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535-03 Page 4400 Obtains Figures By BOB HOWE p Free Press Woodytock eau BEACHVILLE, Aug. v Approximately two= thirds of Beachville taxpayers can expect a cut in their tax rate, if an application by the community to become an incorporated village is accepted by the Ontario Municipal Board. l Affects 500 John Smith, chairman of the —_--- three-man board of trustees, said today that. approximately. P. laOct. 23 500-residents in the community:,, //{' can expect a 1.3 mill decreasr Status Talks in their taxes. The community is located no the borderline of North Oxford At Beachville) and West Oxford township. About two-thirds of the popwa p•ree Press9WW�dstock Bursa tion lives in West Oxford Where) BEACHVILLE, Oct, 13 — Of - the change of the municipality's - 'status will have an effect on i ilcials of this police village will the mill rate, he explained. ineet here with Ontario Muriel - Same for Others' B pal Board representatives Oct. The other 300 residents, lo- 23 in their bid to have .the mu- cated in the North Oxford sec- nicipality incorporated as a tion of Beachville, will be ( full-fledged village.. charged thesame tax rate as Decision to seek incorpora- they are paying now, Mr. Smithl tion was made by the three. said. 1 man board of trustees in Au - At a meeting of the board of gust. Chairman John C. Smith trustees of this small communi- 1. Isaid then that approximately ty, on No. 2 highway 10 miles I two-thirds of the ratepayers west of Woodstock, a resolution could expect a 1.3-mill de - was adopted this week request- crease in their tax rate if in- ing the Ontario Municipal Board I corporation is approved. to incorporate the police village The community is split by into an incorporated village with the Thames River, and the 500 its own government, residents south of the stream, Beachville was the first settle- in West Oxford Township, are ment in Oxford County. It was the ones who can expect the founded in 1784. The Thames River divides the community between North Oxford Township Fist Council and West Oxford Township. T1 Assessment Figure Meeting Held Mr. Smith said the 1959 as- sessment for Beachville was c$1,100,000 with industrial and commercial )' At Beachville ' commercial assessment compris- ing about half the total figure. 11i -1'R-w it iR. He said one reason .for the i ACH — Two men application was that Beachville I -%,he have served West Oxford taxes would be spent entirely i�T wnship as clerk -treasurer and in the community. He explained tax collector and assessor,. Is— at that last year approximately nigh were sworn into similar) four mills paid by the residents! positions at the inaugural meet - in the part of Beachville in ing of Beachville council. ,West Oxford was returned to L. B. Currie, clerk -treasurer j the community .while another and tax collector, and A. D. Rob - four mills was spent elsewhere i inson, assessor, will still retain in the township. their township positions. The trustee board chairman I Step Forward 11 said the population of Beach-i, Beachville Reeve J. C. Smith'. Ville had every indication of in- ,noted the village had taken a creasing. He pointed out that step forward when it became an heavy industry had Ices di In incorporated village on Jan. 1. the surrounding area and it had At one time, he said Beachville a major effect on the economy ranked with Woodstock and In - of the municipality. A new gersoll in size but these places sub -division containing 48 new had grown larger. He expressed homes now is under construe- hope in the future Beachville tion at the west end of the would grow attracting new In- :.Icommunity-he said. tdustries. Office Space c Council passed a resolution Cecil Cowell, a board trustee, - appointing Councilor Frank Har- said the community comprised d ris as welfare and relief officer about 500 acres within its and passed a bylaw .appointing boundaries. Councilor Cecil Cowell building He said a new library has It Inspector. 1 been planned and he expected Items Set Aside the building would contain mu- A number of items which could nicipal office space. not be handled during the meet - Mr. Cowell said he realized `; ing were set aside for a special that administration costs would meeting Jan. 18 in the village ]i- Increase if the village was in- I beery. Council also announced corporated. Instead of a board <a it would hold its regular monthly of three trustees, the communi- I meetings in the library for the 1 ty would be governed by a (remainder of the year. reeve and four councilors. ' When Beachville became an John Nadalin, the third mem- i incorporated village from a Police ber of the trustee board, said a village on Jan. 1 it also received he felt the community would the right to have a member on benefit greatly by the move. the Upper Thames River Con - If Beachville becomes ineor-, {- servation Authority. The ap- porated, the reeve would auto ' pointment of this member will be rustically became a member of '� made at a later meeting. 1 Oxford County council. To BIncorporated ecome Press Woodatork Bureau BEACHVILLE — This police village of 826 persons was granted the right to incorporate as a self-governing village at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing here yesterday. Incor- poration goes into effect Jan. 1, 1962. Until the village Is officially Incorporated, the board of trustees comprised of J. C. Smith, chairman; J. J. Nadalin and C. F. Cowell, will continue to represent the village on West 'r Oxford. Township and North Oxford Township councils. Beachville is on Highway 2, three miles southeast of Wood- stock. Ratepayers will have to elect II. four councilors and a reeve. Mr. Smith sold a returning officer should be named within they next few days and an application will be made to the OMB for con- firmation of the appointment The municipal board con- sidered the. petition signed by 80ratepayers who asked that their village be Incorporated. W. R. Marshall, QC, of Ingersoll, acted on behalf of the village at the hearing at West Oxford Township hall. The 130 public school pupils and 14 high school students will continue to attend school in Ingersoll and Woodstock, public school inspector A. P. Silcox, of Ingersoll, said. Henry Fmlayson, reeve of North Oxford, and Stanley All in, secretary of West Oxford Town- ship school area board also told the OMB that there would be no change In the present school systems. a L)NE Ij - /rj L /. —Free Press Woodstock Bureau BEACHVILLE MOVES UP — The police village of Beachville in Oxford Coun- ty was incorporated as a self-governing village yesterday at an Ontario Mu- nicipal Board hearing in West Oxford Township hall, Beachville. The village's present trustees are, from left: J. J. Nodolin, C. F. Cowell and J. C. Smith, chairman. The incorporation goes into effect Jan. 1, 1962. n BEACHVILLEBeachv' REEVE — J. C. SIle .in' 210, Fred I Vast N LoWes 132. - COUNCIL (four elected) — Frank' ? Harris 261, J. J. Nadlin 224, C F. Cowell 193 Lawrence Lusk =IReginald Pinney 163 ESTIMATES IV PACKING GHAM ,OVER LTD. f. OF COURSE this Christmasl LE 7-1162 Now Ranked 1 ybj,As Village Free Press Woodstock Bureau sl BEACHVILLE — The Cor- Cs poration of the Village of Beach- e Ville came into being at 12.01 av a.m. New Year's Day by o[aer s. ort11e Ontario Municipal Board. 4 Reeve J. C. Smith and the four -man village council will hold their Inaugural meeting at 8 p.m.. tonight in the village hall. 1. The .birth of the village will be marked only by a brief re- ligious ceremony and a few words by Reeve Smith. The rest of the meeting will be devoted y' to the appointment of a village: clerk and other officials and,the establishment ofcouncil com- Population of 816 k With a population of 816 at ,e•; the last census, Beachville has long been known as one of the longest villages in the country. The village extends for nearly 2% miles along Highway 2 be- tween Woodstock and Ingersoll and most of its population lives along the highway. Only at the village's main intersection is there any substantial amount of property off the highway. The village has approximately 3.5 miles of treated gravel roads w[thin its boundaries In addition f to Highway 2. S EL The village has three Indus- ILE tries, the Gypsum, Lime and �eachvi i of the voting, of a Alabastine Co. Ltd., the Beach- candidates sat a affair ville Creamery, and Industrial {rout row, left -ian bo Identification Systems, Ltd. (Cowell; J. C. —day= --- — - oln� e,,Nada- smI- —went to the eve and lin, Standing: Frank Harnis went of the ediately and Lawrence Lusk. (Staff 3 village of )pronoun. photo) ,,.,.44,628, and re- f the assessments of the �J eG1riA,l4, ships of North Oxford and) uv 1 Oxford (of which Beach• „I-, 0;' j- was part prior to Incorpor- .) by. $492,530 and $652,098 i* actively; 7,A14-2S-/96R.