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j thi irowfvnu ntmwt thuhsday ajr w claremont and pickering township district brougham it am earned this week that i a mrs d f pidgeon is presj eatly residing in the clarermtt rest home she is a gfaterlafc law of the wetlksowa waiter english wno preacoed pdgeor of hollywood fame brougnaa and marcham mr murray eraser of fcxichrtsoaa church during the bridge visited with friends here 1mmk2 risked over tre over the weekend veekerd with rer cousin war- miss marjorie keai green- rg a iirs willson mrs eng- wood visited with rosemary j h p has hedges over the weekend been residing in zuricn swit- s wallace of altona visit- zer and her oriy son charles geo mcconnell pres of pickering township sunday school assoc the annual convention of f claremont united 55 first report pickering twp from parliament sunday school by michael starr mp ontario riding the third session of the twentysecond parliament op ened officially on january 30th 1056 the opening ceremonies w almost the same as they convention mara tp deputyreeve is 102nd ontario cty warden the pickering township sun day school convention held at cherrywood proved to be a ea success tne morning and t 7 ibelae employed by the ameri- pickering township ss assoivice pres mr h mitchell of j have been for the past number afternoon sessions taking the en pv of can government as council of- elation was held last wednes- 1 green river 2nd vice presl 0 years with the exception form of a sunday school work- v site with foreign isairs he is now be- 1 day jan lsh in cherrywood mr edgar james pickering that the whole of the proceed- hop- were profitably led by vf tfvc unci- durina tog transferred to america and united church commencing at secty- treasurer mrs elmer ingjt were televised j miss e westgate of dunbarton fhi pkend tr admser- mrs english intends to reside 10 am with rev c p chap- wils on claremont baptist the tne ceremony with the gov- rev f huson of stouttville vmsisbim were alio in washington during her stay ter of whitevale conducting home dept was discussed with urnorgenera officiating was mrs c jones of ml zion and silev the hoc- lev home in zurich she accompanied a the worship service followed i altona being the only ss us- fihed wnh the traditions of the mrs f mcxair of altona rev i- jart brra who rec- conducted tour of american by words of welcome by mrsjing the system it was stated bri parliament the speech p cowan of centre street c buffered an attack o- the church people from america to g petty of cherrywood each j that the hemes cooperation from tn throne wisread by united church oshawa gave a t address at young peoples rally in the evening riev is zralfied that the col- of the holy land including a bass solo open the gates of j rev r crunch pickering angi vernment and outlines the lection rom the community small bottle of holy water the temple miss e westgate lican childrenmiss estgate gram be undertaken by the amounted to s123 thanks are from the lake galilee j of dunb3rton gave a splendid of dunbarton and mrs keith i 1oui of commons in the ses- extended ao to the canvas- the annua meeting of the st i report of her work during the drake claremont baptist mis- now un way johns church was held on j year with her primary dept jsionary mrs l gates cherry- j the baptist mission circle friday evening with a small at- j through the workshop method will meet on tuesday jan 31 tendance encouraging reports she also did some visiting in at the home of mrs ken ward were given by each convener other schools the topic will have 3 parts a vote of thanks was tendered rev huson of altona present- what it means to be a chris- rev mr and mrs lackey forjed an equally interesting and tlan the christian in life sit- their services during the past j instructive talk about junior uations christians witness in year it was decided to give the j work using some apt illustra- history- all members are in- organist and choir leader each tion vegetables were heated vited to be present a raise in salary it was ako i in the community hall across mr and mrs al robinson decided to have the church j the road and everyone enjoyed visited on sunday with mr bell removed from the hard- j the good dinner provided indi- and mrs arnold mclntyre of ware store as the firemen have virtually seated at two long ta- stayner no more need of it since they hies during the noon hour the mrs wilkes visited over the purchased a siren j nominating committee met dur- past weekend with friends in mr and mrs ross willson j ing the noon period rev m toronto and daughter ruth of toronto butters of pickering conducted mr and mrs xorman hiey mr and mrs donald willson the afternoon worship service and coleen of stouffville were an their youngest son gordon and rev a h- lackey of clare- last sunday visitors with mr j mrs willson and daughters mont introduced the new pa the throne speech did not wood adults mr m peggmt conta anv sensational or start- zton temperancemr a bill- mauer tha wbuw aitm cott mr m morley and mr hves of lhe canadian neo- kiswineder teacher training- pie sion to qualify women for equal pay with men providing and mrs keith steckley tour famous british ship mr edward austin proprie tor of claremont rest home and his daughter lillian were thrilled recently to be taken on a personal guided tour of the famous british battleship hms kenya when it docked at miami florida on a goodwill visit mr austin a former offi cer in the british royal mar ines in world war i and his daughter were introduced to the topranking officers and shown through many of the private quaters where ordinar ily visitors are not allowed to go the hjms kenya became fa mous in world war ii for its daring action during the sink ing of the german battleship bismark the ship was used mainly for convoy service and survived scores of aerial at tacks during the performance of such duties it is captained by n s henderson obe of the royal navy valery and karen and son bob- tors in the district rev h bie were guests of mr and mrs w c willson on sunday mrs gordon wagg of stouff ville spent thursday last with her parents mr and mrs fred hamilton mr and mrs ken pascoe and daughters donna and debbie visited with mr and mrs thos anderson of toronto on sunday afternoon mr mrs jas ravey visit ed on sunday with mr and mrs brown of willowdale mr and mrs ross knox call ed on mrs philip in brierbush hospital on sunday afternoon moore of greenwood united in stalled tte officers nominated for the coming 3ear as follows pres mr geo mcconnell of united chuivh oshawa ontario county holstein club annual attended by hundred delegates rev h lackey rev huson 0ne of the announcements acation schools mrs lackey ma wa that a bill would be and miss b buckles green- in the current ses- wood i mted church will hold the convention in lf51 two ladies from rouge hill thev perform equal work this sang a very fine duet and mrs g c jones of mt zion gave a very inspiring talk on ss work mrs f mcnair of al tona followed- with her fine re port on their schools work rev t iowden of claremont baptist closed the afternoon session with prayer evening workship session was conducted by bypw and the address was delivered by rev a f cowan of centre st the annual meeting of the ontario county holstein club and found her feeling about the j was held in the township hall same i manchester on wednesday the brougham ioof lodge j january isth with approxi- are holding another euchre in mately 100 holstein breeders in whitevale hall on friday evej attendance president fred christie op ened the meeting at 1030 am with a few words of welcome ning next mr and mrs collins were re cent callers at the w c- will- son sorry to hear that mrs wm gray has been confined to her lied at the home of mr henry the highlight of the days meet gray at green river due to an j ing with an address on cattle attack of the flu- mr wm gray j diseases mr maplesden empha sized the importance of proven tion with regard to all common cattle diseases and stated that there was no substitute for was also there we wish both a speedy recovery the regular meeting of the wms of st johns church mr austin was given special j was held on thursday after- j good husbandry he also out- privileges due to his lengthy noon january 10th at the home lined some of the new methods service record in the navy from of mrs a j gray with a very j of treatment with regard to 1014 to is he was an officer good attendance the president i milk fever calf scours and brougham youth charged with wilful damage pickering township police sunday night charged joseph barjak 19 of brougham with to the assembled breeders dr i wilful damage after a youth douglas maplesden ont voter- 1 shook up a bottle of pop squirt ed the contents in a waiters face then hurled the empty bottle through the glass door of a restaurant sammy wong nephew of the applies only to women who are employed by the federal gov ernment or by a crown com pany it does not apply to wom en employed by private indus try the province of ontario has had this act in force for a number of years and the bene fits have been enjoyed by wom en employed in private indus try in this province many problems are facing public school caretaker after 32 years on wednesday feb 15th mr jimmy briscoe will offi cially resign from his duties at the claremont public school where he has served as care- aker for the past 32 years mr briscoe has literally grown up with the school in 102223 he assisted in the erection of the brick building and the follow ing year he was appointed care taker succeeding mr albert slack mr slacks salary was 100 per year following the completion of the school which was built un der contract for s 15000 stu dents from many neighboring districts attended many arriv ing by train the chairman of parliament m this session and the sdlooi bo in 192 was a great deal of debate will be i m janies un mr ed heard in the house of commons uoniface is the present chair- on these matters j mnn some of these problems are his manv vears o the storage of wheat the 1 rans- j service mr b has seen canada pipe line and the re- 1 mim generations pass vision of a number of acts through the school manv to be- amongst which is the small come prominent citizens in loans act the revision of this their own particular walks of act is expected to be very inter- 1 lifg ml bri5coe h a great inary college guelph provided esting it is proposed during this session of parliament to in crease the size of loans which may be made by the canadian farm loan board and to am end the farm improvement loans act this should be good news to those who are interest ed in the pursuit of agriculture the progressive conservative party of canada held their an nual meeting from january 16 to january is here in ottawa love for young boys and girls and they have come to regard him as a true friend whether it be in the school or on the playground the safety and well- being of the pupils is his fore most thought the local care taker has always been noted for his excess amount of en ergy and even yet he can out work men much younger than himself he spends as much time at the school as in his own home the interior of the the purpose of this meeting 1uuding has ahvavs 1een kppt was to discuss the policies and h otless colldu from the future work of the party and to loor ceih elect its national president al- 1 j handing in his resignation i though no official delegates vi-o- from hi proprietor of matts grill told aobointed manv hundreds i b reue fiom his pc harry smart three youths i 1 tl li j uh great reluctance but came into the grill after mid night ate and were paying the bill when one of them of members of the party from j ss efforts tave been l asembled truly appreciated by the public on the same boat as the late king george vi mr austins ship was torpedoed nine times mr and mrs austin and lillian are presently residing at miami and expect to return home in l3y mrs h barclay presided the ketosis goodwood mrs r may rypu will meet on thurs day evening in the basement a number of young people enjoyed a very pleasant even- ln wednesday as guests j lation servlcefor the new offi- meeting opened in the usual way followed by the scripture reading taken by mrs w a knox and mrs randal ellicott mrs h malcolm was appoint ed to be president for the year 1056 a vote of thanks was ten- dr maplesden also discussed leptospirosis a disease caus ing abortion in cattle the various projects carried out during the year were dis cussed and it was decided to sponsor the following projects in 1056 1 bus trip 2 twi- black and a in be ear riered the retiring- president mrs barclay for the efficient j light meeting 3 way in which she has conduct- white show will a ed the presidency during the ried on in port perry in con- past five years the secretaries junction with port perry fair of each committee gave their l the annual banquet will yearly report mrs thos norj again be held this fall squirted him in the face he hustled the youth out the door and the next instant the bot tle came crashing through the glass ton then conducted the in-stal- of ruth collins and barbara byrnes skating on collins pond mr and mrs george jones tpent several days last week visiting relatives in stouffville mr and mrs reuben middle- ton have moved to port hope cars for the year 1056 the mee- mr roy ormiston was ap pointed to represent ontario county on the peterborough ting was turned over to the i championship show commit new president mrs h mai- tee colm who conducted the busi- j mr g e nelson holstein atha mr will coates had sunday dinner with his aunt mrs a carruthers and family and mr and mrs mcaloney and brian also had supper with the carruthers mr and mrs ken walters of toronto spent sunday with her mother mrs gertie hoover and vern miss eileen draper toronto and exchanged views the throne debate is now under way outside of the wheat situation in the west no startling subject has been put forth by anyone participating in the debate so far under the new rules of the house this de bate is now limited to ten sit ting days and will be ended on wednesday january 25th on the agenda appearing ev ery day for the business of the house of commons there are quite a number of government orders in the form of resolu tions submitted by various cabinet ministers to be con sidered as well as notices of motion members a goodly number of questions have been placed on school board the staff and the students a member of municipal coun cil for is years the deputy- reeve of mara township pat duffy last week became the 102nd warden of ontario coun ty he was elected on the first ballot a rarity in the county he becomes the first warden to represent mara township since 1941 to win he bc3t out two other reeves cyril morley of pickering village making his first bid and reeve wilfrid hart of rama township nom inated as a candidate for the third successive time in his bid to bring the honor to the northernmost township of the county an honor rama has not held for more than three quar ters of a century six in all were nominated as candidates for this the highest honor in the county nominated were mr morley by reeve j mills of ajax reeve russell morrison of thorah twp by reeve stuart ball of uxbridge twp reeve hart by reeve elmer gibson of reach town ship deputyreeve duffy by reeve john vessey of brock twp reeve morley bain of scott township byreeve bill newman of pickering town ship and reeve ken lee of the town of whitby by dep- utvreeve stan martin of whit by- in a short address to the 27 members of council reeve mor ley noted that he had a back ground of farm experience that he said would equip him to understand the problems of both the farm element of the county and the urban centres he is an insurance and real estate salesman in declining to run reeve morrison admitted that lie had given some thought to standing for election to bring the honor to thorah which had not been so honored in 17 years reeve hart noted that he had been nominated for three years in succession and that rama township had not been entrust ed with the wardenship for 76 years how many more years will pass he asked before history will repeat itself he also noted that the town ship now only lacked 10 persons on its voters lists before it could elect a deputyreeve i have toyed with the idea of placing myself on the marriage market said he in a moment of levity to remedy this sit uation there are a few others up in rama who are in the same position as i and we may form a league of some sort ded icated to that purpose in announcing that he would also stand deputyreeve duffy stated i dont know what i have done in my is years in public hfe which would entitle me to the honor of being war den on the other hand i dont know what i have done which should deny me the honor reeve bain in declining stat ed that if he is again elected reeve of scot township he will certainly seek the wardens chair next year reeve lee observed that vyhitbv held the wardenship in 1031 it would not be fair if whitby were so honored again so soon said he as he with drew when the first ballot was counted deputyreeve duffy had received 20 votes reeve morley received eight votes and reeve hart received four later county clerk man ning swore the new warden in to office exwarden harry peel presented the 1050 warden with his frock of office the new war den has been a member of the mara township council for is years eight of them as either reeve or deputyreeve seated with the new warden were exwardens joh- a mac- donald william westney he- ber down les mcmullen david walls rae ferguson harry peel garnet wilson ferguson munroe duncan mclntyre os car downey and john rae the 1051 navigation season was shorter than the 1053 sea son by 16 days for the cana dian iock at sault std marie and the st lawrence system coming modern old tyme dancing in he claremont town hall saturday feb 4th every sat night music by jimmy anger and his trail dusters a russian official says all roads lead to communism but he is mistaken the only roads that load to communism are those that turn to the left glen major the order paper already bv spent suhday at her home here memb f tne lions being a repetition from colm wno conducted tne dusii ir u k eison noisieiu uun- i ness part of the meeting a i fieldman gave a detailed re- 1 were dinner guests on monday tje sp verv pleasant afternoon was port of his work in the east- vvnn and mm garnet van- j wj he 1 rant 1 brought to a close by a dainty central district he pointed out zant lunch and social cup of tea serv- 1 that twilight meetings general- 1 mrs marshman had her fanv we wish wryhamrfnvj- w i werteuests at in their new home gravahdmrs stolk altona were s al mr and mrs reuben may and girls called on mr and mrs andrew pilkev on wednesday last we are pleased to hear at time of writing that norman feasby is showing signs of ton mr h plaxton mr ogden and mr ross carlton improvement and can swallow some now mr and mrs george baldwin and terry mr and mrs reu ben may and children had din- 1 xxvecxxicmtjxv1ici ner with mr and mrs f bald- win on saturday congratuia- floor covering tioas to mr baldwin and reuj nil types ben who had a birthday except for a few icv places i t inlaid linoleums plastic best attended projects carried the regular weekly euchre out by the holstein clubs in j was held as usual on tuesday i his district he urged that more evening but the attendance breeders take advantage of the 1 was small due to the very cold local black and white show at night the following were win- 1 port perry to bring out some ners mrs walter carlton mrs of their show animals at the lome white and mrs a carl- j conclusion of his address he presented long time produc- claremont wi meeting on wednesday last week those attending from here were mrs c bielbv mrs m dunkeld mrs c carruthers mrs a c carruthers and mrs j white mr and mrs joe tran and son jimmie visited on sunday afternoon with mr and mrs tion certificates to the follow- ing ontario county holstein krnie fcvaiw at maple a shower was given on fri day evening for two wagg bro roads are in perfect condition and we have had a lot of sun ny days in january mr and mrs ceorge baldwin and terry had sunday dinner with her sister mr and mrs dave dunn and family of to ronto walltowall carpet the new sisal covering expertly in stalled free estimates 36tf spoffords stouffville ontario riding liberal association federal annual meeting wednesday february 1 1956 s00 pm at mclaughlin public library centre street oshawa r j harris pres john a cameron secy breeders orvan chambers h ormerod norman hogg walter davis dunrobin farm roy ormiston ed oyler smith bros wm stone herman walker burn- sell webster horace webster clarence werry son harold werry the election of directors re sulted as follows orvan cham bers wilfrid ross evans ux bridge no 4 harold werry oshawa no 2 chas haddcn hlackwater no 1 ken holliday brookun bob flett oshawa no 2 wm son blackwater fred leask uxbridge no 2 cecil disney brooklin no 1 leslie smith port perry no green river sorry to hear that a number thers from udora at the home of their grandparents mr and mrs frank wagg stouffville imr and mrs murray dunkeld and family also attended the shower given for their nephew fiftyeight attended and the newlyweds received many bea utiful and useful gifts mr and mrs don foreman mr and mrs john sheridan mr and mrs bill sutton were saturday evening guests with mr and mrs joe tran and fam ily mr and mrs bernard bur- nell claremont spent satur day evening with mr and mrs cren draper and family reporting to you through this column each and every week while this session is in progress and i hope you will be able to derive from my commentaries on the work of parliament some idea as to how the business of this country is being conducted mr and mrs allan holman brooklin visited on saturday evening with mr and mrs ed gar johnson and family mrs gowan ferguson and mr robt ferguson toronto spent the weekend at glen submitted by private gowan mr and mrs allan jones toronto mr and mrs ralph faulkner goodwood visited on sunday with the jones mr and mrs charles fiss and fred spent one evening last week with mr and mrs joe forsyth and donna mr george gibson toronto spent the weekend at his cot tage sorry to hear they took mr john anson to brierbush hos pital stouffville on saturday hope for a speedy recovery mr and mrs jim jones and shirley visited friday evening with mr and mrs edgar john son and family mr alec hingston and boys visited on saturday with mr and mrs j a hingston a large number of skiers were out on sunday to enjoy the lovely day in the country it would be wise for gym in structors to advise some busi nessmen to pull their paunches high cost of snow in 1053 cpr snowplows worked a to tal of 127103 miles and snow- removal bill on tracks alone that winter amounted to more than s2000000 end with messrs w and l- hagerman mrs a- michel spent a day- last week visiting her daughter are still on the sick list we j mrs w simpson of toronto hope they will soon be able to mr and mr- a pearse and he out again family spent sunday with mr mrs strickland 3nd son of and mrs r pearse bloomfieid visited her sister mrs r hamilton had tea on mrs t bowles one day last sunday with your scribe week dr mcdormand will b the mr and mrs a h hagerman ges speaker at the evening of maple grove spent the week- uervicerex sunday molasses mixer installed molasses can now be added to all custom work the next lime youre in ask to have moiassos added to your grinding claremont coop phone 38 collect claremont ontario i stop look listen claremont qospel chapel revival revival sunday 10 am sunday school classes for all 11 am morning worship 730 pm revival service guest evangelist rev m l lowe big rapids michigan services nightlv monday to saturday al 800 pm 1 come early to get a seat a township of pickering 1956 dog licences licenses for 1955 expired december 31 ah dogs must be registered with the township license office and licenses obtained for 1 950 dogs of any age are liable for a license call in person or mail application with a selfaddressed envelope to pickering township municipal office brougham ontario make cheques payable to pickering township for each male dog 8300 and sfi00 for each additional male for each female 100 and 8800 for each addi tional female 300 for each spayed female if accompanied by vets certificate or previously licensed as such in this township kennel licenses 1500 renewals on applica tion with fee new kennel licenses subject to coun cils approval a j thompson bylaw enforcement officer claremont baptist church minister james sinclair lowden sunday services 11 am stop your whining 730 our young peoples service featuring special music a service of inspiration and good fellowship conducted by our young 1eople for all young people the minister if i 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