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the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 31 1940 page nine glaremont by staff correspondent mr and mrs george hammond visited iu stouffville ou tuesday rev and mrs daniels were iu he city ou wednesday of this week mi wni beeton who is employed it the phillips plant in oshawa was i town recently in uniform master gordon lynn we under hand has been very ill this week mis alf hayward of ardbeg has been visiting her sisterinlaw mrs i powell and other friends in ft n mrs win hill has been visiting a ew days at the home of her son mr clayton hill uxbridge mrs fred farmer whom we re- lorted last week as in the wellesley lospital fails to improve in health mr and mrs russ burkholder of markham were in the village visit ing friends on saturday mr will thomson of buffalo also lis sister mrs reynolds of toronto ipent the weekend at the thomson ome here the baptist male quartette were issisting at the anniversary ser vices held at the baptist church uxbridge on sunday remember the halloween party in the community hall this thurs day evening sponsored by the war workers branch of the institute total red cross receipts were over 450 for this section of the township this amount is said to compare favourably with the ahiount raised here during the last war visitors at mrs esther palmers home on sunday were mrs palmers brother and his wife mr and mrs fred madill and son of toronto al- mr and mrs george lee of stouffville the next regular meeting of the cgit will be held at the home of mrs frank loyst on tuesday evening november 5 the girls will begin a layette for the red cross at his meeting the early frosts have dealt severe ly with some of the farmers in th8 district cutting into the late apple crop and the cauliflower and cabbage mr harbon on the town line east reports his apple crop frozen solid on the trees word has been received of the serious illness of mrs robert cowie who lives with her daughter mrs fred cowie near zephyr the family are very well known here having spent a number of years south of the village mr cowie passed away several yeais ago an auction sale will be held this saturday oct 2nd at lot 10 con 9 when the household effects of the benson family will be sold the bensons ore moving into town to occupy the house recently vacated farrs elevators claremont ont phone 3sj or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds i fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains by mr and mrs j no flemiug u is interesting to note that it is 130 years ago this fall since the late thomas bennett landed iu the town of uxbridge aud purchased the mansion house hotel there he had several sons to help him and thus did the bennett boys locate there for quite a few years after which ihey came to claremont the bennett boys were good hosts suffers slight stroke one of our elder citizens mr ly man pilkey we understand sufferei a slight stroke last weekend and is confined to his bed ski country awakes the toronto ski club resort just east of here at dagmar has begun to show signs of life again in pre paration for another season of sport several hundred have been out each weekend of late making things in readiness in the numerous cabins and hills around the lake work has niso been done on the ski tow which is now said to rival anything in the country claremont o stoiillville 3 claremont continuation school dropped their first game in newly formed soccer league to stouffville on friday afternoon by the score of 3 to 0 although the game was closely contested the visitors held sway for most of the first half and piled up their lead which the local boosters were unable to catch claremonts next game will be this friday when agincourt visit the local field parked cur crashed mr douglas norton of clare mont hurried out of a home in ux bridge where he was paying a call last sunday evening to find the rear of his car badly smashed by an uxbridge motorist who sped off following the collision but not be fore his license number had been obtained on being confronted by the police the hitandrun artist made a hasty settlement and no charge was laid avnr workers party bis success nearly a hundred guests turned out for the supper and euchre sponsored by the local war workers at the home of mrs will birkett last week friends were present from oshawa balsam toronto and mt zion eighty alone enjoyed the card games over 3600 was realized from the event and the shoulder to i he wheel group certainly appreci ate this fine response to their efforts outstanding display of war work one of the most outstanding dis plays of war work that can be seen anywhere was placed out for public view on monday the shoulder to the wheel group have turned out over a quilt a day for the past month besides large quantities of knitting dress garments and under clothing the walls and tables of the bowling club were smartly decked with these many items all of them made in the last month by a group of twelve in the evening the pancake supper brought in a tidy sum to discuss purchase of plow when pickering township coun cil convenes at brougham on fri- iday of this week it is expected that i the question of purchasing a snow- plow will be fully discussed council it may be remembered were forced to abandon the purchase last fall due to the adams company being unable to fill the order pickering contemplates the purchase of a plow to be operated on the maintainer and also one for one of the township trucks in the claremont locality and all northern parts of the township then is a strong urge for council to take immediate action to purchase this equipment to keep the roads open during the winter season however in the southern part of the municipality tho residents are more lukewarm to the situation as here the snowbanks do not loom so foimidable and the residents have the benefit of the provincial road indeed it is doubtful that the south really gets the fall of snow that the northern end of the township annually encounters ilaiie highway jlay be completed tenders are being called by r m smith deputy minister of high ways for a bridge at pickering and a substructure of a bridge at the rouge river both of which gives rise to the great hope that the work of completing the new fourlane highway from highland creek to oshawa will be completed in 1941 truck drivers and car owners who have been approached regarding the toronto goodwood flashes walter davey 8 stanton ave toronto miss e a davey and brother peter h visited mr and mrs dud- ly white altona on saturday mr cooper our mechanic we hear has gone to unionville seneca miller has moved to town after years of farming probably he will organize a foot ball team birthday greetings to noreen brown russel johnston delbert hayues lizzie long miss faustena mcdonald miss lena mcdonald delbert haynes spent sunday with miss ann christie miss e a davey and mr peter davey visited stouffville on satur day afternoon mrs p lafraugh well known in goodwood and stouffville is now visiting her brother mr and mrs alex brown alfred strethlow from new eng- coal feed cement order your next winters coal before prices advance further we deliver anywhere salt for curring and feeding land tile 3 4 and 6 inch sizes cement at warehouse or delivered poultry feeds and concentrates s w hastings phone 169 stouffville two creamery services you can send your cream by our truck which calls at your place twice a week in the summer and every week in the winter your cream is picked up in any quantity for which you get cash and your butter if desired at a special price to our shippers you can make your own deliveries to the creamery for which you get a higher price and also butter at special prices stouffville creamery co open tuesday thursday and saturday evening time it takes to come to oshawa limd north dakota visited from highland creek after they reach the bottleneck at the point where the fourlane highway from toronto to that point ends state that the increase in traffic in recent mouths has created a condition whereby movement of cars and trucks have been slowed up con siderably those who have had occasion to drive over this stretch of highway from oshawa to highland creek on weekends or have been caught in the congestion on sunday evenings with the cars bumper to bumper as fareast as pickering can testify to the great need of the fourlane high way being completed as soon as possible violent crimes ix ontario at least twentyfive cases involv ing charges of murder attempted murder manslaughter none of these due to highway fatalities and assault killings have been or are be fore the courts of ontario this fall liquor love and property disputes sgue as chief causes but liquor far outruns all other causes the goodwood cemetery on saturday here his beloved life partner lies buried so it was natural that he and his laughter lillian should visit the sacred acre the correspondent had a dandy address to deliver at the supper in stouffville bearing on the good wood war effort but the thing was knocked into a cocked hat when the goodwood aggregation failed to put in an appearance now see what you missed mr alfred strehlow and daugh ter lillian also miss ruth miller motored on saturday to see the quints at calendar sorry to report that little lois reilley has been on the sick list for a week or so we do hope this little miss will soon be better lois is the granddaughter of mr and mrs alex brown a number of goodwood ladies at tended the semiannual meeting of the womens association of the toronto east rural presbytery hats off to wellington smalley of saudford on winning first prize for his team at sandford ploughing match a gravel crusher has been install ed in earl tindalls pit for the pur pose of obtaining gravel for the township roads miss josephine sliner is spending a few days with her sister mrs murphy of roseville those lunches served at the taylor sale by the war workers were serv ed on real western style as is done i in north dakota according to one visitor alfred strehlow now takes thiugs easy but has 1600 acres of farm land in north dakota where he lives with his daughter and son- inlaw attention young folk send in your birthday list and dates to the correspandent we still have those lucky prizes the rodman family of uxbridge spent sunday with mr and mrs j maye of goodwood mrs irodman is a daughter of the late isaac wagg roy mcdonald spent sunday at his home in goodwood mrs john ashenhurst and friend called at the home of the scribe on tuesday our friend george morganson still keeps quite fit these days he enjoys the outdoor fresh air and sunshine we are also pleased to learn mrs jake morganson has returned to her home at norval from the toronto hospital robert armstrong better known as bob for the past 23 or 30 years employed by the t eaton co as boss carpenter is now superannu ated and receives a pension un fortunately the past years he has been very ill and is not well at pre sent pleased to hear from our friend miss lena mcdonald who for the past week has been on holidays hal ing been living in north toronto for some time our friend is changing her address and is making sure of lier weekly ipaper the tribune reaching her at her new address oh oh an old time chivaree was given at the home of mr and mrs victor moore of birchcliff our newlyweds yes siree we hear there was a hot old time after the regu lar band music and boisterous noise the visitors were invited in side where mr and mrs moore re ceived and the visitors viewed the many presents and gifts given to the newlyweds this is mr moores second marriage his first wife was well known to goodwood people be ing miss ruby brown daughter of mr and mrs alex brown mrs moore of the first marriage passed away some six or seven years ago we trust that mrs john madill me 6 ahtifres2e comitcup enows 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 boadway service station who won the lucky prize of one years subscription to the tribune from the correspondent has re ceived her first delivery we know full well she and her family will enjoy it thanks to the toronto donor of this prize toronto folks are always interested in this paper and only this week the correspon dent was asked for his copy and al so sent word for another copy these people have their eye on farms and homes for sale also auction sales come in for much attention by them some eight per sons known to the scribe attended the taylor sale on thursday cooperation appreciated word comes from goodwood united church asking about how many people from the city will attend the fowl supper on november 13 while toronto folks did not notice any of our goodwood friends at the evening at stouffville on the 18th we hope toronto people will attend on nov 13 a lovely svelte appearance is yours in a safe sane way slender beauty tablets two weeks supply 100 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