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claremont the claremont fire depart- rrtrt took part in a firefight ing practice n uxbridge last sunday the local department was invited by the uxbridge bri gade to send the new water truck recently added to the claremont equipment to stand by while an old house was de liberately set afire for equip ment testing exercises commencement exercises at pickering high school involv ing many local students will take place on friday evening nov 18 eldon cresswell of claremont president of the pic kering students council will be taking part in the presentation ceremonies parents are urged to make plans to attend were sorry to report that mr stan slack has been con fined to hospital in uxbridge we wish him a speedy recovery much unnecessary damage was noted as a result of hal loween night last week in spite of the bad weather many teenagers roamed the streets well into the next morning de stroying valuable private and public property fortunately most of the younger children at tended the party in the hall ar ranged by the recreation com mittee the retarded childrens cam paign recently completed in the village realized a sum of well over one hundred dollars the profits from this campaign which was conducted through out ajax pickering and whitby will be used to complete the school for retarded children in ajax canvassers wish to thank all donors for their generous contributions pickering high school is plan ning a dance this thursday eve ning many local students are planning to attend as friday will be a school holiday dr and mrs n f tomlln- son spent the weekend in lon don ontario visiting mrs tom- hnsons sister mrs r b ferris mrs kenneth ward and mrs win browning were sent as del egates to the womens institute convention at the royal york hotel in toronto last week congratulations are due to ray ward who recently made his first solo flight at goodwood flying club from here on the skys the limit everyone should be aware of the great need of donating blood to the blood banks there have only been a few donors in the past from claremont on mon day november 14 in the united church hall in pickering don ors may attend from 2 to 430 pm and from 630 to 9 pm iso appointments are necessary claremont smart queens held their fourth meeting on satur day nov 5 at 930 am at the home of miss barbara carson mrs m anderson discussed the home assignment mrs pugh discussed vegetables in the sup per or lunch menu the girls prepared a tasty vegetable dish the next meeting will be held at mrs m andersons home on friday nov 11 at 930 am the young peoples group of the united church enjoyed an evening of bowling at markham bowling lanes on friday nov 4 dont forget to attend the united church bazaar and bake sale on saturday nov 12 in the sunday school room the annual remembrance day parade and service will be held on sunday nov 13 parade to fall in at the legion at 2 pm for service in the united church the public is invited to attend the service friends of mrs thelma hock ley will be glad to hear she re turned home from the hospital this week mrs n hill and son ralph spent the weekend at the home of mr and mrs a samarlllo keep in mind the weekly eu chres held in the legion every monday evening at s30 prizes and refreshments the annual community hal loween party sponsored by the recreation committee was a huge success the costumes were many and varied every year they get much better and the parents are to be congratu lated for the wor and ideas they put into the costumes mrs i ronnie was master of cere monies and the hard working judges were mr and mrs a dickson and mr f hollings- hcad mr j mcguire was most helpful as the clown leading the children in their parades for judging in the 5 and under group of hoys and girls all re ceived a little prize girls 1st sherry evans 2nd diannc ward 3rd brenda wilson boys 1st leo samarillo 2nd glennle ridout 3rd larrv pilkey girls 67 1st carol le- vick 2nd suzanne hocklev 3rd chris blake boys fr7 1st wayne roszell 2nd frank hill 3rd gary mc guire girls s9 1st linda vint 2nd heather carruthcrs 3r wendy mansell boys 89 1st michael levick 2nd jim mcguire 3rd bruce ridout girls 1012 1st susan levick 2nd blanche benson boys 10- 12 lstfrcd peddie 2nd ken torrance girls 1316 1st ann fryer 2nd lynn roixell boys henry desjardm jack mansell shirley piijs grace cooper noreen hill sephlne derusha lorraine mc- leod jessie mcguire and mrs dear- winners in the lucky draw were mrs eva towrer mrs marion loyst and mrs marlon hi present trophies crests to township ball champs five pickering township soft- ball teams were honoured on the recreation committee is saturday afternoon at a special most grateful to the donors o presentation ot championship gifts for the draw and to every j trophies and crests conducted by one else who helped make this i jj recreation committer in the a most successful evening on wednesday evening mem bers from claremont legion auxiliary along with other members from whitby port perry and ajax were guests of the uxbridge auxiliary at a halloween party many at tended in costume and they were varied in comic and fancy dress prize winners from cla remont were mrs rene ronnie and mrs connie blake judged as the best comic pair mrs florence tyndall won the best j laycox original costume and also the hulahoop contest- mrs joanne pugh won a prize on the draw as did mrs jessie mcguire halloween games and contests were played and en joyed by all the regular monthly meet ing of the ladies auxiliary to the legion will be held thurs day nov 10 at 839 pm this one of the largest and best is a very important meeting and stocked shorthorn farms in the all members are asked to pleas community hall at brougham more than forty boys and girls representing six individual clubs were present the teams includ ed claremont peewees french mans bay midgets french mans bay peewees french man bay intermediates girls i west rouge bantams and squires beach jrs girls the awards were presented by the recreation chairman mr bern baker assisted by commit tee member councillor clifford reeve sherman scott express ed congratulations to the mem bers of the championship clubs every year the league seems to improve he said he paid special tribute to the french mans bay peewee entry for their march to the ontario title mr baker informed the gath ering that the recreation com mittee was anxious to assist in the promotion of other projects in addition to softball he noted that it was encouraging to see so many players coaches and managers in attendance the afternoons activities were con cluded with refreshments of hot dogs and soft drinks needless to say the players displayed midseason appetites mm attend nominations for officers and 1961 exectuive will be held sympathy of the village is extended to mr and mrs geo blake on the death of his father who passed away sunday in st marys ont mr and mrs thurston and county of ontario mr a c mcdemotts sandoon farms at goodwood changed hands on november 1st mr james a daly toronto the new owner has purchased the three farms with 90 head of purebred shorthorn and all tiie equipment except for 10 family of toronto were sun- 1 acres and the beautiful ranch day visitors at the home of mr style home of mr and mrs mc- and mrs gliddon mr and mrs david hayward from gore bay were guests at the home of davids parents mr and mrs frank hayward over the weekend and left monday for montreal mr and mrs g blake and family left monday for st ma- rys ont to attend the funeral of mr blakes father meeting of the mission circle will be held on tuesday evening nov 15 at 8 pm in the baptist church rev orville daniel a veteran missionary in india now secretary of our foreign mission board will be the speaker rev orville daniel is the son of rev walter and mrs daniel a former minister come and bring a friend to hear this missionary tell of his experience in india mr and mrs clare keevil at tended the lions club minstrel show in port perry on saturday night mr and mrs blake briscoe were weekend visitors at the home of his parents mr and mrs jim briscoe rosemary hedges attended a softball banquet in mount al bert on thursday evening mr and mrs harry porter and mr and mrs clare keevil attended the scandinavian fair at the queen elizabeth build ing toronto last week mr jack anonby a local resident was in charge of one of the dis play booths mr reuben huxtable of chalk lake has returned home after undergoing treatment in the western hospital toronto dr orville daniel a returned missionary will be the guest speaker at a congregational ga thering in the baptist church on tuesday evening nov 15 his father was a former pastor in claremont mr paul oblenes son of mr and mrs ralph oblenes was admitted to the toronto sick childrens hospital recently for an appendicitis operation the baptist womens mission circle united with the whitby baptist church womens group on wednesday evening to hear dr aileen vining a returned missionary from india messrs frank hayward and cec redman are among several local hunters engaged in a deer- hunting expedition into the re gions of northern ontario mr los lye is in toronto for a few days this week visiting with mr and mrs tom lye messrs um voss jim cur tis and jack rennle were among the local legion members who dermott which they intend to keep and reside in mr ken wyatt who has been manager for the farm during the last 12 years will continue in this capacity for the new owner ten children in lowrente homes some lowrental homes locat ed on the route of the cnr bypass line are presently in habited by families with up to ten children according to infor mation revealed by mrs eunice lawrence a ratepayer at dun- barton the informant suggest ed that such an influx of pupils created a hardship on schools in the area the homes are pres ently owned by the railroad councillor ross deakin charg ed that no limitations could be placed on the number of child ren that should reside in the houses we dont place any restrictions on other homeown ers he said reeve sherman scott pointed out that the cnr was current ly a taxpayer he noted further that there was no zoning in the area to prevent such large- family dwellings the organization of a town shipwide library will be placed as a question on the december ballot in pickering according to a decision of council on mon day night the question will read are you in favour of the establishment of a township of pickering public library mrs ethel hull a member of the dunbarton home school association presented the re- rcquest to council she sub mitted a petition containing 200 names only co signatures are required reeve sherman scott approv ed the request but suggested that council members should be informed of the cost involved if the venture is to be success ful we must be able to answer some questions ha noted it was suggested that the cost could amount to approximately 150 per year per taxpayer a central building would not be erected at the present time but structures now available would be utilized it was explained that under a townshipwide organi zation the provincial grant was sizeable urge reduction f speed limit in school zone mr wm fairgrieve presi dent of the dunbarton horns school association urged pick ering township council to take some action with the dept of highways to have the speed limit reduced to 30 miles per hour in the dunbarton school zone he presented a brief to the members at a regular meet ing on monday night he ex plained that the limit presently varied from 40 to 45 miles per hour over a short distance depreevo ross hawthorne termed the present system as experimental and ridiculous he charged that the varied speed limits on no 2 highway did not meet with the approval of the township police dept reeve sherman scott agreed to pass on the request to the highways department they have been experimenting long enough he said xvfis tht sroaffi2i nsjkh tkny fjjrtmla 10 1960 w n david a beverley 24 of cla remont and ernest arsenau 22 of 1c3 brock street east osh- awa were each fined 10 and costs recently for causing a dis turbance by using obscene lang uage oct 10 beverly was also fined so each on charges of having no muffler on his car and having no licence plate marker light on the same date police constable dean w dil- labough said he stopped bever ly oct 10 for driving with no licence marker light when i told him he would be charged dillabough said he used profane language the constable said arsenau was a appoint works inspector mr s j purdy has been hired to the position of works inspec tor in the township of picker ing at a salary of 8650000 he will be under the supervision of the engineer mr t o jeffer son mr purdys salary will be reimbursed by the developer prior to his appointment mr purdy was employed with the firm of oliver lloyd associates consulting engineers fresh from the oven an ovenhot turkey repre- mrs jack empringham treas- scnts an appetizing picture as urer of the womans associa tion of the mount zion united friday evening close to 300 church prepares it for serving people attended the banquet at their annual fall dinner on staff photo wide spread in grave contrast price the claude smith construc tion co were the successful tenders accepted by the town ship of pickering for the crush ing of 20000 tons of gravel the firm was commended by road supt jack chapman for its service in the past their bid was 21c per ton the highest price was 39c per ton twelve tender prices were received one was too late to be considered mr chapman explained that the work would take about ten days although one other low tender was equal to the smith bid mr chapman recommended that the contract should not be split goodwood mrs n may the monthly meeting of the baptist mission circle was held on nov 1st at the home of the president mrs harry wood land with twenty ladies present mrs fred woodland was hon oured when a life membership was presented to her mrs c jones gave a talk on the mission work that mrs woodland was interested in during forty years with our ladies aid now mis sion circle and the sunday school mrs d wagg and mrs willard slack both members of long standing presented her with her certificate and pin special guests at the meeting were mrs c gostiek of stouff- ville past director of trent val ley association and her daugh ter marion who sang a beauti ful solo mrs sehnleder of cla remont and several claremont church friends also helped make it a memorable afternoon mrs bert maye entertained her mother mrs redman of agincourt and her aunt mrs o tindall several days last week all children of he baptist sunday school are asked to come to the church at 10 pm saturday morning for christ mas concert practice prayer meeting will meet at the home of mr and mrs d wagg on thursday evening mr and mrs eev taylor and about thirty students of the 10a history class of the picker ing dist high school attended a regular meeting of pickering township council on monday night the pupils were accom panied by their staff teacher mr wm parish reeve sherman scott took time out from the regular coun cil agenda to explain in detail the organization and operation of municipal business mr par ish expressed appreciation to the reeve on behalf of his class for the councils cooperation i hops they all will be candi dates within the next ten years replied reeve scott islw real live muskrats have tak en up permanent residence in a culvert near the residence of pickering twp councillor clif ford laycox according to a re port aired briefly at a regular meeting on monday night mr laycox home is located on friendship ave west rouge i killed one but thought it was a sewer rat he said i realized they couldnt be sewer rats without sewers he con tinued he revealed that the wa ter was lying stagnant in car- tain areas of the ditches i dont know how they live in it he stated they are real big ones road superintendent jack chapman said he could offer no solution to the problem at such a late time of the year he suggested however that the present two percent grade was insufficient for proper drainage r keciectioo when you tell the whole truth it keeps the golf score up where it belongs children had sunday supper with her sister mr and mrs g jones and family attended the dunbarton service passenger in the beverly car on sunday afternoon he got out in the street the recreation committee yelling and hollering and swear- were hosts to the peewee and ing the officer said bantam softball teams at a arsenau protested to the mag- turkey banquet in the legion istrato that he had only used hall on tuesday evening one profane word and had not friends from the united states been yelling he said lie had were recent visitors at the home j just asked the constable to give of mr and mrs frank hollings- beverly a chance to get his muf- head mr al roszelle and mr bab madill accompanied members of the local peewee soft ball team to brougham on saturday after noon for the formal presenta tion of the championship tro phy and crests claremont de feated greenwood in a thrilling 3game series jack redshaw fired the tying fler fixed highway safety will come when drivers licences are re fused to all of the other fel lows 1316 1st bill hammond 2nd mencing at s p ra the womens institute will meet in the hail on wednesday goal on friday nigh to give hisj november 16th mrs ethel mc- team a 66 tie with stouffvillel lellan of the womens division in a close content bob mccrea- j department of transport will dy wayne redshaw bob cher- j be the guest speaker we would ry and vern ferguson were the like as many as possible to at- other claremont marksmen tend ferguson scored twice on fri- the wheelchair owned by the day evening of this week clire- womens institute is not in ure mont will meet ringwood com- and can be borrowed at any time with a for only all members of the pickering township council will stand for reelection for another term in office reeve sherman scott deputyreeve ross hawthorne and councillors harvey spang edgar james harry boyes ross deakin and clifford lay cox could possibly be returned in a body by acclamation with the nomination only two weeks away there have been few re ports of opposition it was rumoured this week that former deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson might attempt to reclaim the post from the in- cumbant mr hawthorne wm fairgrieve of dunbarton may run against ward 4 member ross deakin with the exception of some internal trouble within the mu nicipal office the 1960 council has experienced few major prob lems during the past term the long sought development at frenchmans bay is now in full swing much of the work and planning during the initial stag es of tills project was capably handled by reeve scott it is very unlikely that his reelec tion will bs opposed magic markers 79c and 110 the latest development in marking devices get them nt the stouffville tribune mrs macdonald and mrs powell called thursday after noon on the carruthcrs mr and mrs joe tran called on mr and mrs walter thomp son in markham on sunday afternoon mr and mrs graham crow- liurst from greenwood called on the carruthers on saturday mrs thos dunkeld is spend ing a few days with her sister mrs hoover in stouffville mr and mrs norman leh man and family attended the free methodist church in ux bridge on sunday morning nnd were dinner guests with mr and mrs len jarvis it green- bank our local hunters mr e c macdowell nnd mr e clodd went northward on saturday morning to search fa- game with other hunters there were eighteen guests during the evening oi mr and mrs macdonalds wejding an niversary others calltd during the afternoon on saturday afternoon mr and mrs hurley also dr and mrs hodgson from toronto visited with mr and mrs al bert draper mr and mrs albert draper were supper guests with mr and mrs fred draper and fam ily on sunday on monday mr and mrs cof fin from port union also mrs e grant and mrs l grant of montreal spent the alternoon with mr and mrs albert dra per y i v v v y v v j v v v v the sign of a good time theatre uxbridge stupwjjl1i p nione 269 or 122 stouffville wednesday thursday friday saturday november 9th 10th lllh 12lh 4 days only the entertainment worlds most wonderful enfeuinment rosanna brazzi mltzi gaynor starts 615 pm doors open 615 pm bhlrt4m4srtmbtammmljfemvv