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ae tribune stouffville ont thursday december 9 154 claremont and pickering township district mr and mrs loyd pascoe visited with friend in buffalo recently mrs bob mcdonald was ad mitted to hospital on friday for n operation on her knee mr and mrs ed boniface were toronto visitors on satur day mr and mrs stubbs of to ronto visited with mr and mrs welsh over the weekend mr don baker of toronto tpent the weekend at bakers acres- mr and mrs ien lye enter tained friends from toronto ever the weekend quite a number from here at tended the stouffville santa claus parade on saturday the w i wiil be held on wed dec 15th commencing at 2 pm convener mrs mccon- jiell motto jov to the world roll call exchange of christ mas gifts demonstration of christmas decoration by mrs meconnell carols by girl guides and brownies mrs carson will assist with the programme lunch committee mrs mcleod mrs f evans mrs anderson mrs w evans mrs sanderson all ladies wel come the merry mixers group of goodwood presented their in- teresting drama dont darken my door last friday evening in the community hall there was a fair sized audience and the cast acted their parts well aiolin guitar and piano selec tions were played during inter missions proceeds went to the park board mrs m forsyth has been quite ill during the past week we trust she may soon recover the united s s concert will be held on friday evening dec 37th fuller particulars wiil be given next week mr and mrs mason lloyd of toronto were sunday visitors of her parents mr and mrs j fforton mr and mrs lawrence nor ton and family have moved into the house west of the public library recently vacated congratulations to mr and mrs carman fligg on the ar rival of a son and heir last saturday in ajax hospital mrs tyndall of altona is vis iting with mr and mrs jas coates at present the youngest son of mr and mrs gordon gauslin contract ed a cold while in the hospital for treatment and upon return ing home developed measles f the mission band will be held paxt sunday morning from 11 to 12 oclock in the united sun day school room all girls and boys invited to attend winners in the euchre on monday evening were men ist jud todd 2nd sandy go- den consolation g loyst 71 women 1st mrs r carru- thers 2nd mrs r redshaw consolation doris dolphin- on monday evening of next week a big euchre will be held lit will be the last until after christmas mr and mrs wm else and eon arthur and friend of to ronto were sunday visitors with mr and mrs ernest pil- key john and judy mrs murray phillips and girls ruby and connie called on her sisterinlaw mrs ern pilkey one day recently green river sorry to report that a nun ber of our school children are victims of the mump mrs carter and family of toronto are spending a few days with mr and mrs a pearse next sunday at the baptist ss will be white gift service at 945 pm it was very gratifying to see so many at church on sunday evening services as usual at 730 pm next sunday dont forget the christmas entertainment at the baptist ss on friday dec 17 s pm practice is now getting under way trumpet band to lead santa parade the markham high school girls trumpet band wiil head claremonts big santa claus parade on saturday afternoon of this week the annual pro cession is expected to attract hundreds of people to the vill age the parade will start at 2 oclock and proceed south in front of the judges stand to the four corners santa claus will take up his usual stand in front of ken wards garage where he will dole candy or anges and peanuts to a long lineup of kiddies the parade is sponsored by the claremont business mens association presentation of portraits of former township officials at a meeting of pickering twp council on wednesday af ternoon thirtyfive relatives and friends of former wardens and municipal officials present ed reeve geo todd with fram ed photos which will remain in the council chambers exreeve ralph mowbray presented a portrait of his fa ther mr r r mowbray a for mer warden in 1893 and 1909 mr thomas scott presented a photo on behalf of his father mr w g scott warden in 1920 m richardson presented a portrait on behalf of his un cle mr fred richardson war den in 1922 w j beaton pre sented portraits of mr g m forsyth warden in 1928 wil liam reesor warden in 1943 and his father and grandfather messrs hector and donald bea ton clerks in pickering twp from 1850 to 1944 mr henry westnev presented a portrait of his father mr w h west nev warden in 1949 reeve todd accepted the photos on behalf of the town ship in 104 years there have been eleven wardens three of whom are still living mr g m for syth mr william reesor and mr w h westney mr for syth is the eldest of the re maining exwardens fowl bingo on friday december 17th a fowl bingo will be held in the claremont legion hall time s30 pm be sure and attend card of thanks sincere thanks to all my loyal workers and supporters your interests and welfare of pickering township will always have my personal attention dur ing 1955 merry christmas and happy new year to one and all geo t todd fr friifciw t brougham several of our locals took in the turkey supper in the pres byterian churchpickering on wednesday and all report a good time and lots of turkey mr and mrs laile of toron to visited with mr and mrs h shea one day recently mr and mrs ken bent and son wayne of oshawa visited win mrs w hamilton on sun day mrs t english spent wed- nesdav last week with her daughter mrs g miiler of cherrywood mr and mrs mcguckin of goodwood visited with mr and mrs t r knox and family on sunday mr and mrs frank gostick of claremont visited mr and mrs m hamilton one day last week the regular meeting of the womens institute wiil be held in the township hall on tues- dav afternoon december 14 hostesses mrs geo gray mrs w milne mrs h mal colm and mrs geo duncan roll call something i remem ber at christmas as a child there will also be an exchange of gifts all ladies welcome the regular monthly meet ing of the womens association of st johns church was held on wednesday evening decem ber 1st at the home of mrs geo duncan with a good atten dance the president mrs bur ton was in charge meeting op ened with the singing of a hymn followed by the lords prayer minutes of the last meeting were read by the sec retary mrs willson followed by general business which in cluded the report of the recent bazaar which netted around s160 quilt convener reported two quilts quilted during the past month also one made and sold at bazaar mrs h barclay was appointed treasurer for the coming year due to the resignation of- mrs thos phil ip because of ill health mrs geo todd retains the pickering tp reeveship shoes weldons mens wear phone 172w forget about fussy hand laundering and oldfash ioned stretchers because they are made of kroy wool harveywoods absolutely guarantees they wont shrink to save darning the soft comfortable kroy wool is reinforced throughout with longwearing nylon see our handsome range of colours and patterns th jtuv a e weldon cr son g hes coming yes sir 1 santa claus comes to claremont on i sat dec llth i bands clowns floats free candv for the kidr 2 i 2 g sponsored by g the clauemont community and business association 2 mr geo todd successfully defended the office of reeve in pickering townsbip at the re cent municipal election held on friday mr bill newman was given a solid majority in the deputyreeve race the coun cillors for 1955 will be messrs wm lawson sherman scott and sidney pugh reeve todd polled 21 more votes than his closest opposi tion mr stephen stephenson todds total was 1427 while stephensons was 1216 albert care the third competitor in the field collected only 117 votes in the early returns todd pulled into the lead and held a majority in total votes as each pole reported he received strong support in the rural dis tricts of altona claremont whitevale brougham kinsale cherrywood and mount zion mr stephenson received strong support at liverpool dunbar- ton rouge pickering beach frenchmans bay and fairport beach mr bill newman a council lor for the past three years all but snowed under his op ponent mr clifford dick a resident of west rouge xew man polled 1794 votes to 909 collected by mr dick the new deputyreeve was well sup ported in both the rural and urban areas and piled up a commanding lead early in the returns in the race for the three council seats wm lawson a top contender in previous elec tions headed the polls with 1814 votes messrs sherman scott a resident of west rouge and sidney pugh of white- vale finished in that order scott polled 1451 and pugh 1419 their closest competitor was mrs jean mcpherson who collected 1159 albert hull a resident of east woodlands totalled 717 new councillors the poll by poll vote in pickering township polling subdir iteere powells 3 26 s brimbcomb 13 77 60 liverpool 14 125 39 dunbarton s 15 s3 e woodlands 3 s6 50 toynes 17 163 31 rouge 7 122 77 cherrywood 3 40 s2 kinsale 1 7 6s brougham 14 26 176 whitevale 6 19 iis mt zion 0 0 74 naremont 2 50 119 altona 0 6 95 pick beach 2 31 4 fr bay 6 91 70 fairport beach s 5s 51 w rouge 10 9s 57 brock road 0 35 7s lcpbeve councillors 54 st 112 59 130 109 35 4 17 20 3 20 1 19 52 31 119 is 90 93 131 73 73 190 144 7 iso 96 16 114 90 43 91 16 3s ss 112 72 103 12 11 6 17 11 47 25 42 si 109 110 133 69 s2 123 96 196 12s 17 120 33 102 110 111 ss 123 115 53 14 1 49 107 60 66 49 74 65 57 93 26 55 70 70 60 176 153 13s ss 16 4 2 57 79 j 43 54 100 134 65 9s 117 63 125 9 2 49 17 7s 47 1 9 47 117 1216 1427 909 1794 747 1s44 1139 1419 1451 philip has very ably carried on the treasurers work during the past five years secretary also reported receipt of check for one flower stand from the friendly bible class the meet ing was turned over to the program convener mrs h barclay who gave a very inter esting prexmas program fol lowed by a dainty lunch served by the hostess mrs geo dunc an the weekly euchre sponsor ed by the w i was held as usual on tues last when the following were winners mrs e williams mrs ii plaxton and mrs h shea mr h plax ton mr r pilkey and mr w carlton travelling prizes went to mrs wm gray and mr w carlton the december meeting of the wms of st johns chu rch will be held in the church on thursday afternoon dec 16 program convener mrs geo duncan mrs manson el- licott and mrs harvey roll call gold the many friends of mrs seebeck are sorry to hear of her recent illness but glad to know that she is improving the community club are holding a dance in the town ship hall each saturday night good music syd pugh top and sher man scott who were success ful at the polls on monday in gaining seats on the picker ing township council goodwood the baptist sunday school will hold a white gift service next sunday dec 12lh it is hoped that little tommy holman will be able to return home from sick childrens hospital within a week tommy has been there several weeks suffering from a rare blood disorder the baptist sunday school entertainment has been set for dec 23 at s15 all are wel come the goodwood wa met thursday afternoon dec 2 at the home of mrs claude wat son this was the annual busi ness meeting and rev davis of stouffville took charge of the election and installation of the following officers presi dent mrs herb wagg vice- president mrs b taylor secretary mrs l meyers treasurer mrs r story missionary convener mrs w hewlett fruit committee mrs a hall mrs harewood mrs morgason mrs a taylor mrs macdonald mrs x feas- by sick committee mrs mor gason mrs a hall mrs jeff erson mrs r feasby visiting committee mrs macdougall mrs meyers mrs n feasby mrs b taylor mrs mitchell pianist mrs claude watson the devotional was given by mrs b taylor on the christ mas theme lunch was served by mrs l tindall and mrs george dowswell a very interesting young peoples meeting was held on friday evening doris wood land had charge of the program and mrs c jones gave a talk on xoah which was very interesting it was decided to leave the piano fund open to donations christmas cards be ing sent to church family friends can be posted in the post box at the church equiva lent postage to be used for leper mission mr ancl mrs t kidd visited with his brother donald and family on sunday several local boys received their wings from the ground observer corps meeting held at the home of mr and mrs clubine on friday evening arnold maye and ken hock ley each took a load of young people to a baptist young peoples rally held in peter borough on saturday sympathy is extended to mr isaac fockett and family at this time of bereavement mr and mrs reuben may and family had dinner on sat urday with mr and mrs bald win greenwood there will be a white gift service as part of the church service this sunday please remember to bring your white gift a carol service will be held sunday evening dec 19 at 730 oclock in the church the ypu held its meeting sunday evening at the home of david pegg please keep dec 21 open for the annual christmas concert in the church sorry to report that miss mae brown is confined to the house with an attack of jaun dice winners at last weeks euchre were miss i wiikie and mr p clarke mrs maxwell and mr a morden also won prizes next euchre will be early in january election of officers took place at the regular meetings of both the afternoon and evening wa full reports will be given next week mr and mrs ii mcphail and diane of toronto were satur day visitors with mr and mrs k pegg and family farm forum met on mon day evening at the home of mr and mrs 1 mclean with 17 present we were pleased to have with us visitors from the medical coop office in tor onto miss jean mcleod editor of the guide and mr f gries- baugh national secretary of the farm forum led an in teresting discussion in the pre testing of agriculture fairs mr walter beath a member of the oshawa fair board also assisted next weeks meeting wiil be in claremont at the home of mr and mrs f hay- ward when any jr farmers members of 4h clubs or any young farmers are invited to attend the topic will be getting started congratulations to mr bill lawson on being successful in mondays municipal election mr iawson will again serve on the council jud todd president claremont legion at the annual election meet ing of the claremont legion mr jud todd was appointed president to succeed mr jack lehman 1st vice pies mr s carruthers 2ndvice mr gor don benson executive ralph norton bud norton and gor don taylor the treasurer is mr henry desiardin sec mr sandy goden sgt in arnisal short smart accessories fancy collars of angora velvet lace new bells of corde velvet metallic hand bags in velvet corde leather plastic wool beret and glove sets teevee sox fancy trim scarves in wool satin nylon crepe handkies boxed or separate parasols short travel type or regular aprons in nylon organdie print nylon hosiery 42455160 gauge practical useful suggestions flanelette or cotton sheets pillow slips embroidered twotone bathtowels fancy boxed or separate rich lace tablecloths lovely linen or rayon table cloths bed spreads in homespun chenelle satin teatowels all linen part linen cotton cosy flanelette gowns or pyjamas penmans fine wool hosiery toys dolls spofford novelties co sto v iu ont phone lfll