05-11-1978 - To Parent Directory

PAGE TEN CASS CITY CHRONICLE-THURSDAY, MAY 11,1978 CASS CITY, MICHIGAN
CLASS OF 1901 — This photo and the one below belong to Carl Schell of Cass City. Members
of the class of 1901 at Cass City High School and location in photo, if known, were John Morrison,
Oreno Schenck (McGrath-middle girl in front row), Mary Sommerville, Minnie Deming, Janet
McLellan, Beryl Koepfgen, Chauncey Boulton (second row, far left), Emma Burg, Minnie
Kinnaaird, Spencer Hunt, Bessie Miller (bottom row, far left), Margaret Miller, Agnes
Mclntyre, Edythe Marshal, Walter Schell (Carl's father-top row, second from left), Myrtle
Orr, Margaret Zinnecker and Herbert Karr (at far right).
CLASS OF 1902 — Members of the class of 1902 at Cass City High School were Marc Wickware
(top row, second from left), Myndell Jeffrey (Campbell), Belle Ross (Nash), Nellie Weaver
(Bryan), Etta Keating (Bond-top row, third from left), May Cooper (Schell-Carl's mother,
middle row, wearing glasses), Ira (Bobby) Gale (middle row, second from left), Bessie Tanner,
Vera Schell (Carl's aunt-top row, far right), Mamie Whalen (front row, second from left),
Sherman Lee and Ora Lauderbach.
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Commissioners seek lower
tax base from state board
The Tuscola County Board
of Commissioners took its
fight to limit the increase in
property taxes to Lansing
Monday when it appeared
before the State Equalization
Board.
The Equalization Board,
composed of the members
who make up the State Tax
Commission, must set an
equalized valuation for the
entire state, which they do
by setting a state equalized
valuation (SEV) for each
county.
For individual property
owners, assuming they
made no changes in their
property, such as new buildings,
an overall increase in
valuations to reflect a supposed
increase in market
values will mean an increase
in taxes.
Representing the county
Monday were Commissioners
Maynard McConkey of
Cass City, Kenneth L. Kennedy
of Millington, Robert
Russell of Vassar, and
Donna Rayl of Akron. Also
present were the board's
secretary, Jackie Larson,
and county Equalization
Director Donald Graf.
Kennedy presented the
board's statement, which
sought to justify its actions
in seeking to trim $17.62
million from the SEV arrived
at in the equalization
department's study.
The study had projected
an average 15.02 percent
increase on agricultural
property valuations and 5.53
percent for residential, for a
total SEV $17.62 million
higher than the one set by
Ok air tank
recharger
purchase
The Elkland Township
Board Monday night voted
to spend $350 to buy a
machine to recharge air
tanks used by township firemen
when they enter smokefilled
buildings.
At present, the tanks have
to be taken out of town to be
refilled.
Karl Leppien and Co.,
certified public accountants,
was appointed to audit the
township books for the recently
completed fiscal
year.
Alan Klco of Harris-
Hampshire Agency, Inc.,
spoke to the board about
consolidating insurance
policies the township has
with the agency, which
would result in a cost saving.
As in past years, the board
decided to work with the
village in conducting the
Memorial Day parade.
The board discussed
cemetery policies with Ted
Morgan, the new sexton.
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the county board in April of
$393.515 million. The county
board's figure is about midway
between what it would
have been if valuations had
been frozen at last year's
level and the total computed
by the equalization department.
The Equalization Board,
after reviewing the information
presented by the Tuscola
representatives, will
meet with them again May
18, for further discussion.
The board has until May 22
to set the valuation for the
entire state.
The items presented by
the Tuscola representatives
to support their case for a
lowered increase in valuations
are as follows:
1) A comparison report of
State Equalized Value over
an 8-10 year period of Tuscola
and adjoining counties
which share the same school
districts. The report shows
Tuscola increasing at a rate
of 56 percent over and above
her adjoining counties.
2) A comparison report of
number one land value of
bordering townships within
the county of Tuscola and
a neighboring county. The
report shows Tuscola assessing
the land at an average
of $145 more per acre.
3) The 1977 Tuscola Agriculture
Land Study conducted
by the county equalization
department, which
according to Kennedy, does
not project a true picture of
agricultural land values.
"Indeed our county has 7,638
agricultural descriptions on
the various tax rolls, of
which only 44 farm property
sales were used in the 1977
study," he said. "In fact, we
point out that six of our 23
townships did not experience
an agricultural sale in
1977.
4) "We submit that the
strict and often sole use of
the sales to assessment
method to determining land
values is in variance with
property tax law, as established
by the Michigan Legislature.
An excerpt from
Attorney General Frank
Kelley's opinion No. 5185 and
substantiated by Michigan
Compiled Laws Annotated
211.17, MSA 7.27, the determination
of cash value is
as follows," Kennedy said:
"The assessor shall also
consider the advantages and
disadvantages of location,
quality of soil, zoning, existing
use, present income of
structures, including farm
structures and present
economic income of land
when the land is being
farmed."
5) The report of the Michigan
State Police Emergency
Services Division
which itemizes 1976 ice
storm damages to all classifications
of property. The
total dollar amount is
$12,997,748, none of which
was used as a loss in the
process of equalization.
i
6) The report of the Tus=
cola County Disaster Committee
which itemizes thel
1977 Tuscola crop losses.I
The dollar amount is $5,646,-|
617, a loss sustained byl
farmers last fall after thel
1977-county equalization^de-l
partment study of land val-l
ues was finalized.
7) A list of 40 mortgage |
foreclosures in Tuscola
county covering from 19751
through 1977. "Although this]
may not be pertinent to our)
instant case, we feel it doesl
reflect a rather shaky eco-|
nomic condition in Tuscola I
county," Kennedy said
"We ask not sympathy,
but justice," Kennedy concluded,
"nota good deal, but
a fair deal, which truly
reflects Tuscola's share of I
state total."
Household — Antique
AUCTION
SAT., MAY 13-12:30 p.m.
9 miles north of Cass City and 3 1 /4 miles east
Palomino horse & Colonial
Buggy (miniature)
Refrigerator
Electric Stove
Kitchen Table & Chairs
Dining room table and chairs
Riding lawn mower
Picnic table Lumber
Homelite chain saw
Assortment of Antique dishes
Hundreds of Items Not Listed
N. & H. McTAGGART, Owners
Not Responsible for Accidents or Lost Items
Ira, David and Martin Osentoski, Auctioneers
Phone 872-2352 or Bad Axe 269-9309
YOU
Cass City
Residents
The 89 member teaching staff of the Cass
City Schools extend their heartfelt thanks to
the 600 residents of Cass City who have
already signed petitions requesting the
Board of Education to agree to submit
unresolved bargaining dispute issues to
binding fact-finding in order to bring about
an immediate end to the school strike.
The continued support of the community will
bring about a speedy settlement of the
contract and hasten our return to the
classroom where we can once again
concentrate our full energies on the
education of Cass City boys and girls.
THE CASS CITY
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION