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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 22 19m claremont and pickering township district mr- and mr grant taylor mixed trebo- tourney tid 5on sr enjoying a coupl a hxm k tournament car wrecked hit broadside by truck of weeks vacation ir far xorth- e ontario mr len lye mr don hed ges ard rosemary are enjoy the ciaremoo bowling green on friday eve- wns of tlls starting at 1 7 pm it will be claremoms irz several davs vacation first touniamen little miss mudred banto of on july 28th a greenhank enjoying a week i will be held or two of visiting with mr and j mrs mayes mrs hockley of ixbridze has been visiting for a few days at j the home of her son mr and i m s howard hockley mr and mr- miles of 7th of pickering have old their farm and expect to move from the coramnuity at large in a few months we regert to say mr and mr tansley spent a few days recently visiting at fenclon falls wedding bell- have been ring ing again in our community mri margaret pugh and mr ernest stephenson of oshawa vere married bv rev g this season mens trebles postmaster at pickering injured in accident pickering village postmaster i edward booth 02 is recover ing from injuries received when his car was almost completely demolished last week mr booth a resident of ri7 king street whitby was driving en highway 2 when a oneton truck proceeding south davijon the pickeringwhithy town- son claremont saturday line collided with him also july 17th at his cottage con- j hospitalized and later released 2 ulations j was john troistacz of toron- ir and mrs k cook and to a passenger in the truck mr ami mrs bruce harton have returned home from a very enjoyable motor vacation during the pasttwo weeks the wms meeting will be heid on thursday afternoon july ih at the home of mrs lackey this is exocted to be a special affair with the bap tist circle as guests remem ber the date july 29tti at 230 the baptist circle will meet on tuesday july 27th at 210 at the home of mrs burnell mrs keith drakes group will have charge of the programme topic new frontiers in wes tern canada all ladies invited to attend mrs cook of lansing has been visiting among relatives during the past couple weeks we understand that mr and mrs peter white have pur chased the house and lot pres ently occupied by mr and mrs douglas norton east of the general store on the four cor ners mr and mrs r hockley and son motored into the northern ontario district for the week end report of ml pleasant school teacher miss mildred iinton grade 8 to 9 laurie barclay honors john johnson grade 7 to 8 glenn wilson honors grade b to 7 lyle jackson honors jean barclay honors grade 5 to 6 faye madill honors stanley barclay honors kenneth wilson clifford reynolds cade 4 to 5 grace jackson tonors eldon wilson giade 3 to i marion ellicott honors linda barclay honors grade 2 to 3 john miller honors barbara pugh honors grade 1 to 2 gail ellicott honors wayne madill honors ivan wilson honors police report that mr booth was proceeding west on the highway from his home to pickering when a southbound truck owned and driven by thomas nakladvzuk proceed ing south on the townhne col lided with the right side of his car the impact tore the entire right side out of the booth lclmodei car the right front door was hurled into the south ditch of the highway some distance west of the acci dent scene and the car was turned completely around coming- to resl with the left rear wheel touching the south edge of the pavement the right from wheel in the south ditch the truck spun around to the west and came to rest in a northwesterly position al most blocking the north half of tlie pavement its load of plastering supplies planks mortar mixing equipment etc was hurled off by the impact and landed on the gravel road south of the highway or g w lindsay and dr 1 w ruddy of whitby were called to the scene and ordered ikith mr booth and troistacz to hospital at the hospital it was found that mr booth suffered a brok en kneecap and a possible frac ture of the hip in addition to lacerations about the face and arms troistacz was released following treatment for abra sions to the scalp and contu sions in the left chest the accident was investigat ed by cpl murray bruce and constable cy barton assisting in traffic direction were con stables w l smith and quin- lan all of the whitby detach ment of the opp isfesajssjs in the third atvldem in the whitby district in less than 24 hours pickerings popular post m a ip r ed wa rd root h so kins street whitby suff ered severe injuries above it shown the right side of hi 1954 model car the whole side completely torn out not showing in the photo is the right front door which lays in the ditch in front of the car mr booths car was hit broadside by a truck rule drowning in pickering park pool accidental beyond aid by the time ajax hospital wav reached reviewing the evidence cor oner f a cuddy pointed out that although a slight bruise was noticed on the childs fore head there was little doubt she had died from drowning the jury retired for 15 min utes before delivering its ver dict in the opinion of the bran don sun an official of the com pany is a chap who can get off whenever he wants to be sure to attend sutton agricultural society 1954 sutton fair horse show on thursday friday saturday aug 567 see womenv childrens exhibits livestock jfr horse hid ring steilechao flare trials of speed lumpers hunters midway attraction every day evening gramlstnnd show elmi thuee days of ftx extekta1xment iniitivvrrr s83ms35i3hc55 vv for top quality dependable binder twine phone today claremont coop 1 3s collccl claremont a verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroners jury on monday night which enquired in to the circumstan ces surrounding the drowning in ptickrin park pond picker ing township of eightyearold josephine marie de groot of kinsale on sunday lithe 20 the verdict was accompanied by a rider to the effect that the department of health be re quested to inspect the pond dr p a cuddy of whitby presided at the inquest which was held in the pickering dis trict public school r d hum phreys qc of oshawa assist ed the coroner in the adduc tion of evidence one of the witnesses called was joseph de groot father of the dead child mr de groot said that on sunday afternoon june 20 he had visited the swimming pond ih pickering park accompanied by his wife and nine children all but mrs de groot and the eldest son john had gone swimming and it was not until they emerged from the water and congregat ed at a picnic table that it was noticed that josephine was missing a search was started in the adjoining park and in the pond and terminated when john 15 discovered the body of his sister lying on the bot tom of the pond in several feet of water mr de groot claimed that mud stirred up by the many people who had been using the pond made it almost impossi ble to see anything in the wa ter he added that on a prev ious visit to the pond a fence had been used to prevent young children from venturing into deep water but on the day of the accident no such fence was erected john de groot corroborated his fathers evidence and went on to say that there were weeds on the pond bottom and on the surface of the water he added that the last time he saw his sister josephine she was play ing with a floating fence post in the water describing the finding of his sister john said that he could not see her under the water but had felt her with his foot hartmtit schmid 21 of whitby who was present at the time of the accident claim ed that he is a member of the german life saving associa tion and had applied artificial respiration to the child ques tioned by mr humphreys he said that there were weeds growing from the pond bottom to the surface at the east end and that the bottom was cov- ered by a sixinch layer of dead weeds c a garrard who operates the iwnd as a swimming pool claimed that he was always in attendance when people were bathing and that on the after noon of the tragedy he had no noticed little josephine in diffi culties nor had he oliserved any commotion he stated thai he could swim and that two tire tubes were available in case of emergency questioned by mr humphreys garrard acknowledged that he had no health certificate for his pond and said that he did not think he required one the water in the pond had been examined by the hoy scouts he claimed mr garrard went on to say lliit the pond was in to 15 fee- at i- deepi and hiit it was isol uncommon o have o- er 00 people in and alwut the ond at the same time mr gar rard stated that to summon an ambulance on the afternoon of the drowning he had to drive threequarters of a mile to the nearest telephone other witnesses were pro vineial policemen g parting i ton s v pointer and dr j pictured above is six-year- v wr of ajax both the oi1 erry hopkins on of policemen said that the water looked muddy dr bosch at- mr and mrs ho tempted w resiucitase the child a claremont he is in the ambulance but she was sardg under a beautiful goodwood the 1st goodwood cub pack will be going on a hike next saturday leaving the ln- ited church at 1000 and re turning by soo pm the pro gram will include outdoor games and a cooked supper cubs are asked to bring a sandwich lunch caroline bunkers knee which was badly cut last week is im proving slowly death of mr isaac shaver last week took goodwoods eldest resident he was almost a limctime resilient of the dis trict sympathy is extended to his relatives and to mrs wil- iard slack who has cared for him for some time mr and mrs lance coulinc visited with mr and mrs bald win on tuesday mr and mrs bert slave and family visited with mr and mrs bill jewell who live east of peterboro on thursday the bvpu meeting on fri day evening was very well at tended mrs b mayo chose as her topic are we too busy many of us are too busy to take an interest and do the lords work sorry to know that mr hill davis iss itiil cmfwy emfwye davis is still in brierbush hos pital on saturday july 10 the goodwood ladies and mens orange lodges attended the walk in oshawa the ladies were accompanied by the mar- kham girls band the men by bowmanville pipe band which won the prize for the best band in attendance on monday july 12 many of the goodwood lod ges attended the parade held in sunderland misses joan and janette slack have been holidaying with their aunt mrs harvey feasby of stoiiltville mr lawrence evans will be the speaker in the baptist church on sunday next prayer meeting will be held at the home of mr and mrs bert maye on thursday eve ning mr and mrs stan slack and family and mr and mrs nor man dickinson and family at tended a slack family picnic in stoiiltville park on sunday eve ning we regret to hear that mrs george evans of siloam is in port perry hospital we are hoiing she may soon recover enough to be home again mrs norman mills has re turned home from toronto hos pital mr dick taylor is confined to bed with rheumatic fever mr and mrs will may were supper guests with her niece mr and mrs russel allbright on sunday evening they were celebrating mrs slays sisters birthday mrs forsythe was eightyone on sunday wedding bells are ringing iwice on the rural route green river church crowded as bible school closes on friday nich of las week the green river baptist chu rch was crowded as children parents and friends attendod the closing exercises of the two week vacation bible school the topic pioneering with christ recalled the days of the covered wagon and com pared the dangers that faced the hardy pioneers with the various forms of dangers which confront christians of today close to sixty children atten ded ranging in age from four to fourteen years some twen ty special awards were handed out along with a number of awards for perfect attendance much of the credit for the suc cess of the school is due to the leader mrs t hassall the other teachers who conduetd classes were mrs r hamilton mrs j momurray mrs b dra per mrs l lehman miss r hutchinqs miss d ireson rev a j heal and mrs heal seven brigades in defence drill seven fire brigades partici pated in a civic defence drill held at ixbridge on thursday night uxbridge oshawa sun derland port perry canning- ton brooklin and beaverton by mrs a short and the theme brigades took part the drill the righteous nations busi- took place at klgin pond and ness was discussed and a pie greenwood this coming sunday the 25th there will be no sunday school or church service a number of folk have been flu victims this last week the afternoon wa catered to a group from toronto last saturday afternoon while the evening wa served food to a picnic from milliken miss jean pascoe and friends spent last sunday at sturgeon lake mr ed pegg returned home last week from the north eoun try mr and mrs bert maskell of oshawa were visitors at the les wilson home last sunday afternoon the evening wa was held at the home of mrs win law- son last wednesday night the worship service was conducted up reach street the combined brigades gave a demonstration on pumping in relays from one truck to an other as well as working in close cooperation in a general practice the public were al lowed to watch the exercises ontario county crops good farmers in ontario county are looking forward to good yields this year since the spring there has been an all round improvement despite oc casional bad weather hay is surprisingly good and grain better than average though a little short in the straw the potato crop is also very good apples are coining along very well the prospects for mcin toshs being particularly bright later varieties are expected to fall below average but this is not worrying farmers as most of the orchards in the area are producing mcintoshs the pea lacking factory at whitby reports a very late crop that is below average but they are hoping for better hog prices are down weaning pigs fetching 5 less than six weeks ago and milk quotas have been cut by a reported 12 per cent a husband is a person who thinks being late for his meals is no trouble nic was planned for august 10 at woodlawn park for mem bers and families and also the wms evening aux in place of the august meeting the next meeting is to be at mrs g eastwoods home a social hour was enjoyed by all with a delightful lunch the commit tee consisted of mrs w max well mrs t gardiner and mrs short mr and mrs l wilson mrs p wilson and mrs fairgrieve were guests of john and mrs middleton last sunday eve ning rose arbor a picture green river congratulations to mr and mrs t bowles on the gift of a son a brother for carol ann mr and mrs laychuck and family of scarboro junction were sunday visitors with mrs v postili mr and mrs e forsyth were sunday visitors to long branch sympathy is extended to mrs r hamilton in the loss of her uncle mr j robinson of manitoba little linda henry is holi daying with her grandparents mr and mrs w smelham on sunday evening next the regular church service will- be held at the usual hour of 730 visitors at the chafen home were mr and mrs roger self of toronto mr and mrs james french and family also mr and mrs lipset and family of long branch last repons from ken cha fen and friend were that they were in vancouver and head ing for prince rupert the ladies aid will hold its regular meeting at the home of mrs t robinson ixeust hill on wed july 2sth at s pm please note change of time arbor of red roses with hi lo- toots the artkir is complete overevi with hun- dreds f blooms and i a beauty spot at tills time of year may lose permit three months a 50 fine with costs with the option of one month in jail and a ski fine or 10 davs in jail was imposed last week on robert l gates 17 of cherrywood pickering on a careless driving charge and a eharce of driving without a licence respectively the sentences are to run concurrently and a recommen dation to suspend accuseds op erators permit for a period of three months is to be made the charges were heard before magistrate ebbs in oshawa court police state that accused ran into the back of a car driven by helen rotor of pickering when she slowed flown for orac pheasans crossing the road skid marks 156 feet in length were observed to have been made by accuseds car said the magistrate to accus ed how much did you pay fo- vour cv replied gate- 50 responded h- honour t thats what i thought brougham mr and mrs a m crockc and daughters of agircourt- cahed on their aunt mrs mat thews on monday master allan powell spent last week holidaying with his grandparents mr and mrs w petty of cherrywood mr and mrs h robertson of toronto called on mrs lem- mon one day las week mrs ai harvey entertained her aunts miss sharp of buf falo and miss sharp of oshawa one day recently congratulations tc mr and mrs me norrish on the arrival of a little daughter a sister for brian mr powell of iftttle britain visited with his son stan and mrs powell on sunday mr and mrs e l crocker of toronto had tea with mrs matthews on monday after noon miss karen king of simcoe is holidaying with her grand mother sirs h shea mr and mrs ralph craw- ford and family of whitby spent the weekend with her parents howard and mrs mal colm the regular meeting of the brougham womens institute was held in the township hall on tuesday afternoon july 13 with a good attendance the president mrs m ellicott pre sided the program citizen ship and education was taken bv the convener mrs r3y elli cott who save a very interest- rg paper miss dorothy will- sois favored with a piano solo miss carol white gave 3 read- ins on our flag and misses jean and linda barclay f3orei with a vocal solo roll call was answer ed by my first school and my first teacher the meeting closed with lunch serv ed by the hosetesses mrs win knox mrs g hodgson miss seebeck and mrs matthews miss wilcox of toronto spent the paiit week with her sister mrs bruce ritchie friends from oshawa ajax and toronto visited on sun day at meadowbrook with mrs sedon mr and mrs geo knox and family of enniskillen visited on sunday with his parents wm and mrs knox mr and mrs e e annis of athens visited with friends around here over the weekend mr and mrs a harvey sr ami john also mrs sher lock of toronto were at tall pines haliburton on sunday visiting mr and mrs bob harvey mr and mrs honey also mr and mrs f honey visited the formers daughter mrs m annis during the weekend mr and mrs donald duncan of brooklin visited with her parents mr and mrs fred hamilton on sunday 1f m ii hft m n 1 1 i t tfr fr markham piigxk 357 two shows xltely matinee saturday afternoon friday saturday july 23 24 two magnificent thrills thumochimg adventure of tho and on the same thriilinp program flamingarrowsisxwkingisuhs ftttntd by moh in th sovthwcili hhlork mojert deitrtt gilbert roland 6lenda farreil robert horton barbara rufck gene lockhart sewn ri ti jerry oavis o- t ovu monday lo wednesday july 2g lo 28 giant 3 unit show hit no i rll filmed in thi fiji islands hit no 2 eddie cantor al jolson in minstrel days down memory lane hit no the west at lis hest r 0 15 e k t s ii a n k in oklahoma outlaws soon all in technicolor rob roy plus roy rogers in pecos bill