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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 8 1951 claremont and pickering twp district cm forsyth reports three ro bins hopping about on his lawn on monday could be spring mrs s cooke of lansing was a recent visitor for a- few days with mr and mrs earle cooke mr ana mrs mcgregor and babe of brooklin visited on sunday with her parents mr and mrs f redshaw the annual meeting of the wi will be held on thursday afternoon march 15th at the home of mrs v evans election of officers re newal of membership an address by mrs binell dist pres and reports of years work will be given lunch com mesdames anderson carson ward torrance morgan ah ladies welcome the goodfellowship class will be held on tuesday evening march 13th at the home of mr and mrs melvin johnson after a short devotional period the evening will be spent in playing crokinole all members are expected to be pre sent miss edna benns rn who has been visiting with mr and mrs magnus morgan in belleville since january has accepted a position in- belleville hospital for a few months the death of alan pretty of whitby son of mr and mrs alfred pretty formerly of claremont was announced from the church pulpit last sunday morning deceased had been a sufferer from diabetes since childhood and had been married for about five years deceased who was in his 27th year is survived by his wife the former jean sutherland funeral was conducted on tuesday after noon with interment in park lawn cemetery toronto thos hammond local village trustee should be notified by any householder desiring to obtain calcium dust layer for this sum mer the order for the years supply is being sent in shortly dust layer will be supplied to re sidents at half price as in former years mr arnold and howard burton of claremont elmer carter and russeli gray of brougham have returned home from an enjoyable twoweeks motor trip to florida mrs n sanderson reginald and mrs mantle visited on sunday with mr and mrs douglas bryant of pickering the united sunday school under the direction of mrs g mcconnell will present an easter pageant on wednesday evening march 28th commencing at s15 oclock in the united church for which tickets will be sold mr and mrs edgar ward and son mr s taylor miss v forsyth mr and mrs harry porter mrs m anderson mrs sanderson re ginald and many others of the community have been ill with the flu during the past week mrs symes has been teaching in the junior room during mrs porters absence from school county roadmen were busy on monday removing that liig elm tree that stands very close to the 9th concession thoroughfare just east of the reesor sideroad the towering fellow was rotted away in the interior and presented a constant danger during stormy- weather if it chanced to topple across the thoroughfare the recreation committee of claremont business and commun ity association will present a bingo and dance in the community hall on friday march 16 in celebration pf st patricks day prizes and games overall admission adults 50c and children 25c there will be a meeting of the pickering township film council on march 9 in brougham council chambers all representatives are requested to be present there is a training class each tuesday night at so in brougham for pro jectionists with milton campbell instructing a new member from brougham lias joined the library brougham mr and mrs thos sharp of greenbank also mrs stanley reil of blackstock were recent guests of mrs t c brown mrs c devitt visited at the home of her sister mrs george gray on friday feb 23fd when her father mr fred wright who lives with his daughter mrs gray celebrated his 81th birthday de spite arthritis he keeps his jovial temperament and is quite active pickering andmridgej p boost for board of twps paid 1305 in fox bounties a statement of the fox bounties paid by the county of ontario dur ing 1950 was presented to members of council last week it totals 60s5 as compared with ss09s in the pre vious year the bounty during this time stood at s5 per head this health mileage eliminated mr and mrs e burgess and lit- j amount has now been reduced to claremont taxi 21hour service im claioinont 81 44tf h cinmthers prop tie son of queensville also mrs h wideman called on mrs l mat thews on friday last mrs e woodward visited with her sister mrs boden in toronto during the weekend brougham and cambray hockey teams met friday evening at cam bray resulting in a score of 8 to 3 in favor of brougham mr m harlock has been confin ed to his bed during the past week due to an attack of flu his many friends wish him a speedy recov ery the regular monthly meeting of the wms of st johns church will be held at the home of mrs dean mairs on march 15th at 230 pm program convenor mrs geo duncan with group b roll call a verse from the book of thess- alonians hostess mrs mairs mrs cassie mrs woodward and mrs h plaxton congratulations to mr david norton who recently passed his grade 2 musical examination in theory at the toronto conserva tory also master john harvey who passed his grade 1 piano examina tion with honors both these boys being pupils of betty clark just a reminder to come to the brougham township hall on fri day evening march 9th the school children are holding an amateur concert sponsored by the womans institute of brougham come and bring your friends and relations the many friends of miss ruth gillman are sorry to hear that she is again back in oshawa hospital where she underwent another seri ous operation wo all wish her a speedy recovery mr and mrs bennett of toronto visited her brother mr and mrs ross middleton on sunday last miss evans of claremont called on mis middleton one day last week 82 so that it anticipated that boun ty payments for 1951 may be appro ximately 3000 whether or not the higher bounty rate has paid off in the saving of poultry flocks is a matter of opinion no doubt it has been a material assistance to many farmers the following breakdown pre pared by the county treasurers oflice is amount 11s0 415 380 565 gs5 g80 625 165 415 740 180 25 6085 academic and athletic awards presented at annual commencement municipality bountie- brock 236 east whitby 89 mara 7c pickering 113 rama 137 reach 136 scott 125 scugog i 33 thorah 83 uxbridge 148 whitbv 36 whitby town 5 1217 intermediate certificates secon dary school diplomas and sports added reeve westney i dont believe mileage should be allowed on any job declared deputyreeve neil e mcewen at the regular meeting of pickering township council on thursday thus comment arose during the passage of a bylaw to authorize new pay increases for certain members of the township board of health dr n f tomlinsons salary was increased from 1000 to 1500 per year without mileage dr p loos sanitary inspector will re ceive 1000 an increase of 600 without mileage miss walker public health nurse will receive 2600 an increase of 200 also mileage of 8c per mile these increases were placed be fore council as a recommendation from the board the townships 1951 order for calcium chloride came in for con siderable discussion deputy- reeve mcjewen strongly opposed the purchase of chloride for such dealers as chas cooper claremont john white brougham and others if they want the stuff let them buy a carload themselves de clared the deputyreeve figures showed that the total amount disposed of to all these dealers in the municipality was far short of a carload lot the township was shown to lose no thing in the deal since the dealers paid the municipality their full cost i dont see any harm in them getting in stated councillor balsdon its not a competitive product uxbridge high school holds public speaking competition the annual public speaking com petition was held last week in which a winner was selected out of the junior and senior classes miss jackie wibon was chosen by the four judges as the number one speaker in the senior group with donald shier runner up in the junior class miss betty beach coped the honours for the second year in a row while marion rodd placed second miss wilson re ceives the dr mellow shield and will have her name inscribed on it while miss beach has her name carved in the dr mcclintock shield typical of the junior champion ship these trophies will be re tained by the winners for the year when they will again be up for competition a number of students were chosen out of the school in a semifinal round and they com peted before the public during the schools open night subjects were selected and the students were al lowed to choose from them a topic that would be of interest both to themselves and to their listeners mrs a b matthews succumbs to heart ailment succumbing to a which had placed her in a state of delicate health for some time mrs albert b matthews passed away at the home of her daughter in whitby on thursday march 1st deceased was the former katherine madill born on the 7th con of pickering on july 2sth 1881 in 1905 she married albert b matthews and the couple farm ed continually in the brougham district until retiring to the village about ten years ago the late mrs matthews was of a retiring nature her chief interests being her home and her church st johns united church at broug ham her husband predeceased her three years ago surviving are two daughters mrs gerald harbron elsie myrtle and mrs harold craw- forth dora whitby there are three brothers fred and colin madill of claremont and henry madill port credit one sister is mrs fred dingman whitby and three grandchildren only remain ing member of the matthews fam ily still bearing the family name is mrs mary matthews broug ham the funeral service on saturday was conducted from st johns united church brougham by rev h lackey pallbearers were lloyd johnston levi hopkins warren willson wm ellicott lloyd white and john beelby in terment was made in the family plot at brougham cemetery awards were presented at the an nual claremont continuation school commencement exercises held in the community hall on thursday and friday of last week mr h c r briggs principal of the new pickering district high school which is to be in operation next september made the acade mic presentation to the following students secondary diplomas marean jamieson erla jones ivy schneider intermediate certificates anne barclay edward curl dennis dowling edith gostick alice keeler marion norton alary mc- avov joseph pegg sheila pegg mildred ward maty story died oct 1950 in the field of athletics signet rings with school crest donated by the students council were pre sented by mr padgett member of the public school board and active heart ailmentl member of the local business mens association they went to the fol lowing sr girl jean schneider sr boy gerald allman inter girl june davis inter boy reg san derson in the joint field met don rowe tied with bill mckay of pickering foi the inter boys championship a cup was donated by the high school board in addition to the awards each evenings entertainment featured two playlets entitled high school daze and cracked ice stouffville motors stocffville ontarioi oliver tractor 77 on rubber in good condition case c tractor steel wheels good mechanical con dition 1935 desoto car tires new motor new clean 1940 d2 international pickup truck in good condition 1912 kg international truck in good condition two 1946 ford chassis good brantford combination box 7 x ii with hoist all steel brantford dump box 4 5 yards with hoist and dr its still a bad practice against the statutes said mcewen a motion by the deputy reeve to ban such sales failed to produce a seconder an increase of 50 was granted monteitii monteith auditors for their work on the local school books mr earl taylor appeared be fore council to ask that certain farmers in the south be changed from the east woodlands to the pickering fire area that outfit is run by a bunch of men who have no thought of ex pense declared mr la theyre going to spend 10000 on which a fire hall with a dance hall above its too elaborate and not necess ary the matter was shelved for fur ther investigation by the clerk representation was made from the householders on the stroud sideroad a private road with about ten dwellings the road conditions were said to be very bad and the spokesman asked for information on steps to be taken to have the road taken over by the municipal ity and improved the roadway would have to be 66 ft wide to start with reeve westney told the men it was agreed that a move would be made to ascertain if certain parties would county forums increasing ontario county has increased the number of farm forums to fourteen clare burt provincial secretary was their speaker at a rally in greenbank hall wednes day march 7th renewing contact with the older groups and welcom ing the newlyorganized forums the farm radio forum pro gramme in ontario county brings about 250 farm people together in 14 groups each monday evening all listen to the same broadcast and discuss the same questions as other groups across the dominion the answers are as diversified as the thoughts of the rural people but show a solidarity of opinion on important points half the forums doubt if there taylor i j a cr a the present time warrants price controls however in the event of an allout war the majority want price con trols on all commodities because at the present time the costs of feed and farm machinery are high er than the produce the farmer ontario county mill rate to be boosted tlie ontario county mill rate was struck late last week sub stantially higher than last year many factors cause the increase one being thelower equalized assess merit due to the annexation of part of east whitby it is almost cer tain that when the road estimates are approved this week the 1951 county rate will be much higher than the seven mills of last year already total increases of 19 have been authorized 14 mills in re spect to the county home account and 5 on general account one of the large costs in ontario county is the administration of jus tice jury expenses alone will be close to 10000 while the opera tions of the sheriffs oflice and the crown attorney account for over 10000 more operations of the juvenile and family court cost 5000 per year for operation of the jail salaries is the large item estimated at 16500 for the cur rent year legal and audit fees will cost the county general fund an estimated 1300 this year fox and wolf bounties will be decreased to 3280 however one of the large items will be indigent hospitalization for which some s23- 000 will be expended one of the large items in the budget will be paid to the child rens aid society of ontario coun ty and oshawa in the amount of 26000 plus the 1950 deficit of 9664 and there are other sub stantial costs for childrens aid for other societies in order to enjoy doing nothing a person must be able to refrain from thinking of things he ought to be doing sells during the season mr and mrs elmer gibson of the saintfield forum and mr and mrs russell rodd of the bethesda reach forum were active in organizing new groups the new forums are at vroomanton scugog head fifth line manchester and greenbank on review nights every four weeks greenwood farm forum meets with the pickering federa tion of agriculture four weeks ago they discussed the need for a health unit in the county an en- ergetio committee with support from the south ontario federation of agriculture has placed the facts before the people of the county and hope it will result in the for mation of this muchneeded service- for ontario county audley dances and vocal number helped be willing to give enough land to to round out the pleasing program j affect the widening of the road- way i i police accounts passed for pay- ment amounted to 148914 and road accounts for the month 289944 bylaws were given their necess ary readings increasing the reeves salary to 500 per year the deputy- reeve to 100 and councillors to 300 all carried an s per day absentee clause the salary of the municipal building caretaker w h ellicott was also increased from ss50 to 1100 j the special tax rate for picker ing pohoe village according to the requisition asked for by the village trustees was set by bylaw at 2 mills the levy will amount to 92821 on an assessment of 463i 15901 a similar mill rate of 24 mills was passed for claremont amounting to a levy of s63s50 on an assessment of s20527231 this freezing and thawing is not loo good for the fall wheat and new seeds gerald brown and wife of port credit visited with his parents here over the weekend gerrie is editor of the port credit weekly clive cox has purchased a 100- acre farm near newton ville and is taking possession in the early spring the cox family are moving down there ahout july while ron stays here to look after the lot here john neevel was at manchester on saturday helping the new dutch minister to get settled in his new home there much sympathy is felt for the farmers in their light for the right to ship milk wherever they can sell it and to he hauled by any transport they wish this action by the milk hoard will undoubtedly hasten the formation of cooperative hauling of their own products by the producers police chief trincll was in the vicinity recently trying out with the reeve and others the new radio call system prospective farm buyers have been looking at some farms here recently this part of the country lj one of the most desireaile in ontario bingo legion hall claremont friday march 9fh sponsored by claremont legion mm m mm mm mm m m mm m m m m m master chick starter grows strong sturdy chicks they are well feathered have good yellow beaks and legs and because of the grain base of master chick starter the chicks have plenty of solid flesh on a well developed frame master chick starter is available in mash or crumbled form claremont cooperative feeds seeds farm supplies phone 38 claremont j v 5 feeders who keep records eventually buy master 11 bus service torontb east bound read down brougham toronto time cliaremoxt west bound read up pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 pm dally ex sun ho 545 610 620 625 638 s40 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 260 263 255 305 315 320 325 336 sun am dally ex sun hol hoi toronto 1000 bay and edward 840 1026 danforth and luttrell 810 1036 scarboro jet 800 1060 malvern 746 1053 browns cor 742 1065 town line 740 1105 grove markham 730 1116 locust hill 720 1120 green river 715 1125 brougham 710 1136 claremont 700 am sun hoi 936 910 900 845 842 340 830 820 815 810 800 pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 356 345 pm sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 816 810 800 bus will operate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and v marjfham from nov 1 to april 30 terminal at 674 baj street toronto danforth bus lines