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ps 3 the stoufrylui tribune thursday may w j956 claremont and pickering township district the family fireworks night sponsored by clarerro- recrea tion committee will be held in the community park on mon day evening may 21 crrt and bring all the family tickets may be purchased from any member of the recreation com mittee former brougham boy passes in united states brougham brougham library circulation 1050 word has been received of the discouraging on account of re passing of norman c morton peated drouth he went into under the chairmanship of mr v a scott members of j brougham library met recently for the librarys annua meet- word was received by the fam- at his home in pasco washing- sheepraising and at the time of ily of the sudden death of dr keevil beloved father of mr j the following were winners at the tuesday evening euchre mrs p hardy mrs jeweil and mrs k barclay mr c hardy mr n burton and mr a elii- cott the regular monthly meeting ing in the library building of the womans association of the treasurers report showed st johns church was held at expenses of 56330 of which the home of mrs lackey on 34800 was spent on books re- wednesday evening last and ceipts included a special grant despite the very foggy night of 10000 and a donation from school here were is lades present the wi of s3000 as well as the sundav ihe president mrs h miller in usual grants from the twp the be held to the baptist sunday with his uncle and aunt the late school in their home and carried jarg tta n was county and the legislative school on may 13 commencing edward william and martha on for a number of years until ki2 the mlmbehid tees ssrib at warn the scholars will take morton he will be remembered selling out in gainsborough and ll res d ss2s p in the service there will by the older residents of broug- moving to montana they suffer- jsish m johnston librarian be a violin solo by a member ham having attended public ed many hardships while there recently card convenor mrs mrs l t johnston lib aiian and a film strip will be shown school at brougham and brock for years but finally were for- everyone is cordially invited to road he secured his public tunate in finding oil on their attend school leaving certificate with property they raised a family miss marion norton who has mr george ward teacher at of 3 sons and one daughter the been quite ill during the past brougham after quitting pub- youngest of the family her three weeks at her home was he school he was not content death in 1946 was a crushing clciremont brownie receives service star ft ton usa in his t5th year he world war 1 was quite fortun- was the grandson of the late ate in disposing of the sheep clare keevit the funeral will francis morton and hannah products for good prices be held in toronto on tuesday- mann of keswick his father be- he married an eastern girl of this week we extend our ing daniel morton owing to the from port perry district who sympathy to our local family death of his mother while quite had gone west as a special family day service will a young lad he made his home teacher they started a cassie gave her report the gave an interesting report cov- j meeting was then turned over ering membership circulation to mrs thos philip who gave and collection it revealed that a very interesting reading on in 1955 there were 3s adult j the miracle of the spirit members and 22 children total which was enjoved bv all meet- circulation was 1050 the boys i taken by her parents to oshawa to start life with a limited edu- blow hospital last saturday for obser- ration so after obtaining suffi- health has never been the same v lion we all hope for a speedy cient money he attended busi- since return to health ness college at toronto and se- after selling the farmland in the united church congrega- cured a job with the dominion montana they have lived in sev eral states with the hope of find ing suitable climate for mrs morton his death occurred on may 5th at his home he leaves to mourn his widow two sons and three grandchildren amid all the discouragements jion decided upon the organ to express company for a few be purchased during the coming years during the development week at an after church meet- of the west the father and his ing last sunday morning the three sons went to gainsbor- full payment is expected to be ough and homesteaded a section leached by the members contri- and a quarter of land after a to m7 vnrton whose ing closed in the usual wav fol- and girls accounting for 463 lowed bv a dainty lunch served and fiction being more popular bv the hostesses mrs lackey with the adult readers than non j and mrs grav fiction the total number of on safurdav mav 5th the books in the library is 1791 greenwood farm forum held a 269 being added in 1955 mrs ipartv at the home of mr wm johnston mentioned mr w pegg to welcome mr and mrs dandies generosity in contrib- a stolk and mr and mrs lem- i a goodly number of these on from holland also mr and she also thanked all the volun- mrs kingston from england i tecrs who had served in the lib- butions and a canvass will prob ably be made during the week the united church will have an infant baptismal service at the morning session for all whose parents have interviewed the pastor rev lackey prev iously mrs clark visited a few days in toronto last week mrs loyst is spending a few weeks in tfreed with her daugh ter and family the various members of mr and mrs mac middletons fam ily were sunday visitors with their parents mr and mrs reg button and family were visitors with mr and mrs robt forsyth on monday evening may 14 there will be a bingo in the le gion hall be sure and attend in case you havent heard henry dejardins bowling team captured the legion trophy other members on the winning team were marion loyst lor- een mckadden tom davis bill welsh and keith steckley the cup is presently on display in the window of padgetts store on saturday evening may 12 the legionaires open their bowl ing schedule here when they play host to oshawa kickers drop down to the park and give the local squad some vocal sup port seeding in the district has not j progressed very rapidly this i spring residents report that mr edgar ward was on the land with two tractors until late on saturday night the mother and daughter guidebrownie banquet held on thursday evening in the com munity hall was well attended the ladies auxiliary of the claremont legion served at the dinner mr hodgson of toronto has purchased 22 acres of land on few years the daughter who was youngest of the family joined of life he maintained serene them and is now living in cal- faith in his maker and carried gary when farming became so on with christian confidence pickering red cross campaign tops 230 pickering township and vill- j age branch of the red cross achieved 230 percent of its 1956 campaign objective according to the report on the drive sub mitted by campaig atha this community extends sym- chairman pathy to mrs cyril bielby also glenn julian submitted to the i to her father mr abraham recent executive meeting held at reesor of cedar grove in the the municipal offices in broug- passing of a dear wife and mo- ham i ther mrs reesor quota set by the red cross mr and mrs coffin were sat- ontario divisional headquarters i urday evening visitors with mr was 1059 total collected to and mrs powell and family rary all year although admit ting that it was increasingly dif ficult to obtain help for satur day afternoons in the election of officers that who just recently received their canadian citizenship papers mr and mrs john c hamil ton visited with his mother and uncle mrs w hamilton and mr o carter on saturday eve- ensued mrs johnston proposed ning that mr scott continue as chair- mr h shea has been sick dur- man but he alined the fol- ing the past week his daughter owing were elected as board mrs ingles of acton is helping members for 1956 mrs h mal ta care for him colm mrs w a scot mrs n a special meeting was called flpp k at the close of the afternoon the pugh farm at cedar creek iii ii u zu vizely brougham phone mark- ana will build a new home there v- i ham 3i2m4 j plans for summer swimming and water safety program are i progressing committee now i considering plans for qualified instructor assistants and suit able pool volunteers needed contact red cross president i lloyd peters at phone clare- rriont 30s13 mr and mrs ross gordon of wingham spent the weekend with the latters parents mr and mrs arthur prousc mrs leslie lye and two friends from port perry attend ed a convention in london over the weekend with members of the girl guide group mr and mrs don hedges were among those from here loan cupboard sewing activi- lvv- t ties progressing well 210 pieces who attended the minstrel show 6 now in stock including 13 com- in whitby on fndav evening pee lavettes emergencv wel- mr gordon tav or and mr r april 30 was 2350 with some returns not yet in in the 1955 drive pickering branch in its first years opera tion led the field in its class for campaign results 2650 this year it may end up in that posi tion again after all results are in in any event mr julian be lieves it will rate at least sec ond or third the campaign chairman gave credit for the outstanding suc cess to all those who plodded from house to house in mud rain snow and cold to make the campaign a success members of the executive moved the same vote of thanks to him and mrs julian in addition to all the leadership and yeoman work they gave to the effort other items discussed at the meeting pickering red cross will sup- plement transportation facilities i m collins of toronto where needed re salk polio vac we understand that mr and cination program for school mrs john whte were the dar children contact mrs kalman ents of twms but we are ver sorry to hear that one of the babies died we extend our sym pathy to the parents mr and mrs r carter called on mr and mrs h hornshaw on sunday afternoon mrs l lehman had a very pleasant trip to rochester over the weekend as one travels along no 7 highway he will see where the bridge in the village is under repair although the signs are up warning people of danger it seems to make little difference and several have been guilty of several pupils from here re ceived the polio needle on fri day in claremont mrs gertie hoover entertain ed company on sunday miss linda wagg from stouff- ville spent the weekend with her cousins evelyn and shirley dun- jkeld dr and mrs hodgson toron- to called sunday afternoon on mr and mrs albert draper mr and mrs murray dun- keld nelda and evelyn also shirley were supper guests with mr and mrs elgin wagg in stouffville on sunday evening green river the sympathy of the commun ity is extended to mrs r ham ilton in the loss of her aunt church service on sunday when it was decided to return to mor ning service for the summer months the time will change on june 1st to august 26th a very pleasing service was held in whitby court on mon day april 30th when mr and mrs alwyn stolk along with seventytwo others from differ ent countries received their nat uralization papers after receiv ing their certificates of cana dian citizenship there was a welcome party in the hall of centre street united church in mr k vizeley with mrs e storry as chairman and mrs e robertson as secretarytrea surer mrs l t johnston agreed to continue as librarian if sat urday help was assured and it was agreed that members assist mrs johnston who worked tire lessly during the year as much as possible in order to boost membership mr scott promised to organize a drive among younger mem bers to canvass all last years members not at present enroll ed it was resolved that the oil stove in the library be thor- on thursday evening the annual mother and daughter banquet of the brownie and girl guide company was held in the claremont community hall more than 90 mothers girls in both groups nine- and daughters were in attend- yearold grace benson is pic- ance following the dinner hired arove receiving her ser- awards and service stars were vice star from brownie lea- presented to a number of der miss mildred ward half million dollars for ontario county rds whitby under the auspices of the imperial order daughters 0urhl c and that some- of the empire coffee cake and one be engaged to look after it sandwiches were served curing the winter months mr and mrs ross willson m of the discussion at the and daughter ruth of toronto meeting was about membership also mr and mrs francis wil- antj the urgency to have every- liam had tea on sunday with the community enjoying w e and mrs willson tbe ha habt of reailn t1c the bell that was formerly new books now on the library on the christian church ami i slie oiter the latest fiction has for a number of vears been and a the f older on the hardware store serving standard books covering every as a fire alarm has been re aspect ofhterature which would moved and is now stored in the a t0 any member basement of the church pending a congregational meeting to dej cide what is to be done with it at 10 pm for the radio broad cast of neighbourly news which comes live from uxbridge mrs colin davidson has been spending the past few weeks at i the home of her daughter mrs half a million dollars is a lot erty will provide all the gravel- of money in any mans language j necessary within the foreseeable i earl 1 indall land that is approximately the future when the gravel is ex- 1 jay 1st brought a change in i amount that will be spent on hausted ihe land will be refor- vv ownship municipal ontario county roads in 1956 ested and form an extension of affairs when mr don kennedy last week the county road the uxbridge forest i took over the duties of clerk board carried out its semi-annu- major expenditures i which had previously been done al road inspection three days other major expenditures in i by mr john ashenliurst i am were spent in covering the 248 the 195g budget include cal- su mn ashenliurst will be ask- miles of roads nearly 700 miles cium 12600 asphalt patching ei many times to act in an ad- were travelled iii the insnection 10000 gravel patching 10000 visory capacity for it is only tour which extended from lake gravel resurfacing 17000 drag- w1h s0 manv of px ontario to washago at the nor- ging 15000 sanding 15000 i 1pncc that one gains such a them end of the county urban rebates 15700 property wealth of knowledge visit faeh township entrance repairs 1000 bridge a abovc wl taylors reniirs s3oo- culvert rnmirs store has been secured for a diss crossing the county lp w culveit lepairs each township was visited in 4000 culvert purchase 1000 greenwood mother and daughter banquet pleasing event the annual mother and dau ghter banquet of the first claremont brownie and guide company was held in the com- the condition of roads so if you anyone wishing to send wool lens through the wms please leave same with mrs r mow bray kinsale mrs wm harb- ron mt zion or mrs minaker of greenwood not later than may 19th so as to be in on a special sale price we expect to be sending again in june notice later on the wa paper drive has been extended to a later date due to town the past winter hatbeen machinery a total of 33 316 relatively kind to the roads and no really bad break up lias occurred the previous year many- roads were impassable and major repair work had to be carried out the count v road system is administered bv a county road se townships will benefit committee elected by ontario 3 asphalt prime will be applied to a total of 20 i miles of road in nine townships and 8 ham lets at a cost of 15450 sur face treating will be done on 16a miles at a cost of 21400 county council who work in miles in eleven townships will municipal office and it is from here that mr kennedy will per- form his work i the ladies of the united i church had a bee to clean the church last tuesday pot luck i lunch was served at mrs ash- enhursts mrs sam davis has been visiting these past few weeks with mr and mrs john i ashenliurst congratulations to our rhin- cost8700a ihe work means j islcr mr jack hill who was close association with county i f 1 iinrwccfii in mssintr his cvam irino- n it c i complete rebuilding ditching successful in passing nis exam cfgineei u aims widening possible purchase of nations at emmanuel college during the open months of iuaaii iumi m the year some 80 employees carry out the years program of moving maintenance reconstruction and land to permit widening pole j mr and mrs hill and family vv ana several nave deen guilty lloyd pascoe spent the week- ttortjtb v mrs t j usobeyingthese regulations end fishing at lake simroe j ceier i what might have been a v mr and mrs gordon borland and daughter of walkerville spent the weekend with his mo ther here ron hedges and garry taylor went witii a hus load of school friends to buffalo on saturday three claremont boys were injured on friday afternoon when their car went out of con trol north of the village and crashed into an embankment injured and admitted to ajax hospital were bob edwards with a broken nose and head lacerations donavl pugh with a broken nose and lip lacera tions and ronald williams with fractured ribs a miscellaneous shower con taining many useful and beauti ful gifts was given mr robt bob ward and his bridetobe on monday evening of this week at the home of his parents mr and mrs roy ward the wed ding will take place on satur day heeler need for a new secretary since jmrs c beal unfortunately finds it necessary because of other personal commitments to re sign vicepres edgar james brock road i phone pickering 353j4 will welcome volunteers for the post preferably one who can type with typewriter provided by the red cross ery serious grass fire occurred in the field by the brick works where some firecrackers and matches in the hands of children set fire to a large field of grass by the quick work of local firemen and the brougham fire brigade the fire was brought under control before too much damage was done the ladies aid will hold its regular meeting at the home of mrs shank on wednesday may l 23rd ats pfm full particulars centre handles 27 million tons of crude oil a year and employs 4500 people as to speaker etc next week mr and mrs s robinson and son of toronto were sunday callers at the home of mr and mrs w chafen christ anglican church campaign all anglicans are urged to attend the loyalty dinner to be held on thursday may 10th in ihe masonic hall stouffville at 630 p m thk the first pub lic gathering in preparation for the forthcoming campaign will enable everyone to share the wealth of information that will be distributed and to have his questions answered the training cclose of the royal canadian mounted police at reglha saskatchewari has perharxs she only church in the world used exclusively by po- hcerrer opening dance sat may 12 sunny valley musselmnns ijike rudy vetri and his star spur ramblers dancing every saturday night modern old tyme s i strouts to address ground observers the ground observer corps have arranged to hold their next big meeting at the frigidaire plant on the golden mile eglin- toil ave east scarborough on may 9th beginning at 8 pm squadron leader rh strouts cd is to be the guest speaker and will talk on search and res cue this is a timely subject for the ground observers as much of theii work lies in with search and rescue operations there will be a presentation of wings to ihose observers who have earned them and a plant tour for those who would like to see how the famous line of frigidaire appliances are made friends of observers may at tend this meeting with the ap proval of the chief observer in the district who is required to ok travelling expends for the group so remember wednesday may 9th at frigidaire scar borough at s00 p ra munity hall on thursday eve ning may 3rd approximately 90 guests attended each mo ther was presented with a beautiful corsage made for the occasion by members of the guide company area commis sioner mrs gunn of port credit and division commission er mrs godley were introduced by the district commissioner mrs lye visiting guiders were mrs beynon mrs hudson and mrs leswick local guiders at ihe head table were mrs jean nor ton mrs kathleen hayward miss mildred ward mrs de- lores bruce and mrs dorecn welsh rev and mrs lowden were also in attendance the toast to the mothers was given by guide rosemary salgo and responded to by mrs salgo fol lowing the dinner the guests proceeded upstairs where mrs ann glidden acted as master of j ceremonies mrs gunn spoke on the var ious aspects of guiding mrs godley spoke briefly and assist ed by company leader enid benson and pack leader mary beelhv assisted in presenting the awards to ihe guides and brownies committee pins were presented to the retiring com mittee mrs masters a brough am mother gave a very amus ing monologue and a skit was presented by the following brougham ladies mrs scott mrs masters mrs salgo mrs storey and mrs payne m r itennie and mrs g jones led a community singsong district commissioner mrs lye was presented with an elec tric kettle by mrs glidden on behalf of the guides and brow nies in appreciation of her work during the past year have any paper or magazines leave in the church shed we had a splendid program of sacred music from the am bassadors chorus of toronto last tuesday night the 24th they all have wonderful voices tlie farmers are beginning to wonder if they are going to get any seeding done is there any- paving operations during the winter a crew of 20 keep the snow plows and sanders in op eration and attend to routine maintenance five years ago a program aim ed at reconstruction and paving was adopted county council found the high annual cost of j maintenance of grave roads was money largely wasted with little to shov for it tree removal renewal attended the graduation exer- or building of culverts it is pre- 1 cisps in toronto last wednes- paratory work to paving conl struction i approximately one hundred to invc lvmiles 1 arul f wa ladies attended a total of nearly 15 miles of ho spring rally held in the paving construction will be i united church last thursday a completed this year in eight most enjoyable program was townships at a cost of 75200 j provided by mcjmbers of the hurricane hazel worked havoc i various visiting organizations with many county bridges this c f veomans 1st vice part of the work in maintaining i president of toronto east pres- i thing in an early easter an early spring doesnt look that i paving wse move way this year congratulations to mr and mrs geo staley on the arrival of a baby bov last thursday may 3rd mr wm middleton celebrated another birthday last saturday may 5th mr alan clark was home i over the weekend mr and mrs ken randall vis- ited on sunday with her parents mr and mrs c closson i the sigmac hoys met in the basement of ihe church on tuesday night at 7 oclock the ipu held their meeting at joe alf and edward peggs last sunday evening rev mr moore addressed a good sized congregation last it is now very apparent that the decision to pave more roads jor culvert replacement in 1950 the oshawa suburban good roads within the county is i b womans association subsidized so percent bv the pro- was r speaker and chose as vince this year 13000 will be llor loi1 can we change spent in bridge construction ourselves plans and specifications and ma- the w is planning to hold was a wise one it is estimated thai in the next five years most of the more important roads will be paved the increase of motor vehicle traffic and ihe demand for bet ter roads has meant a huge in crease in the county road bud get in recent years increased assessment has absorbed some of the cost but each year the mill rale lias increased the five mill rale set this year will with provincial subsidies produce naif a million dollars program for 1056 this is how the money will be spent grading construction roads commission will spend 18920 of this total ontario county will pay 25 percent goodwood a bake sale in ihe stouffville sales arena on may 26 there will be atag day in goodwood on saturday may 12 for the uxbridge cottage hos pital mr and mrs jim gibson and family spent ihe weekend visit ing relatives at midland please note that for this sun day may 13 church and sun day school will he combined and service will commence at 11 o clock a special christian fam- county roads 1545 miles sub sunday morning and had for urban roads 0 10 miles develop his theme the refusals of je sus from now on service will be combined at 1130 mr and mrs kingstone have taken up residence with mrs a pcgg the farm forum held a party kathleen may mrs ies meyers mr and mrs arthur grant of uxbridge visited with her aunt mrs wm may on tuesday we are pleased to have mrs j ily day service has been arrang- england out at some of our ed and will include music by meetings again mrs colbys boys choir please the annual business meeting j accept this as your invitation of the baptist church will be to attend held on thursday evening in the the medical officer of health sunday school room this is j has been busy these past few ment roads 560 miles important in the work of the days inoculating the children paving construction county church try to attend for polio roads 1185 mile suburban mrs herb fisher and little i is indeed good to see 3 35 miles development roads girls visited with her mother in several local residents plant- 560 prime 2770 miles in addi- toronto this week ing shrubs this not only gives tion it is expected that the hart mrs c vakely and sons john ihe owner much pleasure and bridge over the severn river and norman visited her sister satisfaction but it gives pleasure at wm peggs home last satuf- will be completed the umphrey mrs both at hagersville and to everyone casting a glance in 1 in new m ode s of mob ho rre- hi ra iler- i the oblem if ma ki g rooms n taller or r2cr s simple vswe sj pa rati g w 1 lis ein be locked r pa ce wherever iii rei day night for ihe reception of mr and mrs stoik new cana dians who have taken out citi zenship papers mr stolk works with the general motors the funeral of the late mr alex moore better known as sandy moore was held to salem cemetery last saturday after noon his wife predeceased him some years ago our sympathy is extended to relatives as a result of an accident donald bush son of mr and mrs ken bush of toronto was laid to rest in salem cemetery last monday he was in his 27ih year our sympathy goes out to his young wife his parents and brothers bridge will be built and a de- her brother mr cecil ogden at their direction sign prepared for the larkin caledon recently bridge over duffins creek in on friday may 4th the ajax ground was covered with snow a new grader has been pur- when we got up in the morning chased to operate from the and it was snowing hard on manchester depot in order that sunday may 6 we saw quite a i maintenance may be improved patch of snow in n sheltered in reach scugog whitby and place this is really a late east whitby township in ad- spring hope to have rhubarb riition to facilitating construe- pie by the end of the week two tion weeks behind most years a nrv tractor will supplement i sunday may 20 will be a red maintenance provided by th letter day for uxbridge when power grader operating from j the coat of arms will be pre- sunderland this service in s i supply has recr will improve rented mr alan biidoe fam- k twps jv ottawa artlst designed it r gravel and i i- a roved by the queen iscd in if you car j be at the music we are pleased to report that mr ted wagg was able to re turn to his home ihe end of the week after spending several days in the scarborough hospi tal bokers five acres i mil- north of no 7 highway loib con second hand furniture n rsir crotiiivr for all hie family antiques 0n i iil tiom v noon h pm floc on sunday uxbridge township this propjhau in person tune 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