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thursday december 23 1971 the tribune pje 3 jack anderson councillor elect the year ahead altona on jan 10 ward 1 councillor- elect jack anderson r r 3 claremont will be sworn in as one of three new members on the 197273 pickering twp council for the 41 year old cpr locomotive engineer the months ahead will produce a degree of self- satisfaction and unfortunately its share of problems and disappointments but none of the latter is likely to bother him more than the pathetic turnout at the polls dec 4 not only in his ward but across the entire municipality out of 12850 eligible voters only 26 percent exercized their franchise in ward 1 only 934 cast ballots out of a possible 4000 jack anderson and his committee called on every home north of the third concession i cant understand it he said in a recent interview at his cozy country home one mile east of altona in some places i spent over an hour and still they didnt vote at one residence he recalled the gen tleman of the house had no knowledge that an election was even on and yet one of the candidates had erected a large poster directly across the road at a candidates meeting in cherrywood he said six ratepayers at tended by comparison with some of ihe natives in the district mr and mrs anderson are comparative new comers pur chasing their 3acre house and lot six years ago thev previously lived in smith falls and rexdale their family numbers three all boys kenneth 15 david 11 and donald 4 it was only six days before the nomination meeting that jack anderson was asked to let his name stand he readily agreed and immediately went to work knowing that two other candidates one of them an ex- councillor were seeking the same seat he emerged an easy- winner scoring 456 votes to 276 for his nearest rival what lies ahead number one on the joyous wjvgqtmap sin the true spirit of this season ice extend our good icishes sincere gratitude from residents staff management of parkview home slouhvillc list of priority items is the future state of pickering township itself will it go to metro if not all how much and how soon its all a giant guessing game with councillorelect an derson guessing along with all the rest he personally believes the decision will come at the end of february if metro doesnt gobble up the township in its en tirety he feels the east rural half will go to oshawa and the west half to york he frowns on any suggestion that the leftover section should operate as a distinct municipality on its own and fur thermore he doesnt think the provincial government would allow such a thing to occur road main tenance and school costs would be too great a tax burden for the people to bear he claims anticipated issues already appearing on the 72 horizon include a new salary contract for the township police extension of the municipal garbage area and pressure from the dept of lands and forests for reinstatement of a 3- day deer hunt on the latter jack anderson is firm i dont want it we dont need it i havent seen two deer in the area in the past six years we have a pheasant hunt now and thats enough in fact id like to stop that too the councillorelect would like to see a ratepayers ass ociation organized in ward 1 hed also like to see more rural residents holding positions on township boards and com mittees of the current council he says theyve been really good theyve gone out of their way to help me out jack anderson is looking forward to the year ahead hes also looking forward to co operation from the ratepayers hes elected to serve in whatever you do be moderate and no sickness will befall you ecclesiasticus a powerful new movie ioboniosiaj billy jack 70u imjghm deiores tmor aduit intirtainmint one show nightly at 8 00pm mon dec 27th at 200pm 40 mm- next thursday night 800pm shea eitckankent tlllll cllti hans christian andersen ic worlds most romantic danny k aye storytcue with the flim iiuii magic of goioen songs a small world jack anderson councillorelect ward 1 pickering twp relaxes in the living room of his home near altona he anticipates a busy year ahead jas thomas i have purchased the property of hans auto body on highway 48 and will reopen there next april with much improved service facil ities meanwhile call 6404840 for sprite sales and service merry christmas bob ellis trailer sales in this ihe most festive season of the year we express the sincere wish that your christmas may be ihe picture of great joy and glad tidings many thanks for your loyal patronage from all of us at stouffville sound music stouffville best wishes from all of us to ml of you the management and staff phil sargeant stewart stouffer terry forfar paul wideman norma graydon mervyn card jean havercort linda spence margaret mckillop elsie sanders sharon doner don doner stouffville mrs hugh herbison the former agnes klinck obrien avenue stouffville and now residing in argenta bc has accepted the position as organist in a newly built united church in nelson bc the minister of the church is rev russel vickers who as a student minister boarded with the late mrs ralph hamilton on 0brien avenue right next door to the klinck family when agnes was in high school here with most of their familv awav from home or married agnes spends several days a week in nelson with about twenty music pupils and a junior choir her specialty is the piano but she is enjoying the organ very much her sister phyllis who has also been living in argenta recently- and teaching art in the school there leaves shortly after the new year to attend the university of mexico taking further study in art and a three months course in spanish and spanish history laughter is a tonic try a dose vz price sale xaaas cards and wrappings sale starts tuesday dec 28th stouffville 5c 100 store stedmans dealer rrs m she smiles of young carolers reflect the warmth of this joyous holiday season permit us to wish you and yours a very merry christmas and to extend our sheerest appreciation for being wonderful customers thank you k m cunningham stouffville nursing home main street that son or daughter corona portables for would appreciate one christmas tribune of the latest smith- office supplies i plarmac1 main west stouffville jst