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ttf 8 the stouffyiue tribune thursday mtli 11 1965 pickering high school queen is both pretty and talented 16yrold queen of pickering high has many talents pretty ib year old jana llasek is ihc new iieen of pickering district high school the grade 12 student was crowned by last years winner diane richardson at a colourful semiformal prom held in the school auditorium on friday feb 26th staff photo beauty and talent are two in i lie same for jana an accomplished pianist she also enjoys actios and is a member of the schools drama club her favourite subjects are english v french a native of czechoslovakia she now resides in pickering twp staff photo a pretty blonde 16 year old grade 12 student is the new reigning queen of pickering dist high school the silver crown was placed on the head of jana hasok in a colourful formal prom held in the schools auditorium on fri day evening feb 26th last years winner diane richardson officiated while ner two pretty attendants janet ruddy and nancy puckrin looked on the dance is the highlight of the social year at pickering high although jana calls canada her home she is actually a na tive of jablonee chechoslovakia she recalls nothing of her birth place however for at the age of only two years site moved with her parents and sister ava to pickering township hot- father operates a nursery farm just north of the pickering vil lage boundary ava is now a high school teacher at the west hill collegiate and jana could very well follow the same pro fession many talents to teach grade 12 at the age of sixteen takes a good deal of hard work hut jana lias found time to develop other talents she is an accomplished pianist and belongs to the school drama gym and chess clubs she can speak the czech language fluent ly and also a little german her favourite school subjects are english and french she enjoys acting very much and has play ed parts in two school dram presentations like most teenagers of todav she is a beatle fan but her mu sic tastes extend also to tha classics and opera she has a boy friend a grade 13 student at dunbarton high school she i not a strong advocate of going steady but suggests that girls should enjoy other friendships during their teen years on the night of the prom jana looked exceptionally pretty in a gold brocade formal with matching cold shoes and white gloves in addition to her beau ty jana has a personality dis tinction that alone would make her the students choice of pick ering high 4h club leaders meet at uxbridge 4h agricultural club leaders from ontario county attended their annual banquet and meet ing in uxbridge on march 3rd following the banquet at trin ity united church the group met in the agricultural board room to plan the 1965 4h club program a certificate recognizing five years of service as a club leader was presented to john lcask of port perry club leader pins recognizing one year as a club leader were presented to ralph honey and larry burt port perry 4h grain club leaders albert hockley scott 4h potato ted gordon sunderland 4h dairy norm meek scott 4h grain and bert pearson scott 4h tractor club leader dairy clubs will be organized in the brougham oshawa port perry and sunderland areas a beef club in the uxbridge area mixed dairy and beef clubs in the mara and bcaverton areas grain clubs in the cannington oshawa port perry and ux bridge areas a potato club at uxbridge and a tractor main tenance club in thp port perry and uxbridge areas a potato club at uxbridge and a tractor maintenance cluh in the port perry or brooklin areas if there is sufficient interest a grain club will be organized in the south part of the county and a market hog club in the central part of the county this year the 4h agricultural program will be organized with various area meetings on march 22 and 30 special meetings will be held in april and june dealing with agricultural careers and farm safety plans were also made to have 4h club members visit the on tario agricultural college on a special bus trip the end of june the club program will con clude with achievement days in august or september farm boys and girls 12 years old by january 1 1965 and not 21 years old by december 31 1965 are invited to join a 4h club prospective members are requested to contact the depart ment of agriculture office ux bridge ciaremont news council to sell 4 9 acres site for new plaza pickering twp council has agreed to sell 499 acres of townshipowned property to cornor investments ltd of toronto for a proposed shop ping plaza the site is located at the intersection of the liver pool road and no 2 hwy the quoted price is s25000 both deputyreeve mrs jean mcphcrson and councillor don ald campbell opposed the mo tion the deputyreeve contended that the intersection was al ready a congested area and she felt that other corners in the township would be better loca ted she suggested too that re presentatives of tne company concerned should present their plans in person before the council and not deal through one individual member councillor campbell felt that the site should be appraised to find out if the 2500 figure was a fair price reeve clifford laycox who introduced the plaza proposal said that he had been negotiating with the cornor firm for the past five weeks im not in the real estate business he said im interested only in obtain ing industrial and commercial assessment for this township the motion was supported by councillors win newman har vey spang donald waring herb wank and the reeve initial plans for the shopping centre include the erection of a dominion store a restaurant a g m dealership a bank and at least two smaller stores wlpwpiudchilwtt u the golden age club held its meeting at the home of mr walter ward on thursday mr and mrs robert ward and family were in toronto on sun day visiting mrs c johnson on saturday mr and mrs robt barton visited with mr and mrs j mccallum of toron to mr and mrs w hill and mr and mrs j ross were guests of mr and mrs samarillo on sun day the occasion was in honour of mrs hills birthday please remember the red cross drive this month your donations go to a worthy cause the girl guides enjoyed an evening of bowling in stouff- ville last friday we are sorry to hear thai bil ly benson fell and fractured his collar bone last week mr joe empringham had the misfortune to have his left hand crushed while at work last week this will necessitate having it in a cast for at least a month the afternoon unit of the united church women was held on wednesday march 3rd at the home of mrs m anderson there will he no further meet ings of the 4h club until march 27th that meeting will take place at the home of mr and mrs dean on saturday evening mr and mrs roszell entertained mr and mrs harold hopkins and mr and mrs samarillo mr and mrs bob barton jr entertained mr and mrs r bar ton sr on the occasion of mr barton srs birthday last week the funeral service lor mrs j jones will be held on tues day our sympathy is extended to the family the youngest son of mr and mrs gerry tompkins required twelve stitches in his wrist after shoving his hand through an aluminum door on thursday the cub and scout mothers auxiliary met at the home of mrs james burke mr and mrs ken dean from sault ste marie entertained mr and mrs h dean who were celebrating their 31st wedding anniversary at the colonial tavern on saturday on wednesday many people attended the sale held by mr charles reynolds mr reynolds is moving to stouffville please remember the good- fellowships evening of enter tainment to he held on tuesday march 23rd mrs french of the bell telephone will he the guest speaker we hope lhal mrs w welsh who is presently in uxbridge hospital will recover soon so that she will be able to return home on sunday mr and mrs bur ton dunn visited relatives in bowmanville another unfortunate accident occurred last week when mr earl anderson burned his face and hands while at work the wi will meet at the home of mrs w evans on mar i7th at 2 pm airs carson will take canadian industries as her theme roll call pay fees mrs keevil is in charge of the lunch committee a very enjoyable family gath ering was held at the home of mr and mrs jack norton on wednesday evening march 3rd those present included mr and mrs lawrence norton and family mr and mrs lloyd pascoe and jackie mr and mrs carl norton and family mr and mrs paul nesbitt all of glare- mont and mr keith norton of oshawa twenty persons sat down to a turkey dinner and later enjoyed games of progres sive euchre the home of mr and mrs clare keevil is up for sale improvements are being made to the exterior of the former residence owned by the late miss forgie mri and alts bill town er and family now live there audley mrs fred puckrin the united church women conducted the world day of prayer service on sunday after noon at the regular church serv ice the president mrs bert guthrie led the service assisted by several women mrs p si- monsen sang hes got the whole world in his hands the rev m buttars delivered a message using for his text a verse from micah and what doth the lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy god mrs geoff astley presented a missionary program on sunday afternoon to the kindergarten primary and junior classes at sunday school her program included a story from trinidad and several recorded songs from trinidad and brazil the church membership class will meet at the church on wednesday mar 17 at 715 pm the high school students are writing examinations this week and next the community club enjoyed an evening of bowling and cards at red wing recreation hall on saturday evening winners of the hidden bowling numbers were mr and mrs g izatt wilma guthrie and randy rich ards atha mr and mrs fred draper earl joanne and eileen were supper guests with their daugh ter and soninlaw mr and mrs larry vernon on sunday even ing mr and mrs grant jones from brooklin had sunday evening supper with her parents mr and mrs murray dunkeld mr and mrs norman lehman had thursday dinner last week with his parents mr and mrs isaac lehman of altona the altona couples club held a rrokinole party at the home of mr and mrs elles mellon on friday evening mr and mrs harold cation spent sunday evening visiting their son mr and mrs donald calton in oak ridges mr and mrs william calton are happy to announce the birth of a son congratulations to the grandparents mr and mrs harold catton balsam mt ziox the active service class will meet next wednesday night march 17 at the home of mrs b jamieson with mrs cecil disneys group in charge of the meeting please have papers at the church before the end of march for the paper drive brougham the brougham united church womens evening group met at the home of rev and mrs cresswell in ciaremont on mar 3rd mrs wm ellicott jr open ed the meeting with a verse from st james chapter 1 the worship service was led by mis m ellicott the scripture was read by mrs cresswell roll call was a verse from proverbs answered by sixteen members and six visitors rev cresswell spoke on the subject god is the meaning of life taken from the bible study book an inter esting discussion followed the meeting was closed by mrs wm ellicott jr lunch was served by mrs ken pascoe mrs ross knox and mrs chas surphlis mr and mrs dick wannop and gail of agincourt and mr and mrs vernon eott and family of uxbridge called at the home of mr and mrs e camp bell on sunday the 1st brock pickering scouts and cubs will hold a paper drive on saturday march 13th weather permitting please have papers tied the 1st brock group commit tee will be held at the home of mr and mrs g wilson on sun day march 14th all parents are welcome balsam mt zion the sympathy of this commu nity goes to mr cecil jones in the death of his mother mrs j a jones of brooklin who pass ed away saturday in the oshawa hospital mrs jones was a res ident of this district for quite a number of years 10th anniversary of pickering twp planning board tenth anniversary for pickering twp planning board it was bark in i9s5 that pickering twp formed u firxt manning board and on thursday evening or last week old mem ber joined wilh the new in marking their 10th nnnivcrviry the history of lt operation actually goes bark to 1918 when picker ing nd whitby hid a joint board for the two townships members past and present pictured here are s follows front row left lo right oar rildon i9is iloyd johnston sec wm ii wcstncv ims kennelh clarke i9v wells ritchie 19w centre row left to right sherman scntl 19vm lindsay death clifford lavrm daid lynnov norman irhman roy morrlsh 19181 rex merrill rear row left to right john faulkner planning director john irwin herb wank lome milne and ross deakln the first pickering township planning board meeting was held mar 4 1955 10 years later on mar 4 1965 the 370th meet ing of the board took place with some of the original members present as guests the meeting last thursday was a combined business and social function three of the earlier members have since the first meeting succumbed jack hambleton wellknown canadian writer and naturalist m vaughan willard for whom a pickering township school is named and who played a large part in school board work and a k calvert former president of the home bank current chairman david lennox told of losing sight of another original member f routley who left for montreal some years ago now in toron to he expressed regrets that he could not be present but sent his best wishes mr routley was chairman of the board of ajaxpickcring general hospi tal in its beginnings and a vit ally active member of the planning board original mcuiihts after introducing the present board members mr lennox in troduced the original members who were present j sherman scott a member for nine years originally a trustee on the west rouge school board then coun cillor reeve and warden of ontario county kenneth h j clarke a member for eight years manager of international nickel toronto serving on pickering township industrial committee wells ritchie edi tor for macleanhunter publi cations planning board member for 10 years george t todd member of the board for eight years mil- tor pegg fo- four years ralph mowbray for five years all ex pressed regret that they were unable lo be present guests were present from the older board ry morrish a grocer in cherrywood on the board for seven years crril morley always a leader in mu nicipal aftairs a former reeve of pickering village and war den of ontario county clare balsdon retired farmer on the township board for nine years now residing in pickering vil lage and active on council there w h westney a former reeve and warden on the board for one year in 1948 the joint board atten ded nine meetings in 1955 the pickering board held 17 meet ings and last year there were 42 planning board meetings chairman lennox said that former clerk l t johnson had taken a bis part in organizing both planning boards he was secretary from 1947 to 1958 harry pcarce now welfare ad ministrator was commended for his work as secretary of the board following mr johnston and prior to the engagement of planning director john faulk ner i think one area that might be included in terms of devel opment of the planning board said mr wells ritchie is the professional consultation that weve had i think we should give some credit to the mem bers of metro planning authori ties to the department of mu nicipal aftairs and particularly to wallace little of project planning associates as the board has developed so this turn to professionalism has de veloped we are very fortunate lo gel a man like john faulk ner to be director of the board past reviewed following a brief business meeting in which a number of consents were considered mem bers old and new gathered in to groups reviewing the past and pondering the future of pickering township they par took of refreshments the 1965 planning board members all present at the cel ebration arc david lennox chairman norman lehman ross dcakin rex merritt iorre milne lindsay death john irwin c w laycox and hubrt wank the latter two representatives from council nature study in black white alon about this time of year theres one sure sign that spring is near when the south wind blows and it starts to rain youll know theres a skunk on the prowl again by the pungent odour that per fume rare which lingers long on the bal my air all winter he has slept beneath the snow but now gets the urge to get up and go when day light fades and dark ness falls tis then the time when duty calls so out he crawls from his ear thy latr goes forth to seek his lady fair oer hill and vale and through the wood he ranges far in search of food a field mouse here some wood ants there sufficient for his nightly fare then home to sleep before the dawn to drsam of fat grubs in a lawn g p markham mrs rachel jones 96 was former mt zion resitlont mrs rachel jones passed away in oshawa general hospi tal on saturday march 6th in her 97th year she was the for mer rachel burgess wife of the late john albeit jones and is survived by harold of brooklin cecil of ashburn and mary mrs k e thompson of lea- side two sons floyd of brook lin and clarence of toronto are deceased also surviving are 11 grandchildren 22 great grand- i children and two great great grandchildren mr jones hus band predeceased her in 1935 she was horn in ciaremont and upon marrying moved to mount zion where she resided until 1939 being an ardent work er and member of mount zion united church she then took up residence in brooklin being identified with brooklin united church prior to a year before her death mrs jones maintain ed her own home and garden after resting at robinsons funeral home in brooklin the service was conducted in tha chapel by rev g a mundy tuesday march 9 with inter ment in salem cemetery pallbearers were edward jones kenneth jones jack thompson ken clarke verla wagg and elmer harris reject pay request a request from the pickering twp parks and recreation board for an honorarium pay ment of 10 per meeting with a maximum of 100 per year was turned down on monday night by pickering council it was felt that this board should continue to be a volun teer group the same as indus trial and game committees bell telephone rep to present program in u church march 23 mrs marilyn french of the bell telephone companys pub lic relations department will present an illustrated and in teresting talk on the chang ing years in the ciaremont united church tuesday mar 23rd at 8 oclock from the lighthearted lo the serious the talk switches moods to feature some of the appalling conditions of the early 1900s as well as some of the highlights of the good old days when the first automobiles slowly sped around the countryside also some of the early favorite forms of entertainment besides the address by using slides and recordings mrs french captures the fast mov ing events of the first 60 years of the 20lh century it was the era of the crank telephone the opening of the transcontinental telephone line in 1915 by alexander graham bell and the first movie star ring al jolson the audience will hear recor dings of enric caruso ihc ab dication speech of edward viii and winston churchill deliver ing one of his memorable world war ii speeches besides the entertainment presented by mrs french there will also be a musical program followed by a buffet lunch this entertainment is being sponsored by the good fellow ship class of the ciaremont united church the proceeds to go towards the decorating fund admission 75c coming to ciaremont mr marilyn french of he bell telephone company public relations dept will present the changing years in the ciaremont united church tuesday evening march 23rd at 8 oclock the program l being promoled by the good fellow ship class and all proceeds will go towards the church decorat ing fund ticket are now available