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the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 5 1950 glaremont and pickering twp district the baptist ladies will be hold- mr and mrs r e rusnell mrs ing their bazaar on saturday stan slack and mr and mrs fred nov 11th in their sunday school lewis visited at the home of mr room mrs mina mcmaster of green- bank and mrs herman walker of port perry visited mrs ernest pilkey- and family one day last week mrs d pugh visited on sunday at the home of mr and mrs mor gan hill mr and mrs joe ward and fam ily of oshawa visited on sunday with mr and mrs walter ward mrs stephenson of aurora is spending a couple of weeks with her sister mr and mrs walter ward we regret the sudden illness of jlrs david gregg which necessi tated her removal to the east gen eral hospital toronto on monday sept 25th we trust she may soon be restored to health mrs lackey sr of frankford has been visiting for a few days with rev harold and mrs lackey and children the death occurred on saturday sept 30th in oshawa hospital of mary carter wife of the late james carter in her 80th year the late mrs carter was well known in and around claremont district for the past 35 years and was a member of the united church and womens institute of claremont a couple of years ago owing to ill health she sold her home here to mr and mrs peddie of glen major and went to live with her daughter in tor onto and recently with a son in oshawa funeral services were held in claremont united church on monday oct 2nd at three oclock thence to the union ceme tery for interment she leaves to mourn her loss a daughter mrs edith wacey of peterboro five grandchildren and five great grand children the goodfellowship class will be held on tuesday evening oct 10th at the home of air and mrs fred redshaw and mrs towner the womans missionary society will be held on thursday oct 12th at 230 oclock at the home of mrs nelson tomlinson mrs mclntyres group is in charge of the program a good attendance is hoped for congratulations to miss ida brignall formerly of claremont who has been with evangeline shops of toronto for the past year on being transferred to peter- horough where she will manage the new evangeline shop being opened there about nov 1st miss mary neale missionary to the young people in and around sault st marie for the canadian sunday school association spoke of her work in organizing sunday schools vacation schools and bible teaching in public schools she showed slides of various groups and places in connection with her work at claremont united sunday school last sunday morning miss neale has been enjoying a few weeks holidays with her another but was returning to her work in the north on sun day evening and mrs edgar sherk on sunday afternoon brougham mrs r birrell district presi dent of wi visited the brooklin branch on wednesday afternoon and gave an address mrs l w sheppard spent the weekend with her daughter muriel also mrs begg of toronto while she is receiving medical treatment in toronto mrs woodward who has been ill during the past week is now some what improved mrs russell who has been stay ing with her daughter mrs n burton suffered a stroke one day last week and is now in a very weak condition mr and mrs madden ot toronto and mrs lida douglas of chicago called on mr l w sheppard on sunday mrs douglas and mr sheppard were school mates and this is their first meeting in the past thirtyfour years congratulations to mr and mrs gilbert wannopp on the arrival of a little daughter mrs c bate and friends from port hope called on mrs beer sr on sunday last mr and mrs d l mairs had sunday dinner with toronto friends anniversary services will be held in st johns church on oct 29th with service at 230 pm and 730 pm keep this date open mr and mrs alex gray and sons visited his brother and sister-in- law mr and mrs a j gray on sunday mrs coulter mr ted scott and mr and mrs scott of toronto called at the sheppard home on sunday mr and mrs t anderson of toronto visited with mr and mrs kenneth pascoe on sunday mr and mrs mitchell of toronto also miss sharp and lady friend of grhawa called on mr and mrs al harvey on sunday afternoon mrs l hopkins suffered a badly sprained ankle last week but is able to be around again mr and mrs john gillman visited toronto friends during the weekend miss barbara mairs spent the weekend with toronto friends the many friends of mrs wm ellicott are sorry she is still con fined to her bed but wish her a speedy recovery mrs wright and mrs l matt hews spent friday afternoon with brooklin friends mrs todd spent the weekend at her home in aurora mr and mrs w ellicott of tor onto visited with his parents mr and mrs wm ellicott on sunday keep in mind the womens institute euchre each tuesday evening come and bring a friend the euchre in the hall last tues literally on the skids plane crash kills two in dagmar hills near here green river baptist church on no 7 highway had to be moved back 50 feet from the highway to allow for extension and a new basement work men rest at the completion of the job township road staff gets pay boost seven comprising the township road staff appeared before pick ering township council on oct 2nd to ask for a raise in pay the spokesman stated they felt they were not receiving enough pay at 70 cents an hour and asked for a raise of 15 cents councillor balsdon said i think theyre entitled to more money it was recalled they came to council in october last year and requested a tencent raise but only received five cents which became effective in november council felt they were good hardworking men working ten hours a day 6 days a week and sometimes were called to do some work on the seventh in 1046 these men were receiving 40 cents an hour one man recalled maybe we should ask 1 the spokesman ventured ill move we give them the 85 before you do stated councillor zinkie councillor balsdon second ed the motion which was carried council has busy session handling complaints complaints took up a large part of the time at the october session of pickering township council on monday oct 2nd complaints about the necessity of ditching roads and clearing away the brush growing in ditches the cost of calcium compared with the good it did and high assessment and taxes mr hill presented a sorry picture of the condition of fair- port road north where he stated there were large holes and dog- wood and trees growing profusely in the ditches i think both sides should be ditched he protested youve never been over it when its rough its 18 years ago since ward was going to ditch that road some of the places youve got to have 5 feet of water in it before it starts to run he stated fairport rd north didnt want any calcium put on they could have it done more cheaply by another party than by the township in 1950 it cost us 116 for cal cium for ivi miles and we can get it done for 35 it would take 28 bags he stated and added in 1949 ward put 3 bags on we followed him down deputyreeve todd concluded the ditching problem by saying i day evening sponsored by the move we do both sides right now womens institute was not as well and get it done councillor burk seconded the motion which was carried mr jack martin of rosebank subdivision stated the need of ditching on rosebank road and old forest road he inquired about the dogcatcher and if there was any hope of something being done toy him by spring he was assured a bylaw was being pre pared but as some loopholes had been found in it further clarifica tion was necessary mr martin suggested some of the township equipment might be stabled in the southern part of the township perhaps a snowplow for instance to save the long run down there from headquarters he again complained of the difficulty at the home of the brides parents of reaching chief of police trln- mr and mrs raine near nestle- nell on the phone and was assured ton i everything possible was being congratulations to mr and mrs i done to secure a pickeriiig phone donald peters nee marion carter for the chief mr martins next who were married on saturday question was when are we going evening to get water in pickering attended as was wished for but all report a pleasant evening prize winners were mrs mcdon aid mrs c plaxton mrs robt miller mr donald white mr bert beer and mir gordon riddle the womens iastitute will hold their next regular meeting in the township hall on tuesday after noon oct 10th a special invita tion is extended to all young married ladies roll call your favorite song hostesses are mrs w ellicott mrs h malcolm mrs gillman mrs spang and mrs wm gray mr and mrs a j gray attended the beelbyraine wedding in greenwood church on saturday afternoon and later the reception never promptly answered a bystander i wouldnt say that mr martin rejoined what is a calendar month asked reeve westjiey when mr martin asked for clarification of the wording on tax bills re over due payments the penalty being vi of 1 on taxes overdue for each calendar month mr martin said he and others wanted to know if taxes were due on the 15th of the month if you paid on the loth of the next month was that one or two months penalty what did the collector say the reeve queried he said youve got me there take it in to them the council council agreed a calendar month was from the first to the end of any month and declared they would be more explicit in the wording on the bills in future there were no sheep or dog claims twentythree building per mits were issued for the month for an estimated value of 65475 total road expenditure for the month was 646916 while hospitalization and tb aftercare totalled 58452 insurance on the municipal building was renewed for 3 years the amount being raised from 3000 to 6000 owing to unsettled financial conditions all except one appli cant withdrew their tenders on the debenture issue of half a million dollars re the area high school councillor burk moved j council call for new tenders to close oct 10th at 8 pm this was seconded by deput3reeve todd and the motion was carried dr mcewen was present to call councils attention to places he felt the building inspector should investigate mr hurley of lot 32 of the 8th con felt 20 rods of ditchingfshould be done to save repetition of gravel being washed off the road into his orchard and washing out small trees two young toronto fliers were killed just before dark sunday night when their rented plane crashed in the dagmar hills a few miles east of claremont witnesses and police said the pilot had buzzed the cottage of his girl friend several times before going into a spin and hitting a hilltop cottage is near chalk lake the dead are donald dodd 21 110 mona dr pilot and charles bennett mist 20 of 67 brentclilte rd both were licensed pilots they rented the plane a nearly new 6000 cessna 1 10 from cen tral airways co at the island airport the manager of the com pany robert s wong said they told him they planned to do some local flying for 45 minutes they were killed just about the time the aircraft was due back at the air port the two young fliers motored to the dagmar hills sunday mgrning and spent part of their day at the cottage of mr and mrs david pitka and their daughter norah donald dodds the pilot and norah had met this summer and had be come friends dodds and mist promised to return to toronto and obtain an aircraft and return to the pitka cottage and bomb it with a flour sack police and witnesses said the plane buzzed the pitka cottage several times and dropped the flour bomb but on the final low flight in the hill country the plane went into a spin and hit a hilltop the fliers were killed instantly one witness at the scene said wreckage was scattered more than 150 feet five other witnesses saw the fatal spin and crash and rushed up the hill with a fire extinguisher there was no fire but they pulled the bodies from the wreckage assessment more than seven and half million messrs m mctaggart waltort norton presbyterial president carson wm and milt pegg was guest speaker and gave a very attended the cattle sale on the interesting talk on her impression manitoulin island last thursday from the school for leaders the mr and mrs a smith of tor- october meeting will be held at onto were visitors with mr ind home of mrs e pegg mrs fred byers last sunday mrs wm tate of eldorado has been spending a few days with mrs perry wilson a television set has found its way to the home of mr gow3n the regular meeting of the the new 1951 assessment roll in evening auxiliary of the wms j pickering township shows a total was held at the home of mrs assessment of approximately 7- monkman on wednesday evening 744000 which is an increase of sept 27th with the members of 31s000 over this year the figures the afternoon auxiliary as guests i reveal that the population too has the president mrs e pegg pre- jumped to 9200 an increase of 600 sided and was in charge of the over the previous tabulation worship service assisted by mrs the supplementary assessment r jackman and miss b mclean i for 1950 added approximately the theme being the spirit of the 119000 to the roll and the few cross a report on the school for minor appeals against this assess- leaders held at whitby ladies ment which is on new buildings college was given by miss sheila under construction since january of pegg assisted by misses joyce this year were dealt with without closson and joanne morden mrs the sitting of a court of revision greenwood the mission band will meet this saturday oct 7th at the parson age the wms for the circuit meets this thursday at the home of mrs f gibson with mrs minaker in charge of the program we are pleased to report that mrs lawson parks of oshawa is improving from an attack of pneumonia mrs a morden is accompaning her brother on a trip to vancouver for a month farm supplies molasses unsurpassed as a sweetener tonic food and all round conditioner beet pulp order now for delivery from car due to arrive late this month ducralloy plow shares otaco shares for ford ace bottom or oliver plows gyproc wall board for partitions sol min an excellent cattle mineral pig min an excellent pig mineral for feeding with your grain use master sow pig concentrates for mixing with your grain to make a balanced feed for your hogs poultry concentrates for hens or dairy 24 for dairy cows fibrun silo paper for lining portable silos coop master feeds fencing roofing hardware coal claremont cpoperative phone 38 claremont pickering twp wins speeding appeal it is not often that a speeding charge is appealed before a county judge but this was done by pick ering township on monday and the appeal heard by judge cole man was successful the appeal followed the dismissal by magis trate frank e ebbs of a speeding charge which pickering township police laid against thomas j driver 29 of toronto the drivers defence to the charge was that the police clocked him with an old car which belched smoke and fire when it drew along side of him last week when 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