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silvj twwtw ktfcx s- v mv v- i- township of esquesing auwiors report for 19u3 j lb the oouncfl and ratepayers ef tbe township esqueaing- dear sob we hive made an examinatioifof the boots and accounts ef the township of esquesing and its associated boards for the year ended december 31 1968 the examination has been conducted in accordance with the regulations of the department of municipal affairs and there is attached a completed questionnaire covering specific auditing require- thet owuship incurred an operating deficit on the years derations of 19442 and a statement of gains and i esses ram the budget is attached showing the various overexpen- ditnres whi ctat caused the deficit this deficit has been deducted from the accumulated surplus brought forward from prior years reducing the accumulated surplus to 4748 in addition to this deficit tfcere were underlevles for school purposes of 6554 which must beevred frin 1900 arrears of taxes continue to increase representing at december 31st 1958 28 of the current year r tax levy these arrears of taxes are unreasonably high arid obviously some better method of following up jnd collecting arrears must lie established it would also appear that more care in the preparation of the annual budget should be given beibre the tax rate is struck the township has outgrown its present accounting sys tem and a modern system with machine bookkeeping for control of revenue and expenditure and outstanding taxes is required however in view of the closeness of regional government possibly you may desire to struggle along for another year rather than make the necessaary expenditure on machines at present the statements used for 1968 have been completely revised by the department of municipal affairs and it is not possihle in this year to give comparative figures for 1s67 auditors opinion we hereby report that in our opinion 1 the financial transactions which jravfcome under notice have been within the powers of the municipality co the audit has been conducted in accordance with instructions of the department of municipal affairs 3 the financial statements present fairly the fin- ancial position of the municipality as at dec ember 31st 1968 and the results of its opera tions for the year ended on that date macgjliivray pogue lever hoskjn licence number 3524 capital fund balance sheet aiuh cash 423 future recoveries from levies or rates aanniapal enterprises 57o0o school boards 1418295 tile drainage 1691 fixed assets 46544 1523955 liabilities temporary loans 52312 long term municipal activities 58690 school boards 1365383 equity in fixed assets 46970 1523955 revenue fund balance sheet assets accounts receivable ontario 53850 municipalities 10119 school board capita account 1216 acton fire area 72 glen street lighting so stewarttown lighting 7a1 other 57 taxes receivable 225650 deferred revenue 7219 304574 liabilities bank overdraft 31239 temporary loans 108000 accounts payable municipalities 12161 public school 1236 separate school 139 georgetown fire area 3045 milton fire area 1695 operating accounts 6994 norm street lighting 89 suspense re acton debentures 847 reserves 63151 surplus 4748 304574 reserve funds statement of continuity balance at beginning of year 33995 contribution from revenue fund s9q fees collected 38000 miscellaneous 10 70697 expenditure contribution for capital expenditures 5591 revenue fund debt charges 6450 bank charges 4 12033 balanrr at year end 38882 reserve funds balance sheet cash 58 987 lest due to committee of adjustment l2s ftand balance 58862 statement of revenue expenditure revenue taxation 5jy 741681 ip 50347 special charges 1270 ita o governments payments in lieu of taxes j65 subsidies 223255 other revenue 43288 tntal revenue 1092204 expenditure general government 70943 protection to persons and property 25264 public works 246399 sanitation and waste removal 3296 social and family services 23816 recreation and community services 2300 ksundal expenses 12831 comity of halton 84362 education local contributions 654908 w 1124124 staploa at year end 4748 year eftpensei aver revenue 31920 at becuuiing of year 36066 niagara native mrs clarke dies age 85 after a lengthy illness mrs laura ellen clarke 85 died on august 9th at halton centen nial manor milton she was the f orrnerlaur el len davey of niagaraonthelake where she was bom november 11 1883 she had lived in glen williams and georgetown and for the past three years was a resident of halton centennial manor she was a member of the anglican church her husband andrew barry clarke died 26 years ago she is survived by one brother vern 3avey of new toronto sons fim of aurora barry of 0j- pringe cyril and eric of geor getown daughters eve mrs frank murfin of san jose cali fornia and dorothy mrs vic greygoose of collihgwood 20 grandchildren and two great grandchildren the funeral service took place at the harold c mccliire fun eral home ah august 12 with reverend eric mill officiat- and burial was in green- 1 cemetery six grandsons pallbearers barry robert john and rick clarke id greygoose and three nelsons acted aa flower r- tub gimoitown hbralffj thursday au ait i4 page 8 beaers ted danny and keith 1 clarke after the dough darryl bond and stephen hooten inspect the gaping hole in the huge store window at pompei pizza in the moore park plaza discovered by police at five oclock saturday morn ing nothing was disturbed in the store and no rock or brick was located the pizzeria is owned by robert laccapuchia and managed by huck johnston registered seed grain griffin farm specialty a well known area farmer smith edward griffin died on wednesday july 30 at the guelph general hospital he was in his 100th year mr grif fin was born april 13 1870 a son of the late william griffin and eliza proctor the family farm in erin town ship has been operated by the family since 1838 mr griffins potato fields were one of the first to be selected as certified potatoes when the system was first adopted in 1914 the irish variety had been grown on the griffin farm for 50 years and in the early 1920s a barrel of cer tified dooley potatoes was sent to russia s well the family has been specializing for many years in growing registered seed grain they are also short horn cattle breeders in 1967 at a banquet of the ontario fruit and vegetable growers association mr gri ffin 3 months before his 97th birthday received the master seed potato growers award for the province of ontario he had won many awards over the years including the first inter national award for seed potatoes he was one of the old guard of the royal winter fair hav ing exhibited continuously since it was first started and al so exhibited continuously at the erin fall fair since 1912 mr griffin was a member of the canadian seed growers assoc iation since it was first formed in 1914 and in 1937 was made a robertson associate mr griffin took a keeri in terest in the work of the on tario agricultural college and was an original member of an experimental union established by the late prof zavltr he was active with the erin agricult ural society and was a past president he was a former school board member as well as an elder of the churchill com munity church mr griffin was predeceased by his wife the former rllla swackhamer four sisters olive mrs jas snyder aman da mrs robert sprowl clara mrs elisha lane nellie mrs jas sprowl and a brother george griffin he is survived by a son ifarold l griffin and a grandson smith r griffin the funeral service held in churchill community church on august 2 was largely atten ded rev aw fosbury officiated assisted by rev tj rees and mr robt hyde honorary pallbearers were r e goodin oakville w l elliott guelph geo c burt hillsburgh r l davidson ac ton james delaney acton and archie kerr acton active pallbearers were jas lcitch calvin aitken wm thompson paul hamilton wal lace swackhamer and leslie swackhamer flower bearers were leroy macarthur wilfred macarthur chas thompson 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