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the tribune stouffville ont- thursday april 8 143 glaremont and district by star correspondent local dealers madills store and ovelands store owing to the pressure of the xorth pickering township business pickering township branch of the canadian legion is council will meet for a midmonth i having a special meeting on wed- meeting next monday evening i april 21st at s00 p m m the claremont community hal with pi un tilthe hope of forming a ladies auxili- the members of tne baptist a wives daughters mothers church with their pastor have been s of veterans welcome busily engaged in redecorating the come one and all refreshments church during the past week and served intend completing the task on the sunday school room during the stewart graham present week the death occurred on thursday of last week of david elson who had been in declining health fori several months the deceased farm ed for many years near the webb school off the fifth concession of uxbridge where he died and was well past the four score span of life the funeral service was conducted by rev 1 kennedy and was held in claremont united church on sat urday at 230 thence to the union cemetery mrs h hockley another of our citizens was taken to toronto on thursday and underwent an oper ation in stmichaeis hospital on friday last at the time of writing she appears to be improving nicely mrs carter is confined to bed at a well known district farmer for many years stewart graham died at the family residence oshawa on tuesday april 6 at the age of 71 years he had been in poor health for the past year and a half a son of the late mr and mrs thomas graham of claremont the deceased was born at grange corners near dublin ireland on april 0 1s77 and came to canada with his parents 6s years ago a farmer all his life he had lived at greenwood myrtle reach town ship raglan and kinsale before retiring to oshawa two years ago he was a member of albert street united church mr graham is survived by his wife the former etta meal to whom he was married at claremont present with her daughter fromj jjan 13 1012 three daughters toronto in attendance at their regular council meeting last week pickering township council resolved to issue a pro clamation adopting daylight saving time for the summer mohthr beginning saturday april 24 at midnight mr and mrs joe ward and family visited mr and mrs w ward on saturday mrs condy entertained a few friends at a dinner and social after noon one day last week a quilting bee is being held early this week at one of the homes mr and mrs russell pilkey and sons have moved to the homestead farm on the brock rd vacating their cottage in the village which they have occupied since their marriage and which is now being offered for sale next tuesday april 20th is the date for one of the largest spring auction sales in the district chas gostick lot 26 con s pickering will dispose of all his farm stock and implements including 13 head of purebred holstein and ayrshire cattle horses a tractor and other farm implements some furniture is also being offered for sale the big sale will get underway at 1230- and the altona wi will serve lunch a s farmer is the auc tioneer at the annual meeting of the goodfellowship class of the united church which was held last friday evening mr boniface was elected president for the coming year a good program was given and an enjoyable time spent by all present a number of local ladies were guests of the stoufiville wms with several other near by com munities at their easter service last thursday afternoon held in the sunday school room the guest speaker was mrs lang of the dominion board toronto who spoke particularly of the deadening effect of liquor upon the delicate and most important parts of the brain and suggested that suscribers cancel subscriptions to those maga zines containing liquor advertis- ments lantern slides on the study book great is the company were the feature of the wms meeting that was held in the united church sunday school room on thursday night april 8 rev kennedy read the manuscript that goes with the sltdes this is an excellent review of the whole book the pies mrs mclntyre had charge of the meet ing during the worship period mrs tomlinson read the scripture while mrs w ward had a reading and presided at the piano a solo the lords prayer was sung by mrs will evans a letter from japan thanking the society for the donation of canned goods sent was of interest to all and the knowledge that we are helping our brother even in a small way is gratifying mrs lorne parrott effie of ash- burn mrs bruce bright laurrena of oshawa and mrs richard mann anne of raglan and three sons gordon john and james of osh awa also surviving are three sisters mrs kirk beelby of green wood mrs william cowie and miss margaret graham of claremont two brothers james of claremont and john of invermay saskatche wan and nine grandchildren the funeral was conducted by rev s- r henderson minister of albert street united church at the armstrong funeral home at 2 pm on friday april 9 interment was made in the union cemetery at claremont north ontario couxtv population third largest municipality in ontario county in the matter of acreage mara township ranks fifth in population it is shown by statistics in the 1948 directory of the department of municipal affairs the acreage of the township is g2015 and only pickering with 68741 and brock with 66258 have more rama with 35213 is the seventh place the population of mara which extends from the town limits at the atherley bridge to gamebridge is given as 2150 the township of whitby east which takes in much of the suburbs of oshawa leads with 7000 with the town of whitby second with 4611 reach township has 2152 and whitby township 3152 rama township 6s6 and scugog 277 thorah township has s15 and beaverton village 906 and cannington sos uxbridge 1515 brougham the april meeting of the wms will be held at the home of mrs howard malcolm on thursdav april 22 at 230 pm word for rol call a verse from the bible con taining word seed messr- a and m hamilton were at columbus one evening last week visiting their brother frank mr and mrs maskell of salem called on mr and mrs a b matt hews one day recently mrs e carswell and lynn also miss haze hamilton of oshawa visited their parents walter and mrs hamilton on monday sorry to hear mr r d miller is confined to his home suffering from erysipelas his many friends hope to soon see him around again in hi usual way mr and mrs d l mairs and jack called on mr and mrs d dawson of claremont on sunday miss barbara mairs spent the weekend with friends in toronto mr and mrs white and family also miss margaret xewton and mr bill devitt all of toronto spent a pleasant evening with mr and mrs carl devitt on saturday last mr and mrs e l crocker and mrs witter of toronto visited their brother mr albert matthews and mrs l matthews on tuesday last mrs honey spent a few days last week with mrs m annis mrs hardy and son billy of tor onto visited at the home of her parents win and mrs knox on sunday wedding bells are ringing in our midst our local firemen have been kept quite busy of late answering calls to grass fires but the climax came on tuesday afternoon when two calls came just one minute apart this emergenc3 was taken care of when our chief e e annis manned one outfit and proceeded to kinsale where the church was in danger and d l mairs with the other out fit proceeded to brock rd where the barn and beeyard of mr edgar james were threatened both companies succeeded in extin guishing the fire with little damage will knox has returned from enniskillen where he was assisting his son george with the syrup har vest mr knox tapped over 250 trees mrs l mathews can match andy clarks story of potatoes being dug already this spring mrs mathews dug up a half dozen nice plump carrots from her garden here in brougham where they had been all winter she said they scraped off just like new carrots and provided a fine early vegetable dish married in claremont 45 years ago a pleasant evening was spent at the home of mr and mrs edgar johnson on thursday april sthi the occasion being the 15th wedding anniversary of mr and mrs joseph jones glen major uxbridge town- shipship the dining room was tastefully decorated with pink streamers and white bells the family were all present and eigh teen sat down to dinner at tables decorated with pink candles and centred by a three layer bridal cake after the dinner hour mr and mrs jones were presented with a lovely woo blanket by their family and a beautiful bouquet of snap dragons by the grandchildren mr and mrs jones were married in claremont in 1903 by the rev w h adams they are both life long residents of this community mr jones having spent all his life on the farm where he now lives pickering to vote ox hall question a motion was passed at the april meeting of pickering township council authorizing the drawing up port perry 1408 brock township of a bylaw to take a poll of the rate- 2101 pickering township 7201 payers of pickering village on the scott township 1521 uxbride town- question are you in favour of a ship 193s oshawa city is 27924 debenture issue by the township including the city of oshawa the for the sum of 89500 to cover the total population of the county is 65437 2nd line uxbridge too late week spring is certainly a welcome guest as old man winter seems to have worn his welcome out by most everyone mr paul peters student teacher from toronto normal is assisting at our school this week mr albert taylor spent a day in toronto recently we welcome mr and mrs bur nett and family to our line they are employed on the dowswell farm a number of people have been victims of the flu the past couple weeks leaving behind its old story no pep no strength we are glad to see ruth jefferson back to school again after several weeks absence mr albert taylor visited friends in scarboro jet on sunday after noon unsubscribed balance of the cost of a community hall said deben tures to be a direct charge upon all rateable property assessed in said village of pickering the trustees of the village have already collected 8663850 of the amount needed for the project mayfair restaurant monday 8 am thru friday 11 pm saturday 8 am 12 pm danforth bus lines toronto brougham claremont east bouxd read down west bouxd read up pm pm pm am am am am pm pm pm daily dally daily daily sun ex sun ex ex sun ex sun sun sat sun sun sun sat hoi hoi onlv hoi hoi toroxto hoi hoi hoi only hoi 945 545 200 1000 915 bay and dundas 840 935 150 520 935 1010 610 225 1025 940 danforth and luttrell 810 910 125 455 910 10 20 620 235 1035 950 scarboro jet 800 900 115 445 900 1035 635 250 1050 1005 malvern 745 845 100 430 845 103s 63s 253 1053 1008 browns cor 742 842 1257 427 842 1040 640 255 1055 1010 town line 740 840 1255 425 840 10 50 650 305 1105 1020 cedar grove 730 830 1245 415 830 110 700 315 1115 1030 locust hill 720 820 1235 405 820 1105 705 320 1120 1035 green river 715 815 1230 400 815 11 10 7 10 325 1125 1040 brougham 710 810 1225 355 810 1120 720 335 1135 1050 claremont 700 800 1215 345 800 parcfl express ox1383 eastern standard time daily reduction in fare effective sept 20th from toronto single fare return fare to locust hill 60 110 to brougham 70 130 to ctaremonl 75 140 green river donald duncan returned home on saturday from the hospital after an appendictis operation he is pro gressing very nicely miss jean bishop spent the week end with her friend barbara cook we welcome mr and mrs bruce and family to this neighborhood and were pleased to see them out on sunday morning misses xancy and norma hager- man were visitors here on sunday mr and mrs lorne tran spent sunday with his brother giles tran mrs r dafoe visited with her daughter in toronto a few days last week fxec was held at the home of ida gray on monday evening last on friday evening last the union ss room was again filled when a monsterous croquinole party was held everyone enjoyed this old time friendliness prizes were awarded ladies mrs c woodcock mrs t postell gents mr j lum- lev mr r carter girls b postell h carter boys v mcphaden b mcgraw after the game mr w duncan read a short aduress and mrs e wilso presented mr and mrs ross carter with a beautiful lamp on occasion of their moving from our community we regret their departure but wish them every success in their new home lunch brought the evening to a close mr- and mrs fred ward visited with mr and mrs sam mcgraw on sunday last atha news mr and mrs wallace attended i the funeral of a friend in oshawa on 4 monday afternoon mr and mrs robertson enter tained his brother from islington on sunday mrs jack robinson and daugh- ter of toronto spent last week with her cousin mrs l hoover i mr and mrs wallace spent sun- day with friends in islington on sunday last mr ellis milton spent the week end with his parents mr and mrs j milton at burkton mayfair 6691 day and night service oil burners immediate installation 5 year oil contract guaranteed at 17c per gallon furnaces cleaned all types coal or oil all work guaranteed work done by experts for information write to stouffville po box 161 or johnsons oil burner service 16 haddington ave toronto 12 simply delicious the superb flavor of maxwell house makes it the most popular of all brands of coffee it has extra flavor because it contains choice latin- american coffees attention contractors and home builders to fill the rising demand for concrete blocks we have installed two new machines with a capacity of 4000 blocks per day these machines produce blocks that are firmly packed square and smooth we make all sizes and can give you prompt delivery write or phone g0rmley cement block co gormley ont phone stouffville 7320 handling money mt money at costs you more to live these days and it costs your bank more to provide efficient banking service bank staffs are more than half as large again as before the war payrolls have nearly 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