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the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 11th 1943 claremont and district l by staff correspondent local agent movvders store mrs wm waddell of stouffville was a visitor in the village on wed nesday douglas reynolds has practically recovered from an accident which be fell him at ajax recently when a heavy box fell on his arm injuring it in such a way that he was kept from his work for some time mr w h bexton ba of mc- master university will be the speaker in the baptist church next sunday mrs fred nutt of toronto has been visiting with mr and mrs jas coates for a few days the united church was tastefully decorated with fruit vegetables and autumn flowers for the special har vest home service held on sunday and addiessed both morning and evening by rev l e atkinson mr wm muudell has been confin ed indoors with an attack of flu lite daughter mrs meightou who nas been in a toronto hospital is expec ted home this week the evening service in the baptist church was withdrawn on sunday evening so that the congregation could join with the united church in their harvest home service miss holtby of brougham has been visiting with mr and mrschas gos- tick south of claremont miss gladys morley of toronto spent the weekend at her home here the ladies of the baptist church have been busy packing boxes for the boys overseas and will send a num ber at a later date to those sta tioned in canada we understand mr wm evans has purchased the barn belonging to miss ann forgie and the building has been removed the lumber to used in the construction o his new house mrand mrs floyd coates of tor onto spent the weekend at his home here we understand that floyd has received his call to the aimed forces the goodfellowship class of the united church met tor a social even ing last week at the home of mis raymond pilkey we understand that mr and mrs vance of uxbridge have moved into the house vacated by mr and mrs s bobbins mis jos ward is ex pected to make her home with her parents as her husband is in the army the womans association d the united church will meet this thurs day afternoon in the basement of the united church mrs irawsons group will have charge of the pro gramme a number of local sharpshooters have hiked off- to the north country this week to bring back the annual venison supply messrs earl beare ed shirk orobtforsyth fred evans and waltwardare understood to be in tlfe crowd mr and mrs robt little of tor onto were visitors over sunday at the c a overland home mr littte is a brother of mrs overland donald bacon has returned from the western- harvest fields where he has spent the last several months and we are told- he thoroughly en joyed it mrs fred cowie who made her home in claremont not so long ago following the death of her husband at zephyr was removed to the brier- bush hospital stouffville last week paper hanging break leg richard johnson of toronto for merly of claremont had the misfor tune to fall while doing some paper hanging in his home and break his leg in three places dick is a con ductor on the ttc and his accident will keep him off duty for some time it is expected to dedicate honor roll a special commemoration service will be held in the united church next sunday morning when an honor roll on which are enscribed the names of all the boys and girls who are now serving their king and coun try will be unveiled and a new flag a gift will be dedicated at the evening service there will be a illus- evening service there will be an illus trated lantern sermon the good shtpherd injures- hand billy binsted received a nasty cut on the back of his hand while oper ating a machine in physics class ai the local continuation school the other day although not serious the injury has been very painful for sev eral days stolen car abandoned a late model desoto was discover ed by constable jack norton of clare mont abandoned on the brock rd just south of the village during the weekend and was reported to city police where the owner was found to be a forest hill resident the thieves had apparently run out of gas the spare tire was missing sand and gravel choicest sand and gravel for your cement work delivered to your job nortons gravel pit brock rd uxbridge twp ph claremont office 700 residence 9 rll school principal takes bad tumble allen prouse popular ycung prin cipal of the claremont continuation school is carrying his one hand about in a cast these days following a mishap which befel him while he was enroute to his tathers farm at little britain mr prouse was rid ing his motorcycle when a dog which was running by his side suddenly bounded in front of him throwing him heavily from the machine and crumpling his hand tearing the liga ments and his thumb out of joint although rather handicapped he is back on the job ait the school here richard newman wins promotion mr and mrs harry a newmanof dunbartqn have receiyedwqrd that their son richard j newman has been promoted from pilot officer to flying officer in appreciation of his services he is now the navigation officer with a crew of seven flying a fourengine halifax bomber in the 419th squadron which is better known as the moose squadron in his letter home he commented that he has been making a great many flights over europe iand would like to tell some of his interesting ex periences but the censors think other wise from his letter it is apparent that dick has had some very inter esting and exciting experiences the entire crew of the bomber in which he is serving is twentyone years and under all are canadians and westerners except dick who is be coming as breezy as any westerner was prominent resident and stone mason here following an illness of about a years duration the death occurred on thursday in oshawa of william anderson beloved husband of annie mantle in his s5th year mr ander son lived for many years in clare mont before moving to the motor city he was a son of the late mr and mrs james anderson who came to canada as pioneers deceased was a prominent stone mason in picker ing township for many homes and other buildings in the district stand as a symbol of his trade just a few years prior to his retirement he built the gates at zion and mt lawn cemeteries besides his wife he is survived by one daughter mrs sop hia taylor of peterborough and two sons william of oshawa and ross of killahoe ont also surviving are a sister mrs james king of manl- toulin island and two brothers geo anderson of st sault marie and sam anderson o rothsay there are six grandchildren and three great grand children the funeral was held on saturday with rev geo telford con ducting the service interment was made in mount lawn cemetery thk coming auctions no less than three public auctions will be held in this locality within the next few days as will be seen by a reference to the sale register and display spaces in this issue on friday of this week george pegg will sell his entire farm stock and implements at lot 10 rear of 7th concession since he is giving up farming then on monday the loth the furniture sale for the estate of the late frank derusha will be sold in claremont the house and lot be longing to ftlr roy morgan will also be offered at this sale the next day will see the registered stock sale on the farm of b w evans north of claremont a tried and trusty stock man mr evans has been a careful breeder of shorthorns and we look for a ibig crowd and some spirited buying at this sale a catalogue has been issued and you are welcome to a copy on application to mr evans the herd is fully accredited brougham mr and mrs d gannon had a business trip to toronto on wednes day mr and mrs h taylor also miss elva taylor o toronto called on mrs l matthews one day last week mr norman mechin of oshawa called on friends here one day re cently mr geo burton of gbrmley visit ed his sister mrs m hamilton on sunday the cgit girls will meet at the home of mrs fred hamilton on sat urday afternoon at 230 the many friends of mrs t c brown will be sorry to hear that she is confined to her bed through illness her daughter mrs h malcolm is with her we wish her a speedy re covery mrs f madill called on mrs a b matthews one day last week the yp met in the church on sunday evening under the leader ship of miss b hamilton culture convener- mr and mrs walter vickers and family of gamebridge visited at the john gilman home on sunday trooper walter reid of stratford called on mrs l matthews on sat urday mr and mrs willson of toronto visited thos and mrs beer on sun day mr harry knox of silverwood farm dawes rd spent the weekend under the parental roof mrs thos english visited friends in toronto on sunday bruce hart rcnvr who has been spending his leave with his parents has left for the western coast one morning last week thieves were found to have entered the gar ages of m annis mrs seebeck and r d miller they were apparently unable to start any of these three ears but the car of fred cassie was stolen along with two electric mo tors and no trace of the stolen pro perty had been found up until the first of this week furniture and real estate will be sold by public auction at clakemox t on monday nov 15 property belonging- to the estate of the late francis derusha stove pipes 5 mattresses trunk chest 3 lounges heaters and batteries new hot water heaters 1450 and 1650 good used heaters 700 to 950 heavy duty 5 inch steel jaw bench vice reg 2150 1850 national batteries 15 plate heavy duty exchange 950 17 plate ford battery exchange 995 17 plate heavy duty exchange 1250 paris auto supply joe parisi richmond hill ont phone 86 live poultry has ceiling 30exoc 30exoe atocaon aocaor c playfair company members toronto stock exchange ii l trapp member stocks and bonds orders executed on all exchanges inquiries solicited toronto 08 king st west phone ad 0001 rrraori- iwtnr- larsnr baoe loxas strong protests are being received by the price board from poultry pro ducers who point out that while con sumers are paying full ceiling prices for dressed poultry producers are receiving lower corresponding prices for live poultry it should be emphasized that the board has also set maximum prices for live poultry said f s grisdale deputy foods v when the prices of dressed poultry to the public are at the ceiling it is natur ally expected that producers should be receiving the live ceiling for their quality birds at their poultry dress ing centre he explained ceiling prices for the main lines of live poultry in ontario for nov ember are chickens roasters and fryers live birds more than three lbs 2sc fowl old hens all weights live birds 23- c port perry farmer wins ch trip fred christie port perry was the winner of the highest number of points at the annual junior farmers judging competition for ontario county at brooklin this entitles him to a free trip to chicago in nov ember for the national us club con gress tire chicago trip is awarded to the highest winner by the council of ontario county several cash pri zes went to other winners the competition included judging of 10 classes of livestock and was open to farm young men under 26 years of age the high winner fred christie has been president of the port perry fair board for the past two years ha is the youngest presi dent in the fair boards history lancecorporal douglas mcmul- len and his bride who before her marriage was lancecorporal betty manion cwac they were wed in deer park united church recently lancecorpor al mrs mcmullen is a daughter of lancecorporal f e manion and mrs manion of claremont her husband is a son of mr and mrs w a mcmullen toronto friends here will be sorry to learn that rev walter daniel now at new westminster is not so well fully accredited shorthorn registered cattle 50 cotswold kwes and lambs the undeisigned has received instruc tions to sell by public auction lot 4 con 4 uxbridge 2 miles north of claremont on tues nov 16 the property of e w evans accreditted shorthorns mayflower maid 61st 277371 mayflower maid 62nd 277372 mayflower maid 63rd 277373 mayflower maid 80th 319405 3 twoyearolds 1 oneyearold 6 bulls under one year cows are all hand milked reg cotswold sheep 50 reg cots wold ewes 10 ewe lambs eligible for reg 10 ram lambs eligible for reg 1 shearling ram write for catalogue terms cash sale at 2 pm ted jackson auctioneer piles sufferers of bleeding and p r o t r u ding piles should know bunkers heribal pills treat the cause at its source money back if the first bottle does not satisfy buy from your druggist many at funeral of jas beacock funeial services at myrtle station on friday for the late james beacock onetime merchant and postmaster of myrtle station who died on wednesday were very large ly attended friends gathered from a wide area to pay their last respects mr beacock was s3 yeais old and with his wife celebrated the diam ond anniveisary of their marriage in september 1941 he was a son of mr and mrs john beacock pioneer settlers in this district mr beacock was a resident of myrtle station for 37 years and serv ed as postmaster for 30 years he was an active church man serving as elder of the myrtle station united church at the time of his death he had been on the board of the church ever since its erection 30 years ago he was a member of the orange lodge of blackstockonc his aged widow survives along with one daughter mrs roy spencer of perth three brothers samuel of toronto william of seattle and thomas of regina and three sisters mrs pickard and mrs ferguson of bowmanville and mrs hobden of boston mass following services at his residence and at myrtle station united church interment was made in groveside cemetery brooklin colonial cook stove coal heater rain barrel radio battery set new 5 beds and springs dresser and stand 3 feather ticks quilting frames curtain stretchers c dining room chairs 4 tadles 5 kitchen chairs 3 rocking chairs glass cupboard sideboard organ washing machine rug 9x12 oil cloth 12x12 3 toilet sets 3 alarm clocks number of quilts and blankets number of follows and blinds eightday olock accordion 3 looking glasses number rugs number tools rifle 4440 number dishes pots pans etc knives and forks dash churn 90 jars of fruit and pickles 6 bags potatoes ton of coal barrel spy apples cutrer 2 cords mixed wood 2 single cord cedar rubber tired cart and other articles real estate at same time and place the property consisting of a quarter acre lot with a 7roomed frame house be longing to oroy morgan will be offered subject to a reserve bid terms made known day of sale terms cash salo at 1 pm a s farmer auctioneer mr and mrs wm taylor mrand mrs fred taylor and daughter elizabeth of toronto had tea on sat urday with mr and mrs melvin johnson and family misses isobel and mabel johnson of toronto spent the weekend with their parents mr and mrs henry johnson auction sale farm stock implexients hay and turnips the undersigned has received instruc tions to sell by public auction at lot 10 rear con 7 pickering townshd on friday nov 12 the property belonging to george e pegg horses and cattle clydesdale mare 3 years reg 2 black aiid white heifer 1 year red and white steer is months calf 9 months 4 calves 7 months shorthorn calf fed 4 months heifer calf 6 weeks old swine and poultry young sow due nov 1st young sow due dec dec 10th 2 pigs about 150 lbs 10 pigs 8 weeks old 100 sussex hampshire hens hay and roots i 12 tons clover hay 8 tons of mixed hay quantity of turnips implements etc fordson tractor cutter tractor plow hoe drill masseyharris mower no 21 peter hamilton mower spring tooth cultivator stiff tooth cultivator drag harrows disc harrows walking plow buggy gas engine 3 hp 1horse wagon set harness brooder stove anchor posts fence posts polesetc scrap iron and many other articles terms cash sale at 1 pm a s farmer auctioneer of canada keep abreast of the dominions expanding heeds six times since 1870 the bank act under which the chartered banks operate has been revised by parliament six times in that period the activities of the banks have been carefully scrutinized by the peoples- representatives every ten years the bank act has been thus revised each one of the six decennial revisions has contributed much to the evolution of the banking system to meet the expanding needs of a developing dominion in 1934 the sixth revision of the bank act was made fifty mem bers of the house of commons made up the committee which examined witnesses among them bank officers government officials and reformers and studied exhibits filed by various individuals and organizations findings were submitted to the house and later that year the bank act was revised in many important particulars through democratic enquiry and decisionthe canadian banking system has grown and been adjusted to meet the needs of the people providing a deposi tory for savings and a sound basis for canadas free economic development w3bb6b83bffi8s8bi the chartered