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vvjt s ihe stoufpiue iwsune ttorvjy fefenufy 25 1965 uxbridge pickering tvvp news depreeve oppose 1000 raise for reeve 500 over 3000000 ontario county road budget for 65 reeve clifford iajcox dbceve mrs joan mcfhersoh the council of the twp of pickering has approved a 500 raise for the reeve of the municipality although some members felt that the position was worthy of a 1000 increase the reeves salary that stood at 3000 in 19g1 was the subject of debate at a regular meeting last week councillor herb wank recommended that the figure should be raised to 4000 councillor wm newman agreed that a 500 increase was not enough the work load is getting bigger and bigger he said 1 think the reeve has great responsibilities and his time is used quite extensively one cant get anywhere by pinching on individuals the taxpayers wouldnt even notice the increase its so small continued councillor wank honorary position its an honorary position contended deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson she said such a salary figure could be consider ed when the council sees fit to appoint a fulltime reeve we have a lot of things to consider we have people in this township who are struggling to keep body and soul together she noted that the reeve with his additio nal duties was receiving over 5000 a year mot as reeve of this town ship argued councillor new man its because of his position on this council said the deputy- reeve i dont feel that the reeves position is one of honor alone said councillor wank he movjd an amendment to the motion that the salary figure be increas ed by s1000 it went down to defeat with councillor harvey spang speaking against the motion increases should he gradual he said not by leaps and bounds a motion to increase the sti pend by 500 was approved a record s3021600 for road expenditures for 1965 was ap proved by ontairo county coun cil meeting tuesday in whitby the sum will be divided be tween the county and the osh- awa suburban roads commis sion and includes more than 2 million in subsidies from the provincial government the standing committee on roads and bridges recommended that a tax levy of 60 u mills to cover the expenditure the re port said that a minimum of six mills must be set aside for road expenditures before prov incial subsidies are made ordinary road maintenance accounts for s19ss00 of the mid get an estimated s21000 over j961 figures the superintend ence and overhead revenues have dropped from 1961s esti mated s93916 to a budgeted 92100 bridge and culvert bridge and culvert mainte nance accounts for s17000 of the budget and s1ho0o has been proposed for urban rebates the payment of the rebates states the report is provided for mu nicipalities not separated from the county organization under the highway improvement act the estimated rebates range from 59759 for the town of whitby to 1528 for the village of cannington a record 75000 was earmark ed for new machinery and build ings for the engineering depart ment sunderland will be the home of a new maintenance building which will cost an estimated 30000 a new grader four trucks an automatic sander will be bought and other purchases and repairs will be made under the new budget arrangements contracted maintenance for stretches of county roads in var ious parts of ontario county will cost an estimated 18100 paving construction on coun ty road xo 1 from the fourth concession north to highway xo 7 will cost an estimated 25000 similar work on nine miies of old pavements through out the countv will take an estimated 63000 work on the brougham by pass has seen 8200 set aside and an additional 13600 has been budgeted under paving construction for part of county road xo 1 west of hwy 12 a total of sil2300 has been budgeted by the committee for grading work on several stretches of roadway as fol lows brougham bypass scu- gog road the yorkontario ctv boundary quaker hill uxbridge the epsom bypass west of sun derland county road xo 11 from county road 1013 to victo ria corners west of the beaver- ton bypass and work on county roads xos 19 and 21 another 18000 was budgeted for legal surveys- construction surveys design land purchase and fencing on the following roads from the north limit of the brougham bypass to clare- mont road 10b for three miles south of victoria corners from port perry north to cone 10 of reach on road 2 and on county road 12 from hwy 12 west into brock township 10000 subsidy a 100 per cent subsidy of 510000 was budgeted for the reconstruction of the rama road as a development project from hwy 12 to longford a distance of 53 miles the budget also included 550000 for the reconstruction of altona road in pickering twp from cone 1 to cone 5 and from there west to the yorkontario cty boundary the rama road project is a 100 per cent subsidy and the pickering twp project is subject to 50 per cent and 80 per cent subsidies first phase of brougham church project completed the first phase of an improve ment program for st johns united church in brougham has been completed a new tiled ceiling well insulated has re placed the old false beams stained a golden brown lend a sense of dignity to the only church in the village the objective of a campaign undertaken in the fall by enthu siastic church personnel has been exceeded the goal of the building committee was s20000 the total amount received and pledged reached 520300 the second phase will proceed as soon as weather permits an excavation will be made under the church building and a base ment will be constructed to ac commodate sunday school clas ses ac the present time these classes are held in the church auditorium new addition phase three will include the election of a building on the south side of the church to serve as a choir room and a ministers preparatory study when completed the project will also include a fullv-cquip- pod kitchen washrooms and a modern water system rev a e cresswell pastor at both claremont and brough am has expressed his enthusi asm over the progress of the building program and is looking forward to the completion of the work the contractor is mr ken pascoe a member of the st johns congregation claremont news loses wailet containing 150 a reward has been offered for the return of a wallet con taining a sum of about 150 lost somewhere in the village of claremont on thursday february 18th it is the property of mr frank vogelson who resides in the home adjacent to hedges store in addition to he money the wallet also contained his drivers licence and personal papers it was dropped at a location between lie 4eorners and the cpr station road if it is found the owner may be contacted at 6492438 -siiii3tt- mr douglas x mill new clerk of pickering township staff phiiio green river rec committee proposed the community of green river is anxious to organize a recreation committee and mr robert caladine appeared before a recent meeting of the senior organization in pickering town ship to acquire information on such a program he said too that the operation of an openair rink in the hamlet had presented a financial problem the spokesman was told that he should submit an amount of organization money desired in order that it might be included in the overall budget to be drawn up in febru ary with respect to the formation of their own committee mr cal adine was told to obtain five interested residents in the com munity and when their names were submitted the township would assist in setting up their mr and mrs roy ward are expected home from their trip to florida on march 10th mr and mrs wrn hobday and family of toronto were weekend guests of mr and mrs jack rennie the annual boy scout ban quet was held on monday eve ning in the masonic hall mr and mrs jack norton vi sited with mr and mrs russell hamilton on friday evening chicken pox has been preval ent in the village those confin ed to home this week are janet devitt howie jones and erling anonby mr and mrs jack ward were the hosts at a very enjoyable openair skating party on mon day evening at the farm of mr and mrs frank mcavoy am ong those present were mr and mrs gauslin mr and mrs al murray mr and mrs lloyd pugh mr ellis britton mr and mrs earle cook mr and mrs dick ward and mr and clearance cash and carry all sales final cascade 40 electric water heaters 6500 5 only mcclary easy gas furnaces 12500 white or coloured round oval rectangular enamelled steel vanities 1298 white or coloured china basins 1050 white or coloured china closets 2995 white or coloured closet seats 398 white or coloured enamelled steel bath tubs 3998 double compartment stainless steel sinks 2550 single compartment stainless steel sinks 950 chrome plated kitchen deck faucets 650 concrete laundry tubs 1289 laundry tub pumps 2850 aluminum dryer vent kits 498 sump pumps 3499 3 inch standard house trough per 100 feet 1098 3 inch 28 gauge house trough per 100 feet 1250 red brooder heat bulbs 98 other electrical fixtures soli at cost price plastic pipe prices cut 50 to 35 per cent to clear suburban plumbing and industrial supplies 191 main street north uxbridge ontario phone s523s52 mrs- timms following the out ing the group gathered at mr and mrs wards home for re freshments sympathy of the community goes to mr a samarillo in the death of his brotherinlaw mr edgar prouse has return ed to work after spending a couple of weeks with his sister mrs tom hammond the christian church in stouftville was the scene of a very pretty wedding on satur day afternoon for larry vernon and freda draper about 100 guests attended with the recep tion in the stoulfville masonic hall rev almack and mr and mrs mclaurin visited at the home of mr and mrs l al mack on sunday on the occa sion of mr almack birthday many residents in the com munity were disappointed on sunday evening when the pick ering dist high school choir were unable to attend a special service in the baptist church their leader mr allan clark of greenwod was confined to bed with the flu the regular meeting of the womens institute was held on wednesday feb 17th at the home of mrs k ward twenty- five ladies attended the dis cussion centred around the past history of claremont mrs t hammond mrs j empringham mrs robt red- shaw and mrs e rcdshaw had afternoon tea on wednesday ot last week with mrs g ham mond on the occasion of her 85th birthday mr walter ward 38 went skating on sunday and enjoyed himself very much mr and mrs clark vanstonc motored to cameron near lindsay on sunday to visit with his cousin mrs jim vanstonc mrs bruce johnson of osha- wa visited on sunday with mr and mrs don hedges keep friday evening feb 26 open for the big dance in the storage premises at fred lewis altona feed and supply cen tre altona the event will con clude a big open house pro gram announcing the arrival of the 1965 model ford tractors there is no admission to the dance and music will be provi ded by art celsics orchestra the afternoon unit of the ucw will meet at the home of mrs m anderson on thurs day feb 25th today at 200 pm mrs hollingshead and mrs middleton are in charge of the program rev a e cresswell has re turned home from a brief holi day in florida ashburn cow wins gold seal award the ayrshire breeders asso ciation of canada has announc ed that datiand queen of spades 3 owned by william g reid of ashburn is one of nine ontario ayrshire cows which have qualified for gold seal certificates by producing 10000 pounds of milk or more the certificates are given in recognition of meritorious life time production achievements there have been 834 canadian ayrshire cows qualify for gold seal certificates the cows are all on official rop test and all have been milked on practical twice a day milking darland queen of spades 3 has completed nine lactations producing 109754 ins milk 4357 lbs fat in 2662 days all her lactations are in 305 days she producted 14567 lbs milk 541 lbs fat at seven years and 13782 lbs milk 651 fat at five years she was imported from england as a young cow she is classified very good and has a daughter classified excellent one star judge you are charged with throwing your mother-in- law out of the window jones yes i did it without thinking sir judge yes but dont you see how dangerous it might have been for anyone passing at the time large herd holsteins to be sold at gauslin auction march 19 district farmers are assured of an exceptionally good auction sale next month on the property of mr les gauslin north half of lot 14 cone 7 pickering twp the date is friday march 19th alvin farmer of gormley will wield the gavel it will mark the second large farm property auction in picker ing twp in less than three weeks cows machinery and household furnishings will also go under the hammer on the charles reynolds premises cone 7 west of the brock road wednesday march 3rd a feature of the gauslin sale will be the large herd of hol- stein cattle both cows and heifers the auction will begin sharp at 12 oclock noon in addition to the cattle 65 in all the livestock dispersal will include 35 pigs and 230 pullets there is a lengthy list of im plements including a pulltype 8 foot combine that lias cut only 1 crop two tractors will be sold and a hay baler other imple ments include two plows a cultivator five separate units of harrows a rubber tired wagon seed drill hammer mill power hay mower manure spreader oneway disc and many other items dairy and poultry equip ment will go before the auction block plus a quantity of house hold furniture near 100 years the 120 acre farm has been retained in the gauslin family name for 91 years the late geo gauslin was the original owner leslie gauslin took it over in 1917 the property has been sold to messrs d l howes and r r corson mr wm pegg of slouffville representative of the thos shea real estate co com pleted the transaction the present barn on the prop erty was erected in 1901 the house was built in 1910 mr gauslin can recall travel ling to the st lawrence market in toronto when he would load up his goods and leave at mid night to arrive at an early hour the next day roads were often plugged full of snow in the win ter and it was not unusual to travel through the fields although farming has played an important part in the gauslin family life for the past half- century they have few regrets at leaving their homestead properly one son gordon has his own farm a short distance to the north a second son earl is at home debating team reaches ontario finals ontario county junior farm er debating team defeated pet erborough county in the fourth round of the provincial series and will now advance to the fin als against the western ontario winner representing ontario countv is anne dryden and maty jean jamieson from the brooklin junior farmers and bob barlow perry junior farmers the lopic for the semifinal and final scries is resolved that canadians would have more security if north america were united the finals will be held at the university of guelph on friday evening march 5 the debate will be held as a part of the provincial association confer- and neil mcleod from the port ence and annual meeting mr and mrs h a newman celebrate golden anniversary ryv y is always there w your help tribune for sale in village of pickering the sloultville tribune now available each week boyes drug store in picker ing village copies may be purchased every thursday morning many enquiries have been received concerning a counlcr sales outlet in this area and through the cooperation of mr boyes a distribution point has now been establish ed the sale price is 10 cents per copy harold hopkins 65 legion pres mr harold hopkins is the new president of the claremont branch of the canadian legion the election of officers was held recently he succeeds mr jim curtis to this post other members of the execu tive include treasurer jim mcguire secretary louis fry 1st vice pies kd austin 2nd vice pros robf bishop sgt- alarms bud norton service officer frank hollingshead altona a sewing course focus on finishes is being sponsored by the altona wi the organi zation meeting will be held at mis fred byers main st w on thursday night mar 4lh at 745 pm bring a used zipper and a piece of cotton material any one interested is welcome mr and mrs norman bunker had supper with their son clar ence and mrs bunker and fam ily of goodwood on friday on sunday the bunkers entertained rev and mrs f huson to din ner please phone 6101427 with your news for this column mr anil mrs harry newman married 50 years horton studio stouffville coop phone 6401550 hr throughh fred cross your help does so much k for so many a fifty years of marriage calls tor a day of major celebration and mr and mrs harry a new man of rr 2 claremont were honoured with a golden anni versary reccmly that did full justice to the occasion six hundred guests from pick ering and toronto areas were joined by special visitors from across the country at annandale country club when the new mans received the congratula tions of their many friends floral tributes and lelegrams conveyed the wishes of hundreds of others who were unable to attend in person harry newman is a well known and highly regarded res ident of pickering both for his community activities and as a practicing lawyer from the time of his law studies in toron to and his call to the ontario bar in 1911 he has come to be noted as an authority on cor poration law one of mr newmans princi pal civic interests has been his lifelong association with the lions club after he joined the service group in 1920 he was soon elected to local and inter national office and continued as an officer of the world body until he was elected international president in 1921 at the recent lions international convention in toronto with 40000 in at tendance mr newman was the special guest of honour as the earliest president in attendance the opening of the new ajax and pickering general hospital in january also owed a great deal to mr newman who acted as general chairman for the two and one half million dollar fund raising campaign anglican church affairs have been another devoted interest of the newman family a little known fact of harry newmans active participation in church matters is that he built and do nated a church and parish hall st pauls on the hill dunbar- ton mrs newman is the former margaret follnsbec of slralh- roy their family includes four sons harry newman of picker ing rev r s newman of mon treal thomas a newman qx who is a partner in his fathers law firm bill newman picker ing township councillor and farmer and daughter anne mrs patrick dalyl of cork ire land a son richard was killed in action in 1913 as a rcaf flying officer there are 22 grandchildren mr and mrs newman cnloyed their golden anniversary so much they are already making plans for their sixtieth in 1975