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peg 8 tjfl siowryrl thwhf teoiy xjrl is w37 claremont and pickering township district mrs robert martoa entertain- 1 the good friday e erir ser- cd a a dinner party at sandle- vice will be held jointly with tha wood in honour ol her parents baptist congregation in the 50th wedding anniversary mr united church both choirs will and mrs smith of toronto mr be in charge of the special mus- and mrs c smith and ronald ic a food attendance of com- wreoutoftown guests munity folk is expected on this an additttion is being made very special easter occasion to taylors restaurant which service will commence at 739 will erve both as a showroom oclock ard living quarters mr bob the goodfellowship class cele- hocklev is doing the carpenter brated their ltth anniversary work last tuesday evening with a a meeting of the claremont banquet for all members in the community league softball ex- sunday school room those as- ecutive was held on monday sisting in the service were mrs evening at coopers store i m anderson president of the mr and mrs dave hayward class mrs reynolds mrs ped- have moved back to gore bay die mrs hill mr mcconnell they have been residents in the mr w evans with mrs jack- village for the past nine months son singing a solo at the close thee were seventeen tables there was a film shown by the of euchre at the community upper canada bible society rep- hall on fridav evening spon- resentative rev mr rudd re- sored bv the claremont foot- vealing the persecution of mar- ball club un luther the members of the the newly organized archery baptist church were present at club has a membership of 35 this service cons birthday greetings are ex- the first claremont cub pack tended to mrs morgan evans held a hike on saturday morn- who celebrated her 82nd birth ing to sky loft returning in the day on monday april loth she afternoon the group cooked is in good health and able to their own lunch over an open enjoy each day and do her fire messrs jack mansell and household duties we all wish bob greer were in charge of her continued blessings through the boys i th year several from here travelled to i sacrament service was ob- pickering merchants orha senior champions brougham to hear mr ronald gostick on thursday afternoon mr gosticks address dealt with communism wo understand a number of children and grownups have been confined to their homes lately with chickenpox and mild attacks of measles next sunday morning in the baptist church the junior choir will assist the regular choir during the service rev and mrs rudd of york ministerial were visitors at the baptist church last sunday morning and at the united chu rch in the evening they were guests of rev h and mrs lac key for the day the funeral of the late mr david scott former resident of claremont who has been a bed patient at his home for a number of years was held at claremont on monday afternoon of this week arriving about 3 oclock from his late residence in fenelon falls we regret to report that mrs j coates is on the sick list we trust she may soon be up end around again the brownies and guides groups canvassed the village last week with a basket of var ious articles for sale mr and mrs lloyd linton are presently occupying rooms with mrs dawson while their new house is being constructed ava meeting the womans association will hold their regular evening meet ing at 8 oclock on wednesday april 24th following the sup per served by group one which commences at 530 pm served in the united church last sunday morning six young teen agers members of the sunday school and junior choir joined the church and were welcomed by members of the official board we express our sympathy to mr and mrs loss hill on the death of his sister mrs regin ald nighswander lockport n y who died on april 6th 1957 out of town guests at the lin tonnorton wedding in clare mont ont on april cth included mr and mrs george norton miss janet carr and mrs j f norton of oshawa mr and mrs ted martin newcastle mr and mrs james boyle richmond hill mr and mrs isaac myers edgely ont mrs laurine de rusha lindsay and mrs clif ford hendry of uxbridge close to 2000 pounds of maple syrup has been shipped to mr g m forsyth for distribution in the village and district the orders were filled by mr wm bates of estons corners near smiths falls mr bates is a former claremont resident the annual claremont guide and brownie mother and daugh ter banquet will be held in the community hall on thursday evening may 2nd at 630 pm the pickering merchants coached by jerry junkin cap tured the ontario rural hoc key association senior cham pionship last week beating retaining the honours they dresden in 2 straight games captured last year the win- they trounced their opposition ning club is pictured above 132 in the second game thus left to right front row are wilmot gates bruce richard son red fleming gold comport bob mclntyre rear row jack arnott pete laccy jim cruikshank ted rogers john jones frank remmer bob burns and jerry junkin coach pickering twp red cross drive nets 351326 a total of 535136 has been raised in the pickering town ship annual red cross society drive held last month the cam paign chairman mr gerald all- man stated that the final re turns had now been received according to a provincial re port pickering township and pickering village ranked high on the list with regard to their total collections there were 1523 doners there were 21 sep arate district captains and so canvassers the total subscriptions in 1957 were considerably higher than in 1956 when s267425 was collected in 1955 s2s2300 was collected mr allman was well satisfied with the returns he said the donations from the ru ral areas was exceptionally good a considerable portion of the 1957 funds will be used to fin ance the purchase of the brock road school which will now be come the central headquarters lor the pickering twp society in addition a considerable am ount of money will be spent on equipment and supplies swim ming for handicapped children and nursing needs new county jail residence likely to cost 850000 ontario county councillors i an addition is needed in later learned last week that the new years he said the cost would be wedding linton norton claremont united church was the scene of a wedding on satur day afternoon april 6th when noreen beatrice norton daugh ter of mr and mrs alvin nor ton of goodwood was united in marriage with william lloyd linton son of mr and mrs levi linton of balsam reverend w lackey officiated for the ceremony the bride chose a navy suit on tailored lines with which she wore a pink nylon blouse a small pink hat with veiling matching accessor ies and a corsage of pink and white carnations miss jean linton sister of the bridegroom was bridesmaid wearing a fitted suit of cloud grey her small hat accessories and carnation corsage were pink mr reginald kennedy perform ed the duties of best man a reception was held at the home of the brides parents in good wood for the immediate fam ilies where the brides mother received the guests assisted by the mother of the bridegroom the newly wedded couple left later for a honeymoon trip to points in the united states and on their return will reside at claremont ontario green river mr and mrs w chafen visit ed with mr and mrs c norton of toronto sorry to hear that mr r hamilton is under the doctors care his many friends wish him a speedy recovery mrs f hutchings of clare mont and miss r hutchings were guests on sunday with mrs d shank mr and mrs pegg and family visited with friends at mount albert on sunday sorry to hear that mrs levett is ill with pleurisy we trust she will soon be feeling much better mrs w hamilton entertained mrs v ireson one day last week the ladies aid held a most interesting meeting on wednes day of last week when they entertained their friends of whitevale and claremont mis sion circles there were about thirtyfive present mrs d tofflemirc of toronto who is director of toronto seniors cir cles was the guest speaker also mrs jones who is president of the toronto district spoke brief ly a good friday service will be held in the churcn at 8 pm when a colored film the cruel- fixion will be shown and there will also be special music by the choir everyone welcome air boats of the florida ever glades are propellerdriven by an old automobile engine mount ed above a shallowdraft scow these modern boats can float in two inches of water and skim through the swamps at 30 to 40 miles an hour t v v v v v w t garden and lawn supplies vegetable seeds packets bulk lawn grass bulk packets containing the new merion blue grass fiard e n fertilizers l a w n m o w e r s hoes rakes spades claremont coop jail and governors residence will cost ss50000 when the pro ject was first mentioned last year an estimate as low 400000 was put on the cost of the two buildings which are to be constructed on byron st s between the baseline and the cnr station the higher cost will mean that the county and the city of osh awa will be required to contrib ute 5275000 each the province will pay 300000 the province had previously committed itself for 200000 but later application by warden morley bain dr m b dymond mpp and t d thomas mpp brought the pro vinces share up to 300000 deputyreeve stan martin of whitby chairman of the county property commiitee presented the report covering the commit tees action on the new jail reeve william lawson of pick ering twp noting that the prov ince would pay 300000 towards the total cost stated that this represented about 40 percent he noted that previously the province had agreed to pay 200000 which was onehalf of the total estimated cost of 400000 at that time deputyreeve martin explained that the province had at first agreed to pay 50 percent of the cost up to a maximum of 200000 now following nego tiations with the province he said they had agreed to pay 300000 an arrangement he said which compared to the provinces arrangement with to ronto for the cost of an addition to the don jail deputyreeve pat duffy of mara twp asked why the price had jumped to 759000 from previous high estimates late last year of 600000 deputyreeve martin stated that the new jail would have me chanical facilities such as boiler laundry kitchen which would service a 100cell jail the pres ent plans call for 50 cells plus other cells such as hospital soli tary confinement overnight cells which would bring the total ca pacity to 6s in the event that only the actual cost of building the cells reeve walter beath of east whitby twp stated that so few county jails have been built in recent years that ontarios jail required architects to make ex tensive studies and left county officials with little to go on from other centres deputyreeve duffy again not ed that last years plans by the architect had been estimated to cost no more than 600000 now he said the price is raised by 150000 he noted that the archi tect received a fee of 46000 they should be able to submit a lot of good ideas he said reeve john mcfayden of mara twp said that the archi tects should have been able to take a trip around the world to study other jails for the 46000 deputyreeve martin explained that the fees are set on a per centage of the cost of the build ing the architects he said had inspected jails in new york city during their deliberations warden morley bain asked the committee to be sure that noth ing was to be included in the building which is not absolutely necessary this is strictly a service building which we have to provide and residents there should not be looking for all the comforts of home he said reeve kenneth lee of whitby said that the committee had dis cussed the plans with the dept of reform institutions and found there was no place where they could be cut dowrt paint ing of the jail and landscaping of the grounds would be done by the prisoners he said governors residence speaking to the report where the committee had rejected all bids for the governors house deputyreeve martin noted that the committee recommended that tenders be called later for this job on revised plans and specifications he said that he was sure that a governors resi dence could be built for 15000 the cost of the jail and resi dence was set with the total be ing 850000 shopping centre to hold 1st easter parade greenwood news the official board of the assisting with the lunch the phone 3s r aaaafrdiaaaa claremont church met on tuesday night with a good attendance the sigmac boys held their regular meeting in the basement of the church mrs tait is visiting with her daughter mrs ross jackman for a few days during the church service last sunday morning three new members were admitted into the church these were miss sharon clarke john plaxton and ste phen jackman the sacrament of the lords supper was ob served at this service and tiie choir sang a very suitable num ber for palm sunday a number of folk have been victims of colds this past week the afternoon wa held their regular meeting in the basement of the church last thursday af ternoon group 2 had charge of the worship service with the theme hymn scripture reading by mrs m pegg hymn 1s3 lesson thoughts by mrs brook i hymn 1s7 and prayer by mrs minaker minutes of last meet- ling were read and approved after a short business period conducted by the president we j resumed quilling mrs john brooks served lunch the may meeting is to be at the church greenwood wa meeting the april meeting of the j greenwood ev wa was held at i the home of mrs e trimble iwith co hotcss mrs wm maxwell nzsi mrs- lcs wiucn the first easter parade in oshawas history will be held on easter sunday april 21st be tween 2 and 4 pm at the osh awa shopping centre king st west at stevenson road in oslv awa the gala parade will be one of the most exciting and colorful events ever planned for oshawa and district and is ex pected to draw thousands of spectators and participants from cobourg to scarborough sponsoring this event is the oshawa shopping centre mer chants association the special program includes marching groups representing the sea air and army cadets four bands will be taking part in the parade these are the ontario regiment band the general motors pipe band the oshawa pipe band and the bowmanville training school band in addi tion there will be a display of antique cars as well as all the 1957 models a corps of twenty drum majorettes will take part in the parade and together with a bevy of beautiful girls dressed in a variety of period as well as the newest and most fashionable ensembles will provide appeal for the masculine spectators free easter eggs will be dis tributed by the easter bunnies to all the children at the centre on easter sunday also of interest to all the children in the area will be the childrens easter fun week during the easter holidays from monday april 22nd to satur day april 27th during this week at the shopping centre show each day for young and old alike will be taking place three times a day at 1030 in the morning and at 200 and 400 in the afternoon art hebb president of the oshawa shopping centre mer chants association stated that easter at the oshawa shopping centre will be one which the people of oshawa and district will long remember bloomingtgn quite a large group of folks from here went to vivian church last tuesday evening and put on the programme the warm hospitality and fellowship was much enjoyed good friday morning april the 19th at 11 pm there will be a christian endeavour mission ary easter service in the stoulf- ville memorial church the speaker will be rev gibson of stouffville baptist church visitors with mr and mrs c lemon and miss helen lemon last week were miss stirrett of london over thursday night and miss p smith and mr crampton of ottawa over the weekend mrs dougherty opened her home thursday evening when over thirty ladies held a social evening and also viewed the large display of work made by the sewing group this will presently be sent on for mis sionary distribution mrs t clark mrs e- fockler mrs news from brougham barkey and mrs burton of viv- shows of interest a different ian were welcome guests news from kinsale worship service was conducted by miss e ormerod and the business by the president mrs wm pegg the committee for the wedding supper for miss was in charge of mrs r lee and joyce closson made known its mrs h stell and consisted of mrs a hooker w a meeting the womens association met at the home of the president mrs m parkin on thursday evening meeting opened with the ode and motto mrs r mowbray had charge of the de votional the theme being what does easter mean to you mrs mowbray first gave a paper based on the theme followed by a hymn and scripture lesson read by mrs h moore another hymn and prayer closed the de votional roll call was answered with birthday money during the business session the ladies decided to purchase six more small chairs for our growing sunday school the programme plans as did the bazaar com mittee the bazaar is to be held on saturday june 8 in the church basement tickets were given to the members to sell for our hill billy musical var iety show saturday night in cat track hollow to be presented on friday april 26 and saturday april 27 in the church auditorium we are hop ing many of our friends in nei ghbouring communities will be present at both our variety show this month and our ba zaar in june use easter seas holp s crippled children seasonal readings and a parlor game meeting closed with an easter hymn and prayer a very tasty lunch was served by the hostess wms meeting the wms of our greenwood circuit met at the home of mrs l waltham kinsale on thurs day last the easter devotional period was taken by mrs wal tham the study on hong kong and formosa was taken by mrs r mowbray it was decided to hold a supply tea in kinsale church in june at the close of the meeting the hostess served lunch and a social half hour was spent the sigmac boys met at the church on monday evening tcrsonals mr and mrs k rudkin and linda of ajax were recent visi tors with mr and mrs howard stell messrs jim and bert mitchell of ttica spent sunday with mr j and mrs milton parkin miss jane scott of the to ronto telegram will be guest speaker at brougham wms easter thankoffering meeting which is to be held on tuesday april 30th at 230 pm day light saving time in brougham church a cordial invitation is extended to all ladies of the community to attend this meet ing mr alex gray and son owen visited with mrs wm gray on sunday special good friday service will be held in the church on friday afternoon april 19 at 230 a special invitation is ex tended to all to be present mrs seebeck and daughter zella of markham visited with the formers granddaughter mrs a wilson mr and mrs ross bailey of toronto were guests of mr and mrs a wilson on sunday rev mr rudd representing the bible society was guest speaker at st johns church on sunday afternoon and gave a very interesting and instructive talk on the work of the bible society in this and other lands we are sorry to hear that mr jos barjak jr is in the hos pital all join in wishing him a speedy recovery the regular weekly euchre sponsored by the womans insti tute was held in the hall on tuesday evening last when the jack hooker mr and mrs ralph lee were sunday visitors with mr and mrs r davidson at raglan and were also recent visitors with blackstock and whitby relatives mrs jim hadley and gail of port perry were weekend visi1 tors with walter and mrs mit chell mr and mrs jack kirk- ham of oshawa were also sun day visitors mr and mrs lawrence gray brenda and sheila spent sunday with mr and mrs carmen stokes oshawa mr and mrs harold avery and family of burketon were recent visitors with clifford and mrs lee mrs w wren and daughters of toronto spent the weekend with her sister mrs howard stell mr and mrs stell ac companied them to toronto on sunday for a visit with their parents mr and mrs barnctt harris mr bert gibson of oshawa and mr gordon pengelly of to ronto were recent guests of mr and mrs arch bunker dr and mrs john thomson of woodstock visited their parents at kinsale and brooklin last weekend mr and mrs o rogers of oshawa were wednesday visi tors at the home of mr and mrs george curl mr and mrs l empringham barbara and charlie attended the hockey game at port perry on tuesday evening mrs j wagg and mrs j stell spent last wednesday in to ronto mr and mrs ed lee brook lin visited with mr and mrs r lee atha congratulations to mr and mrs frank bielby who celebrat ed their wedding anniversary on thursday april 11th they were presented with a lovely wedding cake mr and mrs gren draper will celebrate their wedding an niversary on april 18th mrs f powell visited mrs maedonald on monday after noon when master scottie pow ell visited at the carruthers home on thursday afternoon last week a number of ladies gather ed at the home of mr and mrs frank bielby in honour of mr and mrs cor vanderguest and to present them with a gift be fore leaving for their new home near coldwater they thanked the ladies for their beautiful gift after a dainty lunch was served on monday afternoon mr and mrs russell davidson from whitby had tea with mr and mrs murray dunkeld and fam ily mr and mrs norman lehman entertained two of the choir singers from bethel college they were director franklin lusk from indiana and burton schultz from clawson mich mr and mrs albert foster entertained her parents mr and mrs sam cave also her sister mr and mrs b tucker all from maple for sunday din ner there were 14tables at the euchre last week ladies win ners mrs d cougar mrs j trail miss eileen riddle trav elling mrs e taylor gents mr ii thomas mr a latcham con mr d mcdowell travel ling prize mr e hammond the last of the season will be held at the school on april 24th following were winners mrs j davis mrs m ellicott and mrs j empringham mr h pugh mr h plaxton and mr r pil- key special prizes went to mrs ii- malcolm and mr n burton mr and mrs mitchell of to ronto visited with mr and mrs al harvey one evening last week congratulations to mr and mrs murray beelby on the ar rival of another little son mr and mrs ken pascoe and daughters donna and debbie visited with mr and mrs hewitt of oshawa during the weekend the many friends of mrs l hopkins are glad to hear that she is improving gradually from the effects of a stroke which she suffered one day last week mr and mrs ronald pascoe and family of whitby visited his brother ken and mrs pascoe on sunday the april meeting of the brougham womans institute was held on tuesday april 9 a brief business session pre ceded the election of officers it was decided to continue the weekly euchres at present as they are still well attended millinery was the subject chosen for the course from the dept the secttreasurers re port was given by mrs n bur ton after contributing to marry good causes the institute still has a satisfactory balance in the treasury a vote of thanks and appreciation for their good work during the past year was given the retiring officers our district president mrs honey who was a visitor at the meet ing kindly consented to conduct the election when the following officers were elected president mrs h barclay 1st vice pros mrs m annis 2nd vice pres mrs harden sectytreas mrs n burton district director mrs m elli cott alt dist director mrs c burrows press secretary mrs glen assistant press secty mrs matthews card convener mrs burrows directors mrs j mitchell mrs w hamilton and mrs j bradshaw federa tion of agriculture mrs so- don pianist mrs j mitchell and mrs w ellicott various committees were also elected the new president mrs barclay made a few appropriate remarks on taking the chair the meeting closed in the usual manner a social time followed with afternoon tea served by the hostesses mrs slieppard mrs geo duncan and mrs al har vey dr claude vipond if time really were money a lot more watches would be pawned in her will an omaha woman provided slooamonth support for hei three dogs a case wheie mr and mrs a holxlcn spent i it wouldnt be so bad to lead a sunday with their daughter little miss kathy cawling of mrs elgin cawling at peterbor- peterborough is spending a ough week with her cousin gail hob- den mr and mrs gordon kidd and daughters barbara beverley and bonnie of mono mills wctc sunday juesls of mr and mr mr and mrs jack hooker ac companied by brooklin friends were in parry sound on satur day where they attended the brooslinparry sound hockey same dogs life gideon bibles a continuing memokia1 macio in moths scmoou hospitais nnom speaking over cklb oshawa on april 22nd 7fi0 pm canadas place in the world ontario riilinic liberal association