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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 9 1950 glaremont and district by staff correspondent beooooooooec local dealers madius store and overlands store the annual high school com mencement exercise will be held thursday and friday march 9th and 10th in the community hall the township municipal office at brougham is undergoing additional renovating the offices of the clerk treasurer and public health nurse have been redecorated and vene tian blinds are to be hung work is going ahead on the second floor where additional office space for was held monday with township departments can be ln uxbndge cemetery circles activities tea was served at the close there entered into rest at her home on claremont rr2 on fri day march 3 mable jane hotine wife of john s hedge besides her husband there survives one daugh ter mrs leheup in michigan and one grandchild terrance at one time the family farmed on the 5th concession of pickering funeral interment depar provided master david johnson enjoyed with the family a gorgeous birth day cake with seven candles last friday march 3rd the womens institute will be held on march 16 at the home of mrs badgerow roll call a weed i pull each time i see it topic historical research by mrs c reynolds annual election of officers will be held lunch committee mrs carson mrs lippert mrs f redshaw mrs h johnson mrs milton harris of stouffville rr visited on sunday with mrs t condy mr j mccullough who spent several weeks in stouffville hospi tal was removed to the home of his daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs mccarl of whitby where he is continuing in much the same condition of health on wednesday march 15th a card and games social evening with prizes will be held in the masonic hall under the auspices of the womens institute to which the public is invited there will also be sold by auction the con tents of a mammoth hobby basket lunch will be served see fuller notice in local business places during the week mr b jarriieson secretary- treasurer of pickering township ss addressed the claremont united sunday school last sunday basing his remarks on the theme god rules the world mrs d gregg also gave a missionary talk on the training and work of miss minnie shipley of ailsa creig ont who died at her post of duty as a missionary in china a few yeara ago mrs kenneth ward substituted in the junior public school room for a day last week while miss cox was in toronto competing in the kiwanis musical festival we regret that miss cox was unsuccessful in obtaining a prize owing to very keen competition but obtained 81 marks in each effort which were on my shep herd i rely and tell me fair lady songs in lyric piano group miss cox brought home the first prize s5000 in a recent competition and we extend congratulations on her present achievemet even though she failed to obtain the crowning reward mr and mrs vernon ellicott and girls of brougham and mr and mrs dave coates and son of brooklin visited on sunday with their parents mr and mrs f redshaw three sleigh loads of church and sunday school members enjoyed a ride to the home of mr and mrs norman linton last saturday afternoon remaining for lunch and coffee mr and mrs evans ward spent sunday afternoon at the home of mr and mrs russel pilkey and family mr and mrs courts have sold their home the former j gregg property in the north end and expect to return to toronto again about the first of may mrs tomlinson who has been making her home with her niece mrs courts is spending a few days with relatives in toronto a group of twelve ladies mem bers of the wi are preparing a drama the rebellion of youth under the leadership of mrs mcconnell they expect to present it to the general public in april the baptist circle held a friendship tea last tuesday after noon at the home of miss s e evans part of the program con sisted of a questionnaire relating to the various departments of the pickering tp agrees to proceed with 119000 water installation for village pickering township council agreed at their regular meeting on thursday to proceed with a domestic water system for picker ing village plus an extension to the new township high school on the outskirts of the village the estimated cost of the project as drawn up by gore storrie engineers is 119000 there may be some slight paring on this figure when contracts are called the original figure agreed on for the job was approximately 90000 but there have been certain revisions and additions in the pipeline causing some increase the annual debenture payment assessed to pickering village is estimated at 865341 spokesman for the village trus tees cyril morley presented the figures to the council now that the township council has agreed to go ahead the engineers will proceed to draw up plans for the water system rtuiso road expenditure 5000 the annual road appropriation was passed calling for an expendi ture of 75000 in the coming months this is an increase of 5000 over last year the dept of highways pay fifty per cent of this expenditure a delegation from the ith con cession representing twentyseven homes asked council to pave two miles of this concession which is heavily travelled the ratepayers offered to donate 1000 toward the job the clerk was instructed to request the canadian pacific rail way to level the approaches to their crossing between lots 4 and 5 in the 9th concession council agreed on a grant of 50 to the brooklin junior farmers a total of twentyfour kennel licenses were granted for the town ship a 10 fee is charged kennel owners road accounts passed for pay ment amounted to 309691 special session on salaries council held an early morning session on thursday and passed a round of salary increases for various township employees clerk- treasurer lloyd johnston will now receive a salary of 3300 an increase of 47500 relief inspector tax collector ernie baker will receive 2200 an in crease of 400 both these men will also receive mileage remuneration for their cars of 7c per mile two stenographers in the town ship office will also receive in creases of 200 each miss green now is getting 1700 and mrs robertson 1300 while no pay hoist was given the road department men it was agreed that they would now receive pay for eight annual holi days building inspector frank prouse will receive a set salary of 1000 plus 7c the inspector will have office hours on tuesday and satur day from 1230 to 2 oclock other times by appointment there are 1023400 canadians of age 65 and over if the means test for old age pensions wore were aliol- islied and the age limit reduced to 05 pension cost at present rates would total 412108800 a year xwoxx3wevvxw claremont high school commencement in the community hall thursdayfriday march 9 10th s15 pm sonjrs and folk dances p l ays buddy buys an orchid quiet home wedding skit the flivver family- thursday presentation of sports awards friday presentation of intermediate certificates and secondary school diplomas brougham the first regular meeting of the womans association of st jjhns united church brougham was held on wednesday evening mar 1st at the home of mrs bruce ritchie ln the absene through illness of the presideiu mrs geo duncan the meeting vas conduct ed by mrs wm knox vicepres the worship service was led by mrs wm ellicott during the business period the organization made plans for its first project which will take place shortly more in the news about this later mrs f cassie gave a most interesting account of her trip to flonaa showing pictures of characteristic and outstanding places and scenes lunch concluded a very pleasant and interesting evening the regular monthly meeting of the wms of st johns united church will be held at the home of mr and mrs geo duncan on march hi at 230 pm convener of program mrs john white and group b will be in charge hostesses are mrs geo duncan mrs helen gray and mrs kobin- son the womens institute are plan ning for a euchre party to be held on march 14 at s30 pm in the township hall ladies please pro vide brougham lodge no 155 ioof met on thursday march 2 with a good attendance members were present from oshawa pickering windsor and markham lodges the initiatory degree was con ferred on one candidate the meet ing was closed with a banquet with a birthday cake it being the 15th anniversary of brougham lodge brougham lodge was started on january 29 1875 there were ten twentyliveyearmembers present mr roy miller is now staying at marathon in northern ontario where his work will be for a few weeks mr and mrs d l mairs and barbara visited with mrs dawson sr of claremont on sunday mr hoy miller and mr d wannop had a business trip east one day recently and while on their way home called on mr and mrs e k annis of kendal mrs c devitt who has been in ill health for some time is now recuperating at the home of her sister mrs geo gray miss muriel sheppard and miss louise ritchie both of toronto spent the weekend at their homes here mr g seebeck and daughter lillian of markham visited with his mother mrs d seebeck on sunday mr vernon balsdon who has just returned from a trip to florida called on his grandparents mr and mrs m hamilton on sunday mr and mrs j stewart and mr and mrs b clark of oshawa and mr reg lacey and miss evelyn mclntyre of toronto called on mrs woodward and evelyn on sunday mrs ford and daughters myra and donna of highland creek visited her parents mr and mrs w h ellicott on sunday mrs ross middleton spent sun day with mrs mcdowell of clare mont the womens institute held a euchre party pel 2sth and wish to thank the friends and neighbors who turned out on such a stormy night to heli make it a success ladies prizes mrs albert gray mrs matthews gentlemens prizes mr n burton and mr j mitchell were cowinners mr r pilkey consolation prizes mrs ed williams and mr e garness the womens institute will hold their monthly meeting on tuesday afternoon march th at 230 pm in the municipal hall the con vener of agriculture and canadian industries mrs wm gray will lie in charge of the program the hostesses are mrs harlock mrs mairs mrs m ellicott mrs glenn for that same evening tuesday march 1 1th the social committee have planned a euchre party at the hall starting at s30 pm ladies please provide local octogenarian was manufacturer here fifty years ago lyman pilkey wellknown citizen of claremont will reach his 80th birthday this friday march 10th mr pilkey was a busy pump manufacturer here a half century ago operating his shop on the site now occupied as a dwelling by mr and mrs h hockley he learned his trade with jack gerow who was among the numerous wood and iron workers in claremont in the lsgos mr pilkey was born near clare mont a son of joseph pilkey and mary anne ward his wife the former sophia michell died five years ago and mr pilkey is making his home with his sister mrs fred pugh while our venerable gentleman nevei took an active part in local politics and is not able to be out too much during the rough winter weather he has a hobby for which he is noted and that is checker playing mr pilkey is reputed to be the local champion and still indulges in his favourite pastime with mr leri lye whose home is considered headquarters mr pilkey has four sisters living mrs a mantle toronto mrs t whiting leamington mrs f pugh claremont and miss j pilkey the memorable day this week will be marked with visits from his many friends whom he will be glad to receive both morning and afternoon at the fred pugh home notice do you farmers want help 1 are you interested in what happens to your one- fifth of a mill contribution to the federation of agricul ture 2 are you in favor of having the price of butter re duced to 54c per pound after the 31st day of march 3 would you like to have your milk price reduced by 30c per cwt x 4 concerning hog prices rt hon j j gardiner said at niagara if nobody does any more between now and july 1st than poultry producers did between early in december and the present time we shall probably have the same trouble as we have had with eggs 5 if you want to do something about these and sim ilar questions come to the organization meet ing of the federation of agriculture for pickering township at brougham on march 14th at 130 pm ladies and junior farmers are specially invited to attend open season continues ox foxes open season on foxes continues all year around in ontario county many other counties close fox hunting at the end of february but a special bylaw passed by county council one year ago was designed to decrease the large number of foxes which had been seriously interfering with poultry produc tion with bounty set at 5 a head s808 was paid by the county to hunters last year eight thousand dollars has been placed in the estimates for fox bounties again this year cherrywood mr and mrs c tindall and daughter of oshawa had tea on sunday evening with mr and mrs reuben tindall mr and mrs wm judd had tea on sunday evening with mr and mrs geo todd mr and mrs murray hollinger and family had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs stanley powell a number of ladies attended a fashion show at centennial one day recently mr and mrs jack mitchell visit ed with the latters parents mr and mrs walter holliuger on sunday mr and mrs r tindall visited in oshawa one day this past week mr and mrs wm hollinger are sporting a new dodge mr and mrs frank chapman of audley had dinner on friday even ing with mr and mrs geo todd mr and mrs leonard hollinger were dancing at the royal york on friday evening mr newton laughlin and mr herb bennett were at whitevale on thursday evening attending the 75ih anniversarv of the brougham ioof lodge jersey director returns from trip frank m chapman of pick- ering 2nd vicepres of the can adian jersey club arrived home from the annual meeting which was held in vancouver recently after an eventful trip with the ecretary las bremner and four other directors they were held up at baston bar on the eraser river by snow slide which covered a freight train about seven miles ahead of their train this slide was so great that the track could not be cleared after the two days wait so the railway arranged for them to be carried over the eraser line by n aerial cable where they caught a train from north bend for van couver as it was they missed the annual meeting of the bc jersey club but were in time for the annual meeting of the canadian club this was the first time that any cattle club had held their annual meeting west of the rockies but the delay was made up for by the way the bc breeders entertained them many of the herds were visited on the main land while the secretary flew to the island to see some herds there these breeders have a lot of fine cattle with great records which are easier to make there because of their lush pastures and excellent crops of forages in showing and in sales these herds are more in contact with the us herds in oregon and washington than they are with those of eastern canada although at the last royal in tor onto cattle from bc secured many of the top prizes following the annual meeting the club mem bers were entertained at a lunch eon party by directors of the pacific international exposition which holds its show in van couver a stop off was made at cal gary where the local jersey men showed some of their herds and held a dinner in their honor george todd reports to the ratepayers of pickering township as your deputyreeve i believe all ratepayers should be better informed as regards current matters discussed by our council as well as contemplated projects being considered and with this thought in mind i propose to keep you informed at periodic intervals through the cooperation of the press to start with here are a few facts about your township with which you all may not be entirely familiar the township has 85s3 residents on 74900 acres of land of which h80s acres are assessable- farm land owners 2181 other property owners g402 its assess ment is under the county system the dividing line as to of the assessment is way between the 2nd and 3rd con 52 of assess ment is paid by farm owners the township had a total mill rate of 2110 last year comprised of general county rate 573 mills high schools 418 mills public schools general rate 265 mills general road and bridge 777 mills welfare and hospitalization 77 mills tax levied amounted to 3007104 local improvement- 8425070 the township has a total stall of 18 persons including police constables the public health staff comprises medical health officer nurse and sanitary inspector there are 3 volunteer fire departments located at brougham claremont and pickering the township has 2 secondary schools ind 21 public schools total class rooms in secondary schools are 5 and class rooms in public schools are 30 theres a total of 0611 names on the voters list yet in the last election only 2041 people voted pickering fire chief resigns served 27 yrs twentyfive or six of the mem bers of the pickering volunteer fire brigade attended the annual meeting and dinner at the gordon house and heard fire chief frank prouse tender his resignation after 27 years service with this organiza tion assistant chief arthur mitchell with many years of really devoted attention to this volunteer community task also resigned in 1948 43 calls were made out side of the village 3 within in 1949 4 in the village and 39 out side- 90 per cent of all calls are to the west of pickering village 115 has been received over the past two years as gifts to the fire company from those who have called for help chas law was elected fire chief with stanley balsdon asst chief hon chairmen are w c mur- kar and m s chapman with cyril morley keeping a close check on operations as company secre tary which was one of the largest poll ever cast in this township that means only 32 of eligible voters took the trouble to vote the township has over 250 miles of roads with over 220 miles to be kept open for motor traffic with snow plowing equipment our taxes will be some higher for 1950 as the amount to be raised will be over of a million dollars in this township for all purposes this deals in more or less general terms and is of an educational nature subsequent reports should be more specific m m mm mm mm m m m m m m m mm m master chick starter continuous growth depends upon the proper balance of grain proteins vitamins and minerals when you feed master chick starter you are feeding a balanced ration master chick starter is laboratory controlled and farm tested when your chicks arrive welcome them with 3 i i fm m m m m j i master balanced feeds for au cusses or rouimt farm uvt stock run iiiiihc animals 008s m m in m m i mmmmmi wmn nrmrcas mm master chick starter mash or crumbs claremont coop phone 38 is 31 feeders who keep records eventually buy master bus service toronto bast bound read down brougham toronto time claremont pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 pm daily ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 255 306 315 320 325 335 am wbst bound am read up am daily sun ex sun sun hoi toronto hoi hoi 1000 bay and edward 840 935 1025 danforth and luttrell 810 910 1035 scarboro jet 800 900 1050 malvern 745 s45 1053 browns cor 742 342 1055 town line 740 s40 1105 cedar grove markham 730 830 1115 locust hill 720 320 1120 green river 715 815 1125 brougham 710 810 1135 claremont 700 soo pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 345 pm sun hoi 935 910 900 845 342 840 830 s20 815 810 soo bus will operate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and via markham from nov 1 to april 30 terminal northeast corner of it ay and edward strcols danforth bus lines