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the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 25th 1943 claremont and district by staff correspondent loral agent mowders store mr and mrs rolen storry of highland creek visited with mr and mrs cecil storry and family and mrs john gregg on sunday miss anna forsyth of toronto was home here with her parents mr and mrs robert forsyth for the week end to the lions a week ago but his i brougham on monday afternoon trip was postponed owing to the march 1st severe weather and blocked roads i miss isabel collard of stouffville mrs william brown has return- 1 who has been on the office staff of ed home after visiting with relatives in toronto for several days mrs a ayers of claremont who has been confined to the brlerbush mr will palmer has been forced hospital stouffville for some time to remain indoors for a few days pe thi jweek and recuperate at the home of miss margaret neal stouffville mrs harry porter resumed her teaching duties on monday at the mr jas briscoe has been confined claremont public school after being to his home with the flu for a few ause through illness for two days weeks miss mabel sanderson has given mr and mrs lloyd wilson and up her position at the pickerng plant marlene of myrtle station and mr with a severe cold mr bruce douglas spent the week end at his home in bobcaygeon due to ill health and is at present visiting with her sister mrs bert ham in toronto mrs will cowie has been confined to her bed lately through illness her sister miss margaret graham has been assisting in the home miss reta rolling of mt albert visited with miss stella rolling last week we understand that messrs cecil redman and ross redshaw have re ceived their military callup notices mrs a d peters of port perry has returned home after visiting with her daughters mrs george beverly and mrs carruthers mr and mrs gordon ratcllff of stouffville visited with mr and mrs judson ward here on sunday miss doris dolphin of toronto visited at her home here over the weekend mr and mrs zellers of gormley visited at the homes of mr and mrs frank ward and mr and mrs bur- nell mr and mrs gordon overland of kingston were in claremont on fri day attending the funeral of the late luther overland mrs jesse warden of toronto visit ed with friends here over the week end mrs wid miller and son bruce of osliawa visited on sunday with mrs millers sister miss emma brown claremont mr and mrs gordon graham of oshawa visited at the home of mr and mrs ed lewis on sunday rev i e kennedy was in stouffville on monday evening ad dressing the local lions club rev kennedy was scheduled to speak auction sale of farm stock choice dairy herd milking mncliinc implements huy and grain lot 28 cox 1 pickering 12 mile west of dunbarton and 11 north of xo 2 wed march 3rd the property of russel conner sp- gp milking horses grey gelding 6 years grey gelding 5 years bay gelding 12 years cattle holstein cow due april 18 holstein cow bred feb 1 i years old holstein rue march 7 6 years holstein bred october 10 7 years holstein cow bred oct 12 4 yrs holstein cow due mar s 8 yrs blue cow bred jan 2g full flow 7 years ayrshire cow bred aug 10 5 yrs ayrshire heifer full flow 5 yrs ayrshire cow bred sept 15 s yrs holstein cow fresh 1 month full flow ayrshire cow calf by side 5 years ayrshire cow due mar 7 3 years holstein cow due april 20 3 yrs yearling heifer holstein bull holstein heifer bred dec 14 holstein heifer bred dec is holstein heifer bred jan 1 implements grain binder 7 ft fw new corn binder fw mower mh 5 ft imanuresprcader new- horse rake mh seed drill and cultivator combined seed drill roller milk cart pulper corn cultivator cockshut cutting box riding plow cockshut electric clippers three horse plough electric fence two single ploughs separator s milk cans serge 2 unit milking machine harrows barrel churn stone boat wagon i h sleigh sloops good hay rack and flat rack water trough 2 water tubs 100 gal bbl buck saw wagon box set 2000 cap scales 3 horse blankets number of collars and halters 125 bus xo barb barley 200 bus mixed grain quantity of hav xumbcr of cow chains and mis bus empringham of kin- sale weie visitors at chas empring- liains home on sunday mr and mrs earl bell are both working for jos farr mrs bell assisting in the home mr jack lehman son of mr and mrs wes lehman has enlisted in the army and is now stationed in toronto mrs john pallister suffered a severe heart attack last week and is under the doctors care at her home on the townline north mrs sam pearce who has been spending the winter months with her daughter mrs andrew brooks is confined to her home with a severe cold an undisclosed party is under stood to have dug some potatoes from their garden here last week and found them to have wintered perfect ly the party in question was run ning short of murphies and remem bering a few they had not dug in the fall thought they would have a look at them there proved to be practic ally no frost in the ground and the potatoes cooked up fine the evening service was with drawn at the local baptist church again this past sunday evening al though rev daniel was thought to have fully recovered from his recent fainting attack he is believed to re quire still further recuperation and thus the burden of two sunday ser vices was removed beginning next sabbath the sunday school hour will begin at 1030 rather than 10 pm as heietofore church service will be at 1130 latest report on mr walter prouse principal of claremont con tinuation school has given this popular school head until the sum mer holidays before he must report for military duty thirty below or not two mus- cova ducks belonging to a farmer just north of the village stole away a week ago and nested a couple of dozen eggs which they began to set on clucky ducks in february are quite a rarity we imagine the regular council meeting of pickering township council will be held at the township hall thesarco co plant here for two years has given up her position since the recent death of her father and will make her home in toronto the regular meeting of the clare mont womens institute was held at the home of mrs ben kilpatrick last week chief topic history of our creed was given by mrs jos farr while mrs hooey took the subject community activities mrs don mccullough covered current events and mrs john gregg the latest news on the price ceiling mrs w evans enter tained the ladies with a piano solo it was decided that the society should make a grant to the local library the amount to be 1500 the next meeting will be at the home of mrs h g mclntyre and all ladies of the community are urged to attend mr jos farr nad to make a huiryup call to hamilton on mon day morning for repairs for the power engine at the elevators here the plant broke down on saturday and work was suspended in the chapping mill until the necessary parts could be obtained from hamilton catcher bis avootlrhuvk the warm weather last weekend had its effect on our animals bring ing them into the open with prom ises of spring a big woodchuck tip ping the scales at 11 pounds was pounced on by robert dawsons collie on saturday and bi ought in as proof that spring cannot be too far away a ptotty fairhaired daughter of u military family is private cliuriiiimi o sanson daugh ter or lout- gen k v san- soin commander of the can adian armored corps over seas and one of the four senior oilircrs holding the highest rank in the canadian army pte sansom has served as a clerk with the ordnance corps in ottawa brougham terms cash sale at l pm xo reserve as proprietor is glvlnc up farming alvin s farmer auctioneer gormley ont po nhone stouff ville 7309 imrs m hamilton visit d with her friends in toronto recen ly mr leonard hunt spent a few days last week with friends in tor onto imr arthur bassett of toronto spent the weekend wth his father and sister here the school was closed here last week due to the illness of the teach er miss reesor the y p met in the church on sunday evening under the leadership of miss dorothy harlock mr and mrs david liscomhe and family of oshawa visited his father mr harvey liscombe on sunday mr and mrs fred madili and son ross were guests of mr and mrs a b matthews on saturday misses fern and helen malcolm and mrs walter knox of toronto spent the weekend with their par ents howard and mrs malcolm mr and mrs jas ravey of toronto visited her parents mr and mrs wm ellicott during the weekend mr and mrs wallace ellicott and little daughter visited his parents wm and mrs ellicott during the weekend mr and mrs wm duncan and son george of green river were re cent guests of dean and mrs malrs mr and mrs martin routley of brooklln also gnr l routley cfaf of toronto were guests of mr and mrs l matthews on saturday the many friends of rev mr glover will be glad to know he is improving after his recent severe illness but he is still unable to carry on his regular work the crokinole party which was held in the hall on friday evening nnd sponsored by the wms proved a real success prize winners were ladies 1st miss b lamorle 2nd mrs plaxton sr gents 1st h plaxtoni 2nd george norton girls 1st ruth gilman 2nd mollio luke boys 1st jack malrs 2nd john hamilton funeral service was held on mon day afternoon for the late w g ueld of pickering who passed away on friday afternoon following a lingering illness he leaves to mourn his loss a wife one daughter and one son deceased was very well known in brougham district having conducted a butcher business and operated a route here for many years brock road farm to go under the hummer the 140acre farm owned by george zimmer situated on the brock road just north of biougham will be offeied for sale by public auction on saturday march 6th at 3 pm there is a solid brick house on the place a new steel barn mod ern hen houses and other outbuild ings hydro is installed both in the house and barns the faun is ibeing offered subject to a reserve bid and will be sold by auctioneer clarke prentice ioccutting underway for creamery here morley symes goodwood icecut ters moved to altona pond on mon day where operations were com menced to cut 750 blocks of the frozen water for fred evans cream ery at claremont the norton and feasby trucks are doing the haul ing job for the local firm i believe this years harvest is the ive put in in 20 years mr evans told the tribune the ice is about is inches thick but with consider able shale and snow heretofore mr evans has cut ice from whites fond at goodwood uxbridge township boy in north african ratlin the following is taken from a letter received by jos stephenson from his son corporal oscar steph enson raf who is now in the fight for north africa written urgent great britain asks for seventyfive million dozen eggs from canada in 1943 that is nearly onethird more eggs than there were produced in canada last year this task can be accomplished best by eery producer striving to get more eggs per hen the average production per month in canada last year was nine eggs from each hen two more eggs per bird per month will do the job check your hen and see if she is earning her keep or else raise more hens youll be pleased witk your returns at uxbridge egg grading station listen in on tuesday night 730 to 800 to cbl toronto phone 61 harold spofford manager eldest resident buried at erin following a lingering illness death came on february 17th to dec 10th received february 13th luther overland at the home of his over here we are really busy i son c a overland claremont the am almost in the thick of things in late mr overland was in his 93rd north africa we aie just behind the fiont lines and kept on our toes all y the oldest resldent of tne v1 the time jage born in cambridgeshire eng the country here is interesting in 1ss0 he came to canada at the although i care little for the climate age of six with his parents the the days are hot and the nights family settling near erin where the very cool we have plenty of fresh deceased resided for 82 years the fiuit in the form of oranges in fact late mr overland was a harness- all we have to do is pick them off the maker and plied his trade for 70 liees and pay a franc a piece for years them which is plenty cheap enough his wife the former marinda the farmers here are mostly i ashley whom he married in 1883 arabs and french the sources of predeceased him in february 1939 land power are oxen mules and a i sui viving are five sons lome few horses it usually takes eight toionto c a of claremont arol of oxen to pull a single furrowed erin charles of toronto and gor- plough and to me it seems to take don of detroit there are fifteen them several minutes to go a few grandchildren a sister mrs par- yards mrs f williamson feels like a gin again a sick liver made her always tired nervous and irregular fruitatives brought relief promptly buck up your liver with fruitatives canadas largest selling liver tablets lellan bringing the message pall beareis were fred delaney james gibson william bush fred lewis cey who is 82 and a brother mathew fred mcenery dick matson all of we had a very uneventful trip 87 both reside at erin erin flowers sprays mr and mrs here ibut have seen plenty of excite- funeral was held on february r overland mr and mrs gordon ment since and i am enjoying it 19th with a short service conducted overland mrs pearcey and mr mat immensely but keeping my fingers by rev i e kennedy at the house overland mr and mrs w l crossed it seems very strange to be mrs will evans sang well say douglas mrs chas overland sr in a country like this at christmas goodnight here and good morning and daughter jessie and queenie time i think i shall try to cele- up there at erin service was held mr and mrs charles overland jr brate the event by taking a swim in in the presbyterian church rev mr e warden miss kate hamilton mr kennedy assisted by rev mc- mis foster and mr fred lewis join the thousands of happy housewives who have discovered the extra economy and extra 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