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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday june 1 1950 glaremont and district by stafl correspondent mr and mrs hugh gregg mrs d gregg and misses isobe and jean gregg attended the little family annual celebration which was held this year on saturday may 27ih at the home of mr and mrs archie little markham the goodfellowship class are visitors with mt zion bible class on wednesday evening of this week in mt zion church mr and mrs fred draper of whitby visited on saturday with mrs e gibson and mabel mr and mrs r carter and family of whitby and mrs lome hamm of oshawa visited on sunday at the same place mr and mrs w ward spent last sunday afternoon with mr and mrs joe ward and children of oshawa mr and mrs e ormerod of tor onto spent the 21th of may holiday in the old home town mr w p xeale announced for the high school hoard that con struction on the new pickering twp high school just north of the village would commence this week the big problem now is where to obtain water for construction but it is understood that a system of ibringing water from the creek is being contemplated f m chapmans grasmere jer sey herd is in the news again a silver medal has been awarded to beautys standard tralty 175411 as a junior 3yearokl in 305 days producing 915s pounds of milk and 51g pounds of fat with a test of 5g3 per cent mr and mrs henry johnson visited richmond hill last wednes day returning home the following day mr and mrs c d powell of frankford mr and mrs s jgray of garden hill and mrs thompson of toronto visited with mr and mrs h lackey on monday mrs j lackey of fraserville and miss mary lackey of peterboro on tuesday and mr and mrs frank lackey of the same place on wed nesday mrs lackey and the boys are visiting with her parents mr and mrs gray of garden hill during the week while rev h lackey attends the bay of quinte confer ence which is being held in peter boro from tuesday to friday even ing mr and mrs bakker and infant daughter of maple visited on sun day with mr and mrs melvin johnson and family mr and mrs george constable and son jack will be moving on wednesday of this week to their new home on the highway near newmarket where mr constable has established an implement busi ness and built a new house mr and mrs w tomlinson and small daughter will occupy the apartment vacated by mr and mrs constable the property was recently pur chased by dr n tomlinson mr and mrs arthur cox and linda spent the past weekend with her parents mr and mrs h johnson mr and mrs wearin accompanied rev harold and mrs lackey and boys to enmskillen on may 21st local dealers madilts store and overiands store entertain auxiliary and businessmen on friday may 20th branch 183 canadian legion claremont were hosts to the ladies auxiliary and the claremont business mens as sociation at an open meeting in the masonic hall about sixty at tended the meeting was opened by president comrade j w todd the colours being paraded by com rade wm hicks j lehman and e mayes the high light of the evening was the initiation and in stallation of comrade rev george davison to the office of chaplin comrade a hewlett gave an inter esting talk on the foundation of the legion comrade mrs e tay lor president of the ladies auxili ary gave a short talk and thanked the host branch for the invitation comrade k b wood reported on the building to be erected the meeting closed at 1015 pm follow ed by a social evening lunch being supplied by the ladies aux iliary further donations received for the building fund as follows r c baker 10 bags cement 1 mcdonrld 5 bags cement gordon wilson 5 bags cement r madill bags cement r carruthers 500 adams furniture co 5 uxbridge beverages 10 cases coca cola wil sons beverages 10 cases wilsons the building committee apologizes for any ommissions protest meeting by south pickering residents brougham mr and mrs h philp of toronto called on mr and mrs m hamil ton one day last week mrs a j gray called on mark- ham friends one day last week mr and mrs j stewart who have been living in oshawa have now taken up residence with her mother mrs e woodward mr e holtby spent the weekend with his daughter at scarboro miss atkinson of toronto spent the 24th with her friend mrs harvev sr mrs l matthews accompanied by mr and mrs crocker of tor onto called on mr and mrs e e annis of kendal on tuesday last the service station formerly occupied by bruce easton has been purchased by mr bojack who will run a restaurant in connection with the service station a social evening was held in the township hall on friday may 20 when a number of friends gathered to tender a miscellaneous shower to mr and mrs gilbert wannop who were married a few weeks ago the number of useful and valuable presents showed the high esteem in which the young couple is sekl mrs avalter hamilton attended the colwellhodgson wedding on saturday afternoon mrs lemmon spent a few days last week at the home of hev bro ther at valentia mr and mrs f ritchie and fam ily who have been staying at the home of his parents mr and mrs bruce ritchie moved to their new when mr lackey conducted the home in toronto on saturday anniversary evening service i mrs geo philip spent the week- mr wilmot yake of toronto end with friends in toronto and mr ray yake of stouffviue miss muriel sheppard spent the spent sunday at home of their sis- weekend at the home of her par- ter mr and mrs gordon riddle ents l w and mrs sheppard mr and mrs short of markham mr and mrs e burgess queens- 3pent sunday with mr and mrs ville called on mrs a b matthews ronnie stableford one day recently we are sorry to hear that mrs special service in connection with nathan cox is in a toronto hos- the 25th anniversary of church pital union will be held in the st john mr and mrs w wallace and church brougham on sunday mr and mrs d coates attended june 15 a congregational supper the richmond mill fair last wed- will be held on the church grounds nesday there was a large crowd to be followed by a conceit in the the centre of interest being around church the horse sections canvassers plans are underway for a stray- walked through the crowd solicit- berry festival to be held in near ing aid in behalf of manitoba flood future date to be announced victims there was also a booth later where dunlop roses were being the wa of st johns church will sold for the same purpose cars hold their june meeting at the were exhibited and tickets pur- home of mrs seebeck on wednes- chased in hope of a lucky draw at day evening june 7th all ladies a later date in several towns and welcome good meals were to be purchased the may meeting of the wms reasonably priced at the united of st johns church was held at church or lunches by the rc the home of mrs h miller on may members and veterans on the isth with the president in the grounds there was a dance in the chair the meeting opened with arena in the evening and altogc- hymn 271 prayer and scripture ther the fair in the old home town reading from psalm 23 the pro- which has been an annual event gram was taken by five of the mem- for more than three score and ten hers the theme being people years will no doubt be reckoned grow older which was enjoyed another success although strange- very much the meeting closed ly enough there are very few fami- with hymn 230 after which a liar faces to be seen among the dainty lunch was served by the throng and one hears here and hostesses mrs h miller mrsgeo there that the vast majority of visitors hail from toronto and other ureas here is your opportunity to help on friday evening june 2nd there will be a euchre in the clare mont masonic hall commencing at s30 pm it willbe sponsored philip mrs seebeck mrs jno miller mrs lackey and mrs mc- kie uxbridge band led the parade of the oddfellow lodge members from brougham pickering and uxbridge to the church on sun day also in attendance at the ser vice were members of the rebec- by the ladies auxiliary of the cah lod r h unckev con canadian legion and the entire d d h h proceeds will be turned over to the manitoba flood relief fund kijlicott mcguckin numerous prizes have very gen- a wedding of interest was solem- erously been donated by some of nized in claremont on saturday the business men refreshments may 27th at 230 oclock when will be served those not inter- eleanor fay mcguckin daughter ested in euchre come and join the of mr and mrs bristol mcguckin party for lunch i of goodwood was united in marri- blame for more than one pro blem faced by the 2800 residents of this warbuilt village of ajax was thrown squarely on the shoulders of george finley administrator for central mortgage and housing corp by owners of the 700odd houses mr finley not present at the meeting later denied all charges in an interview about 200 persons attended an outdoor rally aimed at getting pub lic support for an application to have ajax incorporated as an im provement area the steps required before it could be made a village residents of the fringe of ajax actually in pickering township are eager to be included and were organizers of the gathering the meeting was tailed primar ily for three reasons failure to get water on university dr secre cy regarding proposed improve ment area and because under the improvement area the three rul ing commissioners might all be central mortgae and housing offi cials w h westney pickering reeve w c thompson mp and thos thomas mpp each voiced an opinion walter thomson mp for ontario riding said he was shocked when plans for a 116000 pickering twp high school were halted because the promise of a water supply was broken cmhc plans for piping of water from its pump house in ajax to pickering village were dropped as the building of the school was about to commence the corporation blueprint show ed the pipeline going from the pumphouse to west of ajax and north to highway xo 2 which it would follow into pickering ajax merchants on the east side of university dr which is without water complained they would still have to run across the street with pails for their water its absurd finley said im not trying to exterminate anybody and they are not even in ajax so they can do what they like he said there was no space in the village to permit business building thos d thomas mpp drew a cheer from the gathering when he said you are entitled to say who should be your representatives on the board of trustees of the im provement area in reply to a query about why an industrial firm erected a plant in oshawa rather than here mr thomas said the motor city sold the land at 1000 an acre and offer ed a lengthy fixed assessment cen tral mortgage would not sell pro perty at less than 1500 an acre lie added mr finley said other industries had paid the price and been glad and received no concessions weve got 13 industries and more coming soon he said three trustees will govern af fairs of the improvement area and one of them according to grocer john baker will be george finley as representative of the chief land owner what the ajax population wants is the right to elect the other two members said stirling watchorn he said a man named ounter had already been selected by finley to join him on the triumvirate he has complete sayso at pre sent and if he chooses the other board members it will be worse watchorn said fleeing couple change cars during fourhour chase a fourhour chase covering more than 20 miles by frenchmans bav cottagers and pickering township police resulted in the capture sun day of a young north toronto cou ple despite backtracking and a quick clothing change police said ronald mowat is of spadina rd and his companion sheila mullo- ney 17 will face charges of house breaking and theft of clothing chief lockhart trinnell said the pair were spotted on the beach at frenchmans bay when a man noticed mowat wearing his flashy sport shirt the chief said they managed to elude the spot ter and for the rest of the after noon cottagers and motorists help ed us scour the countryside all the way up to no 2 highway search ing for them george armstrong of pine cres toronto reported to police his cot tage had been entered friday night and some clothing was missing and one bed hail been slept in mowat and the girl were finally caught in a shed at the rear of a cottage after apparently backtrack ing they had changed clothing during the chase the chief explain ed and had carried spare clothing in a shopping bag const fred white and special const walter higgins helped direct the search beaver riding tractor proven and rugged sensational pulling power easy to operate versatile and economical age with ray wallace ellicott son of mr and mrs manson ellicott of brougham rev h lackey offi ciated the bride was lovely in a honey beige suit with cocoa accessories and a corsage of red roses mrs l swaffield of toronto sister of the bride and the only attendant wore a pale blue suit with navy accessories and a corsage of pink roses the best man was mr ste wart mcguckin of brougham the wedding supper for the guests was served at the home of the brides parents where the house was beautifully decorated in pink and white the brides mother re ceived wearing a gown of lilac sheer with a corsage of pink carna tions assisted by the grooms mo ther in a beige gown and corsage of pink carnations the couple left on a trip to ot tawa and montreal the bride wear ing navy blue with a white coat on their return they will reside at brougham southern ontario football league is being oixtmlzotl anyone interested is requested to attend a mectlnjc at tho community hall claremont on friday june 2nd at s00 oclock claremont business association was applicant for pickering police job commissioner w h stringer said last week that j ernest keays of belleville was formally dis charged from the ontario provin cial police force and that keays knows it keays recently applied for the position of police chief for picker ing township keays a former constable charg ed publicly in 1948 that there was 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