Favorable IRS ruling to move swimming pool project into high gear Prospects for the Cass City While final closing of the authorities have said another never collected. yet available. municipal swimming pool estate could take from six to update will be needed before The deadlock with the IRS. took a giant step forward last nine months, Keating indi- construction can begin, was revealed to the public in He said it is unclear how week when Robert H, Keating cated funds can start flowing How the village will make a story detailing problems long all of this will take, but announced that the Stevens to the village to begin work on up the difference in the estate with the estate settlement in he added that it's entirely estate, which will fund the the pool. gift and actual cost is still to the June 5 edition of the possible construction of the lion's share of construction, The ruling comes following be decided, although it's Chronicle. pool can begin yet this year. has been declared non-tax- several meetings with IRS likely voters will be asked to Subsequently, State Sen. "The project still must be able. officials in Detroit and ends approve a special millage Alvin J. DeGrow and U.S. cleared with state authorities the possibility that the estate request in order to complete Rep. J. Bob Traxler (D-Bay and obviously bidders need Keating' received word time to consider the project Wednesday, July 2, from could have been hit for over the project. City), exerted pressure on $58,000 in interest and penal- before making a bid," he Internal Revenue Service The pool has been on village IRS authorities to grant the said. authorities that the estate ties. drawing boards since the old tax exempt status for the An^arlier_esiimate_Df_the— —facility-was-elosed-by-state- -estater —-I-can-say-that-eouneil-will- _meLalLfederaI-requirements-~ do everything in its power to for being non-taxable. village's share of the estate health authorities in 1971. In Village President Lambert placed the figure at around 1972, village voters approved Althaver said Thursday the get construction started just Keating was obviously $178,000. a bond issue contingent on a as soon as possible," he said. pleased. "As it stands now, next moves are to develop He said a special village The latest cost estimate on matching grant from the final costs of the project and I'm ready to start handing the project, completed in late federal government. Match- council meeting will probably money to the village any- seek bids. Final costs are be needed to discuss the 1973, placed pool construction ing funds were never forth- already being determined, he time," he said. costs at $204,300. Village project as costs are deter- coming and the voted millage said, although no figures are mined. VOLUME 69, NUMBER 11 CASS CITY, MICHIGAl^-THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1975 Twenty Cents SIXTEEN PAGES County commissioners reveal split of $356,011 revenue sharing funds The Tuscola County Board County Road Commission, contract with Kelly & Sons of SPRY'S homemade cannon makes a unique of Commissioners announced bring them up to date on Caro to care for the heating the split of $356,011.00 in highway funds. He told the and cooling equipment in the lawn decoration. It took hours and hours to revenue sharing funds in a board that there were enough Social Service building and in build but was worth it, says Spry. special hearing held Tuesday CETA funds to last through the new Intermediate school. at the court house in Caro. August. The contract for the Social Commissioners will review The lion's share of the funds Services building will cost the budget at their July 22 $135.80 and for the school, will be tossed into a multi- meeting and if more Federal Homemade cannon purpose fund for use for $95.88. For this the county funds do not become avail- gets first call on the services capital outlay when needed. able start work on cutting the For this purpose the commis- of the firm in case of county highway program. emergency and periodic sioners reserved $264,777. One The board voted to partici- use of this money could be for checks of the equipment. pate in the rebuilding of a The contract does not items such as a county solid three-span bridge and ap- You can almost waste disposal site, Commis- cover repairs or parts as proaches to replace a bridge needed. sioner Maynard McConkey that was destroyed on East explained. Dayton Road, six-tenths of a The board allocated $5,000 mile east of M-24. OTHER BUSINESS for the repiair and mainte- The Highway commission nance of Vanderbilt Park, fyear the blast estimates the job at under The commissioners voted to the only county-owned park. $300,000. Two other allocations of the. accept the recommendations Some $250,000 of the con- of the East Central Michigan Pick up an old Aspen log, a funds were approved by the struction costs will come The cannon balls are made board. The Public Health Planning Commission which few stray two by fours and of cement and the cart from Federal funds while the has been investigating the Department which hires four commissioners voted $16,000 two by sixes and a file and a consists of mostly scrap health nurses for home health solid waste disposal system chisel and you can come up as the county's share of the lumber. A gold paint for the care was granted $75,000. needed for the county. with a unique yard decora- barrel bands and a jet black project. The move merely affirmed tion. paint for the rest of the Also receiving help were According to the State action under study for several You can if you have the cannon completes the job. the nine county libraries. A Highway Commission esti- years. unique talent of, Virgil Spry, You can almost hear the total of $11,234 was given to mate, the work will be The commission approved 48, of Deford. cannon blast as you look it these facilities on the basis of completed in July, 1976. the hiring of Veda Reid as an over. 20 cents per capita. Also slated in the county account clerk in the Depart- Spry lives on Deckerville Authorities had asked for 50 this year is pavement mark- ment of Public Works. The cannon is undoubtedly Road, about 3>/2 miles east of cents per capita. On the basis ing of roads to cost "under The board voted to take Deford Road, and that old log Spry's most ambitious gun THE ELKLAND TOWNSHIP Fire Department rushed to Hadley of 20 cents per capita Rawson $100,000". bids for the rental of the is now a cannon that sits just project but it is by no means Library will receive an esti- his first. Road, five miles east of Cass City, Saturday evening, to extinguish county farm. The land has under the flagpole in his yard. a car fire. The vehicle was owned by Don Walker. Walker said he mated $1,200. SIGN CONTRACT been rented on a three-year Back in the days when he ' In another action, the basis and the commission You won't find a duplicate li^ed in suburban Detroit he tried to pull the hood release but it stuck. The car was completely commissioners heard Robert The commissioners signed proposes to advertise bids for of this cannon anywhere, created guns of all types, I demolished. (Photo by Neitzel) Wellington, of the Tuscola a preventive maintenance another three years, Spry says with a grin. The had a lot of them, he said, but lean, slightly greying artist I sold them to an area with the chisel revealed that restaurant and he uses them the cannon pattern was made to decorate the walls. in his head and is a composite of several models he's seen. All of his earlier gun Wheat harvest: rain seen key to I've always wanted to make building projects were car- a cannon and three months ried on before he moved to the ago I was laid off from my job Deford area three years ago. in suburban Detroit and I Moving here was no snap decided to tackle it, Spry decision. He purchased the explained. property six years ago. Now when he's on the job he He found the log that was bountiful crop in area as prices rise commutes to the Detroit area big enough for the cannon daily. barrel and started hacking haul the grain to market. haul it in. away. How much time he Both he and his wife are BULLETIN: — A rumor that ture. Monday evening rain hit now depending on what the wheat much in demand lor spent on it, Spry can't say, for "crazy about" the country there is a secret deal with the isolated spots in the area. weather has in store, across baking as compared to "soft" Wischmeyer said that he OTHER CROPS sure. But he worked on it living they now enjoy. The Russians has skyrocketed Cass City and the immedi- the nation the crop is ex- wheat grown in the big grain has cars ordered for July 21 It is still much too early to most every day for three Sprys have four children. Two wheat prices. Wednesday ate area received none Sun- pected to be bountiful. states. and that he expects to need 50 tell about other crops. Oats months as he painstakingly are at home.