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fj s lie jiuorriote lusurs msaiy otcesatr n m claremont and pickering township district more than 20 floats jn santas parade big crowd gives a royal welcome mr herb arbuckle manager oi the local cooperative attend ed the annual ontario cooper ative convention at the royal york hotel toronto on monday j the village o clarcmont former claremont resident was the winners of the lucky which in past years has gained the winner of a s500 cash prize dollar numbers sponsored by a reputation for producing one for the best clown in attendance galloways store on saturday the most colourful santa in the variety float class the were mrs soolei- mrs robert- claus parades in the district entries were placed as follows son mrs madill mrs jim jones surpassed all expectations on hill billy hermit womens in- of the womens association was mrs a maye mrs frank col- saturday afternoon- twentytwo stitute greenwood club and held on wednesday evening at lins mrs lome jones mrs ce- floats in addition to clowns dec- binsteads christmas card auto the home of mrs geo duncan cil ham florence hoover cor- orated bicycles and other rov- xh cubs scouts guides and with a good attendance despite nelia eucking and w eliicott eit entries paraded down the erowmes finished in that order the very foggv night the presi- tnerc were 10 prizes unclaimed main street led by the smart- the cubs represented robin dent mrs hugh miller was in mr and mrs arthur loyst of stepping markham district high hood complete with such char- charge mrj ken pascoe gave whitby visited with mrs lovst school girls trumpet band the act as maid marion friar the devotional reading from sr here on saturday brilliant spectacle stretched for t litt jo the sheriff p 139 the program was brougham the regular monthly meeting j goodwood mrs les meyers congratulations to mr james wagg who is eighty years old december 13 he is celebrating this happy occasion on wed nesday evening when all the members of his family will gather at the home of his daugh ter mrs harry leadbetter at mr and mrs jack mansel en- more tha onequarter mile and ami his men t scouts float taken bv mrs llovd johnston qhsville tcrtained his sister from to- was viewed by hundreds of chil- a portable hot dog stand was wh0 save a very interesting s re the i j united phmrh nunnav school dren and gr ronto over the weekend mr bill ortiz of toronto spent the weekend with mr eddie or tiz mr and mis edgar boniface ot toronto visited with mr and mrs ed boniface on saturday mr and mrs joe ward of rosemary hedges and eleanor oshawa visited with mr and welih represented the queen of mrs walter ward on saturday rev geo davison a former pastor here at the baptist church renewed old acquaint ances here on saturday ho acted as master of ceremonies at the santa claus parade a number of parents from here attended the young can ada hockey night in the stouff- ville arena on monday evening it is reported that miss donna redshaw was shaken up when pu school was an easy win- ner with a beautiful snow rownups vcrv practical and was well re- reading on the authors of sev- the nine judges had a diflicult ce bv the crowd leslie lye era christmas carok accom- time selecting the winners as rcc a s300 prize for the pan bv all sinin the first each entry was deserving of an st decorated bicycle vc of each carol meetiii award two of the finest floats ln thc childrens class the cloed jn usual way followed covered wagon placed first the by a i served by the camelhorse second and stella- j mrs duncan and mrs may pearson third the hybrid vannop horse was dressed up in natural jj an mrs ross inox and camel colours and the dual daug betty jean and fave were entries from wo of the local public schools misses humps on its back completed the visit on sunday with her par- changeover the onehalf mile cws ml and mrs mcguckin of jaunt down to the four corners stouffville had a telling effect on the ani- j mrs shcr and miss atkin- mals back however as the son of toronto were sunday humps were sagging slightly guests 0 j and jj a1 har vey sorry to hear that mrs dean mairs is under the doctors care all hope for a speedy recovery remember the sunday school eating spot for a cup of coffee or hot chocolate extra wait- 1 esses were necessary to handle the crowd the shetland pony located in coopers garage has been the centre of interest for dozens of boys and girls in thc village dur ing the past few days the hearts in the entry from the claremont public school a huge red heart formed the back ground with one girl standing on each side the float was con structed by thc students who worked on their project for an entire week prior to the parade at the cnd of the tr in thc class for schools of 10 kine j were awarded the and over claremont was award- difficult task of selecting the ed thc s1500 prize in thc thirty winners and runnersup in each riupils and under class altona class t judges were mrs spragge mrs hugh gregg mrs j concert on friday december 21 payne miss forsyth mrs chas come and meet santa claus nolan william lawson rev h the regular weekly euchre lackey gerald allman and f vas hed as usua on tuesday l sherry evening when the following santa claus took up his posi- were ucky winners mrs- m ue ot the uou x ti0 fr0nt p s lber eliicott mrs w hamilton and to the appeal ance ot tne noat as s and assisted by messrs m a cariton mr w havdv nf she waved to the hundreds of r cooder victor svmes and i j v 1000 bags of candy to a never- nancy and sharon wideman endint lineup of kiddies rev cedar creek webb and mount gc0 davison former pastor at ith pleasant public schools were the ba tist church acted as s also awarded cash prizes in the mister of ceremonies h mhihowcaic master oi ceremonies family of enmskillcn visited undei 60 student class t winners of the lucky i m p the sarco silver cup was draws wcre as follows pony mi and mrs ken pascoe presented to mr bert galloway sa and bridle mr michael for his lucky dollar float the j siiivetti toronto luggage j the car in which she was ridin turned over near the village al though the vehicle was quite badly damaged miss redshaw was not seriously injured taylors restaurant was one of the busiest places on satur day afternoon as hundreds o parade viewers crowded into the onlookers from her lofty throne her attendants were misses queen entry although the float had a professional touch the entry was created entirely by the students and their par ents pretty shirley lewis added to the appearance of the float as pony imported from scotland tor littlc rcd r l jazkoski cpuruce ont and a by mr bill mceachnie picker ing village funeral director was presented to the business mens association to be entered in saturdays lucky draw the baptist church mission circle will be held on tuesday dec isth at the home of g m forsyth mrs mansell guest speaker will tell about christ mas in other lands please i was vividly portrayed by misses i s sc ann keevil darla galloway and qnt jack milne allan badgerow a i c b hopkins mid- revamp the hog marketing laws a thorough housecleaning j despite the fact that hog mark note change of date all ladies and revamping of marketing etings for ontario and for can- welcome j practices in ontarios hog in- 1 ada mu be ni in 19og eonv thc annual united church i dus j the prime objective sunday school christmas con- of the ont hog producers as- cert wul be held on tuesday soc charles mclnnis pre- evening dec 18th commencing j side told the annual meeting at s- oclock in the church ev- of the grcy county hog pro- u j in th flrst months ducers association here tonicht in ms momns and mrs edgar johnson and auceis association nere lonigiu of 19 already some five coun- f as a result of considerable ties are now involved in this housecleaning and ievampin pared with 1955 mr mclnnis said that a vig- i orous campaign to complete the i revamping of hog marketing i practices in ontario will be eryone welcome silver collec tion mr and mrs dean entertained l- ff 1 t accomplished by us to date in united church sunday school concert will be held on friday evening dec 21 there is no charge for this concert just a silver collection a cgit was reorganized last tuesday evening and is be- ng led by mrs morgason mrs mcphee and mrs spenceley all girls between the ages of 12 and 16 are welcome meetings will be held every tuesday evening at 730 in the united church the merry mixers are happy to present their christmas pro gram friday dec 14 if you en joy playing croqinole come and join in the fun the wa had their annual business meeting at mrs ashen- hursts last thursday mrs mc phee conducted the election of officers and installation service the following is the slate of officers for 1957 president mrs bruce taylor vice pres mrs clarence bunker secretary mrs leslie meyers treasurer mrs rus sell storry missionary conven ers mrs wm hewlett mrs sam bacon quilt committee mrs art hall mrs e morga son mrs albert taylor mrs hewlett mrs e hood mrs earl tindall sick committee- mrs herb wagg mrs clarence bunker mrs jefferson mrs russell feasby parsonage mrs herb wagg mrs art hall mrs lome tindall pianists mrs mcphee mrs claude wat son the missionary conveners would like to thank all who donated clothing for the bale altogether there were 360 pieces of clothing packed mr and mrs cec wilkinson and family moved from our village on saturday to take up residence in the new subdivision east of richmond hill mr and mrs george roe moved into the mr alec hingston and boys i wilkinson house monday we knox congratulations to mr and mrs g e holtby on the arrival and family on sunday mrs witter and daughter of toronto visited with mrs mat thews on saturday mr and mrs john hamilton visited with his mother mrs w hamilton and mr o carter on sunday mr and mrs h robertson of toronto called on mrs lemmon on sunday mrs lemmon re turned with them for thc winter glen major visited sunday with mr and mrs j a- hingston mrs charles johnson and delia visited sunday with mr evening in their home last fri- the hog industry mr mclnnis tla said thousands of extra dollars mrs margaret stephenson i are going into producer pock- who has been spending the past e he said that price and lew weeks among old friends in i on price is becoming the the community returned to her s factor that determines home in oshawa early this week i wnat packer shall get ontario mr and mrs clarence pen- 1 hogs gelly of brooklin were sunday mr mclnnis said that before visitors with mr and mrs jim hog producers became interest- coates ed in marketing practices only mrs ormcrod sr of toronto about 5 percent of ontario hogs was a visitor last sunday with i were being sold on open markets mr and mrs melvin johnson under competitive bidding the and family i other 93 were delivered direct the funeral of the late mrs to packers plants with trans- george lee of stouffville was porters being paid incentive- held last saturday afternoon at j bonuses by packers to do so 2 oclock in the baptist church open market deliveries have of which she was a lifelong now been increased to 20 per- member rev lowdcri assisted cent he said and this figure by former pastor rev g davi- will be further increased campaign to move hogs onto the openmarket the hog president predicted that despite underthetable pay ments amounting in some ins tances to as much as 250 per hog despite a noncooperative attitude on the part of some large packers and shippers and despite increasing evidence of undesirable pressures on gov ernment the hog association in tends to make a thorough and complete housecleaning of hog marketing practices in ontario green river son conducted the service the our new marketing prac- choir sang forever with the j tices mr mclnnis said have lord as a special number mrs played a major role in strength- lee was in her 8lth year j ening hog prices and in adding her husband predeceased her substantially to the income of about ten years ago she was a hog producers these higher member of the choir for many prices were achieved he said years she passed away quite i suddenly in her home having felt ill for only a couple of days to their christmas concert on with a pain in her back she friday evening dec 21 was a very friendly type of oclock christian and always engaged results of euchre held mon in active service for her church day night in the legion hall- she will be missed in all the winners were ladies 1st mrs activities rnorris hardy 2nd mrs h the mission band will be held pugh lone hand mrs ham- on saturday afternoon at 2 o moral sr men 1st norrino clock ln the united ss room hill 2nd walter hardy lone everyone please attend and hand n hill door prize car- bring mite boxes as this is the son watson first euchre held last meeting of the year in the new year will be monday mr fred pugh is occupying january 7 ills home in thc village at thc a shower for the newlyweds present time mr and mrs keith ward only the baptist sunday school son of mr and mrs edgar christmas program will be held ward of clarcmont was held mrs russel hamilton was a guest at the harrisonreid wed ding in markham recently mrs j davies spent a week at the home of mrs shank mr and mrs allan michell and family were sunday guests of mr and mrs j attaleer and family of lindsay mr and mrs robert rcid of markham called on mr and mrs russel hamilton on tues day evening mr and mrs austin pcarsc entertained mr and mrs sapel at s and sons peter and anthony of reading england on saturday mr and mrs frank hutch- ings of clarcmont called at the a hutching home sunday af- vvxvtkvxkx bakers five acres 1 milo north ot so 7 highway 10th con secovd hand furniture toou used clothing for all the family antiques family mr and mrs joe jones mr and mrs jim jones frank and john called on mrs wm hop kins and family on sunday mr and mrs doleman spent the weekend at their cottage here several from here attended the santa claus parade at cla remont on saturday mr and mrs allan jones mr and mrs ernest winter and john newmarket visited sun day afternoon with miss shir ley jones congratulations and best wishes to messrs edgar fiss and jim jones who had a birth day on sunday dec 9 miss mabel baker water- down spent the weekend with mrs wm fiss and edgar mrs ralph faulkner and mrs jim jones spent friday in oshawa mr and mrs a c simmonds and herbert were out and closed their cottage for the winter on saturday a portion of the huge crowd which attended the santa claus parade in claremont on sat urday afternoon is pictured above close to 1000 bags of ternoon mr and mrs austin pearse and family had sunday dinner with mr and mrs wm munns of toronto the many friends from here wish mr and mrs m patterson of brougham the very best as they move to their new home in markham on sunday dec 16th at the sunday school a white gift ser vice will be observed all are re minded to bring their gifts the sunday school concert will be held on friday evening dec 21st at s pm in the church correction of the date of the public school concert it will welcome them to our commun 1 ity mrs reuben may mrs howard coutts was call ed to her home to take her mother to barrie hospital and assist in nursing her there the mission circle meeting held at the home of mrs percy pugh was well attended mrs f bald win provided the program and mrs h woodland took the devo tions the mission band are sell ing beautiful scripture calen dars if you would like one please get in touch with one of the mission band members or mrs g jones please remember the gifts for scott mission need to be in by sunday dec 16 also the shut- in boxes are to be packed this coming week mrs c jones will accept donations toward these boxes both food or money mr and mrs wm may miss olive and mr and mrs bert may attended the funeral of mrs mays niece miss ruth sec- beck service was held at whit by funeral home with interment at whitevale cemetery many parents took their pre- on friday to receive their first on friday to receivetheir first polio needle next needle on jan s if you missed getting your child done consult dr st john about starting with thc january sth series you are all invited to the bap tist sunday school entertain ment to bo heid on saturday dec 21st mr and mrs bert may and mr and mrs wm may and miss olive may had tea with mrs walter carter and brother oscar carter on friday those who took in the santa claus prade at uxbridge and claremont this past week enjoy- ro ca1 fs gifts or blessing ed very pleasant afternoons group 2 has charge of worship prayer meeting this thurs- service day evening at mr c jones the wm clark children have may we see you there been in with the chickenpox i mrs bandy gwen was visit- j mrs tait of sonya has been candy were distributed to chil dren one of the finest floats in the parade was entered by the altona public school the snow queen miss shirley lewis is pictured above with her two attendants misses nancy and sharon wideman white gifts for the scott mission toronto will be receiv ed at the altona sunday school this sunday dec 16th j this is your invitation to the altona school christmas con- cert next wednesday evening dec 19 at 8 pm there will be plays songs drills and santa silver collection congratula tions to altona school for win- ning first prize on their float at claremont parade on saturday the altona wi would like to thank all those who came out on such a miserable night to make their turkey supper a success over 300 people were served on sunday mr and mrs bob lewis and boys entertained mr and mrs stanley lewis mr and mrs harold lewis and chil- j dren and mr and mrs dalton lewis of toronto on the occa- j sion of mrs stanley lewis birthday many happy returns of the day i congratulations also lo harry tindall and fred mcnair who celebrated birthdays on the spent the weekend with wm store entertained company over and mrs pegg and family the weekend miss hopkinson spent the i the farm forum met at the weekend at her home at picton home of wm and mrs brown mr and mrs clark at the last monday night township of pickering december 15th 1956 vote thompson for reeve for cars call claremont 2 pickering 58 6 pickering 29 9 weekend mr and mrs norman bunker called on his sister mr and mrs fred madill of ciaremont on sunday greenwood the afternocin wa villi hold their regular and the annual meeting at mrs i mcleans on thursday dec 13th at 2 pm on wednesday evening dec 19 last monday evening at the bap- open daily from 12 noon s pm be held on tuesday dec isth ing her daughters in port perry visitin her daughter mrs ros the teacher and pupils of tist church many beautiful and closed on sunday instead of thc date given last and ncwtonville over the week- jackman this past week cedar creek school invite you useful gifts were received u4rc4rcrsr4 week end i mrs colwell and son jack pickering tp red cross due to the desperate need of clothing for hungarian refugees the red cross headquarters has sent an urgent appeal o have he stock replenished quickly as he articles will he shipped lo an overseas ware house they must be new would leaders in womens groups or individuals able o help this cause by knitting sewing or crocheting please write or phone mrs t j wheeler convener womens work pickering red cross and our materials will be sent this saturday vote for for reeve township of pickering polls open 10 am to 8 pm