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rn t the stourtyiui tmmjnf tbrafey hit 19 w62 uxbridge pickering tp news claremont mr at fryer has been releas ed from the oshawa general hospital following an operation on his eye it will be two weeks before he can return to work two local hockey brothers are members of oha entries that have advanced to the provin cial finals wayne redshaw is with the uxbridge intermediate black hawks and jack red- haw is a member of the ux bridge junior chicks work has been completed on the new cut stone exterior for taylors restaurant mr tony vanderlight has been placed under observation in the uxbridge cottage hospital for a few days miss evelyn mansell of tor onto visited on sunday at the home of her brother mr and mrs jack mansell mrs reuben huxtable has re lumed to her chalk lake resi dence after visiting with rela tives for several months mr and mrs ted tomlinson and family of scarboro were visitors on sunday with dr n f tomlinson mr and mrs clare keevil vis ited with his sister mrs n g fraser in toronto on sunday also present were mr keevils two brothers dr geo keevil and mr earl keevil both of de troit the father and son banquet of the cubs and scouts was held on monday evening in the com munity hall mr and mrs jim mcguire at tended a dinner and dance at the royal york hotel toronto pro moted by american motors on thursday evening two social evenings are on the schedule of the legion la dies auxiliary for this month on april 25th they have been invited to whitby and on april 30th they will be guests of stou- ffville the last euchre of the season will be held on may 8th next bingo is scheduled for april 30th the guides and brownies ac companied by their leaders at tended the morning service in the united church on sunday the formal spring dance in the pickering dist high school one of the social highlights of the term was held on friday evening a number of claremont couples attended robt carleton son of mr and mrs b carleton has completed his year at the ontario agricul tural college guelph following one week at the home of his par ents accompanied by a college companion from the british west indies the students left on friday for montreal the village of stouftville has purchased a tractor and power loader from the chas cooper ltd the cy wannop home broug ham was the scene of a shower and party on april 7th for mr art cryderman an employee with the frank barclay firm a number of claremont residents attended tax rate for 1962 is down although exact figures are still to be finalized it is expected that the residential mill rate in the township of pickering will take a sizeable drop for 1962 in 3961 it was 2756 mills in 1962 it will level off at approximate ly 204 mills for an estimated reduction of 766 mills the 1962 commercial rate has been es tablished at 23 mills the rates vary according to the individual school sections and services provided any reduction in the land as sessments currently beforethe county court will altect the am ount of money to be raised the easter book mrs corn johnston librarian with the approach of the easter season a book noticed in the brougham library seems of particular interest the easter book by f x wciser here is the story of easter in all its aspects as it is celebrat ed in many countries here are explained the origin history and significance of both the lit urgical and popular customs and celebrations that have grown in the course of many centuries around the observance of this great feast of christian ity here too are hymns and car ols some with the music that are sung at easter time by many peoples also we have menus and spe cial treats of many countries in cluding several recipes we would recommend the reading of this book to deepen the understanding of our easter season and a word to younger bor rowers easter makes us think of bunnies and brougham library has some delightful pic ture books about bunnies trophy awards slated for bowling banquet six ladies and six men will be presented with individual a- wards for their efforts during the season in the claremont community bowling league the presentations will be made on saturday may 26th at a ban quet to be held at spruce villa the awards will go to the fol lowing persons ladies high average marge samarillo 186 ladies high triple flat shirley pilkey 777 ladies high triple handicap jessie mc guire 80 ladies high single flat doreen alexander 30s ladies high single handicap phyllis desjardins 325 ladies low score rose killey mens high average kenneth field 209 mens high triple flat mel norrish 790 mens high triple handicap pat lord s02 mens high single flat frank hollingshead 321 mens high single handicap bob hockley 338 mens low score aubrey crockett the top six teams have quali fied for the playoffs to begin april 27th the champions will also receive individual awards the finalists include entries headed by al roszell 74 pts mel norrish 61 pts bob hock ley 56 pts alvin redshaw 45 pts harold hopkins 44 pts and shirley pilkey 41 points other teams finished up as fol lows joe burrows 40 pts and marge samarillo 31 pts last weeks over 200 scorers include the following bowlers doreen alexander 30s jessie mcguire 271 henry desjar dins 271 alvin redshaw 261 charlie killey 259 frank hol lingshead 255 mel norrish 249 ken field 246 carl lind 239 joyce austin 238 rene rennie 236 harold hopkins 234 marge samarillo 230 shir ley pilkey 225 pat lord 222 phyllis desjardins 219 al ros zell 219 gary alexander 219 irene hollingshead 215 geo craig 210 joe burrows 209 marion lord 209 doris hop kins 208 jessie burrows 200 the weekly prize was won by henry desjardins the team winning the most weekly prizes was captained by marge samar illo brougham students do well in public speaking mrs m matthews brougham public school pu pils took three of the four first prize awards and five out of a total of eight in a public speak ing competition conducted in the township hall at brougham on friday evening april 13th the oratorical program was spon sored by the womens institute brougham students captured three lsts and two 2nds green river students captured one 1st and two 2nds a complete list of the winners is as follows grade 5 1st brenda wannop brougham 2nd carol breeds brougham grade 6 1st karen dub6 brougham 2nd marilyn white brougham grade 7 1st douglas black- man brougham 2nd dianne brass green river grade s 1st douglas don aldson green river 2nd cliris- tine gooderham green river gail white is chosen h s queen gail white of brougham was chosen queen of the pickering dist high school at the annual spring prom semiformal dance on friday night the social event one of the highlights of the school term was well at tended gail was presented with a cream and sugar set on a silver tray and a bouquet of red roses her attendants were sharon brown ann draper and carol findlay nothing turns the milk of human kindness sour quicker than thoughtlessness and self ishness keep rural residents assoc rural urges member of executive the infiltration of urban resi dents into the membership of the pickering twp rural rate payers association was criti cized by dr f eugene labrie on thursday night at a public meeting conducted in the town ship hall at brougham more than forty persons were pres ent dr labrie pointed out lhat the majority of problems that had caused the rural farmer some concern should also be the concern of the association he contended that in the majority of instances these matters had little in common with the com plaints of the subdivision resi dent they need the paved roads the water the sewers the police protection and the sidewalks but the rural farmer expects and gets none of these things he said the urban areas keep push ing their way into the rural dis tricts continued dr labrie when this trend affects me then i will be willing to move on he charged that he had purchased his acreage on cone 4 to escape from urbanization ihaye to go into toronto every day unfortunately he said detain development dr labrie questioned any pol icy that would promote the rest- dential buildup of pickering township he contended that there was still plenty of vacant land between pickering and to ronto the farmers are manip ulated out of their lands he said these people who come from the city to the country but expect city services should pay for them he continued he suggested that more fulltime farmers should be added to the executive and membership mr robt g roy said he had been the instigator of the organ ization and he was desirous that it should remain active he charged that any difficulties now plaguing the rural resident verb of his own making- due to a lack of interest we deserve the kind of deal we are getting he said i only want a proper management in our commun ity he said he had no politi cal views i dont even want a position on the committee he said he noted that his actions would be criticized by some one who promotes change is not the old plug that is asleep at the post like barneygoogles horse he said he informed the meeting that two readings had already been given to an amendment in the assessment act in the ontario legislature he commended dr dymond and the conservative government for their action in this matter this would not have happened except for the fuss and noise we have made he said our efforts have not been in vain he said when the next election comes around we are not going to be taken for suck ers as we have in the past i in tend to stick with she ship he continued not like our former president who sold his farm and beat it should cooperate association member mr ross heron suggested that the coun cil would welcome the advice and cooperation of the ratepay crs they the council look to a group like this for guidance and direction he said he told the meeting that the attendance of interested persons at the nomination meeting was a sam ple of the disinterest among the people a couple of years ago they even had to coax a man to run in ward 2 he stated we are the ones to get in there and help them continued mr her on we may not always like the job theyre doing but to help is better than to hinder if we get our backs up they the council will- do the same and we wont get anywhere he concluded the next meeting of the asso ciation will be held on thursday may 10th at eight oclock the subject for discussion will be taxes furnace was not faulty in he claremont cooper ative vs john paton civil suit aired before judge hall in county court at whitby the term fault installation was used during the course of evl dence presented the coop management would like it known that the word incomplete rather than faulty would better describe their firms stand on the mat ler the tribune would regret he inference that might have been applied the man of the hour or two is the man who waits for his wife to dress for a party adjourn pickering township assessment hearings until tuesday may 1st councillor spang wants fourth tax installment councillor harvey spang has suggested that a fourth install ment should be made available in the paying of taxes in the township of pickering council lor spang raised the question at a special meeting of council on monday night if there is anything we should do to help the taxpayer i think we should do it he said taxes presently fall due during the months of june august and october mr spang suggested that a fourth date could be ar ranged for the month of decem ber reeve sherman scott agreed that the plan had merit since it would lessen the townships need for a large earlyterm borrowing program the council contended that it would be too late to arrange such a changeover for 1962 councillor spang agreed to pre sent a motion at the next coun cil session u c w news on thursday april 26 at 2 pm the afternoon unit of cla remont ucw will meet at the home of mrs cliff reynolds mrs wm wallace and mrs roy morgan will be in charge of the programme and mrs frank carson and mrs ross middle- ton will provide the lunch the evening unit met on ap ril 9 at the home of mrs aldine evans most of the twentyfour ladies present wore original eas ter bonnets and if they were any indication of this years styles we can look for flowery spring hats mrs olive sander son won the prize for the best bonnet mrs esther curtis and mrs mil taylor had a fine pro gramme and mrs earl cook and mrs olive sanderson pro vided a dainty lunch in march mrs cliff reynolds and mrs roy morgan attended five oaks training school at paris as representatives of the ucw last week mrs cliff reynolds mrs wm wallace mrs ross middletoh and mrs raymond stickwood attended a ucw training school in osh awa mrs lloyd pugh mrs dick ward and mrs earl wil son attended the afternoon ses sions free use oi dump for twp residents pickering twp residents will no longer be required to pay on a per load basis for refuse de posited in the garbage dump the cost involved will be taken from the general account councillor harvey spang spoke in favour of withdrawing the fee at a special meeting of council on monday night the cost of operating the dump during 1961 was estimated at 8000 a portion of this is retrieved from markham and pickering village second only to assessment this issue drew the most com ments from people in the north end of the township comment ed councillor milton mowbray he said that it was a matter of inconvenience that had disturbed the public rather than the am ount of the fee retain connection with toronto industrial comm pickering township will pay the 500 annual fee to keep the municipality in good standing with the metro toronto indus trial commission the matter was discussed briefly at a spe cial meeting of council on mon day night councillor hubert wank urg ed the townships continuation with the commission we had nothing to offer previously he said we shouldnt let it drop this year councillor milton mowbray remarked that it was often diffi cult to rcalie a dollarandcents value from such a program three tenders pickering twp council will purchase a new ford tractor and mounted mower tenders have been received from three individual firms although only one altona feed and supplies is located within the municipal ity the prices submitted were all very close with only a few dollars separating the bids in addition to the fred lewis ten der others were received from geo essam agincourt and manchester garage manchester radio hookup with the installation of a dial telephone system in claremont this tall all fire stations withir the township of pickering will be placed on a radio hookup with the police station at dun- barton this equipment will be acquired by both the brougham and claremont units farmer charges notakers at onehalf lands valuation pickering townships assess ment hearings already extended over a twomonth period before judge a r wilmott in broug ham have been adjourned until tuesday may 1st seventy- seven cases have been aired be fore the court and three more are scheduled when the sittings reconvene next month one of these is the appeal filed by mr robt g roy of claremont six individual appellants one west of the brock road and five east of claremont were combin ed under the representation of solicitor j c mctague of tor onto the presentation opened at 10 am on thursday morn ing and concluded at 620 in the afternoon the appeals were on properties owned by mrs albert samarillo donald sanderson high hills ltd h c mills h thielacker and g e renison 150 acres mr donald sanderson land owner in the extreme northeast corner of the township told the court that he purchased 120 acres of property in 1954 for 8000 and an additional 30 acre parcel in 195s for 4500 he estimated his capital investment at 60000 he said that it was not unusual to have 65 head of cattle on the property he said that a part of the farm was in bush and a section included hilly ranch land it would make a better golf course he said he noted that he had offered his farm for sale at a suggested price of 200 per acre at a fed eration of agriculture meeting but there were no takers this he said was onehalf the esti mated value placed on the pro perty by the assessor mr gos- lin thats hardly the proper place to put a farm up for sale suggested judge wilmott mr sanderson said that he had interests in toronto but would spend four to five days per week on his farm i just go into toronto to see how the kettle is boiling he said mr sanderson is the president and principal shareholder in the firm of reliable exterminators ltd he admitted that his farm was currently not listed for sale with the exception of the thie lacker premises all properties had been given a slight reduc tion by the local court of revis ion paid 356 per acre mrs albert samarillo told the court that they had purchased the former dransfield property for 356 per acre or a total price of 35600 she said that they raised 45 head of cattle and pro duced about 60 acres of hay the family live yearround on the farm but mr samarillo is em ployed in toronto and commutes back and forth daily the basic rate on the property has been established at 9600 per acre mrs samarillo admitted that her husbands position provided their main source of income not fit for pigs mr h c mills cone 9 east of claremont staled that he had purchased two parcels of land one including 47 acres for 8000 and another 27 acre parcel for 25000 mr mills said that his home was in oshawa but he would spend considerable time at his township residence dur ing the summer and winter months we cleaned up the place that previously wasnt fit for pigs he said mr goslin said lhat the local revision court had reduced the assessment to an even 100 per acre mr mills said he was acquiring no profit from the property im spend ing money on it all the time he concluded up for sale mr h thielacker also a pro pertyowner in the balsam area of pickering twp said that he had placed his property up for sale but to date had not receiv ed a single offer of purchase he is a consulting engineer un der contract with simpsonsears he keeps 20 beef cattle and cul tivates about 15 acres of oats i was bujlding a barn but i stopped then and there when my assessment notice came around he said i could not possibly pay the taxes as indicated by the as sessment figures dont you think that theres a ray o light in that your taxes might decrease under the new assessment program asked judge wilmott the building assessment will come next and i couldnt poss ibly pay any more and still keep up improvements he explained judge wilmott observed that under a mass oneyear reassess ment program there was often a lack of individual inspections of properties an assessor cant sit in his office and perform his duties i can tell you that he said mr thielacker said his assessment had increased from 4700 to 11385 he said he had listed his premises for 45000 a treefarm c r osier representing high hills ltd at glen major border ing on the pickcringuxbridge townlinc informed the court that the company had been formed in the early 1930s he said that their company had made an attempt to restore the trees in the area and had been quite successful he described the land as extremely hilly and good for farming only in the horse and plow age he said that the metro toronto and re gion conservation authority was very much interested in the property and would acquire the premises immediately if plans were made to put the land to any other use we get no police protection and are provided with little or no services he said he said that it had been inti mated well fix you this year on land and next year on build ings he said that the firms rental gain from the property would amount to approximately 450 per year travel on sku mr g e renison two miles northeast of claremont explain ed that during a portion of the year the road leading to his property was inaccessible except by skis he said that his assess ment had increased from 25 per acre in 1959 to 135 per acre in 1961 he explained that lie had a successful treeplanting program in progress from which he hoped to acquire some gain in the future mr renison has other employment in toronto little speculation mr r a davis a real estate appraiser stated that although there was considerable specu lative influence in the southern portion of the municipality this did not hold true in the rural north he placed the following valuations on the six properties up for appeal samarillo 270 per acre mills 250 per acre high hills 200 per acre san derson 180 per acre and thie lacker 160 per acre i feel that hese are reasonable he said he suggested that topogra phical aspects of properties might have been overlooked in an effort to speed up the com pletion of the reassessment pro gram with reference to com parative values i would differ very much with the pickering department he said compar ison to me is the key he con tinued the remainder is mathe matics fairly assessed mr wm gliddon a member of the assessment department for pickering township said he had made the assessment on five of the six properties in question excluding the samarillo farm he felt that with regard to com parable properties the assess ments were fair he noted that the setting of rates was hand led by the assessment commis sioner another member of the depart ment mr maurice binsted said he had visited the samarillo farm and had talked with the owner own formula assessment commissioner delbert goslin was questioned by solicitor mctague for more than one hour mr goslin said he had been on the pickering staff since 1954 and had been in the assessment field for over 20 years he agreed with a former speaker that he had set the rates and had worked out his own formula i would say that they are proper assessments he said he admitted that he had not taken into account the var ied topography on different pro perties solicitor mctague presented a rather lengthy list of property owners which he suggested should also be classified in the parttime bracket a number in cluded many wallknown names in the claremont district mr goslin agreed that some had been missed including the alex robertson farm at rr 3 claremont and owned by mark- ham merchant chas sargent a number of others including the burton and fretz farms were discuonted by the assessor who claimed they were correctly classed referring to the sargent farm mr goslin said that they had later learned of this error and had agreed to make the correc tion the next time around no assessor is infallible he said the hearing was adjourned at 620 pm change in act could affect 1962 appeals two readings have been given to an amendment in the assess ment act in the ontario legis lature that would alter section 35 pertaining to the standing of the parttime farmer at the present time principal occupa tion is considered and the far mer with another source of in come is placed in a higher rate classification this is one of the major issues currently before the county court of appeal to date no decisions have been handed down by judge wilmott of cobourg reeve sherman scott suggest ed that an amendment to the assessment act could mean a reduction of some 500000 in ward 1 and 700000 in ward 2 the act seems to have gone from one extreme to another noted reeve scott its sur prising what a difference four words can make the subject was introduced in the county court hearings at brougham on thursday when solicitor julian representing ap pellant mr robt g roy asked for an adjournment until alter the sitting of the legislature might be completed if you think the amendment will lighten my labours i am quite agreeable eplied judge wilmott he stated however that in his opinion any change in the act would not likely affect the assessments for 1962 it could hardly be made retro active he said h s board silent on rejected budget pickering twp clerk mr l t johnston was instructed to write to the secretary of the pickering dist high school board in an effort to acquire a more complete breakdown of the 1962 budget the matter was discussed at a special meeting of council on monday night councillor hubert wank ar gued that any action that would debenture for 7408500 to build three additional rooms to the dunbarton high school should be held up until the board had complied with councils request we havent heard boo from them the board since we re turned their budjet comment ed councillor wank i cant un derstand why the high school board feels that one sheet of paper is sufficient if that is all the cooperation we can get from them then i feel we should hold up the debenture he continued reeve sherman scott suggest ed that any action of this type by council could be more detri mental to the students who could lack for future accommo- dation councillor wank argued 1 that the board too should be mindful of such a problem i can only query what are they trying to hide he asked we council to consider staff resignations members of pickering town ship council will meet in spe cial session in committee on thursday night tonight to dis cuss the pending resignations of four employees from the clerical staff reeve sherman scott inti mated that there was some urg ency for an immediate discus sion on the matter when the is sue was introduced briefly on monday evening over the objections of deputy- reeve mrs jean mcpherson the council agreed that the prob lem should be discussed in com mittee and the finalized decis ion reported later in public it is understood that the sug gested resignations concern four members of the female staff have a perfect right to be given what we asked for he conclud- ed the youth who twisted con tinuously for 96 hours had noth ing to do and did it the hard way pric rcrfffctiob f 4900 njlhr jwoy gntary s mounts easity on pocwiwtcwl or tractor or use with ony tillao tools saves up to 50 on d completes seeding operation m onetopacrosswehao available for rentai chas cooper ltd phone claremont 103 104 wehavenctvfs 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