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rg a the stourtville tr1buke tfamy den5 3 t5i claremont pickering tp news this was santa day contest for deputy reeveship holds spotlight in pickering twp reeve scott acclaimed the contest for the deputy- bee veship will hold the election spotlight in pickering township when ratepayers go to the polls on saturday dec 5th the pres ent incumbant mrs jean mc- pherson is being opposed by ward 4 councillor mr ross hawthorne councillor haw thorne declared his intentions to seek the new position at the annual nominations conducted at brougham on friday night mrs mepherson was elected to council in 1956 she was de feated in 57 but came back to win a seat in 58 she was ac claimed to the deputyreeves post in 59 councillor haw thorne entered municipal poli tics in 1958 and was returned in ward 4 last year he is a resi dent of frenchmans bay quiet meeting the meeting on friday even ing was one of the quietest in recent years the standingroom crowd that had usually greeted the candidates on previous oc casions was noticeably slim with no controversial issues on the agenda the meeting was concluded in less than 2 hours reeve sherman scott was re turned by acclamation ward 1 councillor harvey spang and ward 2 councillor edgar james were also acclaimed mr harry boyes will oppose incurnbant harry ashton in ward 3 mrs e c phelan was nominated but declined to accept wm fair- grieve and ross deakin will battle for the ward 4 seat left vacant by councillor hawthorne ward 5 councillor miss violet swan will be opposed by west rouge resident clifford lay- cock verbal exchange the only faint resemblance between this years nomination and meetings of former years was the brief and rather con fusing verbal exchange between ward 3 councillor harry ash ton and riverside drive rate payer jack hambleton the matter was received in a jocular vein by persons present it concerned the transportation of some 35 students to a nearby school in a recentlyacquired bus mr hambleton according to councillor ashton had been the lone opposition to a petition favouring the scheme need services reeve scott informed the meeting that there was little chance of pickering township acquiring industrial assessment unless water and sewerage ser vices were made available he pointed out that through a sign ed agreement with the crusader development co and later con solidated building corp such cervices would be provided at no cost to the township the proposed residential develop ment will be located at french mans bay on a site covering 670 acres of land in touching on the proposed cnr bypass line the reeve charged that council did not fa vour the project he noted that all plans had not been complete ly finalized and it was still pos sible that an alternate route might be considered he con- i tended however that if the rail road was to pass through the municipality council felt that the shortest line would be the best for the township in com menting on the acquiring of an office manager and treasurer he stated firmly that such ac tion was not meant to cast any reflection on any of the pres ent members of the clerical staff it does not mean that any of our present employees should suffer he said he prais ed the work of the planning board and urged the comple tion of a zoning bylaw for at least a portion of the township i think it is very necessary and i feel that the majority of citi zens feel the same way he noted he urged that each and every ratepayer should get out and vote every year in picker ing township is a crucial year he concluded keenly interested dep reeve mrs jean me pherson in seeking reelection to the post informed the aud ience that she had been a resi dent in the township since 1945 i have always been keenly in terested in the welfare of pick ering township she said as chairman of roads and bridges she said that she had worked in close cooperation with mem bers of the road department i am always as close to you as your telephone and no call will go unheeded she said in commenting on past ac complishments on roads she said that a planned paving pro ject was being carried on in each ward each year she ad mitted that winter maintenance costs had been very heavy and had consumed a large portion of the road budget in looking back over three years of council work she in formed the audience that she had missed only one regular meeting and had attended all committee meetings i never let pleasure interfere with coun cil work she said benefit from experience councillor harvey spang re turned in ward i by acclama tion stated that he had learned much during his initial year in office he said he hoped he had benefited from the experience touching on the completed road work in his ward councillor spang said that considerable funds had been expended on cone 4 on the whitevale hill continued on page 13 intire council returned to office en uxbridge twp reeve earl dowswell deputy- reeve robt nesbitt and council lors alvin redshaw norman hogg and charles forsyth were all returned to office by acclama tion in uxbridge township on monday afternoon less than two dozen ratepayers turned up at the annual nomination meet ing very few more than last year reeve earl dowswell in speak ing to the handful of residents said that council had put up a strong fight to preserve the goodwood cnr station which was ultimately closed by a de cision of the board of trans port he said that the township had had one of their largest road budgets this year due to the purchase of a new truck and erection of a garage three supplementary requests to the dept of highways for funds had been necessary which the reeve thought created a record in financing the garage he said was just completed he noted that the township now had its own airfield which would doubtless be enlarged in referring to ontario coun ty matters reeve dowswell stat ed that the road from goodwood to manchester was about ready for contract and it was expected that the portion as far east as the 7th concession would be built in 1960 with the connection to highway 47 the total cost is expected to be three quarters of a million dollars robert nesbitt who was re turned as deputyreeve stated that as a member of the county agricultural committee he was pleased to see a large decrease in the fox population he said about a dozen wolves had also been shot some in the vicinity of goodwood he referred to the canning companies and said that it was regrettable that these companies had reduced the price to the farmers for vegetables in order to compete with american im ports the new pump which was in stalled last year to keep the goodwood area free of floods had only been operated for a short period but had pumped over a million gallons of water from this low lying land charles forsyth referred to the decrease in sheep losses and credited this to the fact that neighboring municipalities had tightened up on their dog regu lations norman hogg noted the in crease in council financing he said that in 1958 the bank loan had only been 6000 while in the current year it had been necessary to borrow a total of 40000 relief he said had tak en a sharp upturn from 1700 in 1958 to 4200 in 1959 alvin redshaw thanked the ratepayers for his return to of fice and said he could add little to the reports already given by other council members claremont district news we regret to report that mr levi linton is presently con fined to the ajax hospital mr and mrs james reynolds and family of toronto were visi tors in the village on saturday and viewed the parade in the afternoon mr and mrs bruce lehman and family of brooklin visited with his parents mr and mrs wes lehman on saturday mr and mrs cliff reynolds visited with mr and mrs doug reynolds in bowmanvillc on sunday mr and mrs lloyd mason of scarboro were saturday visi tors with mr and mrs jack norton mr and mrs victor morley and family of scarboro visited with his parents mr and mrs fred moriey on saturday toronto friends were visitors at the homes of mr and mrs ed boniface and mr and mrs eddie ortiz on saturday after noon mr and mrs don beelby were weekend visitors with mr and mrs bob beelby miss pat welsh of toronto epent the weekend at the home of her parents mr and mrs wm welsh she arrived home on friday evening and attended the parade on saturday after noon mr and mrs r burnet and family of hespelcr spnt the weekend with mr and mrs gor don mccrath mr and mrs r- f cooper are enjoying a two week vacation in thj southern united states mr ken dean of dorset was a weekend visitor at the home of his parents mr and mrs harold dean the christmas program of the goodfellowship class will be held dec 8 at the home of rev and mrs cresswell mrs ped- die and mrs w davis will be responsible for the music and program the roll call is to be answered by a verse containing the word joy the womens institute are holding their meeting a week earlier this month as is the cus tom in december mrs mccon- nell will demonstrate wrapping parcels mr carnegie will bring the christmas message the roll call is to be answered with a christmas thought the date is wednesday dec 9 at 2 pm tlie program and lunch com mittee are mrs r jackson mrs w lehman and mrs j ward mr samarillo suffered a fall off his horse that he was rid ing in the parade on saturday he injured his knee and suffer ed body bruises another acci dent occurred to mrs samar- illos mother mrs wills she suffered a fall outside the bank while waiting for the parade to start she tore the ligaments in her arm on saturday evening nov 2s a number of legion mem bers went to oshawa to attend tnc zone rally they were messrs f holllngshcad j lehman j rennie a hewlett b norton and j mcguire other legions represented were from ajax port perry uxbridge bowmanville and dunbarton mr and mrs w gliddon and lynn and calcrie rennie spent sunday in toronto at the home of mr and mrs udeu toronto visitors at the sam arillo home following the par ade on saturday were mrs b wills mrs n hill mrs j cush man and mrs t mckay week end visitors were ralph hill and kent carleton the monthly meeting of the wms will be held in the sun day school room of the united church on thursday dec 10 at 230 pm mrs f carson and mrs f ward will be in charge of the program roll call is to be answered with a christmas thought or verse associate members will be guests of the society at this meeting the womans association met wednesday nov 25 with mrs carson presiding mrs peddie read the scripture mrs mc- connell read the topic the theme being therefore stand mrs h johnson gave a lovely musical selection home sweet home our immediate past president mrs peddie presided for the election of officers for 1960 which are as follows pres mrs r ward 1st vice pres mrs wallace secty mrs r redshaw assistant secty mrs l pugh treasurer mrs e reynolds organist mrs c dcvitt assistant organist mrs w evans visiting committee headed by mrs h mclntyre flower coram mrs t ham mond and mrs w lehman group conveners mrs carl norton and mrs r hanthom manse comm mrs h mcln tyre and mrs g giuslln buy ing comm mrs tomlinson and mrs mcconnell mrs mcconnell spoke on a red cross course on friendly visiting and is hoping to make it a community effort the alwayscolorful mark- twentyfloat parade through a good crowd in spite of the troupe is pictured here as they on completion of their main ham district high school claremont on saturday after- grey cup football classic the lined up at the four corners street march girls bugle band led the noon fine weather attracted w lis ilisf 1 j sllilii m till m mm the altona public school year old maria reesor a grade float was the most beautiful 4 pupil cold but happy she entry in the entire parade it sports a broad smile i ine was enhanced by pretty nine tribune cameraman no christmas parade would route were not disappointed sack he took up his usual be complete without santa he distributed over 800 bags location in front of ken claus the hundreds of child- of candy from his wellpacked wards garage ren who lined the highway acquit hunter of pointing gun a 30yearold toronto man gino giusti carlaw avenue charged with pointing a firearm at a pickering twp resident was acquitted when he appeared in whitby police court last week he told the court througli an interpreter that he had not pointed the gun nor had the gun been loaded ross derrick of elizabeth st pickering twp said that he had observed the accused and two other men on his property all three carrying guns he said that he walked over to them to tell them they were not allowed to hunt and as he spoke to them the accused rais ed the muzzle of his shotgun to point it at him he had then called police he told the court that he had had considerable trouble from hunters and on one occasion a window had been shot out of his house there are a lot of bullets fly ing around there he said the accuseds brother frank and the accused both told the court that at no time had ac cused pointed his gun at derrick nor had accused warned him to not stand too close in dismissing the charge ma gistrate frank ebbs told giusti he would recommend that he not go back to that district of pickering at all greenwood news the wms for the circuit met at the home of mrs l waltham kinsale on thursday afternoon of this week rev t fleetham preached his usual good sermon last sun day morning to a large congre gation the mens choir sang two numbers and was much appreciated the afternoon wa will meet on thursday dec 10th at the home of mrs i mclean group 2 has the worship service and the roll call is christmas please bring a donation for the christmas cheer boxes also we are catering to the sale of john middleton on dec 12th the evening wa will hold their meeting at mrs a gard iners home on wednesday night the 9th of december pleased to report that linda eastwood is back at school af ter being out witii a cold for a few weeks mrs a mordens sister and brother of hamilton were with her last tuesday she was feel ing some better on the weekend wesley sadler returned home from the oshawa hospital one day last week and is feeling much improved in health miss elva stearman is off duty at the school this week due to an infection in her foot mrs l wilson is supplying for her the c mctaggart and wm brown families attended a birth day party at donovan applebys home in toronto last saturday in honor of his mother mrs rodd appleby mr and mrs grcnfell wilson visited at the stanley bycrs home last sunday afternoon mr and mrs geo pegg of markham visited at the wm pegg home last sunday alter- noon the farm forum met at the home of milton and mrs pegg last monday and the topic for discussion was farmers in the market place mr milton pegg is installing a milking parlour in his barn the first one- in this community mr and mrs ken brooks of scarboro were visitors at their parents home last sunday the only lot some persons are content with is a lot more editors mail claremont ont tribune editor stouffville ont dear sir i would appreciate receiving some space in your paper to air a complaint that i have held for the past number of years it would appear that every christ mas the pickering township council become very liberal with their funds and present each and every employee with a turkey the trouble with such a policy as i see it is that council is playing santa claus with the taxpayers money yours and mine i could name dozens of de serving families right around claremont who will not be for tunate enough to have a christ mas turkey on their table it is these same people who will be helping to pay for the christmas dinners of pickering twp em ployees who are well able to pay for their own it may be the custom of pri vate firms to oresent their sui members with- prechristmas bonuses but unfortunately the operations of a municipal gov ernment cannot be classed in the same line of business i do not know what the practice is in other municipalities nor do i really care i do know however that the cost of this practice is over 400 i feel that council is being overly generous with our mon ey no doubt the welfare offi cer could find many an empty oven in homes throughout the township where such a gift would be gratefully received i doubt if any of the municipal employees are so hardpressed for funds that they cannot pro vide their own christmas din ners a taxpayer the drug manufacturers arc doing their full share to help dispose of uncle sams cottoa surplus theyre filling the bot ties half with pills and half with cotton claremont boy wins tv set to sell pony by auction on friday sixteen year old john tor- rence son of mr and mrs robt torrence claremont was the winner of a portable television set at the santa claus parade on saturday afternoon he held the first prize ticket he select ed the tv rather than a shet land pony the winner was giv en a choice of either prize the choice didnt meet the approval of a younger member in the tor rence household eight year old allan toldjhe tribune that he would have preferred the pony i dont know why he picked the television he said i want ed the pony he said that he had had his eye on the pony prior to the parade i wsswith it most of the time before my brothers ticket was drawn he said he told the tribune that his father had two farm work horses but no ponies the oonv will be sold by pub- lie auction on friday night at eight oclock the sale will be held at coopers showroom store on the east side of the main street the second prize ticket was held by freddie peddie of clare mont he was presented with a 30 order of groceries a third prize rod and reel went to mrs myrle lee of peterboro the fourth prize an electric solder ing iron was won by mrs phyl lis desjardins of claremont three of the four prizes were won by claremont residents although the grey cup foot ball classic retained a certain section of the adult audience the colourful parade attracted a fine crowd more than twenty individual floats comprised the lengthy procession it was lei by the mrkhsm district high school bugle band the clare mont brars band was ateo in attendance and was well re ceived perhaps the most beauti ful float in the entire parade was entered by the altona pub lic school it was awarded first prize in class of 40 pupils and over the altona school hai gained a reputation for excel- lent float entries in past years in the under 40 pupil class ce dar creek ceme first and mt pleasant piaced second school entries were down in numbers this year bob hockleys circus float was awarded the sarco silver cup the guides the scouts and the brownies were awarded pri zes in that order mr sherry highly polished cutters broight much favourable comment from the crowd the last saturday in novem ber has ben set aside for th annual claremont piradc in or der not to conflict with stoufo- vues date