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rt s the stourryiul trisukl tkondty rtbnufy 5 h6z parttime farmers urge revision in assess act claim man not land is valued parttime farmers in the twp of pickering assailed the pres ent basis of land assessment in the rural areas of the munici pality as unjust and unfair at il public meeting sponsored by the pickering twp federation cf agriculture in the brougham hall on thursday night the huge crowd of interested prop ertyowners that attended the gathering filled the seating ac commodation of the hall to cap acity in addition to the reeve mr sherman scott the county assessor mr gordon hepditch and the county warden mr earl dowsweu two members of parliament hon m b dymond and hon t d thomas were also present the guest speaker was mr donald middleton di rector of properties ontario federation of agriculture the president of the pickering fed eration mr norman lehman acted as chairman want act changed mr lehman informed the meeting that the current pro gram promoted by the pickering federation was not directed ag ainst any individual in the twp of pickering we are only try ing to get across to the provin cial government the need for a change in the assessment laws he said that is the ulti mate aim of the federation he continued mr lehman pointed nut that he himself had not been affected this does not mean that i am not interested in other peoples problems he said it looks to me as if the man is being assessed and not the land commented mr harold lapp a markham twp farmer mr lapp explained what action the farmers in scarboro had tak en through the courts when faced with a similar problem ask for dismissal mr robt g roy in present ing a petition asking for the res ignation of the pickering twp assessment commissioner mr delbert goslin contended that he was the source of the farm ers assessment problems char ges of fraud and dictator echoed through the audience mr goslin was not in attend ance at the meeting a number of other speakers spokesmen for divided groups also called for the assessment commission ers dismissal is it possible that everyone is out of step except pickering township continued mr roy he contended that his only solu tion to the problem was to shut down his farm and wreck his buildings progress doesnt pay in this community he said the people are taxed to death his remarks received a hearty round of applause mr goslin cannot compro mise charged another ratepay er mr donald sanderson near balsam he charged that the as sessor would only direct a com plainant to the court of revis ion who are they he asked the lions head for mercy replied mr roy defends assessor you should let the assessor off the hook advised the prin cipal speaker mr middleton he noted that he as an employee of the municipality was only at tempting to carry out his duties according to his interpretation of the assessment act he sug gested that perhaps the assess or should base his figures on ac tual values we damn the as sessor as the person responsible for high taxation but he is only providing the equity to pay for the cost of services that we de mand he said the county assessor mr hepditch described one section of the act as abominable he urged legislative action to cor rect it if the farm is being operat ed as a farm it should be as sessed as a farm contended hon m b dymond mpp he expressed a hope that some changes would be approved through provincial legislation that might solve the current pro blems he spoke in favour of a centralization of the assessment office with the operation to be 1 andled from a county level in my own community we can not afford to keep a trained as sessor he said in my own opinion the prob lem lies with the assessment act said reeve scott its am biguous he said in a rebuttal on a comment from the floor that the assessment commis sioner should be present at a council meeting on feb 5th when a farmer protest delega tion would attend the reeve said he would not permit any crossquestioning of the assess or by members of the deputa- tionyou may criticize the council but i will not permit any employee to be pulled apart he said no protection mr donald sanderson urged the federation to provide pro tection not only to the bonafide farmer but farm land dont forget to include us he said mr sanderson owns a farm east of claremont but also holds another position in toronto why should i be penalized because i am not a legitimate farmer asked mr roy the assessor shouldnt tax the people but should tax the land commented another rate payer mr john livingstone miss violet swan speaking for a group of ratepayers charged that the assessment act had been interpreted incor rectly it is interpreted only to meet the situation before the courts at that time she said she charged also that school construction costs had become exorbitant professor labrie indicated that the tendency was to assess persons and not property it has created hard feelings and ill will he said the value of land is what it can produce in food not in apartment houses and super highways said mr harold lapp 120 holstein men at annual meeting the annual meeting of the ontario county holstein club was held in the township hall manchester on saturday jan uary 27 with around 120 hol stein breeders in attendance president cecil disney open ed the meeting and gave a de tailed summary of the projects carried out by the club in 1961 mr george r mclaughlin president of the holstein fries- ian association of canada was the guest speaker he stated that the problems of the dairy industry could be summed up as follows toomuch milk from too many dairymen he said that in 1961 we produced 2 bil lion pounds of surplus milk and at the end of the year we had 200 million pounds of surplus butter in storage he felt that the supply of milk must be brought more in line with de mand and that quality stand ards must be increased and maintained he also felt that considerably more could be done by the dairy industry in advertising from the june setaside the dairy far mers of canada collected only around 375000 per year of a possible 7500 0 for advertising and promotion in great britain s million dollars is raised an nually for advertising and pro motion of dairy products and over a five year period the per capita consumption of dairy products has been increased by 54 uxhridge bulls bring 2850 at sale two shorthorn bulls the pro perty of norman d hogg ux- bridge township brought 1- 700 and 1150 at the interna tional shorthorn sale held rec ently in toronto the sale was well attended fortyfive bulls totalled 42- 125 for an average price of 936 although the majority of sales were recorded by ontario buy ers some animals went as far as saskatchewan quebec and nova scotia others went across the border to washington in diana missouri oiegon ohio and maine louada farms pet- crboro recorded the top price for a bull at 5400 in addition to the hogg ent ries a goodwood bull owned by jas a daly was among the top twelve that sold for a 4figure price their animal brought 1200 claremont turkey breeder awarded grand champion mr and mrs kalman vizely of claremont were honoured last week at the 34th annual on tario turkey association ban quet held in hamilton they were presented with a trophy emblematic of the grand cham pion of show at the 1961 royal winter fair the award is do nated by the master feed co in addition mr and mrs vizely received the e h marston me morial cup for the best collec tion of broadbreasted bronze turkeys mrs vizely received a silver tea service from the asso ciation at both the royal and the cne the vizely entries car ried off a host of ribbons and awards last year the clare mont breeder raised 10000 birds the man who lives by the gol den rule today never has to apol ogize for his actions tomorrow glsiremonf news a miscellaneous shower was held for sandra davis on wed nesday night at her home host esses were donna norton and eleanor welsh sandra was the recipient of many lovely gifts susan hayward spent the weekend in toronto at the home of her uncle mr c jane the young people of the unit ed church enjoyed an evening of bowling at markham on fri day mr and mrs gord taylor at tended the boat show in tor onto on saturday night mrs n hill of toronto spent a day last week visiting at the home of mr and mrs a sam- arillo mrs j rennie and mrs r redshaw visited with mr and mrs b hobday in toronto one evening last week mr and mrs a roszell spent two days in ottawa on a com bined business and pleasure trip recently jackie pascoe had a skating party on friday night at the school rink and entertained a lumber of her friends at her home later mike valentino enjoyed ex cellent luck on an icefishing ex pedition to hawk lake over the w eekend mrs howard hockley visited last week at the home of her daughter mrs ken petty vic toria square the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mr peter white in the passing of his mo ther at whitcvale a very pretty wedding was conducted by rev cresswell in the claremont united church on saturday afternoon when sandra marilyn davis daughter of mr and mrs thos davis be came the bride of robin alan mackenzie son of mr and mrs allan mackenzie brock road tickering the reception was held at guild hall following their honeymoon trip the cou ple will reside in whitby mr and mrs arthur bates of woodbridge were recent visitors with mr and mrs don hedges a busload of claremont young people attended the new york- toronto hockey game at maple leaf gardens on saturday night mr and mrs clare keevil vis ited on sunday with mr and mrs bert galloway of peter- boro a group of pickering district high school students some from the claremont area ren dered special hymn selections in the greenwood united church on sunday morning and at dun- barton united church at night claremont bowling news team standings al roszell 19 pts harold hopkins 18 mel norrish 15 bob hockley 14 shirley pilkey 13 alvin redshaw 12 marge sam- arillo 11 joe burrows 10 ladies high single phyllis desjardin 303 ladies high triple shirley pilkey 777 ladies high average shirey pilkey 188 mens high single frank hollmgshead 321 mens high triple frank hollingshead 761 mens high average ken field 210 weekly prize pat lord over 200 alvin redshaw 219 henry des- jardins 255 joyce austin 244 doreen welsh 217 dorothy field 228 linda smith sub 217 phyllis desjardin 276 war ner austin 205 pat lord 258 gord pilkey 233 lloyd mcgreg or 236 marion lord 223 do reen alexander 220 ken field 249 on monday feb 12 at 8 pm ihe first meeting of the evening unit of the claremont united church women will be held at the home of mrs dick ward roll call will be answered with a valentine thought all ladies of the congregation are wel come those wishing to join may pay the 50c annual mem bership fee claremont coop board of directors i the iso oarcmont coop ceo pcarsall manager ralph ans cecil disney front f secretary lloyd board of directors are as fol- wilson john hamcr and reg low back row kit to right jones lloyd pugh edgar ev- allan eulcott prcs ralph hoskins open new coop store the new claremont cooper ative store will be officially opened on friday afternoon of this week at two oclock the warden of ontario county earl dowswell will officiate accompanied by the reeve of pickering township sherman scott an architects sketch of the structure is pictured here wanda moore new pres of greenwood yf society the officers of the greenwood united church young peoples society have been elected for 1962 the executive was select ed at a recent meeting conduct ed at the home of mr and mis geo moore a second gathering was held on sunday at the resi dence of sharon and janice claike wanda moore will head the group for the year the vice pres is marion pegg other po sitions are held by linda white recording secty gloria trol ley correspondence secretary hugh crawford treasurer ann pugh and bob mctaggart pro gram conveners ken mctag gart and john griffin reciea- tion and janice clarke and wm hicks publications the general meeting of the united church women will be held on thursday evening at s oclock in the basement of the church the congregational meeting was held on wednesday evening of last week at the church a vote of thanks was tendered by mr milton pegg and seconded by mrs i mclean to rev t fleetham for his untiring ef forts during the past year the gathering was preceded by a potluck supper mrs wm brown and mrs c mctaggart were in toronto on thursday of last week unit one of the united church women held their first meeting at the home of mrs trolley on thursday afternoon last week due to a very cold day only 8 persons were present mrs mil- ion pegg was in charge of the worship service assisted by mrs trolley and mrs wilson the business period was conduc ted by mrs trolley mrs pegg spoke and read from the study book signals for sixties the meeting in conjunction with the world day of prayer will be held on march 9th at kinsale the next regular meeting will be held in the church with miss may brown in charge of the program mr and mrs peter byberg nd family accompanied by mrs olive robertson left for florida recently and will spend two weeks in the sunny south tne church service on sun day morning was well attend ed a group of boys from the pickering dist high school un der the direction of mr alan clark rendered two numbers mr and mrs h crawford were received into the church congre gation by transfer and the in stallation of the coung peoples society was conducted by rev t fleetham mr and mrs c mctaggart and mr milton pegg visited on sunday afternoon with mrs ber- tan wilson presently confined to hospital in barrie mr and mrs f byers and mr and mrs ray ellicott of brougham were visitors on sun day afternoon with mr and mrs les wilson mr ross scriver underwent n appendectomy in the oshawa general hospital recently three greenwood hockey players have been selected to piay in the stouffville commu nity league allstar game in stouffville on fiiday feb 16th they- are goaltender jerry brett defenceman murray jones and forward neil pascoe uxbridge black hawks will provide the opposition game time is 830 pm uxbridge council questionspayment of legal fees uxbridge town council has questioned the payment of a 450 legal fee submitted by the firm of button and coon of stouffville in a letter dated jan 22nd the council was in formed that the stouffville firm had been retained by mr geo allison to draw up and renew options on properties with re gard to a proposed sewage la goon mr allison a former stouffville resident now resides on the westerly outskirts of ux bridge town the council was advfsed that payment in full should be re ceived within two weeks and failing this a writ would be taken out against the town in reply to a question from councillor tipper concerning the authorization of the work mayor beach said that he had investigated the matter with the clerk and could find no author ization in writing the issue has been referred to the advisory and finance committee for investigation it does not seem reasonable that just any bill should be paid out of the blue concluded councillor tipper brougham mr and mrs grant miller and little daughter of whitby visited her parents mr and mrs thos english on sunday after noon mr and mrs ross knox mr and mrs alvin wilson also mr and mrs ken pascoe motored to sykesville pennsylvania dur ing the weekend where they were guests at a wedding mr and mrs randal ellicott had tea on sunday with mr and mrs wm knox mr and mrs m annis and family visited with mr and mrs honey of port perry on sunday mrs m ellicott mrs c wan- nop and mrs m annis attended a business meeting of the dist rict rcbekah lodge at whitby one evening last week congratulations to the girls of the 4h club who received their spoons imi their books signed at the achievement ser vice at brooklin on saturday january 27 the afternoon unit of the united church women meet on thursday afternoon feb 15 at the home of mrs wm knox assisted by mrs pilkey mrs a ellicott program convener roll call heart the womens institute will hold their next meeting in the township hall on tuesday eve ning feb 13 in the form of a pot luck supper this will be family night all welcome mr and mrs allan ellicott had supper on sunday with mr and mrs wm ellicott mrs honey of port perry is spending a few days with her daughter mrs m annis mr and mrs hamilton of kes wick visited with mrs d l mairs on sunday green river sympathy is extended to the family of the late mrs chas white who passed away at her home here on saturday last the late mrs white was the former gertrude robinson and in the past few years has not enjoyed good health she is survived by her husbard six sons and five daughters misses grace michell and car ole ann bowles enjoyed a week end of skiing at haliburton rec ently mr and mrs duncan enter tained mr and mrs gordon and family and also mr and mrs geo duncan all of willowdale to a birthday dinner in their honor on sunday master donald woolhead en tertained some friends in honor of his birthday on saturday the ladies aid will meet at the home of mrs e forsyth markham on wednesday feb 21st at 8 pm all ladies wel come the first game of the regular hockey schedule started at the local rink here last thursday night when the green river monarchs played host to the boys from brougham the goal- getters for the monarchs was jimmy cochrane and bruce lloyd for the visitors on saturday morning two games were played when the monarchs took on whitevale and in the second encounter jhey played the brougham jets in the first game with martin ecklund in goal the monarchs held whitevale to a 2 to 0 score the goalgetters were paul dra per and jim cochrane in the second game the mon archs defeated the brougham county councillors have varied opinions on emo program the benefits of a county em crgency measures organization program was both praised and ridiculed by council members at a special meeting last week summoned by the warden earl dowswell the final decision on the matter was made necessary due to a january 30th deadline the county must give 60 days notice if they should decide to break off their joint agreement with the city of oshawa the agreement is dated as of march 31st a morning committee meet ing decided to cancel the cur rent arrangements but this de cision was reversed at the af ternoon session it may require a budget of close to 65000 to carry out the proposed program in 1962 county representatives ex pressed varied arguments both for and against the emo pro ject reeve pat sheehan of ajax contended that the emergency measures organization had not lrogressed further in the coun ty because the co ordinator could not cope with the work he said that the coordinator had asked for an assistant last year but his request had been reject ed reeve heber down of whitby township opposed any move that would mean a split with oshawa reeve sherman scott of pick ering township suggested that in the past there had been some confusion with regard to e- m o at the federal and provin cial government level reeve sheehan agreed that the provin cial government had been neg ligent they should be ap proached and asked to pull up their socks he said still confused reeve cyril morley of picker ing village said he was still confused concerning the best road to follow he contended that public shelters were out of the question due to the cost in- volved it is questionable whe ther we can persuade the peo ple to build their own shelters he said and the benefits of such shelters are also question able he agreed that the pro gram should be continued for another year to split with oshawa now would get us no where he contended warden dowswell said that the question could be split into three possible solutions 1 stay with osh awa 2 establish a county emo 3 quit emo com pletely wouldnt pay a nickle deputyreeve chesley old ham of scott township ridi culed any shelterconstruction program i have not talked to one person in my township who would pay a nickle for a shel ter he said a former world war ii veteran he said that the fear of an atomic attack was similar to the suggested use of gas during the great war both sides had it but as it turned out neither used it reeve sheehan argued that the people should not be caught with their pants down reeve edward oyler of reach township said he had visited great britain and had never heard of an emo organization there my mother and sister who live there laugh at us ho said they say that we do what ever the united states does reeve scott contended that if the organization was to be ef fective more money would have to be spent he charged that the county had only been playing at civil defence for the past six years he argued that the prov ince had not taken a definite stand on the issue and it was therefore little wonder that the county should be confused over the issue its time ontario county said enough of this non sense he concluded obituaries late wm mcnaib farmed many years at altona the death occurred on wed nesday jan 31st 1962 of wil liam james mcnair 79 main st east stouffvill mowing a stroke he was in his 81st year and was a son of the late john son mcnair and martha ray- mer of markham township he had been in poor health for the past eight months in 1903 he married elizabeth meyer daughter of the late mr and mrs ed meyer pickering they moved to a farm on cone 5 markham four years later they moved to altona where they farmed for 40 years later retiring nearby three years ago they moved to their home in stouffville the iate mr mc nair was an ardent curler and horseshoe pitcher he is survived by his wife 2 sons fred of stouffville and earl of enniskillcn and a dau ghter flossie mrs stan thom pson of altona eight grand children and two granddaught ers also survive an older bro ther john lives in saskatchew an also a number of nieces and nephews the funeral service in charge of rev d sargcant was held from the l e oneill funeral home on saturday feb 3 with interment in altona cemetery the pallbearers were stanley lewis bert lewis ken reesor stanley reesor earl drewery snd walter carter jets by a 2 to 1 score goal get ters for the local team were bill ecklund and jim cochrane the lone counter for the visitors was scored by paul white bobby postill was not able to play for the monarchs on satur day owing to an injury received in the game against brougham on thursday night but it is hop ed he will be ready to play in the next game on monday night late lou sherry active in politics frederick luke lou sherry j campaign manager for the hon i michael starr minister of la- bor and hon matthew b dy- mond provincial minister of health died after a lengthy ill- j ness at his home in st thomas i on monday jan 22 he was in- his 62nd year a wellknown resident of cla- romont for many years mr sherry was born and educated j at port hope he married the former winnlfrcd c inch of port hope 37 years ago j mr sherry active in the pro- gressive conservative party was also campaign manager for william newman and bob mac- 1 gregor j he was the ontario sales man- j- ager for johnsmanvilic co for 15 years during his seml-rotlre- ment mr sherry set up the f l construction company in tov ronto moving to st thomas 16 years ago mr sherry sold all the equipment in the construe- tion company j he was a member of the uni i ted church of canada and thai kiwanls club mr sherry is survived by hls- wife the former winifred c- inch a daughter mrs clinton a bell helen of port stanje ley a son of dr john barry j sherry of wayneston virginia- and two brothers wesley ofjj port hope and frank of tor- onto r mr sherry was buried at stjt thomas on thursday jan 25 j once again may we remind youy that every saturday evening j there is skating open to the pubjj lie in the rink here those in charge have worked long and j hard in order to have a rink sozz that our local boys will havatj somewhere toenjoy themselves jj we understand that the manag- ers of the monarchs are mr a ecklund and mr rogcrson 1 c-