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rs ike stoufryiul thkjhe thadgf febnuiy is 1960 j rough roads going to pot holes there would appear to be woefully wrong with the maintenance program presently employed in the ontario county road system the stretch of pave ment extending in a westerly direction from claremont to the markhampickering townline has continued to plague motorists throughout the entire winter it has been an obstacle course of pot holes and icy ruts for the past three months nor did this condition have its beginning with the first blast of wintry winds the bump signs were hoisted late last summer and they continue to flash their danger signals to this day one or two halfhearted attempts were made to patch up the depressions but they still remain as rough and as deep as ever the appearance of ol sol during the past few weeks has helped to cut through the ice prior to this welcomed warming trend it was not uncommon to see numerous cars marooned on the hills or bogged down in the ditch many claremont residents refused to com plete the treacherous fivemile trip from the initial stages of the countys paving program we never felt that this application of hard top would withstand the wear and tear of heavy truck traffic last summer it was put to a severe test and the results are still plainly visible if the county of ontario hopes to extend its paving program we would hope that they have learned from past experiences that the cheapest job can sometimes be the most costly according to a reported statement made by the county road chairman the department is dependent on the cooperation of the ontario provincial police and the pickering twp police to signal the need of sand snowplows etc during the winter months we cannot understand why the opp or the pickering forces should shoulder this watchdog responsibility if there has to be any buckpassing on the issue let it be kept within the county and not tossed in the laps of either township or provincial employees it wasnt too many years ago when the county maintained a gravel section of road extending west from claremont there wasnt a better gravel road in the district graders were continually levelling off the sur face seven months have now passed since the first major pavement breakup occurred that was in august 1959 in february 1960 the situation remains un changed its the same story on the brock road north of no 2 highway one hub capdeep hole has existed in the pavement for the greater xrtion of an entire year if the county road department cannot keep pace with its maintenance requirements then its staff should be increased we realize that increased vehicular traffic brings increased demands no one expects overnight action on some of these problems but we contend that three six and eight months is a little too long death hamilton ada entered into rest at lakevicw manor port perry on friday feb 12 ada burton beloved wife of mil- fred l hamilton of brougham ont and dear mother of fred- crick h hamilton of brougham marie mrs clarence balsdon and mabel mrs clifford hub bard both of pickering loving sister of robert of detroit wil liam of cleveland norman of claremont orvilie of stouffville george of brougham and mar garet of detroit mrs hamilton was resting at the new meeach- nic funeral home at pickering with senice in the brougham united church on monday feb 13 at 2so pm interment in whitcvale cemetery the ontario county road extending from claremont west to the markhampicker ing townline has been sorely neglected during the past 8 months large holes above which appeared in the pave ment late last summer are still very prominent and little or no attempt has been made to fill them in other signs of disrepair are noticeable on the brock road south- of broug ham the warning sign low er were erected in august 1959 this winter these roads have never been in worse con dition drivers have been plagued by deep ruts ice and snow the use of sand has been curtailed and accidents have been occurring with mo notonous regularity almost daily many claremont resi dents have elected to use the townships gravel roads ra ther than take a chance on the pavement between brougham and stouffville let contract for goodwood manchester county road a contract in the amount of 144958 has been granted to peel construction brampton for work on the first phase of a new development road in on tario county the contract cov ers preliminary work on a 4k mile stretch of the fifth con cession of reach twp leading west from manchester the peel construction tender was the lowest of 16 tenders re ceived and was 40000 below the estimated cost because the tender was called in midwinter when construction firms are normally idle the price was lower than anticipated the contract covers grading gravel installing new culverts and widening the road the road known now as coun ty road 1a was last year adopt ed by the province as a develop ment road following negotia tions between the county and the department of highways during negotiations hon dr m b dymond mpp for on tario took a lead part say coun ty officials as a development road the department of highways pays the cost of reconstruction and eventually the road will be re turned to the county road sys tem it was under a development plan that the baseline between whitby and liverpool was pav ed last year this new road when com pleted will link highway 47 at ihe west side of the county with highway 7a at manches ter and will be the only major eastwest road in the county north of highway 7 work on the road will be un dertaken in three phases and this contract marks the first phase for the past two and one- half months county workmen have been employed on the road as a winter works project ask 2000 grant to the township of pickering has been asked for a 2000 grant to assist in the promotion of a museum in the hamlet of broug ham the chairman of the pick ering township historical so ciety mr w g lawson ad dressed a special meeting of council on monday evening mr lawson informed the members that the society hoped to raise 10000 in their current funddrive campaign the ac quiring of the brougham and green river school buildings the expense involved in the mov ing of the log cabin to the brougham site and other ex penditures will amount to 5000 an additional 5000 will be re quired for refinishing work and working capital 1 feel the response will be very good said mr lawson he assured the council that he hoped no further grants would be requested an admission fee will be charged to the museum and a small provincial govern ment grant will bo made avail able all items will be donated i feel we will receive enough items to fill a halfdozen mus eums said the spokesman mr lawson pointed out that the property would be owned by the township and they in turn would lease it to the historical society the advantages of a museum are selfevident noted mr law- son he pointed out that con siderable time had now elapsed in the organizing of such a worthwhile project we are not too late but almost too late he said claremont asks 60 rental for firehall the trustees of the police village of claremont have re quested that the township of pickering should pay a monthly rental fee of sg0 for the use of their firehall the citizens lea gue of brougham have asked for a rental fee of 50 per month the halls will be heated councillor edgar james con tended that the same figure should be paid to both clare mont and brougham both are providing the same facilities so the rental fee should be the same 6a id reeve scott clerk l t johnston informed council that claremont had a new s000 firehall but their truck was older than the broug ham unit all equipment will be turned over to the township it was agreed that the rental fee should be 50 per month to both claremont and brougham would reroute hydro line mr david lennox of cherry- wood appeared before a special meeting of pickering township council on monday night to request that the proposed hydro line should bypass his apple orchard he informed the mem bers that the orchard was the result of 20 years work and he didnt wish it destroyed reeve sherman scott informed the ratepayer that he would accom pany the hydro officials on a tour of the area on saturday and would pass on the request to them councillor harry ashton submits resignation to take new municipal post former ward 3 councillor mr harry ashton is pickering townships new bylaw enforce ment officer he was officially appointed to the post at a spe cial meeting of council on mon day night he had earlier sub mitted his resignation from the council seat that he held for more than thirteen months he commenced his duties on the township staff on tuesday he will work out of the municipal building at brougham his sal ary will be 3g00 per annum plus car allowance the position had been prev iously handled by mr albert cane mr cane will now act only as welfare officer the en forcement of township bylaws will be in charge of mr ashton an appointment to fill the now- vacant council seat will be made on monday feb 22nd mr harry boyes defeated ward 3 candidate in the last election has been suggested as mr ash- tons possible successor mr wm fairgrieve a dun- barton resident suggested that in future no members of coun cil should be permitted to apply for such municipal posts they have a decided advantage over other applicants he said it was a very skilful maneuver on mr altons part he contin ued mr fairgrieve charged fur ther that the salary of 3600 per year was an exceedingly poor wage for any employee he noted that the takehome pay would amount to approxi mately s5600 per week he con tended that it was most unfair that mr ashton should start in at the same salary rating as mr cane i feel that the wel fare officer should get 4000 he said the council win spend hundreds of dollars on a rail road debate he continued he suggested that ratepayers would not resent seeing municipal em ployees receive a liveable sal ary in touching further on sal aries mr fairgrieve pointed out that the townships garbagemen were receiving only 6600 per week would you like to work for 6600 per week he asked council the office manager mr turk gets 7500 per year and hasnt even proved himself he con tinued the spokesman charged that it was possible that a num ber of welfare cases in the town ship were receiving more money than the welfare officer reeve sherman scott defend ed mr ashtons right to file an application for the position he said that he had legally sub mitted his resignation from council and had every right to apply he noted that the start ing salary had been recommend ed by the office manager mr turk referring to the garbage dept reeve scott said that they were paid on a similar scale to employees on the township road dept weve never had any trouble filling the vacant positions pointed out the reeve ward 4 councillor ross dea- kin informed the ratepayer that three applicants were con sidered and two were nonresi dents of pickering township it you would pay a living wage you would receive more applicants from the township concluded mr fairgrieve found injured after bluckout an uxbridge district man fred dynes 54 of rr 2 ux bridge was taken to the port perry hospital for examination last week after he was found unconscious in the seat of his stalled car on highway 12 near myrtle preliminary investigation in dicated that dynes had blacked out while driving along the highway north of myrtle sta tion his car had weaved across the road and finally ran into a steepsnowbank the drivers head struck the door handle of the car and it appeared that he had been un conscious for some time until spotted by a passing motorist pc arnold summers of the whitby detachment of the opp investigated pickering council not sold on advantages of new university sheared off pole youth fined 100 an uxbridge youth whose car sheared off a hydro pole and a traffic sign while skidding into a field was fined 100 and costs or 10 days in jail when he plead ed guilty to careless driving cameron arens 18 of 88 main st s uxbridge appeared be fore magistrate crawford guest in whitby traffic court last week sgt clifford partington of the whitby police department told the court that he had inves tigated an accident near the town limits on brock st n at 5 am on dec 20 and found the accuseds car in a field on the west side of brock st further investigation he said found a passenger robert coul- ton 17 also of uxbridge pinned under the car both the accused and his passenger were removed to the oshawa general hospital he said that he found skid marks starting 450 feet from the car near the third concession which indicated that arens car had started to slide on highway 12 he said that it apparently rocked on its wheels while on the highway for he found marks that appeared to have been made by the rims of the wheels as they struck the pavement the car he said first struck a guy wire for a hydro pole then sheared off the pole con tinued along the shoulder and sheared off a highway sign then shot off into the field three members of pickering twp council reeve scott dep- reeve hawthorne and council lor james questioned the ad vantages for the municipality in promoting the erection of the new york university within the borders of the township they expressed their views at a pub lic meeting conducted in the municipal chambers at broug ham on wednesday evening of last week some fifteen inter ested ratepayers were in attend ance wm g newman many advantages wm g newman was appoint ed chairman of the university project he conducted the meet ing he set up committees to in vestigate a number of require ments as desired by the uni versity board prior to the plan ning of a printed brochure we must have the municipal coun- euchre rrts of the euchre held in the legion hajl on monday eve ning were as follows ladies 1st mrs s hardy 2nd bev wil son mens 1st cecil redman 2nd lenora loyst travelling prize mr arvilla lehman and john murray consolation prize grace redshaw door prize evelyn carruthers we are glad to report mr dean is home after a stay in the uxbridge cottage hospital and we wish him a speedy re turn to health ell behind us said mr new man he noted that some mem bers were not in complete ac cord with the promotion the advantages far outweigh the dis advantages he stated he ag reed that the taxfree property was one of the main problems presently confronting the coun cil it will be like a very large industry without taxation he said every other adjacent mu nicipality is attempting to get it he pointed out mr newman suggested that the project would not be an overnight venture he contended that the university would start on a rather small scale and expand with the area suggested that the university might attract some forms of in dustry to the area i would certainly hope so replied reeve scott reeve j s scott can we afford it reeve sherman scott contend ed that council must look at the proposed project from an angle of increased or decreased tax rates can the ratepayers here afford a university he questioned he noted that the majority of pickerings 16000 residents were in the low in come bracket he suggested that if pickering village was anxious to promote the venture the township should give them every assistance we should put no blocks in their way he said the university is not off setting industrial taxation con tinued the reeve our residen tial taxation has been a burden uiats been hard to bear he concluded dr gordon edmunds dep reeve hawthorne deny others services dep reeve ross hawthorne expressed some concern that the university might deprive resi dents in the area of muchneeded water and sewerage services he suggested that if a committee was appointed the various pha ses of the project could be learn ed and their findings could be presented to council mr wells ritchie suggested that advisory committees should be formed to study the issue were mere ly whistling in the dark if we dont obtain somt facts on the universitys plans he conclud ed the committee chairman is mr w g newman the vice chairman is mr ronald hall secretary is mr lloyd john ston members of various com mittees include t o jeffer son edgar james j m spiers charles cooper doctor gordon clarke clark richardson dr wm mckay harvey fcnton prof labrle wells ritchie c e ingram dr g edmunds ross hawthorne robt byron ray doble harold mitchell clare balsdon t j wheeler and mrs j m spiers the various committees will bring in their reports on wednesday evening march 9th the boy scouts are planning to hold a sleighride party on saturday evening feb 27th further particulars will appear in next weeks issue we are pleased to report that mr harold dean has returned home from the uxbridge cot tage hospital mr john beelby is still con fined to the ajax hospital a card or letter from his friends would be appreciated mr and mrs tom davis and mr gord taylor attended the boat show at the cne grounds on saturday mr and mrs chas cooper left on sunday for a one month vacation in florida the young people of the bap tist church attended a valentine party in aurora on monday evening the aurora baptist church young people were the hosts mr and mrs n g fraser of toronto were visitors at the home of mr and mrs clare kee- vil on friday evening mr and mrs earl beare hav returned home from a three week vacation in daytona beach in florida mr clare keevil attended the opening of the david and mary thomson coueeiate in scarboro on wednesday evening dr john p robarts qc minister of ed ucation was the guest speaker guest of auto firm mr kenneth ward left on feb 7th for an eighteen day trip to the kritish isles as a guest of the austin motor car co the group comprises more than 80 salermcn and dealers who have been handling austin vehicles for a lengthy period mr ward has been an austin dealer for more than ten years the men will tour the british motor car plant and will then be free to travel wherever they wish to go a car will be provided mr ward will return home on feb 24th ho travelled both ways by boac aircraft mr edward j lewis returned home on saturday after a five week stay in toronto western hospital for treatment and sur gery mrs lewis who had been staying with a friend in toronto returned at the same time achievement day many people from claremont attended achievement day in uxbrid high school on satur day feb 13 members of 4h clubs of southern ontario that are sponsored by the womens institute participated in demon strations and exhibits nine claremont girls under the lead ership of mrs e britton and mrs j ward completed a cot ton dressmaking course they received lovely sliver spoons with ontario home making club crest and modelled their dresses claremont 4h also gave a demonstration on the four stages of making a dress and an exhibit on the four stages of shrinking material mrs l mason and daughter of scarborough daughter and granddaughter of mr and mrs j norton and mrs ed mason and children of dorset were saturday visitors at the home of mr and mrs j norton the womens association will meet on wednesday evening feb 24 at 730 in the sunday school room of the united church mrs r redshaw mrs c norton mrs e mcmullen and mrs f ward are in charge of the program at 830 pm pictures and commentary of canada and the yukon will be given by mr and mrs t orme everyone welcome the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mr hugh gregg and family in the pass ing of his wife a speedy recovery is wished for robert barton who wm to- volved in a serious accident on the brock road he is in scar boro general hospital the scout cub mothers la held a very good valentine tea bake sale on saturday they wish to thank all who participat ed lynn gllddon celebrated her birthday on friday evening by entertaining a number of her school friends the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mrs car ter and family of brougham on the accidental passing of her son glen the ladies auxiliary to the legion held their regular meet ing on thursday feb 11 with com e murray presiding re ports of committees were given and general business was dealt with many ladles have recelv ed letters from the adopted vet eran in sunnybrook hospital he says the gifts and letters are bringing him much happiness and is pleased to know he has so many friends plans were made for a bazaar and bake sale to be held in the fall members are asked to bring suitable bazaar materials to the april meeting and other meet ings until the fall the meeting ended with tasty lunch and social half hour