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t the stouffviue t8iwn twy ms green river girl wins kinsmen beauty award at ajax seventeen year old marline brooks daughter of mr and mrs ken brook of gren rivr brought honour and dis tinction to her community last uek when she toppfd eijrht othr constant at ajax in a beauty competition promotr by the kinsmens club marlene is a siudnt at phkcrinz tx high school and will enter rad 33 in september a family shower wa held at the home of mrs p white on saturday evening when mr kred wright and his fiancee were the recipients of lovely gifts in honour of their forth coming marriage mrs j a xigliswrfnder was guest at a shower held at the home of mr and mrs stan de foe twin streams farm in honour of their niece miss gail defoe whose marriage will take place next month keep in mind the teacher training course to be held on friday evening at the green river church at 745 p u a pleasant gathering was held at the home of mr benson draper jecentlv when she enter tained the girls fiom the office staff at ponds who had ben her eoworkers while employed there the ladies aid held their meeting at the home of mis m diaper on wednesday evening miss hael reesor was the guest speaker there will be no eening service in the church here ow ing to the memorial cemetery service to be held at 3 pm two thefts occurred recently from separate premises on the townhne a power mower was taken from the segriff home and a television set from the patrhett residence daily vacation bible school will be held in the public school beginning on july 12th and last ing to july 23rd classes will be conducted from monday through to friday times will be announced later mrs emily johnston of brougham keeps healthy doing own work still active at 90 she was guest of honour at her birthday party last week she was scheduled to attend a meeting thursday and on sat urday she took part in a picnic at the claremom conservation area in the midst of her busy schedule mrs emily johnston managed to fit in her 90th birth- i day but rather than feel an- i other year older mrs johnston felt a year younger born on the 3rd concession pickering tvvp mrs johnston i attended primary school at cherrywood and furthered her working is kun i johnston claims the most im- mrs johnston portant was the invention of claremont news mr jake taylor had the mis- fortune of falling from the kitchen roof last week and suf fered a broken bone in his ankle twelve members of the good- fellowship class enjoyed a con ducted tour of the bicks pickle plant on saturday morning we are sorry to report that mr keith drake suffered a slight heart attack and has been away from work dale devitt held a going- nway party for suzanne keevil on friday night mr and mrs keevil and family are moving to mt albert we are sorry to hear that rev hillyer has been in ill health mr and mrs arthur bales of woodbridge visited on saturday with mr and mrs don hedges mr and mrs jim mcguire and family moved to maple on monday mr and mrs ken jones eric lenora and howie enjoyed a trip to the new international airport at malton on saturday the tb test clinic will be held on monday june 28th at the united church from 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm readings and xrays will he conducted on friday july 2nd there was a rather disappoint ing attendance at the legion parade and service on sunday afternoon marilyn rennie entertained about twenty friends on the oc casion of her 15th birthday mr tony vanderlight is ex pecting a visit this week from his parents mr and mrs john vanderlight of holland on sunday morning the boy scouts will present their flags for dedication in the united church the baptist church sunday education at quaker college in jjjj pickering in 1900 she married lancelot johnston and settled down to farming near brougham she has remained in the area ever since now at 90 she resides in her own home on the brock road does her own cooking ironing and cleaning she wouldnt have it any other way mrs johnston lias three children two sons lloyd and grant and a daughter doris mrs sid pughi she has eight grandchildren four boys and four girls all live in the imme diate area enabling mrs johns- to to keep in close touch with each of them according to her main interests were cen tred around the raising of a family 1 spent lots of time working on the farm she said and i enjoyed it mrs johnston recalled when her son llovd was three years old and fell out a window we had iust purchased a new horse and llovd wanted to see it he was upstairs aud knew he could get out the win dow he did and fell 16 feet on to froen ground she said but j added that other than a lew farm mrs johnston number of major mps and bruises he was not i seriously injured its a fulltime job raising children but with mrs johns- tons disposition it was a full- time fun job mrs johnston attributes iter j long life to strong faith and i a contented mind i believe in exercise and i keeping til she said she explained that she re ceives her daily exercise from doing the chores around the house as long as she is able she will continue in this way big changes many things have changed in the past 90 years but mrs electricity it came in about 50 years ago she said and it has done wonders on the noted a changes the men on the farm lost a great friend in the horse she said referring to agricultural mechanization however she added farmers would never want to go back to the old system again mrs johnston has noticed the increased pace of living with canadians in the st few years everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere she smiled life has keen good mrs johnston is quite satis fied with life and is pleased with the way everything has worked out life has been good she said i try to be grateful or my blessings recollections of happenings in the past are as clear to her to day as they were when they oc curred ten years from now she will have memories of a birthday party and a picnic the records say she is ninety hut her attitude doesni guelph this week at the con elusion of the course she will j attend a childrens camp at bob- caygeon and serve as a cook i the la of the guides and brownies held a social evening on thursday at the home of theima hockley a family pic nic is planned for aug 10th at lynnbrook park a fee of 100 per family will be charged mr and mrs lloyd pascoe and jackie visited on sunday evening at the home of his par ents mr and mrs ed pascoe greenwood mr and mrs cec redman mr and mrs al robertson and mr and mrs jack norton were among the many who attended a gathering at the home of mrs florence redshaw of stouffville on sunday on the occasion of her birthday a number of real estate trans actions have been completed re cently in the village the geo thorpe home has been sold al so the residences of mr and mrs ken ward and mrs h g mclntyre hygrade fuels have taken over the former mcgrath store on the east side of main street the burton woodworking shop has been moved to a new site on the south side of the former burton property mr and mrs bob lehman were the hosts at a gathering of about one dozen friends in the basement of their new home on saturday night mr and mrs lehman hope to move into their residence in august mrs ernie baker was the win ner of the money doll at the firemens euchre on wednes day evening of last week the draw was made by mr fred ward there was a large at tendance with 33 tables filled euchre winners were ladies school will hold its annual pic- list mrs tom ogden 2nd helen pascoe cons mrs wm ech- ardt men 1st mrs laura reynolds 2nd mrs howard pugh cons wm evans seven members of the clare mont fire brigade attended a houseburning near brechin on sunday in connection with the mutual aid program local volunteers present included earl anderson eric wilson jack ward frank ward al robertson blair evans and the chief tom hammond mrs kay ward and mrs iaura anonhy attended the offi cial opening of mr arnold hodgkins new art centre at leaskdale on sunday afternoon lie on saturday june 26th in the stouffville park anyone wishing transportation is asked to he at the church by 2 pm there was a large attendance at the congregational picnic of the united church in stouffville on sunday the boys of claremont school took 1st and the girls came 2nd in a softball tournament held at zephyr on saturday their prizes were 10 and 5 the mission circle of the baptist church will meet at the home of viola forsyth on mon day evening june 28th at 745 barbara carson is attending a 4h homemaking conference in may cancel claremont swim program the annua swim program held each summer at bakers acres north of claremont may have to be cancelled this year renovation work is planned for the private pool and it will be closed down during this time officials in charge will an nounce an alternative date for the program if this can be ar ranged any organizations or individ uals who have donated money toward this community project will receive a refund if the cancellation is made definite each year more than fifty boys and girls have taken ad vantage of the swim and life- saving course and the venture has proven very successful the pool site has been donated and the committee is appreciative of mr and mrs bakers gener osity donna barkey enters dairy princess comp brougham chromeedged knives sharp even with haylage haylage puts a chopper to the two pronged test first low moisture makes haylage tough to chop second it should be short no longer than iin the gchl chopall delivers fine chopped haylage fills the hill for all chopping job new seleclacut trannmission lets you change forage length xhort medium or long with the push of a lever and new easyswing drawbar adjust right from the tractor scat for easy maneuvering in tight places gehl knives are chromeedged to stay sharp longer and sharp knives mean shorter chopping so forage can pack tight to reduce air pockets result less spoil age more tons stored per silo six knives flywheel mounted cut forage from inside to outside like scissors against the longlasting tungsten- carbide cutter bar make us prove tf with a demoncralion reesor farm service unionville phone 887526 miss pat harden is visiting relatives at highwater quebec the grade 8 pupils of valley- view school accompanied by their teacher mr goults left friday morning at 5 am for ottawa where among other things they attended a session of parliament and were guests of michael starr lor lunch fol lowing their tour of ottawa the pupils returned home saturday by way of upper canada vil lage and visited old fort henry and the royal military academy in kingston meanwhile ihe grade seven students of valley- view school spent friday in toronto accompanied by their teacher miss middleton the 1st brock pickering scouts and cubs will hold a paper drive on saturday june 26th the elms restaurant is now open under new management a number of brougham fire men took part in fire fighting practise sunday at brechin a condemned house was set ablaze to test the firemens capabilities in extinguishing it on sunday june 27th the 1st brock cub and scout troops will hold a church parade at 10 am in the brougham church the new flags will he dedicated all cubs and scouts are asked to be present mr and mrs allan ellicolt dianne margaret and mrs knock and fjdon carter attend ed the thompson reunion at the home of mr and mrs stan thompson of altona on sunday mr and mrs wallace ellicott of toronto spent sunday with his mother and their daughter mrs elrlon carter mrs d a bper and mrs r daniels of whitby returned home from washington dc where they attended the wed ding of mrs beers niece rul- aine robinson to stephen burke mr and mrs gordon todd and family of goodwood spent sunday with mr and mrs d a beer construction is progressing on schedule for the building of the new brock road which will eliminate the jog in the cen tre of town bulldozers and earth movers are presently en gaged in cutting their way through the fields that will be the course of the new thorough fare when complete the road will run from highway 7 and will merge with the highway north of the village a number o friends and rel atives called on mrs emily johnston wednesday to offer congratulations on the occasion of her 90th birthday mrs donna barkey rr 3 claremont a former ontario cty dairy princess has reen tered the competition this year mrs barkey is one of four and perhaps six entries who will be judged at the oshawa shopping plaza on thursday evening tonight at 630 pm other girls include miss jean milligan port perry mrs ma- lilyn beatty cannington and miss elaine medd port perry two others may still add their names to the list the contestants are attractive young ladies between the ages of 17 and 26 who live on dairy farms in ontario county and who have been active in 4h and junior farmer activities each girl will be required to present to the public a short talk related to the dairy indus try they will be judged on their appearance deportment poise selfexpression as well as their ability to assemble a mil king machine milk a cow and sanitize the machi the winner of this competi tion will represent ontario ccunty at the provincial finals at the cne airs kmily johnston or brougham celebrated her 90th birthday on wednesday june 16 site was the recipient of many cards and good wishes from neighbours and friends in the com munity she is extremely active and lives alone in her cozy bungalow home on the brock road staff photo greenwood news friday june 26th the com munity are sponsoring a show er for mr and mrs ed tapley mrs tapley is the former bon nie moore the shower will be in the sunday school room in the church at 8 oclock every one is welcome miss edna green accompanied grades four five seven and the special class irom bay ridges school where she teaches on their visit to union station museum subway and willet park the greenwood mens ball team is being sponsored by swiss chalet park paddock greenwood general store do minion caulking and mctag- gait construction bob mctaggart and gerald pegg are shown on the cover of the june imperial oil review as they watch a race at mos- port the imperial oil revijw is available at the greenwood library mr harrison held a barbecue for ihe grade 12 boys of mark- ham high school who helped him move and some of the gr 12 girls from pickering district high miss nancy nicholson rode a horse in the ajax sports day parade representing the lazy h- ranch mr george staley was noted doing a somersault and a hand spring in a successful attempt to catch a ball despite this val iant effort his team lost 10 congratulations to miss dale pascoe who walked steadily across the room into the arms of her proud father on her 1st birthday last week the bantam boys with pitch er jimmy blake beat brougham 130 at greenwood park last thursday june 17th the pegg family held their re- union saturday june 12th at claremont conservation area 89 of the 102 relations attended the youngest of the clan is lisa mctaggart mr jerry pascoe has bought the lot west of mr percy clark on hwy no 7 mr norm hendricks a for mer teacher at pickering dist high school and his wife came back to visit in pickering and greenwood he now lives in hamilton and is studying philosophy at the university the mordens spent fathers day in st catharines visiting with dougs grandmother mrs kindree billy lee representing the family presented a new canadi an flag to the youth of green wood church in memory of his grandmother mrs davidson of raglan mr charles mctaggart of greenwood was presented with a book entitled canada by stephen leacock at the whit- vale school centennial miss middleton a teacher at valley view school accompani ed the grade 7s tu casa loma and toronto island last week next sunday june 27th is the memorial service at salem rev rice of port perry will preach and mt zion will pro vide the music the sermon will start at 230 pm the grade 8s of valley view school left by bus friday morn ing at 5 am for their trip to ottawa they went directly to the parliament bldgs where mike starr spoke u them and they watched parliament in session they lunched compli ments of mr starr in the par liament cafeteria during the afternoon they visited many places including the bytown museum and the art gallery they dined at the lord elgin compliments of the home and school that evening the girls corralled the bus diuer and he took them to a show the next day a very tired srroup loured the national museum the nati onal war mseum the mountie headquarters and upper can ada village they arrived home at 1 am sunday morning they were very thrilled with their trip and would like to thank the chaperons mrs hoar and mrs llovd and the teacher mr goltz to erect 16000 gal propane tank pickering township council monday night unanimously granted mr george pearsalt of claremont coop permission to proceed with the erection of a 16000 gallon bulk propane tank the tank will be situated in the north end of claremont mr pearsall told the council that the township of pickering had to approve of the plans be fore actual construction could begin councillor herbert wank said that permission should be grant ed provided the specifications met with the approval of the regulations set down by the de partment of transport and the energy board mr pearsall said the basic idea of the bulk tank was to supply customers in 100 gallon loads construction is expected to begin shortly seventyfour attend pegg family reunion ashburn claremont boys win tourney at zephyr the boys from the claremont public school topped al compe tition at the annual softball tournament held at zephyr on saturday they downed the hometown zephyr lads 42 in the final game grant norton was the win ning pitcher with john drake behind the plate other team members included allan tor rance lt allan loyst 2nd glen hammond l3rd bryan norton ss norm white rf boh almack cfi gor don white ix miss donna sparks of carls bad new mexico and miss lib- by burns of oshawa spent a couple of days last week with donnas grandmother mrs m sparks mrs drew leaper of toronto spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs edgar heron mr and mrs n j anderson and mr raymond taylor at tended the wardens banquet at fern cottage orillia on thurs day june 17th mr and mrs k crozier and family of scugog mr g coch rane of prospect miss edith cochrane of toronto were sun day guests of mr and mrs jas lvnde mrs clyde playfair esther and danny of toronto spent the week end with mr and mrs russell richardson mr and mrs robt suther land debbie and neil of utica mrs walter rogers of brook- lin mr and mrs fred ashton sons wayne and allan were sunday visitors with mr and mrs nelson ashton sunday school and church services were well attended at burns church on sunday june 20th at 1015 and 1130 am two children were presented and dedicated by their parents in the sacrament of baptism julie angela emm daughter of mr and mrs gerald emm and larry edward lynde son of mr and mrs james lynde with rev h m bunlain offici ating during the service mrs drew leaper and miss mary heron sang a duet the community picnic will be held at geneva pars n thurs day june 23th supper will be served at s30 pm mrs john gray of whitby was hostess for the monthly meeting of the ladies bible class on tuesday evening june 8th the pies mrs douglas ash ton presided and opened the meeting with a reading pur pose in suffering the scrip ture lesson was read by mrs h doble followed with prayer by mrs h ashton two readings were given by mrs w routley when june- time comes and i found god a solo by mrs edgar heron the sinner and a song the speaker mrs e curry of osh awa gave a description of the country and the way the people of s rhodesia live mrs ctrry was presented with a cup and saucer in appre ciation by mrs c harrison the meeting closed with pray er by mrs w routley teacher why are you late boy a sign was to blame teacher what has a sign to do with your being late altona tf no one has called at your house concerning the tubercu lin test you are urged to take advantage of these government sponsored clinics one clinic was held on wednesday june 23 at goodwood but tor those that missed it you are asked to attend the clinic at claremont united church on monday june 28th tor the test and fri day july 2nd tor the reading help make this tb drive a success this is your invitation to the annual sunday school picnic of the altona united missionary church to be held this friday evening june 25th at 630 pm n ratcliff park please bring your own dishes and a picnic lunch frank and donna barkey en tertained irene waiters and her tiancee ted lamb of manches ter to supper on saturday night in the evening the jr farmers gave them a surprise miscel laneous shower prior to their july wedding the many friends in altona extend their sympathy to our former minister and family rev and mrs d sargeant and boys on the passing of her ta- ther mr tipping of stayner the tippings were regular visi tors in our community during the sargeants stay here a speedy recovery is wished mr russell weatherbee who was taken to newmarket hos pital on saturday mr and mrs vivian carson and ondine of toronto were friday visitors with her par ents mr and mrs norman bunker on sunday mr and mrs dick jones of buttonville had supper with her parents and all attended decoration ser vices at stouftville in the after noon bill mononen of gait is spen ding this week at the home of his uncle and aunt mr and mrs al jakeman on tuesday evening mr and mrs darcy elson had a show er at their home for the newly- weds mr and mrs jack wal ters seventyfour members of the pegg family attended the an nual reunion and picnic on the grounds of the claremont con servation area sunday june 13th the weather was not too fav ourable for the outdoor gather ing and the attendance was less than normal the members numbering 102 in total are des- cendents of the late andrew pegg and essie hill the youngest child in atten dance was lisa mctaggart daughter of mr and mrs ken mctaggart of greenwood rich ard harper son of mr and mrs harold harper of stouftville was a close second the reunion next year will be held at the same site the president is mr milton pegg of claremont the sectreas mr lloyd pegg of oshawa johnston family hold annual reunion the annual johnston family reunion was held last saturday at greenwood conservation park some 63 persons many from as far as 200 miles away attended the daylong picnic the oldest person in attend ance was mrs emily johnston who last wednesday celebrated her 90th birthday she received a cake and a gift in honour of the occasion the executive who serves a two year lerm now begins lta second year in office members include grant johnston presi dent walter cooper secretary- treasurer charles russell and allan shakes sports and jim johnston vice president members of the family cams from thornbury collingwood london essex and toronto the afternoon included games races and lunch atha mrs sandy thompson of to ronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs fred draper mrs g dowdell and mrs jean wells of musselmans lake were callers on monday afternoon with mrs e carruth- ers mr and mrs clifford dun- keld attended the wardens banquet at fern lodge orillia on thursday the annual school picnic is being held on the school grounds thursday evening to night if you reside in the school section you are welcome misses mary jennie and mr harold carruthers of stouffville spent tuesday evening with mr pnd mrs e carruthers and ruth ann mrs percy norman and daughters noranda que are spending a few days with her sisters mrs george bycr of stouffville and mrs norman lehman she also attended her nieces wedding miss marian byer on saturday mrs fred draper and mr frank wasg of stouffville vis ited cousins violet and susan wagg of roseville recently mr and mrs norman leh man and family attended the barkcybyer wedding at the united missionary church stouffville on saturday glen major mrs florence wilson port elgin is spending a few days with her sister mrs clinton ne ville mr and mrs joseph forsyth and donna spent sunday with mr and mrs jim jones mrs charles fiss spent couple days last week with mr and mrs wm wilson and fam ily gormley mr and mrs albert lee is lington spent the weekend with mr j a hingston mr and mrs howard colby uxbridge visited sunday even ing with mr and mrs george pickett mr and mrs win le briton toronto visited sunday with mr e gates several from her attended the bazaar and tea al the home of mrs r day balsam on satur day boy th sizn rea ahead go slow school webb girls win meet the girls of webb public school in uxbridge twp didnt take a back seat to ihe hoys on saturday in the annual student softball tournament held at zephyr they won the tourney post ing a 127 win over claremont in the final game moreen kvans handled ihe pitching chores for the cham pions with kaye norton back of the plate other positions were filled by geraldine ferguson 1st donna bryant 2nrii ronnie norton 3rd i margaret may ss ljah norton betty jones and loiilse johnston fielders jackie pascoe and brenda flanagan formed the pitching and catching team for clare mont audley the rev jv1 buttars is taking a pastoral counselling course al toronto general hospital dur ing his absence the rev george saunders who is doing post graduate work at emmanuel college will take the services at audley the hic group entertained the senior teenage ss class of pickering united church and their teacher mrs henry west- ney on saturday evening at the home of mr and mrs leonard waltham the sunday school and con gregational picnic will be held at paulynnc park on friday july 2 supper will be at b30 sympathy of the community is extended to mr and mrs dick winter in the passing on june 12 of mrs winters fath er mr bouskill at bed deer al berta mr and mrs bert guthrie vi sited with mr and mrs a thompson dwight during the weekend nancy puckrin enjoyed a few days campins at lakefield 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