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tee trfbase stoofftrthe ont tjairsiaj february 24 1955 laremont and pickering district the greenwood x- tee e i anns of eeertd with and fans- tuesday marjzes oc invito o success the woman rcb ah are urged l the v i nesdaj nitv hall wit president mrs pedtlii by the c i mrs j morg m h fair agricultuj the able arid vi speaker roll call household duties l tit band mr kerr c ted vocal so- mi pi ano sel b g row humorous dings bi uce thorp and gn it ti ylor sang vocal duets lunch was served by the group of the month the president thanked al who had assisted in contributing to the fine program mrs cora redhaw visited with her sister mrs hardy and family on sunday mr robert g hoy who suf fered a stroke of cer ihral con- gcstional meningitis ix weeks ago is recovering nicely at home more than 200 attended the euchre and dance on friday night the evenings entertain ment was promoted by the cla remont park board and com munity association prizes were won by allan card of mount albert 1st lark mc donald cjaremoht 2nd and augkjine valentino claremont 3rd dr and mrs tomllnson are presently holidaying in uionda mr and mrs don hedges en tertained mr and mrs ted taylor on friday night follow ing the euchre an dance mr and mrs krmie mayes of oshawa visited recently at the howard bpcktey home miss dorothy hockley has been on the sick list and we wish her a speedy recovery a german ski club from to ronto visited skyloft on the weekend some inconsiderate young brougham regular weekly eucrrt ted on tuesday evenjnj a the ilowing wers r- mr- h plaxton mrs vn mrs shea mr r n mr s jewell and mr r the travelling nt to mr and mrs s world day of held on friday red cross charter meeting for pickering ontario county bids farewell to dr h bascom r ivrsoni cr lunlty are ei 1 r i ported until a js he d the regular 1 su lay m nt night in rith pt of urogram rg partv p home last frl- an 1 was enjoyed villa cars men of th driving the lira ice rink school while progress paren quite concerned will not happen a very success sunday schoi held last wc mont baptist president mr claremont in munities well morning sessi worship ken the presided mr wellman speaker ho sion on all iiave been over the nal- at th public eating was in ts have been and hope it again essful south out i convention was inesday in olare- church with the paul weliman of charge and com- i pi vented the n was opened by ice conducted by and ss supt the convention gave final deet- questions raised during the c nvention was rev miriam collins of dunbarton mrs gladys parker of picker ing united church contributed two vocal sol is and the nomin ating committee s a report v th s mrs hassell her the past j eat fin ment was presented resignation during nig discuss n pertot ering was divi td ippointed vtreas 3 ivoo i of with he he morn- the ith- lto three 1 fit ning wa was held est the mi of mrs c mctag- garts last wednesday night worship service was conduct ed by mrs a morden assisted by mrs a short who read the scripture lesson based on friendship business part of the meeting was led by the president mrs mctaggart re- po ts were read by the secre tary the parsonage committee treasurer and flower fund the auction sale was in charge of mrs f webb and mrs a short the next meeting at miss edna greens home during the church service last sunday morning when rev mr moore spoke on the good shepherd mr and mrs nelson cole presented their baby clarence alexander for baptism the worlds day of prayer will meet this friday pm in the church all ladies invited the kinsaie library board met last friday night in the school and elected ollicers for 1055 as follows chairman w lawson secty mrs c mc- taggaot treasurer mrs w brown librarian mr l dyer seventythree new books have been purchased this year am ong them are turn fast turn west by luella creighton variable winds at jalna mazo do la roche mary anne da phne du maurier i married the klondike laura beatrice ber- ton rudolph the red nosed reindeer robt l may texas tomboy lois lenskie 3m sections led i stbuffviile c rev young rev lack ited church suits were a- is absolutely teacher have edge of jesus a second a know i 13 ur la l pe son i v r kixowi- savlour of the bible and preparation of the lesson third secure a substi tute if unable to be present at least 25 minutees should be do nated for the lesson period teachers should have zeal and enthusiasm rev ii lackeys hidings on what makes wor ship period appeal to all first ii is a benefit if junior and senior groups worship sep arately second have a class or others conduct the worship period occasionally third let someone read the scripture les son fourth pfayer should be brief and couched in childrens understanding rev a young of pickering conducted the group on secur- allegiance to christ it in cluded the whole pattern of christianity the avenue to de velop a love for and trust in chris is through parents rev h moore of mt zion onducted the afternoon vvor- hip service a question and nwer period was given by the audience through the read ing of slips of paper and final comments were made by the rev m coitinsi a very line dis cussion took place among the teachers of the various age group classes during the after noon period also roll call and dedication of ollicers for the new term the vocal mixed quartette of the baptist church was much enjoyed at thus time dinner and supper were served in the ss room i attention farmers mr d slinger an outstanding authority on annimal nutrition will addre coop litis a meeting on this subject your local arranged to bring his specialist to you v vwv wiiivm i in iiit- iioniii u i rj at a time when farm income has dropped and top 11 f grade livestock is necessary to make profitable k farming possible we feel sure his address will be fl of definite interest to you r i r question period and films of interest to no admission charge you claremont community tuesday march 1st at s15 pm hall 1955 refreshments will be served from here afend- iund y school corsven- icront on wedres- 1 jr choir of brui-rh- i with the music by singing a couple of hymns h they did wonderfully well we are certainly proud of our jr choir and wish to con gratulate mrs white mrs ix plaxton and mr- m kliicott on the wonderful work they have accomplished with these boys and girls mr and mrs and miss bur rows of stoutlville called on mrs philip one day recently mr and mrs orvil shea and family of norval also mrs kr- rol carson of salem were guests of mr and mrs shea on sundav mr murray barrett of pick cring visited his sisters mrs wm ellicott and miss pearl barrett one day recently mr and mrs george smith of beaverton visited their aunt mrs geo philip recently mr and mrs c- b sheppard nd family visited on sunday with his parents mr and mrs l w sheppard who helped him celebrate his birthday mrs roy boag mrs trem ble and mr roy mclaughlin of willowdale visited mrs phi lip on saturday mr and mrs gerald harb- ron and daughters bernice and ina jean of myrtle visited their aunt mrs matthews on sat urday evening mrs lemmon accompanied mr ross middleton of clare mont to valentia on sunday where they visited with mr and mrs frank hood mr and mrs mcdowell and family also mrs inglis of ac ton visited the iatters parents mr and mrs h shea on sun day the regular monthly meet ing of the wms of st johns church was held on thursday- afternoon at the home of mrs t norton with a good attend ance the president mrs h barclay was in charge the meeting opened with the sing ing of a hymn followed by prayer by mrs h malcolm mrs cassie gave the reading from the missionary monthly mrs malcolm requested a sil ent prayer by all for india in her national difficulties the scripture reading was given by mrs r kliicott and mrs w gray gave a reading it was decided to have miss g gard ener of india as guest speaker at the easter thankoltcring meeting to be held on march 31st the womans day of prayer is to be held on friday feb 25 when all ladies of the community are urged to be present mrs 11 malcolm as sisted by mrs f cassie and mrs w gray then took the program followed by a read ing by mrs a gray a special feature of this mee ting was the presentation of life members pins to mrs 11 malcolm and mrs cassie for their faithful and efficient ser vice during the past and also the present the address was read and the certificates pre sented by rev ii lackey pins were presented by president mrs ii barclay the meeting closed with prayer by mr lac key followed by a lovely lunch erved by the hostesses mrs thos norton mrs e norton mrs w hamilton and mrs white congratulations to mr and mrs jno knox of hampton on the arrival of a daughter on february 17th at bowman- ville hospital mr and mrs ross knox and daughters betty jean and faye visited mr and mrs mcguckin of stouffvillc on sunday the brougham lodge loof are holding a euchre in their hall at whitvale on friday eve ning february 23 everyone welcome congratulations to mr wm knox and mr c it sheppard on celebrating a birthday on sunday february 20th the o ai sura i ga- pickering coin- ill they witnessed ation of the national of membership and for organization of i welfare services nm miry also was he branchs partici- le national red cross rive in march signed by the sident governor- cent massey the missioner dr w and the ontario ank f hull was mrs david crich- erside provisional president of the branch and to mrs it h tyndall represent ing pickering village the presentation was made by robert mcadam ontario red cross assistant commis sioner mr mcadam outlined the international and national vir v pres ton r red con- local jen- red said divi- servieds provided by the cross and the important tribution made by the branches miss marjorie kins director of ontario cross welfare services that the basic rule of her sion was that no child should ever starve hurley ned on tario campaign director provi ded helpful suggestions on the organization of the coming ap peal for funds the following pickering dis tricts were represented at the meeting audley brock road brougham cherrywood dun- barton frenchmans bay greenwood pickering beach pickering village and river side chairman for the evening was william g lawson of greenwood who thanked the community halls trustees for the use of the building for the evening it is planned to have the next general meeting of the branch in the north end of the township at this meeting the nomination and election of ollicers for the year will be held the announcement of place and date will appear in your local newspaper mr and mrs gren draper gave a dinner on sunday in honor of mr and mrs albert draper on their 45th wedding anniversary mr and mrs fred draper miss eileen draper to- lonto freda and joanne were all there to help celebrate we are sorry little janet biel- lv is ill hope vou are soon better janet mr and mrs gordon wagg soulfviile were sunday din ner guests with the carruthers family mrs macdonald spent mon day afternoon with mrs wal lace altona mr and mrs gren draper spent saturday in toronto mr and mrs jones from al tona wore dinner guests wdth mr and mrs macdonald on sunday mr and mrs reg strong and douggie from lansing spent sat evening with the carruthers our teacher mis macpher- son gave her pupils a valen tine party on friday afternoon with refreshments candies and drink- all had a pleasant af- ontario county council le i farewell to a retiring sheriff jard welcomed a new one week at a dinner in the roya hotel whitby the comic e- isented dr horace bascom she- rift here for 43 years wh s silver platter as a token of their esteem the new sheriff col g a welsh was formally welcomed to the county by warden harry peel reeve rae ferguson of the town of lxbridge made the presentation reeve ferguson noted that it had been dr bas com while he was a medical practitioner who had helped him see the first light of day dr bascom hearing his 92nd birthday is the oldest civil ser vant in the province of ontario in replying to the presenta tion dr bascom stated that he wa somewhat embarrassed by this unexpected occurrence i did not think the county coun cil would do anything so rash he said in becoming ontarios oldest civil servant he said he had looked back over his 43 years of service and found that all his old confreres were now dead and gone a fact which saddens me he stated during his term of office here he said he had worked with eight coun ty judges judge mccrae the former judge here he said had been a little superstitious of his tecord and had got out while the getting was good his suc cessor he continued judge john e pritchard was appar ently of tougher fibre for lie will be here after i leave in again thanking the councillors for their thoughlfulness dr bascom wished them health happiness long life and pros perity warden harry peel then rose to welcome the new sheriff col g a welsh in welcoming col welsh he said he was ac tually welcoming a native of ontario county who had gained considerable fame in the two world wars in which he had served the first as an airman the second as a soldir he said that he would not go into the record made by col welsh but would sum up his feats with a quotattion from the citation for the bar for the dso which col welsh had received energy persistence and cour age of the highest order he recalled also that the col- tray at a special luncheon dr horace bascom retir- 1v countv cmmdl ing sheriff of ontario county hac ferguson reeve of ux- was presented witli a silver bridge a former warden and with the most years of serv ice as a county councillor made the presentation one had farmed at sunderland between wars and had been an active baseball and hockey player he mentioned also his record as a bond seller during the war years the years when he sold ontario to the world and recalled some of those bondselling tours we feel a just pride in the wisdom and consideration of our provincial government in selecting you as our registrar and sheriff one whose disting uished abilities have done so much in other fields of admin istration in replying col welsh stat ed that lie realized he was as suming great responsibilities and was following in the foot steps of a great civil servant he aid that it was his hope that with the cooperation and aid of the other county officials lie would be able to perforin his duties in such a manner as would bring credit to the coun ty of ontario guests also of the county councillors were his lordship mr justice ferguson his hon or judge j e pritchard his worship magistrate f s ebbs and crown attorney alex c hall qc green river the many friends of mrs a postill are pleased to hear that she is progressing as well as can be expected following her recent operation messrs l hagerman and f penneek spent the weekend with mr and mrs a hager man of maple grove mr and mrs r hamilton spent saturday evening with mrs l lehman and family sunday guests of mr and mrs wm duncan were mr and mrs walter carson of mount zion mr and mrs w mitchell and billy spent sunday visiting near fordwieh rev and mrs w fleischer ternoon mr and mrs wray ilielby toronto were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs cyril bielbv mr and mrs albert lagecr were dinner guests with mr and mrs robert forfar at chu rch hill on friday last week and daughter had tea on sat- urday at the hatchings home mrs m draper and mr f wilson visited witli friends on saturday evening those fortunate enough lo at tend church services at the 1st baptist church were thrill ed at the lovely violin solos rendered by the sons of mr and mrs 1 irwin these two boys are fortunate indeed to have such wonderful talents and we wish them much suc cess in the future studies dont forget worlds day of prayer to be held in the church here on friday feb 25th at 230 pm a cordial imitation is extended to ail another thing that would likely contribute to longevity would be for a person to make a practice on national holidays and weekends of staying out of anything that has wheels though it hasnt a leg to stand on a lie can travel aw fully fast lifetime story of prominent businessman 1955 ontario county junior farmess executive horses scared by black bear its around duffins treading warily these e george moore is rton saw a black bear cek and others have clearing debris igh tongue and continued from page 5 3915 a good crowd of dealers representing all companies from fn counties of york and on tario me al lxbridge and or ganized what is now known as unit one of orfeda it was tit tills meeting that i first met jim drydcn char lie recalled jim and i had a busy summer getting new un its organized all over ontario and fin illy around the middle of december we held a meeting in toronto to formally organize the ontario dealer- association if 1 remember rightly about 50 delegates attended repre seating dealers from till over the province charlie cooper who was chairman of that meeting and who v itn jim dryden had spearheaded the whole orfe da movement was elected the lies president of the organiza- he was later to serve sev- i terms on the executive of the canadian federation of farm equipment dealers and t j ni turn as president h f derate jim drydcn was the first secretary a post he held for many years and i wed many terms on the i i on including one as its nt start- distributing 1 was n it that charlie cooper made his start in the wholesale distribution busi ness ills first line was corn- set of the snow plows and i i r- manufactured by glen inc of buffalo nv ii i iught this companys hire r and now manufac- these snow plow- and rs under the same trade aggn re n r and sxir merchandising as a disti i i retail diacr char c m 1 r e me ier has famed a roputa- b oh tin aggrcs rchandiser and a fair h says he is al ii t elect and han- 1 and proven that is the only ime assurance mentis appear in mi lis and farm 1 trade tnr and are v recent meeting of the ontai unlv junior farm- iuv robers right fi at uiv marilyn ross 1st vicepres beaverton norm lyons pre sident uxbrauv s i lames 2nd v ep i perry hack lioi bill it pi the stouuville tri- rkham economist ridge journal he tnaii and for and 9 ted as the first president of the claremont business and com munity association the wholesale business tra vels two salesmen geo lamb handles the territory of east ern ontario and quebec while norm 1tetz calls on dealers ill western ontario slaff in addition to his two sales men charlie employs six me chanics one painter and two girls in the office merb col- bourne is shop foreman and earl cook a 17years employee is in charge oi wholesale or ders charlies brother dick cooper is secretarytreasurer of the eomariy and has been with charlie for 20 years bill glidden is in charge of hard ware and earl beare who has been with the company for 23 years is retail salesman buildings in addition to the main buil ding which houses display- of hardware appliances and other goods additions house a large service shop dimensions of which are go x 45 and a metal working shop in addition to this there is a separate building s3 x 1u metal clad and roofed which is the farm equipment wholesale warehouse there is al o a new warehouse 100 x 3d with a showroom for firm equipment lie has a 3d re farm which ho u- for testing and demonstrations confident of future due to a combination of cir cumstances sales of farm ma chinery generally fell off some what last year stud charlie cooper however our sales both wholesale and retail equa- d those of 1953 by which we re som hat surprised however farmers are far from eing badly off particularly in i tcrn canada and 1 see no reason for being pessimistic about 1055 or ahoul trie fore- seeable future for that matter weve had it pretty easy in this business for several years and it now seems well have to ac custom ourselves to doing some r a selling and to watching our costs a dealer who does not adopt arid stick to a sound tradein policy is flirting with bankruptcy as i sec it weve ire seen a few examples of happens when you work on the idea of volume and for get aout your margin al though i feel sorry for those who have had to give up prob ably sn the- long run it will irn out lo good thing for the farm implement business gen he concluded t