Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), June 2, 1966, p. 7

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honour claremont pastor after fifty years service the tribune thufkfcy junt 2 1966 pit j open new goodwood school addition uxbridge township reeve akin kedshaw centre cut the red ribbon on friday night to officially open the new jroom addition on goodwood public school assisting in the ceremony were board chair man harry harper right and former trustee ieler barnhardt staff ihoto mr k d loney claremont sunday june 5 dr h s hillyer of claremont baptist church ill celebrate his 50 years of preaching it was the first sunday in june 1916 that dr hillyer then a young sudert minister preached his first sermon in the baptist church at ciarercevtlle quebec since then he has led a varied and interesting life in 1921 he was ordained in the first baptist church at dunnville ontario the next year 1922 he married and he and mrs hillyer left for bolivia south america where they remained for 25 years tnere he preached to his congregation in their own language spanish he also edited two publications and wrote two books pub lished in spanish he estab lished the southern cross radio station in bolivia which is still operating in the principal at goodwood is mr robert morrison a graduate of uxbridge high school but now a resident of aurora he has five teachers on the staff and an enrollment of 166 pupils staff photo modern school of today compared to yesteryears by uxbridge reeve goodwood today t you have a school that has everything but never forget that someone must pay lor it warned reeve alvin rcdshaw of uxbridge township on thursday night it was the offieial open ing of a new 125000 five- room addition to goodwood public school and a large gathering of both resi dent ratepayers and visitors yorc present for the occa- slon addressing his remarks to the pupils present mr rcd shaw urged the boys and girls lo take full advantage of all opportunities afforded by improved facilities he recalled the days of his youth when forty years ago he attended a oneroom school with eight grades and outside plumbing we had to walk 40 rods to get a drink of water he said the reeve cut the red rib bon assisted by board chair man harry harper and for mer trustee peter bern hardt the prayer of dedication was pronounced by mr e r inglcby words of apprec- iation were extended by board member donald ken nedy staff of six the student enrollment at the goodwood school is now j 166 the staff of six teach- crs headed by the principal robert morrison includes mrs clara smith mrs effie foskett miss diane okc miss evelyn page and mrs i june snider the music supervisor is mrs ross sandison a choir of senior boys and girls rendered two lovely selections the goodwood extension h the first major building project in uxbridge town- hp since he changeover to i the area system brooklin club wins county uxbridge the onta rio county junior farmer rifle shooting competition was held at the uxbridge secondary school on wed nesday evening may 25 all four junior farmer clubs were represented at the event the brooklin junior farmers won the competi tion with port perry in 2nd uxbridge in 3rd and beaver- ton in 4th place the members of the brook lin team were allan jones claremont 2 murray jones ashburn 1 david hawthorne claremont 2 and john hill claremont 1 a county team consisting of the high individuals in wednesdays competition was declared as follows david hawthorne ralph honey seagrave 2 murray jones bob robertson port perry and paul shier sun derland 1 this team will represent ontario countv junior farmers in the quin- te district rifle shooting competition to be held later this summer the ontario county rifle shooting competition was under the supervision of mr norman brunne technical director uxbridge second ary school and miss anne drydcn president of onta rio county junior farmers association atha visitors mrs m dunkcld atha mr and mrs fred draper earl and ei leen also mr grenville draper and son albert spent the weekend at hawk lake mr and mrs lester buach and three sons lester jr paul and allan of lockport ny spent sunday with mr and mrs ernie carruthers and ruth anne asa matter of carbon monoxide poison ing is the favorite method of tuicidc in the us the man who has a planned sun life program is in an enviable position no one is better prepared to face the future than the man who has provided for his retirement years and his familys security through life insurance as a local sun ufa representative may i call upon you at your convenience jim abell phone em 45141 toronto 200 university ave sun life assurance company of canada a mutual company editors mail roseville ratepayers protest dragstrip may 30 19g6 to the taxpayers of ux bridge township now that the reeve and deputy reeve have passed their opinions on drag strips may we present our views according to these gentlemen this will be something between a sun- day school picnic and a ladies social a little noise no traffic problem and no trouble happy hours last meeting saturday green r 1 v e r on saturday afternoon at 130 pm in the sunday school room the final regular meeting of the happy hour and ambassadors will be held the following friday evening june 10th at 8 pm in the church the clos ing exercises for the groups will take place plan to at tend mr and mrs g brand- wood entertained her sister mrs c mclntyre of tor onto over the weekend mr and mrs b draper and mr and mrs m labelle attended the musical the sound of music on saturday evening congratulations to mrs j a nighswander on the birth of a granddaughter a daughter for mr and mrs v mikkclsen mr and mrs benson leh man were presented with a clock radio friday evening at a gathering held in their honour lunch was served by the committee in charge because of the baptismal services next sunday even ing the regular service will be held in the whitevale baptist church at 730 pm miss muriel gostick has joined the staff of teachers at the green river school miss gostick is wellknown throughout the community mr and mrs a white visited with mr and mrs j fontyn on sunday evening many of you will be sur prised to know we differ with them to some small degree mr harvey spoke to us at st thomas and said what he planned here would be much much bigger and bet ter than st thomas they had 4000 attendance on may 15 on opening sunday 7000 people were reported present so we put bur fig ure at 10000 at least they came by air i guess no traffic problems and no police two council mem bers assured us of this be cause the cost is too great if we press for police and policing is a must you tax payers will supply the money as the revenue from the strip will be not nearly great enough add on the road upkeep too every weekend every summer this will go on but our public spirited gentle men wont mind they an miles away should you the taxpayers wish to verify these state ments see your reeve or deputy reeve and it you of you are planning a trip to either mossport or descr- onto call and take them with you they dont believe these stories of all night parties wild driving and traffic clogged roads if a drag strip is so great why did markham fight to put it out whitchurch township wants no part of it but for uxbridge its just the thing the only ones it will both er are the people who live here and why worry about them we will see you at the open meeting promised by mr rcdshaw we remain taxpayers of roseville ps if mr ncsbitt has made up his mind to favor the drag strip perhaps he could also arrange for an option on a parcel of land right next to it more tribunes available in this area in addition o the regular store outlets the trihunc is now available in its new serveyoursclf box at the following locations general store sandford chapmans store siloam marshalls store box grove general store bp station landmark rest cedar beach fred lewis whitevale vivian ballantrae mussolmans lake after may 24 ahona get your copy each week 19i dr and mrs hillyer re turned to canada and the doctor continued his preach ing this time in english both dr and mrs hillyer are world travellers being especially familiar with af rica and asia at special services in the church on sunday dr hillyer will speak at ii am in the even ing at 730 rev gordon jones of blyihwood baptist church toronto who is re garded as one of canadas outstanding speakers will be in the dulpit to dr hillyer goes our best wishes for many more years of health happiness and good preach ing a reception arranged by the board of deacons of the baptist church will he held in the new canadian legion hall from 2 to 5 pm saturday june 1 in honour of dr and mrs hillyer all friends and neighbour are cordially extended an invita tion to attend oldtime songs and hymns were sung by the residents of the claremont nursing home when some ladies from the baptist church cal led to see them last week mrs keith drake mrs geo rge carter mrs sam taylor mrs ed lewis mrs joe empringham and miss mary drake were assisted by mrs herbert hilge and mrs herbert kesselhut of the nursing staff when they served tea to the ladies and gentlemen at the home mrs ethel vandewater and mrs herbert aylsworth of desoronto were weekend guests at the home of mr and mrs grant taylor the afternoon unit of the america outpumped the middle easts oil pro duction outstripped the united states in 1965 at 8250000 barrels a day com pared with 7750000 the only paper in the are audited circulation with closed mt zion schoolhouse centre of community activity mt zion dosecdo and euchre have replaced reading writing and arithmetic in the former mount zion schoolhouse and the 90 year old building is currently the centre of com munity activity the maintenance of the school as a kind of community centre project met vith the approval of the area board in 1965 such items as oil in surance and hydro are paid for by the executive officers for 196667 are mrs jack fmpring- liam mrs klmer wilson cecil disney reg hos- kins walter pascoc carl wilson and murray jones the mount zion folks have over the years displayed a keen sense of community spirit and now with their own community hall activities especially during the midwinter months arc un- limited vakietycmght on saturday may 21 a successful variety night program attracted 110 peo ple murray jones was the chairman for the evening assisted by committee mem bers mrs percy jones mrs reg hoskins grant- carson lloyd wilson ralph jones and ken stickwood the participants displayed unlimited talents with david carl was ot and kenny oblenes present ing two instrumental and vo cal numbers mr gordon tabcr reciting two of his favourites mr richard day playing his banjo accompa nied by his son charles at the piano and the award- winning brooklin junior farmers doing their oneact play come romance ac tors included mrs shirley jones dorecn jones jan hoskins david hawthorn ucw is holding an after noon tea and bake sale from 3 to 5 pm at the home ot mrs james peddie on thurs day june 9 miss mary graham and mr basil graham attended the wedding of their niece miss annabelle graham and mr kurt schiller of calgary in pickering united church on saturday afternoon an nabelle is the only daughter of mr and mrs norman graham former residents of claremont also at the wedding were mr and mrs larry burnell and mrs bur- nelis brother mr bob song- hurst mr and mrs fred watson of toronto spent saturday with their niece mrs alex schneider and mr schneider mr and mrs stan mcmul- len are the happy parents of a baby boy born saturday may 2s mr and mrs tom davis motored to belleville on sat urday to be with their daugh ter june mrs bill armour for her birthday members of claremont bowling league ended their season with a dinner at mor gan hall in markham on saturday evening each bowler received a gift ac cording to the teams stand ing on the winning team captained by jean booth were valerie budd lil mac- gregor les padley cliff wannop and gord benson mr and mrs b r mer- ritt of west hill spent sun day at the home of their ken stickwood and wilson the director mrs lome almack claremont rev t h kleetham led the audience in a community singsong and gloria joncj played several favourites on her accordion with david hawthorn doing the calling the brooklin junior farm ers presented a couple of square dance numbers the same group was entered in competition at sundcrlid on friday night to conclude the program six members of the oblenes family sang and played a spiritual num ber active year throughout the year there have been two variety nights seven square dances six euchre parties and a square dance school for juniors with frank barkey in charge the school was also rented out on several occasions the new executive for 1966 67 plans to carry on with a similar program the seasons final dance was held on saturday night daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs j anonby mr and mrs raymond stickwood and kathy were sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs donald stickwood in sharon mr and mrs reg sander- son and lynn susan and stephen were weekend guests of mrs sandersons sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs alan pilkey at their cottage on balsam lake on sunday june 5 at the baptist church special services will be held at 1l am and 730 pm at the evening service rev j gor don jones will be the guest preacher mrs sally bond soprano will be the soloist during the evening lean meaty side tablerite skinless wieners spare ribs lb 75tf everswei 1 lb vac pak 55tf side bacon prices effective june 1 2 3 4 we reserve the right to limit quantities eversweet rindless sliced 1 lb flat 8 save 20c chase sanborn coffee mb bag 79 save 31c li buys tomato juice 389l save 14c cudney choice fruit cocktaiuozti39 save 2flc lush us jelly powders 89 produce of usa canada no 1 grade sweet corn 5 for 39 golden ripe this week i cups and saucersj 2 lbs 2 j t ratcliffs sv3a foodliner stouffviiie

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