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tit 10 the tribune tbursr astt 24 1967 mount zion honors donor of community centre the path leading to the little red schoolhouse at mount zion was familiar to many who attended the reunion gathering on the grounds saturday the occasion was the official opening of the school as a community centre donated to the section by mrarthur latcham of slouffville two year old lisa mctaggart daughter of mr and mrs ken mctaggart of greenwood sits aboard a 100 year old rocker on display in the community centre lisas great grandfather john jones donated staff photo the site of the building back in 1s73 staff photo nip emr tws mam 1 m sol llllill mi m ms a reunion of ml zion classmates of 191415 included left to right vcrna collrell of cannington muriel spears horn- shaw whitevale violet cottrell cameron toronto lloyd wilson balsam ralph jones ml zion mrs alma sopcr teacher of uxbridge waller carson brooklin allan jones brooklin percy jones balsam and lome jones balsam staff photo m 1111 1 ill bbbabbggafattkwk former ml zion teacher mrs alma nulling soper of uxbridge talks over old limes with former students left to right thomas empringham richmond hill russell jones toronto irving mcavoy clare mont and harold jones brooklin staff photo a fine photo it looks lake me by anne loney claremont last week mr and mrs elwood johnston with bonnie and patty and mr and mrs harold johnston and nancy attended a family reunion picnic in honor of their niece mrs clifford ross of vancouver island whom ihey had not seen for 12 years the picnic was held by the lake at the home of mr and mrs herb white of pine orchard and along with mr and mrs ross and their family other relatives at the picnic were mr and mrs armand eng lish and richard of stouff- ville mr and mrs walter johnston and earl and miss jean johnston of pine orc hard mr and mrs edson johnston and mr and mrs don jones of qucensville mr and mrs donald john ston of preston and the misses eileen and florence fair of toronto recent claremonl visi tors at expo were mrs doug norton miss rose mary hedges mr and mrs ed white and mr and mrs elwood johnston an honored guest at the robert barton home last week was 96 year old mr r aycrs of hillsdale man or oshawa who with his son mr herbert avers came for saturday night supper also with mr and mrs barton for the week end was miss alice mc lennan of toronto the rev j a carnegie of ellcndale north dakota with mrs carnegie and their daughter morag and mrs carnegies mother mrs mckinlcy have been the guests of mr and mrs maurice binsted rev car negie was a former minis ter at claremont baptist church dont forget the good- fellowship tea and bake sale tuesday august 29 at 230 pm in the base ment of the united church mrs loss hill is home after a three weeks holi day with mr and mrs ray hill and family at their cottage at oakview beach collingwood sunday was mrs hills birthday and she was home in time to re ceive visits from her daughters and sonsinlaw mr and mrs bill hicks of whitby and mr and mrs eugene paisley of stouff- villc later another daugh ter and soninlaw mr and mrs wilmol hill took her to manchester for a birth day chicken dinner mr and mrs donald davis and sons greg and brett have relumed from a five weeks cross con tinent camping trip which included southern cali fornia and visits to disney land and the grand can yon with them was their champion st bernard alndons colossus who placed fourth in open at the st bernard national specialty show at the santa barbara kennel club recent visitors at the home of mr and mrs robert hockley were mrs hockleys aunt mrs ina woodburn of toronto and mr and mrs al halatuck also of toronto pickering three grade 13 graduates of pickering district high school and one from both ajax and dunbarton high schools have been design ated ontario scholars each achieved 80 per cent or over on seven cre dits they arc joy green of claremont laurel bird of brojrham and susan craig of pickering all stu dents of pickering district high school from dun- barton the honor has gone to colleen bccgan of pick ering and at ajax it is margaret peggy morris of ajax joy green daughter of mr and mrs h t green of claremont topped the five scholarship winners with an average of 846 percent susan craig of pickering was second with 83 percent supper guests last week at the home of mr and mrs thomas hammond were mr and mrs william nicholson and son mark of scarboro visiting mr and mrs herbert hilge and mrs gertrude kassner during the weekend were mr and mrs conrad werner and their son and daughter-in- law mr and mrs conrad werner jr of oldenburg germany mr and mrs james ped- die visited with mr and mrs jim glendenning at silver birch lodge lake st peter on sunday mr and mrs john paton have had a busy spring and summer judging at the dog shows across canada in april they were al leth- bridge in june at kingscon and oshawa in july at woodstock ontario in august at fredericton nb and in november they will again be in new bruns wick judging at the st john dog show mr and mrs lloyd jones with john richard and elmer and mrs jones sis ter mrs roberta hill and daughters elaine and dawn motored to dundalk on sunday of last week to visit their father mr barn- ford broome before mrs hill and dawn left on mon day for their home in wels- ford new brunswick elaine is remaining with her aunt and uncle and will attend high school at ux bridge on sunday of last week mrs ken jones entertained at a family supper on the hack lawn of her home in honor of her mother mrs george beverleys birth day with mr jones and the family lenora howie and eric the guests includ ed mr george beverley mr and mrs gordon ben son blanche benson tom benson and linda grace benson and jim hopkins mr and mrs larry ver non mr and mrs jack vernon with rodney and debbie mr and mrs ivan benson with linda and kenny mr and mrs bob benson with billy and dcn- nic all of claremont and dave beverley of toronto weekend guests last week at the home of mr and mrs l d almack were mr mark darrah of southport england mr chris darrah formerly of chapel styles lane eng and now of toronto and mr michael halshall of formby eng mr and mrs darrah were close friends of the almacks when they lived in southport mark and his friend michael visited expo and have left for san francisco before flying back to england from new york monday night the almacks had a combined bon voyage par ty for the boys and mr and mrs harold window of chalk lake who left on tuesday for a six weeks tour of holland and the british isles and a birth day party for mr almack weekend visitors at the home of mr and mrs jack rennie were mr and mrs j ingham and boys mr and mrs d smilh and children from ajax mrs j watts downsview and mr and mrs g coytc of don mills those attending the wil sons park reunion at green river from clare mont were mr and mrs jack rennie and marilyn ken torrance and mr and mrs bob budd kimberley and brent on saturday evening mr and mrs jack hill enter tained the claremont unit ed church choir in honor of bridetobe miss lcona hanthornc members pre sented lcona with a gift in appreciation of her ser vice to the choir for sever al years luncheon guests of mrs roy timms on thursday august 7 were mrs gord on bland ethel kitto of brampton mrs del patch and kevin mrs joseph maltby and her granddau ghter karen maltby all of rr i mai ton on sunday mr and mrs ry timms and boys attended the sanderson ella reunion at hornby ontario a community shower will be held in honor of miss lena hanthornc fri day evening august 25 at 8 oclock in the claremont united church sunday school room lcona will be married to bruce brow ning of orillia september 9 bruce is formerly of claremont mt zion its a fine photo it looks just like me commented mr arthur latcham of slouff ville who with his wife were the guests of honor at the official opening of the mt zion community cen tre saturday afternoon mr ralph jones the com mittee chairman presented mr lalcham with an en graved picture and in re turn received the deed to the former school building mrs lome jones present ed mrs latcham with a corsage and a small person al gift it was mr lalcham who purchased the school from the pickering township area board to be used by the community as a centre for all their activities mr reg hoskins in ex pressing the residents gratitude said that while most people are only in terested in themselves there are those who also take an interest in the well- being of others we can all lake a lesson from those who find pleasure in doing something for some one else this is a wonder ful gesture mr hoskins reminded his listeners that in spite of the benefits of improved educational ser vices something had been lost with the closing of the little red schoolhouse but thanks to mr latcham our school will remain for our own use other platform guests included pickering town ship deputy reeve mrs jean mcpherson ward 2 councillor donald beer and area board vice chair man charles mctaggart the community centre was officially opened by mrs mcpherson and mr latcham as they unveiled a recently erected plaque on the front of the build ing the afternoon activities included mainly the renew ing of acquaintances be tween old friends teachers and classmates the inter ior of the community cen tre was filled with family keepsakes many dating back more than 100 years over 400 present more than 400 persons signed hie guest book dur ing the afternoon and eve ning the outdoor program at night revealed the talent in the community as mrs betty pegg took charge of an oldfashioned singsong other participants included gail disney beth hoar gloria jones gordon tab- er christine evans holley allbright mrs dorothy jones ron mason richard day and bill clark former teachers in at tendance includedcd mrs alma soper nutting 1914 and 1915 mrs ella mc- cttllougli pcnncll 192022 mrs mary mackinnon ward 192431 mrs ruby sinclair smith 194041 mrs adclc james brand 194546 mrs eileen sad ler slutc 194650 mrs jane tiffin carson 1953- 57 and mrs irene harper jones 195863 the history of the school was presented by mrs irene jones who had lived in the community since 1926 and taught school for over six years individual prizes were presented by mr ralph jones to mrs alma sopcr the teacher who taught the farthest number of years back 1914 and 1915 to mrs edgar ward of clare mont the teacher who taught the longest term 7 years to mrs eileen car- son thompson the pupil travelling the farthest dis- ance ottawa the oldest living teacher but unable to be present is mrs priscilla jones 96 of port credit a letter of congratulations was receiv ed from mrs ada holtby moffat age 90 of brandon manitoba the oldest pupil heard from was mrs greta hodgson steaman of moose jaw saskatche- notice to taxpayers of pickering township please lake note thai the 3rd instalment of the 1967 property taxes is due and payable on or before august 31st 1967 if the 1st or 2nd instalment of the 1967 laxes were 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