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tv v it- rzif r v v- vfw ff i v 81 f o by staff correspondent h ob el a special service will beheld on sunday morning july 1st in the baptist church- when the honor boll containing the names of local boys serving in the armed forces will be unveiled a mens chorus will supply special music for the occasion and the air cadets are ex- r be present mr and mrs gordon graham of oshawa visited on sunday at the home of mriand mrse lewis during the month of july both the local churches will unite for a morning service- in the baptist church and in the evening the ser vice will be in the park rev i e kennedy will be in charge miss doris dolphin visited at her home here over the weekend the evanspuph family reunion will be held in stouffville memorial park this saturday june 30th miss ollie forsyth attended the jones wedding at oak ridges on saturday mr jones was an em- ployee of mr harry found some years ago jack brown who recently return ed from mexico after delivering 109 purebred holsteins to the presi dents secretary from the farm of av murphy will leave again short ly for virginia with another lot of murphy cows mrs wm brown is again in very poor health at her home here miss jennie pilkey is in poor health we understand mrs l m combaof toronto has been visiting withjier cousin mrs esther palmer mr and mrs chas pilkey of brooklin visited at the home of mr 1 and mrs fredpugh on sunday an interesting social gathering was held at the united church on tuesday evening when friends gathered to entertain the returned boys who are connected with the church mrs luther pilkey has returned after a two weeks holiday with relatives miss johnson of uhionville is at the wellman home where mrs wellman sr is still confined to her bed 1 mr and mrs bart gibson of oshawa visited in stouffville on sunday decoration service at clarcmont on sunday the annual decoration service of the claremont- union cemetery will be held on sunday july 1st at 230 pm rev mr wenham will be in charge the evening church service in the village will be withdrawn due to the cemetery service local dealers mowders store and overlands store m it was valued as -something- of- an antique a small walnut table brought s20 and the piano went at 85 a real antique if age counts was a wooden bed selling for 10 minus springs orslats- the crowd was unusually large evsh for a fall sale when people are supposed to have a bit of leisure time for such affairs- the regular meeting of the womens institute was held at the home of mrs hugh gregg on wed nesday june 20 at 230 pm the president mrs henry johnston conducted the meeting mrs frank carson gave the topic agriculture canadian industries mrs wm evans brought the report from the district annual for south ontario which was held at kinsalemrs hugh gregg gave a pleasing instru mental two minutes silence was observed in memory of the late mrs grace mighton who was slated on the pragram for current events this item was taken by mrs cone- ly at the close of the meeting lunch was served by the hostess and a social half hour was spent avilliam j linton dies in toronto news of the death of william j linton at his home s63 king street west toronto on june 16 came as a real shock to many around clare mont where he was known and spent his youthful life ill only a few months mr linton was expect ed to recover he was 63 years of age born at bethel east of claremont william was a son of byran linton and his wife sarah middleton pioneer settlers of pickering william took up work with the railroad and after leaving clare mont he was employed for many years at port hope and later moved to toronto he married violet middleton who survives him to gether with two daughters and two sons namely stanley linton of port hope herbert overseas als6 mrs leonard jackson oshawa and miss hazel linton toronto two brothers also survive they being joseph of lansing and thomasof whitby also two sisters mrs andrew ashenhurst of good wood and mrs robert byers of toronto- the funeral on june 18 from tor onto proceeded to port hope for burial in the family plot there p 0 r o v western visitor is i- government game inspector drbj love of edmonton alta and former veterinary of claremont visited tlie village on wednesday when in business here some twentyrfive years ago dr love conducted an office where the present lewis bakery stands he took as his wife at that time the former ethel burton whohassince predeceased him dr love is now employed by- the dominion govern ment and left claremont to inspect a buffalo herd near winnipeg from there hewill return to his home in edmonton and then to the arctic where the canadian government has large reindeer herds claremont and rooneys kick 33 tie v f claremont and toronto rooneys played to a 33 lie in their football game here in the park on-wedhes- day- evening while the field was just a little on the slippery side the playwas fast and- drew quite a number of the local old timers who recall the day when football was the biggest game in picker ing the bradley brothers evans brothers derusha redshaw todd tran dopking and mcgauslin made up the locahineup a good sale saturday despite the busy season and the intense heat on saturday- the stevenson furniture sale sold like hot cake aid auctioneer a s farmer was fairly steaming a mean platter sold- for 5850- and an old time hanging lamp with those dingleberries hanging around it brought the amazing price of 1150 p builders supplies wehaveagobd supply of asphalt roofing and cedar shingles cliopanu grain pottihiy feeds molfogses fencing 1 moif fence posts surge milking machines farrs elevator claremont phone as brougham y mrs davjs of crystal beach made a short visit with her sister mrs v e holtby last week mrs jtrank ham of claremont visited with her sister mrs albert matthews onthursaay last mrs dryman and daughter judy of toronto spent the past week with their grandmother mrs t c brown mr and mrs m hillick and family also mrs v wright of georgetown called on her brother albert beer on saturday pte gilbert avannop of newj market spent the weekend with his parents mr arid mrs clifford wannop visitors atthe l ellicott home were mr and mrs jas ravey mrs r ford and little daughters mr and mrs fred dingman of whitby visited with albert and mrs matthews oh saturday there was a big charivari and miscellaneous shower in the village on monday evening for the newly- weds mr- and mrs hugh miller the couple are making their home at thistle jha farm the sympathy of the community is extended to mrs wm gray in the loss of herbrother the late mr t judd mr arid mrs e burgess and daughterof queensville called on friends oneteveninglastoveek and also attended the madill shower mr and mrs hugh gannon and daughter bonnie of oshawa visited his parents mr and mrs t gan non on sunday r a miscellaneous shower was held in the hall last thursday in honor of our newlyweds mr and mrs ross madill there was a good attendance- and the- number of beautiful and useful presents show the high esteem in which the bride and groom are held mr and -mrs- j miller have mov ed into the home they recently purchased from miss b stevenson wewelcome mr and mrs miller to our midst miss zellaseebeck spent the past week withher mother and sister heret wm jones rcnvr is spend ing a leave with mr and mrs bruce easton the service in st johns church will be held next sunday evening at 8 plm instead of the afternoon with theyp in charge the wl are holding their next meeting onjulj 10th at the home of mrs wm ellicott r t group to ask pickering be divided in two s decision to approach pickering township council at its next meet ing with a view to ascertaining the possibility of separating pickering township into two units was made at the inaugural meeting of the newlyformed south pickering ratepayers association- it was also decided that the association delegation should ask council for a polling subdivision in dunbarton and for a sidewalk along the north side of highway 2 from dunbarton village to the school where parents present at the meeting pointed out children are in daily danger from the heavy traffic association constitution and by laws were ratified and the tempor ary officers elected were horace brown president ed r hannah secretary mrs wm hume treas urer w j maxworthy hugh wat son robert campbell and william hume executive remanded on arson charge dunbarton storekeeper received enquiry- four hours before fire- brought before magistrate f s ebbs at whitby police court roy tripp of the township of picker ing was charged with setting fire to a property atpme ridge in the township of pickering on june 11 the case was remanded by his worship with accused to remain in custody till june 26 unless bail is otherwise provided- then the case would be heard on june 29 aws greer is defending the accused this is the second of two charges against tripp for he was earher charged- with the seduction of a young girl under- 21 years of agei vefl v v j b w l m oirinc siti r t high prices for live poultry unticjurther- notice we are paying the following prices for liveppyltrydeliverea to our plant in whitby top- grade heavy fowt 2514c pound r under4lbsleghorns w 22c lb top gradebroitercr2 to3 jibs j 28c pouml rotingfrylngchickbnsbver 3- lbs 38 jsc pound 3 pickering farmslcimitey ysr -kteiephonvwlhitby- on various occasions in march and april 1945 under promise of mar riage claimed to be reporter 4 four hours before fire destroyed the home of roy tripp a man claiming to be a toronto reporter had telephoned neighbors to learn details of the fire at the- tripp home township constable- j b irvine disclosed constable irvine said investiga tion into the imysterfous telephone inquiry by officials of the fire mar shals office led to tne charge mrs helen jack grocery store proprietor at dunbarton said the man claiming to be areporter call ed her on the moring before the fire saying he had been informed that the home burned to the ground on the previous saturday night i told him that the home had not burned and thought nothing moreof it until 2 oclock that after noon when the alarm was given that the house was burning said mrs jack constable irvine said telephone records at the toronto newspaper office from which the call is pur ported to have come show that no reporter made suchan inquiry he said the call had been traced to a firm injtoronto where tripp was employed- no one at home neighbors said tliere was no one at homewhen the fire broke out at the tripp residence mr and mrs tripp and their three children hav ing left in their car a short time previously pickering firemen who were called were unable to check the blaze and the building was des troyed the loss is reported to have been about 1800 when the family returned that evening tripp was placed under coyiwded witir- onehorse wagon pleading not guilty to a charge of careless driving- before magis trate- f s ebbs at whitby edwin jisandell toronto was found fuilty by his worship and a fine of 15 and costs or 15 days in the county jail was the sentence imposed- evidence was given by edward mowle myrtle that on may 30th about 5 pm he had been driving his onehorse wapon south on high way no 12 about half a mile south of myrtle when acar driven by the accused crashed into his wagon from the rear the wagon was somewhat damaged and the horse injured ontario provincial police con stable c hefferon stated that when he arrived on the scene about an hour or more later he found that the wagon had been struck from the rear and that the horse was- injured about the hind leg immediately behind he found the accuseds car telling his stpry to themagis- trate sandell stated that he had turned out to- pass the wagon at a speed of about 35 miles per hour when he saw a truck approaching so he turned back in behind the wagon- which was about 60 yards in front when the truck passed him he turned put butwas by this time quite close to the wagon and struck the left rear of the wagon when his foot slipped off the brake when he was about to brake the defencwas given that it was not acasc but rather 6neof error in judgriienohlslworshipstated- that such a defence was fafromaccept- ocaox convicted on a charge of having in his possession goods known to v been stolena shotgun and a rifle j archie fenn toronto was sentenced- to six months definite and six months indeterminate in the county jail by his honor judge t b coleman in county judges criminal court on thursday at whitby j his honor- dismissed a second charge of theft of the guns from victor clark in april 1942 clark at that time lived just south of the village of greenwood spencer pitt toronto defended the accused while crown attorney allin f annis acted for the crown telling the accused that his four witnesses who gave evidence on his behalf were very poor and i was not impressed with any of them judge coleman stated that he could not convict fenn of the theft of the guns as therewas no direct evi dence fenn claimed that he had pur chased the guns from clark during a drinking bout at clarks cottage on the evening of the 7th of april 1942 he said he purchased the rifle for 500 and the shotgun for 300 clark who lives alone testified that on the evening of april 7th he bad gone to a neighbors place and on his return found that the front door had been pried open and the house ransacked he discovered that the two guns were missing but that the unknown thieves had fail ed to find 6000 that clark had secreted away in a drawer he testified that he valued the rifle at 7000 and the shotgun at 2000 clark admitted that he had seen fenn on one previous occasion when he had sold him a couple of bottles of beer he denied seeing fenn at his home on the evening when th2 breakin allegedly took place v john norton county constable stated that he had been called to clarks home at approximately 1030 on the evening of april 7th and was advised that in addition to the two guns shells an openfaced watch a pair of overalls and about 500 in change was also missing outside the door there vas the mark of a mans shoe i would say about a size eight it had a steel plate on the heel constable nor ton added provincial constable wm be- yune bracebridge stated that on november 21st of last year he had gone to the hunting shack of fenn located about seven miles west of the 1 town and had searched- the building and discovered the two guns he testified that- fenn- was not at home at the time so he left a note for him to come to the provincial police office in brace- bridge in astatment i took from him the next day fenn stated that he had bought two guns from clark in april of 1942 that he had paid 500 for the rifle and 300 for the shotgun he stated that he had been at the shack- pretty well all day drinking he said that clark was known as abottlegger and a hermitr he said that persons in the shack were pretty intoxicated the officer testified provincial constable ray hodg son oshawa who was with beyune when fenn made the statement corroborated beyunes- evidence fenn on his own behalf admit ted knowing clark- and stated that he had been at accuseds cabin sometime early in- april of 1942 he admitted that during the interven ing period he had put in two years in kingston penitentiary on a breaking and entering charge he saidthat he and six companions went out from toronto to drink beer- we paid 25 cents a pint for the beer and the same amount for a shot whiskey clark told r me that he was short of money and offered to sell me the guns for the price named there were four people with me when i bought theni fenn testified f he said that the gun hadbeen at this hunting cabin near brace- bridge- from 1942 until november of last year under crossexamination he aa- mitteda -lengthy- criminal record that included sentences to kings ton penitentiary burwash and the reformatory- his honour in summing up the evidence stated that he was criti cal of the fact that all persons who were supposed 10 be at the house that evening with fenn had not been called by the defence these included two girls v- jv able and that there was no excuse for the collision and all blame rest ed sauarely on sandellv informed that saridell was taking care of all damage done his worship imposed the fine of 15 and costs or 15 days koi ao sand arid gravel x choicest sand and gravel for your 1 cement oiwork delivered j toyour job vislv ovt ill uc a nokt0ns gravel pit phone 700 or 9 rlf l fi aoi ifijrtr best proof of the job thatpuiina chows aire doing inthis community are thvresults and the records of the many feeders who are feeding according to the purina plan bring in some of the records of results theyre our best advertisement check these timely purina chows bring your birds to the feed hopper with chekrtonmixea in the mash acts as ep 1 pelizer bowel y eslrigent large roundworm killer adds vitamin 6 and g easy and 1 economical louse- purina chekrtabs for your turkeys ghekrfect disinfectant and germicide bsefe dairy binsei 0 i 3 lb can makes 500 g gal effective solu- 8 tion keeps equip- t ment clean and j sanitary piirina ghlorena chestou purine lice powder a bros dominion day celebration pickering memorial park monday july 2nd monster parade at 130 pm horses and other livestock shows for entries in livestock shows phone frank chapman pickering sports games concession l booths grand stage show v r- shop the modern way l v bensons corn starch lb 10 aylmer grape juice 13 ox tin 15 quaker muffers 2 pkgs 17 glenwood diced beets 20oz tin io c b orange marmalade 24 oz i 29 calirorhtrisinslilbcc j j v k 18 carload grocet wedelivjgr phone 280 4 uis jj jsskssfiro vi- vw2 vjgfesss 33i