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9ie the stoufrylll triwne thmdty september 15 i960 pickering engages assessment expert at 100 per day appeal against county could cost over 3000 pickering township council has engaged the services of an expert on municipal assessment to assist them in their legal battle with the county of ontario over the 1960 equaliza tion bylaw mr paul mantha of ottawa has been acquired on the advice of the township solicitors no member of council voiced any objection to the plan to proceed with the appeal the matter was discussed at a regular meeting on wednesday night reeve sherman scott warned the members that the issue could cost the township considerable money mr mantha will receive 510000 per day reeve seott suggested that the ease might involve a total of 30 days including the court hearing if this period of time is required the township will expend 3000 for the outside service both the towns of whitby and ajax have also registered appeals reeve scott noted that the county and some northern municipalities had acquired the services of solicitors to protect themselves against the appeals i think we must realize that we are getting into a costly legal gamble said the reeve even if it costs us 5000 it would not be too much if we must pay a 517000 increase per year stated councillor ross deakin this is a new basis of assessment and as far as im con cerned its wrong suggested deputyreeve ross hawthorne reeve scott charged that no satisfactory explanation had yet been given to him with regard to the increase he pointed out that the county had checked the assessment on 100 lots within the township and had compared them with 100 lots in another municipality and arrived at the conclusion that their sales value was considerably higher the reeve noted that the three individual appeals would all be heard as one i feel we should proceed agreed councillor cliftord laycox reeve scott informed the members that the appeal court would meet in october ashburn man heads rosicrucians on september 23 when the sun on its ecliptical journey crosses the celestial equator for the autumnal equinox rosicru cians throughout the world will commemorate the building of the great pyramid rodd r appleby master of the local amorc rosicrucian pronaos states that rosicru cians throughout the jurisdic tion of the- philosophic order will gather for a ceremony on september 20 at which time they will symbolically reenact the building of the great pyra mid of cheops since the rosicrucians it is said trace their traditional or igin back to the year 1350 bc when amenhotep lv was phar aoh of egypt and historically known as the first great person ality in history they commem orate their ancient origin by the ritualistic construction of a miniature pyramid the laying of each stone represents to them the cultural accomplishments of the order during each year of its existence the apex will be placed upon a miniature pyra mid at a future time when the ideals of the rosicrucian move ment have been realized the fete and ceremony will be enacted locally at the whitby pronaos amorc meeting place 103 brock street north whit by at 815 pm on september 20 the public is cordially in vited to witness the ritual and participate in the fete eightytwo pupils in goodwood public school the attendance figure at the goodwood public school has lev elled off at 82 students the senior room including grades 6 7 and 8 has an enrollment of 37 these pupils are located in the new school two other rooms are being maintained in the old building the staff personnel remains unchanged they are mrs eu- reta skinner mrs josephine wagg and mrs efile foskett mrs wagg has grade 1 and 2 mrs foskett has grades 3 4 and 5 enrollment of 94 at green river school the student enrollment at the green river public school has climbed to 91 sixtynine were registered in september of 1959 the principal mr jack shep herd informed the tribune that the influx of 19 pupils from schools in brougham and white- vale would account for much of the increase ten are from the grade eight class at brougham and nine are from whitevale they are transported to green river by bus all three rooms in the green river school are now in use objects to sod removal mr neil postill a pickering twp farmer appeared before a regular meeting of council on wednesday night to object to the removal of sods from the side of the road at lots 31 and 35 between concessions 5 and 6 mr postill stated that he had attempted to keep the roadside clear of weeds and suggested that that was the main reason for the sod being removed ive tried to keep the side- road clean and have never ask ed five cents for my work he said dopreeve ross hawthorne informed the ratepayer that the sod was being used on the whitevale hill and its removal had been approved by the road superintendent i wont pull any more weeds if that practise is continued concluded the spokesman last year one was vacant there is an average of 32 students in each room room one has 35 room two 27 and room three 32 the staff includes two now members they are miss irene reesor and miss m a rl e n e loucks overflow attendance of close to 700 at pickering high school an enrollment of close to 700 students was registered last week at the pickering dist high school the building con structed to accommodate 5s0 had 570 on the roll last year in an effort to cope with the attendance problem 110 stu dents have been shifted to the former williamson street pvb- 11c school there are now 31 teachers on the staff there is noticeable increase in all crades although the coop meeting sept 28 the annual meeting of the claremont cooperative will be held on wednesday evening sept 2sth in claremont united church the banquet at 630 pm will be followed by a busi ness meeting at eight oclock since there will be accom modation for only 130 dinner guests persons planning to at tend are urged to purchase their tickets early they may be ob tained at the coop store or from any director members unable to attend the banquet are requested to be present at the business session the retiring directors are messrs ralph faulkner ayl- mer hood and lewis jones the latter is not eligible for reelec tion the president is mr al lan ellicott the secretary is mr r faulkner claremont school attendance levels off at 158 pupils it would appear possible that the 196061enrollment at the claremont public school has levelled off somewhat according to the latest figures as presented to the tribune by the principal miss d johnson on sept 8th 158 boys and girls had been reg istered this is an increase of three students over the same period in 1959 but a slight de crease since june ah rooms in the school are comfortably filled the largest enrollment is in grade 2 with 27 there are 19 in grade 1 other class attendance figures are as follows grade 322 grade 410 grade 521 grade 620 grade 718 and grade 821 two new teachers have been added to the staff they are mrs b norton who will be in charge of portions of grade 2 and 3 and mr a dickson who will have grades 5 and 6 ten sr students shifted from brougham school in an effort to ease the en rollment problem in the senior classes at the brougham pub lic school ten grade 8 students have been shifted to green ri ver a similar experiment is be ing practised at whitevale where nine of their pupils are also enrolled in the green river school transportation is pro vided by school buses from brougham in spite of the shift the at tendance at brougham is 66 only three less than the total figure that was registered in september 1959 the principal mr edwin challice is in charge of 35 students in the senior room including grades 4 to 7 miss isobcl gregg has 31 pupils in the junior room grades 1 to 3 there are 14 beginners in grade 1 the next heaviest class is grade 5 with eleven greatest influx has been in grade 9 nine classrooms have been organized to accommodate the freshman body they will contain 290 young men and women grade 11 has 2 classes the first time that this has been necessary the high school board are anticipating the completion of the new building at dunbarton which will relieve the attend ance problem in pickering announce winners at cne judging a number of junior farmer and 4h club members from ontario county attended the junior day at the canadian na tional exhibition on wednesday sept 7th and took part in the various sections of the judging competition this was a very splendid day for the juniors with some 350 boys and girls from all over the province of ontario compet ing there were classes of beef and dairy cattle sheep swine grain roots fruit and veget ables to judge also a tractor driving competition the boys and girls participat ing were entertainei after the competition at a complimentary dinner and were also given com plimentary tickets to the grand stand for the night perform ance winners from ontario coun ty and their placings in the var ious sections were as follows beef cattle senior section 20th cecil noble uxbridge rr 2 beef cattle 4h section 20th donald lindo locust hill rr 1 swine 4h section 7th jack coatcs biooklin rr 1 dairy cattle senior section 3rd lloyd wilson uxbridge rr 2 4th john leask seaj grave rr 2 9th neil raires i blackwater rr dairy cattle 4h section 16th j council split establish 500 license fee on gokart tracks persons wishing to operate gokart tracks in the township of pickering will be required to pay a s5o000 license fee this decision was reahed at a regu lar meeting of council on wed nesday night the third reading to the gokan bylaw was ap proved on a split recorded vote reeve sherman scott and coun cillors edgar james and har vey spang voted in the nega tive in discussing the permit fee councillor edgar james voiced objection to lowering the lic ense from 5500 to 5250 leave it as it is he suggested councillor clifford laycox pointed out that the higher rate would be conducive to obtaining more efficient operators we dont want every tom dick and harry opening up a track in his back field he said reeve scott pointed out that a council should not attempt to prohibit through licensing he agreed however that the increased fee would possibly restrict all but the most ser ious promoters councillor lay cox informed the members that he had only recently inspected a number of tracks in the unit ed states he said he was very disappointed in their appear ance the majority were a mess he noted council agreed that no track should be located within one- half mile of any dwelling or hotel without the written con sent of the owner and tenant the restrictions will cover the entire township mr kerr a gokart track pro moter informed council that he had inspected their bylaw and agreed that for the most part it was good he contended how ever that the 5500 license fee was high if the promoter is making a potful of money and is driving a cadillac the fee could be set accordingly he said the members declined to change the figure in spite of the protest refuse to license wrecking yard mr harry ashton bylaw en forcement officer for the town ship of pickering has advised against the issuing of a wreck ing yard license at lot 16 cone 9 east of claremont he pre sented council with both a writ ten and a verbal report at a reg ular meeting on wednesday eve ning one ratepayer was pres ent to register a protest mr ashton pointed out that since the site was close to the entrance to the village it would create a nuisance to present and future residents in the area he pointed out that the new homes being erected in the district are of a good type he said that the county also registered an objec tion further protests the request for a wrecking yard license on the station rd filed by mr wilcox through his solicitor has raised consider able protest mrs j e lusted was present to register her com plaint she suggested that his business should be confined to cone 5 and not spread over the entire township she con tended that it would tend to lower the value of her land reeve sherman scott suggest ed that a complete report would be obtained by mr ashton the bylaw enforcement officer he agreed that other objections had been raised crime wave ends with 48 charges pickering twp police believe they have cracked a mansized crime wave with a total of 48 charges pending against four youths and three juveniles the four youths all of fairport beach appeared before magis trate f s ebbs in whitby po lice court last week and pleaded guilty to a variety of charges not guilty to others remanded for sentence on the charges to which they had plea ded guilty wore ronald mollins 16 john franks 19 jas franks 18 and richard findlay 18 mollins pleaded guilty to stealing gasoline from trucks in the c c smith yard in july breaking and entering ivan simpsons clothing store in the west rouge shopping centre on aug 6 breaking and enter ing a plumbing and heating office also in august theft of gasoline from trucks parked at colonial homes on aug 10 john franks pleaded guilty to theft of gasoline on two occa sions in july from a lumber yard in the township theft of gasoline on two occasions from the c c smith yard theft of the tools from consolidated builders on aug 10 the court was told that this accused had acted as lookout and that it was he who had brought about the arrests by volunteering the information findlay pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing gaso line from smiths and from co lonial homes james franks pleaded guilty to theft of billiard balls cues a firemans hat and a pool rake from the south west pickering fire hall breaking and enter ing the hardware store in the west rouge shopping centre theft of the tools at consoli dated building and theft of gasoline sgt john pugh of pickering twp police department who gave evidence said that the bil liard equipment and the fire mans hat were recovered in heather cooper brooklin farm machinery senior sec tion 2nd lloyd wilson ux bridge rr 2 farm machinery 4h section 4th jack coates brooklin 5th eldon wilson claremont p2 farm safety quiz 1st bill batty booklin rr 1 4th aubrey carson claremont franks attic the tools were found under the veranda on aug 12 mollins told the court that they had used his fathers car on two escapades but john franks said that most of the gasoline stolen had been used in mollins car institute members are prize winners brougham womens institute made a very good showing at the port perry fair and are to be congratulated on their fine work mrs burrows took first on marmalade mrs annis second on halfpound box of candy mrs robt malcolm second on a blouse mrs milne third on a hand embroidered nightgown mrs burrows 3rd on knitted gloves second prize on bouquet of flowers and sec ond on general display local pianist seeks arcm fourteen year old lauretta anonby of claremont an hon our piano student is hopeful that she might obtain her ar- cm by enrolling in the conser vatory in toronto in an effort to defray the cost involved in the course she is desirous of obtaining a number of young piano pupils and open her own class of instruction a grade 9 student at the pic- keriig dist high school laur etta has completed her grade 6 music with honours her teach er was mrs barbara little west rouge she has since moved out of the district mrs little has recommended laur etta as an instructress the local girl placed second in the toronto east festival last spring she also was a runner- up in the duet team she has been studying piano for nearly five years parents wishing to obtain further information on rates and hours of instruction should phone claremont 1sw1 107 on sunday on sunday sept 18th mrs celia baker ontario countys oldest resident will mark her 107th birthday she resides at the home of her daughter mrs mearle phillips 2 miles south west of uxbridge she has gain ed provincewide recognition for her extreme agility in spite of her years she is pictured here threading a needle w i t h o u t glasses mrs baker was born at new market the former celia ann dennie she worked out in dis trict homes to assist in support ing her eleven brothers and sis- ters she earned 5100 a month her diet consists mainly of meat and vegetables she never learn ed to read or write but has al ways enjoyed looking at pic tures in newspapers and maga zines staff photo cfasbraf hews an increasing number of eco nomists are diligently searching under prosperity to try to find whats keeping it up mr and mrs ed neville and nine month old daughter eliza beth left from malton airport thursday morning to fly to lon don ont to visit a brother ernie austin a former resident of stouffville their parents mr and mrs ed austin are al so spending a few days there mr and mrs earl mcmullen have recently returned from a very enjoyable three weeks va cation in banff alta british co lumbia and many of the west ern states in usa a bus load of claremont and brougham residents along with the brougham jr ball team went to abingdon on thursday evening to see the second game of an oasa playoff abing don won 9 to 4 mr and mrs a samarillo en tertained many relatives and friends from toronto scarboro west rouge and claremont at their home saturday evening to a corn and wiener roast on sunday afternoon leo and val erie samarillo entertained many children at another corn and weiner roast on thursday sept 8 the la dies auxiliary to the legion held their regular meeting with pres e murray in the chair general business was dealt with and committees picked for fall and winter activities comrades e murray pres and j mc- guire secretary will leave next week to attend the logion aux iliary convention being held in windsor plan to attend the september tea and bake sale sponsored by the guide and brownie mo thers la at mrs liura anon- bys home sept 23 a beautiful hand made quilt is to be the door prize the next regular meeting of the guide and brownie mothers la will be held at the home of mrs lone goodwin monday sept 19 cars will leave the four corners at ten minutes to 8 all mothers of guides and brownies or any interested per sons are invited to attend the womens institute will open their fail season on wed nesday sept 21 program is on citizenship and education to be convened by miss forsyth roll bingo a monster cash prize bingo sponsored by the stouffville lions club will be held in the stouffville arena on thursday evening sept 22nd a s30 an admission price of 100 will entitle each player to participate in twenty regular games a prize of 5500 will be offered tr the winner in addition thore will be three share theweallh and one free game the jadcpit prize will be s10000 the erre proceeds will go toird lions welfare work call is to be answered by nam ing a famous canadian citizen mrs r jackson will speak on one famous citizen claremont womens institute are invited to the womens in stitute at myrtle on wednesday evening september 21st mr and mrs b cable of rich mond hill were sunday guests at the home of mr and mrs j mcguire also april monahan of sutton visited the mcguires mrs peters of toronto is en joying a visit at the home of her granddaughter and family mr and mrs gordon benson and visited with other relatives in the village a car driven by mr jack bernan of whitby went out of control in the village on thurs day night of last week and crashed into a tree the auto was completely wrecked the driver suffered bruises and face cuts it is believed that a blow out was responsible for the ac cident the collision occurred on a curve north of the sarco plant the claremont firemen were summoned to a blaze on the farm of mr ralph norton cone 5 on sunday afternoon a straw stack in the field had ig nited miss marie lynn and miss joyce norton have been spend ing their summer vacation in the laurentians a mixed trebles bowling tour nament will bo held on the local greens on saturday sept 21th the winners will receive tur keys each participant will re ceive a chicken keith carson science teacher at woodbridge high school has returned home from a very in teresting summer vacation trip in july he visited england and scotland and in august ha visited france holland bel gium germany switzerland austria and italy audley mrs fred tuckrin the rev m buttars chose as his text on sunday whatever your task work heartily as serv ing your lord not man the mens choir sang the club will open its fall activities on saturday evening with a corn roast at the home of bert and mrs guthrie the ladies are asked to bring a pie school opened on tuesday with mrs g k pratt in the senior room and mrs bob bryant pic kering in the junior room the school grounds have been lev- died and a new fence is being erected on three sides sympathy is extended to mrs alec richards on the death of her aunt mr and mrs richards and family motored to montreal to attend the funeral on mon day mr and mrs dick ansel june and bob have moved from the claremont district to reside on the ellesmere nursery farm mrs s wonnacott entered the oshawa hospital on saturday mr and mrs bert guthrie harold and mrs w h guthrie visited with mr and mrs h schuyler paris ont during the weekend mr and mrs art brown ent- ertaincd a number of friends at a corn roast on saturday even ing mr bob mehugh visited mr and mrs f ford omagh on sunday museum at brougham open to public pickering townships newly organized museum opened its doors to the general public last week it is located west of brougham on highway 7 in the old brougham public school which is itself more than 100 years old william g liwson a for mer reeve of the township and a prime mover in the museum project said the displays are not only interesting but educa tional and an effort will be made to make it possible for every township school child to visit the museum tne historical society obtain ed much valuable assistance from members of the royal ontario must m in setting up the displays on display are indian relics from the miller site which has aroused much public interest in the past two years most of the antiques have been donated by township residents descendants of the many families that pion eered here on display are butter churns old fashioned clothes house- utensils antique farming tools and implements childrens toys and other articles much too nu merous to mention besides the old school near by is another old log building brought here from scarbo o which is reputed to be one of the first log cabins erected in that township it will be restor ed and furnished with period pieces if they can be obtained although the official opening will not take place until next year the public is invited to view the museum now and re view the work of this historical society