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ft t the stouffvjue ttlwnf thursday much 15 1956 claremont and pickering township district mrs john norton spent a couple of days last week visit ing with feer daughter mr l- mason in toronto miss beverley barclay and friend were sunday visitors with miss marion norton mrs loyst who has been down east for the past few weeks returned home last week mr and mrs eric wallace and family of weston were sunday visitors with their re spective relatives the wi will be held on wed march 21st in the community hal commencing at 2 pm motto progress is the ac tivity of today and the assur ance of tomorrow roll call something irish guest speaker mrs barkey and pickering branch will be guests all la dies of the community are cor dially invited lunch comm mrs fryer mrs mcleod mrs lippert mrs peddie mrs car son miss forsyth mrs wall ace mrs ketherwood conven ers mrs h johnson and mrs c reynolds all wi members take note everyone has a hobby whats yours is it needlepoint weav ing dolls clothes sewing knit- ling crocheting tatting hook ed rugs oil painting leather work jewellery millinery wa tercolors smocking or alum inum etching bring it to our next meeting march 21st we need entries for our institutes display at the hobby handi craft and art show at pickering dist high school on saturday april 7th individual entries may also be made the regular meeting of the wms was held on thursday afternoon march 8 in the ss room mrs carson 1st vice president was in charge and mrs lackeys group presented chapter 5 of the canadian in dian study book a report of the recent annual oshawa pres- byterial was given by mrs car son and mrs pilkey there was a fair attendance despite the extremely windy afternoon mr and mrs randall loyst entertained relatives from osh awa during the past weekend our sympathy is extended to the wife and family of the late mr morgan evans who passed away very suddenly last sat urday while cutting wood in the bush we regret hearing that mrs mccullough of stouffville a former well known claremont resident is not feeling as well as usual and a daughter nurse from whitby is looking after her mr and mrs tansley attend ed a golden wedding of one of their numerous toronto friends last wednesday and are look ing forward to a bus trip into the us shortly with a group of congenial folk the ladies are busy quilting again this weak at the usual place the film story of the 1955 boy scout world jamboree has baen obtained by the clare mont scout troop and cub pack and will be shown in the community hall on wednes day march 2st at s pm par ents and other interested par ties are welcome a chimney fire at the thos hammond home last week caused very little damage mr peter meyers of toronto was a weekend visitor with friends here susan hockley daughter of mr and mrs bob hockley was treated in stouffville last week for a thumb infection mr dick ward also received treatment for a hand infection messrs bud norton and len lye were admitted to hospital early this week to undergo minor operations greenwood the ypu held their regu lar meeting a the milton pegg home last sunday evening mr and mrs e coates of i a kinsale visited with percy and new ph to open morgan evans 78 fit kinsole ipj whj yj- with son in bush 3 special meeting of pick- errg twp council on monday mrs carke last monday night evening permission was grant- 1 the farm forum met last led to mr frank barclav ofj monday night at the lea wil- caremont to open a new grai son home on monday night i ve p on the 5th concession the 12th they met at edgie near kinsaie there were no and mrs peggs home and the objections from residents in the i thomas morgan evans a resimont and three daughters eva discussion was workmens on saturday march 10th william and edgar of clare- seussion w a s workmens j immediate area compensation council deferred payment of tne oyster supper of last j a jj amounting to sosli sub- tuesday night was a fair sue- j mined bv the south west fire cess despite the inclement wea- i area for purchase of decora- thor i lions toys etc for a christmas the dent of claremont for the past j mrs vincent baker of wood- 12 years passed away sudden- ville alma mrs lome jones y following a heart attack the of ashburn and mabel mrs late mr evans was working in carl dopking dundas there the bush with his son edgar i are also two surviving brothers when the seizure occurred edwin of uxbridge ross of ins of this past week p3 council had previously the deceased was born in claremont and five sisters mrs or so have left the roads in not pjy a bill of 3500 for a simi- cxbridge township the son of j milton benson mrs kate tay- too good shape jar accoun and were not in the l james evans and rajlor and mrs j3mes briscoe of the euchre in the school f of the additional expend- crl1 morgan he was a resident claremont mrs charles grant nv house last friday night was ure t0 ve turned over to coun- j pickering township for the of toronto and mrs bert jones i li there are 1 appot t to taking up residence in the village of claremont he had been in failing health since last balsam sirs b jamleson friends are sorry to hear that mr ray wilkin of port perry formerly of balsam met with a motor accident a week ago and is in serious condition in the oshawa hospital the sympathy of this com munity goes to mrs lome jones in the sudden death of her father mr morgan evans who passed away saturday at claremont the mumps and measles are going the rounds john carson having the mumps mrs robert parrott of ash burn is spending a time with her daughter mrs burnett ja- help needed for pickering red cross not too well attended the win- j c f payment mr doug plitzjp s3 years having farmed on of brookli ners were mrs a morden ed- appointed sec treasurer j 1311 concession s prior grandchild ith ormeod chas mctaggart of west rouge wate works and doug morden tne nextianh fr vm tt fllrht nf land mr vm- h euicott o one is to be at c mctaggart s j brougham was reappointed as nome wecd inspector mr chas mc- september tne afternoon wa held their taggart was appointed warble i april 1903 march meeting at mrs moss inspector at a salary of minakers roll call was ans wered by a verse containing the word repent group 1 had charge of the worship ser vice with the theme song the hymn just as i am scripture psalm 51 by mrs i mclean lesson thoughts by mrs wm brown and prayer by mrs kingstone followed with hymn after thy loving kindness lord rol call for april will be a poem or verse pertaining to easter business portion was taken by the president mrs clarke the next meeting in april at the church when a quilt will be ready to do the hostess served lunch si 50 per hour and 10c per mile fowl was added to the live stock protection act following a complaint by mr robert bals- don of frenchmans bay that he had suffered a considerable loss when a dog ravaged his poultry the general public school rate was set at 33 mills threeact play on thursday and friday eve nings of this week march 15th and 16th a threeact comedy play called for beautys sake will be held in the claremont community hall under the sponsorship of the brownies and guides mothers assoeia- tion tickets may be obtained from any member of this group they may also be purchased at the door the curtain will rise at s oclock admissionadults 50c public school 25c glen major mrs james jones mr murray eraser spent sunday with mr george john son mr and mrs claude sim- monds and family toronto spent saturday at their cottage and called on friends here sunday visitors at the jones were mr and mrs allan jones toronto mr and mrs walter biggs and family messrs cecil boss an milton walls all of brooklin mrs gowan ferguson and mr robt ferguson spent the weekend at glen gowan mr howard langille has tv mr alec hmgston and boys visited on saturday with mr and mrs j a hingston mr and mrs albert lee and fimily of islington spent the weekend with mr and mrs j a- hingston brougham the regular weekly euchre was held as usual on tuesday evening there were s tables despite the very unfavorable weather following were win ners mfs burton mrs mutch and mrs h plaxton mr h plaxton mr t ogden and mr hodgson travelling prizes went to mrs p hardy and mr h plaxton come out and en joy a pleasant evening mr and mrs ken pascoe and daughters donna and debbie were guests of his brother mr and mrs e pascoe at whitby on sunday mr and mrs carman bar rett and sons visited with his aunt mrs w h ellicott on thursday last mr and mrs carl devitt of toronto called on mrs wm ellicott on sunday it is reported that mr f carter has sold his farm just west of brougham to a party from scarboro mrs t english entertained friends from bracebridge one day last week the regular monthly meet ing of the womans associa tion was theld on wednesday evening march 7 at the home of mrs matthews with a good attendance although the wea ther was very disagreeable mrs thos philip vicspres i was in charge due to the un- avoidable absence of the presi- i dent mrs h miller during the business period plans were discussed for the potluck sup per to be held on march 23rd sirs malcolm who was pro gram convener for the evening exchanged with mrs lackey who showed slides of indians in their own country which were very much enjoyed by all the meeting closed with the singing of the wa ode and prayer followed by lunch serv ed by the hostesses mrs mat thews and mrs t english mr and mrs gerald harbron of myrtle called on their aunt mrs matthews one day last week altona the missionary sewing cir cle will be held next monday evening at the home of mrs allan meyer all ladies of the community are welcome congratulations to mr and mrs bruce jones of wallace- burg on the birth of a son last thursday the first greatgrand child for mr and mrs norman bunker e was mar ried to the former elizabeth linton daughter of william linton claremont the couple operated the farm east of clare- mont where a son edgar now resides the property holds much h significance since the renowned canadian artist tom thomson resided there a number of years ago the late mr evans served on the cedar creek school board in the capacity of secretary- treasurer for a number of years the wide circle of relatives friends and neighbors who at tended the funeral and the the high esteem in which he dren and one great grandchild the funeral service was held tuesday afternoon march 13 at 230 conducted by rev j s lowden of the claremont bap tist church and rev m lack ey of the united church with interment in claremont union cemetery the pallbearers were messrs blair glen and dean evans grant and murray jones and clarence baker pickering basket- balleks beat peterboho the pickering district high school basketball ended a sea son and a drought of losse last thursday night in peter- boro playing the favoured st peters high school team the trojans battled for the whole game and came up with a 4239 the active service class will meet wednesday night march 21 at the home of mrs lloyd robinson mrs leslie harbron and mrs geo wilson are in charge of the programme engineering department of the son and miss phyllis jones of oshawa spnt the weekend witti mr and mrs lewis jones the highesteem in which he i win was held in the community he i terry bannock playing in his green river congratulations to mr and mrs wm johnston who were married on saturday last mrs johnston is the former lois seebcck eldest daughter of mr and mrs roy seebeck mrs v postill is holidaying with her daughter mrs w shea of manilla mrs h brownell visited with mr and mrs brownell sr of agincourt on sunday mr and mrs e forsyth spent a day visiting with friends in london mr and mrs f hutchings of claremont visited on sun day at the a hutchings home mr and mrs r hamilton had tea on saturday evening with a hutchings in spite of the gales on sun day the first messenger of spring was seen in our midst a bright red robin cottage prayer meeting will be held on tuesday march 20 at the home of mr and mrs orville bielbv at markham was widely known for his kind disposition and good neighbor ly friendliness besides his wife he leaves to mourn his passing two sons first year of organized basket ball sparked the team by his magnificent rebounding and checking doug moffatt made some miraculous checks f staff and students honour former caretaker on friday morning of last week the staff and students of the claremont public school made a surprise presentation to mr jim briscoe caretaker for the past thirtytwo years a gold wrist watch was pre sented to mr briscoe by mrs porter on behalf of the staff members a beautiful chime clock was presented by bob redshaw on behalf of the stu dent body miss betty ward made the presentation address mr briscoe although taken by complete surprise fittingly thanked the teachers and pu pils for the gifts mr briscoe has held the po sition since 1924 until his re tirement last month mr ken mercer has since taken over the duties brock rd to get attention in 56 paving program following approval of a township line 3000 for pre- rtmnykimiranvwtltbei report of the county liminary work on the replace- held in the church here on ro committee ont county thursday night march 22 at s oclock a cordial invitation is extended to all who wish to attend the ladies aid will hold their regular meeting at the home of mrs alf michell on wednes day march 2sth at s pm word for roll call temple a most cordial invitation is extended to all the ladies of the community to be present at this meeting miss muriel sheppard spent the weekend at the home of her parents l w and mrs sheppard mr russell gray is trying to rush the season by spend- ing the weekend at his cottage j new machinery purchase lar council has this year accepted a road estimate totalling 55s- 000 this amount will cause a levy of an even five mills and will be 2 mills higher than last years levy although the am ount to be spent will be an in crease of 76000 total county levy this year will be 119 mills included in the total to be spent will be 70coo to be spent on suburban roads this year routine expenditures and fix ed charges for this year are lower than last estimated this year is 196615 while last year 202109 was spent included in the budge besides paving maintenance and new construc tion is an item of 33316 for at balsam lake since 3sm5 canadian builders hve erected 876003 dwellings among unusual features in the 1956 chevrolet the gasoline filler is concealed by the rear left tail lamp in the design the taj lamp is hinged and swings downward out of the way gest single item is a new grader to cost 164s0 other expenditures of the road budget follow during 1956 the county plans on paving nearly 15 miles of county road following a policy of providing perma nent paving as soon as possible in an effort to cut down road maintenance costs an esti mated 75200 will be spent this year to pave 14s5 miles on 10 different roads in the county on the program this ye3r are the following township of thorah 2 miles of road 15 damaged dur ing spring of 1955 township of brock 7 miles of road 10 west of sunderland township of thorah 175 miles of road 13 5th conces sion to third concession township of reach 1 mile of road 2 at seagrave township of scugog 11 miles of road 7 north of high way 7a township of scott 1s miles of road 1 south of udoa township of uxbridge 21 mi of rond 1 5th concession township of pickering 1 s miies of road 5 at balsam township of pickering 26 miles of road 1 south of broug ham 4th concession to 6th con cession township of mara 15 miles ment of the larkin bridge at the west side of ajax 5000 for a major culvert replacement on road 5 and 10000 for the moving of a bridge on the 13th concession of brock township the province subsidizes the bridge construction in the cou nty to the extent of 80 percent the total expenditure of 23- 000 the countys share if ap proved by the department would be 1600 and the prov inces share would be 18400 the county road board also included in its estimates cost of grading construction on 14 sections of the county road system the estimated total cost of this work has been set at 92000 grading construction is sched uled to be done on the follow ing roads road 5 between myrtle and ashburn including survey of property and pole relocations road 1 5th concession of uxbridge 125 miles continua tion of last years work road 11 a scott township continuation from 1955 pave ment 26 miles road 1 pickering town ship elimination of sharp curve at 7th concession 4 miles road 5 pickering twp continuation from 1955 pave ment to townline 13g miles road 3a east whitby rais ing grade at forbes lake to prevent flooding 25 miles road s uxbridge west from uxbridge town to 6th conces sion 7 miles road 9 reach township 7th concession from port perry to highway 12 23 miles road 13 thorah township highway 12 to 2nd concession continuation of 1951 construc tion 16 miles road is mara township east from highway 69 2 miies road 17a mara township west from end of 1955 pave ment 4 miles road 2 brock township townline north of manilla con tinuation of 1955 construction 15 miles road 2 east whitby south audley mildred puckiin the community club met on wednesday evening of last week at the home of mr and mrs c clemence the vice- president wm brown con ducted the business professor l g- hcimpel of whitby gave a very informa tive talk on weeds insecti cides and weedkilling sprays mr heimpel spent thirty years teaching at oac guelph at present he is in charge of the sngineering department of the familv herald and weekly star mr milton pegg of green wood explained the farmstead improvement project being held in ontario county this year in connection with the international plowing match glad to report that bob mc- hugh is home after a twelve- week stay in sunnybrook hos pital mr and mrs harvey lyons and- family of shelburne visit ed mr and mrs geo izatt rec ently congratulations to mr and mrs wm guthrie jr on the arrival of their daughter wil- ma alice on february 28 glenn julian pickering red dren were transported to re- cross campaign chairman has i ceive salk vaccine shots said appealed to everyone who has j mr julian this year they a few hours to spare during i will need transportation again march to get in touch with him for the final sheria the inocula- a pickering 09sw2 unless tion program we close up a few gaps immed- once again swimming is lately with canvassers this planned for youngsters and for years campaign cannot be con- j handiepped children he said sidered truly representative of the work of the welfare com- the township he stated mittee again looms large and more canvassers are needed the ever present danger of dis- although there are now more aster emergencies could easily than two dozen active persons i tax the organization for money in kev areas throughout the and equipment township we must have at i mr julian explained that least six to ten more to cover i some 3000 household letters the township fullv stated mr j have already gone out to resi- julian dents of the township and vil- the campaign while it hasjlage it will be virtually im- no red work of mercy and disaster i not reached by a canvasser are welfare here much was ac- 1 asked to send any donation to complished last year and it is the campaign chairman to dun- hoped that the pickering red barton po an official receipt cross can increase its activities for income tax purposes will after the campaign j be promptly forwarded to the last year a number of chil- contributor report from parliament cherrywood mrs m bollinger mr and mrs geo todd and mr and mrs win hollinger had dinner one evening recent ly with mr and mrs roy ward at claremont mr and mrs r wright en tertained relatives from toron to and lindsay on sunday mr and mrs geo todd have sold a number of cattle to go to tennessee usa a number of ladies attended the cooking school at dunbar- ton on friday evening congratulations to mr and mrs keith woods who were married on saturday at wex ford mr m tindall of claremont visited with mr and mrs r tindall on sunday the home school will hold their founders night meeting on wednesday march 21 at 8 pm mrs l courtice of osh awa will be the guest speaker it is hoped to see a good crowd at this meeting sorry to hear that miss pau- lett riches lias been under the doctors care glad to see mrs t wright able to be out after her recent operation by michael starr mp ontario riding among the government or ders which are on the order paper there appears a resolu tion sponsored by the minister of public works which states that it is expedient to introduce a measure for the further im- l provement of housing and liv- ing conditions this measure provides for payments of con tributions to municipalities in order to assist in the clearance replanning rehabilitation and modernization of blighted areas the amount set apart for this is up to twentyfive million dol lars and any further amounts will be authorized if necessary it also provides for an in crease in the amount of a home improvement loan and in creases the aggregate amount of home improvement loans that may be guaranteed from one hundred and twentyfive million dollars to two hundred million dollars an increase of seventyfive million dollars it also provides for an in crease in the amount in respect of which insurance policies may be issued under part i of the national housing act it provides for a sum of five million dollars which is to be used to pay expenses of cen tral mortgage and housing cor poration incurred in carrying out its responsibilities under part v of the national housing act which relates to housing research and community plan ning this resolution will amend the act to provide fifty million dollars for federal- provincial land assembly and housing pro jects up until the present time the land assembly has been a provincial undertaking the details of these amend ments will be available as soon as the resolution is debated in the house of commons and the bill is introduced for dis cussion during the past week there have been a number of debates and one of them sponsored by a member of the opposition was on the decentralization of industry in canada in the de bate it was claimed that indus- the draping qualities of your fabric if you are a beginner you will find a fabric of solid mr and mrs l gates enter- 1 co easier to work with tamed mr and mrs wm twed- lnan a pr material use die and mrs ivan law and mr a little showmanship make an and mrs r bryans of whit- 1 ensemble rather than a one- by on tuesday evening to din ner the s arc holding a euchre in the schoolhouse on friday evening march 16 at s30 good prizes and lunch provided chance for big money in sewing contest the four canadians who will compete in the finals of the 125030 singer sewing contest in new york in june should have just as good a chance of winning the grand prize of 25000 cash as any of the us contestants this is the opin ion of tiber de nagay well known canadian couturier talent knows no national boundaries said mr do na gay canada can boast her fair share of people of design ing and sewing talent even among beginners a sewing competition with prize money as big as this singer contest should not only encourage but attract real can adian talent which has not yet come to light in fact 25000 could launch a gifted young canadian upon a promising couturier career mr dc nagay had a few tips for aspirants in the singer contest which is open for en tries until march 3ist choose your fabric first adv ca piece dress so that you will be able to combine two colours into a dramatic effect see that your cutting fitting and stitch ing is as perfect as you can make it work for a good line remember the simplest line is always the most elegant prizes in this international sewing contest are among the highest ever awarded for home sewing veterans of american wars numbered about 19 million in 1950 or 40 percent of the ad ult male population of the united states try is centralized in certain areas in the provinces of on tario and quebec as a result of this centralization of indus try there is naturally a teiui- i ency for the population to set tle in these particular areas leaving the balance of the coun try stagnant in population and in some cases depleting it these arguments were put for ward by members of the house of commons from the western provinces and from some of the maritimes there has been some talk that auto owners fn some cities and towns may have to pay a spe cial tax in future years a spokesman for the canadian federation of mayors and mu nicipalities made this prediction when he appeared before the gordon economic commission he said that it can be antici pated that auto owners will have to pay for an increasing proportion of the cost of im proving roads and streets in cities and towns some steps in this respect have already been taken by the toronto metropol itan council it is thought pos sible that if this method of tax ation was practical it would spread generally across the country there is some speculation at the present time that finance minister walter harris will bring down his second budget on march 20th which would be a week earlier than it was or iginally predicted he is how ever noncommittal as to the exact date as yet but some in dication should be given with in the next week or so in any event it is the gen eral opinion that when he does bring down the budget he will have very little good news for the taxpayer this year any cuts that may be anticipated will be held off until 1937 when it is almost certain that a fed eral election will be held in canada last years budget was de signed at the cost of deficit financingand this was done to bolster the national economy at a time when it slowed down this year the problem will ba of a different type despite win ter unemployment of a season al character and not as great as was experienced last year business seems to be good and money in most areas is plenti ful the real worry at the mo ment is that there could soon be too many consumer goods chasing the available supply oi goods and services in other words inflation according to the latest do minion bureau of statistics bulletin released under date of march 2nd fluid milk sales during the year 1955 were o larger than in 1954 the total milk production in canada dur ing j955 wa3 2 larger than in the previous yvr the consumption of butter in canada last year was about six million pounds greater than the previous year but when figured on a per capita basis it was slightly lower canned fruits and vegetables were also in larger demand than in 1951 of road 39 east from ro3d 21 taunton road continuation placed in this years estimates of 1935 construction 11 miles were four couny bridges ssooo road 5 pickering township was set aside for the imphrcy clsremont to balsam property erijge on the scottgeorgma i purchase and pole rclocaton which wiil make the dost of 1 stop look listen i claremont qospel chapel friday 8 pm young peoples meeting rev geo avers in attendance fim the danger trail sunday morning 10 am sunday school classes s for all 5 11 am morning worship ft 730 pm evangelistic service mon 8 pm boys lamplighters club i aradian designer and make i ure the material is firm with j rood irf select a pattern i wed 8 pm prayer and praise service come you are welcome m3