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lei w the thjome twafcr july f 1767 derailed canadian national campers special blocks line at goodwood cnr engine no 4164 was partially derailed but remained upright after it was struck by a thirteen truck driver dennis fournier of island lake had a miraculous escape from death his vehicle rammed the locomotive driv ton gravel truck at a level crossing on countv road 1a at goodwood none of the 370 children and coun- ing il and six cars off the track kournier was treated at the scene by two nurses on the train and taken to scarboro general hospital sellors en route to camp white pine in halihurton was injured staff photo by ambulance he was released later the same day staff photo claremon bears family by anne lonev claremont on the west side pf the brock road at the lane going in to claremont villa nurs- in home and where he road bends cast towards thf cpr railroad is a huge elm tree bearing a plaque inscribed wick- sops historic tree it is believed that this tree was planted by the wixson fam ily although the spelling of the name differs due pro bably to an error when the plaque was made joseph and joshua wix- 6on were the first pioneer settlers of the vicinity yhey came to canada from new york the latter part of the 18th century and were the descendants of an eng lish forefather who came a century before in 1684 to the state of massachusetts and later moved to new york they settled on the east and west sides of the brock road north of the 9ti concession joseph is saiid to have cleared about 400 acres on the west side between the 9th concession arjd the townline of ux- bridge he built his house just north of where the rrfad bends to the east half way between the four cor ners of the village and the present railway station joshua wixson his bro ther took up land on the cst side of the brock road his property extend ing from the cpr on the north to the nth concession on the south and half a mile cast it is believed tlat his daughter ruth mrs sylvanus sliarrard was the first white child in tte northern part o pick ering township mrs sliar rard is the great great grandmother of viola and cjcorgina forsyth who make their home in clare mont arid it is to georgina we are indebted for these historical notes the old farm is now occupied by mrs edgar ward ruth wixson was born on january 10 1804 and died february 23 1900 ag ed 96 years 1 month and 13 days she was familiar ly known as grandma sliarrard and was one of the original members of the claremont baptist church she taught in the sunday school from the early days until she was well over fourscore her husband sylvanus was of considerable prominence in the municipal and religious life of the community dur ing the first half of the 191h century he was a public spirited man and widely known as an effect ive preacher of the gospel one could truly say the wixsons were the first fam ily of claremont during july and august the public library will be open tuesdays from 300 pm to 500 pm and on fridays from 700 pm to 900 pm it will not be op en on saturdays the lib rarian mrs harry porter says that several newly published books have been received howard johnston mem bership secretary of ontar io riding is attending the ndp convention in the royal york hotel toronto mr and mrs al hep burn and family from tor onto who recently moved into the gary tomkins home left saturday for a holiday in algonquin park mr and mrs david mac- donald and vicki and ross visited in fenelon falls sunday mr and mrs elson mil es and family of milliken were friday visitors at the home of mr and mrs ellis britton mr and mrs hans de heus of kingston spent the holiday weekend with mrs de heus parents mr and mrs hugh michell due to the heavy rain on sunday the decoration day service of claremont union cemetery was held in the baptist church at 230 pm the rev dr h s hillyer gave the prayer mrs will evans played the organ mr and mrs lloyd wil son of mytrle visited with mr and mrs j w emp- ringham sunday mrs jack ward is home from oshawa general hos pital following a serious in jury to her foot suffered while mowing her lawn after seeing the stouff- ville parade on saturday afternoon mr and mrs lloyd pugh with rodney and barbara and fred moore went to ihe centen nial concert at pickering high school which was held in the evening as part of the townships centen nial celebrations wallace pugh and donald evans are home after spending a week at expo joyce schneider joined the alumni of tliebtant- ford baptist traininginsti tute and is enjoying a camping holiday with them at dunnville on lake erie a thoroughbred marc cloud iv owned by mrs attend wedding by elsie dunkeld atha mr and mrs grenville draper lorraine and mr and mrs doug ecklund attended the har- risoncromier wedding in st johns church burling ton mr and mrs donald dunkeld attended the cou ples bowling banquet held at the legion hall clare mont comments overheard as students tour museum one of those days clakkmont satur day juno 21 was one of tliosp days the tribune shorjtliahtled due to staff vacations ac quired the services of a re- porterplidtbffraplier to cover tiie centennial parade and church service twcntylwo pictures were taken loiiff after liotli events had concluded he film was developed to the editors dismay not a single photo was usable tiiis accounted for the nliscnce of picture coverage in the tribune issue of june 29 wr car only hope that hip gonri people of clare- nionl will understand our predicament and not hold it against us for ihe next 100 years henry chaplin won the se cond race at blue bonnet race track in montreal saturday mr and mrs- tom davis with their grandchildren kathy and scan mackcnz- ie spenllhe weekend at their cottage on kinnisis lake on saturday at sunder land race track two horses betty frost and mr harvey won a second and a third respectively they are owned by hilliard and robert stiner of clare mont mr keith etcher motor ed from windsor to lake back mrs etcher who has been here taking care of their daughters family du ring mrs earle pilkcys ill ness mr and mrs d j davis and son scott of big spring texas are guests of mrs davis cousin mrs t a newman and mr newman visitors at the home of mrs eva towner for deco ration day were mrs ida iarkin mr and mrs jim kennedy mrs edna flem ing mrs katie redman mrs margaret dale and mrs myrtle bccchman of toronto and mrs ed red- shaw and mr and mrs william towner and fam ily of claremont by elsa stoury brougham in june after a term of toil in class school children enjoy a re lease many of them select a visit to the pickering township museum at brougham for their annual outing nearly 2000 school child ren visited the museum in supervised classes during june most of them were from pickering school area 2 in the township yet there were almost as many from outside from peter- boro scarboro richmond hill brooklin and whitby it is interesting to note that there were no classes from pickering township school area 1 the north part of the township where the museum is located people are always assoc iated with things in a childs mind and almost all of the school children especially the first grades wanted to know who lives here they wonder who sleeps in the short rope bed with its bumpy straw mattress in the log cabin who wears the huge buffalo skin coat who eats the food in the heavy pots by the fire place this log house was built long before your grandmothers were born or even some of your great- grandmothers i told one grade 1 class 1830 is a long long time ago i told them about how people lived then sudden ly one little boys hand shot p the man left his gun here he said pointing to the old musket over the door to some history is alive lo others its a bore like the little girl who made a quick circle around the inside of the museum and out the door again in a flash that was pretty fast said the curator did you look at some of the exhi bits the girl shrugged i guess you didnt find it very interesting ven tured the curator thats just about it she replied locals visitors of mr and mrs tom lonergan loretta crescent over the weekend have been mrs m say and janice and michael of mo no centre and mr and mrs a ayley toronto they also helped celebrate the 2nd birthday july 1 of scott longergan mr richard anderson has returned home from huapiial after undergoing surgery band played on since the claremont citizens band attended stoufttillcs centennial celebrations july 1 taking part in both the parade and later in the program in the park one of its members is mr george pegj of markhaxa who joined the yroup in 1920 the leader is will coate staff photo 1 j custom drapes furniture t broadloom from killicks draperies 18 msn st mrk i slto9505 most are intrigued most of the children however are intrigued by every item and have more questions to ask than news men at a press conference mrs john gillman the former museum curators wife hears more out of the mouths of babes than art linkleler not all of them complimentary to her she takes it in good part and has had more chuckles in june than red skelton has in a season two small boys were overheard in a conversa tion at the log house won dering to each other who lived there 1 know said one its that old pioneer woman down al the museum often mrs gillman sits at the front of the museum where a miniature red river settlement is a terri fic temptation to busy little fingers sitting there quietly one day she moved a little a boy threw up his arms and screeched wow he said i thought you were stuffed are you 100 he ask ed she told him no not yet are you 90 80 and so on down the line when he had reached her approximate age she won dered if he would remem ber her since she was so old another little boy nudged his companion and said youll never forget her in the log house the ropes that separate the rooms from the public are down when the children come always supervised by their teachers so the children can examine the furnishings quite closely one child saw the rope in a corner and asked if people hanged themselves with that in the good old days one child was asked to demonstrate the yoke which is carved to fit around the human neck lo bear buckets of water long years ago no he said youre not going to beat me with that the function of the yoke was explained and the boy said he thought that was something which was used to beat people up with wild guesses sometimes the children are asked to name some of the things they see there are many wild guesses few of them ever heard of an apple rack a settle mangle or flail or many of the things their ances tors once used when the children are asked what kind of fur the old buffalo coat is made of most of the replies are mink often curator mrs ruth hay receives letters from some of her young visitors they tell her what they liked best in the museum and often as not it is the indian relics that have been dug in pickering township with many inquiries about fossils for we are studying them in school or simply the old cast iron toys or the ancient doll or two that children played with in the past they nearly all agree that they would rather live now than then starts thurs july 6th twwar wagon rolls and the screen explodes jte john wayne kirk douglas technicrjlqrfpanavisibr a batmc presentation a marvin schwartz production a unhwsl brtwi ltftfor kicks for mm manm daily box office opena at 739 cont show from 91s pm north of steeles off woodbine tiioxk 8520033 tliiirs fri sat lily fi 7 x cflldmbla pictures a nothing short of jjg wondrous ufe v jcivnna plus man from laramie 1 stewart two showing at 700 pm and al 900 pm saturday matinee the above at 200 lion too wed inly 101112 butterfield eight e taylor plus never on sunday m mcrcouri one slwwinj at 730 pm only poce if all the boys and girls who said they were coining to ihe museum on history in action days sept 16 and 17 when the old arts and crafts are demonstrat ed when they can go for rides in wagons pulled by horses when 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