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ft s the stourfyiui tribune tburjy dec 31 59 may or june assessment increases by vote on hog 4 million in ontario county plan likely claremont pickering tp news at tle last ontario county i council meeting held in thej county building the county as sessor submitted his fifth report to the warden and members of the coureil the report said that all rolls had been returned and every municipality had held their court of revision excepting the township of thorah subject to the revision of the courts the report stated that the i grand total of all assessments in the county of ontario as re- j turned by the clerks showed an increase over the last year by some s46t22tg31 the following is a tabulation of the municipalities of the countv for 198 and ifto admit 635 persons to ont county jail the fourth report of the tand- j ing committee on county prop erty was submitted and approv- ed by the members of the on- tario county council at its last meeting the ontario farm products marketing board announced last week a plebescite of hog pro- i ducei will be held in may or june to determine whether the piesent system of marketing should be continued the board wants to obtain a j the home of mr samarillo i clear expression of the think- t and family in toronto and ing of the producers and clear evening at the home of mr j the eonfuion among members anj mrs jj tjill wnere family of commodity groups and agri- gathering was held culture in general board chair- j mr and m glidlon man george mccague said ami lam spent christmas day mr and mrs b hobday from tore co spent christmas with mr and mrs j rennie mr ard mrs j kennedy from toronto spent christmas with mr and mrs j mcguiie and family mr and mrs samarillo mini family spent christmas day at 1958 1959 municipality town ajax r33s773 s 97s2825 uxbridge 2123095 2203280 whitby 1559g2s5 16418593 villages beaverton 1166215 cannington 819203 pickering 1623183 the report stated that during 1959 the changes in staff of the j county jail were less than had i been contemplated for that per- iod at the time of recruiting the following huormation re garding the jail operation from january 1 to dec 10 1959 was diffeieree- of opinion have j ai the homeof mr and mrs f reeased to the county council j been reported within two major j udell parents of mrs gliddon admissions 635 reenter ad missions 106 total 711 lance tokgni ani mr fleu bjajy am pent christmas day at staff port perry 1823566 1s7 1030 townships brock 390 lsi 5 3921773 k whitby 3027200 3202390 mara 3s03325 3893838 pickering 1353766s 16 354s03 rama 1351312 1390616 reach 315551 3239787 scott 2116817 2140575 scugog 737210 856601 thorah 216s200 225ss77 uxbridge 2281226 2332426 whitby 55gs103 6078110 total 73348770 79991046 forty applications had been j received during the current year 1201793 i for the position of guard the 839796 j report said the committee had 2003926 j reviewed these and four of the applicants had qualified for ap pointment to jail staff in addi tion the report pointed out that it had been necessary for the committee to authorize the ap pointment of an other casual matron in order to have avail able sufficient matrons to guard the female prisoners number of lockup peioivs 362 chest xrays 337 prisoners j long distance phone calls 553 fingerprinting 342 average daily population sep- j tember 40 october 36 novem- ber 45 during one week in xovem- ontario farm organizations and i toronto there is a variance of thoughl an between commodity groups on f lam existing plan- and on new plans under consideration as to the responsibility and authority ves ted in producer boards agriculture minister goodfel- low said recently he was not cer tain the present marketing plan ber the average daily population was in the best interest of order- was 50 and on one particular ly marketing the best method day in november there were 37 i of sale was one open to the pub- prisoner- in the jail during this year final pay ments were made for construe lion and equipment of the jail the total cost of the jail was 3891 117su of this amount the province contributed s300000 the county of ontario paid s295- 33890 and the city of oshawa paid s29355s90 brougham news lie the hog producers market ing hoard and its agency the hog producers cooperative is sued orders effective dec 14 tliis year bringing tiie whole of on tario except for territorial dis tricts under a compulsory direc tional program in which all hogs must be assembled at specified yards the home of mr and mrs j rennie mrs r carruthers returned home in time for christmas with her family after being in ajax hospital after the birth of her baby son mr and mrs f hollingshcad entertained her mother and fa ther and family from uxbridge on christmas day mr and mrs j curtis enter tained his parents from oakville over the christmas weekend the girl guides went carol ling on wednesday evening to the claremont rest home and to williamsons rest home the j patients certainly enjoyed hear- ing the singing and the owners appreciated the gesture mr and mrs ken bird of niagara falls were christmas j day visitors with mr and mrs j gordon mcgrath and family on saturday miss hilda sin- clair toronto was a viitor at the mcgrath home she returned on sunday mr and mrs wm browning j and bruce visited in willowdale on saturday with mr and mrs earl schurman in the evening the party attended the nhu game at maple leaf gardens mr and mrs lloyd pascoe and jackie enjoyed christ mas day dinrei at the home of mr and mrs jack norton they i later visited with mr and mrs e pascoe and family of green- j wood mr and mrs lloyd mason and daughter of scarboro visited with her parents mr and mrs i jack norton christmas night j christmas day visitors at the j home of mr and mrs r bielby were mr and mrs john bielby mr and mrs don bielbv and gail miss mary bielby al of toronto mr and mrs bob has- j lew of stouftville and mr and mrs murray line and karen i of maple warden beath honoured by county council following time honored cus tom warden walter beath was presented with a tine wrist watch at the elox of the last session of countv council for 1959 a former warden dean of the county council reeve rae fer- guon of ixbridge town made the presentation on behalf of his fellow county councillors reeve ferguson said we are proud of the way you have con ducted the affairs ot the council and the honor and dignity you have given your high office both here and at the affairs you have attended outside reprcsenttas this council in his closing address to coun cil warden beath said this has been a year of progress i cant point to anything spectac ular as has been done in other years but several things have been done which will have a large effect in the coming years the councils approval of a revised assessors manual will ensure a more equitable assess ment for the rural man the urban man and with fairness to north and south of the county 1 want to express my appre ciation to all who have mad my work much easier by their co operation 1 would like to pay tribute to the work of the clerk mr manning this year the last of the old folks home property was sold mr manning has han dled all the sales ol lots through his office and has put a lot of dollars in the county treasury 1 wish you all the best for the coming year in keeping with the country motto peace plen ty and progress audley glen major mr and mrs allan jones and family newmarket visited on sunday with the jones misses betty risebrough and shirley jones toronto came home tuesday to spend their holidays with their parents mrs arthur peddie and art ie claremont visited sunday with mrs wm fiss and edgar messrs levi storry and stan ley todrow called on the jones on saturday mr and mrs karl buek and children spent 24 hours in de troit over the weekend roxy markham evening doors open tt30 sat matinee lis thurs fri sal dee 31 ian 1 2 the big circus victor mature rhonda fleming color cinemascope plus selected shorts midnight show new years eve thur dec 31 return of the fly vincent price brett halsey the alligator people lon chaney ilt beverley garland adult entertainment mon tucs wed thurs januarv 1 5 g 7 1 days the nuns story audrey hepburn peter finch technicolor plus selected shorls the sunday school concert mr passed off well on tuesday eve ning there was a good crowd in attendanc the children did their parts well and too much praise cannot be given to ms john white and her helper- lor all their work santa was on hand to give presents and can dy bags to all the children and some of the older ones mrs wm gray visited with mr and mrs alex gray on the holiday the regular meeting of the womans association of saint johns church will be held on wednesday evening january 6 at the home of mr and mrs l johnston assisted by mrs e johnston the devotional to be taken by mrs n burton while the program will be in charge of mrs h miller all ladies wel come mr and mrs a j gray and sons russell and gordon were guests of mr and mrs george gray on christmas day mr and mrs geo perry were at home to all their family in cluding a one 1weekold grand daughter on christmas day mr m hamilton had christ mas dinner with his daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs clare balsdon and in the after noon visited mrs hamilton at port perry mr and mrs jas salmon of cannington also miss ann sal mon and mr douglas mallory of toronto and mr neal tor onto visited with mr and mrs stoney on christmas day we are glad to know that mr wm ellicott was able to leave the hospital and be home for christmas mrs w hamilton and mr oscar carter spent christmas day with mr and mrs e cars- well at oshawa mr and mrs k c pascoe and daughters donna debbie and denise also mr and mrs t r knox and daughters bettyjean and fay also mr wm knox had christmas dinner with the latters son john and mrs knox and family at hampton mrs matthews visited with and mrs gerald harbron of myrtle on christinas eve and had christmas dinner with mr and mrs surphlis and mrs wm knox who was unable to join the rest of the family at hamp ton mr and mrs mitchell of tor onto also mr and mis john harvey of london spent the holi day with mr and mrs at har vey mr and mrs thos english spent christmas day with mr and mrs grant miller and fam ily at whitby mr and mrs d l mairs and son jack visited with mr and mrs boyington of uxbridge on christmas day mr and mrs d a beer visit ed with oshawa friends on the holiday mr and mrs p weir journey ed to kitchener to be with their daughter and family for christ mas mrs lemmon visited with mr and mrs gerald middleton at ashburn for christmas mr and mrs w c willson en tertained their son francis and mrs willson also mr and mrs john remmor for christmas mr and mrs ems returned missionaries and their family ehvin marilee and donald bruce who have been staying with friends in sask visited with her parents mr and mrs s reaman during the holidays mr and mrs ems expect to re turn to africa in january mr and mrs ravey and doug las also mrs wm ellicott had christmas dinner with mr and mrs manson ellicott mr and mrs ray ellicott and family had christmas dinner with her mother mrs b mcgu- ckin of stouftville mr and mrs g e holtby and dean spent christmas with his daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs d ford we are glad to know mrs w knox is slowly improving but she is still confined to her bed mr and mrs d a beer visit ed with mr and mrs l w she- ppard on saturday pickering twp population second highest in county the total population of on tario county including the city of oshawa is now 119778 ac cording to figures released by all the assessment departments of the various municipalities in the county largest municipality within the county of course is the city of oshawa where nearly half the total 54s96 persons live the next largest municipality i strangely enough is not one of the towns but the township of i pickering with 15727 persons following arc the population totals of the county by munlci- j pallties cities oshawa 54896 towns ajax uxbridge whitby t9s2 2236 10513 villages beaverton cannington pickering port perry 1111 1012 1606 2212 townships brock east whitbv 2s73 2416 mara pickering rama reach scott 2336 15727 8s3 2ss0 1775 scugog thorah uxbridge whitby 377 1030 252s 3335 green river a happy and prosperous new year to all mr and mrs t robinson of uxbridge and friends from tor onto were dinner guests with mr and mrs r hamilton on christmas day other callers at their home were mr and mrs a percy of markham miss m percy ard mrs w appleton of markham we extend congratulations to mr and mrs donald postill who were married on wednesday of last week mrs postill was the former joanann whippert and the marriage took place at the united church parsonage in whitevalelater a reception was held at the home of the grooms sister mrs o beelby of union- ville mr and mrs roy carter and mr m carter were guests with mr and mrs l barrett and family of brooklin on the holi day mrs a mckay of windsor is spending some time with her sister mrs wm duncan mr and mrs l pegg enter tained mrs peggs family on christmas there were guests present from london goder- ich knob hill and other points mr and mrs k chafen spent last friday with mrs chafens parents mr and mrs k smith of ajax on christmas eve a number of the young people went car olling and delivered boxes to shutin folks and older people at the conclusion of the evening they gathered at the home of mr and mrs m draper for re freshments mrs d shank spent the holi day at the home of her daugh ter mrs allan michell and fam ily pleased to hear that both mrs shank and allan are feel ing much better on thursday evening dec 31 at 1030 a watch night service will be held in the whitevale baptist church trinity bap tist mr murray will be in charge and a most cordial invi tation is extended to all to come and join us in this service mr and mrs t bowles and family spent christmas with mr bowles brother and family at washago mr and mrs b draper enter tained mr drapers parents al so his sister and family mrs l lehman to dinner on friday last prayer will be held at the home of mr and mrs c postill on tuesday jan 5th at 8 pm a most cordial invitation is ex- t nded to all to come and enjoy an hour of fellowship together cnristmas visitors at the home of mr and mrs wm duncan were mr mckay and son wil liam also mr and mrs d dun can of brooklin mr and mrs gordon duncan and familv of markham and mr and mrs ceo duncan of willowdale also mrs duncans nephew bob peterson and wife and two children of oshawa total 119778 cty official gets pay hike ontario county council last week hiked the salary of county engineer r e sims by 1000 per annum to ssooo actually this brings mr sims totalemol- urnents to s10000 with a sup plementary salary from the sub urban roads commission members pointed out that since mr sims appointment the work of his department had in creased almost threefold and his efficient management has led to i a great improvement in the i county roads system the bylaw has yet to receive the approval of the minister of highways the annual sunday school j supper was held in the church i on wednesday evening after i the supper the rev m buttars showed coloured slides on the baby jesus and the church in angola susan richards peggy squire and arthur puek- rin played piano selections che ryl betson sang under the stars grace powell played the pianoaccordion the teachers and pupils exchanged gifts club will meet one week later than usual on january 9 at the home of mr and mrs bill brown the rev t fleetham of greenwood will be the guest speaker- miss susie puckrin fell rec ently fracturing an ankle bone she has the leg in a cast mrs g griffin fenelon falls is spending the christmas holi days with her soninlaw and daughter geoff and mrs ast- ley and family mr and mrs james davidson entertained a number of friends on christmas eve it being then- wedding annievrsary mr and mrs george puckrin bob bill judy garry gibson and bob betson spent christmas with mr and mrs a w betson toronto mr and mrs george squire peggy and glenn were with mr and mrs cooper bath and fam ily orangeille fred squire spent the day with mr and mrs t kivell brook lin mr and mrs coxworth mark ham were with mr and mrs e betson mr and mrs stanley powell grace and alan were with mr and mrs wesley petty cherry- wood mr and mrs bert guthrie and family and mrs w h guth rie were at the home of mr and mrs earl batty brooklin miss margaret puckrin of oshawa and mr and mrs char lie clemence were at the home of mr and mrs gordon smith mr and mrs art hedge mar ilyn and billy were with mr and mrs m hedge mr and mrs bill guthrie and family were at the home of mr and mrs harvey rose mark ham mr and mrs fred puckrin and family were at the home of mr and mrs jack gale alder- wood mr and mrs lome saunders were with mr and mrs bill saunders oshawa mr and mrs earl puckrin were with mr and mrs c mar tin leskard mr and mrs wm mchugh newtonville were at the home of mr and mrs g izalt miss georgina nimageers of whitby mrs r kennedy osh awa and mr neil wotherspoon j toronto were at the home of mr and mrs dick winter mr and mrs vaughn hurl- bert and family were with his parents in whitby mr and mrs john puckrin and arthur were with mr ar thur holliday and mr and mrs orval atkinson and family miss laura thompson tor onto mr and mrs carl disney pickering and mr and mrs r kennedy were with mr and mrs g k pratt their daughter barbara and her husband lee darwin who moved to califor nia in the fall were unable to be present mr and mrs dick puckrin and their four boys were home from spragge for a few days at christmas visiting relatives mrs james cowie marilyn charles and david and miss joy- ford were with mr and mrs david rumble richmond hill on saturday mr bill richards of london england accompanied by mr and mrs keith smith and fam ily of guclph visited with his nephew alec and mrs richards on sunday heather richards toronto pent a few days with her cou sin susan richards goodwood mrs r may- happy new year to all may it be prosperous in the memory of many happy days for all one of the highlights of j christmas is the decorating j done in the homes now with i electric lighting both outdoors j and in it is really a trip worth while to take an evening drive t many goodwood homes are j worthy of mention but the star i atop mr and mrs clarence bunkers home must surely have made many think of the star of the east set upon the hill east of the village it can be seen by many residents from their own windows mr and mrs dan wagg had their daughter grace and ron james and girls also son lloyd and mrs wagg of brampton with them on christmas day mr and mrs gordon jones and girls and mr g jones spent christmas day with mr and mrs clarence jones and girls of stouftville mr and mrs f baldwin and mr and mrs george baldwin spent christmas day with their daughter kathleen reuben may and family mr and mrs wm may mr and mrs bert maye and lorna spent christmas day with mr and mrs john w may and chil dren mrs gordon smith was also present mr and mrs john s may en tertained their two sons nor man and alger and their daugh ters mrs harvey bunker and mrs h woodland and all their families on christmas day the families of mr and mrs dalton alderson visited on chri stmas day at the home of mr and mrs bill jones of sandford after an illness of about two months one of uxbridge town ships oldest residents mr jo nah faulkner passed away at brierbush hospital he was in his eightyeighth year funer al service was conducted by rev r d filyer at lows funeral parlours uxbridge pallbearers were nieces husbands gordon jones percy pugh beverly tay lor clare mcgukin cliff ma- dill and stanley benson inter ment was made in uxbridge cemetery mr and mrs harold norton and family had christmas with his parents mr and mrs dan norton mr and mrs edmund skinner and mr and mrs ivan norton spent christmas with mr and mrs charles symes and family mr and mrs alf hennings of beamsville spent christmas weekend with her mother mrs c jones mr and mrs stanley slack entertained mr ed evans of uxbridge and his sons and dau ghter with their families for j christmas mr and mrs bert maye were hosts to a may reunion on satur day evening when all of the j family of mr and mrs wm may were present except miss olive who is nursing in toronto and granddaughter mary percy who has a broken collarbone one of the worst ice storms of our history hit uxbridge twp j on sunday hydro went off here at 115 sunday evening and now tuesday morning still none i so the talk is and not on tele- phone all about how did your cows stand who turned the separator does your furnace j throw out any heat without the blower no washing machine no ironing to do the freezer had to be unloaded and packed outside evenings are quiet no tv just hope it doesnt last too long it is often the case that a strong mind like strong coffee is bitter see the albums of 9 invitations 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