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ps 19 the ts1hjhv thtnjy mjrcl 9 is 5 centennial project mrs maude ellicott of brougham celebrated her 90th birthday on satur day more than 100 neighbors friends and relatives enjoyed an open house in her honor staff photo mrs maude ellicott ninety years young brougham mrs maude ellicott of brougham celebrated a birthday on saturday she is 90 years young dressed in a lovely blue dress with matching cor sage she received more than 100 neighbors friends and relatives at an open house held in her honor at the home of her son and daughterinlaw mr and mrs manson ellicott in brougham other mem bers of the immediate family include a second son wallace of toronto and two daughters audrey mrs jim ravey of brougham and myrtle mrs ronald forde of highland creek she has seven grandchildren and fourteen great grandchil dren although mrs ellicott can recall the past as though it was yesterday she enjoys the present to the full and looks for ward to the future with enthusiasm she loves to read and is an avid tv viewer her favorite pro grams are lawrence welk jackie gleason and holly wood palace are you a batman fan wc asked i watched it only once she replied with a laugh family of seven mrs ellicott the for mer maude barrett was born in clarke township near newcastle the daugh ter of richard barrett and sarah hutchinson she is the last of a family of sev en other places of resi dence include the carman barrett farm near picker ing village the ellicott homestead concession 5 and then to brougham in 1939 mr ellicott passed away eight years ago mrs ellicott attended the methodist church at brougham and later serv ed as choir leader at st johns united she was pleased to receive a cable gram from rev and mrs ivan kennedy now in florida rev kennedy a close friend is a former pastor at brougham vis itors were present from a wide area the living room where mrs ellicott received her guests was decorated with lovely flowers and dozens of birthday cards a beau tiful birthday cake was made especially for the occasion the tribune joins with friends in wishing this fine brougham lady many more years of health and happiness help handicapped to help the handicapped at expo 67 most pavilions will have ramps or eleva tors there will be facili ties for renting wheel chairs and hostesses to help the handicapped brougham wi to meet march 14 brougham mrs maud ellicott celebrated her 90th birthday on mar 1 she received many friends and relatives at the home of her son manson on saturday one of the prized gifts was a picture of her grand son ray ellicott driving his harness horse laura way sultan over the fin ish line first at greenwood raceway the previous mon day this was laura ways first win although she had come second and third a number of times the brougham womens institute will meet at the home of mrs m annis march 14 mrs jean gray is the program convener with historical research the topic mr and mrs w temper- ton and daughters of osha- wa visited with mrs dean mairs on sunday a speedy return to bet ter health for mr harold blackman who is a patient at sunnybrook hospital st johns ucw even ing unit met at the home of mrs d beer march 1 mrs l barrett opened the meeting and mrs r miller led the worship mrs b ellicott read the scripture mrs h blackman gave a reading on expo a suc cessful auction sale was held with proceeds to start a project of gowns for the church choir lunch was served by mrs defresne and mrs b ellicott improve claremont park by anne loney claremont a goal of 3500 has been set by the centennial committee to be used to improve the park by adding playground equipment picnic facili ties planting trees shrubs and improving it in any way possible this has been decided upon as claremonts contribution to centennial year the committee would like each organization in the village to cooperate in some activ ity of its own with all or part of the proceeds going into the centennial fund a public meeting will be held wednesday march 15 at 8 pm in the community hall the centennial com mittee asks that as many as possible attend this meet ing a glass blowing demon stration by mr john french of the university of toronto now a resident of claremont will be given in the community hall vednesday evening march 29 at 8 oclock everyone is welcome to attend this unique demonstration the proceeds of which will go into the fund for clare monts centennial project a meeting of the cubs and scouts ladies auxili ary was held at the home of mrs earl cook thurs day evening march 2 with 12 members present the president mrs jim curtis presided luncheon plans were made for the district scouters meeting which was held in the community hall tuesday evening march 7 and at which mrs curtis mrs don mashinter and mrs roy timms serv ed luncheon plans were also made for the mam moth euchre on march 28 and the fathers and sons banquet on april 4 it was decided that the auxiliary would sell chocolate bars to help finance the scouts on their trip to expo after the business session lunch was served by mrs curtis and mrs albert roszell the next meeting will be held at the home of mrs dave allen on april 6 mr fred morley has vol unteered to act as team captain for claremont vil lage and area in the picker ing township red cross campaign which is taking place this month march is red cross month and the canvassers on mr morleys teams who will be collect ing funds for this much needed and necessary cause are mrs earl wilson mrs frank bielby mrs bruce mcdowell mrs c stephens mrs robert madill mrs russell hamil ton mrs b e hanthorn mrs roy timms mrs earl cook mrs bud norton mrs charles redshaw mrs mac middleton mrs ross middleton miss viola forsyth mrs p bateman and mrs edgar evans miss wilma vandentop of toronto was a guest at the home of mr and mrs frank carson last week end saturday morning she attended the 4h home- makers of tomorrow 6th meeting at the home of mrs mait anderson and gave a talk on some of the customs of the dutch people northern european food dishes were discussed and cabbage rolls and rhu barb soup were cooked and eaten the 8th meeting of the group will be held on march 24 and will take the form of a bowling party after which the members will return to the home of barbara carson for supper and games saturday evening bar bara carson entertained at a party for some of her friends from the bell tele phone company of toron to among the local guests were bvbara pugh greta vanstcne fred moore bob bentley and larry coates the evening group of the ucw will meet at the home of mrs glen evans monday march 13 at 8 pm the roll call will be bring a decoration for the spring supper mrs earl wilson will be on the program committee and mrs earle pilkey and mrs ellis britton on the lunch committee the sympathy of the community goes to the family of mr george cop- pins who died suddenly last week what makes his passing particularly tragic is that mrs coppins and her sister mrs george de- rusha had left a few days previously for a holiday in florida they had just arrived at their hotel in daytona beach when the sad news reached them on friday evening they immediately left by plane and were home on satur day morning funeral ser vices were held in ux- bridge on monday under the direction of mrs l d almack of clare mont the brooklin junior farmers won the ontario county junior farmers drama festival which was held in uxbridge high school saturday evening other entries were from port perry and beaverton the winning entry was a comedy rise and shine by elda cadogan the ad judicator was mr charles jolliff of pickering in the cast were david haw thorne claremont dianne graham balsam carl wil son ashburn and patricia stell brooklin the group will now compete in the zone finals the date of which will be announced later rise and shine will be presented in the com munity hall claremont on march 31 as part of an evening of entertainment sponsored by the womens institute among local theatre go ers at the play were mr and mrs lloyd pugh and family mrs raymond stickwood mr walter pas- coe mr and mrs aubrey carson mrs hawthorne and daughter beverley and mr and mrs lloyd wilson of ashburn junior farmers attending from claremont were isabel jackson jan and linda hoskins ken stickwood brian stickwood doreen honored on retirement mr jack hooker left was honored at the annual father and son banquet in the greenwood united church on his announced retirement as chairman of the 1st greenwood group committee the presentation was made by mr arthur collins tony owen money available first mortgages at current rates or second mortgages available without bonus charccs or we can refinance your present mortgage problems combine your present first second mortgages into one call mr ugar mortgage depu 2942573 or 2971956 prue ihiijuiniliiuiaiar realtor 91 main st n markham jones and ken john and jim wilson mr and mrs glen mow- der and stephen and todd of toronto were sunday supper guests of mr and mrs frank hendy mr and mrs eugene paisley of stouffville spent sunday with mrs paisleys mother mrs loss hill mr and mrs robert nes- bitt and elizabeth visited the toronto garden gubs flower show in the okeefe centre on sunday after noon mr and mrs gordon vidler and tom motored north on friday of last week and skidooed into their cottage on shandoes lake although local resi dents were snowed in the vidlers drove out of the storm and said that the weather was cold but very agreeable the next meeting of the womens institute will be held at the home of mrs james peddie wednesday march 15 at 2 pm the roll call will be a an irish joke mrs frank carson will be in charge of the program which will feature centennial year out of the past into the future a group of older men and women will be on a panel reminiscing about early days the hostesses will be mrs william evans and mrs robert torrance final arrangements will be made for the institute entertainment night on march 31 cost up in ontario county whitby budgets passed by ontario county council show substantial increases over last year all facets of county ad ministration showed in creases in costs the jump administration costs from 210674 to 336670 is the cost of county assessment with salaries of assessor and office personnel mak ing up the main item service extended the county levy for the ontario county health unit will be 132000 of a total budget of 324220 there will be extended dental care for school children and the service will be extended to the indians on the rama re serve the most per capita is 145 across the county expenditures over rev enue for the operation of the beaverton home for the aged and fairview lodge are expected to be 232741 operation of the lakeview manor at beav erton which is to be com pleted this spring is ex pected to cost 125698 over revenue of 122826 present chorus of the bluffs a barber shop chorus ontario district champs 65 66 together with the hometowners three quartets sat mar 18th 8 pm at the stouffville district high school adm adults 125 students 75c sponsored by stoultvilie lions club proceeds to centennial events cojijitttee i llllltejpi sliistipkvi- i m hon michael starr right mp for ontario riding congratulates bob byron on his election as president of the progressive conservative association for the new federal riding of ontario mr byron was elected at the inaugural meeting of the new riding association held at uxbridge march 3 bob byron uxbridge hon mic hael starr mp for ontario riding told an organiza tion meeting for the pro gressiveconservative ass ociation for the new fed eral riding of ontario it will be the task of the national nominating con vention in september to elect a person who can unite the conservative party he also told the aud ience of over 100 i think people are tired of being legislated to death we have gone too far in social legislation he said that people on fixed incomes are not able to afford the increased tax load his announcement that he was going to try to win the leadership of the party in september brought a round of applause from the audience the meeting passed a con stitution for the progres sive conservative associa tion for the new federal riding of ontario and elect ed a slate of officers president of the associa tion is bob byron vice- presidents are mrs kay wcatherall ajax mrs may smith keswick doug williams whitby twp and norm lyons scott twp secretary is don gibson brougham and henry polak reeve of ajax is treasurer a slate of 12 was nomin ated for 10 directorships instead of holding an elec tion it was decided to in stall all 12 nominees as directors clark muirhead uxbridge twp fred christie reach twp rotiert weir pefferlaw john hopkins north gwil- limbury and walter todd goodwood are directors from the northern town ships of the riding under the constitution at least four of the 10 directors must be from uxbridge reach georgina scott north gwillimbury and scugog townships representing the south ern townships 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