ttttt thf stooftyiui ihgm tknlty hy 27 w6j an auction sale on the farm of mr allan kllicott one mile south of xo 7 uwy near cone 5 picfeeririjf twp on friday afternoon ended the kllicott family bold on the property that has lasted three generations auctioneer alvin farmer of gbrmley is shown here railing for bids on one of the tractors staff photo althourfc nriees on implements were rather low the cal tie sold well one bfrade mv jjoing as high as 310 auctioneer gordon orr worked hard in an effort to increase the bid on this case model blower but had to settle for an even k0 the crowd was not large since many farmers are still seeding staff photo irish farmerette to visit ontario county miss iris gilmore irish jun ior farmer from county derry ireland will be visiting in ont county from friday may 28 until friday june 11 miss gilmore is one of eight junior farmers from great britain now visiting in the province on an exchange of junior farmer delegates be tween ontario and great brit ain each year a delegation of four junior farmers from the province of ontario visits great britain and northern ireland and in return a dele gation of english scottish and irish junior farmers visit in ontario this exchange of junior far mer delegates is sponsored jointly by the junior farmers association of ontario the de partment of agriculture and the great britain and northern ireland departments of agri culture during her stay in ontario county miss gilmore will be visiting at the homes of bruce and lois mcmillan blackwater and dean and marilyn beatty cannington greenwood news there will be an evenin service sunday may 30th when the sunday school under the direction of mrs pascoe and miss b mclean present a missionary night the service will begin at 730 pm 4 last thursday may 20th the south ontario county district annual of the womens insti tute was held at kinsale united church the retiring president mrs cawker of honeydale is stepping down opening the posi tion for mrs annis of brough am linda thomas of the greenwood fashionettes 4h club commented on an exhibit about fashions suitable for dif ferent teenage figures the wom en of the kinsale congregation catered for the occasion the congregation will meet next sunday may 30th after the service to decide on the sunday services during july the united church bay of quinte district is holding a con ference next week and mr fleetham will be attending if anyone requires a minister con tact mr chas mctaggart the women of greenwood are invited to a spring flower tea and bake sale at brougham friday may 28th at 2 pm the prayers that were printed on the rural life sunday calen dar used last sunday all over canada were written by rev t fleetham of greenwood unit ed church mr and mrs phil harrison g entertained the grade 13 geogra phy class of markham district high school at a steak barbeque last friday evening the greenwood rover crew spent the holiday weekend in the north country fishing also in attendance were don good win and milton pegg another first for greenwood occurred last sunday night when mr dennis owen an ex- wimbleton man came out of re tirement to play his first tennis game in 20 years the contest was held on the mctaggarts tennis courts miss shirley gardines spent the holiday weekend at her home mr and mrs grant pascoe spent the weekend at pigeon lake with mr and mrs rod oxford livestock judging at beaverton the annual ontario county livestock judging competition will be held on saturday may 29 with registration at elm- croft farms beaverton at 845 am junior farmers 4h club members and other farm young people not 26 years old by may 1 1965 are eligible to partici pate contestants are required to judge and give oral reasons on classes of beef dairy sheep and swine prize money spec ial awards and trophies will be awarded at the conclusion of the competition square dance contest the annual ontario county junior farmer square dance competition will be held at utica hall saturday may 29 at 800 pm square dance sets representing the junior farmer clubs in the county will com pete for the annual trophy there will also be an individ ual callers trophy post office history subject of talk at meeting june 4th balsam mt zion mr and mrs jack thompson and family of ottawa spent the weekend with her mother mrs errol carson mr and mrs glen mandorson and family went camping over the holiday weekend on lake simcoe mr and mrs orr graham spent the holiday weekend in new york mrs lewis jones spent the weekend with mr and mrs lome parrott at myrtle tenders invited coal tenders to supply mixed nut and bituminous coal oil treated size not more than 1 and having a heat content of 13000 to 13500 btu per pound delivered to ajax high school dunbarton high school approximately 150 tons more or less for ajax high school and approximately 250 tons more or less for the dunbarton high school for the heating season julv 1 1965 to june 30 1966 will be received by pickering district high school board at the office of the business administrator or box 70 pickering ontario up to and including june 11 1965 tenders are to be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked tender to supply coal all information in reference to the above may be obtfiiricd from the business administrator the lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted g ii bray chairman brougham congratulations to mr and mrs george willson who cele brated their 25th wedding anni versary on may 25th they were at home to the many friends and relatives who drop ped in on the weekend a party was held at the home of mrs george perry recently to bid farewell to long time res idents mr and mrs thomas english the couple were pre sented with a pole lamp mrs english received a piece of cos tume jewelry mr and mrs wesley slack who recently moved to stouff- ville were presented with two end tables and a coffee table from friends in brougham renovations to the united church are well under way mr ken pascoe is the contractor the general meeting of the united church women will be in the church wednesday after noon june 9th at 2 pm mem bers please note the change of date the spring tea and bake sale of the evening group of the united church women will be held in the hall on friday may 28th at 2 pm on sunday june 6th a special service will he held in st johns church to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the united church of canada the evening group of the ucw will meet june 2nd at the home of mrs k fa his for a pot luck supper the worship service will be in charge of post offices in pickering twp will be the subject of a talk by mr max rosenthal at a meeting of the pickering twp historical society in the township hall brougham on friday june 4th at 8 pm mr rosenthal has marie an exten sive study on this topic and has obtained facts on how the vari ous post offices in pickering originated the public is invited to this meeting to hear this address meet members of the historical society and museum executive and enjoy the social gathering that will follow anyone in possession of any old correspondence or post cards dated prior to 1910 is asked to bring them along they could be quite valuable mr rosenthal may be able to provide information on their worth the piekeiing twp museum in brougham has been well established and is nuvv a sepa rate unit from the historical society tne executive felt that there is much work to be done in the recording of historical information the society will embark on a program of study to record by word and picture the histories of township fam ilies and buildings villages rural areas and government to accomplish this the as sistance of many persons is re quired the executive hope that residents will take out member ships in the society and attend special meetings and activities the fee is only s100 per year anyone interested should con tact the following robt miller harry spang mrs l t john ston mrs w a mckay mr john grosart milton mowbray dr n f tomlinson mrs j f moss or mrs a w storry green river mr robert wright is recover ing nicely following an appen dicitis operation at the scarboro general hospital miss tammy haynes of stouffville spent the weekend with her grandparents mr and mrs c postill mr and mrs f hutchings of claremont had dinner on sun day with their neice miss r hutchings the young peoples group will hold their final meeting of the season in the form of a pot luck supper friday evening at 6 pm in wilsons park a hike for the older members and a social for the youngsters will terminate the last regular meeting for the happy hour this saturday at 130 pm please dress accordingly the ladies aid met at the home of mrs heal wednesday evening devotions were con- mrs l johnston mr and mrs randel kllicott had dinner with mr and mrs ray ellicott on sunday last week two dist farmers gave up farming officially when they sold their stock and imple ments by auction they were thomas philip and allan elli cott both farms have been sold ducted by mrs v ireson fol lowing the meeting lunch was served by mrs j irwin and mrs k postill donations from whitevale and green river amounted to 35970 in this years red cross campaign a special thank you goes to all who helped in this worthy cause boys under 15 as of jan 1st who wish to play bantam ball are asked to get in touch with mr w michell 2941075 or mr r craig 2940566 green rivers entry will compete ag ainst teams from claremont brougham audley greenwood and brock rd a bake sale is planned to aid in outfitting the boys with new sweaters the brownies are planning a pot luck supper for mothers and daughters on june 7th mr and mrs e bruce of dundalk visited friends here recently mr and mrs hickey and fa mily of toronto visited with mr and mrs archie white and family on sunday belated birthday wishes to mrs v postill who celebrated her birthday last monday shellfish were the staple diet of indians on the west coast of south america claremont the former graham home caught fire on monday morning at 3 am and the local brigade was summoned to the scene smoke and water damage was extensive but the blaze was confined to one room the claremont bowling green is now open beginners and new members are welcome anyone wishing to join should contact mr don hedges mrs keith drake or mrs geo de- rusha the mens first tourna ment will be held on june 2nd mrs feasby and daughter lisa marie are staying at the home of mr and mrs burton dunn for about one week mr and mrs tom davis mo tored to sault ste marie on the holiday weekend to visit with their daughter mr and mrs wm evans and family spent the weekend at their cottage at balsam lnke congratulations to glen ham mond who won 6 cases of soft drinks in the royal crown con test at jones store the good fellowship class of the united church will meet on monday june 7th at 8 pm at the home of mrs tom ham mond please note the change of date next sunday morning the united church choir will take part in the sunday school an niversary at burketon a surprise party was held on saturday evening for gwen flanagan at the home of lorna cellini mr and mrs jack norton left on tuesday to spend a few days in the ottawa area mr and mrs dick ward en joyed the weekend holiday at their cottage mr and mrs bill boyington of uxbridge have purchased the home of mr and mrs clare kecvil and will take possession in august congratulations to brian campbell cone 5 uxbridge who captured the boys junior track and field championship at uxbridge on saturday in the georgian bay finals at king city brian took the 100 yards and the 220 and will now ad vance to the allontario compe titions at east york this satur day dr n f tomlinson was the guest speaker at a recent meet ing of the pickering rotary cluh he held the interest of his listeners for almost an hour as he related some of his medical experiences during the past 50 years keep in mind the euchre on tune 16th sponsored by the local fire brigade someone will win a doll dressed in fifty si 00 bills tickets may be purchased from any of the village volun- ellicott farm auction ends three generations history a farm owned and operated by allen ellicott and in the el licott name for three genera tions has been sold the final auction of livestock implements and furniture was carried out successfully friday afternoon the property and buildings were sold may 1st to mr stan malcolm of toronto auctioneer alvin farmer said the high price paid for a grade cow was 340 while hei fers averaged 140145 the average on all livestock was placed at s225 mr kllicott told the tribune that the farm had been in the family name since the late isoos he said that he pur chased it from his dad in 1961 plans for the future have yet to he decided hut mr ellicott said after the business of selling the farm had been taken care of a lengthy holiday was in order mr farmer and gordon orr handled the auction tcers special services will he held on june 6th at both brougham and claremont united churches to commemorate the 40lh anni versary of the united church of canada mr and mrs arthur avery of toronto visited on sunday with mr and mrs avery mr and mrs ross gordon and family of wingham enjoyed sunday evening supper with mr and mrs titos hammond mr and mrs ken petty of victoria square were sunday visitors with mr and mrs howard hockley mrs lloyd linton suffered a broken arm on friday morning of last week when she fell into a cistern near her home there was no water in the well med ical treatment was provided at stouffville and her arm was placed in a cast restaurant destroyed in earlymorning blaze a koss irwin business administrator secretary treasurer tenders invited fuel oil tenders to supply 6 fuel oil to a 10000 gal storage lank at pickering high school for a period of one year to be used for humors equipped with proheaters permitting a high viscosity fuel please note the following general specifications mln max typical p flashpoint 150 160f 121 savbolts seconds fuiol i22f 100 200 165 i3i gravitv degrees api 105 min 136 4 pour point 470 max 20f 51 sulphur 30 max 217c 6 water a sediment by centrifuge itr 7 water by distillation is 02 tenders will be received by pickering district high school board at the office of the business administrator or box 70 pickering ontario up to and including june 11th 1965 tenders are to be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked tender to supply fuel oil all information in reference to the above may be obtained from the business administrator the lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted g h bray a rn irwin chairman business administrator secretary treasurer rv an early mornint fire on thursday of last week deslrojd ihe main restaurant premise n lite maples tarlf in 1xbrlrfce twp volunteers xrom both uxbridge and stouffville attended the scene the building had been closed over the winter season staff thoto atha mrs e carruthers and mrs m dunkeld attended the wi dist annual on thursday which was held at kinsale united church mr and mrs james melton and frank of burketon spent sunday with mr and mrs e melton and family mr and mrs murray dun keld visited sunday wilh mr and mrs robert baird of green- bank mrs w mcbride and eileen of oshawa spent sunday with mr and mrs david tran mrs t dunkeld is spending a few days in stouffville with misses mabel and louie hoover pastors wife was born at atha alma hoover wifa of th reverend alfred t mercer died at the park manor nurs ing home bloomfield new jersey on may 9th she had been seriously ill for the past year she was born october 7 1s4 at atha and was th daughter of mr and mrs sa muel b hoover mr and mrs mercer wem married in 1910 and moved to the united states where mr mercer was pastor of a church near rochester new york they spent most of their marri ed life in the vicinity of roches ter ny and east orange ni for several years he was pastor of central baptist church east orange nj upon his retirement from tha active ministry they went to live with their son charles who has written several books at glen ridge nj the funeral service was held on wednesday may 12 at the weatherhead funeral home in orange nj mrs mercer is survived by her older sister olive wife of the rev fred l hainer of bogota nj a farmer dreamed that ha was going up in a rocket to or bit the earth looking at tha vast array of machinery dials and whatnot he sighed i just wish it wasnt all put together by the lowest bidder school matrons required this is a new position in the growing school system the person should bo middleaged and some experience wilh older children preferred some of the duties will be general dusting of office areas supervision of girls washrooms and showers light caretaking in sewing and cooking areas you are invited to send your written application to t pickering district high school board box 70 pickering ontario application forms are available on request at the board office at pickering high school maintenance supervisor required this is a new position in the growing school system the person chosen must be able to work with people and to supervise them the chief caretakers of each of the present three schools will bo responsible to him should have had some years experience in general maintenance of public building you are invited to send your written application to pickering district high school board box 70 pickering ontario application forms are available on request at the board office at pickering high school tenders invited milk and ice cream tenders to supply milk andor ice cream to the school cafeterias at ajax high school dunbarton high school pickering high school for ihe period september 1 1965 to august 31 1966 will bo received by the pickering district high school board at the office of the business administrator or box 70 pickering up to and including june 11 1965 tenders are to bo enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked tender to supply milk andor ice cream it will bo necessary for the successful tender to supply some refrigeration for milk and ire cream storage all information in reference to the above may be obtained from the business administrator the lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted g ii brav a ross irwin chairman business administrator secreta rytreasu re r