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pj s mt stouffviu tkitutt twwiy wr 25 wsj assessment conference council asks survey at audley crossing view too good kamilarity breeds contempt and member of pickering twp council aire confident tha two fatal accidents a a level crossing on the audley road cannot be attributed to poor grade visibility the matter was the subject of some dis cus- ion on monday high fol lowing the receipt of a letter from dr h k cotnam super vising coroner for the province of ontario during the pat year two men have been killed at the crossing site the fatality in 1962 occurred in dense fog however the rail line i not protected by automatic signals reeve sherman scott noted that other level crossings in the township represented a greater danger to vehicular traffic than the one on the audley road deputyreeve mr jean mc pherson pointed to crossings on the greenwood koad and rosebank a potential hazards visibility i good at the audley crossing said council lor ross deakin people just dont take the time to look perhaps the visibility is too good commented councillor milton mowbray mr mowbray suggested thai at more danger ous crossing motorist tend to take additional precautions but at audley they appear to take the safety factor for j granted he questioned whether the board of transport com- i missioners had ever conducted i a study into the dangers of crossings with good vistbiluv the clerk mr i- t johnston was asked to inquire from the i transport board if such a check had ever been made the pickering township hall at brougham was the rent re of much serious dis cussion on assessment mat ters on friday morning as mote than 300 rural residents taxed the accommodation of the building to protest a new appeal that could if success ful upset a decision readied earlier this year by the court of revision at that time farm assessments under ap peal were reverted to the rate of 196061 plus ten per cent a group from bay ridges headed by mr vin cent webb is attempting to disqualify this settlement i left mr webb discusses the selection of a lest ease property with pickerings assessment commissioner delbeit gosltu during a mid- court adjournment right t solicitor jas mccallum rep resenting 291 rural land owners talks over the situa tion with an interested town ship farmer staff photo editors mail stouffville tribune stouffville ontario attn mr jas thomas editor pear sir the enclosed copy of the of ficial press release of the asso ciation is sent to you for infor mation and for uc as you see fit although it is appreciated that some of the material is extraneous we feel that our position in respect to the ap peal against the farmers as sessments should be made known to those of your readers who are directly involved yours very truly d lewtngton president the bay ridges ratepayers association ontario official kkikask at a special general meeting of the bay ridges ratepayers association held in the bay- view heights school last wed nesday a motion that the asso ciation assume the responsibil ity sor the appeal against the farmers assessments was nar rowly defeated the appeal was lodged last may by a member of the asso ciation vince webb at the in stigation of another member alex robertson and against the advice of the executive who felt that there were insuf ficient grounds to warrant such an appeal and little benefit if any would accrue directly to tne residents of the subdivi sion whose interests are the primary concern of the associ ation h was also felt that the costs of the appeal could be ill- afforded by the already sorely pressed taxpayers the associ ation had engaged the services of the wellknown municipal consultant eric hardy to carry out a survey of the tax situation generally and he had confirmed the opinion express ed by the executive in late june mr webb had circulated a petition to call for the special general meeting in an endeavour to obtain associ ation backing some 600 of the 3000 residents are members of the association mr webb stated that he had not sought legal counsel but in mr rob ertsons opinion the manner in which the court of revision decision had been reached was questionable and in a number of cases the amount of assess ment i inequitable in the light of the selling prices of some of the farm properties which are being held for investment rather than farming mr rob ertson served as a member of the court of revision at the meeting it was point ed out that if the appeal was endorsed it could create the impression that bay ridges wishes to be vindictive towards j the older residents of the town- ship whereas it would be ap preciated that the high level f taxation within the township is a matter of joint concern to both groups the bay ridges dwellers would not solve their problems bv accentuating the problems of others such rea soned arguments appeared to carry little weight with those of the members present who were swayed by their emotions rather than their heads but when finally put to the vote the motion was lost at the same meeting the location of a community hall in the sub division was also discussed and it was unanimously decided to attempt to have it located on the parkland to the west of liverpool rd and adjacent to the shopping centre as a final item mr kric hardy addressed the meeting and summarized his findings to date in the study of the tax structure which he is under taking on behalf of the associa tion he commented on the ur ban sprawl and lack of balance within municipal lines which is now being brought gradually under control since adoption of the official plan and emphasiz ed that there is a real need for the residents to work with the township administration to keep costs in line mr hardy had formed a favourable im pression of the subdivision and pointed out some of the many advantages from the jong term viewpoint i le was sure that the level of taxation is high only initially and temporarily and will gradually decrease and this had been borne out by a study of the townships sub missions to the ontario muni cipal board following his presentation mr hardy answered many questions from the iloor relat ing to such matters as school costs parks development in dustrial development and rate of growth and left his listeners much enheartened by the me thodical manner in which he is tackling the task at hand the questionnaire which he has devised for completion by all residents will shortly be circu lated by members of the exe cutive of the association atha miss caroline ham stoiiff ville and miss freda draper are holidaying this week at stur geon lake mr and mrs murray dun- keld and mr and mrs jas loree and baby of toronto en joyed a few days vacation last week in the algonquin park district the community was sadden ed this week to learn of the sudden passing of mrs carter sympathy is extended to the family birthday greetings go out to ruth anne carruthers july 25th mr fred draper jtilv 30th mr kllis melton july jtth mrs gren draper july sth jimmy trail july 28th linda and david foster spent their holidays last week with their grandfather mr s cave of maple mr mcbride spent a few days vacation with friends at maple and woodbridge last week mr and mrs albeit foster and family enjoyed sunday lin- ner at the home of her brother mr and mrs john cave of maple brougham mrs frances brooks and mrs ruth hyett of jackson ville illinois also miss h warburton of cleveland usa visited with mrs c burrows recently miss mclaughlin of london mrs dickenson of new york and miss g witter of toronto called on mrs matthews on saturday afternoon on their way home from wigwassan lodge where they had been holidaying congratulations to mr and mrs bill fjhcott on the arrival of another little daughter pri stine lean at the ajax hospital on friday july 18th mrs g cornes of toronto was a recent visitor with mrs c burrows miss margaret miller is en joying a student exchange visit with friends in quebec mrs burrows has returned after visiting with friends iti pie ton kingston and hamp ton word has been received from the t r knox family that they are having a wonderful trip in the west and now are on their way home mr and mrs ray kllicott and family visited with her mother mrs mcgucktn of stoultville on sunday mr and mrs stanley tod row of glen major visited with mr and mrs geo perry on sundav mr and mrs allan m crock er and daughters gwen linda and janet visited with their aunt mrs matthews on sun day mrs w a knox attended a family gettogether on sunday at the home of nv and mrs down near hampton a fam ily shower was held for mr bill miller and miss verna march who will be married soon unit no 3 of the brougham ccw met oil thursday after noon at the home of mrs hugh miller with eighteen members and two visitors pres ent mrs white the leader opened the meeting with a reading plans for a bazaar were discussed also the school for leadership to be held from august 19 to 26 the program was in charge ot mrs geo gray who gave a reading yesterday ended last night eighteen claremont swim students pass red cross tests the annual claremont swim ming program was concluded on thursday july 38th mr hall an official of the canadian red cross examined the junior intermediate and senior groups instructress mrs helen vizely completed the tests for the beginners the promoters were con fronted by numerous problems this year and only eighteen boys and girls made the grade a lesser number than last sea son cold weather interrupted the program for two days and the tester arrived oneday ear ly to make it even more diffi cult mr harris praised the pupils for thei raccomplishments in a for their accomplishment in a he explained however that he could not pass them unless they could meet the standard approved by the red cross the following were successful beginners jimmy mcguire murray quantz gerald cook stephen valentino john drake heather carruthers juniors margaret desjardins lenora jones jackie paseoe frank buwalda intermediate eric jones david dean debbie avery senior michael hockley marilyn madill ken torrance pat skene and christ skene on wednesday of last week with all swimmers present a presentation was made to mrs vizely by joy green and len ora jones on behalf of all stu dents enrolled this is the last season that mrs vizely will be teaching in claremont as they are moving to sharbot lake earlv in august commencing with the september term both mr and mrs vizely will con duct classes in physical educa tion at the sharbot lake high school their leaving repre sents a great loss to the commu nity since they were very active in community projects announce winners county landjudging competition claremont news grapefruit are socalled be cause they sometimes grow in clusters only about three per cent of the adult population of the united states is naturally red headed the seventh annual ontario county land judging competi tion was held on thursday july 18th in the manchester area the competition is spon sored by the metropolitan tor onto and region conservation authoriiy working in associa tion with the ontario depart ment of agriculture the program for the morn ing was a tour in the manchest er area to brief the competitors on the various soil types to be found in the aiea and on how- to identify them mr harvey wright soils specialist lor this area mr john jngrata frith and vegetable extension specialist and mr tom barber metropolitan toronto and region conservation author ity were in charge of the in struction period the land judging competition was under the supervision of lynn fair and doug keys ontario de partment of agriculture ux bridge following lunch the group went to the farm of mr byron holtby rr 2 port perry here they judged the soil at four different locations on the farm the land judging competi tion assists the various contest ants to recognize and know the soil types on their own farms and in other parts of the coun ty it helps them to evaluate their soil problems and to find a solution through better soil management practices the top fwe winners in each class were juniors lst dean smith ux- bridge rr 3 2nd robert smith port perry rr3 3rd robert couperthwaite ox bridge rr 3 1th john harris claremont rr3 5th ian leask uxbridge rr 2 and ted hunter brooklin rr 1 tie intermediate lst wayne beath oshawa rr 2 2nd fred catherwood uxbridge rr 2 3rd david hawthorne claremoni rr 2 4th doug batty brooklin rr 1 5th barry leask leaskdale senior 1st ken aisop can- nington rr 2 2nd llovd wil son uxbridge rr 2 3rd fred taher brooklin rr 1 4th fred wilson uxbridge rr 2 sth frank barkey claremont rr 3 former reeve has heart attack it came as a shock to many persons to learn that mr wm lawson of pickering village a former reeve in the township and an active solicitor in the community had been stricken by a heart attack mr lawson suffered the seizure at his home on monday afternoon and was rushed by ambulance to the oshawa general hospi tal he is reported to be rest ing comfortably and respond ing well to treatment can collkct 500 fee a solicitor jor the township of pickering has suggested that the council and planning board is acting within its rights in collecting a s500 see where a sale is completed and there is breaking of land the charge has been the sub ject of some argument and even some members of council and planning board are op posed to the ruling it is understood that a judge at brant ford ruled the collec tion of the 500 lee as illegal in a test case the decision may be appealed salsam mt zion mr and mrs raymond jones and dianne of kirkland lake visited last week with mr and mrs alan manderson mr and mrs ken graham of gorrie spent a few days last week at the jones bros miss diane graham spent last week with mrs john she- rin and susan at a cottage at stoney lake the aciive service class met last wednesday night ai the home of mrs donald jami- eson the theme of the meet ing was home and home makers and mrs dick ward of claremont gave the topic on the christian home and its responsibility readings were given by mrs cecil disney mrs lome jones and mrs b jamieson on the same theme about twenty girls surprised miss anna wilson with a mis cellaneous shower last friday night at the home of miss mary jean jamieson a number from here attend ed a trousseau tea in honour of miss marilyn tripp at her home on saturday at almonds mr and mrs allen carson and family went camping on the weekend several relatives from here attended the day picnic on saturday at oro station a number of jr farmers from here attended the field day at peierboro on saturday and ontario county were the winners last sunday mr norman lehman of allona was guest speaker at the church service and mr bill brown of green wood the soloist next sunday july 28 there will be no church service or sunday school mr and mrs cecil jones vis ited sunday with mr and mrs harper beaver at orillia friends are sorry to hear that mrs beaver mrs jones sister is in poor health mr and mrs leo moreait and family moved last week from i lie former w p jones house in balsam to beeton miss dale ann devitt spent a few days last week in tor onto at the home of her aunt mrs margaret wilker thirty five persons were present at a miscellaneous sho wer for bridetobe miss mary beelby at the home of her parents mr and mrs r beelby on friday evening she was the recipient of many lovely an useful gifts her marriage to mr john harvey of toronto will be conducted in the clare mont lnited church on satur day aug 10th the goodfellowship class of the united church will be in charge of the morning service on sunday july 2sth the guest speaker will be mr har old little of brampton mrs m bellis of richmond hill spent a weeks vacation at the home ot mr and mrs wm welsh pat hobday of toronto is spending a ponton of her sum mer vacation at the home of mr and mrs jack rennie the tea planned by the claiemom united church wo men for thursday itoday has been cancelled mr and mrs wm pyait and hoys of willowdale visited on sunday with mrs f loyst mr and mrs grant taylor spent the weekend at halls lake frank taylor and jim redshaw were at hawk lake mrs jr milne has returned home from hospital but is still under the doctors care mr garry taylor miss glen- da taylor and miss lynn gliri- don spent the weekend at their cottage on hawk lake the girls have remained for the week mi and mrs harold loyst accompanied by mr and mrs h king of oshawa on a motor trip to calgary and expect to be away for two weeks mr and mrs lloyd paseoe and mr and mrs cecil red man spent the weekend with mr and mrs jack brady at na- panee and visited with mr and mrs wm wagar of newburgh mr and mrs wm manion and family of islington visited on sunday with mr and mrs jr loyst and family mr and mrs james walker of willowdale and mrs wm redshaw and bill walker of stoiiffville were sunday guests of mr and mrs al robertson mr and mrs david dawson of toronto visited one day last week with mr and mrs j em- pringham miss jackie paseoe and kim steckley of stouffville visited on the weekend with mr and mrs al robertson mrs walter hardy of toron to is spending three weeks at the home of her sister mrs roht redshaw sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs a samarillo were mi and mrs k howtrd and family mi and mrs j ross and family of scarboie mi and mrs henrv mr and mrs l madge mrs madge st and mr oats all of toronto the girl guides and brown ies accompanied by their moth ers are to attend the official op ening of camp adelaide in tht halibtirton district on sunday july 2th the bus will leave the four corners at 9 am and everyone is asked lo bring a picnic lunch further informa tion may be acquired bv phon ing mrs 1 rennie at 6492312 don hedges jimmy briscon and bob burton were entered in the competition for tin snowden trophy at oshawa on saturday but the tournament was rained out on wednesday they travelled to cobourg to take part in a tourney mr and mrs arthur bate of woodbridge visited with mr and mr don hedges and fam ily on sunday mr and mrs ray ward and family visited with his parents mr and mrs ken ward on sunday mrs jack norton is current ly confined to the brierbtish hospital in stouffville mr and mrs tom davis ar currently enjoying their vaca tion al iheir cottage mr eddi ortiz is also holidaying at hit cottage on orr lake mr and mrs jim spang ai- tended the wedding of mr gar- i ry usherwood formerly nf stouffville and miss marsha i turchin in the west hill united church on saturday afternoon i the couple will reside in tor onto mr and mrs jack morgan had the pleasure of a visit from j their daughter recently mrs june miladinov of toronto and daughter she was accompan ied by mrs donna phillips and family june a registered nurse is doing therapy work among crippled children with headquarters at bayview and eglinton avenue mr gram morgan accomp anied by michael kennedy of oshawa have left on a motor trip to vancouver and will ht gone at least four weeks mr and mrs kalman vizely will move shortly to sharbot lake where both will conduct classes in physical education and other subjects in the high school there last week pre sentation was made to mrs vizely by joy green and len ora jones in appreciation ot her work in the summer swim classes both mr and mrs vize ly have heen very active in community promotions and projects during their residence in the area mr and mrs kenneth hast ings of whitevale were recent visitors a i the home of mr and mrs jack morgan cutting weeds andrew glen swish goes the scythe and dozen daisy fall swish swish and with swinging arms i go over the pasture cutting down the weeds which the cattle will not eat and which if left to spread will crowd out sweet edible grasses a section of the valley should be cleared this morning but like a sheep which keeps its head down and goes meandering about at ran dom it is hard to maintain a plan when one sees a clump of thistles up the hillside about 10 bloom or some tall mullens a little further off which if left now will laler spoil the land scape with their gaunt dried stalks the sentimentalist may rapture over the mornings yellow blaze of a field captured by wild mustard or be fascinat ed by the amazing erochetry of a specimen of queen annes lace robbie burns with his poets eye saw the divine beau ty in the timid daisy about to be turned under hy his plow but no one expected him to stop his team and pluck from destruction all those about to share that fate he had jean armour and his weans at home who had to be fed and his taxes had to be paid so my scythe must also keep swing ing over the flats on holh sides of the twisting creek past hr big pine and round the clump of cedars the goldenrod on th hanks go down the teasel and chicory are laid low the goats- beard is pulled up by the root if possible and the sturdy hull thistles needing strokes which jar the snath are sheared off close to the earth from which they soon will spring again for a coffee break one can dash ones arms in the creek where the minnows dan then resume the swinging lill th coming of thai extra bright ness in the air which pro claims high noon then comes the leisurely walk home divert ed here and there lo ger ills now conspicuous weeds which were missed the kingfisher gives his strident call as h flies off resenting the disturb ance the swallows swoop to the pond with delightful grac to scoop up a beakful of water or occasionally hitting th surface with a cooling splash suggesting a swim for oneself weed culling is good exer cise in fact it is better than golf where the player has only from one to probably six or seven strokes from green to green here in this rolling past ure there is provided without charge a twist to the body and a vigorous swing of both arms with every sturdy slep two boys girl injured in crash near claremont township of pickering requires young male assistant to clerk must have senior matriculation salary based on qualifications apply i- t johndon clerk brougham ontario ivv three stouffville district young people were injured one seriously on saturday night when their jjbs model convertible went out of con- tiol on the brock road three miles north of claremont ajd rolled over into a fifteen foot deep ravine the car was driven by ted beaumont 21 com- 0 markham with two passcngeis david white 20 of stouffville and reverley kidd 18 of rallantrae right the path of ihe careening auto is indicated by broken guard rail posu and gouged sections of earth iefti the twisted interior of the vehlcj hows the force of impact all thret persons wer thrown out of the car staff photo