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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 16 1941 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent tribunes for sale at bakers ktoo ry and atl matthews ilrougluun mrs will jones is still numbered mong the sick mrs will birkett has been visit- g a fe da witn ner slster in oronto miss betty pretty ot toronto was outlaying at her home here for a w days recently mrs fred morley aud imrs gon er have both been suffering from lis winters epidemic of colds jack brillinger who is employed n the walter ward farm here is eported to be very ill mrs palmer ot oshawa who is onfined to her bed at the home of llss florence beelby does not im- rove in health scarlet fever chicken pox and icasles seem to have converged on tie village in the past week and umerous cases are being reported specially the latter two ailments imrs roy thompson and daughter hirley of tweed are visiting with er parents mr and mrs frank i house just off imaln street former ly occupied by the late mrs syd beinett has been sold to mr walter ward mrs bennett passed away last year and the dwelling has been unoccupied since the house was built by george cooper father of mr3 w ward doner of library lrohrty dead funeral services were held in ux bridge last friday afternoon for thi late harriet walker a former clare- mont resident who passed away the northern town on wednesday after being in ailing health for some lime miss walker will be remem bered as librarian here tor some years and it was she who donated lit land to the village on winch the library was erected foxes aplenty those unfortunate city sharp shooters who came out to markliam township last week to round up some foxes and went liome dis appointed when only one animal was brought down might well have gone raglan where local townsmen re- ovst j rort them as very plentiful robert the lotton family on the north j brought back three one day recently while on a second trip we iwnline are all suffering from the u little daughter shirley being nder the doctors care mr thomas linton who was taken uddenly ill on the street last week improving slightly at time ot riling mr ira boyer who is spending the niter in town looks hale and carty and is apparently enjoying lie snappy weather mr fred lee who had the mis- ortune to break his shoulder re- ently is improving nicely and is gain able to use his injured arm friends ot ijlr and mrs gordon ienson gathered at the milton ben- 511 home one evening last week when he benson newlyweds were tender- d a miscellaneous shower of lovely ifts a number of delegates from clare- lont sunday schools were present at lount zion united church on tues- ay for the annual convention 1 pickering sunday school workers the womens institute met l the basement of the united church wednesday where a vegetable cookery demonstration preceded the egular business meeting it is reported here that mr wil- rid sadler former resident now liv- ng near kinsale is seriously ill his aughter mrs robert sadler of ilackwater is assisting in the home here at present cameron e walkington who con noted the public auction for his ster mrs pearson just east of laremont is much in the limelight le was returned as a councillor in lug township on january 6 and ince that time was installed w m f robertson masonic lodge king iiy also was elected president of he king and vaughan plowing ssociation all within three weeks inronioiit boasts masculine war illittcr besides having a ladies work roup which is unequalled through- tit the country claremont can also oast of some individual men work is with quite a record mr georg lammond we are told has knit 7 airs of socks this winter and is well n with his sth louse reported sold it is reported that the corner farrs elevators claremont ont phone 38j or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains understand he took along art derusiha and george beverley farmers in the raglan district have teen loosing heavily by the foxes stealing their chickens iioeal family injured in collision mrs chris knott and one ot hsr small children were injured on sun day night when the car driven by tit knott collided with another car on the brock road near the ed pugh farm it is understood that the two cars sideswiped on the icy road the one knott child being thrown violently from the rear seat to the front causing numerous cuts and bruises mrs knott suffered injury to her legs while the driver of the other car was also cut about the face mr knott is employed by chas cooper hog cholera takes big toll recent preventative measures by the government to stem the spread of hog cholera appear to have been well founded even in this district several farmers near olaremont are known to have been forced to de stroy their animals which had been ravaged by the disease probably the largest toll taken on any one place was on the zimmer farm on the brock road just north of brougham where sixty pigs were de stroyed by fire at one time to assure a perfect clean out former pastor passes word was received here of the midden death at his honie in toron to ot rev james alexander grant ba a former pastor of claremont baptist church funeral services wore held on monday from temple baptist church with interment in mount pleasant cemetery debensed was very popular with the clare- iont people during his sojourn here and was in the village only a short time ago when he assisted with the induction service of rev daniels to ira local congregation he leaves to mourn his loss a wife two daugh ters margaret and edith and three ions george james and alexander another daughter helen passed away several years ago annual congregational meeting baptist church of the six church deacons only one was due for reappointment at the annual congregational meeting of the baptist church last wednesday lie being evans ward who was re appointed tor another three-ycar- ierni other officers for the year will be clerk mrs morgan pugh secy mrs jno coates treas jas coates organist miss mary forsyth choir leader mrs elmer wilson and assist evans ward the church closed its financial year with a good surplus the givings for general purposes being up over last years figure new industry might be opened here further word was received in the village this week regarding the reported sale of the former mclntyre factory to dr mcewen of pickering this paper understands that in such an event the orlck plant would be converted into a cheese factory and that the village trustees would be asked to bonus such a plant by assisting in the drainage problem which would be quite an important item with such a concern it is rather doubtful if and when the irustees are approacned with such a proposition they would concede to it the cost of any such bonus by the village trustees would have to be kept within the bounds of one years expenses and if hot a vole of the latepayers would need to be taken on the question pickering council opposes govt price fixing new books in the library books recently added tb the public library include some very tine new editions tandfall by nevil shute the flying visit by peter flem- ig the failure of a mission by sir neville henderson memory holdthedoor by john buchau adventure north by katherine piiikerton courageous women montgomery keith and mckinnley polish profile winston church- hill rene kraus there shall be no night robert e sherwood the quest of the star vera sim the little sister hector malot wagtail gall and crew the story of ships cotton aircraft oil by peter shaw in this selec- ion there are books to suit everyone annual sunday school meeting the annual meeting of the clare mont united church sunday school was held on friday evening when the following officers were elected for the coming year stipt david dawson assist will evans sec lames reynolds assist alvin leh man treas mrs e baker miss sec velma middletou and eileen linton pianist eileen linton kathleen b beelby teachers adult bible class mrs henry johnston young peoples class rev 1 ken nedy young married people pickering township council went en record at their inaugural meeting on monday as strongly opposed to all violations of economic laws as evidenced in recent price fixing bon- using and quota system as well as the extravagant wuges paid in cer tain industries at- the expense of other basic industries the council in their statement urged the dominion and provincial governments to 1 accept the principles of the rowellsirois re port to lesson the costs of govern ment 2 to overcome hording of food products by corporations where prices paid by the consumers of these products do not return in fair measure to production 3 to encourage cooperative handling of farm produce by such legislation as will make it easy for primary pro ducers t4 to ensure farmers that any regulations made by the govern ment supervising sale storage and distinction of produce such as eggs butter etc shall not handicap these farmers from getting all full benefits accruing to these products owing to regulations governing them 5 lo assist where possible the federa tion of agriculture in this county this resolution was presented to council by f m chapman and h turner on behalf of the farmers of the township and a signed copy of same will be forwarded to both the provincial and federal governments local members and the ontario coun ty federation of agriculture there were practically no change- in the appointment of township officials for the coming year either in personnel or salary school attendance tor this year will again be handled by john phillips at a salary ot sgo while w c willson and g m forsyth will look after the sheep valuating cyril morley was reappointed relief officer at a salary of 200 and oliver crum- mrs finer as weed inspector at 5 a day damage to sheep messrs todd annis and down transportation power light messrs todd westney and down general accounts passed totalled 26227 with road accounts at r013 claim for one ewe killed by dogs wis paid to elmer annis amounting to 1200 election expenses for officers in polling booths totalled 12130 hydro for greenwood village amounted to 3033 another plea was voiced to coun cil in an effort to have the township hall renovated or at least brighten ed up with a new paint job inside and out according to clerk donald retton the present meeting place was erected during the issos r pilkey sr girls stella mc- cullough jr boys douglas bacon sr boys jos fair jr girls kath leen beelby pr girls mrs ross farr pr boys mrs fred ward red cross report the following is a itemized report of the work sent from the claremont and n pickering red cross branch to headquarters during 1940 womens capes 11 w g dresses 14g w g slips 51 w g bloomers 100 pairs w g night ies is w g skirts 46 girls sweaters 00 coats is childrens ooks parkas and helmets 44 sweaters 13 mitts 3a pairs stock ings 25 pairs bloomers 41 pairs sleepers 24 baby garments 163 also 2 complete layettes and 1 baby mattress boys pyjamas 6 suits sweaters 10 army sweaters 45 socks 25 pairs mitts 34 pairs fifle mitts 19 pairs scarves 77 wristlets 70 pairs helmets 11 pairs kneecaps 7 pairs mens pyjama suits 192 hospital bed gowns 95 work shirts 6 blankets 15 pillow cases 03 liampden pads 75 towels 12 face cloths 21 refugee quilts 144 also 3 boxes of good used clothing mis w birkett convener of work committee the board of health will be com posed of robert forsyth reeve reesor and the moh geo elliot thos brown and c h found were iippointed sanitary inspectors for the township fence viewers and pound keepers were reappointed with hugh miller and len gates names being on as new fence viewers council committees will lie as follows road bridges messrs down reesor annis westney and todd contingencies messrs annis west ney and todd relief messrs westney todd and annis coal and feed cement tile and salt s w hastings phone 169 stouffville pel crow tom a novelty weve beard of people keeping rabbits white mice and even snakes a pets but a crow well thats some thing rather new but ils being done and right here in claremont mr frank loyst has a tame crow which answers to the name of tom the bird was picked up in the woods near here two years ago before it was even able to fly and has become a constant companion and watch dog for the loyst family tom who is now quite domesticated is only now fully feathered out he spends most of his time around the loyst canning plant hut of late during the cold snap has sought shelter inside the house tom doesnt like strangers and doesnt think much of we women folk either mrs loyst told the tribune when the black fellow does take sally to the woods on his own ho usually ends up in a rumpus with other crows who seem to have ostra- sized him from the clan for taking up with human companions meat scraps form the birds main diet he n say hello and has an ex- cllenl memory for he never mistak es any member of the loyst family even after they have been away for some- time and then return loral tomato growers may get hotter price for product an opportunity for local tomato giowcre to receive a fixed and pro fitable price for their product came into being last week in the fornia- j tion ot a tomato growers union for farmers of ontario york and peel counties although the num ber ot claremont district growers slumped last year two canneries are still located here and they wiil un doubtedly be interested in any pegg ed price offered on tomatoes from this area the claremont industrys output last year was close lo 7000 leases in previous seasons s frelz e powell and w symes have been among the chief growers while many small producers in the south of pickering combined to supply the local plants tim union is the culmination of three years effort to get tomato growers organized in a manner patterned after the cherry growers organization eric chudleigh of dixie and william pengilley of hutton- ville were elected to confer with an arbitrary board of three men appointed by the canning com panies the first meeting of the growers representatives with the arbitrary board took place in ham ilton and will be held regularly on fridays three resolutions were passed bj the meeting fixing a price for their tomatoes in the coming season eric chudleigh declared tho fixing of the arbitrary price would assure grow ers of a definite profit for tho fruit the resolutions set the prices for nol tomatoes grown in 19il for canning purposes at 75 cents a bus and the price of no 2 tomatoes tor the same purpose at 55 cents a bushel it further provided tho iilnimum price for ungraded tom atoes for processing grown in 1941 be set at go cents a bushel one of the resolutions reads whereas the average yield per acre in each district of ontario for the previous five years his tieeu known by the processors they should contract for their requirements on this basis and agree to take all the tomatoes produced which conform to the designated grades brougham mrs d seebeck visited her son in markham recently mr and mrs wm milne and daughter visited mr and imrs w e holtby on sunday mr reesor of locust hill called on rd miller recently the brougham yp have excepted an invitation from oshawa y p to join them at a skating party at whitby in the near future mrs a wilhon of claremont is visiting with her daughter mrs mar tin gall w j brown and family of tor onto visited l c and mrs brown on saturday imr and mrs wm tordiff of allandale visited the hitters sister mrs l matthews one day last week mr j liscombe has secured a position in toronto mr and mrs empringham were recent guests of mr and mrs d mairs robert miller and roland harden are taking a month training at new market mr and mrs ford were weekend guests of mr and mrs w ellicott pickering township jhockey league will open the season at mark ham rink on thursday night jan 16 th pickering vs audley and brougham vs cherrywood the w i held a vegetable cook ing demonstration at the home of mrs l matthews on tuesday after noon mrs robertson and mrs wm gray proved very efficient demon strators and all report a pleasant afternoon mrs m hamilton has received a letter from her brother robert bur ton of detroit telling of his safe arrival home after traveling nearly a year in france spain and portugal mr burton who is a native of this district being born and raised near brougham had been on business in france for an american firm at the time of that countrys collapse and only through the intercession of the american ambassador was he able to make his way out of the country and reach neutral portugal where the necessary papers and passports were provided for his safe return ivk youths admit pickkrtxg township bhrakixs five teenaged youths pleaded guilty to three charges of breaking into summer cottages in pickering township when they appeared be fore magistrate f s ebbs in dis trict police court last week tho qintette were remanded for the sen tence defenso counsel david peters stated that two of the accusde lads had served in the canadian army one of them stanley mcmillan hav ing enlisted witn a famous highland regiment in vancouver bc short ly after the outbreak of the war he tells me he spent christmas 1939 in england and only returned home in september of this year when his parents wrote to the military authorities in england to inform them cf his age slated counsel the five boys pleaded guilty to breaking and eutering at the sum mer cottages of bert g dean thomas finley and george rufton william powell cnr section foreman told the court that he had observed a car parked in front of one of the cottages at about 145 pm on december 24th four youths came out with a bundle un der their arm slated powell noticing that one youth had a natchet in his baud powell ques tioned them and told them he would report them to the authorities he related one of them told me if you try lo turn us in youll get hurt 1 had already taken their license number and they were talking about taking it away from me but they thought tetter of it and got in the car and away declared powellf bert g dean owner of one of the burglarized cottages identified a bedlamp three shirts a pair of candlesticks and a pair of shoes as part of the articles stolen from the cottage he said the entrance had been gained by climbing onto the roof and smashing a small window two baseballs and two summer suits i had left in the cottage have not been recovered he asserted thomas finley said a couple of blankets and pillows were missing from his cottage and george rufton said nothing of value had been tak en from his premises provincial officer james suther land stated that some of the stolen articles had been found in the homes of all the boys with the ex ception of bates and lefevre tho latter had requested that his par ents should not be notiled of his arrest officer sutherland stated i obtained his discharge because he was under age said mrs bates mother of gordon bates mcmillans father stated that the boys worst offense prior to his ar rest had been playing hookey he went to bancouver and en- listed with a highland regimen surely a boy of his age enlisting to go overseas to fight for us at home is worth some consideration stat ed kennedy 1 cant understand why your parents were so anxious to have you leturned from overseas when youd never been home before in years commented magistrate ebbs canadian wins dfc pilotofllcer cecil victor fraser of claresholm alta is one of three canadians in the raf awarded the distinguished flying cross for general good work another is flight lieut d stewart robertson ot calgary i new appointment we have secured the agency for the reliable seiberlin6 tires and can supply the require ments of the motoring public we are pleased to have this agency because we have faith in the genuine product of seiberling valleau holden phone 195 stouffville ont