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8 the stourrvlue ts1eune thxiiiy odobe 1 1959 claremont pickering tp news rural to urban areas hurting claims report coop farm sales manager the sale of farms for residen tial commercial and industrial development is having an ad verse effect on coop feed fer tilizer and seed sales according to mr john mclntyre manag er of the claremont cooperat ive mr mclntyre addressed the annual shareholders meeting in the claremont baptist church on wednesday evening of last week he contended however that the feed business was stiil the backbone of the farm he noted that competition in almost all lines was quite keen mr mclntyre suggested that although urbanized rural areas might be responsible for a drop in farm supply sales it should increase the turnover of coop store sales he stated that it might be necessary to cut off some of the more competitive lines and concentrate their ef forts on the sale of stock that could meet or beat the prices pfflltf fnn of rival firms total earnings of ul4 a llllc the claremont coop showed a n j decrease over the previous year jflllcilor in spite of the decline in profits i patronage returns were maini q mnarvj tained at the same level 4 ijuui xlcbugu on general business and 2c on petroleum products two new directors were el ected to the board messrs ce cil disney and lloyd pugh are new members mr allan elili- cott was returned president lewis jones acted as chair man for the business session the meeting followed a ban quet in the church basement it was well attended mr ham- ish mcleod manager of the production division of the unit ed cooperative of ontario showed coloured slides of a recently completed overseas tour pickering townships solici tor mr hassard informed the members at a special meeting on monday night that the day may not be too far distant when it may be necessary to acquire a lawyer on a fulltime would be an ideal situation gave wrong impression dep reeve mrs jean mc pherson has stated that a re port that appeared in the sept 21th issue of the tribune has created a wrong impression with many readers in a news item pertaining to the policing of the municipality by the opp and the township department the report stated that the dep reeve felt that law enforce ment by the ontario provincial police over the entire township solicitor claims gas aoreement valid mr hassard solicitor for the township of pickering has stated that in his opinion the agreement with the consumers gas co drawn up in 1957 is valid he presented a written report on the issue at a special meeting of council on monday night the members had re quested a during on the bylaw after dep reeve mrs jean mc- pherson brought the matter to the attention of the dept of municipal affairs she charged that he proposed pipeline plans had never been presented to council and that the term en gineer as written in the agree ment did not pertain to the road supt mr jack chapman the construction of the gas line along cone 2 was halted by the dep reeve when she contended it was being laid in an improper location with the exception of one or two small items i feel that basis mr hassard made the statement in reply to a ques tion by councillor ross haw thorne on how such legal mat ters could be expedited with less work for the solicitors and less money from the township mr hassard pointed out that by not being in attendance at all township meetings it was impossible for their firm to keep abreast of all bylaws pass ed by council i have enjoyed excellent cooperation from the clerk he said councillor hawthorne sug gested that the fault might pos sibly lie with council mrs mcpherson said she would like to make it clear that her inference was made only be cause there is no mill rate charge on the area policed by the opp and not because she is dissatisfied in any way with the services provided by the township police department the dep reeve said she re ceived a number of telephone calls from ratepayers who gath ered this impression from the item she said she explained the matter to police ciiief parker in a personal call we only place our decisions a man made his wife a rug hassard he contended also that on paper after we receive our in- for her birthday maybe he was the term engineer in the agreement would mean mr chapman council has since given the authority to mr jef ferson the plans should have been filed and voted on by council stated dep reeve mrs mc pherson the plans were filed but not with council said councillor ross hawthorne they were filed with mr chapman our representative said reeve sherman scott theres no question with re gard to the legality of the by law pointed out dep reeve mrs mcpherson but i cant see how you can call any man an engineer she concluded solicitor hassard informed council that the term engi neer did not mean a profes sional employee but merely a structions from you noted mr j tired of being walked on him hassard a provincial highway situat ed in open countryside between church street and station road in pickering township has brought forth considerable com ment from two council mem bers councillor ross haw thorne has charged that it is a road to oblivion the thor oughfare has also been criticiz ed by councillor harry ashton the paved surface covers a distance slightly in excess of onehalf mile there are no homes fronting on the road it man who was given charge over the bylaw is valid stated mr public works for the township p finks up two gravel roads although the thinking behind the project has never been made clear it is thought that the highway is to provide access between church st and station road when the dept of highways proceeds with its roadclosing program between the base line and hwy 401 srapi suggests site for new municipal offices councillor harry ashton has suggested that council should give some thought to the loca tion of new municipal offices for the township of pickering he proposed that the new site should be located in an area near the intersection of no 2 hwy and the brock road cou ncillor ashton suggested that a motion to this effect could be dealt with at the special meet ing on monday evening reeve sherman scott contend ed that such a motion would be premature he agreed however that additional accommodation would be needed sometime and somewhere he suggested that object to highway hucksters councillor miss violet swan has raised an objection to the practice by highway salesmen in the selling of their produce on the roadside and creating a traffic hazard on sunday after noons she said she witnessed two nearaccidents near the lan sing cutoff over the weekend councillor miss swan sug gested that such persons should be forced to set their stands well off the highway road al lowance she also questioned the final arrangements are near completion for the annual junior plowing contest to be held on saturday at the farm of frank batty and son contestants ranging in age from 14 to 21 will go through a coaching session in the morn ing prior to the afternoon com petitions at the end of the con test prizes will be awarded the coaching judge for the contest will be w i clark of unionville while the chairman of the junior committee will be lome mccoy of brooklin mr and mrs joseph andrew pegg are pictured here fol lowing their recent wedding in the first presbyterian church flint michigan the lampeer road flint michi- bride is the former sandra gan the groom is the son of lynn lambert daughter of mr and mrs milton n pegg mr and mrs e lambert claremont ont claims fell asleep pickering arrest opens investigation whether such persons are grant- a committee shouictbe formed i ed a permit by the dept of to discuss th matter i highways ross hawthorne to contest deputyreeveship although pickering town ships nomination is still more than eight weeks away elec tion interest is already quite keen the latest development occurred this week when mr ross hawthorne councillor in ward 4 announced officially that he will contest the deputy- reeveship against the present dep reeve mrs jean mcpher son although mrs mcpherson has made no statement to the tribune on her forthcoming el ection plans it is presumed that she will seek reelection to the post she received an acclama tion to the position last year councillor hawthorne has rep resented ward 4 on council for the past two years he received an acclamation for the term of 1958 and bested three other can didates to retain his seat in 1959 he has resided at french mans bay for the past six years hunter shot james carrol 35 of shrop shire dr scarboro was ad mitted to scarborough general hospital sunday with five shot gun pellets in his chest when a companions gun was accident- the arrest of a canadian in a stolen american car in pick ering township on sunday touched off a combined rcmp- opp investigation into a pos sible international car ring cpl richard bodley of pick ering township said the driver of the stolen ear carried identifi cation of a us citizen and a list of 23 license numbers of us cars rcmp officials said a check of some of the license numbers showed that they were not stolen cars no explanation of why the man carried the list was given the suspect told police a man in hamilton gave him 20 to deliver the car to a kingston rd motel and that he ended up in pickering township leonard stanley mccaffey 31 of no fixed address was re manded in court today for two weeks on a charge of possession of stolen property boss bailey claremont the community will be pleas ed to learn that the lyons fam ily of altona who suffered an almost total loss in a fire recent ly have started working on the erection of a temporary dwell ing they plan to erect a per- ilv rved whii hmiino north mannt home vel soon an i shownby john clark uxbridge any fired while hunting north assistance that might be ren- rr 2 of uxbridge idered in ftis project would be sincerely appreciated ross bailey uxbridge rr 4 was one of six boys to win a calf at the calf rodeo held at lindsay exhibition on junior pay wednesday september 23 1959 twelve boys were given an opportunity to catch the calves each winner kept the calf that he caught the scott 4h beef calf club represented by ralph clark blackwater rr 2 and janet and donna mctavish uxbridge r4 won the competition for the best group of three baby beef steers in the intercounty 4h championship show in the individual baby beef steer class ralph clark won the reserve champion steer the calves were judged on the group system the calves shown by ted gordon cannington rr 2 janet and donna mctavish ux bridge rr 4 placed in the first prize group the calf shown by keith shier cannington rr 2 placed in the 2nd prize group in the third prize group was the calf judgment will be passed on monday in oshawa police court on a claremont physician charg ed with driving while intoxi cated dr bartley d campbell pleaded not guilty to the charge before magistrate frank ebbs in whitby police court last week driver of a sedan delivery arthur godden of toronto said he was driving along high way 12 south of brooklin when he saw an oncoming car swerve into his driving lane he said that the car ahead pulled to the shoulder and was not touched by the oncoming vehicle but that although godden pulled to the shoulder too his car was struck on the left side he said that damage to his car was estimated at 1200 he said he walked over to the other car involved and found doctor campbell at the wheel he said the accused said nothing to him and he said nothing to the ac cused on police arrival some min utes later he said dr campbell was helped from his car he said paul carter told the court that he had been driver of the car ahead of godden which was forced off on the shoulder by the car which struck godden he and his passengers told the court they thought dr camp bell was intoxicated pc arnold summers and pc charles whiteside both of the whitby detachment of the opp testified that according to their observation dr campbell was intoxicated fallen asleep wsam ml zion fllrs b jamieson congratulations to mr and mrs glen flemming nee joan graham of oshawa on the ar rival of a daughter on thurs day sept 24 miss shiela garston of scar boro spent the weekend with miss shirley empringham friends are sorry to hear that mrs thos risebrough under went surgery last wednesday in the western hospital tor onto we hope for a speedy re covery rev e and mrs beech al lan and friend of toronto vis- claremont sympathy is extended to mrs jack mansell whose mother passed away recently in ger many the recreation committee held their first junior dance of the season on friday evening in the community hall about fortyfive boys and girls were in attendance it is rather dis appointing to report that the conduct of some of the young people was not good the man agement has stated that any re currence of trouble will force them to eject the parties re sponsible and ban them perm anently from the building it is reported that only a few youths were responsible for the disorderly conduct a second dance will be held on friday oct 9th the home of mr and mrs ken jones was the location of a lovely shower foi esther mo caughie and bob benson in honour of their forthcoming marriage which will take place on oct 10th the couple receiv ed many useful gifts mr and mrs kennedy of to ronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs james mcguire the ladles auxiliary to the legion catered to the middle- tonbenson wedding on satur day afternoon in the legion hall mr and mrs h desjardins entertained friends and rela tives from claremont good wood and toronto on saturday evening on the occasion of their wedding anniversary mr and mrs jim mcguire held a family gettogether at their home on sunday rela tives were present from rich mond hill oakville and tor onto mr ross redshaw and mr jloyd pascoe represented the claremont hockey club at an organization meeting of the stouftville community league 5n sunday afternoon in stouff- ville the league will open with hree exhibition games on uesday oct 13th the regular chedule will start on oct 20 mr and mrs lloyd pascoe and jackie were visitors on sunday evening with mr and mrs jim thomas of stouftville in his own defence dr camp- saturd at the cecil jones bell said that he had had no noma sleep the previous night he said he had consumed four drinks of liquor that evening but denied being intoxicated he said that he had fallen asleep at the wheel and awak ened to see an oncoming car he said he swung his car off the road but could not avoid the collision he maintained that he had suffered a bump on his fore head in the crash and suggested that this may have caused police to think him intoxicated he ad mitted that he had not asked for medical attention when tak en to the police station rural pickering frozen by new zoning bylaw n wedding two readings were given to a pickering township zoning bylaw that virtually freezes ail building in the rural areas of pickering township extend ing from cone 3 north io the townlinc the matter was dis cussed rather briefly at a spe cial meeting of council on mon day night the- bylaw also places controls on the section south of cone 3 as previously mapped out the area north of cone 3 has been zoned as ra rural agri cultural this would mean that building would be permitted on ly on ten acre lots or on a sole remaining parcel of land the of building permits throughout the rural districts of the munici pality unless certain specifica tions arc met the bylaw can not be altered until after it is given a third reading the mat ter will be discussed at a regu lar meeting of the planning board on friday night of this week councillor harry ashton sug gested that some members of planning board were undecided on vhat zoning regulations should be imposed in the area north of cone 3 he said that the members were particularly concerned about the small rural hamlets whether their growth ruling practically halts the sale should be held up or allowcd- claremont mr and mrs ray hill coll- ingwood visited over the week end with mr and mrs loss hill several from here attended the masonic service in good wood united church on sunday evening mrs morgan pugh has been visiting with friends in ux bridge for two weeks a number of claremont resi dents attended the stouftville trade fair as well as lindsay fair on friday and saturday the anniversary services at the 4h members taking part in the championship show were from the counties of durham northumberland peterborough victoria muskoka and ontario the boys and girls were feted at a complimentary banquet sup per given by the lindsay exhi bition they also were presented with tickets to the grandstand show the grandstand show was largely organized by the vic toria county junior farmers association taking part in the show was the 1959 provincial champion ontario county jr farmer mixed quartette jean- ine werry roberta baird hugh baird and grant spencer ac companist was mrs john dob- son claremont- a family gathering was held at the home of mr and mrs wm welsh on sunday on the occasion of their daughter pats eighteenth birthday she is em ployed in the engineering dept claremont baptist church on of the bell telephone co in siitvisv buta uu ttani4 toronto sunday were well attended tyas pearce two well known pickering township families were repre sented on saturday september 2cth when alice annabelle daughter of mr and mrs har ry s pearce was united in marriage to william robert roy tyas son of mr and mrs a w tyas scene of the cere mony conducted by rev j wilkinson was the dunbarton united church the bride given in marriage by her father was lovely in a white satin gown the long sleeves edging to a point over the hands a shoulder length scalloped veil hung from a pearl encrusted headdress the bride carried a cascade of white roses and wore a strand of cultured pearls a gift of the groom the maid of honour diane tyas sister of the groom was gowned in copper peau de sole with full hoop skirt a loose panel hung from above the waist a matching headdress supported tulle veiling brides maid miss beverley mclaren of oshawa was similarly at tired in moss green both at tendants wore matching acces sories and carried a cascade of bronze and yellow mums the groom was attended by douglas stapley ushers were richard pearce and jack suter following the wedding a re ception was held on the lawn at the home of the brides par ents where about one hundred and twentyfive guests assem bled partaking of a buffet sup per and extending their best wishes to the bride and groom the mother of the bride receiv ed in a sheath of moss green brocade peau de sole with mat ching jacket and matching mel- usine hat wearing champagne accessories and a corsage of bronze and yellow roses the sunday visitors at the irving mcavoy home were mr and mrs norval meavoy and family of layton mr and mrs jack ward of claremont and mr and mrs jack tully of tor onto mr and mrs noel marshall and clifford of pickering mr and mrs les wilson and family of greenwood and rev thos fleetham were sunday guests with mr and mrs cecil disney sunday visitors with mr and mr and mrs c pratt of fort william visited with mr and mrs e j lewis last week mrs pratt is the twin sister of mrs lewis mr and mrs sam taylor en tertained at a tea in honour of their aunt and uncle mr and mrs c pratt from fort wil liam other members of the party were mr and mrs g graham marilyn and lois miss marion taylor and mr rodger simmons all of osh awa miss marion pegg mr murray taylor ruth and da vid taylor mr and mrs e lewis all of claremont miss betty harte of toronto was a sunday guest at the home of mr and mrs f hollingshead w a meeting the womans association of the united church met on thursday afternoon with mrs cook presiding the meeting opened with the theme hymn and prayer mrs c norton read the scripture matt 532- 48 and the topic love your enemies mrs lehman read an article by jane scott and mrs cook read the woman who lives next door an article entitled love eneniy was read by mrs redshaw the president mrs r ward conducted the busi ness part of the meeting and it was decided to change the meet- mrs b jamieson were mr and mrs geo todd of cherrywood ings to the last wednesday of mr and mrs roy ward and month beginning oct 28th mr and mrs dick ward and and at 2 p- family of claremont whitby concert assn the whitby concert associa tion are presenting three con certs this season october 2nd ontario ladles college at 830 montreal trio feb 2nd whitby dist high school premiere opera festl- the annual fall bazaar will be held on saturday nov 14th hymn no 573 and the benedic tion closed the meeting uiu v company wih fading art- mother of the groom assis ed windsor attired in a gold brocade sheath i en and coffee coloured accessories s she wore a corsage of yellow roses among the guests were mrs robert anderson grand mother of the groom and mrs walter milne guests attended from smiths falls belleville frankford batawa hillicr guelph chalk river and other centres the newly married couple left for a trip to the united states including lake placid the brides travelling costume being a moss green twopiece ensemble topped with fur edg ing a coffee coloured hat and matching accessories complete with a corsage of bronze and yellow roses and mums on their return they will reside in sarnia march 26th dual piano re cital margaret parsons clif ford poole at ontario ladies college 830 only season tickets sold the three for 500 students 250 this organization is not pro fit making but an independent group supporting canadian tal ent for further information regarding the concerts contact mrs k h j clarke pickering 270 brougham news cookie day on saturday morning the girl guides and brownies will conduct h doortodoor visit of the homes and stores in the vill age on a cookie selling cam paign they hope that their project will be well received by local residents mothers mak ing cookies arc asked that they be delivered to the home of mrs ethel brownmg not later than friday evening in order that they may be properly packed the wms autumn thank- offering meeting of st johns church will be held on wednes day afternoon october 7 at 230 oclock in the church mrs thos norton of markham will be guest speaker all ladies of the community are invited to attend this meeting the womens association of st johns church will hold their next meeting on wednesday evening october 7 at 8 oclock at the home of mrs geo gray assisted by mrs a j gray and mrs k c pascoe the pro gram to be in charge of mrs cressvcll while the devotional will be taken by mrs pascoe all ladles welcome a number of former neigh bors of mr frank carter met at his home one evening last week before he left for califor nia and presented him with a lovely sweater mr and mrs gordon camp bell also miss m g witter all of toronto called on mrs mat thews on saturday afternoon mrs honey of port perry pent a few days last week with her daughter mrs m annls and family mr and mrs chas burrows returned home after visiting with their son russell and fam ily mrs m b burk of stouftville has been around during the past week calling on old friends mr and mrs john c hamil ton and his mother mrs w hamilton were in oshawa on sunday helping mr and mrs carswell celebrate their wed ding anniversary mr and mrs frecker of scar boro visited with mr and mrs geo perry one day last week the tely milk fund has been extended another week so any one wishing to contribute may do so at church next sunday morning a car load of ladies mem bers of joy rebockah lodge accompanied the family to mai- ton on thuriday morning to see mr frank carter and his daughter eileen off on their trip to california where they expect to stay for a time