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r ttv 8 thi stourtyiui tribuhe thursday jakumy xi m claremont and pickering township district mr len lye attended a dir- rer n the kirg edward hotel on saturday and speat the weekend with mr and mr- tom lye quite a large number of ski- erj were out at skiloft on sunday mr- and mrs b gidden and family visited with friends in tconto on saturday it is reported that walter scotty m array became mar ooned in his car on saturday rgb while returning home along one of the concession roads and due to the severe cold he elected to spend the remainder of the night in his vehicle mr bi glldden has received the appointment of assistant assessor in pickering town ship succeeding mr ron smith of bethesda who recently join- ed the ontario provincial po lice force mr and mrs jack morgan and boys mr howard hii of stouffvlile mis june morgan of toronto mr norman meek of sandford pent new years monday with mr and mrs- roy morgan and mary the inaugural meeting of the pickering township council was held on monday at 11 am rev j s crouch of the dun- barton anglican church pre sided the baptist church young people were in charge of the evening church service on sun day and two of the faith mis sion girls took part in the choir musical and singing the womans institute will be held on wednesday after noon jan isth commencing at 2 oclock altona institute mem bers will he guests and miss ernestine cooper highest club girl of the district will be the guest speaker mrs heron the district president will also be a guest speaker all members pease bring raisin bread buttered visitors welcome this week the wms will be held on thursday afternoon in the ss room two of mrs hansleys sisters from toronto visited with the family last week mr and mrs g empringham entertained their soninlaw over sundav pickering building slightly down in 55 toal value of building in ikenng township in 1955 v j- down shgntly from the to i ta of vaa but still ran to more than two million dollars the rrual figure was 2304600 for last ear and s2s42237 for the vwelve months of 54 only permit issued in de cember were for three garaqes valued at shoo thee figures were reported by frank j prouse building inspector brougham green river t the re ward brothers remarkable family group j- atha little janet and laurie biel- by spent their holidays with their grandparents mr and mrs abraham reesor at cedar grove mr and mrs wray bielby and family toronto were new years supper guests with mr and mrs cyril bielbv and fam ily sorry to lose mr and mrs john sheridan and family who moved recently to their new home at mongolia mr and mrs jim white and family altona miss marie brii- iinger from bethesda spent the day on monday with mr and mrs cvri bielbv ind family meeting of the f the sympathy of the commu nity is extended to the family of the late mrs john mcheli who pased away at the home of her daughter mrs f beare j ion friday last tne late mrs michel wa a wellknown and highly esteemed member of our j community having lived here all her life we oiler congratulations to mr and mrs homer jackson j who were married recently 1 mrs jarksoi- is the fri-pp- ve a verv satisfactory v vt z wulw u 1 noreen ellis of toronto womans association was ned on wednesday evening jan 4 at the home of mrs lloyd john ston with a good attendance the meeting opened in the usu al way the devotional was taken by mrs reaman the secretary read her report also i the treasurers report was reatj discussions were held re the albert college and the m and j m fund card convener mrs icasste report of her work during the past year quilt report was also given showing a very good year roll call was answered by a thought for the d each member paying her due for the coming year mrs lac- key then took over and con- ducted the installation of oifi- cers for the next two years which resulted as follows hon pres mrs n burton pres mrs h miller vice pies mrs t philip secty mrs geo wiiison treasurer mrs h i barclay press secty mrs mat- thews parsonage committee mrs geo duncan and mrs w ellicott pianist mrs l john- stbn card convener mrs cas- pickering to hold evening nominations hope bigger turnout the nomination meeting in pickering township will be held in the evening rather than in the afternoon as has been the practice in pas years the meeting will be held on friday nov 30th from fi to 7 pm the election will follow fifteen days later and will be held on dee isth the change was made in order that more persons would be able to attend who previous ly were tied down to their jobs during the day mrs jean mcpherson the new member on the 1050 coun cil voiced an opinion that the evening hour from six to seven oclock was not very conven ient for the average farmer but other members felt that if a later hour were set the and- greenwood there was a low attendance at church last sunday due to the inclement weather a number of the folk are in disposed with a cold at pres ent the congregational meeting will be held wednesday jan 18th in the basement of the church the sundayschool meeting is jan 17th in the church tne wms for the circuit was held last thursday after noon at the home of mrs john brooks the farm forum met at the home of rev and mrs moore last monday night topic for discussion was who benefits from price supports mr wm clark sr returned home last week after spending a holiday with his daughter at hamilton the lowers in the church last sunday were from the funeral of the little short boy who was buried last friday at the ers- kine cemetery our sympathy is extended to the short fam ilies we are sorry to lose mr and mrs wm lawson and family who are moving to pickering this week a man in xew jersey opened a cantaloupe and found rasp berries in it what was he hop ing to find uranium smelt catches in michigan often reach unbelievable sizes in one case 15 tons of the small fish were handdipped from a michigan stream in 10 minutes ience would not remain to hear from all the nominees ivmmmmftwtiillntmtfmti cream for rest results ship your cream to stouftville creamery we pay two cents more per pound rutterfat for cream delivered to the creamerv cold storage lockers from ssoo to si200 per year or by the month stouffville creamery co to have our truck call phone ls6w clarcmont baptist church minister james sinclair lowden sunday services 1100 am rev a s mcgrath secretary of th lords day alliance 730 pm the minister if i were young theyd call me a square because id mind my own business the young people will conduct this service life is measured by its depth not its duration members enjoy the best in join claremont community credit union savings insurance loans enquire at claremont coop executive meeting first tuesday every month s pm r hosk1ns pre r faulkner sectreas the meeting was then turned over to program convener mrs robt miller who gave a read- ing on the origin of billy gra- hams broadcast master allan johnston favored with a piano j solo the evening closed with a dainty lunch served by the hos tesses mrs l johnston mrs h barclay and mrs e john- t ston the annual congregational meeting of st johns church will be held on friday evening i january 20lh in the church will all conveners please have i their reports ready for this i meeting j mr and mrs l hopkins were i at home to their children and grandchildren on december 29 j it being the occasion of their i fortieth wedding anniversary i the happy couple were pre sented with a wellfilled purse the evening was spent playing games and watching tv mrs doubt spent a few days last week with her sister mrs h shea mr and mrs alex gray and family were dinner guests of mr and mrs a j gray one day last week congratulations to mr how ard malcolm jr who was awar ded a scholarship at pickering high school and as a result is now attending a short course at guelph business college a quiet wedding took place on saturday january 7 in wes- i ton presbyterian church when joan bennett youngest daugh ter of mr and mrs ernest ben- i nett of england became the j bride of george t norton eld est son of mr and mrs t g norton of locust hill the l bride who was attended by mrs j christine mckinnon wore a riress of dior blue and feather hat to match and a corsage of pink and white roses the cere- mony was performed by rev a r- boggs and mr everson norton acted as best man af ter the reception the couple left on a honeymoon trip to the states and on their return will reside in weston th wms of st johns unit ed church will be held on thu rsday afternoon january 19 at the home of mrs a j gray assisted by mrs lemmon mrs wm gray and mrs stolk pro gram convener mrs w knox mrs rendel ellicott and mrs g philip roll call journey we were sorry to hear that master george malcolm had the misfortune of breaking his left arm while skating on christ mas day mr and mrs ken pascoe were at stouffville on sunday visiting mrs geo philip in rrierbush hospital they found her feeling somewhat better sorry to hear that mr wal per daughter of mr and mrs i benson draper i confined to her bed at present we hope s j she will soon be better sorry tot hear that mr wai ter milne had the misfortune to hurt his knee and finds it rather difficult to get around gad to hear that benson lehman is home from the hos pital and we hope his convaij escence will not be too long mr and mrs bowles of to ronto spent sunday with mr and mrs t bowles and family mr and mrs browne have moved into their new house they are to be congratulated j on the splendid home having done practically ail the work themselves mr and mrs e forsyth i were dinner guests of mr for- 1 syths brother on sunday dont forget family film nite at the first baptist church whitevale on thursday jan 19th at s pm dr johnston was the guest speaker at the evening service and all who attended were in spired by his excellent message farm picture is bright despite lengthy drought the local farm situation is surprisingly good despite last summers dangerous drought it was announced last week by h lyn fair agricultural rep resentative for ontario county the effect of the drought on feed supplies will not show up yet mr fair admitted but we dont expect to bring in roughage feed from outside the county there may be some sale from one farmer to another during the hot dry period last summer many farmers were forced to tap winter feed the wellknown ward bro thers of claremont and dist rict are a remarkable family having a combined age total of 15s years the ont county residents are pictured above from left to right roy ward 70 fred ward 73 evans ward 70 william ward 7s walter ward 79 and judd ward s2 mr wm ward is a resident of oshawa all are hale and hearty and expect to see many more birthdays together in the coming years supplies for cattle unable to graze on scorched pastures cereal grain crops suffered considerably from the drought mr fair said and imports of western grains this year will be larger than usual although the over all provin cial picture for potatoes is good supplies in ontario county are not large according to mr fair the ontario county potato crop yielded only 60 percent of normal being hit during a vital growing period by the worst drought in 10 years potatoes are in plentiful sup ply elsewhere in the province keeping the price low and main- local fanners are refusing to accept offers averaging one cent per pound county farmers are also ex periencing difficulty marketing apples mr fair explained of all crops apples were least affected by the summerlong drought and growers enjoyed a bumper crop it has been estimated there is a bushel of apples for every man woman and child in can ada mr fair pointed out at the moment the supply is grea ter than the demand he expressed hope that for eign markets might help ease the apple situation pickering reeve wants more county aid for hospital indigents over 150 honour roy ward road supt for 33 years service also presentations to geo todd and clare balsdon at a testimonial dinner held in the brougham town hall on thursday evening of last week more than 130 township residents gathered to pay trib ute to three recently retired municipal officials road supt roy ward reeve geo todd and dep reeve clare balsdon mr ward served pickering syth mr ralph mowbiiy reeve from 193339 proposed the toast to pickering town ship mr w ii westney reeve from 19lo51 and warden in 1950 proposed the toast to the county of ontario other speak ers were messrs harry peel reeve of port perry and ward en in 1935 l a boucher dist ineer township for 33 years mr j municipal engineer frank todd 13 years and br balsdon routley chairman of the plan- years ing board burnett lamieson deputy reeve wm g law- chairman of the high school son presented mr ward with a board and mr c k morley pen and pencil set on behalf of claremont th clare 30503 goodwood ph clare 3151 1 the council mr ivan booth presented mr ward with a beautiful table lamp on behalf of the road department mr todd and mr balsdon each re ceived pen and pencil sets and their wives were with bouquets of red rose reeve wm g newman acted as master of ceremonies the entertainment was provided by mrs f kerr and mrs t whee- reeve of pickering village mr fred noyes proposed the toast to the ladies and mrs wm reeve wm g newman atj the inaugural meeting of picki ering twp council on monday stated that he will seek coun ty aid to assist the township in i paying the annual hospital costs for indigent patients the i reeve made the statement after j receiving a bill from the osh awa genera hospital for s2157 the fourth meeting of the councillor sid pugh and dep- altona wardrobe planners utyreeve wm lawson voiced club met on saturday at the considerable objection to the home of mrs f mcxair with i charge councillor pugh felt the president jessie ford in that the hospital wasnt making charge meeting opened with an effort to collect from the pa- the more we get together tients but rather were de altona irons roll call the color mater- 1 to collect from the municipality ial and style of blouse i have both councillor pugh and dep- chosen to lit in my wardrobe i- reeve lawson were of the minutes of last meeting were read and approved business was discussed then followed a quiz on harmony relating to costume and wardrobe chart then some began cutting oth ers were assembling their blott- ses ready for stitching home assignment buy blouse pati tern and material if not al- ready bought continue work on chart and record book roll call for next meeting report on progress of chart meeting closed with the queen to meet again saturday jan 21 audley opinion that a number of the patients were financially able to pay their own hospital bills how do we know whether the hospital costs are calculated correctly questioned deputy reeve lawson we dont know replied councillor pugh this thing could become serious if some- 1 i thing isnt done he said coun- cil believed that a bill would be forthcoming very soon from 1 the ajax hospital reeve newman reiterated that he would take it up with county council as soon as pos sible field crops value hits 5548900 according to the statistics branch of the ontario depart ment of agriculture the total value of field crops in ontario county in 1955 amounted to i 5548900 the figure for dur- i ham county was 3233003 the breakdown at the yield per acre volume of crop and total value are as follows i ontario county fall wheat- 335 bushels 670- 000 ibusliels ssss100 oats 375 bushels 1395000 bushels 970100 barley 316 bushels 91000 bushels 93100 mixed grains 358 bushels 1309300 bushels 1021300 buckwheat 232 bushels 13900 bushels 13100 corn for shelling 552 bushels ss300 bushels 9s- 900 fall rye 1s7 bushels 37- 100 bushels 10700 soybeans 18 bushels 3600 bushels 7000 hay and clover 191 tons 139900 tons 2140500 corn for fodder ssg tons 69100 tons 20s100 mildred puckrin the community flub held tendance presented j also added year at the home of mr and gjmrs wm brown with a good lawson replied mr silas tool 1 attendance the president bob township road supt in 1922 j betson conducted the business prior to mr ward was in at- charlie clemenee introduced the banquet and the speaker mr ivan law of ise to mr wards whitby who gave a very inter- you would be interested in join ing a local group you could its first meeting of the new i conlact leslie meyers for literature the annual pr 11c accomplishments durin past 3 years reeve bill newman in his re marks stated that road supt roy ward was the best bridge- builder having been outside for a short iler the arrangements were pmicier m the province of on- walk recently made bv the township clerk tario his words were echoed mn a d m i e carswel and mr lloyd johnston j mr l a boucher the put s 1 during the course of the eve- municipal engineer it is a ring a number of present and sreaj blow to pickering town- former pickering twp officials p l0 lo thc services of mr spoke brieflv all praised mr ward he said ward mr todd and mr bals- j deputyreeve m lawson don for their tireless efforts i informed the large gathering and faithful service in past years former reeves wno spoke were mr d b annis mr william reesor mr rob ert reesor and mr g m for- daughter lynn of oshawa also mr and mrs john hamilton of brougham had tea on sunday with mrs w hamilton and i mr o carter the attendance at church and sunday school was small on sunday due to the very j coid day mr russe gray and friends spent the weekend at their cot tages at balsam lake pretty cold for those trips russjll the brougham ioof lodge are holding a euchre n their lodee friday room at evening whitevale on january 13th claremont driver is jailed following accident george c- matthews 52 of rr 2 claremont was sent to jail last week for one month on his second drunk driving con viction in 10 years the charge was laid by constable ahman of the whitby detachment of the opp following a minor ac cident in claremont on october 15h matthew car had couid ed with 3 parked car belonging to edward l vso of ciarf- two bottles of beer with his breakfast to aid his breathing matthews said it was almost a daily habit taking either beer or liquor with breakfast he ao had advice for those j who suffer from ulcers miik and a bit of whiskey is better for ulcers nan ali the doct r- that mr wards knowledge of road construction and main tenance was nothing short of excellent former reeve mr d b annis praised mr ward for his ability to promote co operation and harmony in the road department the presentation to mr todd was made by councillor sher man scott he pointed out in a brief address that during the past thirteen years mr todds efforts had been invaluable to the carrying out of municipal business few people realize the sacrifices he has marie dur ing past years without thought for personal gain said mr scott the presentation to mr bals- don was made bv councillor sid pugh he stated that mr balsdons experience had been verv beneficial to council mr harry peel reeve of port per- esting talk on his trips to flor ida and other american points he showed coloured pictures ta ken in various parts of the usa also at the internation al plowing match at leaming ton and of local scenes bill brown jr sang a solo accompanied by his sister mrs glyn eastwood at the piano fred puckrin and mrs arch bell played two musical num bers the club members enjoyed a skating party at brooklin rink on saturday evening returning to the home of mr and mrs bert guthrie afterwards for lunch and a social hour mr and mrs gardiner win ter of pickering had sunday dinner at the home of their son mr and mrs dick winter mr and mrs 1orne saunder spent sunday with their son mr and mrs wm saunder of oshawa billy baker son of mr and mrs a baker entered the ho- pita for sick children on saturday we wish him a speedy recovery church meeting of goodwood pastoral charge will be on friday january 20 a pot luck supper will precede the regular business meeting plan to attend sorry to report that mr nor man feasby is at present con fined to oshawa general hos pital at time of writing his condition is serious mrs harry belonge is a pa- j liont at york county hospital where she underwent a major operation last week to these sick folk goes our hope for a speedy recovery mrs herbert fisher spent the weekend in montreal visit ing her husband who is em- ployed there mrs lee of bobcaygeon is visiting with her aunt and un cle mr and mrs john ashen- hurst pjjoiqcyja owe half of the fem inine world spends most of its time trying to find out what th other halfs wearing mm h vfifiowiiir 53oq the met la of mrs ssscyiesssvekvgksxv imort adr his fir ney ca goodwood mrs ie meyer womans association thursdav at the home hi miss arbuckie devotional and in he proa am ilean of iocus hii m rg he had taken car impounded for 3 months med r mr ijo to id i tratve mediai services if stop look listen claremont qospel chapel revival revival sunday 10 am sunday school classes for all 730 pm revival service slouffville business men in attendance guest evangelist rev m l lowe big rapids michigan services nightly monday o saturday at 800 pm come farly to get a seat smw31vxsxtvtxxxxxxxxxxxxwcxwt