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ht i thf stoowtui tritune tfcarkfcy hmtry 10 t57 claremont and pickering township district t brougham loses respected citizen fred cassie altona mrs harold lewis accom panied her brother bert and mrs harper to rochester n y- to visit their grandmother many carloads of skier pass- 1 ed through the village en route to dagmar on sunday miss georgie forsyth and a friend spent new years with mr and mrs g m forsyth j mr and mrs don hedges en- f rpsiman and their morhpr joyed new years eve at the the regular monthly meeting loss his widow ella linton and j yaoct idr the home of mr and mrs len lye of the womans missionary so- one son harold at home one we mr and mrs al robertson ciety of st johns church will sister mrs stewart of st ca- pobert vcgarveyis visit- visited with mr and mrs cecil be held on thursday afternoon j tharines also two brothers and i dau m ra redman on new years day i january 17 at the home of mrs one sister in winnipeg the london t davs mr and mrs geo blake andirobt miller who will be assist- sympathy of the community is bob lewls family accompanied by mr and jed by mrs a gray mrs stolk extended to the bereaved family bo gundav dinner guests mrs geo hall of manchester mrs w hamilton and mrs w the funeral took place on thurs- england were new years visi- gray roll call membership j day afternoon from st johns j ijj tors with mrs illingworth of the regular meeting of the church to claremont cemetery toronto it was the latters 78th womans association was held rev h lackey and rev i e birthday and marked the first on friday evening at the home kennedy of cannington official- time in 46 years that mrs hall of mrs lloyd johnston with aing of mr and mrs morley smalley glen major fairly good attendance the rev and mrs i e kennedy of mr and mrs j jones visited thursday with mr and mrs goodwood there will be no sunday and mrs illingworth had mark ed such an occasion devotional was taken by mrs cannington were welcome visi- a miscellaneous shower was n burton while the program tors to our community last charles fiss held in the united church on was in charge of mrs robt week having come to attend j mr and mrs edgar johnson friday evening for mrs peter miller mrs lackey favored the funeral of the late mr cas- and linda visited sunday with vos former ailsa joyce han- with a lovely solo which was sie mr and mrs ralph faulkner thorn daughter of mr and mrs very much enjoyed by all offi- j the yearly meeting of st bruce e hanthorn claremont cers had been elected last year johns church will be held on the newlyweds are presently for two years so the re-dedica- january 14 at 8 pm in the school at glen major duiing the residing near hampjon east of tion service was conducted by church all conveners please winter months but the pine oshawa mrs n burton after the pro- j have their reports ready j grove sunday school will be mr and mrs charles cooper gram mrs miller had two con- mrs lemmon who is spending glad to have us join them on opened their home recently to tests meeting closed in the us- the winter in toronto visited sunday afternoons at 230 the employees of the firm fol- ual way followed by a social cup with mrs matthews for a few j miss patricia graves of ux- lowing a delicious turkey dinner j of tea and a dainty lunch served days last week bridge spent the weekend with the guests enjoyed various types by the hostesses mrs lloyd mr and mrs manson ellicott miss shirley jones of games to round out the even- johnston and mrs h barclay j and mr and mrs ray ellicott mr and mrs allan holman ing j the brougham lodge ioof and daughter janet had new brooklin spent sunday evening may organize civil defence corps in pickering township at the inaugural meeting of petition pickering township council on councillor edgar james pre- monday reeve w g lawson sented petition signed by 24 emphasized the necessity of or- residents of brock road request- ganizing a civil defence corps ing that something be dune im- in the municipality reeve law- j mediately to repair the 4th con- son stated that a large portion cession the complainants felt of ontario county would be sub- that the road was very danger- jected to atomic fall out if ous especially for the school all is quiet at the local cpr are planning to start their eu- stafion due to the current strike chres on friday night january which has tied up the industry n in the hall at whitevale twentytwo members of the j mi and mrs ken pascoe and family were entertained between mtie daughters visited clare- christmas and new years at rnont friends on sunday years dinner with the formers with mr and mrs edgar john parents mr and mrs wm elli- son cott mrs everett of toronto spent a few days last week at the home of her daughter mrs metropolitan toronto were bombed the reeve felt that the corps main objective would be to set up an evacuation system of the entire area he said that council should at least explore the costs of such a program it was pointed out that mr harry ashton pickering beach was very interested in the scheme and would possibly head the organization mr ashton will take the civil defence course at arnprior next month council believed that the pro vincial and federal govern ments would pay expenditure dogs due to the t children reeve lawson stated that lie believed the cost of this project would be included in the 1937 road budget committees the committees in council were set up including the fol lowing members roads and bridges j s scott and coun cil finance sid pugh j s scott and jack chapman wel fare glnn julian edgar james sid pugh livestock edgar james root stewart sid pugh police jack chap man glenn julian robt stew- 73 of the art fire robt stewart edgar james jack chapman public utilities j s scott glenn jul that a full- ian jack chapman other pom cherrywogd mrs m ifollingcr the wa will hold their regu- the home of mr and mrs bin- j a gloom was cast over this lloyd johnston stead community early last week congratulations to mr and mr and mrs w evans enter- when it became known that one mrs harold hubbard of brock iar monthly meeting- at tne tained members of local bowling 0 our most highly respected road on the arrival of a little h0i of mrs wm homngeron club on new years eve residents in the person of mr daughter wednesday jan 16 this vv u thirtysix members of the evj cassie had passed away i mr and mrs wm knox mr a lu vp ps ans family including children i mp cassie was well known hav- and mrs ross knox and daugh- 1 i c w ior ko l grandchildren and great-grand- j ing i here for over fiftv ters betty jean and faye also repentance children enjoyed christmas with vears at one time he was local mr and mrs kenneth pascoe t a their mother mrs margaret i superintendent of the dept of and daughters donna and deb- holdtheir regular montni meei- highways he was also an elder bie spent new years day with ln the schoolhouse on wed- of st johns church and a mem- mr and mrs george knox of tnesday evening jan jv ber of the citizens league he enniskillen i dock mrs hertzbergof dunbar was always ready to lend ai mr and mrs d a beer and to w1 be 8 s helping hand to anvone in need mr albert beer had new years i also be special music at time dogcatcher was hired his mittces formed were board of duties commencing jan 1st health reeve s lawson coun- council agreed that a permanent cillors sid pugh glenn julian dog pound would have to be and dr n t tomlinson mo found reeve lawson stated i h weed inspector w h elli- that it would be cheaper to pur- 1 cott sheep valuator v c chase an existing building ra- willson moh dr n f tom- ther than erect a new structure linson recreation committee- it will be located in pickering robt miller ross knox grant village a committee compris- j johnston donald beer gene ing councillors edgar james ellicott sid pugh and edgar robt stewart and sid pugh james sciiool attendance offi- will investigate the matter cer arthur j thompson evans who is in her 82nd year and enjoying good health the family coming the greatest dis tance was mr and mrs carl dopking of dundas and their family mr and mrs barnell visited at christmas with her sister mr and mrs harrison and fam ily at burlington gordon evans member of the canadian airforce stationed at goose bay labrador is home for some holidays with his par ents mr and mrs elmer evans of help he leaves to mourn the dinner with mrs matthews brownies and guides the regular meeting of the claremont guide and brownie mothers la was held on dec 1 17th the secretary read a very the young people of the unit- comprehensive report on the ed church enjoyed a toboggan slide party last friday after noon at the farm of mr and mrs mcmullans and skating during the evening oh a large piece of ice in the same area the large container of season al flowers placed in the united church were from the funeral of the late mr fred cassie of brougham who had been a member of the official board of the church for many years on wednesday evening jan 23 the brougham and clare mont official church board meeting will be held the midweek prayer meeting will be held on thursday eve ning all interested folk are cordially invited to be present the wms first meeting in the new year will be held on thursday afternoon commenc ing at 230 in the ss room of the united church roll call will be answered by payment of 50c membership fee everyone wel come the united ss annual meet ing will be held on friday eve ning in the s school room com mencing at 8 oclock ah mem bers of the staff ave requested to attend the sacrament of the lords supper took place at the close of the regular service last sun day morning conducted by the pastor rev h lackey assisted by members of the session and organist mr and mrs arthur cox and three children visited with robt jacksons and mr and mrs hen ry johnson on sunday mr and mrs jack wallace of years activities the report was highly commended by all pres ent the election of officers was held with the following mem- audley j this meeting miss mary anna morrish r n of vancouver is spending a few weeks with her parents mr and mrs roy morrish congratulations to mr and mrs wm morrish on the birth of a son on dec 24 at toronto western hospital we are sorry to lose mr a murray from our community mr murray had a very good auction sale on saturday we mildred puckrin the annual school meeting was held on wednesday evening wish him the best of everything with fourteen present george mrs milne sr and margaret squire was reelected for a 3- spent christmas with her daugh- rwivimr irmniniim-ni- for vear erm and is now chairman j ter at crow lake tiers receiving appointments lor winter was mrs w j petty was able to 19o7 chairman guide com- oi tne poara uick winter was missioner mrs leslie lye vice- elected for one year to com- be with her family on chnstmas chairman mrs glidden secre- pete the term of mr r epay tary mrs rennie and treas- hed who ha moved to myr- urer mrs payfie convenors x i were appointed to head the var ious committees the regular meetings will be mens during the last few years ior those who are ill at this held on the third monday of i the original brick bu was time mr cyru bielby and mrs each month mothers of guides and brownies are urged to lend their support and anyone inter ested in this important work with the girls will be welcomed atha goodwood mrs reuben may mrs ed wilson spent new years at the home of her grand son george jones in toronto rev benson and mrs jones also mr and mrs bidwell of calgary alberta had supper with mrs c jones on thurs day mr and mrs earl dowswell and family spent new years day with mr and mrs russel dowswell mr and mrs ron james and daughters of markham and mrs c jones enjoyed new years day with mr and mrs d wagg glad to hear that mr walter bryan is able to be back to work after about two weeks sick leave in 1866 has had many improve- a d recovery ls wished stuccoed and insulated a few j jfoia rtt we are glad to report years ago in 19o5 it was parti- th are feell some better at tioned to form two classrooms to time of wr mr and mrs yakely were at brooklin were sunday visitors i s gordons for supper on sun- with mr and mrs l pugh and na family i mr and mrs ken petty of victoria square were sunday visitors with mr and mrs h hockley mrs h hockley was a visi tor with a sister who is ill in mr and mrs garfield bennett and mr and mrs r may and girls visited with mr and mrs george baldwin on friday eve ning mr and mrs norman robert son and family spent the new toronto general hospital years weekend whh his parents thursday a brother returned a burlington mr and mrs baldwin enter- to the hospital on sunday for a second operation and mr and mrs ken petty and her parents motored in to see him mr er nie maye a soninlaw former ly of claremont is also a pa tient in oshawa general hos pital we extend our sympathy to the members of the family and trust all the sick may be restored to health the wi will be held on wed nesday jan 16 commencing at 2 pm in the community hall mrs robt jackson convener roll call dos and donts for hospital visitors a skit will be i tained their family and mr and mrs lance couling for new years dinner mr and mrs ted kidd and rodney visited with mr and mrs gordon jones on friday evening mr george collins is holiday ing with relatives in toronto mr and mrs clarence jones and girls spent new years with mr and mrs gordon jones and their father new years day was one of the coldest for some time many cars refused to start there was a fair turnout at presented on the backbone of the gfg watc service the home lunch committee- mnaatting ihe biu cold a report having an enjoyable time a number in our community mrs fryer mrs drake mrs tomlinson mrs wilkes every- or welcome j are suffering from pinkeve mrs clark entertained her prj m lm daughter and soninlaw and rab on new years day accommodate the enrolment of around 55 an oil furnace was also installed and two fire doors added last summer the interior was painted about forty adults and chil dren enjoyed skating at brook lin arena on saturday evening and a social hour afterwards at the home of mrs s wonnacott sunday school will continue at 120 pm and church service at 230 pm during the winter months and will be held in the new church mr and mrs dick schad and family spent new years day at dick winters home mr and mrs james david son spent a few days over new years at the home of mr and mrs stewart phipps toronto mr and mrs john beenen and sons visited at george izatts on new years day mr and mrs fred puckrin and family attended a family gathering at her brothers home mr and mrs wm hollinger cherrywood guests of mr and mrs bert guthrie were mr and mrs earl batty mr and mrs bob batty and family and mr and mrs j james batty and family all ofi brooklin and mr and mrs wm guthrie and family and mrs w h guthrie guests of mr and mrs john puckrin were mr a holliday and mr and mrs orval atkin son and family of almonds and miss f southwell and mr e southwell of whitby mr and mrs basil church yard entertained a number of friends on new years eve mr and mrs charles russel of langstaff mr and mrs or val lawton and family of ma nilla and mr and mrs wm grylls and daughters of rr 3 oshawa visited with mr and mrs arch bell on sunday after attending the church service mr and mrs f c mesher and tommy of whitby visited with mr and mrs frank puckrin and miss susie puckrin on sunday mrs e soden miss a len- sons and two brothers chris and carl lensons of greenwood spent sunday evening with the carruthers family many happy birthdays to little albert draper who will celebrate his 3rd birthday on thursday jan 10 mr and mrs foster entertain ed their family from maple rec ently mr and mrs e carruthers ruth ann and mrs a carruth ers were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs ed mac- aloney and brjan miss eileen draper spent christmas holiday with her par ents here mr and mrs fred draper mr thomas dunkeld spent the day on sunday with mr and mrs isaac lehman altona mr and mrs jim carnochan and family of port perry visited on saturday with her uncle mr and mrs murray dunkeld and family mrs e carruthers spent thursday last week with her mother mrs wagg stouffville building in pickering tp in building in pickering town- 1 ship showed a slight increase in waterloo county from pennsyl- 1956 over 1955 figures according i vania in 1823 in 1825 he became to a report submitted at a re- 1 the first settler in guelph town- cent meeting by inspector f j i s his daughter sarah was prouse in 1956 the estimated the first white child born there david and ophelia were char acteristic of the early dutch and scotch stock who bore the hard ships of the early days in the a canines cub cora pet dog in a paris circus takes care of a lion cub two lionesses in adjoining cages had a fight killing four other cubs the re maining cub was taken from meantempered mother value of buildings amounted to 52599050 while in the preceding year it amounted to 2304600 in the past year 176 dwellings were erected at an average cost county they settled in the house of 12700 live longer try singing historians collecting data for the proposed pioneer village at doon have a living history book who remembers events back to american civil war times she is mrs david rife of sunnyhill farms hespeler at 103 she is the oldest resident in waterloo county ophelia lochhead daughter of james and alzina lochhead was born may 14 1853 in gait when her father died in 1863 she went to live with relatives in michi gan for four years she remem bers making bandages for woun ded soldiers and mending cloth ing for runaway slaves during the civil war first white child v returning to canada she mar ried david rife jr of hespeler in 1871 david was a grandson of samuel rife who came to in which the elderly lady now re sides i while the original log struc- j ture was occupied by a mr hunt j in 1837 the family has not been- able to determine the exact date of its erection david rife sr purchased the property in 1840 rooms were added and the ex terior plastered making a com fortable 12roomed house with additional summer kitchen tra ditional woodshed and attic singing beneficial eight children blessed their marriage four of whom are still living they are lester of orinda calif william of dickie settlement and miss margaret and miss walker at home fifteen grandchildren and one stepgranddaughter have provid ed a lively interest for mrs rife her greatgrandchildren number 33 she also has four great grandchildren born to her stepgranddaughter in clover bar alta and four chosen chil dren of her granddaughter in trail bc good reading material and radio programs have been her morp ccondhiy in govern ment i needed say an editor in this caie wouldnt any be more prayer meeting will meet at the home of mr and mrs bald win on thursday evening come for a time of prayer hymn serv ice and fellowship together sorry to report mrs a e eng land is not al all well at her home the parsonage in ux- bridge nickel has a white metallic color comparable to silver and to a remarkable degree it im- j parts this color to the alloys in which it is used in 1951 the average income of physician- before office and oilier professional expenses was s222ps notes a survey of the twentieth century fund internutionalartcrafts acknowledgments announcements reception cards v fffhjr thermocsrsvure printing complete selection popular prices prompt delivenv chief means of broadening her knowledge of world affairs she is an apt conversationalist al though hardof hearing in recent years failing eyesight has made it necessary for her daughters to read to her of late she strongly favors education and music she stressed good breathing habits as an aid to poise and good health she is re markably straight and breathes easily she believes singing is beneficial to ones breathing and has continually sung while she worked on a recent sunday evening the family sang hymns around the piano grandma rife sang heartily as she beat time with her hands liked gardening she continued quilting and knitting until she was 95 gar dening was a favorite pastime until 1951 when she broke her thigh she refused to be taken to hospital but lay in bed at home with salt bags supporting the bone until it knit while able to walk again she is timid of strenuous exercise however she has not lost inter est in the activities of her home she believes planting by the moon is most successful and checks planting operations care fully each spring until a daughter retired from j the chicken business last year she was always on hand to j help prepare the eggs for sale she greatly enjoyed chatting with the townsfolk who came to buy the eggs the squid a 10 armed or tcn- tacled resident of the sea usu ally is pictured as a somewhat horrifying monster the com mon squid isnt very aweinspir ing it is dark gray in color with reddish spots and measures al most a foot in length however the giant squid reaches a record length of 52 feet including ten tacles there are phosphorescent squids bearing light organs up on their bodies flying squids attain their motion by a series of leaps sometimes landing on ships psp helped us save now gives us extra benefits pyjorwjrfeeo tfhenjoa sellyourjiqes ie stouffville tribune ask us about the master hog feeding contrac you will find this method of hog feeding convenient and profitable toui local masttl ol au stiver bros stouffviue ontario with psp you set your own savings goal you save by convenient instalments and your bank of nova scotias psp contract now guarantees your estate will receive the entire amount of your savings goal in case of dcalh jilus all instalments paiduj a cash bonus 7 a minute to visit your nearest bns branch- pick up a copy of the free personal sccuriiy program folder giving all the details of this new surer way to save the bank of nova scotia your partner in helping canada grow enjoy a bus tour to new ucq plant guelph friday january 18th leaving claremont coop at 9 am arriving home 5 pm return fare including noon meal 200 per person icave your name at ihe claremont coop early as only 10 persons can be accommodated km3twtxxxtt1w1txx3xx1xx1sxwwcx