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r t s thf stoffrvnil torfhf tlurrf deecae i3 i960 silt farmerette pretty sixteen year old gall white of brougham lias many and varied interests she is an enthusiastic member of the brougham 4h club and only recently she represented the county of ontario in a judging competition at fiuelph in addition site is an accom plished soloist and lends her talent toward the promotion of the junior choir in the unit hi chinch a grade 12 student at ihe pickering dist high school she plans to enroll in the toronto teachers college after graduation she is pic tured here beside her favour ite hereford heifer an entry that has been awarded a num ber of prizes at country fairs claremont happenings mr and mrs arthur bales of woodbridge were recent visitors with mr and mrs don hedges mr blake briscoe of toronto visiter with his parents on the weekend two local residents have re turned home from the hospital mr stan slack and mr len lye were released after suffering heart attacks mr edgar ward has been re turned as masler of the broug ham union lodge for a second term the annual installation night was held on wednesday evening of last week the sen ior warden is mr wilniol hill the junior warden is mr gor don symes a candlelight service will be conducted by the young people of the baptist church on sun day evening dec 25th donald benson has been re leased from the searboro gen eral hospital he was admitted for treatment after his car was involved in a serious collision with another auto at the inter section of the allona road and lie uxhridgepickoriiig town- line on sunday dec 1th mr and mrs r f cooper have returned home from a re cent motor nip to miami flor ida mr cooper told ihe tribune i that temperatures at ihe resort hovered close to ihe ninety de- 1 gree mark contrary lo reports clare- moms hockey team will con tinue lo operate in the stouff- ville community league at a recent meeting of club repre sentatives it was agreed that replacements could he added for every player lost lo ux- bridge up to a deadline of dec lih these players names must be filed with ihe group chair man by dec 16th this motion met with ihe approval of clare monls manager mr wm ev ans a new safe has been delivered to the post office replacing the one blown up in the robbery which took place on sunday morning december t the womens institute held their annual christ mas meeiing last wednesday evening the program was centred around christmas carols of other lands all members of the claremont public school board were re turned to office at a recent nom ination meeting reappointed by acclamation were messers wm gliddon james mcguire and ellis brit ton the school board meeiing was well attended by over 50 adulis the local fire brigade was call ed to a chimney fire at the home o mr h kirlon on the eighth concession last sunday after noon there was no damage re ported the switchboard oper ators on duly at the lime are to be commended for their fasi work in notifying members of ihe brigade of ihe fire through some unknown defect the siren failed lo operate dont forget ihe baptist church christinas concert lo lake place this friday dec 16 the concert will be preceded by a supper commencing at 645 followed by a film a pro gram and santa clans the ontario and york county film council wishes lo remind any groups or persons interested that i here are films anil projec tors available for further in formation and arrangements contact mr clare keevil of claremont the ladies auxiliary to ihe legion held a christmas party on thursday with a turkey sup per and all the trimmings the regular business meeiing fol lowed with president f murray in the chair everyone praised the addition of ihe new kitchen cupboards recently completed by a member of the mens branch mr lack lehman and financed by the ladies auxil iary a number of friends visited mrs blake in ihe searboro gen eral hospital recently and re port she is coming along very well after her major operation mrs blake hopes to be home within the next week the annual christmas tree for the children of members of the canadian legion branch is3 and ladies auxiliary will be held on mondav dec at 730 pm on thursday dec s pres 1 rennie bud norton and pete larburn all of the legion at tended the dunbarton legion lo conduct their nominations elec tions and installation of officers for the coming year mr and mrs j kennedy from toronto visited with mr and mrs j meguire on sunday keep in mind the christmas parly for the united church sunday school lo be held on tuesday dec 20 at 730 pm thank you pickering township i would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the people of pickering township for the confidence they have shown in me by accord ing me an acclamation for the office of reeve for the year 1961 to one and all a very merry christmas and a happy and prosperous new year j sherman scott greenwood the joint service of sunday school and church last sunday for white gift sunday was well attended farm forum was held last week at ihe charles mctaggart home and this week at the mil ton pegg home we are sorry to report that mr glen eastwood expects to stay in the hospital for another week remember the sunday school and day school christmas tree and concert wednesday night dec 21 the cold weal her of ibis last week has made ice on kdgie peggs pond and a number en- joyed skating on it last sunday afternoon mr and mrs vein hicks spent the weekend al tillsonburg with their daughter mr and mrs ray ellicou of brougham visited al ihe les wilson home saturday nighl mr and mrs mcphail visited last weekend with mr and mrs e pegg and family the afternoon wa met al the home of mrs 7 brooks lasl thursday group one conducted a christmas worship service with the showing of slides christmas carols and readings the president mrs brooks took charge of ihe business making plans for ihe packing of christ- j mas baskets rev t fleeihamj conducted ihe election of offi cers for 1961 which an- as fol lows past president mrs j brooks pies mis w brown 1st vice pies mis m pegg seciy mis p clarke assist ant mis e clarke treas mis e pascoe pianists mrs wilson and mrs pascoe group leaders no i mrs p wilson no 2 mrs trolley flower commit tee mrs k clarke literature i mrs kingslone citizenship temperance mrs i mclean parsonage and quill committee mrs t brooks press may kiown mrs pegg and mrs wil son mr fleeiham offered prayer which brought the meeiing to a close lunch was served by the hostess dater and numbering stamps full line in slock 60c to 9ic the stouffville tribune ritcon pickering twp revision court hears uxbridgetp 495 appeals of assessment for cxbridg township couneh meeiing in regular sevsion on monday afternoon agieed to the construction of a biidge at lot 30 cone 1 the completion of this work was suggested by the road superintendent mr stan slack hie cost has been estimated ai s3000 mr slack i agree to appioach the dept of highways for conein on the project they will pay 80 per- cent of the expenditure the road supi informed the members that the budget had been overspent by a small amount he suggested lhai when all bills foi i960 had been i paid the budget would be exj ceeded by approximate s2000 hold lp account an account for slioo sub- 1 milled by mr wm parsons of j stouffville for solicitors setvi ices at the recently concluded assessment appeal court inj whitby has been withheld pend- j iug further discussion mr j parsons was acquired lo acli on behalf of ihe town of uvi bridge the twp of scott and the township of uxbridge the suggested remuneration had been s300 for each municipality or a tolal of s900 mr parsons explained that ihe hearing lasted for twelve days and he found it necessary lo attend all meetings brougham mr and mrs ix a beor visit- ed wilh mr and mrs wilton and family of oshaua on satur day evoning kir and mrs bodin of osh awa visited wuh her brother thos and mrs english one day lasi week congratulations lo donna pascoe who celebrated her sth birthday on sunday when she was m home to ten girl chums who enjoyed the even ing watching tv mr and mrs lloyd pascoe and jackie visited with mr and mrs k c pascoe on sunday congratulations to mr how ard malcolm jr who celebraled his twentyfirst birthday on wednesday evening when he was at home to his uncles and aunts lo a supper in the town ship hall denise pascoe youngest dau- ghler of mr and mrs x c pascoe is recuperating at her home after having her tonsils removed in ajax hospital a combined service of sun day school and church service will be held in st johns church on sunday december 25 please try to attend the womans association of st johns church met on wed nesday evening dec 7 at the home of mrs lloyd johnston mrs willson the president op ened the meeting and welcomed all present mrs t philip took he devotional due to the ab sence of mrs reaman the pro gram was in charge of mrs h miller who gave a very interest ing paper on joy lo the world the lord is come interspersed with other carols mrs kollis favored with two solos meet ing closed with the theme hymn and theme prayer followed hy a dainty lunch served by the hostesses mrs lloyd johnston and mrs k johnston the friendly bible class met in ihe township hal on mon day evening the sargent florists took over and demon strated the making of table centres mantle pieces ceiling fixtures and filling baskets which was very interesting a social cup of tea and a dainty lunch brought a pleasant even ing to a close our firemen were called lo a chimney fire at john tweedies whitevale one ay last week il was put out without any ser ious damage green river mr and mrs wm duncan spent the weekend with mr and mrs j buckles of union mr and mrs j johnston and family of rexdale peni satur day wilh mr and airs r see- berk mr and mrs if ridge of to ronto were sunday visitors at the hutchings home dont forget the s u n d a y school entertainment lo he held in the church next saturday j evening dec 1 7th at 8 pm a welcome will be evtended lo anyone attending sorry to hear that ceorgina mailes is at home with ihe mumps we trust that she will soon he feeling much better again in friday evening dee 23rd the carollers will b delivering l6xs to the shut ins and older folk anone wishing to join j them be al the church hre not j later than seven oclock if you j intend to go along and wish a j ride pleae phone either mrs a pere or your coi respond ent not later than next satur day evening so that transporta tion may be arranged next sun day wry sorry to hear that mrs v pomih is not at all well and at present i maying at the home of her daughter mrs ej laycock searboro i the pickering twp court of revision which concluded us nine day hearing on nov 29th dealt with a total of 495 appeals the largest number in the his tory of the municipality as sessment commissioner mr delbert gauslin will suggest that the court houd meet on at least two or three occavion during the 1961 term to deal with automatic adjuimeru where building have been torn down or destroyed by fire at the present t i me hot h ad ju st- nienis and appeals are dealt with at one appointed time mr bowen a west rouge rate payer filed appeals on 109 pro pei tics in the southern portion of ihe municipality claiming their assessments were too low only one of these was changed and the remainder were sus tained mr gauslin told ihe tribune that the appeals ranged over a crosssection of the municipal ity some of the larger adjust ments included an sls00 reduc tion on property owned by the consolidated sand and gravel co cone- 5 a 51725 reduction on the mekenzie property a workedoui gravel pit on the brock road a 1640 reduction on the dr lav is summer home near altona that was destroyed by fire a 1275 reduction ai colonial homes bae line and livei pool road a s2335 reduc tion on land at the shopping plaa lansing cut off and no 2 hwy a s2270 reduction on a storage building at red wing orchards and a 9o5 reduciion on the property of david len nox no 2 hwy fourteen howes in the kay ridges development wete under appeal but all weie sustained the cnr also filed a number of appeals but all were with drawn referring to properties adja cent lo the proposed cnr rightofway mr gauslin said thai no assessment reducitons were under consideration by his department he said that at the present time it was difticuli to determine if he land would show any depreciation in value due lo lite bypass line install underground telephone service workmen with the bell tele phone co are currently install- ing underground lines in the claremont area a spokesman for the firm said that the bell is following this program in ateas where they have taken over- recent ownerhip the claremont area was hard- hit by line damage last winter due lo continuous ice storms the new svstem will alleviate this problem the wires ate laid lo a minimum depth of thirty inches appeal decision expected soon the appeal by thiee munici palities against the equalized assessment of the county of ontario tiled by the township of pickering and the towns of whitby and ajax may result in a final decision this week as sessment commissioner del- ben gauslin of pickering sug gested thursday dec 15ih as a possible dale the hearing befoie a 3man court lasted thirteen days pick ering township was repiesenled bv mr paul manilla of ottawa the vote in uxbridge twp lohu cbas norman alvin a n gel i korsy t h hogg keiishaw glasgow 11 ib 15 23 goodwood 59 31 12 51 si loam 19 31 24 29 glen major hi 21 21 24 pine grove 24 36 29 37 quaker hilt 127 99 93 73 webb 15 25 23 5s iotals 2 262 21 295 atha dec 4th mr and kirs ranks also mrs ross from toronto were guests with mr and mrs r imacdon- ald on friday evening mr and mrs murray dunkeld called on mr and mrs fred welton uxbridge sunday after noon mr and mrs james caino- chan and family from port per ry had supper with mr and mrs murray dunkeld and fam ily on saturday evening mr and mrs frank robb of markham visited thursday eve ning wilh ihe carruthers ruth ann carrulhers atlend- ed the 1h club meeting held at the dunkeld home on thursday evening dec i3th little uougie dunkeld had seven little school chums in on saturday afternoon to help him celebrate his birthday they played games during the after noon then supper was served with lots of good things little hoys like mr and mrs hurrley from toronto called sunday after noon on mr and mrs a dra per mr and mis hawthorne of claremoni called sunday after noon on m r a nd m rs kred draper many happy birthdays to bob- hie tran who had a birthday on tuesday dec 13 also to larry cogar mr and mrs norman lehman and family were sunday dinner guests with mr and mrs al bert foster mr and mrs morley smalley and family from ml albert were sunday dinner guests of the carruthers family mr bell and mex called sat urday evening on ernie car ruthers euchre results prize winners ladies mrs w elson mrs e hammold mrs g draper genls mr b hammond mr d wilson mr b silverthorn door prize mis v riddle rid mr m gall mr and mrs murray dunk eld and mrs thomas dunkeld were dinner guesis with miss grace lehman on sundav altona white gifts for the scolt mis sion toronto will be accepted al the sunday school on sunday at 1030 am dec is mr and mrs don goudie were the recipients of a shower by the community on thursday evening at the home of his parents mr and mrs f gou die the allona school conceit is to be held on monday even ing dec 21 mr and mrs dave francis were guests of mr and mrs norman bunker on sunday of course the modern cat- goes faster than the old gray mare did in fathers day but when you fed the old gal a buck et ful of oats there was no gas tax on il women shop early a sales and lake their pick or wait and lake their picked over annual meeting of ontario county soil and crop improvement the annual meeting of the ontario county soil and crop improvement association was held in uxbridge wilh approxi mately 140 farmers in attend ance the report on the various pro jects carried out in i960 was discussed by h i pair and the various cooperators who look pari in the different tesis and demonstrations during the yea r a very interesting program was carried out during ihe year 146 different farmers look an active part in a crop improve ment project tests and demon strations were carried out on a i total of 103 acres a scholarship award was made lo bob holliday the high judge in the ontario county annua seed judging competi- lion and one lo aubrey carson who was chosen lo represent ontario county at the lunioi farmer lard ise tour in aug ust of ihis year mr h gordon green noted j canadian journalist delheicd a very interesting address on the topic what do the russians think about us mr green spent some lime in russia this year afier delivering a ship ment of landracc hogs and ilerefoid cattle purchased in canada by russia anolher interesting item on ihe piogiam was a pane dis cussion on hay and pasture management mr joe ianlhior of thornhill was ihe moderator the panel members were lloyd smith leslie smith ed oyler all from port perry and ver non poweii from oshawa the various donors of prbes j were present and presented j their prizes to ihe winners of the pasture competition the delegates to the annual soil and crop improvement convention to be held in ihe coliseum exhibition park to- ronto on january 2528 are j norman lehman claremont and rusrsll morrison beaver- ton the election of officers and directors resulted as follows hon pres ralph vcitch ux bridge pres norman lehman claremont 1st vicepies rus sell morrison keaverion 2nd vice pies muir dack brech in scclytreas h l fair ux bridge auditors clarence arm strong uxbridge ted croxall uxbridge township directors fast whitby elmer powell oshawa whitby john batty brooklin pickering norman lehman claremont uxbridge albert hockley claremont scon harvey meek sandfoid scu- gog anson geitow port perry reach murray holtby poit per ry btock william heron sun derland thorah russel morri son beaverton mara frank davis brechin rama irwr- ence cooper washago new constitution for ont county federation after iwo minor amendments a new constitution was approv ed al the annual meeting of the ontario county federation of agriculture which was held on thursday evening december 1 in uxbridge united church the amendments changed the num ber of directors for pickering township from three 10 four and made provision for ihe fiscal year to end october 31 si bob secord of cknxtv pro vided entertainment for the two hundred and fifty in attendance elected lo the federation board of directors from the various townships for 1961 were rama- george gowan- lock alsirma- grant windatt hector mackinnon wallace maclean thorah ross mac- millan tom harrison karl win datt brock- iyan rennie mrs s jewell morrison colville keach norm smith allen crosier gordon ward picker ing norman lehman reg hoskins fdgar ward uxbridge gordon ewen lome tindall norman hogg scott gordon rynard chcsley oldham mrs stiver scugog anson ger- row kast whitby gordon corner bill nesbilt whitby gordon hunter allen downey president morrison colville sunderland reported a success ful year he outlined ihe years activities mentioning briefly ihe board school for leaders ihe hydro safely demonstration r rural church service special farm forum telecasts from ckvr barrio and the dairy princess competition won by betty noble uxbridge mrs 1 mclean locusi hill reported for the ontario comity coop medical services she said that more farmers were taking jobs in industry thus having their insurance cover- age discontinued as farmers in favour of group coverage where they worked she also expressed concern over the fact that farm forums are decreasing in niim- her and suggested that small groups might amalgamate other reports were given by anson gerrow chairman of the insurance commit lee and chair- man of ihe county hog produc ers association lawrence do- bio chairman of farm safety council mrs ilamer manager of manchester credil union secretaryfiekiman leslie mey ers and treas mrs l meyers honoured guesis were present from the neighbouring counties of durham york and simcoe the farmers union county council the department of ag riculture ontario federation of agriculture and rural cooper ator i mifv free drill on purchase of 4 accessories snap lock 9 saw a snap lock jig saw 0 snap laick sander snap lock fi grinder i complete v80 electric tea kettle 795 see our complete slock of mens work clothes and boots pants shirts jackets and riibher boote idem gifts for christmas claremcm coop phone 201 m 202 ias i f 1w mew mcculudch chaibu saw only 19 poiinh ny itlimj untft twttmt velum otw nr owctl v lor fast ijim- torture trtt or fpmltmrty tki bfv up lo 30 from 16950 aliona feed supplies ltd hallo tfonk stt rivhll stjivicl tkado lfcivms