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thursday october 14 1054 claremont and pickering township district brougham mr tom padgett spent toe man as an account executive weekend with his parens mr ruddy was one of the most a number of friends and re- public spirited men in the dist- atlves visited with mr and jrict he wis a member of the m ai harvey visi- mtt grant taylor tost week ajaxpidcering general aotpij wm haliiwrton friends on ideal weather for south ontario plowing match at brooklin mrs mclntyre entertained j ta board and took an active her sister miss brown over part in the campaign to raise the holiday funds for this worthy project friends from toronto visit- i he was also a member of the ed with mr and mrs e pilkey j pickering township council last sunday mr and mrs gordon bor land and family of toronto vis ited with mrs borland last week mr and mrs c redman and mr and mrs- white entertain ed relatives from toronto last weekend strlia won 3 to 1 over the home team in soccer last sat urday mr pearson has returned to toronto after giving up his shoe repairing business in our village for several years in politics a prominent lib eral he was active in the cam paigns in the riding and was a speaker on numerous occa sions he was also a member of the pickering rotary ciub mr ruddy was also well known in oshawa where he had served as an officer of the 11th armored ontario regi ment besides his father he is sur vived by his wife the former jessica wilkinson and three children diana carolyn 14 chas cooper sent a load of edward syer 12 and susan machinery equipment to the plowing match being held near kitchener mr and mrs mark linton nd family of toronto spent last week with her parents mr and mrs milt benson mr and mrs tom lye and family of toronto spent their thanksgiving with his parents mr and mrs len lye the w a intend holding their annual bazaar on satur day afternoon nov 20th in the united sunday school room mr and mrs mayes moved to their new home in oshawa on monday of this week and mr and mrs barton and son of toronto new purchasers of the mayes property will be moving here on friday mr and mrs j caster of to- lonto spent thanksgiving with mr and mrs r forsyth mr and mrs binsteari visit ed with relatives in toronto on sunday mr and mrs tausley were visiting among relatives in pennsylvania last week the recent heavy frost play ed havoc with the lovely aut umn flowers it was rather a sad picture to see the withered specimens of yesterdays gor- reous dahlias gladioli and as ters and reminded one of the tragedies along lifes highways no doubt there will be many of them during this thanks giving holiday the w i will be held on wed afternoon oct 21st in the hall with mrs l pugh convener of the group in charge rollcall your thanks giving blessing guest speak er mrs heron dist president lunch committee mrs leh man mrs badgerow mrs ca- therwoori mrs m johnson mrs j norton mrs r jack son all ladies of community invited meeting begins at 2 oclock janet eight also surviving is a sister mrs mary sims the funeral service was held in st georges anglican chu rch pickering on saturday october 9 interment was in st georges cemetery mrs dorothy ormerod and children of toronto spent thanksgiving with mr and mrs m johnson and family the wms autumn rally will be held on friday af ternoon in the united church commencing at 230 invita tions have been extended to surrounding societies and it is hoped all ladies of the commun ity including nonmembers will attend guest speaker will be miss slichter a youthful mis sionary with five years experi ence in japan refreshments will be served in the sunday school room at the close mrs h garfatt passes at 85 following a lingering illness the death occurred at clare- mont of mrs henrietta garfatt born in darlington township on november 11 1859 the de ceased was a daughter of the late henry abraham and ada sewell a resident of darlington twp and claremont for the greater part of her life the deceased had spent her summers for the past 25 years in and around brooklin she was a member of the united church mrs garfatt is survived by four grandchildren mrs frank sewell beryl of markham mrs h little marjorie of west hill mrs james clark elva of agincourt and mrs e marshall eileen of toron to the funeral service was held wednesday followed by inter ment in hampton cemetery rev s j hillier minister of brooklin united church con ducted the services robert ruddy dies suddenly one of the best known and most popular residents of pick ering robert s ruddy died suddenly in his office in to ronto thursday mr ruddy was 12 years of age a son of e l ruddy and the late mrs ruddy the deceased operated strangeways one of the showplaces of the district on the easterly outskirts of the village his herd of cattle was admired throughout the dist rict associated with the advertis ing firm- of mcconnell and east- call top expert in for driving charge the top medicolegal expert of the province of ontario was called to whitby last week as a crown witness in a drunk driv ing charge aired in the police court professor jocelyn rog ers a chemist in the attorney- generals department testified in the trial of michael mcgree- vy of the 4th concession pick ering township judgement in the case was set over for one week by magistrate f s ebbs the case was begun in aug ust but was set over until yes terday when defence counsel duncan mclntyre of whitby asked for dr rogers in his evidence dr rogers stated that the blood sample he had tested showed a count of 17 parts per thousand indicating beyond doubt intoxication mrs ur- ech lab technician at the ajax- pickering hospital told of tak ing the blood sample when mc- greevy was brought to the hos pital following an accident on the brock road on may 29th mr mclntyre argued that blood tests alone could not ab solutely indicate intoxication r d humphreys q c crown attorney pointed out that there was evidence that mcgreevys car had left the brock road travelled 176 feet across a ditch over a wire fence taking out two posts 148 feet across a field through a board fence and two more pasts 10s feet across a lawn shearing off an is inch tree and rolled over for another 48 feet before coming to rest there was something wrong observed mr humphreys judgment is to be handed down this week sunday mr and mrs ceorge gray and family visted with his brother albert and mrs cray on sunday mr and mrs ross knox al so mr and mrs a hardy spent the weekend at buffalo mrs matthews visited with mr and mrs harbron of myr tle during the weekend mr and mrs w knox also mr and mrs k pascoe and donna visited- with friends at st george on sunday congratulations to mr and mrs geo knox of enniskillen on the arrival of a little daugh ter sympathy of the community is extended to the family of the late mrs d crawford of broklin who paed away on saturday mrs thos kingshock of bracebridge also mrs weath- erspoon of toronto called on the formers niece mrs thos english one day recently the meeting of the brough am institute which was to have been held on tuesday oct 12 has been postponed until wednesday october 20 mr and mrs d l witter of montreal also mrs r w wit ter and daughter gladys of to ronto and mrs wm gray and daughter gail of toronto vis ited with the formers aunt mrs matthews on saturday mrs d seebeck spent a few days last week with her sister mrs kavanaugh of toronto hugh and mrs miller and boys attended woodbridge fair on saturday hugh being am ong the judges congratulations to brough am softball team who journey ed to falconbridge where they played two games over the weekend winning both by a good majority thus winning the allontario championship the regular monthly meet ing of the womens associa tion was held on wednesday evening last at the home of mrs w hamilton with a good attendance the president mrs n burton was in charge the devotional was taken by mrs robt miller during the busii ness period plans were made for the church board supper to be held on the following friday evening a report of card conveners was given by mrs cassie an invitation was read from greenwood w a which was accepted miss doro thy willson favoured with two piano solos and mrs reamen gave a reading the evening was brought to a close by a so cial time spent over the tea cups and a dainty lunch served by the hostesses mrs hamil ton and mrs geo willson the womens institute spon sored their first euchre of the season on tuesday evening last when the following were prize winners mrs geo gray mrs percv brown and mrs w carlton mr williams mr p brown and mr gordon greigg come put on tuesday evening and have a pleasant evening thanksgiving services were held in st johns church here on sunday afternoon last rev h lackey delivered a very in spiring addrss while the jr choir rendered two anthems the church was suitably decor ated for the occasion the weather was just about perfect on thursday for the annual south ontario plow ing match held on the farm of heber down no 7 high way near brooklin shown here is the prize winning wylie oakwood working the team of belgians of byrnell fine land on the down farm altona most of us can remember when changing the retail price of coffee to 1 a pound would have meant doubling the price instead of substantially reduc ing it sign painting all types i am prepared to handle any of your sign requirements in terior or exterior silk screen and standard sign painting expert workmanship reason able rates 202 stouftvule market st phono 3sj peter dams hydro electrlcqt ifispector work in your interest on of ontario hydroi major contributions to wife electrical living u through it staff of electrical inspectors they protect hydro customers by checking and inspecting electrical installations for fire d shock harard throughout the province 155 inspectors are on the job to assure that wiring meets the requirements and standards aa laid down in the publication ontario hydro regulations please make sure all neir and rewired installations are inspected by an authorized ontario hydro inspector ontario hydro st a03k for you and yours ujemttoa i t man rrt cm to ii to wntoc t rw do too know i dcnnl 1943 hrs injector ros 61s9q titatial wip fcortl j r hcoct ll mcvrt trs m 0uic the open meeting of the wo mens institute which was held last friday evening in the school was well attended after a few words of welcome to the visitors by the presi dent grace lehman the min utes of the previous meeting were read and the roll call was answered by my favourite subject in school mrs ed wi- deman convener then took charge of the meeting muriel byer dressed in an appropri ate costume sang this old house we were then favour ed with a piano duet by grace lehman and charlotte ann mcxair and two selections by the altona trio the motto was taken by mrs fred byer after comniunity singing ev eryone enjoyed the piano music of dot meyers then a play en titled an old time institute meeting was presented by miss grace lehman mrs jim harris mrs harold lewis mrs harvey feasby mrs er nie carruthers mrs art wide- man and mrs cyril bielby everyone enjoyed this humor ous play at the close the cast accompanied by mrs fred by er and mrs m reesor sang a number called old fashioned hats the meeting closed with the queen and a social halfhour mrs vivian carson and on- dine of forest hill village spent thanksgiving weekend with her parents mr and mrs xorman bunker the altona w i is sponsor ing a turkey supper again this year look elsewhere in this issue for particulars thanksgiving day mr and mrs frazer brown entertain ed mr and mrs jim stanley and family of kincardine and mr and mrs keith mckay and family of underwood mr and mrs merv bunker and family accompanied mr and mrs don davis on a trip greenwood mrs m minaker entertained her sister for a while last week we understand that mr vern hicks has sold his house belonging to the farm they moved in last week mr and mrs douglas mor- den and family were in the city last sunday mr and mrs john middle- ton and mr and mrs k beelby visited last sunday with lome and mrs parrot of myrtle mr and mrs john j brooks will welcome their friends and neighbours on sunday oct 17 from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 pm at the summer home of her brother mr ken keddel on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary during the church service last sunday morning clifford george son of roy and mrs hill and william david son of wm and mrs clark were pre sented for baptism rev mr moore gave a very fine address suitable for the occasion and the choir rendered a fine an them for thanksgiving mrs linton and donald are moving this week to their new ly purchased farm near rag lan congratulations to mr and mrs k beelby who celebrated a birthday recently mr and mrs e pegg visited in the city last sunday evening with friends the flu victims this last week have been rev mrs moore and mrs e pascoe mr and mrs wm brown and bill and miss may brown visited last sunday evening at the john middleton home anniversary services will be held this sunday the 17th with morning service in charge of our own minister rev mr moore and the junior farmers quartette of uxbridge at 11 am for the evening service rev s j hillier of brooklin and the home choir at 730 pm a bazaar and tea will be held when the usual display of art icles will be for sale mrs crowle of the w a presbytery will address the gathering in the afternoon commencing at 2 oclock to algonquin park on sunday on tuesday afternoon the lfth houstons mm i drug store atha mr and mrs gillespie and miss gillespie toronto spent thanksgiving with their sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs powell and family atha extends sympathy to mr kirton in the passing of his sister mrs armstrong cherry- wood mr and mrs ken walters toronto mr and mrs lloyd turnbull and family also from toronto spent thanksgiving with their mother mrs gertie hoover and vern mr ellis milton spent the holiday with his parents mr and irs james milton burke- ton we wish a speedy recovery for mrs lageer who at this time is ill with flu mrs gren drapers fine new barn is about completed a number from here attend- ed the sale of mr fred draper on saturday day with her daughter mrs johnston in stouffville mr a draper called on mr and mrs gren draper on sun day afternoon congratulations to the first prize winners at brooklin plowing match they were mr joe tran mr donald dun- keld mr donald dunkeld also won first at lindsay plowing match last week traffic charges are dismissed pickering hen lays odd egg a hen on the farm of sirs charles roberts rr 1 pick ering laid an egg the ottier day but it was something out of the ordinary in fact it may be included in the unique field the egg was a large one with a double yoke but inside of it was another complete egg of a fair size there is no record that th hen doing this job did arty extra crowing about it either just all in a days work per haps a claremont driver h des- jardine was cleared of charges of failing to report an accident and careless driving owing to lack of evidence when he was arraigned before magistrate m f langdon in oshawa police court the charges arose out of a collision on no 7 highway near markham on august 18 when desjardines car was in an accident with a car driven by william glen of toronto according to police testimony desjardine was attempting to pass the glen vehicle when an r j ii 4 oncoming car caused him to wailt imjw r6p 3111 villi i pull back in to his own lane bake sale oct 16 the claremont ladies aux iliary will hold a bake sale on sat oct 16th in the clare mont community hall at 3 pm sharpen the plowshares husbands wives thousands of couplet are weak wornout just as he came abreast of hautediolely because wylckiion fotriw il vimvitalitytryoitrextonictabletssupputo glen which resulted in a crash iron you loo may eed for pep uppifmt mrs macdonad spent satur- 1 damage totalled less than 100 jzy pickers wanted immediately for brusseh sprouts full or parttime 100 per hour paid by the day please bring a lunch and rubber boots we supply rubber pants apply s calderone 8th concession east side just south of ringwood fc