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pg s the stouffviue tri8unf tlursy febrmry 7 1963 pickering township council to obtain legal advice on 500 lot fee charge ontario county hog producers annual meeting the controversial 300 lot fee charge established by the pick ering twp planning board in 1962 to compensate in part for services required through new- home instruction will be sub jected to a legal opinion of a solicitor the motion was ap proved on a recorded vote of council at a regular meeting on monday night the township to date has not spent any part of this lot fee money that has been collected we have never received le gal advice on the matter com mented deputyreeve mrs lean mcpherson it would clear up the issue in my own mind sooner or later we will be called on to spend this money pointed out councillor milton mowbray i think we should know whether we are entitled to spend it i dont believe that its cither fair or legal stated councillor w j greening i still maintain that the fee i has merit contended councillor hubert wank we want to keep away from piecemeai l development councillor ross deakin who j opposed the motion charged j that the procedure was not un usual other municipalities around us charge a fee he j said he noted that acquiring j itgal advice on the matter would cost the township money councillor mowbray said he had favoured the lot fee plan as a matter of policy and was still in favour of it he noted that it had been suggested that the practice was not legal thats the planning boards business but if we have to hand all the money hack then i think we should check our lawful authority he said theres no use locking the stable door after the horse has i been stolen he concluded brougham library borrowing up 49 typewriters adding machines office supplies stationery the stouffville tribune main st stouffville public skating at stouffvhlli arena every saturday night admission mrs lloyd johnston librar ian presented an encouraging report of 1962 activities at the recent annual meeting of brousham association library the library was open 95 times on wednesday evenings and saturday afternoons with a volunteer worker present each time a total of 2155 books were borrowed which compares with 1142 in 1961 and 1t92 in 1960 an increase of 4914 per cnt over 1961 the meeting noted that last year more non fiction books were borrowed in 1962 than in 1961230 as compared with 189 similarly fiction reading was slightly decreased 579 in 1962 and 628 in 1961 mrs johnston revealed that at the end of the year there were 28s1 books in the library naving added 327 and having more on hand including dona tions to be added in 1963 plastic jackets were put on new books last year and on lome of the better old books and have proved useful in pro- onging the life of books as veil as presenting an attractive appearance on the shelves the librarian recommended that more adults make use of their library and commented upon the excellent attendance by juveniles and their continued interest in reading there were 65 members last year a library board and its of ficers were appointed for 1963 namely librarian mrs l t johnston chairman mrs g k holtby secretary mrs roy miller treasurer mrs eliza beth robertson members an drew glen mrs l salgo mrs j newson and mrs e storry discussion took place on folding an open house to the annual meeting of the ontario hog producers asso ciation was held in the town hall beaverton on tuesdav january 29th at 1100 am mr clare curtin zone direc tor mr eldred aiken chair man and james boynton sec retarytreasurer all from the provincial hog producerss marketing board spoke to the meeting mr curtin reviewed the lauses of the proposed new constitution at the conclusion cf his discussion a new const ution was adopted for the on george davidson blackwater rr2 llovd wussr ashburn rjtl grant wirdatt game- bridge vyse westcott beaver ton george govsriock orillia rr6 promote library interest and to place on view the interesting i tario countv group collection of books available to borrowers a tentative date was iet for may children every wed 1 to 5 admission 20c pm community league hockey semifinal playoffs 8 pm ringwood vs stouffville 930 pm greenwood vs ballantrae junior hockey tuesday february 12th 830 pm uxbridge at stouffville green river sorry to hear of the accident which occurred to mr f henry of thornhill mr henry suffered a heart attack and was instantly killed near markham on satur day afternoon when the car went out of control and hit a tree sympathy is extended to mr and mrs wm smetham in the loss of a soninlaw mrs l lehman and daugh- spent the weekend with mr and mrs j pinnell and family of toronto on thursday evening mrs v postill and mrs w shea had tea at the home of mr and mrs c postill and family later in the evening mr and mrs d haines and daughter joined the group it being mr postius birthday the happy hour will meet on saturday afternoon next at 130 pm will all those who have been attending regularly pleaso note that this is in the form of a sleigh ride party and please bring your toboggans and dress accordingly the young peoples group will meet in the sunday school next saturday evening at 845 pm the program will be under the direction of mr paul draper mr and mrs chas hutchings of pickering and miss i gray had tea on sunday with r hutchings greenwood unit 2 of the united church women will meet at the home of mrs douglas morden on wednesday evening feb 13th unit 3 met on tuesday of this week at the home of mrs don ald goodwin miss hillary lavvson of pick ering visited with miss cathy pegg on the weekend mr a morden and mr and mrs doug morden attended the funeral service for mr kindree of nantieoke on friday mr and mrs john cullen of calgary had dinner on thursday with mr and mrs les wilson and family mr and mrs john brooks mrs donald pegg and jeffery mr and mrs alfred pegg and ruth had dinner on sunday at the home of mr and mrs milton pegg mr and mrs charles mctag- gart entertained mr and mrs les wilson and family to supper on sunday evening mrs wm brown was in guelph for two days recently in connection with institute work mr james brooks is presently confined to oshawa general hospital for observation it has been learned that the archie bunker farm has been sold the sunshine group met at the home of mrs percy clarke on tuesday afternoon mr and mrs ray ellicott and family visited with mr and mrs les wilson on saturday night latest word on the progress of the new school is that the structure will be completed by march 8th the greenwoodmt zion hock ey entry in the stouffville com munity league finished the reg ular schedule last week in second place and will meet ballantrae in the semifinal playoff round commencing friday night mr eldred aiken outlined some of the work carried out by ihe marketing board during the year he stated that many peo ple from other countries visited the toronto office of the hog producers to see for themselves the teletype method of selling hogs mr james boynton outlined ine grams that are available to each county hog producers association he said that there was still a long way to go as far as hog quality was concern ed and he encouraged the on tario county group to sponsor as many projects as possible that would encourage an in crease in the quality of hogs marketed the election of committemen held under the direction of agricultural representative lynn fair resulted as follows gordon taher brooklin an son gerrow port perry rr3 the winners were announced for the ontario county hog quality competition as follows championship trophy for the highest percentage of grade a hogs marketed during the year won bv douglas harder with 856 grade a the n championship trophy was a silver tray donated by he ca- radian imperial bsrk of com merce port perry other prize winners were george david- ton blackwater iyit- grade a and harry furnss brechin with 713 grade a the election of officers and directors resulted as follows honorary president clar ence hewitt beaverton rr3 president uotwm tabcr brooklin rri 1st vicepresi dent lloyd wilson ashburn rrl 2nd vicepresident george davidson blackwater rr2- secretarytreasurer harper newman gamebridge executive directors anson gerrow port perry rr3 heber down brooklin rrl earl windatt beaverton rr3 directors alvin johnson oril lia rr6 grant windatt gamebridge robert baker sunderland maustyn mcknight uxbridge rr2 gordon ewen uxbridge rrl gordon cor ner oshawa rr2 donald hadden blackwater ciaremonf district driver fined 50 qeorqe timbers on brood sow care fred mcnair appointed to ajustment comm mr fred mcnair rr 3 stouffville is one of five men who has been appointed to a newly formed committee of ad justment in the twp of picker ing eight names were submitted for the five positions and in a ballot vote of the council on monday night mr mcnair and mr edgar james topped the poll with 6 others will be reginald bozak dennis horse- field and donald mcpherson the ration you feed your brood sow during gestation will help decide the size strength and condition of the litter shell farrow dont try to cheat your brood bow it cant be done in fact in an effort to maintain her own body a sow will resorb some of the tiny embryos in this way you might be losing pigs you never even see because your sows nutritional re quirements are not met if you dont feed her properly through the gesta tion period youll get smaller litters watch your sows weight and condi tion carefully the average sow should gain from 100 to 115 pounds during gestation provide plenty of water we recommend hand feeding each sow 4 to 6 lbs per day of purina sow chow concentrate and grain mixed 1 to 4 or of purina sow chow com plete in addition your sow will make good use of high quality leafy hay if you have it available tests at purinas research farm have shown that feeding is even more important than breeding if you want to farrow those big healthy litters give me a call or drop in id like to tell you about purinas hog feeding program for baby pigs too for fast efficient feed service call stouffville coop 6401550 or 6401551 canadians who want bigger profits tomorrow sc feed purina chows today baffled police find woman driver is man it may be all in a nights work for officers of the whitby detachment opp but con stable ernest collinson had to admit in court last week that he was slightly baffled to find a 19 year old claremont youth n the disguise of a woman complete with rouge and lip stick this was the sight that met his eyes when he stopped a northbound car in claremont on halloween night donald benson pleaded not guilty to a charge of drunk driving but was fined 100 and costs by magistrate c vv guest on a lesser charge of be ing impaired pc collinson said that he observed the car without head lights when it pulled out from a service station he said that two other occupants of the vehicle were also dressed like women he said that benson smelled of alcohol and used obscene language he admitted that bensons walk was not completely normal but this could have been attributed to the high heeled shoes he was wearing the accused admitted having four bottles of beer earlier in the evening and later with two companions had gone to a mas querade party in the claremont communitv hall he charged that while he was talking to the one officer the other con stable pushed him and a strug gle started a claremont district man was fined 50 and costs on a re duced charge of driving while impaired when he appeared be fore magistrate c w guest in whitby court last week robt g geer cone 5 uxbridge twp had initially been charged with drunk driving he entered a plead of not guilty constable whiteside of the opp at whitby said he was called to a home west of brook lin around midnight jan 19th and found mrs geer in a nerv ous and upset condition she was taken on her request to the residence of a friend in brooklin the officer said that a car driven by mr geer stopped at the same house he testified that the drivers breath smelled of alcohol and he refused to get out of the vehicle the officer according to his testimony was kicked in the chest a struggle ensued and geer suffered a dislocated shoulder the accused was handcuffed and taken to the police station he was later transferred to the oshawa gen eral hospital mr geer admitted drinking five pints of beer before taking his wife to brooklin he said that they became involved in an argument and she was let out of the auto mrs geer said that her hus band became annoyed when he had to change a tire on the car in a driving snow storm she j said that the necessary tools i were not in the vehicle because i she had negletced to put them back on a previous occasion she said that her husband was sober at the time but admitted telling the occupants of the house that the accused was drunk magistrate guest allowed geer the option of paying the fine or spending ten days in jail million dollar dam for greenwood area the executive committee of the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority today approved consideration of a 65 foot high flood control dam on duflin creek in pickering township as part of the authorities regional flood control program cost of the dam is estimated at 1330000 the dam to be known as the arthur percy dam will be located on the creeks east branch in the greenwood conservation area and will create a 100 acre recreational lake 20 feet deep most of the land for this project has already been cleared by the authority the executive also approved the holding of sod- turning ceremonies in connection with commencement of work on the claireville reservoir on the west branch of the humber river about five miles west of wood- bridge village date for the sodturning is still to be set claireville dam has top priority in the construction of the eleven dams and reservoirs which are to be built during the next ten years under the mtrcas flood control and water conservation scheme it will be built at a cost of 1452000 and in addition to its primary flood control purpose will also provide a recreational lake covering 120 acres with swimming and boating facilities pickering approves of new road equipment atha mrs fred draper and son earl dined on monday with her parents mr and mrs frank wagg stouffville mrs g dunkeld mr and mrs murray dunkeld called on the ellas melton family sun day evening mr and mrs murray dun keld miss shirley and grant jones were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs fred byer mr bill mathewson and frances from maple mr ron harding from richmond hill were all sunday visitors with the albert foster family air and mrs donald dun keld dougie and bernice spent friday evening with mr and mrs cyril bielby at cedar grove millard reesor entertained his sunday school class on fri day evening at the home of mr and mrs murray dunkeld miss joyce reynolds showed pictures of her recent trip to europe a committee proposal to pur chase several pieces of new equipment for the pickering twp road department was ap proved on monday night at a regular meeting of council included in the items will be a two ton truck a oneway snow plow a tractor mower and auger and 10000 feet of snow fence members of the road depart ment who attended the commit tee gathering included road superintendent duck depart ment clerk clifford dunkeld road foreman fred hicks and his assistant gordon benson the new tractor will enlarge the townships fleet to three the onewing plow will be used mainly for subdivision work the new snow fence will re place rolls that have been in use for over ten years the new truck will take the place of an older vehicle that was ordered off the road by the ontario provincial police it was pointed out that the purchase of this equipment was given priority over a new grader which may be required in 1964 ashburn goodwood congratulations to harvey bunker whose antique car was awarded a prize roads through january have been comparatively good plowed out wide and no ice until this past weekend rev e c cossar of the on tario temperance federation will speak at the 3 oclock ser vice in the baptist church sun day the explorer group plans on an hours skating at mr clarence bunkers rink before their meeting on friday night the first quarterly meeting of the sunday school will be at the church on thursday evening goodwood and webb school boys played hockey on mr bunkers rink friday after school goodwood won by one mr and mrs edgar heron misses faye and mary heron visited with mr and airs robt cromie of toronto on sunday mr and mrs walter rogers of epsom visited with mr and mrs nelson ashton during the week mrs russell batten mrs h doble mrs wm gardner mrs russell taylor mrs edgar heron mrs m sparks mrs c harrison mrs ray graham and mrs lindsay death attended wms presbyterial meeting at lindsay last week the members of the ladies guild met at the home of mrs fred daw on wednesday jan 30th at 215 pm youth sunday was observed in burns church on jan 27th at 1130 am rev h buntain was in charge of the service with members of the explorers cgit young peoples society and boy scouts taking part the scriptures were read by susan sanderson judy bath and faye heron the offering was received by james daw and fred moore with offertory prayer by beverley godda there was special music by mrs w ham ilton miss diane fisher and mrs e humphrey during the service brian ed ward and keith allan twin sons of mr and mrs donald wick of brooklin were baptized goal mr and mrs clare mcguckln and children had sunday dinner with her sister mr and mrs percy pugh best wishes to our newlyweds mr and mrs lome dickinson who are honeymooning in flor ida the united church is holding a pie social in the sunday school on thursday feb 14 at 8 pm ladies bring a pie and gents buy a pie there will also be games and entertainment for tha whole family uxbridge pickering tp news spring knife carrier gets three months an uxbridge man was sen tenced to three months in the county jail at whitby police court last week after a one- week remand gerry allan morgan 22 an unemployed truck driver was found guilty on a charge of pos sessing a spring knife before magistrate c w guest jan 22 morgan admitted having a j police record dating back to 1056 his worship said a man with a record such as this and j carrying a spring knife is up to ao good claremont mr and mrs wm pyatt and chris of willowdale visited on sunday with mr and mrs grant taylor and family mr nathan cox has been confined to bed for the past week mr and mrs thomas gregg former patients at the ux bridge cottage hospital are now residing at fairview lodge whitby mr and mrs wilf gliddon of toronto were sunday visitors with mr and mrs wm glid don mrs kal vizely has returned home from the newmarket hospital following surgery mr and mrs clifford cun ningham and family moved to toronto on saturday messrs bill gliddon al fry er randy carruthers and grant taylor are confident that there are no fish in lake sim- coc they spent saturday eve ning fishing through the ice but had no luck on wednesday evening of last week the school rink was reserved for adult skating a good crowd attended and this practice may be continued for the remainder of the season the home of mr and mrs cecil redman was the scene of a gathering on saturday eve ning on the occasion of mr alvin wilsons birthday guests included mr and mrs alvin wilson and mr and mrs al robertson mr and mrs roy morgan entertained their three grand sons gerald grant and reg to sunday dinner to celebrate geralds birthday the evening unit of the united c w will meet inthe basement of the church on mon day evening feb 11th at 8 oclock the brougham united church women will he guests the program will be in charge of mrs violet boniface and mrs norinnc hill the guide and brownie mothers l a enjoyed a social outing on tuesday by grouping together for a bowling party at i markham the boy scouts d girl guides accompanied by their i leaders turned out in good num- j bers on wednesday to attend the first of a 7week first aid course conducted by the st johns ambulance mr and mrs jim mcguire and boys linda smith and jill bickle visited with mr and mrs l glover and family at bramp ton on saturday mr and mrs p wiseman of toronto visited at the home of mr and mrs jack rennie on sunday mr and mrs ross redshaw enjoyed sunday dinner at the home of mr and mrs wayne redshaw in uxbridge mrs samarillo and mrs ren nie had lunch on thursday at the home of mr and mrs ii wills of searboro michael levick has returned home from the hospital but it will be a few weeks before he can get back to school jessie burrows roiitu a sizzl ing 303 single in the claremont community bowling league last week she topped all com petitors her closest rival was alvin redshaw with a 292 and her husband joe wiili a 217 a complete breakdown of indi vidual scores is listed on the sports page of this issue mrs jim taylor suffered a broken ankle when she fell on the street friday evening mr and mrs hairy porter and mrs earl bearc enjoyed the ice follies at maple ljeaf gardens last week the young people of the baptist church enioyed a weekend skiing excision at haliburton about 10 boys and girls were in attendance re presenting the trent valley association mr and mrs lloyd peters have taken up residence in a nursing home at west hill mr peters is on the sjeff and mrs peters is a nurse there mr and mrs clare kccyil motored to grimsby on sundav to visit with mr pat trant mr trant was mr keevils scout master in toronto a number of years ago mr and mrs rov morgan and mrs jack morgan visited mrs margaret stephenson of oshawa on thursday jan 31st balsam mt zion mrs b tamieson about 45 attended the father and son banquet sponsored by ihe mens club on friday night in the church music was pro vided by messrs charlie day of ajax richard day walter and gerald pascoe the speaker was mr ray carson of tor onto mrs w p jones and mr and mrs oscar stephenson of port credit called on sunday at the lewis jones home mr and mrs cecil disney and ivan visited on sunday with mr and mrs albert cooper at brooklin mr and mrs cecil jones had supper sunday night with mr and mrs ii jamieson the young peoples union are sponsoring a box social friday night in the mt zion school prooceeds are for the fund for the new roof for ihe church everyone welcome ladies bring boxes the ucw will meet wednes day at the home of mrs r day rollcall an item on church or chapei a quilt will he quilted at this meeting also there will be a rummage sale mr and mrs alec kingston ronald and carol called on mr and mrs jim jones saturday evening mr and mrs wm wilson and boys of gormley visited on sunday with mrs charles fiss glen major mr and mrs allan holman of brooklin visited with mr and mrs edgar johnson on sunday mr and mrs ben taylor and family of oshawa spent sun day with mr and mrs ralph faulkner mr and mrs alec hlngston ronald and carol of toronto spent ihe weekend with mr j a hingston mr and mrs mike trakas and daughter of toronto spent sunday with mr t risebrough mr and mrs paul bastcr of scarborough mr bruce rob ertson and miss donna stanl- land of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs jim lores mr tony cosby spent the weekend with mr george gib son at his cottaje brougham mr and mrs roy davis mr and mrs jack davis and mr and mrs sheen all of tor onto visited with their mother during the weekend and helped her celebrate her birthday mr and mrs clin hubbord had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs john i hamilton of searboro mr harry knox and boys of solina visited his mother mrs wm knox on sunday mr and mrs ross middlelon of claremont called on mrs matthews on sunday evening kimherley ann infant daugh ter of mr and mrs las gray passed away suddenly in osh awa hospital on thursday jan 31 she is survived by two sis ters cynthia and brenda sym pathy is extended to the be reaved family 1st brock and pickering packs of cubs and scouts ar planning a paper collection on saturday feb 9 please have your old papers tied in bundles and outside ready for the boys mr and mrs bonin of osh- awe had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs thos english mr and mrs sam mckuen of markham visited his daugh ter and soniniaw mr and mrs j shcppard on sunday keep in mind the short course on care of the sick sponsored by the womens in stitute to he held in the town ship hall on feb 27 wedding watson aixock the marriage of charles wesley watson of goodwood and alice evelyn alcock of siloam was solemnized on thursday jan 31st 1963 at ihe manse of queen st united church lindsay by rev ben garrett