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6 the stouffvaie tosjhe tterafay may 18- 1961 cc uxbbidu mr dear malrs of brougham i had the misfortune to fall off tractor last week and suffered i a broken leg ke is presently j confined to the ajaxpickering hospital aid would be pleased to hear from his roany friers in the claremontbrougham dis trict mr and sirs fred morley were sunday visitors at the home of their son gordon his wife and family at waterloo miss joyce oblercs entertain ed toronto friends at her par ents home on the weekend- mr fred ward is the presi dent of the lrvn bowling club the vice president is mr jim curtis and the secttreasurer mrs jean drake the seasons organization meeting was held on saturday evening at the club house the first tourna ment will take place on mon day may 22nd at 130 pm several members of the ortiz family from toronto visited with their father in claremont on sunday mr and mrs garrett former ly of claremont and more rec ently of ballantrae have taken up residence on tiie ross heron farm a group of members from the claremont baptist young peo ples society will attend a con vention at niagara falls over the holiday weekend mr wm birket is still con fined to he brierbush hospital in stouffville contrary to the report that appeared in this col umn last week he did not suf fer a stroke as was initially stated the annual fireworks display will be held in the community park on monday may 22nd the entire performance lias been arranged by the legion tickets are now available from the school children the corner store or at the park entrance in case of rain the show will be held on may 23 the pat boon fan club will hold a dance in the community hail on friday evening may 2gth all arrangements are be ing made by the club members they are seeking adult assist ance to supervise the activities boys and girls from 12 years and up are invited to attend the clubs next meeting will be held at the home of doreen carruthers members of the legion aux iliary are asked to take note of the change of date for the next meeting it will be held on thursday may 18th mr blake briscoe of toronto spent the weekend at the home of liis parents mr and mrs jim briscoe dr and mrs n f tomlin- son entertained mrs tomlin- sons sisterinlaw mrs ross alger of st thomas on sun day dr and mrs w w tom- linson of pickering were also sunday guests several members of the ward fcimily including evans walt jud and fred mrs frank coo per and mrs wm birkett at tended a birthday celebration for mrs jones a wellknown brooklin resident on saturday the pickering district high school took part in an inter- school track and field meet on friday competitors from ajax and donovan collegiate in osli- awa were present the field was in excellent condition for the competition pickerings inter- mural track meet was held on wednesday may 17th the senior citizens organiza- tion were entertained by tiie junior red cross on friday in the red cross building brock i road the ladies auxiliary of the legion travelled to sunderland on thursday to enjoy a social evening with members from uxbrldge and port perry local prize winners in games and luc ky draws included elizabeth goden marge samarillo ethel murray norma benson jo de- rusha connie blake and rene rennie friends will be glad to learn that percy hardy has returned home after undergoing surgery in the oshawa general hospital nnd is well on the road to re covery img tp propose vocational hool for pickering tp the pickering district high school board 2re proceeding with plans to erect a 14room vocational school in the town ship of pickering it will be add ed as a wing to the new high- school at dunbarton addition al land must be purchased to make way for the proposed project it is hoped that the structure may be completed in 1962 the desire to investigate the possibilities of building such a school first came with the re cent announcement from on tario minister of education j p robarts that the federal government will be prepared to give generous financial assist ance to high school boards who embark on vocational training school programs that are real ized and finalized by march 19c3 a letter from the minister of education to the board stated that in view of a 75 percent re imbursement from the federal government the department of education is prepared to pay 100 percent of the cost of such accommodation at the time of construction to date the pickering district high school board has ap proached the ontario depart ment of education and now has tentative approval to go ahead with its vocational training pro ject toronto architects shore and moffat have already prepared preliminary plans offer training in a varied selec tion of skilled trades which has been planned to meet the in dustrial requirements of the area the if rooms will include a drafting room industrial chem istry laboratory auto shop building construction shop elec trical shop machine shop and occupational training shop for boys and girls tiie school will accommodate 320 students which will boost the present dunbarton school enrolment to well over 700 disability pensions anyone wishing information advice or assistance regarding war disability pensions treat ment allowances etc may con tact the service bureau officer mr h w mover ontario pro vincial command who will be at branch 4s3 claremont may 0 from 1 to 2 pm or contact mr frank hollingshead rr 3 phone 113 this is for exservice men and women and depend ents 1000 historical book two thousand historical books will be published next month to be placed on sale on the occa sion of pickering townships 150th anniversary to be cele brated on july 1 2 and 3 the council has agreed to under write the cost o the project not to exceed 1000 the his tory will deal with past years news report wildcat hear claremont an animal believed to be a wildcat was spotted on saturi day right east of claremont near the cedar creek school the report only confirms prev ious accounts of unusual speci mens of wild life in the area deer are quite common and not too many years ago a fisher man was treed by a bear that inhabited a swampy region in the district the wild cat was seen by mr allan clarke of greenwood and a number of students from the pickering dist high school it had a short tail and is common ly known as a bobcat or cana dian lynx the vocational school will in pickering from 1811 to 1961 wilbert e summers rr 1 raglan pleaded guilty be fore magistrate r b baxter to 35 fraud charges involving ob taining s14s1c05 by false pre tences during a threeyear per iod the raglan area farmer des cribed by the magistrate as a dangerous man who should be put out of circulation for as long a time as is reasonable and just was remanded in custody for sentence his worship prom ised summers a penitentiary term three police witnesses told how summers obtained various sums of money from people in bowmanville oshawa whitby pickering and port hope areas by borrowing with prommis- sory notes and various items of property he put up for secur ity whitby detachment opp con stable sel holroyd first police witness to testify described how summers obtained monies from various residents in ontario county in all 25 people in the area were complainants in tiie 35 charges against summers tears in eyes according to holroyd donald annan a whitby township resi dent informed him on april 25 that summers came to him on july 2s 1960 with tears in his eyes wanting to borrow mon ey because his boy was in an automobile accident nnd he needed money to have him oper ated on in a toronto hospital constable holroyd said the complainant told him his sum mers mother was killed in the same accident and that a spec ialist was lying in to malton from montreal to operate on his son he said the complain ant felt sorry for summers and gave him the money he request ed 1000 in another instance cons table testified summers told an other township resident chas fiss that his son was struck by a car in london ont and that lie needed 500 to pay for medical expenses on this occa- o sion summers was accompan- tenders invitedmilk icecream tenders to supply milk andor ice cream to the school cafeteria at ajax itigh school al pickering district high school at dunbarton high school for the period september i 1961 to august 31 1962 will be received by the pickering district high school board at he office of the business administrator or box 70 pickering up o and including june 2 i9ci tenders are to be enclosed in a scaled envelope anil marked tenders to supply milk andor ice cream it will be necessary for he successful tender o supplv some refrigeration for milk and ice cream storage ami dispensing all information in reference to he above may be obtained from he business administrator the lowest or any tender will nn neccssarilv be accepted ii mitchell chairman a boss irwin bu administrator tenders invited water tenders are invited for he supplying of fresh drinking water to a 10000 gallon storage reservoir a dunbarton high school for he period july i lgl to june so 19s2 tenders to be delivered to pickering district high school board at the office of the business administrator or mailed to box 70 pickering up to and including june 2 1961 and o be marked water tender tenders lo state the eaparity of the delivery ank and lie unit cost per 1000 gallons and agree o keep the reservoir full at all times ah information in reference to the above may be obtained from the easiness administrator tiie luuest cr any tender will not nceivsarilv be accepted ii mitchell chairman a boss irwin business administrator ied by ids wife and received the 500 on a promissory note to repay 625 the additional 125 being a bonus for the loan he said that mr fiss received 24 back from summers a few days later constable holroyd said summers ap proached a pickering township resident requesting 500 be cause his father died and the funeral director was putting on the pressure for his fee he said summers gave another promissory note for 650 for this loan mortgage another pickering township resident holroyd said loaned the accused 600 after being told that a jew held the mort gage for his farm and that he owed 1200 and needed 600 to make up the payment con stable holroyd said summers told mr carter iie had cattle to put out to pasture which would bring back the money in another case holroyd testi fied the accused borrowed 500 from roy carter of pickering twp and told the complain ant that his poor old mother was ill in oshawa general hos pital and she was being rushed to a toronto hospital for im mediate brain surgery summers agreed to repay the loan at 100 a week but mr carter only received 150 of his money back constable holroyd said whitby police dept sgt ger ald robinson described sum mers borrowing in that town nnd the stories lie told to get his loans in some cases he said his son was injured and needed surgery in others lie said his wife needed glasses and in oth ers ho said the boy had died sgt robinson said inspector james l ersklne officer in charge of the attor neygenerals antirackets squad described summers operations in durham county in all 14 charges were laid in that coun ty- he said hat two men alan b curtis of port hope and har ry beckett a neighbor of mr curtis became suspicious of summers after discussing the loan they gave him when they approached summers at his home nnd enquired about the boy the accused told mr beck ett he was getting along fine dead boy fine inspector erskine said that mr curtis told summers i just paid to bury the boy last month and the accused replied i forgot to tell you we had twins the inspector said one of the noteworthy frauds in durham was when summers approached lawrence s chapman of north orono who was getting ready to go to a funeral and asked 1000 to have his boy operated on because he had just had an eye knocked out with a base ball bat and the surgeon would not operate unless he paid him 1000 inspector erskine said mr chapman felt sorry for the ac cused and went to orono and borrowed 1000 front the bank j balsam man awarded 650 a dispute over terms of a contract was settled in favor of the plaintiff by judge a c hall during a civil action in county court last week j o graham of balsam and onetime seller of raspberry bushes was awarded 650 and costs in his action against his former employer h shoonbeck of whitby graham claimed shoonbeck owed him back commissions on sales of the bushes shoonbeck contended that commissions were not to be granted until full payment had been received un less the deposit put up by the customer was substantial en ough to cover the commission judge hall ruled that the 630 was to be paid since it repre sented commissions owed to graham as full payment for the raspberry bushes had been re ceived by shoonbeck a pair of champions two champions ir their own right were caught by the trib une cameraman on the farm of mr norman lehman south of altona in pickering town ship on friday afternoon mr joe tran atha farmer and champion plowman is pic tured at the wheel of a giant ford diesel tractor one of many new models recently added to the fold line the machine with a 5furrow plow agent was the centre of attraction in a demonstration promoted by mr fred lewis local ford statf photo name plant er reeve pickering township reeve scott was honored by members of council when they unani mously passed a resolution that the new water filtration plant at the foot of the brock road be officially named the j s scott water filtration plant the sewage plant will be known as bay road sewage plant both of these long hoped for services will be officially opened this year edward deitzel of the 3rd concession pickering town ship was remanded for sentenc ing by magistrate f s ebbs in whitby court last week he was charged witli false preten ses involving cheques totaling 17465 in another charge deitzel pleaded guilty to bigamy the accused was married in europe over 10 years ago and came to canada and settled in quebec he married again in october of 1960 this time to a widow of grimsby ontario during the months of janu ary february and march 1960 the accused operated cherry- wood car sales in pickering township during that time he cashed fraudulent cheques worth 17465 he received 12501 in fictitious contracts alone joseph garland sr 73 of pickering township was the principal victim in the trans actions magistrate ebbs asked for a presentence report before sen tencing the accused next week practical demonstration what better way to test a product than under actual working conditions mr nor man lehman pickering town ship farmer was so impressed with the operation of this 3- plow ford tractor that he purchased the unit the large- scale demonstration promot ed by mr fred lewis local ford agent at altona on fri day afternoon attracted a good crowd of interested view ers sizing up the qualities of this ford tractor are left to right david tran bob lewis norman lehman fred lewis and enos nighswander staff photo box plants from smiths greenhouses goodwood will bo peddled in claremont on satur day may 20th and during the week of may 22nd to loan to summers crown attorney harry r deyman qc said summers ap proached a w rundle of osh awa to borrow 600 because his son had been hit in the head witli a baseball bat and his brain was hanging out he said the boy needed surgery to re place his brain mr deyman said the accused returned to the rundle home again to borrow money this time 600 and offered a stradi- varius violin for which only a week ago king ganam had of fered him 1209 as security the crown attorney said mr rundle took the instrument to toronto where he learned it wasnt worth 25 despite a plea for mercy by seventhday adventist minister b w haynes who said he lost s202 to summers the magis trate termed the accused a dan gerous man his worship said summers had caused a lot of people grief and to leave a man like him at large makes it hard for people with a legitimate cause to col lect money mr bern baker president of the pickering township rec reation association has termed the little theatre organiza tion a cultural asset to the mu nicipality the promotion of the project was discussed at some length at a regular meet ing of tiie committee on wed nesday night a delegation headed by mr al anderson attended the meet ing to discuss the groups pres ent financial standing the op eration of the 23membcr organ ization during the past year had been the subject of some ridi cule due to rather excessive financial requests we wisli to clear the air said mr ander son mr kal vizoly pointed out that tha recreation association had given the little theatre group 300 but only on a loan basis it had been expected that this amount would be paid back mr anderson admitted that there had been a misunderstand ing mr anderson pointed out that their expenses were high nnd profits from their plays were not too great mr clifford laycox contend ed that the gioups advertising program left something to be desired many people in the area do not know that the little theatre organization exists he said one member of the deputa tion contended that because the group was classed as amateur people felt that they would pro duce a corny show i feel that we are as good as some semiprofessionals he said red cross collects 3800 in pickering the recently concluded can vass conducted by members of the pickering village and twp red cross society collected a totjl of 3s00 according to the latest statistics this figure is considerably higher than in previous years the ladies taking part in the campaign included mrs william hooker mrs m mcclemcnt mrs r morrsie mrs donald scott mrs g hepditcli mrs r g found and mrs g crich- ton tenders invited coal tenders to supply mixed nut and bituminous coal oil treat ed size not more than 1 and having a heat conlent of 13000 to 13500 btu per pound delivered to ajax high school to pickering district high school to dunbarton high school approximately iso tons more or less for each school for tho heating season july 1 j9g1 o june 30 1962 will be received by rickering district high school board at the office of he business administrator or box 70 pickering on up to and including june 2 1961 tenders are to be enclosed in a scaled envelope anil marked tender lo supply coal all informadon in reference to the above may be obtained from the business administrator the lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted if mitchell chairman a boss irwin business administrator garbage dlmp bates are altered a new rate has been estab lished for the disposal of gar bage at the pickering town ship dump trucks with less than five cubic yards shall be charged 100 small twowheel ed trailers 50c and no charge for garbage hauled in passen ger cars deputyreeve edgar james green river gordon woolhead spent a very pleasant weekend camp ing with a group of the scouts those attending the thank- offering meeting held at brou gham this past week had a most enjoyable time the speaker mrs o patterson of windsor gave a splendid address misses grace and sylvia mi- chell attended a baptist camp conference held this past week end mr and mrs s warburton of toronto spent an evening last week at the home of mr and mrs r hamilton sorry to hear that mrs c white has suffered another stroke we understand that mrs v postiil and several members of her family will be celebrating birthdays this coming weekend best wishes should be made in the rates it was revealed that too much refuse was being dumped on township road allowances and the increased rates had been blamed for the increased prac- suggested that some revision lice township of pickering all ratepayers take notice that on may 8th j 901 council passed bylaw nttmher 2614 requiring the 1961 taxes o he paid in three in stalments viz june 30 august 31 and october 31 without penalty or if all the lax levied on a singjc property is paid on or prior lo june 30 1961 a discount of one per cent 1 will he allowed statutory penalties will he added on all taxes when in arrears 1961 tax hills will he mailed early in june lloyd johnston clerk township of pickering 1961 uxbridge township tax notices were mailed out on may 10th 1961 this is the only tax notice for 19gi that you will receive first instalment due and payable at par on or before june 15th 1961 interest at the rate of le per month or part thereof will be charged following june 15th for nonpayment second instalment if paid on or infore june 15th 19c1 a discount of 3c will be allowed on second instalment only positively no discount after june 15th the torontodominion bank at uxbrldge has been added to the list where taxes may le paid wllh no additional charge the township office will remain open the following addi tional hours for your convenience saturday june 3rd 10th 1000 am 100 pm june 13 11 15 evenings 700 pm 900 pm 4 e foskrtt tax collector goodwood