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f s the st0uffv1ui tribune tiky dec 8li kid aiu new deputyreeve mr kdgar james councillor of deputyreeve in the town- defeated mrs jean l me- hi ward 2 for the past four ship of pickering in a close phexson by 52 voles william years was elected to the office contest on saturday mr james fairgrieve trailed the field claremont a ippcial service and film scheduled for the claremont bapist church on thursday evening dec sth has been can- relied although no future dale has been announced ii may be held early in the new year the tribune would express its appreciation to messrs bill browning and jack redshaw for their tipoffs on the safe burglary at the claremont post office over the weekend the christmas parly for the golden age club will be held at the home of mrs win pegg on tuesday dec 13 transpor tation will be provided for all the la of the scouts and cubs held their monthly meet ing at the home of mrs helen vizeiy in the form of the an nual christmas party the guide brownie mothers i a will hold their next meet ing and christmas patty on tuesday dec 13 at the home pf mrs samarillo each member present is asked to bring a gift not to be more than 50c transportation from the four corners at 745 pm the sympathy of friends and neighbours is extended to the families of mr and mrs j nor ton mr and mis cec redman and mr and mis a robertson on the loss of their niece at newbing ont a speeds recovery is wished j for mrs x linton who was taken ill on saturday mr and mrs drew of tor onto were guests at the home of mr and mrs samarillo on sunday mr and mrs wm gliddon and lynn spent the weekend in toronto and visited mrs udell she is presently confined to the toronto western hospital mrs a samarillo and mrs tones of highland creek are spending a few days in buf falo while their mother is away valerie samarillo is stay ing at mr and mrs rennies and leo at mr and mrs mc- guires sorry to hear that mrs cook and mrs c norton have the mumps mr and mis j mcguire spent saturday at oshawa visiting with mr mcguires sister the annual sarco company christmas party was held at the tamoshanter golf club on tuesday evening the regular installation night of the brougham union lodge was held on wednesday night worshipful master edgar ward j was returned to the office fori a second term the christmas program of tiie baptist church sunday school will be held on friday evening dec 16th prior to the concert the congregation aie invited to attend a buffet supper at 615 pm rank in 41 couple honoured by baptist congregation two brougham young people donald lindo and gail white have established line records in recent ontario county 4h club competitions- donald a member of the oshawa kiwanis 4h grain club won a total of 93s points out of a possible 1000 with an entry of garry oats lie headed a group of fourteen members as a member of the brougham 4h club beef sec tion his entry of an aberdeen angus steer carried off the first place honours it gained a total of 92s points out of 1000 in the runnersup position was gai while her hereford heifer was judged second with 921 points out of a possible 1000 this ltiyh standing permitted the two young people to partici pate in the judging competition for ontario county at guelpli they ranked a high fourteenth out of iso competitors from other countries both donald and gail are students at the pickering dist high school fourh club work does not consume all of miss whites spare lime she is an accomp lished soloist and lends litis tal ent towards the promotion of the junior choir in brougham local residents are proud of i ho accomplishments of this young district pair both in their club activities and other community projects edgar james wins deputy reeveship approve 2 year term library issue defeated mr edgar james councillor m ward 2 for the past four years is the new deputy- reeve in the township of pickering for the x9ol term he defeated his closest opponent mrs jean l mcpherson by a scam 52 votes mr james total was 1199 mrs mcpherson had 11 17 a third candidate wm kaii grieve trailed th neld with 6s2 ah former councillors weie returned many boyes defeased miss violet swan 306 to 154 in ward 3 ross deakin was given strong support in ward a and swept the post over his rival john campbell by a 170 voie majority councillor deakin polled 509 mr campbell counted 239 a much closer contest was waged betweth councillor clifford laycox in ward 5 and mr reginald boek mr laycox was the ultimate winner by a majority of iis votes reeve sheiman scott and councillors harvey spang and mhtou mowbray had earlier received acclamations position in doubt the office of deputyreeve was in doubt until the results of the final polls had been ievealed hie lead changed hands on a number of occasions mr james received strong suppoil in the urban aiea of west rouge where he more than doubled the ballot return of his opponent mrs mcpherson in the three west roug polls he revived 282 votes mrs mcpherson collected only 113 with the exception of this particular area there was no cut and dried pattern of support for either can didate mrs mcpherson gained a majority in claremon atha and whitevale mr james was ahad at green river mt xion kinsale brougham and audley he was well supported at his home poll at the brock road mrs mcpherson on the other hand came on strongly in many southern centres in cluding glengrove fairport and rosebank any advantage garnered at these points failed to overbalance the scales that swung heavily in mr james favour in the vvoil rouge at the majority of other polls throughout the uurnicipality ihe vole was quite evenly divided total sweip councillor harry boyes swept each of the live polls in waixt 3 it was his first complete endorsation since he filled the position early in 1960 by appointment through the resigna tion of mr harry ash ton his opponent was a former coun cillor miss violet swan from the first returns it was obvious that mr boyes had little cause for concern it was conceded that miss swan a resident of rosebank was not too well known in the ward 3 area double support one of the most amazing victories was established by ward 4 councillor ross deakin in seven polls he collected a total of 509 votes more than double the return gained by his opponent mr john campbell in only one constituency did mr campbell gain an edge on the incumbent candidate at the glengrove school councillor deakin swept the poll by 113 to 10 in suite of the setback mr campbell suggested that he would again return to the political scene close contest the three west rouge polls that threw their ballot support behind councillor edgar james also endorsed incumbent can didate clifford laycox he defeated mr reginald bozek 583 to 435 in a close contest mr boek moved out front in the early returns fiom the constituencies of altona road and rosebank the majority at these polls melted away under mr laycox sweep in west rouge questions split one question on the ballot was approver while another was rejected the electorate endorsed the twoyear council term by an affirmative vote of 1725 to 1238 the township library was turned down by 1354 to 1016 pickering twp by 52 votes how they voted in picke ring township ijeputvheeie councillor fair- mr- jricve jainc 1heivon wvkd 1 i 0 27 37 2 ciaremom 6 58 92 i 3 green river 0 26 is whitevale 3 67 71 wakit t mt hon n t7 15 s kinale 0 54 12 1 79 3s 1 37 11 biock road 0 59 25 ward 3 rovcv swan pickering keach 10 12 51 17 28 15 powell rei 6 63 13 85 30 5 26 16 19 27 13 21 76 62 12 32 21 31 63 306 27 154 camp warii i deakli bell 22 glengrove school 4fi 25 fit 143 10 s 29 53 66 26 23 7 25 63 14 2t is 61 85 17 3s 23 20 16 36 23 is 12 33 51 2s fail pel t beach 2f 20 12 103 55 29 fairport beach 19 21 32 509 239 waki1 5 bock jivcov 3ti pet iv residence 22 17 17 5t 28 17 altona road 28 13 is 19 13 38 altona road 35 15 17 42 23 39 altona road 11 24 17 6s 15 10 rosebank 27 17 29 12 30 22 20 22 41 24 12 w rouse s7 109 28 28 199 13 w rouge 37 79 14 5s 102 14 w rouse 63 94 11 50 149 682 1199 hit 435 583 returned ross deakin councillor in waid 1 pickering township was returned to otfice on sat urday in a landslide victory over his opponent mr john campbell councillor deakin polled a total of 509 voles as compared with 23 for mr campbell workers union clashes with township council the pickering twp road de partment presently operating under a union agreement ap proved this year by council has presented two further recom mendations for consideration of ihe members the employees represented by mr kingston appeared before a regular meet ing of council on monday night mr kingston the spokesman requested that a s500 standby time should still be applicable and that roadmen having com pleted 10 years of service should be entitled to three weeks holi days with pay five employees are involved in the latter re quest dep reeve ross hawthorne suggested that due to the late ness in ihe 1560 term he felt it would be impossible to take any immediate action on the matter reeve sherman seott contend ed that in his mind the union agreement would supersede all previous benefits he suggested that the issues should have been rised when the agreement was drawn up claims defeat came by political machine mrs jean l mcpherson at and clean he thanked all those candidate or the office of dep- who worked on his behalf it utyreeve in the township of j has been an interesting exper ience and i trust that there will pickering has charged that she was defeated by a human politi cal machine at the recentfy con cluded municipal election on saturday dec 3rd mrs mc- pherson spoke briefly at the municipal offices at brougham when the final returns had been revealed she was defeated by councillor kdgar james in one of the closest contests ever staged for the position mr james majority was 52 votes mrs mcpherson has made no formal request for a recount be no bitterness he said i will endeavor to do my best to serve the ratepayers of the en- lire municipality and i hope i will not disappoint you in arty way not critical mr william fairgrieve who j trailed the field as a candidate for the deputyreeves post in formed his listeners that he was not critical of the handling of the election i will attend ihe meetings next year and in spite of inclement weather conditions more than eighty member of the goodwood bap tist church congregation gath ered together on monday even ing to honour two well known couples mi an mis dn wagg and mr and mrs john may mr wagg and mrs may are twin brother and sister both edupies mark golden wedding anniver saries this year mr and mi- wagg on sept 21st and mr ami mt v may on dec 1 1th mr dan wagg was born on com 3 uxbridge twp the son of isaac vagg and phoebe van- home he attended the good wood public school it was al that time that the present two sdorcy building was erected and an oldei frame structure was torn down geo todd another well know n goodwood reswent was a member of his class mr wagg recalls how the wind would whistle through the window in spite of the newness of the school it was sometimes so rold in the classroom that the ink would freeze in the bot tles he said he noted that tii- leaeher would often march the pupils around the room to kivp them warm- two of his leath ers ueie mr hoshell and the foi met mabel dickinson now mrs n r cooper harold st slouttwlle she wv the fines teacher one could ever wish or sid mi wagg at the age of 72 years mr wagg could p for a man of sixty me aiill retain his red hatr and friendly smile one membei m a family of i he ha thtry mtets living mrs thorn watson of marsh hill i mis marvin rodman of lv bridge and mrs john may of goodwood- mrs wagg the former kdith myers was born between con- cessions 3 and i uxbridge twp i the daughter of jacob and mary j myers she and mr wagg were school chums at goodwood the were later united in mar riage by rev q c grit ham pastoi of the goodwood bap- i tist church they left the good wood station by train for a honeymoon trip to niagara 1 falls a large gathering of friends and relatives lined the station platform to see them off they took up permanent resi dence in the hamlet in 1912 they have one son lloyd of brampton one daughter grace mrs hon james of maikham four grandchildren and two great grandchildren mrs wagg has one sister mrs c d jones of goodwood the couple has always been closely linked with the good wood baptist church mi wagg is still superintendent of the sunday school mrs wagg is a former secretary and class teacher for two years mr wagg was the caretaker of the goduood station he vividly recalls the activity that once centred ar ound the depot i can remem ber seeing wagon load of pota- tines lined up to the highway waiting to unload he said how times he changed he noted mr- and mis wagg enjoy jjood health their rnsy home retains the friendly atnoprse of the dimct ihesr iifelong residence 1 mow tiikv votkl in pigkkiing viilagk reeve cyi il morloy ace councillors 1 1 leered ross muiison 33ft ronald watson 3m leonaid bin ningham 301 albert reeve 2fil victor dingley 2c0 ai homo mr and mrs john s may of goodwood will be at home to their friends and relatives on the occasion of their 50th wed ding anniversary to be held wednesday dee hth from 2 10 i in the afternoon and from 7 to 10 in the evening mr and mrs john may arried fifty years must liven up pickering twp mr f s woolen head of the ontario county and oshawa civil defence organization sug- gested that peacetime rescue training program in the town- j ship of pickering should be livened up mr wootten ad dressed a regular meeting of council on monday night the civil defence program is now known as the emergency meas ures organization mr wootten informed the members that civil defence had been designed on a basis of open conflict as in world war i but such praet ice was no longer practical the kmo has been set up through channels of federal provincial and muni cipal governments for peace- lime emergency uso he asked j 1 worked hard fought a j make sl na members cleantattle she- said lshe sug- iive llpil promises gested that she would be bad i conc his remarks in the thick of the competition criticizing the persons who fail ed to exercise their voting iran- in 1961 she charged that she was strongly opposed to politics being included in municipal elec tions it is very difficult to work against a human political ma chine she said mrs mcpherson also suggest ed that numerous errors had crept into the operation of some polling booths she noted that al one poll a deputy returning officer was absent for a time and that additional ballots had been given to some of the vot ers i had hoped that the elec tions would have been conducted properly this year she con tinued as long as i live 1 will light for clean municipal govern ment she concluded clean campaign councillor edgar james the successful candidate for the po sition of deputyreeve agreed that ihe campaign was close gripe hat a committee should be set up in pickering tup chise the ones who stay al home are the ones who the most morn interest keeve sherman scott stated that it was most gratifying to see an increased interest among the electorate he noted that this trend had been indicated by the attendance at the nomina tion meeting and an increased turnout at the polls ii tends to make for a better pickering he said ward 1 councillor har vey spang returned to his post by an acclamation voiced some disappointment with the affirm ative vote on the 2 year term ii was a good clean campaign and i am pleased to win it said mr harry boyes successful councillor in ward 3 ward 5 councillor clifford laycox said j he would continue to urge a get out and vote campaign in ihe township he suggested that ihe 1910 council members had done a good job former claremont couple married for 50 years on saturday dec 3rd mr and mrs frank derusha for mer residents of claremont for 22 years were honoured at the home of their daughter mrs robt holmau on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anni versary mr derusha is 69 mrs derusha is friends in the village dropped in during he afternoon to renew old ac quaintances but the evenings social gathering was confined mainly to members of the im mediate family mr derusha was born on cone i uxbridge township the son of frank derusha and je- mimah slack he attended pub lic school at webb much of mr derushas active life has been centred around a career on the railroad he was a cpr sec- lion foreman for 18 years he spent considerable time on the local claremont line mrs derusha the former pearl beverley was the daugh ter of mr and mrs tom bever ley cone 6 uxbridge township while still quire young her par ents moved to cone 5 where she attended the webb publie school on nov 30th 1910 the couple was united in marriage the ceremony was conducted at ihe free methodist church parson age in uxbridge they drove lo the town in a horse and cutter through more than two feet of snow by an odd coincidence ihree sisiers married three bro thers mr derusha has been retired from railroad work for the past four years they now reside al manvors is miles west of pelei boro w f mkmbkks at musioum mkkting two members from each of eleven individual institute org anizations attended a meeting in the pickering township mu seum al brougham on wednes day afternoon dec 7th repre sentatives were from ajax al tona brooklin brougham cla remont i loneydale kinsale myrtle pickering shirley and whitby on wednesday dec mih mr they settled down on the may j and mrs john may of good- farm following a honeymoon wood will celebrate their golden train trip to toronto and oha- wedding anniversary they will j wa mr and mrs may have re t be at home to their friends i sided in goodwood since 1935v 1 land relatives to mark the spe j mr may is an accomplished j rial occasion both enjoy good t stone mason his last piece of health mr may was horn on cone 4 uxbridge township the son of john may sr and harnett pcarse tie attended the goud- wood public school for a short lime then moved with his par ents to scaiboio in 1903 he leiuined with bi famih to iheir fourth concession farm follow ing his marriage ihe couple continued to reside on the may homestead his parents took up residence w goodwood mrs may was born on cone j 3 uxbridge twp the daughter of isaac wagg and phoebe van- horn- she received her ear schooling at goodwod the marriage ceserrojv a t foi med by rev o c grej f the goodwood baptist church work was done on the dean watson residence in the ham let the couple still attend church regularly mrs may is the organist in the sunday school two sons and two daughters were born to the couple xo- man and alger both of good- 1 wood mar jorie i mrs harry wooojand cone uxbridge and verna mrs harvey bun ker alo of goodwood they have eleven grandchildien ami two gieat grandchildren mr j may hs three brothers wil liam george and norman and i one sister mrs andy pilkey of j brooklin mrs may has two tors mr mai in rodman oft uxbridge and mrs thomas wal j son of marsh hill i five were injured kic local men apjo injusci kn of claremont war in week pawnger in none eimuly when jhis car collision with another suto on hieic hok wajnc l owned and dnen bj dean no 7hwj neat kinsale last mike valentino ualt the ve- sedhaw et mur ray and mirray nebitt char ge aie jinditg againm ihe driver of the other ear staff inoto