THE KINGSTON ENTERPRISE

Volume 53, April 7, 1967, Number 9

Contributed by Richard and Jan Peter.  Transcribed by Ed Van Horn.

Jim Reehl chairman opened the March 29^th meeting of the United Fund at 8 p.m. in the Dairy Bar dining room with five members present.

The secretaries report was read and approved. The treasurer reported a total of $903. 30 collected from the village, $254.55 from Kingston Township, $212.00 from Koylton Township, a special gift of $15.00, $30.00 from the school and $10.00 sent from Detroit Edison. This $10 is from employees of this territory who requested that the Edison Company send their contribution backto their own chapter.

Anyone working in institutions, factories, etc, can make this request. Balance on hand was $1,433.79. It was voted to give $615.00 or 100 percent to the County fund; $125.00 to the Little League baseball; $50.00 to Babe Ruth, and $100.00 to the swimming program. This will leave the general fund a total of $578.39 to be used in our own territory if necessary.

Election of officers was held with the following elected: Robert Cameron, Chairman; James Reehl, Vice Chairman; Marguerite Caswell, Secretary; Mildred Parrott, Treasurer, and Jane Anne Lalko, Reporter.

The next meeting was set tentatively for May 10. Meeting was adjourned.

Jane Anne Lalko, Reporter.

March 23

St. Michaels Alter Society, Wilmot, Michigan

Dear Ladies:

On behalf of my family and myself, I would like some small way express the appreciation we have for the sympathy you extended to us during our bereavement. We cannot begin to thank you for the generosity and hard work that your ladies put forth in the preparation of food, and so many things that comforted us. I hope that this short letter can somehow begin to tell you the comfort you were to the family and myself, and may the Lord continue to Bless you.

Sincerely yours,

Joseph Wiecsel

A plaque honoring the late Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg is placed in the Vandeberg Room in the Senate wing of the Capitol by Senator Robert P. Griffin. The bronze memorial reads: This room is dedicated to Arthur H. Vandenberg, United States Senator from Michigan, March 31, 1928 to April 18, 1951. President Pro Tempore of the Senate January 4, 1947 to January 3, 1949.

"Trailers hauling liquid fertilizer and ammonia are again the object of scorn by the State Department," Bruce Ruggles, Kingston told Farm Bureau members at a meeting of the Board of Directors and County Committee Leaders at the Farm Bureau Center in Caro.

During a mid-year report session on March 21, Ruggles stated that the department is determined to require registration and license on liquid fertilizer trailers which would bring them under the motor vehicle code. "This," he said, "would require a special braking system controllable from the propelling vehicle."

Ruggles explained House bill 2437, introduced by Stanley Powell, which more clearly defines these trailer in the present law, as implements of husbandry thus exempting them from the motor vehicle code requirements.

Speaking for the national affairs committee, Ralph Rossman of Millington reviewed national problems effecting the farmers, informed the group that Secretary of Agriculture Freeman had it in his power to stop the importing of dairy products which is depressing our markets.

Alfred Goodall of Cass City was present to explain the work of the Family Counseling Services in the area which provides help in solving family problems.

A dinner was served by the Farm Bureau Women before the meeting.

I wish to thank my friends, relatives and neighbors for the cards, visits, fruit, plants and other acts of kindness shown to me during my illness. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.

Wm Marvin Kramer

BENJAMIN SCHRIBNER

Mr Benjamin Schribner of Deford passed away Sunday, April 2, in the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility at Caro. He was born May 26, 1902 in Akron Township. He was a life long resident of Kingston twp.

Mr Schribner leaves two daughters, Mrs Mary Ann Mahen of Lake Orion and Mrs Ida Mae May of Deford, one son Mr Robert Scribner of Lima, Ohio. 18 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 5 from the Harmon Funeral Home with Rev. George Harmon of the Novesta Baptist Church officiating. Burial was in the Moore Town Cemetery.

National Coin Week will be celebrated this year the week of April 22-29, 1967. It is celebrated as such across the country, sponsored by the American Numismatic Assoc., a non-profit organization that was founded in 1891 and sponsored by Special Act of Congress of 1912.

The Saginaw Valley Coin Club will be showing exhibits in many places this week to advocate interest in this interesting hobby. Be on the lookout for these exhibits.

Also make plans now to bring your family and friends to the club sponsored annual coin show to be held April 16 from 10 am to 6 pm at the Ramada Inn at I-75 and M-46 in Saginaw. The public is invited to attend. Many fine exhibits will be on display for the viewing pleasure of young and old alike. If you are interested in buying, selling or trading, there will be dealers on hand to help with your needs. Admission to the show is free.

Shall the limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be levied against all property in Tuscola County, Michigan for all purposes, except obligations incurred before December 8, 1932, be increased as provided by Section 6, Article IX, of the constitution of 1963 of the State of Michigan, by 11/2 mill of each dollar ($1.50 of each $1,000.00) of the assessed valuation, as equalized, on all property in the County of Tuscola, Michigan, for a period of two (2) years, 1967 to 1968, both inclusive, the proceeds of the revenue thereof to be used for the sole purposes of general operation of the county of Tuscola?

IN WITNESS WHEREOF< I have hereto affixed my signature and the Seal of the County of Tuscola in the State of Michigan this twenty-fourth day of February, in the year nineteen hundred and sixty seven.

Archie Hicks, Tuscola County Clerk.

AND TO VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL:

Shall the limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be levied against all property in Koylton Township, Michigan for all purposes, except obligations incurred before December 8, 1932, be increased as provided by Section 6, Article IX, of the Constitution of 1963 of the State of Michigan, by 2 mills of each dollar ($2.00 of each $1,000.00) of the assessed valuation, as equalized, on all property in the Township of Koylton, Michigan, for a period of two (2) years, 1967 to 1968, both inclusive, the proceeds of the revenue thereof to be used for road purposes only.

Relative to opening and closing of the polls Election Law, Act 116, P.A. 1954. Section 720. On the day of any election, the polls shall be opened at seven o’clock in the forenoon, and shall be continuously open until eight o’clock in the afternoon and no longer. Every qualified elector present and in line at the polls at the hour prescribed for the closing thereof shall be allowed to vote.

THE POLLS of said election will be open at seven o’clock a.m., and will remain open until eight o’clock p.m.

Winford Groner, Clerk

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ROMNEY REPORT

In the next few weeks, Michigan will face a decision on whether we are to continue to move ahead to meet the goals for which we have laid a foundation in the past four years.

Basically, we must decide between tax reform and paying more, or slashing education and other state services.

I have proposed a budget program which moves Michigan toward reasonable answers to tomorrow’s problems. It is not an extravagant program but it can thrust Michigan forward into a new generation of progress and prevent the state from stumbling backward.

Our state needs new sources of revenue which must be derived in a more equitable manner than we have had in the past.

Therefore, I have proposed a program of fiscal reform and assigned it the top priority in my legislative program.

Approval of even the most badly needed steps forward in meeting the growing needs of the people cannot be accomplished at this time without the program of fiscal reform I’ve presented or one similar to it.

Any other alternative would surely bring the state to the brink of a financial crisis.

In the past decade we have had dramatic proof of the damages such a crisis can cause to Michigan’s reputation and the best interests of its people.

I can not and will not, allow that to happen again. And I do not believe any responsible member of our legislature would knowingly permit it to happen either.

Our tax system today is basically the same as it has been for years. Its major components are a sales tax which is more of a burden on the poor than on the rich, a property tax which generally speaking is too burdensome, and a business activities tax which is grossly unfair and discourages new businesses.

There have been a few tax improvements on a piecemeal basis. Local units of government have been given new taxing powers. Our system of property tax assessments has been made more uniform. Certain groups have been given needed tax relief.

These have been important steps. But they do not add up to tax reform, nor have they increased the capacity of our tax system to meet mounting public service requirements.

There have been attempts in the past to get tax reform because the need for such a program has been obvious for sometime, But the programs offered in 1963 and 1965 were not approved, in part at least because fiscal surpluses at that time provided a mitigating circumstances.

But our surplus is no longer sufficient to continue present levels of expenditure for another year. We are now faced either with fiscal irresponsibility, which I believe is wholly unacceptable; tax reform and paying more, or slashing the services.

Action in the next few weeks will determine which of the latter two alternatives the state will follow.

SOCIETY NEWS

SPECIAL ELECTION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT A special election will be held in the Township of Kingston, County of Tuscola, State of Michigan, at the Wilmot Town Hall on Monday, April 17, 1967. You are hereby notified that a Special Election will be held in Tuscola County on Monday, the seventeenth day of April, 1967 for the purpose of voting on the following Proposition:

Shall the limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be levied against all property in Tuscola County, Michigan for all purposes, except obligations incurred before December 8, 1932, be increased as provided by Section 6, Article IX, of the Constitution of 1963 of the State of Michigan, by 1½ mills of each dollar ($1.50 of each $1.000.00) of the assessed valuation, as equalized, on all property in the County of Tuscola, Michigan, for a period of two (2) years, 1967 to 1968, both inclusive, the proceeds of the revenue thereof to be used for the sole purposes of general operation of the County of Tuscola?

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto affixed my signature and the Seal of The County of Tuscola in the State of Michigan this twenty-fourth day of February, in the year nineteen hundred and sixty seven.

Archie Hicks, Tuscola County Clerk

Relative to the Opening and Closing of the Polls Election Law, Act 116, P.A. 1954, Section 720. On the day of any election, the polls shall be opened at seven o’clock in the forenoon, and shall be continuously open until eight o’clock in the afternoon and no longer. Every qualified elector present and in line at the polls at the hour prescribed for the closing thereof shall be allowed to vote.

The Polls of said election will be open at seven o’clock a.m., and will remain open until eight o’clock p.m.

Beverly Schrader, Clerk.

Beverly Schrader Clerk

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