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claremont news messrs frank haywazd jim curtis ken jones john devltt frank hoilingshead and henry desjaxdios were among the many local residents who em barked on the annual trek into northern ontario for the deer hunt the peewee and bantam soft- ball teams will be honoured with a banquet in the legion hall on thursday evening nov 23rd at 630 pm the dinner is being sponsored by the recreation committee this organization has decided to continue its com munity activities for the present time a meeting was held last week at the home of irene hoil ingshead mrs samarlllo and mrs ren- nie visited with mrs w elliott of scarboro and mrs t neal of agincourt on thursday the regular meeting of the ladie auxiliary to the legion was held on thursday with com j mcguire in the chair the annual christmas party for the children will be held on monday evening dec 11th at 730 oclock the ladies christ mas dinner and social gathering will be held on thursday even ing dec 14th at 7 oclock eu chres will be held every monday until dec 1th when the first regular bingo will be promoted after christmas every other monday will be bingo with eu chre nights in between susan hayward entertained a number of school friends at a birthday party in her home on monday brenda mcgregor celebrated her birthday last week and en tertained some of her friends mrs esther benson is pres ently confined to the ajax-pick- ering hospital phyllis desjardins posted a high single of 263 in the clare mont mixed bowling league last week for the men dennis west was the competitor with a 288 marge samarillo chalked up the ladies high triple with a 658 and the high average with a 208 the mens high triple went to harold hopkins with a 619 high average was posted by geo craig with a 205 team standings to date are h hop kins 27 pts a roszell 24 pts b hockley 18 pts s pilkey 17 pts a redshaw 16 pts m samarillo 16 pts j burrows 13 pts m norrish 9 pts a surprise party was held for mrs henry johnson on sunday on the occasion of her 76th birthday members of the im mediate family gathered at the home of mr and mrs melvin johnson including mr and mrs robt jackson and family of claremont mr and mrs arthur cox and family of toronto and mrs isobel mcfayden of thorn- hill also present was a grand daughter mrs h davidson of collingwood who marked her birthday on the same day mr hugh gregg was admitt ed to the toronto general hos pital on friday following a heart attack gary cooper son of mr and mrs r f cooper was among the twentynine honour grad uates to receive his diploma at the commencement exercises of the pickering district high school on friday night gary a student at queens university kingston spent the weekend at his parents home the regular meeting of the claremont guides and brownies la will be held on monday nov 20th at the home of mrs jessie mcguire for transporta tion members are asked to meet at the four corners at 750 pm a new fuel oil truck has been added to the coop fleet the vehicle was purchased from joe burrows at brougham mr howard langille has been appointed sports director of york university mr and mrs gordon bor land of walkerton and family were weekend visitors with mrs m b borland nine year old john drake son of mr and mrs keith drake fell from a tree last week at school and suffered a broken arm mr tom dawson visited with his daughter in whitby on sun day place four questions on pickering township ballot the pickering township elec torate will be required to sharp en their pencils on dec 9th when opinions will be sought on no less than four questions the breakdown will include 1 are you on favour of public games and sports for gain after 130 oclock in the afternoon of the lords day 2 are you in favour of the operation of moving pictures drivein the atres theatrical performances concerts and lectures after 130 oclock in the afternoon of the lords day 3 are you in fa vour of a public library system for the township 4 request for the approval of purchase of industrial land in addition to the questions it is rumoured that some svards will be well stocked with candi dates five and perhaps six wouldbe office holders will toss their hats in the ring in ward 3 it is expected that john campbell will oppose incumbant ross deakin in ward 4 ward 5 will also be well represented back in the running in overall township interest the threeway fight for the dep utyreeves post will promote the liveliest enthusiasm among the electorate with the retire ment of mr edgar james three candidates will endeavour to fill the position including mrs jean mcpherson mr harry boyes and mr clifford laycox messrs boyes and laycox are members of the 1961 council no opposition for the reeve sherman scott has been indi cated it is unlikely that har vey spang in ward 1 or milton mowbray in ward 2 will be opposed it had been rumoured that mr george todd might re turn to municipal politics but this information is without foundation it has been a rather quiet year for the current council quiet with respect to major complaints from delegations of ratepayers there has been the usual individual criticisms but weekly invasions by irate depu- fairview s oldest resident marks 97th birthday mrs frances jackson the old- john jackson who died in 1936 est resident of fairview lodge celebrated her 97th birthday last week lauded as the youngest at heart by her fellow residenu in the lodge mrs jackson is especially noted for her acute sense of humor her love of life and her extraordinary musical talent an accomplished piano accor- she lived in orono prior to mov ing to whitby there are three children mrs w foster kelsey of whitby roy foster of markham and russell foster of peterborough mrs jackson has eight grand children and two greatgreat grandchildren a verv active church worker dionist mrs jackson plays at mrs jackson has been a mem- most of the social functions in j ber of st andrews presbyter- the lodges and last year played ian church in cobourg and also miss violet swan will likely be tations have been small organize 700 canvassers for hospital fund drive recruiting of 700 canvassers for the ajax and pickering gen- oral hospital fundraising drive began last week canvassers will call at 7000 homes in the south ontario county area in early december contributions will form part of the 495000 campaign object ive this phase of the hospital drive will follow factory can vassing beginning this week the committee in charge of em ployee solicitations is composed of jim carrigan george wells george dunn and thos cham bers nearly all major industries in the area already have ap proved inplant canvassing organization of our hospital building fund this week in cluded the appointment of el- win smyth of mitchell colour chemical co ltd as chair man of personal gift donations and special prospects j k sanders manager of ajax hy dro has been named chairman of the ajax residential canvass with g l pinkey principal of lord elgin school as vice- chairman fund headquarters empha sized that there would be no duplication of canvassing only residents who are not being can vassed at their places of employ ment will be visited at home ontario county 4h clubbers get royal prizes the junior farmer and 4h club members from ontario county have been quite success ful in the competitions at the royal winter fair a team of ralph honey sea- grave ted gordon cannington and david evans uxbridge placed fourth in the inter- county livestock judging compe tition teams from twentythree counties competed with each competitor being required to place and give reasons on ten classes of stock including dairy and beef cattle sheep swine and hog carcasses the team from peterborough county earned the top awards in the competition in the 4h field crops division janet hockley of claremont r il 1 won a first prize with her exhibit of scbago potatoes two other members of the scott 4h potato club also lloyd johnson uxbridge rr 4 and bruce nor ton claremont rr 1 placed 6th and 10th respectively in the 4h grain club section aldon smith port perry rr 2 won third prize with his rod ney oats while his brother geo won eighth ninth place in this class was won by alex colville sunderland rr 2 the queens guineas class for beef steers shown by 4h club members will be judged on friday november 17 nine club members from ontario county will be exhibiting nothing withers faster than restedcn laurels kate aiken guest panelist local residents who are ask ing themselves what they can do to defend themselves and their families from the horrors of another war might well find some answers at a fllm-and-dis- cussion evening to be held next wednesday november 22 at 815 pm at dunbarton high school mrs kate aitken famed to ronto writer and world traveller will be guest panelist to dis cuss this topic along with mr ronald nablo industrial com missioner of st catharines moderator for the session will be mrs evelyn raynor of downsvlew a prominent mem ber of the toronto united na tions association and a mem ber of the north york bahai community after a film showing how the united nations operates to re solve world conflict the audi ence will be invited to discuss with the panel the question of the way to peace and what can be done by individuals toward that end admission is free the program is being spon sored by the bahais of picker ing township as a public serv ice balsam ml zion visitors to mr and mrs rich ard days home over the week end were mr and mrs charles day of midland and mrs claire holman of brooklin the november meeting of the wa was held wednesday night at the home of mrs joe for syth meeting opened with a hymn followed by prayer the scripture reading and devotion al topic on salome all taken by miss pat jackson mrs geo mc- connell of claremont was guest speaker and gave a demonstra tion of christmas ideas the business period followed and the meeting closed with prayer by mrs lloyd wilson this community was deeply shocked last thursday when word was received of the tragic death of mr charles fiss when his tractor overturned and pin ned him underneath and instant ly killed him congratulations to the follow ing students on winning awards and diplomas at the pickering district high school commence ment on friday night misses mary jean jamieson and connie jayne their secondary school honour graduation diploma misses gladys disney sharyn jones carolyn payne and mr ronald death their secondary school graduation general course diplomas and to miss linda hoskins and mr glen pugh their intermediate certifi cates friends are sorry to hear that mr lome jones is not in the best of health mr and mrs richard ward and family of claremont and mr and mrs donald jamieson and daughter had supper sun day night with mr and mrs b jamieson green river mr and mrs wm duncan had dinner on sunday with their son and his wife mr and mrs donald s duncan of brooklin prayer meeting will be held at the home of mr and mrs or- ville beolby stouffville on tuesday evening nov 21st at 8 pm a good time was had by those attending the thankoffering supper held at the church here on wednesday evening of last week it seems that once again we are missing a hat from the thankoffering supper if any one has taken the wrong fedora in mistake please get in touch with mr l roberts or leave same at duncans store mr and mrs h l smith left for the sunny south where they will spend the winter the wedding march at two wed dings at fairview she was born on nov 7 1864 in hope twp and mar ried the late henry foster at orono united church she is member of the whitby senior citizens club a birthday party was held for s jackson at her daughters coe hill they lived at cobourg home and she will also be guest until his death of honor at another birthday mrs jackson then moved to party given by the senior citi- port hope where she married j wns club hauling weed seeds brings complaint jailed on drunk charge charge vagrant with theft from trailer a former uxbridge township resident was sent to jail for one month when he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft philip gou- dreau 18 of no fixed address was convicted before magistrate f s ebbs in uxbridge town court last month but sentence was not passed until last week goudrcau admitted entering a house trailer on cone 5 ux bridge and stealing a watch and a quantity of food he was later picked up by metro police and turned over to the whitby de tachment of the ontario provin cial police the victim of a bro ken home the accused stated that he had lived at rr 2 brad ford but had been laid off rec ently he said he had no food or money a presentence report showed that the accused was on proba tion and suspended sentence and had been involved in two previous incidents of a similar nature a 23 year old markham mot orist was jailed for fifteen days by magistrate robert dnieper in whitby court last week on a charge of driving while in toxicated ian campbell jack son was involved in an accident on sept 22nd at the intersection of no 7 hwy near the aitona road a witness stated that the jack son car came off the aitona road entered the north ditch of no 7 hwy then crossed into the south ditch before striking another eastbound auto a breathalizor test showed a count of 16 and 18 parts per thous and gilbert wilkins 49 of fair- port road pickering township was jailed for seven days on a similar charge kart license renewal up for decision any discussion or decision on the jnewal of the license for goobwrxxl kartways will be putver for the uxbridge twp coshcll of 1962 the members federation meeting at greenbank mr julian smith united co operatives of ontario will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of ontario county fed eration of agriculture to be held at the greenbank united church tuesday december 5 at 700 pm another interesting feature on the programme will be the entertainment to be supplied by the baker hill instrumental group reports of various officers and affiliated groups will be heard as well as the election of direc tory for 1962 this promises to be a very interesting evening and it is hoped that all farm ers interested in the work of their county federation of ag riculture will contact their local director or the secretary mrs leslie meyers goodwood for tickets the panhandler makes the best living whose story is the most touching brougham a very pleasant afternoon was enjoyed in the township hall on saturday when the fol lowing ballteams who were lucky winners during the past season met and were presented with their trophies broug ham midgets who were coached by mr howard malcolm jr brougham junior girls coached by mr challice greenwood sr girls claremont pee wees and frenchmans bay bantams at the close several womens in stitute ladies were on hand to serve hot dogs and coffee which was very much appreciated the fowl supper in the hall on thursday evening was a real success there was a good crowd and the turkey was just right it was a real oldtime get- together congratulations to miss gail white on being chosen for the all round girl award at picker ing district high school com mencement exercises on friday night special mention is also made of allan johnson ian sal- go rosemary salgo and diane carter who were also lucky winners also geo malcolm and ronald kimura mr and mrs wes petty of cherrywood called on mrs w hamilton on sunday afternoon mr and mrs thos english visited friends at brighton on sunday mrs english and mrs mat thews visited mrs w c will- son and mrs lemmon in ajax hospital on friday found them still very weak but improving a little glad to see mr challice around again and able to return to his school this week mr jack davis of toronto visited his mother mrs j da vis on sunday afternoon mr and mrs lesley wilson and family visited with mr and mrs ray ellicott on sun day mr thos stevenson of tor onto spent a few days last week with his sister mr and mrs randal ellicott mrs j davis was in london recently attending the christen ing of her greatgranddaughter mr and mrs wm knox had sunday tea with mr and mrs t r knox and girls the hauling of weed seeds from the uxbridge cooperative to a farm in uxbridge township has aroused a complaint in the agricultural committee of on tario county council against a claremont district farmer john cammack cone 5 uxbridge ap peared before a regular meet ing of township council in goodwood on monday night deputyreeve robt nesbitt a member of the county com mittee that dealt with the com plaint said that he had instruct ed the cooperative to discon tinue the disposal of the weed seeds to mr cammack this action he said was the decision of the county board deputyreeve nesbitt inform ed the meeting that there was little use in spraying the weeds then permitting the loose seeds to be hauled through the muni cipality reeve earl dowswell said that no formal complaint had been filed with the town ship council mr cammack stated that he would appeal against the coun ty decision to cost 3700 the bell telephone company has informed uxbridge town ship council that it would be necessary to move their altona mrs merv bunker all previous records for sun day school attendance at ai tona united missionary church wore broken on sunday when 298 persons of all ages attended rally day each one received a scripture verse pencil spe cial music was provided by the ileise male quartet and a group of choruses by the tiny tots alex coutt recited the ten com mandments awards were pre sented to those making a spe cial effort during the sunday school advance month mrs al bert foster received a gift for having perfect attendance in her class on enrollment sunday on family day nine members of the johnson family were pres ent so mrs johnson received a gift from the sunday school on rally day lynda bunker was presented with a gift for taking nine neighbours to sunday school on neighbour sunday mr wm reesor who is 86 years old was given a gift for being the eldest person at sunday school on good samaritan sunday bob line j lewis the superintendent and the stouffyllle vrsune vaasdty noreccer 16 1961 page ii that had been endangered by excavations on the uxbridge- whitchurch boundary the total cost including labor has been estimated at 3700 it was sug gested that whitchurch should pay 50 per cent of this amount the bell co asked that in fu ture their firm should be noti fied of any proposed projects where their lines might be af fected it was agreed that the road superintendent should ar range a meeting witli whit church twp and the bell tele phone co editors moil reduce assess on airfield at goodwood a reduction in assessment has been allowed on the property of the goodwood airport cone 3 uxbridge twp the court of revision meeting on nov 6th agreed to reduce the property assessment by s5600 it was one of eight appeals filed be fore the court it was argued that the air field runways had been assessed as completely paved roads but evidence showed that only a light permanent surface had been laid to date other reduc tions were allowed on the good wood game and fisheries club and durham crushed stone co two appeals were sustained on the matter until that i attend the regular meeting in the remainder were casts where mr bell the owner of the j january or could contact the buildings had been lost or dara- wm in attendance t a cierk to leexn of the decision 1 ed by fire regular meeting en monday night the council decided that the fe2 that they should take no interested parties could either acson nov 10 1691 editor the tribune dear sir after reading of he disap pointing turnout at the public meeting re libraries for picker ing township i would like to point out one fact to thoe re sponsible for organizing this meeting i am a person inter ested in libraries and would have attended this meeting if i had known about it the an nouncement of the meeting ar rived in my paper received fri day noon the day following the actual meeting may i suggest a little more advance publicity on a matter of such vital concern to the township sincerely margaret mansell editors note although no formal announce ment was published in the tri bune as a paid advertisement this newspaper did carry a story concerning the pioposed meeting for thursday evening nov 2nd in an issue of thurs day oct 19th two weeks in advance this to our knowl- edge was the only advance pub licity given to the matter rev d sargent the pastor thanked everyone for making a special effort to advance our sunday school attendance dur ing the past five weeks a warm and hearty invitation is given to all to attend each sunday mr allan and mrs doherty of toronto teachers college were teaching at aitona school last week under the supervision of mrs d francis mr and mrs gordon vaug- jhan gail and robert of stouff ville were sunday supper guests of her grandparents mr and mrs norman bunker mr and mrs john rose of newmarket mr and mrs wm rose george and lome of ce dar valley attended rally day service and had dinner with frank rose and the carters several from our community attended the 100th anniversary of cedar grove church on sun day mr and mrs bob lewis and family entertained mr and mrs len jarvis keith and ronnie of greenbank on sunday word has been received by fred lewis that he and his wife have won a trip to the british isles and paris in a competition sponsored by the ford co mr lewis sold the greatest number of ford tractors and imple ments congratulations motorist killed in collision a 69 year old scarboro motor ist was killed on thursday night of last week when his eastbound car was in collision with a 27- ton tractortrailer at the inter section of no 48 highway and steeles ave south of markham village claude clinton karn was thrown from his auto and became metro torontos 101st traffic death the transport driven by ben jamin mcquaid 27 of oshawa overturned after the crash but the driver suffered only minor injuries fined 50 for striking father an uxbridge township resi- den convicted of striking his father in a dispute over the own ership of a radio was last week fined s50 and costs for assault harold coppins 56 pleaded guil ty to the charge before magis trate r b dnieper in whitby police court the accuseds father roy coppins 72 told the court that his son who lives in the same house came home on the night of nov 3 and had been drink ing he said that he and the accused started arguing about who owned the radio which he muucd was owned by the ac cuseds mother during the argument he said his son struck him on the chest and on the side of the head he said that he was knocked back wards by the blows but was not hurt the elder coppins said he fried to get out of the hou but his son pursued him and w intercepted by a neighbor to end the affair crown attorney bruce aff leck yald that the accused was the worse for liquor and the in- 1 ddent was more of a family squabble will retire deputyreeve edgar james served four years as a coun- a member of pickering town ship council for a period of five years will not contest the post at the forthcoming muni cipal elections on dec 9th he plans to retire at the con clusion of the 1961 term he cillor in ward 2 and one year as deputyreeve to date three candidates have signified their intentions of contesting the position sssssssssss on sale e for every member of the family canadian made warmly lined shearling snow cuff adjustable strap closure pliable brown rubber special prices for november sizes 612 childrens 349 133 juniors 399 15 boys 499 611 mens 549 a e weldon son footwear main st stouffville ph 172w rssisirtirsiisfr claremonts 12th annual santa clays parade aturday nov 25th prize list school floats 10 pupils and over 1st 2000 2nd 1000 30 pupils and under 1st 2000 2nd 1000 olhcr entries 00 variety floats- is si 100 2nd s500 business floats sarco cup decorated mcyclks 12 years and under ls s300 2nd s200 3rd si 00 other childrens entries 1st 300 2nd s200 3rd s100 scouts guides brownies and cubs 1st s1500 2nd 1000 3rd and 1th 500 each clowns 1st 500 2nd 300 lucky draw 1st prize shetland tony or 100 canada savings bond 2nd prize transistor radio 3rd prize electric fry pan 4th prize hamper of groceries parade starts at tha station 130 pm sharp candies for the children from santa himself