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LAKEHEAD COLLEGE PROFES- SOR ADDRESSES STUDENTS COUNCIL QUOTES ----_-- The assessment roll of $1,837, 921, was accepted at the March meeting of the Municipal Council and the mill rate set: | General: residential 39.29 - Commercial : 42.76 = Public School: residential 25.39, commercial 28.21 - Separate School: residential 25.39, Commercial 28.21- ,§ High School: residential 34.04, Commer py cial 37.82 - General Expenditure Esti- mate, $98,150. Wages for permanent town employees were raised to $1.75 an hour for 44 hour week; road Supt .E . Borutski's salary raised $400 = all | Unabated 400 years after his birth. Dr. Merrill effective March Ist. suggested the appeal of his writings may lie in his Rental of the lodge room was set at $5 per meeting | lifelike characters, prototypes of which may be for users on yearly basis and 8. 00 for those renting --. . found in every generation and in every nation. by occasion only. lage Adding much to the interest of his address were The Clerk was instructed to place twenty $1,000 !"1) the coloured films taken by Dr. Merrill of Strat- debentures on sale at the Municipal Office on (fo ford-on-Avon, its streets--the grammar school March 23rd . said to have been attended by Shakespeare~-the Following a decision to set up the Town's own cottage of Ann Hathaway, and the Stratford police force information is being sought from the f\ Theatre. Attorney General and E.H.Silk, Police Commis- sioner, on the legal procedure required. The decision was forced by the O.P.P. stipulation of a three man force for Schreiber, bringing the cost to $17,000 a year which, it was felt, was prohibitive. 5a' ----The Local Art Club held its sixth Annual Show- Council's feeling was explained by Reeve Harness (| ing on March 14th in the Anglican Church Hall. in a talk with local Corp. Duncan and Detective Thirty-three paintings were displayed by Mrs. A. Serg.R.H.George of Port Arthur. Sparkes, Mrs A.Stewart, Mrs.E.Nesbitt, Mrs.!. Upon opening sealed tenders for insurance on ~VWA) Lidkea, Mrs.B.Ridsdale, Mrs.N Gray and Mrs. town vehicles the Beno Agency offer was accepted | "Y"" £ Smitheman. Mrs.Gaulin and Mrs, Middaugh of for one year, it being lowest by $88.00. MS) the Terrace Bay club contributed two paintings Dr. J.M.Cornell was informed by letter that the each teadd te the show. An additional elves access road at Walker Lake is secondary and can tion was the Contemporary Trends Art exhibit of only be worked on after town streets are clear. In Canadian paintings from the Art Institute of Ont answer to his question re the road superintendent's = The Canada Council is responsible for the grant action Council stated he was following instruc~ + fae thie leabtécHon which t< ¥6 promote art in tions in the matter. Northwestern Ontario. The Fire Dept .reported only two minor fires A very large crowd attended the show and en= during February with little loss. Council Was in- joyed tea at small tables during the afternoon and formed the Kinsmen Club will present an Audio- evening. | meter to the town for use by school children. A rebate in rentals was made to the Ice Fund Comm. amounting to $120.--in lieu of a grant to the fund. In reply to Separate School petition for sidewalk Council said that water line replacement was to be 8 made on that street this summer and sidewalk would have to be postponed until following year. Annual membership in the Thunder Bay Municipal League was renewed and two suggestions for projects under the Centennial Grant were filed . Glad Motels Louise MeGoey (Pays Plat), Mesdames L. Halonen, were instructed by letter to take immediate legal ac- R Pitk P Bol G. Ri | N Nesbitt, 0. : . : itkanen, an, iley, esbi tion to secure the ground on which (Continued ...) Continued Dr. George Merrill, head of the Eng- \, lish: Department, Lakehead College, \\\ addressed the Schreiber High School \}, students on Tuesday afternoon, his sub= ject "Shakespeare in Our Time. " Dr. Merrill said that, beyond the birth and paréntage of Shakespeare, little is known of his life except his mar- riage at eighteen to Ann Hathaway, and his writings. Many reasons are advanced for the ART CLUB PRESENTS ANNUAL SHOW MRS .J.POWERS FETED ON DEPARTURE Mrs. Jim Powers was paid a surprise visit in her home by a group of friends giving her a farewell party. The party was arranged by Mrs.R.McCuaig and Mrs.H. Gellert and others attending were Mrs. G.Johnson (Terrace Bay), Mrs.B. McGoey and