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ttf 8 ihi stouffvttl twiunt tfcraby dtctmber 1937 claremont and pickering township district tissie smith was the winner of the coffee maker in the lucky draw made at the santa claus parade on saturday afternoon- it was later learned that tis- sie is the pet house cat belong ing to the geo smith family north claremont since the win ner had to be present to receive the prize tissie was formally presented with the award no doubt she would gladly have traded the coffee maker for a milkmaker rod mcarthur of cnionville was the winner of the first prize shetland pony he took the 10000 cash award however and the pony will now be sold by tender tenders will close on saturday dec 21st connie payne kr 1 claremont was the winner of a fine clock- radio the second prize award mr and mrs carl devitt en tertained their family for a pre- christmas weekend gathering including mrs browes of bowj nwnville john of claremont and bill of willowdale on sunday morning mr bill devitt render ed a tenor solo how lovely are thy dwellings lord in the united church he was ably ac companied by mr dean at the organ the claremont cub pack have withdrawn their meetings until jan sth mr and mrs bruce lehman and mr and mrs doug reyn olds of bowmanville visited with their parents on saturday mr and mrs tom lye of to ronto and mr and mrs don hedges were visitors with mr and mrs ken lye on the week end on the occasion of mrs lyes birthday two sisters of mr jack man- sell were visitors at the mansell home on saturday miss evelyn mansell and mr and mrs r eastmure of toronto other visitors following the clare mont parade were mr and mrs wm lawson and mrs donald cowan of pickering mr dave galloway photogra pher with the monatary times toronto and brother of local businessman mr bert galloway attended the santa claus parade on saturday afternoon with his wife and daughter his pictures will be appearing in the corner store very soon the annual meeting of the claremont public school will be held on dec 30th at 8 pm it has been reported that mrs condy has not been well of late her friends wish her a speedy recovery xvms program the christmas service of wor ship program of the wms was held at the home of mrs tom- linson last thursday afternoon dec 12 owing to the enforced absence of the president mrs sanderson the first vice mrs jackson occupied the chair mrs johnson took the part of leader for the first section all members standing mrs neal led in prayer mrs carson gave the history of missions through the years in connection with wms mrs mclntyre reported the offi cers lor the coming year as fol lows pres mrs sanderson 1st vice mrs jackson christian citizenship press mrs john son secty mrs lehman pian ist mrs lackey assistant mrs devitt it was decided to hold the 1958 meetings in the sunday school a large crowd of both chil dren and adults lined the main street in claremont on satur day afternoon to welcome ful in the district was headed santa claus the long pro- by the oshawa colonial pipe cession one of the mos colour- band the parade had prev iously been scheduled for dec 7th but was postponed due to poor weather scott jr boys and girls calf club honoured goodwood news piease provide ladies man mr charles korsythe of particular interest to all was a short film on the 1956 interna tional plowing match held at brooklin this was followed by a film on safety the miracle of paradise valley mr forsythe and mr ed atha si vicji the claremont santa claus entries this year was no ex- parade has always been noted ception and judges had a diffi- for its colourful school float cult time selecting the win- prefect weather draws large crowds to santa claus parade on sat the weatherman smiled on queen on the claremont public ners the mount pleasant school float from cone 7 pickering was a prizewinner hundreds of children and grown ups in claremont on saturday afternoon as bright sunny skies attracted a huge crowd of spec tators to the annual santa claus parade in spite of a postponement from the prev- w i postponement from the prev- room as in former years dainty ious wee the delay had little refreshments were served by thej eu on the attendance headed hostess and assistant at the close a vote of thanks was ten dered mrs tomlinson for her hospitality little miss jennifer gregg of whitby daughter of mr and mrs gordon gregg has been visiting with mr and mrs hugh gregg her father gordon has been transferred to halifax he is a mining engineer mr and mrs m johnson vis ited with mrs dorothy ormerod and children last sunday after- 1 noon in toronto j up by a colourful troop of high landers from the oshawa colo nial pipe band the lengthy pro cession wended its way down the main street past the judges stand to the four corners it then circled the block and pass ed again in review while santa claus took up his regular posi tion in front of ken wards garage more than 1000 bags of candy were distributed to a neverending lineup of children every class had a large entry making it difficult for the judges prize winners at the legion to se the winners as in past euchre on monday evening dec j years t p schools in the 9th were ladies 1st mrs g i district were well represented hammond 2nd mrs p white somo hart botn mobile group mens 1st walter hardy 2ndj floats and single entries local frank hollingshead ladies conj businessmen and community or- solation kathleen drake mens ganizations also worked hard to consolation frank hutchings door prize arlene drake go supperless to bed and youll sleep like a log says a health cultist like a hollow log ch school float caught the eye of the judges and was awarded first prize altona placed second in the class for smaller schools cedar creek was 1st glasgow 2nd and mt pleasant 3rd in the business float entries sar- co was first and oboyles meat market second the archery club topped the variety float class and the laundry day float was second the cubs guides brownies and scouts finished in that order donald evans ent ered the best decorated bicycle joan wilson was second and norman mcmullen third miss sunray headed the clowns class elvis was second other childrens entries were judged as follows 1st the pied piper recreation assoc the camel norm dennie and sgt pres ton eric jones special awards went to wm reamans chuck wagon eldon wilson as buf falo bill and cliff reynolds an indian in the lucky draw awards rod mcarthur of unionville was the winner of the shetland make the parade one of the best pony he took the 10000 cash in the area the floats depicted everything from story hook rhymes to all- star wrestling bouts there were a number of clowns and decor ated bicycles in the procession pretty karen hayward may correspondents and advertisers due to christmas falling on wednesday his year the next issue of the tribune and the one which will brine annual christmas greetings will be published on monday night dec 23rd correspondents are asked lo have their copy into the newspaper office on saturday the office will he open all day advertising copy should also he received not later than saturday the next issue following will be published on january 2nd i t 9 i 57 m prize the pony will be present ed to the most suitable tender connie payne of r r 1 clare mont won the second prize a clockradio valued at 5200 and tissie smith a persian puss belonging to mr geo smith of north claremont was the legal winner of the third prize coffee maker brougham mrs shea returned home after spending some days with friends around here remember the sunday school concert to be held on friday december 20 in the township hall starting at s pm come and see santa congratulations to mi and mrs grant glover mary mal colm on the arrival of another young daughter mary ellen mr jno harvey who is now working at london spent the weekend at his home here following is a list of winners at last weeks euchre mrs j davis mrs burton mrs mal colm mr owen gray mr h malcolm and mr g hodgson special mr pugh mrs n bur ton mrs shea and mrs carl ton there will be no more eu chres until january 7th 1958 mr and mrs gerald harbron and daughter inajean of myr tle called on their aunt mrs matthews on sunday evening glad to hear that mr russell gray is improving after being laid up during the past week due to an attack of flu the womens institute held their regular meeting on tues day afternoon in the township hall with a very good attend ance this was the christmas meeting for the preschool age children and there were over twenty present santa was there and gave each child a present as well as a bag of candy mrs bradshaw gave a report of the recent convention held in the royal york the secretary read several letters it was de cided to cancel the weekly eu chres until the 7th of january meeting closed with the queen followed by an abundant lunch served by the hostesses mrs h malcolm mrs milne and mrs geo duncan the friendly bible class held their last meeting at the home of mr and mrs geo gray with a good attendance mrs gray took the worship hour taking as her theme the handrail of god which was very interesting the president mr allan elli to the editor and staff of the tribune and all its readers the heartiest wishes for a very mer ry christmas and a happy new year comes from the atha re porter many happy birthdays to bobbie tran who had a birth day on friday dec 13th mr hugh bird and friend miss roberta bone spent sun day everng with mr and mrs joe tran and family master allen lehman was a guest along with his parents mr and mrs norman lehman to the crippled childrens chris tmas party held at pickering on saturday last trie red cross entertained and served refresh ments to one hundred guests mr and mrs david tran vis ited friends in toronto on sun day last ruth ann carruthers has re turned to school after a week of illness mr and mrs bert silver- thorne and beverley of stouff- ville were sunday supper guests with mr and mrs joe tran and family mr and mrs c g coffin from markham visited monday even ing with mr and mrs albert draper we are sorry to know thati year mr don spencelv who has been lunch under the doctors care for some the lst chrlstraas enter tune with lead poisoning was tim k ci the members of the scott jr hospitalized on sundav n is ex- ls boys and girls calf club were pected he will be home in a l tt honoured at the award night jew davs a silver collection presentation when they were the communitv was shocked best cnristm wishes to our the guests of the uxbridge ki- to hear of the sudden passing kdilor and staff and all read- wanis club and the quaker hill of mr bvam of the fifth con- crs i wlsh to et farm forum on friday evening cession sincere svmpathy is ex- iriends know who you enter- december 6 j tended to his daughter mrs ained during the holidays the evenings programme was ted kidd and other members p claremont 33311 capablv handled bv the chair- of her family at this time the united church goodwood little pattysue may has been sjs christmas party will be spending a few davs in toronto nc sunday dec 22nd at 730 with grandma smith j oclock prizes and treats will the goodwood friendship be given out christmas pag- group invite all to attend a eant family watch night service to the sympathy of the com be held in the church dec 31st munity goes to mrs norman a night of games and fellow- dickinson and mr stan slack brown presented cash awards sh and an appropriate devo- in the passing of their mother to the club winners on behalf onal time to bring in the new mrs william slack of the uxbridge kiwanis and the quaker hill farm forum mr brown presented hand tool ed show halters to the cham pion beef snowman wayne beath oshawa and the chami pion dairy showman georgei smith rr 2 port perry onj behalf of the uxbridge kiwanis club mr sidney macdonald asso ciate agricultural representa tive presented the quaker hill farm radio forum trophy to evelyn page uxbridge rr 2 for obtaining the highest club score in the dairy section and the milton cornish trophy to patsy bailey epsom for obtain- ing the highest club score in the beef section miss evelyn page thanked the j sponsoring organizations and the department of agriculture for their supervision and sup port of their club following a film on 4h clubs delicious re freshments were served by the forum ladies this junior boys and girls club is sponsored by the ux bridge kiwanis club and qua ker hill farm radio forum and is supervised by mr h l fair and sidney macdonald de partment of agriculture ux bridge and has as its club lead er hugh baird blackwater 0nt county soil and crop assoc holds meeting tender for pony tenders will be received saturday dec 21 until 1957 for shetland pony the winner of the pony at the santa claus parade elected to take the money tenders should be mailed or delivered to harry s green bank of commerce claremont lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted jjopiuuvjuuuciii theatre markham evenings doots open 630 pm sat matine 115 pm green river the sympathy of the commun ity is extended to the family of the late wm mcleod of alder- grove bc word was received that the late mr mcleod had been killed on the nanaimo highway in bc on thursday of last week mrs mcleod was the former winnifred wilson of this village mr f wilson entertained mr j forsyth of glasgow on sun day last pleased to hear that mrs shane is able to be at her home again for a few days and we trust that her health will con tinue to improve mrs r hamilton was a sun day caller at the home of mrs l lehman weekend callers at the hutch ings home were mr and mrs e smith of hamilton and mr and mrs j dietze of toronto also mrs d shank a number from here attended the santa claus parade at clare mont on saturday last the ladies aid held their an nual christmas meeting at the home of mrs d shank on wed nesday of last week under the leadership of the president mrs a pearse many familiar carols were sung followed by some appropriate games and contests which were enjoyed by all pres ent at the end of the program gifts were distributed the annual meeting of the ontario county soil and crop improvement association was held in the legion hall at ux bridge on friday dec 6 with approximately 120 farmers in at tendance the meeting started at 1045 am with president mur ray holtby in charge reports of the various projects as carried out in 1957 were dis cussed by h l fair sidney macdonald and the various co- operators who took part in the different tests and demonstra tions during the year a very interesting program was earned out during the year ninetynine different farmers took some active part in a crop improvement project this year these tests and demonstrations were carried out on a total of 119 acres ted lamb cannington gave an interesting report on the jr farmer soil conservation and land use tour that was held in september of this year ken fallis of the field crops branch toronto spoke on the work being done with long- term pasture demonstrations prof george jones field hus bandry dept oac guelph gave a splendid talk on chemical weed control in corn and other cereal crops he paid particular attention to experimental work done at the oac this year on preemergenee sprays for the control of weeds in corn fields it was decided to hold the an nual seed fair again this year the details regarding the place date and program for the seed fair were turned over to the 1958 project committee the delegates to the annual soil and crop improvement con vention to be held in toronto january 29 to january 31 are thurs frl sat most amazing artfbucl lii starvon thi v- scyftn dec 19 20 21 mon tues wed dec 23 24 25 special services for next sun day in the form of a christmas- roy ormiston of brooklin and program will be held at the clifford ross beaverton aimer sunday school and church serv- 1 rennie was nominated to the ices there will be open session prov turnip growers commit- glasgow mr and mrs joe lafast from wilcox lake had sunday even ing supper with mr and mrs everett hammond and eunice congratulations to the school for winning 2nd prize in their division for their float at thei claremont santa claus parade cott took over the meeting dur- mr and mrs w reaman and ing the business period the an family had sunday dinner with nual donations were made to mr and mrs w reaman sr at richmond hill eunice hammond won a six- foot toboggan at the claremont f carter was appointed as sec- santa claus parade also mr retary in place of mrs j keeier william reaman won a prize who is moving in the spring in the novelty class with hisj we are sorry to lose mr and pony team and covered wagon mrs keeier from our midst the our school is having their meeting cloved in the usual way christmas party this friday followed by a very dainty lunch afternoon beginning at 2 o- served by mrs gray and daugh- clock all welcome j ter barbara at the morning service then on the following monday evening the annual christmas concert will be held at 8 oclock in the church everyone welcome the annual christmas enter tainment of the school will be held on thursday evening dec 19th at 8 oclock mr jack nighswander well- known resident retains the old- time christmas spirit he has attended three santa claus par ades this season at stouffville the church and also to buy treats for the childrens christ- m sunday school partv mrs i has been filled r- j claremont and markham for the past 70 years he has hung brooklin rr 1 pickering his stocking in the same place ii westney pickering and each christmas morning it bridge norman hogg ux- tee the election of officers result ed as follows hon pres mur ray holtby port perry rr2 pros roy ormiston brooklin rr 1 lst vice pres clifford ross beaverton rr1 2nd vice- pres ralph veitch uxbridge rr 4 sectytreas h l fair uxbridge auditors clarence armstrong uxbridge rr 4 ted croxall uxbridge rr 3 township chairmen east whitbv elmer powell oshawa rr 1 whitbv ieber down w ux- claude jarman jr clem oevans margaret wycherly forrest tucker wotocwmom technicolor fcm fiij 6y tm 0sb0w i m h i uv0m om uniau em tj omviu bwc ftofcaj suxcr fuxku ju hiu kutarpao ri i in i mmimmmmm big midnight show christmas night 1145 pm wednesday dec 25th i bridge rr 1 scott harvey meek sandford scugog anson a 14th century covered bridge gerrow port perry rr3 reach in lucerne switzerland is an murray holtby port perry rj art gallery it shelters 112 tril r 4 brock william heron angular panels painted about 1600 by hans wageman and his sons many of their works re cord the lives of saints and heroes blackwater rr 1 thorah ross mcmillan kcivrton rr2 mara frank davis brechin rr 1 rama- lawrence cooper washago rr 1 m audboui mrcmatrmu picture adult entertainment