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the stouffviui tribune twiy rloemb 11 1955 local dealers wife wins snowblower at brampton equip show mrs f i ioney claremont- mr and mrs gordon taylor attpndcd the annual display and banquet of the farmers supply and equip ment show in brampton last week mrs taylor was the lucky winner of the door prie a most practical gift that could be put to use any day now a snowblower mr and mrs larry vernon formerly of goodwood re1 have taken up residence in the village the fourth meeting of the claremont 111 homcmakcrs of tomorrow was held on satur day at the home of mrs m anderson tne next meeting is planned for saturday nov 13th thursday dodayl is remem brance day all schools in the district are closed the three best decorated baskets on apple day satur day october 30 were those belonging to scouts glen hant- horn dwight goden and david sanderson the browne held their hal loween party in the commun ity hall the thursday night be fore halloween prizes for the best costumes went to lyn sanderson as a fairy princess susan sanderson as an indian girl and mary elizabeth al tai ight as satan the guides held their party the same eve ning linda vernon as a witch geraldine ferguson as a man disguised as a gorilla and susan boles as a scarecrow were the winners rev a e cresswell judged the guides costumes and mrs eileen san derson judged the brownies refreshments were served at both parties a joint meeting of the guides and brownies was held thurs day evening nov 1 patsy ball janice larriner and dorell brit- ton were enrolled as guides at the brownie flyup ceremony mary jane carruthers dale devitt kathy macgregor dorothy oblenes and kathy ward flew up to guides re freshments were served to the parents who attended by guide and brownie leaders mrs mal colm albright mrs don san derson mrs lloyd boles mrs murray tyndale and miss karen hayward games and refreshments were enjoyed when the cubs held their halloween party in the community hall monday evening the best costume winners were wayne roszell miles mashinter and karl skjaveland mr and mrs alan tomlin- son and david of hamilton were weekend visitors at the home of dr n f tomlinson mr and mrs chris siebert and daughter karen of srar- boro were dinner guests of mr and mrs lloyd boles monday evening of last week mr george beverley entered ajax and pickering general hospital last friday mr and mrs ken jones and family were supper guests of mr and mrs steve wideman on sunday gordon taylor randy car ruthers earle wilson and tom forsythe are on a weeks hunt ing trip in the parry sound district mrs russell hamilton is home after a two weeks rest following her stay in scarboro general hospital she convales ced at the home of mrs benson draper in green river sunday evening visitors at the hamil ton home were mr and mrs bill porter of stouffville and mr and mrs tom farrow of uxbridge richard beemer of hamilton and angle karen and frank wills of scarboro visited at the home of mr and mrs a sama- rillo over the weekend mrs samarillo and her sister mrs b hill of toronto left on mon day for a few days in syracuse nv mr walter hardy is respond ing favourable to treatment in ajax and pickering general hospital saturday night nov 6 brenda macgregor daughter of mr and mrs lloyd mac gregor had a few friends in to help celebrate her loth birth day dancing and games were enjoyed by art maxwell mari lyn rennic ienore jones david day shirley hodgson lynda beelby brian norrish janice taylor blanche benson pete rooscn heather carruth ers grant norton ken tor rance larry norton and alvin lehman mr archie fleming brother i of mrs roy morgan was rush- ed to scarboro general hospi- tal when he suffered a sudfen i heart attack last week all wish i him a speedy recovery mrs may wild of ncv- i market was a recent visitor with her daughter and son-in- law mr and mrs colin madill last week the ladies auxi liary of the cub and scout mothers held an auction sale at the home of mrs jim curtis each member invited a friend to come with her and brought along a saleable article to be auctioned off mrs daw of ashburn was a clever auctio neer and the ladies spent an amusing evening trying to out bid one another for the articles that took their fancy a tidy sum was raised for the auxili ary fund the smart stepping of dor- een carruthers and henry kroony took first prize in the dance contest at the under 21 halloween dance in the com munity hall friday evening nov 5 jackie pascoes clever impersonation of daisy mae won her the prize for the best costume ted redshaw was mc and his mother mrs ross redshaw was hostess for the affair it was such a successful party that another one is being considered for trie near future the regular meeting of the womens institute will be held in the community hall wednes day nov it the topic for the day will be current events and the roll call will he answ ered by a short current event item the programme will cover the area convention report mrs ellis britton mrs earle beare and mrs h s hillyer will serve as members of the lunch committee lynda beelby and lynda vint were hostesses at a hal loween party for the junior choir of the baptist church on tuesday evening nov 2 mr and mrs murray line and karen diane and kathy of maple mr and mrs john har vey and lynn of islington miss gayle beelby and mr don beel by of toronto and miss nan chapman of perth scotland joined mr and mrs robert beelby and daughter lynda for a turkey dinner at their home sunday evening nov 7 to celebrate mr robert beelbys birthday and that of his grand daughter karen line who was six years old two birthday cakes were cut for the happy occasion a white one decor ated with minature dolls for karen and a choclate whipped cream cake topped with colour ed candles for mr beelby mr and mrs william boy- ington attended a farewell din ner saturday evening at the home of mr and mrs harold boyington of markham in hon- our of mr and mrs orville davidson who are leaving shortly to take up permanent residence in california the prize winners at the euchre held by the claremont lawn bowlers in the club house tuesday evening were mrs blair evans mrs george de rusha mrs earl cook and mr ab boyle the regular meeting of the ladies auxiliary of the can adian legion will be held in the legion hall at 830 this evening thursday nov 11 future of hamlet fails to stir sreea river folk green river within j the existing boundaries of this i hamlet in pickering twp there are a total of 197 residents and yet on thursday nigh with the j very future of the community on the planning board agenda not a single person attended a public meeting at brougham to hear the issues discussed to be fair there was actually i one man present but he wished to enquire only into the possi bility of locating a licenced dog kennel at lot 35 cone 6 mr ralph bachman had his appli cation deferred until nov 20th when it will be considered after adjoining property owners are notified of his intentions express concern planning board members who had anticipated a packed chamhers for the discussion ex pressed concern over the appa rent lack of interest the plan ning director john faulkner assured the board that three notices had been posted two in the local stores and one on a nearby lamp post he even drove in his car to obtain a copy of the poster as proof that the meeting had been adver tised mr rex merritt suggested that if no one was present to object to the revision of the hamlets boundaries then the board could only take it that everyone was satisfied the planning board is consi dering ten of the rural hamlets to establish a future develop ment pattern in addition to green river the others are altona audley balsam broug ham cherrywood claremont greenwood kinsale and white- vale for the present audley balsam and kinsale will not be included in the fullscale report originated in 1810 the hamlet of green river originated in the 1810s and was known at that time as smithville the school was erected in 1959 its three rooms accommodate 101 students there are four existing com mercial establishments includ ing a combined service station and snack bar a grocery store and post office a general store a marine repair shop and an ornamental industry the buildings of an unused basket factory remain standing out standing proposals are a dog kennel operation and a prefab concrete business there is al so a semiused turkey and poultry ranch the hamlets commercial potential is de creased by its proximity to markham the lack of a north- south connecting road and the sloping curvature of hwy no 7 drainage in the community is listed as generally good but with municipal services not available all uses must be de rived from private wells and disposal systems it was unanimously agreed that all changes in the area as shown on completed maps should he adopted there was no opposition wallace pugh named ailround boy at pickering high school pickering a clare mont district student will re ceive the dunbarton kiwanis club trophy as the all round boy at pickering dist high school presentations will be marie to wallace pugh and linda graham at the i ith an nual commencement exer cises on friday night miss graham will receive the anne stratton memorial trophv as the all round girl the valedictory address will he delivered by miss eleanor wetney thirtyfive students will re- reive their honour graduation diplomas five of these have also won ontario scholarships including brenda cornell gary day vincent taguchi walter van nus and eleanor west new prof thomas h lciih divi sion of natural science of york university will be the guest speaker miss margaret miller to represent ontario in 4h conference rropgham miss mar garet miller eldest daughter of mr and mrs robert miller and a grade 13 student at pick ering district high school will be one of seven girls represent ing the province of ontario at the national 4h conference to be held in ottawa november 11th each province will send seven girls and seven boys to the event their schedule in cludes spending three days in ottawa and the same time in toronto each of the ontario girls will wear a grey kilt navy blazer and a grey tarn the ontario crest will be on the pocket of the blazer margarets cousin kim knox of solina will also attend the conference the brougham united church women evening group met at the homo of mrs chas surphlis on wednesday even- i n g november 3rd sixteen persons attended fol lowing the meeting lunch was served by mrs l johnston the afternoon group of the brougham united church women will meet on thursday afternoon november istli at the home of mrs george gray mrs h malcolm will be the program director the next paper drive of the 1st brockpickering cub and scout troop will be held on saturday november 13th the womens institute short course copper tooling will take place in the ha on nov ember 16 arid 17 from 10 am to 4 pm anyone interest is welcome to attend the instruc tor will he miss j gum mrs george perry and mrs m annis each spent a day at the central ontario womens institute convention held at the royal york hotel in toronto november 3rd to 5th mr and mrs earl campbell and family spent sunday at the home of mr and mrs harold barclay of lindsay mr and mrs d beer mr and mrs r knox mr and mrs b bowler mr and mrs e campbell mr and mrs h phillips and mr rov carter attended district 39 ioof rally at mount albert on saturday mrs gibson of windsor is spending a few days with her son donald and family mr and mrs chas surphlis and mrs wm knox had dinner with mr and mrs john knox at solina miss betty jean knox regis tered nurseintraining at osh- awa spent the weekend at home mr and mrs allan pilkey at tended a wedding in rochester ny during the weekend altona apple large size although many crops ha his has not been the case with river variety ipped the scales ve been backward this year due to inclement weather conditions apples on a trpe at the levi smith property in altona this wolfa at 1 touml and is held here by irene smith 17 staff photo remembrance service nov 21 claremont canon h l puxley will preside at the annual remembrance day serv ice in the claremont united church on sunday nov 21st at 2 pm the colourful caledo nia pipe band from oshawa will lead the parade from the legion hall at 130 pm to in clude members of the clare mont legion the ladies auxili ary the cubs scouts brownies and girl guides ward 2 councillor hill newman will not seek re- election in pickering twp for another twoyear term the evreeve of the municipality returned to municipal politics in 1901 thp only name men tioned to dale as n possible successor is that of roger conant of greenwood cvsssxvvvvvvvvvvxxvvwvvvvvvvvvvvsv township oi uxbridge 1965 taxes second instalment is due november 15th 1965 prompt payment will avoid penalties oftlce will remain open nov 12 15 700 900 pm nov 13th 1000 am 100 pm j e frrtkett collector open house at public school set for nov 15 green river a chance for parents to meet the teach ers that are instructing their children will be had on nov is as green river public school holds its annual open house teachers will be present at the school for discussion from 730 pm to 930 pm interviews will be arranged at the parents request mr and mrs a trewartha of markham had dinner on sun day at the home of mr and mrs wm duncan mrs e j wilson entertained a number of ladies to a lunche on last week in honour of miss marjorif percy who is moving to markham in the near future miss zella seebeck of mark ham attended the anniversary services at the church on sun day and visited with r hutch- ings mrs r bruce of markham and mrs j a nighswander were visitors to oshawa on sat urday the ambassadors and happy hour group will meet in the sunday school room of the church on saturday november 13th at 130 pm all children aged three to ten are welcome to attend the junior teens will meet at the church on friday even ing this week at 730 pm assessments unchanged stationery furniture machines tribune office supplies goodwood officials in charge of an ontario municipal board hearing here last week refused to alter the assessment on an uxbridge twp property but still waived the cost of the court due to the sincerity of the appeal kendal and isabella home no 47 hwy northeast of goodwood contested the assess ment figures as applied against 25 acres of land and buildings and an additional 3 acre gravel pit previous appeals before the local court of revision and a county judge had been sustain ed the 25 acres of land and buildings was assessed for si 925 the 3 acre gravel pit was assesed for s2400 attending the hearing was the chairman a d mccrae vice chairman r m mcguire cty assessor gordon hepditch and clerk ehvood foskett slake comparison since mr home was not sup ported by a solicitor the chair man allowed hime every oppor tunity to speak on his own be half he argued that the assess ment on his land was higher than on adjoining properties and named the farm of arthur parratt as a comparison the assessors records showed how ever that the home propevty carried a lower value rating than the parratt premises mr binsted stated further that the home house was assessed loss than the going rate because it had been built on a piece meal fashion with respect to the gravel pit mr home argued that he only worked out 1 acre per year and should therefore be assessed on ly for the one acre of gravel he admitted that the value of the property was worth possilbly one million dollars to him i dont think you wish to sell commented chairman mccrae system not penect county assessment commis sioner hepditch said that in general five acres is used as a basis for assesments on gravel pit lands he pointed out that in the home case this figure had been reduced to 3 acres mr mccrae admitted that the system of assessment with re gard to gravel pits was not per fect but it was used cross the whole township and had been accepted in other appeal cases since mr home had already paid the cost of the appeal and had shown sincerety r the pres entation of his case the chair man ruled that all court costs would be assumed by the crown anniversary services nov 14 at goodwood united church mrs r may goodwood anniversary services will he held at the goodwood united church on sunday nov 14th at 1030 am and 730 pm rev douglas davis of stouffville is the guest pastor in the morning with music by the junior choir in the evening rev thomas snowdon of calvary united church newmarket will ad dress the congregation with special music by miss joyce alcock regular sunday school classes have been cancelled all are welcome congratulations to gail wil liamson who had a few friends in on friday to help celebrate her eleventh birthday sympathy is extended to mrs laura tucker of apsloy mr mac tucker passed away in peterboro hospital after a lingering illness a number of the ashenhurst relatives at tended the funeral held on thursday at apsley nine 4h girls are working on the project the supper club the girls are the cook- erettes mrs pugh has enter tained them each week next week they will meet at mrs vidlers home mr and mrs gordon jones attended the wedding of miss joyce jones and mr ralph perry on saturday mr clare mcguckin was best man for his friend mrs robert dawson had surg ery performed on her wrists recently it is hoped this will relieve a lot of pain she has been suffering mr and mrs harry wood land assisted in the moving of their daughter and family mr and mrs don thomas who are now living in their new home on church street mark ham goodwood friends wish mr ralph norton fifth line a successful operation after an accident that injured his eye last week misses patty and donna maye spent saturday with their aunt and uncle mr and mrs dean percy of markham beef dinner claremont tickets are now available from the stew ards of the claremont united church- for a delicious home- cooked beef dinner on satur day nov 27th commencing at s30 pm the price of this meal with all the trimmings is adults 150 children 12 and under 75c the meal will be served in the basement of the church greenwood mr and geoge moore former residents of greenwood celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last saturday night november gth at the home of mrs ben acker in oshawa the guests included the family and several residents from greenwood present at the celebration were mr and mrs d clarke mr and mrs r staley mr and mrs b thomas mr and mrs r scri- ver mr and mrs l wilson mr and mrs bob maxwell and mrs mitchell mr and mrs srhewan and mr and mrs g fisher the first meeting of the rural learning association which supersedes thp farm radio forum was held at the home of mr and mrs milton pegg november 1st the next meeting will he november 15th at 9 pm at the home of mrs m mclean mrs may wagborn is visit ing with her sister mrs mit chell in greenwood mr a mitchell and son went hunting last weekend at cor dova mines mr and mrs w steward and son are visiting with mrs stewarts parents mr and mrs trolley of greenwood miss gloria trolley has her pen pal mrs lorna fox of trinidad visiting for the weekend an amateur theatre produc tion that may well provide one of the highlights of the season is the picax players presenta tion of john vickers a bit o peace and quiet opening at pickering community hall on november 18th john vickers now living in greenwood has a long history of acting and directing in canada and eng land his a bit o peace and quiet has been produced on british tv and by many amat eur and professional repertory companies further informa tion regarding this and other drama productions to be staged by picax players can be had from mrs e vickers co ajax public library ajax miss rcta mather of oakvilla is spending the weekend with miss beatrice mclean miss mather was beatrices room mate on their trip to the holy land unit two of the ucw held their last meeting at the homa of mrs morden wednesday november 10th mrs crawford was in charge of the program on the cultural and economic development in trinidad the official board will meet on november icth at kinsalo united church at s pm the kinsale womens insti tute will hold their next meet ing at the home of mrs hoar among the speakers will bo mrs kingston mrs e pegg mrs young and mrs hoar there will be a free demon stration of the new john deera equipment at kinsale school november 18th at 8 pm mrs fred byers and mrs doug morden visited with mr and mrs joe empringham last sunday weddings rings are placed on the third finger of the left hand because of an old egyptian be lief that a nerve ran from that finger to the heart c according to one scientist the human brain could store about 50 times more informa tion than is contained in the 0000 volumes of the library of congress nominations township oi uxbridge take notice that a meeting of the electors of he township of uxbridge lo nominate candidates for a two year term for he offices of 1 council reeve deputyreeve and three councillors 2 public school area hoard five members will be held in he township hall goodwood on wednesday november 17h 19g5 from 700 800 pm all electors are hereby requested to govern themselves accordingly should a greated number of candidates qualify than are required to fill the said offices an election will be held in the township on monday december gth jfinr polls will be open from 1000 am until 700 pm mated at goodwood this 28111 day of october 1905 1 k foskett returning officer asecaasocaosoqca98c09oa reelected mlkp starr popular pc member in ontario ridlnjr was reelected with a majority of 217b votes over his closest rival claude vlpond liberal mr starr polled 20715 mr vlpond 18239 oliver undees n2f 15316 and james edward rundle independent 967 claremont baptist church life enrichment campaign november 14th to 21st wccknight services at 8 pm guest speaker rev tom 0shir0 near this dedicated japanrspcanadian christian at the four sunday services and every weekday evening except saturday special music everybody welcome