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tt t the stooffviuf wiwl twvky febrey 7 1963 improved library quarters unveiled at open house whhhhi hilltll if ai an open house was held friday evening and many lit the recently remodelled persons were favourably im- claremont public library on pressed by the enlarged quar ters the librarian is mrs cess enjoyed by the library harry porter pictured here can be attributed to her cffici- and much of the current sue- ency and enthusiasm library has served claremont community continually for more than seventy years on friday evening the recent ly renovated claremont public library was unveiled at a spe cial open house gathering that attracted a large and inter ested crowd guests in attend ance for the occasion included the reeve of pickering town ship and warden of ontario county mr sherman scott deputyreeve mrs jean mc pherson the clerk of pickering twp mr lloyd johnston and mrs johnston and three mem bers of the brougham library board helen holtby elsa stor- ry and dorothy miller the pickering township home and school association was repre sented by roberta adamson amy bell nora beddall and dorothy moses a short program was taken by mrs r f cooper who wel comed th guests mrs c a keevil presented an outline of the history surrounding the claremont library that had its beginning in 1s91 more than 70 years ago she told of the re modelling program and the completed project was much admired by everyone present down through the years there have been many chairmen sec retaries officers and directors including the late m j wilker the late mrs g m forsyth mrs wm drew now of peler- boro miss viola forsyth mr don hedges mrs grant taylor to mention only a few gift appreciated a plaque has been hung in the library in recognition of the people who so generously contributed gifts of furnish ings w r mceachnie sr mr and mrs r f cooper mr and mrs g mcconnell mr and mrs c a keevil mrs h g mclntyre mrs frank ioyst mrs grant taylor mr and mrs joe farr orillia mr and mrs don hedges mr and mrs wm drew of peterboro and mr and mrs hugh kortright the claremont womens in stitute has always contributed annually to the library funds and did so again this year sarco canada ltd also gave the funds a substantial boost the electric heating and lighting was a gift from dr if f tom- linson in loving memory of his wife beatrice outstanding service three members with outstand ing years of service were recog nized mrs frank loyst was president of the library from 1931 to 1943 dr n f tomlin- son first joined the library board in 1922 and is still a very active member mrs h g mc lntyre was secretary from 1931 until 1950 owing to ill health she was unable to be present her letter of good wishes was received and appreciated the late mrs g m forsyth was chairman for many years her daughter viola was in at tendance she held the position of secretary for a time rev a e cresswell spoke briefly and thanked the library board members for the untiring work dr tomlinson was sin gled out for his oustanding contribution to both his church and the library in addition to many other community activi ties rev cresswell delivered the prayer of rededication much of the credit for the success of the open house must go to the program chair man mrs geo mcconnell and mrs r f cooper no village resident has library than dr n f tom- and has held a position on iced by electric heating a worked harder in the inter- linson he was appointed to the executive for the past 40 gift from dr tomlinson in csts of the claremont public the library board in 1922 years the building is serv- memory of his wife beatrice trustees seek subsidy on 1962 paving program the claremont trustee board is seeking to acquire a subsidy in 1963 for a 273780 paving program completed in 1962 the request was discussed briefly at a regular meeting of pickering twp council on mon day night no reason was given for the delay in filing the subsi dy claim in past instances of this kind the dept of hwys has been op posed to payments of subsidy on road work done in a previ ous year need hair million the high cost of education in public school area no 2 was revealed before pickering twp council on monday night when it was learned that over one- half million dollars will be re quired for 1963 the suggested mill rate for the current year will be 354 mills it was 29 mills in 1962 the increase has been attri buted to a 16 higher average daily attendance with only a 9 increase in assessments the provincial grant is also less on a per student basis the most disturbing feature is that this trend will continue in future years if there is a further increase in school popu lation than in assessments said mr j h adamson chair man of the board the 1963 re quisition to council is 572389 09 clerk typist applications will be received until feb 25th 1963 for the position of clerktypist assessment dept twp of pickering apply by letter in own hand writing to d f goslin mima assessment commissioner brougham ontario car on wrong side inquest jury finds a 42yearold cherrywood man was driving carelessly prior to a jan 18 accident near dunbarton in which he and two other men were killed a coro ners jury has ruled the fiveman jury was en quiring into the death of james holland cherrywood the verdict of the jury stated that hollands car was driven on the wrong side of the solid white line on a curve at ex cessive speed and was being driven in a very careless man ner a passenger in hollands car frederick hubner 57 of pine ridge rd pickering and the driver of the other car john spencer martin 36 of west hill also died in the accident on highway 2 near the rouge river bridge the accident occurred at 450 pm the jury learned that a speci men of hollands blood taken at the time of the accident showed an alcoholic content of 06 parts per thousand crown attorney bruce affleck told the jury that i dont think this is a factor that has a great deal of significance in this case mr affleck pointed out that a person must show a reading of 15 parts per thousand of alcohol in the blood before a conviction a recommendation was also handed in by the jury the recommendation urged that the department of high ways make a survey of the ac cident area and make any changes felt necessary by them herman van zantem 18 of pickering township told the jury holland passed his car and before he could pull back to the right side of the road collided with a car coming around the curve another motorist said he was driving at 45 miles an hous when hollands car passed him sgt peter hollywood of pick ering township police said he thought seat belts might have saved martins life claremont news township of pickering employment male temporary man wanted to assist warble fly inspector in april and may must be used to cattle also capable man able to operate and maintain tractor and mower june to september apply h ashtort broueham ontario phone vh 22760 mwwmwwwv mr and mrs tom coulby of toronto were visitors on sun day afternoon with mr and mrs al fryer mr and mrs jack mansell enjoyed the weekend skiing at beaver valley near flcsherton mr bill keevil will take a group of claremont cubs to maple leaf gardens on satur day mr and mrs g rennie of scarboro were sunday dinner guests at the home of mr and mrs jack rennie susan boniface relchrated her birthday on friday night and enjoyed an evening of skating with a number of her school friends at winter wonder land near stouffville donald hockley was a week end visitor at the home of mr and mrs a samarillo on sat urday evening mr and mrs samarillo entertained a number ff friends and relatives from scarboro and toronto for a skating and toboggan party com phyllis desjardins pre sented com jessie mcguire with her past presidents pin at the regular meeting of the lsdies auxiliary on thursday feb 14 th miss jackie pascoe daughter of mr and mrs floyd pascoe has been confined to the ux- bridge cottage hospital for an appendicitis operation karen blake celebrated herl birthday on saturday night and held a party for number of her school chums at her home twentyone members of the girl guides enjoyed an after noon of bowling at markham on saturday frank hendy topped the high single bowlers in the claremont league last week witli a score of 312 it is unlikely that any one will match the count of 349 rolled recently by ken field- beginning this week the tribune may he purchased at ken jones variety store north oi coopers hardware on monday evening feb 11th the united church women met in the church with the prougham ladies as their guests the worship period was in charge of mrs xorinne hill and mrs violet boniface mrs mau reen ward read the scripture mrs blackman and mrs fern miller of brougham each pre sented a reading mrs xorinne hill and mrs helen anderson rendered a duet dr x f tomlison left on tuesday on a mediterranean cruise and will be gone for about sixty days he is accom panied by his brother mr har vey tomlinson of sehumackcr or they took the train from toronto and embarked from new york mr gen pearsall manager of the local coop is still con fined to st mlehnpls hopitai toronto but hopes to be re leased on friday editors mail claremont ont feb 16 1963 mr j thomas editor the stouffville tribune stouffville ont dear sir i cannot help hut compliment you for a change on your re porting of the pickering rural ratepayers meeting in broug ham on february 6th you neither flattered nor censured anything nor sided in any issue but reported the facts in brief that is the way to report news honestly and acccurately the small town newspaper and i say this with great deference to them have a ten dency to sneak in their heavy thumb in the news to the bene fit of one side against those not in agreement with them in so doing they may injudiciously injure a worthy cause to the benefit of a worthless one however you might have with good reason commented as to the scarborough association attitude towards us they not only boycotted our meeting but deliberately tried to sabotage it under the naive publicity that they did not want to hurt anybody and even tried to in fluence our speakers to refrain from attending it the rural ratepayers which i shall brief as we worked our heads off to bring two eminent cabinet ministers to discuss our problems of interest to all ratepayers whether farmer rural or urban the scarbo rough outfit which i shall brief as they set up to cover up their members ears and to blindfold them so that they would not have to hear what these notable cabinet ministers had to say while we wanted to clarify our respective position in com mon they tried like the dog in the manger to allow no one to hear us any intelligent person one would think would have been urged to attend that meet ing and investigate for himself but instead they set out to sabotage our meeting resorting to crude methods that have in fact done their cause injury and established ours higher than ever in the minds of fairminded and intelligent people we accomplished something patent and historical in less than two months the only thing they have accomplished is unnecessary division dis union and petty jealousies in our community we did not need a lawyer to spend our money but accom plished our purpose without costing any one else a dime we did not have to resort to under handed methods by having secret teteatete and chitchats with any reeve or member of the cabinet we presented our case in open discussion both in council and in public meetings with the cabinet ministers we advocat ed union solidarity and fair equity they personal interest at the expense of others we recommend to our mem hers not only to attend their meetings hut to join their asso ciation for unitys sake they instead boycott and sabotage us as though they had other designs than the interest of the taxpayer we have performed a service to all ratepayers with credit- ahle distinction surmounting all odds they counting outride forces township council sup port and all the press for bed fellows have accomplished noth ing xothi xg we represent a segment of ratepayers free from political interest they represent the censored politicians who have been for over 10 years increas ing our taxes in the rural and farming community giving us nothing that we did not have 10 years ago is it any wonrfer they did not want one to hear us your truly robert g roy whitby twp road superintendent resigns walks out of meeting whitby townships road him back telling him council feel superintendent merle ross walked oui of a brooklin coun cil meeting last week amid a blaze of questioning by reeve john goodwin and deputy- reeve john dryden regarding the roads department purchas ing policy when ross target of much criticism since his appointment in 1961 left the council cham ber he left behind him his resignation council on a unanimous re corded vote accepted the resig nation the performance by the road superintendent marks twice he has refused to answer quest ions and leave the council chamber since november at one of council two no vember meetings the former road superintendent refused to be crossexamined by deputy- reeve dryden and stomped out of the room in december he refused to enter the room because the press was represented good night gentlemen mr ross waved and said good night gentlemen im leaving was not finished with its report im finished good night gentlemen mr ross said and left the room clerk murray robinson who had received mr rosss resig nation from him during the argument followed him mr ross forgot to sign it insubordination deputyreeve dryden charged mr ross leaving the room was another example of in subordination by ross we had the same thing last year and i feel the public is entitled to know where its money is go ing the letter to council mr ross wrote during the argu ment read members of whit by township council i am hereby submitting my resigna tion and wish to be relieved of my duties as road superinten dent of the township of whit by he submitted it at 815 pm speaking of mr drydens motion of immediate accept ance councillor fred stureh councils junior member charg ed ross leaving the way he did was most inconsiderate t was astounded at the fact any man in public life reeve goodwin twice called i he walked out of the meeting i should be subjected to question ing regarding his job it takes a man to stand up to accusa tions and questions councillor stureh said suspended in 1961 councillor frank thompson the senior councillor pointed out mr ross was suspended from service in 1961 until an audit report failtd to prove the roads department funds were being misspent if it is the wish of the man to resign there is no sense in trying to keep him on councillor thompson said councillor dorald roberts said he was shocked but not entirely surprised when the road superintendent resigned but it is somethinj which has been in the wind he certainly has not been hounded up to the point he has beer in the past and this is the second time he has walked out ol a meeting if he has nothing 10 hide he should be man enough to stand up and fac6 it im not suggesting there is misappropri ation of public funds poor administration may cover it i can only agree to accept his resignation councillor rob erts said atha mr and mrs james carnoch- ans from port perry called sun day afternoon on mr and mrs elles melton mr and mrs norman leh man attended the ayrico ban quet on thursday night at myrtle mrs james loree and baby toronto sper the weekend with her parents mr and mrs m dunkeld she returned home with her husband who spent sunday also with family we welcome mr and mrs mervyn harper to our commu nity they recently moved into the r macdonald home mrs thomas dunkeld spent sunday wit her sister mrs smith altona mr and mrs albert foster i and family were dinner guests on sunday with mr and mrs ellsworth keffer markham mr allan lehman who at tends variety village school spent the weekend at home with his parents mr and mrs nor man lehman mr and mrs norman leh man attended the united missi onary church service on st clair ave in toronto on sun day evening bcsxxxssxxsxs303es3ckxxssx ontario riding liberal association nomination meeting thursday february 28h 19g3 8 pm at henry st high school whitby ontario speaker miss judy lamarsh mp everyone welcome delegated convention ontario riding liberal association stilrtt1t11tttvll you will never know how good a deal on farm tractors and equipment can be tin you see the 963 fords at altona feed supplies phone 6401621 ask jor fred or roy pbbbbcbb tim hllllllllllullllulhulmillulluuhuuluui