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stouffville tribune thurs dec 21st 1939 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent mrs wm birkett spent part of last week in toronto miss c johnson of unionville has been spending a few weeks visiting with mr and mrs ralph wellman mr joe farr is all smiles these days its another girl miss s e evans has been suffering with a cold during the past week mr fred morley is still not as well as his many friends would like to see his son gordon and mr charles derusha are attending to his work mr and mrs j ward and mrs michael of whitby were visitors in town on sunday miss effie miller who has been in bed for a long time we hear is much better mr tobias caster is still very poorly a specialist from toron to was called last week and a trained nuise is now in atten dance mr levi linton a former resi dent of this section is visiting around the district the bypu of the baptist church were invited over to the home of mr and mrs edgar ward for their meeting last monday evening the white gift service of the united church sunday school proved a fine success over fifty bundles were shipped to the fred victor mission toronto mr dave connelly is in the hospital again connelly was injured in a motorcycle accident a couple of weeks ago when the late dave rae lost his life compliments are heard on every hand over the christmas greeting mailed out by the unit ed church pastor the four page folder has a picturesque christ mas front with the order of christmas services on the inside miss enid cook was home from toronto over the weekend lucky numbers in the boose grocerv draw are 3058 3689 3709 3002 3008 3727 mrs michael of whitby was a sunday visitor at the ralph evans home the price of fowl at present is not what a good many would like to see but we talked with i one old timer who remembered the time when turkeys were 6c per pound and chickens 5c lb its not too late to get a radio for christmas see coopers adv page 7 city notables enjoy shoot a couple of toronto notables were in the village on saturday at walter wards we expect gregory clark who was one of the visitors will have picked up a few ideas for his birds eye centre page of the toronto star weekly mayor ralph day was also present to enjoy the shoot ing chicken coops raided chicken thieves were rampant in the district last week and cleaned up at least two local pens george hill of the 6th con cession north was we under stand attending a fowl raffle one evening last week when the bird snatchers cleaned out his pens this we are told was the second misfortune to befall the hill household within a week for on thursday mr hill had his pocket neatly picked of 5000 while attending the market fail- in uxbridge the chicken house of ed pugh who lives just south of the village on the ibrock road also lost a number of hens last weekend fine donation from grocery donations were gratefully acknowledged by the scott institute of toronto last week from the boose grocery of claremont 2 bags potatoes 1 bag onions 1 case pork and beans and 1 case corn and 1 case beans other local donations txhtibt wqnx our wish is that happiness will descend upon you this christmas day like a welcome blanket of fleecy snow bathing all in its cheery brightness re curtis were w s wilton 55 mrs adam ballantyne 5 mrs l j cameron s3 and j m scott 5 nominations this week nominations will be held for pickering township on friday of this week dec 22 with elec tion if necessary on monday january 1st we understand that all present members of the council will stand for reelec tion rumor has had it that ratepayers in the south of the township would press the nom ination of new candidates but as far as we can learn there is no truth in the report nintytwo on tuesday ralph mowbray celebrated his ninetysecond birthday at his home on tuesday mr mowbray who farmed for many years in pickering township before his retirement has been associated with public life in the county for more than fifty years first elected deputy- reeve of pickering in 1889 mr mowbrav occupied the wardens chair in 1893 and 1909 and served almost continuously as reeve deputyreeve and coun cillor from the date of his first election until 1918 a liberal in politics mr moworay still takes a keen interest in public affairs and reads every issue of han sard one of two daughters is mrs r s mclaughlin oshawa writes from the old country a letter was received last week by a claremont resident from the rev h stephens former claremont and stouff ville pastor now residing at cow per road hariwell london england mr stephens tells of receiving the tribune and from the letter we quote the follow ing interesting passage no airraids over our part of lon don yet but we are well pre pared we have several people in the church who like myself are trained airraid wardens also some firstaid people so if we have an attack while we are in church those who cannot get to their homes or to shelter can remain we have our firstaid equipment and refreshments in the church folks are feeling the effects of the iblackouts which are very severe we have a good flashlight which we have to keep down if you flash the light up you will very soon have a policeman after you we are al ways on the lookout for airo- planes now we are being rationed one quarter pound of butter per person a week and the same amount of bacon tea and meat are also quite dear ralph who is wellknown locally is in training for an raf pilot and there is talk of him being sent to canada past days in pickering pfiristmtml fciv wwftpmcetohauquaotpoulwy we were very careful to select the cream of the crop of holiday turkeys geese chickens and ducks because we know you want the nicest tenderest bird for your festive holiday table come in and choose from these prize specimens priced no higher oboyles meat market phone 3501 stouffville brougham mr ross madill spent mon day with friends in queensville mr and mrs frank carter and family spent a day in tor onto last week mr and mrs george gray of cherry wood visited his brother on sunday mrs easton spent a day in toronto last week mr and mrs judd and family have moved to udora mr c thompson and l mathews had a business trip to oshawa last week family and near relatives of mr albert matthews gathered at his home on sunday for a surprise party in honor of his 62nd birthday mr matthews was born in pickering township and has farmed there all his life having purchased a property on the 7th concession over ten years ago there is one brother l mathews of brougham and two sisters mrs crocker and mrs whitter both of toronto mr matthews wife was the former kate madill the couple having been married over thir ty years ago there are two daughters mrs harbron and dora at home and one grand daughter mr matthews was the recipient of a flood of fine gifts on this occasion friends were present from toronto pickering and brooklin township officials entertained a very pleasant evening was enjoyed at the mathews house brougham on friday evening when reeve remowbray play ed host to his council and twp officials and a number of guests to a venison dinner those pre sent included councillors downs annis and ruddy de puty reeve will reesor road supt roy ward clerk donald beaton treasurer hugh pugh school officer j phillip relief officer morley bldg ins prouse the township of pickering is essentially an agriculture area its settlers early gave their attention to the effective culti vation of the soil and the furn ishing of their farms with stock and of good quality in later years it has taken a high place among the townships of the province in these respects the settlers who came in the early thirties found that the wixons had large and welltilled fields and orchards of consider able size in the year 1849 a match was held for ploughmen on the farm of asa post between twenty from scarboro twenty from whitby winning 21 pounds was paid for the com petitors dinners at william palmers and five shillings for beer on the field as early as 1850 pickering had a township agricultural society no name is better known in the annals of stock- raising in canada than that of graham bros of claremont their father richard graham settled on lot 23 con 9 about the year 1870 and immediately began to give special attention to the breeding of horses two years later his reputation as an importer became established when he brought out royal exchange a splendid clydes dale which won in the two years he was owned by mr graham eighteen first prizes and two championships and at the end of that time was sold to mr beith of bowmanville for s3000 in 1880 he imported an other horse which took high rank namely prince arthur tn 1881 mr graham died but he left his business in capable hands his sons robert william and thomas had been in train ing for some years and under their direction the business continued to flourish for some time in 1889 at the spring show in toronto and again at the show in 1890 graham bros had the champion macbean in 1898 robert graham the eldest of the three brothers separated from the firm and joined partnership in the flour ishing firm of graham atid ren frew of bedford park ontario thomas graham was for three years president of the clydesdale horse association james davidson a native of aberdeenshire came to canada in 1842 in october of that year he purchased his farm lot 1 con 8 on which there were forty acres cleared he bought a team of horses for 165 and six cattle two of them being cows for 80 the foundation of his herd of shorthorns was laid in 1860 by the purchase of two cows from the late john p wheeler of scarboro and one cow cherry bred fry george miller of mark- ham his business rapidly ex panded and by 1874 he was shipping cattle into the united states his attention was not altogether confined to cattle for in 1865 he purchased the well- known imported clydesdale mare darling she had three foals and then died but her dughter darling 2nd had nine foals the lowest price for any one of them being 1000 which was for a yearling mr david son died in 1902 at the disper sion sale of his stock 48 head were sold for 10165 an aver age of 211 moh dr n f tomlinson and hall caretaker mr brown special guests included editor murkar of pickering g m for syth w h moore mp and mr newman s when christmas bells ring out their message of rejoicing may your share of yuletide happiness be bounteous and may you and yours bask in the warming glow of a contented hearthside brathwaite hardware born in unionville 89 years ago thomas pingle celebrated an other birthday last week and its the 89th one since he first saw the light of day in the vill age of unionville the auspicious occasion was marked by a family gather ing at the residence of mr and mrs sam glanville bowman ville where mr pingle makes his home with his daughter it was one of those old time fam ily parties when all the relatives gather round the festive board and a meal is served fit for a king there was laughter rem iniscent stories and real whole some good time enjoyed by all the pingles are a large fam ily there being originally ten children ah are living except mrs pingle who died in dec- 1932 and oscar who was killed overseas in the world war in 1916 mr pingle has lived in bow manville for 62 years and for 45 years was a cabinet maker in the dominion organ piano co factory his hobby has been music and for many years he played the clarinet in the fam ous organ factory band as well as the 45th regiment band it is amusing to see tom drawing away at his pipe which was held between the only two teeth in his head and upper and lower which luckily met aa woato anthfreeze comimgup nows the time to protect your radiator against freezeups let us make the changeover today before dangerous cold weather comes we charge only for the antifreeze used boadwat service staiton stouffville cream for best results ship your cream to us you can make your own de livery at a premium of one cent per pound butter fat or have our truck call stouffville creamery closed every evening at 530 excepting saturdays ifernj eljrurtttrajs s w hastings stouffville phone 169 5ssssss2lsggsg w i life 4