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winning top awards is not a new experience for ayrshire cattle belonging to william c reid of ashbum at uxbrldge fair saturday this four year old won the best udder class receiving the hacknermeek award from 2nd vicepresident les meyers right is herdsman jim horner jim thomas this beautiful quilt completed by mrs helen clark of uxbridge won a red ribbon and an ad miring audience at uxbrldge fair last weekend selected as grand champion its to be included in the canada packers competition at lindsay fair this fall jim thomas pickering museum history in action greenwood therell be history in action in more ways than one this weekend at greenwood for it marks the return to action of the former pickering museum at brougham after an absence of three years when it was all but rendered obsolete by the federal governments ex propriation of its land for an airport since that time 13 buildings and 35000 artifacts have been removed to the new site where it will all come to life again saturday and sunday it was a gigantic operation according to pickering recreation director tom quinn just think of moving your house times 150 he said every means possible were used to relocate the buildings and contents except airplanes quinn said there were still numerous artifacts stored at the old site which will eventually be i moved to greenwood the museum is more than just a museum it is in fact a village in which antique cars steam engines crafts cutlery dinnerware quilts gowns and other reminders of a less hectic age are on display the village and museum occupy 27 acres compared to six at the brougham site just off highway 7 in greenwood theres a huge parking lot just outside director quinn said after that its a brisk hike over the duffin creek bridge where the rest of the modern world disappears and the old village takes over history in action weekend begins with a parade through greenwood saturday morning starting at 930 am complete with bands and antique cars it also coincides with green wood day which features games exhibits a beer tent and a dance at night ghost thresher coines to life markham now it can be told little over a year ago bob hagerman his wife and family returned home from their cottage to discover an allsteel goodison threshing machine parked on his front lawn at ridgevale drive box grove he didnt know where it had come from and neither did his neighbors not being one to look a gift horse in the mouth bob put his ingenuity to work and in a matter of weeks had the big machine looking like it had just rolled off the assembly line then he donated it to the markham museum but how did it get to the hagerman property and where did it come from tom huehn of cedar grove is the party respon sible he spotted the thresher in a field near whitevale and knowing full well that premier billdavis would have no use for a contraption of that kind hooked a tractor onto the front and hauled it to the farm of a friend there he hid it behind the barn for a couple of weeks then parked it at bob hager- mans place knowing hed appreciate the value of such a rare antique sure i took it over in the dead of night but how no one heard it ill never know the noise was unreal tom told the tribune anyway the fifty year old relic in its new surroundings was viewed by hundreds sept 6 when the markham historical society held its annual heritage day paxton drops out uxbridge twp changes are assured in the makeup of uxbridge township council after this year latest to announce the intended withdrawal from municipal politics is john paxton the member from ward 1 hell conclude his second term at the end of december councillor paxton was regarded by many as a kind of biblical david taking on some of the giants in the gravel industry and on occasions the provincial government too like his predecessor clark muirhead he fought vigorously against the opening of new pits in the township and pushed for tighter controls over aggregate operations mayoralty candidate pickering veteran pickering town councillor john kitchen has announced hell be a candidate for mayor in the nov 10 municipal election councillor kitchen a member since 1967 revealed his intentions at a news conference monday morning the only other committed councillor seeking the towns top post is doug dickerson he threw his hat in the ring last spring the incumbent mayor jack anderson hasnt yet said if hell let his name stand again before all the dust has settled there could still be another face in the crowd councillor ken matheson is expected to enter the race but to date has made no statement to open ne hydro offices pickering pickering hydro will officially open its new offices at 1735 bayly street on thursday uniay 1 commission chairman murray wilson will cut the ribbon during ceremonies at 3 pm assisted by general manager john wiersma town mayor jack anderson and ed inouye of ontario hydros markham area hugh macaulay chairman of ontario hydro will address the gathering george ashe parliamentary assistant to the minister of energy and mayor anderson will also speak briefly the pickering commission headed by murray wilson in cludes don kitchen vice- chairman and members david burrows donald given and bob gregory balloon f est pleasure park claremont the bounds will be taking after the hares sept 12 13 and 14 at pleasure valley and all those concerned are up in the air about it or at least they will be if all goes well for thats when pleasure valley will be holding the first of what it hopes will be an annual canam balloon festival with its hotair con testants coming from all over canada the united states and even england the balloons straight out of jules vemes classic novel around the world in eighty days or closer to home a certain beer commercial on fair said success uxbridge despite a drop in attendance uxbridge fair president keith davidson has described last weeks event as a success not an overwhelming success according to davidson with the exception of the demolition derby but enough to make him feel the fairs modest change in direction was the right one the latter he said has been from horses to agriculture while the horses were still a big part of the fair the heavy horse pull was one of the more popular events he was trying to get the fair turned around to agriculture he said there had been a 10 per cent increase in exhibits and good representation from 4- h clubs there had also been tremendous interest in beef dairy and sheep displays there wasnt a dance this year the president said we felt we could only spread our selves so thin if we had a pavilion we could have done it davidson said he wanted to thank the many people who worked so hard i had a tremendous crew the president is the hub but without spokes hes nothing i had lots of spokes he concluded television are complete with wicker baskets propane gas and crew and will be featured in a series of events all weekend among these will be the hareandhound competition mentioned earlier in which one balloon is released into the air first as a hare and the rest follow as bounds from then on the hare tries to elude the following armada of gas and windmanoeuvred vehicles theres also a leafpicking contest where it takes a long arm and a low balloon to get a bagful the festival sponsored by pleasure valley and various merchants will feature 15 to 20 of the sevenstorey balloons one of the pilots is rod sherrard of claremont there will be one night flight sept 12 at 6 pm with the other launching times 645 am 10 am and 6 pm both days after sunrise and before sunset when the air is calmest are the best times for going up said karen rosenthal one of the organizers the pilots are at the mercy of the wind agreed gary convery of pleasure valley they go where it blows landing is accomplished by releasing the gas slowly and then drifting to the ground the balloons carry from one to three people and have a crew of six or less flying balloons is a super experience says convery and theyre very colorful its also a great spectator sport says mrs rosenthal who along with her husband julian has one of the 15000 balloons in the meantime all con cerned are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping the weatherman will cooperate ladies enlist no uniforms york region when chief bruce crawford sought out personnel to serve on his new auxiliary police force he had no idea almost half the applicants would be women standby unit york region mem bers of the auxiliary force should be used only in emergency situations paul coghill president of the police association has informed the board the executive was informed in advance of a plan whereby thirty auxiliary officers would be trained and placed on standby the president said the association wanted assurance that no members of the auxiliary unit would be assigned duties that should go to regular officers x this presented him with a problem uniforms to fit the men he told a meeting of the police commission last week could wear hand-me- downs from the departments present stock but no such female attires available because of this he said if might be necessary to delay acceptance of the gals until after a new budget is approved in january however member lou wainright of richmond hill felt the ladies could begin their training program immediately and then take their rightful place when the uniforms do arrive chief crawford said he hoped to have the force ready for action by midnovember just in time for santa claus parades across the region of the 30 men who applied 22 were found suitable chief crawford revealed not one of the twelve female applicants was rejected commission chairman gladys rolling described the response as tremendous church memorial green river if the joy of the occasion was tinged with bitterness it didnt show rather the event resembled a reunion the coming together of old friends and former neigh bors on the site of historic brunswick hill cemetery the occasion was the un veiling of a cairn dedicated to the memory of those who served within the congregation of green river baptist church now closed vera mrs winton white 91 took part in the ceremony assisted by kathleen gostick head of the memorial committee only once during the hour- long service did resentment over the plight of the community show through and that came during the reading of the churchs history when mention was made of the fiasco in volving the proposed pickering airport along the same line town councillor gerry fisher described the gathering as the end of an era we are called here today to commemorate a great church said chairman ray miller a church that has touched all our lives other participants included rev and mrs ww fleischer ruth hutchings violet lane mpp wm newman john irwin and dr roy lawson the message was delivered by dr ronald watts representing the baptist convention of ontario and quebec it was back in may 1848 that a baptist church was first established at what is still referred to as brunswick hill forty years later it was dismantled and moved closer to the centre of the community in june 1979 after the govern ment had expropriated the property the sanctuary was officially closed its been hard to take dr watts stated in his sermon remarks but most of you have made the adjustment it was vera white however who summed up the feelings of- everyone in attendance when she said dont hold resent ments in your hearts be tolerant and think of all the good things that have been done towards you the cairn created in the likeness of the church was constructed by bruce van- derbent rr 1 unionville in addition to kathleen gostick other members of the memorial committee included ruth hutchings david pugh and benson draper vera white right a former green river resident officiated at the unveiling of a cairn sunday on the site of the communitys first 3apust church erected in 1848 at what is known as brunswick hill cemetery with mrs white is kathleen gostick chairman of the memorial committee green river church later moved to a new location a short distance west was closed in 1979 jim thomas