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fs iw snomw nana nowjiy n claremont and pickering township district the annual anniversary ser vices of the baptist church will be held on sunday sept- 28th guest speaker will be rev j c macfarlane of the aurora bap tist church there will be spe cial music the softball finals for the community league champion ship will start this week mark- ham and altona will battle for the coveted trophy altona de feated peachs and markham downed greenwood to gain en try into the final round thorah twp reeve russel morrison has asked the ontario county council to consider es tablishing a county museum he made the suggestion at the opening meeting of the council in whitby on monday mr and mrs hobday and fam ily of toronto visited on the weekend with mr and mrs jack rennie mrs david dawson spent jast week visiting with friends at indian river mr and mrs clifford reyn olds visited in toronto on sun day with their son and family mr and mrs jim reynolds the womens institute met last wednesday in the commun ity hall with the vice president mrs melvin johnson in the chair mrs allan fryer was appointed as delegate to the annual convention at the royal york in toronto in november with mrs robert jackson as alternate mrs wilmot hill con vener of the program took charge of the meeting and read the motto current events were read by mrs lloyd pugh bar bara hill and doreen carruth- ers sang a duet which was en- joyed by all the film on on tario hospital services was shown and there were many interesting points in it a spe cial thankyou to miss mildred linton who operated the pro jector for the afternoon mrs frank hollingshead and mrs jack rennie left on mon day to attend the convention of the auxiliary to the canadian legion held at the royal york in toronto the annual cookie day of the brownie and guide association will be held on saturday sept 27th the girls will be out early and will have a good variety of cookies the legion bowling league started on friday evening last week at the west rouge bowl ing alleys about forty have joined and if anyone is interest ed in bowling in this league please contact mrs j rennie high single last week was mrs thelma hockley with a score of 316 without handicap the first teenage dance of the season will be held in the com munity hall on friday evening sept 26th the age limit for this dance is ten to fifteen fur ther particulars will be announ ced later in the week these dances are sponsored by the recreation committee and will be held through the winter two of our local boys have entered university this fall keith norton is attending the queens university at kingston and craig peters is attending toronto university both boys received bursaries which will be put to good use kim steckley of stouffville enjoyed a weeks holidays with mr and mrs al robertson pickering classmates pallbearers for ajax girl p c candidate mr wm g newman cen tre a resident of dunbarton and a former reeve of picker ing township was the unani mous choice to head the osh- awa riding for the progress ive conservatives at a party rally last week mr newman is shown here with the hon michael starr minister of la bor left and hon james n allan provincial treasurer former reeve wnrc heads oshawa riding pcs a 30yearold farmer in pick ering township and a former reeve of that municipality wm newman was unanimously ac claimed friday night as pro gressive conservative candidate in the provincial riding of osh awa mr newman received the acclamation at a meeting held in whitby in which six other nominees declined to stand for the position mr newman married and the father of two children was five years a member of the pickering township council and for one year was reeve of the township in accepting the nomination he said that he hoped to meet personally the 70000 people liv ing in the oshawa riding he said that canada had recently witnessed a great political up heaval among the younger gen eration an upheaval he said which had put a conservative government in ottawa i believe we can expect the same shift in this- riding he told the 175 delegates to the con vention held in the town hall his optimism was shared also by the hon james n allan provincial treasurer who told him that he had never attended a nomination convention where the candidate chosen had not been elected others nominated but with- ated great problems and solving drawing their names were gor don attersley of oshawa t k creighton of oshawa hayden macdonald of oshawa ernest marks of ashawa craig reid of ajax and aid albert v walker ol oshawa following an introduction by t k creighton the hon james n allan provincial treasurer predicted that in the next pro vincial election the appeal to the public would again be to return a government which has given good government in the prov ince i have a very great respect for the hon leslie frost he said and i see at first hand the effort he makes to give a good government he puts ev erything else aside and gives himself perhaps more than any one man should he recalled the years when the province of ontario had almost halted in its growth he said that the province seemed unable to reach a population of 11 mil lion persons in recent years he said mi gration to the south which had stunted ontarios growth had halted and the province has reached a place in the economy where people are attached here this growth he said- has cre- those problems has been the tre mendous task of the frost gov ernment during the past ten years citing some of these prob lems the speaker stated that at the end of world war ii there had been 736000 motor ve hicles in the province the ma jor problem- he said was to provide hard surface roads now he said there are about 2000000 motor vehicles in on tario and the problem is how to take care of the terrific traffic flow the road program for this year he said would cost 250 million ontario is among the foremost jurisdictions in north america in providing good roads the project of the highways de partment he said is the comple tion of highway 401 from wind sor to the quebec border dur ing the current fiscal year he said contracts for the highway from newcastle east to brighton will be let within five years he stated it is the hope of the department that highway 401 will be com pleted thus allowing a motor ist to drive from windsor to quebec without encountering any stop lights new candidate to contest ward 3 in pickering twp with nominations still more than two months away rumours about possible candidates for the 1959 council are beginning mr and mrs norman graham to circulate in pickering town- of pickering visited with mr ship one resident mr harry i basil graham and miss gra ham on sunday mr wm bates of smiths falls was a weekend visitor with mr and mrs don hedges mr blake briscoe of toronto visited with mr and mrs jim briscoe on the weekend the claremont guides and brownies have started a repair service on toys and games which will be passed on to needy chil dren for christmas donations will be gratefully accepted by mrs hayward or mrs blake doners are requested to call them for pickup ashton of pickering beach has already tossed his hat in the ring and will contest the ward 3 seat this area is currently represented by councillor mrs jean mcpherson mr ashton has been a reg ular attendant at recent meet ings of council and was the for mer head of the local civil de fence organization to date there is little informa tion on the plans of the present members of council although reeve wm lawson stated last year that he would definitely retire from municipal politics nearly 8000 dogs vaccinated mr and mrs brian harwood at the conclusion of his 1958 and karen left on the empress of england from montreal on tuesday en route to essex eng land mr and mrs charles j burton honoured the family wjth a turkey dinner prior to their departure the couple re ceived many lovely gifts from relatives and friends they will take up permanent residence in essex there was no recurrence of trouble at the saturday night dance in the community hall term it is known that consider able pressure will be exerted by a number of ratepayers in the township in an effort to change the reeves plans should reeve lawson retire it is thought that dep reeve sherman scott would fill the vacancy the most interesting contest may develop between councillors mrs jean mcpher son and sid pugh if both should decide to run for the deputy- reeveship the plans of coun cillors edgar james and rob ert stewart are not known councillor ross hawthorne the newest member representing ward 4 is expected to seek re election mr wm fairgrieve badly beaten by dep reeve sherman scott in last years election may return to the political wars he like mr ashton is an almost weekly spectator at coun cil meetings pvnew if colors k g in ciiintt g lad cjbiocttt i see proo jg of ashleys claims today 24 hour thermostatic oownoraft wood heaters see this heater at chas cooper phone 103 phone 104 clarcminit ont any undesirable visitors were barred at the entrance all per sons present report having a fine time bally day oct 5th is promotion sunday and rally day at the baptist sunday school the young peo ples society are taking part in the programme everyone wel come mrs margaret stephenson of oshawa mr and mrs a e morgan jim and martha of sar- nia mr and mrs leslie feasby of toronto attended the wedding of miss jane morgan on satur day and also spent the weekend with mr and mrs roy morgan miss doris dolphin spent the weekend with mr and mrs bruce taylor of goodwood mrs margaret stephenson and mrs roy morgan returned to sarnia on sunday with mr and mrs a e morgan for a few davs miss effle weir and mrs ma bel kennedy of aglncourt mr and mrs archie fleming of un- ionvilie attended miss june mor- the ontario county council learned on monday that 7655 dogs cats and other pets had received the antirabies vaccine in ontario county from the free clinics the report was filed with council by the department of agriculture which supplied the vaccine in a letter read in council at their opening meeting on mon day in whitby a department spokesman stated that the re sponse to the clinic had been excellent he noted that the total number to receive the shots did not include the totals of rama mara and thorah twps the writer also suggested that the county should not end its antirabies campaign with the clinic it was suggested that a strict dog control bylaw be en forced and that something be done to eliminate foxes in the county the letter was turned over to the agriculture committee green river cherrywood mrs 31 hollinger the cherrywood h s held their regular monthly meeting on wednesday evening with the president mrs pigott presiding during the business period plans were discussed for the ba zaar on nov 7 and a euchre to be held in the school house on oct 10 the guest speaker for the evening was mr rich ardson principal of the picker ing high school he was intro duced by mrs shield he pre sented the graduation class with gifts- those receiving gifts were andy axhorn sylvia sy- pher and barbara wilkinson mrs ogiltree principal of the cherrywood public school pre sented gifts to those with the highest marks during the year they were john taylor robert campbell terry pigott karen wagar kenneth hubbard eliz abeth harding and keith wagar those receiving gifts for the most progress were j trudero lois johnson jim kosmack jack bolton fergus mckinley jim johnson and margaret mil ne mr and mrs ivan law of whitby had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs len gates mr and mrs len dart and family spent a day with friends at shelburne this past week a whole town was in mourn ing thursday afternoon while funeral services were held in the church of the holy trinity for elizabeth anne stratton flowers were banked beside the altar the communion rail and in all the windows tokens of sympathy in the passing of a popular young girl rev ronald e armstrong a close fricrd who conducted the service in the crowded church said it is not the custom of the anglican church to preach a funeral cration but rather to bring comfort to the bereaved family by themselves this tra gedy has gone beyond the fam ily it has gone beyond this town anne has gone before us should there be tears i think there should tears for us here was a person a witness of our church whose friendship extended beyond this town and across the world a loss all hu manity is suffering god has endowed her with a magnificent brain abiiiiy a loving character and personality we weep for ourselves because we loved her i find difficulty in expressing myself we were so proud of her she was one of the family t would remind you that we do not weep for anne it may seem she is being deprived of life having reached the peak of her endeavors all round girl ready to go to college it would appear she is being deprived would cost 583000 to rebuild cty road ontario county is awaiting a reply from the department of highways on a proposal that tha province assume a county road spanning three municipalities as a development road the an- 5l came from the county board at a meeting of the ontario county council in whitby last week the road extending for 15 miles is known as county road 1a it runs from port perry at highway 7a to goodwood on highway 47 it passes through port perry reach and uxbridge twps the county road board mad application in a personal inter view to the minister of high ways to assume the road it ii estimated that it will cost 5s3- 000 to rebuild and pave it place where there will be no tears no pain no sorrow i came to know anne well these past few months she came to know her god it seems now it was preparation anne is with us now in spir it she will remain with us we believe there is a communion of saints we shall join her in a short time in the plan of god it is a time of tears for all of us life but not despair the be ginning of a great new future we all shall share as the cortege of cars nearly a mile long left the church and wended slowly through the streets on its way to the cem etery citizens stood bareheaded on the sidewalks in silent trib ute this was the largest funeral in the history of ajax and the first in the newlyerected church of the holy trinity many friends of the late anne strat ton and family who could not attend the services visited the sherrin funeral home in the past few days pallbearers were mayor wil liam parish ronald hall vice- principal of pickering high school and four of the late miss strattons classmates victor ru- dik keith norton jerry omelon and craig peters brougham news suggest county build museum miss jean connor spent the weekend with misses linda and marie pegg sorry to hear that mrs e jones is still confined to the scarboro hospital her many friends trust she will soon be able to be home again mr and mrs w homer of buffalo were recent visitors with their grandparents mr and mrs w smetham mr and mrs r shoobridge called one evening last week on friends mr and mrs w smetham and mr a hutchings and ruth were sunday visitors to the home of mr and mrs j reid at washago callers last week at the home of mr and mrs w chafen were mrs m kearns of tits- ville penna mrs f donsetter of youngstown ohio mr and mrs j fraser of long branch also mr and mrs clark and family mr and mrs j osborne and family mr and mrs c norton and miss a atalas and mr j cameron all of toronto owing to the anniversary services at the first baptist church whitevale next sun- 1 day there will be no evening ation balsam mt zion mrs b jamieson the active service class met last wednesday night in the basement ofthe church with a number of ladies from green wood as guests the meeting opened with hymn 345 followed by the scripture read by mrs jack empringham and prayer by mrs geo wilson mrs lome jones gave a short reading i will have faith mrs elmer wilson then introduced the guest speakers mr and mrs adams of stouffville who told of their work at the evangeli cal mission of converted monks and priests at stouffville rev t fleetham then led a short singsong and the meeting clos ed with hymn 399 and the bene diction about 75 friends and relatives gathered at the irving mcavoy home and presented miss mary mcavoy and mr tully with a miscellaneous shower mr and mrs t jordan vis ited last tuesday with mr and mrs neil wiers at bradford mrs morgan pugh of uxbridge is visiting with her daughter mrs elmer wilson mr and mrs percy jones and family spent the weekend with mr and mrs elton hubbs at hillsburg friends are glad to know that mr orr graham is progressing nicely following his recent oper- service here for next week prayer meeting will be held at the home of mr and mrs allan michell on tuesday sept 30 at 8 pm everyone welcome gans wedding on saturday last place reeve morrison said that the matter of the establishment of a county museum had been men tioned on many occasions to him and he wondered if the county were taking any steps to start one he said that many items suit able for an historical museum had been offered on occasion he added that such a building might be located near the centre of the county rather than near the county offices in whitby reeve john mills of ajax said that the establishment of museums now appears to come under the direction of conser vation authorities with the re cent establishment of a conser vation authority in the eastern portion of the county he said it now appeared that the entire county would come under one aqthority or another he said that establishing a museum was a good idea and suggested that it might become a project for these authorities he added that such a museum should be started soon the longer these relics are kept around the easier they are lost he said warden cyril morley said that he had visited such a museum in ottawa this year a similar in stitution for ontario he said could be a very interesting audley rev m buttars exchanged pulpits on sunday with the rev h o hanna of the united church at harwood the anniversary service will be held this sunday sept 28 at 230 pm rev t h fleetham of greenwood will be the guest speaker and the audley male choir will assist with the music there will be no sunday school the wa had its first fall meeting in the church on wed nesday evening the president mrs bert guthrie conducted the business which was preced ed by a hymn the creed and theme song both the nov and dec meet ings will be held one week ear lier the roll call was answered by a verse including neigh bour mrs george squire led the worship service mrs a thompson led in prayer miss joan esdale read the scripture followed by comments on the scripture by mrs arch bell mrs john puckrin gave a pray er mrs fred puckrin read a paper on the fred victor mis sion mrs g astley and mrs a bell sang whither pilgrims are you going with the ladies joining in the response the west group served refreshments sympathy is extended to mr gordon west and family on the death of his father mr george west in toronto on monday of last week the male choir provided spe cial music at the whitevale bap tist church anniversary service i on sunday afternoon mr and mrs t jordan and family visited sunday with mrs hilliard walker at box grove a large number attended the ontario county junior farm ers church service last sunday the regular monthly meeting of the womans association of st johns church will be held on wednesday evening october 1st at the home of mrs h malcolm assisted by mrs robt malcolm the devotional will be taken by mrs harden while the program will be in charge of mrs wannop all ladies wel come a family reception was held at the home of mr and mrs thos philip on thursday even ing for mr and mrs jordan freda philip about thirty- five were present and the happy couple received many useful and beautiful presents wms meeting the wms of st johns church met at the home of mrs norman burton on thursday afternoon sept 18 with the president in the chair the de votional service was led by mrs h malcolm assisted by mrs h miller it was announced by the secretary that mrs sturgess had accepted the invitation to speak at the autumn thankoffering meeting held in the church on october 9 arrangements were made for this meeting mrs h malcolm led in a discussion on the introductory chapter of the new study book after which mrs r malcolm gave a reading mrs burton mrs h barclay and mrs e campbell served refreshments mrs a j gray visited her brother and other friends at markham one day last week mr thos philip and daugh ter anna left malton airport on saturday for california mr and mrs preston smith of north dakota visited mr and mrs h malcolm one day last week the first meeting of the 4h night in the mt zion church next sunday sept 28 sun day school will be held at 10 am it will be followed by the anniversary service at 11 am in charge of rev t fleetham at 730 pm rev mel buttars of pickering will be in charge there will be special music by the home choir under the leader ship of mr alan clark the mt zion friends are in vited to an at home in honor of mrs j a jones 90th birth day on saturday oct 4th after noon and evening at her home brooklin mr and mrs cecil disney and family visited sunday with mr and mrs les smith of prospect girls club will be held on satur day september 27 at the home of mrs harden at 1245 pm the new unit will be meat in the menu brougham softball team and a number of followers journey ed to selkirk on saturday for a game and started to play but the game had to be stopped as the umpire was under the influ ence of liquor and therefore not capable of performing his du ties the game is therefore now being protested mrs a j gray mrs wm gray mrs lemmon and mrs matthews spent a very enjoy able evening with mr and mrs stolk of whitby on sunday mr and mrs k c pascoe and family attended a pascoe family gettogether at the home of mr and mrs m crawforth on sunday mr and mrs lawrence up ton of toronto called on mr and mrs t english on saturday mrs wm ellicott has not been well for some time but we are glad to hear she is now feeling some better mr and mrs jas wroe and daughter of bracebridge visited her parents mr and mrs t english on sunday mrs e carswell and daugh ter of oshawa mr and mrs jno hamilton also mr and mrs k bent and son of oshawa called on their mother mrs w hamilton on saturday mrs somerville and mrs phil ip returned to the formers home at uxbridge after spend ing the past week here believe rabies on wane the frequency of rabies in ontario and durham counties has dropped during the past month reported dr i j wool- sey of the health of animals division of the department of agriculture last week the august report shows 19 positive cases of rabies in dur ham and 16 in ontario county making a total of 35 these cases occurred most frequently among domestic animals such as sheep and cattle but there were also some foxes a comparable figure for july was not available but the doctor said august had a lower incidence the infected area extends from port hope northwest to uxbridge in on tario county said dr woolsey the province of ontario has been the most severely affected area indicated by the august fig ures which showed a total of 178 positive cases of rabies in the province quebec reported only three manitoba one and saskatchewan one greenwood mrs reid of port credit vis ited over the weekend with her brother frank webb and family mr and mrs moshier and fa mily of oshawa were guests of ross and mrs disney last sun day and attended the christen ing of ruth anne during the church service david allan cole son of nelson and mrs cole was also baptized mrs rose cole spent the week end at her home here congratulations to mr and mrs neil pascoe who were mar ried last saturday the afternoon wa are cater ing to the coop dinner this thursday evening mr and mrs doug morden and family visited with lome and mrs slute of raglan last saturday evening the afternoon wa baaar of last saturday was very well at tended and a good success mrs l pegg of oshawa did the honor of opening the bazaar this coming sunday sept 28th will be mt zion anniver sary so there will be no sunday school here men dont like to run out of gas when driving but they dont mind if the wife does little girls love to snitch moms lipstick until theyre caught redhanded you are invited to the anniversary services of the claremont baptist church sunday sept 28th at 11 am and 730 pm guest speaker rev j c macfarlane of aurora baptist church special music tx3a aooooongngqoopnocwaooooocioogocaoqgqtaotjoocgeacaoooogoogcaooogoiaoooat announcement we are now able to supply furnace oil stove oil gasoline greases from oar new storage tanks located at claremont for service phone 201202 claremont claremont cooperative