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~prlni~ort n~nde~y RAIN s:n·~n!.l').Jot·,t, IJ~ch. Rain toni(Jhl, Tbur~clay; warmur; Low tonight noar 40; IJI(Jh Thursday In high SO's. am Vol. No. 106, No. 15 3 Sections - 26 Pages Wednesday, April 14, 1965 Tax Referees Clean-Up Week Proclamation Allocation Board Residents of Mason have much to be proud ofin Gets New Faces this, our centennial year. One way we can show our Ingham's tax allocation board for a division of the rate ot pride for ourselves and for others is ·to clean up and is ready to get down to work, taxation between counties, town fix up our property. Now that voters have rejected ships, municipal corporations, As mayor of Mason I hereby proclaim April 25 to the fixed millage proposal 1t school districts and other local is a sure thing that this won't units, and. to ear-mark funds May 1 as Fix Up and Clean-Up week. be the last year of the board raised by Increasing the total Let's all work together to make Mason shine. h a v 1 n g to referee the annual tax llmltatlon, Let"s show our visitors what a clean, progressive struggle between the county, This board has !be respon school districts and townshlpsfor sibility to examine the budgets and prosperous city we have. the spilt of the available 15 and statements of local units mills, which have been flied with It, Probate Judge James Kallman and shall determine U1e tax rates appointed 2 new members to the exclusive of debt, service tax /ikvAR~ board this week, rates which would be required according to Its proposed bud Mayor of Mason Judge Kallman has appointed gets. Durward A. Ralns!Jerger, bus. The new board w111 begin func !ness consultant and tax account tioning sometime this month. ant; and Horace J. Bradshaw, Lansing cIty councilman, as members of the tax allocation board, to become effect! ve Ap Council Re-elects r1112, 1965, Il:Llnsberger Is alUe-longres Dutch Elm ldent of Ingham county, and re Pearsall As Mayor ceived his education at Acme Business college and Michigan Disease Mason councilmen again pick State uni verslty as an account ed Gilson R. Pearsall for an ant, He has been self-employed other one.year term as mayor since 1952 as a business consul Monday night. It will be the tant, and tax accountant. Is Costly third year at the city helm for Pearsall, Bradshaw· has been a resident Dutch Elm disease 1s costly In Councilmen elected Richard of Ingham county since 1946, and · more ways than just losing the Morris as mayor pro tern. has been a member of the Lan- county's stately elms, It costs Monday night was hearts and sing city councll since 1952, money, too, !lowers night for the old coun serving twice as mayor pro tern In reporting to the board of cil, Plaudits were handed out ot the council. He is a member llupervlllors Tuesday Road En to councilmen Russell Bement of numerous boards ot Directors glneer Frank Evans listed the and Glen Coon before the · old Including: Ingham Med!calhospl- cost of removing· 51,000 dead council adjourned sine die. tal, Lincoln Community Center, trees from rolld rights-of-way Bement and Coon responded Lansing Convention Bureau and at $66,000, Some townships are by praising city department heads the Ingham board of supervisors. participating In sharing the cost and fellow councilmen for coop of removing trees on local roads. eration and devotion to duty, The r e are four additional The program will be continued After the old connell adjourn members provided by statute. until all dead trees are removed, ed, City Attorney Lloyd Mor They are County Treasurer Har- he said. ris administered the oath ot of Mayor Pearsall told the coun ry Spenny, the chairman ot the He also pointed out another flee to incumbent Pearsall and cilmen" he would have committee ways and means committee ot major expenditure which reflects Vaughn Snook and John Hamlin, posts assigned before the next the board ot supervisors of the this year1s hard winter, Snow newly elected councilmen. meeting, county, Intermediate School Dis- removal this winter has run 3 trict SUperintendent Alton stroud times that of l&at year, a rela and a member chosen by the tlve light winter. So far keep Tie the Dog county's largest school board, ing county roads open bas cost Council Gets The purpose of this tax allo- $78,000 compared to $27,000 In Pollee Chief Tim stolz·ltad a cation commission Is to pro- 1964. · ·· '' Property Proposal word o! warning for dog owners vlde'l1mlts on· the rate of taxa- Total snow fall since January Monday, He Is going to make tlon on property, and to provide 1 hit 63 lnclles. a drive with his department on For City Ha II stray dogs, The MaSon dog or dinance makes 1t mandatory to Another entry entered the city confine dogs 12 months a year. P~Y BALL! Harold Wore displays his famous batting stance hall-fire hall e1te sweepstakes He pointed out that this time behind the Ware 1s drug store camera counter this week. He is warming Monday night, of year dog owners seem to have · A. 0, Greenough, Dansville a penchant for turning the ani On up for the Mason centennial outing to see the Detroit Tigersplay May 29. real estate man, appeared be mals loose, 1 fore the council to offer the Harold s eye is on the ball, but in his heart he was thinking about the hard block ot bnlldlngll on East Maple ball falling through the glass display counter under the stuffed tigers. Harold street, Immediately west ot the old county ]aU. Easter Egg Hunt to the plans to be one of an estimated 140 who are buying tickets for the trip, Tic The .property offered Includes An Euter egg hunt has been kets are on sale at Bob Jones Paint and at The Ingham County News. The the .building now housing cen arranged by the Muon Junior tennial headquarters, the store Chamber of Commerce tor Sat $6.50 ticket includes round trip fare from Mason to Detroit on the bus and a occupied by the House of Meats, urday at 1 p.m. In the parking Ball Parl{ good reserved seat at the stadium, Jones said those who expect to crowd into the former Muon Locker plant lot at the fair grOUllds. More than • and Tony Simone's store, 26 dozen eggs wUl be hldden ' the buses ought to buy their tickets this week. Greenough set the price at throughout the area for the chil Photo by Archy Ammerman $99,000, dren to t1nd;. Prizes will be CouncUmen placed the offer awa.rded to winners In 3 age on rue for further consldel'll groups - 3 to 5 years, 6 to 9 tlon. and 10 to 13. Storm Claims 3 ; Former Residents Sunday night's death-dealing ago, They formerly lived In an series of tornadoes which cut apartment on West Columbia and wide swathes through southern then moved to 418 west Ash. Kiwanians sPonsor Michigan dealt a tragic blow to Funeral services for Mrs, a former Mason family. Robson and the boys are set for Robert Robson, for 16 years Hartford City on Friday at 3:30. Easter Prayer Plan an employe at Kean•s store In Mason, 1s in a Coldwater hos pital In critical condition. His wife, Frances, and Kip, 12, and Mason Girl Brad, 16, were killed, The Robsons had been vllllt1ng Muon Klwanla.ns ha.ve an ELS - centntlon camps and the dreary his parents In Hartford City, Escapes AUSTIN CAVANAUGH, Bunker Hill ter project going, the Green homes of the opprellsed llllUises Indiana. They were returning to Candle of Hope, Laurence Par behind the Iron Curtain. Get your their home In Flint where Rob township supervisor and farmer, wi II head the ker, chtJrman ot the support of green candle ot hope toclay, Light Storm 1 son manages a variety store, Ingham board of supervisors for a year. He was churches committee explains the a green candle !hill Easter and MASON S POLICE FORCE has a new Near Coldwater they saw the A Mason high school girl also movement thlll way, after up a prayer," addition. Chief Tim Stolz is busy teaching the tornado approaching. Robson pul had a brush with the same storm elected Tuesday. Supervisor Paul Richards of Ma "The people behind the Iron led off the side of the road and which took the lives of 3 mem.: son, former mayor and councilman, was selected Curtain know that open resllltance A series ot special meetings, tricks of the trade to King, 6-months old white the famUy took shelter In a ditch. bers of the Robs on family. agalnet orders Ill :tuttle. Yet, sponsored by several Mason area German Shepherd. King is going to be a tracker. The storm hi!, picking up all Christine Fry, daughter of Mr, as chairman pro tern, they have acquired skill In out churches, will begin Wednesday, 4 and hurtling them through the and Mrs, Clarence Fry had spent witting the regime, April 21, and continue through air. The wife and 2 boys were the week end visiting Joanne They now celebnte the "festi Friday, AprH 30, The meetings carried 6 miles by the storm Eastman, daughter of Rev. and They'll Treat Bosses val of the fir tree" by lighting a wm be conducted nif:htly at 7:30 and were killed.