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plje 3 the ibsuhf all round cord award go to claremont guides nunr matcl 24 1966 flunko mrs e d lorey claremont a cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend the girl guides all round and gold cord presentations at the community half on thurs day march 31 at 7 pm the gold cord which is the highest award that can be bestowed on a canadian guide will be presented to pat sanderson daughter of scoutmaster don sanderson and mrs sanderson and is the first ever to be awarded in ciaremont district tne- all round cords will be presented to blanche ben son and wendy sanderson the evening group of the ucw met at the home of mrs helen anderson mon day evening march 14 with the leader mrs janet evans presiding rev t h fleetharn of grcenvod played a record entitled don loni speaks to teen agers and conducted a panel discussion on the sub ject the program was in charge of mrs marcan ward and mrs rosemary timms during the social hour re freshments were served by mrs bcv wilson a second australian pup py eiisans trouble own ed by mr sandy goden was awarded the trophy for the winners female in breed at the sportsmens show in toronto on saturday this gives her two points to wards the championship mr and mrs edgar evans and robbie were in toronto on sunday for the birthday dinner of mrs evans moth er mrs mary stewart best wishes to mrs nor man linton who celebrated her 7glh birthday on sun day march 20 the rod and rcelcrs square dance group attend ed the turkey dinner and square dance at st pauls united church in ajax saturday evening they were mr and mrs jack ward mr and mrs will evans mr and mrs gordon gauslin and mr and ray mond stickwood mr r k mcconnell and mr lloyd bryant have been busy boiling sap from maple trees on the mcconneli pro perty the last few years have been poor ones for the maple syrup but the rains and moisture in the ground this year has greatly increased the flow of sap mr and mrs tom ham mond and gwendolyn and bob were among the guests at the 23th wedding anni versary of mr and mrs everett hammond in stouff- ville legion hall saturday evening miss margaret mcdonald has returned to her home in toronto after spending a couple of weeks with mrs ed lewis on his way to the uni versity of notre dame chicago after visiting trent university monseigneur charles mocller professor of litcraturer and history at the university of lou- vain belgium was in clare mont for a few days the guest of mr and mrs scott symons who are old friends of his monseigneur mocller is the distinguished author of 13 books on the 20th century and christianity and a critic of the works of modern writers he belongs to the papal curia in rome is a member of the ecumeni cal college in jerusalem recent visitors at the home of mr and mrs robt h ncsbitt were mr and mrs john kydd of ux- bridge a hillbilly style dance organised by mrs ray ward and gail and karen flana gan with western and hill billy music supplied by the driftwoods of newmarket was held in the community hall saturday evening an other dance will be held easter saturday evening april 9 at which door prizes and spot dance prizes i will be awarded if enough i interest is shown in these i scttogcthcrs it is hoped i they will become regular affairs only those over 16 years of age arc eligible to attend mr and mrs h a pad- don of toronto were recent visitors at the home of their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs ernie kostiuk mr and mrs murray- johnson sandra and brian spent the weekend in atwood visiting mr joa- i sons brother john and his family mr and mrs b e han- thorn motored to northamp ton on sunday to have din ner with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs peter voss mr and mrs l h boles susan and ray were in toronto over the weekend to see mrs boies cousin capt v r lacey of camp gagetown new brunswick who is here to attend the canadian restaurant assoc iation convention both mr and mrs ken jones who have been con fined to ajax pickering genera hospital have re turned home the sympathy of the com munity goes to the family of the late mr roy coppins whose funeral was held in uxbridge on saturday after noon a st patricks cake cov ered with green and white shamrocks harps and pipes was the centre of attraction at the senior citizens 6th birthday party held in the library last thursday after noon march 17 games and refreshments were enjoyed by the members mrs irene hollingshead mrs aldcne evans and mrs sadie hardy were in charge and saw that everyone had a good time the monthly meeting of the afternoon unit of the ucw will be held at the home of mrs jim peddic thursday march 31 at 2 pm the roll call will be bring an article for a shower for the kitchen mrs george dureill of oak- wood will show slides and talk about nevada a musical number will be played by marion and dor- ell britton during mr ray wards trip overseas as a represent ative of the british motor corporation tractor divi sion he visited friends in cardiff wales canterbury england and copenhagen denmark he also made bus iness stops in germany holland and scotland in wales he visited mr and mrs george williams who lived a year in claremont before returning to cardiff and in copenhagen he went high school budget up 49 mills pickering the pick ering district high school board budget calls for a 419 mill increase to cover the operation of its three high schools the budget calls for a mill rate of 2294 mills in each of the three municipalities in 1965 the board received 1875 mills while five years ago the rate was 1445 mills teachers salaries were blamed for the increase from sl033244 last year to an expected sl270995 in 1966 the board informed the meeting it expected teachers to settle for a s400 yearly increase and on top of this would be the annual 300 increment for teachers who had not yet reached the top wage bracket the board said 18 new teachers would be hired in september total revenue required by the board will be 2203463 the board announced a 1965 surplus of s32390 a pro vincial grant of 1031851 night school fees totalling s4000 and said they requir ed 845935 for current ex penses while debenture re payments would cost 291- 236 expenditures for the year included 154337 for ad ministration costs 72855 instructional supplies 162- 090 for plant operation 19- 629 for plant maintenance 7847 for auxiliary agencies si 16548 for transportation 20000 in fees to other boards a capital outlay amounting to 59925 de benture retirement amount ing to s291236 and written off taxes totalling 5000 texts for grades 11 and 12 are expected to cost 25000 of the totals pickering township will pay s759436 or 6678 per cent of the total ajax 322402 or 2835 per vent while pickering vill age is expected to raise 55- 382 or 487 per cent to see mr and mrs ernest clausen parents of paul 29 at bible ctdss clausen also a former resi dent of claremont miss greta vanstone and miss judy price of don mills nurses in training at oshawa general hospital spent the weekend with judys parents mr and mrs clark vanstone names new officers square dance group greenwood the ex ecutive of the town and country squares was named at a dinner and dance held last saturday at st pauls united church they arc mr and mrs d goodwin presidejit mr and mrs j martin vicepresident mr and mrs a forticr treasur er mr and mrs r hoskins secretary and mr and mrs t forsythe past president several people from mount zion claremont and green wood attended the evening- long event the greenwood cub pack entered the hobby show for owasco district held at st georges church pickering mark cranlield placed third with his entry of pottery and billy outhouse with his canadian coin collection also scored a third place rating mr p j skinner has been admitted to oshawa general hospital residents of greenwood are reminded that the scouts will hold a paper drive in the near future mr and mrs ed pascoc attended a birthday and euchre parly on saturday ccning at the home of mr and mrs garnet courtice pickering it was the occa sion of birthdays for both mr pascoc and mr courtice about twenty friends and- relatives were present mr grant pascoc escaped serious injury but his car was badly damaged in an accident while on the way to work at oshawa two other cars were involved and one of the drivers has been charged ashburn the monthly meeting of the ladies bible class was held at the home of mrs ray graham myrtle on march 9 with an attend ance of twentynine the scripture lesson was read by mrs john hopkins followed with prayer by mrs wm hopkins the minutes were read by mrs lome parrott a vocal duct galway bay by mrs w hamilton and mrs e humphrey was greatly enjoyed two irish readings were given by mrs w hopkins dr j mckin- ncy of brooklin was present and showed interesting pic tures of ireland the meeting closed with prayer by rev h buntain mr walter reynolds of ancaster was a recent visi tor with mr and mrs edgar heron the burns fellowship group met on sunday mar 13 mrs grant parrott led in the singing with mr ross batten in charge of the pro gram mrs wm reid rend ered two lovely solos i be lieve and he accompan ied by miss judy batten mrs wm hopkins took the topic entitled four de mands mrs campbell of raglan also delivered a message in song and the meeting closed with prayer by mr douglas ashton coroners inquest believe sectionman failed to hear train whitby a verdict of accidental death was return ed at the inquest held into the death of a cnr section hand who was sliced in two by a train jan 2s a fiveman coroners jury at the inquest held at the ontario provincial police headquarters in whitby rul ed that william noble ken- dry 3 of uxbridge was killed by accident the jurors added that the cause of his death may have been due io the manner of his dreis 3nd adverse wea ther conditions and possible fatigue due to long hours of work kendry was struck by a westbound cnr express train on the main tracks west of the liverpool rd overpass the accident oc curred hen he was deic ing switch units between the rails kenneth molaski of belle ville fireman of the train told the jurors and coroner dr r s irwin that he was driving the 11unit diesel train at the time of the ac cident we were travelling ab out 70 miles per hour at the time we came around the bend and i saw a man in the middle of the tracks he was walking away from us i blew the horn applied the emergency brake sys tem but he never heard us we hit him dr roland clark an osh awa general hospital path ologist said that kendry was cut in half by the loco motive pc james brown of the pickering township police said that the accident occur red soon after 8 am he said that visibility was excellent the temperature was at zero and a strong wind was blo wing from the north the officer said that the dead man was wearing a hooded parka and a cap with earflaps kondrys foreman char les stone of rr 1 whitby said that the dead man had been on duty since 730 ami on the day before his death he said that because of a snow storm all available hands were needed to keep the trains running this was an emergency situation we had to keep the switches cleaned so the trains wouldnt be tied up mr stone said that he could not understand why kendry did not hear the train he added that it was nor mal practice for two section hands to work together when cleaning switches roy coppins was uxbridge tp farmer uxbridge mr roy coppins a farm resident for most of his life on both the 4th and 5th concessions of uxbridge township passed away on thursday march 17 at the green gables rest home in bloomington he was 76 born in whitchurch township the son of the late william coppins and emma nesbitt he had tak en up residence in uxbridge town after leaving the farm his wife the former nellie hardy predeceased him five years ago surviving arc three daug hters mary mrs jack stewart of scarboro mar garet mrs bud adams and ruth mrs robt lynn both of toronto and one son harold of whitby two brothers george of cone 5 uxbridge and herb of 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