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~ Gal meeting ship Council ; by John Williams, _ Ridges, expressed their views TUE MAUAWA TIMES, Monday. January 20,1964 ~ \Rudley Minister| : Installs UCW .| Children Keep Pickering Township Retains County Plan Ratepayers gathered at a spe- of Pickering Town- » patted i. week' particularly to resolve mat- ter of the County of Ontario tak- ing over the township assess- ment system, and to complete @ brief to the Golden! Com- mission, A delegation headed| of Bay on the assessment question. A resolution to return to town- pe assessment was narrowly eated. At the first meeting of the 1964-1965 Council, some displea- sure was expressed at the for- mer council's resolution to apply for Assessment, A reso- ation to request the County to repeal the bylaw which made County Assessor Gordon Hep- Of about a $3000 increase, there| would be approximately $1560 normal increase by reason of increments." Mr, Hepditch said that the total cost under the three muni- cipalities which have been ac- cepted for County Assessment Pickering Village, Whitby Township and Pickering Town- ship) would be appointed ac- ment returned. "We cannot effect an econo- my unless we have the whole county in the system," he said. "Then your costs would go down proportionately." About the rest of the munici- palities, after query, Mr, Hep- ditch answered that the County Assessor was in an advisory capacity to the assessors -- ditch, a ment commissi for the Township of Pickering .-» was then tabled until the mat- eeetaert Pet eeeesrere etetpegettce Teese ta? PEUPOCT REPEC RP Ree RES ' ter could be threshed out at this special meeting. "Are we going to pay the lion's share of assessment?" asked Reeve Clifford Laycox, as he opened the meeting. "Are we justified in going into county assessment against the wishes of the people on the street? What are the costs, com- pared to costs in the past? I hope we can resolve these ques- tions once and for all." ADVOCATE CHANGE Mr. Williams, on behalf of the Bay Ridge Ratepayers' Associa- tion, said that they had never been satisfied with the assess- ment performed on a local basis, and advocated to County. "The decision to enter the County system was not arrived at lightly," he said, "but took many hours of deliberation. No delegation spoke against it. ~ Now, because of election prom- ises, there is a possibility that an important decision will be reversed for no solid reason publicly expressed. Is it not reasonable to ask whether in- creased costs would not produce a better product?" "Can you tell the Minister your reason?" he went on. "That it is because you were elected, because the township will lose its autonomy -- which we never had under previous assessment."" Mr, Williams said that he had approached many people in Bay Ridges who feel that county as- sessment is desirable. "We certainly feel that the equalization factor in the past has been too high for this town- ship," he concluded. * said that he county taking over the assess- ment, Pickering Township is subsidizing other townships in the County of Ontario in assess- ment, as well as other services. He said that his stand was not just an idle election promise. "We had a lot of problems in assessment in this tgs said Mr. Newman, "far out of proportion to what they should have been. I fee] that had these' problems been cleaned up satis- factorily, we would have gone into the County before when the matter came up. I feel that Pickering township stopped us from going into the County sys-' tem. Because of us, the other municipalities were scared." Mr. Newman went on to say that he was on council when the assessment commissioner, D. F. Goslin, was engaged, and that he was well qualified. "But", said he, "he was prov- ed wrong time after time in all the Courts. Anyone can make mistakes, but when persistently wrong, something should be done about it. We have a cer- tain duty to the people of this . municipality to have things running smoothly. I think we are the ones to make it work smoothly." "Ask the Minister what he thinks about the Township of Pickering assessment," contin- ued the councillor. "He will tell you the County set-up at the moment is not satisfactory." "Our picture is not that pros- perous looking that we should not look at costs," said Council- lor Harvey Spang, "I think the people expect we should clean up this mess. The problem should be up to the council to sort out. If it had been sorted out at the time, we would not be sitting here tonight to correct some other Council's mistakes." F] "And let us not forget," said Mr. Newman, "that it is vir- tually impossible to get out of County Council." COUNTY ESTIMATES Gordon Hepditch, in reply to &@ query about'an estimate of costs, said that he could not see amy more than a 10 per cent rise in the rough budget. Until a year's experience, it would be foolhardy to say it would cost any more. Mr. Hepditch said that the Pickering budget last year was mostly part time workers -- and could make recommenda- tions. "Tt the assessor wishes to ignore' him," he said, "'he can tell him to go blow his nose. They are trying to do a job to the best of their abilities, but their abilities are sometimes low. They are paid such miser- able stipends. If they are paid $1000, they are only going to do $1000 worth of work." Councillors Hubert Wank, Donald Waring, and John Campbell made eloquent sub- missions as to why the town- ship should be under the county system, supporting their re- marks by observations by pro- vincial government bodies which advocated a clean-up of municipal systems, and over- all county systems. Deputy Reeve Mrs. McPher- son, who last year voted against the county taking over, said that she did everything she could to keep 'out of the coun- ty, but had very little support. "Now," she said, "we have to have the approval of the cording to the amount of assess-| now no good reason to ask that the bylaw be repealed and for the Minister to give us back our own freedom. I think we have to give it a try now that we are in. If it is not satisfac- tory, we will have something to present to the Minister." REEVE'S OPINION Reeve Laycox said that if all the municipalities were going into the county for assessment purposes, he felt Pickering Township would be better off. As it is, he said, he felt the township would be paying the lion's share. "I don't think the northern municipalities are going to be clamoring to get into it," he said. "If there is a sloppy method in the north," he continued, "I cannot see that it is good." A resolution was submitted by Councillor Newman that the control of the Assessment De- partment be reverted back to the Township of Pickering, The motion was lost. : Opposing were Deputy Reeve Mrs. McPherson, Messrs. Campbell, Waring and Wank. Supporting the motion were Messrs. Newman, Spang and Reeve Laycox. GOLDENBERG BRIEF Council studied a brief sub- mitted by Clerk L. T, Johnston and Planning Director J. H. Faulkner, and many other briefs being presented to the Glodenberg Commission. Slight amendments in the construction, and additions were recommended. The brief will be completed and forward- ed to the Commission at the next Council meeting on Janu- ary 20. A resolution was passed to endorse, in principle, the brief submitted by the trustees of Minister to get out. We have not tried it, do not know what School Area 2. 1964 Officers The Rev. M. Butters conducted the installa- tion of the officers of the United| Church Women at a receni our problems will be. There is|church service. The officers for/and 5.30 p.m. if not the busiest 1964 are as follows: Immediate past president, Mrs. G. Astley; president, Mrs. Bert Guthrie; vice - president, Mrs, Wm, Guthrie; recording secretary, Mrs, George Squire; corresponding secretary, Mrs. G. Astley; treasurer, Mrs. John Puckrin Press secretary, Mrs. Fred Puckrin; supply, welfare and social assistance, Mrs. Bob Pardon; flowers and visiting, Mrs. C. Clemence, Mrs. A. Bell; social functions, Mrs. John Puckrin, Mrs, C. Clem- ence, and Mrs. G. Smith. Manse, Mrs. G, Astley; liter- ature, Mrs, Fred Puckrin; pian- ist, Mrs. A. Bell; Christian edu- cation, Mrs. W. Guthrie. The community club met at the home of Fred and Mrs. Puckrin on Saturday evening. 'The president, Bert Guthrie, conducted the business. The winners of the euchre game were: ladies, Nancy . Puckrin and Mrs, A. Richards; gents, G. Izatt and Harold Guthrie. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Bert Guthrie entertained a number of rela- tives and friends on New Year's Day. Mr. and Mrs. Orval Atkinson and family and Mr, Arthur Holliday of Almonds, Mrs. George Walters, Miss F. M. Southwell, and Mr. Emery Southwell, Whitby, were at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Puckrin. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Puckrin and family were at a family gathering at Dunbarton. Kimberley and Janice Neil spent part of the holidays at the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Winter. Eileen Guthrie of Toronto spent several days last week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Guthrie. a "Our BOAC Travel Agent makes us feel like the family of the year?"' . I told my BOAC Travel I do for you?" soups, fruits, eggs, all there As my husband said, we "It's called "Babi flying start--thanks to our BOAC Travel Agent! Agent, "I've got a problem." He replied, "I've got four of my own . . -" L asked him about Baby's passport. T'll look after that," he said. "What else can Feeding bottles? "The Stewardess will sterilize and warm them." Baby foods? "Just ask for orange juice." He told me was to know about flying with a baby. Then he reserved a Skycot for our flight. And gave me a booklet* packed full of useful hints. got Baby off to a ies As Air Travellers". Ask your BOAC Travel Agent for your copy, free. Cee. OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION ALL OVER THE WORLD TAKES GOOD CARE OF You OAC Fe $32,075. "Our draft budget to be pre- sented to the Assessment Com- mittee would be about $35,000. GET $10,000 8T. CESAIRE, Que. (CP) -- Six masked and armed men se- 300 DUNDAS ST. EAST DONALD TRAVEL SERVICE OSHAWA--WHITBY---BROOKLIN WHITBY PHONE 668-3304 verely wounded a farmer and escaped with about $10,000 Fri- day as they held up a branch of the Bank of Montreal in this community 20 miles south of Montreal, Gerard Tetreault, 40, .vas in manager Flavien Cham- gne's office :s one of the ban- its opened the office door. MEADOWS TRAVEL SERVICE 22 SIMCOE STREET SOUTH PHONE 723-9441 | GIRLS 2 70 1 Librarian Busy BOWMANVILLE (Staft)--Pos- sibly one of the busiest places in the town, is the Children's Section of the Public library. The present library, which has been housed in the. old Post Office building for the past five years, boasts a children's mem- bership of 1380. This is an increase of 1294 members since the library was just a single room in the town hall. : There is a majority of girls belonging to the library, the ratio being two to one over the boys. Mrs, M. J. Hutchinson, Chil- dren's Librarian for the past 10 years, says this is due to the fact that girls like to read more than boys. "Of course I could be wrong", she said, '"'maybe its just that the boys have other things that keep their mind's occupied". "Most of the children who come in here know what book they want and they do not waste anytime getting it. The reason for this is, one person will tell another what a good book he has: just read, therefore the other person wants to read it for himself." The library itself caters for children, who are in Grade one to children in Grade eight. "Last month alone we gave out cover 1,943 books', Mrs. Hutchinson said. "Mystery books are a great favorite with the the books dealing with horses and those about nurses." "On the average," Mrs. Hutchinson said, "I order about 60 books a month and we will receive most of them during that month, but the others will take a bit longer, We usually have all of them in months." Library hours are Monday to Friday 3,30. - 5.30 p.m. with the Library opening again Friday night from 7,30-9 p.m. On Sat- urday the Library opens from 10 a.m. until 12 noon and from 2 p.m. until 5.30 p.m. three SEIZE $15,000 MONTREAL (CP) -- A fe- male insurance company offi- cial was robbed of $15,000 in cash and cheques Friday as she was about to enter an east-end bank. Mrs. Isabella Blanchan- din, 25, assistant manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was forced to turn over a briefcase containing the money by two armed men. How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place Do your false teeth annoy and em- barrass by slipping, dropping or wob- bling when you eat, laugh or talk? Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. This alkaline (non-acid) powder holds false teeth more firmly and more comfortably, No my, children, and so are historical novels, The girls seem to love gooey, past: ling. sour. Ghecks "plate 'odor! (denture ). Get fos today at breath). drug counters everywhere. Bowmanville Woman's Club Has Celebration BOWMANVILLE -- The Busi- ness and Professional Women's Club celebrated its 13th birth- day at a dinner meeting in the Bowmanville Hotel recently. There was an impressive candle lighting ceremony in which tapers were lighted by Miss Velma Gay, president, Mrs. Victoria Frank, Miss Mad- lyn Wilcox and Miss Isabel $684.49, convened by Mrs. Nora Hornick. This included g $25 donation by the local high school Students' Council. : Mrs, Marion Jeffery. unrolled a scroll and read a message |honoring Miss Helen Cryderman and Mrs. Anna Watson for their work for UNICEF. Mrs. Mabel Bagnell also was honored for her work with the tag day, The scroll. was presented to Presi- dent Miss Gay. Mrs. Frank introduced the guest speaker, Miss Margaret Jones, the Regional Adviser for Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Miss Jones ex- tended birthday congratulations from the Provincial President Mrs. Margaret Ashdown. Davis, past presidents , and Miss Margaret Jones who rep- resented other past presidents. Miss Gay paid tribute to the late Miss Frances Hearle and the late Miss Ada on, two valued members. The treasurer, Mrs. Shirley -|Colliss, stated the club's UNI- CEF tag day amounted to What a relief! NO ACKACHE! She used to be bothered by backaches and tired feeling, When she learned that irritation of the bladder and urinary tract can result in backache and tired feeling, she took Dodd's Kidney Pills, Smart girl. Dodd's Pills stimulate the kidneys to help relieve the condition The speaker urged all mem- bers to attend the provincia? conference. Miss Jones stated 850,008 women are taking part in public life, business and pro- fessions, Leadershin is of importance and asked that the Business and Professional Women's Clubs be built from within. Mrs, Jean Devitt moved a vote of thanks to Miss Jones and a gift was presented to her Gay. ROOM TO EXPAND METHWOLD, England (CP) 'A Norfolk turkey 'breeder has bought a hangar, measuring 28,- 000 square feet, at a disused air field for a duck-fattening project. INFORMATION CLASSES | regarding THE CATHOLIC CHURCH and its teachings WHEN: Monday and Wednesday Evenings Time: 8:00 P.M, WHERE: ST, GREGORY'S 194 SIMCOE ST. NORTH OSHAWA, ONTARIO 'BEGINNING: Monday, January 20th, 1964--8 p.m. FOR: Any who is i AUDITORIUM--ROOM 1 d in ing more ebout the Teachi 1 end discipli Church. No Obligations or Fees involved. BOTH CATHOLICS AND NON-CATHOLICS are invited te attend these classes. Instructor: Rev. A. Quesnelle 725-8444 y lows of the Romen Catholic crease Canadian winters. For ten years we've with one heater. engine is idling. In some areas it wasn't such a hot idea, So we've added a second heater. It's a completely separate unit that doesn't get its warmth from the engine. It means that on cold mornings you can heat the car faster. From twenty below to seventy above in minutes. Even while the So, if you hear « rumour that Old Faithful Is full of hot air, it's true. The cars we build for Canada also get a heavy duty battery. (Don't buy a garage. Buy a Volkswagen.) There are other reasons why the VW Is a winter wonder. Take traction. The Volkswagen doesn't slip as easily as other cars because the engine is in the rear. It puts 200 pounds of weight where it does been fighting them Here's why the Canadian Volkswagen has two heaters. the most good: over the drive wheels. To protect It against salt and sand and", slush, the Volkswagen wears four coats of : paint. Everywhere. Even under the dashboard where it doesn't need it. And you'll never buy anti-freeze because the engine is cooled with air instead of water. Now you know why we sell so many of our cars in Canada. Canadian winters. SABYAN MOTORS | TELEPHONE: 723-3461 334 RITSON ROAD SO UTH on behalf of the club by Miss -