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Miss Linda Hopkins (second Oshawa, was presented with left to right, are Mrs. from left), daughter of Mr. Chit RECEIVES ALL-ROUND GUIDE CORD the All-Round Cord at a spe- Hopkins, RR 2, cial ceremony. Shown from Bird, Girl Guide Comm Clift pee Hopkins, Linda, Mrs. ission- er of Rosslyn District, and Mrs, Bob Patte, Captain of the 20th Girl Guide Company. "4, THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, April 9, 1964 BAY RIDGES (Staff) -- A divided Pickering Town: seems inevitable, according to a public meeting held at the Holy Redeemer Separate School held at Bay Ridges last night. Cries of "'Mason-Dixon Line" were heard in the auditorium where a large number of tax- payers from all over the south end of Pickering Township ral- lied to the cause. A bill promoted by the north of the township, now befpre the Ontario Municipal Board at Queen's Park, is asking the On- tario Government to divide Pick- ering Township into two halves. The border would run approxi- mately along the third conces- sion except for the western part of the township where the boun- dary would run south of the con- i in order to give the Brougham Sidewalk Switch Angers Township Councillor BROUGHAM Councillor Donald Waring, in a written submission, criticized Council members for a change of atti- tude when they agreed last week to permit a sidewalk to the school in Brougham to be authorized, set up the Township Hall in Brougham as a Com- munity Centre, and agreed to supply water and facilities to the building, in his absence. The Councillor claimed that he had not had sufficient no- tice of the meeting which it had been previously agreed would not be held. "Under pressure of ratepay- ers," he said, "you changed ~~ policy. If the money was udgetted for the sidewalk in 1961; where is it now? Where is this $1450 to install facilities in the hall coming from, when it was not included in the budget -- or is this another case of ju the funds?" f wanted to know why all members of Council did not sit on the Board to admin- ister the Community Hall--why the exception of the Deputy Reeve and himself? Mr, Waring suggested that when consideration is given to eny for any speci- fic area, whether the expendi- tures be large or small, that no action be taken unless all Councillors are present, "I'm prepared to level a triple-barreled shotgun," said Councillor Hubert Wank. "If this council cannot operate be- cause any particular individual is away, we might as well fold| up. As long as there is a quorum that carries, it is just as sound @s seven m were here and voted unanimously. Once Councillor Wank that there is a policy of previous Councils that once a matter has been or bylaw, and as long as a majority were present, was a gentleman's agreement that it not be further discussed. something has gone through, the Council approved it wheth- er I like it or not, I must admit that I changed my mind with regard to the hall. There were new conditions -- a place to get water, a place to lay tile." Councillor Waring said he was not trying to say he was against the sidewalks -- as long as they in the area pay for them -- and he wanted the hall; he was not against it. "All I am interested in is where is the $1450. going to be found this year? I also ask why the change in Council? Why the two Boards, one a Committee of Council, for two community centres in one area? It seems to bother me." "We budget with the hope of suppl tary on said Reeve Laycox. "If it ex- ceeds what we felt we were safe in budgetting for, certainly we will come up with a sur-~- plus. Most accounts had provi- sion for conti , or emer- gencies."" The Reeve concurred. with voted on, whether a resolution there Councillor John Campbell, who opposed the matters at the previous meeting, said: "On Monday night when I came, it was a 'fait accompli'. 'There was a delegation here; the bylaw was prepared." "I did not know," said Dep- uty Reeve Mrs. McPherson, up. I did not even know that there was going to be a Coun- cil meeting until late in the afternoon." "At 4 p.m., Monday after- noon," said the Reeve, "Parks nAdministrator Harry Ashton was in my office, consulting the Statutes, after which he sug- gested solving the problem of the Township Hall by creating a Community Centre. I suggest- ed that the bylaw be prepared in case we decide to do this. If the people and the' Council decided not to do this, we could tear up the bylaw." "The only place we have as a meeting place, for election, nominations, Health Unit, etc.," said Mrs. McPherson, "is the Township Hall. I felt at the time I was not satisfied as to the feasibility of the water for the hall. I was not in favor of using some one else's property for a weeping bed. But Mr. Beer was willing. I don't think we had any alternative." As far as the Community Board set up by the Township Hall bylaw, Reeve Laycox ex- plained that five members of Council were required to sit on it. The fact that Mr. Waring and Mts. McPherson were not included. was not, the Reeve said, 'with malice afore- thought." REQUESTS WATER Albert Hull appeared before Council expressing the need for water for Rosebank road area north of Highway 2. He said that more than 95 per cent of the ratepayers are in favor, and that as soon as possible they would like an estimated cost of "that it was going to be brought Reeve Laycox said: "It is gratifying to me that so many people want water, but not gratifying in knowing the position we are in, The en- gineer informs me that the fa- cilities we now have were orig- inally designed to handle Bay Ridges area only. Now we must figure out some staging pro- gram." The Reeve said that to get water in the areas that are re- questing will require expansion of facilities at the water plant, which the engineer says could cost from one quarter to one half million dollars. "We are going to have to sit down and figure out where we are going and how soon we can be there." , "Our area has been in exis- tence for 32 years," said Mr. Hull. "The people are not tak- ing too kindly to the fact that newer areas are being looked after first." Councillor Wank contended that it would take at least two months for the engineer to take everyting into consideration, including the size of pipes for future installations, and furnish Mr. Hull with estimated costs. ONE LOT--TWO HOUSES Much discussion took place on an application of Allan Kingston to live in a small house while construction was under way for a large house, conforming with the requirements of the agricul- tural zone in which he lives. A building permit was not issued to him, because the zoning does not permit two houses on one lot in this zone. serviees to this area. Mr. Kingston said that he had north a newly constructed rail- ay line. At the meeting the southern- ers argued, sometimes vehe- mently, what the secession would mean to them. It was agreed, however, that a seces- sion generally was a good idea. It was the unanimous choice of the meeting that the boundary should run along the third con- cession, down Riverside Drive and along the west boundaries made thorough investigation of the property before he pur- the various bodies which con- trolled it, and based his plans on the provisions permitted him, He was willing, he said, to leave his $300 buildng depost with the Township until the old house was demolished. Both Councillor Wank and Mrs. McPherson were of the opinion that the matter should be put off until all aspects were looked into, and a_ suitable agreement made that the old house would, in truth, be demol- ished, and only one house would eventually exist on the lot. -- "This man has come here in good faith," said Councillor Wa. G. Newman, 'and certainly took every precaution before he purchased the land. I think we are trying to penalize him for being fair and coming before us." He proposed a motion, that subject to.an agreement, and to all the provisions of Township bylaws, Mr. Kingston be per: mitted to live in the little house until his big house was com- pleted in six months. Deputy Reeve Mrs. McPher- son and Councillor Wank op- posed the motion. The tender of Central Instal- lation and Caulking, of Bay Ridges, for $480 was accepted for painting the interior of the icipal 4=building in Brougham. Six tenders for this service ran from $480 to $833. Rowe Street South of 401 Cut 66 Phone: 942-1 BROOKLI YARD Corner of Highway No. 7 and No. 12 Phone 655-3313 Serving Oshawa and District ALUMINUM SPECIAL First Quali at 221 LARGE STOCKS Al COMBINATION WINDOWS Centre Bar Style Heavy Duty FROM $8.95 Stock Sizes SELF STORING DOORS 2'6" x 6'6", 2'8" x 6'8" and 2'10" x 610" Combination | Storm & Screen Ruggedly built, complete with storms, screen, automatic closer, windchain and all hardware. FULLY PREFRAMED AVAILABLE ty Heavy Duty Maximum 3i0a Customer nr $9 ship|Town of Ajax. chased it last October, from all be of Pickering Village and the It was also voted by the gen- eral meeting that Pickering Township Council be asked to contract for a Municipal Con-; sultant to study where the di- viding line should. be. The issue for the division was started when the Ontario Muni- cipal Board decided that one school board should govern the public school system through- out the entire township. The north end of the township had school mill rates this year of 33, .8 9 and 10 mills. If a Township-wide School Board were elected it is thought by many that the mill rate in the north end of the Township would go up to approximately 24-28 mills. At the present time, the south end of the Township has approx- imately 74 per cent of the whole Township's assessment. Of a total assessment of $28,248,577, for Pickering Township, the south end of the Township has approximately $20,909,072. The residents of the Town- ship's north end presented a pe- tition of 100 names to the On- tario Municipal Board request- ing secession from the south end, Only 75 names were re- quired on the petition. Before the request can become law, however, a public hearing will held. One of the reasons that the Ontario Municipal Board decided it would be a good idea to have one Public School Board for the Township was that there are now 18 school sections in Pick- ering Township, not including the Separate School sections. At Wednesday night's meeting which was chaired by the Bay Ridges Ratepayers Association's John Williams, one of the par- ticipants suggested that the thousands of acres held in the south end of the Township for investment purposes be taxed according to the value of the land rather than as farmland. It was also suggested at the meeting that unless the split did occur, the north end of the Township, under one school board, would, in some years de- mand the same kind of school facilities that the south end now Ratepayers Promote Split Township Study 'would have to pay 74 cent of the bill. oe It was pointed out by Mrs. W. A. McKay that if the north end did secede the south end wfuld have to pay back all the taxes that the north end paid for the high schools which are all located in the south end of the Township. MAY AMALGAMATE It was also suggested that the south end of the Township amal- and Ajax and become an entire- ly new city. It was mentioned that the Town of Ajax was now paying a great deal of money to the county for which it received very little in services. It was also pointed out that Ajax was a well organized town and that 'with the new 800-unit subdivision now under construction on the west side of Frenchman's Bay, the area would have the neces- sary 25,000 people to form a city. Another ratepayer pointed out that the amalgamation would not benefit Ajax and that' its citizens would not look kindly on the proposal. It was decided that it would take an expert to de- cide the amalgamation question. It was also decided to ap- proach the Township Council with a united front and that the ratepayers should not take it upon their own shoulders to de- cide on the best way to settle the north-south conflict. It was pointed out that Coun- cil had not been approached by the north end ratepayers before} they made up their secession petition, The opinion from all the other south end ratepayers associa- tions will be heard. A motion will be put to all the associa- tions to ask Pickering Township Council for a municipal consul- tant *o study the matter of where the split should be and strong delegations from all the ratepayer groups will attend the next Council meeting. JOIN METRO? Another suggestion from the floor was that perhaps the south end of the Township could join Metropolitan Toronto. It was also brought up that the east boundary of the south end of the township should end at the east gamate with Pickering Village|this tie, "iment REPORT FROM PARLIAMENT By MICHAEL STARR, MP OTTAWA -- In the Supple- mentary peared an item for one dollar, to replenish the oe or eve Insurance Fund, The Estimates were tabled on March 6 and ge gry for 25 days. item in fact provided for a loan of 55 million dollars to the fund. The reason it was list- ed was because the Government knew the fund would be bank- rupt by the end of March. The Government did not disclose fact to Parliament and hoped the Estimates would be passed without questions ask- ed. When the deadline ap- proached, the fund was four and a half million dollars in deficit. It was only then that the situ- ation was revealed and Parlia- there would be too difficult to service. The area, east of Pick- ering Village and Ajax and be- low the third concession (pro- north end of the Township) would either go to the northern end of the Township or would, perhaps, be annexed to Whitby Township. The public meeting was ad- journed shortly after 10 p.m. and was attended by officials of all the ratepayers associations in south Pickering Township. At the Bay Ridges Ratepay- ers Association meeting which followed immediately after the general meeting it was decided that a cavalcade of cars would leave from Krosno Blvd. and 'Morden Lane in Bay Ridges for the Pickering Township Hall on Monday evening, April 20. formed that the Township Hall was on No. 7 Highway in Brougham Village or, 'The place with the hitchpost in front'. Bay Ridges representative, Councillor Don Waring told the ratepayers that a show strength should be made at the council meeting and that a big petition should be obtained. It was passed at the meeting that Council be asked to appoint boundary. of Pickering Village enjoyed and that the south end and Ajax since the land beyond sion meet! Estimates, there ap-| Some of the members were in-|1 ofl, further drop in a Municipal Consultant in order to weigh the pros and cons of the proposed division by the north, and also study the divi- Lesson Learned From UIF Fiasco tive attitude, and the was -- ee time. ever, Senator ed final approval 'anti April 6, when the Aj Bill was given This experience repeated again, A les been learned, that leave a matter as important as this to the last minute and ex- pect immediate action without proper consideration. ' SIU DICTATES TERMS A t deal of discontent. rangecnent 'mode 9 tha toes rangement made by tees who have been appointed over the Maritime Unions on the Great Lakes, K is quite evident that in order to satisfy the Internation- al Executive of -the Seafarers' International Union, and pre serve peace on the Great Lakes, the terms were allowed to be posed southern limit for the/dictated, in the main, by the Executive of this Union. Canadian union heads who are affected have voiced their objections in no uncertain terms, describing the arrange- ment as a sellout to the SIU. Nothing has been changed, as far as the SIU is concerned, except that their President has been removed from office. The Vice-President will now assume this office in accordance with the SIU constitution. CATTLE PRICES DOWN On investigation of prices on agricultural products, a com- parison has been made of the level of these prices for De- cember, 1962 and December, Prices generally have declin- ed. Cattle prices, based on live weight, dropped by almost 3c. a lb. Calf prices dropped by 2%c. a lb. Hogs (dressed) drop- ped 3%c. a Ib. Poultry, eggs and milk remained relatively stable without much variation. prices was experienced in the month of January, which was greater than in December. 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