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p9 8 thf stooffviui to8um thursday octota 6 53 claremont and pickering township district mr zz mrs wo else ard xon art of toronto also mr and mrs geo constable of xewmarfcet were sunday visi tors with mr ard mrs ernie filkey and family mr sam chambers attended markham fair on sat last the ontario and york county council won the sim award called the e mcdougall award on heir 5th anniver sary this being the club which has made thegeates progress there are about 212000 mem bers the award will be pre sented at a dinner to be held in prescott bob greer attended the silver arrow boy scout reunion at camp samac oshawa last wee kend and miss ann keevil at tended the dance in connection on saturday night the pickering and disc high school board and staff dinner is being held in the high school cafeteria to meet the new prin cipal dr and mrs tomiinson ac companied by mrs wilkes and mrs evans enjoyed a motor trip to gravenhurst on sunday afternoon the autumn scenery was beautiful mr and mrs devil and dale were sunday visitors with her brother mr and mrs gary evans of port perry congratulations to mr and mrs r hockley on the arrival of a son at ajax hospital last week a busload from claremont and brougham churches attend ed the billy graham service in the coliseum last friday even ing and it is expected that an other load will go on tuesday evening and on saturday three loads comprising the two con gregations baptist and united will attend a block of seats hav ing been arranged for by rev lowden communion service was held in the united church last sun day morning and mrs carl norton had her membership transferred from brooklin to claremont mr and mrs chas clark of zephyr were sunday visitors with mr and mrs j coates mr and mrs e stephenson of oshawa visited with mr and mrs e ward during the past weekend promotion day was observed in the united sunday school last sunday pupils were wel comed into their new classes by the various teachers mission band will be held next sunday after sunday school all boys and girls are invited to attend up to and in- cludlhg 12 years of age the wi was held on wed sept 21st in the community hall with president mrs ped- in the chair members an swered the roll call by men tioning a custom of another country three comparative newcomers to canada one born and educated in germany and two others arrivals from england during the past year gave interesting highlights of their birthplace and activities a piano has been purchased re cently for use in the hall base- ment by the wi and mrs h gregg led in the opening sing- isong and later contributed a lively piano solo the institute expects to hold a euchre party in the hall shortly to pay for the piano numerous kinds of cookies and a cup of tea were served by the lunch committee messrs tom hammond earl beare and merv watts attend ed the mens trebles bowling tournament held at uxbridge on wednesday afternoon of last week the entry was so large that a number had to be turned away thanksgiving turkeys were given to tb xio- ners the annual coop turkey din ner held in the basement of the united church on wednes day evening of last week was a fine success carpenters are enlarging the offices at the claremont co operative this week during the past monih a considerable am ount of repair work has been done on the exterior oc some of the buildings mr g m forsyth attended markham fair on saturday af ternoon where he me many old acquaintances whom he hadnt seen for many years more than fifty years ago he entered some fine horses in the show class at the fair and won several pri zes mr and mrs harry porter enjoyed the beautiful autumn scenery on sunday when they motored into northern ontario a number of other residents took advantage of the perfect weather and travelled north visitors from toronto called at the home of mr and mrs mcguire over the weekend mr and mrs eric wallace of weston visited with mr and mrs beare on sunday friends will be pleased to learn that mrs j briscoe has returned home from the hos pital and is progressing nicely many from here attended the markham fair on friday and saturday several car loads of residents journeyed to toronto last week to attend the billy graham meetings mr and mrs donald beelby of toronto visited here over the weekend mr ross evans spent a few- days in toronto last week with relatives one of the largest crowds of the season attended the clare mont altona softball playoff game on monday evening the fifth and final game will be played on friday night com mencing at 8 oclock assessment climbs a half million pickering township assess ment is up c0o36s0s this year according to the official roll re turned to council by assess ment commissioner delbert gauslin on monday total twp assessment now stands at 10- 63083590 population figures are also up increasing 485 to stand at 12874 the assessment officer ported that the gain in assess ment was primarily due to new building average new house assessment in the municipality is about 3000 will defend action by resolution of councillors xewman and scott pickering township council will defend any action entered by mr pol- anyi of east rouge over al leged damages to his land by reason of certain changes in the roadway in this section coun cillor lawson opposed the reso lution the figure of 1000 was cited as possible damage figure solicitor moore of whitby will defend the municipality cow bitten council agreed to pay 200 to w holmes of cherrywood for a cow which was bitten in the udder by dogs and had to be destroyed two cows were at tacked at the time but one re- xxxxkw turkey dinner concert in trinity- united church uxbridge wednesday october 19 530 s00 pm v an excellent concert by avroorenda choir malton ontario adults s150 children 75c w iqoooo x iqoooo pickering district x high school night classes registration tues oct 11 730 930 pm classes tuesdays and thursdays 730 930 pm october 11 to december 15 tanuarv 10 to march 15 total 10 niuhls possiih 1 iumc engllh 2 public spcnklnu 3 art nmi crnfu i wen vine sewing ikglnnrr 0 sowing advnncod 7 1trtkkipinc s teurilinc m iiii 11 agriculture 12 matriculation subjects firadc 12 is is rhlrnl education for klcmcnfary tcachcr onlj kees payable in advance no refunds resident 500 non resident 1000 d s claringbold chairman a ross irwin rusinoss administrator secretarytreasurer 1rtrrrm loboopooppooboooqemboobi brougham the regular monthly meet ing of the womans institute will be held in the township hall on tuesday afternoon oc tober 11 hostesses mrs r ellicott and mrs bradshaw the program agriculture and canadian industry will be in charge of mrs l johnston roll call bring a cookie re cipe and three cookies made from the recije congratulations to mr and mrs kenneth pascoe on the arrival of another daughter a sister for donnalea mr wm gray is home from the hospital and recuperating at his home all join in wishing him a speedy recovery miss barbara mairs who is now nursing in the sick child rens hospital toronto spent thursday last at her home here it is reported that mrs wood ward has sold her store here and expects to give up posses sion in the near future mr and mrs bob harvey of tall pines haliburton visited at the home of mr and mrs al harvev one day last week mrs r w witter and dau ghter gladys also miss barrett all of toronto visited with mrs matthews on saturday last mr and mrs fred hicks and family have moved into their new house which they reeently built mrs thos xorton suffered a serious heart attack one day last week and is now confined in the womans college hospi tal in toronto we all join in wishing her a speedy recovery mr and mrs wm knox and mrs matthews called on mrs w hamilton who is recuperat ing at the home of her daughter mrs carswell sunday evening mr and mrs c b sheppard and sons of iondale heights visited with mr and mrs l w sheppard on sunday after noon atha mr and mrs ed mcaloney and brian visited on sunday with his sister and bnpther-in- law mr and mrs wilton or chard beach atha extends congratulations to mr and mrs william mc- bride whitby formerly of atha who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on satur day at their home in whitby many happy birthdays to mr albert draper who celebrated his birthday on sunday with their family at home to help celebrate dinner was served with all the trimmings several from here attended markham fair on friday and saturday mr and mrs david tran at tended the 50th wedding anni versary of mr and mrs w mobride in whitby on saturday evening mrs a carruthers and ernie attended the campbell- waller wedding on saturday afternoon at greenwood united church the carruthers were supper guests with mr and mrs a draper on monday evening mr and mrs wilmer ham and girls sjouftville were sup per guests with mr and mrs cyril bielby on sunday eve ning many happy birthdays to ann sheridan who had a few of her friends in to help cele brate her 10th birthday on mon day afternoon mr and mrs donald dun- keld and dougie mr and mrs frank bielby spent the week end with mr and mrs roy couillard at greensville mrs marshman had guests on sunday for dinner mrs gertie hoover enter tained sunday dinner guests from toronto mis macdonald visited her daughter in stouffville one day last week glen major mr alec hingstor and boys i toronto visited over the week- j end with mr and mrs j hing- ston mrs charles ffes entertained at her home on saturday for miss erla jones prior to her coming marriage it was a pan try shower mr ard mrs jim jones spent one day last week in toronto several from here attended lindsav fair las week miss mabel baker water- down spent a few days las week with mr and mrs wm fiss the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mrs geo pickett in the loss of her be loved father mr geo mccon- nell toronto mr and mrs allan jones to ronto spent the weekend at the jones mr and mrs wm gates sr and mrs ernest gates called on the hingstons and jones on sunday mr and mrs jim jones and shirley visited with mr and mrs walter biggs brooklin mr ross walls brooklin visited on sunday with mr and mrs jim jones mr and mrs claude sim- monds and family spent satur day at their cottage here mr alec hfrigston and boys spent saturday with mr and mrs j a hinkston we are glad to know mr hingston is improving mr and mrs edgar johnson and family spent sunday eve ning with mr and mrs jack johnson and family at pine grove mr and mrs allan jones spent the weekend at the jones several from here attended markham fair on saturday the community was shocked to hear of the death o mr c a neville in england on sept 27 the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mrs neville in the loss of her be loved husband goodwood mrs george stewart spent a few days with relatives in goodwood mission band will be held in the church basement on thurs day at 3 oclock and bypu at 815 on thursday evening a number of goodwood folk report a very good display at markham fair this year sev eral goadwood folk entered articles in the exhibit classes a very pleasant evening was spent in the baptist church basement on friday evening when rev and mrs benson jones were presented with a flora 400day clock the eve ning was made pleasant by singing readings and a record ing of their wedding and recep tion which took place in cal gary alberta mrs rae smith visited a few- days with her daughter mrs john may this week mrs fred woodland ha re turned home after spending a few days with relatives in to ronto mr and mrs roland watson spent sunday with her covered call bids the township will call for bids on 03000 worth of deben tures to be sold shortly the debenture funds are to finance two new public school addi tion gkeen river corgrauaions to mr and mrs archie white on the arri val of a son at the east toronto hospital little peter colandine enter tained some friends to a corn- roas and birthday party on saturday las sorry to report that allan mieheh is not improving so well as his many friends would like we hope for much im provement in the near future once again wedding bells are ringing in our midst we understand that the farm owned by mr houston has been purchased by a buyer from toronto and mr and mrs houston are moving near lind sav pleased to report that mrs john michell also grace mi chel are feeling some better and that mrs scott who had been visiting mr and mrs mi chel when she suffered a stroke has recovered sufficient ly to be moved to her home in toronto mrs j davies returned home on saturday after spending a few days visiting friends in peterboro mr and mrs yetta and fam ily spent the weekend with mr and mrs w smetham mr and mrs s davies and glen of leaside visited with mr and mrs j davies on sun day cottage prayer meeting will be held at the home of mr and mrs orville beelby at mark- pm ham on tues oct 11 at s pm last sunday the wilson fam ily held their reunion at the park where trees in their bril liant foliage and the bright autumn sunshine provided a perfect setting for almost 45 members who are all descend ants of one of the oldest fam ilies in this community mem bers were present from wind sor burlington welland wes ton ajax toronto thistletown markham and whitevale uxbridge twp couple fiftyfive years married 3s3c3awssjesx3cmcjcxx38cj3c your newspaper this question has many answers here are a few its a public service it serves this community with news advertis ing editorial comment and entertainment it promotes projects which it believes will make this a better place in which to live its a manufacturing- plant it converts ink paper metal and power into a finished product it gives employment year round to heads of families its a business it enjoys full status as both a wholesaler of newspapers and a retailer it plays its full part in the commercial life of the community its a service establishment it tries to give information and guidance both through its columns and personally through its staff its classified section is the local market place it is the 20th century town crier and community counsellor its a 1009c home institution it serves this district first last and always its weekly payroll remains almost entirely in the area its taxes help support local schools and local government it buys all possible supplies and services locally its the voice of the people its printed report- comments and pictures mirror this community in such a way that we may understand both its problems and its op portunities it is a vital factor in the operation both of free responsible government and in the life of free democratic individuals the stouffville tribune rv pariicipotim in xational weekly veutpoper ivccfc october j 8 155 sxxssxxxxxxssxxssssxx on monday evening mr and mrs ashenhurst of ux bridge celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary they were honored with a dinner at the home of their daugh ter mrs clayton hill 5th concession of oxbridge north of claremont in october 1900 mr and mrs ashenhurst were mar ried in the stouffvitle angli can church a day at mark ham fair constituted their honeymoon they travelled from goodwood to stouffville by horse and buggy and then to markham on the train mr ashenhurst was born on the fifth concession the son of robert ashenhurst he attended webb public school mrs ashenhurst was born near claremont and at tended school at cedar creek following their marriage the happy couple resided on j a farm on the 1th concession of uxbridge for 47 years mr garfield bennett now owns the property for the past 7 years they have been living in the town of uxbridge to the couple were born four girls ola mrs howard forsyth of goodwood greta mrs clayton hill 5th line uxbridge laura mrs mal colm tucker of apsley and hilda mrs bruce bailey of utlca they hac 3 grand children john hill lorna hill and allan bailey the celebrated uxbridge residents were the recipients of many cards flowers and gifts they also received radio congratulations alt hough both are more than 75 years old they enjoy excellent health the tribune takes this opportunity of extending congratulations to this fine couple and wishes them many more years of health and hap piness editors mail to the editor when the leaves begin falling a fellow starts thinking he had bettor get at that car trunk the picnic basket barbecue grill and geiger counter must come out back in go the snow shovel ice chopper and skid chains gag last year- advertising book matches and wooden matches used is million pounds of paraf fin produced by the petroleum industry the paraffin helps to transfer the flame from the head of the match to the stick brand antifreeze mm w g garrett your local shell dealer wl i top coats w gabardine for longer wear and com fort in your favourite fall shades reg up to 2950 sale price 1950 mens pants these trousers are made of extra good quality suiting materials full roomy cut smartly tailored a good selection of materials and patterns to choose from worthwhile savings at this low price of 995 pr cotton flannel plaid and checked shirts well made good weight flannel full rich colors all made with sport shirt style collar 2 breast pockets generously cut with long sleeves- good choice of plaids and checks s m l sizes made to sell for 195 sale price 298 penmans work socks all wool with nylon reinforced heel and toe for extra wear good weight special 69c pr h golden clothing store frr t v v t 9 y t o t t t t t t