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yv thtrihimk stouffville orittfiiusdav mav 7th 1942 t v r page seven the tribune stouffville ontthursday may 7th 1942 claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent connors bakery tribunes on sale- each week sit some tlule and has only recently re- n kl a w jaiiatttka vnm liar connors store get a copy of this most complete coverage of your local news today mrs bert ham of toronto was a visitor in claremont last iecknd mrs gleeson we understand is in poor health mr levi gibson of toronto visited with his aunt mrs e gibson re cently mr and mrs alvln bushby of pickering called on friends here on sunday mrs loss hill who has been work ing at pickering has left the job in favor of her husband and is again on the mail route bill hicks transport driver for frank barclay has been called up for military training mrs jennings of warren mich was a guest of her cousin mrs it e forsyth here last week we understand mr leggitts son clarence of peterbbro has en- listed in the navy earl is an old claremont boy now station agent at ponty pool mr and mrs w ihollinger of cherrywood were sunday visitors with mr and mrs dave dawson norman birkett son of randolph birkett of moose jaw sask was a visitor on saturday here at the home of his aunt and uncle air and mrs will birkett norman has come to toronto to enlist with the royal canadian navy blake briscoe son of mr and mrs jas briscoe has gone to whitby where he will learn the baking trade as an employee of the connor bak ery local firm there- mrs frank cooper and daughter ilene visited mrs coopers sister mrs brown in oshawa on sunday mrs brown is reported to be seriously ill congratulations go to miss muriel gostick daughter of mr and mrs fred gostick who graduated last week from the toronto bible college mr and mrs wilbur hill and jack lehman all of toronto were week end guests at the home of mr and mrs wes lehman north clare mont tickets sold on a hooked rug don ated by mrs david dawson irealized 1500 at a gettogether held at the morgan pugh home the lucky win ner was bobby follows of brougham proceeds were in aidof the bwvf next sunday mothers day will be observed in the two local churches and large congregations are expected the parents are asked to cooperate and beon hand with the kiddies one of our local merchants mr c a overland has been slightly in capacitated with an attack of neurit is in his rght arm the trouble which started in the shoulder has gone down until it has placed his hand in a useless condition farm reported sold the 125acre farm situated in the hollow just south of the village and owned by mr currie of toronto is undei stood to have been disposed of toa new york party jthe farm which for some years had been tenanted by jos fair had recently been rented to a mr sanford of toronto furniture goes well at saturdays auction a total of was realized from tho furniture sale of the thomas sanderson estate held in the village here onsaturdy the parcel of iand also offered for sale went to mr will thompson of claremont for 95 the two diningroom suites brought 19 and 35 respectively while a good electric washer sold for 31 t v removed to hospital mrs ab mantle was removed to the brierbush hospital stouffville on friday night from the home of her daughter mrs fred redshaw who lives just west of the village mrs mantle has been in ill health for turned to her daughters from her sons home in the city where she had spent the winter loses finger by circular saw frank ward farm manager for the col philips estate on brock road north had the misfortune to have one of his fingers severed in a buzz saw which was being used to cut wood the injured member is very painful and mr ward may be off work for some weeks graduated from grace hospital last week miss marlon louen daughter of mr and mrs marshall lotten of the north townline graduated from grace hospital toronto last week miss lotten has been on duty as a nurse at the brlerbnsh hospital in stouffville for some time given presentation on departure k 1 at the ladies circle meeting held at mrs r e forsyths last week miss florence beelby was presented with a lovely electric table lamp in appreciation for her work in the society jlissibeelby is leaving the community this week for her new home near barrie and the members took this lopportunity of expressing their high regard for her faithful service mi- thos jpaterson seriously stricken mir thos paterson veteran car penter here on main st was serious ly stricken last week with a con dition which partially paralyzed his limbs although not in the best of health during the winter months 2ir paterson has been to work at his shop as usual the past few weeks his condition as reported at the be ginning of this week was slightly improved mrs clarence pengeuy of brooklin a daughter is assisting in the borne claremont institute raised 38010 la year whi tne anied nations are fight a total of 58000 was raised by tang to preserve democracy it is just the membeis of the claremont w 1 as important that christianity be during the past year for community imrt allowed to decline at home objective of 8000 set for local red cross drive an objective of 2000 has been set for claremont and north picker ing red cross campaign which will begin next monday may 11th last year the objective was smaller there are five units included in this district and at a meeting of the executive held last week the following officers were appointed to handle the canvas chairman n goddard treas s rohbins publicity and advertising mrs birkett prospect comm dr tomlinson n goddard the follow ing were appointed in each district to appoint canvassers for the campaign f disney mrs harvey w dunkeld miss l gray w reesor rev ken nedy allan prouse the canvassers will visit you sometime during next week and everyone is asked to be as generous as possible the domin ion is being asked to give 9000000 in the forthcoming effort local farmer rents property through police cah mr bill pugh who farms just east of the village on the 9th of pickering has rented bis trout stream to a tor onto sportsman tor the season mr pugh was endeavouring to keep a host of city fishermen from his pro perty on the opening of- the- uout season last weekend so that he could more readily dispose of the property t someone lor a private fishing spot having discovered several fishing parties on the premises he called constable norton to his aid as one toronto man failed to be convinced he was trespassingno sooner was the cop on the spot however and mr pugh explained his reason for pro hibiting the fishing than this would- be angler reached in hi9 pocket pull ed aut the necessary cash and took the place over incidently he also paid mr norton for his trouble in travelling to the scene of the dispute if- uh will not permit groundhog shooting in pickering township game committee to restock town ship streams with trout toe church leaders of the continent are concerned lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family womens hosiery rubbers gloves shoes socks boots mitts stouffville phone izol opposite the town clock buses leave from stouffville to toronto a 715 am b 925 am c 350 pm b 940 pm from toronto to stouffville h 1100 am c 130 pm d 530 pm c 545 pm b 1115 pm a 915 am a dally ex sun hoi bsundays holidays k v c saturday only d dally ex sat sun ho- eastern daylight saving time tickets and information at leola food shop phono 1g7 gray coach lines- and patriotic work according to a report tendered at the annual meet ing during the year ten regular meetings were held with a hallowe- en social for the community the membership was 54 with an average attendance of 19 mrs harvey dist prest attended one of the meetings and mir wootton former dominion bank brooklin gave an instructive talk on canadian banking dona tions were made to the following local library board 15 bwvf 50 prisiners of war parcels 50 red cross blanket fund50russian medical relief 100 navy league 110 seeds for britain 5 red cross handkerchief appeal 4 cigarettes to local boys overseas 15 the women won 2nd prize at tho cne quilting contest and 3rd in the star weekly contest the sick committee report showed that 58 cards and baby boxes and 9 hospital boxes were sent a fish demonstration was put oa at one of the meetings by the depart ment of fisheries a delegate was sent tojhe annual committee in tor onto the war work committee re port the amount of finished work as follows 1 112 articles including c layettes and 271 quilts two boxes were sent to mrs aitkin including 02 articles 3 layettes with 49 articles in each two boxes were also sent to the neighborhood workers toronto recent surveys show that thous- a number of requests to the pickering township game preserve committee to license groundhog shooting in the township have been turned down at a meeting of the committee held last week it was decided to re stock the township streams with brown and speckled trout the de partment will provide the fish and representatives are expected out in the near future to look over the streams the townships pheasant popula tion will be replenished again with one hundred or more birds mi- ed sherk of claremont was appointed a member of the com mlitee to replace vince baker who has moved from the township and of children and youth are grow ing up in ignorance of the bible and chiistian teaching that the enroll ment in sunday schools across can ada and the entire continent in all denominations is decreasing while many homes recognize no responsi bility for christian nurture while public school attendance in canada from 1931 to 1941 has decreased five per cent the sunday school en- lollment in the same period has de creased 15 per cent during the year 1941 juvenile delinquency has gone up by leaps and bounds many lead- eis recognize some relationship be tween the decrease in sunday school enrollment and the increase in juven ile delinquency because of this state of affairs here is a movement across north america called the christian edu cation advance which is an effort to bring chiistian teaching to every last person t as part of this allout effort to pi omotechristian teaching the on tario religious education council has issued for use in sunday schools across the province on mothers day may 10th an order of service fol lowing the theme the church and the home together mothers day may 10th is an occasion when people are urged to attend with their children the church and sunday school of their choice ownship tut 50 pc township to protest slash in road expenditure by reason of wear and tear on roads by munition plant trucks pickering townships road appro priation for thisyear has been cut more than fifty per cent by the de partment of highways 1 was re vealed at the regular meeting of council on monday the township had set a figure of 28000 as pos sible expenditure and this amount was lowered to 13000 by the department i think said reeve reesor that we should get some concession because of the work necessary on our roads to put them in shape after the breakups caused by the munition plant trucks all members agreed that if the roads were put in the best repair again more money would be needed after some discussion councillor chapman suggested that the clerk appeal to the department for a larger grant the proposal was carried forthwith also in connection with the road work the cement bridge opposite the john white property on the green river sideroad was reported to be in a bad state of repair since no out right construction work can be undertaken this year road supt roy ward discussed with council various means whereby the structure could be lepaired a communication was received from c f bulmer of the 5th con cession complaining of the condition of the road in front of his property also of the damage caused by steam engine allegedly operated on town ship property to his young bush theengine in question is used by the conlin gravel pit for di iving a gravel washing outfit council agreed to look into the matter and have the engine removed to the owners pro perty a few feet away if the alleged conditions werefound to exist a representative of the a e wil son insurance company interviewed the council as to the matter of acci dent insurance for the township employees mr d beer of brougham was also present regarding the in- surariceon thetqwnship equipmenl a complaint lodged byw j powefrof baystonthe lakefont because ofsurfae which hie claimed was being drained t his property was laid aside as council found in consultation with the road supt that the water was proceeding in its natural course mr irwin white addressed coun cil concerning a section of fence which had been washed away in the- spring rains and which was on a portion of roadway recently closed by the munitions plant mr white offered to rent the abandoned road way and leave tne fence down council were agreable ablo will look over the property in the near future sheep damage by dogs amounted to 30 dr roy simpson was aid 20 for one ewe killed while ralph craword and fred wilson were paid 5 each for killing two dogs- road accounts amounted to 122386 relief accounts passed totalled 76 an order will be placed this month for calcium chloride to lay- the dust last year the township bought fifty- three tons of dust layer three tons which were disposed of- ona r fifty- fifty basis to individual ratepayers owing to the cut in road- expend tures the order this year may be- considerably smaller price i per ton for calcium was reported to be s27ss remand motorist on two charges pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and to reckless driving kenneth cummings of oshawa was remanded in custody for one week when he appeared before magi strate ebbs in whitby last week the charges arose out of an acci dent that occurred about 145 am on april 10th on the dundas st east highway near slichters green houses in the accident cars belong ing to thomas akey and gordon spencely of claremont were badly smashed and about 60 damage was done to the cummings car u brougham mr and mrs w j brown also mary and thos jr visited with t c and mrs brown on sunday mrs a j gray has been on the sick list for a few days mr henry madill of small arms long branch called on friends on sunday afternoon the knoxellicott and holtby families were at pickering on satur day attending the 60th wedding anniversary of mr and mrs l banks mr wm moore rcaf of tor onto is spending a few days leave with his parents and friends mr a b matthews expects to start excavating the cellar for his new house this week mr roy mcwhirter has so far im proved from his recent operation to be able to return jiome mrs mc whirter expects to take charge of the school for a few weeks mr and mrs e l crocker of tor onto visited mr and mrs matthews on sunday mr ross wihson son of mr and mrs w c wlllson is confined to the military hospital with scarlet fever we hope for a speedy recovery the y p service on sunday night took the form of a memorial service for onciof their former members the late gilford baker rcaf who lost his life in england the service was taken by rev i e kennedy visited by mr allan gray president of the yp and mr john knox supt of the sunday school the sympathy of the community is extended to the bereav ed family mm 3 pflm w si v ti 7 vsv m m 4 hwm0l to the m css iou to the cry of come a be left to f wiun the suffering- those the crosd only national cai heart tot beascobeap humanity- t f mercy gen ce f r- yc for war the canada a of canada- i red cross n office of ftlccullough button local campaign headquarters telephone 2403 il asl