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2 toe tribune thuksday jan 24 1974 omise claremont one of the biggest hits at the claremont christmas concert was the public school ukelele band led by principal alban ward club willing to give up the green after only eight practices the claremont public school ukelele band was a big hit at the christinas concert and and the group leader alban ward predicts a future engagement that might include a stint on the uncle bobby show shown here is part of the group as they practice in the front row are left to right john butler wayne butler shane philip glen milton and dave pearce shown in the back row are linda mashinter bill black john will brian redshaw and bill neal don bernard pickering the claremont lawn bowling club is willing to turn the green over to the town of pickering in order to have it preserved problems of maintenance have forced the club to agree to deed the land to the town if it uxbridge wants local control uxbridge the question of sunday hours for stores should be a local responsibility according to a motion passed by uxbridge council thursday the motion seeks local control for sunday hours and which stores would be open maustyn mcknight felt there should be controls otherwise it will be wide open mayor carl puter- bough maintained that the province had taken power away from the local councils over the years and this is one thing we should try and get back will maintain the grounds the executive committee agreed to accept the offer and it will come before council for approval the club president tom hammond told the committee that he would not like to see the land sold for back taxes and turn it into a garage or something he added that the maintenance has become too big a burden for the few members of the club left on the suggested of councillor jack anderson the committee accepted the offer agreeing to the one sti pulation set by the club that the building on the property be turned over to the senior citizens club the group had only practiced eight times before that concert but won the hearts of the audience it was formed oct 15 as one of a number of musical programs offered in the schools activity period mr ward himself is an excellent ukelele player and is adept on the banjo as well the group practices once a week and can play six songs after learning three basic chords a total of 15 youngsters take part in the program from grade 2 to grade 8 i played the ukelele and banjo and decided to try it mr ward said they had to buy their own instruments that is one drawback he added that ukeleles strumming together give a nice sound by spring he hopes the band will be proficient enough to provide something special for the schools spring concert but the longrange goal is to catch the atten tion of cftos uncle bobby and appear on that television show mr ward himself used to have a ukelele ban of teachers and then later switched to the banjo he presently belongs to a singalong group his main interest musically is with singing he said that 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dorothy middleton secretary mrs linstead treasurer maud anderson pianist clara carson the ladies auxiliary of the canadian legion held its yearly cribbage tournament at port perry jan 19 there were 16 tables players from claremont included- bev coppins- olga ingram may walsh norma benson lenora mckenzie lii mcgregor ilene whit ney peg jenkinson and sports officer aggie ferguson mr and mrs wm towner are hosting a miscellaneous shower at their home thursday evening tonight in honor of heather mclean licenced dining lounge now open red rose garden tavern restaurant 206 weuihoton west serving hours mon sat 12 noon to 10 pm famous for chinese food catering for any occasion for information call 2946565 and jim avery to be married in bethesda lutheran church unionville sat feb 2 diane halman of toronto was a weekend visitor at the home of mr gordon duncan and daughters kristy vicky and emily mrs haze sanderson is visiting with her son and daughter-in- law mr- and mrs reg sanderson in kingston 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