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------ ------ 5 THE PUPPET SHOW ATTRACTS LARGE AUDIENCES Photos by John Mills combined office and board room. JOHN VICKERS Ajax Librarian {Library Has Membership Increase THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, January 20, 1960 AJAX and DISTRICT JOHN MILLS, REPRESENTATIVE-PHONE AJAX 426 By JOHN MILLS AJAX -- Despite dire warnings that television would destroy or at least reduce reading habits, the records of the Ajax public library indicate that the reverse is true, particularly among the juveniles © where the greatest harm was predicted. : The increase in membership and increased circulation has xed the facilities of the library| to the pctat that expansion was tau Vital & the library was to meet the needs of the members under | proper conditions. This expansion is now way. The upper floor in brary building is being remodell- ed and renovated and will _almost double the available accommoda- tion. TWO YEARS AGO Two years ago the town council purchased the present library building along with the municipal building and community centre from Central Mortgage and Hous- ing Corporation. The deal included four and a half acres of land, The council has now turned over the library building to the library board for a nominal sum. Owning its own premises the li- brary board is now eligible for certain government grants. Some of this money is being used to make more space available. Fur- nishings, more shelving and more| under the li- the grant. The juvenile section of the li brary will be moved upstairs, said librarian John Vickers and provision will also be made for a One small sectin will be used for | New Plant To Be Open End Of Month Planning Board Kept Busy In Pickering Township PICKERING -- The year 1959, plan. The OWRC has in Decem- the Township of Fairport Road, for the Picker-{ber given its approval to a Sewer-| thence veering southerly to join pi bay Yo ing Board. A|28¢ System for the West Rouge existing CNR line near Liverpool | 3 bed a gos held Area. jo2d, An alternate route north of | during the year; of these 14 were| The text of the Pickering Town- the Second Concession Line, long- special meetings to consider such matters as "Crusader" Subdivi- sion, the proposed Rougedale Acres Subdivision, and the Zon- ing Bylaw. Planning work (and approvals) on the gigantic "Crusader" sub- % division, first proposed late in the goCompany ing map -- Sched ship Zoning Bylaw was given a|er and more expensive, detailed study and certain amend. | claimed by Metro Toronto Plan- ments agreed upon with council, [Ding Commissioner Murray| However, two. readings of this|Jones to have certain planning bylaw given by council were|advantages, has lately been stud- later abandoned due to a mis-|ied by the CNR. This board has {turned on in the interior. AJAX (Staff) -- The new water purification plant will be in oper- over previous year, 1049, Juvenile ation by the end of January. In-| stallation of pumping equipment but |is nearly complete, Heat will be building on Monday and the plasterers willlior, 364. Total adult membership, begin the job of finishing the|1345; junior 1732. Total member- Official opening of the plant A ith|expressed disagreement with|will be delayed until late spring|giotion. 2715, additions 1959, 566; understanding in connection wit |Commissioner Jones' claimed|to give tbe contractor a chance le le vy |planning advantages for this|finish up the landscaping and 9493 additions, 374; withdrawals, storage and book repair. Mr. Vickers has been in charge of the library for the past five vears, He is a fully qualified man and has earned the respect of his staff and the library board for the quality of his work and pro- gressive ideas, Total circulation for the year 1959 and increases in both adult | and juvenile sections are as fol-| lows: Adult -- 22,619, increase| -- 28,334, increase 2124. Total adult non-fiction -- 8854, increase 667. New members: adult, 287; jun- |ship, 3077, or 45 per cent of the {town's population. Total book stock -- adult non- Adult fiction: W. GRANT MESSER Gets Posted Metro Board PICKERING W. Grant Messer of Pickering was last week appointed by both Picker- ing Village and Pickering Township councils to represent them on the Metropolitan Plan- ning Board. Mr. Messer told council he would be pleased to attend any meeting when re- quested and would keep coun- cil informed on specific items in Metro Planning concerning the village. --Photo by John Mills Plan Dinner books will use up the balance ol For Municipality PICKERING--Pickering Town- ship is to have another dinner this year. No indication was given this week, as to who will be in- vited, but the name of the affair came up for discussion. It was agreed to drop the name 'Civic Dinner' and call it 'Muni- cipal Dinner'. The month of Feb. ruary is the time for the event, although no date has been set as yet. Urges CD Co-ordinator AJAX (Staff) -- Councillor Ed- ward Wetherall has recommend- ed to council that a new civi defence co-ordinator be chosen to head up the town's civil de- fence organization. Mr, Wether- all said such a man should live and work in the community, he a should also have an assistant, 1958, has advanced to the stage where we can say the develop- ment will definitely become a reality. We should note that subsidiary of National Building Corporation has taken over all of Crusaders interests and obliga tions in connection with this sub- division. The draft plans have in December been approved by the Department of Planning and De- velopment, subject to certain con- ditions being satisfied by the de- veloper. It is expected that plans of subdivision providing for ap- proximately 2600 housing units will be registered in the spring of 1960. Rougedale Acres, a proposed subdivision of 45.55 acres, part of Lot 35, BFR 2, containing ap- proximately 145 residential lots plus areas for other uses, was given draft approval by the Plan- ning Board in September. How- ever, the Department of Planning and Development has not yet the building stage, and available| relative planning implications of|of the town. 9 ilding| ac ly put the ile: 8,378, additions, 716; lum building route. It seems apparent that fe cing and generally 20. Juvenile: 8,378, a ions, : Maly She role ie of bending some route with certain accom-|finishing touches on what will withdrawals, 147. Total books: with the year 1958. With no new |Panying detrimental effects on prove to be the most important|g516, additions 1656. It is worthy subdivisions advanced as far as/the township, is inevitable. The building in the future progressjof note that adult non-fiction ex- Iceeds fiction. The new section is scheduled llots in the existing West Rouge|the two routes proposed, and any| 'Subdivisions becoming scarce fol other routes which may yet be lowing the very heavy building in|Proposed, are still a matter of that area in 1958, it was almost|contention, and have yet to be inevitable that the total volume| clarified. - Swearing In f y The board has granted 71 - wi git 18 155%. Tne actual fgures) wire ans etn 14 in Regisier. SEEN As Need in 1958 for West Rouge area, |€d Plans of Subdivision, and has| against only 37 for 1959. It is in-(Eranted 104 consents (including| teresting to note that there were| county road widenings) and re-| 91 unoccupied houses in that area| ditch, newly elected member of 1959. {Planning Board fees in CONTROVERSY RAGES township has been the CNR ac- Planning Board members. cess line, a plan of expropriation| It is regretted that Mr. Wil-| given approval to this subdivision Line, from the west boundary of ment. once, PICKERING -- Gordon Hep- fi fused seven in other than regis-/the Urban Board of Pickering at the end of 1958, 41 at the end|tered plans during the year 1959.|Village Public Schools, stated at| the|the village council inaugural last| amount of $740 have been col-|week, that he felt school board (lected, and total mileage in/n.embers should be sworn into|§ A subject of controversy in the|amount of $351.60, paid out tol office and that they take the oath the same as council members. | "Its a situation that should be for which was suddenly announc-|{liam Newman, who has been a remedied," he said in urging ed in March of 1959. This plan in.|highly valued member of this|council to take some action on| dicated a route parallel to, and board for the past four years, is/the matter. Reeve Cyril Morley Just north of the First Concession |declining to stand for re-appoint- said they would look into it at an "Open House" and official a ceremony will be held, of - SPAGHETTI DINNER IS BIG SUCCESS Night to partake of the | fathers to attend. At other | The spaghetti is being served spagheit! dinner. This is an | monthly meetings the fathers | by Low Phin, event that attracts most of the | are very much in the minority. - Photo by Barrie Pomeroy It was a line up at the Rouge Hills Home and School Association annual Father's LAUD STORY ing recreation facilities in Ajax appeared on this page. Many favorable comments have been received. Some concerned ad. ditional facilities to provide recreation for groups other than those now provided for, Andie Goldie, chairman of the recreation committee, said: "We are always interested in ideas. There are many things that can be done if the people are willing to help them. selves." Among the ideas sug- gested was an amateur photog- raphy group, a bridge club, a dart club, and an are group, Pet Collie Saves Life Of Mistress APSLEY, Oni, (CP) -- A pet collie is credited with saving the life of its mistress who lost her wav in the bush near here, | Mrs, injured leg and was in a state of shock when her dog, Fats, led her husband Bill and other res- cuers to her Saturday. "When my dog disappeared I thought I was gone," she said. "The most welcome noise in the world was his bark. I knew he was returning with someone." | for completion 'in February and # would be to set up a means of 2 gency services, such as doctors. # (control and direction of fire- Last week, a story concern. | Marie Garbutt of North : York had three toes frozen, an| Councillor Wetherall deplored the lack of clear direction from the Dominion and provincial gov- ernments. He noted that the town's co-ordinator had to con- tend with this lack of direction, With the new appointments made an appeal should be made to the service clubs to provide key personnel, then an all-out drive for civil defence workers to be trained as wardens, first aid and rescue workers, said Mr. Wetherall. "The duties of such a group warning the residents, the pre- servation of law and order, traf. fic control, provision of emer- nurses, and public health meas- ures, organization of municipal service for the repairs of water, |sewerage and hydro systems, the Deacon Airs View On CNR Proposal Three Routes Discussed dependent and unbiased opinion of proposed CNR routes through Pickering Township, at a special meeting of the Township Council and Planning Board on Friday night, January 15th, Mr. Deacon's firm had been engaged by Council nine days previously to prepare and present this involved and significant |opinion. | Mr. Deacon described three proposed routes thus: Route A: The original route along Conces- sion 1 and through Dunbarton. Route B: Mr. Deacon's suggest- ed amended route to avoid the Village of Dunbarton. Route C: the proposed alternative route suggested by Metro Planning Board (north of Second Conces- sion). Route B alignment, the Plan- ner said, does the to the Township of Pickering from a planning aspect. Accord- ing to the Township's proposed Zoning Bylaw all urban develop- ment will be restricted to the area south of the Second Con- cession, and more particularly south of the First Concession, where water and sanitary sewer service will first be available, On the other hand Mr. Deacon assumes that the area between Concessions 1 and 3 will remain ENNISKILLEN land Lake Ontario, |sEES CHANGE Mr. Deacon felt that the dis-| advantages of Route C were the| depreciation of residential prop-| erties in an area zoned R A, the) impossibility of shielding any residential property within 1000 yards at the elevation to over- |pass the Brock Road, and he lindicated that one of the proper- |ties, the historic Post House, {would be irreplacable. Similarly, | he claimed that Route A would| |affect many residential proper-| |ties adversely. | Reeve J. Sherman Scott re- marked that Route B was not the came as the route proposed) {by the CNR, who indicated that |it would pass through Dunbarton. | "The question which came be-| fore the Metro Planning Board] At Meeting In Brougham BROUGHAM--P, Alan Deacon,|in general agricultural use until,would you describe his attitude of of Deacon, Arnett and Murray, urban development has filled in thinking as flexible, or adam- professional planner, gave an in-|the area between Concession 1 ant? WITHIN REASON "Mr, Cann," said Mr. Deacon, "said he was prepared, within reason, to make some altera- tions." Professor Theall asked about the re-alignment on Route B, "North of Concession 1 it crosses in Lot 30," replied Mr. Deacon. "I have taken it 500° north of the intersection of Rose- bank Road and the First Conces- sion to avoid Plan 346, thence diagonally across the north. westerly direction to what is ap- proximately 500 feet north of Woodview and Pine Grove Streets to the Hydro Transmission line, and into Scarborough." Dr. Gordon Edmund asked what he described as a 'loaded' question. "Does the CNR state they will definitely accept an least damage|;.a1ated only to Routes A and C,"|answer to Route A or C?" {said Grant Messer. "Unless there] "I hoped to avoid giving an lis some degree of success inanswer to loaded quesions," re- |having the Planning Board and|Plied the planning executive, | {the CNR carry out such assess ment work as is necessary under {Route B, the present plan would [be voted on Routes A and C." | Councillor Harry Ashton asked |if additional costs to the railway |would be over Route A or C, and Mr. Deacon replied that any ad- ditional costs including that por- tion around Dunbarton would be |essentially for the right-of-way. "What it costs the railway |should not be the major factor in this decision," said Mr. Dea- By MRS. RUSSELL GRIFFIN ENNISKILLEN -- Ruby Virtue |and Viola Williams, Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Masters, Gail and Darlene, Mr. and Mrs, John Ni- migon, Bowmanville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Virtue. Arthur Brunt has returned home from Rospital. Mrs. Reg Weaving, Thornhill, and Mrs. E. J. Harrison, Toron- to, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Pethick, Barrie, were recent visitors with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. R. Pethick. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wearn were Sunday visitors at Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wearn's, Clare mont. | Mr, and Mrs. |were Sunday evening callers on (Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holroyd's, Hampton. Ron Clemens, Hampton, and Carol Wright were Sunday guests t Mr. and Mrs. N. E, Wright's, Mr. and Mrs, F. Beckett and family were Sunday tea guests of O, Beckett, Tyrone. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Turner, Osh- awa, visited Albert and Miss Elsie Oke's. | Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hope and| family, Mr. C. Mills, Port Perry, were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. L. Stainton. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Slemon, Haydon, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Trew- in, Doreen and Donald were Sun- day dinner guests of their par- ents. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Toms, it being the occasion of their father's birthday. Mr, and Mrs. R. Rowan and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Herb Rundle, Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pethick and Robin, Toronto, were Sunday guests of Mr, and Mrs. S. R. Pe- thick. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bradley and Brian, Maple Grove anc con, "What it costs the Township is the first basis on which any cost should be decided." Mr. Deacon was asked by the Reeve that if the railway did not choose the suggested route by- passing Dunbarton, was his sec- ond preference for Route A or Route C. NO EVIDENCE "Both of these routes, as orig- inally planned, do consideable |damage to the Township," sald Mr. Deacon. "As a planner," he continued, "I would not consider either one. Combination of the Dunbarton by-pass and the shift |of the line would do the least | damage." "From a CNR standpoint, they will fight for the original route tooth-and-nail," Mr. Deacon said that they had been dealing with individuals on properties, and had completed many duties. "My guess is," he said, "that they would be most reluctant to be pushed out of Route A unless compromise." Mr, Cann indie cated to me that unless someone was going to put up the money, they had no interest in Route C." "If the railway and Metro Planning Board," commented Harry Ashton, "had Mr. Deacon on this job for them, perhaps ne one would be in any trouble!" Mr. Ashton told Mr. Deacon that he felt that he had come up with the only answer. "I feel very happy that Mr. Deacon's report coincided ms well with ours," said Mr, Ritchie. "Mr. time a W. H. J. Thompson, wko heads a committee opposing the north- erly Route C, said, "I can see no cause to oppose or take ex. ception to the report." Wells Ritchie, a member of the planning board, said that he {the CNR for the line out of {he thought they should include planning in railway engineering. Mr. Ritchie added, "I have seen evidence that they are prepared, in terms of an alternative, to look favorably on Route B." "Considerable modification was made in Vaughan and Mark- ham," said Mr. Deacon. "In Markham there was some shift in portion of alignment on Yonge Street, and in Vaughan Town- ship, on the east side which took out one whole street." Mr. Deacon, in reply to a question of Mr. Ritchie's regard- ing Route C passing through a Greenbelt area, said: "I think an intrusion of Greenbelt lands is a diabolical thing, not only by a railway, but other pursuits." Mr. Deacon related that he had discussed Route B with J. L Cann, project engineer of the CNR, who had indicated that Route B might be considered favorably by the railway. "In your discussions with Mr, Cann," asked Mr, Ritchie, "do Clara Page, Toronto, visited Mrs, fighting services." E. Page, vou think you felt some attitude -| Elementary » Stuart Lamb|saw no evidence on the part Oratorical Routes A and C from any aspect T other than engineering, and that| est ue PICKERING--Parents of child- ren in Lincoln Street school will be interested in the Province wide Oratorical Contest for which this school is preparing em- trants. This contest is sponsored by the Ontario School Trustees and Ratepayers Association and the Hydro-Electric Power Commis- sion. The contests are held by districts or by zones, and the winners of the local contest will finally compete on April 19th ia Convocation Hall, University eof Toronto, during the OEA Con- vention. The suggested subject for the speech, is, Why I Want To Go To College,"but may be on any educational subject. No student over sixteen may compete in the contest and the speech is to be no more thas seven: minutes in length, or less than five. The prizes, which are donated by the HEPC are--Ist. $75.00: 2nd. $50.00: 3rd. $25.00. A suitably engraved cup goes with each still remained of flexibility, or prize. Officers of the Women's As- sociation of the Church of The Holy Trinity, Ajax, were in. stalled in office in a special ceremony by the Rector Rev. | W.A. INSTALLS OFFICERS AT AJAX Handley Perkkins, The group is shown after the installation, Front row, left to right, Audrey Shepherd, treasurer; Amy Tur- ner, educational secretary; Kathleen Bell, president; Mar- | tra-cent-a-day secretary, Rev. ion Lapp, vice-president; Mar- | H. Perkins, Ruby Ricehurst, jorie Roberts, secretary. Back | Dorcas secretary; Rosemary row: Ethel Boutilier, social con. véner; Hilde Christofferson, ex- White, social welfare secretary. --Photo by Joa Mills ted ion." ¥ you could suggest a reasonable -