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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 18th 1940 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent miss peggy overland is here ylsit- ng her uncle and aunt mr and mrs 2 a overland the sale of furniture belonging o the estate of the late mrs read- nan will be held on saturday july tio- miss helen glover of hastings is isiting with miss francis loyst mr john allbright of- toronto vis- ted recently with his cousin mrs iminnie dennett mrs lotton is under the doctors are and all wish her a speedy re overy mrs thos laterson is not as well s her many friends would like to i jee but these fine sunny days do relp mrs wld miller and bruce and tarl of oshawa axe holidaying here villi friends miss ruby oldfleld of oshawa is isitlng mr and mrs bob dawson sympathy is extended to mrs 1dgar sherk and family in the loss f mrs sherks lather martin teesor of stouffville we understand mrs win dickin on who has been in the stouffville lospital is home again feeling a ittle better miss condy is attend ing her at present mrs j gregg is visiting with rieiuls in the city for a lew days everyone is hoping for gordon iorleys early recovery since his ecent trip to the hospital mr and mrs roy thompson and hirley of tweed were visitors at he home of mr and mrs frank oyst recently the section of sidewalk from the ost office corner west for the first lock is being raised this is part of le annual improvement of village alks undertaken by the village ustees several of the local boys were jomo on sunday on leave from ictive duty with the canadian for- 3s in training messrs dave pugh and will irkett have returned from a north nintry fishing trip and no doubt ill keep tilings buzzing with some flne stories for a while a miscellaneous shower was held e evening last week at the home of mr and mrs roy alsop at good wood for their sou fred and his bride georgina burgess of stouff ville sorry to report that mrs james coates now living in stouffville has been taken suddenly ill all mrs coates claremont friends hope for a speedy recovery did you ever try to catch a ground hog under a basket our young friend and former resident carl mill er says it can be done and he ought to know for he did it it is expected that a date will be set this week for the double church sunday school picnic this year a meeting is being held of the teach ers and officers of the two local churches and for the purpose of arranging the annual outing fur ther details next week the united church service was well attended on sunday morning and many favorable comments are heard regarding the musical selec tions the one a chorus by several of the young men and also a solo by mrs snowden among those in at tendance was miss annie forgie who has been confined to her home in ill health for so long there will be a mens doubles bowling tournament at the local greens on saturday jnly 20ch this is a prow postponed game and will begin at 1 pm st twelve rinks were on hand for the tournament last friday and the following were the winners 1st wright oshawa 2nd earl fieare claremont 3rd j ralph miller claremont and 4th pied ward claremont robert irawson at wilcox lake gathered a liens egg a few days ago i no larger than a medium sized alley and as round as a ping pong ball some poultrymen tell us that these i small eggs are a sign that the hen producing them is about to give up the job for the summer well if the egg bobs hen gave him is a sample of what they are going to do this summer it would take a dozen tj make an omelet pickerings assistant cashier a bylaw was drawn up and is expected to be given councils approval at the next regular meet ing to appoint lloyd johnson now twp assessor as assistant treasur er mr hugh pugh is the fulltime treasurer claremont day july 27th saturday july 27th has been set by the park board as the dale for claremonts annual holiday one of the big features of the day will be a football game between claremont and toronto ulsters this will be a return match following that at stouffvilles dominion day celebra tion when these two teams battled to a draw no exact details are available yet but it is understood arrangements are being made for a big dance in the evening quiet wedding here a quiet wedding was solemnized at the united church parsonage here on saturday july 13 when jean philipp second daughter of mr john and the late mrs philipp of rrougham was united in marriage with ernest pilkey son of mr and mrs albert pilkey of uxbridge township rev i kennedy offici ated mr pilkey is at present em ployed by robert ashenhurst on the 5th ol uxbridge loral doctor holds clinic dr x f tomlinson held a clinic last thursday for the removal oi tonsils and four of our local children donald beelby jean tay lor and two beaton kiddies availed themselves of the opportunity to undergo the operation proceeds nearly 100 it is expected that the proceeds ot do you know where your blanket goes mine it is interesting to note that this particular mine also turns out radium and is one of the few sources in the world it is understood that france was a recent purchaser of thousands of dollars worth of radium from this mine but that since her capitulation payment is not forth coming j xo further action lu townships ing home guard i mr and mrs b ea spent a at a recent meeting of the rate da last week at calander payers of pickering township it was i mr and mrs wm toriff of allan decided to proceed with the forma- dale called on her sister mrs l tion of a local home guard to com- matthews recently bat fifth columists in the municij mrs gannon is spending a week pality a committee was appointed with friends in minden with dr cartwright of pickering several from here were in brook- village as chairman and three mem liu on tuesday last attending the bers of council including reeve wm funeral of the late mrs j c reesor dep reeve w h down and allems eveline beer councillor robert ruddy however mr p carlton also his mother since the formation of this comrud sister of toronto called on mrs mittee the federal government hasm hamilton recently instituted the system ot compulsory on thursday evening last an in- military training and the plan under quest was held in the hall here on adoption by such townships as j the death of the late robt taylor pickering seems to have been held who was electrocuted on monday up for the moment constable dies- evening while repairing the hydro ter has repeatedly urged the council j wires after the storm after due to take steps to guard against any deliberation the jury returned a fifth column activities and thus the verdict ot accidental death meeting was called but this new another serious accident betel a training being introduced has rather townsman last wednesday as mr curtailed any further moves on the golden gray was driving along the committees part for the present more entrance results wliitcvulc the recent united church garden party will almost reach the 100 mark the line evening and good conceit were ly fine crowd and with the local band in attendance to add plenty of life throughout the program highway near huntsville his car ran into some fresh gravel throwing the car in the ditch and resulting in gordon being rushed to huntsville jean e arnold arol griffin walj spital with a broken shoulder and slights cuts about the face the car was badly wrecked latest reports are he is doing as well as can be expected ter griffin isabel e lehman wm a michell moliie randal claude reynolds thelma reynolds gladys udell alvin wilson john anthony mildred carter jwilmot gates gordon greig cecil raced with an equal- 1 h major clark evelyn tweedie gordon wilson you get more for your money when you choose n0rge no ixtrcr 0tiafef6r 5 piecepset of crystal glassware model ar6a new hermetic rollator unit costs less to operate because it is refrigerantcooled carries 5year warranty new 1940 norge check these new 1940 features oversize six steel cabinet and stainless steel freezer double width dessert tray large cold storage tray for meats dry zero insulation sparkling chronic hardware norgitc cold- retaining door panel fast freezing frozen dessert shelf and plenty of ice cubes always tuny extended terms liberal allowance on your present refrigerator l e oneill dealer stouffville reported seriously 111 word has been received of the serious illness of mr alan michell son of the late charles michell one of claremonts former residents and now living near the trent river alan is a dentist by trade he is a cousin of mrs walter ward and liv ed at one time on the walter ward farm juried at claremont the body of thomas bacon was brougnt from schomberg last fri day and laid to rest in claremont union cemetery following a private service in the uxbridge baptist church he was in his g5th year and had farmed continuously on the north townline until a few years ago the neighbours were deeply shock ed to hear of his sudden passing new barn being built work was commenced this week on a new frame for a large barn 40 by 100 feet on the farm of alex gray at atha the structure will have a hip roof and will be among the finest barns in the district and thats saying a good deal in this fine section of pickering contractor robert windsor oi musselmaus lake is in charge former resident head claremont residents were sorry to hear of the death of mrs john sclniurr of mildmay last week the late mrs sclmurr was a niece of the late mrs joshua btindy and lived in claremont some years ago where she was a regular attendant of the baptist church miss adell her sister also lived in claremont a i few years ago the sympathy of the j townsfolk is extended to the family the heraldtimes says of her j death in the death of mrs mary schnurr widow of the late john h sclmurr which occurred at her home on sunday morning mild may lost one of its most highly re spected citizens the deceased was seventynine years of age and had been ill for about a year with a year with a heart condition the late mrs schnurr whose maiden name was mary elizabeth gould was born in colborne and was married in issfl to john ii schnurr of linwood fortyone years ago they moved to mildmay where they have con tinued to reside alld where her late husband successfully conducted shoe store her husband predeceas ed her about two years ago she is survived by five sons and three daughters league leaders win again claremont football team which has been making quite a record for itself in the south ontario league this summer turned back the brook lin squad again on saturday night by the score of 42 claremont have played nine games without a single loss and only one tie which is setting quite a pace the boys took the field on saturday sporting new sweaters of black with white trim and donat ed by some thirteen merchants in the village each merchant who don ated to the club has the name of his establishment displayed on one of the sweaters miner returns to visit home mr gordon gregg second son of mr and mrs david gregg of clare mont has returned to the village af ter an absence of seven years gor don was born here and is well known in the community where he was raised since then he has been in the northwest working in a gold claremont allen brown bill devitt ada gostiek dorothy e harlock ray hill jean a hopkins evelyn mc- 1 vey jean melton gladys morley everson norton george norton andrew stony betty storry eric j wallace milton walls maurice binstead lions how- i aid burton luella carson mae faulkner lois fretz james kin- near vera prouse phyllis redshaw biia watson brougham congratulations to dorothy har lock jean hopkins george and everson norton on passing their entrance exams on the years work miss elenor beer has returned home after spending a week with her grandmother in oshawa master bruce boyinton of black water has been holidaying with his cousins jack and barbara mails mr oliver camphell and sister miss ella campbell rn of tor onto called on l and mrs matthews recently bruce boyington visited with his cousins jack and barbara mairs mrs t c brown has returned home after spending some time with her sister and other friends in woodstock miss jean maskell is visiting in dunbarton miss joan wilson daughter of oscar wilson has been under the doctors care for a week is improv- blankets contributed to the canadian red cross society during its recent appeal have not been sent to france dr fred w routley said yesterday although these blankets were in tended for the suffering refugees and wounded soldiers in france we couldnt take a chance on their falling into german hands the national commissioner said the first shipment had been authorized oefore the french armistice but we were able to divert the blankets to england where they will be stored until needed the remainder about 60000 will be held in canada dr routley gave assurance that every blanket contributed would be needed in the days to come already he said the canadian red cross had been asked by the dominion government to loan a quantity of blankets to equip the colonist trains carry refugee children from brit ain to destinations in canada we shall have blankets sheets pillow cases towels and so on waiting for the children at the port of arrival dr routley said among the blankets contributed during the canadian red cross appeal were 20000 from the paper companies of canada no more harvest headaches rops peel weather worries once your biggest headache during harvest are relieved by the allcrop harvester if wind beats down your grain it will not be lost the allcrops efficient header goes right down on the ground to pick up every head if the harvest season is rainy your allcrop will finish the job quicker and save your crop standing grain dries faster on the stalk than bundled grain in the shock you can start har vesting two hours after a heavy rain you can work between showers the big lowpressure rubber tires enable the allcrop to work in soft muddy fields with out bogging down and without cutting up the field it costs about ik to 4 cents per bushel to harvest your crop this modern and easy way are lower priced today than a year ago call your dealer for information bruce tractor equipment co 48 abel street toronto telephone ken 8733 o f hone able bodied men willing to work on farms for two or three months are available for haying harvesting and general farm work the government of ontario is ready and willing to help farmers who need extra workers realizing that farm crops are vital to canadas war effort the ontario department of labour has formulated a plan to register workers who will be available to harvest these crops in view of the fact that there is a scarcity of farm help we ask for your cooperation many willing workers have registered for work with the ontario department of labour and are now ready for immediate employment farmers who need extra help should apply to the nearest ontario employment office or write direct to a maclarcn director farm training department of labour parlia ment buildings toronto ontario department of labour hon n o hipel minister of labour