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vbe tribuae stouffvffle orrl thursday nvmrib- m mm claremont and pickering township district mr and mr ernest ptlkey j central ontario institute will john and judy were sunday i be shocked on earning oi the visitors at the harold xorton 1 sudden passing of mrs norman tome white of broojtlin past area mr john phillips who has president and active in corn- spent the past 2 months with munity and church work his daughter and family has through life we understand gone to uxbridge for the win- brougham balsam and mount ziox mrs w p jones visited for two or three days last week with friends at stouffville united sunday school room on nov 20th commencing at 3 pm members please bring their special 25c gifts from ter months with his sister mrs mina mcmaster dont forget the euchres in the legion hall every monday night the prize winners at last weeks euchre were la dies 1st mrs mildred pugh 2nd mrs margaret wilker consolation mrs delma nok- es men 1st mr galloway 2nd mr gordon benson con- j friend- far and near solation mr walter murray i the wi will be held next receipts from the claremont j wed afternoon nov 17th in baptist bazaar totalled s11g j the hall a sjecia collection the sale was held on saturday will be taken for shutin gifts afternoon of last week jfor christmas roll call a mr and mrs paul spencer i current event convener mrs of lxbridge were sunday visi- 1 k ward lunch comm mrs tors with mr and mrs art i r hockley mrs e cook mrs spencer j peddle mrs stephenson mr thorpe will take over the mrs h johnson everyone duties of organist at the united welcome church on sunday miss gladys pugh of dun- barton spent the weekend with her family in claremont miss mae mclntyre of toj ronto was a sunday visitor of mrs h g mclntyre the small son of mr and mrs gordon gauslin has been a patient in the general hos pital during the past couple of weeks undergoing some leg treatments last sunday cash donations i mr and mrs geo duncan visited with mr and mrs e e annts of athens last week mrs maden of agincourt and thatlrs white dropped dead bob harvey jr of tall on the bus upon reaching j p haliburton nad lunch brooklin after attending thej mr a1 harvey one day wi convention in toronto onj week fridav evening and sr geo knox a you are reminded again of f enniskillen visited i evening with her parents mr the bazaar being held in the w nis pj w ar mrs jand mrs wm harbron request better police protection the pickering township manderson left saturday morn ing for the north to hunt mrs stan xeale and glenna of toronto visited saturday only four appeals in oxbridge twp lxbridge township council held their court of revision on monday afternoon of this week only four assessment ap peals were heard two of the four appeals were sustained were received from members i wllile total decreases am- of the united church for relief ounted to 22o00 tins is the of flood victims of the recent smallest number of assessment disaster the mission band will be held next sunday after the regular s s members please bring money for world friends and from sale of calendars mr and mrs douglas bry- and and children of whitby r r were sunday visitors with mr and mrs robt hockley and ohildren mr and mrs grayden taylor of oshawa were sunday visi tors with mr and mrs sam taylor and family a large container filled with beautiful flowers from the fu neral of the late mr phillips of brougham adorned the cen tre table at the front of the united church on sunday remembrance oay parade on sunday nov 11th the claremont legion will hold their remembrance day par ade all legion members will meet at the hall at 230 pm the service will start at 3 oclock in the baptist church thirteen members of the w i and an equal number from brougham formed a busload attending the convention at the royal york last thursday no doubt all members from i vice appeals to be filed for a num ber of years township assess or distin mcdonald and coun ty assessor mclean attended the court road and bridge damage re sulting from the recent hurri cane was very slight in the township the road account for the month of october am ounted to less than 1700 knox on sunday j mr and mrs jos smith mr mr k pascoe has been busy land mrs walter smith and erecting a new garage for mr son and mrs alex zealand of dean mairs lindsay spent sunday with mr mrs hardy of toronto vis- and mrs leslie harbron ited with friends here during i the sympathy of this com- the weekend munitv goes to mr norman mr and mrs gerald harb- while and familv of broklin 5500 presentation special baptist church ceremony at a special service held on sunday evening at the clare mont baptist church a 500 legacy left by the late eliza beth evans of claremont was presented to mr dixon burns supt of the home mission board of the baptist churches of ontario and quebec the presentation was made by the missionary treasurer miss mildred linton mr burns was the special speaker at the ser- ron and daughters bernice and inajean of myrtle visited their aunt mrs matthews on saturday evening mrs hamilton and son phil of keswick called on mr and mrs dean mairs on saturday afternoon mrs wannop and mrs c burrows were in toronto last week as delegates to the wo mens institute convention which was held in the royal york hotel sympathy of the community is extended to the family of the late thos philip who passed away last week mr and mrs c b sheppard and sons visited with mr and mrs l w sheppard on sun day the many friends of mrs bruce ritchie who is now in brierbush hospital stouffville are sorry to hear that she is not improving as fast as might be wished all join in wishing her a speedy recovery a lovely basket of flowers adorned the front of st johns church on sunday put there bv the family of the late thos philip the regular monthly meet ing of the womens association of st johns united church was held on wednesday eve ning november 2 at the home of mrs hugh miller with a good attendance the presi dent mrs x burton was in charge the devotional was taken by mrs wm knox while the program was in charge of mrs cassie due to the absence of the program convener mrs philip during the business period conveners were appointed for the differ ent booths at the coming ba zaar to be held on saturday afternoon november 27 the card convener mrs cassie gave a report of work done during the past month a very pleasant evening was brought to a close by a dainty lunch served by the hostess mrs miller the regular monthly meet- in the passing of mrs white on friday mrs lewis jones erla and phyllis visited sunday with mr and mrs robert parrott at ashburn the mt zion baseball club had a social evening at the school on friday night mr and mrs geo empring- ham and grandchildren of claremont visited sunday at the jack empringham home and helped to celebrate mr jack empringhams birthday mr and mrs lloyd wilson and family visited sunday eve ning with mr and mrs joe jones at glen major ing of the wms of st johns church will be held on thurs day afternoon november 18 at the home of mrs d l mairs assisted by mrs h plaxton mrs e johnston and mrs e campbell program convener mrs lackey assist ed by mrs lcmraon and mrs n burton roll call love several of our local ladies took advantage of the bus trip to toronto on thursday last and attended the w i con vention held in the royal york the regular weekly euchre sponsored by the womens institute was held as usual on tuesday last when the follow ing were winners mrs mat thews mrs n burton mrs milne mr ross carlton mr bruce hollinger and mr ed williams birthday prize went to mrs h barclay travelling prizes mrs shea and mr frank carter wedding anni versary mrs h barclay com ing longest distance mr w burton and special prize to mr ed williams all prizes were donated and the sum of thirty dollars was realized for the flood relief fund service service general motors parts service by experienced men herb colbourne 32 years with general motors and international harvester corporation fred collingwood 28 years with durant motors and giles rice peters paint and body man famous last words tfes sir vlntw or suoser ah starts llk like special fall prices permanent type antifreeze 295 gal alcohol 218 gal ermine presto o lite batteries messrs lewis jones and gleni poice commission has heard a plea from a spokesman for a ratepayers association with in the township for more men on the sixman township force at a meeting of the commis sion in whitby last night ted bennett speaking for the liv erpool ratepayers association asked the commission to inves tigate the situation with a view to increasing the staff on the pickering township police commission are chair man his honour judge j e pritchard magistrate f s ebbs and reeve george todd force understaffed mr bennett stated that the association which he represent ed felt that police protection in the township was inade quate in that it was under staffed most ratepayers he said would be willing to pay an additional so or 10 per year to secure adequate protection he outlined three chief con cerns of the association on many occasions he said the police office is vacant and it is through this office that all fire calk are turned in and through this office that a siren is sound ed to call the volunteer fire brigades on many occasions he said there is only one man on duty and if he is answering a call outside the ottice and an emer gency arises he cannot be contacted thirdly he said the force is so understaffed that the rou tine duties of a constable left him with no time to perform his investigations into com plaints and offences a television set he said had been stolen from a township home on thanksgiving week end and to his knowledge po lice had not yet conducted an investigation into the matter on the past sunday he said when there had been a double drowning at frenchmans bay a call had been sent to police but there was no one in the office admits understaffed sgt david freeman replied and stated that the force had been operating two men short for the past month thus mak ing only one man available for each shift if he receives a call at the office then he must leave with no one to answer any other calls he said that for 25 or 30 percent of the time the office is vacant on sunday afternoon he jxjinted out he had been pick ing up his relief when the call had come in and had that day worked 16 hours before retir ing to begin his shift seven hours later he also admitted that when a fire call came to the office and no one was there to take it the operator had to call a member of the volunteer fire brigade to turn in an alarm need larger budget in replying for the commis sion his honour stated that more police protection is di rectly related to the matter of more policemen which would involve a larger budget the commission he said is well aware of the necessity of a larger force to meet the needs of this fastgrowing commun ity but he added this view is not shared by all the ratepay ers of the township of picker ing the commission he said has the power to appoint more offi cers but the pay for those men must come from the taxes which are levied by the coun cil to overcome the necessity of hiring extra menhe said the commission had author ized the payment of overtime to the present members in or der that they might extend their protection without add ing to the tax burden the council he said would be obliged to pay for the addi tional men but he would no like to take such a position i would like the council to agree that more men are need ed before taking such a move he concluded and if they do new men will be added imme diately its a mighty nice trait to be able to be nice and polite to people without wanting some thing from them why take chances 51 plate 30 months adjustment regular 2775 you save 635 special price 2140 45 plate 15 months adjustment look at these savings 51 plate 24 months adjustment regular 2585 you save 585 regular you save 1820 280 balance 1540 special price 2000 39 plate 3 months adjustment regular 1295 you save 260 1035 chas cooper ltd claremont ont phone 103 first settler moved into uxbridge twp in 1806 this year 1954 ontario coun ty marks its 100th birthday the township of uxbridge will mark its 105th birthday in jan- uarv the township was sur veyed in 1s04 and 1s05 by s s wilmot the first settler was dr beswick in the year 1s06 he attempted to build a grist mill and sawmill in that year but before its completion he sold his property to joseph col lins who completed the mill he was killed in it while at tempting to remove the ice around the flutter wheel in the year 180s that part of the township around glasgow was settled by the following families the hesters mordens forsyths browns widemans mcwain townsend and fre nch in 1808 there was a large settlement of pennsylvania dutch quakers they included the families of joseph collins james hughes amos stephen and thomas hilborne jona than and william gould sam uel haines geo webb and charles champman they set tled at or near uxbridge town quaker hill west of ux bridge is where the first chu rch in the township was built in 1s09 the second male child born in the township was joseph gould who for many years rep resented uxbridge and the ad joining township of scott in the home district council he was the first provincial ward en of the county of ontario first reeve of the village of ux bridge on its incorporation he was a leader in municipal com mercial educational manufac turing lumbering and agricul tural matters in the township his son isaac was county warden and represented north ontario more than once in pro vincial and dominion parlia ment the first sawmill in the town ship was built in 1809 by jo seph collins and he also built the first grist mill in the same year later grist mills were built by jos gould mcnaugh- ton of glasgow wheeler of uxbridge and davidson of goodwood the first schoolhouse was built in 1817 on lot 30 con cession 6 the first teacher was a little irishman whose name has not been handed down to posterity the first store was built in 1830 by j p plank who came from the state of new york in 1826 and brought a stock of goods from oshawa the first post office was es tablished in 1836 the first post master was jos bascom a de scendant dr jos bascom of toronto was the first mayor of the town of uxbridge the home district register in 1837 gives the population of the township at 462 and the num ber of freeholders and house holders at 99 the population of thorah was then 639 the only other village of im portance was goodwood the dowswells and todds were the early settlers members of these families have held important municipal positions both in the township and the county the waggs longs widdifields vanzants browns minros mordens mcculloughs and forsyths were early settlers in the neighborhood the township had twelve schools and eleven churches in 1907 in 1832 the rev mr car- uthers the presbyterian mis sionary speaks of a twelve mile tramp from planks tavern to whitchurch through the woods without seeing a house or a settler in the york almanac pub lished by charles fothergill in 1825 the population of ux bridge and whitchurch is giv en as 1201 the township was well tim bered with pine the goulds forsyths widdifields nesblts pilkeys sharrads weirs dy kes and kellars built sawmills benjamin parker of glasgow was one of the early settlers he was reeve and then mem ber oi the county council for many years john b feasby was also reeve and member of the county council for many years aaron sharrard later of whitby carried on an extensive saw and grist milling business at glen sharrard now glen major john weir lumberman took an active part in the municipal politics in pickering and in ox bridge elisha miller of glas gow was an active settler and for a great many years an ac tive constable the northern part of the township was set tled earlier than the south part the brothers asa and jo seph millard of altona were credited with being the leaders in breeding fine horses in the county they represented ux bridge on county council in several sessions some of the former reeves of uxbridge township have been 1912 w smalley 1914 duncan morgan of claremont 1916 isaac wagg goodwood 1918 hezekiah roach good wood 1920 david watson goodwood 1922 owen davies uxbridge no 1 1924 wm g cassie uxbridge glen major miss annetta carpentier has gone to montreal to spend the winter with her parents mrs edgar johnson and mrs charles fiss accompanied miss delia johnson of pine grove to waterdown and spent the weekend with miss mabel ba ker mr and mrs jim jones and shirley visited sunday with mrs walls brooklin mrs gowan ferguson and mi robt ferguson spent the weekend at glen gowan mr and mrs c a neville left on monday to spend the winter in florida sunday callers at the jones home were mr and mrs leslie smith and boys prospect mr and mrs llo3d wilson and carl mt zion mr ernest win ter and mr allan jones of newmarket misses eleanor johnson and june fiss spent the weekend at their homes mrs arthur paddie and ar tie claremont visited thurs day evening with mr and mrs charles fiss revival services in progress united missionary church over november 14th 1030 bethesda 245 gormley 730 gormley ministering in word and song rev mrs d baughey fowl supper and dance in the 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 v t v v v v ttt hockey supplies large and complete stock of hockey and figure skate outfits from lowest price lines to highest quality stan lane ltd 2135 danforth avenue toronto phone ho 2331 4 weeks before marketing finish your j turkeys on w 1 master fc fattening pellets get better finish which meanj higher grade at market lime see us now tout ioca1 mastix df aui claremont cooperative call or phone claremont 38