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t9t t the stouffviue trisuhf tbraby febnur 1 1962 farmer delegation to petition council on assessment increase the confines of the pickering township muni cipal chambers may be taxzd to the limit on monday evening feb 5th if rural farm residents affected by recent landassessment hikes turn out in force to reg ister personal protests the gathering if present will bring to a head a mounting tide of resentment over current land values as applied to many farm prem ises particularly in the northern areas of the muni cipality many have claimed that their appeals be fore the court of revision in november and decem ber were not afforded fair consideration since that time one ratepayer mr robt g roy has waged a continuous vvar of words with the assessment de partment and in particular the assessment com missioner mr dclbert goslin as his chief target as the champion of this antiasscssment program mr roy has spent hundreds of dollars to air his protests in print mr roy told the tribune that his campaign has received unbelievable support a paid advertisement in the tribune jan 25 has urged pickering residents who feel that they have been overassessed to rally to the support of a petition to be presented at a regular meeting of council on feb 5th federation support the ontario county federation of agriculture has gone to the support of the pickering farmers at a recent directors meeting of the federation it was agreed that a portion of the assessment act should be amended a public meeting has been organized for the township hall at brougham on thursday tonight feb 1st at 815 the principal speaker will be mr donald middleton his topic will be taxation and assessment an open invitation has been extended to farmers members of assessment departments and township councillors capacity crowd the federations decision to act in the interests of pickering farm residents culminated from the near capacity crowd that attended a special meeting in manchester hall in january mr middleton of the properties department of the ofa was the guest speaker the interest displayed in the subject assess ment and taxation prompted the local organization to follow the matter still further ted lamb new pres ont cty jr farmers ted lamb port perry rr 4 was elected president at the ontario county junior farm ers annual meeting on satur day january 20th at the port perry public school the new vicepresident is donna john son uxbridge rr 4 with john somerville uxbridge rr 3 be ing elected the new secretary- treasurer director to the pro vincial association for 1962 is ted gordon cannington rrl the 1961 president frank barkey claremont rr 3 acted as chairman of the programme feature of the afternoon weie lcports from the winners of the various travelling scholarships jn j961 ted gordon reported on the week he had spent at the provincial junior farmer camp at geneva park carl shier of cannington rr 2 reported on 1he provincial soils and land use tour which this year was to york ontario and simcoe counties aubrey carson clare mont described the eastern on tario and quebec tour on which he and lome clark ux bridge rr 2 represented the county the united nations tour to washington dc and the united nations headquart ers was described by dean beat- tjv cannington- rr 2 miss edna strong of bolton president of the junior farm ers of ontario was guest speak er at hhe banquet which was jicktin the basement of green- bank united church she took as her topic youth and point ed out the significance of each jotter y is for you and the responsibility which you have o is for others and for your relationship with other people u is for use which indicates that you must properly use the various talents which you pos sess x is for time and the value of using time to advant age h stands for happiness and this depends on the four hs head heart hands and health and their pioper use miss strong was introduced by jeanne pearson 1961 provincial director and thanked by donna johson another feature of the ban quet was the piesentation of some twentyfive trophies which had been earned at vanous jun ior faimer events in 1961 the csents included grain and live stock judging competitions field days public speaking and de bating competitions and the in terclub 4h championship show bowling results harold hopkins learn contin ues to hold down the first place position in the claremont com munity bowling league stand ing with a total o 16 points al roszells squad is in the runner- up spot with 14 points other standings are as follows mel norrish 13 pts alvin rcdshaw 10 pts marge samaiillo 9 pts rob hockley 9 pis shirley pil- key 8 pts joe burrows 5 pts phyllis dcsjardins still holds the high- single record with a 303 in the mens class frank hollingshcad hascounted a sim ilar 3 3 score the ladies high single average is held by shir ley pilkcy at 191 her high tri ple score of 777 still stands frank hollingshcad has the high triple for men with a 761 the high average is held by ken field with a 207 shirley pilkcy was awarded the special prize of the week over 200 scoics include the following shirley pilkcy 217 betty west 250 henry dcsjar- cms 201 charles killey 222 dorothy field 204 mel norrish 20s geo craig 200 lloyd mc gregor 215 haiold hopkins 221 frank hollingshead 2s9 claremont park board annual meeting t feb 6 8 p m community hall everyone welcome mnmmmmmmmmmmmmr- five members of park board resigning five members of the clare mont park board plan to sub mit their resignations at the annual meeting to be held in the claremont community hall on tuesday feb 6th at 8 pm messrs kal vizely bob madill eddie ortiz al roszell and jack rennie plan to withdraw from the organization all have serv ed on the board for a number of years the meeting scheduled for tuesday night is important and village residents are urged to attend the financial statement annual report and election of officers for 1962 will be aired at that time motorist has sentence reduced in appeal court a 30day sentence levied against a pickering township motorist by magistrate robert dnieper was reduced to nine days by judge alex c hall in whitby county court last week martin kulach 50 of rr 3 pickering was sentenced to 30 days in jail for driving while intoxicated to avoid any com plications judge hall meted out a nine day term since the ac cused had already been in cus tody for that period of time c a hammond of toronto counsel for mr kulach said that his client was a superintendent in a plant that manufactured parts for government aircraft he pointed out that the accused was an electronics engineer and his firm was having trouble locating a man to fill the post crown attorney bruce aff leck agreed that the 30day sen tence was too long he explained that the presiding magistrate had handed down the sentence as a deterrent to others i see no reason in this case why the penalty should differ from what it has been for a period of many years the 7day sentence stated judge hall he pointed out however that the six month cancellation of his drivers licence was a rule under the criminal code greenwood unit one of united church women held a meeting at the home of mrs m pegg thurs day afternoon mrs tr611ey the leader had charge of the wor ship service assisted by miss may brown mrs pegg and mrs wilson this meeting was to complete the committees and make arrangements for meet ings during the coming year the ypu met at the home of miss wanda moore on sunday night miss hazel closson of whitby visited last sunday at the gard iner home miss marion pegg and gerald pegg accompanied the baptist young people of claremont to minden last sunday mr and mrs c post nee caroline webb left last sunday for holland farm forum was held on monday night of this week at the home of mr and mrs w stewart salem corneis mr and mrs w trolley enter tained his sister from belleville on the weekend mr and mrs percy clarke visited with relatives at brigh ton last saturday mr john griflln accompanied by mr and mrs wesley sadler mrs fred byers and miss vio let oldfieid to dales florist at brampton last sunday mr and mrs lambert flint michigan had tea with mr and mrs m pogg one evening last week mr and mrs barron who pur chased part of mrs n wilsons farm left for florida last week miss joyce trolley and friend mr wm stewart were at the home of her parents on the weekend mr and mrs m pegg visited with mr and mrs j wannop of oshawa recently a large crowd attended the community centre dance at brougham last saturday night mr and mrs h newman en tertained mr and mrs fred byers mr and mrs j bayles and mr and mrs walter pascoe to a turkey dinner recently mr wayne moore and mr bill pitcliforth visited with the latters uncle and aunt in tor onto last sunday warner austin 208 pearl flan agan 265 pat lord 285- bob hockley 229 gord pilkey 203 olga dunce 220 ken field 252 lots of husbands get a big charge out of what wives buy a kindergarten teacher says those who have lcarnm the twist are easiest to get out of their snow suits calf aids campaign two atha girls evelyn dun- keld left and freda draper members of the brooklin jun ior institute hold a fine five month old ayrshire heifer calf donated to the pickeringajax hospital fund raising cam paign by mr harry boyes and son lucky draw tickets on the calf are being sold by the brooklin junior farmers azzopardi studio change of uxbridge twp meeting the date of the regular monthly meeting of uxbridge township council has been changed to saturday feb 10 at one oclock the day was altered in or der that the members of council might attend a con vention in toronto on mon day feb 12th an advertisement announc ing the change appears in this issue of the tribune 42000 awarder accident victim glen major mrs jean jones guests with mr and mrs ralph faulkner on sunday were mr and mrs gordon jones and girls goodwood mr and mrs clare mcguckin and family of richmond hill mr and mrs norman faulkner and daughter of stouffville miss juanita erickson pine grove spent the weekend with miss linda johnson- mr and mrs walter biggs and family of oshawa visited with mr and mrs jim jones on saturday mr and mrs wm wilson and boys gormley visited on sun day with mrs charles fiss and fred mr and mrs jini jones visit ed miss shirley jones in toronto one evening last week a group from milliken enjoy ed tobogganing at skyloft on tuesday evening mr and mrs albert lee and martin of islington visited on saturday with mr and mrs j a hingston altqna mrs luclla baker of stouff ville was a guest of mr and airs cameron jaynes on sun day the newlyformed glasgow home and school association has arranged an open house of glasgow school for their meeting this friday evening feb 2nd all ratepayers in the section are invited to attend the altona mens fellowship group held a supper meeting on monday evening at the home of ellis melton thirtytwo men attended to hear the guest speaker rev carnegie of clare mont keep in mind that the sunday school skating party will be held next monday evening at cedar- cna a speedy recovery is wished mrs george harvic who is in uxbridge cottage hospital last wednesday afternoon a few of the close neighbours sur prised mrs harry dulmage when they dropped in for a cup- of tea prior to the dul- mages moving to arnprior mrs dulmage was presented with a lovely table lamp and each of the boys received a wal let mrs dulmage and boys drove to their new home on fri day accompanied by mrs bob lewis who returned by plane from ottawa on saturday mrs norman fretz flew to her home in nova scotia on sat urday evening to be with her an oshawa man was awarded more than 42000 last week in a civil action at the ontario supreme court a jury found in favor of gordon blight 285 mon- trave avenue oshawa who sued stanley jackson of uxbridge for damages suffered as the re sult of a twocar collision in february 1960 the jury award was the 7560 that the plaintiff had claimed in special damages and 52000 in general damages mr justice schatz decided that the plaintiffs claim of 35- 000 in general damages should stand and altered the jurys de cision accordingly defence counsel robert rutherford said that the jurys award was ex orbitant and perverse and said that the plaintiff should get what was asked on the state ment of claim counsel for the plaintiff malcolm robb qc said that the statement was made up before the plaintiff had undergone operations for in juries suffered the action arose out of an ac cident on highway 47 a mile east of goodwood on feb 14 i960 blight in evidence said that he was a passenger in a parked car which was run into by the defendants car mr blight said that as a result of back injuries he suffered he is now limited in his activities medical evidence was given to show that blight had undergone more than one operation in an effort to correct back injuries it was the medical opinion that the plaintiff would be perma nently physically impaired the defendant jackson said that his vision was obscured on the day of the accident and he did not see the other car until it was too late jackson said that poor weather conditions and blowing snow caused the acci dent v the golden age club held a very successful gathering at the home of mrs clare keevil last week mrs g mcconnell show ed movies of interesting happen ings in and around the village the next meeting will be on monday feb 5th at 2 pm at the home of mrs robt barton anyone interested in attending these gatherings is welcome further information may be ob tained from either mrs mccon nell or mrs hollingshead mr and mrs j kennedy of toronto were weekend visitor with mr and mrs j mcguire a number of friends from ag- incourt held a skating and slcighride party at the home of mr and mrs a samarillo on saturday night close to 300 was raised for the pickeringajax hospital campaign in a square dance jamboree held in the ajax high school on saturday night mr rod oxford and mrs helen vizely were callers during the evening sympathy of the community is extended to mr and mrs f hollingshcad in the passing of mr hollingshcads mother in toronto the next regular meeting of the ladies auxiliary will be held on jan 8th at 830 pm friends of mr and mrs joe burrows of brougham extend their sympathy in the passing of mr burrows father a school bus driven by mr eldon crcsswell was in collision with a car driven by mr john cariliglia an employee at sar- co on monday morning at the brock road no 7 intersection no one was reported injured al though the latters car was dam aged miss rosemary hedges has mother who is seriously ill in sydney hospital mr arthur clarkson visited recently with his daughter mrs carmen fligg of woodville anyone who has used eye glasses no longer needed please bring them to the next womens institute meeting when they will be sent away for charity been ill with the flu during the past week mr ken ward was in hamil ton last week taking a course on the repair and maintenance of automatic transmissions in the absence of mrs hugh michell cone 7 mr john car negie played the organ in the baptist church for the sunday morning service mrs michell was unavoidably detained when her car slid off the road mr and mrs tony vanderligt had their son harvey baptized at uxuridge on sunday morning later a gathering of friends and relatives was held at the vandeligt homo mr and mrsj rae paquette of west hill were visitors on saturday evening with mr and mrs clare keevil several members of brough am masonic lodge attended a special masonic funeral service in stouffville on sunday even ing for the latcl e tim oneill r the mercury in claremont ihermometers dipped to 11 de grees below zero during the ear ly hours of monday morning according to reliable reports employees at the sarco plant had to keep their coats on for a few hours when their furnace went out a similar problem was experienced at mcgraths store friends of mr roy ward will bo pleased to know that mr ward is improving nicely fol lowing a recent attack while holidaying in california visitors at the home of mr and mrs ross middleton on saturday were mr and mrs wilbur bennett of toronto mr and mrs g middleton and fam ily of ahburn and mrs s ben nett sister of mr middleton on sunday mr and mrs mid dleton motored to bolton to visit with her sister mr and mrs j ferguson 73 girls complete homemaking course on saturday january 27th seventythree 4h homemaking club girls in ontario county south completed their fall unit this was the achievement day for the project featuring fruit the programme was held in the brooklin masonic lodge hall in the morning all members took part in three activities which dealt with topics studied in the project despite cold weather and icy roads there was a good turnout of parents and friends for the afternoon programme five ex cellent exhibits were presented by the following clubs al tona brougham mount zion quaker hill and scugog three interesting demonstrations were presented by the clubs from brooklin greenwood and prince albert five senior club members re ceived special recognition mrs william a brown district pres ident of ontario county south womens institutes presented freda draper altona janet jones mount zion sharon may and mildred martyn prince al- bert with county honours this was for the completion of six home making club units mrs brown also presented mrs ella shaw of brooklin with provincial honours on the com pletlon of twelve homemaking club units the spring 4h homemaking club unit for ontario county will begin shortly the project to be studied is being well dressed and well groomed two training schools will be held for the local leaders the first school will be held february 6 and 7 in the board room of the ont dcpt of agriculture uxbridge the second school will be held february 8 and 9 in beaverton town hall anyone interested in the homemaking club program is invited to contact the ontario dept of agriculture office in uxbridge for information mrs w wallace heads claremont uc women on january 22 rev cress- well conducted the election of officers for the new organiza tion the united church wo men the meeting was held in the church and after the elec tion the minister answered questions iegarding the new or ganization on sunday jan 23 the inaugural service was held in claremont united church and the following officers weie dedicated president mrs wm wallace vicepres mrs cliff reynolds secty mrs r stickwood trea surer mrs e cook afternoon unit leader mrs c reynolds secty mrs ross middleton treas mrs r barton evening unit leader mrs dick ward secretary mrs l pugh treas mrs e wilson committees visiting mrs g mcconnell mrs f hollings hcad mrs r hockley mrs r middleton mrs w glidden programme mis r jackson mis f carson social mrs g gauslin mrs j curtis mrs w hill mrs t hammond mrs w lehman finance mrs e britton mrs c reynolds mrs e baker mis e cook mrs j ward nominating mrs m anderson mrs w evans mrs r hockley mrs l pugh manse mrs e baker mrs e anderson mrs roy ward press and publicity mrs e evans mrs w glidden all the women of the congre gation are urged to join one of the units the first meeting- of the afternoon unit will be held on thursday feb 22 at 2 pm at the church the first meeting of the evening unit will he held on monday feb 12 at 8 pm at the home of mrs dick ward brougham news it is hoped succeeding genera tions will not have cause to look oack to our times and say that peacewise those were the ood old days mr and mrs thos english had dinner on wednesday with his sister mrs bonin of oshawa mr and mrs geo knox and family ol enniskillen visited with his parents wm and mrs knox on thursday mr and mrs ken bent and family also mrs e carswell all of oshawa visited their mo ther mrs w hamilton during the weekend mr and mrs wayne whitney and little son gordon of ajax had dinner with their aunt mrs matthews on sunday a large number of our local citizens journeyed to guelph on saturday to attend the parker- mairs wedding mrs peter desmedt of cold lake alberta spent the week end with her mother mrs d l mairs after attending the wed ding of her brother mr jack mairs and miss barbara par ker sympathy of the community is extended to mrs jos burrows in the loss of her father the late mr sim who passed away in newmarket hospital the womens institute will hold their next meeting as fam ily night on feb 13 in the twp hall hostesses the social committee please remember the date mrs pascoes evening unit of the newly formed organiza tion women of the church i will hold their fiist meeting on february 7 at her home mrs t r knox will hold the- first meeting of her evening unit of the newly fronted org- anization at her home on febru ary 8 the second thursday of each month the cubs and scouts will hold another paper collection on saturday feb 3 please have your papers ready there will be a euchre in the hall on tuesday february 6 come and have a pleasant even ing mrs perry visited her aunt mrs davidson at oshawa on sunday afternoon sympathy is extended to mr w breeds inthe passing of his father during the weekend 16- volume animal encyclopedia added to claremont library a new sixteenvolume encyclo paedia of animal life lias veen added to the reference section of the claremont lib rary the volumes have already proven to be very popular with both adults and children a new atlas of toronto and sur rounding districts has also been added to the files it may be used for locating any street address in greater or metropolitan to- j onto and area including stouff ville oshawa newmarket cla- icmont etc theres nothing like a good book to pass the time on a cold winters night residents are urged to come in and look over i he varied selection its all for free for persons who reside within the claremont school section the library hours arc as follows thursday 3 to 5 7 to 9 pm saturday 3 to 5 pm new books of fiction now on the library shelves include a prologue to love caldwell false entry calisher the seventh fury castle splash one tiger childcrhousc the moon and the thorn chute the judas tree cronin death in another world cross its a vets life duncan goodbye to the bombay bowler fleming the good shepherd forester the forsaken army gcrlach the ambassadors wife clbbs mr hurricane golden doctor on toast gordon the land is bright home so it was a simple wedding kasdan the world is full of doom kaufman snowball lake a letter to elizabeth linn jim brady macdonncll the sea venture mason jake and the kid mitchell expense account morgan albcrtine in the lions den nicole tim edge of sadness oconnor the glass barrier packer no echo in the sky penrose mystery annual queen franny and zoocy salinger whistle on the wind shipley the curse of jezebel slaughter bel lamlngton stevenson the agony and the ecstasy stone the big bite travis the red peony yutang one way ticket levlne the thirtyfirst of june priestley lhith salamanca why rock the boat wientraub a handful of rice allister the witch of the low tide carr twelve short novels selected by costain shipmaster griffin son of judah levis a man in a mirror llewellyn the house at old vine lofts assembly ohara tales from a troubled land paton mila 18 uri daughter ol silence west