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uxbridge pickering tp news claremont work was started on monday on the demolition of the bundy block the future site of a new food and dry goods store in the village mr ron patterson rr 1 clareraont is in charge of the work he plans to have the loca tion completely cleared by the end of july mr and mrs gordon taylor glenda and lynn gliddon left on saturday to enjoy a two- week vacation at their cottage on hawk lake the restaurant will be closed during their ab sence mr and mrs ed boniface susan and dale left on the week end for a motor trip to florida mr and mrs clare keevil and suzanne are spending a portion of their twoweek vacation on a motor trip to florida mr and mrs grant taylor and frank left on monday for a weeks holiday near port carl- ing and tweed mr and mrs geo mckenzie susan mcgrath mr and mrs roy mcleod and family and michael hockley are enjoying a camping vacation near conse- con and expect to cross over the border into the united states while away mr and mrs tom davis are spending a two week vacation at their cottage on kennisis lake mr and mrs ross redshaw and ted and alvin lehman spent the weekend camping at hawk lake a fire on the pioperty of mr bud carleton northwest of the village on friday was quickkly extinguished by claremont fire men the blaze started in the lower portion of the barn but was prevented from spreading into an upstairs hay loft mr and mrs t neal enter tained a number of friends from agincourt on saturday wayne and jack redshaw are currently enjoying separate motor trips into the united states wayne is in rochester new york and jack is en route to california mrs a samarilio and mrs j rennie visited last week with mrs j burrows of brougham a miscellaneous community shower will be held on friday evening at 8 pm in the sunday school room of the baptist church for mr craig peters and his bridetobe everyone is in vited to attend mr and mrs allan redshaw and mr and mrs k ward have returned home following a trip into western canada where they attended the calgary stampede mr and mrs geo blake and family will leave very soon on a trip to england where they will visit with mrs blakes parents mr and mrs hall they also expect to cross the chan nel to the continent plan to attend the weekly bingos every monday evening in the legion hall at 8 15 pm mr and mrs carl norton are holidaying at a cottage in north ern ontario mrs f loyst returned home on thursday after spending two months in tweed the home of mr and mrs al lan prouse of georgetown was the scene of a pleasant evening last week on the occasion of a 15th wedding anniversary cele- bration for mr and mrs ross gordon of wingham those present included mr and mrs wm nicholson of scarboro mr and mrs elmer bell of ux bridge mr and mrs tom ham mond alfred and bill of clare mont mr and mrs john ingles cf georgetown and mr and mrs russell prouse of brampton fourteen members of the local cub pack enjoyed a week end campout on the spencer premises near balsam the group was in charge of cub- master bil keevil assisted by derek spencer and bill ham mond mr and mrs jack mansell and family are holidaying at their cottage near huntsville and are planning to take a canoe trip down the french river messrs don hedges and tom davis attended the flower show in hamilton on monday glenn and gwenn hammond left on sunday to enjoy a weeks vacation at the home of mr and mrs jack ingles brampton the large female sarus crane that escaped from the riverdale zoo on june 30th and made its temporary home on the farm of mr earl dowswell south of goodwood took wing on thurs day and settled at the site of a pond east of claremont near the cedar creek school the bird attracted much interest from passing motorists but appeared totally undisturbed by highway traffic remember the twoday jam boree in the claremont commu nity park on friday and satur day aug 17 and 18 miss joyce schneider return ed home this week fiom a lengthy bus trip to points in western canada a graduate of bible college at kitchener joyce will teach public school at beamsville in september mr and mrs mcnalley injured several weeks ago in a car acci dent at myrtle have made excel lent progress since their re lease from the oshawa general hospital they are residing with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs ron martin on the former mccullough property mr mcnalley a longtime em ployee with the dehaviland air craft co will retire from his position at the end of this month mr and mrs mcnalley will mark their 50th wedding anniversaiy on aug 12th and the occasion will be celebrated at their home on saturday aug 11th a trip to the calgary stamp ede for mr and mrs al roszell and family ended rather sadly last week when they returned to the burned out remains of their clapboard bungalow the family is presently residing at their cottage at churchill the meeting of the mission circle will be held at the home ot mr and mrs keith drake on monday evening july 30th hon mike starr to open new greenwood park the results of many manhrs of work will be realized on sat urday night when the new green wood community park will be officially opened by hon mich ael starr slp the park site located on the east side of the greenwood road will be the scene of a colourful variety pro gram featuring much local tal ent a softball game at 645 will start the proceedings off mt zion will play greenwood ju veniles mr and mrs edgie pegg son hal and daughter kathy will present a number of instrumen tal numbers kathy a noted dancer and batontwirler will display her talent the junior farmer square dancers will be on hand under the direction of mr rod oxford solo numbers will be rendered by mr william brown with mr don lorusso on the guitar wellknown tv personality ted curl of cfto will be the mc change in school inspectorates the ontario department of education has announced certain changes in the public school inspectorates effective on august 1st 1962 picketing twp school area no2 will be removed from the inspectoiate of ontario no4 and established as a municipal inspectorate to be known as ontario no5 the town of ajax will be transferred from ontario no2 to ontario no4 mr k d munroe ba m ed has been appointed super intendent of public school for ontario no5 the inspector for ontario no 2 will be mr t h houghton ba med and for ontario no4 mr j c mcclel land ba med chain saw gashes leg mr blair evans of claremont an employee with the pickering twp road department suffered a 12stitch gash in his left leg recently when an overhead tree branch dropped on a chain saw which he was operating the blade sliced through to the bone the local men had been working on the township road staff for only two weeks the injury oc curred at a location west of brougham on nortons sideroad mr evans was transported to the brougham office by a fellow workman orville cox he was rushed to pickering by clifford dunkeld where he was treated by dr tomlinson although sidelined from work for fourteen days he hopes to return to his post later this week alfred yakely dies after brief illness mr alfred vakeley of ux bridge township passed away at the brierbush hospital on satur day july 2l 1962 after an ill ness of one week following a stroke he was a son of the late mr and mrs andrew yaxeley born in 1s72 at bethesda and had been a resident of uxbridge township for the past 87 years having been a farmer at island lake mr yakeley is survived by 2 brothers christopher of goodwood and oliver of island lake 3 sisters predeceased lum having never married his nephew william broad made his home with him also surviving are a number of nieces and nephews the funeral service was held at the l e oneill funeral home on mon july 23 1962 in charge of rev g cruikshank with inteiment in the wideman cemetery pallbearers were walter mitchell george wagg walter hope arthur knight and robert forfar its stouffvttle tonne tfesy my 26 1962 in many gardens too many weeds are going to keep lettuce and cabbage from getting a- head pickering will not alter policy on parks this year the trouble with the chronic borrower is that he keeps every thing but his word believe abortion ring broken by pickering police a 57 yearold pickering town ship woman has been charged with procuiing an abortion fol lowing a fiveman police raid last week in pickering town ship thelma e blackburn 57 was remanded one week without bail three metro detectives and two members of the township i nell det robert frost and det force raided the ninga kennels douglas walton on highway 2 at 1030 pm en trance was gained through the front and back doors pickering township police report that a large quantity of ergot a drug and surgical instruments were siezed sent to laboratory pieces of bone found in a stove and in the kennels have been sent to the attorneygene rals laboratory in toronto for analysis pickering police said surgical instruments found at the highway 2 kennels included a sterilizer catheter tubes and a duckbilled speculum george richard peacock 50 is being held by police as a material witness he is from the same address officers taking part jn the raid were sgt richard bodley and constable peter nichols of the pickering township police metropolitan toronto police in cluded det sgt william quin- the big revue of 1962 hollywoodallstars in person at the roxy theatre uxbridge starring the harmonicaires famous movie tv and recording artists bill berle king of the accordion 23 dancing girls 23 the fabulous midmer dancers qordon emerson world foremost acrobat plus other singers dancers etc monday august 6 3 big shows 3 3 pm 7 pm 930 pm tickets now on sale at uxbridge cleaners and box office roxy theatre adults 100 children 50c pickering twp council has refused to alter its policy on the development of park properties within the municipality for 1962 the decision that specific com munities must contribute a dol lar for every dollar matched by the township was re affirmed at a specialmeeting on monday night a discussion on the matter was raised after a delegation from the west rouge area headed by mr s r frost asked for 900 to complete a play ground parkette in their com munity if we must match dollar for dollar we will have to abandon the project said the spokesman councillor hubert wank con tended that other park boards in the township had received funds on a matching basis to change it this year would start a hot potato rolling he said other projects in the township must be considered he noted he pointed out that on a 900 request it would mean that the west rouge community would have to raise 450 we feel that it is a township project and would be for the good of the entire municipality argued mr frost reeve sherman scott sug gested that perhaps the land including five serviced lots in a registered subdivision should be sold for an estimated 20000 and the money used to purchase a larger parcel of property else where councillor milton mowbray contended that other communi ties such as brougham and greenwood had raised not hun dreds but thousands of dollars to see the completion of their park programs they didnt even have a piece of laid to start with he said at the present time i do not feel that the municipality can afford to pay 100 of park costs atha mr and mrs lloyd turnbull sons brian and gerry from oak- ville were visitors with her mother mrs gertie hoover sun day mrs ken wagg mrs murray wagg of stouffville called on the carruthers family saturday mr and mrs frank bielby mr and mrs donald dunkeld doug and bernice enjoyed a picnic dinner at the murray dunkeld home sunday the carruthers family spent thursday evening with mr and mrs cyril bielby mrs albert foster spent a few days with her father mr sam cave of maple mrs ernie carruthers attend ed the wedding of a cousin at unionville on saturday mr norman lehman took the service at the baptist church at claremont on sunday mr allan lehman visited with his grandparents mr and mrs isaac lehman altona on sun day the carruthers family attend ed the family picnic of mr and mrs foster wagg stouffville on sunday mr and mrs joe tran were holidaying in the huntsville di strict over the weekend mr and mrs david tran have returned home after spending the weekend with their daughter mr and mrs gordon overland at kingston mr john wilson is in ux bridge hospital recovering from a recent operation and is re ported to be progressing favourably balsam mt zion mrs b jamieson the active service class met last wed night at the home of mrs b jamieson following the woiship mrs dick ward of claremont gave a talk on lets take a look at prejudice after the business mrs edgie pegg of greenwood showed pictuies of birds taken around their home which weie very interest ing it was decided that the final date for the paper drive would be the end of this month mr and mrs cecil disney vis ited last week with relatives at kapuskasing mr and mrs alan manderson visited this week with mr and mrs raymond jones at kirk- land lake mr and mrs donald jamie son and karen spent four days last week camping in the resort area friends are glad to hear that mr walter carson was able to come home from the hospital saturday after being there for two weeks i following a heart attack mr and mrs elmer wilson mr and mrs lloyd wilson and boys and mr and mrs frank mcavoy and family spent sun day at mr and mrs wm evans cottage at coboconk miss mary jean jamieson ac companied mr and mrs tommy crist to washington on sunday where she will spend a week the annual sunday school picnic will be held this satur day july 28th at greenwood conservation park for the noon meal the ucw are holding a bake sale bazaar and tea at the church saturday aug 11 mr and mrs michael trakas pauls anglican church ux- daughter of mr and mrs are pictured here following bridge the bride is the for- thomas h risebrough of their recent mauiage in st mer elizabeth risebrough balsam goodwood mrs r may mrs haivey schell and miss lottie gourlie called on their cousin mrs wm may lecently mr thurwell who now lives in an apartment in dr secords house celebrated his ninetieth birthday july 18th mr wm may was entertained at the home of his son johnny and daughterinlaw dorothy on his eightythird birthday july 17th mr and mrs bert maye mr and mrs arnold maye and douglas and mrs reuben may margaret dianne and leonard were also piesent mrs percy pugh bob and stan and mr and mis gordon jones marilyn betty and mr jones enjoyed a holiday with mr and mrs clare mcguckin at a cottage at coboconk mr and mrs jones of nairn ave toronto giandparents of mrs art williamson celebrated their sixtyfourth wedding anni versary last week junior young peoples meet ing thurscay night at seven- thirty rev dow sargeant of altona will speak at the baptist church on sunday at 3 pm misses nora moin maiy ed wards and joyce mclaughlin were leaders for the bible club movement classes held in the baptist church enrollment rose from fortythree on monday to fiftysix on friday with a total enrollment of 63 the closing exercises on thursday weie a thrill to the parents mrs fred baldwin is spending the week with her sister mrs ab mcmurray of toronto ashburn mr and mrs fred daw and sons jimmy brian and stephen spent last week at a cottage at fishtail lake mr and mrs walter patton of oakville called on mrs h doble recently mr and mrs douglas asmon are on a motor trip to new brunswick mrs e fleming of toronto is spending the week at ihe home of mrs w hopkins mr and mrs nelson ashton spent a few days last week with mr and mrs w rogers at their cottage athaliburton mr and mrs edgar heron daughters faye and mary vis ited mr and mrs w mcandlcss don mills on sunday miss judith batten spent a few days last week with her grandparents mr and mrs e batten of oshawa mr james forrest of whitby visited friends in the village on sunday mr and mrs w hopkins misses vera leach and mary hopkins mrs w gardner mrs russell taylor and mr frank gardner attended the funeral of the late clifford graham jr in lindsay on monday clifford was killed in a car accident on saturday july 21st its not right for parents to do childrens home work ard when they do its usually not right greenwood vacation school started this week for kindergai ten primary and juniors ages 4 to 11 com mencing at 9 oclock to 1130 there will be no chuich serv ice or sunday school during the month of august on sunday july 29th mrs lloyd pegg of oshawa will be soloist mr david pegg is attending summer school at hamilton mr and mrs e pegg and fami ly attended the mcphail reunion at lowville last saturday mr and mrs orville burton and mrs ella cassie of stouff ville were callers on stanley eyers and miss violet oldfield last sunday afternoon remember the variety pro gram to be held in the commun ity centre park this coming saturday night july 28 there will be a ball game at 6 30 be tween mt zion and greenwood chalk lake park scenic picnic qrounds on beautiful lake picnic tables refreshments beach follow asphalt road 6 miles east of claremont fhcne claremont 806r21 entertainment stars coming to uxbridge rhonda silver star of country hoedown on cbctv and other television shows has been added to the cast of the hollywod all stars which will play thiee shows at the roxy theatie in uxbridge on monday august 6 along with rhonda will be patti burke one of the most vivacious dancing stars ever to appear on a stage will be in the show you will also see magician jack miller the man who swallows electric light bulbs and two very cap able teams of folk singers com plete with guitars and all this starstudded show plays for three performances on monday august 6 at 3 pm7pm and 530 pm at the roxy theatre in uxbridge tickets are on sale for all three performances at the thea tre and at uxbridge cleaners and dyers twenty dancing dar lings of the fabulous midmer dancers will be featured in the show plus a host of other popu lar stars from what we know and hear about the show it would be advisable to purchase your tickets early and avoid disappointment as the seating i limited repairs- recores exchanges cars truckstractors guaranteed rateofto tested lilluhhihijim wante more cream shippers for best results ship your cream to stouffville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery to have our truck call phone 186w cold storage lockers for rent stouffville creamery co canadian vocational r v training programme the province of ontario in cooperation with the federal government will provide training at the provincial institute of trades 31 nassau street toronto 2b for a limited number of unemployed persons courses as follows general woodwork general metalwork general concrete work students must be at least 16 years of age and must not be over 21 years of age ai of june 1963 entrance requirements at least grade 0 of the regular academic vocational or commercial courses length of course 30 weeks commencement date november 12th 1962 the purpose of the above mentioned courses will be to prepare trainees for entry into one of the recognized trades prospective trainees interested in this programme should contact their local national employment service