City's new curb-gutter Parking meter revenues Fowler bumps New nursery school IN&ltJE • project 'armed' — Page 8B reverse'downtrend — Page 9B Webberville —Page IB in St. Johns — Page 4B 110th No. 42 SECTIONS - 32 10 CENTS Hicks Building to lose top floors County accepts appraisal — D & C to move The upper stories of the for­ Dunkel of St. Johns were award­ mer Hicks Store buildings on ed the plumbing, heating and air Clinton Avenue in St. Johns will conditioning contract. Schmitt be demolished in a renovation Electric of St. Johns will do the by Yoh - with adjustments project to accommodate an en­ electrical work. larged D & C Store for the city's * * The controversial Yoh Co. appraisalfig- downtown business district. CENTRAL Wrecking Co. of Yoh-County Comparison Lansing will be subcontractors ures for Clinton County will be used this year Contracts for the refurbishing for Slwek in the demolition of the Township 1965 County 1965 Yoh Dollar %of as a base for figuring real estate tax assess­ of the 75 feet of store frontage on upper stories of the former Hicks Taxing Unit Appraised Appraised Difference Incr. the west side of the center block structure. Heating and air condi­ Bath $ 10,867,380 $ 13,465,910 $ 2,598,530 23.91 ments. of Clinton Avenue are to be let tioning equipment will be install­ JOHN C. HUHTALA 1,015,728 15.70 this week, says Ink White, vice ed on the roof of the one-story Bengal 6,466,122 7,481,850 But adjustments will be made on many president and trust officer at the building when it is completed. Rev John Huhtala, associ­ Bingham 7,951,806 9,672,400 1,720,594 21.63 of the property figures before they're applied Clinton National Bank & Trust ate pastor at the FirstMetho- Dallas 9,254,036 10,696,500 1,442,464 15.58 Co. of St. Johns. dist Church in St. Johns, has 7,458,462 28.82 to the tax rolls. The county board'of supervi­ St. Clair and C. Douglas Far- assumed full pastoral duties DeWitt 25,876,728 33,335,190 * * dee, local architects, planned the at the Price and Shepardsvllle City of DeWitt , 3,757,484 3,821,280 63,796 1.02 sors approved the use of the Yoh appraisal AS EXECUTOR and trustee for remodeling and will supervise the Methodist Churches and is no Duplain 9,305,262 10,316,670 1,011,408 10.86 Monday, but with that reservation. the Arthur and Norena Wilson es­ construction work. longer associated with the Eagle 6,919,052 7,931,380 1,012,328 14.63 tate, the bank's trust department church here. The arrangement Essex 6,145,020 6,432,220 287,200 4.67 The supervisors will will exercise a previously-grant- has been approved by the dis­ ed.option to buy the former Hicks Annual Greenbush 6,967,430 7,865,450 898,020 12.88 be busy between now trict superintendent. Rev Huh­ 4,505,510 233,766 5.47 property fromMrs C. W. Shellen- tala has had associate minis­ Lebanon 4,271,744 and board of review Says Yoh berger. The Wilson estate also try duties at St. Johns and spe­ Olive ., _ 7,790,380 9,345,890 1,555,510 19.96 owns the buildingpresentlyoccu­ reports fill cific responsibilities for the Ovid 12,737,184 12,253,600 -483,584 3,06 time March 8 making pied by the D & C Store at the ministry at Price and Shep­ Riley 6,151,664 6,598,490 446,826 7.26 adjustments in the fig­ increase corner of West Walker Street and ardsvllle. The pastor will live 7,790,030 34.04 Clinton Avenue. out long day Victor 5,811,654 1,978,376 ures they recently re­ in the Price area. Watertown 11,553,052 14,707,890 3,154,838 27.30 not far off Westphalia , 7,473,536 9,560,280 2,086,744 27.92 ceived from the ap­ Negotiations for lease of the Although they spent the whole A State Tax Commission of­ 26,996,180 802,568 3.06 praisal firm. remodeled building were han­ afternoon Monday talking about City of St. Johns 26,193,612 ficial told the Clinton County dled for D & C by E. E. Kistler taxing procedures and the Yoh The motion to accept the Yoh TOTALS $175,493,146 $202,776,720 $27,283,574 15.54 Board of Supervisors Monday the of Stockbrldge, general manager appraisals, Clinton County su­ appraisal figures passed on a 12- H. L. Yoh Co. appraisal figure of the variety store chain. The pervisors took care of a number 9 roll call vote. Most of the su­ showing a $27 million Increase building will provide an approx­ of other items of business during pervisors voting against it said is "probably within reach." imate 7, pOO square feet of ground the long day. they did so because there is not floor space—a 50. per cent in­ County real estate worth enough time between how and Sheldon Markle, a high official crease over the store's present' ,Th£ .board received, and placed March 8 to do a proper jobjn for the "State Tax Commission, location. on file annual reports from zon­ making the adjustments. said the value of hew property * *,,;• ing administration and friend of $202,770,720, Yoh says * * and the normal increase In value KENNETH DICKENS, St. Johns the court Gordon Will young. They THE motion^ by DeWitt Town­ of existing property all make up D &. C manager, says the enlarg­ approved a report by Clerk Paul Clinton County's real estate Building permits with an esti­ Residential appraisals were ship Supervisor Oliver Angell, part of the $27 million increase. ed space will permit better dis­ Wakefield listing expenses of the cash value is $202,776,720, ac­ mated value of $5,486,734 were pretty accurate, the local of­ was to accept the Yoh appraisal, When those two factors are taken play and the addition of new lines various departments and offices. cording to the Yoh Co. appraisal issued during the year, but those ficials said, but in commer­ with adjustments, as a base for into consideration, theYohfigure of merchandise for their retail conducted during the past year don't all represent completed cial appraisal, Yoh was *way assessments of real property in wouldn't be too far from the su­ operation. He hopes the new quar­ THEY ALSO heard an oral re­ and a half. and assessable property. low" in most places. 1966. pervisors' figures, he intimated. ters will be ready for occupancy port on the operation of the coun­ * * * * * * on or before July 1 of this year. ty welfare department from That's an increaseof?27,283,~ THE YOH figures, which rep­ ALL OVER the county ap­ Voting yes on the motion were MARKLE SPENT the first half George L. Eberhard, director. Siwek Construction Co. of Wa- 574 over the appraisal of the resent changes made after hear­ praisals were both higher and Angell, Gerald Shepard of Bath, of the afternoon. Monday talking various Clinton County assessors ings held earlier this winter, lower than appraisals the super­ Maurice Gove of Bingham, with the supervisors about their co.ustawas low bidder on the gen­ An agreement between the eral contract for the remodeling in their preparation for the 1965 will change somewhat as super­ visors had made. Walter Thelen, George Moore of Duplain, Der- assessment procedures and of the store buildings. Fish and See REPORTS, Page A-2 assessment roll. Percentage­ visors cut into them to make Westphalia Township supervisor, rill Shinabery of Greenbush, Wal­ problems. JOHN SCHWARK wise, it's an increase of 15.64 adjustments for inequities they found the Yoh figures "impos­ ter Nobis of Lebanon, George Markle complimented the per cent. contend are in the Yoh report. sible to use this year and do an Austin of Ovid, Charles Colet- board for making "a tremendous * * For instance, most supervi­ acceptable job." ta, Harold Reed andLorenzTiedt start in the right direction" by Watts, Schwark awarded ALL BUT ONE township in­ sors noted wide discrepancies In of St. Johns, and William Buck having the appraisal done. This creased In appraised value as a the values placed on land, and But the Yoh figures .were ac­ and Ray Price of the City of De- comment came several minutes result 'of the Yoh work. The ex­ they were at odds with Yoh over cepted, at least as a base for Witt. after Greenbush Township Su­ ception was Ovid Township, which the grading of land. In most cas­ assessments this year and su­ pervisor Derrill Shinabery ask­ outstanding farmer titles Yoh figured had an appraised es, Yoh was higher than super­ pervisors are trying to work them Voting no were Ray Mayers of ed him "Has the State Tax Com­ value of $12,253,600; Supervisor visors figured they should be. into shape by March 8. Bengal, William Hufnagel of Dal­ mission felt an appraisal study Fowler and St, Johns Jaycees He bought 230 acres in 1964 and truck, bulkfeedsystemandmain- George Austin had appraised it las, Russell Howe of Eagle, John by Clinton County of the county have announced their choices for sold his cattle in 1965. tatns a complete shop. at $12,737,184 in the spring of Setterington of Essex, Almond has been needed?" the "outstanding young farmer of 1965. Cressman of Olive, WillardKre- * * the year" in thewestern and east­ Schwark has constructed awlre HE HAS A complete filing sys­ bel of Riley, Claude Underbill of ' MARKLE'S COMMENT onland Much of the $27 million in­ Burned-out family Victor, Ernest Carter of Water- ern halves of Clinton County.