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@ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, December 12, 1963 | Township were now paying less for collection of refuse than WHITBY And DISTRIC they had privately. "And we have saved other people the trouble of carting |their garbage to the township dump." TOWNSHIP ELECTION SATURDAY Aspirants To Council Guests Of Ratepayers Prospective members of Whit by Township Council for 1964 were carefully scrutinized by tiembers of the Good Neigh- bors Ratepayers Association at Robert. Thornton School last , night. Al} members of the present @ Council, including Reeve John © Goodwin, who was returned by acclamation, plus a pair of ne comers, presented their pla forms for the Dec. 14 Township elections The Ratepayers fired ques- % tions to the Council members at arge, but Mr. Goodwin inter- cepted most of them Those seeking the three Coun- cil berths include: Councillors Fred Sturch and Don Roberts; former Councillor Myrtle Love- lock; and newcomer John Batty. Councilor Frank Thompson is contesting the Deputy-Reeve post with incumbent John Dry- den. REEVE JOHN GOODWIN Mr. Goodwin described the Township as A municipality that is older than the County it- ¥ JOHN DRYDEN the the iting that, over 1963 credt requirements -- of Township had been halved He praised the new auditing system set up under the present Council and stated that the re- vised system would, because of its efficiency, aid the finances of the Twonship directly, and ultimately the taxpayer him- self A further accomplishmem, added, a "working capital' reserve set up during the past year. "And," he disclosed, "this Council has lived within its bud- get. At the same time,. support for expenditures for major re- quirements has been carried on on businesslike adminis- tration of roads program has been established in 1963. We gave creditable service to the expanding traffic needs of the Township but still managed to save money." Mr. which he fostered: he . a three-year prognam to § meet the requirements of all areas within the Township on an equitable basis "My re-election insures con tinued faithful service ious interest in a developing township 3 namic area in the province of Ontario,"' he concluded. JOHN GOODWIN self, but whch is only now be- ginning to come of age"' "It was a fanming community and now it is forced to become an urban centre. The change-| over must be concuiated and pianned, We must have. a Coun- cil that will insure that neither CQUNC, FRANK THOMPSON farmer nor urbanite will suffer Mr. Thompson is the 'Dean from the changeover.' of Township Council' as a_re-| Mr. Goodwin won the Reeve-| suit of four consecutive years of| ship from incumbent Heber service. He is contesting the Down last year. Previous to| Deputy. -Reeveship for the first that he had served on Council!time. pretrial a gba As Chairman of the Fire Com- y se Pate ".{mittee in 1962-1963 he pointed to both Mr. Down and Mrs, Love- ihe vodictinn Of arées Anes and tock declined the nomination, 7 rire damage pee iegie DEP. 'REEVE JOHN DRYDEN /|/ation he introduced to Counci "As a Councillor, and as|He also accreditted the modern Deputy-Reeve Mr Drvden| ization of paynients to volunteer s been my policy firefighters to his chairmanshp e and progress Mr. Thompson. stressed the sive jn all |permanent construction of roads erning the 'in the townsh p ore matters con interes of Whitby Towr He pointed to his @ ments as Finance Cha of putting a lot unpaved This busi money yeat ness a roads he omplish-. of nto rman. in-' every ridiculous WE RENT CHOICE INDUSTRIAL SITES IN WHITBY--1.75 SQ. FT. BUILT TO YOUR OWN SPECIFICATIONS second was the estabiishment of} Dryden presented a plan 7 ; He expressed pleasure that another of his: projects -- the usage of the Township Hall -- 'had been successful. He. said that the Hall has been used more in 1963 than at any other time he could remember. Mr, Sturch is also a member of the Township's three-man Annexation Committee: "In my opinion,' he said, "annexation talks with the town of Whitby constitute the most important municipal issue stated. "I am a strong exponent] of the present time. for the paving of all Township} "They cover such a_ wide roads. scope that they must vitally "And I have been ever since| effect every person, in the Town- my first day on Council, four! ship. years ago," he added. "These 'The end result," hard-surface roads will have tojised, 'will be satisfactory come eventually,- It is in-|both municipalities." ovitable. I feel it is senseless| He also pledged his effort to to maintain gravel roads year! after yeat, when the money could be put toward paving." Mr. Thompson also expressed concern that the tax-dollar was not being spent in the areas from which it was extracted He held the Garrard-Scott- Thickson area as an example of an area of high concentrated assessment, and decried the fact that the people in other parts of the Township were profiting equail!y with this group, and other groups in con centrated population areas "Where: an area has a large assessment, the money. should be put right back into the area," he stressed. 'Use it where it will do the most people the most good."' he prom- | to 4 COUNCILLOR FRED STURCH Mr. Sturch is see his term on Council. He was Chairman of the Property Committee and Welfare Com- mittee over the last year His accomplishments, he stat-, the Township, included work on a munici-|three year paid out of taxes, for) period for road He revealed|Within an overall Jong range FRED STURCH 'short"' planning ed, construction; pal plan, garbage collection. the reduction of Hydro rates in 4 year, if elected, I will be only|tenure as Board Chairman as'expenditures and facilities. DON ROBERTS to prove it to me," lenged, . but I will not burden nat- and not myself unnecessarily, urally, then, I would port any moves to taxes for anything that wou not serve your best interests.' Mr. Roberts _ pointed the "industrial - commercia su assessment rise during his two He expressed the observation that the favor- years in office. able trend would continue, "This is your Township ar should serve you. Insure yot and advocated a ------™ NTERT Whitby 'plan encompassing 10 years COUNCILLOR DON ROBERTS Mr. Roberts is seeking his third Council term. He was} Chairman: of the Special Pur- poses Committee during 1963 and was a' member of the Fire that the taxpayers 'of and Property and Welfare Com. =" mittees. He stressed that, for a Coun- cillor, the welfare of the whole township, rather than specific areas must be considered. "It is my intention to consid- er alk problems and complaints on their own merits as related to the Township,"' he said will make no promises, either to an individual or a group of individuals." He discussed the problem of rising taxes "I dislike anyone rise much any person ? who thinks he can reduce the tax-dollar while still providing the services required by a pro- community will have this 3ut as as FRANK THOMPSON | gressive WHITBY TILE CENTRE 106 BROCK ST. S. PHONE 668-5331 ¢ OPENING SPECIALS ° FOR 2 WEEKS ONLY FLOORING TILE: Vinyl 0.80 gauge... coer A EACH Amtico "Care-Free"' Vinyl Tile. "SYSTEM rS AZ with a he chal- increase Noone -else--can makejtoo--happy- to answer all__of|his experience in .administra-,. Mr. Reeves, however agreed _ yout questions."" tion and -finaricing. on behalf of the Association, -- SOHN BATTY Mr. Batty congratulated the|that the 1963 Compe' had been, -- Mr. Batty is' a virtual new-|present Council for, what he? credit to the Township 'and Mr, y v » bad more than' fi'led its obliga- comer to the area of municipal|termed "an excellent record,' tions to the peoples politics. He has never contest-and promised that he .would ed a seat on Township Council|try to continue the work of the | previously, [Council along its present lines. that) He has, however, been @/ar1 CONGRATULATE "to member of the Township Plan- | COUNCIL serve the people of the Town- |ning Board, and a trustee on| E ship of Whitby." \the Brooklin Public School vote. the decision for you." MYRTLE LOVELOCK Mrs, Lovelock was a Council-| lor in the regime of Heber; Down. She did not contest her; Council seat last year, but is! attempting again in 1963. She expressed desire she might be returned HELP BLIND HEAR ST, DUNSTAN'S, England (CP)--Scientists are developing a hearing aid which' will give Lou Reeves, President of the|blind people bat-like sensitivity. |host Ratepayers' Association|It is designed to send out ultra- "I can not answer for the Board. jand a number of the other. rate- sonic waves that will bounce triumphs of errors of this pres-; A 14-year member of theipayers took a few slaps at jback so the blind person will be ent Council," she said. "Next|School Board he claimed his|Council policies on recreation) lable to tell how near he is to an lobject by tonal pitch. p- Id to a TASTE THIS MODERN FAVOURIT Smooth and Sperited! id ir} IT'S i PHI PATTERSON ELECTRONICS 107 COLBORNE ST. W. WHITBY PHONE 668-2711 Reg. 27c. Special Only STEREO WEEK PARKWAY You'll Enjoy Listening to the Rich Tene Of the VERY FINEST in STEREO Now at Parkway ELECTROHOME OPEN EVERY NIGHT TILL 9 P.M, (Sat. Till'6 P.M.) SSS ee Ne! 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