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ptj 8 thi stowwou tsfflwff ttesy dtaeaer h claremont and pickering township district a meeting of the recreation committee was held on tuesday evening last at the home of mrs jack ward the forming of a safety council for the vill age of claremont was discussed by the committee and they agreed to sponsor the council a five member committee was set up and further particulars as to names will be announced later constable milliard of the provincial police whitby de tachment was present and help ed the committee with the pro cedure the election of officers for the coming year was held chairman mrs jack rennie vice chairman mrs prank hollingshead sectreas mrs jack ward lunch committee mrs earl cook the claremont library board have purchased the new books for 1958 there is a good selec tion of fiction and adult books as well as juvenile some of them are the rainbow and the rose nevil shute exploring the klondike pierra berton the centenary of jalna mayo de la roche the recreation committee are holding a teenage dance in the community hall on friday evening dec 12th at 730 all children 10 to 15 are welcome the group committees of the boy scout troops and cub packs of pickering township held an inaugural meeting on tuesday evening dec 2nd at pickering the name of the new association will be the owasco district local association mr hunt of dunbarton was appoint ed as district commissioner president mr thompson of ajax secretary treasurer mr g messer of pickering each group committee has two rep resentatives mr gerald all- man and mr kalman zizely were appointed from the clare mont group there are 6 troops in the township three from ajax one from dunbarton one from pickering and one from claremont next sunday morning the white gift service will be held at the baptist church gifts will be sent to the beverly st mission in toronto sunday eve ning services will commence next sunday dec 14th the wms will be held this thursday afternoon dec 11th at 230 pm in the basement of the united church the mite boxes are to be turned in at this meeting the mission band will meet on sunday morning dec 14th in the basement of the united church after sunday school one of the projects for the year of the baptist young peo ples union is to place a new sign in front of the church the congregational supper held at the baptist church on friday evening dec 5th was very successful about one hun dred and fifty sat down for a supper mr rae ward was mas ter of ceremonies for the eve ning mrs jack hall was in charge of the program mr j c mac- farlane of aurora was guest speaker for the evening mr and mrs mccieary of stouffville supplied the music there were guests from claremont ux- bridge and aurora present dr tomlinson returned home from the oshawa hospital last week and is progressing nicely mr and mrs allan tomlin son of hamilton spent the weekend with dr and mrs tomlinson mr and mrs ken petty of victoria square were sunday visitors with mr and mrs howard hockley mr and mrs arthur bates of woodbridge visited with mr and mrs don hedges on sunday afternoon miss carol rogers of tor onto visited with miss enid benson on the weekend and attended the parade here on saturday afternoon miss marie lynn plans to en roll in a nurses training course in toronto early in january much of her training will be conducted in the sick child rens hospital euchre winners at the euchre party in the legion hall on monday evening the prize winners were ladies 1st mrs verna draper 2nd mrs ruth sheridan con phyl lis auclon men 1st walter hardy 2nd sandy goden con i hollinghead door prize mrs l hill the next euchre will be held in the legion hall on mon day jan 5th at 830 pm christmas party f the christmas party for mem bers of the ladies auxiliary the canadian legion and their families will be held on monday evening dec 15 in the legion hall the mission circle will meet at the home of mr and mrs fryer on tuesday afternoon december 16 at 230 topic christmas mrs schneiders group has charge of the pro gram next sunday morning dec 14 will be white gift sunday in the baptist church these gifts are for our beverley st mission food items suitable for their annual christmas par ty also presents suitable for same the missionary in charge there has requested that if we have any clothing that h3s been outgrown she would be pleased to receive these to give out through the year as she visits the families who are in need mr and mrs burnell visited with his brother and family in toronto on sunday white gift service next sunday mornir dec 1 lth there will be a white gift service at the claremont bap tist church the children will take part plan to attend the evangelical evening service special music will be provided one of the saddest things about long arguments is the way they shorten married life special honour to local businessman charlie cooper popular cla remont businessman was espe cially honoured at the conven tion last week of the ontario farm equipment dealers asso ciation the theme of the con vention which was held at the westbury hotel was reflection and projection mr len sykes secretarymanager of the asso ciation spoke of the foresight the efforts which had been put into establishing orfeda and he called each past president in turn to stand and receive an ovation from the gathering of over two hundred at the annual convention banquet in addition each was presented with a small gift in honour of the occasion charlie cooper of claremont was the first president of the organization serving in 1946 and 47 and he has been recog nized as one of the stalwarts of the implement association through the years eleven presi dents have followed charlie up to the present time attending from the local dis trict in addition to mr and mrs cooper were mr len haylow mr and mrs chas richards mr and mrs jas richards and mr bruce richards stouffville dealers and mr and mrs c h nolan township of pickering election results by polls cocxcillor ward 1 poll xo i councillor ward 6 poll xo stewart swan atha claremont green river whltevala spang viiely s 18 91 s7 31 2 61 26 153 3s con i alt rd 13 jr 37 ah rd school 12 20 3s alt rd school 13 24 39 ah rd school 13 27 to k rouge 13 48 41 east rouge 20 34 43 west rouge 47 12 43 west rouge 3s 19 44 west rouga 38 22 204 239 councillor ward up 11 frosty frosty a huge eightfoot sngwrnan had little opportun ity to melt away on saturday afternoon during the santa claus parade as wintry winds hancing the recreation com- dropped the temperature well mittee float are three pretty below the freezing mark en- local girls left to right sandra hill donna norton and june benson harvey spang wins seat in wrd one upset in ward five mr harvey spang will repre sent ward 1 in pickering twp for 1959 the final election re sults tabulated on saturday night gave mr spang a 116 vote majority over rival candi date- kalman vizely of clare mont in ward 4 ross haw thorne was reelected to coun cil with a wide majority over his three opponents the big gest upset occurred in ward 5 where miss violet swan edged out incumbent robert stewart reeve sherman scott deputy reeve mrs jean mcpherson and councillors edgar james and harry ashton received ac clamations mr spang was well supported in each of the four poles he received exceptionally strong support at atha where he col lected 86 votes out of 104 bal lots cast he also fared well at whitevale and green river claremont an expected strong hold for mr vizely failed to throw a majority vote behind their local candidate although mr vizely counted 87 votes he trailed his opponent mr spang who collected 91 mr spang will succeevl councillor sid pugh who declined to stand for re election the most startling upset oc curred in ward 5 where coun cillor robt stewart was defeat ed by miss violet swan miss swan poled 239 votes mr stew art counted 204 councillor stewarts home pole of west rouge gave him a 66 vote ma jority but it was not enough to overcome miss swans landslide victories in the remaining six divisions councillor ross hawthorne was returned in ward three he scored a 129 vote majority over his nearest rival ross deakin deakin collected 170 the two remaining candidates miles cook and wm fairgrieve were never in contention cook count ed 83 votes while fairgrieve trailed the field- with only 58 ross deakin received strong support at the glen grove pole where he received a wide ma jority over kis three opponents councillor hawthorne defeated mr deakin in the remaining poles miles cook was well sup ported at one frenchmans bay division where he bested the other candidates wm fair grieve received only scattered support throughout the constit uency the new council will be offi cially sworn into office early in january they will be as follows reeve j sherman scott depreeve mrs jean mcpherson ward 1 harvey spang ward 2 edgar james ward 3 harry ashton ward 4 ross hawthorne ward 5 violet swan brougham news mrs lemmon returned home on sunday after spending a week with her sisterinlaw airs hood of little britain congratulations to miss hel enann knox daughter of mr and mrs jno knox who was chosen the best allround 4h club girl in durham county she and a number of girls from other counties were given a trip to chicago and while there stayed at the conrad hilton hotel the largest hotel in chi cago we are glad to hear mrs wm ellicott was able to be brought home from oshawa hospital during the weekend we all join in wishing her a speedy recovery mr and mrs d l mairs vis ited with their daughter bar- the meetirfg lunch was served by the claremont girls the womans association held their yearly meeting wed nesday evening dec 3 at the home of mrs geo duncan with a very good attendance con sidering the weather meeting opened with a hymn and prayer the devotional was taken by mrs wannop during the busi ness period several items were discussed among which were the ordering of 35 topic book lets sending boxes and plants to the shutins also sale of cal endars and the report of the recent bazaar meeting was then turned over to mrs geo gray program convener who gave a very interesting paper at the close a very dainty lunch was served by the host stouffville family wins two prizes at parade draw the alex stefaroi family of stouffville were the lucky win ners of two fine prizes in the draws made at the claremont santa claus parade on satur day afternoon mr stefaroi was presented with a chrome kitch en set complete with a table and four chairs the prize do nated by the mceachnie funer al home of pickering was val ued at 14000 in addition to this fine award the fourth prize of a deep fryer was won by douglas stefaroi a member of the same family the fryer was donated by the canadian tire store of ajax miss viola forsyth was the winner of an 8000 girls bicy cle and mr j mcallister of osh- awa held the fourth prize tic ket and was presented with a 6000 cedar chest colin madill of claremont rr 2 won the car cushion donated by the canadian tire store of ux- bridge in spite of frigid temperatures the quartermile long parade maintained the standard that has made claremonts annual prechristmas procession one of the most colourful in the prov ince although it was difficult to select one entry over another the altona public school float was one of the most beautiful entries ever presented pretty june lewis representing the queen of hearts waved to the crowd from a lofty throne other students on the float were tommy bunker teddy jones bradley jakeman and tony wilson the entry receiv ed a hearty round of applause from the throng who lined the i parade route the altona float was awarded the 1500 1st prize for schools in the 40pupil and over class an entry from the claremont school was notice able by its absence in the under 40 enrollment class cedar creek were the winners mt pleasant placed second and glasgow was third other prize winners were as follows best clown scouts 1st purina altona feed 2nd business floats cooper store 1st variety floats bakers acres 1st greenwood church 2nd scouts cubs brownies guides 1st guides 2nd brownies 3rd scouts decorat ed bicycles 1st susan keevil and jennifer johnston child rens entries 1st david and norman white 2nd nancy loyst pony entries 1st cutter 2nd basket cart the judges were wm lawson j spragge mrs c nolan mrs g mcconnell gerald allman mrs j spragge mrs ken ward rev cresswell and mrs hugh pugh the markham girls band pre sented a number of musical selections from a position at the four corners due to the cold the girls were forced to lead the parade from the warmer confines of the school bus san ta claus distributed more than 1000 bags of candy to a lengthy lineup of girls and boys audley mrs fred puckrln the club held a box social in the school on saturday evening the president bill guthrie con ducted the business charlie clemence auctioned the boxed lunches the proceeds of which amounted to 3500 bags of fruit and candy were given to the children bob betson con ducted the election of officers which resulted as follows hon pres bob betson pies bill guthrie 1st vicepres geo izatt 2nd vicepres william brown sectreas mrs c cle mence assist mrs bert guth rie directors c clemence g puckrin fred puckrin bert guthrie entertainment com mrs a bell mrs bill guthrie eileen guthrie blanche cend- ric brian churchyard gordon smith publicity mrs f puck rin lunch comm mrs wm brown mrs s wonnacott mrs g izatt mrs bill guthrie mrs b churchyard mrs j batty marie smith pianists mrs a bell eileen guthrie flower comm mrs bert guthrie mrs a bell mrs d winter auditors mrs wm brown bob betson some of the ladies went to the bazaar on saturday afternoon in pickering united church ce centre audley school christmas con cert will be held on december 18 please note that the date of the baggotsville school concert has been changed to friday eve ning december 19 v congratulations to mr and mrs brian churchyard on the birth of their second boy on november 26 glen and ford underwood of shelburne are staying with their uncle and aunt mr and mrs bill guthrie while their parents mr and mrs f under wood are hospitalized poll xo cook deakin fairkrlero hwl 22 glen grow 8 96 4 1 23 frenchmans bar 14 35 24 frenchmans bay 3 11 47 25 dunbarton 13 23 9 50 28 dunbraton 11 22 18 39 27 dunbarton 8 s 37 2s falrport beach 7 3 2 51 29 falrport beach 39 4 5 33 s3 170 5s 299 goodwood news mrs r may- friends are sorry to know that miss ethel arbuckle was moved from brierbush hospital to scarboro on thursday it is hoped being closer to a heart specialist and cardiograph treatment may soon bring her better health mrs redman who is now liv ing at agincourt visited with her daughter mrs bert maye and family on sunday mr and mrs arthur william son and family spent sunday with relatives in toronto the bypu are again spon soring their christmas card post box members of the chu rch family post their cards to one another in boxes provided stamp equivalent will be sent to leper mission please post your cards next sunday as the christmas entertainment is on dec 20th and cards will be de livered that evening mr elmer maye and miss dorothy grey called on his aunt and uncle mr and mrs d percy on wednesday evening miss olive may spent a few days with her parents and call ed on many friends in the com munity any donations for scott mis sion will be welcomed at the baptist sunday school next sunday dec 14th it was a pleasure to many to have mrs stewart and camp bell with us on sunday they spent the weekend with mr and mrs harry woodland public school children receiv ed a half day off on thursday to attend the santa parade at uxbridge it was a very wet foggy day saturday was a clear cold windy day but it didnt dampen the spirit at claremont whore as the tele gram paper says the biggest little parade is held and was its traditional colourful and happy time for all rev and mrs john carnegie and mr ward of claremont at tended our service on sunday mrs filyer favored us with two beautiful solos the new car pet which mr clarence naylor so kindly laid for us is down and with the varnished floor makes a big improvement to our church goodwood friends will regret to learn that mrs thompson mary middletoh of toronto has been ill with a virus germ but is beginning to show im provement atha editorial bara air stewardess of mont- 1 esses mrs geo duncan and real during the past weekend the sunday school are plan ning for their christmas con cert to lie held in the hall on friday evening december 19 come out and meet santa mr and mrs thos anderson and family of sandford visited with her parents howard and mrs malcolm one day recently mr barjak sr had the mis fortune to get his hand caught in a car door severing the end of one finger euchre was held as usual on tuesday evening in the hall when the following were win nersmrs h plaxton mrs a j gray mrs w carlton mr norman jarvis mr a w mil- roy and mr n burton special prizes went to mrs n jarvis and mr w hardy on monday evening decem ber 1 the members of the brou gham young peoples union were guests of the claremont young people the program was in charge of carol payne of claremont and the remainder of the evening was spent play ing crokinolc at the dose of mrs geo gray mr and mrs grant glover of kedron had dinner on sun day with her parents mr and mrs h malcolm dunbarton man kills rabid fox william bill newman of dunbarton provincial pc can didate for oshawa riding shot and killed a rabid fox- at his back door last week mr newman said there was no doubt that the animal was rabid it just stood there and its jaws were covered with- foam i got my gun and called the dogs in from the yard mr newman buried the fox immediately to avoid any con tact he maintains a small bird sanctuary on his farm no cat tle were out so he does not be lieve there was any other con tact around the house there have been several known cases of rabid foxes in the area the election totals have been tabulated in pickering township and in four weeks time a seven member municipal body some old some new will delve into the problems of 1959 for the council of 58 a suppos- edly contentious matter reared its head in the dying stages of the year the collection of tax arrears through a toronto firm of bailiffs raised an almost weekly furor in council as complainants heaped threats and charges on the heads of the members although this matter raised the ire of three or four ratepayers it apparently produced little or no concern among the remaining residents of the muni cipality one party stated publicly that he planned to make the matter an election issue it proved to be a weak plank in his platform for he garnered only 58 votes out of a possible 610 at the nomination one of the quietest in years only the reeve touched briefly on the subject not one question on the matter was raised from the floor some of the persons who in previous weeks had spent hours of councils time airing their beefs werent even present at the meeting it would appear that the average ratepayer who strives to pay his honest tax debts has little sympathy for the person who fails to meet his obligations he would no doubt show much concern however if the townships tax arrears skyrocketed to a mountainous figure this was the definite trend until the township collector took steps to decrease the debt having listened to the individual complaints i must admit that in the majority of cases the bailiff used about as much tact as a noseless anteater but show me the bailift that is tactful although their actions may often appear harsh and ruthless they have a job to do and they do it to the letter of the act a steadily de creasing delinquent tax total is partially the result of bailiff action payment of taxes is an obligation three hundred pickering township residents have learned this the hard way dr and mrs hodgson tor onto spent saturday afternoon visiting mr and mrs albert draper birthday greetings to miss marie draper who had a birth day on wednesday dec 10th mr and mrs morley smalley and son ralph from mt albert were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs arthur wideman and family many happy birthdays to bobbie tran who will celebrate his birthday on saturday dec 13th mr and mrs cyril bielby and family have moved to their new home in cedar grove and very best wishes go with them in their new home on monday evening mr and mrs donald dunkeld enter tained the family to a birthday supper the occasion being to help little dougie celebrate his birthday with cake ice cream and all the trimmings those who helped celebrate were mr and mrs murray dunkeld and girls mr and mrs frank biel by mr and mrs frank wagg and mrs thomas dunkeld mr and mrs ken walters of toronto visited on sunday with her mother mrs gertie hoover and vern mrs morley smalley mount albert called saturday on her aunt mrs a carruthers and familv mrs macdonald visited mrs powell on monday afternoon mr and mrs cowell enter tained their daughter and hus band from toronto over the weekend we understand that mr nor man neal has sold his farm to mr paui myers mr and mrs meal will live in stouffville sympathy is extended to the family of the late mrs ralph nighswander who passed away saturday last mr and mrs murray dun keld had sunday dinner with mr and mrs james milton in burketon mrs thomas dun keld returned home with them after spending a few weeks with her daughter mrs milton it goes without saying that the person who carries the world around on his shoulders will never be sitting on top of it 1 greek river sorry to hear that a number of the children are victims of the chickenpox it is hoped that all will be well before the christmas activities begin we extend congratulations to kenneth chafen son of mr and airs w chafen who was one of the outstanding students of the diploma course at oac guelph winning an award from the ketchum manufacturing co for his work this past term mr and mrs a percy of markham were sunday callers at the home of mr and mrs r hamilton and mrs g welsman had a most enjoyable visit with friends from st thomas on sunday last it was most gratifying to see a splendid attendance at- the sunday school last sunday and a sincere thankyou is given to all who in any way helped with the white gift service an advance i announcement that the public school are hold ing their christmas entertain ment on thursday dec 18- in the school on the following evening the sunday school will hold their concert in the church as there is a lot of time and energy spent on these entertain ments it is most encouraging to all concerned to see these affairs well attended so come out and do your best to show your interest in your children prayer meeting will be held at the home of mr and mrs c postill on tuesday dec 16 at 8 pm all welcome v v v v v tvvt see the albums of invitations serviettes matches coasters the stouffville tribune altona the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mrs el- wood elson and mrs mabel hindall and their families on the passing of their mother mrs nighswander white gifts for the scott mis sion will be received at the al tona sunday school this sun day dec 14th remember it is more blessed to give than to receive the annual school christmas concert will be held friday dec 19th keep this date in mind also remember to listen to richmond hill radio station this saturday morning at 845 when altona school will bring a number of musical selections please phone 91615 with your news items during this busy christmas season seed prices suggested for 1959 seeding the seed marketing and pub licity committee of the ontario soil and crop improvement as sociation reported today that ample supplies of suitable var ieties of seed are available in western and central areas but excessive moisture over long periods in the eastern section of the province will substantially reduce available quantities of good seed and make it neces sary to bring in supplies from other areas the same situation applies to a lesser extent in parts of northern ontario export demands are expected to be about the same as in re cent years but there are indi cations that competition is be coming more keen garry and rodney are the most popular varieties of oats in all areas brant york and herta varieties of barley out- yield all others the following minimum pri ces for 1959 seeding were recom mended by the committee oats commercial no 1 grade 150 certified no 1 grade 165 registered no 1 grade 175 barley commercial no 1 grade si 90 registered no 1 grade 235 these prices are for treated seed in new bags at producers farm fob shipping point a monster bingo sponsored by canadian legion auxiliary uxbridge tuesday des 16 800 oclock sharp in the legion hall uxbridge 20 games with turkeys geese chickens and ducks 1 jack pot 10000 cash admission 100 special door prize