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pt i the stoufrvtlu tr1buhe thand ottoba n j960 follow the leader a familv of five ducks on familiar sight to motorists on the property of mr john pat- the brock road the birds recent indian summer wea the p near the paton resl on cone 5 uxbridge is a have taken advantage of the tner to go for a daily dip in dence staff photo uxbridge pickering tp news claremof news wed 60 years honeymoon trip to fair recalled by uxbridge couple on sunday october 2nd 19g0 mr and mrs andrew ashen- hurst celebrated their 60th wed ding anniversary they were at home to about 175 friends and relatives during the afternoon and evening on october 3rd 1900 mr and mrs ashenhurst were married in the stouffville anglican church a day at markham fair constituted their honeymoon they travelled from home to stouffville by horse and buggy then to markham on the train mr ashenhurst was born on the fifth concession uxbridge township the son of the late mr and mrs robert ashen hurst he attended the webb public school mrs ashenhurst the former hannah linton was born near claremont and at tended cedar creek school following their marriage the happy couple resided on their farm on the 4th concession of uxbridge for 47 years before retiring and moving to uxbridge town to the couple were born four girls ola mrs howard for- sythe of goodwood greta mrs clayton hill of claremont laura mrs m c tucker of apsley and hilda mrs bruce bailey of utica they have three grandchildren mr john hill miss lorna hill and alan bai ley mr and mrs ashenhurst re ceived many cards flowers and gifts they also received tele grams from her majesty queen elizabeth prime minister deif- enbaker minister of health dr m b dymond and a framed cer tificate from the province of ontario they received several congratulations by phone and a telegram from a nephew at kingston out of town guests were from montreal port hope hamilton georgetown toronto apsley stouffville goodwood clare mont and oshawa mrs j e kidd sister of the groom and mrs w c ashen hurst bridesmaid at the wed ding 60 years ago poured tea for the happy event jos tran awarded best plowed land at s ontario the high standards which have always marked plowing in on tario county were maintained last week when the annual south ontario plowing match was held at ransom farms be tween oshawa and brooklin the number of entries was down about 40 percent from last year but the competitors in both the horse and tractor class es maintained the high stand ards of perfection which have marked the match in previous years following the match a ban quet was held in the united church at columbus special awards carl diceman was the winner of the special class open to boys and girls from 14 to 18 years the hon m b dymond sil ver tray for the best plowed land was awarded to joseph tran of claremont while the t eaton co trophy tor the best plowed land turned by a junior was won by stephen lancaster lisl of winners the winners in the various fod and stubble classes follow horses in sod jointer plows herb jarvis agincourt an thony featherstone millikon byrnell wylie oakwood james it lee gormley tractors in sod joe tran claremont norman tyndall gormley donald dunkeld cla remont tractors in sod stephen lancaster beaverton tractors in stubble howard nesbitt woodville ross not tingham little britain graham little little britain tractors in stubble elmer mcaloney claremont tractors in stubble ivan dcgeer mount albert tractors in stubble carl diceman woodbridge ralph clark blackwater tractors in stubble los smith blackwater tractors in sod or stubble- utility or speed norman tyn dall gormley joe tran clare mont don dunkeld claremont howard nesbitt woodville r nottingham little britain carl diceman woodbridge stephen lancaster beaverton l smith blackwater ralph clark black- water horse show herb jarvis agincourt byrnell wylie oak- wood james lee groenbank ray smith gormley anthony featherstone milllken fire destroys summer home of chiropractor the summer residence of a toronto chiropractor was de stroyed by fire during the early hours of saturday morning on the uxbridge pickering town- line two miles east of altona the white frame bungalow owned by dr lavis was en gulfed in flames by the time the claremont brigade arrived on the scone the outbreak was spotted by a patrollinj officer of the ontario provincial police at whitby the hou- was vac ant at the time since the are occurred at 5 am nothing could be saved from the home a neighbour mrs everett hammond was awakened by the police officer prior to the arrival of ftremen even at uiat time flames were visible from the structure the cause of the outbreak was not immediately determined resigns from office rae m ferguson has resign ed as reeve of the town of ux bridge to accept an appoint ment as a member of the osh awa suburban raids commls sion mr ferguson who as sumes his new duties oct 13 served as warden of ontario county in 1950 and is the dean of that body he served as a councillor at uxbridge for sever i years and as reeve for 17 years 4h club members name champions the third annual ontario county 4h calf club champion ship show was held at scott fair uxbridge with 44 4h club boys and girls from all over ontario county taking part the calf clubs represented were scott 4h beef calf club beaverton 4h beef and dairy calf club sunderland 4h dairy calf club port perry 4h dairy calf club oshawa kiwanis 4h dairy calf club and the broug ham 4h dairy and beef calf club the championship show is sponsored by the scott agricul tural society a number of on tario county livestock breeders and other interested organiza tions the winners in the various classes were as follows junior holstein heifer class evelyn page uxbridge rr 2 sheila disney brooklin rr 1 charles sutter oshawa rr 2 senior holstein heifer class- brian reazin brooklin rr 1 janice ormiston brooklin rr1 jack holliday brooklin rr 1 junior ayrshire heifer class gloria cooper brooklin rr 1 lynda hoskins claremont rr 2 jim wilson claremont rr 2 junior beef heifer class karen timbers mount albert rr 3 beatrice samis canning- ton rr 2 bertha samis can- nlngton rr 2 senior beef heifer class mary hogg uxbridge rr 4 sharon mcmurray oshawa rr 2 charles hill goodwood rr 1 baby beef steer class wayne beath oshawa rr 2 heather mctavish uxbridge rr 4 ross bailey uxbridge rr 4 interclub tests the winners in the interclub competitions were as follows senior holsteins 1st oshawa 4h dairy calf club brian reazin brooklin rr 1 janice ormiston brooklin rr 1 hazel saunders brooklin rr 1 junior holsteins 1st sunder land 4h dairy calf club lar ry moore uxbridge r 1 keith moore uxbridge rr 1 evelyn page uxbridge rr 2 junior ayrshire 1st broug ham 4h dairy calf club lyn da hoskins claremont rr 2 allan wellman claremont rr 2 jim wilson claremont rr 2 senior beef heifer calf 1st scott 4h calf club mary hogg uxbridge rr 4 sharon mc murray oshawa rr 2 chas hill goodwood rr 1 baby beef steer 1st scott 4h calf club wayne beath oshawa rr 2 heather mctav ish uxbridge rr 4 ross bai ley uxbridge rr 4 the winners of the various trophies were as follows orvan chambers trophy champion holstein heifer calf winner brian reazon brook lin rr 1 roy ormiston trophy cham pion 4h dairy showman win ner gloria cooper brooklin rr 1 elmeroft ferpetual trophy best group of three dairy heifer calves winner oshawa 4h dairy calf club brian reazin brooklin rr 1 hazel saunders brooklin rr 1 janice ormis ton brooklin rr 1 veterinarians trophy 4h calf club member showing champion 4h beef steer win ner wayne beath oshawa rr2 residents aiding in drive for childrens school thirteen new names have been added to the list of cap tains who will lead the drive for funds for the new aldon school for retarded children which is nearing completion in ajax each will be responsible for canvassing in a definite area they are mrs cooper and mrs green claremont mrs gates dumbarton and dunbarton beach mrs j c richardson pickering village mrs rickard fairport beach in whitby several captains will be sharing the overall area mrs jack hopebrown mrs ted simms mrs walter brown- ell mrs e petrie mrs ian hamer mr a branton mr wm green and mr turner the ajax pickering and whit by association for retarded children is campaigning for 25000 to finish the school this year a sizeable list of children is already waiting for admit tance to the new classrooms and it is eslimated more than a thousand children in the area are retarded and need the spe cial trvning contributions may be mailed if no canvasser calls to the re tarded childrens association box so ajax ontario masking tape from 1 vz inch rolls down to 3 inch 89c to 98c the stouffville tribune escapes injury a green river man edward l ecklund crawled through the window of his overturned pro pane gas truck after the vehicle collided with a bread truck on church street in pickering vill age last week he told police that the brakes failed when he turned off highway 401 the pickering village fire de partment poured gallons of wa ter on the vehicle until two truck operators could lift it back onto its wheels the acci dent attracted a large crowd of spectators to the scene but all were kept at a safe distance in case of an explosion or fire townline project in 61 program construction work on the uxbridge whitchurch townline road will be placed in the 1961 budgets of both municipalities according to an agreement rea ched following a meeting of the two township councils the cost of the project has been esti mated at si 000 uxbridge and whitchurch will each set aside 2000 for the work the stretch of road includes lots 13 in whitchurch and lots 35 in uxbridge the island lake road may also be rerouted but no action on this matter will be taken at the present time mrs wm benson enid and june visited last week at the home of mr and mrs jim tho mas rupert ave stouffville mr and mrs don hedges vis ited with mr and mrs arthur bates in woodbridge on sun day on the occasion of their 22nd wedding anniversary mr and mrs ridge of oshawa were sunday visitors at the frank hutchings home georgina and viola forsyth spent the thanksgiving week end with relatives in london thanksgiving services were quite well attended at both the united and baptist churches mr keith norton assisted in the morning worship at the united church saturday evening dances are being planned for the commun ity hall during the fall and win ter months mr and mrs gordon moiiey and family o kitchener visited on sunday with mr and mrs fred morley they returned home on monday evening dr h ray bulmer and dau ghter elizabeth have been recent guests at the home of mr and mrs jack mansell dr bulmer is the medical attache for the canadian embassy in germany a graduate of toronto univer sity he returned to toronto to attend a 50th anniversary re union the residence of mr and mrs l d almack was the scene of a large weekend gathering of relatives including rev w c almack of dundas mr and mrs a g almack and family of don mills dr and mrs f e labrie of pickering mr and mrs h lobb and family of vic toria park mr and mrs j a french and family of heather heights and mrs a y robert son of london mr and mrs f hayvvard and family recently attended a birthday celebration for mrs jane mother of mrs hayward this was a family gathering on the occasion of mrs janes soth birthday on saturday night six girl guides their captain mrs j mc- guire and mrs blake enjoyed a visit to the david dunlop ob servatory at richmond hill this trip was organized to assist these guides who are working towards their first class honors mr and mrs b kelly pat and mke from norwood and mrs n hill from toronto were weekend guests at the home of mr and mrs samarillo mr and mrs robt redshaw entertained at a family celebra tion in their home on saturday evening the occasion being mr redshaws 76th birthday mrs doyle hardy and son pete from toronto were among the guests on saturday oct 15 a bus will leave the four corners at 12 noon to take the girl guides brownies and their leaders to toronto to enjoy a show at massey hall the girls are re minded to please be on time wear their uniforms and have 25c with them to assist with transportation expenses a bus load of ladies left on filday night for a thanksgiv ing weekend travelling to whee ling west virginia mr and mrs j rennie spent saturday in toronto attending a relatives funeral miss donna redshaw and mrs g postill held a very nice miscellaneous shower for miss nan dennis and mr grant hill on wednesday evening the cou- news from brougham mr and mrs cliff wannop had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs gordon hughson miss m ryland of toronto visited with miss ethel seeback over the weekend mr and mrs oscar ooten of calgary and mrs booth white- vale visited mr and mrs wm knox one day last week mr and mrs john knox and family visited mr and mrs pie were the recipients of many i robt miller during the holiday lovely and useful gifts the womens institute are having a film entitled anytime is turkey time at their regu lar meeting wednesday oct 19 in the community hall at 2 pm roll call is to be answered with a rural sound that ap peals to me the wi won the federation of agriculture spe cial for their display of the best rural scene at markham fair members of the norton fam ily enjoyed the holiday weekend with mr and mrs jack norton including mr and mrs lloyd pascoe and jackie mr and mrs carl norton and family and mrs lloyd mason and daughter grace of scarboro keith a student at queens university kingston was also home mr and mrs gordon borland and daughter gail were week end visitors with mrs m b borland mr and mrs malcolm lewis and mr and mrs david schnei der and gregory were thanks giving visitors at the home of mr and mrs clare keevil mr and mrs fred campbell of stouffville spent thanksgiv ing with mr and mrs j coates wms fall rallies the fall rallies of oshawa presbyterial wms will beheld on tuesday october 18th in st stephens church oshawa and on wednesday october 19th in maple grove united church mrs c s patterson dominion board president will speak in the mornings on new trends in womens work which will also interest wa members and in the afternoon her topic will be the 1961 theme into all the world together mr and mrs harold david son of collingwood spent the weekend with her parents air and mrs melvin johnson mr and mrs jack morgan were taken by surprise on sat urday evening when about 20 relatives gathered at their home to help celebrate their 20th wed ding anniversary they were presented with a cabinet of sil ver and other gifts those pres ent for the occasion were their daughter and husband mr and mrs walter miladinov and daughter of toronto mr and mrs roy morgan mr and mrs howard hill she having been the bridesmaid mr and mrs norman king and son floyd of belhaven mr and mrs ken neth hastings of whitevale miss audrey phillips of tor onto and mr and mrs melvin johnson and helen weekend the womans association are planning a sale of homemade baking aprons and miscellan eous articles to be held on sat urday afternoon oct 29th at 3 pm in the township hall mrs harold crawforth of whitby called on mr and mrs dean mairs one day last week mr and mrs ken pascoe visited with st thomas friends during the weekend mr and mrs murray beelby visited friends at peterboro dur ing the weekend mr and mrs grant glover mr and mrs h crawford and family of whitby also mr and mrs thos anderson of sand- ford and mr and mrs r mal colm and family had thanksgiv ing dinner with mr and mrs h malcolm w a meeting the regular meeting of the brougham womans associa tion was held wednesday eve ning october 5 at the home of mrs- geo gray with a good at tendance the president mrs willson opened the meeting with a hymn followed by prayer the devotional was taken by mrs perry during the business per iod several letters were read a donation was made to deacon- ess order also an invitation to the ladies to attend the wms thankoffering and also a meet ing of the oshawa presbytery of the womans association to be held in st pauls united church at ajax on october 27 it was alsn decided to hold a sale of home baking aprons and miscellaneous goods in the township hall on octoler 29 at 3 pm mrs v hamilton gave the catd report meeting closed with wa hymn and a very dainty lunch served by the host- esses mrs geo gray and mrs a j gray green river hews mr and mrs wm duncan at tended the fortieth wedding an niversary of mrs duncans sis ter mr and mrs a cook of willowdale mr and mrs m yetta and family of willowdale spent the weekend with mr and mrs wm smetham misses judy and dale michell spent sunday with their grand mother mrs d shank mr w hagerman has re opened his service station here after spending a well earned vacation in northern regions the childrens happy hour was held in the sunday school here this past friday evening with an attendance of over 30 children next meeting will be held here on saturday after noon oct 29th at 130 pm watch for full particulars at a later date three groups for children will be held jointly in the whitevale united and trinity baptist chu rch commencing friday even ing oct 14th all boys in the community from age 9 to 14 will meet at the united church whitevale this will be the first meeting of the tyros for this fall and the first meeting of a new group for boys which will be called the sigma c the fall meetitng of the ex plorers group will be held in the trinity baptist church also on friday evening these groups will meet at 7 oclock sharp this group age are from 911 then at 8 pm in the trinity baptist church all girls aged 12- 14 are invited to come for the purpose of forming a cgit june mrs miladinov north ontario junior plowing match results on saturday october 1 the north ontario junior plowing match was held at don smiths farm rr 2 beaverton ont mr fred timbers stouffville for many years a well known plowman himself was the offi cial coach and judge for the competition the competitors were given a demonstration on making their crown and first furrows and also a demonstra tion on a finish for their land the purpose of the junior farmer plowing match is to give the junior plowman an op portunity to receive instruction on plowing and proper plow ad justments and to encourage their participation in the senior matches the winners in the class for boys 15 years old and under who had not plowed in competi tion before were 1st neil mu- lock woodville rr 2 2nd geo graham beaverton rr 2 3rd ken crockford beaverton winners in the class for boys 15 yrs old and under who had plowed before 1st ralph mor rison beaverton 2nd ron crockford beaverton winners in the class for boys 16 to 21 years inclusive who had plowed in competition be fore were 1st ralph clark blackwater 2nd stephen lan caster beaverton 3rd bruce moore beaverton scratch pads from jumbo size down ro note size ket hem at group anyone from our village the morgans have 4 children wishing transportation to any grant gerald reginald and of these meetings is requested t to ge touch wjth mrs a pearse not later than friday noon dont forget the place and time as those in charge are de voting their time to these wor thy causes it is hoped that an active interest will be taken by all concerned mr and mrs david raymer of springfield visited at the cha- fen home on saturday ralph clarke best in sod ralpli clark was the best sod plowman at the north ontario plowing match held last week near zephyr the match was on the farm of ross weller and at tracted 20 entries mr ralph clark blackwater and mr stephen lancaster of beaverton will represent on tario county at the internation al plowing match at spring field this week in the inter- county competition the north ontario winners were as follows jointer plow in sod open 1st herb jarvis agincourt 2nd jim lee greenbank 3rd byr nell wylie oakwood 4th roy smith gormley tractor in stubble 1st pe ter gibbons stouffville 2nd ronald crockford beaverton tracloi in sod open 1st grant wells stouffville 2nd joe tran claremont 3rd don dunkeld claremont 4th norm robson richmond hill tr acini s in sod 1st ralph clark blackwater tractor mounted plows sod open 1st ivan de goer mt albert 2nd leonard wellman queetisviite 3rd lcs smith blackwater tractors in stubble mounted open 1st ross nottingham little britain 2nd howard nes bitt woodville tractors in stubble mounted open to residents of north on tario ccurty 1st ronald kydd zephyr 2nd allan lockle ze phyr 3rd bruce hackner ux bridge traiiki or mounted tractors the stouffville tribune in s lst s i caster beaverton 3al5am ml zion mrs b jamieson mrs j a jones of brooklin mr and mrs david pagan of toronto and lenore jones o claremont spent thanksgiving with mr and mrs cecil jones mr and mrs lewis jones mr and mrs glen manderson mr and mrs b jamieson and mary jean and mr and mrs donald jamieson attended the parrott- hamilton wedding on saturday at cannifton near belleville about 27 members of the dis ney family gathered at the cecil disney home on sunday for a turkey supper in honour of mr cecil disneys birthday mrs wm young of kinsala was soloist at the morning serv- ice last sunday deanne ward of claremont is with her grandparents mr and mrs b jamieson for a time until her mother mrs dick ward returns from the hospital following the birh of a son on saturday october 8 there will be no church serv ice next sunday october 16 owing to anniversary services at greenwood sunday school will be at 10 am the active service class will meet next wednesday night oct 19 at the hone of mrs b jamieson mrs walter carsons group is in chargt of the pro gramme keep in mind the turkey sup per in the mt zioa church on friday night nov 4 altona mr and mrs george harvey entertained some of their fam ily for the weekend being mr and mrs herb harvey from millgrove mr and mrs bud kirkwood ruth from water- down mr and mrs bud har vey and family of keswick and mr and mrs c adams beat rice from owen sound mr and mrs norman bun ker entertained mr and mrs archie bunker of klnsale on sunday on monday jack har old and joanne bunker of goodwood visited their grand parents also mr and mrs ollle madlll and mrs hilda baker were guests mr and mrs fletcher goudie have returned after being in new brunswick for the past few months the dulmage family were on a trip to prince edward county on monday ysssssvsssss and councillors of ont- county lst william heron black- water 2nd ches oldham ze phyr 3rd allan lockle ze phyr 4th francis hockley ux bridge horse show open lst herb jarvis agincourt 2nd burneil wylie oakwood 3rd r smith gormley 4th jas lee green- bank esso tractor special ivan dcgeer mount albert simp son scars special ronald kydd zephyr c w hodgson trophy stephen lancaster beaverton hon m b dymond trophy ivan dc geer mount albert youngest tractor plowman ronald kydd zephyr oldest plowman james lee green- tractors in stubble reeves bank oppose purchase of building site pickering township council by majority vote last week de cided to purchase 48 acres of land as a site for a future muni cipal building at the northeast corner of brock road and no 2 highways councillors harvey spang and edgar james voted in the negative the land is owned by mr ken neth clark and may be purch ased for 20000 reeve sherman scott term ed it one of the choicest pieces of land in the township he said mr clark had turned down offers of higher amounts from oil companies who wanted to put a service station on the cor ner he said mr clark would sell lo the township for this amount if it was in the agree ment that if the township at a future dale wished to sell the properly it would lie sold back to him for the purchase price the council was then polled on the matter of having such a site at this location councillor edgar james said he felt the municipal building should be in the centre of the township but that this site was preferable to one mentioned at liverpool councillor harvey spang said he would prefer the building in the centre of the township deputyreeve boss hawthorne said that brougham geographic ally was the centre of the town ship but the site at no 2 and brock road was nearer the cen tre of population and that it was wise to purchase for future development councillor clifford laycox said he felt that the population is in the south end and so should the government buildings be lo cated there councillor ross dcakin said when he first mentioned a site at liverpool he meant the site to be for police and fire services not the municipal building councillor harry boyes said he felt that the location at brock road and no 2 waa ideal