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pse 8 the stouffville tribune twxhy hntury 17 1963 put artificial ice arena to vote urges pickering deputy- reeve pickering twp deputyreeve mrs jean mepherson his sug gested that no action should be tken on the erection of a multi- nousand dollar artificial ice rena in the municipality with out first putting the proposal before a vote of the people r mepherson made her thoughts on the project known at a meeting of the township re- reation committee last week she agreed that there was a need for such an enterprise but felt the matter should be put in the form of a question on a plebiscite the meeting chairman mr donald hopkins opened the dis cussion with a suggestion that an outdoor artificial ice rink should be constructed at an estimated cost of s10000o he contended that this would amount to approximately one mill over a 5year period mr w j greening argued that if such a scheme was to be promoted it would be better f the rink was enclosed rather than open this plan was sup ported by mr donald beer with the suggestion that an artificial ice plant could be added at a later time oiicuvwd before mrs mepherson noted that the arena proposal was not en tirely new since it had been dis cussed on some previous occa sions she said she understood the project would be delved in- o more thoroughly at a special meeting at some future date the children are not develop ing in the township as well as they should said mr hopkins because there is not opportuni ty for them all mr kalman vizely charged that priority was given to hockev and softball while othei recreational activities such as track and field swimming handicrafts etc were neglected he also blamed parents for their lack of interest in their childrens activities he con tended that canadian children should be able to compete on i par with athletes in other countries i think the number of kids playing hockey in canada out matches any said mr hop kins they can play up sweden and russia but they cannot match the training the children are getting around there mr vizely continued his ar gument that other recreational channels should be promoted other than hockey and ball our committee is new in terrupted donald beer you have to creep before you can walk we have been creeping too long concluded mr vizely council to make study of urban rural limits in pickering township where docs urban develop ment end and rural growth be gin in the twp of pickering the council will attempt to locate this line of demarcation in a private study without the use of highpriced professional experts if and when this boundary line is established the study will be expanded in an effort to learn the benefits if any of splitting the munici pality the motion to acquire this basic information was ap proved at a regular meeting on monday night although some members put forth strong ob jections to a divided township councillor w 1 greening contended that the municipality was in the midst of a period of growth and the time was not right to delve into the subject of township division there has been no clamour from the ratepayers he said the mon ey would not he well spent he suggested that such a study might possibly be more appro priate when the development of the township had reached a more settled state ive heard more discussion en splitting the township from the council than from the rate payers themselves said dep utyreeve mrs jean mepherson she suggested that the final decision on a division of the municipality should come from the people in a vote after all the facts had been put before the electorate facts and figures councillor ross deakin argtt- rd that the people could not advance much intelligent think ing on the subject until they were provided with the facts rnd figures that could be gain ed only through a thorough study surely the council does not have to wait for a clamour irom the ratepayers before they take some action he said councillor harvey spang pointed out that the splitting of the township had been the subject of much discussion in the north for many years i dont believe thai a town ship split is the answer but i dont know how to arrive at a basis for fart without a study stated councillor hubert wank if we cant afford a study now we wont be in any better posi tion to do it in two years time councillor milton mowbray suggested that the issue was of considerable importance and vhould be investigated first the council must establish some approximate line of division lie suggested that this could 1 done without the aid of ex perts i think that there are quite a number of wellinformed peo ple who feel that the town ship should be divided said reeve sherman scott council curfew rejected a motion to establish a 1130 pm curfew on all monday night meetings of pickering twp council failed to find ap proval with the majority of members this week councillor ross deakin charged that it was unfair to both the mem bers and the taxpayers to make decisions of importance after the midnight hour after twelve oclock a person isnt thinking clearly he said coun cillor w j greening agreed councillor deakin recalled that one particular council session lasted until nearly 2 am councillor hubert wank sug gested that if a time limit was established the earlier hours might be put to better advan tage deputyreeve mrs lean me pherson argued that each member was paid on a per meeting basis and as much work as possible should be com pleted regardless of the hour she said that a curfew could possibly add up to more meet ings and more expense i dont think that its neces sary to have an automatic ad journment concurred council lor milton mowbray i always aim for even oclock but i never seem to make it noted reeve sherman scott he pointed out however that improper decisions by a tired council could cost the tax payers more money than would be involved in an extra meeting the motion was defeated suggests picnic for township employees a municipal picnic for pick ering twp employees and their families the first of its kind has been proposed by deputyreeve mrs jean mc- therson she introduced the plan at the conclusion of a council meeting on monday night the date although not fina lized will likely he on a satur day afternoon in late june the site of the gathering to number in the hundreds will likely be in one of the town ships conservation parks mrs mepherson contended that it would afford the em ployees their families and the council members an op portunity to meet in an in formal and friendly getto gether i think its an excellent idea said reeve sherman scott hospital supt annie forgie recalls 191819 flu hie world has been at the crossroads so long that its time to modernize the place by constructing a cloverleaf inter section miss annie forgie presently convalescing in fairview lodge whitby marked her 8tlh birth day on dec 23th well on the road to recovery following an rccident in her claremont nome june 7th of last year she finds plenty of time to think back over a long and re warding career that has taken her to many points in both canada and the united states miss forgie suffered a double iractuie of her right leg in a fall last summer v miss forgie is both a qualifi ed nurse and a public school teacher she received her early schooling in claremont and later attended high school at whitby and i lumberside tor onto on completion of a year at toronto normal school she took a 4room school at cree- more there was some sickness at her parents home and this resulted in miss forgie leaving the teaching profession to en ter training to be a nurse she graduated from the rochester general hospital rochester new york in 1903 her efficien cy was known to the medical profession and she was made an instructress of nurses in eastern new york and in v910 she organized a nurses training school in lethbridge alberta as a graduate rn a days pay was s2h and out of this arnount she was required to pay for her room and laundry yve didnt get wealthy she said hundreds died miss forgie was the super intendent at the guelph general hospital when the flu epidemic cf wis struck a wide area she recalled how 75to of the nurses in the guelph hospital were stricken and two died the few- nurses that were left worked from is to 24 hours per day outside volunteers many of them school teachers were brought in to bolster the skele ton staff some cities were hit worse than others she recall ed but guelph was one of the worst she remebcred how one family of six was stricken down with the epidemic and the fath er and mother both died where possible patients were treated in their homes as the accommo dation of the guelph hospital was taxed to the limit miss forgie was one of the many who after long hours of continuous work was also stricken by the disease i re call the end of world war i she said 1 could hear all the noise but 1 didnt know what it was all about the following year a second epidemic broke out known as intestinal flu and for a second time miss forgie was stricken down many of the cases contracted pneumonia that only added to the serious ness of their condition treat ment was not so modern in those days she noted hear from nurses during her lengthy career in the nursing profession miss forgies goodnatured disposi tion and pleasing personality won her a wide circle of friends she still receives cards and let ters from many former nurses on hospital staffs where she served recently one nurse travelled down from winnipeg for a visit miss forgies sunny nature is like a ray of sunshine in her room at fairview lodge al though completely satisfied with the care and comforts of the lodge she is looking for ward to the day when she may once again return to her clare mont home audley mrs fred ptickrin ten ladies attended the first meeting of the audley ucw in the church mrs g astley conducted the business mrs bob pardon was named as sup ply secretary to replace mrs j cowie the roll call was be ginning mrs bob pardon led the worship service assisted by mrs f murray and mrs bert guthrie mrs fred puckrin gave a story new year re solution from the book in the shadow of the nine dragons the annual reports were given the president led a discussion on ucw activi ties during the past year and the possibilities for this year refreshments were served an explorers group has been organized the first meeting be ing held last tuesday after noon at the home of the leader mrs fred puckrin all girls in the community from 9 to 12 are invited to attend mr kenneth thompson van couver called on his uncle and aunt mr and mrs g k pratt en sunday mr lome saunders is 111 in ajax hospital mrs s wonnacott and mrs wm h guthrie are still in oshawa hospital a number of children are still confined to their homes with mumps while many adults and children have been indisposed with sore throats and colds many from here will remem ber joseph henry madill of windsor who died at the age of ninetyone on dec 31 mr question need for rail road crossing signals at audley the need for automatic sig nals for the level crossing at audley in pickering township was questioned by some mem bers of council at a regular meeting on monday night the installation of a warning de vice was recommended by a coroners jury following the death of a motorist last year it was estimated that the sig nal could cost 10000 or more there are lots worse cross ings in the township noted reeve sherman scott it is one of the best agreed councillor milton mowbray reeve scott observed that the danger at audley could not compare with the hazard pres ently in existence on the green wood road deputyreeve mrs jean me pherson agreed that there was good visibility from both the north and the south councillor mowbray pointed out that there was some ques- madill was horn in audley and retained his interest in this community he had been back to worship in the new church in recent years uxbridge pickering tp news mr and mrs william glid- irlon attended the funeral of mrs gliddons aunt mrs f kerr in toronto last tuesday mr david dawson of toron to visited on thursday with his sister mrs joe empring- ham mr jack norton is at present in uxbridge cottage hospital there was a good attendance when the golden age group met at the home of mrs harold dean on tuesday afternoon the members enjoyed an after noon of games and cards miss leona hanthorn has been on the sick list the past week due to a throat infection mr and mrs gordon taylor left on saturday morning for a motor trip to florida they expect to be away for two weeks mrs h g mclntyre is con fined to bed at the home of her sister miss may brown in toronto mrs kthel vint has taken up residence in the ward apartment bldg on the corner the combined groups of the united church women are serv ing a supper in the sunday school room of the united church on january 22nd at fi pm followed by the annual congregational meeting the afternoon unit of the ucvv will meet at the home of mrs robert barton on thursday jan 21th at 2 om the combined units of the icw are holding a tuppor- ware demonstration a i the home of mrs r barton on wednesday jan 23rd at s pm mr ard mrs alan kerr and two sons mr and mrs bever ley thompson and daughter and mrs ethel thompson all of toronto were guests at the norm gliddon home oi sun day mr and mrs j watts of downsview visited on tuesday at the home of his sister and lamily mr and mrs jack ren nie ml and mrs stan benson and family have moved into their new home on the brock road valerie rennie celebrated her birthday on saturday with a number of her school friends in the afternoon they enjoyed an outing of bowling and later returned to her home for a party com ethel murray installed the new officers of the ladies auxiliary at their regular monthly meeting on thursday jan 10th she was assisted by com arvilla lehman the next meeting will be held on feb mth at the conclusion of the business the members will be treated to a valentine party mr and mrs jack mansell enjoyed skiing on saturday at huntsville mr and mrs roger brown of mimico isitcd at the home of her parents mr and mrs j norton on sunday mr and mrs eric wallace of weston were visitors on the weekend with mrs earl rearc miss mary beclby and friend of toronto visited with mr and mrs robt beelby on sunday mr and mrs peter meyers have taken up residence at the home of mr fred ward mr and mrs stan murray of woodville had supper sunday night with mrs jim coatcs congratulations to barbara carson who completed her sixth 4h homemaking club unit saturay jan 5 at the port perry public school besides re- reiving the regular sterling silver teaspoon for completing one unit and the certificate for every two units she was pre sented with a county honours certificate and pin with the 4h homaking club crest barbara is a grade eleven student at the pickering district high school altona gordon and donald jeffrey of slouffville spent the weekend with mr and mrs michael aly- ward dae altona sunday school is having its annual skating party tonight thursday janltlh at atkinsons deer park out door rink hope to see you trere mr and mrs arthur lehman of giles and misses louie and mabel hoover of slouffville were weekend guests of mr and mrs isaac lehman con gratulations to the iehmans who recently celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary with dinner at the home of their daughter mrs norman neal of stouffville at which all their family were present miss shirley iewis of osh awa was a visitor with mr and mrs bob lewis and family over the weekend this is your invitation to at tend a community shower for mr and mrs ron roberts nee jean noblei in glasgow- school this saturday evening jan 19th green river sorry to hear that mr walter milne is not well and is con fined to bed donny and judy barrett of brougham spent saturday night at the home of their grandpar ents mr and mrs roy carter sorry to hear that mrs p cation is confined to the scar- horo hospital also mrs v postili is not well pleased to hear that mrs j davies is able to he home after her stay in the brierbush hos pital glad to know that mr l pegg is progressing as well as can be expected following his recent accident on sunday afternoon some one ran into the gas pump operated by mr c baxenriale and broke it off no one was injured as the gas station was closed the driver proceeded on his way mrs i lehman has returned home after spending some lime at the home of her daughter mrs j pinnell mr and mrs e pyne of tor onto visited with ruth hutch- ings on sunday the young people held their first meeting of the current sea son on saturday evening with an attendance of about twenty- five preset the speaker for the evening was mr j watt music was provided by the jowel sis ters retty and barbara norma newton gave a word of testi mony the program was under the directum of the downsview young people it is hoped to hold a meeting each saturday evening next weeks will be in the form of a bowlinj party lion whether signals would have made any difference at the time of the fatal crash i feel that there are other cross ings in the township where signals are more urgently need ed he said balsam mt zion mrs b jamieson mr r d sherwin of london former storekeeper at balsam and ashburn passed away last week at london funeral serv ices were held at oshawa on wednesday last a number of friends from here attended friends are sorry to hear that mr lome jones has been confined to his bed the past week the ucw met at the home of mrs b jamieson last wednesday with 15 present the worship was centred on new years mrs i noon and mrs r day sang a duet deep deep in the heart of jesus and rev t fleetham used a film strip entitled reason for being the nominating com mittee brought in the following report prcs mrs lloyd wil son vice pros mrs lome jones secretary mrs b jamie son ass sec mrs lewis jones treasurer mrs jack empringham pianists mrs wm harbron and mrs geo pickett sick and visitation comm mrs lewis jones and mrs f disney nominating comm mrs j empringham and mrs b jamieson parso nage comm mrs percy jones and mrs les harbron busi ness comm mrs ralph jones and mrs waller carson audi tors mrs lome jones and mrs lewis jones miss anna wilson spent the weekend with friends at water loo mr and mrs jack ward and family of claremont had din ner saturday night with mr and mrs glen manderson mrs norman pugh is with her daughter mrs wallace mc millan at oakville for a time glen major mrs wm hopkins sr walt er and hilda of ashburn visited on sunday with the jones mr and mrs edward jones newmarket visited on sunday with mrs wm fiss and edgar mr and mrs albert lee tor onto spent the weekend with mr j a hingston the glen major church au xiliary will hold their meeting on thursday jan 21 at the home of mrs delma nokes mr and mrs jim jones call ed on mrs walter biggs osh- cwa one day last week mr and mrs ralph faulkner visited mrs glen taylor osh awa one day last week sculpture in snow the startling likeness of former us president abra ham lincoln sculptured out of snow has attracted the at tention of residents in the pickering township commu nity of greenwood the im age was created by two young township artists wm lishman 23 westnev road and brian maekenzie 22 brock road the snow- moulded model is located on the premises once occupied by mr walter wilson well- known village blacksmith the men have rented the old wilson shop where they fas hion their sculptured works from wood and clay they hope to restore the smithy shop to its original condition of several years ago staff photo scout cub news the first brockpickering cubscout group committee met at the home of mr and mrs donald gibson on sunday eve ning fourteen persons were present the officers for 1963 are as follows chairman mr v perkins vice chairman mr d gibson treasurer mr g wilson secretary mrs b don aldson corr secretary mrs 1 gibson at the conclusion of the business a lovely lunch was served by the hostess the next group meeting will be held on feb 10th at 730 pm at the home of mr and mrs jack bradshaw the 1st pickeringbrock cubs and scouts will hold a paper drive on saturday feb 9th weather permitting freda draper 1963 president brooklin jr inst miss freda draper of atha is the new president of the brook lin junior institute for 1963 the first meeting was held in the brooklin hall on thursday evening jan 10th fourteen girls were present freda draper prcs other members of he 63 exe cutive include past president evelyn jones vice president shirley dunkeld secretary marilyn downey directors marie draper bettyjean trail carolyn ham lois downey and helen roberts crown pie queen the project for the reeling required each girl to bring a two crust pie for judging the judge was elsie worry oshawa rr 1 carol morris and linda hoskins were selected to de monstrate the making of pie dough first prize went to marie draper she was owned queen of the pies runners- up in the contest were joanne draper and shirley rinnkeld the completed pie projects were served for lunch the meetings will be held in the sunday school room of the church here at 743 pm- miss linda johnson has the chicken pox mr and mrs ralph faulkner spent friday in bohcaygcon vis iting relatives mrs flail anderson and mur ray claremont mr gordon wilson balsam spent wednes day at the jones other callers were mr joe johns brook lin mrs allan holman brook lin mr and mrs ralph faulk ner and mr and mrs edgar johnson mr and mrs jim jones call ed on mr and mrs george pickett sunday evening die smart girl tells her flatterer that his line is out of order mrs carruthers heads farm safety council the annual meeting of the ontario county farm safety council was held in the depart ment of agriculture office ux bridge on thursday jan 10th the projects carried out dur ing 1962 were reviewed these projects included educational meetings on farm and home safety a farm and home safe ty poster competition with rural school pupils a total of 340 safety posters were submit ted a 4h automotive and farm safety club distribution of farm tractor and equip ment flags distribution of booklet farm implements on ontarios highways distribu tion of farm safety posters mr harold wright depart ment of agricultural engineer ing oac and farm safety specialist for the province ad dressed the meeting he outlin ed some of the safely projects that have been carried out suc cessfully in the province this year he stated that the pro vincial farm safety council would emphasize rural high way safety this year since more farm people were killed last year in highway accidents than in accidents on the farm the ontario county farm safety council was supported financially in 1962 by grants from the province of ontario the ontario county federation of agriculture the ontario county coop medical services and a number of townships in the county the projects planned for 1963 will be very similar to those carried out in 1962 it is hoped t lint the farm and home safely poster competition with pub lic school pupils can be re organized in the near future the election of officers for 1963 resulted as follows hon chairmen larry dbble uxbridge rr3 norman leh man claremont rr2 chair man mrs walter carrulhers uxbridge rri vicechairman norman smith uxbridge rr3 secretary lynn fair uxbridge treasurer gordon ewen uxbridge rri directors anson gerrow port perrv rr3 morrison colville sunderland rr2 norman smith uxbridge rr 3 ted lamb porl perry hr 4 donna johnson uxbridge rr4 mrs w a brown lo- cusl hill rri mrs walter carruthers uxbridge rki wallace mclean udney gor don ewen uxbridge rri committee members mac christie port perry rr4 john e power whitby heher down brooklin clarence wei- ry oshawa rri clarence hewitt beaverton rr3 ches oldham zephyr ivan rennie blackwatcr tom harrison beaverton rr2 grant wind- atl gamebridge george gow- anlock atherley auditor ralps veitch uxbridge rr4 the following delegates from ontario county will attend the provincial farm safety rally at the oac guelph february 4th 5th and 6th delegates mrs walter carruthers ux bridge rri gordon ewen uxbridge rri alternate delegates mrs w a brown locust hill rri ralph veitch uxbridge rr4 greenwood the farm forum meeting was held monday night at the home of john and mrs king- stone the topic for discussion was a world of opportunity the sunday school meeting will he held at the parsonage on monday night the 21 of jan nil those interested in sunday school work are invited unit 11 of the ucw met last wednesday evening in the basement of the church several members of unit 1 were our guests mrs 11 middlelon was in charge of the worship serv ice rev fleetham showed a film entitled reason for be ing lunch was served by unit ii next meeting will be at mrs mordens home the 411 club and the home makers held an achievement day in porl perry high school on jan 5 all the girls of the triple alliance passed the course and received a sterling silver spoon in addition nancy nich olson received a certificate for the completion of two units and bonnie gardiner one certificate lor four units the leaders mrs w young and mrs john king- slone each received a sterling spoon for i heir help press ecrclary is mrs sue crawford a number in the community have been victims of the flu this past week sorry lo report that mr gerald llenning hasnt been leeling his best this past while back an educator says that chil dren today dort learn gcogra- phy its pieny hard to study j something that wont hold still retirement savings bv joining the guaranty tnim retirement saving plan ou heroine eligihle lo deduct up to 2r00 or 10 of our earned inromc whichecr i the leeer from our 1962 laahle income am person earning an income may join thin plan find out iow it tc yon the opportunity to jhare and profit in the future growth of canada mini mize the effect of inflation which roum lower the aluc of future pension dollar and pro me many other important henefil ihone or iit our office for detailed literature guaranty 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