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uxbridge pickering tp news cboremont news mr and mrs robt barton visited in whitby on saturday at the home of mr and mrs geo eevan the ciaremont public school will enter two choirs in the fcps with 36 points followed by marge samarlilos team and joe burrows team each with 31 points jessie mcguires club ajax music festival on march i js rot off ihe p ttith 32- roont community bowling cooper and mrs t hammond are in charge of the lunch the world day of prayer service will be held in the ciaremont united church on league pat lords entry is j friday afternoon at 230 pm 4th mr roy mcleod suffered a heart attack last tveek and is pesently convalescing at home mr jack mansell is on a busi ness trip to winnipeg mr bill voss has returned to work at sarco after being con fined to his home through ill- ress for several days last week mr and mrs ken middleton ol toronto were visitors on sunday at the home of mr and mrs wm benson it is reported that the sale s near completion in the pur chase of ken wards garage business by mr tom montgom ery of stouffville if the trans action goes through mr ward will continue to operate his store and the nuffield tractor line mr montgomery had the john deere agency north of stouffville prior to a disastrous fire that destroyed the depot the sympathy of the commu nity is extended to the family of the late mrs levi linton who died on wednesday feb 20th at fairview lodge whit by several members of the scouts and cubs attended the hockey game in maple leaf gardens toronto on saturday night billy guest 2 year old son of mr and mrs wm guest was admitted to scarboro general hospital on thursday with pneumonia he is now much improved and is expected home very soon mr jim mcguire returned heme on saturday after spend ing a few days in the windsor district on business sandra hill suffered a njsty crack on the face on friday evening in a girls hockey game against uxbridge in the stouff ville arena her nose was not broken but her left eye was blackened by the blow due to a small attendance at the park board meeting on thursday night no appoint ments were made to the com munity centre this will be done at an important public gathering on thursday march 2st it is hoped that a town ship representative of the re creation committee may attend at that time a belated christmas gift was presented to comm kay hay- ward by the guide brownies and leaders at a joint gather ing on thursday she received a handsome shoulder bag it was to have been presented at the annual christmas party but mrs hayward was in ill health at that time and could not at tend the l a meeting of the guides and brownies was held on tuesday at the home of mrs elaine carruthers mrs irene levlck was in charge the next meeting will be held on march 12th at the homeof mrs doreen welsh the afternoon unit of the ciaremont united church will the ladies of the ciaremont baptist church will provide the program the guest speaker will be mrs bernard burnell all ladies of the community are invited to attend on saturday march 2nd the ladies of both units of the unit ed church women will hold a tea and bake sale in the base ment of the church the ciaremont womens in stitute will hold a euchre and dance in the community hall on friday evening march 8th at s om miss jackie pascoe daughter of mr and mrs lloyd pascoe has made a rapid recovery fol lowing her appendicitis opera tion and has returned to school mr joe morley of montreal was a visitor at the home of his parents mr and mrs fred morley last week dr and mrs murray mc mul len of detroit visited on the weekend at the home of his parents mr and mrs earl mc- mullen invitations have gone out to a number of residents of this area for the coffee party which is being held at the new cana- diana motor hotel toronto on march 6 prior to the opening of the twoday antique sale which is being presented by dealers for the public guest of honour will be alice huletl metz of chicago iii leading authority on pattern glass who will later open the sale which will continue through march g and 7 from 11 am until 10 pm each day among those invited to attend are mr and mrs l j applegath and mr and mrs j r milne of ciaremont mrs barbara graham of brooklin mr and mrs clair ingram of ciaremont jr farmer honored on wednesday evening ont ario county 4h agricultural club leaders met in uxbridge for their annual banquet and planning meeting one of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of certificates and pins uxbridge chinchilla ranch wins 56 awards at ontario show meet on thursday today at only four points separates t the home of mrs maitland an- the top four teams in the clare- derson the roll call will com prise a verse with the word mrs r barton will be in whitevale and mrs bert jack- heart mrs f carson and i charge of the program mrs i son stouffville ontario county rate cut by 82 mills large gifts some in small packages and last week the finance committee of ontario county council headed by chairman wm gould reeve of uxbridge town recommended an 82 reduction in the 1963 mill rate the report was given county council approval in 1962 the rate was 1303 in 1963 it is 1291 although the drop is small any cutback in this day of increased costs is worthy of special attention committee chairman reeve william gould said the esti mated expenditure for this year is 2949616 of this amount he said 774667 has been bud geted for general purposes and 433009 has been earmarked for the upkeep of fairview lodge the county home for the aged he said that more than half of the expenditure 1741000 would be needed for county roads and bridges this year new items of expenditure are construction safety in spection 8600 industrial and tourist development 1500 and 1000 for labour relations grants to public hospitals were increased from the 1962 figure ol 162611 to 192355 stonchouse chinchilla ranch rjrl uxbridge won a total of fif tyslx awards including plaques ribbons silver tea service and second highest ag gregate breeders award at three recent chinchilla shows held at london ontario january 12th the seaway towers hotel tor onto on february 9th and kitch ener on february 16th judges for the shows were fiom hudsons bay company montreal and from the states of new york and ohio mr stonchouse says the qual ity is improving each year and competition on the judging table was keen prices for pelts are up this year and pelts are selling as high as 6000 each two groups that are competing for the pelts from the ranchers the farmers chinchilla cooperative of america with the trade name empress chinchilla market through mechutan fur corporation new york and the united chinchilla associates with the trade name aurora chinchilla market through new york auction company mr stonehouse reveals there is a big demand for pelts and at the present time the demand far exceeds the supply there is a need for new people to take an interest in chinchilla breeding as we have not scratched the surface of the potential market as yet balsam ml z0n the active service class met wednesday night at the home of mrs glen manderson mrs orr grahams group was in charge of the meeting and the theme was on love readings were given by mrs graham mrs walter pascoe and mrs percy jones another paper drive will be held in the spring an invitation to visit the brougham friendly bible class march 4th was accepted the meeting closed with a social hour mr bill jordan had the mis fortune to fracture his jaw while at work last monday and spent few days in scarboro hospital mrs allan carson and fam ily spent last week at the home of mr george fettas in tor onto mr and mrs cecil jones vis ited mrs wm mcnair on sat urday at the home of mr and mrs stan thompson at altona several from here attended the variety night put on by the oshawa hospital school of nursing friday night at the ocvi collegiate at oshawa several from here attended the funeral services of mrs 1evi linton on sunday at pick ering the linton family lived at balsam a number of years prior to moving to ciaremont the young peoples union held a tobogganing party satur day night at the wilson ranch and afterwards at the wilson home for lunch mr and mrs donald jamie- son and karen had supper sat urday night with mr and mrs murray jones and sunday din er with mr and mrs ted gray a brougham mrs percy jones had the misfortune to fall and injure her arm and shoulder and has the arm in a sling the 4h girls homemaking club hold their first meeting of the new course the milky way on saturday at the home of mrs don sanderson mr and mrs lewis jones mr and mrs glen manderson and joanne visited mrs w j jones on sunday at port credit mr and mrs ralph jones and children had supper sunday night at the albert hawkins home at gormlcy and attended the farewell service for mr and mrs ray hawkins prior to their leaving for africa the sympathy of this com munity goes to mrs r day and mrs f noon in the death ot their sister mrs kennedy in weston frank barkey frank barkey ciaremont and allan ross beaverton were awarded certificates in honour of five years service as club leaders archie newman udney cloyne stcarman ux bridge duncan mctavish ux bridge ted lamb cannington and allan ball uxbridge were awarded certificates for ten years of 4h club leadership club leader pins were award ed to bill batty brooklin jim davidson beaverton neil mc leod blackwater and morley davidson blackwater who will be assisting as club leaders for the first time this year in presenting the certificates and pins mr fair ontario county agricultural represen tative welcomed the new lead ers and congratulated those re ceiving certificates and all club leaders for the excellent as sistance that they provide in the various clubs in the county a lengthy discussion took place on ways and means of im proving the 4h club program me in order to make it more attractive and productive for those taking part applications for membership in a 4h club are being received at the pres ent time anyone interested should get in touch with the ont ario department of agriculture uxbridge county sets emo budget at 35000 a 33000 budget has been established to operae the ont ario county emergency meas ures organization program in cooperation with the city of oshawa the plan was met with an almost solid nonsupport stand by the northern munici palities but still carried bv a vote of 2213 most outspoken against the proposal was reeve wm gould ot uxbridge town he charged that since the inception of the emo program the people in the north had received noth ing in return for money ex pended he suggested that the current headquarters located at the oshawa airport were not central and were of little bene fit to the more rural districts i dont think i can support it nor do i think the northern municipalities can support it he said as reeve gould predicted the northern municipal repre sentatives voted against the joint emo program of the 535000 budget estab lished for 1963 oshawa and on tario county will each pay 1750 and the remainder will bt borne by the federal and provincial governments tway februjry 28 1963 the stourtvme trihkf ptgc chisel slips balsam man suffers broken cheek bone late chas burrows of brougham was boer war veteran on wednesday feb 20th mr charles burrows a wellknown and highly respected resident of erougham for more than 30 years passed away at his home at the age of s3 the late mr burrows was born in wakefield yorkshire england the son of joseph and elizabeth burrows in 1901 he came to canada as a single man but returned to england the fol lowing year in 1907 he mar- ried the former amy maddock who survives in april 1907 the couple returned to canada and a few months later they took up residence in jackson ville illinois where mr bur rows opened an automobile and trim shop in the united states in september 1921 they moved onto a farm at north oshawa and ir 1935 took up permanent icsidence in broug ham the decetcd was a vet eran of the boer war besides his wife he leaves four sons albert of hampton joseph of brougham fred of british columbia russell of picton and one- brother elijah burrows of england rev a cresswell of st johns uniteii church broug ham conducted the funeral service from the mceachnie chapel pickering on friday afternoon at 230 pm a speci al masonic service was held on thursday evening interment was made in brougham cemete ry the pall bearers were air h jufford mr w gilbert mr a phillips mr e phillips mr r jammer and mr r burrows a balsam man suffered a broken cheek bore last week when a chisel used as a wedge slipped and struck him in the face william bill jordan an employee with jack ward of ciaremont was admitted to the scarboro general hospital where he was confined for 4 days mr jordan was completing a welding job on a truck float ovvnej by gerald smith of ucionviue the steel chisel cut a three inch gash in ills face and missed his eye by only a fraction of an inch a pin had to be inserted in his cheek bone to relieve the pressure on his nose he returned home on thursday of last week but re turned to the hospital on mon day for a checkup uxbridge rural hydro now serves 5120 glen major mr and mrs norman faulk ner and daughter visited on friday evening with mr and mrs ralph faulkner mrs charles fiss and mrs joseph forsythe attended the funeral of their aunt mrs wm goodkey of bancroft on wednesday mr and mrs hambleton just north of here lost their home and contents in a fire on wednesday mr and mrs albert lee and martin spent the weekend with mr j a hingston several of our ladies enjoyed a day of quilting at the home of mrs george pickett mr and mrs jim jones at- brougham the womans institute held their regular meeting on tues day feb 19 in the hall this meeting was in the form of a hot pot luck luncheon at 1230 pm followed by the busi ness session mrs wheeler gave a very interesting talk on hap piness mrs kerr favoured with several musical numbers accompanied by mrs wheeler at the piano a special feature of this meeting was the pres entation of cups and saucers suitably engraved with the institute emblem to mrs wm knox mrs a j gray and mrs a glen also to mrs chas bur rows and mrs w bayles for their long service and help in the institute and to mrs w c willson the winners of the institute euchre held in the hall on tues day evening were ladies mrs muirhead mrs m pilkey and mrs n burton gents mr r pilkey mr j honing and mr n burton a special service will be held in st johns church on sunday march 3 for the cubs and scouts when their flags will be dedicated tended the funeral of their aunt mrs levi linton on sunday mr and mrs paul baster scarboro spent the weekend with mr and mrs jim jones mr and mrs bert third and family almira visited one eve ning with mrs charles fiss fred and gladys uxbridge has colourful history first name said to be ox bridge aaaaa stggggcs3asg33sb3 833 7tg show amd sale ok beef bulls under ihe auspices of the ontario beef cattle improvement association hays sales arena trafalgar 5 miles north of oakvlllc on highway no s 118 herefords 26 shorthorns 6 aberdeen angus 1 galloway angus shorthorns and galloway sell on tuesday march 12th herefords sell on thursday march 14th showing schnlucd for 830 am each day sale will commence at 1100 am each day every ontario farmer buying a qualified performance tested bull at these sales will be eligible for a premium of co per cent of the purchase price but not more than 11000 in accordance with the terms of the bull premium policy catalogues may he obtained from the secretarytreasurer c carman lyons president ft ii graham secretary wallacetown ontario parliament bldgs toronto ontario caoaaasoaaaa nestled in a hollow surround ed by hills the attractive com munity of uxbridge has a color ful history local historians report that the townsite which has been described as resembling a big amphitheatre once was a noted indian hunting ground it also was tlie scene of fierce indian battles for possession of this rich area however word about the potentialities of the site spread and the white man soon appeared the first settlers ar riving from pennsylvania many of these pioneers were quakers who built their own meeting place and so the com munity known as the friendly town was founded by members of the society of friends there is an interesting story aboet how the town received its name it seems that one day a teamster a new arrival was taking a load of household goods and his family in a cover ed wagon along what is now the main thoroughfare brock street his oxen had been around and over many obstacles ir their long trip when one more serious obstacle was en countered as the driver ap proached the creek he found that he could not get his load through it is reported that he placed his yoke of oxen side by side in the creek and put some timbers across their broad backs then obtained an other yoke of oxen to pull the load over the backs of the oxen in the creek this improvised bridge worked successfully everyone in the little village was amazed and talked about the ox bridge until finally people spoke of the settlement as oxbridge apparently this name caught the public fancy and because of faulty pronoun elation became uxbridge that name was adopted for the village when it was incorporat ed as evidence of its friendly atmosphere the community once boasted a municipal sign board on the outskirts ot the town which bore the inscrip tion on the pages of a simulated outline of an open book ux- bridge founded 180g the friendly town to live in while on the other page this re minder yesterday is gone you cannot change it live to day and improve it joined hydro in 1923 this friendly town became a member of the hydro family in 1922 the inaugural meeting of the uxbridge public utilities commission hydro depart ment was held on february 13 1922 the first chairman was dr w c shier and the com missioners were a m mc- phail and mayor j w gould with a w j s john as secre tarytreasurer in 1937 his son a w ted st john took over the duties as secretarytreas urer and carried on until his death in december 1957 he was succeeded by miss maxinc parish the present secretary- treasurer ontario hydro began operat ing the towns electrical distri bution system in 1937 and still handles all the line repair and improvement work in 1947 a great deal of work was under taken when all the electric serv ices on the business section of brock street were relocated to back lots and all the poles were removed except light standards five years later new modern street lighting standards were installed with underground wire thereby removing completely all electric service wires from the main business street before joining the ontario hydro family in 1922 those ux bridge residents who had elec tric service received their power from a steam and water power plant located near what is known as the electric light pond in the present creamery plant lights out at midnight isaac j gould gave uxbridge this first electric power about 1892 all was well until the clock struck 12 midnight and then each night the town went into darkness because the elec tric output at the power plant was halted in 1922 when the town was seeking entry of hydro power there were 147 domestic cus tomers six industrial customers and 74 commercial users and about 120 street lights last year there were 739 domestic customers 25 power users and 131 commercial consumers brock street the main busi ness street where the munici pal hydro and rural operating area office are located is a wide open thoroughfare with stone and brick buildings that create the impression that the town like its buildings is solid sturdy and permanent immediately across the street from the hydro offices is the post office building where the town clock is located this clock still sounds the hours with a gong that is heard for many blocks there arc a number ot beauti ful old homes with lovely lawns and pleasant shade trees in ux bridge this community also has a great many new modern dwellings with eight of these homes being heated entirely by electricity there ere several more allelectrlcally heated dwellings in the immediate vi cinity in uxbridge township the growth of uxbridge has been steady the town has diversified industry if confi dently expected that still more manufacturers will find the friendly town is an ideal community in which to locate their factories and to rectult cipable industrious labor forces mrs brierly of toronto is visiting with mrs chas bur rows mrs wm knox was surpris ed on monday last when mr and mrs wm siuit of calgary called at her hotue mr and mrs grant miller and family of whitby had din ner on sunday with her par ents mr and mrs thos eng lish mr and mrs ken bent and family also mrs e carswell of oshawa nd mr and mrs j c hamilton visited their mother mrs w hamilton on sunday afternoon a gloom was cast over this community when word was re ceived of the passing of mr chas burrows in his 84th year mr burrows came to canada as a young man and was in business in the usa for a number of years retiring and coming to canada settling in brougham in 1935 where he has lived ever since he had been in poor health for some time last summer he and mrs burrows enjoyed a visit to their old homes in england mr bur rows is survived by his wife any also four sons albert of hampton joseph of brougham fred of british columbia and russell of picton and a brother elijah of england the funeral was held from mceachnies funeral home on friday feb 22 with interment in brougham cemetery unit no 3 of the united church women met at the home of mrs e lindo thurs day feb 21 with 12 members present and five visitors roll call was answered to the word heart president mrs john white led in the devotional service assisted by mrs a ellicott mrs hugh miller gave a re port on the ucw presbyterial meeting held in trinity united church bowmanviile there were more than 500 ucw members representing 50 churches in attendance rev h tongc united church missionary on furlough from hong kong was guest speaker during the afternoon session and told of the conditions in hong kong mrs r malcolm had charge of the programme taking the theme christian women pray together mrs a gray mrs ii plaxton mrs ii malcolm and mrs h blackman assisted in the programme the world day of prayer is to be held in the church fri day march 1st at 230 pm lunch was served by the host ess uxbridge rural operating area serving approximately 5120 customers with about 515 miles of rural line and cover ing an area of 550 square miles i ihe newest addition to the central region family former ly this area was part of the georgion bay region there have only been two managers since the area was organized as a rural power district in the spring of 1930 the manager at that time was norman a bel fry now manager of walkerton rural operating area he directed the work in the ux bridge area with a crew of six in the summer months and took care of the 500 customers and 150 miles of line in the early years witli only one man to assist him in the winter uxbridge rural power dis trict extended originally as far as brechin however in 1911 cannington rural power dis trict was formed and a large section as well as 500 cus tomers were taken from ux bridge rural power district in 1950 after the formation of regions the uxbridge rural operating area had 400 miles of power line and 2841 cus tomers since that time in the 12year interval there has been a big boom and now there are more than 5000 customers in uxbridge roa three office locations during the 33 year history of uxbridge roa the office has been in three locations origi nally it was next to watsons meat market on brock street then in 193s the office was moved to the oliver beach building and since 1940 has been in the present location opposite the post office on brock street for a period of five years from 1947 to 1952 a subarea office was operated in port perry the present staff in uxbridge roa con sists of 26 persons including nine linemen two truck driv ers four foresters three fore men one sales and service re presentative a stockkeeper and six office staff members the present line foreman harold gordon has been with uxbridge area since may 1930 the chief clerk miss maxine parish has been a member of the staff for 19 years and has been chief clerk since 1958 when she also became secre tarytreasurer for the public utilities commission greenwood unit 2 of the ucw met at the home of mrs d morden on wednesday feb 20th mrs wm pegg was in charge of the program mrs morden conduct ed the business the next meet ing will be held at the home of mrs h crawford unit 1 of the ucw will meet at the home of mrs m pegg on thursday march 7th the pro gram will be in charge of mrs trolley the roll call will be answered with a verse from the bible mr and mrs ken keddel and mrs keddel sr visited on sun day with mr and mrs john brooks farm forum will meet in the mt zion church on monday evening march 4th the topic will be the rural church mr and mrs fred brown and family ot brooklin were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs wm brown mr ed pascoe and mr wm ormerod are making fine pro gress in the oshawa general hospital and are expected home very soon miss glenna minaker of huntsville spent the weekend at the home of her parents the general meeting of the ucw was held in the church on thursday night with a good attendance miss beatrice mc lean was in charge of the wor ship service assisted by her mother mrs mclean boy scout week was marked by a father and son banquet in the church on saturday eve ning the auxiliary catered to the group and provided turkey and the trimmings a second anniversary cake adorned the head table the guest speaker was dr wishart proficiency badges were presented to hal pegg and lloyd morden first and second year pins were pre sented to all the scouts a film world jamboree was shown by mr bob mcdonald of the red rose tea co on sunday a scout parade was conducted to the church for morning serv ice the 1st greenwood brownies were among more than 800 girls who attended a special program in the dunbarton high school on sunday feb 17th miss betty lee took part in the pageant the members also attended church parade on sun day feg 23rd sympathy is extended to the family of mrs levi linton the funeral was conducted from the pickering parlors on sunday with interment in the ciare mont union cemetery the late mrs linton is a sister of how ard edith and bill ormerod belated birthday greetings to miss beatrice mclean and mr los wilson new management smiths greenhouses rri goodwood are now under new management the new owners greendell nursery would appreciate the continued pat ronage of past customers and will be pleased to fill special requests and answer all inquiries phone 6403291 note residents of ontario county ontario county cooperative medical services now offers complete coverage surgery accidents maternity xrays hospital visits home and office calls no deductible on the above major medical also available drugs special nursing ambulance physical therapy the above items have a graduated deductible age no barrier for further information contact mr i i- mclean manager rri locust lllii mrs george squire rri pickering mrs russell grav uxbridge mr a w ofossor rri pickering mrs r stiver rr2 uxhrldg mrs james tekky rr2 pickering sir john a ball uxbridge mr edgar james rr1 pickering mrs n smallky rri lxbridg mrs o jackson rri brooklin mrs don mitchell brooklin kssacxssxacsc3k