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krr jyv v- i- t f- tvll the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 15th 1942 t seven r- claremont by staff correspondent reg- kennedy who has been in poor health for some time is improv- jngand able to drive down to school for a short time each day 1 mr and mrs gordon graham of oshawa visited with mr and mrs l lewis on sunday the bypu of the baptist church met at the home of mr and mrs jas briscoe last week mr and mrs floyd coates of tor- onto visited the formers mother here over the weekend miss bessie graham of toronto was home over sunday a noticeable improvement has been made in mrs lyman pilkeys health during the past week mrs jess warden visited in tor onto with her mother and father mr and mrs harry boose last week miss lenson of toronto and formerly of claremont visited over the wcokend here we are sorry to report the serious- illness of mrs h yake she has been under the doctors care now for a week the red cross meeting which was scheduled to bo held this friday jan 16th has been postponed till a later date mr fred morley of toronto was home over sunday mr andmrs jos ward expected to move to oshawa last weekend where he has taken an apartment mr ward is employed in the motor city the meeting of the teachers and officers of the baptist church sunday school was held last week and the new officers elected for 1342 are supt edgar ward assistant harry drew sutcliffes oshawa rink and were downed 1 64 in the second game they drew jas young of rich mond hill but again finished on the tail end of a 128 score in the third and final contest wills rink came up against hw sanders rink from stouffville and faired the worst of all losing 185 barnard auction touay a number of highgrade holstein cows along with several horses hogs hay and ensilage will be offered for sale at lots 34 and 35 con s whitby township the lot the pro perty of f j barnard the sale will be conducted by auctioneer a s farmer this afternoon arrive in england mr and mrs hugh gregg received a cable from pilot officer gordon gregg their son stating that he had arrived safely in england gordon was in claremont renewing old acquaintances less than a month ago stanbury sale total 91200 despite the bitter cold weather which prevailed on saturday a large crowd was on hand for the thos stanbury auction sale on the 8th concession east of the brock rd the sale totalled 1200 the top horse brought 95 and the highest cow70 this latter animal went to kenreesor two heifers were sold for 50 each and a young bull for 49 implements ranged from- 40 for the binder to 2750 for the sleighs wheat was knocked down at 101 oats wenl for49c and barley 56c pickering councillors sox ix air mishap armand chapman son of r s chapman new pickering township councillor was in volved inan roaf plane crackup near north bay during the severe wind and snow storm which raged through tbat part of the country last week none of the crew were injured was the word received by mr chap man on monday armand who was copilot was one of sever al flyers being transferred from one part of the dominion to the other by plane they lost contact with the other members of the squadron near north bay and were uuable in the blinding storm to locate the airport following the railway they fin ally succeeded in bringing the big craft down in a field and which ran up against the rail way incline the plane suffered minor damage pickering farmer buried found secytreas miss viola for- at claremont syth assistant miss gladys morley mr thomas condy has resigned his position as caretaker of the unit edchurch a position which he has held for several years the vacancy had not yet been filled at the begin ning of the week mr mcdonald former continua tion school teacher now with can adas active army spent sunday here visiting with former friends the funeral was conducted to the union cemetery- here onwednesday afternoon or tho late james young of the 6th concession deceased has farmed on the 6th for some years he is survived by his widow two sons robert and william both at home three brothers dave high school principalat guelph one farmer in uxbridge township and one in osprey twp the late mr council appoint committees at opening meeting assor adam spcnra kcaucm- an increase in snbny the wjms held their monthly young was the last surviving mem- meeting in the basement of the unit ed church on thursday this was an open meeting the number of people vho are proceeding to the pickering muni tions plant from here each day has led several townsmen to think seii- ously alkhit opening up a jitney ser- vice to and fro nearly two dozen men arid women are now employed atthe plant from this locality during the severe cold snap last week a iwindow in the cellar of mr walter wards house blew open with the result that all the tasty preserv es done down by the good housewife in tho fall were frozen not being content with merely ruining a large portion of the eatables jack frost also took a nip at several water pipes jmr and mrs thomas morgason of the 3rd concession of uxbridge have moved to the faulkner home on the 4th since the death of the mother of ttiat house mrs brown mother of the deceased from montreal and a daughter from new york were both large owls present for the funeral returning to their homes this week foursome of curlers going to oshawa for the big bonspeil there last week had rather tough luck failing to come through with a single win tho rink was composed of w bir- kett r miller f evans aid earl beare in the first round the boys ber of a family that migrated to this country from scotland about one hundred years ago the family first settled in whitby township although in later years the elderly couple liv ed in the house now occupied by mr wm dickinson fanners try shot at pair of kaglefc a pair of baldheaded american eagles have been sighted near the farm of h smcintosh allonn dave nighswander tried a highpowered rifle against the birds without success it is reported earl beare of claremont claimed he spotted one of the pair flying quite low over the tree tops as he was driving along in his car he said the bird had a head the size of an orange and a wing spread of some five feet these american cousins are rather rare in this part of the country although they have been shoton previous occa sions being sometimes mistaken for 7 stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral dealgni v flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 lehmans shoe store footwear for au the family womenr hosiery j rubbers gloves shoes x socks boots mitts r stouffville phone 4301 opposite the town clock wimk of 1ravor service concluded despite the severe cold snap last week a fair attendance was regis tered on the four evenings on which meetings were conducted in tho local churches in connection with the week of prayer on monday and tuesday night the services were held in the united church while on thursday and friday evening the gatherings took place in the baptist rev mr daniels and rev kennedy where the presiding ministers and addresses delivered on the following subjects our inheritance and its responsib ilities the worldwide church an actual fact christianity in the family and community the younger churches and world evangelization pickering township council were duly sworn in for 1942 in the town ship hall brougham on monday dr reddick whitevale pastor address ed the members briefly during the opening ceremonies committees for the year were ap pointed and were as follows roads and bridges blake annis w h westney george todd r s chap man contingencies w h westney blake annis george todd relief george todd r s chapman w h westney livestock damage r s chapman george todd w h west ney transportation power and light it s chapman george todd w h westney assessor adam spears addressed council with a view to obtaining an increase in salary he is at present receiving 450 mr spears stated that there are approximately 2s0o assessments to make in pickering township but that this number is increasing from year to year ho al so cited additional subdividing and added transportation costs as fur ther reason for some raise in salary in conclusion mr spears suggested that bo be given so much per new assessment each year and suggested the amount of 20c this he explained would not overburden council with any sudden increase the number of new assessments this year is twenty thus the advance of 400 reeve reesor stated his reluctance to advance salaries at this time but voiced councils consideration for mr spears the matter was left for fur ther consideration a questionaire was received from the history of the county requesting information for the proposed county history and the clerk was request ed to fill the request notice was received to the effect that volunteer arp workers in the township would not be covered by insurance unless they were duly reg istered before a mishap took place this matter will be brought up at the forthcoming arp meeting in pick ering on friday night brougham pte charles aldridge of hamil ton visited ross madill on sunday mr alf sisson has returned to his home in halliburton where he has secured work the w m s are sponsoring a drama contest to be held in the hall on february 6th each drama to last at least 20 minutes and not longer than 35 minutes three characters or more required prizes will be 5 3 2 entries must be handed to miss anniebayies by jan 17th on wednesday evening last a number of friends gathered in the hall to do honor to our- newly weds mr and mrs ivan elllcott many use ful and valuable presents were re ceived by the young couple the remainder of the evening was spent dancing toronto flashes baptist church raised over 300 for- missions in 1041 the -annual- supper and business meeting of the claremont baptist church was held on wednesday jan 7 because of the inclemency of the weather the attendance was small- but a fine spirit was manifest throughout the evening reports were given from the various organi zations showing earnest and faithful work on tho part of the leaders the clean rest rooms 7 kfc- you can be sure of unexcelled gas oil plus highgrade service at bo ad ways service station phone 265 stouffville 1 treasurers report showed that after all bills had been paid there is a substantial balance in the treasury the amount contributed to missions was 32s42 mr james coates and mr morgan pugh were reelect as deacons the officers for 1942 ore as follows clerk mrs a m pugh treasurer mr james coates mission treasurer mr found auditors miss viola forsyth and miss alma ward j organist and choir leader miss mary forsyth young mother buried at uxbridge interment was made in uxbridge cemetery on thursday of the late mrs- ralph faulkner whose untimely death occurred at her home on the 4th concession of uxbridge on tues day of last week deceased had been ihonly two months although she had undergone a major operation last november mr and mrs faulk ner have occupied the j faulkner farm on the 4th albout one and a quarter miles from tho townline for the past sixteen years deceased was a former montreal girl and was employed in new york city at the time she met her hus band she leaves to mourn her lossa sorrowing husband six children also a brother in the rcaf over seas a brother in montreal a sister and mother in montreal and another sister in new york the late mrs faulkner was in her 44th year she attended the mennonlte church at glasgow and was highly regarded as a family and- community worker in the locality in which she lived the friends and neighbours of the dls- trlct extend their sympathy to the family in this time of extreme loss 1 continued from page 6 of toronto spent sunday with mr and mrs walter symes mr and mrs dan norton and ivan spent sunday with mr and mrs n linton at sandy hook mrs j todd and joan of good wood spent last sunday with mr and mrs alvin redshaw mr ivan norton returned home on saturday after taking the short course at tho oac guelph mr and mrs george brown and maurice sheldon spent the recent holidays season with mr and mrs e jones congratulations to harold dickin son on being elected to the uxbridge council for this year the regular meeting of the baptist ladies aid was held on wednesday evening january 7th at the home of mrs iloydwagg there was an at- tendanceof nine at this meeting and mrs john maye took charge oran interesting programme the community extends their deep sympathy to mr ralph faulkner and their family in their recent bereave ment miss martha stewart is not attend ing uxbridge high school now be cause of ill health very pleased to hear our friend thos baston is coming along so nicely pte john nighsander called on his mother mrs jones on sunday moth ers love to see their boys often for closeout entire stock without reserve c a overland of claremont buys under the bulk sales act stock and fixtures of superior store form erly operated by mr g baker groceries dry goods boots shoes and rubbers a mighty price smash to sell everything beginning thursday jan- 15th then friday and saturday and every day next week g a overland claremont ontario they may soon be leaving the district so that visits homo are impossible miss e a davey miss jane davey and mr p h davey were in new market on saturday very sorry to learn that our friend mr feren had a nasty fall on the ice a bad time of the year and one has to be very careful well we cer tainly hope mr fereiis shoulder will soon be better mr todd kindree from- chatham called on his aunt and uncle mr and mrs c watson todd is in the air force some of our goodwood boys are at newmarket training camp corporal bruce byam is home for a week the baptist prayer meeting was held at the home of mr and mrs j maye on thursday night buy your extra tribune at wat sons store mr frank dorgan miss beatrice henry and miss ruth cookson of toronto spent the weekend at victory ranch vandorf visiting clayton e pogue birthday greeting to mrs ed wideman irwin pearson ronald wagg stouffville and district mor- ley haynes ed davis mrs norman feasby mrs murray stewart mary cooper walter rusnell garry cop- pins george e wilson all of good- wood and uxlbridge townshipgeo norton brougham dorothy horlock brougham given smith vandorf mrs percy redshaw jack lehman claremont arthur dowswell and mr and mrs jack taylor uxbridge twp ethel brethour sunderland mrs joe middloton is spending a few days with her daughter mrs bennett since attending an immense gath ering over the holiday season mr and mrs dlslln mcdonald returned home to hold one in their own natty bungalo there were a good many present but the scribe has one re- gret of course and that was our own absence for collection telephone stouffville 7810 department of ottawa national war services honourable jtitfiorion v r-