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fin the stoomni twwme tfcrseuy weaiy u w37 claremont and pickering township district there were two accidents re ported here cm saturday a cruiser belonging to the ops detachment at whitby skidded out of control on the icy high way and went into the ditch no one was injured ronnie will iamson was also involved in an accident at the corner of the tth concession and the- brock road the driver suffered only bruises mr and mrs fred madill of toronto were sunday visitors with mr and mrs g m for syth miss daisy duerdon of toron to visited with mrs conner over the weekend mr herb arbuckle manager of the local cooperative at tended a twoday convention of the coleman company in to ronto this week mrs eddie ortiz of toronto was a visitor here last week will be landlocked says councillor julian councillor glenn julian sharp- 1 council were concerned over the ly criticized a plan by the pro- matter but felt that they should vicial department of highways j have definite reasons for their to close the fairport road and objections an inconvenience to the dixie sideroad as an ent- i school children a hindrance to ranee onto highway 401 a hear- 1 fire brigades and police were jing has been called for feb 2sth t given as three main reasons f or on the matter council agreed j councils objections need earlier tax payment cited in uxbridge twp to object to the closing of the two roads and will be represent ed by their solicitor mr ter- rance m moore councillor julian charged that the departments roadclosing scheme was a catastrophe to the residents who were now living on these thoroughfares these people are being landlocked i stated councillor julian i councillor julian said that he entertained had received numerous objee- the goodfellowship class of the united church the young people on tuesday u theplan and he 1 g i believed the residents affected ji r5lsef would appear at the hearing held a meeting on tuesday night at bob greers the members witnessed a movie entitled the atomic bomb instruction on aircraft recognition was also given local and district men who left on saturday by car for mex ico were messrs howard and arnold burton jack mairs rus sell gray and aylmer carter mr andrew andy neal has returned to the employ of the charles cooper ltd after com pleting a tenweek mechanics course in toronto guides brownies a most successful bake sale and tea was held in mrs doug las nortons home on saturday last in spite of the inclement weather there was an excellent turnout and the wonderful ar ray of home baked goods was quickly sold the mothers la who sponsored this bake sale wish to thank most sincerely all those who contributed to the success of this project particu larly the many ladies of the community who although not members of this organization contributed goods to be sold members and interested friends are reminded that the next reg ular ftieeting of the la is to be held monday feb 18th mr heber down brooklin will show pictures at the special anniversary meeting of the wo mens institute in the commun ity hall claremont on wed feb 20th at 2 pm there will be special music miss june morgan and friend miss joan rogers of toronto spent the weekend at the home of junes parents mr and mrs j morgan june has completed three months of psychiatric training at ontario hospital queen st and found the study very interesting mrs j morgan visited her fa ther and aunt at uxbridge on saturday also visited mr whit- ty philip from regina who spent his hoyhood in pickering township the womens institute will be held on wednesday feb 20th at 200 pm in the community hall mrs j morgan pro gramme convener mr heber down will be the speaker for the afternoon roll call a homemade valentine lunch committee mrs e evans mrs benns mrs w evans mrs torrance it is hoped for a good attendance everyone wel come members of the womens in stitute and all ladies of clare mont are reminded of the short course treasures in your at tic to be held thursday after noon feb 21st at 130 pm to 4kx pm in claremont com- munity hall plan to attend the wms will be held on thursday afternoon commenc ing at 230 oclock at the home of mrs geo hammond whose group will have charge of the program all ladles are invited to attend mr and mrs gordon graham and family of oshawa were toeekfend visitors with mr and mrs e lewis and mr and mrs s taylor and family we regret that mrs condy was confined to bed for a few days last week and trust she will he restored to good health in a few days mr keith carson of guelph was a recent sunday visitor with bis parents mr arid mrs f carson and family miss sylvia johnston and miss marie eby of toronto spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs harold johnston mr and mrs earl beare have returned from a months vaca tion in the sunny south and mr and mrs r mcleod left home recently to enjoy a similar trip the ratepayers assn plans to write a formal letter of objec tion to the department of high ways recording to mr julian the government should com pensate for closing these roads said the councillor its a gross injustice if they take away the peoples rights reeve lawson agreed that desire grant a letter was received from the ajax- whitby- pickering school for retarded children requesting a grant to cover a portion of their 1957 deficit the school is conducted at the ajax fire hall councillor julian informed the members that the promoters of the project hoped to buy or erect new quarters this year the brock road school now va cant was suggested by council as a suitable building at the present time eight children are attending four of these from pickering township reeve lawson stated that he believed there would be at least 14 children of this type residing in the township the reeve said he believed the matter should be given careful study and ap pointed councillors sid pugh and glenn julian to look into the problem plan 75 mill road budget for pickering township at a special meeting of pick ering township council on mon day evening the members dis cussed at some length the pre paring of the 1957 budget which will be finalized this month councillor sid pugh felt that there would be an increase in police fire and school costs but believed there would be a drop in the relief rate it was pointed out by the clerk that an increase in assessment would bring in an additional s24000 in taxes this year reeve w g lawson stated that he felt it would be possible to keep the townships road budget on a level with the 75 mill rate of 1956 the road appropriation last year was 588000 but an additional 20000 was later needed bringing the total expenditure to 108000 a purchase of culverts in 1956 was partly responsible for the increase clerk l t johnston pointed out that a 75 mill rate in 1957 would raise approximately 93- 000 reeve lawson stated that in the future he would like to see the municipality stick to the budget he said that a monthly check on each departments spending would give the council a clearer picture of the munici palitys financial situation dep reeve sherman scott noted that the road dept was breaking their work program down into five separate wards in an effort to spend an equal amount of money in each the automation of industry about which so much is heard these days has been helping to mine bituminous coal for years coal producers call it mechani zation but whatever its called lit means using machines and power to do a job in americas coal mines it has raised produc tion from six tons per man ten messrs arnold and howard burton aylmer carter jack mairs and russell gray left on sunday morning on a motor trip to mexico and other south ern states the regular womans mission ary society meeting will be held on tuesday february 19 at j 230 pm at the home of mrs noon george duncan mrs plaxton mr and mrs program convener roll call j lough and little a verse from the gospel of st matthew hostesses mrs geo duncan mrs robt malcolm and green river res 90 next week mr fred white of green ri ver will celebrate his 90th birth day on saturday feb 23rd mr white is quite a remarkable man and enjoys good health in spite of his years the combined ges of the family totals 323 years including a sister louise gostick of stouffville 83 bill of lake view 76 and walter from alberta 73 the latter is pres ently with mr white from west- i canada audley rev m buttars delivered a challenging sermon from the scripture follow me and i will make you fishers of men to a full church on sunday after noon the mens choir sang stand up stand up for je sus the wa family potluck sup per will be held this friday eve ning at 630 there will be a program afterwards the skating party members enjoyed a social hour afterwards at the home of mrs s -wonna- cott on saturday evening bob betson left on monday morning for a few weeks in sunny florida his mother and aunt accompanied him sandra lindsay won third place in the spelling contest held recently at claremont glen major miss mabel baker water- down spent the weekend with mrs wm fiss mr and mrs edgar johnson and linda spent sunday with mr and mrs allar jones and mr and mrs r shipley and family newmarket mrs jim jones spent tues day with relatives in brooklin and greenwood miss bernice wilson good wood spent the weekend with miss shirley jones mr george gibson spent the weekend at his cottage mrs jim jones spent one day last week with mr and mrs george pickett clerk donald kennedy sug gested at uxbridge township council meeting monday after noon the need for striking the township tax rate in possibly may or june rather than aug ust to make way for earlier pay ment of taxes the move he said would be the first step towards the institution of an installment payment system councillor nesbitt stated that the municipality was getting more and more city dwellers who would like to pay their taxes in their current financial year which ends in november clerk kennedy added that a number of ratepayers had asked him why taxes could not be paid in june rather than so late in the year boad appropriation the township of uxbridge will receive a 2000 boost in their road appropriation over 195g from the dept of highways the ceiling placed on the am ount on which the department would pay subsidy this year is 31000 of which 11000 would be for construction and 20000 for maintenance council spent considerable time debating the engaging of a man for the road department uor general work one who would be capable of operating both a truck or tractor eight applications were received to a recent advertisement and these were narrowed down to two who will be called in at a special meeting for interview general business council passed the annual moneyborrowing bylaw author izing the treasurer to borrow up to 20000 from the bank of commerce to carry on business until current taxes were avail able the treasurer pointed out that only 6000 had been re quired last year jos housser of altona was rebated 1483 in taxes for a store business no longer in oper ation the salvation army was given a grant of 2500 councillor robt nesbitt was named asuxbridge twp repre sentative on the newlyformed metro conservation authority which holds its first meeting in the north york municipal build ing on feb 20th union school section no 1 uxbridge whitchurch scott and east gwillimbury has been changed to uss no 13 at the request of the public school in spector altona the eighth meeting of the 4h club girls was held on sat urday feb 9 meeting opened with the president evelyn whit- ty in charge and the theme song 6 canada followed by the 4h pledge repeated in unison min utes of last meeting were read and adopted roll call is my record book up to date a few notes were taken on outdoor courtesy some problems were taken up pertaining to achieve ment day to be held in the near future two of the girls demon strated on cookie squares and cocoa was also made by the girls a social half hour fol lowed meeting closed with the queen to meet again on feb 23 the sunday school enjoyed a skating party at cedarenaon monday evening mr and mrs rawson of st thomas visited on saturday at the home of mr and mrs stan thompson mr and mrs larry schell and kiniberley of tor onto spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs albert drudge were supper guests of mr and mrs peter nighswander one evening last week mr and mrs norman bunker entertained mr and mrs mur ray dunkeld shirley and eve lyn and mrs t dunkeld on sun day mr and mrs peter rummenie and baby of port perry were weekend visitors with mr and mrs jim white and family on sunday mr and mrs har vey nighswander and family were dinner guests of mr and mrs elmer reesor and mr and mrs peter nighswander were guests of mr and mrs john smith of markham mr and mrs norman bunker accompanied rev d and mrs sargent on a trip to stayner on monday years ago to around 10 tons a day at present against barely two tons per day in british and german mines brougham boys off on trip to mexico mrs joe barjak jr on the arri val of a little daughter sorry to hear that mrs w c willson was taken to oshawa hospital on friday last for treat ment mrs r w witter and daugh ter gladys of toronto called on mrs matthews on sunday after- frank mccul- daughter of whitby were guests of mr and mrs k pascoe on sunday mr and mrs bud ostle and mrs w hamilton all ladies are children of oshawa visited with invited please note change ot date the womans association held their regular meeting on wed nesday evening february 6 at mr and mrs d a beer one day recently the weekly euchre was held as usual in the township hall on tuesday evening when the green river the many friends of mr m draper are sorry to hear he is not progressing as well as they would like him to the many friends of mr b dunn were very sorry to hear of the unfortunate accident he suffered when he had the mis fortune to fall from a ladder while helping to build a new barn for mr alf michell mr and mrs allan michell were saturday evening guests at the pearse home mrs wm michell entertained mr and mrs allan michell and family in honour of her sons birthday one day last week mr and mrs w smetham called on friends in the commun ity recently mrs alf michell entertained mrs wm simpson and family of agincourt also mrs hill and family one afternoon cottage prayer meetng will be held at the home of mr and mrs c postill on tuesday feb 19th at 8 pm the evening church service under the leadership of the young peoples was enjoyed by all the splendid address given by mr mcmurray also the mus ical numbers by the young peo ple we sincerely trust they will take charge again in the near future the home of mrs t philip with following were winners mrs bagshaw mrs davis and mrs mutch mr w carlton mr r j nesbit and mr hpugh tra velling prizes went to mr and mrs h plaxton mrs wm knox another of a good attendance mrs geo willson took the devotional during the business period plans were made for the march meet ing which is to bo held in the church when claremont green wood and chcrrywood was j our wellknown citizens who has j will be guests the special spea ker for this meeting will be mrs k r rose vicepresident of the dominion council mrs h barclay program convener gave a very interesting reading assisted by mrs n burton an other pleasant evening was brought to a close with a dainty- lunch served by the hostesses mrs thos philip and mrs chas burrows mr and mrs harold hubbard and family isited with their grandparents mr and mrs m hamilton on sunday not been well for some time was taken to oshawa hospital for treatment on sunday all join in wishing her a speedy recov ery mr kenneth beer started on monday to continue his course at a mechanical school in to ronto the girls of the 4h club held a valentine party on saturday evening at the home of miss j freda philip with every mem ber present games and music were enjoyed during the even ing and every member received sir and mrs h robertson i a valentine from the valentine and mrs lcmmon of toronto box the meeting closed with a called on mrs matthews on sun- dainty lunch served by the hos- day afternoon tesses miss freda philip and congratulations to mr and i miss dorothy willson to keep your emotions under control may be bad for your health but its good for your soul tomato grower two time winner mr art wideman right farmer on the markham-pick- ering townline east of stouff ville was the top tomato pro ducer in this district last summer he was presented with a silver tea service by mr harry coyle left dist rict supervisor the presenta- tion was made at a banquet sponsored by the campbell soup company in newcastle last month mr wideman is a twotime winner of the award he was the top grower in this area in 1948 more than six tons per acre were produced on the wideman farm unfavourable weather conditions made it one of the poorest years on record for local growers jim thomas atha the sympathy of friends in the community is extended to mr david tran in the passing of his sister mrs george cowie of markham mr and mrs a foster and family spent sunday with her parents mr and mrs samuel cave in maple also attended church there congratulations to mr and mrs art wideman who won a beautiful tea service from the campbell soup co for the best quality and acreage of tomatoes last year mr and mrs gren draper and family spent sunday after noon with her mother mrs zell- ers in stouffville mr and mrs peter barrow re turned home from florida on friday after spending some time there miss james from stouffville spent sunday with her sister mr and mrs norman lehman and family mrs ellis milton spent wed nesday afternoon last week with mrs a drapci- mrs murray dunkeld and grandson dougie spent an after- noon recently with mrs a dra per mr and mrs earl boeckner from maple were dinner guests recently with mr and mrs a foster and family mr and mrs murray dun keld miss evelyn and shirley also mrs thomas dunkeld were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs norman bunker al tona vancouver province says chiv alry these days means holding open a door for some dame who will rush in and take the job you wanted to get take advakta6e of this quick thrifty way to profit place a want ad ihthis newspaper now to reach th0s8 that are l00kih6 for your offer the stouffville tribune ten years ago this week an imperial drilling crew discovered oil near leduc alberta that discovery has affected the life of almost every canadian the stouffville tribune sihce leduc in 1946 canadas own oil fields met only nine percent of her demand today thejr produce about 70 percent of x demand which haa increased by three times in 1946 canadas proven oil reserve were 72 million barrels today there are al most three billion barrels a 40fold increase in 1916 there were just 435 miles of oil pipe line in all canada today there are more than 3000 miles la 1946 there were half a million oillieatcd homes in canada today there are more than a million and a half 40 percent of all the homes in canada the crew at imperial leduc no 1 that winters day knew that very few wells drilled in unproven territory find oil in commercial quantities this could be just another well in a long series of failures 133 of them at a cost of 23000000 which imperial had drilled in western canada when imperial leduc no 1 came in on february 13 1917 the elated crew knew they had made an important discovery what they couldnt know was just how important their discovery was for imperial leduc no 1 encouraged not only imperial but hundreds of other companies to look for i i and to find i more oil in canada what were the results i a fastgrowing oil producing industry etn- ploying thousands new refineries andexpansion of old ones birth of dozens of new industries large savings of foreign exchange that would have been spent on oil imports a surer supply of oil for canada nor has rhis development reached its peak though about four billion dollars have al ready been invested in finding and developing canadian oil experts predict another 20 billion will be spent during the next 25 years bringing us still more industries more jobs and of course more oil lcducs birthday was a happy day for us all i imperial oil limited so