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the tribune stouffville ont thursday sept 4th 1941 page seten s claremont horses rank glaremont by staff correspondent robert rawson of wilcox lake was in town on sunday and assisted in the band music at the park in the evening mrs minnie morgan and daughter gertie visited over the holiday with miss s e evans mr and mrs whiting of strathroy are visiting here with relatives the whitings are former claremout re sidents imr and mrs m j wilker of tor onto were visitors with relatives j here on m nday next sunday sept 7th services will be held in each church at 11 a m and in the evening at 730 pm tather than at 7 as formerly mrs broughton of london visit ed here on sunday with her brother albert mantle also with her niece mrs borland mrs p imcnab and daughter mrs mcfarland of toronto visited sev eral homes here last week mr and mrs john beelby were sunday visitors with the johnson kidd family at goodwood the average attendance during the two summer months for the union sunday school here was eighty aa ing at niagara mr mcdonald who was principal of the continuation school here two years ago and who is now serving with the canadian forceswas renew ing old acquaintances here on the holiday weekend keep in mind that salvage sale on sept 27th under auspicee of the claremont and noun pickering red cross canvassers will call on you so dig around in the attic and see if there arent a few articles that you might donate to this worthy cause last sunday saw the nnal openair union church service in the commun ity park here and owing to the dis agreeable weather a smaller attend ance than usual was on hand the evenings collection will go to the claremout band who have rendered fine service during this period of i special services mr and mrs stanley robbins have taken up residence in the house on the 9th concession formerly oc cupied by mr and mrs kobt mc- leod the mcleods have made their home in the apartment above the corner service station recently taken over by mr mcleod rev keith and mrs daniels who reg kennedy 17yearold son or have been enjoying their summer rev and mrs ie kennedy has been removed to the lockwood clinic for special medical attention miss peggy overland of toronto was visiting here with her uncle and aunt mr and mrs c a overland mr and mrs thos paterson and daughter mrs clarence pengelly of ihute girls training win brooklin motored to toronto onl lh ms t tuesday to take in the cne banquet on wednesday evening these mr and mrs john albright of ux- two girls were members of a group bridge and the formers sister mrs vacation here at the local parsonage with mr daniels parents have re turned to their home in toronto where mr daniels is pastor of duf- ferin st church misses doris baker and gertrude winn will represent the ontario uncle in from the altona and pickering dis trict who captured first prize in girls training in the annual institute ga- wid oliller and son carl ofi to 0uaiio county and hed peterboro j bushby visited their whitevale on sunday m oshawa returned home on wednes day after visiting here some time with miss emma brown mrs ivan purdy and children of oshawa have been visiting here with her mother and father mrand mrs ed linton the little daughter of mr and imrs john willison of athens who was reported so seriously ill is re covering rapidly her friends will be glad to hear a delegation of college st baptist church business men will hold a meeting in the baptist church here this saturday attornoou the ladies of the local circle will provide the supper mr and mrs carl dopking of here hamilton were in town on saturday also mr and mirs ken dopking of dundas all attending the ware- dopking wedding at messrs thompson and palmer have been putting some improve ments on the big chicken house on the zimmer farm 5th concession just north of brougham the local men have been building large single- pane windows on the south side of the house mr zimmer has 1200 chickens on his place at present with one especially good flock of 300 pullets in provincial competition messrs will burkett i dopking miller and baker are bowling this week in provincial competition at hamilton this foursome skipped by mr burkett were the district win- feathered pet dead the pet crow which has made its home for several years at the loyst irev and mrs glover of hastings place is no more apparently this high living in unnatural quarters was too much for the big black fel low and he died last week the crow which had been taught a few words and was also renowned as a watch dog received special publicity throu gh the columns of this paper several months ago and the story was later sent over the air by andy clark popular weekly newspaper announ- attended the closing park service here on sunday mr glover was a former pastor in the united church here jas norton son of jos norton and the late mrs norton of clare mout was incorrectly reported in this paper two weeks ago as being called up for military training mr norton is a volunteer with the 12nd antiaircraft company now in train- cer 2inqim high at cne seren horses owned by nelson wagg of claremout have gathered in eight awards at the cne so far this week all classes were not com pleted on tuesday and mr wagg has a couple of geldings in the 3how which will be judged this wednes day a winner in many previous shows the famous stallion strathore guard carried off the grand cham pionship in his class another three- yearold ook first and the reserve grand championship the clare mout stables string of five also took first so did their entry in the class for the best canadian bred horse other prizes were second in a three- yearold class fourth in an aged class and second for a twoyearold to retire after farming for 42 years melvin johnson who has been farming with his father has rented the place about two miles south of claremout to be vacated by frank ham who is retiring after 42 years as a tenant on the same farm the farm lot 21 con 7 is owned by millard bros who certainly enjoyed a good tenant in mr ham recruiting drive reaches claremont the ontario regiment recruiting party visited claremout on wednes day night with a military band in at tendance last week saw the open ing of a recruiting campaign to be carried on throughout the county of ontario the transpoi tation for the outfit was furnished by headquar ters militarydistrict no 2 comman ded by major general constantine dso and the bugles and drums were of the second battalion of the ontario regiment tank steam wast stops canning opera tions coming just as this years crop of canned tomatoes was about to start rolling from the symes plant here on saturday a blast from a broken pipeline forced operations to be call ed off till this week fortunately only one man was in front of the big iboiler when the break came and he escaped out a nearby doorway inci- deutly this party closest to the scene of action was all in his best finery prepared for the wedding which was scheduled for that afternoon hence the dirt blew trom the exploded pipe rather transformed his appear ance however no serious damage resulted and mr symes expects to have the factory running this week couple mark same birthday same week only occasionally do married couples celebrate their birthdays within two days of each other and very rarely will they reach the same year how ever this was the case of mr and mrs frank cooper last week each was marking their 70th year the coopers were both iborn and raised inlhe claremont district mr cooper being born on his present farm his wife who was a imiss ward be ginning life on the ward homestead 9th concession just east of the vil lage mr cooper was a blacksmith by trade and carried on business in the shop now operated by mr lye and also in another building further north on main street before turn ing to farming he was smithy at brooklin for a short time the cou ple have occupied their present farm for over twenty years both are quite active and members of large wellknown families mr cooper has four sisters mrs m forsyth mrs w ward mrs s cook and mrs stephens and one brother deceased in mrs coopers family there are three sisters imrs brown mrs jones and tne sister deceased mrs ft jones four brothers are will ward walt ward evans ward and j ud ward appointed viceconsul christopher c eberts is the new lyappointed canadian viceconsul at st pierre and miqulon friday night dance unionville junior farmers will hold their dance in the markham fair building this friday evening sept 5th an occasion that will mark the advent of tall season russ creighton and his orchestra have been secured for the occasion and you are invited admission 35c 5or selling rejected brome grass seed which contained a large num ber of couch grass and stinkweek seeds in violation of the seeds act charles starke a farmer at balzac alberta was after pleading guilty fined 10 and costs by the police more fair dates announced brougham misses doras and jean wilson re turned home after spending a week with friends in toronto mr and mrs bruce baston spent the weekend visiting friends and also enjoying a good fish around callan der miss m anthony of whitevale spent the past week with her cousin ethel seebeck congratulations to mrs t c brown who celebrated her 79th birthday on aug 27th imr and mrs wm ellicot also mr and mrs jas ravey visited friends in st george over the week end congratulations to mr and mrs john white on the arrival of a little daughter mrs gillman and daughters mil dred and ruth returned home after spending a week visiting her father and other friends at quebec mrs t c brown spent a few days last week with friends at wood stock and toronto mr and mrs d l witter and daughter joan of montreal also miss gladys witter of toronto called on their uncles a b and l matthews recently mr and mrs jno knox were at queemsville during the weekend visiting irobt and mrs malcolm mr frank hamilton has sold his lot known as the crawford lot to mr s noble who intends building a house on it shortly mr albert matthews has rented his farm to imr joe tran of atha who expects to take possession in the spring bit pullt and whl weights pcial equipment you get a choice of two engines when you buy a mccormiclc- deering w4 or w6 standard tractor you can bavo oithor 1 a combina tion gasolinedistillalo engine or 2 a highcompression engine for gaso line fuel exclusively yours is tho choice depending on which engine is best suited for your acroago crops and type of work you get many other advantages in these two tractors convenient con trols operating comfort up-to-the- minute styling five forward speeds removable cylinder sleeves tocco- hardoned crankshaft pressure lubri cation precisiontypo main and con nectingrod bearings hoaltreated shafts and gears and accessible unit design come in and see the w4 and w6 for economy and efficiency theyre way out ahead chas cooper claremont ontario clnrcinoni girl to live in montreal gladioli and ferns formed the sett- ins in the claremout united church on saturday afternoon at 4 pm when inza mae margaret daughter of mr and mrs if dopking became the bride of william reginald ver dun ware of montreal son of air and mrs r ware of toronto the ceremony was performed by rev i e kennedy the occasion also being the brides birthday the bride entered the church on the arm of her father attired in a gown of white satin with alencon lace bodice and inserts in skirt and train and sweetheart neckline her tulle fingertip veil fell from a halo and she carried yellow roses babys breath and bouvardia her attendants were miss marjorie sel- nian of toronto and miss mildred loyst of oshawa as bridesmaids dressed in orchid sheer over taffeta orchid halos and carrying shower bouquets of talisman roses miss delorcs roy of tonawanda nywas junior bridesmaid attired in green sheer over taffeta green halo and talisman roses miss loretta cock ing of montreal acted as ilower girl gowned in yellow sheer over taffeta head piece of yellow ribbon and car rying pink roses the groom was supported by stanley a cocking and the ushers were carl and ken dop king of dundas and toronto bro thers of the bride the wedding march was played by mrs w ward while mr n ware of toronto uncle of the groom sang during the signing of the register over one hundred guests were pre sent at the brides home following the ceremony for a reception the brides mother received gowned in wisteria crepe with black accessories and corsage of talisman roses and the grooms mother wore a gown of blue sheer with navy accessories and corsage of pink roses the grooms gift was a lovely gold watch following the reception the cou ple left on a honeymoon trip to gaspe chandler que the ihride travelling in a dress of yellow wool crepe with green jacket and navy accessories they will reside in montreal married at sisters home in claremout a quiet but lovely wedding was solemnized at the home of the brides sister miss florence beelby kosey inn claremont on saturday aug 30th at 2 pm when edna alice beelby daughter of mr and mrs wm beelby became the bride of chester bryden mcgrath oshawa son of mrs mcgrath and the late james mcgrath of aspen nova sco tia the bride looked charming in a floor length gown of white crepe and veil she carried a bouquet of roses and gypsophilia her cousin mifs clara nea of toronto was bridesmaid and was gowned in a blue floorlength frock and carried a bouquet of ophelia roses mr horace ego of coldwater acted as best man and rev l s paisley of stroud officiated at the wedding mrs albert smith of toronto sang i love you truly during the signing of the register following iho ceremony a buffet luncheon was served in a prettily decorated living- room the happy couple left amid showers of confetti for a motor trip to northern points and on their re turn they will reside in oshawa additional claremont and pickering news on pages four and five following are the dates of agri cultural societies fairs and exhibi tions for 1941 lindsay wednesday to saturday sept 1013 midland thursday to saturday sept 1113 oro wednesday september 10 alliston thursday friday sep tember is 19 barrie monday to wednesday september 1517 beaverton friday saturday sep tember 19 20 bracobridge thursday friday september 18 19 coldwater wednesday thursday september 17 is ramona wednesday september 24th severn bridge friday september 26th sunderland wednesday thursday september 24 25 markham thursday to saturday october 24 hepburns wheat crop r0 bushels per acre one of the largest fields of wheat reported in the st thomas listrict has been threshed yielding 50 bus to the acre the field was on ban- nockburn farm the home of premier m f hepburn and con sisted of 3714 acres the total yield when threshed was 1875 bushels the seed was planted on sept 12 1940 this fall the premier plans to sow 75 acres to wheat stouffville continuation school reopening tuesday sept 2 this school is equipped and the staff fully qualified to teach music home economics and shop work to grades ix and x students prepared for entrance to normal and the universities all students are urgently request ed to register on tuesday september 2 or to inter view the principal prior to that date in order that the subjects taught may not conflict on the time table the staff miss pearl wilsonba assistant french history english and physical culture miss ruth miller ba assistant mathematics and home economics mr kussel l barker ba assistant english history physical culture mr gordon baileyba assistant english latin history art mr l c murphyba principal science geogra phy and shop work dr h b freel chairman geo storoy secretary revival meetings gormley mennonite church september 1st to 14th evangelists rev and mrs j g grout of tonasket washington they will sing and preach each week night except saturdays at 745 and sundays 1030 am and 3 and 730 pm everyone cordially invited