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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 23 1946 jio30ir irrt a n i glaremont and district xoehfl o d e by correspondent local dealers movvders store and overlands store aonoe toe aonoaonoc accaoc pretty of toronto the weekend at her miss betty visited over home here ilrs towner has been confined to her home through illness mr and mrs myrtle sooth and children of toronto visit ei one day last week at the home of his mother and father mr and mrs harry eoose mr and mrs harold hopkins have left for their new home in port colhorne mr and mrs david coates and son of brooklin visited at the home of mr and mrs kedshaw on satur day mrs thos lye and children of toronto were visitors here one day- last week mr fred kedshaw who has been in hospital in toronto since his fall here recently when he injured the heel of one foot has returned home although it will be some time before ha is able to walk freely miss jean gregg of richmond hill visited over tile weekend at her home here friends will be pleased to learn that mr edgar slack is slowly improving in health aftei his seri ous illness and is now able to enjoy a short walk outside a peach tree in the yard of mr and mrs oscar barber is but in full bloom which indicates a bounteous fruit crop this year miss a zellers of mongolia has rented a portion of the b s tele phone building at the four corners and expects to open a beauty shop there shortly at present russel gray is busy wiring the place for hydro ted lenson toronto celery re tailer and owner of a lot at the brock rd and the cpb where he grew this crop for some time has flown to belgium his homeland for a visit we understand mr and mrs win smith and son of cannington and mr and mrs r stickwood and son of mt zion were sunday visitors at the robt daw son home indicating that the letters from ottawa written by jack smith mp for north york gave him the same feeling as a pan of dish water one of our readers let us know on mon day that the penpushing member was not making any mor impres sion on him that a fly on an ele phants tusk fact is said this age old gentleman i think the mem ber for north york is not too sound any way you take him politically and thats that a number of friends attended the funeral last week of the late mrs- thomas sanderson who with her husband resided for a number of years at the corner of the brock rd and the uxbridgepickering townline the late mrs sanderson came originally from england and lived for some time at ashburn before coming to the claremont srea for the last few years de ceased has resided near brooklin she is survived by her husband interment was made in the grove- side cemetery brooklin to close claremont continuation school dept official says mrs bickering and claremont continu- tion schools will definitely be clos ed if the new scheme of the dept of education at queens park is en forced the students sen to whitby dept official said on monday that stouiivilte didnt have a chance to get any of them although it is well known that many would like to go that way if the new scheme is brought into existence it will in crease the cost of secondary educa tion sharply higher salaries are promised the teachers going into rhe scheme greenwood misses marion and evelyn mcvey of toronto visited with the village folk over the weekend capt silcox is spending a two weeks holiday at his home this coming sunday the 20th he will occupy the pulpit in the church at 1115 sunday school at 1015 the national film board will how pictures in the church on wednesday evening 29h sponsor ed by group 2 of our wa mr ana mrs walter green and kitty of buffalo visited with mrs f l green and edna over the eekend miss betty mcphail of toronto was a visitor at the andrew pogg home on sunday john middleton met with a very unfortunate accident last monday while hauling hay when the horses made a quick start knocking him off the load resulting in a broken leg he returned home from the oshawa hospital on saturday even ing but will be laid up for some time we are hoping for a speedy recovery miss doreen pegg and beatrice maclean spent the weekend at their homes rev mr mcvey of toronto gave a very fine address at our mothers day service last sunday the little son robert lloyd of charles and mrs mctaggart and daughter cairn jane of frank and mrs day ward were baptized brougham ja campbell and daughter miss ella campbell rn also mr and mrs o campbell and son bruce all of toronto called on -mrs- l matthews on sunday evening the many friends of mrs d big summer hotel would be finest iof its kind i chartered company proposes to build luxury summer resort at pickering waterfront asked fixed assessment a chartered company yet un named propose to erect a luxury mairs are sorry to hsar tin she has k h at lot conu on serious fire xnrroivly averted at farm home a blaze originating from a fire in the kitchen stove caught the roof of the house on the farm of dave dawson just north of the village one day last week and threatened to envelop the structure for a time however the prompt action of bob dawson and hastily summoned neighbors plus the claremont fire brigade which was on the job in a matter of minutes squelched the outbreak but not before it had charred a considerable area of the roof water added to the cimuge in the upper floor of the house change to semiserve store after sixteen years a display announcement carried in this issue announces the opening of c a overlands is a semi- serve store on saturday of this week with a special luckv draw be ing made for the occasion mr overland has conducted a store in claremont for the last sixteen years and has enjoyed a good trade the appreciation of mr and mrs overland is extended to their customers for their patronage over the years and the change in their store it is expected will facilitate even beter service cherrywood congratulations to mr and mrs bob torrance on the arrival of a son at the grace hospital toronto a little playmate for john we welcome home claince udell vho arrived home from overseas on wednesday clarence is staving with his grandmother mrs burk we are sorry to hear that mrs reg sommerville is ill and is in the oshawa hospital we wish mrs sommerville a speedy recovery miss blanche petty visited with her friend miss fern pevnolds of toronto for the weekend mr and mrs fred ireson had dinner on sunday evening with mr and mrs wm hollinger 5 claremont locker system standard size lodser 900 a year cutting room and chilling room available free to customers cartons and containers for fruit and vegetables at normal charge tavlorloyst rlione claremont 19w or 191 whitevale on empire day may 23 the womens institute presented vvhitevale public school with a new flag on behalf of the institute mrs chas hilts made the presenta tion mr j heal and rev mr j mclaehan were the speakers for the afternoon after the ceremonies were concluded baseball game was played between green river and whitevale schools at the evening service of worship in the grant african methodist episcopal church on sunday may 2g mr j heal whitevale will preach and the combined choirs of green river baptist church and first baptist church whitevale will sing all who journey to dr perrys church will be made very welcome the womens missionary society of the whitevale united church neld their may meeting at the home of mrs j a pugh at 230 oclock in the afternoon the word for roll call was labour mrs a e fleming is entertain ing her sister mrs l nevin of tor onto for awhile mrs grant van baricom is back in whitevale with her new son we welcome the new citizen mr and mrs j tweedie enter tained guests on sunday may 19 mrs isabel smith of toronto is staying with mr and mrs g van baricom for a while ronnie and gordon hilts spent the weekend in markham with their grandparents mr and mrs raymer mr and mrs jack macmillan of toronto visited with mrs norman burke on sunday mr and mrs r baker of toron to were visitors with mr and mrs george hamlin on sundav mr tommy young of toronto spent sunday with mr and mrs fitch been indisposed during the past week but all wish her a speedy recovery mr jnd white is busy excavating for two new houses which he intends building on the south east corner of his farm mr carl devitt and family are now living in the house lately vacated by mrs cuyl across from the school mr jno knox and family spent sunday with friends here miss wilkinson accompanied by several pupils from grades 5 g 7 nd s journeyed via bus tc toronto on saturday where they visited the museum and other historical places the annual meeting of the womens institute was held in the hall on tuesday afternoon may 14th with a good attendance- letters of thanks were read from members who had been remember ed during illness mrs sheppard v as appointed to attend the district annual to be held on june 12th and also to take part in the memorial service held at that time the secretary gave the financial report for the year showing total receipts of 74200 with an expenditure of sg2913 which included grants to hospital for sick children cancer research fund navy league princess alice fund and remember- nces to the boys who faithfully did their bit for their country mrs glen then gave a report on social welfare mrs w gray reported on agriculture mis burk on home economics and mrs norton who was unable to be present sent a report on historical research election of officers then took place when the following officers were elected for the coming year presi dent mrs t robertson reeiected with mrs birrell and mrs shep pard as 1st and 2nd vicepresidents secretarytreasurer mrs n burk assistant mrs e e annis press secretarys mrs robertson and mrs matthews district director mrs wm gray organists mrs harvey and mrs birrell flower committee mrs e e annis mrs a gray and mrs matthews direc tors mrs n butron mrs r raine mrs o butron mrs a gray mrs wannop a social time was spent around the tables when mrs wm milne mrs f cassie and mrs b holtby served a dainty lunch the picketing township waterfront south of dunbarton which would cost in the neighborhood of 100- 000 the spokesman for the com pany has asked that pickering township establish a fixed assess ment for the property they coni tend that the hotel will create jobs for some forty people when in oper ation ant will be a large consumer of farm products as it will operate twelve months of the year the hoel will consist of 5s indiv- dual buildings each with its own private 3piece tile bath and will give aeommodation for 171 regular guests there would be separate dormitories for the employees ai pecial sewage disposal plant and power house the whole covering an i rea of about sixteen acres it is hoped to attract american tourists and others who would be likely to patronize this millionaire bouse on the banks of lake on tario winter sporting activities are planned for frenchmans bay i to keep the place going allyear round martial laws spoils martial bliss hei husband harry james slyter m the fort law ton guardhouse tor being awl is consoled by patsy ann herbert 15 of denver slyter claims he is only 14 civ eighteen divorce cases granted probation period decrees nisi were granted in six divorce actions by mr justice d c wells on the concluding day of the spring nonjury assizese in whitby bringing the total number granted during the session to is friday his lordship granted decrees nisi in actions brought by roy winter of oshawa charlotte beer of toronto formerly of brougham l j towns who is with the occupation forces in ger many frederick c mason of osh awa rosina burke of longford mills and victor hrycak of picker ing one other divorce action heard earlier ws from aurora alfalfa hay wanted best price for good quality sample reesors marmill limited markham phone 96 mr and mrs dick johnson of toronto visited during the weekend at the home of mrs d pugh balsam and mt zion news the active service class met at the home of mrs roy wilkin on wednesday evening with a good at tendance an executive meeting of the brooklin junior farmers met on thursday night at the home of mr earl disney we are sorry to hear that miss barbara coultis has the measles mrs hugh pugh is looking after her father mr s h jones for a time mr and mrs joe moat and grand son of toronto spent sunday with wm harbron earl wilson jack and leonard davies were in toronto and took in the rodoe at the maple leaf gar dens on saturday night mr richard wilson of brooklin spent sunday at the geo wilson home we are very pleased to report that mrs cecil jones is improving from her recent operation mr and mrs f disney visited sunday with mr and mrs john al bright of pine grove next sunday capt silcox of greenwood will have charge of the service at 730 miss aileen carson of oshawa was home for the weekend born at brougham mrs thompson aged 91 dead sarah jane thompson widow of the late john heard died at the home of her son wilfred in allan- dale monday may 6 194g she was in her 91st year and had been con fined to her bed for nearly three ears born october 25 1855 at broug ham in pickering townstupshe was a daughter of chas thompson and elizabeth locke she lived in an gus thornton and allandale since 1928 she had lived with her son wilfred heard she is survived by two daughters two sons 17 grand children she was predeceased by her husband 51 years the funeral service wednesday may 8 was conducted bv col and mrs burton and capt and mrs jas brown of the salvation army wanted dead horses and cattle telephone for free pick up telephones stouffville 255 markham 4326 claremont 913 9rl4 we pay phone charges gordon young ltd cream for best results ship your cream to stouff ville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery cold storage lockers open tuesday saturday nights stouffville creamery co stouffville ont phone 18601 balsam store groceries meats fruits vegetables dry goods hardware fencing feeds we are now agent for the wellknown renfrew stoves separators scales and washers and are prepared to service these products for you and supply you with new models j o graham claremont 8511 ontario- thursday night is foto nite 2002005 danforth bus lines daily service toronto to claremont daily ex sunday daily ex saturday sunday leaving sun hoi holiday sun hoi only holiday am am pm pm pm claremont 715 815 1215 345 800 brougham 727 827 1227 337 s12 green river 733 835 1235 405 820 locust hill 738 838 1238 408 823 malvern 805 905 105 435 850 returning leaving am am pm pm pm toronto 915 1000 545 200 945 daylight saving time parcel express phones toronto grover 5050 or oxford 1381 doe ioc ion iobxo claremont meat market choice meats fish groceries we con supply choice home killed beef by the quarter for your lockers at the right price phone 3501 claremont delivery in goodwood on thursdays claremont ontario telephone claremont 3501 odoi aoi buckwheat wanted contact us for best prices reesors marmill ltd markham phone 96 our new semiserve store opening this saturday groceries fruits vegetables dry goods boots shoes china special in every department for the occasion lucky draw prize number to every pur chaser of a 100 order or more c a overland claremont ont