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fi th stourtvme town tkurufey u t wm pickering honours its clerk of thirty- three years jf 1 lloyd johnston feted at testimonial dinner i knew the peoole the most important people former presented with hifi watch a standing ovation grrctrd the introduction of knew the people iln proposing a toast to mr johnston former councillor milton mowbray touched on the clerks closeness with the rate payers of pickering he has a llovd johnston on friday eveninc as more than 200 of j fantastic knowledge of this hk friends and associatcsattended a testimonial dinner ownsb f in his honour it was a fitting tribute to the former clerk of pickering tv p whose faithful service to the munici pality extended over a period of 33 years mr johnston his wife his mother and his son allan occupied headtable seats at a banquet held at the annondale golf and country club south of picker ing village the highly successful event was arranged by deputyreeve mrs jean mcpherson the reeve clif ford laycox was the master of ceremonies mr and mrs johnston were presented with a beau tiful hifi set in addition mr johnston received a gold engraved wrist watch p and its people he said following hector and don ald beaton he is only the third clerk to hold this office in the municipality mr mowbray said that although his leaving this position aroused a feeling of sad ness as it marked the end of an era it was good to know that his services would be retained in the township as administra tor of the newlyformed school area no 1 what is our loss is the school areas gain said councillor wm newman in his presentation remarks he said that mr john ston had a temperament and per sonality next to none one was always made welcome in his office he said he made the taxpayers feel that they were the most important people councillor harvey spang pre sented mr johnston with the gold wrist watch councillor john campbell pro posed a toast to mrs johnston and lloyds mother mrs emily johnston mrs mcpherson pre sented them both with flowers most cooperative mr johnston in reply said that the gathering and presenta tion was most unexpected but very much appreciated over the years councils have come and gone but all have been won derful to me he said he said too that he had always received excellent cooperation from the staff i ask the same coopera tion for mr plitz in the future that you have shown me in the past i know that he will be a good clerk supt appointed for new pickering nuclear power plant lawrence woodhead 36 has been appointed superintendent of ontario hydros pickering generating station he was superintendent of the nuclear power demonstration tnpd at rolphton ontario lawrence woodhead mr woodhead was associated with npd since its design phase nuclear operations engineer l o mcconnell said mr wood- head who has relocated in to ronto will initially work with the engineering staff of atomic energy of canada limited and will later transfer to the site the 1080000ktiowatt nuclear- electric plant is to be built 20 miles east of downtown toronto at a cost of s266 million actual operating experience since npd opened in 1962 is contributing to the design of pickering now in progress the early appointment of mr wood- head is part of a program to bring feedback of operating experience tomhe new plant a native of welland ontario mr woodhead joined hydro in 1952 after graduating as an elec trical engineer from the univers ity of toronto s g horton formerly assist ant superintendentat npd has been promoted to superinten dent he is replaced by j w beaver former maintenance supervisor at npd pickering twp planning board served 10 years the picketing twp planning board was first established just ten years ago and to mark this decade of service to the munici pality the original members will he honoured at a meeting on thursday evening tonight t at its inception the board operated on cooperative basis with whitby twp but as the work load increased it later be came a separated unit members of the board of ten years ago included geo todd wells ritchie sherman scott ralph mowbray ken clarke and the secretary lloyd john ston on thursday night the origi nal members will sit in on the meeting and later join in a so cial gathering to conclude the evenings activities former reeve in attendance who spoke briefly included sherman scott wm westney w g lawson and geo todd persons introduced from the banquet audience included heber down cyril morley glenn julian ross deakin clare balsdon harry boyes edgar james violet swan sid pugh harry ashton and frank prouse mr plitz the new clerk was introduced by reeve laycox in all the remarks passed by guests speaker in the piogiam that followed the dinner ex- reeve sherman scott summed up mr johnstons most out standing quality when he said the township is loosing not on ly a good clerk but the hest pub lic relations man this municipal ity has ever known claremont news tely delivered by pony express in greenwood susan crawford jimmy blake has no trans portation problem as he makes his daily rounds as carrier boy for the toronto telegram in the greenwood area he completes his deliveries by pony express aboard his horse lady jim my took over the route recently from mike nicholson and has become quite a familiar figure galloping from door to door on his steed congratulations to myrt and geo staley on the arrival of a 6 lb if 07 baby boy robin warren on thursday feb 25th a brother for ron bradley and deryl farm forum met at the home of mrs i mclean on monday the discussion centred around the rural church to- day the scout group committee met on wednesday march 3rd at the home of mr farl disney the annual oyster supper sponsored by the men of green wood church will be held on iarch iflth at 8 pm mr wm brown sr will be the chef there will be ham for those who do not care for oysters congratulations to wayne and carol moore on the arrival of their baby boy grant on feb 23rd we are sorry to hear that nancy nicholsons 6month old colt has a touch of pneumonia and had to have a needle shot village peter hornov has recovered from a tonsil infection and is now home from the hospital we are sorry to hear that mr slater a former resident of greenwood and now living in pickering is in the oshawa hospital the greenwood boy scouts cubs and rovers held their an nual father and son banquet last saturday the guest speak er was mr bob attersley a for mer player with the world champion whitby dunlops in 1958 he spoke about hockey and showed a halfhour film on the european hockey game mr howard stell proposed a toast to the sponsoring body of the scouts and rev fleetham replied a toast to the group committee was proposed by mr s hoar steve goodwin made the toast to the fathers and mr r conant replied the following boys have successfully complet ed their firemans test and were presented with their bad ges richard brown bill lee mike collins david henning roy hooker robt keeler and bill thomas the fathers and sons are grateful to the mothers auxiliary for the lovely supper unit 3 of the ucw met at the home of mrs i mclean on tuesday march 2nd miss bea trice mclean was in charge of the program on thursday to day unit 1 will also meet at the mclean residence mr reg n sanderson of claremont has been appointed lo the position of ontario district manager of corplas- lics canada ltd with operat ing headquarters in ajax mr sanderson was formerly a toronto sales representative for the company that has manufacturing facilities in both ajax and granby que uxbridge township dog owners 1965 dog taxes are due and payable on or before june 15th tags are now on sale at the following rales at tho cuvrks office goodwood for each male if only one is kept 200 for earh additional male 400 for each female if only one is kept 400 for each additional female 600 spayed females are rated as males following june islh for nonpayment of doc tax the rate increases by 200 for each doc kept veterinarians certificate i required for proof of spayed females rrnof of membership in the canadian kennel club is re quired for all kennel license tac may be obtained by mall by enclnmnc the proper fe proof if required name of owner and elfddreed envelope j r fouetl clerk thos n shea on real estate board roy wymark of ottawa was installed as president of the on tario assocation of real estate boards at a luncheon of the on tario association of real estate boards annual convention he succeeds abram wiebe of kitch ener as president of the 7400 member association the audi ence of over 8000 gave a stand ing ovation to the executive for putting on one of the largest conventions in the associations history installed as vicepresident was e a mitchell of brampton the other nine elected officers are the regional vicepresidents representing each area of the province region one e j hat ton sarnia region two albert fish guelph region three d alsop welland region four ray edwards hamilton region five john roberts south peel region six tom shea fri markham region seven lloyd found lindsay region eight dean seaton brockville region nine george lannon fort william the other three members of the executive are r e sander son port credit and h p lan- ger toronto both appointed by the president and norman me- farlane of ottawa the canadian association of real estate boards appointee jana hasek prom queen at pickering a pretty grade 12 student has been named prom queen of pickering dist high school jana hasek was so honoured on friday evening in a formal dance held in the school audito rium her attendants were nancy puckrin grade 12 and janet ruddy grade 13 barry miller president of the students council placed the crown on the head of the new queen music for the occasion was supplied by ted taylor and his orchestra ron jones geo empringham and john hill returned home on the weekend following a two- week vacation in florida they also spent some time in nassau via the bahamas star cruise ship mr and mrs ai rosell enter tained a number of guests on sunday in honour of robert and wayne roszell who were christ ened godfathers were ken neth haley of vancouver and albert samarillo of claremont guests included mr and mrs h king grandparents mr and mrs doug woolven of stouff- ville mr and mrs d brown and family of islington mr and mrs h haley and dawn mr and mrs j clynick of newmar ket mr and mrs k field and family of scarboro mr and mrs wills of scarboro and mr and mrs a samarillo and fam ily of claremont a very successful father and son banquet was held in the masonic hall on monday even ing of last week mr don san derson addressed the gathering also cubmaster lloyd boles the 1st class journey badge was presented to tom appleby and john burke by mr paquet- te mr ted appleby thanked the ladies auxiliary for the supper the remainder of the evenings program was held in the com munity hall winners of the boy scout euchre last wednesday included ladies 1st margaret ben son 2nd aldine evans conso lation sandra redshaw men 1st geo middleton 2nd evans benson consolation james burke the next euchre is plan ned for wednesday march 31st the good fellowship class of the claremont united church is sponsoring an interesting pro gram on tuesday evening mar 23rd at 8 pm it will include a guest speaker from toronto and musical entertainment followed by a buffet luncheon further information will be provided later be sure and keep this date open the world day of prayer will be held on friday afternoon march 5th at 230 pm in the united church mrs hillyer will be the guest speaker we are pleased to hear that mr ross middleton is now home from the hospital the pickering dist high school choir under the direction of mr allan clark of green wood will sing at the baptist church on sunday march 28th congratulations to mr and mrs vernon who celebrated their golden wedding annivers ary on sunday feb 28th mrs ed sima visited at the home of her parents mr and mrs wm welsh on sunday sarcos open house was held on saturday in their new plant at hwy 48 for the employees and their families many attend ed from the claremont area mr and mrs draper of atha held a shower for their daughter freda mrs larry vernon on saturday evening mr and mrs stan warburton of scarboro visited on sunday with mr and mrs russell ham ilton mr and mrs a yakeley of oshawa and mr and mrs stan ley slack were dinner guests with mr and mrs gord taylor on sunday mr and mrs arthur bates of woodbridge visited with mr and mrs don hedges on satur day the young people of the bap tist church held a toboggan party on the torrance farm on friday evening ahout twenty members attended mr and mrs a hardy for merly of claremont visited with mr and mrs geo todd of goodwood on the weekend mr and mrs d little of west rouge were weekend guests of mr and mrs j anonhy the home of mr and mrs reg sanderson was the scene of a pleasant family gathering on sunday visitors included mrs sandersons mother mrs harold goldthorpe her brother mr and mrs gordon goldthorpe her two sisters mr and mrs allan hepburn and family all of willowdale and mr and mrs allan pikey and family of brougham also mrs thelma hockley of claremont mr and mrs wm gliddon left on saturday to spend sev eral weeks in florida mrs don na nesbitt is assisting in the cooper office during mrs glid- dons absence mr and mrs pete hardy vis ited on sunday with mrs bob redshaw sr members of the local are bri gade are busy painting the inte rior of the firchall an auction sale of close prox imity will be held on saturday i march 13th at the property of i i mr h theilacker three miles i east of the village the farm has been sold ken and clarke pren- tice of markham are the auctio neers mr george courtney of claremont and mrs agnes pugh also of claremont spent the weekend in toronto visiting his son mr ted courtney editors mail 71 colborne si west oshawa ont february 27 1965 the editor the stouffville tribune dear sir the stouftville tribune has been coming to our home for several years and we consider it a very fine weekly news me dium in the issue cf feb 25th the letter of mr john addison mp concludes with some con fusing statements regarding the canada pension plan as presen ted by the government being a contributory plan and requiring ten years to ma ture after being enacted in 1966 as proposed how does mr ad dison arrive at the following conclusion and i quote this means that next year everyone that is 69 will receive the basic 75 old age security the next year the age will be dropped to 68 and so on until 1970 when everyone reaching the age of 65 will receive s75 a month plus 104 provided by the canada pension plan has mr addison not famil iarized himself with all the fa cets of the proposed canada pension plan or did he delib erately attempt to mislead his readers j lloyd pegg former pickering twp clerk lloyd johnston and sirs johnston are pictured here follow ing a testimonial dinner in his honour held at the annondale golf and county club on fridat evening they were presented with a hifi set while mr johnston reecived a gold engraved wrist watch more than 200 friends attended the gathering staff poto favour farm land exemption rate on fire costs in spite of opposition voiced by councillor donald waring it was agreed by pickering twp council that farm lands should be made 90 exempt from fire costs the issue was reopened for discussion at a meeting on monday night in the recorded vote that fol lowed both councillor waring and councillor donald camp bell voted against the bylaw appoint dcptreasurer mr ronald mitchell who joined the pickering twp office staff in november of last year was made deputytreasurer following a rather lengthy dis cussion on the issue although councillor donald campbell contended that mr mitchell a qualified chartered accountant should assume the full respon sibility of the treasurers posi tion councillor wm newman felt that he would still require some assistance from the clerk a female clerk will be hired to the treasurers department wants weeds removed mr cecil phillips cone 5 as ked the council to consider the cleanup of a sideroad near his property that was unused and grown up with brush and weeds councillor wm newman supported the request he said that mr phillips operated a clean farm but was continually frustrated by weeds that were permitted to go unchecked on the township road allowance mr newman suggested that if the situation was reversed the township would send a man in to clean up the premises reeve laycox said that the council was in sympathy with the complaint it will be dis cussed further by the road com mittee this week altona hold safety poster contest the ontario county farm safety council is again sponsor ing a farm and home safety poster competition this is the fifth year for this competition and it has been highly success ful last year 439 boys and girls from 32 rural schools in ontario county took part 198 silver dollars were distributed as prize money prizes will he awarded on a township basis and the compe tition is open to grades 5 lo 8 in all rural schools in the county miss janitis the 4h horn economist will visit the alton 4h club this thursday evening mar 4th at the home of mrs jim harper mr and mrs norman bunker were entertained at the summit on sunday evening by their son- inlaw and daughter mr and mrs dick jones the occasion was norms birthday which ha celebrated on friday on mon day the bunkers celebrated their 51th wedding anniversary con gratulations mumps are making the rounds of the children in our commun ity nearly 200 people attended the dance held at fred lewis store on friday evening in spits of the weather the music was by art celsie wendy williams daughter of mr and mrs colin williams had her tonsils removed friday remember the wi short course tonight at mrs fred byers posters must not be copies of existing safety posters and must he made on standard art class paper and should be not larger than 14 by 20 the competition closes on april 30lh 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