Valley Independent, The (Newspaper) - February 7, 1975, Monessen, Pennsylvania Unsure about Washington County aren't sure about what they should do with a wide reassessment of real tate The commissioners contend duct the which could cost as much as lion They have included the money in a bond sue floated last spring But President Judge Charles o DUL they are under orders to who handed down Charleroi Area coal properties Charleroi Area School Dis- ment of all coal properties in the district have gone to the Washington County Atty Melvin tor for the school urged the ers to consider a review and re- assessment of coal properties so they will reflect the current market prices The matter was turned over to the county legal department In other the com- missioners said they will sign contracts at next week's ing authorizing construction of the new extended care facility at Arden Site preparation for the facility is currently under way The project over Beaver said they had carefully reviewed the bids opened in December and found them in order AIL the apparent low ders on 10 separate contracts are qual fied and the architects said It was reported that a state grant of for the Juvenile Probation Department has been approved Flynn said he has never been much in favor of such aid programs because they are subject to discontinuance from one year to the next and the county is responsible for taking up the financial slack Commissioners also ed concern over the seeming in- consistency in the state ed salary scales for juvenile child welfare and adult probation employes The apparent low bidder on fleet insurance for county was the James E Simon Insurance Agency of the present contractor mon's bid was Other bidders were Kobert W Monessen Council to meet twice Monessen City Council will meet twice next week The regular session is set for 5 p.m Tuesday in the Council Chambers of the City while a special meeting is set for p.m Wednesday Both sessions are open to the public Hood Insurance Morris In- surance Harris DeZ o m b Baily In- surance and Financial Risk Commissioners tabled the bids for further study before awarding a contract burglary fatal blow to grocery store PITTSBURGH Ray corner grocery had withstood competition from big chain shoplifting and 89 burglaries The an armed robbery last was the fatal blow All the groceries at the Mini Mart are marked down 20 per cent and when the shelves are bare could happen at any time now will close shop Bairhalter was not one to give up easy got to feed my family and this has been my bread and butter since he said When protection from Re- serve Township police proved he hired a security guard firm The firm was but it took too big a chunk out of profits Next came a security guard equipped with handcuffs and a Dilly club The guard quit when ie got into a scuffle with an The guard was followed by a door alarm system Burglars circumvented it by chopping loles in the roof Bairhalter placed sheets of steel on the roof and tarred it over Burglars stole his tarring kettle Finally Bairhalter installed a new alarm which seemed successful the armed robbers came in last Saturday MANUFACTURING INC TYROL PASS BELLE VERNON FEBRUARY CLEARANCE Factory Closing We re Overstocked With CURRENT SUITS SPORT GOATS OUTERWEAR EVERYTHING MUST BE the Washington Mall tax appeal opinion in August of which provided the for the com- missioners contention that they are under order to do dis- agrees with them He said don't think we have the right to order a A single phrase in the Directive would seem to support his position It are not directing a r e a s ment County Solicitor Herman J Bigi said the following guage is what the ers must be guided are saying that the Commissioners must comply Sec 602 there must be a ratio it must be uniformly applied actual selling prices must be considered and the grotesque abnormalities of the p r e s ent system must be can reasonably deduce this was a Bigi ex- of the must Said opinion and order speak for At last week's ers meeting Chairman Michael R Flynn said the court be asked to declare a three-year moratorium on the order When it was suggested to him the court may not have ordered a comprehensive re- the of a ble Flynn way it was interpreted to we are under orders to conduct a Flynn emphasized the has not been committed for financing of the new ex- tended care facility at although he admitted it might not be a bad idea Estimates of the deficit the county faces in paying for the new facility run anywhere from to Flynn said the decision to en- dorse a countywide ment was largely the result of the county's poor luck in tax appeals which reached court Of 50 major appeals taken by property owners in recent he 40 have been which means that the county and local taxing bodies had to make substantial refunds of tax payments he it makes little sense to launch such a grandi ose project in light of the deep ening economic crisis and the possibility that looming tion in Harrisburg might radic ally change the structure o property assessments would be the easiest thing in the world to a million let's spend Flynn commented Flynn described the real es tate as most regres sive tax there and predict ed one it will be abolished unfair because it taxes only the property own he said If the plans as they seem des tined to be it will be back t the piecemeal system even though it fosters chronic in equities in assessment county in the Common wealth is right on the target in Flynn contended He is no ques tion there are would be a fool and a nut if said there STORE HOURS DAILY -I P.M to 5 P.M Wed Eve 6 P.M to 8 P.M to YOUR CHANCE TO SAVE Latrobe Steel to be Timken subsidiary Pa The Timken Co and Latrobe Steel Co announced agreement Thursday on a reorganization plan whereby Latrobe will become a ary of Timken a manufacturer of specialty steel said the merger has been approved by the board of directors of both companies and will be submitted to Latrobe ers at an April 24 meeting Under the en will exchange 48 share of its common stock for each out- standing share of Latrobe's A subsidiary of Timken will be merged into which will continue to operate under its present name and a spokesman said i Weather outlook is the United Press In- extended weather outlook for Saturday through Variable cloudiness and cold Saturday with a few snow ries Early morning lows from zero to 12 above and highs in the 20s Some snow likely Sunday and again day TI VALLEY Feb Like A Good State Farm Is Then For all your insurance needs SPECIAL DELUXE ARMOUR STAR GRADED CHOICE Cube Steaks FAMILY PAK 43 or More 1 Shop The Advertiser stores What a lovely way of saying how much you love them A Valentine's Day On Valentine's February The Valley Independent Will Publish a Valentine Greeting Page in Color With a Special Valentine Heading IT'S FUN IT'S EASY TO WRITE YOUR VERY OWN VALENTINES GREETING TO THE ONES YOU LOVE USE THIS SPECIAL J VALENTINE'S DAY i PRINT YOUR MESSAGE HERE I 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