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tiw cseoiryrtpwa herald wednesday nov 1st 1950 the georgetown herald serving the enmmtmlhat e oaoecunowm eulbnmuuuun noeval uknwiras romnby 8tkwatown asttcutove balunapad terra cotta saberclptlon rate elm ayear t single copies be eh advertising rata quoted on application walter c bikhn publisher and editor mary h blehn associate editor csaiseld l mcguvray r staff leslie m clark cewey herrlngton jr doug caldweut ta herald is tainted each wednesday afternoon in the office on main mini georgetown authorized a second cuss mall post office dept ottawa members of thescaaadlan weakly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec division of the cwjjta i i i ii i i 1 v the ejddi cii s tramcame the little white slips issued this week to alttax- payers have caued more of rtotrnthananj short of an attempt tq assassinate the mayor the confusion is of course uaderstandable for the new assessment system is bound to mystify those who dont understand it and even some members of council from their comments on monday night are somewhat in the darkboth concerning the reasons for adopting it and the process by which- it is arrived at the important thing to remember is that a comparison with the old assessment is of no particular value other than to give a general idea of whether the assessor erred in the past on his judgment of value town assessment vyill roughly double next year and a property assessed for double will naturally pay the saine taxes providing next years expenditures do not increase of course a property assessed at less than double can be assumed to have been overassessed in the past a property whose assessment has more than doubled will similarly be assumed to have beerr under assessed if a property owner feels that he has been un fairly dealt with an appeal in writing will entitle him to appear at a court of revision it would be better of course for anyone considering this to first have a talk with the assessor many apparent problems can be dismissed in this way there are bound to be some who have legitimate complaints for no system and no individual is infallible and it would be too much to expect the new assessing to be one hundred percent correct some weeks ago the editor interviewed the assessor and wrote as good an explanation as possible of how the new system eworlts now that the question is more timely the article is reprinted below for the information of our readers we trust it may help to clarify the situation new assessment system this week georgetown property owners received their first assessment notices under the new assessing system which win be used to establish 1951 taxes assessor joseph gibbons has completed his records and all tosve been vertifled by the county assessor x most ratepayers will get a surprise when they first look at their assessment in many cases values have doubled or even tripled dont get too alarmed this doesnt mean that your taxes will rise accordingly the value of a mill will go up at the same time and next year the mill rate for taxation purposes will take a sharp drop j the new assessment is based on 1040 propertyfvalues ra- ther than present day replacement this means that property will be a at less than half of its present day value for most people can remember ten years ago when 3000 would pur chase the finest house in town his first job is to visit a property and note on a form pro vided every detail of a house which can be included in its value type of construction foundation plumbing and lighting details are noted along with the land measurements and the cubic con tent of the house when au the information is learned- the assessor has at his disposal a series of sample tables and he finds the one which snost closely matches the building being assessed certain deduc tions or additions are made tor variations from the sample stan dard and the property then is assigned its unit value depreciation tables for every type of building are also pro- tided for the assessor depreciation is figured every five years and here owners of new houses may consider themselves unfairly treated for the first five years no depreciation is allowed what is known as location obsolescence varies b w municipalities in the county every property owner in george town is allowed a is per cent deducuon here on his building as sessment the theory being that it is is per cent less desirable to own property in georgetown than it is in certain other parts of the county within the town the same idea is carried out by valuing land anywhere from s2 to s8 per foot depending on location commercial properties are assessed much higher for in stance on main street all land is assessed at 50 a foot 1 t hi card o ea p i revi e y changes are noted here the assessor will catch up with depre dation it is important to remember that depreciation is figured to the nearest five years in other words for the first 2fc years the property is somewhat overvalued then a higher rate is al lowed and the property becomes undervalued until it reaches the five year mark when a house is remodelled there is provision for a retard ing of depreciation according to the value of the alterations made there is no doubt that the new assessment will make many changes in the amount of taxes paid by individuals many houses in town are undervalued some taxpayers will find that they are paying less taxes than before and by tha same token others will find they are paying more of one thing you can he sure- taxes will be on a fairer basis thnn they have been for many years s potpourri just like old times this fall with so many people moving that it keeps the chatting columnist on her toes to report them a readers can helpy calling the office with tips on new people in town or residents moving to other centres mrs norman verdcc writes to say that their new address in lethbridge alta is 956 12th street s and adds this nice note it i may be gratifying to you to be told that no news- paper ever was read or ever will be more eagerly rour copy of the herald norm and i both read ffotfj including the advertising just one criti- juhonu be a daily instead of a weekly words mravr but perish the i than oncer weak our hair is getting jrrey quite fast enough thanks to some good re porters bowling news is getting sbmejirominence thia season j ace bejley keeps us up-to-date- with the msjqr league ted scarlett with the industrial league and vince jones starts this weelrfo report for the business men two more columnists whom we welcome back this fall are steamboat emmerson with his hoc- kej facts and miss wilma stull who does such a good job of reporting the happenings at the public- school jim mcdonald is keeping us posted on high school do ings following in the footsteps qf lome mcbride who has traded his school bag for a position with triplett instruments nothing gives more pleasure than a letter f art carr the palmerstorr editor told us satur day at a pubishers meeting at harriston that he ap preciated a note qf thanks sent by archdeacon wcj o thompson for a report o a sermon picinched -in- palmerston this fall its a policy which we all could followmore often those who wonder how they can accept adversity can be guided by the attitude of young don herrington for months this sportloving young maur a star pitcher for the basebalfeam hasl been in hospital at wes on in a cast to his chest while nature- takes itapslow course of healing visitors and don has had many are impressed by- his cheerfulness and interest in everything that is happening with courage like that there can be no doubt that he will someday be back at his favourite sports driving into milton thursday for a school board meeting we saw a spectacular fire across the pond where several tons of baled hay belonging to dr carl martin were being consumed the fire broke out in the late after noon andlat eleven oclock was still burning merrily the editorhas had enough turkey for this year three huge dinners in four days are almost too much even for a rugged constitution and one never knows when to stop when it comes to good food well be quite satis fied with bacon and eggs for some time to come if this weeks paper is late you can blame it on politics wjth staff member les clark off to the conservative convention in toronto yesterday wish someone would put a bug in township councils ear about smoothing off that rough spot at the foot of stewart- town hill and local residents would appreciate stop signs on both sides of mcnabb street jto keep some one from coming to grief at the busy queen st corner gray icuvciij 1inks y page 8 regular wolt cub pack meetings were held last week the leap ing wolves met oh wednesday at 4 pm and the little beavers on friday at pm wolf cubs please note that the point system is starting again you can gain points for your six by 1 being present at meetings 2 be ing present at your sunday school or church 3 wearing your uniform to meetings 4 parucipaung in all activities in good cub fashion wolf cubs are asked to report their christmas card sales to mrs r hardnan no 8 normandy blvd remember cubs ths is a good way to earn your uniform or part of it the regular troop meeung was held on thursday evening the troop is beginning to settle down for the winters work on class and badge achievements one scout has started his first class effort an other is started on his horseman badge while many are finishing up their second class and the new recruits are raining their tender- ot the first cub or scout to rlipthjs column and hand it to scouter s younj will recoivt- u mess tin the cgit iind boy scouts met together on friday nipht for a hilarious halloween jwirty which finished with plenty of hamburgs and choroloto milk limeiiorse party celebrates eighth birthday billie suntord recently celebrat ed his cikhth birthdny with four teen little folks at his party on saturday uttcrntyuh mrl one day previously he was host to four old er pals at dinner at his home col and mrs bourne and mr a c bourne who is home from rid ley college or a tew days spent sunday in oakvllle mr and mrs james scott of gslt and mr and mrs earl mills of heapeler were sunday guests of mrs rlane the wj mat at the horn of mrs c meredith last week when you sink into tha deep upholstery of your bus seat if reminds you of that favorite chair at home the easily ad justableback gives you a choice of several rest ful positions plenty of leg roornond individual reading lights complete the picture of easy chair ease rbtabblsss1lspai branch 120 canadian legion remembrance supper and social evening ceorgetown legion hall friday november 10th guest stleajfer ltcol forth legion members and wives auxiliary members t ahd husbands are invited ticket sale is limited- to 200 get yotjn early assssts open bowling wednesdays and fridays from 930 pjn all day saturdays 10 sum till 1130 pan lucky strike club mo street phone 315j directory dr j burns milnk xray dental surgeon georgetown phone m dr clifford redo ljjs djxs telephone 410 main street lver and hoskin chartered aeeesjataaat successors to jenkins and hardy 1805 metropolitan blag 44 victoria street toronto xl 01s1 leroy dais kc m sybil bennett kc mill street barristers and solicitors georgetown phone u langdon and aybworth barrtstan and solicitor notaries public kenneth m ijngdon georgetown first mortgage money to loan offices rosy theatre bldg mill st phone s8w georgetown n james f mcrtab barristex 80ucroe notary public norton bldg alaln street telephone u i ottawa london toronto quebec 1265 460 145 2380 round trip subject to change rose bar restaurant frank petch ijcenskd auctioneer prompt service phone 301 georgetown po box 41s your eyes for better and rooroomnft- able vision consult rmbell nielsen the ouropractor drugless therapist 3th year of practje lady attendant man tucsl pit sb bjbj wed sat 35 and 80 ps over deaanlea stsn oeargetewa pheae 1mw constat x a willotithby a sow complete real estats head oppice toromto ib yoage sl 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