking is being given there this year surely there is some limit to vthese modern innovations in education miss dor othy stone commercial artist who makes her home on the check line near town has agreed to teach art in acton high school as well as in georgetown this year and marion hepburn who has taught music to the pubic school children for a couple of years has replaced w e capps in this capacity at the high school mr capps suffered another heart attack early in septem ber and will be unable to teach this year school will get two fi es fwo fire escapesj will bo installed nt georgetown public sohopl ns soon os possible this will over come n situation which has been worrying the school bonrtl lot some time especially since on extni class room vns creitctt upstair and renter number of children housed in tfie second itorey of the build irui the escapes wihbe of the stair type and one will be on the west side wllli doors created in two other in the room above the town of georgetown take notice that 1 the council of the corporation ot the town of georgetown intends to construct as a local improve ment sewers tn the town of geor getown ns on extension ot the ex- istina system which will be un dertaken ns o local improvement and intends to specially assess a part of the cost upon the land abut ting directly on the work the land particularly affected is set out in schedule a 2 the estimated cost of the sew erage extension is 3500000 of which 1090000 is tobe paid by the corporation- the i estimated page 8 i- f- directory mm dr j rurns milne xray dental suitgeon georgetown phone roomvow j pcr footrpntngb is 168 the withn door created fotnrrxhh a to bo paid in- this pom a door wil also be outftf- into thcndlouxh claisroprn to pro- a jmaxmj vide a fire cxij for students there w nb avail to prevent- its con- at thcsomcalmc rtdpors are buf petition ngnit ft her constructed in the east fuilrk the manner in which 11 has been undjjjrtakcn may be j ion 10 of the local improvement act to the ontario municipal boaid by 0 majority ot the- owners representing at least nacc foomlrr a program designed to uc unrijfrtalccn may be made provide the maximum fire profccr- pursuant to sktic lion t6ronfwinnsor express jilgllway- being surveyed value pt the lots specially ontario highways department survey parties now are looking over the ground for what is destined to nethalf of the which arc to be therefor 4 a bylaw for undertaking the work 1 has been considered by the u v i council at a meeting thereof held be one of the provinces main roads r on the uth day of september 1050 dated at georgetown ontario dr clifford reid ld5 dds dentist telephone 410 main street georgetown jfc 4- lever wl j j hpskin chartered accountant successors to jenkins and hardy 1805 metropolitan bldg victoria street toronto el 9131 v this uth day of setpember 1950 927 chos a willson clerktreasurer w z r i 00 ce co eo 00 cjtccinajo -ci- sgggg t- ri ocr u t t- c i t -r- y the proposed fourlane link between windsor and toronto the route has yet to be decided upon the probability is that it will swing in n wide arc between the two terminals skirtinr but not passing through the main centres along its length at toronto it is likely thd new road will begin to the north of the city from there it would run west and slightly south to serve the hea vily populated guelph gait kit chener waterloo preston area those centres all are somewhat south of toronto it is likely iho road then would turn more sharply south to n point below woodstock and from there t raver between london and st thomas and between highways 2 and 3 o windsor by travelling betueer those two highways it would relieve them of through traffic taking this route along its better part the road would run along a ridge parallel with the rivers thus lessening the number of bridges ooou required gc sh s2 also being considered is a straight c ec ec ruo into hamiiton from the point below woodstock and a link with the queen elizabeth way the lat ter highway however is already overloaded it is probable that both this and the route via guelph and kitchener will be built with the latter being done first b g 8 ts n i- she leroy dak kc m sybil bennett icc mill street barrister and souctton georgetown phone 10 r c d c n oh in iri ot ui vi a p u t- l- i- v- t- 9 x 3 t langdon and ayuvrorth barruten and solicitors kburjm public kenneth m langdon georgetowr first mortgage monky to loan oblcea rosy theatre bldg mill su- phone 88w georgetown u u k vi w james f mcnab bauustnt boucito notary public norton bldg main street telemmm u s notice to creditors in tiie estate of janes leslie sundtah fanner deceased all persons having claims against the estate of james leslie stand- ish late ot the township of es- quesing in the county of halton farmer who died on or about the 15th day ot may ad 1950 are hereby notified to send particulars of same to the undersigned on or before the 7th day pf october aj- 1950 after which date the estate will be distributed with regard only to the clalmsot which the un dersigned shall then have had not ice and the undersigned will not be liable to any person of whose claim they shall hot then have notice dated at georgetown this 5th day of september ad 1950 j mary catherine standlsh and beatrice standish the execu- trices of the estate of james leslie standish by their sol- icitors dale bennett geor getown ontario 920 o a o v c o j u s z i s3 k ro c s i m i m e p t o cl q t3 5 e m i ess 3 o v c u o frank fetch licensed auctioneer prompt service phone 301 georgetown po box 413 recapitulation local improvement owners portion 1678600 local improvement paid by town d i690860 incidental costs municipal board fees legal costs cost ot debenture printing etc 130800 3500000 asorghown mt88ks tu7t prize again hilrd local person tp be called n manttty tihe ontario landmark fca fn a prlie competition gfmswtid by um toronto telegram wai wrc b wright the prise was m on the night that lira wright by the jackpot editor mrs wright was unable to supply the proper answer x kry a srnall ad in our classified columns phone no a speedvale avenue east j r nairtheast limits of guelph see a larger brighter picture m in the open air hear the matchless tone ot the g inacar speaker j wednesday a thursday september 27 and 28 homicide v one last fling 5 double feature i cartoon ard news j 5 friday and saturday j september 29 and 30 my gal sal rita haywbrth victor mature 5 1 rihst show at dubx two snows nightly rain or 2 clear t j asmts ue cmmrea pbfts 2 under uyrs xsfs come early and the ehudrens playground ii e p head optometrist eyes examined selenuncauy hearing aid batterikp quick repairs to glasses blttoesanf field glasses etc 58 st georges sq guelph phone 1520 est so years your eyes for better and more comfort- able vision consult r m bell registered optometrist phone 49 r 21 erin nielself the chiropraclor dtlugless therapist 37th year ot practice lady attendant mon tues frl 2 pjn wed sat 25 and 8n pjtt over dsaslnlan stare geertetowu u phone 1mw ildji consult far complete real estate l sevice jiead office toronto 156 yonge st ad m05 cty and connlry besses farms and small acreages indastrlsl land- raslneas propeles tom hewson is your local representative phone 3s2w radio repairing we specialize in this work 25 years experience j sahfordson phone georgetown mw monuments pollock campbell 63 water st north g a l t designs on reanaet inspect our work in greenwood cemeter 3 c w sayen dvm veterinarian gaelph street opposite armstrongs oarage phone n g p knifton ra optesaetrsss mill st georgetotvb office ww res uu john r barber 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