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pj 8 the siouffvllle tribune twsy wmury 22 w62 petition to dismiss assessment commissioner fails to gain council favor a 196name petition asking for a complete reorganization ol the pickering township as sessment department and the dismissal of the assessment commissioner mr delbert gos- lin failed to gain the favour of council at a special meeting in brougham on monday night al though some members express ed certain criticisms concern ing assessment practices within the municipality no motions vcre presented that would con cur with the petitions request the entire issue was discussed at considerable length the following motion was presented and passed on a split vote that while the council does not agree in every respect with the new assessment it is not satisfied that the circum stances uarrant the reorganiza tion of the assessment depart ment under a new assessment commissioner deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson and coun cillors harvey spang and wm greening voted against the mo tion xot the answer councillor milton mowbray said that he was not in complete agreement with all aspects of the present assessment program but contended that the dismissal of the assessment commission er would not solve the problem he considered that the council would be unwise to become in volved in assessment proced ures he pointed out that ac cording to the act there are two different levels of assess ment for the dirt farmer and the gentleman farmer it is i not a case of sticking the rich he said he claimed that any revision in the act was a matter for the provincial legislature and not the municipal council he noted that a mixture of agri cultural and residential develop ment had created the assess ment problem i dont think that a change in personnel will accomplish anything he said only common sense councillor harvey spang termed the valuations placed on some farm properties as ridic ulous councillor spang said that he was not so concerned with the small parcels but with overage farms of 100 acres it could mean the less of these properties he said i feel that i am in a pretty good position to knov the actual values of farm lands and the income that can be obtained from them he continued common sense will tell you that it just cant be done mr spang said he was not seeking the dismissal of the as sessment commissioner but sug gested that as a type of public relations he should explain his reasons for arriving at his final ized figures anyone with any common sense knows that some land is not woi th what it is val ued he said mr spang advo cated a court of revision separ ated from council selection im concerned with this mr reeve continued councillor spang and the council should expect that i should be he refused to support the motion terrible turmoil we seem to be the only town- tractor fuel with the purchase of any of these 3 you are eligible for fords free tractor fuel offer ford tractor and equipment sales company of canada limited will pay for half your fuel bills up lo august 31st or 400 hours whichever comes first if you buy a new ford diesel dexta diesel or super major diesel in the period february 1st lo march 31st of ihis year find out about the outstanding economy and l performance of this great line of tractors theres no hidden price markups no tricks just lop product and a deal youll be pleased with 5k ship that is having this terrible turmoil commented deputy- reeve mrs mcpherson she contended that with the com plete reassessment of buildings in the municipality there might be many people who would be unable to retain their properties mrs mcpherson also express ed concern for the cost involved in retaining a solicitor to aid the assessment commissioner at court of revision she said i hat in 10 i days it cost the municipality 1300 in legal fees i dont think that our assess ment commissioner should be expected to oppose a battery of highpriced lawyers argued reeve sherman scott mrs mcpherson charged that when an individual was accord ed an assessment reduction be fore the courts the commission er simply raised the figure to a similar level the following joar no grounds i do not feel that we have any grounds for dismissing the assessor on what has been pre sented to us remarked coun cillor hubert wank he suggest ed however that after a ruling was handed down by the coun ty court judge it might be ad visable for the council to ap point a factfinding committee to investigate the reassessment is sue councillor ross deakin point ed out that the complete re assessment of lands in the town ship had been completed in a six month period this is bound to raise some discrepancies he said this is what we have the revision courts for i feel that there is nothing to be gained by dismissing the assessor he concluded councillor william greening agreed but said that he was not entirely satisfied that the correct interpretation of the act had been followed action premature reeve sherman scott contend ed that any dismissal action fa voured by council would be pre mature since about eighty ap peals were currently scheduled to be heard by a county court judge i dont think that the council should directly inter fere with assessment he said ke agreed with councillor dea kin that due to the completion of the reassessment program for the entire municipality in one year certain discrepancies had arisen i have not tried to influence the assessor in any way shape or form he said the reeve outlined the four channels of appeal that were available to hear assessment complaints leaves for london game committee suggests 100 licence fee t r a ctorts used tractors ford 8n tractor 1948 ford 8n tractor 1951 ford tractor jubilee 1953 ford tractor jubilee 1953 ford 640 tractor 1958 ford 640 tractor 1959 fordson major tractor gas allis chalmers b tractor and snow blade case tractor case la tractor masseyharris 33 diesel masseyharris 30 tractor used equipment ford ferguson plow 2 furrow ford ferguson plow 2 furrow ford plows x 12 case 2 furrow plow ihc 3 furrow plow mh 3furrow plow john deere manure spreader dearborn 1 way discs seeder ihc 10 packer ihc double discs t ihg double discs ford belt pulley the pickering twp game committee has recommended to council that the hunting license fee for residents should be in creased from 50c to 100 the bylaw was given two readings at a special meeting of council on monday night nonresident permits will be 300 plus 30c per sale this is unchanged over 1961 no more than 400 non resident licenses may be sold the report was presented by councillor harvey spang dep utyreeve mrs jean mc-pher- son was appointed to the com mittee along with councillor spang for 1962 a recommendation has been received from pickering town ship planning board suggesting to council that some considera tion be given to the hiring of a fulltime planning director the motion presented by wells ritchie and seconded by jack mansell pointed out that the services of consultants was amounting to a sizeable finan cial figure and the anticipated increase in planning work would require the need of a fulltime employee it deserves a great deal of consideration agreed reeve sherman scott annual increment a bylaw to approve the an nual salary increment for the road superintendent mr jack chapman was given three read ings on monday night mr chapmans stipend is now s6000 or an increase of 250 over 1961 presents report mr edgar james pickering townships representative on the central lake ontario con servation authority presented a verbal report on monday even ing mr james has served on the executive of the organiza tion since it was formulated in 1958 since only a small por tion of pickering is affected by the authoritys program their share of the 1962 budget will be 2500 altona feed and supplies ltd ph stouffville 210 sales service trade terms atha congratulations to david for- ster who will have a birthday on thursday feb 22nd mr and mrs gord wagg gayle and wendy spent satur day evening with the carruthers family mr and mrs john cave mr sam cave from maple had sun day dinner with mr and mrs albert foster and family mr and mrs allan myers and alene visited the carruthers family on thursday evening mr and mrs johnston stouff- ville spent saturday with her iarents mr and mrs r mac- donald mr and mrs lloyd byer vis ited thursday afternoon with the carruthers mr and mrs e carruthers and ruth ann called sunday afternoon on mr and mrs rrank robb markham mr and mrs jim bielby and daughter from the west are spending a few weeks with the bielby family and relatives here many claremont residents at tended the exhibition benefit hockey game in the stouffville rcna friday night two local performers were in action with sandra hill playing with the stouftvillc girls team and i vaync rcdshaw with the ux- bridge black hawkiv books at claremont library nonfiction living free adamson ordeal by fire allen holocaust benzaquin i passed for white bradley the way back brome the infernal world of bramwell bronte du maurier headlines all my life christiansen gregs choice clark love and peanut butter conger my antarctic honeymoon darlington a christmas carol dickens the edge of tomorrow dooley the night they burned the mountain dooley book of the eskimos freuchen the backward society frost eskimo doctor gilberg hockey night in canada hewitt women and fatigue hilliard the rancher takes a wife hobson at home in the zoo lies combat camera man joswick pleasure by the busload kimbrough honeymoon round the world lapierre the swinging flesh layton a nation of sheep lederer 7iurder with a difference lefebure seven rivers of canada maclennan peacemaker or powder monkey minafie mary emma and company moody the white nile moorehead say uncle nicol rocket richard obrien the man who had to hang osier a tearful tour of torontos riviera of yesteryear richmond please doctor safford india mirage and reality schmid boy on the rooftop sabo in search of canadian liberalism underhill ten for wednesday night weaver ed the care of your cat soderberg when toronto was for kids allen the new city berton anything could happen young collector s luck spendlove between you me and the gatepost boone pigeons allen the faces of justice bedford little me dennis mussolini fermi promise at dawn gary great canadian disasters rasky eleanor roosevelt roosevelt the birth of western canada stanley japanese inn statlcr cancer disease of civilization stcfansson a doctors memoirs willihsky eighteen year old roy lewis of altona feed and supplies ltd is pictured here as he picpaies to board a jet air craft at malton for london england he will attend a full 5 week training course at the mechanized farming centre takes 5 week course in london last saturday evening 18 cessful year of ford tractor year old roy lewis of altona iced supplies ltd departed from malton via jet aircraft for london england wheie he will attend a full 5 weeks training course at boreham house the mechanized farming centre of tord motor co ltd this 2vn centuiy old mansion is a familiar landmaik to trav ellers aiound london it was purchased by ford in 1953 for the purpose of providing cours es on product knowledge and service to fordson dealerships since then approximately l500 students annually have at tended from nearly all countries of the world for at least a one week course roy is the fust and to date the only one out of over four hundred canadian dealers to take this training also believed lo be the youngest student ever to attend he will also visit the dagen- han plant where about 2000 men are employed under one roof of foity acres in size a new fordson tractor rolls off the line at the rate of 75000 units per year resulting from a most suc- sales by altona feed supplies ltd mr and mrs fred lewis recently enjoyed a ford spon sored trip to various countries overseas and while in england plans were made for this inten sive training of 5 weeks for roy rather than the normal one week which has been customary for dealers in the past with todays market require ments for a wide and varied range of tractor models the local dealer has american ford tractors as well as english fordson tractors to offer nearly 300 different models last year among all the var ious models 22 english fordson tractors were sold locally and this alone demands more know ledge of the product in order that these present customers as well as new prospective custom ers may obtain good service in years to come a considerable sum of money as well as nearly 6 weeks of roys time is being invested in this new venture its purpose being to provide more knowl edge to the consumer which is a most valued asset to all con cerned s attractive metal signs identify he more than 130 motels hotels and resorts in ontario which are electrically heated for year- round comfort individual ther mostats in each unit or room permit regulation of tempera- 1 abroad lures to personal taste j locust hill ont editor stouffville tribune dear sir in your account of the home and school association meeting on nuclear disarmament where it was statpd that the idea was firmly endorsed no mention was made of the fact that no speaker was invited to oppose the arguments of prof gau- thier there are extremists who would like to steamroller this policy through any organization that can be exposed to this type of propaganda and that they do it in this surreptitous manner is anything but demo cratic the usa for many critical years had the nuclear advant age but did not use its power to destroy the communist menace a clear indication that its policy was defensive now the rus sians have caught up or as they say surpassed the us some of us have believed for a long time that we are in the age of the paralyzed giants which makes it highly improbable that russia will attempt to destroy us with nuclear war so they turn to other means to win by creating dissension among their enemies and their chief weapon is their socalled peace campaign there is not a single commun ist in the world who is a paci fist their talk of peace peace is a perfect example of their newspeak in which words and ideas are distorted home and school associations and others which the communists infiltrate and try to use for their diabolical purpose should be on ho alert there arc books which describe how this is done one which has been donated by a gencrou champion of our free society to many libraries ir canada is we can trust the communists to do exactly what they say by dr frederick schwartz should be read by everyone before deciding what lo do about meeting the red threat at home as well as claremont mr gordon mcgrath presi dent of the newly organized claremont community associa tion has summoned a public meeting to be held in the com munity hall tuesday evening feb 27th at 8 oclock all citi zens interested in furthering the yearround activities in the community are urged to attend mr al roszcll spent a few days in rome new york last week on a business trip the home of karen blake was the scone of a birthday party on friday when she entertained a number of her school friends the bingos will continue in the legion hall every other monday night the next one is on march 5th at 815 pm cash prizes to the winners the next euchre is on feb 26th at 830 pm sunday dinner guests at the home of mr and mrs a samar- illo were mr and mrs b wills of scarboro and miss lois wick- ctt and her father of toronto mr and mrs harry king par cnts of mr al roszcll are spertling a few days here mr and mrs king reside at belle ewart the ladies of the mission cir cle will meet at the home of mr and mrs fryer on monday even ing feb 26th at 745 the topic s bolivia the sympathy of the commun ity is extended to the family of the late mrs forrest stiner who passed away in the uxbridge hospital last week the afternoon unit of the claremont united church wom en will meet in the church on thursday feb 22nd today at three oclock following the meeiing supper will be served commencing at 530 pm the evening unit of the unit ed ch women met last week at the home of mrs dick ward the scripture was read by mrs wm evans and the topics were presented by mrs w hill and mrs cook there were 17 ladies present the next meet ing will be held at the home of andrew glen mrs wilmot hill of the ford motor co ltd tative from more than 400 roy is believed to be the canadian dealers youngest student ever to at tend and is the only represen- cadieux studio hospital fund drive passes 300000 mark donations and pledges for the ajax and pickering general hospital building fund have passed the 300000 mark cam paign headquarters announced this week while 301610 has been re ceived the total increases daily with donations and pledges from industry clubs and individuals across the hospital service area the canvass objective is 495- 000 many residents who have not been canvassed have mailed pledges to campaign headquart ers at the hospitals nurses resi dence the need for residential canvassing in the area particu larly in bay ridges still exists residents are urged to phone campaign headquarters whitc- hall 20 065 if they would like a canvasser to call meanwhile a number of or ganizations in the area will be staging special events to raise hospital funds the hospitals womens auxiliary has announ ced that the hon michael starr minister of labour will be a judge for the annual spring dance at the community centre in ajax march 2 the campaign queen contest will feature entries from many area clubs they will be judged on t hree scores community work homemaking ability and poise and personality close to 500 people are expected to at tend the semiformal dance the ted taylor orchestra will be featured ajax rotary club has an nounced it will stage spring flaws an evening of satire and parody at ajax high school on march 16 receipts will be used for the clubs hospital pledge rotarians chuck walk er and george lawience are producing the show which will be diiected by dave wordley the eastern star ontario chapter is holding a spring fashion show at pickering dist rict high school on march 10 tickets are available from hos pital- campaign- headquarters and lodge members other forthcoming events are a presentation of handels mes siah by a 100membcr ajax choir in april and a dance for local junior farmers at picker ing district high school on march 24 a number of other clubs and associations have held special luncheons devoted to raising hospital funds thirteen members of the claremont boy scout troop and their leader mr donald sand erson held a weekend camp out j miles northeast of the san- cerson farm they were equip ped only with sleeping bags and tarpaulins with no tents or stoves the patrol leaders and second class scouts took part in the program in connection with boy scout week north pickering progressive conservative organization meeting third concession north friday february 23 township hall brougham 8 pm speaker ontario minister of health honourable dr m b dymond ifrfrwfrfrfrmwrwwkkfr bingo in every other monday night mondcsy march 5 sponsored by canadian legion and ladies auxiliary branch 183 cash prizes 16 games at 500 each special prizes jackpot doors open at 715 games start 815 admission 50c sgmafew