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pm the stowfvflll tktok twuy fcv 7i w60 uxbridge pickering tp news claremont queers scout ronald death son of mr and mrs iindsay death of ashburrt will attend the scout jamboree in colorado vsa as the official representa tive of owasco district mr and mrs al roszeh and family spent the weekend with mr and mrs f holllngshead at their cottage mr and mrs a houghton and family of sault ste marie spent the week holidaying with mr and mrs a samarillo mr and mrs v gliddon and lynre returned home from a two weeks vacation on saturday and are entertaining mr and mrs udell from toronto mrs gliddons parent the twelfth annual drum head service of the canadian le gion branch 4s3 was held on sunday afternoon the parade was led by the highland creek legion band and followed by the colour party men of the le gion and visitors ladies aux iliary scouts cubs girl guides and brownies the service was conducted by the rev carnegie who chose as his sermon a challenge for today mr and mrs ross redshaw and td spent the weekend with mr and mrs j todd at their cottage in the haliburton dist rict mr and mrs robert hock ley and family and mr and mrs j rennie and family visited on sunday evening with mr and mrs j campbell and family also mr and mrs m norton mrs j graham was admitted to the hospital on friday suffer ing from a stroke mr and mrs j kennedy of toronto visited with mr and mrs j mcguire over the week end mr and mrs vv welsh mr and mrs g blake and mr and mrs j rennie enjoyed an outdoor barbecue at the mc guire home on saturday eve ning the la of the guides and brownies will hold a picnic on july 27 at greenwood conser vation park a bus will leave the four corners at 10 am this is for all the girl guides and brownies their families and anyone who has helped the org anization this past year come along and bring a picnic lunch the bus will accommodate the children and there will be cars for the adults mr and mrs don hedges are presently enjoying a motor trip in the kingston area mr tom lye is looking after the store in their absence members of the prouse and hammond families attended the routley reunion in paulynne park pickering on sunday about fifty members were pres ent mr and mrs allan prouse of georgetown visited with rela tives in the village over the weekend home economist miss lois smith newly ap pointed home economist for york and ontario counties ar rived last week to start work with 111 homemaking clubs womens institutes and other organizations miss smith will have the extension ofliee of the department of agriculture at- newmarket as her headquar ters born on a farm in british co lumbia the new home econ omist was an active 1h home- making club member before taking a specialized course in household science at the uni versity of british columbia mtss smith graduated this year and now takes the place of miss wilda gordon who was trans ferred to middlesex county in june green river mr and mrs d gladden and son were weekend callers at the home of mr and mrs r hamil ton and on sunday th visited with mrs t robinscn of ux bridge who was celebrating a birthday then mrs wm duncan had the pleasure of entertaining her cou sins mrs b wilkes of union- ville and mrs currie of fort william to lunch one day last week mr and mrs t bowles and family spent a days vacation at the home of mr bowles brother at their home at wasago beach we understand that some of our residents have gone on a western holiday and are plan ning attending the calgary stampede mr and mrs george gray are amongst the western visitors mr and mrs e smith of ham ilton visited the hutchings home one day last week the sky was clear and weather was ideal for the sunday school picnic of the trinity baptist and green river folks as they gathered at the conservation park for their annual picnic on thursday of last week after an afternoon of swimming about a hundred and seven folks sat down to the bountifully laden tables after supper races and games were thoroughly enjoyed by all at the conclusion rev mr elliott led a short devotional period mrs d shank and mr and mrs allan michell were guests at the wedding of the formers granddaughter held in st pauls united church scarboro on sat urday last saturday visitors with mr and mrs w chafen were mr and mrs b gent of edgely messrs keith greenfield ben son lehman and ken mcintosh rode horses at oxbow last week bensons horse won a clean per formance sunday visitors with the cha- fens were mr and mrs a r self of toronto and mr and mrs b noland and daughter of ajax also david beattie of res- toule mr and mrs draper and fam ily of dundalk mr and mrs wilson and family of brampton visited with relatives at wilsons park miss dale michell spent sun day with her grandmother mrs d shank miss janet and master bruce pearse spent a happy holiday with their aunt and uncle mr and mrs j marquardt at their cottage the attendance at the bible school has been excellent with over a hundred children as the closing night will be july 29th watch next weeks paper for full particulars glasgow school exam results mr nicholas horick teacher of glasgow public school ss6 uxbridge wishes to announce the promotions and prize win ners of this school grade 8 to grade 3 irma noble hon john king hon earl elson hon grade 7 to grade 8 thomas bunker hon ron ald sargeant pass grade 6 to grade 7 gwen dcwswell hon mi chael baker hon ken siiaw hon dan woolhead pass philip sargeant pass ken reaman cond pass grade 5 to grade 6 lynda bunker hon robert shaw hon grade 4 to gride 5 barbara little hon diane baker hon marvin fillion hon allan ogden pass doreen francis pass grade 3 to grade 4 glen wideman hon paul turpin hon paul hulshot pass wayne ogden pass raymond davis pass keith lewis pass grade to grade 3 bettyjean dowswcll hon raymond king hon michael assinck hon garry ham pass georgina dyck pass diane turpin pass grade 1 to grade cathy little hon and peter hulshof hon tie nancy assinck hon sandra fillioji hon norman dyck pass larry ham pass dennis poir- ier pass jerry lewis pass prizes were won by the fol lowing students who displayed greenwood a number from here attended the funeral of the late rev a c luffraan of baltimore last thursday our sincere sympa thy i extended to mrs luffman in her sorrow mr and mrs pendergast of sarnia visited with her sister mr and mrs milton pegg last week miss florence beelby of to ronto visited with mr and mrs john middleton on the weekend the c mctaggart doug mor- den and les wilson families spent the weekend at coboconk mr and mrs john middleton attended the funeral of a cousin at aurora last thursday mr and mrs fred byers spent last sunday afternoon with mrs p wilson mr and mrs john puckrin and arthur were also callers on sunday evening mr and mrs e pegg and fam ily took a trip to fenelon falls last sunday cottage breakins numerous summer cottage breakins continue to concern officers of the ontario provincial police detachment at whitby to date there has been a rash of entries in the townships of uxbridge and pickering the latest oc curred at the summer home of john aird lot 10 cone 9 a quantity of furniture was sto len pc- w s hilliard informed the tribune that as more tem porary dwellings are erected the number of breakins will in crease he pointed out that it is often difficult to apprehend the persons responsible since a number of days may elapse before the thefts are discovered he suggested that where pos sible a nightlight should be left burning when the owner is absent in addition to the robberies a number of cottages have been ransacked and damaged at one residence the thieves turned on the electric stove before leaving needless to say the owners hydro bill had reached a rather large figure by the time he had returned a few weeks later clarkmont mission circle the julyaugust meeting of the mission circle will be held on wed july 27 at 730 at the home of mr and mrs frank gostick with groups 2 and 3 in charge of the meeting the junior congregation mission band and sunday school pupils are invited and marion gostick will be our special guest those wishing transportation please meet at the four corners high academic standing as well as general proficiency in all subjects grade 7 thomas bunker grade 6 gwen dowswell grade 5 lynda bunker grade 4 barbara little prize 1 academic prize 2 attendance grade 3 glen wideman grade 2 bettyjean dowswell grade 2 cathy little peter hulshof tie grade 8 winners irma noble prize 1 general proficience and highest per cent prize 2 perfect attendance prize 3 highest percent in mathematics earl elson prize for general proficiency and marks in english literature john king prize for highest marks and knowledge of history and geography the glasgow school held its closing exercises june 29th 2 pm with a number of parents and friends present after a short program of entertainment by the pupils a valedictory add ress was given by miss irma noble tile address was well written and delivered in keeping with iimas ability for creative writing at this point a short address was given by mr horick on the values of an education followed by the presentation of prizes and certificates of pro motion mr horick wishes to thank the pupils who presented him with their sifts and is looking forward to his return to this school in september to his pupils a happy holiday brougham we aregiad to hear miss eth el seebeck is improving and is now recuperating at her home heret her sistst tirs hastings is staying with her mrs j barjak jr and child ren also mrs r hamilton and little daughter returned after a pleasant holiday at their cot tage the brougham womans in stitute held their annual picnic for their families and friends at the maples park at uxbridge on tuesday july 12 the bus left in the morning games were played with mrs blackman in charge the social committee set up the tables and made the beverages special thanks to mrs blackman mrs m ellieott and mrs roberts for arranging the picnic and looking after the prizes also to mrs blackman for conducting the games busi ness for the meeting was read and our institute is responsible for a school exhibit for our local museum would anyone who has an old schoolbook to loan or donate please get in touch with mrs k fallis wh20733 or mrs geo gray mr and mrs geo perry spent the weekend with friends in st thomas mr and mrs k c pascoe and family visited with mr and mrs puckrin at lake simcoe on sun day congratulations to brougham girls softball team who did it again when they played picker ing village team winning by a score of 2s5 on wednesday eve ning mrs jas thompson of mount albert called on mrs a j gray an old schoolmate nearly sixty years ago one day last week mrs lemmon returned home on sunday evening after spend ing a couple of weeks with her sisterinlaw mrs chas hood mr and mrs lloyd thompson of ajax called on his sister mrs carter on saturday afternoon mr v perkins is in sunny- brook hospital where he ex pects to undergo surgical treat ment the first of this week mr wm knox leaves on tues day for a trip to oliver bc where he expects to see his bro ther whom he has not met for a number of years the guides and brownies at tended the 12th annual drum head service of branch 483 can adian legion at claremonl on sunday july 17 at 2 pm rev carnegie of the baptist church was in charge of the service due to the absence of rev cress- well the hand from highland creek played their pipes and drums during the ceremony pat harden returned after spending a couple of weeks at the new central area girls guide camp at haliburton the camp site is approximately four miles east of the village of haliburton on highway 121 it consists of 300 acres of fields and woodland situated on black lake the august meeting of the brougham womens institute will be held in the township hall on tuesday august 9 at 8 pm all visitors welcome pro gram convener mrs geo gray will give a talk on her recent trip to the west roll call what impressed mc most on a ba hostesses mrs h blackman mrs m ellieott and mrs lemmon the ladies of brougham insti tute are planning to charter busses to go to the exhibition further details as to price of tickets later 1200 at picnic one of the largest single pic nic groups in the district gath ered at the greenwood park on wednesday afternoon of last week an estimated 1200 per sons members of the north york civic employees organi zation attended the gathering this group in addition to pri vate picnics swelled the total attendance to over 1500 people clarenionf bake sale the baptist ladies are holding a bake sale and tea on the parsonage lawn saturday july 23 from 3 to 5 there will be a good variety of aprons for sale also white elephants in case of rain the church will be used 60000 county rood project changing landscape at siloam a s60000 roadbuilding pro gram extending for a distance of two miles between conces sions 3 and 4 in the township of uxbridge near siloam is the largest single construction pro ject slated for ontario county in 1960 the contractor is miller paving co the work is being done under the supervision of county road foreman james mount the program was started in may early in july the usually quiet township countryside was shattered by the roar of giant bulldozers graders and earth- moving equipment within a period of two weeks large hills have been melted down and val leys have been filled up and lev elled on with the exception of some springs and a few rocks the workmen have experienced little difficulty in the operation to date where possible the springy areas are dug out if the soft soil extends to a great depth the hole is flllcd with sand the pavement will not be laid until 1961 it will be a hot mix surface similar to standards set by the dept of highways the pavement will be 22 feet wide prior to the completion of the job the side slopes will be cov ered with top soil and seeded it has been suggested that the ontario county road may even tually link up with a similar thoroughfare to the west spon sored by the county of york the earthmoving operation is scheduled on an hourly basis if a breakdown occurs in a piece of equipment the time is auto matically stopped the employ ees sleep in a temporary shelter constructed near the project site they eat their meals at champmans store siloam although a portion of the road between concessions 3 and 5 was temporarily cut off to traf- fie for a few days last week it will be reopened again when sufficient culverts have been in stalled a heavy clay base will provide a cementhard surface for regular traffic until the pav ing program is completed next spring youths need medical attention following saturday night brawl tire irons and chains in fight the quiet main street in claremont took on all the as pects of a wild west town dur ing the late hours of saturday night when a gang of youths from the ajaxoshawa area hooked up in handtohand com bat with a group of local lads in a freeswinging melee only the intervention of two cruis ers from the whitby detach ment of the opp halted the fistic encounter robt forsyth is of ux bridge was the main target the visitors some members of the oshawa golden hawk mo torcycle club were parked on the brock road waiting or the yoth to appear at the same time a group of about ten claremont boys were re turning home from a local wiener roast forsyth called for aid and the pitched battle was on the oshawaajax gang had apparently not considered the possible presence of claremont citizenry and although they bad ly outnumbered their rivals some members of their clan were injured bob edwards of claremont was treated by dr doug eiouio of stouffville for eye lacerations black eyes loosened teeth and facial cuts were common to both sides the freeforall reached a se rious stage when the outsiders brandished tire irons and bicy cle chains at that time the two cruisers appeared on the scene and the youths scattered about six boys were picked up for questioning but were later released their cars were search ed but no liquor was found it was feared that the return match would again- be staged in claremont on the following sunday night a group of osh- 1 awaajax boys moved into the village in the afternoon and is- sued verbal threats thai a coun ter attack would be forthcoming i at nightfall provincial police also had wind of the planned incident and they were on hand as a deterrent to trouble at nine oclock fifteen claremont and district youths armed with iron pipe heavy rope and pop bottles were lined up at the four corners to meet the chal lenge the evening passed by without incident and by eleven oclock the greater portion of the group had dispersed according to reports for syth was alleged to have been involved in a nearaccident with one member of the outside gang he was marked for re venge and would possibly have been badly injured if help had not arrived he escaped without a bruise although a number of his cohorts werent quite sa fortunate local physician dr x f tomlinson informed the trib une that he was awakened by lcud poundings on his office door near midnight on satur day by the time he had dress ed and answered the call the parties had left it is believed they were wanting first aid treatment although fistic encounters have occurred in the village on previous occasions it is the first resemblance to a gang war outbreak in the area two years ago weekly dames in the com munity hall had to be can celled when threatened brawls marred the project uxbridge police chief may sue for holdback in pav uxbridge town council has refused to give the police chief his final pay cheque until he re turns articles it says belong to the town graham chatterley who re signed june 28 said this week he may sue the town for the money which he says totals 651 a letter from councils public protection committee dated july 14 informed the former chief it would not release his final pay cheque until he returns highway traffic act forms which mr chatterley says do not exist a revolver holster a chiefs badge and a copy of the criminal code which he says are his personal property a file board containing police informa tion and town bylaws which he says was his personal file a copy of the highway traffic act which he says are distributed free by the government three police shirts a hat and a uni form which he says replace clothing he brought with him when he organized the force five years ago the town formerly had- been protected by provincial police mayor arnold tipper was cho sen chief magistrate last week by fellow councillors to replace mayor william hochberg who resigned march 16 because of dissention in council he has not told us these are his personal belongings all he has to do is come to the meeting and tell us so he said when asked why the full am ount owing mr chatterley is being held back rather than a portion of it he declined com ment when mayor hochberg resign ed he expressed complete confi dence in mr chalterlcji upon the chiefs resignation the for mer mayor said it was the towns loss and the result of personal animosity sparked by then councillor tipper mayor tipper disclaimed any knowledge of animosity existing between mr chatterley and him self or other council members the dispute that led to the chiefs resignation began 2m years ago when the chief in voked the police act to back up his contention that he was not obliged to give information about investigations to council members other than the mayor and members of the police com mittee council asked then for his resignation but backed down when faced with legal action and strong public protests population tile population of ontario county increased by slightly more than 3000 from 195s to 1959 according to a report by county assessor gordon hep- ditch in 1958 the population of the county which excludes osh awa was 64882 in 1959 the total was 67959 incidentally the municipality with the largest population is not the county town as many suppose but is the township of pickering with a population of 16175 to whitbys 11913 following is a table of the populations of the various mun icipalities for 1958 and 1959 municipality 1958 1959 towns ajax 7982 8013 uxbridgs 2236 2311 whitby 10543 11943 villages beaverton 1111 1156 cannington 1012 1056 pickering 1606 1754 port perry 321 2210 townships brock 2873 2811 east whitby 2416 2564 mara 2336 2429 pickering 15727 16175 rama 883 864 reach 2880 2896 scott 1775 1811 scugog 37t 388 thorah 1030 1104 uxbridge i52s 2579 whitby 5355 5895 totals 64882 67959 realize about all moj t people on a horse race bet is that they shouldnt have field day august 6 tile annual claremont field day will be held in the com munity park on saturday aug 6th the afternoon program will feature a softball tournament and races for young and old last year the appearance of king ganam of tv and radio fame attracted a sellout crowd a feature performer lias not yet been named but more in formation will be available next week wet spring now boon to potato growers in uxbridge in spite of a late wet spring the current growth of the pota to crop in the township of ux bridge could indicate a near- record crop this kail ontario county agricultural represen tative mr h l fair told the tribune that the abundant rain fall earlier in the season had turned out to be a boon for potato farmers this summer he noted that although many growers had been delayed by two weeks in planting their seed an aboveaverage yield was now expected mr james mulrooney of goodwood is presently one of the largest potatogrowers in the district he has a total of 43 acres under cultivation on the former pierre evans prop- erty he has planted both the cobbler and sebago varieties it is mr mulrooneys first season in canada he gained consider able experience however in growing potatoes in ireland he told the tribune that two weeks ago his plants were just pro truding through the ground now his crop is in blossom unlike many local growers mr mulrooncy does not be lieve in continuous cultivation his crop is scuffled two or three times in the entire sea son and the weeds are smother ed rather than removed 1 feel that loo much cultivation stunts the plants growth he said he noted that disposing of the crop is still one of the big problems he plans to store them if necessary he contends that potato farming can be prof itable theres money in it but it also lakes a lot of work he agroed george waller and gord todd of goodwood have thirty acres in crop they pointed out that their potatoes had good tops and they expect the yield will be good in spile of a twoweek seeding delay they will start digging up their early crop in about two weeks time mr har ry harper also of goodwood has 20 acres in potatoes they too agreed that in spite of the spring setback i he yield would be equal to previous years mr albeit hockley north of claremonl is a grower of reg istered seed his product ac cording to mr fair is on of the best milburh meek of sandford has an excellent crop of cobblers he will begin his potato harvest at the end of this month mr james mulrooney of goodwood is pictured here op erating a tractor and hydrau lic scuffler in his crop of sebago potatoes the local grower nas 43 acres of pota toes under cultivation and in spite of a twoweek setback due to a wet spring season he hopes to harvest an above- average yield staff phot