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the stourryiui tonne tkry juuy 10 1962 strange visitor when mrs betty pegg claremont rr 2 opened the back door of her farm house last week what should walk in but a canada wild goose the big bird appeared quite tame and was not tagged mr pegg constructed an openair pen circled by a five foot fence but the goose only flew out of its coop with compara tive ease he then was forced to place it in the barn until it could be taken to the se- cord sanctuary near good wood hal pegg 14 holds the webfooted fowl while his sis ter kathy 10 centre and donna wilson 3 look on with interest staff photo labour minister hon michael starr in uxbridge may 19 election campaigning in the uxbridge area gets under way seriously a week this saturday when popular ontario riding m p mike starr holds his tra ditional receptions in the town of uxbridge may 19th is the -dafijithd- martins hotel is the jscene i the ladles vt the area will be the guests in the afternoon from three oclock until five when mike and anne starr will be on hand to renew acquaintances with their many friends in the district in the evening the menfolk take over from eight until elev en for a social evening with the popular member of parliament for ontario riding the uxbridge gettogether has always been one of the high lights of any federal election campaign in the county and a large crowd is again expected to be on hand to meet and speak with their progressive conser vative representative and min ister of labour in the govern ment at ottawa a cordial invitation has been extended to all local residents in uxbridge and surrounding areas to be on hand the date is saturday may 19th at martins hotel in uxbridge with the la dies the guests from 3 until 5 in the afternoon and the men from 8 until 11 in the evening otice the municipal council of the township of pickering on april 30 1962 gave two readings to the sunday sports bylaw which will permit after 130 pm the following sports indoor bowling lawn bowling tennis badminton water sports golf hockey baseball with hard and soft ball and football third reading will be given this bylaw on monday june 4 1962 at 8 pm lloyd johnston clerk goodwood united church hear rev silas fox veteran missionary mr fox has zealously served the lord in india for 45 years since you cannot afford to miss hearing him we urge upon you to come and bring your friends service may 13 1962 1030 am everyone welcome meet mike starr receptions in uxbridge saturday may 19th ladies in the afternoon at town hall 3 to 5 pm men in the evening at martins hotel 8 to 11 pm an amendment to the picker ing twp official plan as rec ommended by planning board that would permit the operation of a concrete products manu facturing firm on no 1 hwy at green river was discussed by council at a regular meeting on monday night mr john petro the owner of 8 acres immediately west of baxendales store is desirous of locating the industry on the site reeve sherman scott stated that the council did not wish to curtail any industrial develop ment in the township either large or small but feared that some difficulty might arise con cerning its control councillor ross deakln said that he understood ihe arm planned to construct lawn orna ments bird baths etc he said that the staff would number about four employees at the be ginning and might later expand to twelve deputyreeve mrs jean mc- pherson suggested that a poll of the people in the area might give the council some idea of what action they should take reeve scott stated that the owner had gained some illfeel ing in the area when it was rumoured that he planned to open a wrecking yard he said that the planning board were opposed to any sale of second hand goods but would not ob ject to the disposal of new ma terials a motion was passed asking for a recommendation from pro ject planning associates tor onto green river industry concerns twp council bill lockie zephyr heads potato club a number of ontario county potato growers met in the de partment of agriculture office uxbridge on monday april 30 in connection with the reorgan ization of the 500 bushel potato club this club was organized in 1945 and has carried out a successful competition each year twentyseven potato grow ers completed this high yield club in 1961 the winner of the 1961 com petition was mr bill lockie zephyr with an estimated yield of 704 bushels per acre the average estimated yield for all twentyseven growers in the 1961 competition was 457 bush els contestants may use any recommended potato variety they wish and they may use any means at their disposal to secure the highest possible yield from the one acre they have entered in the competition anyone interested in joining this high yield potato club for 1962 should send their applica tion together with a 300 mem bership to the department of agriculture office uxbridge by june 1st officers and committee for 19- uxbrsdge pickering tp news fire report a sad story fire area no 3 in the twp of pickering established a budget of 3300 for 1962 with eight months jet to so in the year their costs have reached 4000 the area is serviced by the brigade from pickering vill age its a sad story staled councillor koss ueakin fire committee chairman speak ing before a regular meeting of twp council on monday night lie said tliat up until april 28th the pickering village unit had answered forty fire calls in the township a num ber of charges arc pending be fore ihe courts 62 are as follows chairman bill lockie zephyr vicechair man walter keriy poit per ry rr 1 secretarytreas lynn fair uxbridge committee members bill lockie zephyr walter kerry pott perry rr 1 walter savage uxbridge rr 1 albert hockley claremont rl murray crone mt albert john meyers zephyr norm meek sandford pickering township man to carry prov n d p banner mr harry ashton a resident of pickering beach and an em ployee on the staff of the pick ering twp municipal staff is the provincial candidate of the new democratic party mr ashton resides in the ontario riding he represented both the ridings of durham and ontario at the ndp founding conven tion at niagara falls in octo ber a graduate of business admin istration he was twice elected to pickering twp council be fore resigning to accept the post of bylaw enforcement officer he held the position of civil defence coordinator and disaster chairman of the cana dian red cross mr ashton contends that the ndp is the only true opposi tion party he spoke briefly at a nomination meeting held in orono for durham riding last week the liberals and conserva tives stand for essentially the same thing he said and warn ed the people not to be fooled by the supposed new look of the liberal party its the same old package of salt with the same wrapper and when you open it you find the ingredients arent worth a nickel he said bhsrvfi y-iejf- fiwfffi underground trouble varied reasons have been put forward concerning a condition that occurs annual ly on the 9th concession county road pickering twp every spring the pavement heaves sharply at one par ticular location in front of the spang and fretz proper ties in the past two years two serious accidents have oc curred one informant told the tribune that an under ground stream flows under the road and is responsible for the problem signs have been erected on the approa ches to the trouble spot only this week the road returned to its natural level ed hannah named pres pickering twp softball league mr ed hannah has been named president of the picker ing township softball league at an organization meeting held on april 18th at the municipal building in brougham repre sentatives were present from a crosssection of the municipal ity the finalized executive is as follows president ed han nah pickering rr 3 vice president geo moore green wood secretary mrs nora livingstone pickering beach committee members steve doucette claremont ted old- field pickering rr 2 donald hopkins bay ridges the re organization of league competi tion will be in charge of this committee umpire school the secretary of the recrea tion association was instructed to contact mr jack eilbeck of ontario recreation programs branch in an effort to arrange an umpires school it would be held in the brougham park the brougham park board would be reimbursed for the come and bring your friends ontario riding pc association use of the floodlights during the operation of the school an exact date will be announced when it is finalized roy lewis leaves for georgia roy lewis son of fred lew is altona feed and supplies left this week by air for vienna georgia to attend a sales train ing course promoted by the tractor and implement division of the ford motor company the threeday school will centre around the operation and features of ford tractors and equipment he will be working with trac tors mowers rakes hay condi tioners hay balers and related implements the training cen tre covers 535 acres of ground in addition to such facilities as a dining room service shop classrooms and recreational areas hundreds of dealers at tend this school yearround since its opening five years ago hon mike starr on preeiection tour federal election voters in many parts o ontario riding will have convenient opportun ity to meet the progessive con servative candidate hon mich ael starr in the coming week friday may 11 mr starr will be in uxbridge and scott town ships and uxbridge town sat urday evening may 12 he looks forward to attending the colorful folk festival in o neill collegiate oshawa mon day may 14 he will be at port perry and in reach township later the labor minister leaves to speak in moncton nb re turning friday may 18 for the oshawa citizenship court on saturday may 19 he will spend the morning in north pickering township that afternoon and evening he will attend recep tions arranged by the women and men of uxbridge much in demand on the na tional election campaign level travelling 40000 miles or more overtwo months mr starr sees to it that all his home constit uents can have firsthand know ledge of the record of govern ment a professor says the art of conversation is dying out may be we need more operations public notice township oi pickering 1962 taxis all ratepayers take notice that on april 23 1962 council passed bylaw number 2692 requiring the 1962 taxes o be paid in three instalments viz june 29 august 31 october 31 without penalty or if all the lax levied on a single property is paid on or prior to june 29th a discount of one per cent 1 will be allowed statutory penalties will be added on all taxes when in arrears tax bills will be mailed early in june lloyd johnston clerk township of pickering regional conservation he will show a film on the dalziel mu seum in pioneer village steeles ave and jane st the meeting will be held in the greenwood public school fireworks display the greenwoodkinsale home and school association will hold a fireworks display on the greenwood school grounds on monday evening may 21st at 730 strawberry social a garden party and straw berry social will be held on the grounds of the kinsale school on saturday june 23rd claremont visitors from other district lodges and from toronto at tended the annual masonic in spection night of brougham union lodge in claremont on wednesday evening last week a good following of local persons journeyed to port do ver on saturday night to see the uxbridgeport dover play off final uxbridge lost by a score of 53 mr don hedges attended a concert in the ajax high school on friday night presented by an ajax and district choir all proceeds from the presentation were donated to the ajax hos pital building fund mr and mrs jim spang and family of stouffville have tak en up residence in the former lye home in the village mr ted tomlinson of port arthur is spending the week at the home of his brother dr n f tomlinson mr ross middleton of clare mont and mr cec lee good wood motored to parry sound on sunday and called on a for mer resident mrs hayward on the occasion of her 96th birth day mrs hayward lived at one time on the neal property west of the village more than forty years ago miss joyce schneider daugh ter of mr and mrs alex schnei der and a recent graduate of the baptist training institute at brantford is presently on tour in the province of quebec she was one of a number se lected from the school to make the trip joyce plans to return to the teaching profession in september and will take a school in the beamsville dist rict rae ward a member of the metro toronto police depart ment has been positioned in the criminal identification bureau with headquarters in downtown toronto both rae and keith mcdowell of atha form the pitching and catching battery on their departments softball team mr and mrs sima of toronto visited with her parents mr and mrs wm welsh on the weekend a singavision program to interest the children is currently being featured at the baptist church this week the program will conclude on friday evening at 7 oclock mr and mrs jim coates mr evans ward mrs morgan pugh rosemary hedges and mary neal attended a potluck supper in the greenwood united church on friday evening mr and mrs john carnegie will leave in june on a two- month vacation to paisley scot land they will travel by air and will return home early in september it is five years since the carnegies last visited their old home town mr lionel hunt of toronto will be the guest speaker at twp engineer resigns pickering township engineer t o jefferson has submitted his resignation effective june 4 1962 the matter was discussed briefly at a regular meeting of council on monday night mr jefferson has acquired a posi tion with the city of woodstock the council expressed their regret on losing the services of their engineer its very un fortunate said deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson it has been intimated that mr jefferson will receive a sizeable salary increase at his new post greenwoodkinsale h s association an interesting meeting has been planned by the executive of the greenwoodkinsale home and school association for mon day evening may 14th at 8 o clock the guest speaker will be mr t e barber a representa tive of the metro toronto and both the sunday school and morning church service in the baptist church this sunday this day has come to be known as christian family sunday and the service will fit this spe cial occasion mr blake briscoe of toronto was a weekend visitor at th home of mr and mrs jimmy briscoe mr and mrs jim carson of ottawa visited on sunday with mr and mrs john carnegie twentyone members of th claremont scout troup accom panied by their leader held a weekend campout on the sand erson farm near balsam dave beverley will definitely return to the lineup of tha claremont softball team this season according to coach jack rennie the club will boast three good pitchers in bob red- shaw lloyd pascoe and jim redhaw a league meeting was held at brougham on monday night the meeting of the guide brownie mothers la will b held at the home of jessie me- guire tuesday may 15 at s15 for transportation meet at the four corners at 8 pm girl guide cookie day was a success in claremont on satur day on friday evening the mothers packed 4s1 doz home made cookies mr and mrs j kennedy of toronto spent the weekend vis iting at the home of mr and mrs jim mcguire master jimmie mcguire cele brated his birthday on satur day with a group of school chums when they enjoyed bowl- ing and a movie they returned later to his home for games and refreshments nancy loyst was hostess to a group of friends at a party on friday evening at the home of her sister mrs bruce red- shaw the next bingo at the legion will be held monday may 14 at 815 cash prizes specials jack- pot come and bring all your friends the cub scout mothers l- a held their regular meeting at the home of mrs kay ward after the business period mrs ward showed colored slides of their trip overseas which were very interesting the womens institute will hold its monthly meeting on wednesday may 16 at 2 pm which is to be citizenship day topic lets take a look at prejudice to be given by mrs dick ward roll call what my community needs from its young people the claremont school choirwill sing susan miladinov spent several days last week with her grand parents mr and mrs jack morgan while her mother mrs june miladinov rn was do ing special duty at east general hospital mr and mrs j morgan visit ed mrs ewart diamond and son frank and family of myrtl on sunday afternoon a junior farmer claremont ucw the evening unit of clare mont ucw will meet at 8 pm on monday may 14 at the home of mrs bev wilson the programme will be in charge of mrs margaret pugh and mrs ruth cresswell the roll call will be answered with a housecleaning hint the lunch committee will be mrs aldine evans and mrs mil taylor the afternoon unit met on april 26 at the home of mrs chit reynolds mrs wm wall ace and mrs roy morgan pre pared an interesting easter pro gramme for the 14 ladies pres ent the roll call was answered by a bible verse containing the word joy plans were made for the tea to be held on may 31 at the home of mrs george mcconnell in claremont cherrywood mrs 5r hollingcr mr and mrs reuben tindall are sporting a new car mr and mrs wm tweddlc visited with mr and mrs r bryans at lindsay on saturday mrs a e gillies provincial president of the consumers association of canada spoke at cherrywood school on monday april 30 cac is a nonsec tarian nonpolitical organization devoted to the study of con sumer problems and it also seeks to protect the consumer through investigation of var ious products on the market anyone having a consumer problem or wishing to be better informed on the activities of the organization is most welcome to call the pickering township branch president mrs lcn hol lingcr markham 193j4 or the secretary mrs a lithcrland markham 276w3 ml tractors are almost a part of the fred lewis family at altona and 11 year old earl lewis is no stranger to the controls of this big machine that formed part of a ford demonstration on the atha farm of norman lehman rec ently staff phot