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hoe w the siouffyttle tribune ttondv petefber v 1964 uxbridge pickering tp news pickering council stalled naming member to hs bd selecting a member to serve for a 3year term on the disi high school board reached a stalemate of indecision within pickering twp council on monday night as two separate motions on two separate pers ons went down to defeat both geo todd of cherry- wood the pru board chair man and mrs robt brown of west rouge were named when neither could eain a majority vote the matter was held over to a later date councillor wm newman who favoured the reappointment of mr todd said that he had done an excellent job and had given a good deal of time to the office he was supported by councillor herb wank councillor john campbell put forward the name of mrs brown i feel it would be a good thing to have a woman on the board- he said reeve clifford laycox said that although mr todd had done a commendable job there was nothing wrong with mak ing a change difficult decision both deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson and councillor harvey spang admitted that it was difficult to make a choice without giving the matter more consideration i would like to see more women on boards said mrs mcpherson both in tcouncil and school activities r im at a loss on which way to go said councillor spang when both motions were lost iboth councillors campbell and wank apeared disturbed at the result i cant understand why we do so much talking around this table said mr campbell its not the first timethis has happened said mr wank its a peculiar thing he charged members with sitting on a fence claremont news agree to separate lot from farm k mingay markham solid- tor appeared recently before pickering twp planning board oh behalf of gordon maedowell who had built a house on his fathers 150aere farm on the 8th cone near atha i mr mingay explained that david macdowellwho died two months ago owned 150 acres and farmed from the main farm house located on the most easter ly 100 acres since 1948 mr mac- dowells son gordon wished to locate on the home farm and having discussed it with his par ents with their assistance built his home on a small portion of the main parcel prior to the pas sing of the rural zoning bylaw the property was in fact owned by david maedowell said the solicitor i feel there fore that the procedure was somewhat wrong if this was to be a separate lot and that ap plication should have been made to the planning board at that time it proceeded because of the fact that it was considered then as an accessory farm building as the son continued to help his father on the farm the house continued mr mingay is not the required 2000 square feet and it would be inappropriate to expand it was then asked that a con sent be granted for division so that the son could control his own parcel and so that the estate could be dealt with prop erly a resolution was passed that the lot be divided from the farm that its size be increased to two acres and that the appli- cationbe subject to all the con ditions including the payment of the 500 lot fee on thursday afternoon dec 17th today the ucav will meet at the home of mrs frank hollingshead to pack boxes for sliutins congratulations to mr and mrs steve wideman on the ar rival nf a hnlltirnno hahv knv tipping the scales at 8 pounds 14 ounces mr and mrs arthur avery of toronto visited with mr and mrs avery here on sunday the couples club of the bap tist church are holding an open night on saturday even ing dec 26th at 730 pm for everyone in the commnity the guest speaker will be mr chas ratcliff of stouffville who last year enjoyed a trip through europe mr ratcliff dressed in a native egyptian costume will give an hourlong talk on his travels and will show coloured slides a lunch will be served results of the euchre on dec 9th were as follows men 1st brian madill 2nd geo pos- till consolation john holman ladies 1st sadie hardy 2nd rowena lehman consola tion- lillian macgregor the next euchre will be held on jan 27th on monday of last week friends and neighbours of mr and mrs jack mansell and fam ily held a tea in their honour and presented mrs mansell with a gift the good wishes of the community go with them in their new home dont forget the variety christmas show in the commu nity hall on saturday afternoon at 2 pm this is entertainment for the whole family in spite of the russiacanada hockey game on television sun day afternoon there was a good attendance at the sunday school christmas concert on sundsy afternoon in the united church on monday evening dec 21st the cubs will hold their annual christmas party in the commu nity hall the popular mayor of bramp ton russell prouse was return ed to office on saturday defeat ing his closest rival by nearly 400 votes mr prouse is a broth er of mrs tom hammond the baptist church would be pleased to receive any used greeting cards to be sent to missionaries overseas they may be left at ken wards store honour former fire chief for 20 years service mr jack norton fire chief with the claremont brigade for 20 years was honored last week at a brief presentation ceremony held at the firehall on behalf of the volunteers mr wm gliddon sectreas presented mr norton with a leather travel bag he has been a member of the brigade for 25 years but resigned recently as chief local queen scout to australia for world jamboree queen scout derrick curtis of claremont will leave later this month by air to attend the world jamboree in australia only five boys from canada will attend he will be away for two weeks he is the son of mr and mrs jim curtis derrick is attempting to fin ance the trip on his own but any assistance would be appre ciated by the claremont scout organization interested per sons should contact either robt hockley at 6492392 or al ros- zell at 6492403 pit extension requested division of property deadlocks planning bd sec you in the coffee shoppc i at houstons the rexall drug store orville and levi fretz butch ers have appeared before the pickering township planning board on several occasions with proposals for the division of their land at cone 9 pickering twp from an original 70 acres some 40 acres with the existing farm buildings jiad been sold on the remaining parcelablock butcher building has been con structed and a house the fretz brothers asked for the division of a threeacre par cel on which the house stood this was denied and the refusal endorsed by the pickeirng twp council because the dimensions of the house were 1150 square feet and thiswas not considered reasonable on a threeacre site at a meeting of the planning board on december 3 a new ap plication was submitted for the house to stand on an 8acre par cel the boundary line identified by a creek which crosses the load once it becomes a separate parcel it then becomes a non conforming building with re spect to the floor area explain ed planning director j h faulkner on a smaller parcel mr faulkner contended that it was almost impossible to farm with the larger parcel it was potentially agricultural mr levi fretz present at the meeting stated that the eight- acre parcel he had selected for the house was largely sugar bush that was utilized each spring and he described the an nual yield if the acreage is used for farming a 1150 square foot house can be built rather than the 2000 square foot house in a residential zone in a rural area it was the boards opinion that 10 acres could constitute a farm said norman lehman vicechairman of the board presiding in place of dr david lennox who was in hospital re cuperating from an acciden as far as i can make out no one will stick their neck out and say how small afarm has to be we have asked the question many times and no one can give a definition of a farm or a farm er rex merritt agreed a resolution was proposed by c w laycox that the consent be granted for the eightacre division and that aconditipn of the consent be that no accessory buildings be permitted on the re maining land without first noti fying the planning board and that the 500 lot fee be charged if we charged the s500lot fee we are tacitly recognizing it as a residence said mr mer ritt as it stands now we are con sideringjt an accessory use in an agricultural zone normally where were going to wind up with a new residence we charge the fee i think we have accepted the principle that each owner ship is entitled to one dwelling free with the second dwelling the fee is applicable i am certainly not in favour of the residential lot fee said mrs jean mcpherson i think it is one house and a farm house mrs mcpherson wished to grant consent but not charge the development fee sne abstained from the voting the result a tied vote a second resolution with the same conditions but not to charge the 500 feet was put it resulted in a lost vote it was suggested to mr fretz that the parcel be increased to 10 acres and on a parcel of this size or over the planning board has no jurisdiction when kldniyi fall to remove aieeae aclda and waatee backache tired feeling dliturlied reel often may follow dockrs kidney pilla ttlmulate kldnere to normal duty you feel better bleep better work better 60 ray anderson who owns a farm near brougham appeared before the planning board dec 3rd with his solicitor to request a change of zoning from an agricultural use to a quarry use for some 15 acres at the south end of the farm planning director john faulk ner advised that this change in the ruralbylaw had been ob jected to by michael walsh and tarsisco morello both abutting owners to the east of the farm he explained that 100000 yards of gravel had been taken from this vein years ago and then mr anderson had used it for his purpose in 1961 and 1962 although mr anderson ex plained that the operation was from 250 to 300 feet from any fence line of the property mr cecil phillips and mr james phillips appeared before the board to question the project both of these owners farm at the south and east line of mr andersons property i dont want to get into a higher assessment bracket mr cecil phillips remarked your property would not be rezoned said mr merritt this would not affect your as sessment mr jas phillips said 1 think it would be a detriment as long as it is kept in this one place it would be all right but it may be more you never know i dont like a gravel pit right in front of our house the matter was referred until a site visit of the board is made the policy of gravel pit oper ation in the whole township is presently being discussed and a new outline of gravel pit regula tions may be discussed at a planning board meeting on dec 17 strike has searing oii truck buying the current strike at general motors in oshawa may effect the purchase of a cew 4ton gravel truck by the twp of pickering two of the lowest tenders revealed on monday night were for g m vehicles but the de livery guarantee was not too definite at 550813 the gmc re tail branch in toronto had the lowest bid but delivery was from 6 to 8 weeks after produc tion is resumed next in line was cliff mills motors of oshawa at 577315 with delivery in 30 cays the council agreed to accept the mills tender u their deliv ery date is assured if not they will take the next best buy an international from burrows of brougham at 597400 new bridge lor wesfney road a new bridge to cost an es timated 100000 will be built on the westney roa in picker ing twp over the cpr line reeve clifford laycox said on monday night that grants from different sources would reduce pickerings share of the cost to about 5000 the council agreed to engage the firm of tottensims and associates to prepare plans for the new structure call tenders for brougham fire truck tenders will be called for the purchasp of a new fire truck to be stationed at brougham in pickering twp according to information pre sented before council a grant of 45 per cent will be paid if the unit is delivered by march 31st 1965 reeve clifford lay cox noted that this grant could reduce the total cost to the township by as much as 9000 the purchase has been rec- omended by fire chief don lynde councillor wm newman suggested that the present truck at brougham was in wor king condition but was in need of extensive repairs i feel we should move quickly on this he said a four leaf clover is consider ed lucky because its four leaves form a cross robin hood in pickering township greenwood the annual christmas con cert will be held in the church on dec 18th at 800 pm the sunday school class will pro vide the entertainment and santa claus will be there with lots of gifts for the boys and girls the young peoples class will be trimming the tree thursday night at 700 pm the general meeting of the ucw will be held on thursday in the church at 800 pm mrs mclean will be in charge of the program and unit kv two will provide refreshments the sunday school teachers from greenwood church attend ed a conference at the ajax united church on tuesday dec 15th the presbytery committee discussed the new curriculum the community is glad to hear that billy thomas is home after his operation six 40 lbs cartons were ship ped to the fred victor mission after white gift sunday all the canned goods were given to the maxwells who are living with his mother in bay ridges after the fire which destroyed their home mr john bryant flew to eng land recently to attend his fath ers funeral mr and mrs sharp have re turned home to buckingham quebec for christmas mrs norman wilson spent last friday with the ken mc- taggarts mr james kinnear of hesp- lei- came down to visit his father in hospital mr and mrs m gepp will accompany mr wlishman on his trip out to vancouver fund aids greenwood family the happiness of your life de pends upon the quality of your thoughts residents of the community of greenwood and adjacent districts have rallied to the aid ot mr and mrs wm maxwell and family whose home was destroyed by fire last week a fund established at clarks general store has now exceeded 500 large quantities of elnthinjfhave been left at the church assistance has also come from the pickering red cross and the audley church mrs maxwell who rescued her three children from the blaze is shown here with thpiyoungest jimmy 3 months stiff photo bypass low tender on grader for pickering tp once burned twipe wary was the motto adopted by pickering twp council on monday night in connection with the purchase of a new road grader for the municipality the members bypassed the lowest tender in favour of an adamsmachine but indoing so they will lose the govern ment subsidy on about 99000 the low bid was 1637700 the adams unit was priced at 1736786 the low tender was for the same make of machine that according to engineer paul poullson had failed to stand up since it was acquired in 1959 the company repres entative expressed regret con cerning past experiences but noted that many improvements had been perfected in the new model councillor wm newman said that a cost comparison under actual working conditions was important and he was willing to support the engineers rec ommendations the lowest tender price is not always the best buyfor the township agreed councillor hubert wank pickerings robin hood inn is unique in all county vtn robin hood inn- located on the altona road in tlckcrinjr twp h unique in the entire county the interior netting deplete um robin hood era and even the waitresses axe attired in native dress the bauding cost dose to 100000 s staff photo an englishstyle tnn com plete with large stone fire places leadedglass windows and oak refectory tables hs been in operation in pickering twp for nearly a year the robin hood inn located at altona rd and the second concession is owned and oper ated by mr howard t ross mr ross has owned the tract at altona rd and the second of land on which the inn is pres ently situated for the past six years however it was only aft er pickering twpvoted to go wet 18 months ago that he decided to build the inn his wife marie whom he met in england during the war spent many hours with her husband drawing up the plans of their venture the inn is now fully licensed under the liquor con trol board of ontario designed by owner selecting the name was no problem as mr and mrs ross were married in merry old england and theii first cottage was named robin hood he explained that the inn was completely designed by them selves and no architect was in volved robin hood inn is complete in every detail tc the typical inns found in england it is modelled tudor style with aged oak beams supporting the peak ed second floor ceiling the walls of the first and second stories are dark panelled with each floor being equipped with a stone fireplace the first floor consists of two rooms the robin hood room and the friar tuck room the second story is a large banquet hall called the sherwood room there is a bar on each floor huge waii photos taken from actual shots of the robin hood tv series highlight both floors actual capacity is 200 persons with ample parking on the grounds mr ross employs hout 25 per sons during peak periods with the hostesses attired in actual robin hood costumes most of the employees live in the sur rounding area each day a special english style dinner is featured at the inn there is no age limit for entering the prcmlvs although mr ross enforces the 21 age the inn offers two different cockiaiis if ihe ehiiuien ahuuiu like to indulge for the girls a shirley temple and for the lads mickey rooney is the drink both consist of ginger ale and syrup regarding the two fireplaces mr ross said there is enough stoneln both of them to build a comfortable bungalow he said they were constructed by an irishman whose family has been in the business for over a century the robin hood inn caters to persons throughout the country of ontario and anyone else who wants to use our facilities 100000 project mr ross estimated the cost of construction at near 100000 he said plans are in the draw ing stages for a tenunit motel to be attached to the inn the motel will follow the same motif as the inn when asked how he follows the legend of taking from the rich and giving to the poor mr ross explained that if a group wanted to use one of the rooms and their budget fell short of the required rate he would cater to them by equal ling his service to their specified budget even the washrooms are ap propriately named little johns room and maid marions room easily reached the location off the beaten path is explained simply by mr ross he claims that people have a tendency to re- remember the little out-of-the- way places better than a similar establishment located in the heart of the city as a matter of fact he stat ed a person can come out here just as fast from yonge and eglinton as he could drive down town and park his car once on the- 401 its only a fifteen min ute drive from interchange 63 the inn is just north of hwy 2 entering the inn is like enter ing the past to the days of robin hood and his merry men and life in merry old england the structure is saturated with custom and atmosphere and is indeed a unique and beneficial be held on monday night at the school house on dec 21st at 8 pm all are welcome teacher mrs jarietts birthday greetings pto miss marie draper on her birthday dec 15th also to neldadraper who will be two years old on dec 14th mr and mrs 1 ffahl2 entertained to a birthday supper on saturday night for dougia dunkeld mrs paul meyers jimmie gilbert little paulette meyers mrand mrs donald dunkeld were also supper guests atha sympathy of friendsiin this community is extended to mr and mrs alec bell and beverley in the sudden passing of their son and brother the late alec bell mr and mrs elles melton and family and mrs thomas dunkeld had sunday dinner with his parents mr and mrs james melton burketon mr p phillips from westhill visited ernie carruthers on sun- atha christmas concert will 33s32c33c store hours 800 am till 930 pm including wed till christmas chas cooper ltd claremont project for the township of limit for drinks very strictly pickering while they last tire sale on sale oo 50 ldu each in lots of 4 i altona feed supplies ltd claremont r phone 6401621 lumwmmiu im niiiiiiiiiih