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fjt i the stcuffyiot tribune nuuuy md 3 1960 reformatory sentence given two men for hs breakin historical society two toronto men everett i hugh black 24 and ronald fooie 2s were sent to reforma tory last week for breaking and i entering the pickering district j jo meet thursday high school last november the pair were convicted by judge j a special meeting of the pick- arthur willmott of cobourg ering twp historical society presiding in the ontario countv j v he1 the pickering criminal court at whitby village community centre on foote was sentenced to six thursday evening march 3 at months definite and 3 months s3 mr albert collucci of the indeterminate he had spent one jietro ani region conservation month in custody awaiting bail authority and curator of dal- black was sentenced to three llel museum will be the guest months definite it was his first j speaker his address will be ac- conviction and he has been in 1 companied by coloured slides jail since his arrest early in de- j cember giving evidence on wednesday sgt donald matheson of the pickering twp police depart ment said that he found the school broken into on the morn- j ing of nov 22 on a routine check further investigation hei said led to footes home where he found him wearing a wrist watch later identified by pdhs student david keen as one he uii a new site near dunbarton snow blockade worst since mid40s claims uxbridge road supt works dept moved to dunbarton the pickering twp works department has been relocated wed fifty years mr and mrs albert draper of at ha celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on sun day afternoon tlie wellknown couple have resided on cone s pickering twp for the past fortyseven years they were the recipients of many beauti ful cards bowers and gifts staff photo green river many happy returns to sev eral of our young people and also some of our older xolk who will celebrate birthdays this coming month in spite of the snow and cold winds spring must be just ar ound the corner for what could be a more welcome sight than some black crows against the while background of snow sev eral were seen in this district tliis past weekend the men on the snow plows for markham township are to he commended for the splendid work they have done in endeav ouring to keep the roads open during the last two heavy snow falls as one drives down the markham pickering townline and comes to no 7 highway one begins to wonder if the men on the highway plows are not aware that oiks do live on i he sideroads elc as they plow the highways and leave the end of the roads blocked regardless of how good a job has been made of the township roads well folks it is three times and out so once again the date for the miscellaneous shower that was to lie held for mr and mrs d haynes had to be post poned owing to weather and road conditions last friday so i his coming saturday night the shower will be held at the home of the brides parents mr and mrs clifford post ill a cordial invitation is extended to anyone who wishes to attend this coming friday evening the worlds day of prayer will be held in the church here at 8 pm miss brat ton of union- ville will be the guest speaker and a most hearty invitation is extended to anyone who would care to join with us at this service the firs meeting of the newly formed home school soeiety had to be postponed owing to adverse weather conditions it is hoped to be able to hold the meeting this coming thursday evening in i he schoolhouse at 8 oclock a most interesting program has been arranged so come and help make this meet ing a success at the church service here next sunday evening it is hoped to have as guest speaker a man and his wife who are mission aries home on furlough from bolivia red cross canvass march is known throughout canada as red cross month each year the local branch at tempts to sponsor a new project this year it is the homemakers service it is available to every one in the township of picker ing these ladies or homemakers are specially chosen for their work they are reliable kind and competent they are able to step into any home and as sume the responsibilities of the family it is a great consolation to the mother not to worry about household chores and her familys welfare while she is hospitalized in this way her recovery is hastened this is just one of the many services rendered by the local red cross canvassers will be calling at each home this month a contribution will be appre ciated altona the regular monthly meeting of the altona womens institute will be held on wednesday march 9th at 2 pm al the home of mrs henry slack mrs f fairies convener of canadian industries will be in charge of the programme motto busi ness is like a wheelbarrow it stands still unless you pusli it roll call a product of cana dian industries that 1 am wear ing mrs hartwell of the red cross will be guest speaker all ladies are welcome atka glen major mr and mrs albert lee and family mr alec hingston and boys toronto visited on sun day with mr and mrs j a hingston the stormy weather filled up our roads open one day no road the next finally we have a road for everyone in our dis trict mr and mrs jim jones frank and john visited sunday with mr and mrs edgar john son and family sorry to hear mrs karl bu- zeks mother toronto is not so well glad to hear mrs t rise- brough is some better hope she will soon be home mr and mrs wm wilson and boys gormley visited on sun day with mr and mrs charles fiss and family mr dennis nokes and friend spent sunday with mrs delma nokes miss betty risebrough and friend spent the weekend at her home congratulations to mr j a hingston who celebrated his birthday on sunday feb 28 former altona native dies in usa after residing in minnesota for the past 60 years mr frank white died on feb 21th in his 85lh year the late francis white son of john white who spent his boyhood days on a farm east and south of altona married elizabeth forsyth dau ghter of van buren and lydia forsyth in the year 1900 they went to their new home in min nesota on their honeymoon where he spent the rest of his life a sister mrs alice white of fergus survives had lost in the school gymnas ium also found at the school said sgt matheson was a broken button and in the truck which black was found driving some days later was a coat with a button missing an analyst testi fied that the broken button and the shank remaining on the coat matched footes wife told the court that black had given her a watch as a gift another high school student identified this as a watch she had lost about a year earlier greenwood birth de smidt fo and mrs peter de smidt nee barbara mairs i of cold lake alberta are happy to announce the we extend birthday greetings to mrs james loree toronto who had a birthday on feb 2s mr and mrs albert foster entertained to supper mr and mrs bob tucker from maple on sunday evening on sunday afternoon over 40 neighbours gathered at mr and mrs fred drapers home the the occasion being the 50th wed ding anniversary of mr and mrs albert draper who enjoy ed the greetings and good wish es of their friends mr and mrs james loree toronto nee nelda dunkekl were given another shower by their neighbours at her parents home mr and mrs murray dunkeld mr and mrs ray macdonald attended a funeral ot a friend in toronto recently mr and mrs alex stefaroi birth of their son on satur- spent sunday afternoon day feb 27 i960 at the rcaf station hospital a grandson for mr and mrs dean mairs of brougham with mrs gertie hoover and vern atha pupils had a holiday on monday last week snow and more snow goodwood mrs r may i am sure the residents of uxbridge township for the most part will join with me in a vote of thanks to our council and road crew who have worked so hard to even keep oneway traf fic going this past week we know the bills will be terrific since bulldozers have hummed all day and night in opposition to wind and snow it is begin ning to seem like an oldlime winter another vote of thanks should go to a very much overworked telephone crew the ladies at central have fried hard but we only have so many lines the repairmen are still busy mrs walter cooper is feeling better after a very nasty fall which cut and bruised her face and forehead mrs d wagg is also feeling better after a light fixture fell on her head mrs h woodland returned home on friday from a visit with her daughter and son-in- law in sault stc marie silver wedding congratula tions are in order for three well known couples mr and mrs bert maye mr and mrs clay ton hill and mr and mrs clar ence jones these were popular residents of fourth line who have not gone far away to live a person is taller in the morning than he is at bed time says an anatomist this is prob ably because so many things happen during the day to de press him st patricks church rouge st makkkham annual social euchre and dance thurs march 17 lucky door prizes refreshments euchre cards s 10 dancinjr 10 i tickets 100 each the world day of prayer will be held in the mt zion church this coming friday afternoon march 4th the afternoon wa will hold their march meeting at the home of mrs e pascoe on thursday afternoon march 10 the worship service in charge of group one a goodly number attended the evening wa skating par ty at brooklin last monday night and all reported a good time remember the oyster supper sponsored by the stewards of the church this thursday night march 3rd supper commences at 530 admission adults 123 children 50 cents the committees of the aller- noon and evening wa met last thursday afternoon and set a dale for the rummage sale for may 7th also to make other arrangements for same mrs j hallman of nanticohe spent the weekend with the mor- den families and visiting with her sister mrs morden who is still in ajax hospital and who is a little improved mr and mrs ross disney and girls visited last sunday with rosss parents mr and mrs f disney of brooklin the middleton family in mem ory of their parents mr and mrs wm t middleton present ed new hymn books last sun day to the sunday school which are much appreciated mr and mrs john kingstone are moving to the empringham farm this weekend the farm forum meeting was held last monday night at rev t fleethams topic for discussion was education the evening wa will hold heir meeting at the parsonage on wednesday night march 9th mr john griffin visited last sunday afternoon at the mil ton pegg home the farm known as the pegg place which has been sold to be turned into a conservation park is under renovation starting march 1st mrs wm brown is represent ing the afternoon wa at five oaks on march 1st 2nd and 3rd the evening auxiliary of the wms held their meeting at the home of mrs f webb last wednesday night with a good attendance mrs m pegg mrs brooks mrs e pegg and mrs hamm had charge of the wor ship service and study chapter on northern rhodesia the president mrs webb conducted the business session the next meeting to bo at mrs clossons with the south group in charge youth dies in level crossing crash dickie turnbull wilson 21 of 1634 woodbine heights boule vard north york was instantly killed at 405 am saturday at a level crossing a quarter of a mile east of port union cnr railway station police said thai wilson was northbound coming from ches terton shores the road approa ches the crossing up a fairly steep incline the wilson car was struck by a westbound pas senger train carried down the tracks 200 yards beforeit was thrown clear totally demolished wilson was sealed in the twist ed and torn wreckage his body was removed after a hole was pried in the bottom of the car pickering township police in vestigated the accident the train engineer was frank elgar of belleville and the conductor was earl nicholls of brockville wilsons parents live in digby nova scotia their office had previously been in the municipal building at brougham the changeover was considered timely since develop ment of the large frenchmans bay project is expected to get underway in the spring the engineer mr t o jeffer son and the building inspector mr frank prouse will operate out of the new office mr gor don mcdowell of atha has been aoiieo to the staff need more stabling here is the answer need more stable room on tario department of agricul ture extension engineer ross milne is running into dairymen with the problem all the time each problem is different but some of the ideas says milne can be adapted to almost any farm take carman piercy at bol ton ontario he wanted more cows but his yearlings and heif ers were taking up needed sta ble space to add more stalls meant building onto the end of his present barn and cost was a drawback he estimated he would have to lay out between 4000 and 4500 to cover the price of foundation barn ce ment work and stanchions per stall a lot of money piercy reasoned why not put up a cheaper building for his dry cows and heifers then turn the milkers into the freed sta- look after lilies now for easter blooming with easter not until the mid- die of april this year this should be about the right time to tend to potted bulbs raise tlie temperature of easter lilies to 65 deg f advise horticultur ists with the ontario dept of agriculture during growth provide plen ty of light and a moist soil until the small buds start to form light spraying with a syr inge is beneficial after bud set moisture around the buds may cause rot when the plants are six inches high feed them with a complete soluble fertilizer or a light nitrogen fertilizer such as ammonium sulphate every two oi three weeks when the buds are just vis ible the plant needs five weeks to flower if grown at 60 deg f when the buds start to bend over i wo weeks elapse until bloom if the plants are late raise the temperature to 65 deg or even 70 deg f blasting or drying of the unopened flow ers is caused by too high a temperature or too dry an at mosphere splitting of the flow er may be due to a severe check in growth after flowering the bulbs are useless for forcing again how ever if the bloom is cut off and hie bulbs are planted outdoors after frost they may bloom again in the fall and sometimes will winter over if protected every resident in the town ship of uxbridge has now been provided with access to his pro perty according to a recent re port given to the tribune by the road superintendent mr stan slack he said that the snow conditions during the past two weeks were the worst since he assumed his position back in 1951 he noted further that the tieup was possibly equal to the blockade of the mid10s on tuesday afternoon five bull dozers were still at work in addition to the townships one maintainer and two trucks mr slack said he had receiv- a maternity case and another for a funeral tlie expectant mo ther was stranded at her resi dence at sandy hook tlie road supt suggested that no single area of the municipal ity was harder hit than another it was all bad he said he stated that his departments present efforts were centred on widening the rural roads many of which are only oneway tracks townsliip deputyreee mr robt nesbitt suggested that the recent storms would constitute a serious drain on their annual road budget we dont want to ed two emergency calls one for even think about it he said frenchmans bay project will start in spring with the way cleared for a new filtration plant and a sew age disposal plant by the on tario municipal board consoli dated building corp which took over the assets and plans of crusader corporation has an nounced it will go ahead with its 100 million development in frenchmans bay noel zeldin made the an nouncement last week when he took over the presidency of the company which claims it is the largest low cost housing con struction company in canada he said that building of the first homes in the area will start this spring the development will embrace 3000 homes rang ing in price from 12500 in 20 different styles bernard mathews toronto realtors will be exclusive sales agents for the new project which will be actually a selfcontained community with schools shop ping centres parks playgrounds and full recreational facilities plans call for a big marina and country club in the beach portion of the development tov which residents will have free v membership this also applies to winter sports facilities such as skiing skating tobogganing and icefishing facilities will also be provid ed for churches according to a map issued by the developers the area will ex tend from the foreshore right up to highway 2 comprising prac tically the whole of the french- mans bay territory news from brougham you have doubtless observed that it is generally the case that the person who has a black eye has an unusually long nose work makes more people happy- than anything else swys a psychologist if so it is strange that so many of them dread postpone and beef about something that makes them hap py hies he talked il over with milne and his local contractor they liked tlie idea and he went ahead he had a 75 x 45 foot pole barn built for about 3000 hes going to follow this up with a 500 to 600 paved yard says milne that was a good move he saved himself some money carman and i worked it out the barn will hold 50 dry cows and heifers at a cost of 70 a head hes saved over 300 a head the regular weekly euchre was held on tuesday evening with the following winners ladies mrs hollinger mrs m ellicott mrs w carlton gents mr robt hunter mr h plax- ton mr gardiner special draw prize went to mr owen gray please remember the pie so cial in the hall on friday eve ning march 4 sponsored by tlie institute the banquet which was to be held in the hall on friday evening for the township had to be put off for a future date due to the weather and road conditions mrs a stolk of whitby was around renewing old acquaint ances one day last week mr and mrs john c hamil ton visited with his sister mr and mrs e carswell of oshawa on sunday mr and mrs lome ham of oshawa visited with mr and mrs dean mairs on sunday afternoon mr and mrs thos anderson of sandford visited with her parents howard and mrs mal colm during the weekend mr and mrs ken bent and family of oshawa visited her mother mrs w hamilton on sunday mr and mrs ron pascoe and family of whitby visited his bro ther ken and mrs pascoe on sunday the library will be open on saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 oclock mr and mrs robt barton who were unable to reach their home in claremont one evening last week spent tiie night with mr and mrs lloyd johnston congratulations to mr and mrs e pilkey on the arrival of a little daughter al uxbridge hospital i the historical society are planning to attend a meeting at pickering on thursday evening the- guest speaker will be mr albert colucci manager of the pioneer village at edgley the young people held their meeting in the school on wed nesday evening february 24 mr paul white was program convener while the devotional was taken by miss cheryl lis- combe miss dorothy willson was pianist the next meeting will be held on march 9 in the school the worlds day of prayer will be held in the church on friday afternoon march 4 at 2 pm all ladies are invited we are glad to hear mrs j gillman is able to be home from the hospital where she lias spent some weeks ik hamby family by lloyd birmingham juniors plan for a handy tool holder for small tools such as files punches prills etc claremont pickering tp news through research medical science has made great gains in prolonging the lives of victims of heart attack and heart fail ure your contribution to the 1960 heart fund supports heart research womens world day of prayer will be observed friday march 4 at 230 pm in ihe baptist church mrs f carson will be the speaker there will be spe cial music all the ladies of the community are invited the scout and cub mothers l a will hold their next meet ing at the home of mrs h desjardins on thursday march 3 at 8 pm the jr dance for the child ren of the community will be held on friday march 4 in the community hall at 730 pm all boys and girls from 10 to 15 years are welcome there will be a small admission charge the good fellowship class will be held on tuesday march 8 al s pm at the home of mrs m anderson mrs c reynolds social time on saturday march 5th young and old are to meet al ihe community hall tickets available at the door the monthly meeting of the wms will be held in the sun day school room of the united church on thursday march 10 at 230 pm roll call to be an swered with a scripture verse containing the word people a speedy recovery is wished to april monahan who had a tonsil operation in the ajax hos pital the womans association held their meeting feb 24 at 730 pm mrs mcmullen opened the meeting with the theme hymn with mrs h johnson at the piano mrs cresswell led in prayer mrs lehman read the scripure followed by mrs mc- and rev cresswell arc in charge mullen reading the topic the of the program roll call is to i president mrs p ward look be answered with a vere con taining the word march the group committee of the scouts and cubs will hold a family sleighride followed by a the chair for the business meet ing mrs reynolds and mrs f evar5 ic the visiting commit tee for march mrs mcconnell wms convention mrs t orme showed colourful movies on life in the yukon alaska and jasper national park mr and mrs bert galloway of whitby and former operators of the corner store were visi tors here last week the four of the g m plant in oshawa planned for the sar- co employees last week was postponed they hope to visit the globe and mail fn toronto on march 24th a bus has been obtained for the trip a few additional passengers can be accommodated tickets may be obtained from either mr don hedges or mr clare keevil mission circle the baptist womens mis sion circle held its monthly eve- ning meeting feb 23rd at the home of mrs j carnegie with a good number in attendance the study topic taken by mrs j coates was the work in new foundland special music was provided by mrs s taylor and followed presented a brief report on the an enjoyable hour of fellowship birth pilkey earl and shirley ot claremont wish to announce the arrival of their baby girl on thursday feb 25 at the cottage hospital uxbridge weight 7 lbs 14 oz a little sister for larry death l mr william harold mandley passed away at the cottage hos pital at uxbridge on friday feb 26 in his 64th year surviv ing are his wife the former ber tha millar and 3 children ger ald of barrie margaret mrs weatherhcad st catherines elizabeth mrs donald chase stouffvillc the funeral was from the mcguire and low fu neral home uxbridge on mon day feb 29 at 2 oclock inter ment was in uxbridge cemetery