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tjt 3 the stouffviui tribune ihncby jiowr 25 1962 two brothers wolfgang left and peter stoerchle plan their 2850 mile trip that will take them on horseback from the maples in uxbridge township to los angeles cal ifornia miss irene biallas centre peters fiancee will join him six months later she will travel by plane seek- uxbridge brothers plan 3000 mi trip on horseback to ca ing adventure the german- that the crosscountry journey born pair will leave on mon- will take almost four months day with 120 pounds of sup- to complete plies sufficient food for two weeks and 50 they expect staff photo meeting at brougham feb 1st on assessment on monday january 29th two brothers peter and wolfgang stoerchle will set out on horse back from the maples park ux bridge township their destina tion los angeles california to this germanborn pair longdistance hikes are not un common prior to coming to canada they would often em bark on crosscountry bicycle trips although nothing to com pare with this most recent so journ that will take them an estimated 2850 miles on reach ing their destination they plan to settle down to their respective professions peter 21 a hair dresser and wolfgang 18 a draftsman with twentyfive dollars in their pockets three horses and sufficient provisions for only 2 weeks the two brothers propose to live off the land when their supplies become exhausted their route will take them mainly through farming areas where they hope to obtain work as partpayment for room and board they expect that the journey will take at least four months to complete they will meet two other brothers in los angeles and later peter will be joined by his fiancee miss irene biallas 21 i think its a wonderful idea she said she will make the trip by plane the three mounts have been used as trail horses at the ma ples amusement park all sum mer and their owner mr stu art watts feels they are quite capable of completing the cross country hike the pack horse will carry 120 pounds of equip ment including food a tent sleeping bags a rifle an axe blankets a lantern and a shovel when they reach a warmer cli mate the men will sleep out doors if the horses can stand it we can said 21 year old peter stoerchle they are accustom ed to the rugged going assured mr watts the details of the trip have been worked out for the past six months we arc looking for adven ture agreed 18 year old wolf gang i feel thatwe will be well received by the people along the way he suggested that the most difficult times would be ex perienced during the first two months until they reach a war mer climate they expressed a hope that they would not en counter any difficulty with unit ed states highway authorities the horses had to receive special vaccinations before passage would be permitted across the border they have been in con stant pretrip training for the past two weeks completing ex tensive jaunts over all types of terrain annual meeting ontario county hog producers association will be liclil in the township hall sunderland on tuesday jan 30th at 1030 am speakers james boynton secretarymanager hoc pro ducer marketing board clare curtln zone director ho producers marketing board the purpose of the meeting is to conduct the proper business of the annual meeting of the ontario county hor producers association to elect officers and voting representatives nomin ations or committeemen will be rwlvrd between 200 pjn and srfso pun clarence ncwltt president harper newman secretary county comm named by new warden further committee appoint ments were made by members of the ontario county council at the third day of their current session in whitby the follow ing were appointed on thurs day entertainment and special ev ents committee reeve edward oyler reach township chair man reeve neil smith east whitby township reeve chas healy mara township reeve cecil fralick scugog twp reeve orvan chambers brock township reeve j j gibson port perry and reeve patrick sheehan ajax hospital grants committee reeve cyril morley pickering village chairman reeve john mccrorie beaverton reeve sherman scott pickering town ship reeve john ball uxbridge reeve william beard canning- ton and deputyreeve duncan wallace thorah township appointed to the childrens aid society of oshawa and on tario county were reeve everett quantrill of whitby depreevo john dancey of brock town ship and reeve francis hock ley of scott township to hospital boards the following appointments were made to the five hospitals which serve the country to oshawa general hospital board reeve neil smith of east whitby township to the community hospital port perry reeve j j gibson of port perry to the ajax- pickering gener al hospital deputy- reeve har ry smith of ajax to the cottage hospital ux bridge deputyreeve norman hogg of the township of ux bridge to the soldiers momotial hospital orillia reeve charles healy of mara township a special meeting to discuss farm assessments particularly in the township of pickering will be held at brougham on thursday feb 1st at 8 pm this plan was approved at a directors meeting of the on tario county federation con ducted in myrtle last week the resolution had been previously passed at a public gathering in manchester on jan 9th on behalf of farmers in pick ering township allan lishman read section 35 subsection 3 of the assessment act and re lated the effect that the applica tion of this portion of the act was having on several farmers in pickering a resolution was passed to amend this part of the act it will be sent to the proper authority for approval all pickering township farm ers interested in assessment and its related problems are urg ed to attend the brougham meet ing next week wallace maclean sr of ud- ney was elected as president of the ontario county federation of agriculture elected as first and second vice presidents were lloyd wil son ashburn rr 1 and gordon ward uxbridge rr 3 these men along with the immediate past president morrison col- ville sunderland rr 2 will con stitute the executive for 1962 appointed for another year as secretarytreasurer and press re porter was mrs leslie meyers goodwood leslie meyers good wood will continue as fieldman for the prganization the following committees were set up finance anson gerrow scu gog laurence doble uxbridge rr 3 lome tindall goodwood morrison colville sundei land rr2 insurance mrs john ha- mer myrtle anson gerrow wallace maclean udney rr 1 gordon ward uxbridge rr 3 earl windatt beaverton rr 3 lome tindall goodwood mor rison colville sunderland rr 2 land acquisition and assess ment ray ingleton brooklin rr 1 allan crosier blackwater rr 2 clarence werry oshawa rr 2 grant windatt game- bridge edgar ward claremont tom harrison beaverton rr 3 ralph jones claremont rr 2 gordon hepditch whitby womens committee mrs ronald stiver uxbridge rr 2 mrs edgar evans claremont rr2 education morrison- col ville sunderland rr 2 mrs ramer myrtle mrs shier sun derland rr 1 beef gordon hunter brook lin rr 1 clarence hewitt bea verton rr 3 earl windatt bea verton rr 3 edgar ward cla remont tom harrison beaver ton rr 2 poultry laurence doble uxbridge rr 3 douglas ash- ton ashburn melbourne smith sandford wallace maclean jr udney keith rynard sunder land rr 1 the new egg marketing plan was outlined by the secretary and the directors voted in favour of circulating a petition request ing a vote on this plan it is necessary that fifteen percent of the egg producers in the prov ince sign the petition requesting a vote or a plan before such a vote will be called uxbridge pickering tp news fourth line uxbridge residents reject school amalgamation plan favour addition to present building any program of amalgamation that would include at least three and possibly five rural school sections in the town ship of uxbridge was dealt a near knockout blow on thursday night when ratepayers of s no 4 fourth line voted in favour of erecting an addition to their present 36 year old building the breakdown of the ballot was for 16 against 7 it had previously been suggested that the section of glas gow fourth line mt pleasant and possibly pine grove and glen major might amalgamate and build one large school to serve the entire area the majority of fourth line ratepayers did not appear satisfied with any plan that would send their children out of the community every morning by bus the dus may be alright for the older students noted mr george baldwin but its not good for the young pupils a number of parents appeared to agree with this statement school overcrowded mr norman dickinson a member of the fourth line board informed the gathering that the school although over crowded could continue to operate under present conditions until the end of the june term he said that the trustees only wished direction from the ratepayers in order that some solu tion to the problem could be provided by september the present enrollment is 50 children a second teacher would be added to the staff he said that the board was inclined to favour an additional room and suggested that an adjoining site to the south of the present structure would be a satisfac tory location with regard to any thought concerning amalga mation mr dickinson said that the trustees had not been approached in any formal manner on the plan he said he knew that such a program was under consideration in one or two other sections waste of money a letter from mr g l duffin asst supt of elementary education was read to the meeting by the secretary mr ivan norton he argued in favour of amalgamation and contended that the construction of new rooms on old schools in rural areas of the township was only a waste of money he noted further that it was difficult to obtain qualified teachers under such conditions mr victor symes a trustee at mt pleasant but a ratepayer in ss4 expressed agreement with this stand i feel we would be farther ahead to build one school for three sections he said i feel that it is coming to that eventually and we are just going to have a number of old schools sitting around vacant on a motion by mrs a a ferguson and supported by mr symes the amalgamation proposal was placed before the meeting the chairman mr alvin redshaw ruled that the vote on the addition should be taken first and if defeated the second motion should be placed on a ballot the first vote carried original trustees the meeting was extremely orderly and attended by 35 persons out of this number only 23 had a vote mr harold dickinson and mr dan norton two of the original trustees on the board when the present structure was erected were in attendance it was thought at that time that we wouldnt have enough pupils to fill it and now were overcrowded said mr dickinson mr norton questioned whether some of the students on the southerly border of the section could not be sent to claremont since pupils of mt pleasant pickering twp were to be withdrawn it was pointed out however that bus transportation would be required not fair deal mr wm coates argued that the small landowner should be required to pay an equal amount toward school costs as the farmer its not a fair deal at all he said we should take a stand and start the ball rolling he continued i know we would receive the support of other sections there are people in this section who are making dollar bills while the farmer is making coppers said mr coates they are the ones who are creating this problem unless someone takes a stand it will always be this way he concluded referring to suggested amalgamation mrs geo baldwin contended that such a plan would present a number of prob lems where would the school site be she asked she pointed out that there was no real indication that the glasgow section was even interested she criticized any program that would mean transporting the children considerable distances by bus mrs nora geer suggested that if the present building was condemned it would be best to erect a separate structure on an adjacent lot mr bernard burnell contended that a number of schools in the district were over 100 years old and were still in use he felt that the present building would meet requirements but that additional accommodation was needed death on wednesday january 17th miss eileen cooper a former claremont resident passed away in the womens college hospit al toronto she had been in ill health for some time the deceased had been a long time employee of the tip top tailor firm in toronto for a period that extended over thirty- five years she was presented with an award after completing 25 years of service with the company besides her mother mrs frank cooper she is survived by two sisters rowcna mrs frank barclay isobel mrs william benson and two brothers rich ard and charles all of clare mont the funeral service was con ducted by rev a cresswcii of the claremont united church from the mceachnie funeral home pickering saturday af ternoon at 230 with interment in claremont union cemetery pallbearers were messrs joe ward t kenneth ward edgar ward clarke rawson george rawson and carl cook areinont library had over 5000 circulation in 1961 blanche kccvil on tuesday evening jan 16 1962 the annual meeting of the claremont public library was held the year as a whole show ed a great deal of progress the reports showed the following highlights presentation of books from the richardson century fund claremont womens institute donated their book of institute history two books were placed in the library in memory of the late reuben huxtablc book purchasing report show ed 100 volumes of nonfiction 17 volumes of reference books 131 volumes of fiction 220 vol umes for the juveniles totall ing 468 books purchased in 61 membership figures show the progress the library has made in the past three years in 1958 adult members were 41 juv enile members s7 this has been greatly changed today there are 151 adults and 149 juveniles iaking books out to read circulation has taken the s ame jump three years ago adults read 1100 books and the child ren read 1170 books now the adults are reading 176s books and the children 3351 this year 220 new books have been given to the children and they show by the circulation figui cs that their books are being enjoyed the total circulation used to be about 2s00 books a year the 1961 figure is an alltime high as 5119 books have circulated much credit must be given to the librarian mrs harry port er for this great progress as she is always ready and willing to obtain any books required and one that they like to read as a public library this is jour library and the books are free to you as long as you are lving in the library area to those outside the area there is a nominaly fee come visit your library and see the wonderful selection of new books ready for you library hours tuesday 35 pm 79 pm saturday 3 to 5 pm little time needed to elect new school bd it took the ratepayers of ss no 12 pickering township mt pleasant less than thirty min utes to elect two new trustees at a special meeting in the school building on wednesday evening mr jack mitchell drew s majority vote and will replace mr roy wilson for a two year term mr hugh miller was ac claimed for a one year period replacing mr lloyd pugh both mr wilson and mr pugh sub mitted their resignations at the sections annual meeting on dec 27th mr russollgostick is the third member of the board the acting chairman mr gostick conducted the election mrs margaret pugh was the recording secretary the meet ing was well attended the ratepayers restricted their comments to the election issue only any decisions made at the previous gathering were not reintroduced at that time it was decided to cancel the agreement with the claremont county emo budget could bench 50000 the 1962 budget for the on tario county emergency meas ures organization could go as high as 50000 a few years ago under the nameplate of civil defence it was felt by many that the department was no longer a necessity last week members were informed by the county assessor gordon hep- ditch and county engineer r e sims that more assistance would be required to accomplish their proposed objectives mr hepditch is the chairman of the county emo organization mr hepditch claimed that a s50000 budget would only scratch the surface of what is needed he asked for an assist ant in his own office as well as one for mr sims he also re quested a welfare officer to com plete the program mr sims said that he planned to conduct a study of all public buildings in the county to ascertain which ones would be useful as fallout shelters reeve sherman scott ques tioned whether the county could afford to lose the services of two men like mr hepditch or mr sims to emo work mr scott said the pickering town ship police chief had been ap proached concerning a position of coordinator of all police forces in the county but had de clined the post reeve russell francis of tho rah township chairman of the county road board suggested that mr sims emo duties could keep him busy for six months of the year if we take if on he said wc are involved f big sums of money the time has come when we must decide whether to go ahead or drop it ah it takes is conscience to make it hard to hold down a soft job board and rural bus lines at the conclusion of the june term and reopen the sections own schoolhousc in september since september 1961 fifteen students have been transported daily from ss no 12 to claremont mrs carruthers heads county safety group the annual meeting of the ontario county farm safety council was held in the dept of agriculture office uxbridge on monday january 15th the projects carried out dur ing 1961 were reviewed these projects included educational meetings on farm and home safety a farm safety rally and banquet a farm and home safety poster competition with rural school pupils a total of 232 safety posters were submit ted a water safety clinic was held in cooperation with the provincial red cross 6000 safe ty first stickers were purchased and placed on high speed farm machinery by public school pu pils a 4h automotive club a farm safety crest competition in which there were 25 entries the ont- county farm safety council was supported financial ly in 1961 by grants from the province of ontario the ont county federation of agricul ture the ontario county coop medical services and a number of townships in the county the projects planned for 1962 will be very similar to those car ried out in 1961 it is hoped that the farm and home safety pos ter competition with public school pupils can be reorgan ized in the near future the election of officer for 62 resulted as follows honorary chairman norman lehman claremont rr 2 chairman mrs walter carruthers ux bridge rr 1 vicechairman norman smith uxbridge rr 3 secty lynn fair uxbridge trcas harold page uxbridge rr 2 directors gordon hunter brooklin rr 1 anson gerrow port perry rr 3 warden of ontario county morrison col ville sunderland rr 2 federa tion of agricullurc frank bar- key claremont rr 3 ontario county junior farmers asso ciation mrs w a brown lo cust hill rr 1 south ontario womens institute mrs walter carruthers uxbridge rr 1 noth ontario womens insti tute wallace mclean udney coop medical services betz construction to build new dial phone exchange bldg a contract for construction of a dial exchange building in claremont has been awarded to k w betz company limited stouffville j w lowry bell telephone manager for the dis trict announced this week the onestorey structure will be located on the northwest cor ner of joseph and wikson sts bell telephone plans to con vert the claremont exchange to dial late this year while the dial building is being construct ed dial equipment will be engi neered to meet the specific needs of the community so that in stallation may begin as soon as the building is completed the brickwalled building will have leinforced concrete foun dation and precast concrete floor slabs the framing will also be of precast concrete and roofing will be felt and gravel heated electrically the building will measure 34 6 by 42 6 expect 75 4h members achieve day saturday january 27 is the 4h homemaking clubs achie vement day for the south part of ontario county the pro gram is to be held in the ma sonic hall lodge in brooklin approximately seventyfive 4h homemaking club members will be completing their fall project featuring fruit at this ach ievement day the morning program will be gin with registration at 9 am members and leaders are re minded that lunch will not be provided parents friends and persons interested in the homemaking club program are especially wel come at the afternoon program this begins at 130 sharp club members will be presenting ex hibits skits and demonstrations on topics they have studied in this last project plans are now being made for the spring project being well dressed and well groomed the training school for ontario south will be held on february c and 7 in the board room at the ontario department of agri culture office in uxbridge the training school will be two days in length ontario north train ing school will be february 8 and 9 in beaverton cty council ok s pay hike ontario county councillors last week approved increases in their daily pay and the annual pay of the warden councillors will receive 20 per day a hike of 5 and warden earl dows- well will receive 3000 per year an increase of 500 the recommendation that th pay increases be granted came from the councils finance com mittee at a meeting of the on tario county council in whit- by on thursday deputyreeva wilfrid gould of the town of uxbridge chairman of the com mittee told council members that the committee did not feel that the 500 increase for the warden was out of order ha said that in recent years tha warden had spent as many as 200 days on county business i wonder if 3000 will com pensate him for the lost time he said warden dowswell who is reeve of the township of ux bridge is a farmer mr gould said that the 20 per day for council members was in lina with the salaries paid council members in other counties although no council member voiced an opinion against tha pay hikes the motion to allow them passed with 24 supporting votes and 11 against claremont news mr and mrs norman young and family of oshawa were sun day visitors with mr and mrs jack lehman members of the baptist young peoples society will be guests of the trent valley ypu this coming weekend at a skiing par ty in the haliburton area mr alex robinson of stouff ville has joined the staff of the sarco co the junior choir of the bap tist church held a skating party on the school openair rink on wednesday evening mr and mrs hugh menell of unionville and mr and mrs malcolm lewis of lansing were sunday visitors with mr and mrs clare keevil and family mr keith norton accompan ied by miss donna norton and mrs helen pascoe motored to napanee last week to visit with relatives there the sympathy of the commu nity is extended to members of the cooper family in the death on wednesday of miss eileen cooper mr a samarillo spent a week on a business trip to the barba dos recently mrs roszells mother mrs jamieson of toronto passed away recently the sympathy of the community is extended to the family a joint meeting of the legion members and the ladies auxil iary will be held in the legion hall on tuesday jan 30th at 830 pm ah members arc asked to be present as important busi ness will be on the agenda mr and mrs carleton wer bereaved recently in the passing of mr carletons father mr mo kee of toronto january 29th is euchre night in the legion hall on monday feb 5th it will be bingo with 20 regular games specials and a jackpot frank hollingshcad currently holds the high single score in the community bowling leagu with a 321 he also has the high triple with a 761 ken fields holds the high average with a 209 in the ladies department phyllis desjardins is the top single scorer with an amazing 303 shirley pilkey still has a stranglehold on the high triple with a 777 the ladies high aver age is held by marge samarillo with 191 harold hopkins team holds the league lead with 12 points followed by mel nou rish group with 10 tied with al vin redshaws team other stan dings are as follows marge samarillo 7 al roszcll 7 shirley pilkey i bob hockley 4 joe burrows 3 the over 200 bracket has been equalled by the following bowlers bob hoc kley 202 gord pilkey 243 olga dunec 203 ken field 280 al roszell 214 george craig 229 lloyd mcgregor 205 shirley pilkey 235 don hill 214 harold hopkins 256 frank hollings hcad 210 gary alexander 256 bea craig 236 marge samarillo 243 pearl flanagan 233 alvin redshaw 201 jessie mcguire 225 carl lind 216 this weeks weekly prize was awarded to harold hopkins with a high single handicap of 268 notice to pickering township taxpayers please fill in this blank form and send o robkrt g roy rr2 claremont ontario are you in favour of dividing the township of pickering into two townships north and south of the third concession yks no name address tel no