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hot 8 the stouffyule tribune twiy sept 17 1959 claremont pickering tp news plans not presented deputy reeve asks legal opinion on gas agreement the controversial consumers gas pipeline on cone 2 contin ues to hold the forefront ot debate in pickering township council dep reeve mrs jean mcpherson has brought the mat ter to the attention of the dep minister of the dept of munic ipal affairs their office has advised that a solicitors oppin ion should be obtained on the legaility of the original agree ment drawn up with the gas company the pipe line has been laid within the road allowance on cone 2 dep reeve mrs mc pherson viewed the project and ordered the work stopped it was later continued after both the engineer and the road supt agreed that the line was suitably located this gas line guestion is not finished by any means said dep reeve mrs mcpher son at a regular meeting of council on wednesday evening of last week she requested that the solicitors opinion on the agreement should be put in writing a copy will be pre sented to the dept of munic ipal affairs why must we obtain legal advice at taxpayers expense we spend taxpayers money on obtaining advice on other legal matters replied the dep reeve councillor harry ashton con tended that if there was some question as to the legality of a towiship bylaw it might be proper to obtain a solicitors opinion on it did you consult with the dept of municipal affairs per sonally asked councillor haw thorne i most certainly did replied the dep reeve they certainly didnt come to me she contin ued i took a witness with me too she concluded mrs mc pherson contended that all drawings should have been pre sented to council before the construction work was started she charged that no plans had been presented or approved by council i feel that all pipe lines in the township have been laid illegally she charged we have had an opinion from our engineer and our road supt why should we pro ceed further enquired coun cillor hawthorne i feel that our solicitor can give us a legal opinion replied questioned councillor ross haw- 1 the dep reeve the suggestion thorne was approved by council sixtynine new brougham sixtynine pupils have en rolled in the new brougham public school an increase of nine students over the attend ance figure at the end of the june term principal edwin challice for merly of bethany has 41 pupils in the senior room including grades 48 miss isobel gregg is in charge of the junior room and grades 1 to 3 she has 28 students there are eight boys and girls in grade one and five in grade eight all the desks in both rooms are in use the senior room is comfortably filled but there is plenty of space for additional pupils in the lower grades the board plans to install more seats in the near future during last weeks hot spell the temperature in the junior class rose to close to 100 de grees it has been necessary to cover the south windows with filtering tissue until the new drapes are installed both rooms are well lighted the caretaker is mr warren willson im a pickering twp ratepayer has requested bus transporta tion for his children to the atha public school ss no 16 mr alex bell cone 9 appeared before pickering twp coun cil on monday night the atha school is located on cone 8 reeve sherman scott stated that the request should be made to the atha school board he said that such matters came under their jurisdiction late chess empringham born here on tuesday sept 1st mr chas empringham of clare- mont passed away in the osh awa general hospital he would have marked his 70th birthday on september 12th the late mr empringham was born in claremont the son of the late geo empringham and jane anne white for 27 years he was employed as blacksmith in scarboro junc tion his warm friendly per sonality had won for him a host of friends the deceased was a resident of mt zion for a number of years but later returned to scarboro jet only recently he purchased a new home in clare mont he is survived by his widow the former ida walton two sons joseph of rr 2 claremont and lloyd buss of rr 1 brooklin there are two grandchildren charles jr and barbara june a twin brother geo empringham resides in claremont and another brother thomas lives in thornhill rev t h fleetham of mount zion united church conducted the funeral service from the mceachnie funeral home pic kering on friday afternoon sep tember 4th with interment in pine hill cemetery the many friends in attendance showed the high esteem in which mr empringham was held the pallbearers were messrs e boulton lloyd wilson ralph jones percy jones kenneth graham and norman stephen son wins in calf scramble ross bailey uxbridge rr 4 and bob brown brechin were two of ten boys to win a 10000 award for catching a calf at the calf scramble sponsored by the ontario aberdeen angus association at the cne on wednesday september 9 1959 the s10000 is to be used towards the purchase of a pure bred aberdeen angus heifer to encourage the boy winning the award to start his own herd the calf is to be shown at the cne in a special class for calf scram ble award winners others entering the calf scramble from ontario county were donald linda locust hill rr 1 doug scott oshawa rr 2 and donald wilson ashburn rr 1 each of these boys receiv ed a leather overnight handbag and an aberdeen angus tshirt as consolation prizes may close cedar glen pool the cedar glen pool south of greenwood in pickering township may be closed unless brought up to standards of the dept of health the action will be taken by the ontario county m o h in a letter to the clerk the health officer stated that he would not give his approval to the operation of the pool after 1959 unless it met the standards laid down by the unit the matter was discussed brief ly by council at a regular meet ing last week councillor miss violet swan stated that she believed two or three swimming pools were below standard she said that some had been improved but she understood that there had been no improvement at cedar glen asks no mill rate in water area home making club the 4h home making club for girls is being organized in claremont girls 12 years and over wishing to join the club please contact mrs ellis brit- ton or mrs jack ward before sept 21 park bd asks financial aid for community hall mr kal vizely a representa tive of the claremont park board has charged that local organizations have threatened to withdraw their groups from the community hall unless ade quate funds are made available to acquire the services of a caretaker mr vizely attended a special meeting of pickering twp council on monday night the claremont delegation in cluded mrs wm welsh mrs ken ward mrs robt torrence mrs lloyd pugh mrs geo mc- connell and mr eddie ortiz mr vizely explained that the revenue gained from a number of community organizations was adequate to cover the cost of heating the building he pointed out however that without a caretaker the hall was of little use especially during the win ter months he charged that no financial help had been obtained from either the township or the claremont village trustees he noted that under ordinary cir cumstances the community hall was in use for five nights mr vizely informed the mem bers that the park board had attempted to acquire additional funds by sponsoring saturday night dances but these had not proved too successful they were invaded by hood- ums and since we lack for po lice protection our returns were cut off he said our finances are exhausted he admitted we dont know what to do council agreed that all grants from the dept of education and the dept of agriculture made for recreational purposes should be turned over to the areas where earned the claremont board are entitled to this grant the council had further ag reed at a previous meeting that a 1000 grant would be made to the claremont com munity hall if a minimum of 5000 was expended the reeve suggested that further discussion on this proposal should be adjourned until coun cillor edgar james could be present councillor james is the councillor harry ashton has asked for a guaranteed no mill rate charge in pickering town ships water area the issue was discussed at considerable length at a regular meeting of council last week reeve scott pointed out that he hoped such a charge would not be necessary but contended that council could hardly make such a guarantee it was agreed that the water area should be extended to include all of the townships industrial land were not creating a water area for people to sit with their tongues hanging out and not get any of it stated councillor ashton chances of serving some res idents in certain areas was quite remote with the acquiring of a water plant it will at least be available in the forseeable future pointed out the reeve reeve scott informed the mem bers that he expected the system would start to show a profit within five years he noted that the calculations did not include commercial or industrial users dep reeve mrs jean mc pherson suggested that the wat er area should be expanded eastward to the ajax bound aries i dont care if the area ex- tends to cone 9 as long as i theres no mill rate charge to discuss township zoning bylaw at a special meeting friday noted hymn writer at baptist church sept 25 mr robert harkness a world- many other countries he is the a combined meeting of pick- ering township council and planning board will be held on friday sept isth to discuss a proposed zoning bylaw for all or part of the municipality planning board had suggested that the meeting should be held on sept 11th two members of council contended that the meeting date should not be set or chaired by the planning board the meeting should be held by council with planning board present stated councillor harry ashton it would be putting the cart before the horse agreed dep reeve mrs jean mcpherson i dont think that planning board should dictate to council were being technical char ged reeve sherman scott sup pose no members of planning board attend were splitting hairs he stated councillor ashton contended that the date should be set by council but it should be a convenient time for the plan ning board members i feel were tarrying too long with this zoning bylaw said reeve scott conduct of ratepayer angers township reeve two ringing reports from the gavel halted a bitter verbal ex change between a dunbarton ratepayer arid councillor harry ashton at a regular meeting of pickering township council on wednesday night of last week mr wm fairgrieve an almost weekly attendant at municipal meetings was ordered by reeve sherman scott to conduct him self in a more orderly fashion or vacate the chambers he re turned to his seat the brief- but bitter attack occurred when the spruce hill road ratepayer unleashed a vol ley of questions at the reeve with regard to the muchdiscuss ed consumers gas pipeline on cone 2 he charged that the pub- lie should have been informed of the meeting at which time the issue was discussed at some length he asked that the reeve should provide a rundown on the results of the council ses sion you may read it all in the papers replied reeve scott t dont want to read it in the papers i want a report from you insisted the speaker im not obligated to provide this information answered the reeve the reeve informed mr fairgrieve that the council meeting had been legally called who called the meeting queried the spokesman the reeve declined to answer but on a similar question from councillor ashton he said he had summoned the council mem bers together in an effort to differentiate between the official duties of the road supt and the twp engineer why is the pipe lino being laid along cone 2 and for what purpose continued mr fair grieve councillor harry ashton sug gested that the purpose of the gas line was to carry gas on receipt of councillor ash tons reply mr fairgrieve lash ed out at the member in a vic ious verbal attack we also charged that the reeve wasnt conducting the meeting in an or derly way you address your remarks through the chair or please leave shot back reeve scott mr fairgrieve enquired from council who might be respon sible if he were involved in an accident where the road was dug up on cone 2 you have the accident first then well decide answered the reeve famous hymnwriter and com poser of gospel songs will be a guest speaker at the claremont baptist church on friday even ing sept 25th at s30 the noted writer and evangel ist has composed music for over two thousand hymns and gospel songs besides other composi tions including anthems instru mental numbers and songs in addition he has set to music hundreds of scripture texts his program has been presented in all parts of the united states canada england ireland scot land sweden new zealand and composer and director of two popular hymn playing corres pondence courses to date he has conducted three roundtheworld tours with two other noted ministers the late dr r a torrey and dr j wilbur chapman he has per sonally conducted two world wide trips on his own mr hark ness is an acquaintance of pas tor carnegie of the baptist church the special friday evening service vill open a weekend of gatherings that will conclude with the anniversary services on sunday sept 27th explosion causes pickering barn fire welding equipment and a half ton truck was destroyed when an old barn on the brock road went up in flames friday short ly after 9 pm the welding business was owned by fred rowell who was in the barn grinding some metal at the time there was an explosion which apparently occurred in a corner where circuit boxes are located the barn burst into flames al most at once rowell escaped without injury pickering village firemen re sponded to the alarm but the tinder dry building was a mass of flames and there was little the brigade could do the barn is back off the road behind george hills service sta tion and firemen concentrated their efforts in protecting the gas station george hill working in the garage said i heard the ex plosion looked out and the building bust into flames i went to see if mr rowell was allright and found him outside he was not hurt man rilled in vsbridge car crash archie backhouse 76 of s indian grove toronto died sun day night shortly after his auto mobile went out of control on highway 47 about a mile east of uxbridge provincial police said the auto was travelling west toward ux bridge and apparently failed to negotiate a turn swung across the road travelled a short dis tance along a ditch and hit a hydro pole dr t lennox of uxbridge pronounced the man dead on arrival at uxbridge hospital a passenger in the auto mrs jane meech 4s 7 roman ave toronto was not injured but was admitted to uxbridge hos pital suffering from shock county field crops valued at 6491000 reeve scott agreed that the concluded councillor ashton new 3room school opened at green river of every week commencing in chairman of the finance com- the fall mittec a new threeroom public school at green river was completed in time for the opening of the september term last week an enrollment of 69 pupils was reg istered only a slight change from the attendance figure at the end of june only two of the three rooms are presently in use they are equipped with new desks valued at 150000 the new principal is mr jack shepherd of stouffville he taught formerly at eau claire near mattawa and at locust hill for two years he is in charge of grades five to eight there are 2g students in the four senior grades mr canny tomlinson of oshawa is in charge of the junior room there are 43 pupils in grades one to four the old frame school may be moved to broug ham to be used as a site for a proposed pickering twp mus eum the two usable rooms are quite modern and well lighted the desks are equipped with nonscratch arborite tops new drapes will be installed on the windows to keep out the glare of the earlymorning sunlight the blackboards are situated at varied heights in each room ac cording to the age of the pupils the ontario department of agriculture in its agricultural statistics report for 1958 states the total value of all field crops in ontario county amounted to 6491200 the total acreage in field crops last year in ontario county was 168000 acres which means that the value of crops per acre was 3864 it is also interesting to note that the acreage of cleared pas ture was greater last year than in the previous year in ontario county the figure was 86300 last year compared with 85700 in the previous year improved farm land acreage showed a decline between 1931 and 1956 in ontario county the figure in 1931 was 319676 acres while in 1958 it had dropped to 275429 acres the values of the various crops were as follows winter wheat 842400 spring wheat 8000 oats 1462300 barley 97100 fall rye 41400 buckwheat 8000 flay 600 mixed grains 967200 dry peas 11500 corn for husking 124- 500 corn for fodder 374400 potatoes 434900 field roots 120400 soybeans hay 1998- 100 fy cattle glued at 1282500 huge crowd attends forsyth auction sale an auction sale in claremont on saturday afternoon the pro perty of the late mrs robert forsyth attracted a huge crowd and the excellent articles of fur niture and appliances brought attractive prices the sale con- reeve charges dept of highway plans inadequate for pickering twp ducted by auctioneer a s farmer was started at 1215 and completed at five oclock one hand painted picture brought 5000 and an antique cupboard sold for s4000 the piano went for 15000 and the electric clothes dryer brought 14000 the refrigerator was sold for 75 and a fruit bowl went for 10 the main street residence has been purchased by mr william binsted of green river as far as pickering town ship is concerned future plans by the dept of highways are inadequate in every way shape or form charged reeve sher man scott at a special meeting of council on monday night reeve scott suggested that pro posals by the doh in prepar ing connecting links at highway 401 would not be adequate to cope with the 10000 population development planned for fren chmans bay mr ian campbell of the dept of highways was in attendance at the meeting are you not aware of the proposed development asked reeve scott i personally think and the dept is removing three the entire scheme to date is out of four outlets to hwy 401 most unsatisfactory he stated mr campbell informed the members that certain access roads to highway 401 would be closed he admitted that he had no knowledge of the advanced planning by the dept of high ways for the south pickering area i would like to know what longrange plan the dept of highways has with regard to our 10000 people development questioned councillor ross haw thorne were crowding 10000 persons into 640 acres of land he stated we must get the people in and out of the township pointed out reeve scott he noted that traffic problems al ready existed at the lansing cut off pickering township residents are being inconvenienced bo- cause of the departments con cern for the torontomontreal tourist charged councillor har ry ashton we have a well- planned development in the making and already we are con cerned about traffic congestion he concluded dep reeve mrs jean mc pherson pointed out that a great influx of traffic would be direct ed onto no 2 highway if the doh went ahead with their proposed plans reeve scott noted that hwy no 2 was not a suitable road due to twists turns and speed limits mr campbell informed coun cil that he would attempt to obtain more information on the dept of highways future plans for the area with regard to the frenchmans bay development free polio clinics open on monday the first free polio clinics will open in pickering township on monday sept 21st the vac cinations are being sponsored by the ontario county health unit there is no charge for the service and it is available to all adult residents living within the boundaries of pickering twp the first clinic will be held at the township hall brougham on monday afternoon from 6 to 8 oclock on wednesday sept 23rd the united church hall at dunbarton will be open from 6 to 8 pm residents of the west rouge area may receive their vaccinations at st ed wards hall on tuesday sept 29th from 6 to 8 pm claremont mr keith norton returned to queens university this week where he will continue his stu dies in medicine mr and mrs l p lippcrt of according to the annual agri cultural statistics report pre pared by the ont department of agriculture the value of live stock arid fowl on ontario coun ty farms last year amounted to 16201200 the report states there were 77450 cattle valued at 12825- 400 on ontario county farms in addition there were 47100 swine valued at 1795200 16- 000 sheep valued at 381100 and 2600 horses valued at 0325800 the value of the 927700 hens and chickens was 373700 of interest is the fact that the horse population of the prov ince dropped from 621600 in 1925 to 115000 last year chattel mortgages the report also states that the number of chattel mortgages in ontario county showed an in crease last year from 1957 as of dec 31 1958 there were 3981 chattel mortgages on rec ord and undischarged in ont county they represented a to tal of 5128204 in the previous year there were 3810 such mort gages representing a total of 5115589 in force in the county that the making of creamery butter is becoming an import ant part of the agricultural pic ture in ontario county is borne out by the fact that total pro duction last year set a record for the past 10 years the department states that 996161 pounds were made in ontario county last year as against 0778180 pounds in the previous year the previous high mark was in 1949 when 875321 pounds were made precipitation records compiled at uxbridge during 1958 show that 1599 inches of rain fell in 85 days while 60 inches of snow fell in 57 days the heaviest fall of snow 172 inches fell last de cember there were 121 inches in november that the falls of rain and snow were below nor mal is indicated by the fact that the normal rainfall is 2320 in ches while the normal snowfall is 674 inohes the ladies auxiliary to the the home of mr and mrs ralph canadian legion held their first meeting of the season on thurs day sept 10 in the legion hall with com ethel murray in the chair connie blake a new member was initiated by the president plans for a wedding which the legion ladies are catering to were made by the convener mrs w lehman and the committee all business was dealt with and committees for fall and winter activities were formed the legion auxiliary would like to enlarge their membership and will welcome any eligible lady at any time mrs ann gliddons cheerful personality has certainly been missed at the bank this past week owing to ill health mrs gliddon has found it necessary norton with a large number in attendance a turkey supper was enjoyed by all a presenta tion of a very nice lazyboy chair was made to stan by ross redshaw on behalf of all pres ent a- very successful meeting was held of the claremont lib rary board on thursday eve ning librarian mrs h porter is to be congratulated for her success in obtaining her class e library certificate this is given to librarians qualifying in the monthly course given by the department of education the new book purchasin committee is set up and if anj suggestions as to any books you would like to see in your library please send along your sugges- to have a much earned rest and j ions to the librarian mrs h madoc enjoyed a visit and mon day evening dinner with mr and mrs wm browning and eruce the lipperts also called on other claremont friends and later in the evening they with mrs browning visited at the home of mr and mrs jas thomas stouffville everyone hopes she will be feel ing much better real soon mr and mrs j mcguire and family spent sunday in toron to visiting friends mr a samarillo and some business associates enjoyed a cool fishing trip over the week end mr and mrs f udell are visiting with their daughter and family mr and mrs wm glid don the committee for the legion community mixed bowling lea gue held a meeting at the home of mr and mrs f hollingshead on tuesday sept 8 to make plans for the 195960 bowling which is to be held at the new alleys in markham starting around the first of october with a possible eight team league the officers for the season are chairman mr f hollingshead secretary mrs doug norton trcas mrs f hollingshead mrs madill from the west is visiting with her son and fanv ily mr and mrs bob madill the girl guide company and the brownie pack got off to an other season of activity thurs day sept 10 there are twenty- four brownies and twentytwo guides the brownie leaders are mrs doreen welsh brown owl mrs lorraine mcleod tawny owl and gloria han- thorne packie the guide com pany were pleased to welcome mrs connie blake as their new captain and mrs jessie mcguire their new lieutenant mrs kay hayward the former captain will help out for a month until mrs blakes health is improved mrs margaret ros- zell has also offered her serv ices and will go in as second lieutenant the company also the guide brownie mothers la are most grateful for their request for new leaders speak ing as a mother i feel certain all the mothers of all the brown ies and guides are very grateful to all these leaders who give so much of their time every week so our girls can learn guiding and how to be good citizens we wish them a very successful year also we arc very happy that we have men who are lead ers in the scouts and cubs they also deserve a lot of credit and by the same token a very successful year is wished them a stag party was held for stan benson on friday night at porter or your secretary mrs c a keevil a few books are now overdue and as other mem bers would like to read them it would be appreciated if these books were returned to the lib rary library hours are tues day afternoon 55 tuesday night 79 saturday afternoon 35 wms meeting the monthly meeting of the wms was held in the sunday school room of the united church on thursday sept 10 at 230 pm president mrs robt jackson and mrs wes lehman conducted the worship service mrs l almack rendered a pi ano selection miss mary neal a missionary whoso headquart ers are at sault ste marie gave an interesting talk on her work in conducting sunday school in surrounding districts miss shirley thompson of tweed visited with mr and mrs g taylor over the weekend she is on the teaching staff in toronto mr wm binsted of green river has purchased the resi dence of the late mrs robt forsyth the auction sale on saturday attracted a good crowd mr and mrs al robertson are enjoying a weeks vacation in western ontario mrs sam towner was forced to return home while en route to edmonton she took ill in wisconsin usa in spite of rather cool wea ther the regular evening serv ice was conducted in the park on sunday night ron hedges and dean evans enjoyed an extended motor trip recently to detroit and points in northern ontario including sudbury and north bay miss joyce oblenes of tor onto spent the weekend with her parents here mr tony van der light has purchased the les lye home mr lye plans to take up resi dence in uxbridge mr and mrs cliff reynolds spent sunday with their son doug of bowmanville mr and mrs t hammond and mr ernie baker came with in four points of capturing the j o little trophy at a recent mixed trebles bowling tourna ment at newmarket mr and mrs allan prouse of georgetown were sunday visi tors with mrs arthur prouse