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claremont and pickering township district mr tons hanmond is busy getting the bowling green rea dy for its opening next zsosth on friday evening the rec reation committee sponsored a teenage dante in the com munity hall more than sixty afended mrs thos lye and family of toronto visited with mr and mrs ien lye on sunday mr and mrs gordon xeale were recent visitors with mr and mrs don hedge mr eddie ortez spent the weekend at orr lake where he is building another cottage mr and mrs ha entertain ed toronto friends on sunday you are reminded of the sale of homemade baking and af ternoon tea from three oclock until five on saturday of this week in the united sunday school room proceeds will be- used to purchase chairs for the sunday school the gospel chapel wa giled to capacity everyone enjoyed the musical items vocal and instrumental the rev oliver gave a wonderful gospel mes sage which was enjoyed by all th members of the chapel are working to enlarge the accom modation a basket of flowers from the funeral service of last friday o the late mr walter hardy was on centre table of the un ited church last sunday the service was conducted by rev h lackey assisted by local evangelist rev wood bury pallbearers were neph ews ross redhaw george lefhishia walter todd wal ter hardy xorris hardy ross hardy we extend our sympa thy to bereaved wife and mem bers of family mrs frank logan of cap- pon alberta is visiting rela tives in claremont district mr and mrs ernie maye of oshawa visited with mr and mrs howard hockley on sun day miss darsy duerdon of to ronto and mrs wallace of al- tona were sunday visitors at the connor home mr albert pilkey of stouff- ville spent sunday with mr and mrs ernie pilkey and fa mily the wi held its annual meeting last wednesday after noon in the hall with a fair attendance and the presiding officers in their chairs reports of the various departments for the past year were presented by conveners roll call was an swered by payment of annual membership fee mrs m en tyre district director of the insti tute for the past twelve years who resigned recently was thanked by mrs mcconnell for her work who also requested those present to respond by a clapping of hands mrs w ev ens her assistant for the past six years was appointed direc tor having previously express cd willingness to accept the po sition the district director in future will be the retiring pres ident and the term of office will be three years in conform ity with south ontario insti tute laws miss forsyth was in charge of nominations mrs edgar evans convener for the month read an article on the life of ludwig von beethoven the great musician who was born in bonn germany of dutch parentage in 1770 mrs evans then called upon mrs ii gregg for a piano selection and mrs bert wilson for a vocal solo after which she in troduced mrs t xorton of brougham who brought a very line easter message and the meeting was brought to a close all reassembled in the base ment of the hall for refresh ments served by the committee of the month who had decor ated the long table very effect ively for the occasion brougham library report green river pleased to see mr w bin stead able to be out again fol j lowing his recent tonsil oper- the arrival oc the spring is- j alien sue of readers digest con- mrs r hamilton spent sun- densed books is really some- day with mr and mrs t ro thirg to be glad about for as inson of locust hill usual it contains stories of in- mr and mrs rogerson have ecent best j purchased the farm recently lis one is owned by mr e forsyth who bv iaur- is holding an auction sale on a tale of friday of this week e derives mr and r a- pearse and appearance family spent sunday evening of a pink feather always in the with mr and mrs r hamil- vicimtv of organized violence ton the author was born in africa mr and mrs ross carter and h vears ago and spent most of family of whitevale also mr his aduit life there the tribal m carter of brooklin spent lore as well as the plot is dis- sunday with mr and mrs r tilled from lifelong experience carter land observation dont forget the film the the first story goodbye my j prior claim a picture of some lady by james street is a of the wonders of nature and touching taie of an orphan boy her wonders taken by the moo- being brought up by an old dy bible institute mr mc- fellow in tne swamplands of murray will present this film tense interest and a flamingo feather ens van der post south africa the tit from the sinister mississippi of how he finds a queer laughing dog which can not bark of their great love for each other and how an ag- pnizfng decision had to bj made by young skeeter and its out come the 3rd dip into this volume and definitely my choice is the dowry by margaret cui- kin banning a most unusual story concerning a couple who are apparently wealthy in deed their surroundings are luxurious chiefly because the wifes success as an interior decorator provides the where withal they have known near- poverty in their youth and she finds it increasingly difficult to give up her career although her husband desires it as a member of a legal firm he as sociates with a beautiful wi dow who is trying to live down the bitter experiences of two unhappy marriages by taking up residence in an old house she knew as a child while the estate of her grandfather is be ing settled he finds this wo man eager and willing to de vote the time to him that his wife lacks pressure is brought to bear on him to run for gov ernor of his state there are odd glimpses of wirepulling at el ection time in the dowry mrs banning has exlpored a difficult and widespread prob lem and made of it an absorb ing novel for kay icelands dowry was her earning power the situation of the working wife is complicated by scores of delicate pressures and ten sions within and without the home and how she met the threat to her married happi ness is unforgettably told in the first baptist church at whitevale at s pm on thu rsday april 2sth everyone welcoma coop manager takes new job mr bob mcdonald manager of the claremont cooperative for the past two years has ac ccpted a new position at elm- wood near hanover he will operate the cooperative feed store in that town mr mcdon ald does not expect to move from claremont for at least 2 weeks mr mcdonald has been con nected with the claremont co operative for the past four years he has always been very active in village affairs being especially interested in the work of the local branch of the canadian legion a successor to mr mcdonald as yet has not been named mr and mrs ernie stephen son of oshawa and mr and mrs roy morgan of claremont spent the weekend with their brother and wife mr and mrs alex morgan of sarnia greenwood the sigmac boys met in the church basement on tuesday night most of the sideroads are passable again the maintainor would help a lot to fill in the holes the postponed meeting of the quartely board was held wednesday night in the mt zion church the brown and kearns fam ilies of tara visited last sun day with wm and mrs brown and family- mr and mrs wm medland of brooklin visited recently at the fred byers home the western tv roundup are presenting their show at raglan on april 29th the april meeting of the evening wa was held in the church basement last wednes day night mrs g henning prepared and conducted the worship service assisted by mrs a morden and mrs r disney in cooperation with the kinsale womens institute it is planned to hold a course in cooking shortcuts at the church on the afternoon of may 0 to which neighbouring groups are invited the autograph cook books are now completed and ready for sale a delicious lunch was served by the hostesses the ypu met last sunday night in the church with alf pegg in charge of the program they have donated a teawag on handmade by some of the young people to be used by the church societies when re freshments are being served which will be much appreci ated mr and mrs mckinnell of toronto and ken keddell and his mother were visitors at the john brooks home last sunday where ontario county will celebrate its centennial the county court house at whitby on june 30tn next ontario county council will celebrate the centennial of the formation of the county of ontario construction of the court house was started in 1s52 in subsequent years many alterations and addi tions have been made but the beautiful workmanship of the centre section remains un altered the columns on each side of the front entrance are of ohio cut stone slate from vermont was also used in the building the cannon which guard the entrance are com paratively recent installation they were given to the coun ty in 1902 originally the guns were stationed at hali fax citadel they have never been fired in anger photo by john mills balsam heres the sure wa to greater turkey profits the first 4 weeks feed master turkey prestarter 1 followed by t master turkey starter l forthe next 5 weeks v claremont coop glen major mr and mrs bert third and daughter of milliken visited sunday with mr and mrs c fiss mr and mrs a c simmonds spent saturday at braeslde mrs george pickett is in toronto taking care of her fa ther mr g mcconnell glad to hear he is improving mr and mrs allan jones of xowmarket spent the weekend at jones mr and mrs ed jones and marvin brougham visited on sunday with mr and mrs wm fiss and edgar mr and mrs jim jones and shirley visited in brooklin on sunday with mr and mrs wal ter beggs and mrs walls roads are getting some bet ter we can go south now miss eleanor johnson to ronto spent the weekend at her home mr and mrs allan jones and mrs joe jones visited on sat urday evening with mr and mrs charles fiss mr rae johnson visited on sunday with mr joe johnson mr and mrs jim jones and shirley called on mrs george wilson and gordon on friday evening mr and mrs charles visited sunday with mr mrs edgr johnson and mount zion mr and mrs raymond jones and family of kirkland lake spent the weekend with mr and mrs alan manderson donald jamieson gram jones and roy carson attended the young peoples banquet at so- lina on saturday night miss myrna jones of toronto spent the weekend at the home of her parents birthday greetings to mrs reg hoskins april 25 mrs w p jones apri 2s and mrs o graham april 30 miss marean jamieson of oshawa and mr dick ward of claremont visited on sunday with mr and mrs lewis jones several from here attended a birthday party for mr edgar evans at claremont last tues day night two students miss sharpe and miss page from the to ronto normal school were do ing practice teaching at the mt zion school last week and stayed at the e disney home therewill be the final euchre at the mt zion school this fri day night mrs a hart toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs earl disney mr j maynard of st cathar ines is visiting with his niece mrs f disney audley fiss and final euchre well attended the final euchre party spon sored by the ladies auxiliary of canadian legion was held in the community hall monday evening it was well attend ed prize winners were indies 1st mrs bob spencley 2nd mrs bertha todd consolation miss doris dolphlne the prize winners for the men were 1st carson watson 2nd tom davis consolation bob mcleod the lucky spot prizes were won by mrs maude an derson and mrs mary pilkey and the door prize by dolly garvin the fifty dollar hand was j by judy carruthers of clai won bv mr stanley tweedle of mom and the pmor mlxmasft locust ilii the electric shaver i by deobte dyrar of toronto mrs c clemence and mrs archie bell went to the oshawa presbytery womans association meeting at the ajax united church last week mrs w c sturtridse president of the dominion council of the wa save a very interesting talk on new trends of wa work next sunday the church ser vice here will be cancelled to en able audley friends to attend the church service at almonds when they will dedicate their new- organ our sunday school will begin at 115 next sunday the rev a e young showed two films during the church service on sunday one film i sunday showed activities at camp quin- molae on moira lake and the otrer was on the five oaks camp at paris ontario doth of these camps are operated b the united church mr and mrs kred puckrin and family visited her parents mr and mrs walter holiinger chorrywood on sunday mr and mrs orval nelson and children visited her cousin george and mrs izatt for several days last week they are motor ing to saskatoon where he has been transferred from an air force base in england mrs bert guthrie underwent an operation in ajax hospital last friday her many friends wish her a speedy recovery the community club meets next wednesday evening may 4th please get in touch with one of the executive for particu lars as they were meeting this last tuesday evening xow that the roads are getting back to normal the various ac tivities of the community will be back to their regular routine congratulations to mr and mrs dick puckrin on the birth of iheir fourth son on april 12 mr and mrs george bamsey and children of iondon ontario spent th weekend with mr and mrs arch bell some of the school children were taken to almonds school by bus on wednesday to have their first polio needle brougham several of the people of brougham have been attending the gospel chapel and are en joying the services the regular monthly meet ing of the womans associa tion of st johns church will be held on wednesday evening may 1 at the home of mrs matthews who will be assisted by mrs s powell and mrs lemmon the devotional con verier will be mrs t philip while the program will be tak en by mrs h barclay all ladies welcome remember the bazaar on saturday april 30 in the township hall sponsored by the joy rcbeckah lodge the tuesday evening eu chre was held as usual with a good attendance the following were lucky winners mrs bag- shaw mrs m ellicott and mrs raine mr p brown mr r raine and mr h malcolm travelling prizes went to mr clark and mrs malcolm mr and mrs ross raine of oakwood were around renew ing old acquaintances one eve ning last week mr and mrs jud todd have sold their home here and ex pect to move to orono early in may mr and mrs john knox and family of solina visited with friends around here on sun day several ladies from here at tended the womans associa tion presbytery meeting at ajax on tuesday mr and mrs murray hollin- gcr and family of cherrywood were guests of mr and mrs s powell on sunday special mothers day service will he held in the church here on sunday may 8th there will also be a baptism service there will be a special serv ice in st johns church on sunday may 1 at 230 when the brownies and girl guides will march to the church and attend the service a vote was taken at the close of the afternoon service on when it was decided to start the morning service for the summer months on may 15 church service will be at 10 am and sundav school at 11 am mr and mrs dean mairs were at port credit on sunday evening visiting with mr and mrs henry madill and family mr and mrs geo knox and family of enniskillen visited witli his parents w a and mrs knox on sundav evening the wms of st johns church held its regular meet ing on thursday afternoon april 21 at the home of mrs g hodgson with a good at tendance mrs cassie opened the meeting by the use of hymn 112 the devotional was taken from the missionary monthly during the business period it was decided to pack a box of good used clothing and canned goods to be sent to the fred victor mission all goods to be left at the home of mrs a j gray not later than may 17th mrs cassie assisted bv mrs w c willson and mrs h bar clay then took over the pro gram which was followed by a hymn a silent prayer was offered for mrs c barclay who is very ill the meeting closed with the mtzpah benediction followed by a lunch served by the hostesses mrs hodgson mrs e johnston and mrs j mitchell s the organization meeting for the pickering district high school 4h grain club and the brougham 4h dairy and beef calf club was held in the pick ering township hall brough am on wednesday evening ap ril 13th seventeen members enrolled in the grain club for the coming year and the fol lowing ofliccrs were appointed president aubrey carson cla remont vicepresident how ard malcolm locust hill local assessors convene at whitby 75 attend a judge says imprisonment gives a man a chance to find himself he certainly doesnt have to look far some 75 assessors from mu nicipalities in the counties of halton peel york and ontario met in whitby last week for iheir annual spring meeting the county of ontario and the city of oshawa played host for the meeting along with the town of whitby following registration of the delegates representing almost every municipality in the four counties in the district gordon mclean ontario countys as sessor introduced warden har ry peel to the meeting osha- was assessment commissioner eldon kerr introduced mayor norman down loiter hamil tons assessment commissioner x a wilkes who is first vice- president of the association of assessing officers of ontario addressed the meeting the deputy assessment com missioner of hamilton a bent- icy then gave an illustrated lecture on his method of assess ing an oakville plant operat ing the projector showing by- means of pictures why they had adopted their method was oakvilles assessment commis sioner p l spurgeon who fil ed the assessment mr spur- gon incidentally was chair man of the days convention here aflcrnoon session mr m r sic- d roj muni assessment for da ta o explained to the meeurg the assessment amendment act 1955 an act which modifies and brings up to date the as sessment act as it stood one of the more important changes made by the act is that rcga rd i ng farm la nds this section provides that when making assessment of the saleable value of farmland used only for farming purposes by the owner whose principal occupation is farming that on ly the sales value of the land for farming purpose be con sidered regardless of the value of other farmland in the vicin ity following mr sloans eluci dation on the assessment am endment act the officers for the year were elected mr w johnston she retiring -ecrc- tary was electd chairman for 1955 and mr jack hooper elected secretary mr johnston is assessment commissioner for burlington and hooper as sessment commissioner for peel it was suggested at the meet ing that the retiring chairman mr p l spurgeon assess ment commissioner for oak- vine submit his name for the posijon of third vicepresident awards go to four scouts four members of the clare mont scout troop gary coo per keith xorton ken dean and craig peters were present cd with the queens badge award at a special ceremony held at barrie on saturday the awards were presented to the scouts by the lieut gov of ontario mr louis brieth- aupt in recognition of their scout training and merits re ceived in different tests during the year scout troops from villages towns and cities in the central ontario district were represented scoutmaster wilf morley and asst scout master les lye were in attend ance also the hag bearers bob barton and jack redshaw claremonts representat i o n ranked high with other villages and towns in the central on tario district several carloads accompanied the local scout to witness the presentations rev g davison a former scoutmaster and founder of the thriving troup has been mainly responsible for the fine achievement goodwood mr and mrs edmund skin nor visited on the weekend with mr and mrs ivan xor ton mrs chris yakely spent a day this week with her father mr ogden at agincourt sorry to hear that mrs al ger maye had the misfortune to fall from a stepladder and break iter arm near the wrist we hope for a speedy healing by taking in remarks about daylight time heard about town on saturday and sunday very few of our people are much in favour this is a free canada perhaps a vote at time of an election would prove how many do favour it a farmer who does his feeding milking separates or loads his milk on a truck before breakfast and secretarytreasurer hon kime whitby press reporter ken chafen claremont mr jack russ will be club leader again this year the club members will be using the simcoe variety of oats and are looking forward to a suc cessful year with regard to the brough am 4h dairy and beef calf club eleven members enrolled and the following officers were appointed president lome disney brooklin vicepresi dent anne rogers pickering secretary treasurer louise lishman pickering press re porter jim dryden brooklin regular monthly meetings will be held for both clubs and improved management practi ces will be discussed at these meetings john gill department of agj riculture uxbridge assisted the club leaders with the or ganization of the two clubs in time to send children per haps two miles to school cer tainly has a long day for any industrious farmer just cant stop before the sun sets we hear that mr and mrs l hutchinson have sold their 4th line property to mr isaac catherwood we hope they will not leave our community too many miles apart from them mr and mrs bev taylor and bryan miss xoreen faulk ner and mr claro megukin visited with mr and mrs g jones on saturday mrs england had charge of the program for b ypu on friday evening it was decided to have as many go to the rally at peterborough on may 6th as possible mr benson jones is to be the speaker mr and mrs eldon cober and carol ann visited with mr and mrs george baldwin on saturday mr george jones spent sev eral days visiting with mr hen ry gibner of utica the annual business meet ing of the baptist ladies aid will be held at the home of mrs gordon jones on tuesday may 3 please have ail reports on hand also a knowledge of how many articles you have for white cross so that the committee will be able to com plete articles into even dozens ready for packing the goodwood friendship group met in the baptist chu rch basement on tuesday eve ning the devotions were led by gordon jones a panel dis cussion on several subjects close to our christian living proved very helpful as well as entertaining after a few rounds of crocminoie lunch was served of association spurgeon sa tee new orhe passes after lengthy illness on tuesday april 19th mr walter hardy sr passed away at his home in claremont fol lowing a lingering illness the deceased was born on the 0th concession of uxbridge the son of mr and mrs william hardy he later farmed on the 5th con cession the present bernard burhell property the late mr hardy has been a resident of claremont for the past twenty years the deceased had been in failing health for the past three years he was confined to bed for the last six months he is survived by his wife the for mer sarah anne derusna and one son arnold of toronto the funeral service was held on friday april 22nd at 230 pm in the claremont united church conducted by rev h i mickey assisted by rev c woodbury with interment in the claremont union cemetery the pallbearers were messrs ross redshaw geo derusna walter todd walter hardy xorris hardy and ross hardy claremont gospel chapel 1100 am morning service 710 pm evangelist rita wright of toronf kiicsl speaker s00 pm wednesday evening prayer service stop look i coming sunday night j 7i0 pm rev owen halslcd of ringwood will lie preaching and ii mills of stouffville soloist special for friday 8 pm young peoples all are welcome ps rev a nose worthy and the young people from mount dennis tabernacle