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vgt m the stourtoue trbchi xbaastt tew years of service on saturday june 18 the greenwood public school ss no s pickering will mark its 100th year of service in the community the centennial celebration wiu feature a col- rev t h fleetham will be in ourful parade and program charge assisted by former on sunday afternoon an ministers visiting dignitaries openair service will be con- on saturday will be j s ducted on the school grounds scott reeve pickering twp w x heron warden ontario county hon m b dymond minister of health and hon michael starr minister of la bour staff photo arly pickering families recalled by speaker the barclays willsons hub- bards and fullers are well known names in pickering twp their history is carefully pre served by robert fuller one of the descendants and the special speaker at a meeting of the pickering township historical society last week gravestones in the old cemeteries in the township bear their name as do the descendants who reside in the township today mr fullers father left brou gham at the age of 23 when he first married he recalled earlier days with reminiscences and an ecdotes mr fullers father had worked in the fields- when men were binding sheaves by hand he had worked at threshings with horse power to drive a cyl inder threshing machine and the steam engine later hauled around by horses in those days mr fuller learn ed from his father about broug hams five or more hotels down the brock road he said went wagons or sleighs teaming grain to frenchmans bay to be load ed upon boats he attended the brougham fair when a horse race was won by the last horse over the finish line every rider rode someone elses horse mr fuller spoke of the sports in this area some fifty years ago recalling some of the fa miliar names on the soccer team i remember one claremont name he said bill bessey we hear it now on cbc radio barclay family a photostat of a petition for land written by george barc lay 17s0 to 1s57 is the author ity mr fuller had for stating that the barclay family came from fifeshire scotland to this port of upper canada in 1816 the handwritten petition of elder george barclay is one for a grant of a 200 acre farm and a notation states that the request was granted barclay did not fix on a definite location so the document was never basis for a farm in 1821 george barclay wrote another petition to ask for land designating himself as a baptist minister asking for 200 acres in lot 19 concession 4 which had reverted to the crown he did not obtain this farm but this document is a fine example of his excellent handwriting and signature mr barclay finally purchased and settled on lot 19 con 7 where some of his descendants still reside frank barclay now has his business and his home on the property and harold barclay recently vacated the old homestead there to move near lindsay it is told that the eldest son of elder barclay george jr was deeply involved in the mcken- 7ie rebellion manuscripts from the dominion archives state george barclay jr was in arms at montgomerys and an active follower of peter mathews in his expedition to burn the don bridge his case is aggravated by the robbery of a person whom he and some of his com panions pillaged on the high way the father of this young man is a baptist preacher and bears a very bad character for disaffection mr fuller has presented pic kering township museum with photostat copies of the peti tions and an extremely compre hensive history of the families mentioned above visitors to the museum after the opening this summer will have the pleasure of reading them r sr livestock judging contest altona the glasgow folks are hav ing a shower for vera mclaren and david francis in glasgow school on tuesday evening june 21st the couple will be married on july 9th at her home in rye please accept this as your invitation vera was pleas antly surprised one evening last week when a group of ladies from the jarvis st baptist church in toronto showered her with gifts speaking of showers there will be a shower for mr and mrs harold hodgson at his parents home on monday even ing june 20th anyone in the community is invited on thursday evening mr and mrs ross wideman and child ren visited with her cousin mrs lorna kramer and kyle of sault ste marie who has been home with her parents mr and mrs harry woodland of good wood for a short holiday mr and mrs delos morris of tillson burg and mrs w clark- son spent sunday with her grandson stan and mrs clark- son and boys of hcadford mr dick frisby his mother and miss lois taun of victoria square were sunday supper guests of mr and mrs norman bunker other visitors at the bunker home were mrs dick jones mrs eleanor mcgee mr and mrs h bunker and don congratulations to mr and mrs jim harper nee jean lewis who were married sat urday in the church here saturday evening a group of relatives and friends gathered at the stouffvillc masonic hall to surprise mr and mrs bert lewis on the occasion of their 40th wedding anniversary the couple received a number of gifts also surprised were mr and mrs be lewis who were celebrating their 10th anniver sary and mr and mrs ellis melton who were celebrating 4 years of married life they were presented with a popup toaster and an electric fry pan respect ively congratulations to all of you the annual ontario county junior farmer livestock judg ing competition was held in the sunderland area recently there was a good turnout of contestants to judge 9 fine class es of livestock the group vis ited the farms of mr norm mc- leod blackwater mr robert baker sunderland mr ross miller sunderland mr keith doble sunderland and mr don murray cresswell the official judges for the day were mr gerry nelson port perry mr don smith assist ant agricultural representative lindsay mr daniel rose as sistant agricultural representa tive newmarket mr robert cotnam assistant agricultural representative bowmanville and mr jack pearson uxbridge rr 2 the livestock judging com petition was under the direction of the ontario department of agriculture uxbridge with mr h l fair agricultural repre sentative and mr alvin blades assistant agricultural repre sentative in charge there were many prizes and trophies awarded at the com petition the trophy winners were senior championship trophy donated by stouffville live stock sales won by frank bar- key claremont rr 3 junior championship trophy donated by stouffville live stock sales won by doug batty brooklin rr 1 junior farmer interclub tro phy donated by orvan cham bers wilfrid won by brooklin junior farmers canadian national exhibition shield won bv paul harrison uxbridge rr 2 dunrobin trophy for swine donated by major general j a gunn won by frank bar- key claremont rr 3 and mur ray jackson brooklii rr 1 tie dairy trophy donated by elmcroft farms won by neil raines blackwater rr 2 beef trophy donated by beath farms oshawa won by frank barkoy claremont rr 3 sheep trophy donated by t c glaspell son oshawa won by frank barkey clare mont rr 3 and murray jack son brooklin rr 1 tie coaches classes 1st john leasks team coached by john leask seagrave rr 2 team members keith phoenix greenbank dean smith ux bridge rr 3 murray empring- ham uxbridge rr 3 jr farmers day ie the annual ontario county junior farmers field day will be held at the port perry high school port perry on satur day june 18th 1960 the programme for the day will begin with the interclub boys and girls softball games in the afternoon there will be regular track and field day events in the evening there will be a square dance competition this is the second year that the an nual ontario county junior far mers association square dance competition will be held in con junction with the field day fol lowing the square dance com petition there will be a hard- time dance to which all ontario county junior farmers are in vited the four juniorfarmer clubs of ontario county will be com peting in the field day events these clubs are from beaver- ton port perry brooklin and uxbridge these field days have always been well attended and competi tion is always very keen as there are many trophies and other honours to be won fugiievans reunion july 9 the annual pughevans re union will be held on july 9th the gettogether will take place at the greenwood conservation park in pickering twp mem bers of the clan are asked to take special note of the new date and location atha mr and mrs albert draper and mr and mrs fred draper motored to lake simcoe on sun day to visit dr and mrs hodg son at their cottage there we extend sympathy to mrs r macdonald in the sudden death of her brother george flint from the west we are glad to report that ailene myers is home from hos pital feeling fine mrs allan myers returned home from the hospital on sun day hope you are both feeling much better congratulations to mr and mrs ellis melton on their wed ding anniversary june 9th uxbridge pickering tp news clerk typist 1 required for the general office mt pickering- district high school rutin to commence on or about august 1 2 krqulrnl for the general office at ajax high school dtitlo to commence on or about august 22 five day week twelve month a year two weeks vaca tion with pay salary j220000 minimum to 300000 maximum annual increment 520000 to maximum ex perience allowance 10000 per year to a maximum of 4 years to determine starting salary reply in writing to a ross irwin business administrator secretarytreasurer pickering district high school board box to rickfjhng ontario donate muzzle loader to brougham museum henry fuller was the original owner of a muzzle loader which a descendant robert m fuller who addressed a meeting of the pickering township historical society last week donated to the museum he said that hen ry and james fuller were sons of his greatgrandfather rob ert they and their wives and families emigrated to missouri in 1s70 the owner of the gun henry his wife and two of their child ren died hie in missouri and james was directed by his fa ther to journey to the west and brine the remaining two child ren back to pickering town ship together with henrys gun eliza and james 15 and 13 were returned to pickering township and the gun was retrieved from a man to whom james had to pay 500 and remained in the family until this day it seems to me said mr fuller that the last time it was fired no one was anxious to put it to the shoulder so it was secured with wire to the old rib- stone pippin tree it gave forth a satisfying blast mr fuller said that as relics go it would seem that a gun has a special place in the af fections of a family he said that guns are preserved by col claremont mr and mrs clare keevil and mr don hedges attended a business machine demonstra tion in toronto on wednesday evening miss marie lynn a nurse at the oshawa general hospital has been home for a few days vacation mrs pretty of toronto was a recent visitor with miss daisy duerdon mr and mrs eric wallace of toronto visited with mr and mrs earl beare on the weekend a car driven by mr bob red- shaw of claremont was badly damaged on sunday evening when it was involved in an ac cident near glen major the driver was not injured elizabeth bylstra fifteen year old daughter of mr and mrs peter bylstra is presently con fined to the oshawa general hospital with an eye injury she is a grade nine student at the pickering dist high school the la of the guides and brownies will hold their last regular meeting at the home of mrs ann gliddon on june 20 at 8 pm sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs frank hayward were mrs jane and clifford mother and brother of mrs hayward mr jack rennie and mr ran dy carruthers attended a le gion zone council meeting at port perry on sunday after noon mr and mrs g blake and family attended a blake family reunion picnic held at tavis tock on saturday and later visit ed with other relatives at lon don and st marys they were accompanied by mr robt nos- bitt the golden age group are go ing on a bus trip on june 22 to midhurst park following lunch the party will enjoy a sightseeing trip through the orillia district the womens instiute will hold their regular meeting on thursday june 16 in the com munity hall miss viola forsyth will give a book review a skit on friendly visiting will be pre sented programme convener is mrs g mcconnell the theme is citizenship and education lunch conveners are mrs tom- linson mrs benns and mrs loyst members and friends please note change of regular date the annual guide brownie mother daughter banquet will be held on thursday june 23 in the community hall at 630 pm mr and mrs a samarillo at tended birthday celebrations on the occasion of his mothers 80th birthday on sunday in toronto the ladies auxiliary to the legion held their regular mon thly meeting on thursday june 9 with com e murray presid ing meetings for july and aug ust will be discontinued mr and mrs wills of scar- boro were weekend guests at the samarillo home mr and mrs j rennie and family were saturday visitors with mr and mrs w hobday in toronto carole blake celebrated her birthday on friday a number of her school friends were pres ent at her home another birthday celebration was held at the home of joy green when she entertained some of her school friends on thursday june 16 a meet ing will be held in the com munity hall at 830 the chair man and secretary of the town ship recreation committee will be in attendance members of the park board business men recreation committee and all people interested in recreation are asked to attend the baptist church and sun day school picnic will be held on saturday june 18 at spring field park north of whitby a bus will leave the church at 130 pm the girl guides and brownies will attend the morning service in the united church on sun day june 19 the leaders would appreciate a large attendance of guide and brownie members former pupils teachers to attend greenwood public school centennial the grounds surrounding the greenwood public school s s no 9 pickering will be the scene of many happy reunions on saturday afternoon when former pupils and teachers will congregate on the occasion of the schools 100th anniversary presentations will be made to the oldest lady and gentleman exstudent in attendance board chairman mr herb middleton will introduce the past and present teachers a number of township coun ty and parliamentary personnel will be present including reeve j s scott county warden w j heron minister of health hon m b diamond mpp and the minister of labour hon michael starr mp mr gordon duffin asst supt of education of ontario is also expected to attend the cetarrial celebration will be opened by a parade of floats at 1 pm a buffet luncheon will be served at five oclock mr al harvey will be the master of ceremonies at a var iety programme on the school grounds at 730 pm special music will be provided by the ontario county junior farm ers male quartet at nine o clock a dance will be held in the township hall at broug ham sponsored by the grin- wood community centre the anniversary occasion will be continued on sunday after noon with an openair service on the school grounds pastor t h fleetham will be in charge assisted by former ministers in case of rain the service will be held in the greenwood united church of great interest to both pres ent and former residents in the greenwood area will be a his torical booklet covering the life in the community during the past century it has been pre pared by mrs i mclean and daughter beatrice the infor mation has been compiled through the cooperation of local residents and will be a valuable library addition in every home postpone swim program until wed july 6th the annual swimming pro gram sponsored by the clare mont recreation committee which had previously been sche duled for monday june 13 has been postponed until july 6th the test day will be held on friday july 22nd the time of classes has also been altered the first bus will leave the claremont school at 140 pm the second bus will leave the school at 220 pm the first class will return to the school at three oclock and the second group will arrive back at 415 pm the change in the schedule was made necessary in order to obtain adequate transportation service between the school and the pool in addition it is hoped that weather conditions may be more favourable for outdoor swimming exercises about six ty boys and girls from the cla remont and cedar creek public schools are expected to attend mr and mrs fred draper mr and mrs john williams and mr and mrs joe tran attended a banquet in toronto on friday evening mr and mrs donald dunkeld and family spent saturday at plattsville visiting mr richard brown mrs gertie hoover and vern and miss grace lehman were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs ken walters toronto the occasion being in honour of brian turnbulls 12th birth day also present were brians parents mr and mrs turnbul from oakville mr and mrs ed macaloney spent sunday evening with the carruthers family mr carson armstrong from cedar grove also mr frank bielby spent sunday evening with mr and mrs donald dun keld congratulations to mr and mrs clifford dunkeld on their wedding anniversary june 15th mr and mrs norman leh man entertained as dinner guests on sunday mr and mrs donald dunkeld and children mr frank bielby the occasion being a birthday celebration for brougham mr atid mrs wm knox mr and mrs john knox and family of hampton mr and mrs geo knox and family of ennlskil- len mr and mrs ross knox and family mr and mrs chas surphlis and rickey also mr and mrs cecil oxford had tea on sunday with mr and mrs k c pascoe and family sunday school will be held as usual next sunday june 19 at 11 am church service will be held at 230 pm the w m s of st johns church will be held next thurs day june 16 at 2 pm at the home of mrs s reaman assist ed by mrs j white mrs lem- mon and mrs wannop pro gram conveners mrs burton and mrs d mairs roll call morning sorry to hear miss ethel see- beck is in searboro hospital where she is to have surgical treatment euchre was held as usual on tuesday evening with the fol lowing as winners mrs hon- ingh mrs l hollinger mrs w hamilton mr n jarvis mr ed williams and mrs good win who played as a man the young peoples union are holding a bake sale on the church lawn on saturday june 17 at 530 pm proceeds for edu cational centre in africa mrs w hamilton had tea on tuesday afternoon with mrs f carter mrs storey and mrs nevvson attended the terrellpigeon wed ding in doniands united church on saturday last sympathy is extended to mrs geo orange of the 5th conces sion in the passing of her sis ter mrs grant of toronto mr and mrs reg perry and family of frome visited with mr and mrs geo perry and family on sunday mr and mrs hill and mrs saunders of toronto called on mrs matthews on monday sorry to hear mr kenneth hastings our rural mailman has had a relapse and is now back in bed in remember the memorial and decoration service next sunday a short service will be held in the cemetery followed by serv ice in the church at 230 pm balsam mt z10n mrs b jamieson the mt zion wa celebrated its 60th anniversary in the church last wednesday with greenwood wa as guests fol lowing the worship mrs l richardson president of the oshawa presbytery spoke and chose for her subject our use of time a trio from green wood wa sang in the gar den mrs geo wilson mrs w harbron and mrs f disney were made life members and a history of the wa was read by the secretary mrs lome jones the late mrs w f r jones was the 1st president mrs leslie smith of prospect sang a solo my task follow ed by the business and closing hymn everyone enjoyed supper and a social hour mr and mrs lloyd wilson spent the weekend with rela tives at thedford and attended the funeral of mr orval jamie- son on friday mr and mrs cecil jones at tended the harperlewis wed- dingat altona on saturday and mr and mrs harper beaver and barry of orillia visited satur day evening with the jones mr and mrs winton white had sunday night dinner with mr and mrs stan dafoe at victoria equare sunday visitors at the car son home were mr and mrs percy wideman of markham miss annie forgie of clare mont mrs jas halladay and daughters of oshawa and mr and mrs ray carson and their daughter of toronto mr and mrs jack tully and infant son of toronto spent the weekend with mr irving mc- avoy and kathleen mr and mrs les wilson and family of greenwood had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs cecil disney legalize gocart aciftg gokart racing will be legav ized in the township of pickei ing on a recorded vote of coun cil on monday night it wai agreed that the amiracing by law should be repealed and the tracks should be licensed and regulated by bylaw reeve sher man scott and councillor har vey spang voted against the m hon councillor edgar james was not present two gokart applicants wal ter kerr and harold fawcett addressed the council mr ken- plans to open a track on the east side of the brock road between highways 401 and no 2 plan to fence private pools pickering twp council will move to have adequate fences erected around all private out door swimming pools within the municipality the plan has been promoted by councillor clifford laycox of ward 5 reeve sherman scott warned that certain limitations would have to be made or the first thing we know the fences will be more expensive than the pools councillor laycox noted that in searboro the height had been set at four feet 6 inches im afraid that some exist ing fences will have to be torn down to comply with our regu lations said councillor harvey spang the matter will be dis cussed further at a future meet ing councillor laycox contended that open backyard pools rep resented a real hazard to child ren he noted that all public pools were required to have a fence under strict regulation would park board the managers for the clare mont park board aud commun ity hall were appointed by by law at a special meeting of pic kering twp council on mon day night the members are kalman vizely robt madill al roszclle jacn kennle and ed die ortiz councils representa- lectors who would burn or de- mr frank blclby and allan leh- i lives will be harvey spang and stroy written records man harry boyes greenwood this coming sunday june 19th at 1015 we will have at our sunday school miss carol james of pickering as our guest speaker on temperance this is sponsored by the temper ance committee of the sunday school an invitation is extend ed to everyone high school graduates need a good belt before buckle down on a job may they tax rate ward 1 councillor harvey spang expressed some concern over the proposed mill rate in crease surrounding the pur chase of a tank truck and pump er for the claremont fire dept councillor clifford laycox in formed the members that if the cost was repayable in a two year period it would mean a 2a mill ircreasc in the village of claremont fire committee chairman councillor ross deakin stated that the tank truck would cost approximately 2900 he noted that additional equipment would cost 97700 its a heavy increase com mented councillor spang i think the matter should be re considered councillor laycox stated that sufficient funds would be ad vanced to the village from the townships general account claremont would then repay the amount plus interest over a two year period councillor deakin suggested that the trustees had some cash on hand that would assist in the purchase it was agreed that the matter would be discussed further at a com mittee meeting on thursday night cxxxxltxxxxxxxxxxaxxxxxx or beef can you afford to we handle be without a hay conditioner conditioners crushers crimpers mulkey bale elevators coop and har vest brand twine mulkey versatile sturdy ught claremont coop phone 201 or 202 clareirtont