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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 28 1943 p claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent mow tiers store mrs harry porter teacher in thel mr wm beaton of oshawa wasl the claremont w i met at mrs public school here was forced tola visitor at his home over the george scotts home on wednesday relinquish her teaching duties for a weekend january 20 more letters were read i kaiw ammh4g 0 1fl1 aut all fflll ff few days last week with an attack of the flu mr and mrs floyd jones of brooklin were visitors in town on saturday mr harold coates son of mrs john coates claremont has we understand offered his services to the army harold was a former employee on the phillips plant in oshawa roy mcleod and percy redshaw members of canadas army were visitors at their respective homes here last week mr carl smith has gone to pendleton near ottawa for a few days on business carl is employed by the scarboro plant here friends will be sorry to hear that mrs bert hamm of toronto and formerly of claremont had the misfortune to fall on the ice in the city the other day and break her arm several from claremont attend ed the church service at altona on sunday to hear the address given by norman johnson returned mission ary who is home on furlough with lis wife from south america the ladies ciicle of the baptist church met at the home of mrs esther palmer on tuesday of this week mrs r e forsyths group was in charge and ithe topic for discussion was the new canadian mrs clarence pengelly of brook lin called on her paients mr and mrs thomas paterson on sunday mr jack brillinger who was so seriously injuied in a motor acci dent on the 5th concession a year ago last n august has been in the village this week and fiiends iweie glad to note that lie was able to move albout quite as usual with the aid of a cane the january meeting of the goodfellowship class of the united chinch was held at the home of mrs lester mccullough the piesi- dent mis f manion was in charge of the meeting a fine paper on peisonality taking the person ality of jesus as an example was given by mrs lehman games and contests weie in charge of mrs w r evans and mrs violet filkey the february meeting will be held at the home of mrs jos farr the annual meeting of the clare mont and north pickering branch of the red cross will ibe held in the township hall brougham on fri day evening january 29th there will be election of officers for the coming year and reports of the business just completed a social hour will follow infant granddaughter dies of pneumonia the death occurred in the sick childrens hospital toronto last week of the infant daughter of mr and mrs wallace mcmillan of 0haiwa and granddaughter of mr and mis morgan fugh the little girl who was only sixteen months old developed a severe attack of pneumonia and passed away on sun day despite all efforts to save her mrs pugh is with her daughter in oshawa cnited church aunual meeting tonight the annual business meeting of the claremont united church is being held this thursday evening january 28 supper will be served at 6 oclock with a nominal charge all members and adherents of the church are urged to attend sister follows brother to grave within few weeks word has been received of the death of mrs david pilkey in hamilton deceased was the former mary jane cochrane sister of the lite james cockrane who passed away just a few weeks ago she leaves to mourn her loss four sons and one daughter before moving to hamilton mr and mrs pilkey lived on a farm a half mile east of balsam now occupied by louis jones interment was made in hamilton ira redshaw farm reflrented on oth concession the one hundred and fifty acre farm on the 6th concession of ux- bridge belonging to ira redshapv of claremont has been rented to len hamm who is at present re siding on the wm morrison proper ty 10th of whitchurch mr redshaw who has resided in the village for the past six years has had his farm tented to mr cliff jarvis for the last twelve months mr hamm will move in the spring whiteheads have big sale despite weather conditions despite the blocked condition of many loads theie ivas a bumper crowd at the auction sale on satin day at the late home of russill whitehead just north of no 7 highway auctioneer a s farmer ubtalned top pi ices for everything the high cow brought 126 while the five cows a scuffler cutting box and poultiy realized 850 added to this was furniture totalling 540 to bring the sale up to 1500 a findlay stove sold for 6750 iwhile a ifairly new cook stove reached 100 the dining room suite sold for 80 and a bedroom suite for 66 mr whitehead it will be recall ed met his death in a railway accident which sent mrs white head to the hospital for several weeks everybody was pleased to see the splendid bids for the effects sold all of which were in excellent condition itokn in pickering twp over 0 years ago member of a historic family in pickering township mrs maria smith oconnor died at her home in picketing village last week in her 93rd year boin at dunbarton the daughter of pioneers of the district she atten ded public school there and spent her youth in that locality later she came to pickering village and has made her home here ever since for a numher of years she resided with her brother george smith who predeceased her about ten years her husband died many years ago baptized by the french mission ary father proulx the itinerant priest who founded the parish she has been a lifelong member of the roman catholic church and could remember as a child driving from dunbarton to pickering then dufllris creek with her parents to attend service held in the home of the hodgson family she was 12 years of age when the first church was built in 1860 at the time of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the parish in june 1940 mrs oconnor opened her home for the reception which was held after the services brougham last thursday a number of fiiends and neighbois gatheied at the stephenson home to spend a pleasant evening with mae frank and josephene ere they move to their new home at pickering during the evening an address was read by mr a glenn and mr w c willson presented them with a beautiful flooi lampsuitable replie were made and a dainty lunch was served a very pleasant service ns held in st johns united chuich here on sunday evening when the members of the cgit met and became alliliated with the wms this ser vice was followed by another equal ly interesting when the ofiiceis of the y p weie installed by the rev i e kennedy- a box social sponsoied by the yp oil wednesday night proved quite successful considering the condition of roads and weather boxes sold from soc to 200 miss wanda varnum of toronto spent the weekend wjth her sister mrs d a beer mr george willson has purchased from mr bert beer the property on corner of brock road and 5th con cession formerly known as stephen son home thewm s met at the home of mrs albert gray on thursday after noon last with the president mrs thos norton in charge despite the very cold weather and the condition of tne roads 21 ladles rwere present several from around here attend ed the sale of the late r whitehead on saturday and report high prices mr arden wannop spent a few days last week in toronto and while there joined his majesties forces mr allan miller left recently for washington where he expeots to take an advanced course of train ing from boys overseas acknowledging gifts of cigarettes a report was given on the christmas cheer pro vided by the institute the school dental seivlce to be sponsored by the society was discussed and an interesting reading of current events was given by mrs hooey home economics being the sub ject from the roll call welearned what phases of home economics were of v to our members mrs loysts paper on nutrition brought much valuable information to those present and a duet by jean farr and megan ibeare was much appreciated after a very interest ing contest mrs scott served re freshments four sons ill the army two others in war work a wellknown family near clare mont that is certainly doing its share to win the war is that of mrs jos norton there are no less than four norton bi others serving in canadas army while two other brothers are engaged in war work douglas is a lance corporal with the ordnance corps stationed in toronto budd who is a member of the brockville rifles is home this week from the west for the first time in eight months jim is with an artillery unit which has been overseas over a year while mike who has just re ceived his niilitaiy call is in tor onto two other brothers are ross a shipbuilder in toionto and levi who is w oi king at the pickering plant constable jack xoiton is the remaining male member of the family jets seeretirx job miss anne foigie who is tieasur- er of claiemont united chinch has been appointed to the position of tieasuiei of claiemont public and continuation school boaid since there lias been no peimanent secie- taiy for some little time one of the tiustees john scott was doing the work but would not take a perman ent appointment at less than 100 per annum heretofoie it was done for 7500 the position was adver tised and miss forgie iwas the suc cessful applicant we weie unable to learn what the remuneration agreed on for miss forgie is to be at time of going to pi ess phone player dead clean rest rooms you can be sure of unexcelled gas oil plus highgrade service at boadways service station phone 265 sfovihville william hiiiris 88 who was the first person to play a music al instrument oer the tele phone is dead at hranuord on alexander graham hell asked him o play the cornet and the number lie played was tlien youll remember me boiler blew up on claremont train xo passengers hurt bodies pieces hurled in all directions in wreckage the engineer and fireman of the cpr local passenger train were instantly killed friday when the boiler of their engine blew up near cavan about halway between peterboro and pontypool this is the morning train due in claremont at 823 two of the coaches were derailed but no passengers were reported to be injured mr and mrs kenneth syer and family who live about 200 yards from the spot where the accident took place told of hearing a loud explosion and the house being shak en by the- blast there were pieces of the train blown ever so far parts came down in the fields and the whole boiler of the train was smashed she said it was still dark when the explo sion occurred and mr syer took a lantern and went to the track the trainmen were looking over the damage by the light of their lan terns but it was difficult to see just what had happened she explained the men are still trapped in the cab of the engine she said there is apparently not much they can do until they get it tipped up right again when the boiler burst there was considerable water blown all over everything and things aro covered with ice none of the passengers were in- may reduce county rate says warden reduction of debenture debt in ontario county respon sible for decrease to prac tice economy ontario countys good financial position briefly reviewed last week by warden william reesor in an outline of work for the year may make a reduction in the tax rate for 1943 possible the warden said that the deben ture debt was being reduced yearly and that next year 1s0000 would be paid off debt reduction he stat ed would mean lower taxation in future years provided no new capital expenditures weie undertaken and this would give the county more money to spend on other things strict wartime economy was urg ed by the warden but he waaed that the countys capital investments must foe taken care of committees standing committees were named as follows agriculture h new man county property r m dever- ell education j h ormiston fin ance and asssessment dr j c do vine legislation and memorials e johnston j h ormiston jame3 blanchaid dr devine a thomp son mileage and per diem russell hood chairman n down a clark j p wilson j h ormiston printing b annis chairman j p wilson alex thompson a w grigg w beach refoiestation w beach chair man c p king russell hood o h downey roads and bridges james blanch- aid chairman a w grigg e johnston t harding and j mac- donald county load board f clayton a miller- r hazell jiued mis syer stated a few- ladies were shaken up and nervous but they were all right she added engineer fry who was s3 years of age was not making his regular run his wife explained he was filling in for another engineer and had been with the ohr since 1910 he is survhed by his wife and two children james s and may 6 firemen lines has 26 years ser vice with the company and is sur vived by his wife one of the passengeis said that when the boiler exploded the coach es weie violently jolted and from where he sat he could see sparks fly ing in all directions it sounded as if the tiain was putting on its brakes parts of the cab coal shovels and other tools were spread out along the track a large expanse of snow w asblackened where the bursting boileis tlnewvout steam and parts of hot metal times are trying some goods are hard to get s we can riot get at all we have been fortunate in securing the following which we can deliver immediately 2 vheelbarrows 1 root pulper 1 combination electric wood and caol cook stove a few used heaters a few used cook stoves 1 chemical closet 1 sump pump 60 cycle 1 used beauty 1900 electric washer 25 cle 1 used beatty copper tub washer 60 cycle a few electric heaters 3 battery radios 1 electric radio good stock of electric fences a few rolls of barb wire a few rolls of no 9 wire fence a good stock of wire nails a good stock of good motor oil a few coal burning brooder stoves on the way order your implement repairs early our stock is good charles cooper claremont ontario p j chapman to head jersey breeders the annual meeting of the on- taiio county jersey club was held at the home of the president geo todd at cherrywood informal dis cussions took place on the forma tion of a local breeding club on dis trict sales where buyers would be induced to come and on the recent proposals of the canadian jersey club to increase the fee for member ship one dollar of which was to go to the provincial organizations secretary james bremner and dr cooke were present and explained the workings of breeding clubs and the progress that is being made in the peterboro and other districts in jersey extension work secretary john batty reported on the finances of the club election of ofiiceis for 1943 re sulted in the following hon pres oeoige todd cherrywood brest fiank m chapman pickering vice piesident john batty brooklin secretary treasurer neil petty pickering directors dr mcquay mr von pilis of whitby and doug thomson brooklin wanted dead horses and cattle telephone for free pick up phone stouffville 255 markham 432c claremont 913we pay phone charges gordon young icd phone adelaide 3636 toronto to our policyholders at our ninetysixth annual meeting we were able to report another year of most satisfactory progress during 1942 the report showed that the great stability of your company which has been such a satisfaction to all policyholders was still further improved once more great numbers have been helped through distressing i circumstances because of their cooperation with the many thousands of others who constitute this company at the same time the funds which have been accumulated on your behalf are being- employed very largely in your countrys war financing a complete annual report is available at any of our offices g the ana da assurance company established 1847 j- f i 3bs ft iwrwisrj