councillors defend freedom of seech 99 pickering twp for stating publicly that he would make a notice of motion to annex pickering village and ajax council lor don kitchen has been reprimanded by reeve john williams the remark was made following minister of mu nicipal affairs minister darcy mckeoughs rejec tion of pickering as a part of metro the notice of motion was not made said the reeve 1 would like to have the opinion of this council as to whether each and every member of the council is acting in the best interest of the muni cipality by making policy and opinion statements outside the council another statement which the reeve resented was one which he said implied that the city of toronto is in ward iii its considerations made by one of the councillors it does not enhance our position he said if one of our members calls a municipality names or an other makes rash state ments of annexing this and that he believed that council lors have some serious res ponsibility to restrict the sphere of ther activity in regard to freedom of ex pression if its the wish of this council that i be negotia tor or gobetween or mes sage boy then lets keep the peace until the time is ripe to lose our tempers and become angry he said mr williams suggested a meeting at which each could speak his piece in cluding wm g newman mfp regarding his state ment that pickering should join oshawa councillor don kitchen countered that what did not go on the news was that he didnt think picker ing should take any uni lateral action he said that no one has control of the press nor should they have councillor john kruger observed that you would never be able to gag any member of a political body he said the remark th3t was made with regard to annexation was made in the emotion of the mo ment kruger said he often spoke to the press and unless i have that right 1 have no business sitting on council i think this type of dia logue going on is how re gional government will best be understood by the people he said if any thing is said or done to which a councillor feels he can respond i think he has that right mr kruger said that when you cut an individual to pieces at that time you are wrong if you cut his ideas to pieces that is different candlelight service wood stove causes fire bv mrs iv saxdle victoria square the annual cgit candlelight service was held in the church on sun day evening the cgit members formed the choir and were accompanied at the organ by mrs s defoe the headford sunday- school pupils presented the christmas story ac companied at the organ by mrs stewart rumble the candlelighting cere mony was performed by muriel moiucr mtrti tyndall gloria lee pat butterworth and gail san derson with their leaders miss cora brodie and mrs vantol as narrators the offering was taken by jean rumney kim cor coran margaret empring- ham and wendy hart messengers the messengers are hol ding their christmas meet ing in the sunday school room on saturday decem ber 21 at 1030 am boys and girls from 68 years of age are invited lsed stamps please save your used stamps these are give to mrs a frisby and through their sale you help support the mission to the lepers neighbourhood notes birthday greetings to mrs don matthews dec ember 22 mrs norman tyndall december 22 laurie macdonald decem ber 22 mrs harvey col- lard december 25 laurie oanvng 10 years decem ber 25 sympathy is extended to mr and mrs elmer leek and family in the passing of elmers father mr al bert leek who was in his 95th year mr and mrs rolph boynton mr and mrs nelson boynton and mr and mrs harvey collard attended the 50th wedding anniversary of mr and mrs charlie boynton on saturday which was held at the summit view gar dens weekend visitors with mr and mrs clarence steckley were mr and mrs charlie croxford and donnie mr and mrs carl steckley and steven womens institute the christmas meeting of the womens institute was held on tuesaay at the home of mrs john mccague the roll call was an- swered by a gift exchange among the members th remainder of the meetiii was business and makin christmas decorations euchre the last euchre pary for this year was held n the community hall n friday prize winners were dies mrs henry alln mrs win embury and 8s lawson mumberson mn elmer hadwin a wod and wm muirhead the lucky draw for a ox of groceries was wonby mrs j dewsbury the first euchre pty for 1s69 will be held utile community hall on filay at 8 by ruth hutchings green river a fire caused by a wood stove oc curred at the home of mr j brass on sunday morn ing fortunately it was quickly brought under con trol before much damage was caused mr and mrs a pearse and family had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs marquist and family of to ronto mr and mrs b draper visited with mr and mrs p draper of stouffville on saturday evening pleased to hear that linda ireson is able to be home again following a short stay in the hospital terry white is also re covering and hopes to be able to be back to school shortly may we remind you that the christmas entertain ment for the children and adults will be held this coming friday evening at 8 pm in thechurch sorry to hear that mrs lehman is ill with the mumps on sunday evening next there will be a special christmas service at the church at 730 pm mr and mrs g hagerman of locust hill will provide special musical numbers also there will be special numbers by the members of the sunday school bur ontario hospital insurance would like to hear from you before its too late when you are newly wed the family hospital insurance premium must be paid to cover husband and wife if you belong to a group notify your group without r delay or if you both v pay premiums direct notify hirb when you move to a new job you can keep insutcd by fol lowing the instruc tions on the hospita insurance certifi cate of payment form 104 that your present employer is required to give you on leaving when you turn 21 you are no longer covered by your parents hospital insurance you must take out individual membership within 30 days get your ap plication form at a bank or a hospital or from hirb when you have a new address notify your group if you dont belong to a group write hirb hlrb health insurance registration hoard 2195 yonge street toronto 7 ihfi ontarios health insurance plantl highest daily interest savings deposit receipt account earn the highest true interest in canada interest calculated at s per annum on the daily balance withdrawals may be made at any time minimum balance s300000 guaranty trust company of canada capital and rcscrvr 3 1000000 44 yoocr si s richmond hid 8m1iss k evening january 10 pm childrens christmas party the annual childrens christmas party sponsored by the victoria square dis trict lions club was held in the community hall on saturday afternoon proved to be a very successful event with about 90 chil dren in attendance baking demonstration mrs cliff burkholder bethlsda twenty ladies attended the bak ing with yeast class at the home of mrs allan wide- man the making of rolls and bread was demonstrat ed by mrs wideman and mrs paul bolender and the local store reports it has been nearly sold out of bread flour and yeast the final meeting of the ucw with a christmas program was held at the home of mrs bert taun stouffville mrs fred byer and mrs arthur marsh provided the program the tribune thursday dec 19 196 fe 17 y headquarters for all 8 track stereo tape cartridges plus recorders cassette home adto 8 track stereo onits at footings misic centre opposite newmarket plaza 97 davis dr newmarket 8956311 i i west end barber shop hours mon 9 am till 6 pm tues 8 am till 7 pm thurs and fri 8 am till 9 pm wed and sat 8 am till 6 pm len david and bill keeping 3 registered hair stylists 153 maist st w stouffville ift ee fom all of us to all of you to friends old and new we extend our warmest wishes for a very merry christmas and may we share kindness and good will with our fellowmen we pledge to continue to provide you 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