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claremont and pickering township district rev mr moore of green- 1 other achievements carol mr and mrs g m forsvth wood was the special guest jjoarjoa in city of ottawa y to s bi 5 l st f c f fflo to apartrnents of anniversary services last sua- 1 front rotary subs of picker- cay morning and evening tfaefiag and ottawa the above caoir of mt zion contributed the music in the evening both minister and choir were- very much appreciated the flowers scholars live in ciaemoit dis trict a dance was held at the close for those desiring this pleasure and the cafeteria raits and vegetables played i served tea cosee ard delicious tneir part in creating a thanks- refreshments to anv who de- gvng atmosphere sired a social period mr bur mrs jas mccuiiough and nett jamieson is vicechairman several members- of her fam ily from stoutfville were wel comed in the united church by members after the morning ser vice mr and mrs robt haslem of stouftville were sunday vis itors with her parents mr end mrs beelby mrs avison of toronto for mer missionary with her hus band in korea is visiting with her cousan mia ollle forsyth for a few weeks mrs mabel ormerod of to ronto was a sunday vwwe with mr and mrs mevin johnson and family the roll call at the october meeting of the w i was fvour thanksgiving blessing and brought forth a various number from the members mrs heron dist president was the guest speaker and she touched upon some important points mrs evans led in a mg song a delicious lunch was served by the committee st close mr and mrs john bmpring- ham of mt zrion visited with his parents mr and mrs geo kmpringham on sunday and attended the anniversary ser vice in the united church on sunday evening the third annual commen cement exercises of pickering district high school were held lust friday evening oct 32nd rev harold lackev of clare- moni united church gave the invocation the address to graduates was given by dr louis beattie ba lld su perintendent of secondary ed ucation valedictory address by mr ralph robertson there were twelve secondary school honour graduation di plomas presented to pupils who had obtained standing in at least 8 papers tf dept ex aminations and attended at least 1 year in grade 13 and to 31 pupils who had successfully completed the courses for gr 31 and 12 these included bev erley barclay carol johnson mary schneider of claremont in the secondary commercial course mary mcavoy au- brey carson joan barclay beverley barclay won cup and trophy for senior girl cham- plon in track and field keith norton won tha cup for boy with highest academic stand ing in grade 9a and one for highest proficiency aubrey carson won the bookkeeping commercial prize citation for of uie school board with mr claris ktevtl and mr barry murker la the group of eight members two fine church collection plates were donated to the united church by mrs wilkes in loving memory of her late husband mr wilkes a past beloved high school teacher of claremont the baptist church received an offering from members for flood relief victim at last sun days service the united chu rch intend setting xov 7th as the date for their special con tribution in the same cause mr and mr jas coates at tended the church annivers ary baptist service in ux- bridge last sunday evening in company with mr and mrs morgan pugh mr and mrs kenneth hast ings of whitevale visited with mr and mrs jack morgan on sunday mrs cora redshaw accom panied mr and mrs dave coates to richmond hill on sunday and visited with mr and mrs bob fuller miss rose marie pitt tea cher at the glasgow public school had dinner with mr and mrs jack morgan and family on tuesday evening of last week commencing tuesday nov 2nd the boy scout troup will meet in the claremont legion hali the pack meeting is scheduled for 645 pjn and the troup meeting at 815 at the euchre held in the claremont legion hall on monday evening oct 18th were 1st ivy hardy 2nd rc- wena lehman consolation mrs ed redshaw for the men the winners were 1st vves lehman 2nd clifford ardy consolation ed red shaw miss mabel gibson was a re cent visitor with friends in claremont mr and mrs hampson left on saturday for their new home in montreal mr hamp son is working for the gun cotton and spool ltd mr and mrs walt brignall of markham visited with friends in claremont on sun day mr and mrs bob haslam of 9touffville visited with mr and mrs john beelby mrs mabel ormerod of to ronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs melvin johnson miss rawson is visiting with bob mcleods this week miss gladys pugh teacher at ajax and mis marlon nor ton teacher a- dunbartoc spent the weekend at the homes of their parents here green river mrs yetta and sons spent sunday with mr and mrs wax smetham miss lois seebeck spent sun day under the parental roof mr v chafen spent sunday at his cottage at horseshoe lake mr anthony wikon of cali fornia had tea on wed with mrs wm duncan other visi tors at the duncan home were mrs fred watson of regina sask we understand that the farm owned by mr j cook ha been purchased by mr mar tin of scarboro junction mr and mrs m draper spent sunday afternoon with the wilkes family of unionviile mrs o wilson and mrs c robins and son of ajax spent sunday evening with a hutch ing the ladies aid held their regular meeting at the home of mrs e forsythe mrs flei scher was the guest speaker and brought a most inspiring message at the close of the meeting the hostess served a lovely lunch a number of friends gath ered on saturday evening at the home of mrs f turner to honour mr and mrs duncan turner with a miscellaneous showfer after a most interest ing contest the bride and groom opened the many and useful gifts at the close they expressed their thanks to one and all dont forget the anniversary services of the baptist church on sunday nov 7 at 11 am and 730 pjn full particulars later has spent near half of lifetime behind bars brougham fowl supper and dance in lhe claremont community hall on friday nov 12th at 630 pm orchestra circle b ramblers admission adults 125 children 75c sponsored by canadian legion branch 483 ooooo the boss sure loads that truck these days since hes been feeding us that coop dairy ration thats right all cows produce better on coop dairy feeds claremont co op claremont ont phone 38 collect ipoobol t innnri mr and mrs mitchell of to ronto were guests of mr and mrs al harvey on sunday mrs e e annis who spent the past week with friends in cleveland o spent sunday night with mrs matthews mrs geo counter of brant- ford and mrs petty of cherry- wood were recent guests of mrs s powell mr powell of utule britain visited with his son stan and mrs powell on sunday mr and mrs robertson of toronto visited with mrs lem- mon on sunday afternoon mrs witter and daughter gladys had dinner with mrs matthews on sunday mr and mrs c b sheppard and sons visited with his par ents l w and mrs sheppard on sunday mr e e annis of athens spent the past week with his son mervin and mrs annis congratulations to mr and mrs widdington dorothy boyles of oshawa on the arri val of a young son on october 10th the meeting of the friendly bible class will be held at the home of mr and mrs frank carter on monday evening no vornber 1st at 830 pm every one welcome the regular meeting of the womens association will be held on wednesday november 3rd at the home of mrs h miller the devotional in charge of mrs wm knox while the program will be given by mrs t philip all ladies welcome the regular euchre sixmsor- ed by the womens institute will be held as usual tuesday evening november 2nd this will be a benefit night for the flood victims admission fifty cents all members please bring lunch the wms of st johns church was held on thursday oct 21st at the home of mrs geo duncan with the presi dent mrs barclay in charge the meeting opened with a few minutes of silent prayer for the hood victims followed by a hymn mrs w knov gave the scripture reading from john 1m045 and 63310 the reading was from the mission ary monthly the theme the influence of a christian leader the topic christian impacts and influence was taken by mrs k miller assisted by mrs h barcley mrs h miller and mrs reaman meeting closed with prayer by mrs h barclay followed by lunch served by the hostesses mrs geo dun can mtes m duncan mrs f cassie and mrs keeler anniversary services will be held in st johns church here on sunday oct 31st rev king of whitevale will be guest peaker at the afternoon ser vice and the rev s j hillier of brooklin will be in charge of evening service at 730 pjn special music at each service the weekly euchre spon sored by the womens insti tute was held on tuesday eve ning last with the following as winners mrs p brown mrs a 3syearoid brantford shoe maker who has already serv ed 15 years in penitentiary was yesterday sentenced to two more years by hij honour judge j e pritchard in the ontario county court nicholas marchuk under a twoyear sentence imposed bv magis trate f s ebbs pleaded guil ty to a breakin and entry charge car theft and escaping custody all offences committed more than two years ago he was sentenced to two years on each charge al to run concur rently he will serve this two years when he finishes a two- year sentence handed down in uxbridge in 1952 by magistrate ebbs on a car theft charge this sentence was never serv ed because marchuk escaped from the ontario county gaol on the next day at the time of his escape october 3rd 1952 marchuk was remanded to this jail to await trial on a charge of brea king and entering the uxbridge creamery on sept 12th of that year yesterday in whit- by he pleaded guilty to the charge constable swinson of uxbridge told the court that on that night he had approach ed the creamery on patrol and heard a hammering noise he called constable wilton of the uxbridge detachment of the opp and later that night the car which constable swinson had seen parked outside the creamery was found in a ditch nbout four miles south of the town marchuk was approach ed later on foot near stouft vilie jail governor james suther land on the escaping custody charge told the court that about 3 am october 3rd 1952 he had been awakened at the jail a search was made of the second floor he said and later outside while searching out side a car sped away from the countyowned garage an inspection of the cell which marchuk had occupied and had absented himself from said mr sutherland showed an eightinch by 14inch hole in the brick ceiling in the at tic above he said a board had been ripped off the roof and a rope of torn blankets led from the roof to the ground allan lavds courthouse caretaker told the court that his car had disappeared that night and was found in york county later with a dead battery and igni tion wires crossed george boychyn acting crown attorney read mar- chuks record which began in 1927 in juvenile court since then marchuk had acquired something of a record by hav ing 27 convictions against his name he has been in peniten tiary five times since then and served 15 years following his escape from here 2 years ago he was apprehended in detroit only this year and returned to whitby for trial following extradition proceedings his honour sentenced ac cused to two years consecutive to the twoyear sentence he is now serving on the escaping charge he was sentenced to twoyear sentences on the breaking and entering and car theft charges these sentences to run concurrently first claremont brownies guides on saturday october 9th twelve guides from the com pany took 3 hike down to the gulley among tise colorful aut umn scenery at hinchtime they built a large stone fire place where the guides cook ed their lunch during the lunch eight guides passed their firelighting test the rest of the afternoon was spent laying and picking up trails and stalking eight girls passed the neqessary test all twelve girls received their first class mark for a 4 mile hike mrs boniface and mrs lye express ed their gratitude to mrs raw- lings for permission to use the grounds brownie and guide meetings will in the future take place in the basement of the claremont community hall leaders and parents would like to thank the clare mont park board for granting this privilage there will be a cookie sale november 3rd brownies and guides will be selling cookies at your home on this date please give generously as funds are needed to carry on the work for the brownies and guides will those donating cookies please see that they reach mrs lye before 3 pm wednesday nov 3rd as the cookies have to be packaged for the children to sell after school the meeting for this coming thursday oct 26th will be held in the form of a hallowe en hi jinx come in costume but dont frighten your neigh bours three girls of the guide com pany recently passed their child nurse test and will re ceive their badges in the near future the leaders would like to thank the following ladies for their assistance in the child nurse test mrs a rob inson mrs r madill and mrs j mansell owing to the hurricane the guiders were unfortunately un able to attend the dinner and convention for commissionair es and guiders added power luxurr ride in futuristic 1955 pontiac displaying the most sweeping lineup of firsttime features in pontiac history in cluding two brandnew v8 engines rated at 180 and 162 horsepower and a boost to 145 horse power in the economical six cylinder model 1955 pontiacs in six completely restyled series were announced today from coast to coast styling advances illustrated above include lowered roofandbeltlines and a drop in hood and reardeck heights to produce a lowslung alert appearance and a new panoramic wind shield and more massive grille pointing op the luxury aspect of pontiac design don beer severs finger in fan don beer of brougham op erator of one of the largest rural bus lines in the district had the misfortune to sever a finger on his right hand last week mr beer was working at the engine on one of his buses when his hand was caught in the fan belt his finger was cut off at the first joint halloween parade in claremont saturday night the claremont recreation committee are planning a big halloween parade on satur day night there will be spooks skeletons tramps and fairies the parade is schedul ed to start at 730 pm from the sarco factory and will wend its way down to the com munity hall a special film will be shown to the kiddies and every child will receive a bag of candy a real house of horrors is being planned to give the youngsters even more thrills than last year anyone not in costume will not be allowed to enter the house of horrors and in addition will be fined 25c by the doorman after the trip through che haunted house everyone will gather upstairs where the costumes will be judged dont miss this parade and party on saturday evening commencing at 730 was discussed and an auction sale was held with a social half hour following the no vember meeting is to be at mrs e trimbles home mrs clare balsdon of pick ering and miss margaret bur ton of detroit were visitors with mrs p wilson last thurs day afternoon mr and mrs m pegg wer sunday visitors at the vi tham home kdnsale after an niverscry service thera our sympathy is extended to mr and mrs leslie harbron mt zion in the recent death of her mother mrs flynn ansagggaaaaxsaaarxgazasrgrxscnatgbmsaaaa eating liberal quantities of spinach will improve your looks says a dietitian it has nt done much for popeye the sailor man euchre euchre every monday night at s30 in the claremont le gion hall under the auspices of the womens auxiliary legion adv ground observer corps news congratulations to mr wm sanders who has been appoint ed chief observer of the rcaf observation post at stouffville air and mrs sanders have taken over these duties from mr garfield brown who found it necessary to retire as chief observer due to pressure of other business last wednesday evening there was a meeting of local observers held at oshawa air port through the courtesy of mr sid cowley chief observer of the oshawa region observ ers attended from many points such as port perry seagrave uxbridge goodwood and stou ffville so large was the crowd that the meeting had to be moved to the airport cafeteria in order to seat all who at tended it begins to look like a mans world all right but too many are women in mens clothing greenwood mr and mrs l cryderman of hampton and the elmo dis ney family of pioketring were visitors at the percy clarke home recently and attended anniversary services the mission band will meet in the basement of the church this saturday afternoon at 230 mr and mrs e annis of orillia visited over the week end at george blakes home mr edward pegg has been a victim of flu this last week rev mr smalley will occupy the pulpit this sunday morn ing and will speak on temper ance at 1130 mr joe pegg and miss b mclean attended the ypu convention at almonte over the weekend mr and mrs n wilson and f and mrs byers had supper with d and mrs mor- den and family last friday night everyone seems to be get ting back to normal again af ter the hurricane of a week ago the evening w a held their regular meeting at mrs moores home last wednesday evening the worship service was conducted by mrs a morden and mrs e norris on the theme of giving thanks the scripture lesson was read by mrs wm pegg business highest market prices paid for dead or crippled stock speedy pickup call collect banner rendering markham 24j4 or ly 6237 how to increase mill pr0bucii0n make more money on master ten us tell you about the efficient master dairy feeding program stiver bros aavaaaaeisvjivsvavaaeysvajea aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai mr wallace mr robinson and mrs i hill two carloads of ladles went to greenwood on tuesday af ternoon to attend the rally and bazaar sponsored by the womens association mrs crowle of gshnwa was guest speaker and gave a very inter esting account of her trip to evanston after which the la dies retired to the sunday school room to attend the ba zaar and enjoy a social cup of tea on thurday afternoon number of ladies journeyed to enniskillen united church for a meeting of the womens as sociation of oshawa presby tery the meeting was in charge of mrs w c ives of bowmanville and the guest speaker was mrs j l hal- penny past president of tne dominion council who gave a very interesting address the regular services were held in st johns church on sunday afternoon when rev h lackey was assisted by rev mr moore of greenwood and the choir were assisted by mr david norton at the organ and miss gladys witter who rend ered two solos because i walk with thee ami he stanley theatre program for november monday a tuesday 1st a 2nd johnny dark technicolor tovy curtis piper laurie comedy short a cartoon wednesday a thursday 3rd a 4th she couldnt say no jean simmons robt mitchum comedy a cartoon friday a saturday 5th a 6th hondo color john wayne geraldine page comedy short a cartoon smiled on me which were en- matthews and mrs loss hilljjojed by all monday tuesday 8th 0th the carnival story technicolor aw baxter steve cochran comedy cnrtoon wednesday tliunwliy 10th jlth tripoli maureen ohara a john payne technicolor comedy a cartoon friday a saturday 12th a leth pride of the bluegrat color lloyd ruiikjkh vera milem great diamond robbery red skelton cora wtluamb monday a tuesday lfilh a i6th knock on wood teohnfrolor danny kaye a mai zettermng short a cartoon wednesday a thursday 17lh a i8th secret of the incas technicolor chaiutox hk6tox a hobt young sport short a cartoon friday saturday 10th a 90th flame of calcutta teohnleolor demise darcel a patiuc knowlm shark river color steve cochran a carole mathews monday tuesday wednesday thursday november 22 21 24 2rt magnificent obsession in technicolor starring jane wyman pins cartoon and rock hudson admlmlon adults 0ac children me friday a saturday soth a 37th whispering smith ajjax lai a rrkmha marshams technicolor evknedjr short a 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