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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, October 30, 1961 GOOD EVENING By JACK GEARIN RE-ASSESSMENT FINE POINTS EXPLAINED There is much talk these days about Oshawa's re- cently completed re-assessment equalization program that took two years to finish, that will cost the taxpay- ers something in the neighborhood of $140,000. The next stage in the program will concern appeals. Ratepayers will have 14 days after November 1 in which to launch an appeal, which must be sent in writing to City Assessor Eldon Kerr, City Hall (stating the reasons there- # in). 1 Appeals will be heard by a three-man _ board and will likely start early in December, The chair- man will be Louis Hyman, QC. Wilf Pogson will be a second member. The third f will be named soon. This re - assessment equalization program means so many things to so many people, we de- cided to have another talk with J, P, Coombe, whose firm of municipal consult- ants did the two-year sur- up a " vey here, to clear LOUIS HYMAN few points. He explained the project briefly this way: "The main purpose of an assessment equalization project is to equitably spread the cost of local govern- ment so that each taxpayer will carry his fair share according to law. "To equitably assess a municipality, it is necessary to take every individual property and place a realistic value upon its lands and the structures that may be contained upon such lands. By realistic value, I mean a reasonable normal value of the land and the structures are based upon a fair value of the component materials, labor' -- skilled and unskilled -- that go into the mak- ing of that structure." Mr. Coombe says that the actual values for the year 1961 for bricks, sand, steel, lumber and labor are not true values. They are inflated values -- were there to be a recession tomorrow, if all lands and structures of Oshawa were assessed at the actual value of 1961, then the worth of the City would be more than the actual market value. Mr. Coombe stressed that the purpose of the equal- ization of assessment was not to increase the value, but to equalize it. "Many say that the assessment was increased to in- crease the mill rate," says Mr. Coombe. "If the munici- pality requires more money in 1962 than it did in 1961, irrespective of whether there had been an equalization project or not, the residential mill rate of 79.5 and in- dustrial mill rate of 85.5 would have been increased -- therefore, that argument is definitely inaccurate. MORE REALISTIC VALUE OF PROPERTY The Assessment Act says lands shall be assessed at their actual value and the value of the land shall be enhanced by the value of the buildings or structures thereon. The Act further tells the assessor to arrive at the actual value of the buildings he shall take into con- sideration replacement cost, location, use, sales, rental and any other circumstances that may affect the value of the building. "What is the purpose of an equalization of assess- ment project ? we asked Mr. Coombe. "The City Council requires monies to run the affairs and the business of this municipality," he said "and the bulk of these monies are obtained by taxation on realty and business assessment, and to ensure that everyone of the approximately 18,000 taxpayers are paying a just and fair share of these tax dollars, you must have an equitable and uniform assessment. In our opinion, that uniform and equitable assessment has now been com- pleted." RATEPAYERS MUST FIGHT FOR RIGHTS Ratepayer groups that get kicked around by City Council, especially on re-zoning issues, must remem- ber one point: It pays to stand up and fight, to make sure that their voices come in clear and loud at City Council, if they think they have been wronged The records show that to stand idly lines and maintain -silence I be the height of folly. There was a prime reminder this the when a group of Park road south ratepayers got arms. What irked the group of nine farr recent decision in the Rusnor Co by the City Planning Board -- that so- group" that has been rescued by Cou regime -- was reversed, as it City Hall As a result, the Board was asked zoning (from R2A to R2B) the area avenue and Stone street on Park would allow the Rusnor firm to build f rently prohibited and most dista ing property owners). The nine families didn't show up at Council to offic- ially »rotest -- after the story got into the papers, they realized that they had been "wronged" and co-signed an irate letter-to-the-editor (intended to ruffle a few Council furs, no doubt.) Said the letter: The Rusnor people knew perfectly weil what the zoning restrictions were when they bought the property months ago. The nine families bought their properties in the firm belief that only single family dwellings would be permitted. "If City Council allows us to be sold out on this, we'll remember at the polls," the letter concluded in a heated vein. These families are naive if they think this letter alone will shock City Council into action; what is need- ed to effectively advance their cause is a strong formal protest, such as a delegation to City Hall with an effect- ive spokesman. The record shows that Council would be more in- clined to listen to such a delegation -- there was a per- fect example of this last year when a group of Ross- land road ratepayers -- 47 strong -- turned up to oppose a re-zoning application from a nearby shopping centre that would have affected the value of nearby residential property. : This delegation had to stand up and fight, to let Council know of its anger, but it finally won out. It was a lesson to be remembered. Alderman Dyer and Dafoe (both board members) apper to be the only consistent spokesmen on behalf of the property owners in these re-zoning cases, but they are sfdly outvoted, : the side- in such a situation would of other day Ip 80 ofter 9 Consia betweer road south plexe teful to the with the money 'WATCH ON BERLIN CHECKPOINT military | bazooka, dre shown on the field in sandbagged position with aj at Berlin's Friedrichstrasse Two US policemen, glasses, Army with other one alert the i |States, a public health service|president. | spokesman said, the service's 58| Last summer there were calls day's huge Soviet nuclear ex- over the Atlantic. |saw no need for undue alarm or pé C \for any immediate action to pro-/nize demonsirations, and to cre-|jnces are unilingually English. |seum. | Police On Guard | Against Posters | MONTREAL (CP)---Montfeal Big Fallout RIN Urges End Cloud Moves To Federal Tax 2a | : : : a. city bylaw against posting astwar | MONTREAL (CP) -- Quebec's Ottawa War Memorial with sep: signs on city property. most vocal secessionist group aratist slogans. The order came after a rash WASHINGTON (AP) -- The called on French - Canadians The 120 delegates were mosily of posters hraring the slogan leading edge of the giant faj|-|Sunday to stop buying Canada between 25 and 30 years old. Vive I'Independance du Quebec out cloud formed by last Mon-|Savings Bonds and urged the) Retiring president Andre d'Al Libre (Long live the independ- . abolition of the federal income lemagne said at a press confer-|ance of a free Quebec.) ap tax. _ |ence his movement has "'in one peared all over Montreal. Le Rassemblement pour |'In-/year, made independence the, Police were asked to watch for Robert List, a U.S. weather dependence Nationale, holding|principal preoccupation of the! people posting such signs and to bureau fallout specialist, said|its first national convention,' French-Canadian nation." detain them. the cloud, an invisible mass of| branded the federal income tax) '"'It is no longer something to| The order did not connect the radioactive debris, was being|aS "'a onerous and inacceptable|be laughed at, he said. "It is an|signs with the convention here propelled by winds of 70 to 80 burden" from which the Que-jideal, to be considered care-|during the weekend of Le Ras- miles an hour jbec government should liberate fully." semblement pour I'Independ- He estimated it would take the French-Canadian nation. Previous secessionist move- ance Nationale. a group that ad- several days for trailing debris} The Quebec government)ments had aitracted only ridi-|vocates the secession of Quebec to complete its eastward pass-)should issue its own bonds 'in|cule or antipathy. from Confederation. age over New England and east- place of the Canada Savings) The assemply urged the TF aromas ern Canada and head out over'Bonds, the group urged. |bec government to declare Que- FOR SKY-GAZERS the ocean. ) The assembly proposed a pro-\hee province a unilingual, A second planetarium in Lon- U.S. experis have said they|gram to promote Quebec's inde-|French state immediately, the{don will be operating by 1963 at |pendence from Canada, to orga-|came way other Canadian prov-|the National Maritime Mu- plosion moved eastward today tect health. Most of the debris|ate, if necessary, a_ political PDR Ne from the explosion is believed | party to assure Quebec's seces- to have gone into the strato-|sion from the Confederation. sphere and was not expected to) Dr. Marcel Chaput, 42, De- settle to earth for months. \fence Research Board biochem-| NO CHANGE ist whose activities on behalf of Even while the fallout cloud) RIN caused an uproar in Ottawa was passing over the Unitedjearlier this year, was elected Going South This Winter ? Even thouzh you may be travelling by car we will make arrangements for accommoda- tion once you have reached the sunny south. We can also.reserve rooms enroute. A phone call will make your trip more re- warding. Hotels, Tours, etc. ations. in the/for Dr. Chaput's resignation United States recorded no par-|from the DRB after he made a ticular change in radioactive|vociferous speech urging the material falling to the surface./breaking up of the Confedera- The Russian explosion in the|tion, The board decided later to monitoring st checkpoint this morning. Bor- {atmosphere has been estimated der sign is at upper left by the U.S. atomic energy com- --(AP Wirephoto via mission as likely in the 30-mega- radio 3 i from Berlin) ton range. A megaton is equal Sweep Winners Reaction Given By THE CANADIAN PRESS |Queen's Own Rifles stationed in Reactions ranged from a Ca-|Calgary, Alta. It'll be back to nadian soldier's 'nothing' s|work today for him as usual, he changed"' to an 80-year old wid-|said. ow's hope that re" excitement} O'Rourke said has been doesn't give her a heart attack), ..; as deggie : as 18 people in Canada savored|>#ving Uckets . "ever meee their first day as $101,500 Irish)Started to work I guess," and Hospital Sweepstake winners. "hasn't even thought"' how he'! Mrs. G. Ellis, of Ancaster, Spend the money. Ont., who held a ticket on Vio-| Sgt. Bob Thomas of Bessemer letta, the horse that finished in a City, N.C. the only non-Cana- dian in the group said he would dead heat foi first place with! Henry VIII in the Cambridge- put some of the money into a trust fund for his children Bob, shire Handicap run Saturday at Newmarket, England, said she|8, and Larry 4, The family, liv had no idea what she would do ing in Ottawa since the U.S. air force sergeant was stationed there two years ago, may visit North. Carolina, he said. But they're not quite sure what to do with the: rest of the fruits of the first sweepstake ticket they ever bought. No such problem faces Lyle Knoff, 54, of Saskatoon, Sask. he "T hope the excitement isn't too much for me,"' she said, "J have a bad heart." The most apparently cerned of the winners was Cana- dian Army Quartermaster Jim O'Rourke, a member of. the uncon- _.-- to the force of 1,000,000 tons of} [NT | The fallout cloud formed by take no action. Mr, Chaput said he was a lit- tle apprehensive about how he would be received when he goes Donald Travel Service 300 DUNDAS ST. E. WHITBY Oshawa -- Whitby -- Brooklin MO &-3304 back to work, considering his election and the defacement "by persons we do not know"' of the ND Party Launching | In B.C. VANCOUVER (CP) The New Democratic Party got off its British Columbia launching pad Sunday night, but not before its paint had _ been scratched a little A late-hour argument at the party's B.C: founding conven- tion over expropriation awards brought out some opposition to the stand taken by the party leader s hip that expropriation should be subject to appeal to the courts. Delegates voted down the op- position after a brief but warm debate and a few minutes later, without dissenting voice, ap- proved as policy this statement: "In expropriation proceedings the right to appeal the compen- |sation paid will be guaranteed," SORONTO, sf) pr % PRARCKCO sath ati ihm 00-70 NOWFLURRIES | | ria. Ah Mite CLOUDY AND COOL TUESDAY WEATHER FORECAST Cloud, Cooler During Tuesday Offic 45 50 50 50 issued « Toronto weather office 30 a.m forecasts by Wingham at Hamilton St. Catharines .... Toronto al Synopsis: A cold front moving southward not ex- ote y pected to reach the lower lakes Peterborough A > eg ative. | rrenton until Tuesday. Temperatures Killaloe will continue well above normal wrichoka today. Cooler weather is: fore-\ north nao Nort cast for the central regions and|gu@pury little change is expected over E o rariton the north country |Kapuskasing Lake St. Clair soutnern Lake! White River . Huron, Lake Erie, Niagara,)Moosonee ... mgt Lake Ontario regions, Windsor,|S.S. Marie ........ 32 London, Hamilton and Toronto RENE speek lowiy is 'Broadcasters the blast drifted over the Pa- cific Northwest Saturday. The cloud, an estimated 200 miles wide, generally kept to an east- ward path as it moved across the continent. House Building Up This Year | OTTAWA (CP) -- Starts on construction of new houses in Canada totaled 38,762 units in . this year's third quarter, an in- Get News Tip crease of 9.8 per cent from last year's corresponding fig- OTTAWA (CP) Former jure of 35,315 units, the bureau newspaper man Carlyle Allison,|of statistics reported today. now vice - chairman of the| In the third quarter of 1961, Board of Broadcast Governors,|32,981 houses were completed, has given Canadian radio and compared with 31,091 in the| TV stations a few reminders on corresponding 1960 period.) handling their news and opin-|Starts in urban centres of more ion broadcasts. than 5,000 population rose to The BBG Friday released a/8,934 units from 7,443 in the letter sent by Mr. Allison to|Corresponding 1960 period. broadcasters "in the hope that), Third: quarter data by prov it will help to raise the stand- ince, with corresponding 1960 ards." The letter, makes clear figures in brackets: ts contents are the vine| Houses started: Newfoundland yuek te cou f uid. (019 (781;) Prince Edward Is- chairman's notes eculations.|!and 646 (104, Nova Scotia 1,204 ance" -- not hoard regulations.|(1 359), New Brunswick 845 Among other things, Mr. Alll-) (588) Quebec 9,986 (8,949), On- son reminds the stations that tario 15,997 (13.385), Manitoba there are 'other forms of news) 1 §93 (1.806); Saskatchewan 1446 besides tragedy, accidents and/(1jg99), Alberta 3,645 (2,850) mayhem" and says that their British Columbia 2,555 (3,700), commentaries and editorials) Houses completed: Newfound- must be labelled clearly so they | land 450 (626), Prince Edward can't be mistaken as newscasts. /Island 59 (57), Nova Scotia 817 He also said stations should/ (903), New Brunswick 623 (395), not omit pertinent facts from a/Quebec 9,650 (8,595), Ontario} dramatic documentary pro-|11,528), Manitoba 1,710 (1,974), gram. When this is done, he/Saskatchewan 1,754 (1,062), Al- said, "the program is no longer | berta 2,735 (2.641), British Co- a legitimate documentary but a|!umbia 3,194 (3,310) slanted production that sacri- Cane ones fices truth for effect." Sas) SENSATIONAL MEAT VALUES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ONLY ! Breaktast Bacon 39 29 SKINLESS BROKEN WIENERS CROSSCUT 49 59: SHORT RIB Ibs. s] LEAN, TENDER CLUB STEAKS LEAN PORK BUTT CHOPS LEAN, MINCED BEEF What Your COMMUNITY CHEST Means To You! NAVY LEAGUE OF CANADA | TRAVEL CONFIRMS We can h 360 KING ST. W. Do You Require Money ? We have mortgage funds available from Trust and Insurance companies, No Bonus or Finder's fee. @ TO FINANCE NEW CONSTRUCTION @ TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE OF A HOME ® TO RE-FINANCE YOUR PRESENT PROPERTY For SERVICE call our MORTGAGE DEPARTMENT SCHOFIELD-AKER LTD. Oshawa Branch The Youth of Today are Our Senior Citizens of Tomorrow. The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps "Drake" of Oshawa boasts of making Oshawa's finest citizens. MORTGAGE MONEY The Sea Cadets learn the fundamentals of seamanship and sound citi- zenship practices and progresst o senior leader- ship. When this has been achieved they have a chance for Naval training on a Royal Cana- dian Naval ship, either Sea Going or Land Based. elp you: The Navy League of Canada hes a total of 156 Branches across Canada and adminis- ters a total of 212 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet and Navy League Cadet Corps,wit h total en- rolment of approximately 15,000 boys. The Ontario Division of the Navy League PHONE 723-2265 of Canada has 47 Branches, administering 65 Corps, with an enrolment of approximately Mainly cloudy with a few per- iods of rain and continuing warm today. Cloudy and turn- ing cooler Tuesday. Winds south- west 15 today, light tonight and Tuesday : Northern Lake Huron, south- ern Georgian Bay and Halibur- ton regions: Overcast with wide- spread fog patches and a few periods of rain or drizzle today. Continuing warm today. 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