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uxbridge chinchilla ranch wins high award in show on saturday january 20th 1962 the western om branch of the national chinchilla bree ders of csrada htd their annual live chinchilla show at the bar ton community hall south of hamilton one hundred and twelve of the finest animals in the district extending from chatham to tor onto comprited the exhibit the show judges were mr wm newey from the federal department of inspection and mr wilson a noted hamilton furrier specializing in chinchilla garments competition was keen and it was an extremely close con test between the stonehouse exhibit and breeders from kitch ener and chatham the show champion the dark colour cha mpion and the fourth highct aggregate were the salient a- wards won by the stonehouse ranch mr stonehouse says that chinchilla fur is becoming very popular and there will be around one hundred thousand canadian and american skins marketed this year in new york there is a lot of breeding stock being shipped overseas as well as an increasing domestic demand according to mr stonehouse mutations are being developed and he expects to have some available in the near future the ranch located at rr 1 uxbridge is owned by r c stonehouse and son and man aged by jim bandow ashburn january 18 the january meeting of the wms was held at the home of mrs edgar heron on wednes day jan 3rd at 215 pm with the president mrs a deeming presiding the roll call was an swered with the word baptize mrs walter knight had charge of the study book the follow ing officers for 1962 weie in- mailed by mr w perry pres mis russell batten vicepres mrs alfred fisher secretary mrs lindsay death treasurer mrs russell richard son pianist mrs norma ander son supply secretary mrs w gardner glad tidings secie- tary mrs ray graham wel come and welfare secretary mrs a fisher home helpers mrs ray graham mrs ray mond taylor and mrs if ash- ton cgit leader mrs rus sell batten explorer leader mrs fred ljw coc leader- mrs raymond taylor the meeting closed with pray er by mr w perry mrs louie cassidy of brook- lin spent last week at the home of mr apd mrs alfred fisher mrs jas langstaff of rich mond hii visited at the home of her brother mr john miller on friday the monthly meeting of the ladies bible class was held at the home of mrs edgar heron on wednesday jan 10th at 8 pm with an attendance of 24 mrs russell batten and mrs a fisher had charge of the pro gramme and chose for their top ic a challenge for the new year a trio sweeter as the years go by was sung by mrs u hamilton mrs e humphrey and mrs gary lowell the fol lowing officers were installed by mrs m sparks for 1962 president mrs douglas ash- fon vice pres mrs russell richardson secty mrs theo dore knight treas mrs wm gardner pianist mrs norman anderson a social half hour was enjoyed big job to widen don mills rd the second stage in widening the don mills rd north from no 7 righway through mark- ham and whitchurch is expect ed to proceed this year whit church twp council has receiv ed plans showing the amount of land to be taken along the various frontages from lot 6 to lot 15 this is a toronto york road project and the amount of work to be done in 1962 will de pend on the county council road committee appropriation haines lake problem whitchurch council has been plagued for a number of years with the problem of the 3rd con- session skirting haines lake original pians of the township of many years ago show the road going directly through the lake which incidentally is said to be over eighty feet deep in spots there are four property owners on the lake mr kun st michaels college mr urqu- hart and misses leary mr kun has complained of nude bathing along the road which skirts the lake cutting the ur- quhart and leary property and he has asked for a fence to be erected on the side of the lake owned by his neighbors they have all agreed with the excep tion of one owner reeve wallwork told council that unless the matter was set tled it would be with council for years to come and members agreed that the solicitors ad vice should be sought claremont the january meeting of the mission circle will be held at the home of mrs keith drake on monday at 715 pm the annual congregational supper and business meeting of the bpst church will be held on thursday tonight jan 25 the supper is at 630 and the meeting will follow new warden and his family to select hospital campaign queen the ajaxpickering hospital spring dance will be held in the ajax community hall on fri day match 2nd in keeping with the current enthusiastic inter est in the hospital building fund the highlights of the eve ning will be the crowning of a campaign queen the winner will be selected from qualifying contestants music will be pro vided by ted taylors orchestra and a buffet dinner will be served members of the dance com- mttee include kay wether- all jean tomlinson beth wool- ley anne king yvonne bosch eileen thompson ella vickers tina gibbs and brenda goye atha mr and mrs frank wagg spent a day last week with mr and mrs murray dunkeld and family mr albert draper is spend ing the winter with his son mr and mrs gren draper and fam ily- mr and mrs james loiee of toronto had supper on sunday night with her parents mr and mrs murray dunkeld and fam ily- ernie carruthers and ruth ann called sunday afternoon on mrs edythe sodan brougham mrs ray macdonald spent a day last week with her daughter mrs t johnson in stouffville mr and mis murray dunk eld attended the junior farm ers banquet at greenhank on saturday evening they spent the evening after the banquet with mr and mrs robert baird mr harold carruthers mary and jennie of cashel spent a sunday recently with the car ruthers here mrs ernie carruthers attend ed the sunday school conven tion held at stouffville last week whitchurch conservation dr a secord toronto veter lnarian and owner of a farm at goodwood will be guest speaker at the whitchurch conservation club vandorf hall on thurs day january 21 at 8 pm dr secord will speak on hunter farmer relations scientifically designed to reduce friction for smooth fist cutting exclusive pintail action reduces rear- back outlasts ordinary chains bonus value features 918 more steal in center links 15 mors steel in side links 24 more bearing area super pintail fits all chain saws gear or direct drive altona feed a supplies ltd sales service trade terms claremont phone stouffville 210 tf f 7 itmy luury 25 1962 the stouffville tribune pt 9 reeve dowswell new ont county warden warden earl dowswells township was elected warden left to right are his daughter wife and two of his four chil- of ontario county at the gwen and mrs dowswell in dren were on hand last week countys inaugural meeting the foreground is their daugh- when the reeve of uxbridge shown with the new warden ter betty jean twin sons dennis and dale o were not in attendance balsam mt zion mrs b jamieson friends are sorry to hear that mr walter trull was taken to the oshawa hospital the active service class met on wednesday night in the church basement with mrs al lan carsons group in charge the election of officers for 1962 look place as follows teacher mrs ralph jones asst teacher mis allan car son president mrs glen man- oerson vice president mrs allan carson secietary mrs cecil disney asst secty mrs elmer wilson treasurer mrs frank mcavoy pianist mrs allan carson group leaders mrs donald jamieson mrs burnett jamie- son mrs lome jones mrs el mer wilson mrs thps jordan and mis percy jones sick visiting committee mrs lewis jones mrs lome jones 4h leaders mrs don san derson and mrs ted appleby business comm mrs earl disney and mrs j empring- ham mr and mrs lome jones at tended the funeral on saturday at pickering of miss eileen coo per of claremont the sympathy of this community goes to the cooper family several jr farmer members attended the banquet at port perry on saturday night mrs lloyd wilson mrs wm harbron mrs walter carson and mrs burnett jamieson at tended the presbytery inaugural service of the united churcn women at king st church in oshawa last wednesday mrs lewis jones mrs glen manderson and joanne mrs b jamieson and mary jean and mrs donald jamieson and kar en attended a birthday party on saturday for dianne wards 5th birthday at her home at clare mont glen major mrs james jones mr nd mrs allan jones and family newmarket visited on sunday with the jones the glen major church aux iliary held their january meet ing at the home of mrs jim jones on thursday a group of boys and girls from toronto spent an enjoy able afternoon with their skis and toboggans on the farm of mr and mrs j a hingston congratulations to mrs wm fiss who celebrated her nine tieth birthday on sunday jan 21 mrs geo pickett mrs chas fiss mrs joseph forsyth mrs edgar johnson and mrs jim jones enjoyed a day in oshawa last week mr apd mrs ralph faulkner visited on sunday with mr and mrs mac middleton claremont mr and mrs allan holman brooklin spent sunday after noon with mr and mrs edgar johnson congratulations to the reeve of our township mr earl dow swell on being elected warden of the county mr george gibson spent the weekend at his cottage gud to hear mrs risebrough is gradually improving in the port perry hospital mr and mrs ralph faulkner spent one day last week with mrs charles fiss and fred mr and mrs ed jones new market visited saturday even ing with mrs wm fiss and edgar mr and mrs edgar johnson accompanied mr and mrs jack johnson and miss donna john son to vellore thursday even ing where donna was one of the members of the ontario county debating team miss mabel baker spent the i weekend with mrs wm fiss and edgar mr and mrs george pickett had birthday dinner with mrs wm fiss on sunday a century from now the world will be a paradise fiowj ing with milk and honey says a prophet but do milk and honey contain all the necessary j food element cherrywood mrs m hollinger mr and mrs leonard hollin ger entertained mr and mrs walter hollinger mr and mrs leslie hollinger mr and mrs wm hollinger mr and mrs cecil hollinger mr and mrs ken hollinger and mr and mis murray hollinger to dinner on saturday evening son y to hear mrs a wood is not well we wish her a speedy recovery the first meeting of the unit ed chinch women of cherry- wood was held on wednesday at 12 30 a pot luck luncheon was held which sixteen at tended the new president mis a macdougall took charge her devotional talk was entitled what to do with left overs a solo was sung by mrs t rodger entitled the lords prayer the business period followed each committee convener in troduced the members of her committee and briefly stated the work of each gioup township residents wil meet asian african european stu dents representing many of the religions of the world next sun day january 28 at a celebration of world religion day at the home of mr and mrs patrick pigott in cherrywood after a short talk by mr al lan f raynor a toronto busi ness man on the topic can re ligion unite the world guests will join in the discussion the meeting is open to all who are interested and will be gin at 8 00 pm it is sponsoied by the bahais of pickering twp betkesda fishermen allan wideman and fred gibson have moved their huts to lake simcoe mr and mrs roy smith were at niagaia falls on sunday vis iting with their son ronald pro vincial policeman and calling on their daughterinlaw who is in the hospital their grand- childien kim and kelly aie staying with their maternal grandparents mr and mrs an ger an expert on lighting from the ontario hydro has taken tests in bethesda school on the advice of our school inspec tor mr d adams a loweied ceiling with fluorescent lighting is being contemplated the troubles of people have led to a lot of conversation wed rather not hear at your carload food market stouffville mount royal cream choice corn 6 100 mount royal choice i tomatoes 6 electric 25 40 60 watt light bulbs 5 for lean tender pork loins meats rib end 3 lb avg loin end 3 lb avg chops centte cuts or ib 47 ib 57 67 lean daisy rindless side bacon lb flat rug maple leaf sweet pickled cottage rolls vicpaklb jubilee small- link sausage lbtrypak i wieners ibflalpkgi fresh fruits vegetables christies bread wieners 3lb cello pak apples cello pak tomatoes 2 for 37c 2 lbs 69c ib 29c ib 29c fab 25c off giant pkc 59 ufim7 soup bag 4 tomato e 10-or- tins fi ft nlindl kal 2 veg 0 for tyj aylmer awberry jam 43 prices ekfkctive this weekend wed sat jan 24 37 main st stouffvimb rilonb 280w free delivery ti the scouts and cubs aie hav ing a paper collection on febru ary 3 the first meeting of the young people for the year was held in the school on sunday evening with a good attendance miss mary lynn blackman was in charge taking as her subject getting along with otlieis plans were made to charter a bus to go to brighton for a young peo ples gathering february 910 also for a toboggan party on february 4 next meeting to be held on februai y 4 the sr ball team gills held a babyshower for mrs james j gray at the home of miss pat gray one evening last week the 4h club will hold their achievement day in the ma sonic hall brooklin on satur day january 27 mr and mrs w petty of cherrywood called on mrs w hamilton on sunday the lovely flowers in the church on sunday weie in mem ory of the late miss cooper a sister of mrs frank barclay the annual sunday school meeting was held last week wth a small attendance the follow ing officers were appointed for the coming year supt allan ellicott asst grant johnston secretary mr paul white tieas mr man- son ellicott missionary supt mrs h miller temperance supt allan ellicott cradle roll supt mrs k c pascoe sr bible class allan ellicott young peoples class mrs john white intermediate class mrs allan ellicott jr girls mrs malcolm jr boys mrs black- man primary boys mrs barr ett primary girls mrs e cam pbell jr class miss margaret roberts pianist miss dorothy willson promotion service was held on sunday afternoon a special fea ture of this meeting was the presentation of a bible to mas ter donald campbell for a regu lar attendance at sunday school for 51 sundays during the year several 2 and 3 year seals were also given out as well as one 4 year seal a very pleasant evening was enjoyed on thursday when a large number of friends and rel atives met in the township hall to tender a miscellaneous show er to miss barbara parker rn and mr john david jack mairs prior to their wedding which takes place on saturday reeve earl dowswell of ux bridge township was last week elected warden of ontario coun ty for 1962 he was selected over three other candidates at the county councils inaugural meet ing in whitby five ballots were called be fore warden dowswell nosed out reeve sherman scott of pickering township 21 ballots to 17 oddly enough reeve scott had led the polls on the other 4 ballots but never at any time drew nearer than two votes to the 20 needed for a majority vote in the running besides mr dowswell who was nominated by reeve frances hockley of scott township were reeve scott nominated by reeve he- bcr down of whitby township reeve john mccrorie of beaver- ton nominated by reeve russell francis of thorah township and reeve patrick theehan of ajax nominated by deputy- reeve harry smith of ajax on the first ballot reeve scott led with 14 votes reeve dows well was second with 10 reeve mccrorie third with 9 and reeve sheehan trailed with 5 on the second ballot reeve scott dropped two to 12 reeve dowswell remained unchanged with 10 votes reeve mccrorie was unchanged with 9 and reeve sheehan picked up two votes for 7 on the thiid ballot reeve scott climbed again to 13 votes reeve dowswell to 12 votes reeve mccrorie dropped to 7 and reeve sheehan to 6 reeve sheehan as low man dropped out at this point on the fourth ballot reeve scott led again with is votes only two less than the necessary 20 which would give him the clear majority reeve dowswell dropped to 11 and reeve mc crorie trailed with 9 he drop ped out as low candidate on the fifth and final ballot reeve dowswell received all reeve mccrories support and one more vote to pou 21 to reeve scotts 17 lauds county system hon m b dymond ontario minister of health told council members later that he was fas cinated by the method of elec tion by open ballot you really find out who your friends are he said he said that he had a great deal of confidence in the county system of government and add ed that he did not think thert was anything now performed by a metro system of government which could not be performed by county council former wardens of the coun ty who were present were also invited to the rostrum to speak these included d w walls now 90 who was warden of the county in 1919 when he was reeve of beaverton john lows of uxbridge township warden in 1936 john a mcdonald of mara township warden in 1941 wil liam wcstnoy of pickering tp warden in 1949 rae ferguson of the town of uxbridge ward en in i960 ferguson munro of brock township warden in 1951 dun can b mclntyre of the town of whitby warden in 1952 reeve heber down of whitby township warden in 1953 pat rick duffy of mara township warden in 1956 deputy sherriff morley bain formerly reeve of scott town ship who was warden in 1957 reeve cyiil morley of picker ing village warden in 1958 wal ter beath of east whitby twp warden in 1959 william j her on of biock township warden in 1960 and anson gerrow of scugog township warden last year alderman norman down of oshawa a former member of county council from east whit by township also added his con gratulations to the new warden january 27 the large number of valuable and useful gifts showed the high esteem in which they are held a number of our local ladies attended the inaugural meeting of the presbytoiial at king st church oshawa on wednes day the afternoon unit of the new ly formed organization the united church women was held in the church on thursday afternoon with a fairly good at tendance the leader mrs j white was in charge mrs black- man kindly gave a report of her visit tp the presbyterial meet ing in oshawa last week sever al officers were apointed the brougham friendly bible class will meet at the manse on february 5 ken ward will show color slides of his recent trip to england and scotland mr david dawson of clare mont spent the weekend with his sisteivmrs mairs remember when the head quarters of a beat generation was the woodshed summer brings crowds to zoos across the nation giving the ani mals a chance to see whats new in people special announcement pickering township federation of agriculture brougham twp hall thursday february 1 at 815 pm speaker don middleton topic taxation and assessment question and answer period all farmers parltimc farmers assessors and township council members arc urged to attend norman lehman president john powers sectreasurer notice to pickering township taxpayers petition we the undersigned as ratepayers of he township of pickering protest against what we feel has been an arbitrary unrealistic and un necessarily harsh reassessment of our properties wc request that the council of the township of pickering investigate this situation with a view to reorganizing the township assessment de partment under a new assessor name and address location of properly approximate number of acres pill in the above and send to robert g roy rr2 claremont ontario t ft i