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claremont an d pickering township district mr and mrs dor hedges visited with mr and mrs gor don neale oi greemvood on sunday mr and mrs ed boniface had toronto friends on sun day mr and mrs n bodrug of toronto visited with mr and mrs clare keevil over the weekend mr and mrs ernie mayes of ofhaa were recent visitors at thj howard hockley home congratulations to john and judy pilkey who celebrated their 32th birthday on friday anri loth mr and mrs e pilkey john and judy also albert pilkey were sunday visitors with mr and mrs h norton and fam ily commencing april 23r- lor bank will be open i public from 0 am to 3 pm zrdfrom 430 to 6 pm on fri civs and will remain closed a day on saturdays the re maining days will continue the reular hours the regular meeting of the baptist mission circle will be held on tuesday april 2gth at 230 pm at the home of mrs g m forsyth topic biogra phy of christine ciollerd mrs frank goticks group will have charge of the program all ladies welcome mr martin teacher of webb school spent the easter holi days at his home at hanistoi mr tom gregg is improving slowly since spring weather has made sidewalks easier to travel we hope to see him around as usual soon feeling much better mission band will be held next sunday after sunday school members are invited to bring combs harettes hair ribbons costume jewellery sleeveless sweaters for bale everyone please attend from 3 years to 12 mr and mrs gray of gar den hill parents of mrs lac key and cousins mrs dunbar and mr and mrs augustus and family of toronto were sunday visitors with rev h and mrs lackey and family a large basket of beautiful spring flowers and roses ad orned the front of the churches on sunday in memory of the late mr cecil storev the wjv will be held on thursday afternoon april 2s commencing at 230 oclock ah members and friends are cordially invited to attend mrs ormerod sr of toron to was a sunday visitor with mr and mrs melvin johnson and family the various group organiza tions brownies cubs scouts and guides with their leaders attended morning service in the united church last sun day making an impressive and colorful sight much credit is due those who have given of their time and talents in the interest of our young folk much of which belongs to rev davison who sponsored the formation the wms held their regu lar meeting last thursday af ternoon in the united church mrs morgan and mrs ander son from the goodfellowship class were in charge of the devotional service owing to the heavy rainfall with result ant spring breakup of the roads only three of the mem bers from stouftville wms were present mrs peddie in troduced the guest speaker mrs siscoe of stouftville in glowing terms of admiration dating from the period of her probationary nursing at belle ville mrs v evans thanked imrs siscoe for her fine inter esting talk on behalf of the class and members of the w ms mrs r jackson sang a 60lo tmd mrs h gregg played a piano selection lunch of sandwiches and cookies with tea was enjoyed by all present visitors with mr and mrs roy morgan on sunday were mr and mrs ernie stephen- of oshawa and mr andi fleming of ln- 5015 mrs archie ionville prizewinners at the euchre party on monday evening were ladies 1st mrs grace red- shaw 2nd mrs o spencer men roy morgan 2nd wes lehman traveling prizes mrs e carruthers and tom hammond door prize mr carson watson the last euchre of the sea son sponsored by the ladies auxiliary will be held in the communiiv hal on monday evening april 25 at s30 when the lucky tickets will be drawn good prizes lunch served come and have a good time note change o place brownies and guides have popular banquet fo sejskaling with car say witnesses appears here judgement was last week re served on a 20yearold stouft ville man who police charge drove his car on the claremont skating rink while some 40 or 50 skaters were on the ice harry benson appeared before magistrate f s ebbs in the whitby police court charged with dangerous driving evi dence in the case was taken but judgement was reserved grant ward of claremont told the court that on the night of january 29th he look ed out on the open air rink at claremont and saw a car just coming off the ice there were about 10 or 50 skaters many of them children on the ice at the time later he said he saw the car return and went over and asked the driver who he said was banson what he was doing on the ice benson he said could give no reason lloyd linton another clare mont resident testified that he had been skating that evening when he looked to the north of the rink and saw a car driv ing onto the ice it started up he said and turned around twice on the ice before driv ing off again skaters he said were grouped around the south end of the rink but a number of youngsters had grabbed the rear bumper and were hanging on when the car skidded ar ound in a loop edgar evans another clare mont resident said that he had been skating when he saw the car coming onto the ice and he had gone to warn his son to keep away from the vehicle the entrance to the rink he said was about 300 feet away from the road constable olorley richardson of the whitby detachment of the opp produced a statement taken from benson in which the accused admitted making two turns on the arena while skaters were using the ice aws greer qc counsel for benson argued that the arena could not tie classed as a pub lic place since entrance was allowed only by admission magistrate ebbs will give judg ment on april 26th on thursday evening in the claremont community hal the brownie and girl guide troop held their first mother and daughter banquet some forty girls attended accompan- nied by their mothers rev g davison the founder of the two thriving organizations de livered the special address the brownies were organiz ed in march 1s53 the mem bership since that time has more than tripled a mothers i organization some of us are quarter notes pointed out the speaker we cant ail be whole notes but if we make use of the talents we possess life will be more complete everyone has an equal place in life said rev davison all are necessary turning to the parents the speaker pointed out that they are the most important part in proper functioning of such an association has been formed to aid in the promotion of the group the gir guides were organized a short time later under the leadership of mrs edgar boniface mrs robt barton is the leader at the pres ent time with the inclusion of members from brougham the enrollment has doubled in the past year miss ann keevil welcomed the mothers mrs clare keevil replied to the toast seated at the head table were the followingofficials mrs wil- mot hill chairman of the pro gram rev and mrs davison rev and mrs lackey mrs k ward mrs l anderson mrs leslie lye mrs robt barton miss mildred ward and mrs edgar boniface mrs leslie lye in introduc ing the guest speaker rev g davison personally thanked him fdr his assistance in brow nie and girl guide work you have been the greatest help to children and young people that this community has ever known she said rev davison based his talk on the word music theres nothing finer in ones life than a song said the pastor its a sign of joy and happiness he compared music with life itself we are the notes he said some of us are half notes without the interest of the parents our groups cannot op erate successfuly pointed out the minister in closing rev davison di rected his remarks to the the brownies and girl guides he stated that belonging to such organizations should be considered a priceless privilege the speaker was thanked by mrs geo mcconnell following the banquet a short musical program was pre- sented by the brownies and guides the presentation of awards to the brownies and guides dressed in their trim colorful uniforms was made by mrs h lackey those re ceiving them from the brownie group were sandraann hill rosemary hedges eleanor welsh donna norton betty ward margaretrose fligg sheila peters karen hayward june benson jean francis barbara davison shirley da vison and grace benson the guide presentations were made to the following first year me mbers enid benson ioma hill joyce norton shirley symes ann francis mary beel- by ann keevil and sandra da vis second year presentations were made to rosemary salgo janet scott carol white gail white barbara masters and freda philips sow with confidence harvest with pride claremont coop fhone 38 colled curemont ontario atha mr and mrs w smith and mr darrell boaden of long branch were guests with mr and mrs macaloney on fri day last week mr clifford dunkeld is sport ing a fine new ford car look out girls we are sorry to report that mrs l vanzant is ill in brier- bush hospital hope for a spee dy recovery ruth ann carruthers spent saturday afternoon last with arlene myers mr and mrs george nen- dick and family scarboro jet were guests on good friday with mr and mrs cyril bielby and family mrs thomas dunkeld is vis iting her sister mrs smith at cashel a few days mr and mrs joe tran and 1 bobby mr and mrs donald dunkeld motored to million airport i on weil evening to meet mr hugh baird and mr norm jarvis when they arrived home from the west birthday greetings to miss eileen draper who celebrated another birthday on sunday april 10th dr and mrs hodgson of to ronto spent wednesday of last week with mr and mrs albert draper mrs a draper called on mrs j lageer on monday afternoon before leaving for their new home near lindsay sorry to lose mr and mrs lageer they expect to move this week mr and airs george dow- del toronto visited on tues day afternoon of last week with the carruthers family miss carolyn tran is visit ing her cousin miss gienda sil- verthorn in stouffvilie miss beverley silverthorn of stouffvilie is spending a few- days with her cousin miss betty jean tran mr and mrs sheridan and family have moved to their new home we are glad they are not leaving our community consrratulations to mr and mrs ernie camilbers on their lenlh wedding ersary or tsjrsiay apr 7th ontario county history began 100 years ago meetings of the county coun cil monthly the warden being elected at the first meeting in january special sessions may be summoned at any time by the w chartered in 1834 ontario did not obtain its separate municipal existence as a county until january 1 1854 up to 1852 it was included in and formed part of the county of york by an act of parlia ment passed in 1851 14th and 15th victoria cap 5 which came into force january 1 1852 the old county of york was divided into three counties viz york ontario and peel the union of the three counties for municipal purposes still con tinuing up to january 1 1954 when ontario left the union and commenced housekeeping on her own account the early history of the coun ty is that of the whole district of which it formed part when all was the primeval and un broken forest from lake on tario northward the county was first visited by white men in the month of august twohundred and nine tyone years ago 1615 explored by champlaln champlain the french gover nor and explorer accompanied by caron and other recollect missionaries at that time as cended the ottawa river and crossed to lake nipissing then descended the french river to georgian bay coasting along this he reached severn river and thence through lake cou- chiching he came to the coun try of the huron indians he agreed to join them in an attack- on the iroquois southwest of oswego in new york state passing through lake simcoe to the talbot river which sep arates mara and thorah town ships he reached balsam lake thence down the waters of the trent to lake ontario after wards communication with lake huron was made through whitby and reach townships and through the rouge river in pickering township to the holland river and lake sim coe through this latter route another expedition of french and indians passed from lake huron to niagara under in structions from the french commandant at quebec to av- jh sshesa oid fort rouille now toronto rn by taking this route in the old french map is a tracing of canal route between the holland and rouge rivers first school the first school in the prov ince was established at french mans bay in pickering in iojo70 by fenelon and trouve sulpician missionaries who wintered there and gathered the indians into a school in 177s ontario county formed part of the district of nakjlu in 17fis it became par of the home district the first regis try oscc fcr jvhich was xi- this is the first of a series of articles dealing with the ear iy history of ontario county and leading up to the celebra tion of the countys centennial this summer ontario coun ty occupies a remarkable posi tion in the province of the same name a glance at the map will show that it is situated about midway between the eastern and western boundaries on the frontier the name is derived from the smallest of the great lakes whose waters wash its shores on the south forming the three harbours of whitby frenchmans bay and oshawa within the county while the extreme breadth of the county is only the width of two town ships or eighteen miles it ex tends northward in a direct line to a distance of 66 miles in length ontario county is bounded on the north by the township of morrison in the county of simcoe on the south by lake ontario on the east by the counties of victoria and durham and on the west by the county of york lakes sim coe couchiching and the river severn which also separate it from the county of simcoe the encroachment of the wa ters of the lakes on the west and northwest reduces the width of the county to a single township north of brock the average width thence being 8 miles and at the narrowest point about the 9th concession of thorah extending but five miles across from lake simcoe to the boundary line of vic toria rich loamy soil the general face of the coun try in the south is rolling the soil mostly a rich loamy clay in the north beyond the ridges which cross the county about 11 miles from the lake the land is more of a level charac ter the soil fertile with plenty of limestone to the north the county is divided into 2 ridings north and south on tario each sending one member to the house of coramoas and one each to the local legisa- ture in its earlier years the north riding was in the elec toral division of queens and the south was in kings divi sion municipalities in county the county is divided into or compo nicipalities reach brock lx- bridge scott scugog thorah mara and rama and the incor porated villages of port perry beave ton cannington and the town of uxbridge in the north whitby east whitby picker ing the town of whitby and town of ajax and village of pickering in the south these collectively elect 26 representa tives to the county council of ontario each municipality is emit led to elect a reeve and deputy reeves according o the number oi ratepayers jiwessner roll the regular claremont guides receive promotions the claremont brownies and girl guides were present ed with promotion awards at the mother and daughter banquet held in the commun ity hall on thursday evening of last week the girl guide troop are pictured above from lett to right front row margaret lockhurst carol todd gail white carolyn payne shirley symes cen tre row audrey hood janet scott ann keevil carol white barbara masters con stance payne knid bensoi rear row mrs robt barton sandra davis rosemary sid- go pauline hood freda phil lip lorna hill mrs l lye agara earliest settlers the first white settler was benjamin wilson who settled in east whitby east of the oshawa harbor in lios some of his descendants are still liv ing in the county namely chil dren of benjamin and nelson pickell the first settler in picker ing was ilr william peak who settled near the mouth of duf- fins creek he was an indian trader and interpreter and the friend of waubikishko an in dian chief whose ways extend ed from the credit river tothe bay of quinte about the year 1s00 death story cecil entered into rest suddenly at victoria squ are on monday april 11 1055 hugh cecil john story beloved husband of annie found dear father of andrew of victoria square betty mrs donovan appleby of willowdale jean mrs norris morton of mt albert and mary deceased and brother of ethel ruth bernice and kathleen of scar boro and robert of highland creek mr story is resting at the family residence victoria square funeral service in the claremont baptist church at 230 pm on thursday april 14 interment claremont union cemetery moooe claremont gospel chapel 1100 am morning service 730 pm evangelist rita wright of toronto guest speaker 800 pm wednesday evening prayer service stop look listen friday night 8 pm rev oliver and the young people from west end tabernacle toronto will be giving us a musical evening with trumpets piano accordions guitars there will be trios duets and quartets dont miss this good treat oooo ion nw high compreuion 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