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i 5- v v-v-m- gvsiivjt vf mayor mule ball partners donkey baseball returned to goodwood fri- day night and attracted a record crowd two of the participants in the contest were mayor bill vballinger left of uxbridge township and brian in 173rd year church celebrates uxbridge a service marking the 173rd anniversary of friends meeting house will be held this sunday june 13 at the quaker hill site cone 5 uxbridge time of worship is 230 pm rev michael locke of trin ity united church uxbridge wiu be guest ffsveakeislkatweenhjvtzbergr mubic provided bysdlbisujeari par rott- accompanied by janice stbrievt the organ of special interest will be the baptism of steven robert har- trickson of ronald and norma hartrick and greatgrandson of mrs nellie byam friends meeting house was the first church built in ux- bridge the year was 1809 the timber used was all handhewn the little country chapel is ex- cellently maintained history records the name of alma jgquld dale as the first t minister she alsojeaded up nhe 1900 vmrs wrhbairahdmrs john alfred james went together and purchased an organ regular services con cluded in the re membrance worship once a year has continued since a board of directors takes care of the property members are- mrs wm stearman and jim tompkins honorary pres idents alan wells chairman bob hartrick treasurer mrs harold clark secretary and directorsjack symes joyce huntington ross byam elva kerry turner fprsythe and gordon eweri celebrate i silver audley the congrega tion of audley united church celebrated their silver anniversary with a special ser- j vice may 30 many former members attended rev frank vanveen con- ducted the worship with dr melville j buttars bringing the message dr buttars was the pastor at audley during the building arid dedication of the church 25 years ago y specialmusic forthe- anniversary occasion was pro vided by mr and mrs stan out- house of greenwood they were accompanied at the organ by mrs eileen waltham in the prayer of commtniora- tion led by rev vanveen the congregation- remembered those who laid the foundation for the churchdating back to around- 1863 it was than a methodist congregation part of the pickering branch of the markham circuit the orga- nizatiori of womens groups has a history from 1908 v ittruly a day of celebratrion ifofjthe little white church on taunton road east of audley- corners- happy 80th it was indeed a happy birthday saturday for pearl mrs frank gostick formerly of rr 2 claremont an ope house was held in her honor from 2 to 4 pm at the prince albert com munity centre near port perry mrs gostick is 80 years young her family includes one son gordon toronto and one daughter eileen pugh of prince albert the tribune joins with others in wishing mrs gos tick many more years of- healthand happiness lmkiiismimwt plewes president of goodwood lions club while the majority of onlookers lost track of the score officials ruled it a tie jim holt brooklin the end of the month will mark the end of a career for nellie hopkins of ashburn a career that has spanned 32 years mrs hopkins a teacher on the staff of meadowcrest public school brooklin will retire at the conclusion of the june term a tea in her honor will be held thursday to morrow from 4 to 6 pm the profession has been kind to mrs hopkins she admits this however those closest to her in the classroom claim shes returned those benefits tenfold born at rr 2 claremont nellie gostick received her- elementary education at mount pleasant ss no 12 picker- ing following graduation from claremont continuation school stouffville high school arid toronto norihal school- she returned to mount pleasant as a teacher and remained there three years- other teaching positions have in- eludedchalk lake locust hill claremont and brooklin mrs hopkins admits she en joyed the rural atmosphere of the little red brick schbol- hoiise but at same time knew of associated hardships like walking 214 miles to and from her boarding house ho ward kagermans at locust hill every day and handling a roomfull of 38 children or arriving early on cold winter mornings at chalk lake and stoking up the furnace you never worried about those kind of things she said resources were always li- mited discipline was never a prob- lem on the contrary thechil- dren always seemed anxious to help she said we were much like a family she explained with reference to schools in the country on occasions nellie meets former pupils with the resul tant query remember me usually she does despite the fact hundreds have passed through her hands mrs hopkins was twelve years at claremont coming to meadowcrest school in 1968 she recalls claremonts delia moore as a terrific principal mrs hopkins says its hard to believe shell no longer be in volved in education after june 30 howeverthe work at burns presbyterian church is impor tant also and she hopes to give this more time she wants to do some travelling and maybe provide a tutoring service for children confined to hospitals then theres the chance too she may write a book whatev er the future holds nellie hop kins will use her time to good advantage more for others than for herself nellie hopkins no more red school- house taxes hurt claremont the recent provincial tax placed on school- supplies and construction materials is going to cost durham board of education an extra 69000 for each of two schools under construction according to claremont trus tee linda carder if we go over because of the seven per cent sales tax were just out of luck is the way she assesses the matter we gave our elementary and secondary school princip- als extra money for supplies but now its going to dwindle away in taxes mrs carder said the durham budget calling for an expenditure of 125000000 came out april 15 trustee carder said also that the board was facing extra costs in the installation of its new phone system and energy conversion devices in the schools both of which were tax- able ohip was also up about 100000 how do you budget for these contingenciesshe asked unlikethe provincial goyern- mehfwe cant deficit our budget mrs carder said the board would have to make some cuts or put off certain projects until next year we wont know un til we sit down and work it out she said the association of large school boards of ontario alsbo of which the durham board is a member is writing premier william davis and cabinet asking that the tax be revoked durham trustee fred brit ten one of the boards three representatives on alsbo termed the tax affect- ing the schools both ridicu lous and quite expensive uxbridge the pledges are still coming in but it looks as if the towns big week end long fundraising program for the new arena is going to do the trick the trick in this case being the 20000 sought to clear the deficit in the 1220000 enter- prise which was built in 197980 this spring the arena well in tact mayor bill ballingcr got the idea that perhaps as it was to be a community focal point the citizens themselves might raise some of the needed capi- talthe weekend session pre- ceded by a series of raffles and doortodoor sales of chocolate bars was the result mayor ballinger and his com mittee had set june 5 as the deadline so rain or shine there was lots to be done anditwas with the arena rouser itself the scene for many of the activities these included a monster flea market bingo and a big dance saturday night in the meantime money was also rolling in from the streets via a car wash and the lions club food fair v township administrator ron kester said that apprdx- r imately 25000 was raised from the weekend outing the amount covered expenses and took care of the deficit too he said also- that wintario the government lottery match ed each dollar raised with 169 from the fund so far grants from wintario- since the start of the arena project had total led 600066 with- another 150000 from the provincial ministryofculture and re- screatibri- said aunt edna reminisces pickering never under estimate the skills of a senior citizen not one with the talents of edna mutch 29 kingston road east pickering at the urgings of her niece marion gostick haddow of boltonpmrs mutchbegah put- ting personal rhomeritos down on paper about twoyears ago at a family gathering sunday a 60page book was unveiled containing more than 100 anec dotes itsentitled simply re miniscing with aunt edna mrs mutch the former edna kayes residedat the 4th con cession family homestead be- fore mo ving to pickering vil lageher6nly alfred- still resides there a sister mrs hugh michell lives in stouff ville hooked on rugs prize winner nerslr thejgoodwood housewife has lots hke it and a few more besides on the go 1 fe vt v goodwood if this is a world for righthanded people only dont tell nancy millerof goodwood at least not any more while she might have felt that way at one timein her life nancy no longer feels that viewing life from the port side is all that much different certainly not in the matter of hooking prize- winning rugs and shaggy mushroom sculptures in be- s tween v 1 for nancy- is hooked on crocheting as it were arid be cause of it the right hand very- much knows what the left hand is doing and in fact may be just a bit envious by now being left handed always stopped me the young mother of three recalled no one could ever teach me how to knit however it didnt stop her completely and when she was 18 she got one of those do-it- yourself books and learned how to use the needles accordingly when her daughter alysson was born four years ago she took up crocheting and learned- how to reverse the dia- grams- that she learned well is ob- vious from the skilful imagina- tive and beautiful works she has on display around her tin- dall lane home one of which a small patterned wool rug took first prize in the beginners competition rugs sponsored by- ontario hooking craft guild the competition held at torontos skyline hotel- april 24 was for first efforts only nancys children alysson bradley 10 and craig 8 were more excited than i was she says it took awhile to sink in just as excited she says were her fellow members of markham craft guild where she studies under the guidance ofleslie woottori justa wonderful teacher- the fact that she labored over the rug for 11 months a couple of hours every night except during the long hot summer may have something to do with the fact that it hasnt all quite taken hold as yet it may also account for the fact that nancy who made the rug for the living room finds that i hate to put in on the floor now f so for the time being its rol led up into a plastic bag and stored away for the markham fair in the fall and should it turn out to be top rug in its class itshouldnt be all that surprising nancys already won firsts there for two of her cs christmas wreaths and cookies its only fitting that another c crocheting should be next back in december bj a golden lab owned byjvir and mrs beverly davidge rr3 claremont met a tragic death when caught in the laws of a trap on their property the couple was heartbroken two weeks ago the void in their blue fflsbigyj lives was filled when mr davldge acquired vbiue a black lab that was to be put to sleep the way he canjump i think hes part grasshop per mr davidge told the tribune t- fr v v jim thomas r tc