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the tribune thursday j an 17 1974 9 uxbridge township anoinimeriu divisions show in region committee swiss players are introduced during opening ceremonies friday night members of the wauisellen switzerland hockey club line up in the stouffville arena friday evening during opening ceremonies in which each player was introduced the team plays its final game of the tournament here sunday afternoon beginning at 1 pm later they will leave for malton and the leig flight home jim thomas uxbridge durham regions land division committee is showing signs of being very much divided according to uxbridge townships repre sentative gary herrema he appeared as a delegation at the council meeting jan 10 i wantto thank you people for putting me on this suicide committee he said with a smile we have had one meeting and there looks like there will be some differences one problem shows that the urban areas of the region will be lined up against the rural municipalities he said that separation fees being sought by representatives of the southern municipalties are very high the proprosed fees which are in affect a lot levy are way out of line with present fees in parts of uxbridge township according to mr herrema uxbridge township charged 500 and scott township 230 as a separation fee councillors agreed that the fee should not be higher than 500 and mayor carl puterbough said higher ones could be a real hardship he cited the case of a farmer who wants to separate one lot for a member of his family to keep his farm going here we are dealing with individuals not large developers the mayor said i cant hurt an individual uxbridge uxbridge township council made a number of appointments at its first regular meeting thursday jan 10 and established council landing committees maustyn mcknight was named finance committee chairman with councillors bill ballinger and joe esmonde on the committee fred kelland will head the works and roads committee helped along by councillors mcknight and eleanor todd joe esmonde will chair the committee with the longest name public protection and parks which will include councillors kelland and mcknight bill ballinger will head planning and development with councillors todd and meyers as members mayor carl puterbough is a member of all the committees staff appointments were also made ruth goldstone formerly clerk of the town of uxbridge was named deputy clerk and alice stewart for mer deputy clerk of uxbridge township was appointed deputy treasurer sylvia robb got the job of tax collector and norman james was named chief of the volunteer fire depart- nient auditor for the township will be deloitte haskins and seels of oshawa the committee of adjustment was also appointed and will include darcy higgins three years ross elliott two years and norris sanderson one year two law firms will serve as solicitors for the township they will be robertson leans and parratts of toronto and harris and harris of uxbridge anne barrett canine control officer uxbridge uxbridge township will have a fulltime canine control officer if council adopts a motion that was deferred at the council meeting last week anne barrett who has been working part- time for old uxbridge township will likely get the job mrs barrett ap peared at the council meeting and agreed to take the job on a fulltime basis for 7000 per year plus mileage and long distance charges she assured council she would be available on weekends councillor joe hugh miller speaker at town inaugural pickering hugh miller longtime township resident was the feature speaker at the inaugural meeting of the town of pickering council his address touched on the history of pickering and the many changesmhal have come about since its inception in 1811- by contrast speeches by mayor george ashe and the councillors were short and general other highlights included presentations to oxcouncillor jean mcpherson longtime member of pickering township council with a silver plate and to for mer reeve john williams a plaque to commem orate his service to the township mr- miller enter tained the capacity audience with his wit and anecdotes he said that carly councils dating back to ib 1 had built well he talked about wellknown canadians that came from pickering township progress and development as ue know it may not be the ulti mate of mankind after all he said he challenged the new council to have the determination and insistence of the early pioneers especially in fighting against the deterioration of the rural parts of the town which he said could become rural slums esmonde recommended that mrs barrett be given a 50 per month vehicle allowance until the township buys its own truck for the job they would use mrs barretts pound for the dogs she said that one person fulltime could do the job for the whole township council is bound by law to keep lewis may who worked parttime for scott township mr esmonde suggested that mrs barrett be named canine control officer and mr may be her 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