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jge s the stouffvue tribune thraby sept 24 1959 claremont pickering tp news townshipwide police force would create tax burden reeve sherman scott has frowned on a suggestion by the attorneygenerals dept that the pickering township police force should replace the ontario provincial police across the en tire municipality at the pres ent time the opp patrol an area north of cone 3 such a policing system would constitute a real tax burden on farm property owners in our rural areas pointed out reeve scott he noted that there was no direct township charge for services provided by the ontario provincial police the reeve in formed the members that the police rate in an area south of cone 3 was 78 mills the mill rate cost in the north end of the township would b e substantial commented reeve scott councillor harvey spang charged that a townshipoper ated police department over the entire municipality could cost some rural property owners as high as s80 per year i can see no necessity for it he stated j law enforcement in north pick ering had been given so much publicity he contended that any rowdyism had stemmed from only one or two isolated areas the letter from the at torneygenerals dept was sign ed by mr frank l wilson and sent personally to the reeve it stated that the population and assessment of pickering township had reached such a density that it might be the appropriate time to consider a municipally- owned police de partment to cope with law en forcement problems over the en tire township dep reeve mrs jean mc- pherson contended that law en forcement by the opp over the whole township would be the ideal situation councillor harry ashton stat ed that according to the police act the ontario provincial po lice were not obligated to cover any area with a population ex ceeding 5000 people he noted also that they are not obligated pickering man hurt in crash manfred meier 21 of picker ing was treated at the ajax and pickering general hospital last week for lacerations to head and face suffered in a cartruck col lision on no 2 highway at the j westney road intersection corporal peter hollywood of pickering township police force said that meier had begun to make a left hand turn north on the westney road as a stake truck driven by james f be- ley 21 of holloway near belle ville was passing damage to meiers vehicle was 300 the truck lost a little paint charges are pending he added youths fined on liquor charge a brooklin district man and two pickering youths whom he admitted supplying with beer were each fined 10 and costs in whitby police court last week charged with supplying minors was patrick morrison 25 while donald a west 18 of rr 1 pickering and harold titter- ton 19 of greenwood were both charged with purchasin or otherwise obtaining liquor while under 21 pc ernest stoneman of the whitby police department told magistrate frank ebbs that he had checked a car at the rear of a hotel about 1250 am on sept 12 and saw two men run out on the street he said that he apprehended the two youths who admitted being with mor rison who later admitted giv ing them two bottles of beer morrison told the court that he was unfamiliar with cana dian law having lived here only two years no comment on election rumor former pickering township reeve mr geo todd has re fused to make any official com ment on the possibility that he might return as a nominee for a 1960 council seat mr todd was questioned by the tribune at a joint meeting of council and planning board at broug ham on friday night it has been rumoured for the pavi months that he has been giv ing the matter some serious thought mr todd is a member of the pickering twp planning board and vice chairman of the pickering dist high school board it has also been rumoured that former township deputy reeve mr clare balsdon was considering a comeback to mu nicipal politics this suggestion however is apparently without foundation theres plenty of time yet and i do not wish to declare myself at present said mr todd he noted however that he was still vitally interested in township progress and council work the reeve stated that it was to enlorce township bylaws regrettable that any laxity of altona home burned to ground while family is absent when mr and mrs james lyons returned from a cottage at victoria harbour on sunday they discovered that their insul- eulbrick home on cone 8 near altona had been burned to the ground in spite of efforts by the claremont are brigade and neighbours very little was sav ed from the structure mr and mrs lyons and two children madelaine 13 and charles 10 have been residents of altona for the past five years the loss is partially covered by insur ance mr lyons told the tribune that the assistance he has re ceived from neighbours has been beyond ones imagination i have often considered taking my family back to toronto but after the way they have treated j us i never want to leave he said he noted that they had only recently modernized the house they have no idea how the fire might have started the ontario provincial po lice of the whitby detachment were informed of the fire on saturday night and they im mediately attempted to locate the owners mr and mrs ly ons returned home before they were notified of the loss it was quite a shock he said the altona couple appeared before a special meeting of pickering twp council on mon day night to request permission to live in a temporary dwelling until a permanent home could be erected the request was granted on a motion by coun cillor harvey spang and dep reeve mrs jean mchperson i intend to keep my family to gether said mr lyons the residence was formerly the old pallister home on the uxbridgepickering townline if the foundation is adequate the owner plans to erect another house on the same site claremont man fined on care less driving charge magistrate a s mitchell said an asphalt spreader is a big vehicle and not easily hidden as he fined grant hardy rr 1 claremont 25 and costs on a careless driving charge in osh- awa traffic court last week mr hardy was involved in a collision with a spreader on highway 7 a half mile east of kinsale july 1 at about 630 am he was seriously injured he testified he saw no warn ing signs or flagman before he got to the asphalt spreader he said the sun was shining in his eyes at the time of the accident he was travelling east on the highway ontario provincial police con stable j macdonald testified the spreader could be seen from threetenths of a mile to the west he said there was a warn ing sign on the south shoulder of the road onetenth of a mile i west noel labrosse kirkfield told the court he was getting ready to start work on the machine when someone yelled and he turned to see the approaching car about 30 feet away alex currie rr 2 brechin said he was about 100 feet west of the machine slowing traffic and waving it past he said he had no flag but was using his hand he said the car was being driven at a steady speed i was standing on the paved por tion of the road i dont think the driver of the car saw me he said the magistrate said hardy was dutybound to see a vehicle like that on his side of the road if the sun was too bright to see he shouldnt have been do ing the 40 or 50 mph he was doing consider hunting ban in builtup areas pickering nomination november 27th the annual nomination for the township of pickering has been set for friday evening nov 27th the election day has been set for saturday dec 5th council members in discuss ing the bylaw at a special meet ing on monday night agreed that the one week interval be tween nomination night and election day was adequate time for the candidates to conduct their campaigns i feel that the taxpayers draw their conclusions from the can dadates themselves and not from campaign speeches stated councillor edgar james reeve scott noted that there were often more candidates than ratepayers in attendance at preelection meetings the polls will remain open from 11 am to 7 pm plenty of people borrow mon ey to go off for a good rest but well bet their minds dont rest while theyre away and hearty on friday sept 18th mrs celia baker ontario countys oldest resident marked her 106th birthday at the residence of her daughter on no 47 highway in uxbridge town ship in spite of her years she is still quite active sew ing and ironing are still part of her daily chores she can thread a needle without glasses mrs baker was born at newmarket the former celia ann dennie at an early age she worked out in homes ar ound the district to assist in the raising of her eleven bro thers and sisters her salary was 100 per month although she can neither read nor write she enjoys looking at the pic tures in newspapers and mag azines she still retains her permanent teeth her diet consists mainly of meat and vegetables on her special birthday occasion she enjoyed a piece of cake plan to open 10000 drive for museum mr wm g lawson presi dent of the pickering twp his torical society has summoned an important meeting for thurs day october 1st in the muni cipal building brougham at this gathering plans will be discussed for the opening of a 10000 fundraising campaign to establish a museum in the municipality representatives from all township organizations i arc requested to attend the pm districts will be mapped out for canvassers members of township organizations will be asked to take part in the muni cipalitywide project the site of the old brougham public school had been prev iously selected as the location of the proposed museum it had also been considered possible to meeting has been called for 8 1 ham purchase and move the old green river school to broug- 1 that this might well be the final it is unlikely that pickering council will institute a town shipwide ban on hunting the matter was discussed at some length at a special meeting on monday night the members agreed that it might not be nec essary to prohibit hunting over the entire municipality but they felt that it should be restricted in the more builtup areas a similar recommendation was presented to council by the township game commission councillor edgar james con tended that council should be guided by the advice from the game committee he favoured the appointment of more game wardens to enforce the hunting laws reeve sherman scott suggest- year for hunting in the more urban areas of the township twp council members voice confidence in planning board any suggestion that picker- reeve stated that the passing of lng township council members lacked confidence in their plan ning board was at least partial ly squelched by reeve sherman scott and dep reeve mrs jean mcfherson at a joint meeting in the municipal chambers on fri day night the session was sum moned to discuss a proposed zoning bylaw that has been pre pared and presented to council by the planning board board member and former reeve mr bill newman raised he lack of confidence question he said he had drawn his con clusions from recent press re ports speaking for myself i would uke to state that i have a great deal of confidence in the plan ning board replied reeve scott without its help pickering twp would find itself in a much worse situation he con tinued he commended the mem bers for their wllingness to serve in their present capacity dep reeve mrs mcpherson echoed the reeves remarks she noted however that there were certain aspects of the pro posed zoning bylaw that didnt meet with her approval mr newman agreed that there were possibly many details in the bylaw that should be alter ed lonjr overdue the zoning bylaw by council was long overdue he charged that much time had been spent on it by the planning board and although minor changes might be necessary he felt that on the whole it was basically cor rect if the council lacks confi dence in the board then iwould resign he stated he noted however by taking such a stand it might only undo many of the thing that had already been ac complished in the past eighteen months board member hardy craig suggested that a zoning bylaw was most urgently needed and he recommended that two read ings should be given as soon as possible minute investiga tions can be made later he said council harry ashton warned against any hasty acceptance of the bylaw without careful con sideration he noted that it was sometimes difficult to make changes in it after two readings had been administered bylaws are continually being changed from week to week argued board member bill newman approved in may months in preparing the zoning bylaw he charged that no word had been received from council since its presentation if we sit down at this stage of the game and discuss the by law point by point well be here for another eighteen months he said board member w ritchie agreed that the bylaw was ap proved and presented hi may councillor harry ashton not ed that he had not seen a copy of it until much later i dont know where it was in the mean time he said i have beeni requesting a special meeting on the matter for some time he concluded dep reeve mrs mcpherson said she had received her copy in july board member david lennox contended that it would be im possible for the entire bylaw to be discussed clause by clause over a period of time without jeopardizing the township he recommended that the bylaw should be given two readings and then hold discussions cither jointly or separately there are several things in the bylaw that i would not want to give either a first or second reading contended councillor i feel no reason to extend the ban over the whole municipal ity he said dep reeve mrs jean mcpherson agreed that the rural districts were not too adversely affected by hunt ers councillor harvey spang also agreed i feel that certain areas should be restricted said the dep reeve its unfortunate that the pheasant shoot has been extend ed to ten days noted reeve scott what are we going to do about the frenchmans bay dis trict questioned councillor ross hawthorne dep reeve mrs jean mc pherson charged that it was one of the more dangerous areas in the township she said that one woman reported a shot com ing through the living room wall what buckshot councillor hawthorne it doesnt matter if its buck shot or doe shot it all can cause injury answered the deputy reeve i live there and i know what shooting goes on countered councillor hawthorne thin incident occurred be fore your time concluded the dep reeve council divided on type of zoning best or pickering township queried 1 board member hardy craig i ashton i would not vote blind- mr gca todd a former 1 stated that they had spent is ly on this matter he said sunderland fair centennial recalls main street races the 100th anniversary brock fair at sunderland last week recalls the first races held at fair time they were staged on main street with the horses be ing driven out west about a mile and raced back to town the first fair h w speir- an recalls was held about 1s51 in a fouracre field on the farm of the late r e parrot pres ently owned by messrs bruce and ray doble the late mr samuel pangman grandfather of mr robert charter was the first president entrance to the fair was by a gate across the street from mr cecil reals home there were no buildings the stock was tied to the fence and the old frame hall where the present township hall now stands was used for other exhibits a few exhibits were held on the farm of mr m j doble just west of the buildings blackstock a horse owned by a toronto man was sold at the majority of pickering township council members are in favour of some type of zon ing in the municipality but they are divided on whether it should be 1 zoned only from cone 3 south to lake ontario 2 spot zoning throughout the township or 3 blanket zoning over the municipality these views were aired at a joint meeting of coun cil and planning board on fri day evening reeve sherman scott contend ed that very little consideration had been given to a plan for a blanket zoning bylaw over the entire township he contended that the area south of cone 3 was the section that was in im mediate need of control such regulations may inter fere with the right of the indi vidual but it must be done for the good of the community as a whole he said i feel that some sort of zoning is absolute ly necessary in an expanding area he concluded ward 2 councillor edgar james contended that he was a firm believer in the overall zon ing of the township but in an effort to expedite the passage of the bylaw he would be agreeable to including the area from con 3 south to the lake if we waste much time an other year will pass by before we give the bylaw its third read ing he stated he disagreed with any plan to spot zone the township dep reeve mrs jean mc pherson favoured the spot zon ing plan she contended also that the whole township should be taken into consideration ra ther than a single section south the late mr julius st john who farmed adjoining town al so had a race horse that could really step the late james leask father of george leask took pride in a herd of durham show cattle holsteins being unheard of at that time about the year 1890 a can vas was made of the township a joint stock company was formed and the present site was ac- quired from the brcthour farm the grandstand which was blown down two years ago was then built together with the old agricultural hall a yoke of oxen was borrow- of cone 3 im not in favour of tying up land south of the third con cession she pointed out ward 1 councillor mr har vey spang declined to pass com ment on the scheme councillor ross hawthorne was not pres ent councillor miss violet swan suggested that the entire town ship should bp included in a general zoning picture she con tended that such a plan consti tuted a protection to future landbuyers she stated that the overall plans could b inspect ed or obtained from the town ship office a lot of people are in a complete daze in the rosebank area she noted she said that some landowners had their back yards in a greenbelt area and their front yards in a resi dential zone she agreed that home construction was being done over the whole township and such controls would be an advantage to everyone you cant plan for onehalf the township and disregard the rest contended councillor ash ton he realized that the plan ning board were under more pressure from the third con cession south to the lake you cant have residences being built recklessly through out the township whether it be claremont or lake ontario if their erection will constitute a school problem he pointed out he suggested that an effort should be made to get residen tial and industrial assessment on a more even keel board member mr hardy craig contended that the zoning control measures were more ur gently needed in the southerly sections of the township if this bylaw had been passed by council we could have been concentrating our efforts on the north he suggested board member bill newman agreed that planning board was vitally interested in north pick ering also we certainly dont want piggeries in residential areas he sfaied mr newman said he was still quite undecided whether or not the smail ham lets in the rural sections should be allowed to grow mr wallace little planning consultant advised the members that it would be uwio for council or planning lioard to south ontario plowing match at brooklin on october 1th farmers all over ontario are readying their tractors and teams for county and township plowing matches the south ontario match at brooklin oct 7 will be held on the farm of frank batty and son and the next day on the farm of wilmott shea manilla each of the county and town ship organizations are affiliated with the ontario plowmens as sociation as branches from these branches are selected the plowmen who will compete in the international plowing match to be held this year at dundas wentworth county oct 13 to 1g at this international as it is known two champion plowmen will qualify to represent can ada in the 1960 world match to be held in rome italy plowing matches have been held in ontario since 1830 but have never been so popular as they are today early records show that matches were organ ized by local agricultural socie ties in conjunction with their fairs but by 1910 interest had waned to the point where less than a dozen matches were held cd from the late mr james st john to grade and shape up i look too far ahead when set the close of one fair for 100 the race track iting up their zoning bylaw association formed to revive interest the ontario plowmens association was or ganized in 1911 and matches in various townships and counties became affiliated with the pro vincial organization the first provincial match was held in 1913 on the proper ty now occupied by sunnybrook hospital in north york town ship at that time there were 31 entries in horse plowing and one tractor as a curiosity by 1926 interest had increased i to the extent that the name in ternational plowing match and farm machinery demonstra tion was adopted in recent years entries have been as high as 1200 and visitors for the four days have numbered close to 100000 the international is now rated as the largest out door agricultural event in can ada the growing popularity of the event can be judged by compar ing the match of 1920 held on the ontario government hos pital farm at hamilton with the estimated attendance at dundas next month in 1920 there were 40 entries in horse plowing and 19 in tractors floyd lashley secretary manager of the opa is confident this year will see more than 50 contestants inj horse plowing and around 4501 using tractors in 1920 1600 was offered in prizes as com pared with 15000 as at present kept objectives despite this growth the in ternational has kept its princi pal objectives in mind said mr lashley these are to encour age farmers and particularly juniors to adjust and use plows to obtain the desired results to arouse interest in and give dem onstrations of the latest farm machinery to foster rural skills and to add pride and prestige to farm practices to give all 70 branches thro ughout the province an oppor tunity to partcipiate the match is rotated from year to year at the invitation of various coun ties under this system the county organization which plays host provides a site for a tented city land for plowing and parking tractors and teams for competitors the necessary pub lic utilities and a prize award banquet for 1000 guests close to 300 acres are required for plowing competitions and demonstrations plus another 40 acres for the tented city be cause only a portion of each farm can be used the project involves anywhere from 12 to 15 farms spread over approxi mately 2000 acres the tented city is the big at traction for the general public here on display is the very lat est equipment for the farm and home arranged in the form of four streets with frontage on each side of the street it pro vides one and a half miles of space for exhibitors and cater ers in spite of the fact that the tented city is out in the field local authorities cooperate in providing water and toilet facil ities telephone and telegraph services are available as well as many other conveniences for the comfort and enjoyment of the contestants and public alike during recent years the prize list has been greatly revised and more attention has been given to classes for juniors mr la shley said the introduction of the intersecondary school class has proved popular this gives teachers in agriculture an op portunity to work with students interested in the use of farm machinery ami the plowing match serves as an achievement day for those vishlng to learn continued on page 9