Tax Rate up Two Mills for Separate School Taxpayers Early Copy Please... George P. Sangsler, 20, Bains Ville Killed When Car
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• The luck of the Irish once « Alexandrians are not to was proverbial. Today know any relief from higher luck in the Irish Sweepstakes taxes; in- part because relief The Glengarry New that counts. is higher. ONE OP CANADA’S AWARD-WINNING WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS VOL. LXVIII — No. 44 ALEXANDEIA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th, 1959 . SINGLE COPY lOe Early Copy Tax Rate Up Two Mills For Please... We expect to be short-staffed Separate School Taxpayers in our composing room for the Separate School ratepayers will can be laid at the doorstep of next few weeks and it may be difficult to get the paper out in .pay 2.2 mills more on residential Queen’s Park, local officials inform. proi)erties this year, in the Alex- Under new Public Welfai-e regula- time. andria tax bill approval by Council tions, we understand, the muni- For that reason we must in- Tuesday night. cipality is called on to give relief sist on early receipt in this Public School supporters will find to any recipient of Unemployment office of both advertising and a reduced tax bill, due to a 4.8 mill Insurance whose .payments from news copy. We will not guar- drop in their levy. that fund are not up to set antee insertion of any copy re- For Separate School supporters standards. ceived later than Tuesday the mill rate will be 64.5 on resi- This provision brings estimated night. dential properties, versus 62.3 mills relief costs for 1959 to $14,611.24, as last year. On commercial proper- oompared with $10,777.40 paid last ties the rate will be 72.3, compared year. Milk Price Here with 70.5 mills a year ago. Local assessment this year was Comparable figures for Public up to $1,743,1^; divided between Up To 20 Cents . School ratepayers are — residential, Separate School supporters at $1,- 59.1 mills (61.7 last year); com- The price of milk- in Alexandria 299,000, and Public School ratepay- goes up Sunday, November 1st, from mercial, 66.9 mills (69.9 in 1958). ers, $444,123. A healthy drop in the High 17 cents to 20 cents, according to School levy helped hold down the A comparison of the mill rates an announcement from the two increase. Prom 8.1 mills a year ago with last year follows: local milk distributors, Graham the Board reduced its levy to 6.9 General town purposes— 1959 1958 Creamery and Maple Leaf Dairv. ■ mills. This offset to some degree Commercial 29.4 28.6 The raise, we understand, results the .8 mill increase for general town Residential 21.6 20.4 from a move by the Ontario Milk purposes being paid on commercial -County Bates 14.7 13.4 Producers’ Association to organize CHEQUE FOB MONUMENT REPAIRS — Rev. John D. MoPhail, raised. Left to right are: John Quinn, deputy grand knight of properties; the 1.3 mill increase in Direct Relief 2.3 1.4 some 100 markets in the province rector 01 St. Finnan’s Cathedral, here, is shown receiving a cheque Ottawa Council; Father MoPhail; G. J. Murray, district deputy of United Counties levy and the .9 Public School 13.6 18.4 which had no specific agreements from the Ontario State Board, Knights of Columbus, covering cost district one; Msgr. Ewen J. Macdonald, DR., V.G.; Vincent Kelley, mills jump in Direct Relief costs. Separate School 19. 19. between producers and distributors. of restoration of the monument in St. Finnan’s cemetery to the state treasurer from Ottawa, who presented cheque; Rev. Leo Mac- The almost doubled cost of relief High School 6.9 8.1 A meeting of local producers was memory or the late Most Rev. William A. MacDonell, first State Donell; Albert Lavigne, gi-and knight of Cornwall Council; and G. G. held- here recently and as a result Chaplain of the K. of C. The monument, ' centring the bishops’ and Aubry, grand knight of Alexandria Council. The presentation was the Milk Control Board has set priests’ plot in the cemetery, was donated by the State Beard in 1925. made at a regional meeting of the Knights of Columbus in Corn- a price to the producer which calls The foundation had been sinking and the cheque is in payment of wall, October 18th. Carolee Demoulin Heads Students’ for the higher retail price, we are work done this summer to restore it. The entire plot was also —Cut courtesy the Standard - Freeholder. informed. Council After High School Voting ’The new 20-cent price is still one of the lowest in the province, a Carolee Demoulin of Lancaster, a — Roger Sauve (Lions). Grade Sweepstake Prize local distributor points out. Grade 12A student at Glengarry - IOC — Ronnie McCormick (Lions). George P. Sangsler, 20, Bains ville Alexandria District High School, Grade lOD — Gilbert "nttley Struck Close is the Prime Minister of the Stu- (Eagles). Grade 9A — Claude An Ottawa bank accountant dents’ Council. Her election came Poirier (Lions). Grade 9B — Ed- Charler Presented bought an Irish Sweepstake Killed When Car Left Highway No. 2 in Tuesday voting which followed ward Palaisy (Lions). Grade 9C — ticket out of a book being sold A son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Gerald deputy-reeve of Lancaster Town- a rousing rally in the school audi- Ann Tkaczehko (Lions). Grade in Alexandria a few months ago • The very largely attended funeral Sangster, Bainsville, and a second- ship and the family has long been torium Monday when speakers for 9D — Earl Stevens (Lions). St. Eugene Lions — and now he’s richer by $56,- was held from his home at 2 o’clock prominent in the Bainsville area. the two parties, the Eagles and the Oflicers of the Council were 000. Adrien Lemay, a Royal year student at Macdonald College, Tuesday afternoon to St. Andrews Members of the Alexandria Lions George Percy Sangster, 20, was In- George Percy Sangster was born Lions, urged support of their candi- named- at the fii’st meeting, yester- Bank accountant in one of the United- Church and cemetery in the Club and their wives were in St. stantly killed shortly after midnight at Bainsville 29 years ago, a son of dates in the various grades. day. They are: Ottawa branches drew a ticket Second Concession. Rev. 'W. E. President — Carolee Demoulin. Eugene in force Saturday night to Saturday, when his car left the C. Gerald Sangster and his wife, Black of Lancaster, conducted the The Eagles emerged with feathers take part in the Charter Night cele- oh the horse which romped drooping as the vote returned 11 Vice-Pres. — Garth Macdonald. road and overturned. Isabel Croll. He attended the local service. bration of that new club. The St. home in second place. members of the Lions to office, Secretary — Marilyn McCuaig. •lihe accident occurred on rain- school and Glengarry - Alexandria The pallbearers were: Ray Mac- Eugene Lions are the “baby” club We can’t prove it, but ’tis while the Eagles, under Garth Mac- Treasurer — Colleen McRae. soaked Highway 2, one and one-half District High School, where he Donald, Douglas Hughes, Ronald of Alexandria Lions, who sponsored rumored Dr. Markson had the donald, were mustering only four. Lionel Poirier, B.A., will be staff miles west of the Quebec-Ontario served as president of the Student McRae, Ross Thom-pson, Gerald their organization. ticket vrith serial number just He becomes Leader of the Oppo- adviser. border. The youth was alone in his Council in his graduating year. Lefebvre and Charles Osborne. one digit greater than lucky car and was westbound on the He was in his second year in the ■ sition. The Council has decided at least Described by Lions officials as the Among relatives present from a- most largely attended Charter Mr. Lemay’s. That’s closer than liighway when the car swerved from Agricultm-al Ctourse at Macdonald Elected to the Council with Prime two dances will be held this year. distance were Mr. and Mrs. James the editor came to fame and the wet pavement, struck a culvert College, Ste Anne de Bellevue, and Minister Demoulin and the Leader Securing of school rings and school Night they had yet seen, the ban- C. Sangster, Quebec City; Miss Eva quet in Lefebvre’s Pavilion was at- fortime. and overturned in four feet of had been home due to illness when of the Opposition axe: sweaters was also discussed. Sangster, Edmonton, Alberta; Mr. A bit of fortune will come to water on the north' side of the his tragic death ocem-red. George Grade 13 — Robert McCrimmon Speakers at Monday’s campaign tended by some 350. Others came and Mrs. Ira Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. (Lions), Guy Nadeau (Eagles). rally were: Lions -7- Carolee De- in later for dancing. the anonymous seller of that road. had been active in 4-H Club work ticket. This unknown Alex- Dr. A. B. Peachey, coroner from and in the Lancaster Junior Farm- Prank Anderson, Montreal; Mr. and Grade 12C — Marilyn MCCuolg ' moulin and Wendy McRae; Eagles Lions Clubs represented in the Mrs. George Croll, Summerstown; andrian ■will be richer by 600 Cornwall, attended the accident ers’ Club and his death cut short (Lions). Grade llA — A. D. Mac- ! — Garth Macdonald and- Guy Na- gathering included Alexandria, Iro- Mrs. Mary MacDonald, James Croll, British pounds; some $1,700, he scene and determined that death a very promising life. Leod (Eagles). Grade IIB—Sheila dfeau. quois, Merrickville, HuU, Otta’,va ■Williamstown. Stimson (Lions). Grade lOA — Dorothy Irvine was Chief Return- South, Ottawa West, Buckingham, or she estimates. resulted from multiple injuries.