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the tribune stouffville or thursday april 8 194s glaremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madills store and overlands store jpickering tp sets earlier date for itax collection congratulations to mr and mrs morgan evans who are celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary to day april 8th c a overlands grocery which opened a new free china sales campaign last week has consider able change in store setup and is now completely a baskets are supplied to the cus tomers so that they can have the a twostorey chicken house was totallv destroyed by lire this week on tlie cy dixon property in the woodlands subdivision south pick ering there were no chickens in the building pickering brigade answered the alarm a joint service of the cgit otf cprvo mrp land trail rangers groups was held in the united church on sunday evening the opening exercises complete freedom of the store sass and further wa hkson the facilitate sen ice address was given by mr ross anderson leader of opposition boys parliament and ontarios trail rangers leader who spoke to the groups from the text in 1st john epistle i have written to you young men because ye arc strong and the word of god abideth in you and ye have overcome the evil at the close of the service a fireside hour was spent in the sunday school room to which all present were invited the 9th concession claremont to stoulfville is in the best sprin condition this year that it has been for many seasons and with the exception of one or two slightly greasy spots is in midsummer driving condition claremont legion branch will meet in the community hall here on monday evening april 12th we are asked to announce by secretary harold hopkins the womens institute will hold their april meeting on thursday the loth at the home of mrs j badgero roll call response will be naming provincial floral emblem the topic is being taken by con vener of agriculture election of j tne death occurred at pickering officers and payment of dues at this on thursday march 25th of annie brougham adopt earlier nomination and election dates by bylaw at miss louise ritchie returned mondays jleetiog home on saturday after spending the last date for collection of the past week in toronto she was taxes in pickering township will be accompanied by her mother who sept 15th instead of dec 15th as is much improved after her recent heretofore the new date was set illness j t bylaw at the regular meeting of mr and mrs mitchel of toronto pickering council held at brougham and mrs mcginnis of buffalo visit- on monday township school boards ed their daughter and sister mrs are required to have their requisi- al harvey one day last week itions ready to place before council mr and mrs carson of toronto may 31st 194s visited with c b and mrs shep- council also made changes in the pard on sunday i annual nomination setup adopting the womans institute are hold- the earlier november date with elec- former claremont resident buried at oshawa please note change meetin date congratulations to mr and mrs fred redshaw who on april 4th celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary they have two sons and two daughters who are married with nine grandchildren and three charming young daughters at home although mr redshaw does not enjoy good health both he and mrs redshaw smilingly accept what life brings and have endeared them selves to a host of friends through out the years mr jack norton is working in uxbridge on the excavation of the big bank at the rear of the bank of commerce near the market square in the northern town canvassers for the red cross organization will be making their annual appeal for funds in the near future from door to door mrs howard pugh who recently underwent an appendix operation in toronto general hospital is seriously ill with peretonitis at time of writing mr len pilkey of oshawa a former claremont boy is also ser iously ill in toronto general hospi tal with appendix complications a collision occured recently at altona cross roads between a truck driven by mr wagg near stouff- ville and a car driven by mr percy hardy of the fifth concession accompanied by his wife the impact forced mrs hardys head through the windshield necessitat ing a physicians attendance to wounds which resulted her little son gordon had all his teeth loosen ed and one knocked out mrs d pugh spent a few days in toronto last week and visited her brother mr roy morgan who recently underwent a major opera tion in the general hospital and is still in a critical condition on thursday evening of this week the wms will present slides on the book great is the company in the united sunday school room mrs tomlinsons group is in charge of the programme everyone interested is cordially invited to this unusual meeting at s oclock mr and mrs f hutchings who have tenanted the pilkey farm on the brock rd for a number of years moved last week to the house pur chased last year in the village from the late s rumohr estate the good fellowship class will hold their eighth anniversary meet ing in the sunday school room of the united church on friday even ing of this week this will be a family gathering and everyone interested is expected to be present rev i kennedy mr catherwood mr f pugh anil ii johnson are among the number of those in the community who have been suffer ing with the flu during the past couple of weeks mr wm dickinson was enter tained at the home of mrs condy on friday afternoon april 2nd by his sons and family the occasion being his ssth birthday mr dickinson enjoys good health and is able to prepare the meals ami do light work around the home which he occupies with his son douglas in the village his many friends join in wishing him many happy returns of the day of edith pugh miller beloved wife of the late william miller annie i was a daughter of the late thos pugli who operated the ele vators in claremont years ago fol lowing her marriage to william miller the couple moved to indian head returning to the home town ship some years ago the funeral on saturday was con ducted from the family residence pickering with interment in the oshawa cemetery greenwood the wa will meet in the base ment of the church this thursday afternoon a quilt will be ready to do miss burk of toronto spent the weekend at the minker home mr and mrs p clarke visited with her sister at sterling last sunday congratulations to mr and mrs edgerton pegg on the arrival of a babv bov on april 1st 194s mrs p silcox and family left oh friday for their new home at bur- wash our best wishes go with them the elmo disney family have been under the weather with the flu miss edna green is spending the next two weeks in florida the roads are behaving very well this spring none seem to tiave been impassible master donny wilson of oshawa has been spending the easter holi days with his grandfather mr walter wilson mr and mrs a smith of toronto visited last sunday afternoon with fred and mrs byers mr and mrs g wilson and family of goodwood spent last sun day evening with mrs p wilson and les ing their april meeting on tuesdav april 13th hostesses mrs w c willson mrs hetie mrs j farley mrs e anderson and mrs allan gray roll call suggestions for next years program another pleasant evening was held in the hall on tuesday march 30th when the womans institute sponsored a euchre party the prize winners were ladies mrs george duncan and mrs l mat thews gents mrs burk who play ed in mans place and mr m ellicott mr gordon thornton and lady friend of toronto were recent guests at the sheppard home mr and mrs fred dingman of whitby called on her sister mrs a b matthews one clay last week mrs l hopkins entertained her two granddaughters from brooklin during the easter holidays mrs a coakwell visited her daughter mrs george willson one day last week mrs moon spent the weekend with her daughter hugh and mrsmiller of thistteha mr and mrs ken pascoe also mr and mrs ross knox and betty- jean spent sunday with friends in toronto the happy circle mission band will hold their april meeting in the school on saturday april 10 at 230 pm evelyn woodward and her group will be in charge of the pro gram- please bring needle and thread the institute district rally will be held in the town hall brougham on april 16th the rally is from 10 am to 4 pm all ladies in south ontario district interested in in stitute work are cordially invited please bring your own lunch and the brougham ladies will provide hot tea balsam miss bernice mcavoy spent a few days last week in toronto mr leonard davies of brooklin spent the easter week with mrearl wilson miss luella carson and girl friend of toronto spent the weekend with her parents we are glad to hear that mr vic jamieson is home from the brier- bush hospital where he has been for the last four months mr kenneth jones has completed his dairy course at guelph and in tends taking a position in a cream ery at fergus sunday visitors at the geowilson home were mr and mrs norman wilson and son of brooklin and mr and mrs leslie smith and family of prospect j mr ernie kahn came home from the oshawa hospital last friday and is doing nicely after his recent oper ation miss pat moffat of toronto spent the weekend with mrs errol car- son miss dorothy hoskins of toronto normal school is teaching this week at the mt zion school the mens club will meet next monday night april 12 in the basej ment of the church the wa will meet at the home of mrs levi linton on wednesday april 14th mrs r day in charge of programme i ajax houses not to be torn down majgen hugh a young vice- president of central mortgage and housing corp denys a report that wartime houses at ajax would be torn down unless buyers could be found he described as ridiculous and completely incorrect a new agency story quoting him to this effect gen young said he hoped that within a month an agreement would be worked out with the ontario government covering the goo ajax houses now serviced by central mortgage and housing the corporation has been conferring with the ontario department of planning and development on arrangements for the warbuilt community with the drew housing bill withdrawn it is expected these negotiations will be carried to a successful conclusion gen young said the ontario department had asked for further information on sewers and potential water services at ajax to determine what population the community could support id like to see the province get some new industries in there he said but he could not anticipate what the final solution would be tion date the first monday in dec ember at a special morning session of council it was agreed that an ac count of s270o0 should be present ed at ottawa to cover the cost of services rendered to ajax up until december of last year this amount represents both the county and pickerings share the townships share alone will be adjusted with the county at a later date clerk lloyd johnston reported that the fourteen properties slated for tax sale had all been cleared up road supt roy ward told council that the carload of lathe received some months ago had all been made into snow fence five miles of it about four tons of wire were also required to do the job the town ship now has seventeen miles of snow fence ready for next fall road accounts passed for payment amounted to 471578 sheep claims received amounted to sg chas puckrin was paid s71 for three sheep killed 5 lambs killed 1 sheep injured and 2 lambs injured geo wilson received 5 for one sheep injured while the two farmers also received 5 each for two dogs shot a representative for champion maintainer distributers waited on council and promised may delivery of a new machine at a cost of 14- sgo pickering council have a new- adams maintainer on order and have been waiting for delivery now for a year council thought favor ably of the early delivery but wish ed to have more information regard ing the machine before switching their order a wellsigned petition was tabled from residents of altona rd asking that the road be hardsurfaced be tween concessions 1 and 2 or that at least a mulch top be placed on the road this summer relief accounts passed for pay ment totalled 25349 vsvwwv free free valuable quality gifts beginning april 1st c a overland general merchant the store with the reputation we deliver phone claremont 2501 claremont get your complete service free to get your complete service of rosalie dinnerware or cattaraugus cutlery just save the cash bonus tokens issued by us on all cash sales of 25c or more tokens are in denominations of 25c 100 and 500 of course four of the 25c size equals one of the 100 size etc special free introductory offer to the first fifty customers spending five dollars we will give free in addition to coupons sample piece of rosalie dinnerware get your free sample right away audley mayfair restaurant monday thru friday 8 am 11 pm saturday 8 am 12 pm local parties hopeful of ajax settlement a settlement of the ajax ques tion satisfactory to all parties con cerned was in view last week following discussions at the war time village between hon c d howe minister of trade and com merce and ontario count picker ing township and ajax represent atives the trade and commerce minis ter in the company of some 15 local representatives toured the war time housing ltd village and former plant area in connection with a visit to oshawa while no announcement was made as to the measures contemplated for carry ing on of the village the discussions were said to have been optimistic in tone mr howe indicated that an official announcement would be made in ottawa at a later date constant protests have been forthcoming from pickering town ship and ontario county councils against the financial burdens borne by the adjacent municipalities in connection with the taxfree crown land village these concern educa tion administration of justice pub lic health and other services pick ering township and ontario county are required to pay these costs while receiving no remuneration from the village the question has become acute witli ontario governments recent action in introducing the domin ion crown tenants provincial- municipal services act danforth bus lines toronto brougham claremont east bound read down west bound read up pm pm pm am am am am pm pm pm daily daily daily daily sun ex sun ex ex sun ex sun sun sat sun sun sun sat hoi hoi only hoi hoi toronto hoi hoi hoi only hoi 945 545 200 1000 915 bay and dunds 340 935 150 520 935 1010 610 225 1025 940 danforth and luirell 810 910 125 455 910 1020 620 235 1035 950 scarboro jet 800 900 115 445 900 1035 635 250 1050 1005 malvern 745 845 100 430 845 10 3s 638 253 1053 1008 browns cor 742 842 1257 427 8 42 10 40 640 255 1055 1010 town line 740 840 1255 425 8 40 1050 650 305 1105 1020 cedar grove 730 830 1245 415 830 1100 700 315 1115 1030 locust hill 720 820 1235 405 8 20 1105 705 320 1120 1035 green rive- 715 815 1230 400 815 1110 710 325 1125 1040 brougham 710 810 1225 355 8 10 1120 720 335 1135 1050 claremont 700 800 1215 345 800 parcel express 0x1383 eastern standard time daily reduction in fares effective sept 20th from toronto single fare return fare to 1ocust hill 60 110 to brougham 70 130 to claremont 75 140 pickering twp discuss a zoning survey reeve w h westney reported to pickering council on monday after noon regarding a proposal to en gage a planning consultant to make a survey of the lakeshore area with a view to industrial housing and farming zoning the reeve stated that the cost of such of survey would be approximately s800 it was pointed out that the time was coming when various heavily industrialized areas and subdivi sions scattered here and there would demand services such as water and sewers and the work of serving these would be greatly facilitated if they concentrated in given areas rather than scattered cyril morley speaking for pickering village also favored the plan the appointment of a planning consultant had been recommended by planning and development min ister dana porter at a meeting held a few weeks ago by the whitby- pickering industrial and planning committee representatives subse- i quentlv the committee had inter viewed gordon culham town of whitby consultant and had decided j to approach the councils of each of the municipalities in the area fishing has again caught the young adventurers fancy but it lacks the glamor of the old spear and jackolantern days of yester year mrs robt walker and son of utica have been visiting her parents here during the vacation mrs gunter and son of burling ton beach spent a few days with her parents mr and mrs w h- westney miss muriel westney of st josephs hospital with visiting dietitians spent a few days under the parental roof last week mrs reg ide was nearly over come when fighting a small grass fire in her yard on saturday last the new owner of the property recently sold by the chinaman north of the school is about to take possession it is reported that the clements farm has again changed hands this old mccarthy homestead formerly produced good crops and was a real farm but recently its possibilities have been neglected keep in mind the box social and amateur night to be held by the club in the schoolhouse on wed nesday evening april 14th when a good time is being looked forward to by many make your entries to george brown rr 1 pickering at once about 80 friends attended the showers held at the home of gard ner and mrs winter on friday evening last when a double shower was given to dick and dorothy upon their approaching marriages on the 10th in the pickering united church dick is the president of the club and he will undertake the management of the home farm and and live in half of the house while miss dorothy has always been con nected with community work here and was for some time secretary of the club as both are highly respected young people the best wishes of all go to the young people upon their matrimonial ventures a large number of useful presents were received from those present as well as many being sent in for the occasion mr percy neale acted as toast master and short replies of thanks were made by the happy recipients with a view to finance the project mr culham had indicated that it would take a year or a year and a half to complete such a survey a later development would be zoning bylaws for the various municipali ties cherrywood the wa will hold its monthly meeting at the home of mrs russel davidson on april 14 mrand mrs sinclair were guests of mrand mrspurdon at hampton on sunday miss margaret purdon returning home with them mrs fenney spent a few days with relatives in toronto beverley and teddy mcintosh spent last week with their grand parents mr and mrs frank tor rance congratulations to mr and mrs h wilkinson on the birth of their daughter nancy jane glad to see mr bob morrish and mr bill davidson able to be out after their recent operations mr and airs wm judd had dinner on saturday with mr and mrs leslie hollinger allan petty is home for a few days with his parents mr and mrs john petty mr e r pilkey has sold his farm and is holding an auction sale next week mr kirton of western canada is spending a few days with his aunt and uncle mr and mrs e a armstrong and family mrs milroy and miss eleanor milroy visited with mr and mrs morrish and family on thursday mrs burke moved recently to whitevale mr and mrs stanley powell will occupy the house vacated by her mr kenneth hollinger and friends visited in kitchener recent ly- a number from liere took in the hockey games in oshawa and tor onto on saturday evening the main conversation this past week was on which road to take as some of our roads were impassable owing to the mud the school children are rather disappointed as the new school was to be ready for after the easter holidays however it will be three or four weeks yet before it can be occupied by classes dance friday april 9th community hall claremont music by bruce gould admission 35 cents mayfair 0c91 service day and night make sure now have your oil burner and furnace cleaned by experts all work done by vacuum service contracts available for 194849 heating season all work guaranteed for information write to johnsons oil burner service stouffville po box 161 g0rmiey cement block co rock face blocks a specialty we now have for immediate delivery both 8 and 10 plain and rock face cement blocks these blocks are steam cured in kilns to give you good sound blocks without chips and cracks order now to avoid disappointments in the spring and summer any information or estimates glady given phone stouffville 7320 toronto ma 7709 gormley ont