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= E=: Seton _ newcomers: ~two to get the most votes will be appointed. for. two-years, and the into a complete reassessment be- - best thing for -the» township.' He -with the manual laid out by the Haileyburian-Cobalt Post ESTABLISHED 1904 Vol. 56 -- No. 37 Haileybury, Ontario, Thursday, November 17, 1960 ac GORY. "Groom Hot Election A really rugged election is shap- ing up in Bucke. Township, where 106 residents have appealed their recent eassessments. The assess- ment issue was. the main. topic when more than 200 persons. pack- ted the North Cobalt Public School 'Tuesday evening for the. nomina- tion meeting. There has been some fast man- ouvering among the Township's politicians in the past few days, since Reeve Charles Courtemanche reversed his previous decision, and announced that he will stand again and seek a seventh term. : Now there will be a straight fight betwéen Mr. Courtemanche and Harry. Groom for the reeve- ship. Both Councillor Leo DeRaiche and former School Board member Chester Hopkins said they would stand aside in favor of the veteran reeve, and will seek seats-on the council. j Twelve were nominated for the four 'council seats; and of these 11 were €xpected to qualify. They ave four present' councillors --- J. R. LaRocque, L. DeRaiche, J. Wat- son and O. Shaver; and _ seven Peter R. Carter, Ar- nold -Olson,='Tom "A. Despres," Bill Fleury, Thomas Woods, Ronald C. Foster, and Chester ~Hopkins. Wil- bert Sullivan was nominated but declined. There will also be 'an-election for school board, with two persons to be elected for two year terms, and one to be elected to fill out the year left of Chester Hopkins' term. The four running are Mrs. Nora Perry, Jchn Brown, Mrs. Jessie McRae, and Mrs. -M. Hopkins: The runnerup 'will fill the balance' of Mr. Hopkins' term. = Reeve Courtemanche 'told. the gathering that the council had gone cause. they believed it was - the said that the assessor, working provincial government, had dis- covered more than. 200 lots that had never been sassessed, as well as some 200 acres 'and one building. "We don't say that. the assess- ment has been perfect, but next year we can iron it out,' he re- marked. Former Reeve Harry Groom who is challenging Mr. Courtemanche for the. reeveship, claimed - that the assessor has shown the reas- oning power of a_ lunatic, and should. be charged with discrimin- ation and ithe abuse of his posi- tion. He alleged that in some cases people who signed a petition last summer for the ouster of the coun- cil, were penalized by the assessor. On The Warpath centage of the total tax, and would In Bucke of assessments, which he claimed were unreasonable when compared with each other. He charged that a widow at Mileage 104. with 12 acres of land she bought. for $75 was assessed $600, while land near the splint factory was assessed for only $8 .an-Jacre. He said that a shack iat Mileage 104 was assessed for $800, and a good house in North Cobalt for only $625. Mr. Groom promised that if elected he will get rid of the new assessor and drastically revise the new assessment system. Chester Hopkins, who resigned last week from the School~ Board to enter the municipal race,. said that for the. most part he agreed with the council over the reassess- ment, but he did not agree with some aspects of the reassessment. He said that Armstrong, Dymond and Evanturel Townships have all had to reassess, mostly because of the Trans-Canada gas line run- ning across the townships. The gas line, he said, is assessed under the™ provincial thanual,;* while resi- dential properties in 'the townships were being assessed under the old low assessment system. As a re- sult in many cases, the gas com- pany was paying' a very' high per- have taken the matter to court if the..townships- had not equalized the assessment. He pointed out that-in 1958 the tax assessment in Bucke was $290,- Across the district veterans and other resid:nts paid homage at the Cenotaphs in all centres. In spite of the bl2ak weather many were on hand for the services as shown by this picture of the Cobalt ceremony. to the dead of two world wars Retarded Children Association Makes Fund Appeal On Monday Tri-Town and_- District. Associa- tion for Retarded Children makes its first public appeal for funds to maintain the school for the re- tarded in the district, and organ- ization members are. confident that the objective of $2,000 will be reached and passed. (Continued on Page Twelve) Campaign chairman Mrs. R. A. Moore's Cove. School .in Bucke Township will probably be closed after September of next year. However, members of the school board have 'indicated that they would look favorably on a propos- al to let the local retarded child- ren use the school. Plans for buying educational services from Haileybury and New Liskeard Public School Boards were outlined by the Board when they held a nomination meeting last .Thursday. night. School' Board 'chairman Tom Willis told the audience that the Board believed that the 83 child- ren attending the Moore's Cove School' would get a better educa- tion if they could go to a larger school. He-said that -both Hailey- bury. and New Liskeard School Boards have welcomed the pro- Mr. Groom read off a long list posal. chee RGSS ~ Mr. and. Mrs, wired Edward. Decker celebrated their diamond - -.wedding "anniversary~ Nov. 13th at their home in Haileybury. Moore's Cove School To Close Next Year He estimated that the present cost: to the Bucke taxpayer for sending children to Moore's Cove is about 51 cents per pupil per day. The cost if they were sent to New Liskeard would be about 42 cents per day, plus a slight increase in the transportation costs. The general consensus was that children closer to © Haileybury should go to school there, and those close to New Liskeard should go to New Liskeard. It was suggested that the Splint factory would be a good dividing point be- tween them. Since the meeting Mr. Willis has advised the Speaker that the school board 'is going ahead with its plans to buy educational ser- vices from both New Liskeard and Haileybury. A list of children who will be sent to each school is be- ing prepared for the two School Boards. New. Liskeard is Stir ently plan- ning to construct several new classrooms, but there will be ample space at Haileybury where High School students next year will be vacating the top storey of the Public School and moving into the new High School. Chester Hopkins said that the larger schools could give better instruction at a lower cost: At the same time under the present grant system, both the larger School Boards and the Bucke Board would benefit by sending the Moore's Cove. students to the two adjoin- ing towns. 'Mrs. Perry reported that trans- portation costs and expenditures on fuel have been cut since the Board called for tenders. The sav- ing on transportation amounts to about $1,400 a year, but she said 'that every child who needs trans- portation is getting it, and. that vall. High School students are being H. Taylor said there is a wide sympathy for the plan to help the children who are mentally retard- ed, "The general public now real- izes that something should have been done for these children years ago, and wherever:in the province an appeal has been- made, there has been an instant and generous response."' . Mrs. Taylor also pointed out that Northern Ontario has the distinc- tion of starting the first school for the retarded: "Men of vision in Kirkland Lake felt that these child- ren could be helped to learn, and become less of a burden on their parents,..and. believed that a school was the answer."' "The fact that many other com- munities followed their footsteps is. evidence that the schools 'are a success,' she continued, "and there is now a movement on foot to seek legislation that will permit Jocal school boards to pay for these schools with the assistance of the province." . "The time for this has not yet arrived," she explained, "and this campaign for funds is an attempt on our part to bridge this gap un- til the proper laws are passed."' Mrs. Taylor also mentioned that New Liskeard has made a strong bid for the placing of a hospital for retarded children in the north by the province. "The interest shown in this project locally has made many persons more aware of the need and value of these schools,' she said, "and we feel sure that the interest will be re- flected in the generous Bee pouse to our appeal." Canvassers will be calling at district homes on Monday evening between seven and eight' o'clock in Haileybury, Cobalt, Englehart and New Liskeard. In many of the towns the start of the canvass will be signalled by fire sirens, whist- les and bells. In North Cobalt a canvass is being made but. not on Monday evening. Persons who are missed by the canvassers should mail their con- tributions direct to Mrs. R. A. HL Taylor in New Liskeard. Gold Rush At Temagami There is great excitement in Temagami these days, and a flurry of prospecting and claim staking in nearby Best Township. A syndicate of local men are behind the staking of about 70 claims as a result of sizable gold indications found on sur- face and in trenching. A spokesman for the syndicate said that values. are running (Continued on Page Seven) St. Mary's Expands The playgrounds owned by St. Mary's Academy in WHaileybury wil be further expanded in thé near future. At the Monday night Council meeting, the Council sold a section of land for $350 to the Academy, which will give it an en- tire block on Meridian. Mayor~ Cooke commented that the Academy has spent some $40,- 000 on landscaping the area, which is becoming something of a local beauty spot. Those voting for the sale were Councillors N. Fleming, J. Tim- mins, Dr. W. C. Arnold and James Whelan. Opposed were Charles Camsell and Ben Budgeon. Residents of the West Road area across the tracks made another provided with transportation. SS Se eee eee ------ Academy ay Area their homes. the Morissette Company is Ce to relinquish the $3,343 that~it paid to get the water line connected with its building, and which thé town promised to refund if other lines were connected, and if the resi- dents who want water afte pre- pared to pay cash, then the coun- cil agreed to go ahead. It was estimated that the cost would be about $5 a foot for resi- dents on each side of the road, and total cost of the water and sewage project would be around $23,000. Police Chief Roy Feeley askéd for Stop signs on Georgina and Rorke, and the Council agreed to bid to get water and sewers to. Aplin Ripe epg Soe order them. ©