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the tribune srouffville ont thursday november 30 1950 claremont and pickering twp district an election will be held next monday for village trustees with five candidates in the field thos hammond and wes lehman seeking reelection with linton jack norton and l lip- pert new candidates in the field keep in mind the bazaar of the womans association of the united church on saturday after noon dec 9th in the sunday school room many worth while articles suitable for christmas gifts also homemade baking candy a fish pond and afternoon tea will be features you wont want to miss the date again is dec 9th the wa will be held on thurs day afternoon of this week at 3 oclock followed by a supper in charge of mrs overlands group commencing at 530 quilting will provide the ladies with needles plenty of work before and after the meeting the community is invited to patronize the supper table for a very modest charge the business mens association is hoping for a big crowd on sat urday dec 10 when santa claus with his pack will again lead in the big parade with floats of var ious designs and music through our main streets a uttle non sense now and then is relished by the wisest men the sympathy of the community is extended to mr and mrs mor- ley and family in the sudden tragic passing of their son and brother kenneth last wednesday night funeral services were held last sunday afternoon in the baptist church conducted by rev g davison with interment in the union cemetery mrs m williamson had the mis fortune to trip over some child rens rubbers while going down the basement steps she was carry ing a pail of scalding hot water and inflicted painful burns to both legs necessitating her remaining in bed for several days fortun ately she is able to be up and around again thankful that she escaped so easily audley this section of the province seems to have been saved from the violence of the recent storm beyond a few trees being blown down and a few shingles off of buildings there is little to report do not forget the regular meet ing of the club at the school house on wednesday evening of next week president guthrie would like to see a full house the canada vinegars big truck which was getting a load of cull apples for jiiice got struck while in mack hedges yard and had to have the wrecker out congratulations to reeve w hi community shocked levtiby loss of fine lid- f young townsman the village of claremont and surrounding district was pro foundly shocked last week by the sudden passing of kenneth mor- ley 21yearold son of mr and mrs fred morley a sympathetic gloom gripped everyone in the village as well as outside friends of the deceased and the family as news of his passing spread the body of the young man was discovered on a sideroad about two miles north of the village where he had apparently gone the previous evening in his car ken neth morley was employed at the chas cooper garage his pleasant personality his integrity and keen interest in his work had made him a friend of all with whom he came in contact only recently he had attended a mechanics school where he stood exceptionally high during the war years he was an ardent mem ber of the air cadet unit at stouff- ville he was associated with the claremont baptist church and an enthusiastic skier he received his schooling in the local public and continuation schools besides his parents deceased is survived by a brother gordon of hamilton jean of prince edward island gladys and victor of tor onto and joe and wilfrid of clare mont the funeral on sunday after noon was from the claremont baptist church and was one of the largest attended ever held in the village the floral tributes were beautiful and bespoke the high esteem and warm friendship held for the deceased rev geo davi son the family pastor conducted the service pallbearers were bruce lehman dick ward bob ward thos burton glenn mand- erson carl norton and interment was made in the claremont union cemetery reeve westney consents to remain another term balsam and mount 55ion the sympathy of the commun ity goes to mrs frank disney in tlie passing of her brotherinlaw mr albert rumball of vancouver husband of the former lena dis ney misses jean linton and kem norris of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs levi lin ton several from here attended anniversary services at green wood on sunday mr and mrs frank grey and westney upon his reelection we daughter of leaside visited sun- know that will would like to have day with mr and mrs w white retired but he tried to avoid thej dont forget the change in the expense of an election by accept- 1 time for sunday school and ing the position for another year church starting next sunday more of our younger men should i sunday school is at 130 pm and take a more active interest in the church at 230 pm w h westney was returned by acclamation as reeve at the nom ination meeting of pickering township held in the hall at brougham on friday afternoon nov 2lth reeve westney was nominated by george t todd and f v noyes others nominated for the position were g t todd d b annis n e mcewen and r c reesor reeve westney municipal affair and offer services in keeping this a place to live their the mt zion school christmas good tree will be held on thursday i night dec 21st township of pickering reelecfr clare a balsdon as councillor for 1951 voting monday december 4 10 am to 8 pm 1950 rimjvc wh westney stated at the outset that he intend ed to retire unless an emergency arose and later in the meeting stated lie wished to retire as the meeting progressed however and speakers voiced their hope he would again be pickerings reeve mr westney consented to remain in office and the other candidates withdrew their names deputyreeve george t todd was nominated by w h westney and c a sterritt for deputy- reeve and n e mcewen nom inated by e m d smith and fred zinkie will oppose him for the office councillors clare bnlsdon and milton b burk also nomin ated for this position withdrew their names the three present members of council clare a balsdon milton b burk and fred zinkie seek re election while a m wooton nominated by e m d smith and n e mcewen will try to gain a seat on the council c e morley and alan lishman also nomin ated withdrew their names nominations for trustees of township of pickering school area no 1 for 1951 were ted cor- mack norman irwin burton konkle and jack moss nomination speakers tell of progress in spite of the storm a goodly number attended the nomination meeting of pickering township on nov 2th with clerk lloyd john ston in the chair a representative from ajax stated the residents of ajax had a right to vote and pre sented the list of voters election will be held on the 4th of decern- duction whidh brings in about ber from the hours of 10 to 8 j three quarters of a million dollars reeve westney in his address summed up the progress made and o g difficulties encountered during ten township of pickering reelect milton burk as councillor for 1951 i sound equal administration 6 years experience polling day monday december 4th 10 am to s pm years in which he has been in from from any pickering twp than other township he mentioned the building of a jiome for the aged and stney i service he has contributed to the nd the setting up h ip picterh served from pick- orxscxsxjstttksxxxx3c3a m m m mm mm mm m m m m mm mm m more eggs m from your flock when you feed tj master laying pellets c si i i 5 for top egg production layers must be encouraged to eat extra feed the easiest and most satisfactory way of doing this is by supplementing your mash and grain programme with master laying pellets master laying pellets are not designed as a replacement for mash but serve their purpose as a noon feed sprinkled on top of the mash claremont cooperative claremont phone 38 our mixed chop is ground from western grain only 1 i i brougham mr and mrs c balsdon pickering and mr and mrs hubbard called on their parents mr and mrs m hamilton on sunday congratulations to miss bar bara mails and david norton who received their intermediate certi ficates at markham high school commencement last friday night congratulations to mr and mrs ross knox on the arrival of their babv daughter at oshawa on nov 21st mr l b hanks and mr fred banks called on mr w h elliott i one day last week a very impressive service was conducted at st johns church on sunday rev h lackey took as his text he sold his birthright an interesting part during the evening was the baptism of james william sowberry infant son of mr and mrs win sowberry and grandson of mr and mrs e cor- nutt the wa of st johns church will meet at the home of rev and mrs lackey on wednesday dec 6th we extend tiearty congratula tions to reeve w h westney on his acclamation last week mrs l b sheppard had a busi ness trip to toronto last wednes day her many friends will regret to learn that mrs lemmon has not been very well recently the brougham wi held a euchre on tuesday nov 21st the prize winner- wore ladies mrs l hopkins mrs l johnston and mrs riddle gents r d miller d white m ellicott the yps meet thursday nov 30th in the hall they will have as their guests young people of sur rounding societies ross madill our genial mail carrier will make his last trip on tuesday ross knox will then take over the route in the same efficient manner a very successful bazaar was held in the township hall by st johns church ladies last satur day beautiful displays of candy homebaking aprons quilts and knitting were all sold feeders who keep records eventually buy master moscow just barely- got under the line with a recent announce ment that a russian invented the street car on the eve of this vehicle becoming obsolete ering he spoke of tlje difficulties relative to the operation of a building bylaw and said he per sonally was not in favour of cheap housing schemes ten years ago we had one part- time policeman now we have four fulltime men he pointed out a fire area has been set up in the southern part of the township recently and a juyoiiile and family court for the county has been established deputyreeve george todd stated he was elected to council the same year as reeve westney and had been chairman of roads and bridges for hen months the road staff consists of a superinten dent and seven fulltime men taking care of 220 miles of road he felt minor road problems should le allotted to another man leaving the supt more time for important issues councillor balsdon said he was chairman of contingencies he referred to the efficiency of the office staff and the remodelling of the municipal office buildings at a cost of 2100 this year mr prouse building inspector now receives si 000 a year plus 7 cents per mile as a member of the planning board mr balsdon felt youth should be represented on that board he favored a municipal water system if not too burden some to the taxpayer and felt roadsides should be cleaned up i dont mind if i am the lone voter against a motion he de clared councillor milton burk chair man of welfare reported expendif ture in this department down considerably from last year he complained of the policing prob lem policed in the north by the provincial and in the south by township police why couldnt the township police come when there was a breakin at the pit until after the provincials had come later in the day councillor zinkie chairman of live stock and police stated pick ering had the finest chief in ontario he stated the fines now amounted to more in a month than the police previously took in dur ing a year if some of the equip ment such as snowplowing is stationed in the south immediate ly mr zinkie will bo in favor of the south paying its share at least two thirds of police expen diture lie stated mr a m wooton candidate for council said he felt he had a fail- knowledge of affairs in ajax and that his legal knowledge could be of service if he were elected to the council a sketch of the progress of the high school was given by mr irwin the plan cares for 400 pupils at present next years principal has been chosen from go applicants at a salary of 5000 plus an additional months salary of 500 from jan 1st until sept 1st of 1951 he is to visit every home from which children will attend to explain the curriculum dr n e mcewen who is a candidate for cfcputytfeeveship complained only seven miles of roads had been ifitc1ied in the year and that meant wed all be push ing daisies before they got around them all he challenged deputy- reeve todd on his statement that gas oil and diesel oil cost the township around 100 a month did i say one hundred in quired the deputyreeve it was a mistake i should have said one thousand he amended t dr mcewen stated no meetings should be private the press should be present at all council meetings he suggested the south end of the township and ajaxi could together form a town as it was almost impossible to link north and south together when the north wants to stay agricul tural a motion was i carried recom mending reeve westneys salary be raised 100 mr alan lishman called atten tiqn to the largest business in pickering township milk pro- vivwww christmas bingo lucky draw 1st prize rug and 12 other prizes to be held wednesday dec 13 masonic hall claremont sponsored by the canadian legion branch 483 claremont ont bjajajamjm a n h a b township of pickering to the electors t reelect t t deputyreeve voting day december 4th 10 am to 8 pm i as we are again faced with an election to the municipal council for the coming year i am offering my services for reelection to the office of deputy reeve as you will remember i accepted this office after the unfortunate demise of mr frank disney in the ten months since there have been many questions of real importance to come before the council and in all these matters i have endeavored to keep you informed in my reports to the rate payers through the medium of our good local papers this is the first time that this has been clone and i am led to believe that you have appreciated it this has given me a great deal of real insight into the working of the township roads and bridges admin istration as well as in the varied committee work of the county council which spends over 50000 of our money certainly this experience is such as qualifies every good workman for future handling of his active duties i feel therefore that i am prepared to give to the office next year a better service in the discharge of the many duties that arise in our municipal governments as new situations are constantly arising i will endeavor to give to each question my best attention in the main there are several things now prominent ly before the electors and i wish to stress a few things that i feel should be done at once further changes must be made in the adminis tration of the road department of the township i favor the appointment of a road foreman under the road supt an office in the municipal bldg to handle calls from the public at the office to receive all bills and accounts to be presented to the council this would release the road supt for the more pressing administration of general policy and contracts i will move for more and much needed pavement of certain sections of our many roads i believe also that we must do more ditching to keep the water from spoiling the surfaces snow must be removed from the roads with all due haste whether day or night this is important i will insist that some equipment be kept at the south end of the township also stock piles of sand for the icy roads gravel and crushed stone for the local needs all bylaws of the township should be consoli dated and printed in a handy booklet for the use of any ratepayer so desiring the water question is one that has been bandied around from pillartopost long enough and it must be settled just as soon as possible pickering village should have its supply especially since the new high school in which jye are interested both for our young people and because of our financial obligations whilst the demands of that fast growing section west of the village must receive my careful attention i will favor this move just as soon as the engineer will give us a reasonable solution of the matter as for any other questions that arise i reserve the right to use my best judgment and advice in seeking proper solution bearingln mind at all times the limits of the taxpayers pockets who are so vitally interested in making pickering township a good place to live in and build their homes in i realize that my first duty is to see that the people of the township yhether as a householder a manufacturer a businessman or as a farmer or as a professional man that each shall get kindly and fair treatment in any question that affects him thanking you for your kind support of the past and for any assistance you can give me in carrying the duties of this important office with the compli ments of the season i remain cordially yours george t todd