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the tribune slouffville ont thursday septeajber 25 1962 claremont and pickering twp district the claremont womens insti tute is having a frigidaire cook ing school on nov uh mr and mrs f biostead enjoy ed a two weeks holiday visiting their daughter in orillia recently mr and mrs g s mclntyre of victoria bc spent the past week with mrs h g mclntyre mr j brignall is having exten sive improvements made in the apartments of the old bundy block on main street everyone was pleased to learn that sarco of claremont had don ated twentyfive dollars to the film council- mr and mr- john inglls of georgetown were weekend visitors with mr and mrs arthur prouse of claremont the local members of the blue cross organization are asked to kindly pay their fees before oct 1st to mrs mcdonald treasurer and avoid unnecessary worry mr and mrs howard hockley accompanied by his brotherinlaw and sister mr and mrs w 0 simpson of oxbridge enjoyed a months vacation motoring through northern ontario and the western provinces the baptist mission circle will be held in the baptist church on tuesday afternoon sept 30th at 230 oclock miss berdan mission ary from berkley street mission toronto will be the guest speaker all ladies welcome the western sectional rally of the womans missionary society of the oshawa presbyterial will be held in the brooklin united church on october 22nd beginning at 915 am the 131st anniversary of the claremont baptist church will be held september 2sth at 11 am and 730 pm the special speaker for this occasion is rev d a burns ba bth there will also be special music at both services we extend a very welcome invitation to all who can attend these ser vices there was a large attendance of members and friends mrs g middleton and mrs giles of stoiiff- ville being among the number at the regular meeting of the wi last wednesday afternoon at the home of mrs w benson miss mclean of greenwood gave a very interesting account of the activities of a folk school which was held last winter at the home of mr and mrs w pegg for two weeks in cluding a tour to many points of special interest in south ontario of which mounted snap shots were passed around for iaspection she also showed the memorial service program held at cherrywood farm near markham in honour of the founder of folk schools in ontario the late mr madson who died very suddenly during the summer while enroute to revisit his old home in denmark at the age of 47 miss v forsyth exhibit ed a stem of cotton plucked from a field when on a recent trip to florida and a curious sort of dark brown flower pod called moses in the bulrushes during the roll call a motion was passed to pay 25 to the delegate attending the annual central ontario conven tion in early xovember at the royal york the forthcoming frigidaire cooking school on nov 1th was discussed at some length mrs ii gregg contributed a piano solo lunch was served at the close by the group in charge what the bible means to me was the subject chosen by the executive of south ontario sunday school association for an orator ical contest held in greenwood church last friday evening there were seven entries from groups 9 to 11 years 12 to 1 years and 16 to is years the young son of rev heel of whitevale baptist church won in the first group kenneth dean of claremont united church won in the second group and joe pegg of mt zion in the third group there was keen com petition and each contestant de serves praise for the splendid effort made brougham mr and mrs bert bundy of toronto visited with mrs hamil ton and mr o carter one day last week mr and mrs wilson of toronto visited with mr and mrs d a beer one day recently mr and mrs m routley and miss longhurst of brooklin and mr and mrs jas routley of tor onto had tea on sunday with the formers sister mrs matthews miss atkinson of toronto spent the weekend with mrs harvey mrs todd billie and donny visited her sister at sandford one day last week mr thos fairburn of simcoe called on mr and mrs win knox one day last week mr fairburn lived in this community a number of years ago mrs iemmon and mr ross middleton visited mr and mrs frank hord of valentia and attended lindsay fair on saturday mr and mrs al harvey visited friends in buffalo over the week end mr and mrs ross knox and daughters and mr and mrs ray ellicott and daughter visited their parents mr and mrs mcguckin of stoulfville on sunday the womans association of brougham united church will hold their next meeting on wednesday evening oct 1st at the home of mrs w hamilton on the fifth concession who will be assisted by mrs shea the devotional period will be in charge of mrs c plax- ton mrs h miller is the program convener roll callwill be answ ered by a thought for the day all ladies cordially invited to attend al ladies wishing to go to pick ering institute meeting on tues day sept 30 please meet at the municipal corner the brougham ball team plays the first of the finals for the ontario championship with mel bourne a team near london on saturday sept 27th at 815 pm at claremont under the floodlights come out and see a good game our boys need your backing a pleasant social evening was held in the township hall on thurs day last when a number of friends and neighbors met to tender a miscellaneous shower to the new- lyweds mr and mrs kenneth ramsay nee betty madill many beautiful and useful presents were received by the young couple mr and mrs wm knox attend ed the rally service at solina on sunday and also visited their son john and family mr d a beer had a business trip to chatsworth one day last week charles cooper heads claremont business group the claremont business and community association held its regular monthly meeting on mon day sept s at 8 pm in the community hall with the president presidin and 12 other members present the meeting was called to order at s30 pm after the routine monthly busi ness had been disposed of which included among other items a donation of 50 to the first clare mont cub pack the election of officers for 10521903 was proceed ed with and the president called on w l irwin chairman of the nominating committee to give its report he reported as follows presi dent charles cooper vice- president in charge of operations at the skating rink frank s bar clay vicepresident in charge of collectors at the park gate jack mansell vicepresident manager of the ball teams j w pagett secretary treasurer edward j lewis directors wm voss wm giidden l lippert jack mansell rev george davison earl cook the treasurer in the course of his report stated that since its inception the association had handled the sum of gsfigc7 up to and including sept 4 while expen ditures to that date stood at 65s0j leaving a balance of s2sc57 in the treasury with all accounts inelud ing the cost of the flood lights paid admirmi pickering tp council awards 5pc debenture contract at a special meeting of picker ing township council last week it was agreed on motion of council lors balsdon and michell that the tender for debenture submitted by 1 l graham co canadian bank of commerce and wood gundy co of s9875 for 5 one to twenty year debenture for an addition to the pickering district high school should be accepted this emergent meeting also dealt with land required for a road cutoff at todds corners and coun cil agreed to offer joe garland 300 for sufficient land the cutoff is to be 48 ft frontage by iso ft north and 47 ft frontage by 200 ft on the south side glen major bkaikshaw m 1 111 htox record jersey herd at claremont the canadian jersey cattle club reports that one of its most enthusiastic members is mr r g mcleish whose farm is at clare mont not without reason is mr mcleish a real jersey booster in the month of june for instance mr mcleish received from the dairy a cheque for 75233 for 15240 lbs of milk then there was considerable milk used on the farm as well the mcleish herd consists of twenty cows seven of these were two year old heifers two of the cows had been milking since july 1951 and six from last october mr mclishs enthusiasm is truly justified his herd and farm are managed by two fine young men from hol land and this is their first exper ience with jerseys english sailors re called limeys because of the extensive use of lime juice as a scurry pre ventative brougham united church was decorated on saturday sept 20th with pink and white gladioli dahlias and asters for the pretty doublering ceremony when mar garet jean middleton was united in marriage with john richard bradshaw the bride is the daugh ter of mr and mrs walter middle- ton and her husband is the son of mr and mrs john bradshaw all of the brock road rev h lackey performed the ceremony the bride wore a gown of white net and lace over taffeta with a fingertip veil held by a juliet cap and carried red roses witli a white bible she was given in marriage by her father her bridesmaid was her cousin miss marilyn lewis of toronto who wore a blue taffeta dress with matching headdress and carried a bouquet of mauve mums and pink carnations vern middle ton was best man and ushers were ernest middleton and harold hub- bord the soloist was miss evelyn middleton of listowel and the organist was mrs ivan middleton of listowel the reception for over sixty guests took place in the township hall with the brides mother receiving wearing navy sheer with a corsage of pink tea roses assist ing was the grooms mother who wore brown sheer with a corsage of yellow tea roses for going away the bride donned a teal blue suit of gabardine with matching accessories and a beige top coat on their return they will reside on the brock road mr end mrs arthur peddie and artie of claremont visited on sunday evening with mr and mrs joe jones miss mabel baker of water- down spent last weekend with mr and m s wm fiss mr and mrs claude simmonds and family spent the weekend at their tottage here several from here attended lind say fair last week misses eleanor johnson and june fiss of toronto spent the weekend at their homes mr and mrs david burley and family of rrooklin visited friday evening with mr and mrs charles fiss ilr and mrs ed johnson eleanor and linda attended the peglerjohnson wedding at weston on saturday mr and mrs jack johnson and family of pine grove visited sun day evening with mr and mrs ed johnson and familv school inspector 30 years passes school inspector in ontario county for 30 years thomas r ferguson died last week at ux- bridge he was 74 graduate of queens university mr ferguson was principal of the continuation school in oil springs for a number of years he came to uxbridge in 1911 he retired as school inspector for the county in 1913 a member of the united church mr fergu son was also an active member in the masonic iolge he leaves his wife the former margaret coulson and two sons james and dougal of toronto the funeral service was held at the mcguire and low funeral home at 2 pm on friday followed by interment in uxfrriovje ceme tery uxbridge breakin sentence upheld a conviction and sentence by magistrate f s ebbs was upheld in the osgoode hall court of appeal last week the appellant was lloyd livingstone represented by gilbert l mur doch the accused appealed against his conviction by magistrate ebbs at uxbridge on may 21 of this year on a charge of breaking and entering the uxbridge branch of the farmers cooperative com pany with intent to steal livingstone was given a two year term of imprisonment his appeal against both the conviction and the sentence was dismissed but the court of appeal ruled that any time served pending determin ation of appeal could be allowed as time served w b common qc was for the crown film council meets in port perky on wednesday evening sept 17 the ontario and york counties met at the home of mr and mrs g reesor in port perry mr reesor welcomed the members to his home ernie sulman who has been working very hard in port perry district in regard to establishing members outlined his activities of the summer months it was decid ed to have another film cavalcade which is an enterprise that not only gives local businessmen and farmers an opportunity to adver tise in an effective circular but also raises finances to help support the film council and permits a large number of people to view a few outstanding films reports were received from the following the president rev monkman who had just returned from a church conference on the prairies clare keevil who is one of the librarians and who lends a continual helping hand to the film council w j johnson who is in charge of publicity ken morley who is a librarian ond an capable man for detecting and repairing the trouble in the projectors mrs welshs report about the film club was read by mrs lye the next film club meeting will be a familv night affair at the masonic hall claremont on wed oct- 8th mrs lye secretary read the fin ancial statement john ashton is in charge of visiting the sick with the projector a free service milton campbell the chief instruc tor is a very busy man because new members and operators are constantly joining the organiz ation ernie sulman reported that ten organizations have joined from port perry with immediate prospects of five more mr and mrs gordon reesor served tea and lunch to everyone mrs les lye thanked them on be half of the members who were present hms demon2faati0w the television news of ihe year every fine feature is included a full complement of tubes superpowered chassis turret tuner ready for uhf sharper mexomalic focus durable mahogany cabinet rcslts burns scralches and stains this is a limited offer oriy a few avaiiaoie get yours today to morrow they may be gene chas cooper claremont ont bfc 55ksb53 2cs3s55 youth lor christ saturday 745 pm sec markhnm baptist church stouffville another week has rolled around and well be expecting to see you at 745 sharp ijoris steckley will start the evening off with a 15 minute piano recital followed by our song service bert will be there to lead us in choruses and songs old and new and also will sing in a special duel coral perkins will favour us with a vocal solo as well as numbers by the girls in the yfc choir s30 broadcast time followed by a dramatization by local young people 930 film the test n rowan director ivitmaj ccf picks farmer in ontario riding seagrave farmer roy scott on thursday was chosen the ccf standardbearer at a nominating convention to contest the next federal election in ontario riding there were no other nominees scott who described himself as one of the champions of the ccf cause at all times finished last in a federal byelection in the riding last may progressive conservative michael starr came first and lib eral candidate john l lay was second iimttmntmitthvittrm south ont plowing match to be held on the farm of e l ruddy ixts 1213 rear of con 2 pickering township 1 va miles north of pickering village wednesday october 1st 1952 a banquet will be served by the ladies of ont chapter oes in the masonic temple banquet hall the public is cordially invited for information write to oscar h downey myrtle station xssstoacasgaasaxegsbcacsgcaaes pickering well may end drought pickerings 700 residents hope a fouryear drought may soon end without any certain supply of water since it ended a water pur chase agreement with neighboring ajiix the village now has its eyes on a new artesian well which broke out in a heavy flow of water friday while the original gush of water has considerably subsided and although engineers have avoided predictions on the wells future village trustees admit the new find is the most encouraging result of six weeks of drilling at present residents either obtain water from their own private wells or purchase it from trucking firms which bring the water from whitby in the last official department of health check of the private wells only 24 per cent were graded as a wells many were graded d or lower signifying the water from them was unfit for human use one of the largest purchasers of water is pickering high school cost of meeting a water hauling contract for the institutions 500 pupils has considerably raised the villages educational bill if the new well proves success ful village trustees have a long- range plan in mind they hope to draft a water area bylaw and with the approval of residents build the villages first water main to the flowing well theatre uxbridge phone 252 power week nitcs 730 30 sat holidays 7 o pm plan ponds on farms to help conservation agriculture minister kennedy has announced a provincewide plan of intensive soil revita ligation and water conservation which will dot farmlands with ponds holding up to 500000 gallons of water ontarios land the minister said is being cropped to death and while- such dams as the thames and shand protect cities from flooding and erosion they do little for the farmer at a cost of 150 to 200 each mr kennedy estimates farm ponds will be bulldozed out to provide water to irrigate the neigh boring acreage throughout the summer he is confident that the ottawa government will join in financing the project last showing tonite thursday sept 25th bannerline starring sally forrest and for your added entertainment just this once starring janet leigh fri at sept 26 27 silver city technicolor starring yvonne decarlo and edmund obrien rock beer is served in the early spring mon tues sept 29 30 its big its great a star studded musical star lift starring doris day and gordon macrae wed thur oct 1 2 hong kong technicolor starring ronald regan and rhonda fleming