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ff t mi imtmanmm thdrsoy makch r 199s claremont and pickering township district warding bylaw passed by pickering tp council the threeact comedy for beautys sake which was presented in th community ha or thursday and friday evening of last week by brow nies and guides mothers asso ciation was a decided success and was greatly enjoyed by the large audence the group feave accepted the invitations of mt zion and brougham to present it in their communities also this week the mission circle will meet in the sunday school room of baptist church march 27 at 230 pm topic our naiona bolivian pastors and a sketch of our missionary miss dorothy hogg mrs orvil fretz group will have charge all ladies are cordially invited mr peter amy of bolivia will 5 speak on thursday evening in j green river sympathy of the community is extended to the wife and family of the late mr h love who was instantly killed in a car accident on friday last east of markham he had been bowling at markham and while driving along no 7 highway his car went into a skid and crashed into a tree besides his wife he leaves five small chil dren funeral service was held at the dixon funeral chipe on monday with the burial at fredericton nb on wednes day of this week we would also like to ex tend sympathy to the family of the late mrs m franker who passed away last week mrs prankett was a member of our mmunity for a number of years but some years ago she pick tp tax rate up 24 mills pickering towisiip s gener al rate has increased 24 mills over the 1055 figure the new rate is 236 mills as compared with 212 last year the biggest increase is in the county rate which has jumped 105 mills the other expenditures are al- mrs thompson who passed so up sightly a comparison is away suddenly while visitin brougham sympathy is extended to mrs frank carter on the pass ing of her mother the late is follows 1956 1955 countv 1093 9s5 tvp roads 75 705 welfare 156 115 genera twp 351 3 20 tne baptist cnurch on his work and her motnet mrs hobson among tne people as mission- who js siu jlvin movcr ary everyone cordially invited toronw a number of friends we regret that mrs j coates attended the funeral service and mrs e ward have not j the burial being at locust hill been feeling very well for the past few days and trust they will shortly be restored the united church congrega tion discussed the subject of purchasing an electric organ at the close of the morning serv ice there are two available at present at different prices and by different makers it was de cided to use each organ during a regular service so that the congregation would have an op portunity of deciding mr w ward made a motion to the above decision which was sec onded by mrs loyst and car ried mr and mrs carmon fligg and family who have purchased a farm in woodville and intend moving as soon as possible have the sympathy of the com munity in the recent illness of the father and at present the second little daughter 9 yrs of age has undergone an opera tion in the sick childrens hos pital toronto we trust the family may be restored to health and find congenial friends in their new home in woodville mr and mrs neal of green wood were sunday visitors with mr and mrs don hedges and family birthdays were in the news over the weekend on satur day a family party was held to celebrate the birthday of 3 year old susan keevil at the home of mr and mrs clare keevil three year old susanne hockley also had a birthday last sunday as did mrs jack ward congratulations mr clare keevil was hon oured last week at myrtle for his work in the ground obser ver group mr gordon taylor recently completed a mechanics course in the study of outboard motors at oshawa last week mr tay- lar and son garry worked in the display of mercury motors at the sportsmens show to ronto mr and mrs roy morgan had a happy surprise on saturday might when around twenty rel atives and friends dropped in to help them celebrate their 38th wedding anniversary they received a beautiful bou quet of roses from mr and mrs crackle toronto in addition to several gifts and congratula tory cards their daughter miss mary morgan served a lovely lunch including a large and beautifully decorated an niversary cake a good number of people were in attendance at prayer meeting on wednesday night at the chapel after which all sat around the table and had lunch and birthday cake in honour of rev woodbury who celebrated his 62nd birthday that day a large cake with candles was served and every one enjoyed a pleasant evening everyone who saw the pic ture the danger trail ex pressed it as being an excel lent picture it was shown at the chapel on friday night mr harold dean offered a lovely solo and mr and mrs higginson of ringwood sang a duet the speaker was rev geo avers of london who gave a good message mrs avers also attended the meeting miss june morgan and friend of toronto spent sunday with her parents and brother cemetery the many friends of mrs d shank are pleased to see her back in our midst once again mrs r hamilton spent sun day with mrs l lenman and family we understand that mr and mrs h jackson are making plans to move to the farms they have rented on the fourth concession of pickering dont forget family film nite to be held in the cnurch here on thursdav march 22 at 8 pm the ladies aid will hold their regular meeting at the home of mrs alf michell on wednesday evening march 28 at 8 oclock word for roll call temple a cordial invitation is extended to all ladies in the community to attend this meet ing on friday evening last a very happy time was spent by some twenty neighbours and friends at the home of mr and mrs j a xighswander in hon our of mrs a hoover who celebrated her 80th birthday after an evening of games and fun a lovely lunch was served by the hostess which brought the pleasant evening to a close dont forget the sacred eas ter concert to be held in the church on good friday at s pm full particulars next week total 236 212 a bylaw was passed approv ing the purchase of a grade- all and front end loader at a cost of 35210 the payments will be split over a two year period council also gave two readings to a bylaw to deben ture 830000 over a four year period for paving and road construction in the township her daughter at queensville mrs witter and daughter gladys of toronto had dinner with mrs matthews on satur- l day mr and mrs jatravey and douglas visited with the for mers father who is a patient in sunnybrook hospital on sunday mr and mrs ross knox and little daughters betty jean and kaye visited his brothers at hampton and enniskillen on sunday last we are sorry to hear that mrs j davis who recently moved into her new house in the village while sprinkling salt on some ice at the door met with the misfortune of breaking her arm when she fell on the ice all join in wish ing her a speedy recovery the following were winners at the weekly euchre which was held in the township hall on tuesday evening last mrs 15 1956 at the home of her a carlton mrs a j gray and daughter mrs cecil mortson i mrs pilkey mr w carlton queensville ont mrs hannah h plaxton and mr g hod balsam mrs h thompson once pickering twp resident thompson passed away peacefully on thursday march cherrywood mrs vi hoiiinger mr and mrs jack morrish and family of weston visited with mr and mrs roy morrish on sunday miss evelyn cole of rouge hills visited with mr and mrs garnet petty on sunday mr and mrs walter fenney and family of toronto visited on sunday with mr and mrs j rennie mr and mrs jack mitchell of brougham mr and mrs f puckrin and family of audley and miss doris hoiiinger of toronto visited with mr and mrs walter hoiiinger on sun day mr and mrs locke of toron to had dinner on saturday with mr and mrs geo todd mrs r wright entertained her sister from toronto on sunday mr and mrs geo todd at tended the jersey sale at oak- ville on friday thompson beloved wife of the late george thompson of ajax ont in her 75th year the late mr and mrs thom pson farmed for a number of years on the eighth concession of pickering before moving to ajax mrs thompson was a member of altona womens in stitute and this winter she was honored by receiving her 25- years membership pen she leaves to mourn her loss three sons stanley of alto na carman of peterboro lloyd of ajax also three daughters mary mrs alex sockho of west hill florence mrs f carter of brougham and el eanor mrs cecil mortson of queensville also twenty grand children and five greatgrand children three brothers and three sisters also survive the funeral service was held on saturday march 17 from the ogden funeral home in agincourt ont with rev mr butler of the st pauls united church ajax officiating inter ment was in souffville ceme tery pallbearers were john thompson jim mortson eld- on carter gordon seebeck gordon stiver and earl sellers notice in doctors office la dies in waiting room are asked not to exchange symptoms it gets the doctor hopelessly mix ed up gson travelling prizes went to mrs spencer and mr clifford hardy the regular monthly meet ing of the womans institute was held in the township hall last tuesday afternoon with a good attendance mrs m elli- cott was in charge of the meet ing a donation of thirty dol lars will be given to the broug ham library mrs geo gray took charge of the program the members of the 4h club were present and showed the increase sauries twp clerical staff at a special meeting of pick ering township council on monday night considerable time was spent in discussing salaries for the clerical em ployees of the municipality each employee was dealt with individually and the annual in creases amounted to sk000 clerk lloyd johnston st700 to stsoo treasurer doug plitz 3100 to s3s00 bylaw en forcement ofhcer mr w h thompson 3000 to 83200 tax collector ernie baker 83500 to 3600 assessor mr d f goslin s3500 to 3600 aist assessor mr binsted 82700 to 2sp0 caretaker mr ellicott s1100 to 1300 the feminine employees salaries remain unchanged the 300 increase for treas urer doug plitz will be charg ed to the west rouge water area the health nurse miss walker will receive a 200 in crease which will be charged to the health budget asst asses sor mr glidden will also re ceive a salary increase when he has completed more time in the employ of the township atha sirs a cnrruthers atha extends sincere sym pathy to the family of the late mrs george thompson of ajax formerly of atha a large num ber of friends from here at tended her funeral on satur day afternoon in stouffville cemetery mr and mrs ken walters mr and mrs lloyd turnbull and family all from toronto spent sunday with their mo mrs b jamifson the w a met last wednes day at the home of mrs lewis jones the meeting opened j with hymn 270 just as 1 am followed by prayer by the pre 1 at a special meeting of pick- elusive ward 3 from the 3rd idem the scripture psalm 51 cring twp council on tuesday concession to lake ontario was read by mrs orr graham riiht of last week three read- lots 1 to 21 inclusive w3rd 4 roll call was answered by a sngs were given to the warding from the third concession to verse with repent theme bylaw the bylaw will become j lake ontario lots 22 to 29 in- sorg was sung minutes read effective following approval by elusive ward 5 from the 3rd and adopted a thankyou letter the ontario municipal board j concession to lake ontario was read from the fred vic- the township will be divided lots 30 to 35 inclusive tor mission for the clothing and into five ward with one coun- j in acres voters and assess- canned goods sent last month cillor from each ward and a men the five wards are as reeve and dep reeve over all j follow the boundaries of the five blouses they had made the ther mrs gertie hoover and bakers five acres 1 mile north of so 7 highway 10th con second hand furniture good used clothing for all the family antiques compared to the taxpayer who is carrying an enormous 0ron dal from 12 noon 8 p- load on his back that guy in closed on sunday the song who loads 16 tons of coaladay is a weakling girls are anxious to carry on with the next unit which is cereal shelf the roll call was answered by a historical event in ontario county and at the close of the meeting the hostesses mrs m annis mrs w bayles mrs c burton and mrs h barclay served a dain ty lunch remember the pot luck sup per in the hall on friday eve ning march 23 sponsored by st johns church this is for you come out and meet your friends the wjms of st johns church met on thursday mar 15 at the home of mrs mairs with a good attendance two minutes silence and prayer by mrs t norton was held in memory of the late mrs har vey who was a life member plans were made for the eas ter thankoffering to be held in the church on april 5 when j mrs mclachan of locust hill will be guest speaker plans vern mr and mrs ed mcaloney and son brian also mrs a car- ruthers visited sunday with mr and mrs morley smallej- at mt albert mr and mrs cyril bielby and family were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs wray bielby in toronto ruth anru carruthers spent the weekend with her grand parents mr and mrs foster wagg stouffville mr and mrs murray dun- keld evelyn and shirley also mrs thomas dunkeld were dinner guests on sunday with mr and mrs james milton of hurketon they also were sup per guests with mr and mrs jim carnochan and family at port perry mrs allan manderson then sang a lovely solo followed by a reading by mrs geo pickett still waters written by miss jane scott the meeting closed with a hymn and the benedic tion fifteen members were present and two visitors the sympathy of this com munity goes to mrs percy jones and the clarke family in the death of their father mr wm clarke of greenwood who passed away saturday at his home mrs geo wilson mrs lloyd wilson and mrs wmton white attended a shower for miss beverley barclay at the home of dr and mrs tomlinson at claremont last saturday friends are sorry to hear that mr wm harbron has not been in good health lately mrs root parrott of ash- burn passed away on saturday march 17 at the home of her daughter mrs burnett jamie- son she was in her slst year and had not been in good health for the past 4 or 5 months left to mourn her loss are three sons and three daugh ters alfred of ashburn roy of barrie lome of myrtle gertrude mrs j briggs of ashburn filadys mrs lewis jones and lillian mrs b jamieson both of balsam mr and mrs john white and family mr and mrs frank grey and daughter and mrs grey sr all of pickering help ed to celebrate mrs winton whites birthday with her on sunday at her home wards are a follows ward 1- waril from the third concession toll the ixbridge townline lots 21 2 to 35 inclusive ward 2 from 1 3 the third concession to the ox- 1 bridge townline lots 1 to 20 in- 5 veres voters asest 21000 1280 ivvk4s2 2sam 1325 256700110 102h 1501 2a51s50 4500 2 158 22680700 45lx 2300 22650122t wont hire crockford on salary basis at a special meeting of pick- j try brought into the township ering township council on j c o u n c i 1 1 o r sherman scott monday evening the members spoke strongly against any plan decided against the hiring of whereby mr crockford might exscarboro reeve oliver croc- j be engaged on a retainer basis kford as a salaried industrial he said that he would be in consultant council were unan imous in their decision reeve w g newman felt that mr crockford should re ceive only the same tee as other agents working for in dustrial promotion one percent of the assessment of the indus- favor however in paying him a commission if he obtained industry like any other real estate agent councillor scott was of the opinion that mr crockford was trying to serve too many municipalities at the same time seek fairer tariff for turkey sales canadas tariff on turkeys is a fair weather friend accord- t una ing t0 tne poultry industry were also made for the pack- committee of ontario being a ing of new and good used do- j percent a vaiorem du thing same o be left at mrs i it mav be m ow as three good attendance at 3act comedy on thursday and friday nights of last week a three act comedy was presented by the claremont guides and brown ies mothers association in the community hall good attend ance was recorded on both nights starring in the play were the following girls rene rennie jean norton norma season rene lye norrine hill delores bruce irene payne doreen welsh and maude anderson make up was by gloria jones and sound ef fects by kathleen hayward the play was under the direc tion of mrs ethel browning the stage set and costumes acre prepared by the ladies of the association the play was called for beautys sake claremont baptist church minister james sinclair lowden sunday services loam church school classes for all ages 11 am the groups round the cross 730 pm evening service tonight at s oclock rev peter amy missionary from bolivia everyone is invited some folks ore like easter eggs ornamented on the outside and hardboiled on the inside a j grays by may 14th the congregational supper to be held in the hall on friday mar 23 at 630 pm everyone wel come mrs n burton took the devotional and mrs h miller assisted by mrs burton the program the theme being work with the indian peo ple meeting closed with pray er by mrs malcolm followed by a lovely lunch served by the hostesses mrs mairs mrs plaxton mrs l johnston and mrs e johnston mr and mrs bob harvey of haliburton visited with his brother al and mrs harvey over the weekend word was received last week by mrs f cassie telling her of the sudden passing of her sisterinlaw the late mrs j linton in winnipeg mrs lin ton will be remembered by the older ones of the community when she and her late husband farmed on the fifth concession at that time she was also a member of our local womans institute mr linton having passed away about a year ago we extend our sympathy to mrs cassie also her sister mrs b feasby of oshawa a family gettogether was held at the home of mr and mrs w c willson on satur day march 10 when mr and mrs leonard beach of bramp ton mr and mrs row willson of toronto mr and mrs fran ces willson and mr geo will- son al met to help mr will- son celebrate his birthdav or as high as six cents per lb least needed and operates at a low rate when turkeys are overly abundant in the united states in 1954 canada imported 5757916 pounds of turkey from the united states in 1955 this jumped to 10351016 pounds while for this year up to feb 25th imports were 470715 lbs against 95013 lbs to the same date in 1955 the official prediction from the usda at washington is for an increase of at least 6 in turkeys raised in 1956 over 1955 and a considerable shift to heavier turkeys this year no runaway in production is predicted for the canadian tur key crop nevertheless under the ad valorem system the low duty resulting from low us prices could bring a deluge of their turkeys into canada canadian growers through their national turkev federa- ron m hall viceprincipal pickering dist high school the pickering district high school board announces the ap pointment of mr william ellis bsa of 38 forest rd ajax to the position of viceprincipal of the ajax high school mr ellis who is a graduate of the ontario agricultural college has been head of the science department at picker ing district high school up to the time of his appointment before coming to pickering he was on the staff of the pelham dist high school mr ron m hall bphe has been appointed viceprin cipal of the pickering district high school to succeed mr j ii rapsey ba who has been named principal of the ajax high school mr hall has been head of the physical educa tion department of the picker ing district high school since the school opened in 1951 mr hall is a graduate of the uni versity of toronto with the de gree of bachelor of physical i education prior to coming to pickering lid was on the staff of the niagara falls collegiate and vocational institute report from parliament according to the price of tur and other interested organ- keys appoint of origin thus i k the tariff is at its peak when a solullon seed judging was successful event at port perry grass and clover seed now in stock place your order early as prices are going up severe weather in other countries has brought a large demand for seed of all kinds claremont coop the ontario county seed judging competition was held in the port perry high school on saturday march 10th with 25 boys and girls taking part each contestant was requir ed to judge two classes each of oats barley wheat and clover seed and give reasons on one class of each besides the judging of cereal grain and clover there were also three classes for identifi cation namely mounted weeds mounted grasses and clovers and grass and clover seed the senior championship prize donated by the ontario couny soil and crop improve ment association which is 10 toward expenses at the annual winter short course at oac guelph thus was won by aub rey carson claremont the junior championship trophy donated bv russell morrison beaverton was awar ded to bruce take ixbridge i tv the interschool trophy was j won by the uxbridge hie school the teim membe competition is being held at the central ontario spring show in peterborough march 21st the junior judges who qualify to go on this inter- county team are as follows bruce yake uxbridge 1 murray hockley claremont 1 ron shier uxbridge 2 beverley bryant pickering 1 elmer maye goodwood neil taylor pefterlaw 1 bill leadloy uxbridge 1 arnold kerry port perry 1 the winners of the various sections of the competition are as follows junior competition 1st bruce yake uxbridge 1 2nd roger snodden pefferlaw tie lloyd wilson uxbridge 4th murray hockley claret tie ron shier uxbridge 6th beverley bryant pickg i 7th elmer maye goodwood sth norine kime whitby 9th murray carson claret eil taylor pefferlaw senior competition 1st aubrey carson claremont plight of farmers debated by michael starr mp ontario riding a third motion to go into supply was introduced by the government as a medium for the introduction of a number of government departments estimates for the consideration of the house of commons the conservative party in the house as the official opposi tion submitted an amendment to the effect that the govern ment should consider immedi ate legislation to create a par ity of prices for farm products at levels to ensure producers a fair pricecost relationship this brought about a debate in which the criticism of the government and its agricultur al policies was unsparing the farmer was described as being caught in the ruthless and un relenting squeeze between fall ing prices of the products of the farm and rising cost of production the debate lasted two full days and the minister of agri culture took part with a two- hour speech defending the pol icies of the government in re spect to agriculture and endea- ly since education week was observed throughout canada the year 1955 saw a big jump in education costs an estimat ed 170 million dollars more was spent on education in canada in 1955 than three years be fore a total of 750 million dol lars was spent on formal edu cation in canada in 1955 the latest complete statistics for the cost of education are for the year 1952 that year 581 million was spent on formal learning which amounted to 1020 per capita british col umbia was the highest spender on education in the year 1952 and their cost per capita was 5550 alberta was next with si8s7 saskatchewan 1273 and ontario 12r the lowest spenders were the yukon and northwest territories with a per capita cost of 2011 and prince edward island with 2031 the budget will be brought down as had been rumoured on tuesday march 20th this was reported to the house of commons by finance minister harris the reason for the budget being set back oe week is that prime minister st laurent will be making his visit to washington for a con youring to point out that the foron tt president eisen- plight of the farmer is not so bad as was being painted by the opposition members who took part in the debate education seems to be to the forefront these days particular- bower at white sulphur springs west virginia in accordance with a sugges tion made editorially in the continued on page 11 50 fine is sequel to fight on pickering farm fhone 38 collect claremont ont angus mcarthur of picker ing was fined 50 and costs or one month in jail by magis trate f s ebbs after being convicted in oshawa court of assaulting james a walker manager of skyline earm caus ing actual bodily harm a brother neil alexander mcarthur was acquitted on a charge of assault arising from the same set of circumstance- pickering district high school rr v j evidence showed that mr was second and the orillia col- s stephen urccnm wak was examined bv a doc legiate placed third the seed judging competi- the open championship prize tion each year is under the di- which is a miniature trophy rection of the ontario dept of was awarded to norm lyons j agriculture the judges in the uxbridge various classes were oats e besides providing the senior j taylor hovrrinvilk- barley championship prize of s1000 e a summers bowmanvilie the ontario county soil and wheat h l fair uxbridge were bruce yake uxbridge roger snoddon pefferlaw and lloyd wilson uxbridge the 2nd walter kerry pt perry 3rd bob holliday columbus open competition tor following a fight at the sky line barn and found to be suf fering from a broken rib a bruised jaw and a cut lip mr walker told the court an altercation arose after angus mcarthur was quoted a stud fee of slcki to have a mare bred i him mr walker claimed that nell mcarthur then jumped into the affray twisted his finger and held him down while angus mcarthur kicked him mcarthur admitted putting his foot on mr walkers face while he was on the ground i told him wo came to dis cuss business and not to fight he said he suggested the farm manager may have suluwied a broken rib while servicing horses this is stretching gullibility too far commented crown counsel alex c hall to sug gest that the accused man plac ed his foot gently in the com plainants face is suggesting too much selfcontrol for any crop improvement also proj clover leroy brown lnd- to one of the skyline stallions one to show following a fight vide three bushels of reg no 1 j say identification contest ry- he called me names and hit j mag rit- f s ebb dis- rodrey oars for the winner of erson beare greenbank me in the mouth mr walker s missed the chirge against neil the junior championship prize bob rattray uxbridge jack testified bruce yake and to the winner t russ pickerim and mansell after being punched mr of the open championship chapman orillia high school walker said he grabbed mc- prize norm lyons agricultural teacher also as- arthur by the lapels and threw the diitrxt seed judgrg listed with the competition jua down faig oi to of mcarthur after a plea by de fence founel john regan but said he ir no hesitancy in registering a conviction ftgalim angus mcarthur