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9ti 10 the tsisjne thaiin aural 17 1967 id ic if a i o tl tl n claremont trustee board criticized boy scout commended by town council twelve year old haijr dcrusha son of mr and mrs george de rusha of claremont has been commended by the council of the village of stouffville for assisting a fi year old boy after he fell fifteen feet from a rotary slide in the stouffville park haig a member of the claremont boy scouts carried the in jured lad six blocks to a doctors office staff photo claremont at the end of the current year 1967 the police village status of claremont will be dissolved many ratepayers are reluctant however to turn over all surplus funds to pick ering township as required by the municipal act the amount of money available has been estimated at 11000 an application has been submitted asking that this money be placed in trust and used for future improvements to claremont sidewalks and street lights the resolution approving the recommendation was passed by pickering council august 3 and for warded to the ontario municipal board reeve clifford laycox wasnt optimistic over its chances i can almost guarantee that any surplus will go back to the general fund he said the village board has until the end of the year to spend the money originally they had planned to buy property at the intersection of the brock road and concession 9 for a parkcttc and parking lot but without success clark d j plitz will pass on the municipal boards decision to council as soon as it is received carl devitt enters fiddlers contest hill entertained for a fam ily reunion aug 13 it was also the occasion of mr hills birthday those present included mr and mrs watson fairlesstouff- ville mr and mrs russell hill and lloyd of peter- boro miss sandy phin rouge hills mr and mrs sandy davis and carol vandorf mr and mrs ed logan stouffville and mrs alma bonisteel and gail of peterboro by anne loney claremont mr carl devitt was among those competing in the 1 7th annual old tyme fid dlers contest at shel- bourne august 11 and 12 mr and mrs edward tully with their children carol and kenneth and mrs tullys parents mr and mrs j harmon all from crawley england ar rived in georgetown last week for a visit with mrs tullcys sister and brother- inlaw mr and mrs john hole and family over the weekend they all were the guests of mr tullcys aunt mrs george ham mond of claremont on saturday they enjoyed a family picnic on the lawn of mr and mrs everett hammonds home along with other cousins mr and mrs thomas ham mond and their family mr and mrs ken wright and their daughter mary lou of kingston were weekend guests of mr and mrs alan rcdshaw mr and mrs robert hockley and donnic are home after a motor trip through northern ontario glen gauslin and ken torrance accompanied ar thur maxwell back to montreal when he return ed to resume his duties with expo arthur is stay ing with his mother mrs lorraine mclcod who is also working at expo dur ing the summer months miss karen hayward who has taken a position for the summer months with thornlcy hayncs in toronto has been sent to montreal by the firm to oversee the opening of their new office in that city mrs frank hayward left on tuesday to join her daughter for a weeks holiday on saturday of last week mrs lloyd jones was pleasantly surprised when her sister and broth erinlaw sgt and mrs colin curtis of kingston dropped in unexpectedly on the same day another sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs ed dcvcau arrived from toronto with their family and mrs jo nes brother elbert brome also of toronto last sat urday mr and mrs jones accompanied by mrs el mer jones were guests at the wedding of richard bernard of oxbridge and miss marie brady of tor onto in st johns rc church toronto and later at the reception at the town and country the goodfcllowship class is opening its season with a bake sale and after noon tea at 230 pm aug ust 29 in the basement of the united church on sunday mr and mrs don hedges were supper guests at the home of mr and mrs arthur bates in woodbridgc we are sorry lo report that mrs frank loyst has been confined to stouff ville hospital for the past two weeks mrs henry chaplins thoroughbreds have had a successful campaign at blue bonnet race track in montreal cloud iv and mr brutus winning two races each mr and mrs clark van- stone spent their holidays at their cottage at fenelon falls mr and mrs howard say police ignore claremont hooligans pickering a bay ridges resident has charg ed that a restaurant that remains open until 3 am in that area is frequented by hooligans who create an unnecessary noise and disturbance in the early- morning hours george zeller said that a police cruiser drove right by the door of the establishment but no of ficers went inside peo ple there are paying 69 police mill rate they have right to a little quiet after 1 1 oclock mr zeller told members of council aug ust 8 that he personally checked the cars outside the restaurant and found that five of seven vehicles belonged to claremont drivers mr zeller was promised that the problem would be investigated only hot air mr zeller further charg ed that a bylaw to regulate the operation of pedlar and catering vehicles in the township had received two readings back in 1966 hut had never been finaliz ed he said he was parti cularly concerned with the curbside sale of ice cream and frozen food claremont the claremont village trustee board was subjected to harsh verbal critcism monday at a group meet ing of three resident rate payers held in the private home of mr gerald all- man brock road mr allman who chaired the gathering charged that the trustees had done no thing in an effort to re tain an estimated 11000 in surplus funds thai could go back to pickering township at the conclu sion of the current year he said that the village board appeared willing to release the money after their own parkette project had been turned down he further charged that a let ter sent out by the trus tees to all ratepayers in the village was a direct attack on one man a se nior resident here before pc picnic on saturday pickering the on tario county conservative picnic an annual event in the area will be held sat urday august 19 greenwood conservation area in pickering town ship is expected to be an ideal location for the fam ilytype gathering that starts at 2 pm a full program of races games and a fish pond have been arranged for the youngsters while older guests can devote them selves to other getacquaint ed activities there will be plenty of door prizes and the special bake sale table will be another feature of the day a number of people wellknown in federal and provincial politics will be special guests including conservative leadership candidate mike starr who is mp for the district senator allister grosart of pickering provincial mem ber ab walker of oshawa riding and bill newman provincial candidate for ontario south riding a nominal 2 per car will allow admission to the con servation area and to the special picnic section greenwood conservation area located on green wood road in the fouth concession of pickering these members were even born the continuous ha rassment of this gentle man must stop declared the speaker we the rate- dayers of this village will not stand for such a thing although mr allman did not mention the man by name it was evident that he was referring to mr fred ward mr ward was present at the meeting a- long with mr edgar ward mr allman contended ihat it was only right that the people of claremont should know what action had been taken he said that with no as sistance from the trustees thev as private citizens had approached councillor harvey spang with a rec ommendation that the sur plus funds be placed in trust for future improve ments to street lighting and sidewalks he noted further that such a reso lution proposed by mr spanc had been approved by pickering township and submitted to the mun icipal board mr allman suggested that if the recommenda tion is turned down by the omb the money should be used to purchase a new- fire truck i feel that the village would agree that the present truck should become a museum piece said mr allman besides what better way could we show our appreciation to members of our fine fire depart men t ndp candidate mr allan mclhail vice principal of brock district high school and member of cannington village council is the new democratic party candidate in the provin cial riding of ontario with reference to the cost of hydro in the vil lage mr allman said that at present it constituted between 3 and 4 mills on the rate of every taxpayer he said that interest from a si 1000 trust account could be used to reduce this expenditure he hint ed that the time could come when area hydro rates would be withdrawn and a general charge would be made across the entire township this would mean that we would be paying the same as res idents of bay ridges he said forsythe reunion mrs jim jones glen major mr and mrs joseph forsythe and donna attended the forsythe family reunion sunday at georgina park sunday visitors with mr and mrs edgar fiss were mr and mrs ed jones newmarket and mrs ar thur peddie brian and ann johnson brooklin spent the week end with their grandpar ents mr and mrs edgar johnson mrs paul baster and ju lie kitchener are spend ing a few days with mr and mis jim jones the bazaar and tea will be held saturday aug 19 from 3 to 5 at the home of mrs jim jones mr and mrs alec hing- ston and family along with mr j a hingston are spending holidays at the farm mrs a atkinson toron to spent the weekend with mrs clinton neville mrs h mcneil toronto spent last week with mr and mrs claude sim- monds several ladies enjoyed an evening at the home of mrs george pickett mon day miss ruth simmonds toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs claude simmonds w bayles brougham stricken suddenly brougham one of pickering townships best known and most highly respected residents passed away suddenly on monday walter c bayles of brougham died at his home following a heart attack he was 78 mr bayles was born in whitby township the son of thomas william bayles and margaret ann smith at an early age he moved with his parents to the 5th concession of pickering and later to concession 7 the location of the extend ed claremont conservation area he attended school at both audley and green wood prior to his marriage he took up residence on the brock road south of brougham and lived there up until the time of his sudden death mr and mrs bayles marked their 54th wedding anniversary this month the deceased had been an active member of st johns united church at brougham and served as a steward in the congrega tion for many years surviving besides his wife the former mary par kin are two daughters annie mrs howard pax- ton rri locust hill dorothy mrs kenneth whittingtom of oshawa and one son william of brougham a brother john resides at rr2 claremont service will be conduct ed at 2 pm thursday afternoon from the mc- eachn funeral home pickering with interment in salem cemetery the fam ily has requested that in lieu of flowers donations be sent to the building fund of the brougham united church mr and mrs edgar johnson and linda spent thursday evening with mr and mrs joe johnson brooklin a customer was careful ly stirring and searching in his bowl of oyster stew the waiter watched him for some time and finally said you sometimes find a pearl in an oyster stew im not looking for pearls the customer said im trying to find an oyster fe the i ifc vi i3 jfrdi v a out mm 1 jane parker le pie cak reg price each 49c save 13c white sliced timbertop pony show gormley the tim bertop pony club will hold a show saturday august 19 at wits end farm con cession 3 whitchurch township i miles north of the gormlcystouffville townlinc the club affiliated with the horse and pony socie ty in england is open to all riders under 18 admis sion is 5100 per car signs indicating the lo cation of the show will be placed at prominent inter sections then there was the stu pid fellow who was taking a correspondence course one day he decided to play hooky so he simply sent in an empty envelope altona the sudden passing occurred on sun day july 23 1967 of a wcllrcspectcd member of the altona community mr henry kerr the late mr kerr was born in county fermanagh northern ire land in 1900 he emigrated to canada in 1923 and joined the toronto police force in 1942 where he served for 29 years being retired in 1953 he was the captain of the police rifle and revolver team for 15 years during which time the team remained unde feated and was in posses sion of many trophies and awards for his skill he purchased the farm at allona to which he lat er retired in 1944 in his latter years he was em ployed by phillips elect ronics as a security guard for the 10 years prior to his passing he became an avid stu dent of the bible and could quote and discuss long passages at will he was possessed of 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