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tin 9 rut tjitmi rhnitf tfti v mi claim home buildup cause of pickering tax increase ask bylaw be enforced brougham a former councillor of the township of pickering hat charjed that residen tial buildup throughout the whole of the munici pality is to blame for continues increase in taxes milton mowbray of kinsale vice president of the rural ratepayers association addressed a standinsroom audience in the brougham hall april 19 that only homes of the highest standard would pay or the services that automatically follow mr mowbray suggested that in spite of municipal by laws there was a tendency at times for authorities to bend a little this is done at our expense he said another dollar out of our pockets we must put a stop to this sort of thing right now he said that farmers were becom ing less and less able to pay more money in spite of his plea the motion ef fective across the entire township was lost a second motion to re sist residential buildup in only the rural areas of the municipality on a piece meal basis was approved reeve clifford laycox said that he and each member of his council was concerned with the rising tax rate speaking person ally he said that taxes on his own home in west rouge had gone up by 5106 to 5s20 1 cant af ford it either school cost increase defended by chairman milton mowbray mr mowbray pointed to the lax problem presently facing residents of bay ridges and said that such a community lacking in industry but comprising hundreds of homes was a vivid example of what could occur i am person ally not in favor of devel oping our way out of our problems the problems only get worse he noted 4h homemaking members present l toast to confederation on saturday the ontario south 1h homcmaking achievement day was held in the brougham hall pickering township in addition to hie modelling of centennial fashions six girls presented a skil entitled a toast to confederation the cast included left to right betty jones lean fugh leader bonnie norton faye norton margaret may lois norton and louise johnston staff photo brougham a 7 mill hike in pickering town ship school area no 1 that includes a sj5000 in crease in teachers salar ies was defended by the board chairman eleanor mckean at the annual mee ting of the rural ratepay ers association in brough am hall april 19 mrs mckean said hat the board had to meet a standard established in other areas in order to ob tain qualified personnel there are 46 teachers on the area 1 staff the ranse extends from 4500 in le vel 1 to a maximum of s9- 000 in level 4 depending on experience and qualifi cations james edwin wilton dies at claremon in ninetysecond year pickering depreeve claims discrimination brougham picker ing township deputy- reeve mrs jean mcpher- son took a swing at the organizers of a ratepayers meeting in ihe west rouge and suggested that a form of discrimination had been exercised addressing close io 200 people at ihe annual mccling of ihe rural ratepayers associa tion april 19 in brougham she said she had not been invited to speak at the west rouge gathering on the previous nighl i dont know why i was dis criminated against she said but anyway i guess is was a nice form of dis crimination mrs mcphcrson thank ed the rural ratepayers executive for hie invita tion i still enjoy coming to brougham its been my second home lor eleven years i know what is on everybodys mind taxes its on my mind loo she said that on her own prop erty the taes had increas ed by 5114 she pointed out that only a small por tion of the tolal lax figure mrs jean mcphcrson was controlled by the council mrs mcphcrson con tended that more senior levels o f government would have to deal with ihe tax problems current ly facing ihe people of pickering she deplored however any thought of a march on queens park we have a difficult job and 1 hope the ratepayers would never expect us to take part in anything like that hugh miller reelected president of rural ratepayers brougham hugh miller wellknown clare- mont district farmer has been reelected president of the pickering township rural ratepayers associa tion the annual meeting mjat attracted a standing- room audience of close to 200 was held in the brou gham hall april 19 members of the execu tive include milton mow bray vice presidcnl mrs eleanor mckean secretary and directors prof eu gene labric william col lins ralph jones robert betson and donald milne legal advice in his report to the membership mr miller said that the firm of mr- callum and brewin had been retained by the asso ciation as legal advisors he said that both mr bre win and mr mowbray had appeared before council on the matter of ward dis tribution and at the onlar- io municipal board hear ing mr brewin was the counsel on the members hchalf he said that the by law as approved by the rural ratepayers and council was sanctioned by the o m b divide township the president reported that t delegation includ ing solicitor brewin had appeared before the depu ty minister of municipal affairs to discuss the split ting of the townshipone area rural and another ur ban the organization was told that the responsibility for surh a move rests with the ontario municipal board and that close to un animous approval was nee ded from the ratepayers in addition mr miller said proof of ihe feasibility of such a division was requir ed he said that excellent cooperation had been re ceived from representa tives of associations in bay ridges west shore and west rouge water rate the president said that rural ratepayers had ex pressed opposition to a 67 mill rate charge for water sevices installed in the ur ban area a delegation ap peared before the depart ment of municipal affairs to protest councils action in this regard the execu tive was told that a solu tion was being considered and that 30 other munici palities were similarly af fected mr miller said that a solution was now under study and any changes ap proved would be applicable to pickering township by anne loney a long time resident of the village mr james ed win wilton died at the home of his daughter mrs olive vine on wednesday april 19 he was in his 92nd year mr wilton was born in cornwall england and came to canada in 1906 he moved to picker ing township in 1914 and farmed at different times in both claremont and brougham mr wilton re tired in 1948 and after the death of his wife a year later he continued to live with his daughter services were held on saturday april 22 at the mceachnie funeral parlors pickering conducted by rev a e cresswell interment was in stouffville cemetery the pallbearers were wit mot hill russell hodgson earl anderson william evans elwood johnston and mail anderson mr wilton was an elder in the united church and served as choir leader for many years besides his daughter mrs vine he is survived by a son lesley wilton of claremont a brother fred of uxbridge and a sister beatrice in cornwall england bonnie white was 11 years old on thursday april 20 on saturday for a bit of a celebration bon nie took two of her friends denise goden and mari anne allen to the movies in uxbridge later they came back to her home for supper with her father peter white whose birth day was also on april 20 father and daughter shar ed a big chocolate birthday cake with brown and yel low icing and decorated with pink roses on sunday mr whites nephews carl white and his wife of scar- boro and george wright of brougham visited at the white home jlr and mrs l e park er left by motor on friday for a twoweek holiday in new orleans and florida wendy parker is home after completing two years at the ontario college in guelph and will be spend ing the summer with her parents mr and mrs herbert hilge spent the weekend at their cottage on lake fran ces near owen sound dont forget the auction in the legion hall tonight in aid of the centennial fund over 15000 was added to the centennial fund at the rummage sale in the community hall on satur day on the committee were mrs norris hardy mrs robert hockley mrs charles redshaw mrs john rennie mrs j bates mrs d m watson mrs frank hayward mrs reg sanderson mrs george dcrusha and mrs leslie randall the ladies aux iliary of the cubs and scouts mothers served lea during the morning and afternoon adding an addi tional amount which will be announced later airs alan prouse and mrs john inglis of george town visited their mother mrs arthur prouse of fairvicw lodge sunday and later had supper with their sister and brother-iii- law mr and mrs thomas hammond on sunday mr and mrs albert samarillo were among the guests at a large birthday party given for some friends at the home of mrs marion hunter in toronto valerie samaril- ios dinner guests on sun day were miss pamela wills of scarboro and mr frank sagcr of toronto mr and mrs roy timms and family were in malton sunday visiting mrs timms parents mrs joe maltby the sympathy community goes family of mrs of uxbridge s mr and of the to the george hill former resi dent of claremont who died last week and who was buried on saturday in claremont union ceme tery accompanied by their director mrs l d al- maek the cast of rise and shine attended a per formance of the winning entry in the northern area of the central ontario re gional dominion drama festival held at hart house last thursday evening the title of the play was out flew the web and floated wide a line taken from the lady of shalol and was directed by mr ron hartmann of toronto mr harlmann was the adjuca- tor when the brooklin jun ior farmers won the pro vincial drama festival in guelph at the presentation of the pulpit bible in the baptist church on sunday april 16 to commemorate rev dr h s hillyers 50 years of preaching in the ministry it was his son mr sidney d hillyer of toronto who made the presentation mr and mrs james ped- die were dinner guests of mr and mrs dwayne trcw of barrie on sunday fred peddie was in the cast of the skating carnival held in unionville last week record crowds attended each of the four perform ances about 125 guests attend ed the goodfellowship class lucky luncheon in the basement of the united church april 18 this was a luncheon with a differ ence in that all of the food was of the instant or pre cooked variety available from the stores and ready to serve at a moments notice mrs mclean a food demonstrator from toron to showed how on occa sions when the house wifes time was limited she could prepare and serve an appetizing and de licious meal the menu started with apple juice potato chips and chipdip followed by a macaroni salad chicken legs mashed potatoes and gravy and corn with chocolate mello roll whipped cream and instant tea receiving the guests were mrs roy morgan and mrs wesley lehman rev satellite city for pickering greenwood girls receive 4h county honors greenwood two greenwood district girls were among ihe recipients of 4h county honors at achievement day held in the brougham hall april 22 kalhy pegg and brcnda middlclon have successful ly completed six units of 4h work the womens institute met al the home of mrs hugh crawford april 19 mrs m annis ihe south ontario district president was the gucsl speaker and conducted the election of officers for the coming year pros mrs charles mctapgart 2nd vice pres mrs 1 still sec trras mrs hugh crawford con vener agriculture and ca nadian industries mrs milton mowbray conven er home economics and health mrs wm young convener citizenship and education mrs c e pcgg and miss may brown con vener historical research mrs wm a brown con vener resolutions mrs dennis owen convener public relations mrs j stell district director mrs wm young curator mrs c mctaggart and mrs p harrison the general mcctine of the ucw was held april 20 mrs douglas rcdpath of oshawa gave a very in teresting report of a con ference of ucw held at pelcrhorough during the business session plans were made for a tea and bake sale to be held al the church may 6 palti brown of brooklin spent the weekend with her grandparents mr and mrs wm a brown mr and mrs grant pas- coe and dale visited with mr and mrs rod oxford at pigeon lake over the weekend mr and mrs moss min- akcr o laxclan visited in the village last week and had dinner with mr and mrs ross disney rev t h plcctham is coming along nicely in oshawa general hospital after an operation on his other eye the scouts and cubs are calling april 29 for papers brougham a satel lite city within the town ship of pickering its a possibility accord ing to peeve clifford lay- cox mr laycox hinted al such a development al a meeting of the rural rate payers association april 19 he failed to pinpoint the location but il is thought io be near the brock road south of highway no 2 the announcement was re ceived with mixed feeling by both the executive and the audience who packed the brougham hall reeve c w laycox mr laycox informed his listeners that pickering had lost 14 potential indus tries within the last year due hi a lack of serviced sites he said that the township was facing a sim ilar pioblem with respect to rootes motors who had already built their plant and now required water the tsvnships application to cover the cost has been rejected by the ontario municipal board reeve laycox nolcd that some progress had been made in attracting indus trial assessment but said ihe balance was still about 80 percent residential if we can get one large de veloper who will pay for all the services then our problem will be solved he said he noted that the development if approved would contain a water and sewerage plant schools a firchall police station and a 50 acre park the proper ty includes about 1600 ac res shot in arm mr laycox was critical of the asscssmenl rate on ihe nuclear hydro plant he said the 2 per square foot charge was not suffi cient it should he asses sed on a comparable basis to what you and i are on if this recommendation ev er goes ihrough it would be a real shot in ihe arm for pickering we are fortunate io have il here but not from an assessment point of view mr laycox said that the rcsidenlial buildup in bay ridges was still not com plete with 212 lots retain ed under the consolidated building corporation ag reement this could mean another 5 or fi rooms on the school he said that under any other similar development the township should demand the assur ance of industry first he charged that adverse press publicity in recent months had seriously hurt picker- ings image a e cresswell welcomed the ladies and a former claremont united church minister rev ivan ken nedy said grace during the afternoon mrs jack hill and mrs roy timms sang a duel accompanied by mrs will evans at the piano the luncheon was convened by mrs mail anderson assisted by mrs cliff reynolds mrs rus sell hamilton mrs thomas hanimon d mrs will evans mrs margaret wilk- er and mrs fred evans mrs hazel leitch of toronto is spending a few days with her sisler and brotherinlaw mr and mrs howard hockley on saturday mr and mrs hockley attended the sale at the farm of mr and mrs clarence veitch in beth- csda mr and mrs jim rey nolds and family of agin- court and mr and mrs doug reynolds and family of bowmanville visited on mr and mrs cliff rey- sunday with their parents nolds mrs eleanor mckean mrs mckean said that die public was continually asking for improved ser vices which constituted in creased costs never has anyone come to a meeting and requested that we not approve of such things in fact she said it was seld om that any ratepayers at tended school meetings to find out whats going on professor eugene labrie a member of the associa tion executive agreed with the board chairman that the people were to blame in part for rising school costs you bring pressure to bear on boards to spend more money everyone is for more and better educa tion but we should be op posed to extrcmelics cree ping into it he termed kindergartens as a kind o organized babysitting ser vice mrs mckean said that the school rate in area 1 was 195 mills she nolcd that in area 2 it was 401 mills if jou are willing to pay another 21 mills you can have everything you want she said an ultimatum prof labrie a member tf the pickering dist high school board said that the teachers in ontario were well organized and the trustees had utile alterna tive but to give them what they wanted it amounts lo an ultimatum he said if you dont meet their requirements you dont get teachers he charged that local boards were in a weak bargaining position he said that it was most unfair that teachers good or bad should receive the same salaries he noted that some high school staff members were seeking up to 20000 per year our prime minister only gets 27000 be said he char ged that the position of ihe board in many respects was nothing more than a farce a motion proposed by mr labric lo oppose un necessary frills in educa tion was approved by the meeting yangtze pagoda tavern now fully licenced nnrlpr liquor ah nf ontario businessmens luncheon being 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