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pm 8 im stooffwui tmiunt vanity october 17 1957 laremont and pickering township district mr 3nd mrs allan tomlin- ton and family hamilton were visitors with dr and mrs n f tomllnson miss georgie forsyth has been spending a few days at home on thursday she left for a vacation in bermuda the local legionaires were edged 43 by oshawa on satur day night in a close contest mr and mrs bill hicks of whitby were sunday visitors with wilmot hills and other friend- in the village mr and mrs mick mcleod spent the weekend in the al gonquin park district the local fire reel was sum moned to burtons store on monday morning but the dam age was not extensive the telegram colour tour pased through the village on sunday afternoon and moved east to chalk lake a large number of buses and dozens of cars comprised the cavalcade mr gord taylor operator of taylors restaurant said that their customer business was an alltime record mainly due to the tely tour a large number of cars passed through the vill age on monday also mr and mrs frank hollings- head spent the weekend at their cottage at parry sound the flu bug is still rampant in the village it has hit the teen agers hard and many absentees are still reported at pickering district high school the at tendance at the saturday night- dance was down from the open ing evening the flu has been blamed for the drop in attend ance mr and mrs jack norton and family visited with mr and mrs lloyd mason on sunday mr and mrs don beelby of toronto were weekend visitors with mr and mrs bob beelby mr and mrs l p lippert motored to ottawa during the weekend to visit their daughter and husband the funeral service for the late elizabeth margaret bes sie graham was held in the claremont baptist church on tuesday afternoon at 230 her sudden passing on friday came as a shock to residents here following a first attack she was removed to the toronto welles- ley hospital where she suffered a second heart seizure she is survived by her parents mr and mrs james graham of claremont and a brother t stewart graham also of clare mont the service was conduct ed by rev h h lackey inter ment was made in the union cemetery claremont mr and mrs legge and miss joan hennessey of toronto were thanksgiving day visitors with mr and mrs r f cooper mr and mrs blake briscoe of toronto visited with his parents mr and mrs james briscoe on sunday mr and mrs joe symes of stouflville and mrs mabel tin- dall of toronto were visitors with mr and mrs jim coates on sunday visitors with mrs arthur prouse on sunday were milton edgar and lome prouse mr and mrs wm nicholson of ag- incourt and mr and mrs tom hammond and family rev and mrs h h lackey and family visited with his bro ther mr and mrs frank lackey of fraserville on monday the two families marked the birth days of a sister miss mary lac key of peterboro and their mo ther mrs james lackey of fra- eerville sixtysix women and seven men left on two chartered buses from the hamlet of udora fifteen miles north of off to see the queen uxbridge early sunday morn- the tourists laden with food ing to see queen elizabeth and luggage met in front of and prince philip in ottawa the home of mrs beryl smith the organizer of the trip mo tel accommodation was ar ranged in ottawa two months previous j thomas glasgow our school was closed for 3 days last week while the flu bug made its rounds happy birthday greetings to dennis and dale dowswell who celebrated their first birthday on the twelfth the countryside is a blaze of glory with autumn color and glasgow has its share village residential a small village cannot live on residential assessment alone warned reeve cyril mor- ley of pickering village speak ing to a large gathering of resi dents in the community of west rouge on thursday night the meeting was organized by the west rouge community asso ciation the community is pres ently giving consideration to a plan to break away from pick ering township and incorporat ing as a selfgoverning village the west rouge community is located in the extreme south west corner of pickering town ship their present population is 1000 their assessmen is over 1070000 reeve morley the guest spea ker at the public meeting in formed the gathering that no new phase of government would completely solve all problems education water sewerage and roads are all headaches to any municipality he said the pickering village reeve pointed out that a lack of wa ter prior to incorporation was their biggest problem he ex plained that after striking an artesian well the township council declined to float deben tures to cover the cost of a water system more than qwo of the residents in the village signed a petition to incorporate in 1953 thebreak with the township was completed since that time the population has grown from 944 to 1319 and the assessment from 6s8000 to 1199700 in addition 30 new homes are under construction turning to the question of industrial land reeve morley stated that a lack of suitable industrial and commercial pro perties posed a serious problem for his village industry re quires considerable land and we havent got it he said deputyreeve sherman scott a resident of the west rouge informed the ratepayers that following any proposed ineor- a meeting for north pickering ratepayers in the claremont community hail wednesday oct 23rd at s pm come and hear the township council discuss a proposed water system for south pickering this is vital to you meeting arranged by the claremont business and community association poration a doubled mill rate could be expected for at least a year dep reeve scott stated that he believed the areas great est expense would be involved in administration he pointed out however that in other serv ices such as fire police and gar bage the rate would be relative ly unchanged he noted that the community would probably gain on the cost of road upkeep and construction he discouraged the idea of a police village its something and nothing he said dep reeve scott explained that if the community is ser ious about incorporating as a village it would be necessary for a 75name petition to be for warded to the ontario municipal board mr howard williams presi dent o the community associa tion informed the gathering that it was not intended to hold any further discussion on the matter were sitting strictly on the fence he said rouge ratepay bid for 27000 a bid by the west rouge ki wanis club to erect a 27000 community centre in their area of pickering township received an almost unanimous vote of confidence at a public meeting on thursday evening of last week it will be necessary to raise approximately 20000 by cash donations and public pled ges a 5000 government grant will be available in addition to 2000 from the kiwanis clubs funds mr james lynn president of the west rouge kiwanis club headed the discussion he point ed out that there was a great need in the area for such a centre he noted however that the service club desired the support of the entire commun ity in order to promote the pro ject an existing barn will be renovated chairman of the pic kering twp recreation com mute mr edgar james and member mr robt stewart were in attendance reeve wm law- son and dep reeve sherman mr and mrs e carswell and daughter lynn also mr and mrs k bent and family all of oshawa visited their mother mrs w hamilton during the holiday weekend mr and mrs ross willson and daughter ruth also mr and mrs l beach of brampton and mr and mrs j remmer were guests of mr and mrs w c willson during the weekend brougham news the regular weekly euchre end was held on tuesday evening last when the following were winners mrs hardy mrs good win mrs pilkey mr r pilkey mr goodwin and mr g hardy mr and mrs a m crocker of agincourt called on their aunt mrs matthews on sunday mrs j empringham visited with her sister mrs mairs one day last week mrs gannon of toronto visit ed with her brother warren and mrs willson and other friends during the weekend a car load of friends from here attended the funeral of the late mr honey at port perry on monday last anniversary services will be held in st johns church hero on sunday october 27 at 230 in the afternoon rev mr davis of stouffville will be guest spea ker witli the claremont baptist i choir in charge of the music while at 730 pm the guest speaker will be rev mr david son witli audley choir every one welcome wi meeting the regular meeting of the brougham womans institute was held in the township hall on tuesday afternoon october s the president mrs h barc lay was in charge the secre- tary read the minutes of the previous meeting and also the financial report mrs burrows card convener gave the card report mrs brad- shaw read the resolution the meeting was then turned over to the program convener mrs geo gray who gave a very in teresting paper on historical re search roll call was answered by a verse from an autograph album meeting closed by all j singing god save the queen lunch was then served by the hostesses mrs bradshaw mrs glen and mrs ellicott mr and mrs j h madill of port credit viited with dean and mr mairs one day last week mr and mrs r j ford and family also mr and mrs v ellicott and family of toronto visited their parents w h and mrs ellicott during the week- atha mr and mrs ed macaloney visited on sunday with mr and mrs morley smalley brian re turned home with his parents after spending the weekend holiday with ralphy mr and mrs norman leh man and family called on friends on sunday afternoon in ux bridge mr fred draper eileen fre da and joanne were thanksgiv ing dinner guests with his par ents mr and mrs albert dra per on sunday rev dearmont stouffville mr and mrs ted brent and betty from whitby spent mon day evening with the carruth- ers family visitors at the c bielby home during the weekend were mr and mrs woods from hamilton mr and mrs e strong from st george mr and mrs ed bear- inger colleen and beverley of elmira mr and mrs r meyer and mr a reesor cedar grove mr and mrs gren draper en tertained his parents mr and mrs a draper to a turkey sup per on monday evening also mrs tellers of stouffville spent friday with her daughter mr and mrs g draper mr and mrs gordon over land and family of kingston spent the thanksgiving holiday with their paients mr and mrs david tran ami mrs overland claremont guests on thanksgiving day at the home of mr and mrs al bert foster were her parents mr and mrs sam cave brother i mr john cave miss jennie mur ray and mr and mrs tucker scott were also present it was proposed that a sevenmember board should operate the cen tre including representatives of the township council the ki wanis club and the west rouge womens association mr lynn noted that it might be possible to convert a portion of the base ment into municipal offices in the advent of future incorpora tion the public meeting followed a five man delegation that at tended pickering twp council recently expressing opposition to the proposed project at that time the parties stated that there was little or no need for a community centre in their area as recreational facilities were adequate greenwood there will be the regular ser vices this sunday the 20th with sunday school- at 1015 and church at 1130 a promotion service will be held during serv ice rev and mrs moore have been victims of the flu this past week along with a number of other cases in and around the village hope they may all soon recover of this illness a joint thanksgiving and ral ly day service was held last sunday mrs gerald henning told the childrens story and the choir sang a thanksgiving num ber there was not too large a crowd owing to so much sick ness mr and mrs guest who have been living in part of mr wards house has purchased a johns property north of the seventh concession mr johns expects to visit england for a while before returning to toronto to make his home there mr and mrs scriver welcom cd a new baby to their home last wednesday mrs r cole spent the week end witli her son and wife we welcome mr and mrs boyd and family to our vicinity they moved onto the simmons farm better known as the lloyd pegg farm mr guy gireau of toronto spent over the holiday with his friend ed pegg the ypu met in the church basement sunday night with da vid pegg leading in faith and evangelism mr and mrs clark major of whitevale and mrs brickwood and baby of maikham visited last sunday afternoon at the milton pegg home ken brooks alf pegg bar bara brooks and sheila pegg spent last sunday at pine lake all from maple mr and is h baker enter tained on thanksgiving day his brother mr kenneth baker miss doris steckley his grand mother mrs i cook also mr e cook all from gormley prize winners at the euchre on saturday evening at the school were 1st mrs sheridan mrs bill mitchell con miss eileen riddle gents mr d dunkeld mr o draper con mr john bielby travelling mr black scries mrs h tho mas mr d durkeld green river i very sorry to hear that a goodly number of the children and adults as well are victims j of the flu bug we trust that all will soon be well again the many friends of mrs wj rudman are indeed sorry to hear that she suffered a stroke last- week at the time of writ ing her condition is not as well as they would like it to be miss sheila lewis of fonti hill was a weekend guest of mr arid mrs a pearse i mrs little a nurse at the scarboro general hospital is j spending a couple weeks holiday with her friend mrs m draper mrs w duncan and mr w plowing matches successful events duncan entertained their fam ilies and their relatives to a thanksgiving dinner on mon day those present were mrs a mckay and mr w mckay of toronto also mr and mis a trewatha of maikham mr and mrs d duncan of brooklin mr and mrs g jouncan and family of maikham mr and mrs roy carter were guests of mr and mrs fred carter to a thanksgiving dinner on the holiday mr and mrs l pegg enter tained their families to a good oldfashioned dinner on sunday mr and mrs h ridge of to ronto were holiday visitors at the hutchings home mr and mrs yetta and family of willowdale spent the week end with mr and mrs w sine- tham mr and mrs r hamilton had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs t robinson of locust hill pleased to hear that little ka- thy michell is able to be at home again and is feeling much belter the ladies aid held their meeting at the home of mrs m draper on wednesday evening of last week the devotional part of the meeting was in charge of mrs c anthony who had ar ranged a most interesting pro gram mrs w turner gave a most interesting paper on what we have to be ttiankful for this paper was an inspiration to all who heard it and made one realize how fortunate we are to j live in a free country at the conclusion of the meeting the hostess mrs a michell and mrs mailes served a most de licious lunch a very pleasant surprise in the form of a birthday party took place at the home of mr and mrs h hornshaw in honor of mr roy carter whose birth day was on saturday last there were about twenty members of the immediate family present needless to say a good time was enjoyed by all the beautiful decorations of flowers and fruit with which the church was decorated on sun day in honor of thanksgiving was the work of the young peo ple under the capable leadership of mr and mrs w binsted as a great deal of work was in volved in this a special vote of thanks is extended to those re sponsible and they can be as sured that the effort was appre ciated by those attending the services on sunday the young people will meet in the church on friday evening of this week at 8 oclock miss helen white spent the weekend at the home of her par ents mr and mrs a white mrs a cook and family and mr and mrs elkin of agin court called on mr and mrs r hamilton on sunday mr and mrs w binsted were sunday evening callers at the hutchings home mr and mrs w layie of to ronto spent sunday with mr and mrs c postill also miss dianne postill was at the home of her parents for the weekend miss mary lehman spent sun day with miss shirley postill next sunday evening the church service will be in charge of a group of men from toron to a most cordial invitation is extended to all to come and meet with us at 730 pm the plowing match sponsored by the south ontario plowmens association was held on wed- nesday october 9th on the farm of howard malcolm son lo- cust hill rr 1 this was a splendid plowing match with 41 lands being plowed the judges were mr win timbers stouffj ville and mr alvin mark oak- i wood the plowing match sponsored i by the north ontario plowmens association was held on the farm of mr wm smith rath- burn on thursday october 10 this was a splendid match also with 20 lands being plowed judges w timbers and g tran the results of these two plow- ing matches are as follows south ontario plowing match wednesday october nth class 1 sod jointer plows 1st ivan bell kirkiield 2nd herb jarvis agincourt 3rd james lee greenbank class 3 tractors in sod 1st joe tran claremont 2nd wm j dixon brampton 3rd doug reid brampton 4th hugh baird blackwater 5th wm hostrawser milton rr 1 6th j norman tindall richmond hill 7th ivan mclaughlin sloiift- ville 8th 11 j couperthwaite i uxbridge rr3 sill norman robson maple class 4 tractors in sod open to ontario county junior farmers under 21 years 1st john gorrell sunderland class 5 stubble jointer plows 1st ed timbers clare mont 2nd anthony feather- stone milliken 3rd gerald bell wood ville class 6 stubble tractor 1st eldred king maikham 2nd howard nesbitt woodville class 7 stubble tractor 1st nick aland maikham class 8 stubble tractor 1st don dunkeld claremont 2nd ivan degeer stouffville class 9 tractors in stubble 1st bruce oldham mount al bert 2nd geo malcolm locust hill rr1 3rd wayne diceman woodbridge 4th stephen lan caster beaverton 5th lloyd larose maikham rr2 class 10 tractors in stubble open to high school students 1st wm mcmillan seagrave rr2 2nd howard malcolm lo cust hill rr1 class 11 stubble open to all 1st leonard wellman queens- ville i class 12 utility class 1st hugh baird blackwater 2nd joe tran claremont 3rd nor man tindall richmond hill 4th don dunkeld claremont 5th howard nesbitt woodville 6th jack couperthwaite uxbridge 7th doug reid brampton 8th wm hostrawser malton rr1 9th leonard wellman queens- ville 10th eldred king mark- ham 11th norman robson ma ple 12th nick aland markham 13th bill dixon brampton horse show 1st herb jarvis agincourt 2nd ed timbers claremont 3rd ivan bell kirkiield 4th anthony featherstone milli ken 5th wm hill uxbridgii rr 3 6th gerald bell wood- ville rr 3 special by ken prenticemark- ham won by bruce oldham mount albert esso champion tractor plow special won by jack couper thwaite uxbridge rr3 esso champion horse plow special won by james lee greenbank eatons of canada junior championship trophy won by wm mcmillan seagrave r2 hon m b dymotid special silver tray won by joe tran claremont rr 2 n ontario plowing match thursday october 10th class 1 jointer plow in sod 1st herb jarvis agin court 2nd ivan bell kirkiield class 3 tractor in sod boys under 16 years of age 1st wayne thornton orillia rr 1 2nd larry bagshaw wil- frid class 4 tractors in sod 1st don dunkeld claremont 2nd hugh baird blackwater continued on page 9 pickering native dies in 94th year the death occurred at st bernards nursing home tor onto tuesday oct 8 of ellen garland widow of james mc- brady the deceased who was in her 94th year had been in failing health since 1942 born at cherrywood picker ing township on october 4 1861 the deceased lived in oshaw from 1910 until 1930 and spent the greater part of the remain der of her life in the audley district she was a member o st francis de sales roman ca tholic church pickering predeceased by her husband on dee 16 1921 she leaves three daughters mrs joseph jordan josephine of oshawa mrs john f scollard ella of brantford and mrs a h cob- ham mary of toronto and one son james of detroit also surviving are a sister mrs louise windsor a bro ther joseph garland both of cherrywood 12 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren the remains were at the armstrong funeral chapel high requiem mass was sung by rev a mcmahon in st fran cis de sales church pickering at 10 am on thursday inter ment was in st francis de sales cemetery this is the week for that new automatic washer or dryer see several price ranges now on display general electric or inglis ready to be installed in your home you will be surprised at the deal you can make at hendricks hardware stouffville phone 283w quick change of scene this can happen overnight by the time you hear of appro snow storms on the late evening news its too laic to do anything about it wise moiori will plan well in advance this year by seeing their goodyear dealer now for new cust suburbanite winter tires youll save lost hours and inconvenience when the snow f if you do he sure you get genuine new custom suburbanite winter tires by goodyear for your truck ask for 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