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the siourryie tmbuni thanitr odobet is ml uxbridge pickering tp news mrs luela robeitson claremontss chief operator local sites on conservation tour the metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority played host thuisday to some 200 representatives of the 31 conservation authorities in on tario which are holding their sth biennial conference here oct 1012 the delegates were taken on a bus tour o some of the mtjrca projects in various parts of the 1000 sq ml water shed region the party left the skyline hotel at 9 am and thiir tour agenda was as follows inspection of the black creek flood retardation dam located east of jane st and north of wilson ave lower hi g h 1 a n d creek etream improvement work over the past two years and they heard metro parks commis sioner t v thompson explain plans for the highland park development luncheon and tour at the greenwood conservation area in pickering twp tour of the claremont con servation aiea also in picker ing twp and they heaid how the area was developed they inspected the forest and wildlife development program cinently underway in the northwest poition of the 400- acre area they proceeded to the farm of eugene lemon just north of stouffville where they saw how mr lemon has adopted mtrca progiams con cerning development of a trout pond tile drainage grass water ways and reforestation inspection of the boyd nurse ry in the boyd conservation aiea near woodbridge which was established in 1958 and is already producing shrubs at the rate of 35000 annually the tour ended with in spection of the 300000 wood- bridge flood control channel which is being carried out in conjunction with the highway relocation project at wood- bridge the channel project be ing canied out as part of the massive federal provincial municipal flood control pro gram is now about 90 com pleted local doctor helped bring phone service to claremont in 1902 the disire for telephone com munication with distant centres became a reality for claremont residents in 1902 through the determined efforts of a local doctor the bell telephone company of canada was extending its telephone line from stouffville to claremont and from broug ham to claremont to link this community with its main long distance netwoi k throughout ontario and quebec dr v f eastwood made an arrangement to use about a mile of the bells poles fiom the junction of this line with his own private line in the direction of goodwood he wanted to accommodate a subscriber who was assisting him in his telephone business soon afterwards dr darling cf goodwood erected a rival system while dr ralph brodie and his brother charles a vete rinary surgeon built still an other private line out of clare mont by marcli 1903 when the eastern ontaiio telephone di- icctory made its proud appear ance claremont was listed as a long distance office with dr eastwood as local manager four years later on novem ber 13 1906 dr ralph brodie accepted managership of local telephone affairs and claie- mont residents could make or leceive calls from the houts of 8 am to s pm on weekdays 2 to 4 pm on sundays and from 10 to 12 am and 2 to 4 pm on holidays customeis of the growing bethesda and stouffville tele phone company were now able to contact the brodie tele phone system at claiemont through the line of the tele phone association in altona which had recently been con nected with the bethesda and stouffville switchboard like many other independent companies the bethesda and stouffville system came into be ing to provide telephone con nections for isolated lesidents and rural folk with their princ iple business centre under the capable leadership of a d bruce miller bethesda and stouffville was formed during the summer of 1904 and a year later on september 18 received its charter as a joint stock company by the approach of the 1920s feminine thoughts turned to bobbed hair and large brimmed hats while men on the other hand entered into discussions about the league of nations or the high cost of living be thesda and stouffville was now operating the claremont tele phone exchange in the formative eais after the turn of the century another company became known in in dependent telephone circles originally called the markham and pickering telephone com pany it was later teorganked as the home company the bell pui chased a control ling interest in the home tele phone company which was eventually taken over by the woodbridge and vaughan tele phone company on january 1 1940 ten years later at the close of business december 4 1950 the bell assumed responsibility for the entire woodbridge and vaughan system including its 193 claiemont customers mrs g conner became local repre sentative an agieement was soon leached between the bell and the bethesda and stouffville stouffville company in an ef fort to improve telephone serv ice in this legion in a letter to customers at the time the bell pointed out that since the pur chase of woodbridge and vaug han it has been appaient that the territory could be better served by one telephone ex change rather than two as in the past theiefore on march 4 1952 the bethesda and stouffville company became responsible for all the bells lines and equip ment in the claiemont area while in return the bell took over all bethesda and stouff- villes telephone facilities in the richmond hill and aurora sec tions eight years later the bell entered claremont once again when it pin chased the entire bethesda and stouffville sys tem in may 1960 still another change is about to take place in claiemonts telephone way of life on oc tober 21 all customers will be gin spinning tiieir new dial telephones to make their own local and long distance calls directly that exasperating delay in mail delivery would often be speeded up if father remember ed to look in his coat pocket markham phone 357 m my markham phone 357 still in its first run toronto tiiurs oct 18 thru wei oct 24 tbe btstsdler casks lo life i fix wildest mrtyewr m tie bird ofibtly more roue u v -iicv- q0ft pjflhirt o mm isuzy iii iatfisnrh adult entertainment a color cartoon s sho 7 pm 910 p-m- regular admission priwa sreciai matinee saturday 2 pm randolph scott man in the saddle a 3 stooftes comedy a color cartoon that touch of mink starts thurs oct 25 untl49 balsam ml z0n the ucw met last week with mrs 1 empringham and mrs percy jones in charge the theme was thanksgiving mrs jones gave the devotional it was agreed to send clothing to the fled victor mission and to bring a gift for the mission al the next meeting mrs wm haibron showed pictures of her trip to england and europe and and mrs jones added some local scenes mr frank mcavoy had the misfortune to have the end of his finger taken off while fill ing the silo on friday mr and mrs glen manderson air and mrs reg hoskins mr and mrs ted appleby and mr and mrs rodd appleby attend ed the masonic banquet held at claremont friday night the primary class of the sun day school surprised the teach er mrs fred fiss with a shower on saturday at the home of mrs earl disney there will be no church ser vice at mt zion on sunday ow- claremont fire brigade zenith 33130 following the changeover io the dial stem in clare mont at 3 am sunday dom ing persons wishing to con tact the claremont fire bri gade will dial operator and ask for zenith33130 the longdutance calu are handled through the picker ing twp police department but there is no toll charge connected with the service this information was pas sed on to the tribune by the claremont kire chief mr jack norton mr norton has been selected to complete the first longdistance dial call from claremont to saskatoon editors mail mr jas thomas editor the tribune stouffville ont dear jim in lefeience to a letter in the oct 11th iue signed r blake i wish to point out sev eral false statements contained in it the liquor licence act stat es that 20 of fees and fines shall be returned to the town ship not 20 of all sales this is a trifling amout a yes vote will not reduce taxes but laise them the in creased police costs and welfare charges aie always moie in wet aieas the last paragraph of the r blake letter states that if li quor was prohibited in ontario either school grants would be drastically reduced or our taxes would be substantially increas ed this is entirely misleading the oct 27th vote is not a pio- hibition vote or a temperance vote but a vote for or against liquor outlets in this township liquor always means more ciime mote accidents and more domestic tragedies liquor outlets mean iehs mon ey for essential goods and serv ices less business not more liquor outlets mean profit to the few and a gieat cost to the many liquor outlets mean a waste of human character talent and skills a no vote on all 8 ballots denies no adult in pickering twp the light to purchase legally any alcoholic beverage tney want they already can obtain all they want seveial communities in this township have developed at great effort excellent ball paiks and some of the best ball players in ontario everyone knows that the surest way to destioy good clean sport is to mix in a little beer one drunk en brawl can kill a whole league a no vote on all 8 ballots is the wise intelligent far- sighted vote do we want to be- hugh miller for the vote no committee ashburn mrs h doble is spending a couple of weeks with mr and mrs lawrence doble in tor onto mrs russell richardson spent i to ou child a mun- the weekend with mr and mis tipauty of liquor outlets clyde playfair toronto mr and mis e humphiey and family attended the inter national plowing match and while there visited with relat ives in owen sound mr john miller and mrs m sparks were sunday guests of dr and mrs jas langstaff at richmond hill anniversary sei vices will be held in burns church on oct 21st at 11 and 730 oclock with rev h m buntain in charge mrs fred byeis stouffville is mrs ted shepherd on sunday som choir in the evening ing to anniversary services at greenwood sunday school is at 10 am aoacaacxacsksaaaccaacs3cx township of pickering 1962 taxes 3rd instalment last day for payment without penalty is october 31 1962 pay taxes by mail wherever possible enclosing the complete tax bill together with a stamped addressed envelope for receipt which will be promptly re lumed brougham po ontario d j plitz collectortreasurer nnwccirtcmr the editor a no liquor vote lets be honest wake up and icalile what a no vote means to pickering township l a no vote will continue to drive respectable people from pickering to scarboro and ajax to get a bottle of liquor or a case of beer besides ihis inconvenience to us our shop ping centies lose business vhich is rightfully theits- 2 a no vote will continue to discourage new industry and tesidents settling here we of fer high taxes and no facilities for entertaining friends or cus tomers with a good meal and a drink 3 a no vote will allow our bootleggers we have lots to continue to laugh at our 1506 horse and buggy laws they sell to anyone minors too any time all night and sundajs i a no vote means continu ed high taxes we are losing the 15 spirit tax which the government would give our treasurer plus the extra busi ness and real estate taxes which is rightfully ours i suggest all honest and thinking citizens must ote yes for dinning room lounges beer stores and liquor stores at least if we are to avoid being left furthr behind ajax scarboro and markham get out and vote on oct 27th yours truly geo alsop masking tape from 1 vz inch rolls down to 3 inch the stouffv1lletribume claremont switchboard operators operators hazel sandeison sunday morning the switch- through dial equipment in and doris robertson put boaid will be closed down the bell telephones new thiough some of the last calls and calls will be connected building by hand in clarcmont early some final adjustments using a pick gord ponent in the switching equip- claremont dial building af slinger of tho northern elec- ment located in ths new joseph and wilson sti tiic company adjust a com- 1 is clml 1 i 1 i v aw new central office the bell telephone compa- claremont houses the crosv days cssaverslon from man nys new central office on bar equipment which will j jjaj telephone aerviov i joseph and wilson sts in route all calls following sun- will provide current storage batteries like theso generators linked to regular to see they are operating pictured in the new dial alternating current and the building in claremont will batteries operate al the re- provide the direct curcnt quired speed to keep the cor- needed to operate dial rcct level in the batteries switching equipment special craftsmen constantly check properly to ensure smooth operation of the dial tela phone service following sun days cutover