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pagt s the stourfvulf tehuke twafef r 23- 5 claremont pickering tp news approve additional 20000 for west rouge public school ward three councillor harry councillor ashton charged ashton sparked a rather heated that the entire township was re- debate in council on monday night when members of the public school area board no 2 appeared to request an addi tional 20000 to complete an eight room addition in the west rouge councillor ashton later voted in favour of the revised request the original debenture issue was for 196000 following a deiay in the construction of the building the board learned that the total expenditure had climb ed to 216000 chairman of the board mr fred hunt informed council that the project couldnt be de layed too long since the com pletion date had been set for dec 1 1959 he informed the members that a shift system would have to be arranged for september quired to back the debentures and he contended that such a debt would be a deterrent to in dustry everyone in the township must pull up their britches and economize which means the council and every public offi cial he continued he failed to elaborate further on his state ment although an explanation was requested by councillor hawthorne dep reeve mrs jean mc- pherson noted that a figure of 27000 per room seemed ex ceptionally high that much money would erect a fine home better than the majority of us can afford she stated we have all the load we can carry in school area no 2 she con cluded may license cleaning firms in pickering twp pickering townships bylaw enforcement officer mr albert cane has suggested that a 50 license fee should be imposed on resident cleaning firms in an effort to discourage door to door trade by outsiders the matter was discussed at a spe cial meeting of council on mon day night it might stop every tom dick and harry from getting into the business said mr cane a representative of harwood cleaners bordering on the town of ajax spoke in opposition to the plan he said that including his business tax he now paid 375 into the township he con tended however that every cleaning firm should be bonded i dont believe we should re strict free competition said the ratepayer altona brougham n j out at me last minute tne wnoie mavmk c ifet misses freda draper and shir ley lewis recently spent a weeks vacation at a cottage at lake simcoe also on holidays were mr and mrs stan thompson and lome who were at a cottage on st noras lake mr and mrs fred mcnair son robert and john sargent spent a weeks holiday at ard- beg recently we welcome mr and mrs tom marshman and family in to our community they moved into their new home a week ago sorry to report lome lewis 3 year old son of fred and ruth lewis fell and broke his left arm recently the fillion family arrived home on sunday after motoring to edmonton to visit her par ents for two weeks mrs fillion was intending to fly to alberta but at the last minute the whole hope to establish historical society in pickering twp a group of pickering town- gate sites and buildings to house ship residents gathered at the the articles to look into finan- municipal building in brougham cial matters pertaining thereto on tuesday july 7th to con- and to present the proposed ob- sider the establishment of an jects of such a society to a pub- historical society and museum lie meeting to be arranged at for the township of pickering i a later date this was brought on by an an- 1 while the committee investi- tique display on the occasion gates everyone is asked to hold of brougham school centennial j old items which will recall the on june 20th and by the grow- early days on farms and in ing desire of some residents to i villages which are stored away preserve the articles now on in attics cellars and barns do hand used long ago when the i not let these old objects be de- weddings township was first settled a committee of robert mill er w g lawson f l sherry w c murkar and e c petit- jean was appointed to investi- to start work on new fire hal in work will commence august 1st on the new 7500 fire hall in claremont it will be located at the rear of the present com munity hall the hope cons truction company of uxbridge will do the job all materials will be supplied the new struc ture will be similar to the build ing in markham village though slightly smaller it will measure 32 x 42 a 1200 water tank will be installed in the floor the hall will be a cement block structure with a stucco exterior it will have a flat roof fire chief jack norton inform- ed the tribune that the brigade is anxious to obtain a water tank truck which would also be stored in the hall mr norton said that a new pump was in stalled on the present fire truck just three years ago at a cost of 1000 and it is still in good condition he said that the most serious handicap in fighting ru ral fires was a shortage of wa ter the construction firm hopes to complete the new building in two weeks time sorry if some of the news items are a bit late at this busy time of year if your news items were phoned in by early monday morning they would be greatly appreciated last week john sargent was a helper at trail of the pines boys camp at stayner and this week is a councillor at the can adian sunday school mission camp at blind river s ronnie sargent spent last week with his grandparents mr and mrs tipping at stay ner diane baker has returned home after a two weeks vaca tion at her cousins home picnic keep in mind the altona sun day school picnic this thurs day july 23rd in stouffville park bring your basket for supper at 630 pm games and races will be held in the eve ning williams tran tall standards of blue and white delphiniums decorated the home of mr and mrs joseph g tran claremont for the mar riage of their daughter carolyn doris to john charles williams son of mr and sirs john p williams of tunstead norfolk england the double ring cere mony was conducted by rev c p shapter of locust hill united church given in marriage by her fa ther the bride wore a ballerina length gown of white nylon or ganza over silk styled with sur plice bodice and very full skirt with a crushed cummerbund ending in a butterfly bow at back her shoulderlength veil was held by a sequined tiara and she carried a semicascade of blue and white carnations she wore a single strand of pearls and earrings the gift of the groom attending the bride was her sister betty jeanne who wore a ballerinalength gown in pale blue organza over silk styled with bateau neckline embroider ed bodice and trimmed with velvet bows and belt she wore matching blue flowered head band shoes and gloves and car ried a semicascade of pink and white carnations she also wore a single strand of pearls and earrings the gift of the groom mr john pollard of stouff ville was best man the recep tion was held at the masonic hall stouffville where the guests were received by the mrs e pegg was in the city brides mother who was attired last thursday attending a tea n blue embroidered silk dress given in honor of her sister i with pink accessories her cor- dianne sage was of pink carnations mr and mrs geo mavnard receiving for the groom was and mrs f disney visited with i mrs- s pollard gowned in beige the latters daughter mrs lcs i with matching accessories her stroyed and look for the an nouncement of a public meet ing for everyone interested in the organization of pickering township historical society greenwood wilson last friday mr and mrs m pegg spent the weekend with her mother at magnetewan mr c mctaggart and family visited recently with b and mrs wilson of maxwell larry wilson returned home with them mrs wm brown and son william may brown and glen and mrs eastwood and linda are on a trip to winnipeg and district les and mrs wilson and girls fred and mrs byers and mrs p wilson visited last sunday with the john byers and fam ily and other relatives at or- angeville now in the sick childrens hos pital where she has undergone surgical treatment but is now doing nicely mr and mrs jas ravey and son douglas have returned af ter spending a weeks holidays touring through northern on tario and the usa a goodly number from here attended the decoration service in whitevale cemetery on sun day afternoon mrs t r knox and mrs ray ellicott attended the wedding of their sister gloria mcguekin in uxbridge united church on sat urday afternoon the womans association of st johns church are planning a bus trip to the new united church house on st clair ave on august 13 will any one in ihe community who is interest ed please get in touch with mrs thos philip mr and mrs cliff hubbard visited with mrs w hamilton one day last week mrs howard leask of ux bridge visited with mrs william knox one day last week mr george perry and son robert visited with friends ar ound st thomas for a few days mrsjradclifie and daugh- i among those attending ters dixie and faye also mr were mlss caro1 haid and mr and mrs rivers of ashalotula and mrs grove of toronto ohio visited with mr and mrs mlsses pas an linda manson ellicott last week so sdent a wc s h mr d l witter of montreal w their aunt at lake wilcox and sister miss gladys witter t kittle dianne wo l of toronto called on their aunt holidaying with her grand- mrs matthews one afternoon mother at agincourt last week recent callers at the home of mrs w ellicott of toronto r hamilton were mr and has been staving with mrs wm ai mtv and ellicott during the past week m t georgetown mr and mrs t r knox also m sftffifs ftjs ment booth and other attrac- mr and mrs k c pascoe spent mr ani a rd ot tions the weekend at their cottage awa s afternoon to on balsam lake i e te wishes to hem on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary a number of the members from here attended the picnic of the rebekah lodge from green river a very pleasant time was had at the home of mr and mrs c postill on sunday when a num ber of friends and relatives ga thered there for a picnic sup- the donkey baseball game held saturday night at the park was a huge success in spite of the weather the community baseball league who sponsored the entertainment were very pleased with the attendance over 300 was received at the gate mr and mrs jack rennie entertained mr and mrs w hobday and family mr and mrs w mckay and family mr j bremmer and mr d mason all from toronto and mr and mrs r redshaw at their home after the donkey baseball game the claremont school board have engaged two new teachers for the september term miss kime is from pickering village and is a graduate of toronto teachers college mr william crouch comes from welland and graduated from hamilton tea chers college both these teach ers were highly recommended mr crouch is looking for room and board anyone with accom modation available should con tact mr j mcguire or any member of the school board linda mckay irene rennie pat and mike hobday from to ronto are visiting with the ren- nies for the next week or two mrs mantle from toronto a former resident of claremont is staying with her granddaugh ter and family mr and mrs b hockley for a month mrs hoc kley has borrowed the womens institutes wheel chair to en able mrs mantle to get around more easily and visit her many friends and relatives mrs man tle is 87 years young and in good health the park board are arrang ing for another field day this year on saturday august 8 and hope it will be an even bigger and better affair some of the events will be baseball tournaments oldtime fiddlers contest midway afternoon tea fish pond many games of chance races bingo refresh corsage was yellow roses for travelling the bride chose a mint green dress with white accessories following their trip north they will reside at altona we were pleased to hear mr k drake is home from the hos pital and feeling better blanche and tom benson have been enjoying part of their va cation in oshawa at mr and mrs l beverlys home the julyaugust meeting of the mission circle will be held at the home of mr and mrs f gostick on tuesday july 28 at 230 pm miss marion gos tick with the jr choir and mis sion band are to be our guests and are in charge of the pro gramme those desiring trans portation please be at the four- corners at 2 oclock mrs frank ward visited with her sister mrs burnell one day last week plan to attend the sunday evening service in the com munity park pastor carnegie of the baptist church will be in charge the starting time is 715 pm mrs charles burton and mr tom hammond were among the prize winners at a bowling jit ney held on thursday evening at stouffville mr and mrs geo constable of newmarket visited friends here on sunday mr and mrs peter meyer of stouffville are presently enjoy- with white accessories ing a holiday at cape cod for the wedding trip to the mr and mrs bill nicholson maritime provinces and the mrs tom hammond and mrs northern states the bride chose arthur prouse spent a few days a greyblue suitdress with white recently with mrs prouse sis- accessories and a corsage of memullen schneider baskets of blue delphinium regal lilies and white daisies decorated claremont baptist church on july 11th for the marriage of lucy mary eliza beth daughter of mr and mrs alex schneider to stanley keith mcmullen son of mr and mrs earl mcmullen the bride given in marriage by her father wore a floor length gown of taffeta with a chantilly lace overskirt the scalloped boat neckline was ap- pliqued with roses her embroi dered fingertip veil was held by a sculptured tiara and she car ried a cascade of red roses and white mums attending the bride were mrs jack hall matron of honour mrs ross wideman and miss joyce schneider all sisters of the bride they wore identical waltzlength dresses of powder blue brocaded cotton and rayon with cummerbunds of sapphire blue the head bands were of matching brocaded cotton and rayon and they each carried a cascade of yellow and white mums the flower girl miss lesley sweet wore a floorlength dress of white flocked nylon over blue taffeta with a matching head band she carried a nosegay of yellow and white mums mr jack hall of claremont was best man the ushers werc messrs murray mcmullen andj ross wideman the wedding music was play ed by mrs j carnegie of clare mont mr allan clark of green wood sang the lords prayer the wedding prayer and ill walk beside you receiving the guests mrs schneider wore a blue and white floral taffeta dress with white accessories she was assisted by the grooms mother who wore a dress of blue swirled taffeta at the controls mr ivan booth an employee price of the machine almost 16200 while the next lowest with the road department for 4000 less than the closest bid was for 20317 the the township of pickering for competitor caused consider- champion machine is the past thirteen years is able discussion among mem- canadian manufactured pro- pictured here at the controls bers of council it is the first duct with their main head- o f the recently purchased grader of its type to be used quarters located at goderich champion road grader the in pickering it was listed at ont atha spernwccktoli on saturdaylast hekl mr and mr l n v at uteide po lake scugog kfneston overland the many friends of mrs m mrs t nninih i i draper were very pleased to udiysn her nkl fc g jg- mr and mrs rvnn n hcr hcaih win continue to im- lri grcn draper prove time and a vote of thanks will have a birthday this month mr aimer maoaioney mr ellis melton mr fred draper ruth ann carruthers mrs e car ruthers mr and mrs john williams is extended to the committee in charge of the games mrs l roberts mrs b draper and i miss j griffin the sunday evening service from altona spent sunday eve- j was conducted by mr j irwin ning with her parents mr and who gave a most inspiring talk- mrs joe tran mr ed maealoney mr and mrs ernie carruthers ruth ann and mrs a carruthers at tended the whitevale memorial decoration sonice held in the whitevale cemeery on sunday afternoon gave a most inspiring talk paul very capably took charge of the music in the colonial period when pickled meat was packed in barrels for shipment south or overseas the commercial slau- w little susan dunkeld is hay entering and processing of live- j hope to step in again next year ing a birthday along with her stock became known as meat and plan thoroughly this impor- nother this week j packing taut recreation tor young boys i mr and mrs h gifford and barbara were sunday visitors with mr and mrs j rennie and family we were pleased to hear mrs g blake has returned home from the hospital and is feel ing much improved after her operation it is reported she was very pleased with the mov ing job the ladies did for her and the family it has been drawn to the at tention of your correspondent that not too many parents are cooperating with the driving for the away games of the pee- wee and bantam baseball teams it is hardly fair for the same parents to do all the driving if you can possibly take a turn please do so last year the rec reation committee sponsored the pee wee team which was the only one in the pickering township league from clare mont and they arranged with the parents for the transporta tion this year they were not approached in time but were told of other sponsors so had to let the matter drop as all arrangements were under way the recreation committee ter in detroit mr and mrs gordon over land of kingston spent the week end with mr and mrs joe tran mr and mrs roy mcleod and family have returned home after spending a week in nor thern ontario work has started on a new home to be erected by mr and mrs earl pilkey south of clare mont a mixed trebles tournament to have been held at the local greens on saturday night was rained out it will be held on thursday evening mr and mrs gordon taylor left on monday for a two week vacation at halls lake the restaurant will be closed until august 4th mr and mrs les lye are en joying a two week holiday at rush lake mr and mrs thomas lye visited with mr and mrs don hedges on sunday mr and mrs jack mansell and family are holidaying at their cottage near huntsville mr tom hammond mr and mrs earl beare mrs wm wal lace mrs e goodman and mr harry green took part in a mixed trebles tournament on monday night for the watts trophy the competition was held at stouffville pink roses on their return the happy couple will reside near claremont tobago the caribbean island reputedly used by defoe as the site of robinson crusoes ad venturesis 26 miles long and 7v4 miles wide one of the new powdered plastic soil conditioners on the market is considered a hundred times as efficient in improving mrs m hollinger the monthly meeting of the chcrrywood womans associa tion was held at the home of mrs cecil hollinger with the president mrs geo todd pre siding the devotional period was taken by mrs r tindall the theme was reconciliation in which the fact was stressed that we must look into our own hearts before we look up ward to the face of god we cannot be blessed by him until we approach him with forgiv ing hearts during the pro gram piano solos were played by miss anne lennox and miss sandra hollinger these were delightfully and efficiently done and enjoyed by all mrs wilmot gates read an article from the observe- telling of the life and work done by the united church minister at yellowknife her second readling was a humour ous poem entitled the dadies aid among the topics diseiss- ed in the business period was the annual turkey supper on october 21st admittance to which is to be by ticket only the paper drive is still on and paper is to be left at mrs todds the last drive netted us 2500 thanks to you all plans for the september meeting were made at which mrs sturgcss will be the speaker arrange ments were made t have the church hall painted at close of the meeting delicious re- mrs r may two families who are going to be missed in our village are mr and mrs blacklock and family who are going to mus- selmans lake and mr and mrs symore and children who are moving to willowdale three year old marion nor ton celebrated her birthday on july 16th by entertaining sev eral tttle neighbour children kendra wagg entertained lit tle friends on july 17th her birthday two new birthdays are to be congratulated mr and mrs eldon yake became parents of a baby girl and mr and mrs wes evans a baby boy recently mr and mrs reuben pearce of markham called on mr and mrs will may on friday eve ning mr and mrs lance couling of georgetown spent wednes day with niece mrs r may and family miss donna bryant is holi daying wilii her aunt and uncle mr and mrs charles symes and family we wish bobby symes a very happy time at 1 camp miss bonnie norton is j spending a few days with her i aunt mrs gladys norton miss donna woodland is holidaying with uncle harry and marjorie woodland patty sue and mi chael mayo are with aunt and uncle mr and mrs dean percy and family remember the sunday school ballantrae mussulmans lake baldwin after supper mr may opened a shower of gifts which were very much a surprise in jpite of the very wet wea miss ruth collins had last i saturday everyone had week off for holidays to help i s tlr at the sunday schoo her mother since returning from hospital miss doris woodland is at tending morning classes at summer school in toronto mr and mrs ralph faulkner and mrs percy pugh spent the weekend with relatives in hunt sville and points north we were sorry to learn that mrs gribble who was attending a summer church camp at port elgin fell from the curb into a hole in the street and broke her hip she is at present in southampton general hospital but hopes to be able to move to newmarket hospital in about two weeks sunday school picnic the goodwood united church sunday school annual picnic will be held at the maples park goodwood on wednesday july 29th ladies provide supper 630 to 7 pm all friends and members invited chicory picnic we have two new beau ty queens for 1959 donna pat tenden was chosen miss bal lantrae and mrs jennie wat son won the married ladies div ision congratulations you beau tiful dolls the races were rui between rain storms but tin championship ball game wa called off it is to be played thi wednesday at pattendens park we have a couple of sick one on the list this week mr jacl watson was unable to attorn the picnic saturday ho is stil not as well as we all hoped h would bo by now the secow one is in the younger set littl ruth russell of windsor drivi accidentally tripped and fell in to the glass of a door and sul fored a very severely cut arrr she was rushed to newmarke hospital for emergency treat ment everyone is wishing rut a speedy got well and hopes tlv little arm heals quickly welcome home to hilda anj wilf wright lakesliorc roafil mr and mrs wright have rtl turned from a holiday tour ol summers come and go but eastern canada and part of till come the month of july and in us they visited prince eel many parts of ontario in fence ward island nova scotia qttrl rows or waste places along bee and maine it was all vert water courses and sometimes in iee but its good to lie homcl spring grain will be seen the they say and i think we a bright blue attractive blossoms agree o the chicory reports the field i ricky romvn celebrates nil picnic on thursday today at i crops branch of the ontario nth birthday on thursday witll greenwood conservation park i department of agriculture by a group of his young friend prayer meeting on wednes- noon the blossoms close and re for supper many happy return day evening at the home of mr i main closed until the next mor- nick and mrs harry woodland ning lc the weok nrh haying is being finished up chicory blue sailors blue dai- rs obey the new no parkinc and some folk are busy tuning sy or coffee weed as it is some- signs the township has put ui up the grain binder grain is j times called is a perennial wilh around the lakeshore poad turning fast a good rain on a long thick root the stems this road is dangerous enougl saturday was much needed on saturday evening thirty- two people sat down to a boun tiful supper at the home of mr and mrs bert may iionour of mr wm mays eightieth birth day which was on july 17th his family were all present ex cept his daughter olive who is nursing in oshawa- his thirteen its j grandchildren were present al- weed and blue burr or stickseed y n s so his brothers johnny and both these weeds have small ncr vls visibility an flowers judgment frequent cutting or a short rotation of crops keeps this weed pretty well under control effective control can be ob tained chemically by spraying with 24d up to 6 ounces of acid per acre if in spring grain grow two to throe feet high under normal conditions but irl they are branched and hairy considerate parking by sundai the flowers are bright blue drivers makes it a real hazar nearly two inciios in diameter on the weekends and are attached direct to the main branches the juice is drivers who suspect they hayjl milky eye defects should realize thef chicory is the only weed witll aro more accirlrrit prone thai a large blue flower two other tj deficiency increases safe i blueblossomed weeds are blue- norman and their wives and close farm neighbours mr g jones and mr and mrs dean norton also mr and mrs fred mr and mrs w gates and family visited with relatives at bluevalur recently mr and mrs l gfcs attend- or 8 to 12 ounces of acid if in crl the gollan reunion at lake noncrop areas simcoe on sunday july 12 i chicory if eaten in quantity the annual sunday school hy cows may impart a bitter picnic was held on saturday at j favour to the milk in some the greenwood conservation i countries chicory roots are dried park there was a good crowd and roasted and used as a sub dancf andevcryy enjojslthe good stituto f coffee ficshments were served by the j dinner and the sports program hostesses mrs tindall mrs planned by the teachers after take it easy why tax your- soil structure as compost man- 1 bcsci cr mrs c hollinger and which many enjoyed a a good self when the government will young boys luxe or peat moss mrs w gates i swim do it for you clnrcmonf how saturday july 25 rod bond and hit mountatnrers modern and old tyme