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the tribune stouffviile ont thursday december 19 1946 raorrroi soe30c claremont and district by staff correspondent j or ioe o d o ip a box of good things for christ mas was sent to the beverly st mission in toronto last week by the ladies of the baptist mission circle friends will be pleased to learn that miss s e evans is slowly im proving in health although still confined to her home mrs sam stephenson of oshawa was in the village last saturday visiting friends mis velma binsted returned home from orillia where she has had a position for the past few months miss clara xeal now of toronto and former claremont resident is in very poor health friends will be sorry to learn miss wilda binsted mr leo bordon also mr john wallis all of orillia visited over the weekend at the home of mr and mrs fred binsted mr and mrs howard hockley visited friends in sandford on sun day pickering township council will meet on monday dec 30lh for rou tine business and passing accounts the late mrs peter mcxab was a daughter of mr and mrs wni scott not mr and airs geo scott as erroneously stated on this page last week the goodfeliowship class of the united church met on tuesday evening dec 10 at the home of mr and mrs fred kedshaw rev ie kennedy told a story christmas around the world and readings were given by other members will evans rendered a trumpet solo and there were songs by the kedshaw girls plans were made to hold the january meeting in the church when mrs allen miller will be the guest speaker despite the unfavourable weather there was a good attendance at the christmas meeting of the wms which was held on thursday after noon dec 12 in the sunday school room of the united church the meeting was in charge of mrs g scotts group a number of christ mas carols were sung with mrs w ward at the piano mrs hammond read the scripture lesson a piano solo by mrs t gregg was much enjoyed the election of officers was in charge of rev kennedy the nominating committee present ed their slate of officers which was accepted mrs h g melntyre is the new president on behalf of the society air kennedy expressed thanks to the retiring president mrs f loyst for her faitjiful ser vices of the past three years as pre sident the meeting closed with prayer local deaiers- lotrxot mowders store and loaoaoaoe overlands store goodwood man gets new post in ontario county chosen from among eight appli cants john m rae of goodwood and warden of ontario county this year has been selected for the new position of county road super intendent or foreman which is be ing established in ontario county christmas greetings to our customers and friends with santa claus peepin around the corner and every body thinking about everybody we want to pause long enough to extend to you our very best wishes for a merry merry christmas c a overland claremont in order to relieve the county engineer of some of his work criticism of the lack of work done in the county was loudly heard at the november session of the county council and it is expected that the rearrangement of the work with the introduction of a county road foreman will bring about a desired improvement in the setup 1 had no notion whatever of applying for this position until so many colleagues in the council kept putting the matter in my mind and being free from other obligations i decided to place my name before the committee responsible for en gaging a county road foreman mr rae said there were eight appli cants mr rae is just concluding his year as warden of the county and will assume his new duties on jan uary 1st in order to give the best service he feels that he should be located more centrally and is in vestigating the possibility of locat ing at sunderland from this central point he will be very close to the work which he will have charge of the appointment is a popular one and those who know john rae realize that ho is a man who is sure to give great service in the position entrusted to him missing davkv heirs sought in chicago chicago 111 dec 17 a christ mas present in the form of a 53000 estate to which they are unknow ingly the heirs is searching in and around the niagara falls peninsulas of ontario and new york state for the children who would be quite aged if living and therefore more likely for the grandchildren or greatgrandchildren of james and catherine davy or davey this became known here today when walter c cox probate genea logist 208 s lasalle st chicago took over the search mr cox specializes in tracing missing rela tives to settle estates james ami catherine davy who may have spelled their name davey mr cox said were born in ireland in 1s30 came to this country presumably with their families and were married in the vicinity of niagara falls in about 1s00 they are known to have a daughter bridget and probably other children direct descendants of the couple would have first claim to the estate if living if there are no descendants living then claim reverts to the descendants of brothers and sisters of the couple mrs davys maiden name is not yet known members of the family have been reported to have migrated to differ ent places on the niagara peninsula and the search is being concentrated in the area from and including tor onto and hamilton on the north to buffalo and rochester in the united states brougham water syndicate strikes real gusher a water syndicate has been form ed in the village of brougham ac cording to our correspondent there comprising eight shareholders and water will be pumped from a new well just drilled on the a b math ews properly north of the main corners on the brock rd the new well dug by a markham contractor struck water last week and the miniature gusher proved too much for an electric pump which the men were using to clear the well a gas pumper brought into plav but it too proved inade quate for the big flow monday evening two pumps were being brought into use and work was to be continued throughout the night so that the water could be lowered and the brick layer could go to work the well is down a depth of about fifty feet a scheme was discussed last sum mer regarding piping water into the village from a lot a couple of miles east along no 7 highway but no thing came of the proposal and now several of those most vitally interested have banded together in financing this new well township of pickering i sincerely thank the ratepayers of pickering township for the confid ence placed in me in re electing me reeve for 1947 d blake ahnis grocery igljmsjjffi locker system standard size locker 900 a year cutting room and chilling room available free to customers cartons and containers for fruit and vegetables at normal charge taylorloyst thone claremont 19w or 19j green river next sunday dec 22 will be the christmas service in green river union ss there will be a play given by class no 2 entitled have you room for me the fnec met last week at the home of mrs c white the christmas concert will be held tonight thursday in the church the shower for mr and mrs geo white will be announced shortly after the christmas season watch for date later ss anniversary on dec 29th mrs j cook will present pictures of china while the cgit will supply music for the evening congratulations to mr and mrs geo ireson on the birth of a daugh ter at markham on dec 10th send the friends tribune absent grans concert sponsored by brougham fire brigade on thursday dec 26th in brougham town hall al boh harvey and follow entertainers admission adtdts 10c children 20c brougham mr and mrs boynton and family were recent guests of dean and mrs mairs mr brennen of toronto came out on sunday and called on several old neighbors mr harry degeer of enniskillen accompanied by his mother and sister visited with a b and mrs matthews one day last week miss dorothy harlock visited with green river friends on sun day mrs miller of toronto spent sun day with her parents wiii and mrs knox mr and mrs dean mairs were at oshawa on saturday attending a reception for mr and mrs r e mcknight nee marian ham daugh ter of mi and mrs lome ham mr and mrs m hamilton visited with frank and mrs ham at clare mont on sunday master billy miller is spending a few days at the wm knox home the regular meeting of the womens institute was held in the hall on tuesday afternoon with a good attendance plans were dis cussed for the special meeting to be held early in the new year mrs hetu gave a very good report of the recent convention a shower was held for the childrens shelter at oshawa hostesses for the after noon were mrs johnston sr mrs a j gray and mrs l matthews work on the new skating rink is going ahead water for flooding is being piped from the village pump also being drawn from the new- community well being dug in the north end of the village mr philip of toronto called on mr and mrs m hamilton one day recently our hockey team journeyed to oshawa on monday where they had a practice in preparation for the coming league games mr and mrs ross knox had tea on sunday with ml and mrs b dunn 300 bushel club banquet balsam and mt zion we are sorry to hear that mrs i kahn has been on the sick list mr and mrs harper beaver and family of st catherines spent sun day with mr and mrs cecil jones note the change in ssand church services commencing next sunday dec 22 ss will be at 2 pm and church at 3 pm mr and mrs alvin bushby of pickering spent sunday with rela rail traffic to canada was blocked flre hour by thi wreckage whe a cmr freight train collided with another freight at a buffalo rail cross roads recently fireman of this cxh imomtivw a gaskel of for erie was retoaj from hospital todiy novelty christmas dance community hall claremont on s friday dec 20th special prizes bruce goulds orchestra admission 50c mr r e goodin potato fieldmaiv for ontario gave a short address tile annual banquet of the ontario an oresented a eold irobi uitnli county 500 bushel potato club was ij held in the diningroom of the man sion house uxbridge with about 30 in attendance mr howard harper goodwood to the winner in the 500 bushel con- tets mr h skerratt port perrv mr skerratt was successful in pro ducing 19 bushel of potatoes on one acre of land most of ihe money for the chairman of the club introduced the watch was contributed by c1l mr bob melntyre of niagara brand five bags of cocs xiatox 3 sprav co and mr gordon ougn ofj dust contributed by the nia- canadian industries limited and branil sprav co were distri they both said a few words about oute among the 2nd 3rd 4th 5th potato situation th lives here dont forget the christmas party monday dec 23rd the active service class met at the home of mrs jack morgan claremont on wednesday dec 11 a very enjoyable time was had by all those present the christmas meeting of the mission band will be held in the basement of the church on satur day dec 21st the balsam school christmas concert will be presented in the school on thursday dec 19 2 pm and 0th prize winners local dona tions were sufficient to cover prize money for the 2nd to 10th winners inclusive standing and yields for the first ten winners in the club were as follows henry skerratt port perry 49s bus howard harper goodwood 471 bus lloyd mcdonaldport perry 373 bus george moore uxbridge 3g4 bus horace herd uxbridge 34s bus ralph veitch uxbridge 335 bus gordon rvnard zephvr 324 bus walter e ball uxbridge 24s bus ed pollard uxbridge 240 bus w carruthers uxbridge 239 bus yuletide foods mclarens tea vz lb 34c mclarens coffee 1 lb bag 43c bakers cocoa vz lb tin t 14c 1 lb tin 23c vitanip blended orange and grapefruit juice 20 oz tin 19c golden harvest grapefruit juice 20 oz tin 14c e a smiths grape juice 16 oz bottle 26c westons plum pudding 1 lb tin 49c karo corn syrup 5 lb tin 69c lelands green tomato pickle sweetened 16 oz jar 26c campbells tomato soup 10 oz tins 2 19c clarks mushroom soup 10 oz tins 2 19c hy grade pretzel stix 10 oz pkg 20c spic and span pkg 23c cashmere boquet toilet soap 4 for 25c sunkist oranges6 sizes from 39c to 79c doz bc delicious apples 7 for 25c red emperor grapes2 lbs 43c cranberries lb 57c mixed nuts lb 49c christmas candy i scrsieieieiaietsieiisiiisicipisttsii special hankies pure irish linen plain white with double row of hemstitching each 29c striped flannelette yd 25c and 35c mens dress socks pair 59c mens work socks 45c 65c 79c tststjigtctt2tehkteetrpiw3w the corner grocery this store will remain open even ings from december 1721 ph 1401 prompt delivery claremont iimmmim danforth bus lines daily service effective sept 29th claremont toronto east bound read down pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1010 1050 u00 1105 1115 n 30 pm dam- ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 638 610 650 700 705 715 730 pm sat onlv 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 330 345 am sun hoi 1000 1025 1035 1050 1053 1055 1105 1115 1120 1130 1145 am daily ex sun hoi 915 940 950 1005 1008 1010 1020 1030 1035 1045 1100 brougham toronto bay and dundas danforth and luttrell scarboro jet malvern browns cor town line cedar grove locust hill green river brougham claremont west bound am daily ex sun hoi- 815 820 810 755 752 750 710 730 725 715 700 am sun hoi 945 920 910 855 852 850 810 830 825 815 800 pm daily ex sun hoi 200 135 125 110 107 105 1255 1245 1240 1230 1215 read up pm pm sat onlv 530 505 455 440 437 435 425 415 410 400 345 sun hoi 945 920 910 855 852 850 840 830 825 815 800 parcel express ovi38s eastern standard timk