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i iiremont and pickering township district mr bob greer spent the week- 1 end at lake rosseau a large number of local resi- dents visited the traie fair inj i stouffville on friday and saturi lsncl day nights the new blinker light has been j installed at the four corners j vehicles must stop on the 9th i and proceed with caution on the brock road mr clare keevil has been apj pointed technical adviser for the ground observer corps and will cover an area out of peter- boro a large procession of cars from toronto passed through this district on sunday as part pickering land annexation councillors from pickering l village pickering township and the town of ajax met at broug ham on thursday night with i officials from merropolitisn to- ronto to discuss the annexation of 1500 pickering twp acres to pickering village reeve cyril morley said pick- ering village has a draft bylaw i covering the annexation pro- of an annual colour cavalcade f 0cobcr the sigmseers were disappoint- meeting h said the ed however as leaves of trees al wam create a satellite in this area nave nor changed on northeastcrn iringe the r colour to any great extent i of toronto mr bruce lowden son of rev m decided t0 ere and mrs j s lowden has re- joint mmmlnoe to con turned to his kcaf base at smer hi ng consulli g ene winnipeg after a brief vacation t0 look ov the pronosai at his parents home the basement of the mt zion united church was filled to cap- pmriif achy on wednesday evening of rviv library last week at the annual clare- mont cooperative turkey ban quet and annual meeting a number of lastminute arrivals had to be turned away at the door the wa met in the united church sunday school room on wednesday evening of last week with a good attendance mrs fred ward presented an inter esting talk and musical numbers by mrs f carson and the han- thorne sisters were much appre ciated it was decided to hold the annual church bazaar on saturday afternoon nov 23rd we regret to report that mrs g loysf had the misfortune to fall and break a bone in her ankle recently the goodfellowship class will be held on oct 8th at the home of mrs peddie commencing at 230 pm this is a change in date from previous arrange ments the goodfellowship class was in charge of the service in the united church on sunday morn ing those taking special parts were mr w evans chairman mrs w lehman mrs ander son mrs jackson mrs hill and mr mcconnell mr mcconnell was in charge of the main theme end closing the service owing to illness in the car man fligg familymrs torrence has taken one of their children to her home for a few weeks mr and mrs fligg were former residents here mr and mrs earl mcmullen have purchased the property of mrs clark in north claremont and will move into the residence this fall mr mcmullen disposed of his farm recently peachs captured trie clare mont community league cham pionship on friday evening de feating altona 137 it is the teams first championship in more than ten years of softball and hockey competition coach jack warriner was presented with the coveted cup by mr gord symes league chairman last month if was the flu bug that was plaguing the pupils at the public school now accord ing to reports the whooping cough has caught up to some of the children necessitating their absence from classes be sure to attend the anniver sary services in the baptist church on sunday morning and evening dr j a johnston dd of montreal will be the guest pastor there will be special music at both services the public library has ac quired a new sign the board are very appreciative of the generous gesture by mr robt barton who donated the material and made the sign it was erect ed by the town trustees the new sign improves the appear ance of the library and assists newcomers in the village to lo cate the building easily the claremont library board are purchasing the new books for this year and would like any new members or interested persons to submit the titles of books they would like to have purchased they should be left with the librarian before oct 15th 1957 the book committee strives to purchase books suit able for juvenile and adult read ers any new members are wel come twp assessor must regroup roil by dec 15 kinsale pickering townships assess or mr delbert gauslin was the subject of a lengthy discussion at a meeting of council on mon day evening he was criticized a number attended the annl- bv the members for not comply- 1 versary services at mount zion ing with a township bylaw in church on sunday next sun- his preparation of the 1957 as- day being world communion sessment roll it was agreed d a joint service will again be that viie clerk be directed to j a mount zion at 11 am accept the roll and that mr j recent guests of mr and mrs gauslin be reprimanded for not gp legg were mr and mrs g complving with bylaw no 2220 1 sherman and mr and mrs g lie was instructed to have the matthews of toronto mr and roll regrouped and returned by jj victor lee and mrs dec 15 1957 it will be broken knight of brantford down into polling subdivisions jjj elaine rose rn spent mr gauslin explained to coun- the weekend with her grandpar- cil that he had planned to re- cn mr and mrs j wagg arrange the 1957 assessment j elaine is now attending western roll into polling subdivisions but i university in lopdon by the time the bylaw was pass- mr and mrs clarke bunker ed it was too late i had to use 0 mongolia were thursday visi- additional help and just barely tors with mr and mrs arch got under the wire he stated i bunker the assessment roll was return- j mr and mis l waltham and ed to the clerk on sept 30th the leonard visited during the week smouldering ruins is all that dowling 8th concession of day morning of last week and loss has been estimated at remains of a large frame barn pickering near claremont in a matter of minutes the 15000 on the property of mr john the fire broke out on thurs- structure was levelled the v jim thomas hay grain livestock destroyed in barn fire national civil defence day altona the children of our commun ity are missing their newfound friend these days miss edna lohr last week miss lohr of spring arbor michigan was at the local church each afternoon at 415 to speak to the children children were in attendance from three schools as well as local preschool children miss lohrs brief time with them was very interesting bright and joyful although there was an average attend ance of 85 there was the most rapt attention throughout miss lohr did not confine her mes sages alone to the children but each evening ministered to the adults as well a special feature of each serv ice was the beautiful picture in sceneofelt arranged by miss lohr mr and mrs howard ba ker brought special musical numbers on several evenings wi meeting- notice the date of the next regular wi meeting has been changed from wednesday oct 9th to wed oct 16th on the regular meeting day the wi have been asked to serve lunches to the plowmen at the south ontario plowing match at brou gham the next wi meeting will be held at the home of mrs r couperlhwaite on wednesday oct 16th at 2 pm mrs f gou- die convener of agriculture is in charge of the programme motto soil like man deterior ates when its abused roll call a rural sound that appeals to me everyone welcome congratulations to mr and mrs levi fretz on the birth of their daughter last week it wont be long now until the ted jones family will be back in our midst they have pur chased part of the alexander property it will be just like old times having them in our com munity again fanned by a strong wind the 50 x so frame barn on the prop erty of mr john dowling 8th concession of pickering two miles south of claremont was burned to the ground on thurs day morning of last week de stroyed in the fire were four calves a bull an imported reg istered shetland stallion a num ber of chickens and a large quantity of hay grain and straw the loss has been esti mated at 15000 the blaze was noticed by mrs vern dowling the barking of the family dog laddie at tracted her attention although the claremont fire brigade were summoned to the scene the fire was out of control when they arrived the sth concession farm was the former john bielby proper ty it was purchased by mr john dowling ten years ago in addition to the main barn a modern milking parlor and milk house was also destroyed thirtyfive head of cattle were in a nearby pasture field baptist church to mark 136th anniversary sunday the claremont baptist church was the pastor at westmount will mark its 136th anniversary baptist church for 23 years with special services on sunday there will be special music morning and evening dr john at both services on sunday the west rouge residents resent 22000 comm centre in- area last day permissible under law mr gauslin pointed out ttiat when the township bylaw no 2220 was passed he didnt know he would be unable to comply with it he noted that he later discovered it wouldnt be pos at the homes of mr and mrs milton pcjjg and mr and mrs m bates at greenwood mr and mrs jack hooker and family were saturday visi tors with orangeville relatives mr and mrs m parkin and sible and notified council of the milton spent sunday with mr situation he said it would be j and mrs w mitchell utica necessary to employ someone j mr and mrs lawrence gray alexander johnston dd a for mer pastor at westmount bap tist church in quebec will be the guest speaker at both serv ices dr johnston is recognized at one of the most prominent barj- tist church ministers in canada a former president of the bap tist church conference in que bec dr johnstons services were the first to be televised by the cbc his radio ministry in the montreal area gained him prov incewide recognition although morning service is at 11 am and the evening service at 730 pm the evening service at the united church has been with drawn in order that their con gregation might attend rev h h lackey will assist at the pulpit mr and mrs fred mc- cleary will provide a number of musical selections both morn ing and evening at 730 pm mrs weston a tornto soloist and a trumpet trio from the stouffville youth for christ will also take part new labor saving i i gravityflow grain v body j uk4i it rir bow if tit vtlar etmiaatt ii ll nj cidwuvf sfty oxfipttiitasthtifoty fcj vtii pfltrt eep a4 flaunt clur wt iflwmti daw rts 14 ji iifj ti mi 0h coflitfktw hlmft ti m ktjk t11 thhfi ftc cckty 125 ij lkef itfyti at3 jrttr i 0 oi f vs h 1000 ttv apctt- r woo ibi cpkr- mthflniid farming fajr chas cooper ltd claremont phone 104 glen major miss mary hopkins ashburn spent a few days last week with j mr and mrs edgar johnson and i family mr and mrs ralpii prescott and daughter of bethany visited sunday with mr and mrs geo pickett mr alec hingston and boys visited on sunday with mr and mrs j a hingston mr and mrs a c simmonds returned on wednesday from their cottage on cape breton island to braeside mrs george pickett mrs ed- gar johnson and mrs jim jones i visited monday afternoon with j mrs wm hopkins sr and fam ily miss betty risebrough of to- ronto spent the weekend at hen home miss ilizel jones spent sun- 1 day afternoon at her home there will be a church service in glen major church sunday oct 6 at 330 oclock the young people from the over- comers church toronto will be in charge mr and mrs ed jones and j marvin newmarket visited on sunday with mrs wm fiss and j edgar mrs morgan evans has rej turned home after visiting fori a few days with mr and mrs profit of aurora plan to remove gravel from greenbelt area it was learned at a meeting of pickering township council on monday evening that plans are underway to remove gravel from the restricted greenbelt area near greenwood in the face of strong opposition from residents in the area council rejected an application by mr w h godfrey to have their by law amended mr godfrey owns 150 acres of land in the restrict ed area reeve wm lawson instructed the clerk to contact mr a j thompson pickering township bylaw enforcement officer he a five man delegation of rate payers from the west rouge district of pickering township appeared before council on mon day evening to offer strong ob jections to the erection of a 22000 community centre in their area i cant see any need for a community centre in our area stated mr alex munro mr munro said that he resented any community project that would tend to keep the children away from their homes it could de velop into a hangout he con tinued mr walter bergman a mem ber of the delegation said that the plans of the recreational committee had not been proper ly publicized he said there were many other needs necessary for the community aside from enter tainment facilities itll just be a place for people to gossip and drink tea he stated ill fight it with everything ive got he said mr munro pointed out that there were plenty of recreation al facilities for both young peo ple and adults in their district he said he feared that there wouldnt be enough voluntary assistance to carry out such a project the townships recre ational committee shouldnt op erate a pitfall for our teenage students he said mr howard williams presi dent of the ratepayers associa tion said that following a meet ing of their west rouge rate payers it was decided that the townships entire proposal be explained at a public gathering its time that the ratepayers in the area understood the matter fully he said councillor robt stewart a member of the townships rec reational committee expressed complete surprise at the rate payers lack of knowledge with regard to the proposed commun ity centre theres been noth ing secretive about it he said i understood that all the rate payers were behind it reeve wm lawson explained that the townships recreation al committee was negotiating with the west rouge kiwanis such projects said mr munro he objected strongly to the use of a remodelled barn for such a scheme mr andy dand another west rouge ratepayer requested that the property in the area to be purchased by the township be held in its present state we may need it in the future for a municipal hall or fire station he said- is it possible that your area may withdraw from the town ship questioned councillor ju lian its under discussion- re plied mr dand greenwood officially retired he has turned will be instructed to take an in to writing in addition to occa- junction against the operator if sional pulpit supply work he i the greenbelt bylaw is broken plowing mafch sponsored by the south ontario plowmens association will be held on the farm of howard malcolm son pickering township hwy 7 2 miles west op brougham wed october 9th classes in jointer plows tractors etc also special prizes and horse show banquet in township hall brougham a number from here attended the anniversary services at mt zion last sunday mrs ken holi day sang two numbers at the morning sendee and rev mr newton reid of sunderland was the guest minister a new hallman electric organ has been installed in the church for future use worldwide communion serv ice for the three appointments will be observed in the mt zion church this sunday oct 6th there will be no church service at greenwood but there will be sunday school at 930 the choir journeyed to rag lan church sunday evening to assist with their anniversary service the afternoon wa will hold their october meeting at the home of mrs p clarke on thursday oct 10th group 1 will have charge of the worship service and the roll call con secrate the wms for the charge will be held on thursday ofthis week at the rev mrs moores everyone welcome miss glenna minaker rn left last monday for calgary for further work at the nursing pro fession mr and mrs john brooks en tertained the group he works with last saturday night to a cornroast mr and mrs fred byers had last sunday supper with doug and mrs morden and family from the dept of municipal af fairs to assist with the change- 1 over why was this not brought to our attention before question ed councillor robt stewart it would have saved all this time i didnt know that the by law wasnt being complied with answered clerk lloyd johnston reeve lawson pointed out that the assessor claimed he appeared before council and ex plained the situation i dont remember stated dep reeve scott theres not much use our passing bylaws if they are not going to be up held he said i cant understand the asses sor deliberately ignoring our bylaw said councillor pugh if assessor didnt intend to comply we should have been in formed immediately charged dep reeve scott clerk lloyd johnston explain ed that if the assessment roll was completed according to the new bylaw it would speed up the efficiency of the office staff it was agreed that additional help be obtained from the dept of municipal affairs in order to assist mr gauslin with the regrouping of the assessment roll atha miss nelda dunkeld is in new market hospital suffering from an attack of appendicitis and daughters were sunday guests of mr and mrs d baker at oshawa mr and mrs howard stell and family spent the weekend in toronto mr and mrs scott taylor ot little britain were recent visi tors with mr and mrs keith hobden mr and mrs alvin hooker re turned home on friday follow ing a three week trip to saskat chewan where they visited rela tives in creelman and rouleau mr and mrs allen hobden spent a few days last week in owen sound and durham mrs f lowry and illena of oshawa spent sunday with mr and mrs w ormiston mr and mrs stanley rose keith and helen who have just returned from a two weeks holi day in texas spent the week end with mr and mrs j wagg other recent visitors included mr and mrs r j nesbitt of uxbridge mrs f palmer and mrs don clarke also of ux bridge mr and mrs r e mowbray accompanied by miss l mow bray of brooklin spent a few days last week at their cottage crowe lake mrs lawrence agg and her granddaughter debra of whitby were sunday guests of mr and mrs george curl mr and mrs keith hobden and daughters spent sunday with peterborough relatives many thanks to mrs lawrence gvay who wrote this column during my absence v wiwi m w mr and mrs wm grown re- club to operate the community urned homc from west ast cnnim wft cnifl llllt 3s vct 110 i ti i centre he said that as yet no report had been forthcoming from the service club its still a thought and not an actuality stated councillor stewart the kiwanis club does a fine i friday night a redwood tree which may be taller than the statue of lib erty weighs more than 2000000 j pounds and contains enough job but sometimes organizations i j build several houses can become carried taway with ftf h b than the head of a pin howard malcolm pros oscar downey secy myrtle ontario glazing and complete glass service new work and repairs free estimates earl pilkey ph claremont 32720 blame children for 20000 barn fire at dunharton a large frame barn owned by the blaze it was soon out of mr harry newman fairport control road cast of dunbarton was firemen from pickering town- j burned to the ground on saturi ships southwest brigade ani day evening the loss has been swered the call but could not estimated at 20000 an eleven- 1 halt the outbreak tne entire j yearold girl and two small boys summer crop of hay straw and have been blamed for the blaze grain was destroyed the propi the children weie seen leaving city is worked by mr w g the barn a few minutes before i newman former reeve of pick- the structure was enveloped i ering township by flames pickering township the barn was located south of police later learned thit the ju- highway 401 the blaze visible veniles had made a makebelieve j for two miles attracted hund- fort in a pile of straw when one j reds of curious spectators and of the boys lit a match the police hid difficulty in keeping match fell into the straw and the the heavy weekend traffic mov- fire spread rapidly although the i ing along the fourlane thor- children attempted to put out ough fare j birth to market claremont coop phone 38 claremont