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vit 10 the trjbuhe thurmf mgt 16 1967 corner store an interesting historical building u by anne loney claremont this year canadians are at last becoming conscious of the fact that we have a country and a history- familiar things heretofore over looked are now objects of local and historic interest in the corner store clare mont has what has been described by a student of architecture as one of the finest examples of 19th century achitecture it has many outstanding features one of which is the granite trim on its windows and doors which is most un usual mrs cliff reynolds in her recent talk before the womens institute out lined a bit of the history ol this unique building it was built on a lot pur chased july 14 1851 for l12 10s by john michell who gave the village its name twentyfour years later on july 5 1875 it was purchased by two brothers john and duncan macnab who had arrived from scotland in the 1850s for many years it was known as the macnab store in those days all wares were brought from toronto by team and sleigh butter eggs lard tallow lumber shingles maple sugar axe handles and candles were trans ported by farmers to the city market and brought back to the store eggs were packed in oat hulls and straw to prevent breakage and as much as 7 tons of butter would be handled during a season from spring to fall in 1899 when the mac nab brothers retired the business was transferred to williams son peter sr and johns two sons peter jr and charles peter sr finally bought out his cou sins and for some time con ducted the business him self the store has changed hands many times since the days of the mac- nabs among its owners have been reuben besse and david scott who oper ated it jointly and david scott who carried on alone other names connected with the store were wilkin son mitchell lewis bur- trum and galloway ernie baker fred mowder and robert madill also ran the business at different times it present owner is jim curtis whose grocery and meat business caters to the needs of the village and the surrounding area the evening group of ucw is holding a meat casserole supper in the basement of the united church wednesday march 22 from 530 pm until all are served mr john french of the university of toronto in his demonstration of glass blowing in aid of clare- monts centennial fund which will be held in the community hall march 29 at 800 pm will also show about 50 coloured slides depicting the history of the art various pieces of blown glass will be auc tioned admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children refresh- ments will be available mr and mrs moses nor ton visited with mr and mrs bob macdonald of orillia over the weekend the death of mr ross middleton last thursday has left a gap in the life of the village he was a well- known and familiar figure for many years mrs frank lloysl is visiting her daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs bill patt of willowdale mr edgar prouse has returned to his place of employment with mr joe forsyth of balsam after convalescing at the home of his sister mrs tom hammond mr and mrs gary tomp kins have moved to barrie where mr tompkins is presently employed mr and mrs james french of scarboro were sunday dinner guests at the home of mr and mrs l d almack four year old ross mclaurin of ux- bridge is staying at the almack home while his mother mrs colin mc laurin is in hospital mrs a r bate left last week for a holiday in washington and san diego california mr and mrs lloyd bry ant and donna of clare- mont and carolyn bryant and charles fortner of toronto were dinner guests at the home of mr bryants aunt mrs mabel ross of uxbridge on sun day mr and leslie rowe of stouffville joined their nephew mr ellis britton and his family for dinner saturday evening to cele brate mrs rowes 80th birthday on sunday the brittons were dinner guests of mr and mrs rob smith and family of agin- court recent visitors at the home of mr and mrs w p boyington were the misses marguerite and frances bowles of uxbridge there was a lot of fun at the croquinole and box social party given by the board of stewards of the united church on wednes day evening auctioneer bill walker of unionville kept things going putting the attractive boxes up for sale the high box owned by mrs russell hamilton went to bob madill win ners at croquinole were ladies 1st mrs william announce fund drive for uxbridge hospital addition beginning march tion to uxbridge cottage 17 a fund drive will be launched to cover the cost of the recently completed addi- hospital the total objective is s125000 4h clubs organize uxbridge the 1967 4h agricultural club pro gram will soon be under way in ontario county an invitation is extended to ontario county farm young people to join a 4h agricultural club club members must be at least 12 years of age as of janu ary 1 1967 and under 21 years of age as of decem ber 31 1967 4h clubs will be orga- ized in late march and concluded in august and september club members are required to attend club meetings carry out a project and compete at an achievement day evans consolation mrs bob madill mens 1st earl anderson consolation bill hammond mr and mrs malcolm macdonald of scarboro were sunday visitors last week at the home of mr and mrs alex schneider the country around the home of mr and mrs ivan taylor is a mecca for ski- doo enthusiasts among others enjoying the sport recently were mr and mrs gordon taylor and mr and mrs garry taylor of clare- mont and mr and mrs bob hoskins and mr and mrs jerry lymer of oshawa mr and mrs harry chaplin mr and mrs ed warden and mr and mrs murray tyndale had din ner on friday evening at the silver dragon king ston road to celebrate mrs wardens birthday the afternoon unit of the ucw will entertain the residents at the clare- mont nursing home on thursday march 23 begin ning at 2 pm rev a e crcsswell will be the speaker the program will be under the leadership of mrs russell hamilton and mrs frank carson hostesses will be mrs wesley lehman and mrs ross middleton en po h not as easy as it looks drinking milk out of a coke bottle is not a particularly difficult task rut put a nipple on the end and the chore becomes much more tedious thats what albert mcqueen of claremont discovered in a recent contest at the altona com munity centre he still won the prize emptying the bottle in two minutes flat sua photo 4h clubs with the as sistance of local club lead ers are conducted under the direction of the onta rio department of agri culture and food the following clubs will be offered this year dairy and beef calf market hog grain corn potato and conservation senior section senior calf club mem bers those over 16 as of january 1 will again be organized into a senior section this section meets with the junior members but it offered a more ad vanced program the sen ior members are required to maintain records such as feeding breeding pro duction or health records on at least five cows in the home herd instead of sub mitting feed records on their project calf they are still required to exhibit their calf at achievement day grain club members will again have a choice of oats or barley as their plot crop last year approxi mately i of our 4h grain club members in ontario county chose barley for their project plot al though 1966 was not a particularly good year for barley most of these mem bers were well satisfied with their barley plots rural young people in terested in 4h work are urged to contact the onta rio department of agricul ture and food office ux bridge for further infor mation family night by eleanor bunker altona womens institute members keep in mind the family night pot luck supper saturday even ing in the altona commu nity centre at 630 pm please bring dishes and silver for your own fami- iy- mr and mrs don davis larry and brian of weston had supper sunday with mr and mrs mcrv bunk er hats for you the wi sponsored short course is beginning tonight thurs day for any of the ladies of the community at the home of mrs colin wil liams at s pm mr and mrs charles hilts have arrived home after spending 6 weeks in florida this is your invitation to a shower for stanley crockford and his bride to be held on monday even ing march 20 at the home of mr and mrs percy shaw of glasgow jr farmers hold second drama festival uxbridge the sec ond ontario county jun ior farmer drama festival was held on march 4 in the uxbridge secondary school three of the four local clubs each presented a one act play beavcrton junior farm ers presented his first shave a comedy in one act by ronald else the bcaverton actors were janet tomlinson elaine beggs june parliament carl parliament and bill wood port perry junior farm ers staged cleaned and pressed a one act come- dvdrama by thos o hove the characters were played by donna robert son elaine medd marilyn rodd john phoenix and murray empringham the winning play rise and shone a one act comedy by elda cadogan was presented by the brooklin junior farmers the cast consisted of di ane graham pat stell dave hawthorne and carl wilson the adjudicator for the evening mr charles jolif- fe complimented the three clubs on their efforts and emphasized the import ance of a critical attitude towards the theatre mr joliffe then discussed the three plays in turn indi cating the merits and faults of each of the ac tors ontario county junior farmers are to be congra tulated on a most success ful festival late ross middleton born at goodwood claremont on thursday march 9 mr ross middleton of clare mont passed away in the scarboro general hospital in his 66th year born at goodwood the son of the late joseph middleton he became wellknown over the the years as a mechan ic employee at the clare mont garage he was forc ed to retire due to ill health he had lived in claremont since 1942 and was identified with the united church mr middleton is surviv ed by his wife the former dorothy ferguson one son gerald of ashbum and grandchildren bon ny peggy and mary ann there are three sisters mrs sadie bennett of scarboro and mrs stewart thomson and mrs james schneider both of toron to one sister mrs ida dolitho and three brothers frank fred and rucben are deceased rev a e cress well conducted the service sunday afternoon at the mceachnie funeral home pickering with interment stouffville cemetery the pall bearers were george constable kenneth ward james peddie clarence bielby ralph norton charles rcdshaw and rob ert torrance new clause homemakers learn volunteers perform more than 90 per cent of the work done by the can adian red cross society additional donations claremont the claremont community centre would like to add the following names to the list of donors for the maintenance of the school arena this winter the committee would also re mind residents that dona tions arc still being ac cepted most recent con tributions have been re ceived from allan red- shaw isabel gregg earle pilkcy ken jones joe tran mrs a robertson and ken ward your sup port of this worthwhile project has been appreci ated by mrs isabel annis brougham the 4h homemakers met at the home of elinor wannop and answered the roll call with information on the scandinavian countries mrs harden leader intro duced new recipes cab bage rolls and rhubarb soup the next meeting will be at the home of miss janet pearce members are asked to bring the rec ipe file up to date for the ncxtl meeting mrs l honey port perry is spending a few days at the m annis home noble grand sister beer conducted the business at the regular meeting of the joy rebecah lodge sis ters beer and murray were named to represent the lodge on the village centennial commitee pledge cards for the eye bank may be obtained from sister bowler mr and mrs jack mairs and mr and mrs chas surphlis have returned from holidaying in florida pickering instal ment dates for paying pickering township taxes in 1967 will be april 2s june 30 august 31 and october 31 the tax bylaw had a new clause in it which stipu lated that if a taxpayer did not pay his taxes on or be fore the instalment due date the subsequent in stalment or instalments shall forthwith become due and payable because of this clause deputy reeve mrs j l mcpherson councillors donald beer and harvey spang opposed the bylaw reeve laycox councillors john williams norman waller and ronald chat- ten upheld it unfair method deputy reeve mrs mc pherson agreed that there was laxity in pickering township and in many others she also agreed that the borrowing inter est in the bank was terri fic but she didnt be lieve that penalizing some one who was sick or un able to pay and making them pay their whole tax bill because of it was just mr williams said the in nocent have been paying on behalf of the guilty anyone the 2s000 bank interest he said was not only coming out of people who dont pay but those who have already paid tax on time we are attempting to get everybody o pay taxes on time he said if someone is sick he would nt be able to pay his taxes anyway he is only penalized said the deputy reeve for that one payment but at this rate he is in de fault for the wliole thing councillor harvey spang didnt think there should be instalments and that there was hundreds of dollars to pay out be fore you get the taxes in when the deputy min ister points his finger at you sand councillor wil liams i think that is the only direction for me bowling euchre the annual euchre of the ladies lawn bowling club was held in the stouffville legion hall march 13 au euchre and door prizes were donated by members of both the ladies and mens groups one possible cure for worrying about what oth ers think of you remem ber how little time you de vote to criticizing others municipal building wins award pickering picker ing township municipal building was one of the 100 finalists in the centen nial awards competition for the masscy medals for architecture the 100 buildings vill be recognized by publica tion in a special book craig ziedlcr and strong architects report this with pride and announce that their firm was the re cipient of nine awards one of which was for the pickering township build ing and another for the ajax municipal building george coppins school secretary een years ight goodwood mr george w coppins con cession 5 uxbridge town ship passed away sudden ly at his home on thurs day march 2 he was 74 born at churchill in whitchurch township he was the son of the late william coppins and em ma nesbilt he is survived by his wife the former levina norton three sons douglas murray and gary and eight grandchildren a sister mrs wallace vaug- han resides in stouffville and a brother herbert lives at bethany two oth er brothers ray and wil liam are deceased a farmer for the past 27 years he served as secre tarytreasurer of the fifth line public school for a period of 18 years he was identified with the united grch the service conducted by mr e ralph inglcby of goodwood united church was held march 6 at the chapel of low and low uxbridge interment was uxbridge cemetery the pall bearers were aiacrt hockley robert ncsbitt gordon symcs arthur parratt marshall sjarrard and ralph nor ton many others to choose from hendricks model 30ii0w complete wltli window donr infinite heat switches panel light itog s2899s saik prick 22900 with trade present stock reduced to clear hardware and electric 29 main st w stouffville phone 6403622 0