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the tribune stouffville ont thursday aug 26th 1943 page seven glaremoiit and district by staff correspondent local agent moivders store te don middleton visited during the weekend with his parents mr and mrs geo middleton miss ada found of west toronto was a recent visitor with her aunt and uncle mrand mrsharry found she also called on the cecil storry farm miss mildred linton has returned to her secretarial duties at the chus cooper store after enjoying two weeks vacation mrs bruce ilaiton of toronto visited over the weekend with her mother mrs b cook we understand that eldon suodden who has been employed on the hugh gregg farm has enlisted in canadas armed forces the will birkett property here in claremont is being redecorated for mrs conner and her mother who expect to move into the house shortly geo scott has left the village en- route to western canada on a holi day trip andwhere he will visit with his sister mr and mrs thos scott were sunday visitors with mr scotts mo ther here mrs florence midgley and sister mrs mcmurchy and two sons of tor onto called on friends in the village on sunday mr and mrs frank ward were in the village on saturday visiting with his father and mother mr and mrs fred ward frank is now manag ing the farm near yonge st which c phillips recently acquired the annual mixed doubles bowling tournament for the sinclair trophy will be run off on the local greens this friday evening when some twenty rinks are expected to com pete mr d adams of whitby is at present the holder of the cup a collection was lifted at the last sunday evening church service in the park to assist the local band which has aided the summer services so appreciably rev keith daniels of toronto assisted by his brother el mer conducted the service on this occasion friends gathered at the home of mr and mrs frank ham last week to renew old acquaintances with mrs jfrank soden a former resident who has been visiting in the community but has now returned to her home in toronto wellington lehman of stouffville has been visiting at the bacon farm here then went on to spend a week with ross watson on the 4th of ux- bridge incidentally he went fishing one day dropping in at a little stream where he fished 65 years ago mr lehman noted that the stream is much smaller now and fish fewer and smaller too there is a lot of water passed under the bridge since this veteran spent his boyhood days in uxbridge and around altona he is an uncle of mrs bacon axvouxckment mr and mrs arthur prouseclare- mont announce the engagement of their second daughter doris irene to mr elmour m bell son of mr and mrs win bell of uxbridge mar riage to take place first part of sep tember rev walter daniels has resigned the pastorate of the baptist church here and expects to go to the pacific coast at the end of october here mr and mrs daniels will be with or near two of his daughters while one son resides in the western provinces much beloved by his people here the baptist pastor will be missed there will be an auction sale of their goods on sept 25th since they do not in tend to move all their effects so far mr daniels has been pastor here for four years but has not enjoyed very good health of late local constable averts altona ltiiin fire firing of the barn on mr ridges property at the corner of the town- line and the reesor sideroad altona was narrowly averted last week by the prompt action of constable jack norton of claremont who happened along with his gravel truck just as the blaze was getting underway mr ridges who is a guard at the ajax plant was away at the time and the fire which was started in the grass next the building is understood to have been set by some small boys mr norton hastily summonedthe aid of a couple nearby farmers and was able to extinguish the fire before much damage resulted xew ijation books to lie distributed here this week ration book no 3 will be distri buted in claremont and throughout the pickering area this week aug 252g27 at claremont the distri bution will take place from the vaca ted telephone office near the corner grocery each day between the hours of 1 pm and 6 pm over 1000 books were distributed in the local office last year books will also be distributed throughout the township at whitevale brougham pickering dunbarton fairpoint ajax and ss no 4 e school times and dates for the north pickering offices may be found on the display adv on page six of this issue eight thousand five hundred books were given out in this area last year and an allotment of nearly 12000 is being made here for this week sicilian casulty is reported here joseph norton son of the late mr and mrs william norton of the 5th concession is reported to have died from wounds received in the recent sicilian fighting word was first re ceived by his wife in toronto last week to the effect that he had been wounded but a later telegram told of his passing joseph went overseas over two years ago a brother jack was with him during the recent campaign while a second brother ralph is known to be in north africa ken neth norton the youngest of the family is serving on the home re serve forces besides his wife deceased leaves to mourn his loss a little daughter two years old whom he had never seen ix xorth africa earl mcxair son of mr and mrs win mcnair altona who has been overseas with the lome scots regiment for some time is in north africa accord ing to word received by his par ents lecently brougham deaths carter at his residence lot 23 con 5 pickering saturday aug 21st 1943 joseph carter beloved husband of bella gourlie and lov ing father of bertha and janie deceased and w hamilton oscar carter in his s9th year inter ment whitevale cemetery on aug 24th cream for best results as to price and service let our truck call for your cream we pay an extra two cents per lb of butter fat for cream delivered to the creamery cold storage meat lockers for rent stouffville creamery co open tuesday and saturday evenings stouffville ont phone 18601 pretty c w rev i kennedy officiated at the marriage of fiances marion loyst and william w m pyatt in the un ited church the bride is the daugh ter of mr and mrs f s loyst and the groom is the son of mr and mrs w pyatt bessborough drive lea side standards of ferns and gladioli formed a pretty midsummer setting wedding music was played by mrs l douglas and mr douglas was soloist given in marriage by her father the bride wore a bouffant gown of ivory brocaded moire taffeta her only ornament was a necklace of cameos and seed pearls belonging to the grooms grandmother a juliet cap caught her fingertip veil and she carried a cascade of roses and corn flowers miss mildred loyst sister of the bride was maid of honor the grooms sister miss maiy pyatt was brides maid miss shirley thompson and miss frances loyst nieces of the bride were flower girls the senior attendants were gowned in pastel eyelet embroidery fashioned similar ly to the brides gown in pink and blue respectively matching halo hats completed their costumes and they carried miniature cascades of roses and cornflowers the flower girls were frocked alike in flowered organdy and carried baskets of flow ers instructor f schofield rca f was groomsman and the ushers were harold loyst and arthur loyst brothers of the bride the brides mother received in a gray and rose printed gown with shoulderbouquet of white roses as sisting was the grooms mother in heaven blue crepe with a corsage of pink roses and cornflowers for the wedding trip to muskoka the bride donned a gold wool crepe frock with matching hat and tan accessories shell you can be sure of clean rest unexcelled gas oil rooms hu highgrade service at boadways service station phone 265 stouffville cedar beach gardens musselmans lake dancing- wednesday and friday nights with bruce gould and his music modern and omc tymc dancing saturday evenings max boas and his 10piece orchestra uxbridge tp council while the ordinary tax levies in the township of uxbridge were struck last week at about the same figures as in- 1042 rates were levied for the schools that would bring in 1227 additional over 1942 for the various sections due to better sal aries being demanded there are twelve sections and one union sect ion in uxbridge thus the increase is less than 100 per section the amount to be raised for county purposes is 1175650 re quiring a rate of slightly over 11 mills the township general rate will be seven mills to raise 7079s2 and for general school purposes 6100 will require a rate of 59d mills the second debenture on the road maintainer of 177649 will require a levy of 176 the august meeting for striking the above tax levies was held in the evening and must have proved a great time saver it is an advantage for the councillors whereas anyone requiring to do business before the council at this busy season also had the advantage of doing so in the evening road accounts were passed a- mounting to s9465 including the cost of crushing and delivering grav el other small general accounts were ordered paid including 46 for hospitalization re marion ward and county hospitalization costs 35 ss leslie hodgson for one sheep killed by dogs 12 and henry slack 1 for valuing the sheep the next general meeting will be held on september 10th at s pm ontario member acquitt at g polici- ollicer tcmiflc ilkicct refused to move j arthur william mppelect for ontario ridina in the ontario legis lature and chief organizer of the re cent steelworkers strike was acquit ted by maiistrate ii r poison sat urday afternoon on a charge of ob structing police during a mass picket of gait malleable plant on june 5th last in dismissing the case the magis trate said the evidence dkl not prove williams had obstructed the police continued on page bight mr and mrs e l- crocker tor onto spent a few days last week with l and mrs matthews mr and mrs kirkwood and sou of highland creek visited mr and mrs m hamilton over the weekend miss mildred gillman returned home on sunday after visiting her sister mrs walter vickers of game bridge mr and mrs b easton and mr and mrs l upton spent the week end at fort carling mr and mrs l matthews accom panied by mr and mrs crocker mo tored to niagara one day last week mr and mrs dean mairs and fam ily visited friends in claremont on sunday mrs stephenson of toronto is spending a few weeks with mrs maskell miss barbara knox of torontoand ac geo knox rcaf of st thomas spent the weekend under death claims w gray only 27 years old one of the largest gatherings ever to attend a funeral in the brougham district bore silent testi mony to the esteem in which the late william allan gray was held in the parental roof mrs gilnian and ruth are spend ing a few days with mrs walter vickers of gamebrldge mrs e carswell of oshawa visit ed her parents walter and mrsham- ilton over the weekend mr robt burton of detroit visit ed his sister mrs m hamilton over the weekend j the annual reunion picnic of the wms was held on thursday after noon on the beautiful lawn of mrs geo philip with a very good attend ance the afternoon was spent in games and renewing old acqaintances followed by lunch all report a very enjoyable afternoon pickering township deceased who was a son of mr and mrs william gray and only 27 years of age pass ed away suddenly at the toronto general hospital on thursday after an illness of but three weeks the late mr gray took up farming near here in recent years following his marriage to helen p farley who sur vives him along with his little son one year old deceased was born in pickering twp and has been a resi dent here all his life he was identi fied with st johns church at broug ham has been a superintendent of the sunday school a loyal worker in the young peoples union and a supporter of the local junor farmers club the funeral service held from the late residence on sunday aug 22ud at 230 pm was conducted by rev i e kennedy assisted by rev burke the pallbearers were messrs lloyd greig hugh miller geo will- son john knox roy miller and allan ellicott interment was made in whitevale cemetery binder twine climax bug killer stock spray bulk calcium arsenate potato spray complete line of marmill growing and laying mashes central feed store stouffvllxib phone 277 where does your family fit in ft 40 0 of canmihs 1 l are properly 8 fed 10 re on the 1 b0rderuhe of 0 malnutrition government surveys conducted early in the war show that only 40 per cent of canadians regularly eat the right foods even though seemingly well fed forty per cent are on the borderline of malnutrition twenty per cent are definitely undernourished thats why you need a sure plan for healthful family meals thats why we offer you eat-to- worktowin authoritative free booklet that takes the guesswork out of nutrition send for your free copy today clip the coupon on the right and mail it now tbe nutritional stattmentt in battoworntovtin are acceptable to nutrition services department of pentiont 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