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pf n -tb- siejhrise trilnjse- thursday march 311955 claremont and pickering township district pickering gets 14000 extra grant we are pleaded to report that mrs valentino is recovering from a recent operation ja the locxwood clinic mr earle bear is presently urtier the doctors care after suffering a heart attack last week mr and mrs ed boniface en tertained fnercis from toronto on sunday mrs c reynolds has return ed home from the hospital and 1 progressing nicely miss mcavoy of mr zton was a sunday visitor with mr and mrs jack ward the united church wa meeting will be held on thurs- i v afternoon at 30 mr and mrs e maye of oshawa were guests of mr and m- howard hocklej recently we regret that mrs mccon- reil has not been feeling well lor th- past few day mrs henry johnson enjoyed a short visit with the wearens list week while canvassing for the red cros being a keen lover of flowers mr wearen has dozens of potted african violets of various colours a large round container with va rious leaves pinned down in soil with small steeples a yel low melodious canary hanging from a cage and both he and his wife gifted conversational ists mr and mrs tansley visited with her sister in toronto last thursday the new electric organ rec ently dedicated to the clare mont baptist church is a hall- man electric and not a ham mond as previously reported mrs chas gostick is the org anist owing to the severity of the weather on sunday evening there was not so good an at tendance at the baptist church for the farewell service of the pastor rev g davison as was expected we understand that the organist mrs gostick was obliged to travel from stouff- vilie to markham following the plow on the highway for the service audley girl to visit ottawa judy puckrin a grade 12 stu dent at the pickering and dist rict high school will go to ottawa some time in may as guest of the local rotary club in that district she received the highest marks in modern history each year rotary makes this trip possible for stu dents across ontario some 30 students will be the guests of the ottawa rotary club they will be shown the historical places around the capital and have the opportunity of meet ing the prime minister judy is the daughter of mr and mrs geo puckrin audley mobile chest xray in claremont friday on friday afternoon and eve ning the ontario county mo bile chest xray machine will take up a position in front of claremont community hall it will provide chest xray service to all residents sixteen years of age and over the unit will be open from 2 pm to 5 pm and from 7 to 10 in the evening any parents wishing to have children under the specified age examined are requested to sign a card the xray service is promoted by the ontario government in conjunction with the tb asso ciation at the present time ajax and pickering village have bean served clakemoxt page for sure cliakemoxt gosiklj chapei sunday april 11 am morning service 730 pm evangelistic service rev g i mercury negro preacher from th methodist episcopal church will sing and preach s pm wednesday evening prayer service vou are wel come in 1s96 two americans ceo harbo and frank samuelson lowed across the atlantic ocean in an lsfoot open boat they used only oars no sails no motor the 3200 mile row took thehi 02 days i uke your easter onnit sue amo i uke hat swcu 01 you i oil gmt rol mt h houstons ther store bon that fto 8t01ffvuje ont death almost rode in this car a young toronto couple had a narrow escape when this car in which they were riding crashed headon into the side of a moving freight train at a level crossing at cherrywood station the driver robert carey 20- of albany avenue toronto told police that he did not see the crossing until he was 50 feet away his brakes fail ed to hold the car on the slip pery roadway he and his companion lioa grogan is of papa avenue were badly shaken up but otherwise un injured the front end of the car was sheared off and frag ments were carried for a quarter mile the train crew were unaware of the accident 50000 fire razes pickering home a s50000 fire destroyed the country home near brougham of judge john a grudefl of the toronto family court the loss included a iegal library allied at more than 3000 the lire was discovered by a passerby who notified employ ees of a nearby mushroom farm jick xigro turned in the alarm firemen from brougham and pickering village battled flames for 4 hours but were hampered by lack of water the house was being reno vated and judge grudeff and hi family planned to make it their permanent residence this summer it was unoccupied at the time of the fire convention speaker rev gordon bolender mis sionary to nigeria west af rica will give a missionary address in stouflville united missionary church on friday evening at s oclock rev bolender is well known in this community having taught in the altona school before going to africa rev bolen der received a modal of rec ognition from the queen for his outstanding work done among the people of africa pickering sergeant of police demoted sergeant david freeman of the pickering police was found guilty on one of two charges at a police commission hearing in whitby on saturday freeman was reduced to the rank of constable effective at once he had been susended a week ago by police chief les ter hill on charges of conduct likely to bring discredit upon the good reputation of the po lice force the hearing which started friday afternoon and was con tinued saturday morning last ed seven hours all pickering police officers were called to give evidence some for the de fense the commission consists of county judge j e pritch- ard magistrate f s ebbs and pickering twp reeve george todd goodwood sorry to have reported in error the sale of the morgason house to mrs john thompson the new owners are mr and mrs jack todd they do not plan to move at the present the womans association quilted two quilts at the home of mrs macdougall last week a car load of ladies attended the lode luncheon at ux- bridge last thursday two local businessmen have improved their remises mr i foskett and son have altered the interior of their implement shop by adding a new office fluorescent ligjuing and siding mr willis taylor has removed a partition and is adding new shelves to his store both places are changing color mr james mellor of toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs g macdougall the early signs of spring have been fast disappearing with what might be called our worst winter weather the first united church ser vice to be held at the rriw hour of 1030 am is this sunday april 3rd unday school at 1120 sharp mr hill plans to have a good friday worship service at audley by this last weeks weather there is no doubt that march is trying to live up to its repu tation of going out like a lion sunday school and church services were cancelled on sun day on account of the blocked roads congratulations to judy puc krin who was chosen from pic kering high school to go to ottawa in may as a guest of the rotary club the audley community club will meet on wednesday april g at the home of mr and mrs wm brown the entertain ment committee have a very interesting program arranged mr and mrs arch bell were pleasantly surprised saturday evening when a number of their friends from ajax called to wish them well in their new home congratulations to mr and mrs theodore annan who cel ebrate their 53rd wedding an niversary on saturday a num ber of their friends and rela tives called during the after noon and evening to offer con gratulations pickering principal takes sudbury post lewis c r briggs bsa b ed principal of pickering and district high school has an nounced that he has accepted the petition as principal of the nickel district collegiate and vocational histitute sudbury mr briggs will take up his new duties with the fa term the enrollment at sudbury is 1000 students it is a new type of school providing technical as well as academic opportun ities to the rich suburban min ing district of sudbury located as it is at the gateway to the north and west enjoying the advantages of both northern and southern ontario mr briggs has been principal of pickering high school since 1950 it was he who came on the scene before the new school was complete and set up the system under which the school now operates during those years the en- lollment at pickering has grown from 100 day students to 600 students and 30 evening students including advanced technical classes bringing to ajax village of pickering and pickering township equality of opportunity it is on the record that students have regularly obtained over 05 percent passes on grade 13 departmental ex aminations mr briggs is only 41 years old married with a daughter joyce in high school he has 21 years experience as a tea cher principal and administra tor in the field of academic and vocational education and has a special interest in the organ ization and guidance of school projects in new areas atha mr harold and jennie car ruthers cashel visited one afternoon recently with mrs a carruthers and family mr and mrs mcdowell en tertained guests from parry sound over the weekend mr and mrs donald dunk- elds baby returned home from toronto hospital on saturday ruth ann carruthers spent the weekend with her grand parents mr and mis foster wagg stouifville master david carnochan of port perry is spending two weeks with the dunkeld fam ily mr and mrs mcdonald en tertained his brother from to ronto on saturday pickering township will re ceive unconditional grants from the ontario government am ounting to 1421025 of this amount s777s25 will be paid as a municipal grant to aid un employment and s6432 as an education grant for elementary schools the announcement was made by premier leslie frost en tuesday march 22nd these grants will be received promptly in order that they might be taken into considera tion in the 155 budget the fallout following the explosion of an hbomb is some thing to which everybody is all ergic 11 am plan to attend the womans association will meet in the sunday school on thursday april 7 mrs b taylor is in charge of the devo tion and mrs c watson the program hostesses are mrs herb wagg and miss arbuckle the word for the roll call is life boy scouts will meet on fri day night at s15 in the united church basement mr and mrs eric granger and peter visited mr and mrs brian granger at burlington on sunday sympathy is extended to mr delos brown in the loss of his mother mrs t brown of col- borne and to mr walt cooper whose sister died in the united states sorry to report that mr russell feasby is sick v during alterations watch for special displays each week inside the store easter accessories now on display hand bags gloves hells scarves collars flowers veiling fancy handkerchiefs smart new separates hloiises sweaters skirls easier dresses house coals lone and shorlic through the years our motto has been service to our customers ant still is ok vital importance to is we will be open as usual saturday nights until 10 pm and after may 1st tuesday and saturday nights until spofford co srouffville ont maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa fastest cutting easiest handling chain saw built mali 2mg packs r hl ix 201olxu unit brougham mr and mrs w carlton and mr ross carlton were at sun derland on sunday march 20 to attend the funeral of the late mrs jewel sr whose fun eral service was held at the funeral parlor with interment in little britain cemetery mr and mrs i neal have moved to the village and are now living in the houe lately vacated by mr wues colds have been very prev alent here during the pam week and among the latest victims are mrs ross knox mrs win knox mr and mrs a j grav and miss carol todd we all join in wishing them a speedy recovery the potluck supper in the hall on thursday evening was a success the attendance was good and there was a bountiful supply of food the brougham firemen were called to a fire in judge gul dens 14roomed house corner brock rd and fifth concession one night last week the house was unoccupied at the time as it is being remodelled the family were planning to move into it in the near future the fire did s20000 damage to the interior and contents the regular weekly euchre was held in the hall on tues day evening last when the following were luck3 winners mrs a j gray mrs h mal colm mrs shea mr l john ston mr ross carlton and mr r pilkey the travelling prizes went to mrs shea and mr l johnston the bazaar sponsored liv the friendly bible class held in the township hall on satur day afternoon proved quite a success notwithstanding the unfavorable weather there was a goqd attendance and buy ers were quite active mrs t english returned home after spending a week with her father mr crowder of bracebridge mr and mrs a hardy and bill of toronto visited with friends here on sunday sorry to hear that mr stan powell is in oshawa hospital undergoing treatment all join in wishing him a speedy recov ery mr and mrs al harvey spent sunday with friends in to ronto communion service will be held in st johns united chu rch sunday afternoon april 3 greenwood j halfway mark reached in red cross canvass the red cross appeal in pie- keiing township and village is now at the halfway mark and officers and workers are confi dent of a good result when the campaign winds up april 2 t j wheeler campaign chair man of the branch which was founded only a few weeks ago reported an increasing daily re sponse from all parts of the over 1cx square miles of the township which has been di vided into 17 canvassing dist ricts as an instance f the interest in the appeal the chair man cited the case of a motor ist who flagged a pasing can vassers car result another subscription pickering branch officers led by president l a peters ot claremont were invited guests of thhe whitbv red cross this week the visit provided pick ering opportunity to congratu late their whitby neighbors on their own successful campaign cftort as well as to gather in formation on welfare and other red cross programmes nf in terlocking interest to the two communities also this week pickering red cross officers at tended the ontario annual con ference in toronto the wms meeting for the circuit will be held at the home j of mrs r e mowbray on thursday april 7th the sacrament of the lords j supper will be observed on sunday april 3 at 1115 new members and any members by transfer and confession of faith will le received into the church at this service sunday school will meet at 10 oclock three children of the geo moore family are ill with the measles we are sorry to report that mrs p clarks is indisposed with sickness hope for a spee dy recovery congratulations to mr wal ter wilson rev mr moore fercy clarke lloyd morden and ha pegg who celebrated birthdays recently tile western tv show is being presented at pickering and oshawa this week and on april 15 at brooklin a reception for the two new ly appointed elders mr c mc- taggart and mr wm pegg was held at the close of last sundays church service the farm forum meeting was held last monday night at the mclean home the dis cussion on safety on the high- i way april 28th meeting was held at win lawsons no oneman chaii saw for sale toda can match the mai 2mg tremendous power weighs onlj 29 pounds heres the sat everyones beer looking for tireles and effortless t operate vl we have so muct confidence in thif saw well let yoc try it in your owr timber amazing hem for free tryout write or phone altona feed supplies claremonl onl phones clare 33629 slouff 61326 pickering boy drowns in excavation fouryearold billy gallacher of pinegrove avenue altona road pickering drowned last week in three feet of water in an excavation for a septic tank within 10 feet of his home the boy had been missing three hours before a neighbor dean lensing saw a small hand pro truding above the water in the hole mrs patrick gallacher said she had let the boy out to play about 230 pm she hecame worried when she could not find him and called neighbors a search party was organized the boy was found after 530 pm firemen and police tried artificial respiration but coro ner dr w w tomlinson pro nounced the boy dead dr tom linson said the shock of falling in the icy water wouldnt give him much chance its foolish to expect a lame excuse to go very far hear and see south america on coix1red sound film at the mission home corner main albert on monday april 4th at s pm guest speakers mr mrs v frith of the oriental mission society sponsored by the evangelical mission of converted monks and priests the best things in life may be free but the upkeep on a lot of them runs into consider able money the sooner they are put out the better wvvw r t roxy theatre ark ham evenings doors open 030 pm sat matinee 130 pm friday saturday april 1 2 dolores d0rnmarie windsorwinston millerandre detoth a 1ransc0na enterprises production mtud warner bros plus this exciting cofeature rill williams jean porter in racing blood in glorious color mon tues wed april 456 prison revels big twin exposed thrill bill i adult entertainment 0a lupikfl jah stdttbc cleo moore audret t01toi imusthaxterrswardduff gable turner victor mature louis caihern caisu nam a a pull line ofl balanced feeds 0m g jficl de ta5 bag gag ge j oaremont coop