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ttt 8 the stouffville trisume tkway apr3 u 1960 council criticism unjustified welfare officer claims members lack knowledge of regulations uxbridge township welfare officer isaac cather- wood sharply criticized some members of council for voicing individual opinions on welfare matters when they lacked sufficient knowledge on the procedure of his department he referred to some statements made by deputy reeve robt nesbitt and councillor alvin redshaw at a regular meeting last month he addressed council on monday night both deputyreeve nesbitt and councillor redshaw agreed that they had obtained additional information on the handling of welfare cases thought well satisfied mr catherwood contended that he had thought his past services had been satisfactory to council there have been some loud statements made due to an increase in relief bills and apparently the blame has been placed on the welfare officer he said he suggested that if the members were not satisfied with his work the entire matter should have been discussed at a special meeting you really dont know what you are talking about he continued you dont understand the regu lations mr catherwood stated that his work had met with the approval of senior officials with the ex ception that he had allowed too much for rents no body wants these large families and they are forced to move out of towns and villages he continued he said that they were required to pay large rental fees i try to satisfy the demands of the landlord he noted payments too high councillor redshaw charged that some monthly payments were too high i cant understand why they should be more than the wages of some working men he questioned referring to one specific family coun cillor redshaw noted that including the baby bonus the parents would receive 280 per month the baby bonus has nothing to do with it an swered mr catherwood i have dug into this thing and any matter i do not understand i investigate to obtain the answer councillor redshaw stated further that relief pay ments should not be made by cheque he contended that payments should be made in the form of vouchers i know one family that spent half the money in whiskey said councillor hogg i have nothing to do with how the money is spent replied mr catherwood if you give a voucher you know how its spent argued councillor redshaw there are ways of getting around that too said the welfare officer criticizes report reeve earl dowswell criticized the report that ap peared in the march 17th issue of the tribune he said that comments made by certain councillors on welfare matters had been overdone it has happened before too he said he noted further that the news papers editorial which appeared in the issue of april 7th was most untimely he agreed with the welfare officer that such matters would be better discussed at special meetings he concurred with councillor red shaw however that the maximum payment of 180 per month per family was perhaps too high perhaps we should strike a happy medium he said there are many people in the township who are living on 180 per month and even less and are not complaining he suggested something avrong deputyreeve robt nesbitt charged that an em ployee making 100 per hour would receive approxi mately 160 per month minus certain deductions he noted further that this same person would be required to pay either rent or taxes i still think that relief is the best deal he charged theres something wrong somewhere he concluded mr catherwood informed the members that he was trying to satisfy both the unfortunate and the council he said that to a certain extent his hands were tied theres nothing i can do about it i have to give it to them he replied drivers blameless in fatal brock road crash on feb 8 two drivers involved in a fatal cartruck crash on the brock road feb 8th were judg ed blameless last week when a coroners jury returned its ver dict following a hearing held in pickering village kenneth ro man 50 of whitby and glenn carter 19 of brougham were fatally injured in the accident the jury recommended that a curve on the top of a hill near concession 3 should be straight ened there were no witnesses to the accident the passenger ro bert h barton 19 said he had fallen asleep before the accident and knew nothing until he came to in hospital the next morning he was seriously injured coroner dr w v tomlinson told the jury it is feasible that this accident would not have oc curred if the road had been straight at this point the accident occurred at 6 pm on february s the truck driver was southbound with a load of mushrooms for delivery in toronto the two youths were on their way home from work they were northbound the ptssenger car was reduced to shambles as it was forced back into the east bank of the loodway th truck driver was crushed from behind by the shif ting load and forced over the steering column up against the instrument panel he was dead when released from his vehicle the carter boy was dead on arrival at the hospital two tax payments in uxbridge twp tax payments in the town ship of uxbridpe will be divided into two separate installments for 1960 the bylaw was given final approval at a regular meet ing on monday night the initial installment will fall due on june 15th the final payment will be due on doc 15th a discount will be allowed for premature payments a penalty will be collected on de linquent accounts in previous years residents made only one payment annual ly at the end of december reeve earl dowswell told the tribune that the municipality could no longer afford to operate for an entire year without a midterm return due to everincreasing operational costs- tax collector resigns after 42 years of faithful ser vice to the township of ux- bridge mr distin mcdonald has submitted his resignation from the office of tax collector council were informed of mr mcdonalds decision by reeve earl dowswell at a regular meeting on monday night the resignation was accepted by council admirable job we accept the resignation with regret stated the reeve he has done an admirable job reeve dowswell informed the members that since mr mcdon alds work had been completed up to date there was no real urgency for a replacement to be named immediately the reeve suggested that the clerk mr ei- wood foskett might consider the position in addition to his regular duties as the municipality grows we may once again find it neces sary to separate the two depart ments he pointed out in 300voice choir pickering township council were informed on monday eve ning by the road superintend ent that a private road at frenchmans bay had been pav ed road supt jack chapman attended a special meeting on monday night he told the mem bers that only three of six roads in the area were town shipowned he said he had made the discovery after check ing through some old bylaws reeve sherman scott suggested that mr chapman should make further checks into the matter dust nuisance mr jack liscombe a brock road resident complained that his property was plagued with dust from a nearby gravel pit reeve scott stated that accord ing to a township bylaw all pit owners were required to keep such entrances dustfree the bylaw enforcement officer will bring the matter to the pit- owners attention sixteen senior pupils from the goodwood public school will form part of a 300voice choir in the ontario educa tional association centennial showcase to be held in the queen elizabeth building to ronto on april 20th the stu dents are under the able direc tion of mrs d colby the group is pictured here back row left to right dean hall darlene straughan joan slack evelyn yake janet slack iris maye wayne bell edwin cook front row left to right mrs d colby donna machesney dianue taylor cheryl blackley mar tin deboer doris slack den nis taylor both forsyth har old bunker and eureta skin ner start photo donald gibson appointed vice chairman of a pickering town shiphistorical society museum committee which met recently at the council chambers in brougham said that the pur pose of such a committee was to endeavor to open the doors of pickering township museum early this summer names for committee members were se lected robert miller chairman of the committee related that al bert colucci director of the pio neer village at edgeley visited the brougham site of the pro posed museum last week and declared it well situated he de scribed 100 year old brougham school as a splendid building in which to house historical relics but said that the log house re quired intensive work to re store it to its original state which he dated about 1s30 mr colucci gave members of the historical society with whom he viewed the site valuable advice regarding the arrangements now in progress the meeting agreed that dis plays would depict life in pick ering township and ontario county as it was from the time municipal site a real estate agent has offer- 1 of the early settlers to a fairly ed a five acre site east of the recent date it was felt that liverpool road and south of no 2 highway for the pro posed new township municipal office at a reasonable price councillor edgar james will head a committee to look into the offer broughtln cattle varble fly problem cattle brought into the town ship of uxbridge appear to be most seriously affected by war bles according to the local in spector mr findlay thompson the spraying program will be gin shortly the tractor oper ator is mr leslie meyers mr thompson stated that some places in the township were more serious than others he said that the majority of in fected stock had been recently brought into the municipality this broughtin stock is a curse stated councillor hogg mr thompson told the mem bers that one herd of cows was covered with warts as big as your head he refused to touch them apparently the warble fly problem has not yet been stamp ed out said the reeve there were many pioneer mus eums but that the township museum should show the evo lution of the history of the area we do not want to be too se vere in our limits said mr gib son nor do we want a number of unrelated articles the grounds committee head ed by e c petitjean and in cluding william rankin archi tect george ellis nursery oper ator and j f schlocn elles- mere nurseries will collaborate with the building committee comprising len weatherstone chairman frank prouse town ship building inspector w d smith charles mctaggart ken pascoe and burton dunn euchre results results from the euchre held on monday evening in the le gion hall are as follows la dies 1st ella hammond 2nd eva towner mens 1st arvilla lehman 2nd wes lehman door prize jim phillips there will be two more euchre par ties the final one being on april 25th with special prizes and draw prize claremont the recreation committee held a meetitng at the home of mrs ann gliddon on wednes day april 6 plans for the swim ming programme baseball and the dances were discussed mr and mrs e hodgson elaine and fred of rexdale were sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs jack ronnie april 18th and 25th will con clude the euchre parties spon sored by the ladies auxiliary last weeks winners were la dies 1st elizabeth goden 2nd sadie hardy men 1st sandy godin 2nd lenora loyst door prize dianne redshaw the regular meeting of the ladies auxiliary to the legion will be held on thursday april 14 the zone commander com rose bates will make her an nual visit the womens institute will hold their annual meeting on tuesday april 20 at 2 pm mrs ken ward will show pictures of england and scotland annual reports of commitees will be given mrs d ward mrs wal lace and mrs e cook will be in charge of the programme and lunch motto will be nothing breeds fatigue like inactivity mr and mrs hugh lawrie of winnipeg spent a week visit ing with mr and mrs geo mc- connell miss daisy duerden fell down her cellar stairs on friday eve ning and suffered a broken arm she is presently confined to the uxbridge cottage hospital mr and mrs r hockley vis ited with mrs c hockley on sunday she is in the uxbridge hospital following surgery the junior dance sponsored by the recreation committee held on friday night was a fine success seventyfive children were present the final dance for this season will be held on friday april 22 the golden age group held their gathering at the home of mrs henry johnston movies taken at the birthday celebra tion were shown and enjoyed by all uxbridge snow removal costs over 22000 snow removal costs in the township of uxbridge have soared to a recordbreaking 22- 800 this figure was presented to council by the road superin tendent mr stan slack at a regular meeting on monday night the total is 10000 more than in 1959 and 12000 more than in 1958 this years figure is sllooo above a three year average the township will seek finan cial assistance from the dept of highways to date the de partment has given its approval to only 33000 for 1960 coun cil will pass a supplementary bylaw road supt slack stated that only 10000 of this budget remained unspent weve hard ly enough money on hand to start a job he said reject wrecking yard on concession 5 uxbridge township council has turned down an application for a wrecking yard license on the 5th concession at lot 16 the request was made by three west hill men at a regular meeting on monday night i feel it would not be a good thing for the area stated coun cillor chas forsyth there are two wrecking yards there now and 3 would lie no better suggested dep reeve robt nesbitt surely we can get a better type of assessment in the area than that continued councillor forsyth councillor alvin red shaw agreed that it was not a good location a few may be allright but not too many noted reeve earl dowswell well have to apply the brakes dep reeve xeshitt suggested that in time a workedout gravel j pit in the area could be used for that purpose the scout and cub mothers la held their monthly meet ing at the home of mrs h dean with mrs e browning presid ing plans for the father and son banquet were made mrs m mansell showed coloured slides of her recent trip to ger many the la of the guides and brownies will hold their next regular meeting at the home of mrs lorraine mcleod on mon day april is at 8 pm mr and mrs j anonby were hosts at a wedding reception held in their home on saturday for mr anonbys nephew of norway and his norwegian bride congratulations to mrs mor gan evans of this village who will be celebrating her 85th birthday on saturday april 16 mrs evans will be at home to her relatives and friends in the afternoon and evening mrs n f tomlinson suffered a broken arm last week after leaving the stouffville arena following a community league playoff game mr and mrs lloyd pascoe and jackie were sunday evening dinner guests of mr and mrs jas thomas rupert ave stou ffville mr fred evans is recovering after suffering a stomach hem- morrhage he has been confined to bed for the past two weeks mrs lloyd pascoe has suc cessfully completed her examin ations and has graduated from the oshawa school of hairdress- ing she plans to open a beauty parlour in her home in the near future mrs gordon mcgrath has been confined to bed for a few days this week with the flu mr and mrs don hedges at tended the easter seal program in maple leaf gardens on sun day afternoon the stouffville arena attract ed a large number of local resi dents on three separate occa sions during the past week on thursday evening the midget hockey match was a strong drawing card on saturday night the figure skating club carnival attracted a good crowd and on tuesdav evening there was a goodly turnout at the claromont stouffville commun ity league contest mr and mrs ed boniface attended a masonic banquet at the tamoshanter golf club on saturday night mr and mrs ray hill and family of coliingwood were re cent visitors with his mother mrs loss hill other visitors were mr and mrs bill hicks of whitby mr and mrs wilmot hill and family mr and mrs eifgene paisley and family mr and mrs albert keith and baby of concord mr and mrs bob ward and family mr and mrs roy mcleod and mr and mrs lawrence norton and family federation about forty executive mem bers representing twentyfive different rural organizations within ontario county attended the oneday board school which was held on wednesday april 6th at haugens resitaurant manchester this school was sponsored by the ontario county federation of agriculture for the purpose of providing rural leaders with an opportunity to learn how to conduct their meetings more ef ficiently and effectively lawrence doble of uxbridge chairman of the education com mittee of the ontario county federation of agriculture in troduced the course and the leaders taking part these lead ers were eleanor saracuse john eilbeck and frank will- ocks from the community pro grammes branch of the depart ment of education lynn fair agricultural representat i v e ray hergott and dave crone ontario federation of agricul ture and fred wicks york county federation of agricul ture the school covercxl such top ics as purpose of meetings no tices of meetings agendas ef fective and ineffective meetings elections duties of officers and working with committees the participants showed keen interest throughout the day readily taking part in the ques tion and answer periods which were part of each leaders pro gramme the request for a similar school to be held next year was one indication of the appre ciation of the participants glen major mr and mrs ed jones and mr marvin newmarket and mr and mrs charles fiss visit ed with mrs wm fiss and ed gar on sunday mr and mrs albert lee is lington visited on thursday last with mr and mrs j a king ston congratulations to mr and mrs joe jones who were mar ried 57 years on friday april 8 mr alec hingston and boys visited with mr and mrs j a hingston on sunday mr and mrs glen owen ux bridge and mr and mrs mac allbright and girls visited on sunday with mrs t rise- brough mr and mrs edgar johnson visited relatives in newmarket last week use mrs elsie boland a resident on cone 3 north of goodwood will be required to pay the reg ular dog tax fee as stipulated by the uxbridge twp council council members agreed that no exceptions would be made it was reported at a regular meeting in february that mrs boland kept between 20 and 25 dogs on her property council refused to grant her a special license reeve earl dowswell pointed out that the area was excellent sheepgrazing property and cou ncil could easily run into ser ious trouble if any animals were attacked dep reeve robt nesbitt charged that it was to tally unnecessary for any resi dent to keep that many dogs on one properly scratch pads from jumbo size down to note size gci them at the stouffville tribune