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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 16 1949 glaremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madius store and overlands store mr chas cooper has been on a business trip to winnipeg this week mrs frank loyst has been spend- ing a few days with her daughter mrs w pyatt at tweed a new baby boy has just arrived at the home there the geo constable garage on the corner is seeing some extensive improvemdnts new washrooms are being erected on the east side and the room formerly used for this purpose will form an addition for the present office bob fuller is doing the concrete work miss peggy overland of toronto was a visitor with mrs c a over land on sunday claremont coop has had a fine new sign erected on their office which will further help to inform the public of this place of business mrs g h mclntyre accompan ied by miss mae mclntyre of tor onto is enjoying a couple ofj weeks visiting several places in the us the trip will include wash ington and a probable visit at the white house mr and mrs woodburn of tor onto visited on sunday at the home of mrs n sanderson and mother mrs mantle mr and mrs sam taylor cele brated their 10th wedding anniver sary on june 10 in the evening a few relatives and neighbours ga thered at their beautiful new home to mark the event with table games and to express best wishes for a long happy life with their family with celebrations for special anni versaries the gathering closed with the serving of lunch by the hostess and her parents including lovely wedding cake made especi ally for the occasion mr and mrs taylor have three fine children marian murray and ruth next sunday june 19th the 60th anniversary of claremont united church will be celebrated at 11 am and 730 pm rev j e glover of elgin a former pastor will preach at both services with special music the stouffville choir will contri bute the music at the evening ser vice everyone is invited to come and enjoy these special occasions and especially all old friends and relatives who have worshipped in this church in the past and the people of the community and sur rounding next sunday june 19 mrs h johnson spent a few days of last week in toronto and ivisited with her daughter mrand mrs a cox and baby mr and mrs edward tomlinson and family of toronto visited with dr and mrs tomlinson on sunday claremont girls baseball team defeated port perry team last wed nesday evening 75 in a game at the jpark the return game will be played this wednesday evening at port perry when we hope simi lar honor will come to our team mr and mrs bert knight of leamington and miss joyce eagle- ton of strathroy were sunday visi tors at the fred pugh home the claremont park board is sponsoring an entertainment in the community park on wednesday evening july 13th this show will he put on by a selected group of entertainers with al harvey as master of ceremonies the 180th mosquito york lions trumpet band will be in attendance and stage a preshow parade the pro ceeds will be used for the purchase of playground equipment for the park watch for further particu lars in this paper next week on thursday afternoon june 9 the wms held their regular meet ing in the sunday school room of the united church the worship service was in charge of mrs mc lntyre who was assisted by mrs r morgan mrs w evans and mrs j badgerow during the business period plans were made for the family party to be held in july at the church when the wms will entertain the mission band and baby band a financial re port was given by the treasurer mrs x f tomlinson the re sponse to the canadian church irelief board was reported good and the clothing has been deliver ed to toronto mrs howard had charge of the topic keeping the sabbath day and was assisted by mrs j badgerow mrs w lehman mrsj beelby and mrsc reynolds rev kennedy closed the meeting with prayer a tasty lunch was then served by mrs c reynolds and the group in charge remember the close shave coo pers hardware had in june 1923 when the gasoline engine became overheated and fire broke out the same month a bad accident occurred at evans sawmill when alfred lemon had his hand severed at the wrist when he became tan gled in the saw oshawa defeated claremont 10 in a hotly contested football game its funny how children take ad vantage of the fact that it isnt human to lie perfect the average young man likes to select a solitaire by himself says a jeweler he knows a gal will have- a finger in it later on brougham mr and mrs prank stephenson of toronto also mr and mrs jos prucyk and family of georgetown called on their uncle mr albert beer on sunday mr and mrs frank carter also mr and mrs roy carter of green river attended the oddfellows par ade at port perry on sunday last and also visited with mr and mrs russell carter the wms of st johns united church brougham packed 4 large cartons of good used clothing for the canadian church overseas mrs lemmon and mrs philip did the packing master john harvey spent the weekend with grandparents mr and mrs mitchell of toronto mr and mrs chas burrows mr and mrs jos burrows were at oshawa on friday evening attend ing a surprise party for mr and mrs albert burrows in honor of their fifteenth wedding anniver sary miss gladys gannon rn also mr and mrs barrie all of toronto called on mr and mrs l sheppard on saturday evening several of the ladies met at the home of mrs seebeck a couple of days last week and quilted a quilt for the wms mr and mrs m l routley of brooklin mr and mrs william tordiff of barrie called on the lat- ters sister mrs l matthews on saturday last miss atkinson of toronto spent the weekend with her friend mrs harvey mr and mrs win burton and daughter of detroit spent the weekend with his sister mrs m hamilton also with mr and mrs n burton mr and mrs wrn knox mrs ross knox and mrs kenneth pas- coe were at oshawa on friday evening attending the graduation of nurses of oshawa hospital when mrs mary knox was one of the graduates mr and mrs a l pascoe of so- lina attended the erskine service with mr and mrs john knox on sunday afternoon mr pascoe has beep a member of the sons of tem perance lodge for go years mrand mrs tom shart of green- bank visited mrs t c brown on wednesday last congratulations to brougham soft ball team who played dunbar- ton ending in a score of 31 for brougham mrs h wright of georgetown is visiting with her brother mr bert beer and other friends mr and mrs a j gray were at claremont on saturday afternoon attending the reception following the wedding of miss elsie may tindall and mr aylmer carter mr and mrs gerald harbron and daughters bernice and inajean of myrtle mr snd mrs harold crawforth of whitby were recent guests of mrs a b matthews who is now feeling somewhat better after her recent illness mrs harvey sr was at aurora one day last week calling on mrs rhoton who is recuperating at her home there j memorial chimes highly appreciated last sunday evening a special dedicatory service was held in the united church when the presenta tion of the tower music system to the church was made to the honor and glory of god in memory of the young men of the community who gave their lives in world war ii alvin lehman kenneth evans victor prouse jim faulkner ivan purdy and in recognition of the services of all the men and women of this community who served our country and the cause of freedom and righteousness whenever we hear these chimes peal forth may we remember their sacrifice the presentation was made by mr edj boniface president of the good- fellowship class of the church to dr tomlinson secretary of the church board rev i e kennedy pastor was in charge of the church service rev g davison of the baptist led in prayer and rev a c luffman of greenwood chaplain of claremont and n pickering ve terans who paraded to the church and occupied the centre isle with the families of deceased comrades delivered a very fine address tak ing as his text the first part of verse 38 of 11th chap of hebrews of whom the world was not worthy the baptist male quart ette sang two very appropriate numbers and the church choir sang another the opportunity is given to all of the community to share in the cost of this fitting and lasting memorial the chimes will be played every sunday and on special occasions like christmas and good friday the gospel of gods love and mercy will thus be broadcast to the whole community and we pray that many souls will be encouraged and strengthened uplifted and renewed in their daily round of life and find eternal sal vation through christ our saviour tax rate down sixteen mills in claremont while almost all school sections in pickering township requisition ed for extra funds for next year claremont school rate is nil bring ing the total tax rate for the village down 162 mills a shuffling of year and is totally eaten up the next is understood to be the rea son for this dractic reduction after such a sharp rise in 1948 the gen eral tax rate for the village will be 24 piokering township general tax rate is holding fairly well on an even keel at 2110 this rate for 1949 is made up as follows consolidated rate county rate welfare high schools 1948218 19492 twp rate roads general trustees levy land owner appreciates prompt work of firemen and the whole neighborhood claremont ont june 7 1949 dear sirs please convey through your newspaper my appreciation and esteem to the many men and wo men who answered the fire alarm when our bush and timberlands got claremont school funds so that on fire last saturday for a while that a large surplus occurs in one i thought miles of bush would be destroyed but thanks to the imme diate action on the part of those who helped the obviously inevit able was averted i was truly moved by the almost immediate arrival of the claremont fire brigade who seemed to have gone all out to cope with the emer gency not only in a most expediti ous way but with convivial and pleasant despatch about one hour after the fire appeared to be extin guished and they all had gone home the fire sprang suddenly elsewhere again the claremont fire brigade were called and prompt ly arrived unfortunately the en gine got bogged in the deep grass and some forty or fifty men promptly resorted to the bucket supply and made every effort hu manly possible to check and retard the ire until the engine was extri cated and put in action the broug ham fire brigade was called and was on the job in quick order three lines of hose were quickly fanned out as by magic and in less than three hours what had been a veritable furnace was sub dued by them the next monday the fire broke out once more and again the claremont fire brigade was on the job and a bulldozer from stouffville quickly responded to the call and worked until night making a trench around the fire to contain it frankly speaking i do not know how to thank all of them for their immediate response and neighborly 573 77 418 46 317 265 2110 added to this is the federation of agriculture levy applicable to farmers only of 2 mills pickering twp school rates mr and mrs l hopkins on sun day mr and mrs k bent of oshawa were guests of mrs w hamilton and john on sunday afternoon mr and mrs john knox and fam ily of hampton mr and mrs geo knox and mrharry knox of ennis- killen mr and mrs cecil oxford and daughters of toronto also miss i brignall of toronto also mr and mrs hardy and billy of toronto and mr and mrs ross knox and bettyjean had sunday tea with mr and mrs w aknox on thursday afternoon june 9 mrs howard malcolm mrs a malcolm mrs t c brown and mrs ralph crawford were guests of mrs mary knox at a graduating tea in honor of the graduating class at oshawa general hospital held in the nurses residence meeting the friends of mrs knox who have shared with her these three years of training abundant and tasty refreshments and tea were served and a visit to mrs knoxs room to see the many beautiful gifts she received to honor her graduation on friday evening june 10 mem bers of the malcolm and knox families attended the graduation ajax area base line dunbarton rouge hicqcering audley brock rd cherrywood whitevale greenwood brougham green river 7th line mt zion cedar creek claremont atha altona kinsale highland creek balsam 50 66 10 12 81 36 66 83 46 31 28 62 55 33 62 nil 65 5 56 1935 52 ceremonies when the nurses re- mr and mrs mantle and family ceived their final deg and pins of brooklin visited her parents coop fence master comes to you packed with the most complete line of accessories of any electric fencer yet offered complete with battery and accessories the coop fence master has the same mechanism and signal lights as found in more expensive fencers complete beautiful in appearance rugged in construction durable effi cient economical distinctive everything one could ask of an electric fence controller buy through claremont coop at the cpr phone 38w all report a very interesting even ing a program followed the ser vice and all repaired to the lawn at the hospital where refreshments were served sunday june 26th will be the occasion of rev i e kennedys farewell message to his congrega tion in brougham it will be the occasion for communion and the service will be held in the after noon rather the regular mornin hour brougham grand division of sons of temperance 100th anniversaryc on may tt in toronto the grand division of sons of temperance held their 100 years anniversary of the organization most of the subordinate divisions have ceased to exist and without support the grand division found it impossible to carry on longer and decided to surrender their charter this being their last meeting leaving behind 100 years of noble service to this country brougham division was organiz ed in 1850 the first meetings were held in thos majors sitting room at the old central hotel until the hall was built in 1879 the brick hall was built in 1880 and meetings were held until time of world war i the hall was anally given to the united church who later sold it to mr dean mairs who made it into a hardware store the only families represented among the chartered members are the browns and williams mrs warren will- son attended the meeting and was given the charter containing four names of willsons old surviving members of brougham division are proud and happy to have played an important part in bringing local option to pickering township township and ajax school trustees meet next week pickering township school truh tees will meet with the ajax schol board this wednesday night to dil cuss the possibility of accommodal ing township pupils in the loc plant thirtyfive or so pupils attendin the school on pickering beach roah will be effected and it is hopj that some arrangement can 1 made which will be satisfactory all concerned the local board is faced with til problem of absorbing addition pupils from the 100 new housa which it is expected will be occi pied by fall and as capacity f taxed with the present enrollmeil there is little doubt that extib rooms will be needed in addition to accepting pickel ing beach pupils for enrollmenb there is a problem of transport tion to solve as it is over thr miles from pickering beach to tlfl ajax school this could be arrai ged however if other factors be handled goodwill suffice it to say ever that if at any time i could i of any assistance to either tli brougham fire brigade or the clar mont brigade in the furtherance progressive improvement for communitys benefit i shou gladly consider it a privilege to my part as a gesture not only my appreciation for their prompl courteous and pleasant service bif as a dutiful tribute and contribj tion to a most imperative necesl ity for the welfare and safety t the community in which we live yours sincerely robert g rol an entomologist says worms ad insensitive to red light any tr ffic cop will agree 9 1 anlu y 1 htia 1 kit doors open at 630 pm monday thru friday saturday doors open at 600 pm matinee 200 pm friday saturday june 17th 18th gentleman from nowhere warner baxter fay baker dont trust your husband fred macmurray madelaine carroll universal news memorial service cemetery kennedy assisted by rev j e glover of elgin soloist mrs glover and special music by the local quar tette all are invited brougham union sunday june 19th parties are requested to place flowers at 2 oclock then proceed to the united church for divine service at 230 to be conducted by rev i e monday tuesday june 20th 21st romance on the high seas technicolor jack carson doris day don defore short subjects one night only wednesday june 22nd crossfire robert young robert mitchum short subjects one night only thursday june 23rd return of october technicolor glenn ford terry moore short subjects foto nite offer 135 w friday saturday june 24th 25th ii j green grass of wyoming peggy cummins charles coburn short subjects universal news danforth bus lines toronto east bound read down brougham claremont pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 pm dally ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 7k 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 325 335 am sun hoi 1000 1025 1035 1050 1053 1055 1105 1115 1120 1125 1135 am dally ex sun hoi 915 toronto bay and dundas 840 940- danforth and luttrell 810 950 scarboro jet 800 1005 malvern 745 1008 browns cor 742 1010 town line 740 1020 markham 730 1030 locust hill 720 1035 green river 715 1040 brougham 710 1050 claremont 700 west bound am daily ex sun hoi read up am pm daily pm pm sun ex sun sun sat hoi hoi only hoi 935 150 520 935 910 125 455 910 900 115 445 900 845 100 430 845 842 1257 427 842 840 1255 425 840 830 1245 415 830 820 1235 405 820 815 1230 400 815 810 1225 355 810 800 1215 345 800 parceii express 0x1383 daily redaction in fares effective sept 80th from toronto single fare return fare to locust hui 60 110 to brougham 70 130 to claremont 75 140