2 SECTIONS — 26 PAGES 110th Year No. 41 ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1966 PLUS 32-PAGE TAB SECTION 10 cfcNTS ^ Ne1\J w assessmentM. procedureJ ' s i• n_ effec_ Pi* _t . thi-1_ • s yea" r I , New assessment procedures will be Instigated percentage on which taxpayers actually have been Supervisor Derrill Shinabery of Greenbush Town­ this year .by .Clinton County's supervisors and as­ paying tax since 1955. ship said, "That is the valuation which they will be Fires damage, sessors. But the change won't mean any difference paying taxes on and which they have been paying tax­ in the basic figure on which taxpayers have been In the past, assessed valuation—the figures sent es on." ' . ? paying taxes. to taxpayers—has been roughly 25 per cent of cash The change in procedures has nothing to do V yalue. But the amount of tax paid has been figured with the just-completed Yoh Co. reappraisal. The Supervisors will be mailing their assessed on state equalized valuation—roughly 50 per cent. use of those appraisal figures hasn't been decided valuation figures to taxpayers sometime before the by the supervisors yet. The procedure is, rather, first of March probably, and in most cases they'll In other words,- if a parcel of property had an an outgrowth of a state law which will require as­ be double what they were before. assessed valuation of $2,500, the tax would be fig­ sessment at state equalized value. Greenbush Town­ destroy 4 homes ured on about $5,000. ship has been putting the state equalized figure on Ki This is because the supervisors will be assess­ its taxpayer notice for three years, and Riley ing at state equalized valuation, or as close to 50 "From now on there won't be anyother assess­ Township has been doing the same for about two per cent of cash value as possible. This is the same ed valuation except as state equalized valuation," years. Cold-weather heat­ ing took a heavy toll in fire losses in the St. Johns area during the Soil conservation meeting last week, particular­ ly Tuesday. Two homes were de­ Saturday to draw 200 stroyed and another About 200 persons are expect­ ment of their communities.•" damaged Tuesday; last ed for this Saturday's annual Trained in geography, geology, Thursday a home on meeting of the Clinton County Soil soils and conseryation, he teach­ Conservation District at Smith es courses on soil geography, North Watson Road Hall in St. Johns. land use and conservation. He is also advisor to the Michigan De­ was damaged. \ Election of directors, presen­ partment of Economic Develop­ Perhaps- the most tragic of the tation of awards, dinner, and en­ ment on county planning. fires was one which destroyed tertainment are on the "menu" * * the Manuel Alcarez home on East for the meeting. DR WOLFANGER earned his Walker Road, leaving Alcarez, AB degree at the University of his wife and their 13 children A roast beef dinner at noon will Nebraska in 1918, and his MA in homeless. open the major part of the pro­ 1922. He received his PhD de­ * * gram, although judging of PFA gree at Columbia University in THAT FIRE broke out during soil and water conservation ex­ 1930, where he taught economic the noon hour Tuesday while St. hibits will be held at 11a.m. and soil geography for 15 years Johns firemen were battling an­ * * before coming to Michigan. He other one. The Alcarez's two- THE "COOPERATOR of the also studied at the University of story frame home—covered with Year" award, a plaque for the Chicago. an asbestos shingle siding and a tin roof, was completely gutted. outstanding SCD cooperator, will His teaching experience in­ be presented to John Jones, cludes the universities of Cin­ Greenbush Township farmer. (A Mrs Alcarez and a number of cinnati, Washington, Nebraska, the children were home at the ,coftipfete "story on his farming DR LEWIS WOLFANGER operations will be found on Page time, but they all escaped. They C-3, and additional pictures are servation District and Michigan Special tab section were takerf to the home of aneigh- on page WB.) CdHferyAiib'h AgrictiltiiHi NUrogbH Co. „ . bpr, John Salazar. The Alcarez ,V ,^farmerjsigns wilLalso be award­ salutes Clinton SCb home is-ion the north sidefefWaik- ed. Women of the Greenbush WSCS, Section C of this .week's er Road" west of Krepiis Road. under tne chairmanship of Mrs Clinton County News Is a The"*raain speakerjor $he,alt- Elsworth'-' stockweli, will serve tabloid section saluting the The Mid - Michigan Chapter of Dense smoke forced firefighters 16 use ernoon will be Dr Lewis Wolfan- a roast beef dinner at noon. The achievements and goals of the the American Red Cross is pro­ viding aid for the family. Mrs oxygen equipment in getting at the heart of gerra professor in land use at Rev Gerald Churchill'of the First Clinton County Soil Conserva­ Michigan State University. He'll Congregational'Church of St. tion District. It Includes 32 Robert Rand of St. Johns inves­ a fire that gutted the Manuel Alcarez home speak on soil survey maps in Johns will give the invocation. pictures of activities, people tigated the case early Tuesday on East Walker Road Tuesday afternoon. zoning. and events, along with adver­ afternoon and promised Red Cross help. * * At 12:45, SCDChairman Robert tisements from area busi­ patched from the scene of the first frame home of Vincent and Stan­ TWO directors will be elected Moore will make introductions, nesses saluting theworkofthe The Alcarez children are Es- fire and a' few minutes later a wa­ ley Kolandzi,settingoffafJrethat during the business meeting. William Mayers will award FFA district. peranza, 13, Manuelita, 12; ter tank truck arrived from the destroyed the two-story struc­ Terms of Chairman Robert exhibit prizes and Sandra Der- Rosie, 11; Robert, 10; Jolly, 9; Ovid Fire Department. The other ture. The house is on the west side Moore and Stanley Baird expire shem will provide entertain­ and Northwestern, BrooklynCol- David, 8; Gilbert, 7, Rosemary, St. Johns truck arrived about 1 of DeWitt Road just south of Mar­ this year. Nominated for the ment with vocal selections. lege in New York, and the Ameri­ John L. Jones of 1434 W. FrenchRoad 6; Christina, 5; Esther, 4; Lin­ p.m. shall Road.' posts were Moore, Peter Kurncz The election of directors will can Institute ofBanking.Heserv- and his wife Virginia pose in front of a da; 2, Angela, 1; and Ricky, one and Ronald Motz; Baird, Don Sey- be about'l:25, followed by thedi- ed as a soil scientist with the US month old. It had been fighting a blaze at Stanley' Kolandzi sutiered fried and Robert Reese. rector's report and the awarding Bureau of Soils for 10 years. windbreak on their Greenbush Township * * the Arthur Hinkle home on West burns on both hands as" he and * * Mead Road. That fire broke out his brother first tried to put out of prizes. farm0 Jones has been named the Clinton THERE WAS noimniediate re­ The judging of soil and water * * HE IS A member of the As­ port as to -how the fire started. about noon and badly damaged the the fire by throwing snow on the exhibits at-11 a.m. will be the DR WOLFANGER will speakat sociation of American Geogra­ County Soil Conservation District's Co- The house was completely gutted! interior of the house. No one was flames. Stanley then drove 2 1/2 first order of business for the about 1:50. He has been at Mich­ phers, the Michigan Society of operator of the Year. One of the fire trucks was dis- hurt there, either. There was no miles to the Hitching Post Res­ day. Ovid, Elsie, Pewamo-West- igan State since 1937 as a mem­ Planning Officials, and the Mich­ estimate of damage Immediately taurant at FrenchRoadandUS-^ igan Academy of Arts, Science available and no announcement whd'ff a waitress called/the St. phalia, St. Johns and Bath FFA ber of \the Soil Science Depart­ 1 chapters have entered displays ment. ^My" time here is divided and Letters. • was made of the cause. St. Johns Fire Department; again this year. Judges Satur­ between teaching, research and* * * * * day will be George P. Graff, soil His publications include a book Health unit formalized; THE HINKLES have lived in THE CALL was received at extension," he said. "Most of my on the "Major Soil Divisions of conservation committee; W. D. time is spent on my 'big campus' the house only about two months. 4r48 a.m. Tuesday, and by the Miller, area conservationist, the United States," and a book on It is located on Mead Road a time firemen got to the scene, (the entire state) on problems of "Conservation of Natural Re- SCSj and Harry E. Nesman, ad­ land utilization and zoning, work­ Ionia won't participate quarter - mile west of DeWitt the whole upper floor was aflame visor to the Michigan Associa­ sources," which he co-authored. Road, only about a half-mile from and it soon collapsed. The two fire ing with township and county Dr Wolfanger has written, nu­ tion of FFA. boards and their planning and formally organized by repre­ ciate commissioner for the Mich­ the scene of Tuesday's firstiire. trucks made a "trip back to St. merous articles and bulletins on By HUGH LEACH Johns for water to keep the blaze * * zoning agencies, and with local geography, land utilization, ru­ sentatives of the three partici­ igan Dept. of Health, asked ten­ THE EXHIBITS are sponsored leaders and groups interested in pating counties Wednesday'.