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i the stouftvlui twmjne twstu juv 28 t65 amarylis in bloom thu clant amarvlu flower is presently in bloom in the home or mr and mrs o a hager- man no 7 hvy near locust hill the bulb was purchased from he unionville nurseries in nov the supporting stem measures 33 inches in length the flower is a beautiful orangered in colour star photo claremont district farmer wins seed potato a ward albert t hockley of r r iontario county potato grow- claremont was awarded the master seed potato growers a- ward by the ontario fruit and vegetable growers association january 20 the award estab lished in 1957 recognizes out standing contribution to the ontario potato industry it takes the form of a lapel pin a fram ed certificate and a listing in the book of recipients mr hockley has been grow ing seed potatoes for many years in the guelph seed po tato district his farm about three miles from uxbridge is a model of good management he uses a three year or longer rotation and maintains complete con trol of insects and diseases bas ed on uptodate methods complete sanitation is prac tised by seed treatment and the disinfection of bags storage and all equipment this year he grew three fields of sebago norland avon and f 4724 elite stock to gether with his general farm program of yorkshire pigs and beef cattle potatoes are his cash crop and 80 per cent is sold for seed besides running a farm busi ness mr hockley has offered his valuable time and knowledge to many other endeavours he has been president of the ont ario county 500 bushel potato club winning the competition himself in 1955 a trustee of the fifth line public school for 20 years he is presfdent of the ers association and 2nd vice- president of the ontario coun ty soil and crop improvement association this work outside his farm has kept mr hockley away from home and his amiable wife has assisted him ably in his endeavour and encouraged him to his successes pride in his potatoes and on tario potatoes has motivated his participation in the royal winter fair in 1963 he won the reserve championship award in both table stock and seed potatoes and this year the salada food trophy an international class with a champion sample of norland in a table class stock this trophy was won over an entry of netted gems from the famous slack farms incorpor ated rhinelands wisconsin visited over the weekend with mr j a hingston mrs jose amador visited on saturday with mrs edgar johnson and linda glen major mr and mrs allan holman and kevin of brooklin visited on sunday with mr and mrs edgar johnson congratulations to mr and mrs gordon mcmauchlin on the birth of their daughter in cottage hospital uxbridge on jan 22nd mr and mrs cosby of tor onto spent sunday with mr george gibson mrs albert lee mr martin lee and two friends mrs jack eaton and children toronto township oi whitchurch notice dog owners please lake notice thai he pro visions of bylaw no 1721 as amended make dog licenses due and payable as of january 1st 165 please be governed accordingly licenses arc obtainable at the municipal offices vandorf rr 1 iormlcy from monday to friday 9 am to 5 pm thomas kerr clerk township of whitchurch tender gas diesel fuel furnace oil sealed tenders properly marked as to contents will be received by the undersigned up to 5 pm tuesday feb 9 19fia for the supply of approxi mately tfiflo gallons of gas lfiflfl gallons of dicsel fuel 11400 gallons of furnace oil for municipal buildings of the township of whit church rri gormlcy for a twelve month period name feb 15 1965 to feb 15 1966 lowest or any lender not necessarily accepted thomas kerr clerk township of whitchurch rr 1 gormley ont claremont comm bowling lg january 15th fadies high scores high average agnes ferguson j97 high triple flat marge samarillo 760 high single flat joyce norrish 324 high triple hdcp joyce norrish 825 high single hdcp joyce norrish 354 men high scores high average vic binelli 230 high triple flat vic binelli 880 high single flat ivan booth 369 high triple hdcp jack bradshaw sos high single hdcp jack bradshaw 348 over 200 ivan booth 369 vic binelli 313- 293244 john hill sub 325 gord clark 277 pat lord 274- 200 rene rennie 253 ken field 247216 les fitzwilliams 242 bud rogers 241 agnes ferguson 237 larry chute 237 dave ferguson 233220214 al roszell 233 earl pilkey 231 joyce norrish 229 madeline mc- guckin 228 jo derusha 227 marge samarillo 218 doreen alexander 216 evelyn surphlis 215206 joyce jardine 2j2 betty howell 211205 rose clarke 211 helen pascoe 211 glen clarke 298 bernice denier 207 betty west 207 january 22nd team standings jean bradshaw 14 pts al ros zell 13 pts ken field 12 pts lloyd pascoe 12 pts ivan booth 11 pts lloyd macgregor 11 pts jack bradshaw 9 pts dave ferguson 8 pts marge samarillo 8 pts pat lord 7 pts indies high scores high average agnes fergusof 195 high triple flat marge samarillo 760 high single flat joyce norrish 324 high triple hdcp joyce norrish 825 high single hdcp joyce norrish 354 men high scores high average vic binelli 228 high triple flat vic binelli 880 high single flat ivan booth 369 high triple hdcp jack bradshaw 808 high single hdcp jack bradshaw 348 over 200 rene rennie 284276 joe bur rows 275 bill denier 246218 dave ferguson 246217 jack bradshaw 244 jean bradshaw 239207 vic binelli 231 lloyd macgregor 229 betty west 219 mel norrish 214 marie neill 212 doreen alexander 208 ken etcher sub 208 betty howell 206 ivan booth 204 glen clarke 203 jess burrows 200 greenwood pairs in rovers car rally sunday two teams from greenwood nave filed entrie in the pick ering rovers car rally to be held on sunday afternoon jan 31st donald goodwin and hugh crawford will team up while doug morden will ac company susan crawford the lead auto will leave the pick ering dist high school at 100 pjn the rally will conclude at the pickering united church all proceeds will go to the ajax pickering general hospital the church official board meeting will be held at the home of mr and mrs chas mc- taggart on thursday evening tonight the following students recei ved sunday school diplomas and seals for perfect attendance perry ann waters ann horn- ov ruth and helen disney bob clarke janet danny and david hill joan bonnie ter ry and ken gardiner and don na and janice wilson mrs mary mclean and bea trice attended the ontario county coop board meeting on jan 25th at weston the community is pleased to hear that mr i slater is feel ing some better following his recent accident he will be con fined to hospital for one week the potluck supper and congregational meeting was a huge success most officers will retain their positions for anoth er year mrs rose cole of brooklin visited with her son in green wood last week mr and mrs perkins visited his brother in toronto last week fourteen ladies from green wood attended the ecumenical tea at st francis de sales church in pickering last week the greenwood library- board members are busy com pleting their report they would ask that more people in the community make use of the library facilities in an effort to boost the circulation uxbridge pickering twp news foresee split in ontario fed riding redistribution will split ont ario riding michael starr ont ario riding member of parlia ment said last week there is no question about that he said and while the redistribution commissions are sitting there will be no reason for the lib erals to call an election said mr starr unless the results of the dorion inquiry re such that they are forced to call one he added that the liberals would be severely criticised for calling an election before redis tribution is completed probably by april 1966 appointments to the commis sions have been decided and only a few formalities remain before the massive job begins according to reports from ot- if you want dayliner service say so claremont brougham each of the pupils at the brougham school was present ed recently with a world atlas marking the termination of lo cal sectional administration dec 31st 1964 and the forma tion of the area system jan 1 1965 sympathy is extended to the ken ramsay family in the pas sing of his grandmother last week mrs richmond of parry sound we are sorry to hear that mrs walter carleton is a pat ient in the oshawa general hospital the evening group of the united church women will meet on wednesday evening feb 3rd at the home of mrs wm ellicott congratulations to mr and mrs wilson on the birth of a son in the scarboro general hospital the executive of the brou gham united church women will meet at the home of mrs h plaxton on monday evening feb 1st at 8 pm due to renovations in the church the regular service and the sunday school will meet in the community hall congratulations to mrs j davis who celebrated her 85th birthday on jan 28th the afternoon group of the brougham united church wo men met at the home of mrs a ellicott on jan 21st mrs j white opened the meting and reviewed the function and pur pose of the organization mrs a ellicott led in the worship service it was agreed that mrs r malcolm and mrs g gray should act as delegates at the presbyterial ucw meeting in oshawa lunch was served by the hostesses mrs ellicott mrs johnston and mrs gray brother ross knox was pre sented with the past grand masters banquet of oddfellows and rcbekahs held at stouff- ville last week cosmetics are used by teen agers to make them look older sooner and by their mothers to make them look younger long er fkxxxmcvxkxxxxxxkan kvscxsxksxxmsssxks spend less get more specials this week steak roasts of beef lb 79c tbone and sirloin steaks lb 83c loins of pork well trimmed mo lb average lb 65c lean hamburg 40c lb 2 lbs 75c we were sorry to learn of the death in toronto last week of mr andrew middleton he is survived by three brothers george and mac of claremont james of orono and two sisters mrs aldene hamlin of mark- ham and mrs viola tweede of locust hill mr and mrs frank vogelson plan to take up residence in the home next to hedges store on feb 1st terry green and peter gales of don mills have arrived in california they plan to return home in september and resume studies at the university of waterloo on thursday evening of last week the girl guides enjoyed a skating party at the school they returned to the hall for refreshments congratulations to mr and mrs bill benson who celebrat ed their 25th wedding anniver sary on saturday night a sur prise party was held for them by their friends a motorist still not identi fied hit a car owned by mr anonby and did not stop it is believed that the collision oc curred on saturday night the damage was discovered by mr skelton on sunday the womens institute will hold a card party in the hall on wed feb 10th the claremont 4h club will meet at mrs andersons home this saturday at 930 am charles cooper ltd have set up a booth at the farm equip ment show at the coliseum in the cne grounds which op ened on jan 27th and runs through to jan 30th visitors at the home of mr and mrs jack norton on fri day evening included mr and mrs carl miller and mr and mrs bert hutcheson of oshawa and mr and mrs bruce taylor of goodwood they presented the local couple with an elec tric carving knife we are pleased to report that mrs robt redshaw sr is much improved following her recent illness we are sorry to learn that mr ross middleton has not been feeling too well for sev eral days mr andy neal has returned as garage mechanic at chas cooper ltd andy was on the garage staff before for several years and is highly regarded in this line mr and mrs tom hammond visited with mr and mrs rus sell hamilton on saturday eve ning mr david watson of west hill has purchased the home of the late mr evans ward the sale was completed through the pickering office of shea real estate the sympathy of the com munity is extended to mr robt dawson and family of myrtle in the recent death of his wife the former winnifred robinson mrs dawson passed away on tuesday jan 19th in the oshawa general hospital the funeral service was held from the mceachnie chapel pickering on thursday jan 21st with interment in erskine cemetery the pall bearers were alex schneider clifford watson james datty fred mowder robt datty and jack hamilton mr fred evans was admitted to the oshawa general hospital on monday to undergo an eye operation fretz bros a harper highest qualilr meal lowest prices free delivery 6403125 claremont oxt green river miss karen postill visited with miss georgia robertson on saturday little keith beelby had a tonsil operation on saturday and we all wish him speedy recovery congratulation to mr and mrs j a nighswander on the gift of a wee granddaughter a daughter for mr and mrs reg nighswander a number of ladies from here attended a tupperware demon stration on saturday afternoon at the home of mrs d haynes of stouffvillc a very happy birthday party was held on sunday last at the home of mr and mrs c postill in honor of their daughter shirley the ladies aid met at the home of mrs v ircson mark- ham on wednesday when the election of officers took place the following is a list of the officers for the next two years president mrs j c irwin 1st vice pre mrs v ircson 2nd vice prcs mrs e heal sec mr c postill cor secly mrs e forsythe trcas miss r hutching convenor for jhutins mrs c anthony at the annual church bujin- eu mttllng held on friday i due to a loud and lonjr protest waged by several influential users of the toronto to peterboro dayliner ser vice the cpr has agreed to continue the trains operation until a hearing can be arranged before the board of trans port commissioners although no date has been announc- ed persons closest to this issue feel tnat it could come tawa mr starr said redistribution t will be based on a 70000 popu- j lation with a 25 per cent toler- i ance either way he suggested that oshawa and whitby might form one new riding with the remainder of the present riding joined to surrounding area to make up another riding mr starr said it was too ear- j within the next month lv for him to say in which rid- ing he will seek reelection heading this prodayliner committee in claremont is ontario riding at present in- mr cerald allman and his son gordon eludes oshawa whitby ajax i pickering port perry uxbridge they are of the firm belief that the peterborotoronto and scott j dayliner service does fulfill a great transportation need as a result of redistribution in the area and its withdrawal would create a hardship on which will bring ridings nearer j p rut thev want to hear from you this sssssffi h l he ocal re5ident in the pi4nkm4dga greater number of commons area whether you be a farmer a merchant or an otnee- seats at the expense of rural areas the commissions must report to parliament in one year and the provisions for protesting a commissions boundary setting will require another two or three months putting the effec tive date for new ridings about midapril of next year worker too many people are willing to sit back and say nothing until its too late said mr allman and then they wonder why it happened persons with an interest in this important matter are urged to write to mr cerald allman claremont kki or telephone 6192038 mr james t gibson reeve of port perry is the new warden of ontario cotintr h w elected on the first ballot lost week he is pictured here with his charming wife hazel tort perry stnr albert nockley rlrht of claremont receive the master seed potato grower award of lh ontario fruit vegetable growers association from heher irwin chairman of the potato sec tion vote of thanks was extended to the followingmiss e gostick for the lovely floral bouquets placed in the church mr fred wilson for his kindness in keeping the driveway clear of snow and mr benson draper for looking after the heating of the church as the above are all done free of remuneration it is felt these many duticj are worthy of mention the happy hour will mel in the sunday school room on sa turday jan 30th at 130 pm pleased to hear that mr p fitzgerald is able to be horn again