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uxbridge pickering tp news large entry list at n ont plowing match the north ontario plowing match was held on the farm of russell forfar rr2 oxbridge on thursday with 61 lands be ing plowed this was one of the largest entry lists ever recorded for the match which is sponsored each year by the north ontario plowmans association mr s ball president and mr gordon ewen secretary and the var ious committees did an excel lent job in choosing the site for the plowing match and in car rying out the details the annual banquet conclud ing the match was held in the masonic hall uxbridge the judges were mr marshall dean of paris and mr george host- rawser of malton class 1 jointer plow in sod byrnell wylie oakwood jas lee greenbank gerald bell woodville anthony feather- stone millikcn class 2 tractor in stubble boys under 15 barry timbers mt albert keith phoenix greenbankb tran claremont stan kers- will stouffville ron parish uxbridge bob hunter sea- grave class 3 tractor in sod open grant wells stouffville joe tran claremont don dun- keld claremont norm tynd- all gormley bill hostrawser malton carl timbers stouff ville bill simpson stouffville class 4 tractors in sod plow men 20 years and under carl diceman woodbridge wayne webster woodville roy lewis stouffville david winn stouffville clafcs 5 tractors mounted plows sod open ivan degeer mt albert f forsyth stouffville lenwell man queensville john dev- ons mono rd herb jarvis agincourt nick aland stou- ville les smith blackwater class 6 tractors in stubble open h malcolm locust hill g little little britain ross nottingham little britain howard mcmillan greenbank grenville webster woodville lee webster cameron alan henry cameron class 7 tractors in stubble for ont county men who have never won a prize ron mcguckln mt albert class 9 tractors in stubble open joe tran claremont ross nottingham little britain wm hostrawser malton g wells stouffville don dun- keld claremont h malcolm locust hill class 10 tractor in stubble floyd forsyth stouffville l wellman queensville ivan degeer mt albert johndev- ons mono road herb jarvis agincourt les smith black- water horse show open byrell wylie oakwood w hill greenbank gerald bell woodville anthony feather- stone milliken specials esso tractor trophy was won by nick aland of stouffville eatons junior championship trophy was won by keith phoenix greenbank hon m b dymond trophy for best plowed land by north ontario resident went to ivan degeer mt albert claremont news on thursday evening a mis cellaneous shower was held at the home of mr and mrs ha rold redshaw for their daugh ter betty who will be married to mr jack vernon on satur day oct 13th in claremont fall turkey suppers are very popular at this time of year one will be held in the clare mont baptist church on tues day evening oct 23rd and an other is scheduled for the united church on wednesday nov 14th mr and mrs jack ward and shelley enjoyed a motor trip through northern ontario re cently a euchre will be held in the community hall on wednesday evening oct 24th under the sponsorship of the claremont volunteer fire department tickets are currently on sale for a doll dressed in 1 bills the draw will be made on the night of the euchre mr and mrs wm gliddon and mrs udell enjoyed thanksgiv ing dinner on sunday with re latives in toronto mr and mrs b e hanthorn and family spent monday with their son and family mr and mrs robt hanthorn near osh- awa mr and mrs gordon taylor spent the holiday weekend at their cottage on hawk lake i mr and mrs g langenberg end family have moved into their new home which they pur chased from mrs t pauling the womens institute will hold a special evening program in the community hall on wednesday oct 17th the guest speaker will be mr v e stetlcr principal of the dun- barton high school the roll call will be an oddity in the news mrs a samarllio was among the many visitors who attended the cwac annual reunion in toronto recently mr and mrs w hobday and arthur peddie family of scarboro were week end visitors at the home of mr and mrs jack rennie other thanksgiving dinner guests in cluded mr and mrs a samarillo and family and mrs ross red shaw and ted fern redshaw topped all la dy competitors in the high sin gle department of the commu nity bowling league last week with a 277 for the men lloyd macgregor rolled a sizzling 322 in the high triple category marge samarillo was best with 623 frank hehdy posted a 713 a complete breakdown of the weeks results and standings appears on the sports page of this issue mr and mrs ed boniface were weekend visitors with mr and mrs c saakel at their cot tage near bancroft mrs tom burton of sarnia was a recent visitor at the home of mr and mrs edgar evans weekend visitors at the home of mrs losshill were mr and mrs ray hill and family of col- lingwood they enjoyed thanks giving dinner together on mon day evening mrs ad peters of scarboro spent the past week with mr and mrs wilmot hill and fam ily mr and mrs jack duncan and family of orillia and mr and mrs doug bryant and family of whitby were weekend visitors with mr and mrs harold hop kins mr and mrs lloyd macgregor enjoyed saturday evening din ner at the home of his parents mr and mrs wm macgregor of uxbridge dr murray mcmullen of de troit is expected home next weekend for a visit with his parents mr and mrs earl mc mullen mr and mrs joe forsyth and daughter donna of balsam ev i joyed sunday supper with mrs bussell feasby farmed in ux twp 44 years mr russell feasby of the 4th cone uxbridge passed away at the cottage hospital in ux bridge on tuesday oct 2 1962 in ills 73rd year he was a son of the late mr and mrs thom as feasby of uxbridge and had farmed all his life having lived 44 years on the present farm in 1914 he married cora may smalley who survives him along with a son howard of vancouver and a daughter florence mrs goidon wilson of goodwood 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren a son norman and a brother william john predeceased him mr feasby had been ill in the hospital for the past three months the funeral was from the mcguire and low funeral home at uxbridge on thurs day oct 4 with his minister mr francis cook of goodwood in charge of the service pallbearers were morley feasby lloyd feasby murray feasby gordon risebrough gordon brown kenneth steven son flower bearers were mur ray wilson stanley feasby lome mortson frank hendy and dean wilson interment was in uxbridge cemetery brougham i greenwood the church was appropriately decorated with fruit and flowers on sunday for the thanksgiv ing service mrs edgie pegg and cathy mt on monday on a trip to delaware new york to visit with her sister and her new baby mr and mrs don clarke doug and bobby spent the weekend in sarnia renewing acquaintances there mr david pegg spent the weekend at lake scugog with a group of young people we are sorry to report that mr a robertson is under the doctors care suffering from virus pneumonia mr blake ward is also on the sick list mrs sevile of toronto was a weekend visitor at the home of her daughter mrs tom camp bell rev t flectham spent the holiday at bridgcnorth visiting with friends prior to his com ing to greenwood he held the charge in that community mr and mrs fred byers en joyed sunday evening dinner at the home of their daughter and family mr and mrs doug mord- en mr and mrs lloyd pegg of oshawa called on relatives in the district on saturday after noon mrs ferris of oakville visited at the milton pegg home last week and oyer the holiday mr and mrs milton pegg en tertained members of their fam ily to thanksgiving dinner on sunday mr ad mrs doug morden and family were in hamilton re cently visiting with relatives susan thomas daughter of mr and mrs jas thomas stouffville has been a visitor for the past week with her grandparents mr and mrs e unit 1 of the ucw met at the home of mrs john brooks on thursday afternoon of last week mrs e pascoe was in charge of the program and wor ship she was assisted by mrs clarke mrs wm brown and mrs may brown the business portion was taken by the leader mrs trolley further plans were completed for the turkey dinner on oct 17th and the bazaar on nov 3rd claremont claremont baptist church will be holding a turkey sup per on tuesday oct 23 from 530 on adults 150 children under 13 75c mr and mrs reg perry of frome called on mr and mrs geo perry on saturday mr and mrs t english had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs grant miller of whitby mr and mrs cy wannop en tertained mr and mrs clarence crawfotd mr and mrs dick wannop and mr and mrs killey for their thanksgiving dinner on sunday mr joe burrows mrs chas surphlet c kelley ken pas ser ivan booth and jack shep- pard are bowling with picker ing mens bowling club each monday night mr and mrs geo perry had dinner with their son allan and family on thanksgiving day mr and mrs john harry and daughter susan of kitchener visited with his parents al and mrs harvey during the weekend mrs wm knox returned home on sunday after spending a few days with her son john and family at hampton mrs rodgers who has been visiting with her daughter mrs m beelby returned to her home in peterboro on sunday unit no 3 of the ucw will hold their october meeting at the home of mrs howard mal colm assisted by mrs robt malcolm on thursday afternoon oct 18 at 2 pm program con venor mrs a ellicott roll call thanksgiving mr and mrs allan ellicott entertained mr and mrs vernon ellicott of uxbridge mr and mrs ivan ellicott and family of peterboro and mr and mrs randall ellicott of brougham for thanksgiving day dinner on sunday mr and mrs manson ellicott entertained mr and mrs ray ellicott and family and mr and mrs bill ellicott and family and mrs swaffleld on sunday mrs martin routley of brook- lin sisterinlaw of mrs matt hews passed away on sunday night in the oshawa general hospital the funeral was held on wednesday afternoon at 2 pm a meeting of the brougham united church women unit no 2 was held at the home of mrs g shirton on september 27 at 8 pm mrs knox opened the meeting and read a poem entitled how the lord sus tains mrs d beer led the worship service taken from the scripture romans 12 followed with hymn no 263 mrs knox read a story titled softsoap roll call for the evening was faith with twelve members present collection was taken followed with prayer lunch was served by mrs shirton and mrs r ellicott unit no 1 is holding an after noon tea at the home of mrs perry on tuesday oct 16th from 24 pm mr and mrs k bent and fam ily of oshawa also mrs cart- well of oshawa visited their mother mrs hamilton and mr o carter on sunday mrs wm ellicott sr and miss pearl barrett spent the weekend with mr and mrs ford at their cottage at fene- lon falls balsam mt zion mrs b jamlesoo several ladies attended a tup- per demonstration at the home of mrs murray jones last tuesday night dianne and larry ward of claremont spent the weekend with their grand parents mr and mrs b jamieson while their parents motored to wash ington dc mrs reg hoskins spent last week with her parents mr and mrs kingsmill at london quite a number from here at tended scott fair at uxbridge en saturday little donald fleming of ash- burn is with his grandparents mr and mrs orr graham while his mother mrs glen fleming is in the hospital with a new baby girl a large numer of jr farmers attended the church service last sunday night at altona the active service class will meet next wednesday night oct 17 at the home of mrs lewis jones with mrs percy jones group in charge of the meeting mr and mrs cecil disney and family had birthday supper with mr and mrs fred fiss on sunday clabemont mr and mrs don hedges motored to smith falls and arnprior on the weekend guthrie who was a brother of the late mr w h guthrie sympathy is also extended to mrs neale and her family in the death of mr percy neale some from here attended the 125th anniversary service of almonds united church mr and mrs fred puckrin and mrs puckrins parents mr and mrs walter hollinger of cherrywood enjoyed a mo tor trip to ottawa recently re turning by the st lawrence seaway the rains of last week were most welcome in this area where a number of the wells are either dry or low in water toe stouffvble tw8uhe thorny october tl 1962 py timber wolves attack reach township farmer north york winner floyd forsyth of stouff ville a perennial winner in local plowing match competi tions was able to get in urne good preinternational pract ice on friday when he com pleted two good lands in the north york match near holt early history of claremont baptist church and of the womens mission circle audley mrs fred puckrin rev m buttars delivered the thanksgiving message and also administered the sacrament of the lords supper on sunday oct 7th the community club met at the home of bill and mrs guth rie on saturday evening oct 6 sympathy of the community if extended to the guthrie fam ilies on the passing of mr dick by viola forsyth as given on the 75th annivers ary of wmc and 141st anni versary of the church the early church history was obtained largely from mr w k woods past years in pick ering published in 1911 mr woods a former presbyterian minister in claremont travel led all over pickering twp by horse and buggy lent to him by mrs g m forsyth and vis ited all the old families to get material for his book mrs dan iel forsyth was able to tell him much about our church in the early days then too mr woods procured some of the first min utes and some of these are dup licated in his book two brothers joshua and joseph vixson came to the northern part of pickering now know as claremont to wards the close of the 18th cen tury from new york this was long before is was called clare mont long before it had a name at all and before there was a township of pickering for we were then a part of york the ancestors of these two brothers had come from england in 1684 and settled first in mass usa later mov ing to new york state both brothers were already married when they came to ca nada i do not know whether joseph had any children at the time or not but it is known that joshua had at least one child a boy of 6 years of age named amos the country was mostly bush- land in the late seventeen hun dreds but joseph took up land on the west side of the brock road and built a house just north of where the road deviat es to the east on the way to the cpr station and near the home of mr and mrs wearn and also not far from the big old elm across from the proper- belonging to miss mabel gibson if you were to cross to the west side of the brock road and examine the lower part of the trunk you would see a plaque which reads the wicksons historic tree this is a vvtong spcling of wixson and is also spelled wrongly in mr woods book he has spelled it wixon mrs harry porter has the original deed of her proper ty signed by two of the wix- sens proving wixson to be the correct spelling joseph owned a- strip of land from his house south of the eighth con cession joshua likewise owned a strip of land on the cast side cf the brock rd and built his home se of where the cpr i station stands a little east of the back end of the property now owned by mr earl mcmul len which would be on the land formerly owned by g m fpr- syth and now occupied by mr edgar ward joshua later mov ed to the 7th concession and built a new house west of the brock rd the wixsons were baptists and the nearest baptist church was in markham the minister was elder barclay a familiar name in pickering twp the wixsons attended this church until they were excluded in 1621 it seemed joshua his wife rachel and son amos angered elder barclay when they op posed him being paid a salary because they believed it to be an unscriptual practice saying an hireling careth not for the sheep because he is an hireling ard not the owner of the sheep i dont know what they proved by that quotation and apparently neither did elder barclay jthe wixsons were branded as ignorant persons joshua was also expelled for what elder barclay called heresy when he pleaded for an excommunicated member after that one had confessed his wrong when the final day of sever ance came sixteen other mem bers were also expelled among them joseph wixson family and the reason for their expulsion being their failure to speak out in condemnation of the joshua wixsons for their stand this little band of about 20 people were now without a place of worship so they began to meet in the homes meeting most often perhaps in the home of joshua wixson now living on the 7th concession joshua now became the first spiritual lead er of this little group of bap tists serving not as an or dained pastor but as a lay preacher and he became known as elder wixson and im stirc without remuneration he couldnt possibly have taker any pay after his stand re garding a salary for elder barclay joshuas daughter ruth who had been the first white child born in n pickering became the first church clerk and some of hermlnutes are to be found in past years in pickering these minutes mention joshua was given permission to bap tize in queen st or elsewhere so these are the beginnings of our claremont baptist church and the first christian church lr pickering twp if your men tal arithmetic is good and you add 1821 plus 141 you get 1962 early in the 1830s a baptist church was organized on the 6th concession and about the same time perhaps just a bit later another on the 7th con cession called the gostick church the wixson baptist had no thought for a church edifice until 1850 when they bought 1 acres of land from joseph wix son jr on the 9th concession a wooden structure was built and completed in the fall of 1851 our present church was erected in 1864 and completed in 1865 i am referring only to the church proper the brick part the ss at the back is much older being the old church on the 7th concession and moved to its present location in 1870 the 7th concession baptist amalgamated with claremont and that is when the gosticks and the tracys came to our church and now a bit about our mission circle when mr a v timpany re turned to canada on his first furlough after 10 difficult years of pioneer missionary work in india he began enlisting the sympathy of the cnd women for the women and children of india in 1876 a meeting was held in the jarvis street bap tist church in toronto and out of that meeting was born the first bap- list mission circle in ont que bec having organized 2 weeks earlier the missionary socie ties spread throughout ontario and quebec but claremont church didnt have a circle un til approximately 10 years later there is some doubt about whether our circle was organ ized in 1886 or 1887 on march 14 1886 it was organized by mrs dadson the wife of the then incumbent minister unfortunately the minutes of the first 10 years were burned in the forsyth fire in 1918 and so when the circle celebrated their 50th anniversary there were no records of the earliest days but some of the chartered members were still living and they were able to recall some of the important facts i dont know how many chart ered members were living at the 50th birthday but only one was living at the time of the diamond jubilee mrs john morgan who just passed away last june in her 91th year had we celebrated our 75h anni versary she still would have been living though unable to be present due to her advanced continued en page 10 thomas carter a reach twp farmer living east of the town of uxbridge said that he was recently attacked by wolves while harrowing a back field near a wooded swamp area what he thought first was a deer in the dust made by his machine turned out to be a large gray timber wolf he said the wolf crouched and sprang at the tractor as he drew closer the hind feet of the animal touched the ground while the forepaws rested on the hood the open mouth show ing strong sharp fangs mr carter said he steered the tractor into the bush and against a tree which brushed the animal off and it retreated into the woods the tractor stalled and the uneasy farmer was obliged to climb from it to unhitch the harrows to release it from the tree after a careful scrutiny of the bush he resumed his harrowing scveial moie lound bi ought him to the edge of the swamp again and tluee diffeicnt wolves emeiged heading to- waids the ti actor this time the faimcr made a hasty retieat over the ploughed field to the lane whcie dr catl putci bough a neighbour and an uxbridge dcntist was duving in on his ti actor to pay him a visit mr carter raced to the house for his gun and the two men with carters son hugh drove in a car to the tractor wheie the wolves were still cii cling when they were caught in the bright ring of the car lights they disappeared into the swamp could be rabid two of the wolves mr car ter said were large timber wolves and the thiid was a led- hued bush wolf he stated that he believed the animals to be rabid since their attack and their method of attack was not the customary action of wolves the next day about 15 hunt ers and their dogs scourged the swamp and they could find no sign of the animals mr caiter believes the pack was just passing through cattle on a neighboring farm are presently quarantined for rabies the carters say that this is not the first time wild animals have been heard or seen on the pioperty at night the scream of the wildcat is often heard and tracks through the bush they said could be those of a moose is of green river sorry to hear that mr j davies is not too well little debbie woolhead suffering from an attack tonsilitis mr l roberts was missed from his usual place at the sun day school this past week we were sorry to hear that he is not well mr and mrs j nighswander entertained their daughter kathleen and her son over the weekend mis v postill and her daugh ter mrs madill and son preston motoied to sunderland on sun day mr and mis r hamilton weie dinner guests of mr and mis f walton of milliken on sunday mr and mis wm duncan had dinner on sunday evening at the home of their son mr and mis d duncan of brooklin the choir will begin its usual piactise for the coming winter months this thuisday evening in the ehuieh any one wishing to join atthis time will be most hcaitily welcomed in the absence of our pastor net sunday rev stanley of the bible society will be in cliaige of the evenings set vice in spite of rather adverse weather conditions a good num- ber gatheied in the sunday school room fiiday evening when a community shower wa3 held for mr and mis carl white the bride and groom thanked airfor their kindness shoes hurt most when you have to buy them for a flock of ycungstei s 48 entries for south ontario plow match the south ontario plowing match was held on the farm of mr leonard jarvis rr2 sea- grave on wednesday with 48 lands being plowed this plowing match is spon sored each year by the south ontario plowmens association mr robert baird president and mr elmer powell secretary treasurer and the various com mittees did an excellent job in choosing the site for the plow ing match and in carrying out the details the plowing match was brought to a conclusion with a banquet in the greenbank united church at which the various prizes and trophies were presented judges for this match were mr marshall dean paris and mr george hostraws er malton the prize winners in this com petition are listed below class 1 jointer plow in sod open byrnell wylie oakwood gerald bell woodville anthony featherstone milliken james lee greenbank class 2 tractors in sod open joe tran claremont rr2 grant wells stouffville rr2 ii j couperthwaite uxbridge rr3 bill hostrawser malton don dunkeld claremont norm tyndall gormley class 3 tractors in sod 20 years and under roy lewis stouffville rr3 class 4 tractors in stubble open mounted howard mal colm locust hill ross notting ham little britain graham little little britain keith rob inson cookstown grenville webster woodville lee web ster cameron howard mcmil lan greenbank class 6 stubbletractor mounted open to those who have never won a prize at a match nell mcleod black- water bob hunter seagrave rr2 keith phoenix green bank ronald parish uxbridge rr3 class 6 tiacfors in stubble mounted open ivan de geer mount albert leonard well- man queensville floyd for- syth stouffville herb jarvis agincourt leslie smith black- water nick aland stouffville class 7 tractors in stubble open boys and girls under 16 years carl diceman wood- bridge rr2 barry timbers mount albert ron thomson seagrave bob tran clare- mont stanley kerswill stouff- ville keith foieman clare- j mont jj class 8 sod or stubble u section a trailer donald dunkeld claremont grant wells stouffville rr2 nor- man tyndall gormley william hostrawser malton joe tran claremont keith robinson cookstown jj section b mounted leonardo wellman queensville ivan dej geer mount albeit herb jarjj vis agincourt les smithi blackwater floyd forsyth stouffville nick aland stouff- ville 1 horse show byrnell wylie jj oakwood james lee green- bank gerald bell woodville anthony featherstone millikcn jj special best crown in class 7t carl diceman woodbridge j special morrow farm equip- ment port perry best plowed land mounted plows resi- dents of ontario county ivan de geer mount albert special canadian imperial bank of commerce port perry j best plowed land in classes 3 j and 7 resident of ontario south ron thomson seagrave ri y hon m b dymond trophy best plowed land resident of s js ontario south howard mal colm greenbank eatons of canada junior cham- pionshlp trophy best plowed 4 land by junior competitor mounted plow under 18 year barry timbers mount albert annual meeting or claremont co operative will he held at mount zion united church- mount 7lon onw- thurs october 18 1962 atm0pm imihuhahhiihmbhibhumhhah n