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ptge 16 the te1kjhe tbursdty aprs 4 1968 a lazy daisy on skates this pretty flower is a lazy daisy thats the part 14 year old sandra reld main street south will play in the markham ice skating show friday and saturday nights in the markham arena rural rate drops in pickering twp pickering twp it pays to live north of the third concession pickering township residents in this rural region of the municipality will enjoy a tax decrease of 18 mills in 1968 in 1967 the rate was 856 mills in 1968 it will be 838 mills in laymans terms a homeowner in school area 1 with a house asses sed at 5000 will pay tax es of 419 of this 555 is for schools 227 for county and the balance the general rate over which the council has con trol the part of school area 1 that lies south of cone 3 will add 1 mill to its rate its a much more ser ious story in the urban ar ea of the township and the cost of education has been blamed for example the mill rate in bay ridg es is 1246 mills compared with 1177 in 1967 a bay ridges house with an as sessment of 5000 will be 623 in 1967 it was 59850 in west rouge the rate is higher stillup to 1281 mills reeve john williams said he was pleased that the council had been able to keep its spending down to the bare bone he noted that there had been no in creases in mill rates or taxes under the responsi bility of council and de clared that this result had been possible through the diligent work of each council member councillor don kitchen said that council was res ponsible for some de crease in the public school budget and told how it had worked with area 2 board which was originally faced with an increase of from 4 to 8 mills funds realized from the sale of the base line school to the township off set the higher mill rate to some degree reeve williams observ ed that this was the smal lest increase area 2 ever presented to council and said that it did the school board credit 2 x 4 economy spruce 6cft eavestroughing 142c ft cedar posts 4 tops 8 long 65c each complete lines of fencing roofing ami siding always in stock remember our prices are com petitive our service is good and we deliver ratcliff lumber ltd inwatmai whouauk i till ukrxs ixdnmhmmj protest pickering high school budget pickering twp it was under protest that pickering township coun cil accepted the pickering district high school rate of 326 mills residential and 362 commercial a copy of the protest re solution will be sent to education minister wil liam g davis the high school rate on a total township assess ment of 32417095 will raise su9729643 the only thing that was achieved deputyreeve ron chatten remarked by the three municipalities in the high school district meeting with the hon mr davis was the province in creasing the revenue paid the school board thus re ducing the rate by two mills so attempt was made by the school board to reduce its operating costs reeve john williams said that the three muni cipalities suggested to the board that the budget be reduced by some means which would enable the municipalities to incur a 15 per cent increase in the mill rate at the meeting we sug gested we needed an addi tional s 176000 he said by some queer episode they came up with 120- 000 of money which we were already entitled to and which the high school board had not included mr williams said the board had received s130- 000 more in 1967 than they had budgeted for but ail the surplus thev had was s10000 councillor john kruger observed that estimates were just that esti mates this is their last bud get said councillor don kitchen to their credit they have maintained what appears to be the highest educational levies in the country perhaps they do not feel the re sponsibilities an elected board would such as prob lems of the ratepayers be ing able to afford the fa cilities they give to the children the new board because it is elected will considr not only the edu cational facilities but also the ability of the taxpayer to pay for them it may remotely be possible that our taes may not go up next vear he added missionary convention by evelyn m1lsted gormley the an nual missionary conven tion is planned for the un ited missionary church from april 16 to 20 sympathy is expressed mr and sirs norman johnston in the death of his father at orillia mr johnston was in his 88th year mr and mrs alex mor rison and jonathon of bancroft spent the week end with her parents mr and mrs carl reesor the ladies of the um church met all day tues day at the sewing circle in the fellowship hall the wms of the um church will meet on thursday at the home of miss g bruce on sunday april 7 at 11 am and 730 pm at the um church rev and mrs richard ohlman dir ectors of the willow springs bible camp of the canadian sunday school mission will bring the mes sages and present duet numbers the intermediate sew ing circle of the heise hill church met on mon day night april 1 at the home of mrs russell hei se christ crusaders will meet on fridav night at heise hill church rev and mrs win van- der bent of richmond hill mr and mrs j groot and daughter archer of amsterdam holland had dinner on monday night with the misses hender son buy and use easter seals st0uffviue shopping puza phone 6402700 5aiijiiwfcpacmg