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tut 8 the stouffyue trthmi ttoty rebnwy t2 195 laremont and pickering township district duff ins creek ice presents danger ask township aid emergency measures are be- 1 we are taking all measures the regular meeting of the womens institute will he held i wednesday feb 18 at 2 oclock in the community hall roll call a manufactured article i from grain current event mrs j peddle the convener for the program is mrs frank carson and there will ba a special speaker mr frank bar- key secretary of the brooklin junior farmershis subject will j be the struggle for foodi lunch committee mrs reynolds mrs drake mrs fred evans ana mrs taylor in march the claremont womens institute will celebrate the 50th i anniversary plans are being i ing taken to handle the peren- 1 to protect the residents both made for the meeting now nial flood hazard which threat- 1 in pickering village and the allen loyst entertained a ens some forty homes in the township he said he inform- number of his friends on satur- riverside drive area of picker- ed the members that due to day last the occasion being his i ing township mr david crichi heavy snowfalls in the north seventh birthday j ton spokesman for the rate- plus a great depth of ice on mr and mrs wm gliddon and pavers association appeared j puffins creek he feared that lynre visited over the weekend before council on monday night i flooding could be the worst in in toronto with her parents j mr crichton requested that j many years mr and mrs fred udell i the members give some consid- yj hooker secretarv of the mr and mrs allan fryer and eration to the possibility of dy- association suggested that if anne spent last saturday in to- namiting the ice in an effort to j the ice could be blocked at the ronto j alleviate the flood dangr j count v bridge north- of the due to increased cost of oper- reeve sherman scott stated i third concession it would melt ating the claremont locker that in past years it had been away and decrease the runoff system will close down on april difficult to obtain men who j mr crichton expressed some 1st 1959 patrons are requested were competent to handle the alarm at the steadily decreas- to have their lockers empty by blasting job i j water table in some see- that date the system was in- j councillor edgar james point- tions of the township he noted stalled over ten years ago ed out that a similar scheme that a number of farmers in the next meeting of the gol- 1 had been attempted on the don den age club will be held at the j river several years ago but home of mr and mrs walter without success ward on tuesday feb 17th atj i believe it is a hopeless tux collections show decline twp cruisers should be serviced in own district says councillor councillor harry ashton new ly acclaimed member in ward 3 sharply criticized the servicing of township vehicles in garages outside the municipality the subject was introduced by coun cillor ashton at a special meet ing on monday night the garages in pickering township should provide the service for our police cruisers or any other township vehicle said councillor ashton they pay a business tax and should get our work if their prices are right he contended depreeve mrs jean mcpher- son agreed that this matter had 230 pm come and enjoy an afternoon of good entertain ment the members of the bap tist church and the united church are uniting for the world day of prayer fridav feb 13th the service is to be held in the united church at 230 pm the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mrs ed ith dawson who received word last week that her sister mrs jack deithton of leeds eng land passed away on january 31st after a lengthy illness the oyster supper and pro gramme sponsored by the wa of the united church on thurs day evening feb 5th was a decided success the tables were laden with fine food as well as oysters before the main programme began mr oblenes led in community singing with mrs carl devitt at the piano the home orchestra also play ed a few lively selections after which rev a cresswell took the chair and a very fine pro gramme was rendered by local talent consisting of mr wm brown jr and little lynda east wood of greenwood mrs geo wilson and daughter dorothy rendered two piano duets ruth mitchell gave a number of hu- morons leadings case he said engineer mr jefferson noted that such a project would have to be started at lake ontario and continued upstream mr crichton said that ar rangements had been made to care for residents who might be forced from their homes the pickering village community hall has been obtained and food will be provided were being used reeve sher man scott said he didnt have any information on the matter councillor edgar james inform ed council that to his knowl- i edge no bailiffs had been ac- age he suggested that some the claremont area were suffer ing from a severe water short- collections of tax arrears in pickering township during the months of december 193s and january 1959 showed a notice able decline a tax report was presented to council on monday evening by the collector mr councillor ross hawthorne 1 been brought to her attention hether anv bailiffs on previous occasions she not ed that a similar circumstance existed in the acquiring of am bulance service its a case of descrimination that should end and this is the vear to end it said councillor questioned wr attempt should be made by the provincial and federal govern ments to solve the problem if the water table continues to drop farm land will decrease in value he said referring to the immediate flood problem reeve scott said that the township engineer would inspect the danger area and present a report to council on any suggested relief ashton he charged that on during the latter part of 1958 i many occasions the ambulance council requested that the col- 1 from pickering village was lector should cease to use the summoned and not the one in noonhour breakin foiled at claremont post office two men driving a nearly- new cadillac were foiled in their attempt to break into the claremont post office last week the wouldbe robbers entered the building during the noon hour while the postmaster and his wife mr and mrs fred morley were absent they lock ed the front door behind them and were attempting to break the lock on an inner door the men were interrupted by mrs redman who looked through the window and saw them working inside they en quired where they might pur- walter pascoe and son of chase some stamps on round ing the block they requested the same information from mr wilmot hill police from the opp detachment at whitby were summoned to the scene according to reports the men had been watching the post mt zion gave three selections on the accordion and mouth organ gordon johnson of clare mont gave a guitar solo mr o blenes also sang a number which he composed the execu tive of the wa wish to thank all who helped in any way with office for some time prior to this function i the attempted breakin their seven boys and three girls car was seen by mr ed boni- hnve completed their traffic safety training course and may be seen at the school crossing and at the four corners their township may need night catcatcher dr mcbean of the local health unit has recommended that steps be taken to take care of stray animals in the municipality in addition to dogs he suggested that due to the presence of rabies some con sideration should be given to the handling of cats reeve sherman scott con tended that taking care of stray township cats would constitute a big problem for mr gerigs the dog catcher i guess well have to employ a night catcatcher said coun cillor harry ashton councillor edgar james noted that at the present time the dog catcher had his hands full without looking after cats too you couldnt catch them with a ten foot pole agreed deputy reeve mrs jean mcpherson reeve scott suggested that i the matter should be discussed firm of bailiffs murray co a new motion presented recent ly to rehire the firm was turned down euchre winners the winners at the euchre held at the legion hall on mon day evening were ladies 1st jean evans marj norton men wes lehman irene redshaw door prize tom hammond the township thats one of the penalties of incorporation one loses cer tain benefits noted mr ashton reeve sherman scott agreed that since the police dept ser ved only one municipality they should endeavor to direct their business to the township the reeve said he would seek furth er information on the matter from the police commission outboard motor sales climb for local dealer face a nearby resident mr morley informed the trib une that the safe contained very little money stamps pr 1 wuhvthe dogcateher beforeany post office orders the inside j decision could be reached door was slightly damaged i white belts and shoulder straps give them a trim appearance the sarco employees and their wives will take part in a tour of the johnsmanville plant i next monday and will compete i in a howling tournament on feb 20th i mr and mrs clare keevil was held last tuesday evening come in kitchener in the hall when the following woi in 1954 mr gord taylor of claremont opened a sales depot for mercury outboard motors boats and trailers in his first season he sold only four motors in 1958 he sold 19 in an effort to provide up-to- date service for his customers mr taylor attended a oneweek school in toronto recently and is now qualified to repair or overhaul every motor he sells use of outboard motor boats is definitely on the increase ac cording to mr taylor he claims that to the summer cot tage owner a motor boat is considered to be just as neces sary and important as an auto mobile the mercury outboarris range in price from a six horse power motor that sells for s299 to a seventy hp motor which carries a price tag of sl2i500 their weight ranges from 4g to 188 lbs mr taylor stresses the im portance of riot overtaxing a brougham news the regular weekly euchre roll call peace all ladies wel- 6pent the weekend with their daughter anne she is an employee there with the bell telephone mike valentino john quantz and john devitt accompanied by a party of friends enjoyed considerable luck on an icefish ing venture at lake simcoe several members of the local legion branch attended a dis trict nomination meeling in whitby on friday evening mr jack mansell has been in whitby on jury during the past week a large number of local hoc key fans attended the whitby- stouffville benefit game on thu rsday night grant jones provided the spark behind claromonts attack on friday night as they racked tip a 51 win over altona jones ng worlds day of prayer will be were winners mrs m elli- held in the church on fridav rott mrs brooks mrs w gray february 13 at 230 pm ah mr w carlton mr glen perry j ladies welcome and mr w hardy the regular meeting of the mr g crowder of minnett womans association was held returned home after spending at the manse claremont on a few days with his sister mrs i wednesday evening with a engjish also visiting his father j good attendance the president in oshawa hospital mr and mrs davis and mr and mrs hall all of toronto visited with mr and mrs j davis on sunday we are glad to hear mr s reaman has recovered sufficient ly to come home from the hos pital on sunday miss barbara mairs air stew mrs philip was in charge the devotional was taken by mrs matthews and the program was in charge of rev a cresswell who gave a very interesting program by showing colored pictures taken from bc on the west to nova scotia on the east miss glenny cresswell also fa vored with a piano solo which was much enjoyed by all mrs hamilton gave the card report boat with a motor that is too powerful for the craft he told the tribune that a 70 horse power motor on a light craft could tear it apart he noted that the average size motor for water skiing and general run about use was 35 hp according to the local dealer an outboard motor is much more versatile than an inboard shallow water logs and other similar obstruc tions will not seriously dam age an outboard this type of motor is used in rampjumping exhibitions in an effort to keep pace with increased motor and boat sales mr taylor has constructed an enclosed showroom and work shop at the rear of his restaur ant the spectacular boat show which is now in progress at the queen elizabeth building on the cne grounds toronto will attract thousands of interested viewers mr taylor will bo in attendance on saturday j 0 spang pickering townshi on fridav january 30 1959 children only one sister mrs the residents of stouffville and cora forsyth of stouffville sur- will take court action against rouge valley inn pickering twp will enter action in the supreme court against the rouge valley inn for a s50o0 paving programme that was completed by the township more than four years ago the owners at that time agreed to pay this sum to the municipality on completion of the project township solicitors have re quested permission to renew their action against the firm in a letter to council they stated that all correspondence between themselves and rouge valley inn had never been an swered reeve sherman scott said he believed the ownership of the inn had changed since the agreement with the township had been made its too bad its been allowed to go so long said councillor edgar james its getting to be ridiculous five thousand dollars is a lot of money contended coun cillor harry ashton i feel we should take action agreed dep reeve mrs jean mcpherson 1 have felt this way from the beginning she said large attendance at annual red cross meeting will not sell bond allowance pickering township council agreed to maintain their policy of not selling their road allow ances the matter was discussed at a special meeting on monday night mr a w gillespie 9th cone east of claremont informed council that he wished to pur chase 1700 feet between lots 14 and 15 on the north half of concession nine mr gillespie owns 40 acres of land the side- road is kept open but is not maintained the clerk informed the members that he believed mr gillespie wished to pur chase the road allowance to maintain seclusion ardess of montreal is spending a few days at her home here congratulations to mr john j and airs barclay war secretary harvey who was married on du o the absence of mrs mal- fridav evening in ajav united i colrn hostesses mrs cresswell scored two goals ami picked up church the luckv bride was and mrs h barclay served a two assists lloyd pascoe jack miss p hat na of mr very dainty lunch redshaw and gary taylor not- aml mrs hal of ajax th0 the 4h club held their ched singles reception was held at the home achievement day at port perry kesinic nances of the brides parents the hapgh school on saturday feb i he saturday night dances py couple will reside at iondon i 7 clubs were present from al- will resume on february 21st in i n numbor of ol young peoi lona brooklin mt zion port i schooling at buwmngton six y the community hall a new or- 1 ple e a trip to toronto i perry quakers hill and brou- chestra will be in attend nee 0i wednesday of last week the sham the brougham girls put this matter was discussed at the i grade 11a students of picker- on an exhibit which was uses annual meeting of the park inr d high school with for ground meat dorothy wil- their teacher mavor wm par- j son was the commentator the district were saddened to learn of the passing after a linger ing illness of one of their best- known and highly respected citizens in the person of john oscar spang the late john o spang was born in the year 1s78 on the 5th concession of markham town ship the son of anthony spang and mary jennings and ob tained his early education in the school which still stands on the 6th concession north of unionville boyhood pals and lifelong friends of the deceased who attended the same school at that time were the late frank stiver local grain mer chant and the late abner sum- merfeldt former reeve o f markham twp while still in his youth the late mr spang moved with his family to a farm on the 8th concession of whitchurch twp near ballahtrae and finished his board last week with the ex ception of mr bill welsh last years members were returned to office thev are messrs eddie ortiz al rozelle kal vizelv jack rennle and bob madill ish of ajav head of the school history department visited the parliament buildings in tor onto to see the legislature in session they visited the sig- mund samiel canadian art gal lery and also the museum where they saw topics connect ed with their studies mr and mrs gerald harbron and daughter inajean of myr tle visited with their aunt mrs balsam mt zion mrs b jamleson the merry homemakers cluh matthews on sunday afternoon met on saturday in the port i mrs carswell and daughter perry high school for achieve- j lynda also mrs k bent and ment day children of oshawa called on mr and mrs david pagan of their mother mrs hamilton on toronto spent the weekend with sunday her parents mr and mrs cecil i the regular meeting of the jones j young peoples union was held the voting peoples union on monday evening at the home met sunday night at the home of dorothy willson on feb 2 of mr and mrs iorne jones the program convener was mar following girls received their spoons jean barkley grace jackson pat harden cheryl liscombe margaret roberts dorothy willson along with the two leaders mrs goodwin and mrs harden certificates were also presented to dorothy willson and cheryl liscombe by mrs gordon and county honors went to dorothy willson by mrs honey for completing six units greenwood the christian educational committee met on tuesday night in the basement of the church years ago he moved to the 9th con of pickering twp near altona where he became a very successful farmer and resided there until his death nearly fifty years ago the late mr spang married delia davis and to this marriage was born a family of twelve children as a farmer john o spang specialized in purebred cattle introducing to ontario county some of the first registered hoi- steins he was for many years a member of the holstein-fries- ian association the late mr spang seived for many years as a trustee on the school board in the atha school section keenly interested in politics he was a staunch lib eral and a life member of the ontario liberal association he was a member of claremont united church vives two brothers and three sisters predeceased him atha mr and mrs joe tran spent tuesday nfternoon with mr and mrs jim ecoles at bramp ton mr and mrs percy xorman and family from toronto spent saturday evening wiili her tes ter mr and mrs xorman ieh- man master brian macaloney spent the weekend with little ralph smalley also mr and mrs ed macaloney spent sunday with mr and mrs m smalley brian returned home with his parents on sunday mr and mrs kerr and family of altona were supper guests with mr and mrs ellis melton on saturday evening mr and mrs clifford dun- two important ventures were proposed at the annual meet ing of the pickering township and village branch of the cana dian red cross society which was attended by the largest crowd in the branchs history one project is a homemakers service and the other is the formation of a pickering and district welfare council on which the official and voluntary agencies including the service clubs and outside agencies work- j ing in the township would be i represented the purpose of the latter pro- ject would be to fill a much- needed gap here by co-ordinat- ing and planning welfare and j social work of all kinds now done by much overlapping both ideas were presented to the meeting by mrs f s hertz- i berg welfare chairman of the t branch who has been pressing for such a welfare council for i several years one of the first and most important features i would be the carrying out of a i social service survey this survey would provide factual knowledge of the over all conditions and needs of the population of the township and village w r mcadam assist ant commissioner of the ontario headquarters who was a special guest at the meeting and super vised the election of officers praised the local branch for its amazing progress and construc tive work done in so short a time mr mcadam stated that the pickering branch is by far a leading branch of the red cross in the province the work you have done and are still doing in four years is fantastic he said this branch does things that we seldom see done elsewhere mrs david crichton was re elected president together with other officers of the past year mrs hertzberg in her report noted that there have been many requests for homemaker service she said that during the year more than 60 families received assistance and others received advice and direction to proper authorities through the welfare committee assist ing her on this committee are mrs sherman scott mrs a penstone and mrs w bedell mrs crichton pointed out that during the past year four new chairmanships had been added they were first aid mrs l peters junior red cross mrs r rogers womens work mrs a tyas building g d hep ditch mrs tyas said the branch i now has seven sewing machines i about 500 articles were made including sweaters layettes towels bandage covers gowns i mrs e james loan cupboard chairman said the demand for j equipment was heavy six hos- j pital bods are in use and three i had to be borrowed from local j lodges four wheelchairs are out and help was needed here i as well crutches rubber sheets and other items have all been out on loan lloyd peters water safety i chairman for 195s said 170 pii- pils took instruction in the pro gram it is hoped volunteer dri vers will come forward this year to help some of the children with transportation problems a firstaid course was conduct ed by mrs roy rogers which was a great success mrs g mcconnell senior citi zen chairman reported that meetings were held in clare mont a new name for the group was chosen the golden age club it is expected a sec ond group will be started in and around the village of pickering this year other reports were given em phasizing the present under taking of a blood bank at the ajaxpickering hospital brig j g spragge treasurer noted that the branch spent more than 53000 on its activities last year as no campaign chairman as available for the present year the executive and commit tee members this year will all take an active part in the cam paign to raise funds which be gins march 1st as an expan sion of activities is contemplat ed the money is very necessary if we are to function and serva the people here according to the need said mrs crichton audley last rites for mr spang were am b were s performed on sunday evening di r with h 1arent feb 1st at the chapel of l e oneill by the stouftville chap ter of oddfellows lodge of which ho had been a member for the past thirtyseven years the funeral on mondayfeb 2nd 1959 from the chapel of l e oneill was largely attend ed rev douglas davis officiat ed during the service mrs de- los brown sang a favourite hymn of the deceased pallbear ers were jack rae norman neal allan meyers howard cunningham george sales and joy merrick interment was made in stouffville cemetery green river little cathy michell spent the weekend with her grand parents mr and mrs alf mi chell mrs w binsted has returned home after a weeks vacation to brockville mr- and mrs c hutchings of pickering called at the hutch ings home recently pleased to hear that mrs e bruce continues to improve in health and is now able to sit up a while each day mr and mrs bowles of tor onto visited with their son and family mr t bowles on sun day air and mrs l pegg enter tained friends to a turkey din ner on sunday evening mr and mrs murray dunkeld mr and mrs donald dunkeld and dougie had sunday dinner with mr and mrs john recsor cedar grove iast weeks euchre results ladies first mrs jean marsh- man mrs tom hammond con mrs ins ingleton genu first fred marshman walter piplier con tom llamond door prie charles injreton enter television the ontario county junior farmers association has ent ered the second annual inter- county tv competition to he held over channel 3 barrie the series will be seen on mon day february 9th kith 23rd and march 2nd at 530 pm the counties of ontario n simcoe south simcoe and york are competing each group will present a ten minute program which they themselves have written and produced the ontario counjy program safety in the home will be presented on monday february 16th at 530 pm the topics to be used by the other countie feb 5 mrs fred pucktln friends of mrs walter brown are pleased to know she is re covering satisfactorily in osh awa hospital after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago the wa met at the home of mrs charlie clemence on wed nesday evening the president mrs james cowie conducted the business following a hymn the creed and theme hymn many activities were planned for the coming year the ladies will hold the world day of prayer service at the regular church service on sunday feb 15 the annual supper will be on february 27 the east group led the worship service mrs bert guthrie gave a prayer mrs f murray read a scrip ture followed bv comments by mrs frank puckrin mrs w g guthrie led in prayer mrs bert guthrie showed a film on five oaks christian workers cen ter the roll call was answered with a favorite verse of scrip ture the east group served refreshments miss maureen cook ajax and miss gwendolyn butt of whitby students of toronto teachers college studied last week at audley school under the supervision of mrs g k pratt sympathy is extended to mrs james cowie and family on the passing of mrs cowies aunt miss myra wallwin beeton mrs cowie and bob attended the funeral mr and mrs lee danvin of toronto spent a week recently at the home of mrs darwins parents mr and mrs g k i pratt a few from here attended the interchurch young peoples j fireside service at pickering on sunday evening bloomington the february meeting of the wa was held thursday after noon at the home of mr and mrs e baker with mrs dough erty in the chair mrs o baker conducted the officers installa tion service for 1959 thankyou notes were read by the secre tary mrs c lemon and a group letter from mrs g w brown of wheatley wife of s former pastor here this being the quarterly mis sionary meeting mrs jos win- terstein presented a well prepar ed progmm of scripture read ings by mrs e nesbitt mrs c lemon and mrs tranmer im promptu group singing by sev eral of the ladies the roll call was answered by bible verses including unity or virtue the moneys from the quilts was donated to the church furnace fund mrs baker was hostess mr and mrs a w storry were at zephyr attending the funeral of the late mr meyers whose remains were interred on saturday guests with mr and mrs r johnston last week were rev and mrs h boariway and chil dren of breslau and mrs little of kettleby mrs c burgar mr and mrs e burgar mrs fry of toronto mr and mrs r foord of owen sound were sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs c lemon mr and mrs vincent wagg joined the wagg family circle on saturday to celebrate mr leo waggs birthday at stouff ville and on sunday mr and mrs caulfield of oakville and mr harrison and son george of mount albert were guests mr l tranmer and miss green of mount albert visited at his granparents home here on sunday he leaves to mourn his pass- weare sorry to report that j bereaved widow twelve av cvcninr- fcb at 8 pm mrs j brooks mother mrs children and thirteen grand- cordial invitation is extended miss phyllis jones of oshawa j garet roberts the young peo- 1 keddel is ill with the shingles to all to come and meet with pent the weekend at her home pie enjoyed a very fine piano a committee of stewards held i us then miss audrey titlin of oshawa solo played by don kimera a meeting recently to consider of burlington were recent visi- the sunday school was under spent the weekend with mr the regular meeting of the i digging a well at the church ors at the jack middleton leadership of the adult class and mrs allan carson uwms of st johns church mr and mrs lome slute of i home mr and mrs t warren of will be safety in the barn and georgetown spent sunday with tractor safety mr and mrs r hamilton the jr farmer intercounty mr and mrs roy carter en- tv competition over ckvrtv tertained mr and mrs fred channel 3 barrie is one of carter and son philip to tea on several such competitions now sunday being held throughout the pro- dont forget the day of prayer ince of ontario to be held in the church on frij rfr being old is about like being young except for hurting a lot and being tired nearly all the time the active service class will j will bo held on thursday after- j raglan were visitors with doug the evening wa met at the thoroughly enjoyed hy all pres meet next wodnesdav night at noon february 19 at the home j and mrs morrien one night last i home of mrs frank webb on pn also a special thankvou to the home of mrs allan carson of mrs w c willson who will week j wednesday njrht mr benson draper for taking the flavour and colour of butter is natures secret wo no 88 ontario cham producers marketing board kmitmrwc slttt ctuh m00us tino board r 0m cha h0ducih i die easiest way to be satis- on sunday morning and it was fieri with your lot is to build on it a home that turns out to be a happy one sunday visitors at the car- be assisted by mrs p weir gdn home were mr and mrs mrs jno white and mrs lloyd jas halliday and fainilyof osh- johnston program convener nwa ami mr and mrs ray car- mrs h plaxton assisted by mrs son of toronto m ellicott and mrs w gray mr and mrs higgins were the annual oyster supper has charge of the service visitors at the scriver home on be set for march 1th the ladies aid will meet at the weekend the home of mrs a pearse on mr and mrs john beelby of j most of the things we wait wednesday evening feb 18th j claremont and mrs reg tuck for arent worth the delay at 8 oclock all ladies welcome it or not contentment is that rare state acquired by a persons school- ing himself to be satisfied with what he has whethci iie likes applications will he received by he undersigned until monday february 23rd 12 oclock noon for a warble fly inspector lloyd johnston clerk township of pickering brougham ontario