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w the tribune stouflfville ont thursday nov 25th 1943 claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store marmill miss betty pretty of toronto was a weekend visitor here with her par ents mr and mrs alt pretty mr earl leggitt of burkton spent a day last week with his mother and father mr and mrs james leggitt mr and mrs gordon ratcliff of stouffville were visitors at the jud- son ward home on sunday miss margaret briscoe of toronto visited at her home during the week end mrs john bushby is expected home 6hortly following a lengthy visit at he home of her son and daughters at pickering brooklin and kinsale miss marjorie ward and sister mrs alan fry of toronto visited over the weekend at their fathers home here mroscar barber is not improving in health as rapidly as was hoped for we understand mr barber is one of the local mail couriers miss ruby lotten has been a visi tor in toronto for several weeks mr and mrs jos empringham of mt zion weie sunday visitors with mr and mrs bus empringham kin sale mrs fred cowie who was recently removed to the brierbush hospital stouffville is in a very precarious state of health at latest reports mr and mrs gordon overland of kingston were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs c a overland and mr and mrs d j tian a tidy sum of money was raised for the red cross one evening last week at a bridge and euchre given in the home of mrs wm benson the womans association of the united church will hold their regu lar meeting one week later than usu al thursday dec 2nd mrs hills group will be in charge messrs george iderusha and gor don spencely have returned after a short but profitable hunting trip down east the local men brought down a fine buck and a doe which was good hunting for this season when reports from many of the par ties have been rather poor tlie mission circle of the baptist church will be held on tuesday nov 30th at the home of mrs ruth middleton the theme of the pro gram new days in old india will be in charge ofmrs edgar wards group and the annual thankoffering will be lifted the november meeting of the wo- mens institute was held at the home of miss s ib evans last week the program centred about a paper toxoiding stepup urged hyjam a death the result of diptheria has occurred in pickering township and has brought forth from dr nh tomlinson a statement urging all parents to take immediate steps to have children toxoided only recently the township eng aged the services of a public health nurse who is at present making the rounds of the schools in the section where the death occurred it has been revealed that at least fifteen fam ilies have neglected to take advan- women in public life the disltage of the opportunity afforded call new pastor an invitation has been extended to rev w h bexton formerly of north bay by the congregation of the claremont baptist church to fill the pulpit vacancy here rev bex- ton is at present lecturing at the toronto university and will con tinue to fill his post there the new comers with their small son will oc cupy the parsonage beginning the first of december 1 1ii bulldozer pulls down hill on llolbrook farm a big bulldozer owned by a fickei- ing concern was engaged on the lloydbrook farm sth concession east last week and did a record job of cutting down a bad hill in the farm lane the powerful machine generated 110 horsepower weighed 25 tons and with its 22foot blade churned back turf and trees with ease the job which ordinary man power would have taken days to complete was accomplished in a mat ter of hours v wliitevalegrecn kicr minister was burled on monday funeral service was conducted by dr bingham of toronto on monday afternoon for the late rev norman burke of whitevale pastor for the last two years on the baptist white- valegreen river charge rev mr burke passed away saturday morn ing following an operation in a tor onto hospital only three weeks ago he preached the anniversary sermon at the brougham church deceased came to whitevale from toronto prior to which he had spent some time in the west suiviving are his wife three daughters two in the west an one toronto and one son at halifax a second son was lecently killed overseas x juvenile charged in oxbridge and goodwood thefts trict president mrs fitch of white vale spoke on the unseen hand of god and there were several musical selections we were pleased to welcome two new members mrs rhodes and mrs plant to our forgetmenot club which met at the home of mrs har old lloyst last friday evening we would like to see the few remaining service mens wives turn out to make the club complete next meet ing at mrs everett hammonds on friday nov 2g come along girls and help send the boys more cigar ettes suffers fractured ann mr o vening of the north town- line had the misfortune to break his arm last week while cranking an engine which operates the farm water system the venings operate the former vince baker farm for protection against this disease the doctor and his aid are com mencing a second lound this week and those who missed the fiist two doses of toxoid may begin at this time vaccination for smallpox will be included at this time injections may be given to children anytime after they are six months old the cooperation of the parents is urged in this matter c h millard west york mpp in an address at west york nomina tion for federal ccf candidate said the church is more concerned about the salvage job instead of a construction job after ail mr mil- it is that of salvage and if they christian church has 3 definite job it is that of salvage and if the salvage mr millard in their work of reform his constituents will admire him all the more 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 go stouffville ont phone 18601 c- n 30e30e aonoe ioexoi i0e30i playfair company members toronto stock exchange h l trapp member stocks and bonds orders executed on all exchanges inquiries solicited toronto 8 kixgst west phone ad eool wai me d ioe3 two pathetic stories were unfolded in uxbridge juevenile court thurs day afternoon when two 14yearold boys both wards of the boys train ing school at bowmanville and one of them now serving a sentence of six months in the ontario reforma- toiy at guelph for breaking and en tering premises at morrisburg and committing the indictable offence of theft by stealing 40 appeared be fore juvenile court judge f s ebbs on serious charges one for stealing an automobile and the other for breaking entering and stealing 60 chief corstable vesey of uxbridge informed the court that he had re ceived a call at 4 am on november 9 th that a car had been stolen from in front of the united farmers co operative stoi e in uxbridge and he related that as there hadnt been veiy much gas in the car at the time it was found at stouffville the next day he stated that a good descrip tion had been secured of the person taking the car which fitted the dt- scription of a young boy who had been put out on a nearby farm by the training school and who had been lepoited as having mn away from this faun the boy was arrest ed in hamilton two days later john j brown supeuntendent of the boys training school at bow manville was present and informed the comt that this boy had been committed to the school in march 1940 on a charge of theft let out to a faun near uxbudge on october 1st and took the car on october 9 th mr biown added that the home en vironment for the boy was far fiom happy and told the court that the patents had been sepaiated and that the boy had just learned that his mother had died about three weeks ago the boy in 1 eply to some questions dnected by the court stated that he had spent quite a bit of time in the salvation army shelter at chatham for stealing bicycles before he was committed to the training school at bowmanville and related that one time when he had chickenpox he escaped from the shelter and in the act of running away stole a truck but it ran into a ditch charles watson goodwood stated that on july 11 at least 60 was stolen fiom different paits of the house and he identified the other boy in court as one who had been working on a district farm for one or two months prior to the robbery he 1 elated that he did not know who had stolen the money and that he had seen this young boy getting on a train shortly afterwards in a very suspicious manner as if he didnt want someone to see him provincial constable geo yuile in formed the couit that the boy had been ariested in morrisburg shortly afterwards on a charge of breaking and entering a premises and commit ting the indictable offence of steal ing 40 he stated that the boy had given his age as 16 the age being corroboiated by the boys grandfa ther who lives in chesterville a town nearby and was consequently dealt with in magistrates police court in stead of juvenile court and was sen tenced to serve six months definite in guelph reformatory he stated that he had gone to guelph last sat urday and had picked up the boy on a judges order he informed the court that the boy had told him that he had spent the 60 going to ottawa the boys mother who was present suggested thatthe boy be put in the working boys home toronto so he could earn some money and make restitution she claimed that- she couldnt make restitution as her hus band was overseas his honor poin ted out that there was already a sentence to be served at guelph adding that the boy wasa ward of the training school at bowmanville mr brown informed the court that this boy had been committed to the training school in january 1942 by judge mott toronto on a charge of theft by breaking and entering in february 1942 he was let out on a farm and was returned on july 25 for stealing a bicycle a rifle and some ammunition let out again in august 1942 he took 75 from the place where he was staying and ran away coming back to the school in november let out again he ap peared in peterboro court on june 7 of this year on a charge of bicycle laying meal clo for the poultryman who is chiefly interested in egg produc tion arid wants more eggs at the season when the prices are best marmill laying meal clo is the standby of many years it has been tried and tested in every way for profitable produc tion and low mortality and has more than proved its worth more and more poultrymen pin their faith on marmill laying meal all the time central feed store pjhone 277 stouffville heads bankers association stanley m wedd geneial man ager of the canadian bank of commeice who at monti eal was elected piesident of the cana dian bankers association suc ceeding charles st pierre mon treal ivicepresidents eleoted were robeit rae s g dobson h d bums and b c gardner theft which was withdrawn let out again in july he stole the 60 in goodwood and 40 in morrisburg near ottawa for which he was sen tenced to ontario reformatory for a period of six months when he gave his age as 16 the first boy was remanded a week for sentence to remain in the custody of the ontario county childrens shelter oshawa in the meantime the second boy was placed on sus pended sentence with one of the stip ulations being that restitution be made the court was of the opin ion that it was up to the provincial secretarys department o investi gate the case of the boy serving the term in guelph as he was only a juvenile however until such time as they take action the boy will re main in custody at guelph brougham mr fred cassie whose car was stolen fiom ms garage heie a couple of weeks ago has lecovered the machine in toronto- the car had been driven some 500 miles but ap peared to have come to no serious harm miss wanda varnum of toronto spent the weekend with her sister mis d a beer and family mr and mis h ptiilp and family of toronto spent the weekend at their farm on the 5th con mrs harvey and daughter and miss ella wallace called on their aunt mrs t c brown on sunday mr and mrs m hamilton have been confined to the house by an at tack of flu pte gordon carlton of the east coast has been spending a few days at his home here pte ross knox rcoc and mrs knox of toronto spent the weekend with his paients wm and mrsknox miss mildred woodward entertain ed a few girl friends one evening last week congratulations- to mr and- mrs roland harden who were married on saturday last at whitevale the happy couple expect shortly to make their home in the gannon apart ment relatives from brantford and friends from oshawa and havelock visited mrs e woodward recently keep in mind the euchre and dance in brougham town hall on dec 1st under auspices of broug ham red cross unit for war work euchre from s30 pm till 10 pm followed by a draw on a reg suf folk lamb 1 pr goose feather pil lows and a lovely silk cushion dancing remainder of evening with clarks orchestra in attendance please turn in all tickets be seein you at the big dance community hall claremont friday nov 26 auspices claremont park board catered lunch at moderate cost send the tribune to absent friends church cleared of debt- an event of unusual interest will take place in greenwood united church on friday evening dec 3rd at 800 ptm when the note which until recently edeemed was out standing against the church since its erection in 192728 will be publicly burned by mrs w w gee a faith- ful worker in the church for many yeais rev mr jull of brooklin will repiesent the oshawa presby tery while rev mr kennedy of claremont and rev mr jenkinson of pickering will represent charges which at one time were a part of the gieenwood circuit a musical program featuring mrs stewart alger of oshawa mrs k holliday of brooklin mis j lloyd pegg of greenwood and the greenwood glee club will be presented a histori cal sketch of the church life in greenwood for a century past will he given by mr f l green in his inimitable manner tea will be served in the basement at the close of the ceremony rescued from the arctic in good health but happy over their rescue by a us army plane after two years marooned in the arctic at lonely fort ross are w a heslop hudson bay co post manger left and mrs heslop capt j f stanwellfletcher who parachuted from the rescue plane at the right