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ESTABLISHED 1904 'Haileyburian-Cobalt Post Vol. 56 -- No. 46 Haileybury, Ontario, Thursday, January 19, 1961 5e..COPN Bucke Has Groom Has The taxpayers were not given a true picture of Bucke Township's finances by the 1960 council, ac- cording to Reeve Harry Groom. The Reeve states that this year's council has found itself burdened with a bank overdraft of $11,000, plus' a debt of $7,000 for the fire department. "It's nothing but gross misman- agement. When I was Reeve in past years the Council always managed to have some kind of a surplus at the end of the year. This Council has a terrible headache to grapple with,' he charged. Mr. Groom said that no reduc- tion in taxes can be expected. "The re-assessment will result in Trans-Canada Gas Lines paying less, and two service stations in the township have told me they are pulling out because they con- sider the assessment to be com- pletely unfair,' he added. The Reeve also charged that the action of the court of revision in giving a tax rebate of $3,105 to the Wabi Iron Works will add to the taxpayers' burden in Bucke Town- ship. "We are going to protest this to the judge," he stated. Mr. Groom added that he doesn't | expect the budget to be prepared | very early. "We don't know where | Overdratt Headache we stand. It seems that many tax- payers are not satisfied with their assessment, or the way they were treated by the Court of Revision, and intend to appeal to the judge. The Council is also under a great deal of pressure from many more taxpayers who didn't appeal to the Court of Revision, but now want to," he continued. "The township is in the worst financial mess I have seen it for many years, and it will take an immense amount of work to clean it up," he said. Mr. Groom warned that a drive will be launched to collect the $25,000 owing the township in back taxes. Siscoe's Silver 'Siscoe Metals of Ontario Lim- ited report that their mine at O'Brien produced 1,420,144 ounces of silver during 1960. This is a very slight decline from the 1,444,425 ounces pro- duced in 1959. During December of 1960 the company's mine _ produced 119,369 ounces, an _ increase over the 109,200 ounces pro- duced in December of 1959. Figure Skating Club Appoints Committees Members of the Haileybury Fig-| ure Skating Club met in the Hotel Haileybury Thursday evening for the purpose of reorganizing the Club for the current season. C.:E. Grozelle acted as chairman with Mrs. G. Thoday reading the min- utes of the last meeting. The new executive which was elected for the coming year is C. E. Grozelle, president; Mrs.. G. Thoday, 'secretary; Mrs. W. Coop- er, treasurer. Conveners of the various com- mittees are Mrs. G. Palmer, mem- bership. and registration; Mrs. F. H. Brooks, organization of 'Rink Mothers'"' who will assist the pro- fessional instructress during les- son periods, by taking charge of the children; Mrs. J. H. Murphy and Mrs. C. Camsell, Carnival and Costumes; tea convener, Mrs. L. Umphrey, assisted by Mrs. G. Tho- day; draw committee, Mrs. A. Barry and Mrs. G. Maddison; bake table, Mrs. Strah and Mrs. J. Gilkes; phoning. committee, Mrs. Dalton Dean, Mrs. R. Bryson, Mrs. WN. Austin; carnival tickets, C. Grozelle; Mrs. W. Gibson, execu- tive officer; Mrs. W. Adams, Mrs. WN. Austin and Mrs. J. Watson, musi¢ conveners. Mrs. A. Barry is in charge of the skate exchange. Plans were made for the tea to be held at the home of Mrs. J. B. Robinson on Lake Shore Road, and the date set for February 4. There will be a draw for a $15.00 mer- chandise voucher. Members were informed that the Carnival dates have been set for March 10 and 11. They were also reminded that fees are now due CORRECTION In the account of the Board of Education meeting published in last weex's Haileyburian, the name "Mrs. Judith Robin- -son'"' was inadvertently print- ed instead of "Mrs. Julia Rob- inson. Also Mr. G. L. Cassidy is a -member of the auditorium committee, not "Mrs. G. L. Cassidy"'. - and the executive would appreciate having them all in by the end of January. Members of the executive of the New Liskeard Figure Skating Club were present for the latter part of the meeting to discuss items of in- terest to both clubs. Unemployment Statistics Figures released by Unem- ployment Insurance Commis- sion at Kirkland Lake, show that there were 1,847 unplaced applicants in Temiskaming District as of January 12. These consisted of 344 female, and 1,503 male. Bogus Bills The RCMP has released the fol- lowing list of serial numbers of bogus bills believed 'to be circulat- ing in Temiskaming. Citizens, merchants, clerks: and others being offered bills bearing the listed serial numbers are ad- vised to refuse to accept the money, obtain a description of the passer's car, and call police im- mediately. Following are the serial num- bers of known counterfeit bills, all of $10 denomination: N-D 9165255, F-D 8447863 S-D 8325229 G-D 0862006 F-D 9976635 G-D 1829771 U-D 8725017 W-D 9651199 S-D 1547625. loe are wondering if they are now second class citizens. In the past they have always voted in sep- arate school elections, but last De- cember they found they were dis- enfranchised. Women who had voted in the past were turned away when they went to the polls, including some, it is reported, who own property: regis- tered in their name: But according to Separate School Inspecter Lorrain Charette of Haileybury, the election was com- pletely legal. Prior to September Thornloe's Seperate School operated under the Separate School Act's. provisions for urban schools, which permit all Seperate School supporters to vote. After September 30 the Thornloe |Separate School joined a_ school union with Harley and Hilliard Townships, and became liable to the rules laid down for rural | No Feminine Votes For Separate School Roman Catholic women in Thorn-| schools. Under these, Mr. Charette said, only householders and freeholders can vote. In the case of the wo- man who has property registered in her name, he said she wasn't listed on the voter's list as a pro- perty-owner. "It's very funny,' one woman said. "'I vote all my life for a mem- ber of parliament, but I can't vote for the school board."' Silver Stocks Cobalt area residents are watching the stock market these days with renewed inter- est as advances are registered in some of the silver produc- ing mines of the district. Silver Miller which closed at 32 cents December 30 on the Toronto market, was 42 cents Friday. Agnico went from 56 to 61 cents in the same period. Swastika Wants Hunters Reports It is currently eStimated thaat some 2900 resident hunters pur- chased moose licenses in the North Bay District this past fall. It is realized that not all of these hun- ters hunted for moose in this area, many of them 'travelling far into the nonth. Exactly how many moose hunt- ers did we have in this district and how many moose did they shoct? In order to get the answer to this question, Lands and Forests personnel must have the coopera- tion of every hunter who purchased a licence. 2 é A pant of the moose licence is printed in the form of -a hunter's return card asking questions about the days hunted, location, daite of kill, sex, etcetera. It is most important ithat moose hunters com- plete this: return card and get it in the mail as soon as possible. It is just as important to make this return even if no moose was shot. Our field counts and estimates at the present time indicate that over 300 moose were shot in the district. However, iit is not possible to interview iand check every hun- ter during the season and we must depend. upon tthe moose hunter be- ing interested enough in his sport to take the time to complete the moose return card. We are now sending out 760 reminder cards to moose hunters who have been se- lected as a part of a special group drawn as a 30 per cent sample of all our licences sold. } Since we rarely receive sufficient micose returns from hunters to make a total count, we must re- sont to the sample method. This big game aninval has been definit- ely on the increase over the past few years with an increase in the annual kill. If we are to manage the moose herd intelligently we must know what part the hunter plays during the harvest. Are we taking too many moose or could we take more? Only the moose hunters ithemselves can provide the answer to these questions. If you haven't completed your moose return for 1960, do it now! Top potato growers in Southern Ontario were in Englehart last night to talk with members of the Temiskaming Potato Growers Association on problems the association will meet in its plans to make Temiskaming an important potato producing centre. Seated; Clarence Gillis, premier potato grower frém Dufferin County, Heber Irwin, President of the Ontario Potato Growers Association who will be guest speaker at the meeting; standing, Bill Marsh, General Manager of the Northeastern Ontario Development Association, . -Mike Bailey, Ontario Department of Agriculture, Allan Lavery, President of the Dufferin County Potato Growers and Carman Siddall, also from Dufferin County. tn ttt Ot he eh hn ee q