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b | Aja AJAX (Staff) -- Following is a short summary of the high- lights of the Ajax Town Coun- cil during the past year. Ajax Town Counc Spent Very Busy Year 241 a4 hy 8 AP oy am Oct. 12 -- Ajax Hydro ts asked for a starting date for the installations of street lights in the north area. Councillor Durham addition at a cost of $225,000. A bylaw is passed |dispensing with a vote on the {proposed municipal. complex. Paiing ingekapiags yebeabecoided eae inal eal oath? A AL CE a A SA, MED mE --_|NOPRFN DUROL! 'JAMUARTY_ Jan. 4 The 1ith Ajax | Craig, Zeidler and Strong Council is sworn in and com- Architects are asked to design mittees are appointed within|@rawings for the complex in- Council as well as members to|Cluding a Library, Municipal the Industrial Commission,| Offices, Council Chamber and Planning Board, Recreation and| Police and Fire Stations. Community Centre Board and June 15 -- Traffic lights have the Public Library Board. been installed at Harwood and Jan. 11 Architect Paul | Burcher rd. and Bayly st. Meschino representing F. P.| Council decides to fly the Can- Gregoris appears before Coun-|adian flag only on Dominion cil with plans for two 16 and|Day and other Federal Holi- two seven - storey apartment|/days and special occasions. buildings with a total of 378! June 28 Authority is suites for. the land across from| granted to the Municipal Com- the Ajax Plaza. The Depart-|plex Architect to design land- ment of Highways is requested|scaping at a cost of $24,000 'to consider placing an auto'around the Municipal Building license bureau in Ajax. as Ajax Centennial Project. Ashley recommends an open pit incinerator for the Town. TAXI TARIFF APPROVED Oct. 25 -- Hydro Commission Chairman E. D. Steer promised 50 lights will be installed at a cost of $8250 within the next three wéeks in the north end of town. The architect is in- structed to proceed with worl ing drawings and tenders for the Municipal Complex accord- ing to a motion by Couneillor E. Wetherall and Reeve H.) Polak. After heated discussion) the motion is withdrawn. A, new taxi tariff is approved by Council. | Noy. 2 Councillors M. Jan. 25 --David Karry rep-| resenting the Ajax Library) _ Board presents plans for a $66,000 library to be construc-| ted from blocks. Council refers the matter to the finance com- mittee. A tax surplus of $20,000 is set aside as a tax reserve. The proposed apartment build- ers are asked to submit a re- vised plan. Charles C. Harris is appointed Fire Chief. COMMUNITY CENTRE Feb. 8 The Community Centre Board asks Council to decide as quickly as possible the site for the new community centre. The Library Board re- quests that a new library be included as part of the Mun. Works Assistance Program. Feb. 22 Bruce O'Brien Recreation Committee Chair- man asks Council to consider allowing his Board 1 mill in taxes instead of the $1 per capita. Ajax's share of the) Pickering District High chool) debenture for $975,090 is) approved by Council. Applica- tion for a loan of $100,000 under the Mun. Works Assistance Program is made for the addi- tion of six rooms at Lord Durham Public School. March 8 --- Architects Craig, | Zeidler and Strong are asked) to prepare preliminary draw-}| ings for the municipal complex) at a cost not to exceed $2,000 The protection to Persons and Property Committee recomends traffic lights at the intersection of Bayly and Harwood and at Bayly and Burcher rd. Seven! street lights are recommended| for Pickering Beach rd. TAX RATE CUT set, taxes are on the industrial rate and .23 mills on the residentia! rate. County levy is up 16 per cent,| Public schools up six per cent and the Recreation Committee skating and hockey night |the Cannington Arena Dec. 23. |Later in the evening the club/20 acres March 22 -- The tax rate is|held its annual meeting and| Harwood ave., down .41 mills | election of officers at the resi-| Community-Arena project. dence of Mr. and Mrs. Ge ASSAM lage ae Bk | Beatty, RR 2, Cannington. | Beaverton Junior Farmers is as | follows: The OMB approves the Lord)poiq "and R. Wright vote Durham addition. jagainst the motion that work-| July 12 -- A- $82,000 deben-|ing drawings and tenders be ture for the Lord Durham) put on the Municipal complex. addition is approved by Coun-| Reid proposed to expedite Com- cil. munity Centre Plans, hire an architect, dispense with a vote jon the community centre and jthat Council debenture the en- tire cost of the project. The| motion is voted down, Council passes a motion to do all DOS. Dt : Aug. 9 -- The high rise apart- Ca ng i cae. ment agreement is signed for arena i four 16-storey towers including Nov. 8 -- Wetherall suggests 400 apartments. B. J. Severs is that the Comminity Centre thanked for his arrangements project could be expedited if to have the Firemen's conven-| the 'architect could cut $100,000 tion held in Ajax. from the estimated cost of Sept. 13 -- Ajax Taxi owners} $440,000. Rev. T. Rex Norman) ask that their tarrif be in-|asks Council that a. . Day creased. Toronto is congratu-| Nursery Committee be set up. lated on her new City Hall. : : 5 Sept. 27 -- The Ajax Hydro Pay asia Sellar sterveas me Sexe tor lore te eight lights. for Pickering Beach garding their street lighting : ok plan in the north end of town, (74+, to cost $850. E. Wetherall is appointed to serve on the Council wholeheartedly supports Day Nursery Comitittee H 7 fect and y Nurs : Community Centre Project an Dec. 13 -- A large Southwood initi ings at a : asa for Initial drawings Subdivision Delegation oppos- cost of $3,000, Council agrees): ' to offer $90,000 for the project |ing the proposed neighborhood shopping centre in their .area site west of Harwood ave. north ' a ; a 7 of the Ajax and Pickering is heard by Council. Council Hospital advises the delegation that re-; S 4 | zoning. for the shopping location | |sketch plans of the municipal UXBRIDGE -- The Beaver-|40 by 80 ft. skating rink off} Dec. 28 -- Council purchases | jis now under study by the de- Club Enjoys veloper. Craig, Zeidler and |Complex or 140 per cent 'aver |the approved figure. Cour ton .Junior Farmers held a(|Turnbull rd., in the Southwood | on the west side of; as a site for the! COMMITTEE NAMED July 29 -- A building com- mittee for the Municipal Com- plex is appointed. A bylaw authorizing the Centennial Pro- gram is passed. Strong are paid $4,800 for their Skating Part g Y japproves the construction of a} at| Subdivision. Junior Farmers Dean } the | The 1966 executive for Past President, Stan | Sunderland, RR1; BELL WORKERS Plans for construction of the proposed Whitby Gen- eral Hospital. appear quite in ofder to a group. of. peo- ple 'who participated in' & donation of $500 to the build- ing fund. The Oshawa Tele- phone Employee's. Welfare Association recently donated ' rset ante AR aaa ae BOOST HOSPITAL BUILDING FUND the money which -was turn- ed over to campaign offi- cials by the group. Looking over the plans are John Dewsbury, - association treasurer, with the ladies, , left to right, identified as Lynn Gallant, representing the traffic department; Mrs. Joan Jones, association sec- retary and Miss Jean Heard, representing the commercial department. The Bell Tele- phone Co. of Canada pre- viously donated $2,500 to the hospital. --QOshawa Times Photo Cites I Work In Durham Centres PORT HOPE ~--Russell C. Honey, MP for Durham, has outlined many activities. in the riding in 1965 in which the Do- minion government * was _ in- volved. Through the municipal de-| velopment, and loan board estab- lished by the Liberal govern- ment, he drew attention to the fact that certain sums had been administered in Durham County. In Bowmanville, $24,168 had} been provided for the addition to the Lord Elgin Public School and $24,801 towards construction and equipment of the library. In Clarke Township, $35,750 was provided for the Orono municipal waterworks system. The township's road program was aided to the extent of $21,- 856. jselected } . The actual date of construction 'is not certain. | PREPARE SITE Demolition. of the site of the jnew Dominion building here has been completed; The tenders have been let and received, and only the official: announcement of which. will be accepted re- mains before construction can begin. Grants totalling $442,316 were provided as an aid in construc- tion of technical and vocational | training wings at Courtice and Crestwood composite schools. Arrangements are still in the planning stages for a contribu- tion of $250,000 for reconstruc-| tion of the hole-in-wall at New-} castle, | The re-building of the gov-| The buildings are now being used for community. purposes, such as the boys' club formed here. DREDGE HARBOR In 1965, extensive dredging in| Port Hope harbor was done to provide access to the Skeena Marina and the commercial fishing vessels. Mr. Honey esti- mated that this had been the most extensive dredging here since 1928. Mail carrier service was ap- proved for Bowmanvelle. This} is expected to start early in 1966 Assistance was provided in expenditing the announcement of a new Elgin St. bridge in Bow- manville. The bridge is to be constructed in 1966 by the Cana- | dian Pacific Railway. TINUES wus LL WEEK SIMCOE NORTH 8-Inch MAGNETIC SCISSORS Compore et 2.95, CUFF LINK SETS Compore at 5.95, TRANSISTOR RADIOS Compare at 12.95. 1.24 | has agreed on $1 per capita) Parish, plus $1,000. The Dept. of Mun.|President,, Carl Parliament, Affairs is asked for a loan of|/Cannington, RR2; Vice-Presi- $100,000 for the new Municipal| dent, Lois Workman, Canning-| Complex. A second police|ton, RR 2; Secretary, Janet cruiser will be purchased. Tomlinson, Cannington, RR 2; April 12 The Dept. of| Treasurer, Terry Malcolm, Can- Municipal Affairs is asked to|nington, RR 2; Press Reporters, change the Municipal Complex| Beverley Brown, Cannington,| loan to $310,319. A bylaw is|RR 2 and Ken Parish, Sunder-| passed to purchase land at the| land, RR 1. | Ajax High School for an addi-| County Directors Carl tion. : Parliament and Stan Parish April 26 --Ajax Intermediate| Cjyb Directors Deanne Baseball club asks for lights at)parish, Sunderland, RR 1;| Cedar Park at a cost of $6500.) arie Vale, Blackwater, RR 2; Fire Chief Harris and' the vol-|Ljoyd Wakelin, Cannington, RR| unteer firemen are thanked for|1; David Oldham, Sunderland, | providing emergency communi-| RR 2 cations. to the hospital during an emergency when: the tele-|interested in joining the Beaver- phone service was interrupted.|ton Junior Farmers are urgéd/ May 10 -- A boundary road/tg contact a member of the agreement' with Pickering) anove executive. Township is passed. A revised -- . baseball lighting project is esti 5100 ee ee ee: LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)--A LIGHTS APPROVED London promoter arrived Sun- May 25 -- Cedar Park lights) day to try to arrange a heavy- are approved at a cost of| weight,title fight between cham- $5100, Perrini donates $1700. A} pion Cassius Clay and English dance in honor of retiring Fire| Lewis, in Louisville represent- Chief C. Winters is approved | fighter Brian London, Lawrence for June. 4. ing Jack Solomon of London, June 2 -- Approval is given|hopes.to arrange the fight for to the financing of the I.ordiMarch or April in London SEEKS FIGHT "WHITBY PERSONALS A guest during the festive;Rice, of Thornbury during the season at the home of Mr, and/holiday season. Mrs. Walter Weir, 11 Valley Court, was Mrs. Elizabeth Weir Mr. and Mrs, Hank Westering Finan on jand children visited her par, eee ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Holiday weekend guests at Pinappels, of Port Hope, on the home of their daughter and|Christmas day. son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ron ald Barker, 913 Greenwood cres., were Mr, and Mrs. Charles Gordanier of Deloro were the guests of Mr. and Joey, of Mr. and Mrs.| Mrs. John Kennedy. Harold Primeau, celebrated his : : eighth birthday Dec. 29 Mr, and Mrs. Rene Aubin jand children, Christine and New Year's at the/Lucille, are spending the New| residence of Mr, and Mrs. Ever-|%ear's holidays in Cornwall ett Wickens, 1001 Wardman| "it" Mrs. Donat Aubin. | cres., were Mr. and Mrs, Ralph; New Year's guest. at the Rice, Mr. and Mrs, D. A. home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen| Hakaely. Collingwpod. Allin was her sister, Mrs. Jean} Y, 5 Hopkins, of Detroit, Mich. During the holidays Mr. and rs. D, J. Westenhoefer and children, Mark and Jeffrey, son guests During the festive season Mr. St Mark's United Church and Mrs. John Wallis and their|Women will hold its general| daughter, Sheryl and Lynde,|jmecting Jan. 4 at the- assembly visited Mr. and Mrs. William/hall in the form of a pot luck su Burnett, Lambeth, Ont. clin Mr. and Mrs. Benoit Thibo- firs, Edy ar Bie coal rig Pig Ward | deau and daughter, Diane, are during the holidays in rE are Ray a oom ville as guests of Mr. and Mrs.|.- it ti Dee oe john Bullied and Mrs. Romeo Rochon and ' -- Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Thibodeau, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Winches-| Welland. ter and daughters, Carol and - : Valerie, left Toronto Inter Whitby Kinettes held its national Airport for a_ three-| Christmas draw from Snelgrove week vacation in Scotland to| drug store, Drawirig the lucky visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs,|inners were: President Mar-| Walter Robertson, of Glasgow, | jorie Gartshore, Kinsmen Bob Scotland. Heron and Mrs, Ralph Collins Winners were: William (Bi" visited their daughter and. son-| Proctor, Oshawa and Judy Mor in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Name Executive Any voung men and women) _ Ralph gan, Whitby, ib UXBRIDGE The Port) Perry Junior Farmers held) their. annual meeting and elec- tion of officers Dec. 28, in the Greenbank Hall. The 1966 executive for Port Perry Club is as follows: President, Neil McLeod, Black- water, RR 2; Ist Vice-Presi- dent, Bob Robertson, Port Perry; 2nd Vice-President Beat- rice Lee, Greenbank; Secre- retary, Murray Empringham, Uxbridge, RR 3; Treasurer, Keith Phoenix, Greenbank; Press Reporter, Pat Hunter, Seagrave. County Directors -- Neil Leod; Diackwaier, iit 2a Bob Robertson, Port Perry. Club Directors -- Don Bea- cock, Port Perry, RR 4; John Leask, Seagrave, RR 2; Bob Hunter, Seagrave; Elaine Medd, Port Perry, RR 1. Ralph Honey of RR 2, Sea- grave, past president of the club, congratulated the newly elected officers, who in turn expressed their appreciation to the members, Young men and women inter- ested in joining the Port Perry Junior Farmers are urged to contact any one of the 1966 officers, | Grossman To Sign 'Pact For Jail Peterborough: Minister of of Reform Institutions Atlas Grossman will be in Peter- borough Jan. 7 to take part in the official signing of the of the agreement establish- ing a regional jail. Also signing will be the clerks and wardens of Peter- borough, Victoria, Halibur- fon and Northumberland - Durham counties. Mayor Gordon Powell and city clerk E. A. Outram will also attend. The city will enter into a separate agree- | ment with the county for justice administration pur- poses, Following the signing, a a luncheon will be held at the Rock Haven restaurant. the | ~ "week. 4 SLICE TOASTER Compere at 25.95. ernment wharf and approahces | |have been completed at Caes-| As part of the Colombo Plan, | area. financing of approximately §$1,- | ed in Newcastle in June. The armory buildings at Port| 00,000 as an atomic fuel order) In Orono, he said, the site|Hope and Millbrook were sold|W2S Placed with Canadian for a new post office had been'to the respective municipalities, | Westinghouse of Port Hope. for tia = on enue ae x jan India atomic power project. | Mr. Honey cited the fact that a. new post office had been open- WALLETS Compare at 5.95. BALL PENS Compere at 1.95. GERMAN LEADS | INNSBRUCK, Austria (CP)--| Fast Germany's powerful Brampton Tops Steelers 'Third Time In A Week (eco Xersinayin'ts am | |nual German-Austrian, four-hill| | BY CLIFF GORDON {to Markham Seal-0-Wax at) *X! Jump tournament by srinning} Whitby Lasco Steelers are|Whitby Arena. Ex-Whithy Dun-|the third contest on the giant thankful they don't face Bramp-|!op Frank Bonello is coaching Bergisel Olympic hill here. He ton Seven Ups three times eyery|the Markham club, and_ they) scored two brilliant leaps of 288) 90011. « 288-11, 6} re ie give. WE a feet eight inches an | lecting 226.1 points for a total of | 645.2. Brampton toppled Steelers 6-4|real test. at Whitby Arena Saturday af-| FIRST PERIOD jternoon, for their thi rd win over| 1, Brampton: Draycott Whitby in a week. lig arora The play of goalie Ralph| (smith) oe Moore is rated one of the rea-| %,,Brampton: Gudgeon A sons for the triple loss. Moore, Heal Davidson. 0:10, O/Shea ig who has appeared shakey in|Pearse 10:34, 13:50, Lavender 14:57, Ellis recent games, fanned on at 4 boy Lavender (major), Orr (major) least three goals Saturday that he normally would have handled. Moore can't accept all the |blame, however. Starry Dave |MacMillan has been out of the lineup for a week, In the most recent loss, Steelers held a two-) THIRD PERIOD {man advantage for almost two| 7,,Srampion: Gu minutes and managed only one} 6 Whitby: Lavender good shot on goal. Beatson lds : . Jack Gudgeon sparked Bramp-| '(Leach, se re aoa iton with three goals and two/1. BrarhBton: Ford assists. Former Steeler Jack te a am J. Blair 3:49, Ch a Blair, Terry Drayeott and Gary |6:21, Luyben 11:49; O'Shea. 14:26. Chase ijFord netted one each Reieonauen ay ! | Captain Kevin O'Shea dnd oe each for Whiby, and O'Shea! "GO GO STEELERS '66" each for Whitby, and O'Shea jadded a pair of assists. 0.H.A, METRO JUNIOR "B" Brampton Jed by period scores jof 3-0 and 4-2 and increased Biair One-Stop DECORATING SHOP @ Wellpoper end Murale @ Custom Draperies ® Broodioom @ CLL. Points and Varnishes @ Flo-Gleze Colorizer Paints DODD & SOUTER DECOR CENTRE LTD. 107 Byron St. $., Whitby PHONE 668-5862 SEWING MACHINES 97-50 5 CELL FLASHLIGHTS Batteries included. Comptre et 2.95. » ST te the first *! 25 customers ELECTRIC BLENDER Compere at 29.95 4.95 FREE GIFT COUPON This coupon SECOND PERIOD 4. Whitby: O'Shea '(Cheesman, Boyd) §. 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