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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday march 27 1932 claremont and pickering twp district tns mr and mrs roy morgan saturday evening tea wit mrs allison fleming of union- vu isobel and jean gregg ofpassg ul west toronto spent the weekend with i mr and mrs hugh gregg funeral services were held congratulations to mr and mrs i thursday afternoon from hender- roy morgan who celebrated their sons funeral home abbotsford wedding anniversary on mar 20 i bc for thomas mcnelly 71 who mr and mrs lloyd mason of i passed away sunday at his home scarboio spent sunday with mr rev a l elliott oiliciated and and mrs jack norton give to the kaster seal cam paign foi crippled children mr harry porter was ill during the past week but is on duty in his shop again this week mr r tansley has been ill in bed with an attack of shingles dur ing the past week mr and mrs k cooke and son visited with mrs s cooke and mr and mrs bruce harton of lansing on sunday the v a will hold their regular meeting on thursday afternoon to be followed by a community supper in the church basement commencing at 530 oclock with mrs bakers group in charge mr and mrs melvin johnson accompanied by mrs h johnson attended the funeral service of a cousin mr v taylor conducted from the turner funeral home in toronto last monday afternoon interment was made in mt pleasant cemetery the girls canasta club spon sored a euchre bridge and can asta party in the community hall last friday evening there were about thirty tables and a dozen prizes were given by the various business houses of the community to the winners the proceeds from the evenings entertainment were presented to the park board last saturdays ice storm played havoc with those travelling to and from the various centres of special interest throughout the night glare of car lights were seen from all directions around midnight and a number of travellers were stranded all night the situation did not improve until the next day the womens institute was held last thursday afternoon at the home of mrs ken ward with a good attendance five new mem- ers were added to the roll call which was the annual member ship fee a geography match on new brunswick and the nw territories was conducted by mrs peddle the following officers for the new year were elected hon pres mrs john badgero pres mrs g mcconnell 1st vice mrs j badgero 2nd vice mrs d catherwood sectreas mrs m johnson district director mrs g mclntyre assist mrs w evans pianist mrs h gregg assist mrs w evans standing com mittees public relations and community activities mrs h johnson mrs mcdonald agricul ture and canadian industries mrs j morgan home economics and health miss v forsythe his torical research and current events mrs ken ward citizen- interment was in hazelwood cemetery graveside service conducted by the loyal lodge of which mr mcxeliy was a mem ber mr mcxeliy was born sept 7 isso in uxbridge tovnship old est son of the lute peter mcxeliy and christina gibson moving to zephyr about 1ss1 he went to western canada in rhm and to bc 35 years ago in 1917 he is survived by his wife six daughters mrs flossie roberts of abbotsford mrs oilve kelly van couver mrs phvllis mellveen oshawa ont mrs jean elliot abbotsford shirley and lois of vancouver and two sons xoris of pemberton bc and clarence prince george and three sisters in ontario mrs ethel barker and mrs flossie snowden of new market and mrs laura arm strong zephyr a sister minnie of toronto and a brother morris of zephyr predeceased him brougham was given by mrs m euicott mrs m burk and mrs r euicott plans were made for the easter thankollerutg to be held earlv in april the following were the prize winners at the womens institu euchre held on tuesdav evening march is ladies mrs l hill thirsty thieves leave emptyhanded a thirsty gang of safecrackers who drank ten bottles of pop while blowing the outer door from a safe in uxbridge coop were frightened off before they could touch off a charge to open the inner door they escaped emptyhanded but left the inner door souped and a loaded rifle and shotgun which police believe they took from the stockroom of the coop in case they were caught at their work joslyn rogers provincial analy tical chemist was sent from tor onto with an opp inspector to neutralize the nitroglycerin pack ed about the inner door opp constable victor proctor said he believed there were four men in the gang two lookouts and two men working on tbe safe he described their work as pro fessional they cut a hole in the roof to enter the store vvinnifred richmond beloved wife of mr a ramsay of broug ham and mother of kenneth of brougham mrs a jones doris j of toronto and mrs i hess norma l of brooklin the late mis ramsay was in her 50th year and had been in ill health for some time funeral services were held at the robinson funeral chapel brooklin on monday afternoon with interment in brougham cemetery sympathy of tiie community is extended to the bereaved family when mr and mrs w c will- son returned from church on sun day they were greatly surprised why is it that so many people think that being broke is some thing to write home about ship and education mrs w glid- den flower committee mrs w hill mrs l mccullough mrs w benson membership committee mrs r morgan mrs w wallace mrs l hill auditors mrs l lippert mrs w lehman a dain ty lunch was served by the com mittee in charge the regular weekly euchre sponsored by the brock road club had the following winners- ladies mrs t cornutt mrs wm grav miss coakwell gents mr riddle mr a j gray mr l hopkins lone hands howard malcolm mrs m euicott mrs matthews door prize wm gray mis loss gents mr cliff hardv mr ross hill travelling prizes mrs h carlton i mr blackwell with a piaxton mrs wm gray mr special door prize going to mr was clark and mr wm gray j burton several real estate transfers are messrs mel and percy gliddon reported in our village latelv mr of clinton are visiting with mr and mrs todd of claremont are and mrs m euicott and family expected to move into the gam- mrs h shea had a business mage house while mr and mrs trip to toronto on monday reaman and family have purchas- jive to the easter seal cant ed the storrey house jpaign for crippled children mr and mrs mitchell of tor- a 0sl onto visited with their daughter hospital on fnday march 21 and soninlaw mr and mrs al harvey on sunday mrs beach of brampton is spending a few days with mr and mrs w c willson mr and mrs d l mairs enter tained friends from toronto on sunday mr and mrs brown from near montreal visited with mr and mrs jas ravey on saturday night while enroute to guelph to visit his mother who is ill there mr and mrs gerald harbron and daughters bernice and ina- lean of myrtle had dinner on monday evening with their aunt mrs matthews miss wilcox of toronto spent the weekend with her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs bruce ritchie mr and mrs e l crocker who recently returned after a months visit to florida called on mrs matthews last week miss margaret burton of detroit visited with her sister mrs m hamilton during the weekend mr and mrs ray euicott and little daughter janet visited with- mr and mrs d mcguckin ofl ie stouffville on sunday mr wm knox has been on the sick list during the past week his many friends wish him a speedy recovery mr connor who has been farm ing on the seventh concession has purchased the home of mr and mrs k pascoe and expects to get possession on may 1st mr connor found it necessary to retire rom farming due to ill health mrs a hardy of toronto visited with her parents mr and mrs wm knox on sunday a congregational supper will be held in the township hall on frij evenn to a close day evening march 28th this will be in the form of a pot luck sup per and every one is invited to attend there will also be a parcel post sale sponsored by the womans association held during the evening the wjms of st johns church met at the home of mrs lloyd deplores slaughter of owls in f j pickering township wanton slaughter of useful and beautiful owls in pickering town ship has been commented upon in a recent newsletter of the tor onto field naturalists club the author of the publication tells apout it in his own words in january bill smith and i stepped oil the road into the south ern corner of the black alder wood in pickering we were look ing for a winter wren and a white- throat seen there during our christmas census our attention however was soon rivetted upon other birds shortly alter entering the trees we noticed a fresh track winding through the wood some one had been here not long before what for that question was soon answered when 1 found myself all at once standing over the body of a longeared owl picking it up i saw its breast bespotted with fresh blood yet uncongealed the sight of this beautiful and useful bird foolishly slaughtered and left on the snow sent a hpt surge of anger through me bat more was to come circling through the wood in to find their home occupied butu tl of the hunter bill and 1 the occupants were welcome be- came to the edge of the trees then ing mr and mrs francis willson mr and mrs d ross willson and ruth and mrs beach of bramp ton the dining room table was set with appetizing food and dec orated with a bouquet of yellow and white daffodils and a beauti fully trimmed wedding cake with congratulations for their 40th wedding anniversary which is during the evening to arrive their son george being first later mr and mrs e r willson mr and mrs d f willson and two sons mr and mrs douglas mr and mrs gordon willson and karon mr and mrs j b remmer and mr tom rowson of whitby mrs john remmer and son jack after supper mr and mrs will- son were presented with a new general electric vacuum cleaner and a lovely flower vase apprec iation was expressed by mr and mrs willson and the singing of for they are a jolly good couple brought the pleasant claremont prizes won at the euchre spon sored by the ladies auxiliary were as follows rowena lehman josephine derusha norma ben- i soil mac middleton walter lohnston on thursday afternoon an j evi linton- lone mrs m euicott had charge of the itj l i r meeting due to the absence of the hand l was b ir president the program our fel- riddle there will be another low canadians from the orient euchre next monday night separated to make the return trip hence 1 was alone as i reentered the trees midway along the north ern side of the wood almost al once i stayed in my steps by tiie siglit of a whole group of long- eared owls happily all alive and all gazing at me intently from the depths of a cedar tree ear tufts erect every eye centred upon me in nervous alarm usually long- eared owls are quiet tame and approachable but not today some small movement on my part sent the whole flock of eight into sud den eruption the cedar tree liter ally exploded owls brown shapes hurtled away from me on the road to look jack was in luck as most of the owls glided silently over the road to seek refuge amongst the cedar trees on the other side was hurrying to the road to find out where they had gone when as i came within talking distance of jack i once more found myself looking down upon the soft brown body of a longeared owl by this time bill had rushed up and directed by jack gone on into the cedars to the east here he roused again two of the owls but sad to relate he found the third longear dead upon snow reach to enforce warble fly act at the latest meeting of reach township council a large delega tion of ratepayers with agricul tural representative lynn fair presented a petition signed by- more than twothirds of the cattle owners in the township request ing tbe council to pass a bylaw to carry out the provisions of the warble fly act of 1u50 said act states that if the council is pre sented with a petition signed bv more than twothirds of tiie cattle owners the council shall pass a- bylaw compelling all cattle to be treated a bylaw was passed and coun cil is buying a spraver to 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at seaiboro jet mr and mrs joe fran and family were friday supper guests with mr and mrs hill dyck congratulations to mr murray dunkeld on winning second prize on fall wheat seed at port perry on saturday last friday evening about fortyfive neighbours gathered at atha school to tender a miscel laneous shower to mr and mrs bruce marshman a pleasant evening was spent mr and mrs hurley and brian of toronto were sunday afternoon guests with mr and mrs a draper mr and mrs arthur wagg and family of mount albert were sun day visitors with mr and mrs murray dunkeld if the world is going to the dogs as many pessimists opine its something that shouldnt happen to a dog showing today only thursday march 27th the lady with a lamp starring anna neagle and michael wilding fri sat march 2s 29 her first romance starring margaret obrien and allen martin plus dick twins ride starring louis hayward and patricia medina mon tues mar 31 apr i soldiers three starring walter pidgeon and stewart granger wed 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