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5 h the stourtylue tosunl thaiirf kotefflber 9 w61 seventeen year old brougham student wins all round girl award gail white to receive trophy friday ight the anne stratton memorial trophy one of pickering district high schools most coveted awards will be presented to a it year old brougham student at the tenth annual com mencement exercises on friday evening nov 10th gail white grade 13 has been selected as the schools allround girl her name will be inscribed on a beautiful silver trophy she will retain a smaller replica of the award aaron fenton of pickering village has been similarly honoured as the ail- round boy the trophy is emblematic of academic athletic and activ ity excellence according to the principal mr j c richard son miss white can qualify in each category in addition to her academic ability she has a keen interest in many extra curricular functions she is the president of the school choir president of the prefects student leaders intermediate field day champion captain of the volleyball team and winner of the school letter award aaron fenton is the president of the students council and is active in school choir and basketball promotions the names of both students will be engraved on an honour roll plaque donated by dr n f tomlinson of claremont twentynine graduates twentynine students will receive their honour graduation diplomas this list includes beverley banton elaine bar- key robt bentley gary cooper stewart craig alan dawson patricia diasio gary disney john goodwin philip irwin lyle jackson maryjean jamieson diana johnson ronald kimura richard lapointe geo malcolm john maniw ron ald matheson ingrid mearns michael mills joy parker ron ald patterson constance payne robt pearce rosemary salgo faith shepherd maureen spenceley barbara wagenaar and david warner in addition 45 students will receive their secondary school graduation diplomas general course 10 will receive their secondary school graduation diplomas commercial course 117 will receive their secondary school intermediate certificates and 12 will be presented with di plomas for their completion of a special twoyear course sixty- six academic and ten athletic awards will be presented to students deserving special recognition pickering dist high school has an enrollment of 630 ontario scholarships two ontario scholarships will be awarded valued at s400 each they will go to diana johnson and ingrid mearns miss johnson will also receive the moses henry aikins scholarship and a dominion provincial bursary other similar scholarship ns bursary awards will be mse to david warner faith shepherd ronald matheson norma cartwright wayne knapp and barbara wagenaar the address to the graduates will be made by prof d m hayne ma phd former registrar of university college toronto the valedictorian is miss diana johnson the school choir under the direction of mr alan clark will present a number of choral selections a reception and dance will conclude the evenings program fined 50 on impaired driving charge a 25 year old claremont mo torist was fined 50 or seven days by magistrate r b baxter in bowmanville court last week grant hill attracted the atten tion of a police officer by engag ing in a horntooting episode at mossport park on sept 30th the constable testified that when he investigated the inci dent he observed that bill had red eyes alcohol on his breath and staggered badly he was charged with impaired driving the accused entered a plea of not guilty the officer said that he along with another policeman remov ed hill to the cruiser twenty bottles of beer were found in the trunk of hills car magistrate baxter contended that the officer would not have taken the trouble of arresting the accused putting him in the cruiser and having his car towed away unless he was sure that the mans condition was in ac cordance with his testimony wm guests were present from claremont scarboro toronto uxbridge richmond hill and mimico on wednesday nov 1st to honour mrs a d peters formerly of port perry and now residing in scarboro an open house was held at the home of mr and mrs k j drouil- lard on the occasion of mrs peters ninetieth birthday about seventy relatives friends and neighbours were in attend ance mrs peters was selected by radio station chum as the birthday lady of the day and was the recipient of one dozen red roses in addition she re ceived many lovely cards gifts and floral bouquets a high light of the day was a telephone message from her son burt in stone mountain georgia the hostess mrs drou- illard is mrs peters daughter drivers jailed for being impaired two district motorists were sentenced to jail terms last week by magistrate robt dnie per for driving while intoxicat ed william geo ireson 5g of green river was jailed for 30 days when found guilty the charge arose out of a twocar collision on the whitchurch- uxhridge townline on sept 30 thomas edward machesney 56 of goodwood was sentenced to a minimum of seven days in jail in addition magistrate dnieper prohibited him from driving anywhere in canada for two years pc john petit of the whitby detachment of the opp said he found machesney asleep in his truck that was parked in the centre median of highway 401 around 1 am on oct 10 settle claim for 14000 a pickering township family has settled a 35000 claim for damages for injuries received in a 195s accident for si 1000 the outofcourt settlement against bulldozer operator her man lennox was approved by mr justics s n schatz mrs phyllis ingham of west rouge pickering settled her 12000 claim for s6000 her daughter joan is originally seeking 20000 settled for 7135 and her husband her bert settled his 3000 claim for s65 mrs ingham said she was driving on kingston rd on dec s 195s with her daughter when their car was struck at livingston wad by a car drrwn by lennox- mrs ingham fald sh receiv ed shock cuts fcrnlsesard jerlous injury to her kneecap atha anniversaries on saturday nov 4th mr and mrs ray macdonaid were taken by surprise when twenty- five relatives and friends gather ed at their home to help them celebrate their 48th wedding anniversary th happy couple received many beautiful gifts after which refershments were served mr and mrs walter thomp son markham held open house on sunday nov 5th the occa sion being their 54th wedding anniversary mr and mrs joe tran called during the after noon and mr and mrs david tran spent the afternoon with them mr and mrs fred draper celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary nov 5th congrat ulations mr allan lehman spent the weekend with his parents mr and mrs norman lehman al lan is attending the technical school at variety village mr and mrs frank bielby and mr and mrs cyril bielby and family from cedar grove visited on saturday evening with mr and mrs donald dun- keld and family mr and mrs russell david son whitby were sunday din ner guests with mr and mrs murray dunkeld mr and mrs james loree of toronto were sunday evening supper guests with mr and mrs clifford dunkeld and familv mr and mrs fred menair had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs norman lehman mr and mrs hurrloy tor onto had supper with mr and mri ray macdonaid on sun day the camithers family visited on sunday afternoon with mr and mrs f robb marsjhara mm mm i l 11 i seventeen year old gail white of brougham has been selected for the allround girl award at the pickering dist rict high school she will on friday night the prize is receive the anne stratton awarded for academic ath- memorial trophy at the annu- letic and activity excellence al commencement exercises gail is a grade 13 student mr and mrs j kennedy were weekend visitors at the home of mr and mrs jim mcguire mr and mrs b wills and mr ralph hill spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs a sam- arillo mrs wills attended the remembrance day service in the afternoon a large crowd attended the halloween party on tuesday- evening of last week spon sored by the recreation com mittee the costume winners were under 5 yrs debbie camithers brenda wilson murray anderson terry pilkey ricky ward and diane ward all others in the group received a small gift girls 6 and 7 gail heron debbie ward bon nie norton boys 6 and 7 lo samarillo normie levick haig derusha girls 8 and 9 caroline levick robt roszell allan loysl girls 10 11 and 12 susan levick theresa lev ick boys 10 11 and 12 mich ael hockley eric jones girls 13 to 16 barbara hill boys 1316 bill hammond ad ults connie blake kay hay- ward thelma hockley jean bradshaw shirley pilkey jean booth ann gliddon sold tickets on a draw for prizes donated by some of the local businessmen the winners were helen an derson kay hayward joan pos- till mr frank hollingshead was the master of ceremonies the judges were mrs r f cooper mrs g mcconnell and mrs c burton mr and mrs a roszell spent a few days at ottawa recently on a combined business and pleasure trip the winners of last weeks euchre held at the legion were ladies 1st lois wilson 2nd delma nokes men 1st row- ena lehman 2nd frank tay lor door prizes carole red- shaw and wes lehman the first monday of every month is a sharethewealth bingo a uniform pool has been org anized by the la of the scouts and cubs anyone having full or parts of uniforms should con tact mrs dorothy cook or mrs doris hopkins the regular meeting of the scouts and cubs mothers la was held on nov 2nd at the home of mrs e sherrin the election of officers was held for the 196162 season they are as follows president doris hop kins vice pres kay mariill secretary thelma hockley treasurer irene rcdshavv so cialhelen appleby assistant elizabeth goden conveners sewing rene payne visiting dorothy cook program ray death phone committee dor othy cook elaine sherrin and ray death meetings will be held on the first thursday of each month the next gathering will be at the home of ray death jhe south ontario president v mrs w brown will be guest speaker at the november meet ing of the womens institute on nov 15th at 2 pm roll call will be a current event team standings in the clare mont bowling league are as follows al roszell 22 pts h hopkins 20 pts bob hock ley 16 pts marge samarillo 16 pts alvin redshaw 12 pts shirley pilkey 12 pts joe bur rows 8 pts mel norrish 6 pts high single ladies phyllis desjardins 263 high triple la dies marge samarillo 658 high single men alvin red shaw 258high triple men geo craig 616 mr and mrs k goodwin and family have moved to scarboro new residents in the goodwin home are mr and mrs wil liams formerly of stouffville mr walt ward left on sunday on a deerhunting expedition in to northern ontario he will be joined by others later this week mr bert galloway a former resident and businessman has purchased a new home at peter- boro mr and mrs jim norton of whitby were visitors in the vill age on sunday mr and mrs roy ward plan to leave on saturday to spend the winter months in califor nia mr and mrs ken petty of victoria square were visitors on friday with mr and mrs howard hockley mr bennie ortiz escaped in jury on the weekend although his car was damaged in an acci dent mrs thos bacon and donald of stouffville will leave on sat urday for california where they will remain until spring we are pleased to report that mr eddie ortiz and mr roger roy have been released from hospital and are now home little interest in library issue the question concerning the adoption of a public library program for the township of pickering has apparently cre ated little interest among the ratepayers in the municipality less than twenty persons at tended a discussion meeting on the subject in brougham on thursday night the question will be placed on the ballot at the forthcoming elections on dec 9th it was defeated last year miss june munro supervisor of extension services of the provincial library system was the guest speaker miss munro contended that under the public library sys tem more books would be avail able and children would have a wider selection of material the mill rate to cover the program would be established by council the system would be under the jurisdiction of a board consist ing of the reeve and four mem bers appointed by council remembrance day parade among largest on record one of the largest remem- drance day parades on record was held at claremont on sun day the procession was headed i by the caledonia pipe band of oshawa followed by members of the claremont legion the ladies auxiliary the scouts cubs guides and brownies dis trict commander al burgess was in attendance the service was conducted in the claremont united church with the pastor rev a a cresswell in charge wreaths were placed at the base of the white cross by mrs w lehman jack rennie jessie mcguire w voss karen blake michael hoc kley and john holman the salute was taken by comm a burgess the parade marshall was comm s goden legion branch members were present from oshawa port per ry stouffville uxbridge mark- ham and dunbarton junior farmers judge at royal each year a livestock judg ing competition is held in con nection with the royal winter fair teams of three junior far mers under twenty six years of age represent their county in the competition the ontario county team for 1961 will consist of david ev ans uxbridge rr 3 ted gor don cannington rr 1 and ralph honey seagrave these young men earned the right to represent the county by their performance at the county jud ging competitions in recent years since being selected they have been receiving consider able coaching from their agri cultural representative h l fair and his assistant w m kell the competition will be held on thursday november 9th the day prior to the opening of the royal classes of beef cattle dairy cattle sheep swine and hog carcasses will be judged with the competitors being re quired to give reasons on each class approximately 30 coun ties are expected to be repre sented in the competition balsam 8 ml ziqn mrs b jamieson mrs lloyd wilson spent a couple of days in toronto last week visiting her mother mrs thos galbraith who is ill in the hospital mr and mrs elmer wilson spent the weekend with mr and mrs jack willison at athens mrs j briggs of oshawa spent the weekend with her sis ter mrs lewis jones mr jones left on saturday morning to go deer hunting mr and mrs glen mander- son and joanne had supper saturday night with mr and mrs dick ward at claremont the active service class will meet next wednesday night at the home of mrs rodd appleby mrs leslie harbrons group is in charge of the meeting the mens club will hold their opening meeting of the season monday night nov 13 in the church basement goodwood mrs r may mr and mrs gordon jones and mrs ken hockley attended the second annual ontario reg ional sunday school convention held in the cnes queen eliza beth building they report the day far too short to take in all the good material and lessons mrs fred baldwin and mrs reuben may and children called on former neighbours mrs jesse lundy and mrs earl leh man of cedar valley on satur day little linda williamson stayed with mrs baldwin on tuesday evening mr and mrs harry ferguson had sunday supper with his niece marion and george bald win mr and mrs gordon jones and girls visited with mr and mrs d wilson and family on saturday valerie has recover ed from an attack of rheumatic fever prayer meeting will be hold thursday at 815 at the home of mrs c jones senior by on friday at 730 mrs bert may had supper with her sisterinlaw mrs d percy of markham on saturday on sunday nov 12th rev davis will conduct the morning service at 1030 sacraments of baptism and holy communion families having children for this sacrament please get in touch with mr cook or mrs a hall mrs meyers is in toronto this week attending the united cooperatives of ontario con vention mr and mrs lome tindall and mr and mrs herb wagg attended the central ontario district high school board ban quet at port perry high school lastvcek brougham the womens institute will hold their next meeting on tues day november 14 in the town ship hall at 2 pm roll call quiz on handbook motto an investment in knowledge pays the best dividends host esses mrs geo gray mrs h malcolm and mrs milne the womans missionary so ciety will meet on thursday november 16 at the home of mrs h plaxton assisted by mrs bayles mrs mairs and mrs allan ellicott conveners mrs blackman mrs geo dun can roll call god mrs george perry was well enough to leave ajax hospital on saturday and is now recuper ating at the home of friends at southwould mrs allan ellicott accompan ied mr and mrs randall elli cott to oshawa one day recent ly where they visited friends at hillside manor church services from now on will be held in the afternoon viih sunday school at 130 pm and church at 230 pm mrs sinclair and mrs mur ray hollinger of cherrywood visited with mrs w hamilton one day last week mrs wm ellicott sr miss pearl barrett also mrs s rea- raan visited mrs wm knox one day recently mr and mrs h robertson of toronto visited with mrs mat thews on sunday several from here were at george town last week due to the death of mrs h wright villa beer who was well known here where she spent her early days her funeral was held last thursday she leaves two daughters kathleen mrs goo brandford and dorothy mrs m hillick also several grandchildren mrs lemmon who has not enjoyed good health for some time is now in ajax hospital all join in wishing her a speedy recovery mr and mrs ken bent and family also mrs e carswell all of oshawa called on their mother mrs w hamilton dur ing the weekend the womans association met n wednesday evening at the home of mrs connor who just recently moved to her new home at stouffville there was a good attendance the president mrs willson opened the meeting and welcomed all present the de votional was taken by mrs h miller it was decided to send out invitations to past mem bers to attend the next meet ing being held at the home of mrs follis in december host esses mrs ccnnor mrs t phil ip and mrs chas burrows serv ed a dainty lunch the young people held their meeting in the school on sun day evening november 5 with diane carter in charge mr j shcppard showed some very in teresting pictures of japan and she stratford theater the next meeting will be in the school may require court extension to cope with appeals pickering twp council has agreed by bylaw to extend the annual court of revision period one month in order that all ap peals may be heard the court will now conclude on dec 29th instead of nov 30th a suggested 320 applicants had filed an estimated 600 ap peals on their assessments it is not known whether the addition al time will be required request speedup a delegation of east rouge residents urged the council to speed up their presentation of facts to the ontario municipal board in order that work might begin on the installation of a system on a local improvement plan reeve sherman scott ex plained that a letter from the clerk to the omb had become lost in the mails and never reached the toronto office there is no desire in any way shape or form to delay this pro ject as far as the municipality is concerned said the reeve the reeve suggested that the project would be included in 4 winter works program need 495000 mr h a newman general chairman of the ajax and pick ering hospital fundraising cam paign asked councils endorse ment of the project an objec tive of 495000 must be attain ed to qualify for added grants the total cost of the 110 bed addition has been estimated at 234s000 the campaign was unanimously endorsed by coun cil it is a pickering hospital in use as well as in name con curred councillor milton mow bray lawess hunters irk former lady councilor slaphappy hunters have aroused the wrath of a rose- bank area ratepayer miss violet swan a former councillor and a possible candidate in the 1961 campaign miss swan appeared before a regular meeting of council on monday night to pro test a group of hunters flag rant disregard of both people and property within recent weeks she estimated their num bers at 16 men if any children are ever shot theres going to be a turmoil in this township she said miss swan said that the po lice had been summoned to the scene but no officer was avail able due to a motor vehicle accident she said that one game warden did appear the control of hunters is a very difficult problem noted reeve sherman scott he point ed out that the township bylaw covered only the discharge of firearms you cant stop some one from carrying a gun he said miss swan protested that signs were no deterrent to tres passers theyre torn down as fast as theyre put up she said roots exposed miss swan asked that some thing be done to cover up the roots of trees near her premises that had been exposed to the elements by someone gouging and playing around with bull dozers she said that her lane entrance had been impaired by this construction in addition she complained that a number of mailboxes had been left ly ing on the ground reeve scott agreed to bring the matter to the attention of the road super intendent mr jack chapman altona mr and mrs charles smith billy and bobby of alton near orangeville spent a day with mr and mrs walter carter recently mr and mrs norman bunker visited with his sister mr and mrs mac patterson of mark ham on sunday mrs don davis and larry of weston were sunday visitors with her parents mr and mrs f goudie mrs fred byer of stouffville was the delegate from altona womens institute to attend the convention at the royal york hotel toronto last week eight other ladies from altona wi were present on thursday mrs dorothy harding and three children havemoved from their home here on the for mer wilson farm to trenton mr and mrs fred menair visited friends in hamilton on saturday mr and mrs isaac lehman were sunday supper guests of their daughter mr and mrs harold kennedy of markham a speedy recovery is wished mrs frank kerwood who rec ently had an operation at scar boro hospital she hopes to be able to return home this week end mrs bob lewis mrs stanley lewis mrs albert foster and mrs don boake visited on mon day with mrs howard baker of brampton jerry lewis celebrated his 8th birthday on saturday he and a party of 12 young friends en joyed themselves bowling at markham debby marshman had 10 little friends in for a party to help her celebrate her birthday on saturday too mrs fred raymcr is celebrating her 87th birthday on thursday to on november 19 with miss cher yl liscombe in charge day congratulations mr and mrs walter davis visited on sunday with her daughter mr and mrs allan taylor of oshawa mr william reesor and mr and mrs walter carter had tea on sunday with mr and mrs edwin dixon of newmarket when a day at work seems to drag you probably havent enough to do the use of salt lowers hu man intelligence says a french scientist hes mistaken those who take a lot of things with a grain of salt have a high order of intelligence purchase of industrial land to be placed on pickering twp ballot the purchase of industrial land not exceeding 100000 will be placed on the ballot at the forthcoming pickering twp election on dec 9th three read ings were given to the bylaw at a regular mectitng of coun cil on monday night reeve sherman scott spoke in favour of the question reeve scott pointed out that townshipowned industrial land might help to stabilize prices on such properties he noted that at the present time if was almost impossible to quote a firm price to interested indus trial promoters i for one would like to see this particular question endorsed he said it has been pointed out re peatedly to us that by having industrial land available own ed by the municipality is one ot the best ways to promote indus try said councillor milton mowbray a venture of this sort will be self liquidating he concluded farmers now is the time to see our better than ever selection of used tractors fords and other makes priced to sell with a 30day guarantee free 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