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georgetown assessor disputes new method soys town would lose v2 million assessment the assessment committee or halton recommended county adoption of the 220 263 666 county assessor s 1861 equal lzation report at a committee meeting held last week coun ty assessor r ord rogers des cxibed his total as the greatest in the province the total it an 155 percent c 1735797 increaae over hi 1960 actual atieitmenf a breakdown of the total show aach municipalitys equaliiat- ian figure at follows acton 5559173 252 par cent of tha total burlington s87533 842 39 74 par cant georgetown 14209525 6 45 par cant mil ton 692337 317 par cent oak ill 25397677 1153 par rif etqueiing 6677666 3 03 par cant nauagaweya 2270 70 1 03 par cant trafalgar 132312 3rj2-par-nt- incraata commercial referring to the progressive adoption of the dma manual plan of assessment county as lessor f rogers noted in a aummary of the data received it has been revealed that the re assessment will generally result in a greater increase on com mercial type property than on agricultural residential or in dustrial ose of the manual even though it hai not been fully adopted across ontario lie said that it appeared the assessment bran ch of the ontario government seems to be in favor of full adoption of the manual he also pointed out the increasing need for larger offices for si scbsinent officials and rccom mended that sufficient room be set aside in the new county building for assessment pur poses ona dissent jotaph gibbon georgetown assessor informed tha meeting that hit municipality was 10 pai cant over tha dma manuals figure ha said that george town would iota a million and a haf of assessment if tha manual was adopted mr gib bont said that they would con tinua with tha lame assessment book they had bean lit in ft faal ing that there waa a need for something mora definite in tha department manual he con gratulatad mr rogers on hii report but declined to indorse its recommendation until caor getown town council had ttud led it the trafalgar assessor said that in some instances it is necessary to look further than the manual he pointed out that trafalgar was using the present manual along with the the county assessor noted that acton georgetown and milton per ccntagc of increase in commercial values through re assessment will show consul erablc variation in those mun icipalilics but would finally in crease the county total by a vory low per cent reassessment is continuing and much more near to com pie hon in some municipalities than in others the estimat ed final increase in assessment for acton georgetown milton esquesing and nassagawcya would not change the apport lonmcnt of any municipality more than a fraction of one per cent mr rogers explained larger offices the burlington and acton as sessors described the report as excellent and commended mr rogers for his work oakville assessor percy spurgeon said his municipality has been using the government dma manual and felt that this was the rea son for the close equality am ong the municipalities milton reeve mrs mary pettit said she favored the use of the manual deputy reeve wilfrid bird of department manual esquesing commended the cou at a better equalization in their nty for going ahead with the assessment stresses earlier service in childrens aid work in the years ahead we must biggar trafalgar mrs put a priority on prevention and work toward earlier service to troubled families if we are not to pay an enormous social cost in family breakdown j paul jolliffe executive direct or of the childrens aid society of halton told the annual meet ing last week in st paul s un lted church milton mali problems the director suggested the three main problems in social welfare administration todaj insufficient skilled staff lack of services to families and poor organization of services should be turned into positive challenges for family and child welfare in the 1960s they are only possible through intclli gent and courageous citizen leadership the director con eluded protective service mr jolliffe reviewed that over the past six months there were slightly more than 150 requests for protective service 21 per cent were regarding in adequate care of children 24 per cent were for children born out of wedlock poor marital re lationship accounted for 36 per cent 12 per cent for economic or housing problems and six per cent from cases where one parent was not functioning in the home through incarceration or hospitalization often helps day by day in our work we sea unhappy marriages divor ces teenage unmarried moth ers parents unable to be par ents personalities twisted by malnutrition of love and child ren helplessly caught up in these circumstances your childrens aid society often helps often fails to prevent further erosion of human res ources in these situations all mutt shara the concern for human re ources must be shared by all of us whether citizens volun teen municipal councillors board members or staff mem berg and our concern must be translated into intelligent act ion together mr jolliffe str essed enlarge staff society president s g childs pointed to the tremendous growth in the country in 1958 we had only ona social worker for each 24 000 popula tion- whereas the provincial mean average for all societies was one social worker for 8 451 population we have made ag gressive efforts to enlarge our staff with the result that we have doubled the social work staff since march 1 1960 mr childs outlined several changes introduced and expres aed the hope a child welfare service second to none sanely and soundly administered could be developed in halton biggar ts president harold c biggar was named president of the society during the annual meeting succeeding sydney childs mrs jean wills was named vice president and albert walsom secretary omer k van sickle was returned as treasurer the meeting approved a ehange in by laws wil fnd bird esquesing omer van sickle nassagaweya nominations at large were mrs j w wolfe acton e w foster milton albert walsom trafalgar john kobzey oak villc mrs jean wiljs esques ing rev c m mitchell bur linglon m j hastings bur lington colin mcgillivray trafalgar county council ap pointces are douglas sargent and fred near warden alex phillips con ducted the election of of fleers omer k van sickle present ing the financial statement ex plained that costs were rela lively small in relation to other counties he suggested 1961 expenditures were likely to ac count for half a mill on the county assessment the report showed expenditures of 88 01871 with 36 54491 for direct child care and 37 804 24 for staff services revenue from ihe county includes 41458 65 for maintenance and 23868 03 for other services george andrew fisher was lifelong esquesing farmer a lifelong resident of es quesing township george an drew fisher died at the queen elizabeth hospital toronto on thursday march 30h in his 85th year born on january 5th 1877 mr fisher spent his entire life on the farm where he was born lot 9 concession 5 es quesing he was the fifth son of the late william fisher and mary miller he attended qua tre bras and waterloo schools and was a member of boston presbyterian church mr and mrs fisher were married on january 3rd 1906 by the re j r watts then minister of boston presbyter lan church mansewood mr fisher fell at his home on their 35th wedding anniversary and had been in toronto general hospital until march 21st when he was taken to the queen eliz abelh hospital in toronto he is survived by his wife the former mary ann camp bell and three sons and two daughters william c at home r gordon of r r 5 milton jean who teaches at givins school in toronto irene i mrs james rae of brantford and george w of r r 5 milton he leaves one sister mrs ger trude currie rive brothers and one sister predeceased him dr john fisher of brandon man dr peter fisher of bour lamque que mary a mrs walter lawson sr of slew arttown william w of esques ing dr robert 0 of toronto and thomas j of georgetown his seven grandchildren are robert paul john and eliza belh fisher david and mary fisher and suzanne rae the pallbearers were wal ter lawson william lawson james fisher lloyd fisher his nephews and neilson stark and douglas cume neighbours four mill increase in milton tax rate an increase of 18 will be required in municipal taxes on the average milton house this car following wednesday night action by milton coun cil in increasing the resident lal mill rate to 71 an in crease of 4 5 mills the commercial industrial mill rate was set at 74 8 up 4 8 mills from last years 70 major expenditures in the budget are 5168 398 05 for dc benture payments and 112 459 for public schools cost of high school operations jumped from 567 467 07 last car 82 734 25 this ear the rale was set after iwo pre budget sessions when menf bcrs began the chopping of ihe original submission thai totall ed rates of 74 8 and 78 5 the budget was finalized wednes day night in a two and a half hour session that saw revenue estimates increased by 2 050 and a further cut in estimated expenditures of 3 000 i think that s the best we could possibly hope for dep uty reeve john charlton con eluded as he presented the res olulion to adopt the 71 and 74 8 mill rates he asked the clerk to write letters to groups whose budgets had been cut expressing regret but hop ing the would carry on their programs as well as possnble a mill ihis year is based on the town s assessment of 6 962292 the flower bearers were his allowing four grandsons robert paul one representative rather than john and david fisher mark two from each municipality j us buchcl and fmil baps of with the balance of the 18 toronto and wilfrid mcdonald member board appointed at clifford mcdonald and wilfrid lrg bird oar mo f r b a nev boston- named fb the board were i presbyterian church conducted mr d taylor acton mrs m the funeral service at the har a leisnman burlington dou old c mcclure funeral home glai latimer georgetown sd on saurdav april 1st with in ey childs mi hon mr j lerment in greenwood ceme poiiar oakville harold c tery georgetown mm m home heating soma like it hot soma like it hotter you can and all home heating worries with smart s furnace thermo statically controlled to that you may raise or lower tha heat with your finger tip f low operating cost f low first cost ft built to last music speaker at wa daffodil tea piano numbers after which mrs cunningham introduced the guest speaker mrs mcouat of milton who spoke on the men nonitcs of waterloo county mrs chas austin thanked the the wa held a very sue entertainers for making such cessful daffodil luncheon in ihe a pleasant afternoon and mrs church at one o clock on thurs i arthur ruddell presented each day april 6th the guests with a small gift which con were greeted at the door by the eluded the happy occasion w a president mrs robert cunningham and mrs j m i he young people cnjuyld wlekson after all had par an evening of bowling last taken of the food from beauti i wednesday night at the brainp fully decorated tables in the t mall basement everyone went up stairs where a program wjs neil syha and rayc graham held f milum visited their grand all sang a hymn llien duels mother mrs r j brahim in were rendered by nancy hun ihl easter week ter of glen williams and joan on easier monday morning bealtic of milton cornet solos bred baincs with two other by robert wngglesworlh of joung fellows left to motor to georgetown were accompanied calgary and then pn to the west by his mother mrs h- c wrig 1 oast returning by jet the fol glesworth mrs lloyd davison lowing sunday to mallon air favored with instrumental port the young people held their meeting oil sunday evening at the home of vcrna and doris picket mrs j wickson show ed a film seek ye first farm news delmar ford winner county seed judging byj a r delmar ford of milton it r no 1 was the high competitor in halton s annual seed judg ing competition the seed judging event was held on april slh in the agn luttuia hull milton fair gro- unds ihe competition is spon sored by the halton soil crop improvement association and under the direction of the extension branch of the on tapo department of agricul ture and the halton 4h club leaders council each competitor aaast lave reasons oa dans oejoj wheat alfalfa in addition to of hay and weeds and 10 delmar ford bad uls seas and u the winner of the ataual bank burlington stkar in addition delmar w high competitor 1 winner in the uay i orage plant vajral waw fcjl no 1 1 at hoaam fcjl na r r osax kttam jl no ff ftsnasn shtdbsfc atattnatoa rsl bb mmj t5si55rg r torj 5 was tht tronhv both coarse grains- an seeds tnc winners in eafcfi were juniors harold son milton rr 2 brit gngfty burlington rjl no t jmkfcay nurse georgetoilttjt 5ta ft murray dawson xtlbn st hv no 6 charles twiss campfreir- ville rr no kan wusonx milton rjl no 5 dosaut ttnv ni5 campbellvule jtbl stat 3 lammtani it gcnvajr court 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