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the tribune stouflfville out thursday nov 28th 1940 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent air and mrs l douglas were visitors in bobeaygeon recently ill bob holinan was at his home i sere in town over the weekend iylr and mrs oscar barber visited uxbrldge one day last week ite arthur leuson visited here with mr and mrs wes hardy on sunday mrs p lee is at present in rath- poor health and under the doc tors care mrs morgan of uxbrldge visited over the weekend willi her daughter lend family mr and mrs mac middleton we understand mat two of our i ladies mrs fred evans and mrs mighton are both in the hospital mr jas leggitt was a visitor in toronto on wednesday last mis hoss watson of uxbrldge is i very poor health and is being assisted in her home by mrs fred morley the case against the oreenhank hitandrun motorist has been set i aside for hearing at the spring assizes t mr and mrs degeer have taken up residence on the dave pugh farm i east of the village mr nelson sanderson of toronto was at his home here over the week- end mr everett hammond of ux- i bridge wris at his home here over the weekend mrs ira powell who has been con fined to her bed for six months now fails to improve in healtih mrs charles storry is staying for few days at her home in stouft- ville following the death of her father mr t c gostick mrs ivan benson of agincourt visited recently at the home of her mother and father mr and mrs t sanderson mrs bert ham of toronto has been here visiting and assisting in caring for her mother mrs t sanderson who is in very poor health mr walkington of king who will conduct his sisters sale mrs flor ence pearce on friday has been staying at the pearce home here for few days the drama which was so well received by the large gathering at the recent fowl supper is being re peated in the community hall next monday wc- understand that mr jack morgan has taken over the position of creamery truck driver formerly held by mr buss empringham mr paul wellman will deliver the address of the evening at the next baptist ypu meeting to be held next monday night there will also be special musical numbers for the occasion the regular meeting of the 7 a of the united churoli will ue held on thursday afternoon nov 2sth at 230 pm in the sunday school loom all ladies are invited to at tend supper will be served lr and ills andy green and family of stouffville accompanied spent all his by the salters mother and father i stead situated on the wellman side- mr and mrs nathan tarr formerly j road east of the village and was on- block this farm has been rented i i on tuesday afternoon of this week the farm equipment belonging to melvin degeer of the 4th concession brought a large crowd and good prices member of old established family buried here mr john goslin second to last surviving member of one of picker ings old established families was uiid to rest in the claremont ceme tery on monday afternoon following his death last thursday evening he was in his 79th year mr goslin life on the home- her house speeches seized of called on friends farrs elevators claremont ont phone 38j or 3sv dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds 1 fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains claremont sunday mr overland who makes his home here with his son mr c a overland local merchant celebrat ed his 90th birthday last friday despite his years mr overland is hale and hearty he is a native of erie district rev l k and mrs daniels and son of toronto and mrs daniels mother mis m k judges of mt dennis were viators with rev wal ter and mrs daniels recently rev l k daniels is pastor of dufferin st baptist chinch a large assembly of guests were received at a reception at the baptist church parsonage last fri day for rev and mrs walter dan iels miss s e kvans assisted mrs daniels ir receiving her visitors while mrs g m forsyth mrs harry found mrs isaac boadway and mrs c e mcleod poured tea mrs evans warn mrs morgan pugh and mrs jas coates also assisted in tho dining room sutlers bloodpoison injr mr walter hardy is laid up with bloodpoisoning in his arm an in fection resulting we understand from a mere scratch which lie sus tained while fixing a furnace court of revision pickering township council will sit as a court of revision in the town ship hall brougham on monday dec 2nd at 1 pm the regular council meeting scheduled for that day will commence at 10 am another pickering farm sold the sale is reported this week of the 50acre farm 011 no 7 highway just east of green river and owned by henry midhell the buyer who is mr zubrisky has worked an ad joining acreage for a number of years the sale price was not dis closed has narrow escape mr gordon wilson who farms near mt zion had a narrow escape from a serious accident when his boot caught in the crttingbox which he was operating as it was mr wilson suffered a severe gash in his foot requiring several stitches had lie not been fortunate enough 10 slip as his shoe was snagged in the machine he might have lost his foot y ill a short while before his death he was most active and his passing emoves a familiar figure from the streets of the village besides a following wife he is survived by two sons walter and herman on the home place one daughter mrs murray and two grandchildren one sister imrs lee and only re maining member of the family of thirteen is a resident of claremont the funeral on monday was attend ed by a large gathering of old friends and was in charge of rev i ken- j nedy assisted by rev walter daniels kink pails to materialize there were rumours current in the village last spring to the effect that a number of our progressive busi ness men would seek support in fin ancing the building of a rink foi claremont however the plan for one reason and another has failed to be carried tlhrough several site for the launching of such a project were suggested by the committee at the time but a unanimous decision 011 the proper place could never be readied it is understood that mr walt ward ofteref land att water tor such an ice plant back of the united church others suggested that ground rfhould be sought near the station while still others favor ed the park as the proper place it is some years now since the old claremont rink was destroyed and it has always been felt that the vill age has lost a certain amount of business through its absence then too the village at that time was booming with sport activities some thing which has steadily declined over the past few years istouffiville red 1 cross report three cartons of knitwear and sewing were shipped 10 headquar ters last friday by our local ladies articles shipped included 21 girls i nightgowns 3 childs slips 25 pr gills mitts 22 boys shirts 23 boys pullovers 19 pr boys socks 12 bed packets 11 quilts in connection with this shipment the stouflfville branch gratefully acknowledges donations of material or finished articles from mrs c d piphtr mrs f l button mrs r snowball also quilts from the mission band evening auxiliary and riugwood excelsior class the local quilting committee under the leadership of mrs k tarr deserves much credit also we greatly appreciate the sewing being done in their own districts by the bloomington ladies aid and the ringwood excelsior class the bethesda junior institute is thanked for its generous gift of two quilts and thirtysix jars of fruit jam and pickles mrs doris w neilsen unity north battleford attacked the de fence of canada regulations on the ground that any man or woman living under british justice should know what they are charged as be ing guilty of and have a trial by jury the lone woman member of the commons declared to an atten tive house that in my opinion the first line of defence of democracy in canada is here and is now mem bers of the house of both liberal and conservative sides muttered shame when she related how a pamphlet entitled democracy must live containing her speeches in the house had been seized and per sons selling them had been arrested big auction this week one of tihe largest auction sales to be held in the district this fall will get underway at 12 noon on friday when the farm of 172 acres and the farm stock and household belongings cf the late eric pearce will go under the hammer at the late home here just east of tlhe vill age on the 9th concession next thursday dec 5th the farm stock of floyd coates will be sold by pub lic auction with a s farmer on the 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 farmers cant compete with war wages farmers of ontario county are very resentful over demands they expect will be made upon tlhem in re gard to their share of about half a billion pounds of bacon which they are supposed to furnish in the com ing year for export to great britain but at prices below what they have been receiving it is feared the british order for bacon may destroy that part of the tanning industrys eftort instead of helping in any way farmers cant raise pigs at less than cost it is pointed out many of them will sell their brood sows and devote their energy to what they may hope will be more profitable efforts the situation as regards farm help is already had and promises to grow worse one local farmer har vested his crop with the help of men over 70 years of age and some hoys he had to pay more for their ibor than he would ordinarily for experienced or fully ablebodied help farmers cant compete with war- wages and it is time all concerned in this matter began to realize it brougham mr r brodie and family of tor onto spent sunday with his sister mrs philip miss may stephenson spent a few- days last week with friends near lindsay mr wm moore who is taking a business course in toronto was home over the weekend mr woolhead who has been working tlhe schlar farm on the brock road has moved his family to near wexford mr w j ana mrs brown and son jack were guests of mr and mrs t c brown on sunday misses fern and mary malcolm of toronto were with their people over the weekend mr and mrs e l crocker visit ed with her brother l matthews on sunday m walter knox who is training at newmarket was home on sun day the ladies of this community are bus knitting for our soldiers and also sewing for war refugees last w a number or ladles met at the home of mrs m hamilton when the following articles were packed girls pullovers and sweaters 21 girls skirts 9 sleepers 6 bloom- african missionary traveller and translator the rev a w banfield will give an illustrated lecture on the african from savage to saint on sunday december 1st at 7 pm in the stouffville united church the missionary committee has iceen fortunate in securing the ser vices of the rev kenneth beaton ba bd general secreary of missionary education of the united church of canada and formerly of china as guest speaker at the morning service the rev mr banfield fellow of the royal geographical society of england is a minister of the united inch of canada in 1901 he went out from toronto to nigeria west africa with the pioneer party of the sudan interior mission for fifteen years he laboured among the nu pe new pay tribe of jlie inter file entire bible into nape in 1915 imr banfield was appointed general secretary for west africa for the british foreign bible society of london england which position he tilled for fifteen years and during that period travelled two hundred thousand miles in 1929 he crossed the conti nent of africa twice by different routes travelling 11500 miles in seven and a half months markam lose to upper canada 104 led by their fastskating centre ice star george mara upper can ada college handed lmarwham aces a 104 trouncing in an spa junior b fixture at maple leaf gardens saturday afternoon the collegians had little trouble against the markham sextet out- skating and outplaying them throughout the three periods the winners netted five times before the aces tallied their initial counter late in the second frame mara was outstanding for tlie ucc club scoring four goals and grabbing three assists reid flashed the red light three times and had one assist while kent in the ucc nets was also brilliant r bangay with two goals was the pick of the markham squad ubdned the flame i the waxing plant is just getting underway and is operated by mr roy wagg failure to carry out orders brings sentence samuel nesbitt ballantrae re appeared in newmarket police court last week and told magistrate w f woodliffe that he had replaced the fence posts dividing his property from that of his sister mrs coppins as he had been ordered to do the week previous constable robert windsor told his worship that he had inspected the posts and that the anchorpost had not been put hack in its original place he also stated that the other posts were only partly put back that they were just stuck in the ground your worship will you let me speak asked imr nesbitt i allowed you your time to speak last week the magistrate replied i am lining you 10 and costs or 15 days in jail ior building five mission stations learned tho native language reduc ed it to writing prepared school ooks a hymn hook two books of bible stories compiled a dictionary of the nupe language containing 15000 words wrote a grammar of the language mr ban fields chief accomplishment is a translation of ers 10 pairs girls dresses 3 slips 3 cap i babys velvet coats 7 mitts 5 pairs boys shirts 19 boys hose 6 pairs boys serge suits 2 ladies coats 2 ladies dress 1 girls coa i i a dies skirt 1 quilts i socks 4fi pairs waxing plant damaged by fire fire which damaged about 200 bushels of turnips all in bags broke out in the new turnip waxing plant just established at goodwood on friday and for a time threatened to demolish the building which was ence a garage standing just west of the railway station the blaze started in the middle of the day so that it was quickly seen it appeared to have started around the wax heating equipment operated by a gasoline stove and spread so rapidly that only the best efforts of a willing bucket brigade go by motor coach fares are low round trip toronto 155 ottawa 1 1oov winnipeg 3705 v5 day kvtursion gray coach lines s2schsi before you buy f new vega here a stove of modern design and with exceptional cooking capacity at a really moderate price the findlay vea hat an extra 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