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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 11 1951 claremont and pickering twp district his many friends will be glad to know that mr tom gregg is improving since his illness during the past couple of weeks the annual meeting of the library board will be held in the library on monday evening jan ljth commencing at 730 all members please plan to be present the public is cordially invited to this open meeting the womens institute will be held on thursday afternoon jan 8th at the home of mr and mrs fred evans roll call your first photo or snapshot demonstration of sandwiches by miss forsyth note the change of place of meet ing you are invited to a miscellane ous shower on saturday jan 13 at the home of mr and mrs cecil redman in honor of the forth coming wedding of their daughter at the midweek prayer and bible study meeting on thursday evening mrs f ward and mrs f redshaw were appointed to arrange the program for the month and all members were made responsible for increasing the attendance an invitation is herewith extended to all men and women of church or community to attend thursday evening at 730 all people interested in sunday school work are cordially invited to attend the annual pickering township sunday school conven tion in the united church on fri day of this week there will be morning afternoon and evening sessions guest speaker will be a representative of the religious eduqational council everyone please contribute towards the pot luck dinner and supper to be held in the sunday school room the first meeting of the year for the cgit was held saturday afternoon at the manse the follow- in officers were elected for the coming year president marion norton vicepresident marion middleton secretary carol john son assistant secretary erla symes treasurer beverley bar clay press reporter lois skinner pianists carol marion and bever ley recreation committee frances mccullough dorothy benson sylvia johnston the united sunday school executive held their annual meet ing last wednesday evening with the supt mr lewis in charge the treasurers report showed total revenue of s32267 including two evening concerts by the national film board expendi tures were 29860 leaving a bal ance of 2105 in treasury it was decided at a previous meeting to join the district film board and the supt stated he had paid in the stipulated amount of money s50 to the chairman the balance to he paid by the wa and good- fellowship class it was planned to have a monthly concert by the film board for the following six months period rev lackey con ducted the election of officers for the new year asmollows supt mr e lewis assistant mrs h johnson treasurer mrs cooke secy miss marian norton assist ant miss marian middleton pian ists mrs carruthers mrs stick- wood the teachers for the various classes- are goodfellowship mrs h johnson young men mr g mcconneil senior girls mrs middleton intermediate boys mrs ward or mr wallace junior boys mrs m anderson intermediate girls mrs r beelby junior girls mrs lehman primary mrs t hammond missionary supt mrs lackey temperance mr lewis brougham false alarm cuts church service agincourt jan 8 a false fire alarm shortened a church service yesterday and left townspeople indignant makhig hydro changeovers in the area comstock company employees set off the alarm so many volunteer fire brigade mem bers at knox united church answered the call and with the rest of the congregation anxious rev g a beattie cut off the ser vice and announced the last hymn many of the congregation had oil stoves left on explained the min ister mr and mrs lloyd smith of port perry were sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs geo willson mr v c willson and mr dean mains were at queensville on mon day attending the funeral of his cousin the late mr win purdy mrs ross middleton mr gerald middleton and miss post of mark- ham visited on sunday with mr and mrs reuben middleton at port hope mr and mrs t rickard and little son of uxbridge also mr g seebeck and daughter of markham spent new years with mrs d see beck mrs wm ellicott returned home after spending a few days at the home of her daughter and son-in- law mr and mrs r ford of high land creek the many friends of miss ruth gillman are sorry to hear that she again returned to oshawa hospital for another serious operation we all wish her a speedy recover mrs wc wilson and mrs wa knox who have been confined to their homes due to colds are now somewhat improved the annual congregational meet ing of st johns church will be held on wednesday evening jan 17th the annual sunday school meeting will lie held the same evening the regular monthly meeting of the wms of st johns church will be held at the home of mrs albert gray on thursday after noon jan is hostesses are mrs a gray mrs wm gray mrs robt miller and mrs w hamil ton program convener is mrs h barclay with group c roll call a verse from the book of philippians the wa of st johns church is holding a concert in the hall on friday evening jan 12th at s pm the program will consist of films shown by mr fred bunting from the dounham nursery also musical numbers tea and pie will be served come and enjoy a pleasant evening the friendly bible class met at the home of mr and mrs man- son ellicott on friday evening january 5th the meeting opened with the new president mr harold barclay in the chair after the business period mrs m annis and mr geo willson took over the worship service and the pro gram plans were made to hold a crokinole party in the hall date to be announced later the meeting closed with a dainty lunch after which mr and mrs ellicott were giyen a hearty vote of thanks for their home the wa of st johns church held their regular meeting on wed nesday jan 3rd at the home of mrs lloyd johnston the devo tional period was taken by mrs l matthews the program was in charge of mrs geo duncan plans were made for the concert being put on under the auspices of the wa with mr bunting of pickering showing dounham nurs ery slides the meeting closed with a dainty lunch being served by the hostess brougham ioof lodge no 155 met at whitevale on jan 4th with n g burton dunn in the chair the usual business was attended to and a motion passed that the lodge accept the invitation from stouffville to attend a social monday jan 8th many improve ments have been made to the hall and work nights are being held on the second and fourth thurs day of each month members are urged to attend and help with further improvements to the hall regular lodge meetings are held the first and third thursday of eacli month all members and visit ing members welcome pickering building inspector claims fulltime job the building inspector reported i district involvinj the january meeting of pick- populaut at ering township council durin 1950 he had issued 209 permits at an estimated value of 981510 comparing this with higher figures for 1919 wnieh showed 271 per mits at an estimated value of 1070150 the inspector advised he estimated roughly one third of those taking out 1919 permits had never built they were beating the 300 deposit being introduced id like to see a man able to live in a foundation for one year and still hold the permit for one year to protect the foundation 1 know of 3 foundations that have cracked already this year he added if he hasnt the money to build at the end of the year what are you goiux to do with him coun cillor burk inquired which was the til question the inspector has been on a salary of 1000 a year he stated in which he was required to work for 10 hours two days per week lie felt it should be a fulltime job and stated if it could not be made such he would go back to building police fines for the month of dec 1950 amounted to 135 the requested scale of police salaries is higgins and channing 2100 sgt white 2000 and chief trin- nell 3000 assessor jones requested court of revision be set up to deal with transfer of five properties in ajax 1s25 ion of pickering township stands at 9318 an in crease of 735 there are in the neighborhood of 5000 assessments mr jones asserted something over 0000 of this population are located in the south clerk john ston stated the assessor set out the need for a fulltime man as assistant asses sor and the need for a detailed map of the townhip showing location of the properties assessed george davidson was present and h nicholson of liverpool as they understood a bylaw was to be passed to zone taxi areas in order to standardize charges mr davidson complained a 5 town ship license for each taxi driver he employed even if it were only for three weeks was too high tor ontos license he said and badge were only 125 oshawas charge was 1 arid in whitby you paid nothing if you had a chauffeurs license council agreed 5 was high information was brought out that taxi meters cost 250 total hospitalization and tb aftercare for december as of the 20th amounted to 53210 the total expenditure for roads and bridges for the same period was 632122 a mr jones was present to ask what council intended to do about complaints regarding a clog ken nel and was assured they would take care of the matter delegation asks council for child protection that a child could easily be push ed into the water in mild or spring weather are you going to wait until a child is drowned before you do a delegation of ladies from the whats the use of dunbarton home school assoc- to lock the barn until the iation were present to enliven the ho is stolen the spokesman januarv meeting of pickering i township council on monday approve of that guardrail its jan sth reeve westnev was in dangerous bridge the deputy- the chair the onlv change in coun- roeve soed the bridge was cil being that the deputvreeves j described as dangerously narrow office is now filled by dr n e t0 s tllat widened mcewen out l rad supt has another the dunbarton ladies were k certainly there to see if council i would do two things for the bene- fit of their children first improve the approach to the back entrance of the school where the tow o men had cut down the bank with- there a ju ft out apparently graduating the ln iunu the snokes- level of the ground and second y m heres 2 feet lacetontmide ottwhtclv up thats the only way they apparently some 250 children j must go in the school by the back entrance the approach to which was not levtued from road to high in the children had to the spokesman was she wanted council replied we require a sufficient guard on that culvert and properly i would like to see a safe- done good balsam and mount kton miss margaret neal a former resident of this community passed away at the brierbush hospital on thursday jan 1 funeral service was held on saturday at stouff ville interment was made at groveside cemetery friends will be sorry to hear that mr ted appleby has return ed to the hospital for further treatment little brencla mcavoy daughter of mr and mrs frank mcavoy is sick with the measles congratulations are extended to i mr and mrs ted appleby on the birth of a son on saturday jan g at the oshawa hospital miss polina white is spending the winter with friends in brook- lin the active service class will meet on wednesday night jan 17th at the home of mrs cecil green river the union ss croquinole party will be held on friday jan 19th in the ss room everyone welcome tones this will be the annual meeting the annual congregational meet ing will be held fridav night jan 26th mr and mrs d v hoskins of toronto siient the weekend with mr and mrs reg hoskins a number from here attended the milk producers meeting and banquet at the royal york last wednesday cement bridge over the creek another announced discussion shifted back and forth so quickly between their two grievances it was difficult at times to tell which location was the centre of discussion councils attitude was that guardrails had been broken off before by trucks and it was the wrong time of the year to make the the ladies stated with some heat o up thats wilt henl ga theyre strapped or sea stel k u s any to do she was a g00 six mches of i mud on that entrance because i went in that way myself recently 1 didnt know it was so bad another lady reported council felt they could do some thing to level it off from the edge of the bank to the road and improve the condition if it thaws again and if i phone any one of you will you come out and walk through it the spokes man challenged dr mcewen promised to go out but not to walk through it r i one lady fired a parting shot best job of it j continued on back page police commission suggested for pickering township about twothirds of canadas occupied farm lands are in the prairie provinces estimated growth in canadas population in the year ending sept 1 1050 was 2s5000 pickering board adopts federation salary schedule of firms more loss 44320 canadian business subject to taxes in 1948 than a third operated- at a greenwood the congregational meeting will be held in the basement of the church on wednesday night jan 17th the yps will meet at the home of sheila and david pegg this thursday night the installation of officers of the yps took place last sunday morning during the church service also a letter of appreciation was read from mrs togerson whose husband was seriously hurt in the harbron city before christmas a sum of mo disney assistant money was collected and a basket f brown literature new business the community has been about lost without the mill running daily the evening wa met on wed nesday night at the home of miss e green the wms met at the home of mrs a j morden on jan 4th the president gave an inspiring and timely talk the worship service given in the missionary monthly followed the president and mrs r e mowbray each took a part rev ii r monkman presided over the installation of officers for 1951 which are as follows presi dent mrs m n pegg 1st vice mrs r hoskins 2nd vice mrs r e mowbray 3rd vice mrs w recording secretary mrs miss may secretary sent to the unfortunate family i mrs minaker community and the funeral of miss margaret friendship secretary mrs monk- neal of stounville was held to the man it was decided that we ask salem cemetery last saturday the wa and the auxiliaries of afternoon to a number of us she both societies the women of mt was known as aunt maggie neal i and all the women of the a number expect t5 attend the community to join in in the e sunday school convention at clare- vice of pfaver to be held in kin mont this friday sa church on feb 9th at 230 the mill has been sold again pm the next meeting will be held and the new proprietor has taken at the home of mrs f w gibson over we wish him success in his on feb 1st believed to lie the first school i board in the province of ontario to adopt the new salary schedule as laid down by the ontario secon dary teachers federation pick ering district high school board is now ready to advertise for a complete staff chairman ross irwin said today the principal lewis c r briggs is now living in pickering and a viceprincipal and 13 or 14 teachers will be sought preference will be given to applications of teachers already on the staff the new school now under construction at pickering should be ready for occupancy next september 1 mr irwin the first chairman of the board at its formation last year was accorded deserved recog nition in his reelection to head the 10man board which now in cludes four representatives appoint ed by the trustees of the improve ment district of ajax mrs fred white of liverpool continues as secreta rytreasu rer personnel of the board s as follows pickering township ap pointees w p neale b jamie- son s s pugh ontario county borx iv pickering twp eightvthrke years ago in poor health since last septem ber susthensus johnson brown beloved husband of the former ella orchard crosier passed away in the oshawa general hospital in his 83rd year a son of the late mr and mrs william brown the deceased was born at glen major pickering township on march 15 1s68 aj resident of oshawa for two years i he had resided previously at bur- lington uxbridge and hamilton j besides his wife he is survived by a sister mrs maud howe o northern ontario and a brother edwin brown of orillia i rev ii a mellow r5tc c- xorthminster united church conj ducted the funeral service t r- armstrong funeral horn inter ment was in uxbridge cemetery appointees ross invin chairman h mitchell f mcnair ajax appointees r loken vicechair man g smith d claringbold frank hicklin the board will meet the second tuesday in each month at brougham a salary schedule as laid down by the teachers union places minimum starting salary for non- specialists at 2500 with yearly increments of 200 up to a maxi mum of 5300 specialists begin at 2700 with the same increment department heads at 2900 vice- principals at 3100 allowances will be made for experience pick ering salaries will be among the highest in the province last year the board had juris diction over pickering pupils only but now ajax has been included and the name of the board altered accordingly pending completion of the new school pupils are being educated at ajax pickering clare- mont whitby and scarboro only one committee of the board has bepn appointed so far it is the finance administration and per sonnel committee committee con sisting of percy neal chairman r loken and b jamieson pickering township council had many problems confronting them at their initial meeting on jan sth but perhaps nothing was more involved than the policing prob lem councillor fred zinkie who heads the police committee moved a police commission be set up consisting of the local judge mag istrate and reeve westney ser ious discussion followed as some felt it was a hazardous step to take deputyreeve mcewen went on record as being in favour of a commission its taking it right out of our hands isnt it councillor bals- don inquired council was informed the police department want three extra men added to the staff of four men now employed by the township to police the southern part and if the policing of the northern part were taken over from the provincial police still three additional men would be needed i dont see why we need a staff of ten men one councillor object ed and the rest seemed to be of the same opinion the deputyreeve stated you couldnt get anywhere until you had a base of operations we agreed to take a building across the road from the chiefs house for a temporary setup councillor zinkie informed the meeting this building is some fifteen by twenty feet and will cost the township 35 a month plus heating radios for police cars were again discussed m m m mm mm mm mm mm mm m m m master sow pig concentrate is an excellent concentrate containing a variety of growth promoting animal and vegetable protein ingredients it is well forti fied in vitamins and contains the essential minerals required to produce good sound growth mix sow pig concentrate with home grown grains to make a balanced ration a m mmmmml m m m m m master balanced feeds for 1u cussct of rouitir farm uyf stock fur making axitmu doss mmmmmi mmmmmi remember less to feed a ration it costs balanced claremont cooperative phone 38 claremont k feeders who keep oros eventually buy master in 10 is canadas steam railways carried more than 3s million pasj sengers j bus service toronto brougham claremont east bound read down toronto time west bound read up pm pm pm am am am pm p m dally dally sun ex san ex sun sun sun sat sun sat hoi hoi onlv hoi toronto hoi hoi only hoi 945 545 200 1000 hay anil edward 840 935 520 935 1010 sio 225 1025 danforth and luttrel s10 d10 455 910 1020 fi20 235 1035 scarboro jet 800 900 415 900 1035 635 250 10 50 malvern 745 s45 430 845 1038 6 38 253 1053 browns cor 742 842 4 27 842 1040 540 255 1055 town line 740 840 425 840 l 650 305 1105 cedar grove markbani 730 830 415 830 1100 700 315 1116 locust hill 720 320 405 s20 1105 705 320 1120 green kiver 715 815 400 815 ii jo 3 25 1125 brougham 71 tf s10 355 810 1120 720 335 1135 claremont 700 s00 345 800 p wii n- vli cedir orovo fnin m 1 to oct 31 and m irsham from nov 1 to april 30 terminal at 0t4 itaj street toronto danforth bus lines