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pwe 8 the stoufrvule tmkbg thrafar b1 w60 claremont pickering tp news mr wm palmer wellknown claremont resident was ad mitted to the oshawa general hospital on sunday he had ex pected to go earlier in the week bring a friend and introduce her to the group mr and mrs wm elliot of scarboro were sunday guests at the home of mr and mrs a but no rooms were available samarillo until the weekend dances the regular friday night dances have resumed in the community hall music for both square and round dancing is being provided by the moon light valley boys of toronto admission has been set at 100 each or s1t5 per couple we regret to report that mr harold dean was stricken with a heart attack last week and was admitted to the uxbridge cottage hospital mrs don hedges has been on the sick list for the past few days with the flu mr howard pugh is reported to be not feel ing to well and has been con fined to bed the annual meeting of the baptist church congregation was held last week the pastor mr john carnegie was the act ing chairman renovations to the sunday school will be one of the main projects for the current year according to the treasurers report the church enjoyed n good financial year during 1939 kin found geo desjardins son of mr and mrs henry desjardins found a stirling silver wedding ring on the brock road north of cone 8 last week the owner may recover same by phoning claremont 58w and proving property mr and mrs jack mansell enjoyed a skiing expedition at kirby during the weekend the township horticultural society will hold a meeting at the residence of dr and mrs tomlinson on monday evening to arrange for the canvas to be held shortly throughout the district mr and mrs blake briscoe of toronto were sunday after noon visitors with mr and mrs jim brisdoe a number of local boys will be participating in the young canada minor hockey night in the stouffville arena on mon day evening feb 1st picker ing peewees newmarket ban tams and whitby midgets will be the visitors your attendance would be ap preciated by the association miss gloria hanthorne suf fered a broken ankle recently when she fell on the ice at the public school rink the wa of the united church will meet in the sunday school room on thursday jan 28 at 2 pm roll call pay dues for 1960 program committee mrs c reynolds mrs r mor gan and mrs f cooper each member is kindly asked to mr and mrs wm gliddon spent the weekend in buffalo everyone is invited to attend the euchre and white elephant bingo schneider film and buf fet lunch under the sponsorship of the guide and brownie moth ers la in the community hall on thursday feb 4 at 8 pm we were sorry to hear of the accident which occurred to mrs overland recently during a visit to fairview lodge at whitby mrs a samarillo entertained some ladies of the village at a luncheon and card party at her home on wednesday afternoon the la of the guides and brownies mothers held their regular monthly meeting last week at the home of mrs ina norton in the absence of mrs june michell mrs kay hay- ward the district commission er chaired the meeting after the business was completed the members held a stork shower for mrs irene levick she was the recipient of many lovely gifts a lovely lunch was then served by the hostess and lunch committee the golden age group will hold their next gathering at the home of mr evans ward on tuesday feb 2 at 2 pm the good fellowship class of the united church are having a bowling night at the old bowling alleys in markham on friday jan 29 for transporta tion everyone is asked to meet at the four corners at 815 ladies are to provide lunch to be served at the church later the womens institute held approve cnr bypass through dunbarton claims new blood needed on board a year of howling and hag gling ended last week as metro planning board approved the cnr bypass freight route through pickering township the route was the original one proposed by the cnr in approving it the board rejected the advice of its planning direc tor murray jones but it pleas ed most ratepayer and township groups the route runs west from dunbarton highway 401 at dixie rd parallel to conces sion 1 pickering township then northwest parallel to the rouge river want alternate mr jones and the southwest pickering ratepayers associa tion plumped for an alternate routes farther north running parallel to concession 2 mr jones said this route was better in the long run from the planning point of view about 75 pickering residents heard reeve sherman scott de clare we want the route that will do the least damage he said pickering council wouldnt back any of the pro posed routes not even that of the townships hired consult ant george todd pickering plan ning board chairman said the greater length of the northern rejected route would mean greater disruption he agreed with w h j thompson leader of a rate pay ers delegation who said the new line should follow existing railwayhighway routes lern version of ol swimmin hole planned for whitevale their regular meeting in the b backbreaking sandbagfilling a modern ol swimmin hole for whitevale children and ad ults is to be built late this spring on duflins creek in this 500- population pickering township hamlet this will be the- main 1960 project of the whitevale recreation association a com munityeffort group tile new swimming pool will replace last years effort community hall on wed jan 20 mrs carson demonstrated many cheese dishes mrs w hill took current events the ladies discussed many ways of improving the community hall it was decided to organize a cleaning bee along with the help of other groups who use the hall anyone interested is asked to be at the hall any time after 9 oclock in the mor ning on tuesday feb 2 please bring cleaning equipment and a pot luck lunch euchre winners the euchre prize winners at the legion hall monday night january 25 were mens 1st tom hammond 2nd l thomp son ladies 1st aldine evans 2nd ella hammond door prize dianne redshaw what ever happened to old pro bono publico who used to write letters to the editor for publication efforts of the men of the asso ciation and washed out a few days after its completion by a flash flood which carried the dam away this time technical assist ance and equipment will be sought from the pickering twp engineer and works department as well as financial support from the community and from the pickering township recreation commission througli council second main project will be improvements to palk park baseball diamond football field horseshoe pitch picnic area etc plans are being made for a community social evening to raise funds to be held in feb ruary round and square dan- cing to live music date to be announced soon other fund- raising activities will be organ ized provincial grants will al so be applied for chairman h tipton white vale school trustee announced that 40 is still in the treasury from the palk park opening parade and fair at which reeve sherman scott officiated members of the committee in clude mrs tipton mr and mrs geo mcnally mr and mrs walter anthony mr and mrs clair ingram mr and mrs don hoyle mr and mrs geo rix- on mr and mrs wells ritchie and others ontario county council karnes committees for 60 wm g newman a former reeve of pickering township and an exmember of the plan ning board has stated to the press that he did not with draw his name from the board due to recent criticisms lev elled by certain members of the 1959 council and private ratepayers he told the trib une that he only wished to see new blood in office councillor spang opposes salary schedule bylaw young man required for general office work in the township of pickering works department excellent opportunity for advancement in a technical department candidate must be a high school graduate with knowledge of typing and complete knowledge of office proceedures apply to t o jefferson peng municipal offices brougham help wanted male bylaw enforcement officer n for he township of pickering to investigate and prosecute bylaw infractions and to act as weed inspector school attendance officer and carry out related other duties salary 3600 per year reply in writing to mr r g turk office manager municipal building brougham ontario ward 1 councillor harvey spang expressed the lone oppo sition to pickering townships salary schedule bylaw that was approved at a special meeting of council on monday night councillor spang requested a recorded vote on the bylaw the entire salary issue had prev iously been discussed in a closed committee meeting no reason was given for mr spangs stand on the matter the 1960 salaries for heads of departments were establish ed as follows clerk 5800 road supt 55500 engineer 7400 assessment commis sioner 54400 welfare officer 53600 bylaw officer 53600 special clerk 54400 the welfare department and bylaw enforcement will be split into two separate offices a new bylaw enforcement officer will be acquired immediately the engineer mr t o jefferson will be granted an assistant for his department his office will be relocated at dunbarton allerton house has been acquir ed for a term of one year on a rental basis of 575 per month suggest claremont site for york university ward throe councillor mr harry ashton has suggested that the police village of clare mont might well be considered as the possible proposed site for the new york university the matter was discussed brief ly at a special meeting of pick ering township council on dance at claremont friday january 29 costly to cemetery mr ben lotton a member of the erskine cemetery board has asked council to support the erection of a checkerboard at the intersection of fairport road he appeared before a spe cial meeting of council on mon day night he stated that motor ists were continually driving their vehicles off the road and crashing into the cemetery fence the damage to date has risen to more than 510000 the driver is always some one who cant pay for the dam age said mr lotton mr lotton also requested that council consider the dona tion of a grant towards the up keep of the cenotaph on the altona road reeve sherman scott agreed that council would give both matters their consideration he noted that they would view the location of the cemetery when the members conducted their regular road inspection per haps a checkerboard is at least a partial solution to the pro blem said the reeve square modern dancing to music by moonlight valley boys come one come all have fun admission 100 or 175 a couple refreshments available doors open at s pm monday night mr wm g newman had suggested previously to council that the members should give serious thought to the benefits of acquiring the university irv the municipality he intimated that a more southerly site would be appropriate since it would be adjacent to water and sewer age services reeve scott eon- tended that providing these ser vices would constitute one of the more serious problems a committee of nine men was formed to discuss the pros and cons of the new venture the following names were proposed messrs wm g newman chas cooper harold mitchell dr gordon edmunds wm thomp son prof labrie edgar james sherman scott and allan lish- man mr kenneth clarke a member of the planning board was also named as a tenth member reeve scott suggested that anyone interested in the project would be welcome to attend the initial meeting of the committee the committee will merely find out if we really want the university or only think we do said the reeve councillor ashton pointed out that the dayliner operated by the cpsl would provide axccl- requests exemptions from added rates pickering twp council took no action on a request from mr harry newman requesting that certain properties be ex empted from special rates in cluding fire garbage etc mr newmans letter was filed with council in 1959 but was held over for action until the 1960 members took office dep reeve ross hawthorne contended that mr newmans letter failed to refer to any specific properties i would like to know what land is referred to he said councillor harry ashton sug gested that the amount of mon ey involved on mr newmans two southerly farms would not be in excess of 5800 per year perhaps the courts would be the best place to decide the issue stated reeve sherman scott councillor edgar james con tended that the two newman properties in question could hardly be described as farms if we established such a pol icy every farm in our water area could claim exemptions said councillor ashton dunbarton ont jan 25 i960 the tribune stouffville ont dear sir the biggest task in the near future for pickering township council is the netting of the tax rate for this year the tax collector then has the task of getting this tax money into the coffers of the township for several years the arrears of taxes have presented a ser ious problem and any solution to the reduction of these ar rears and making it easier for the taxpayer to meet his obliga tions should be seriously con sidered in comparing our pre-pay- ment rate of 1 to other mu nicipalities 1 is a ridiculous ly law rate and definitely should be increased to a rate where it would be worth an extra ef fort on the taxpayers part to get in prepayments scarboro shows already a 35 increase in prepayments this year and this is a result of an increased percentage this year from 3 to av the majority of taxpayers in this township are in a wage bracket going from low to mod- crate and in a great many cases the gathering of sufficient funds to meet 3 tax payments is a grave matter i believe consideration should be given to the possibility of increasing payments from 3 to 4 installments would make the burden much easier to a vast number of people the increase of percentage for prepayment and the extra bookkeeping involved in a four payment system would be more than offset by taxes coming in more freely and by coming in to a greater extent at the pro per time by the avoidance of short term bank loans for tem porary financing for every 510000 prepaid at an increased percentage of 1 the township would lose 5100 for every 510000 borrowed from the bank the cost will be 600 for every dollar of ar rears in taxes the cost of bor rowing will be 6 to meet funds needed for township operations this in turn is passed on to the delinquent taxpayer thus mak ing it harder for the already overpressed taxpayer tax payments of any sort in any field is a sore matter with most people and it should be the concern of this council to ease the pain of the tax payer wm fairgricve laying the groundwork for ontario county councils work for 1960 members on wednes day set up the boards and com mittees within council which will handle the various depart ments of government members of the roads and bridges com mittee and the fairview lodge board of management were named in open balloting au other committees were named by a special nominating com mittee each committee chose its own chairman although there was no elec tion for the office of warden there was close competition for all three seats vacant on the road board and four seats on the fairview lodge board to road board named to a fiveyear term on the road board was reeve rus- sel francis of thorah twp who beat out deputyreeve he- ber down of whitby twp and reeve john mcgilllvray of scott twp on the first open ballot named to a fouryear term on the same board was deputy- reeve down on the third ballot also in the running were reeve mcgillivray reeve jas j gib son of port perry reeve anson gerrow of scugog twp elected for a twoyear term was reeve duncan mcdonald of rama twp on the second ballot the above three runners- up were also in the running other members of the board are reeve earl dowswell of uxbridge twp who is in office for three years and reeve j6hn mills of ajax in office for one year both were elected by pre vious councils reeve mills was named chair man of the road board it marks the second time in his five years of service on the board that he has been named chairman for the first time members of the board of management of fairview lodge were all named from within the county council until this year oshawa named two members to the board elected for four years was reeve cyril morley of pick ering village in the running were deputyreeve robert nes- bitt of uxbridge twp and reeve wilfred pascoe of east whitby twp named a member for three years after five open ballots was reeve pascoe who beat out deputyreeve nesbitt deputy- reeve edward oylor of reach twp and reeve ervvin covvie of mara twp reeve cowie was named a twoyear member on the fourth ballot beating out deputyreeve negbitt and deputyreeve oylcr and deputyreeve orvan cham bers of brock twp named to the board for one year was reeve rae ferguson of the town of uxbridge who was also named board chairman for 1960 other committees other committees named were as follows the first named is the chairman in each case with the exception of the assessment committee which will name its chairman agriculture and reforestation deputyreeve robert nesbitt uxbridge twp deputyreeve charles healy mara township reeve howard mcmillan reach twp and deputyreeve duncan wallace thorah twp assessment depreeve or van chambers brock twp reeve anson gerrow scugog twp deputyreeve thomas harris port perry reeve ever ett quantrill whitby deputy reeve mn mary reid ajax and deputyreeve neil smith east whitby twp county property reeve wm a heron whitby twp reeve wm j beard cannington dep utyreeve warren mowat whit by reeve sherman scott pic kering twp and deputyreeve edward oyler reach twp finance deputyreeve john ball uxbridge reeve james j gibson port perry deputy- reeve ross hawthorne picker ing twp reeve john mecrorle beaverton and reeve john mc- gillivray scott twp news from brougham lent commuter service for stu dents between toronto and cla remont he noted further that claremont had adequate water facilities and could establish a package sewerage plant if re quired j following were winners at the wi euchre held in the hall on tuesday evening ladies mrs m ellicott mrs a carl ton mrs honingh mr h plax- ton mr h malcolm and mr ross carlton there will be an other euchre on january 26 also feb 2 but not on feb 9 due to the institute family night and pot luck supper held in the hall rev and mrs kennedy of aurora called on mr and mrs w c willson one day last week mr and mrs blair evans and family of claremont spent fri day evening with mr and mrs e campbell the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mrs jos barjak jr in the loss of her father sgt murray bruce who passed away suddenly last week euchre sponsored by broug ham ioof and held in their hall at whitevale on friday evening proved a real success with the following as winners ladies mrs ross knox mrs w hollinger and mrs a troy- er gents mr walter booth mr frank williams and mr a troyer sorry to hear the little son of mr and mrs gordon hughson was taken to the sick child rens hospital all hope he will soon be able to come home again the womens institute is hold ing an open meeting in the form of a family night on february 9 in the township hall there will be potluck supper after a short business meeting mr russell gray will show slides of his trip out west a cordial invitation is extended to all the womans association of st johns church will hold their next meeting on wednesday eve ning february 3 at the home of mrs perry assisted by mrs k pascoe and mrs matthews the devotional to be taken by mrs t philip while the pro gram will be in charge of mrs h miller congratulations to master lome annis who had a birth day last week when he enter tained his friends to a skating party the monthly meeting of the wms of st johns church was held at the home of mrs g hodgson on thursday afternoon january 21 the president open ed the meeting mrs ray elli cott conducted the worship pe riod assisted by mrs randal ellicott the reports of the past year were given and proved sat isfactory officers for the coming year were installed by past president mrs m ellicott mrs lindo the new president then took the chair and conducted the new business it was decided that in future the meetings will start at 2 pm a lovely lunch was then served by the hostesses mrs hodgson mrs a j gray and mrs robt miller all mem bers please note change of start ing time the friendly bible class will meet at the home of mr and mrs robt malcolm on monday february 1 at 830 pm mr h malcolm program convener mr and mrs t english visit ed with oshawa friends on sat urday mr challice and his pupils have been busy lately making a place for the pupils to skate mr and mrs k bent and fam ily of oshawa called on mrs w hamilton on sunday atha audley mrs fred puckrln the president mrs cowie opened the first wa meeting of the year with a poem mrs g astley read a scripture fol lowed by prayer by mrs covvie mrs c clemence read a paper on stewardship of time mrs j puckrin was nominated treas urer to complete the term of mrs f murray who had asked to be relieved of her duties clothing for the womens wel fare league is to be handed to mrs g astley or mrs g squire by jan 27 the annual family supper is to be on february 19 greetings to mrs albert dra per who will celebrate her birth day jan 30th belated birthday greetings to mr ellis melton for jan 24th friends of mr deward wil son will be glad to know he is feeling much better he is con valescing at his home here mr and mrs fred draper and family were supper guests with mr and mrs murray dun- keld and family one night last week mr and mrs art foster from richmond hill were supper guests with mr and mrs al bert foster on sunday evening mr and mrs joe tran called sunday afternoon on mr and mrs o downey at myrtle callers at the home of mr and mrs a draper on sunday afternoon were mrs w mo- bride and eileen from whitby mr and mrs e g coffin from port huron called friday night on mr and mrs a draper mrs w mcbride and eileen from whitby spent sunday af ternoon visiting mr and mrs david- tran the annual reports were given showing a very active year mrs john puckrin led the worship service miss joan es- dale read the scripture mrs g squire and mrs fred puckrin presented a puppetshow a number of audley folk en joyed skating at brooklln arena on saturday evening gathering at the home of charlie and mrs clemence afterwards for a so cial hour next saturday they are invited to the home of fred and mrs puckrin after skating the funeral service was held last thursday for the late mr herbert moorhouse mr and mrs moorhouse and their fam ily lived for a few years in aud ley in ronald coxs house mov- ing to whitby in 1935 sympathy of the community is extended to the family 100000 value placed on pickering antiques antique articles with a prcs entday market value of more than 5100000 have already been promised or collected by the pickering township historical society for display in the mu seum to be erected here according to w g lavvson president of the society three buildings planned to form the nucleus of the museum will not hold all the objects proffer ed by contributors as far away as sarnia the society will shortly begin a drive for 510000 for completion of and purchase of at least one other building in addition to the log cabin and the old brougham school which is the museum site robert kershaw sarnia sew ing machine expert has offered a handoperated sewing machine used more than 100 years ago in pickering township he had refused an offer of si 000 for the machine from a large manufac turing concern some time ago the company planned to exhibit the machine in its own museum but mr kershaw declined the offer on the grounds that chil dren of pickering township should see the type of equip ment their grandmothers used years ago the fund raising campaign is still in the planning stage but al ready robert miller of broug ham has held a series of meet ings throughout the northern sections of the township while mr lawson and a committee are organizing the southern end aid has been promised by every service club and organiza tion in the entire township he said and already several of them have sent in their contri butions as have many individ uals basically the museum will consist of three buildings at the start the old brougham little red schoolhouso the more-than- 100 year old log cabin which has been moved from scarbor ough and which was one of the oldest buildings in that town ship and the boardandbatten schoolhouse at green river which it is planned will be moved here aside entirely from the fact it will provide much needed space for exhibits the build ing itself is an interesting ex ample of early ontario architec ture wide vertical planking was used in lis construction j with narrow battens covering the joint between the vertical planks hence the name similar construction was used widely throughout early ontario and many examples of it may be seen along the highways and sideroads of pickering township today it is believed the method was first used by ships carpenters in the old days when french mans bay was a busy shipping port for pine and other lumber cut in the township and shipped across the lake to the united states several sawmills were in operation along dufflns creek 100 years ago and the museum has been promised some of the old machinery from such mills some of the farmandhome implements offered and now stored in a barn in the north end of the township are so strange that some of the oldest resi dents of the township are being called upon to identify them one leading toronto antique dealer who has inspected the stored articles placed the value at at least 5100000 and per haps a great deal more since many of them can only be found in such old settled areas of pic kering township which is actu ally one of the last grcit reposi tories of such articles in north america