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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 22 1951 claremont and pickering twp district taffsirssa community mourns with their parents mcfayden of thornhill mrs v visited on saturday and sunday with her parents mrs j mecullough has taken up residence in her village home again and we wish her many years of health anu happiness the members of the united church tta are planning their annual fall bazaar which will be held on nov 3rd the members of the ladies auxiliary were entertained in uxbridge by the auxiliary on fri day evening the ladies reported a very successful evening the ladies auxiliary is holding a euchre on monday evening march 26 at s30 oclock in the legion hall there will be six prizes and lunch served come and have a good time the fire brigade ivi called sat urday afternoon to extinguish a chimney fire at the home of mr lester mccuhotigh fortunately it burned out before any assistance was required joint church services will be held on good friday evening in the united church rev g davi son of the baptist church will deliver the message and the choir will sing everyone is invited to this very important annual church event what might have been a fatal accident occurred on the ninth concession about five miles west of claremont when warriner austin driving a light truck went over the side of a culvert and landed in the stream which flows under the road at this point a report says that mr austin escaped injury but david beverley who was with him received a deepgash over his eye the united sunday school executive met last wednesday evening at the home of mrs ander son with 10 members present the resignation of mr lewis as supl was received and regretfully accepted for the present the easter pageant to be held in the church on wednesday evening march 2sth was discussed and further plans were made toward its success it was unanimously voted to hold a quarterly business meeting through the year a divi sion of classes is planned for and additional teachers secured the district president mrs bir- rell of brougham gave an interest ing and instructive address at the regular meeting of the avi which was held last thursday afternoon at the home of mrs w evans mrs birrell also conducted the annual election of officers which with minor changes are the same as the past two years the contents of a hobby basket contributed by mrs badgerow and mrs gather- wood were ably auctioned off by the 1st vice president mrs me- connell dean evans sang a solo the members under the direction of- mrs mclntyre mrs f pugh mrs r morgan and mrs condy will make a quilt in com petition with district institutes to be judged at the annual meeting the goodfellowship class held their regular meeting on tuesday evening with an attendance of 33 adults and 7 children the worship service consisted of reading the last supper by mrs 1 morgan using opportunities for service by mrs w evans and the risen christ by the chairman mrs m johnson a biography on the life of the late rev peter brice of metropolitan church toronto and former moderator of the united church of canada was given by the teacher of the class hymns there is a green hill he liveth long who liveth well and re- joice the lord is king were sung the scriptural verse used in the roll call was behold the class accepted an opportunity of quilting a number of quilts in the near future ten tables of progressive croquinole were enjoyed highest winners were mrs r pilkey and mr r pilkey lowest were miss june morgan and mr g rowe sandwiches and cake were served and a vote of thanks tendered the host and hostess passing of a beloved mother the death occurred in claremont on wednesday evening march 11 of mrs davifl gregg mrs gregg the former elizabeth ellen little was born in elles- mere searboro township in 1s76 and had she lived to the end of march would have attained her 70th year mrs gregg was a person of many ialents uerhaps the greatest be- ng a loving mother a sympathetic and kind neighbour she was a greatfjlover of flowers which she delighted in sharing her regular visitations among the shutins of the community and her help in the organization of the wms of which she was a life member will be greatly missed she was a past- president of the womens institute and a sunday school teacher in the claremont united church at one time mrs gregg taught school in claremont and it was while teaching here that she met david gregg fifty years ago this coming april they were married and settled on a farm on the ninth concession of pickering about two miles west of claremont remaining there until they retired a few years ago to reside in clare mont david gregg predeceased his wife in june of 191s four children remain to mourn their mother hugh residing on the home farm gordon of malar- tic isabel and jean of toronto there is also one grandchild one brotherinlaw mr tom gregg residing in claremont also sur vives and a sisterinlaw mrs gondy also residing in claremont funeral service was held last saturday in claremont united church conducted by rev h lackey pallbearers were messrs frank barclay lome jones ken neth reesor chas cooper edgar ward and will evans interment was made in claremont union cemetery robert found following an illness of four weeks the death occurred in the oshawa general hospital of robert found beloved husband of the former lizzie arrowsmith in his 83rd year a native of devonshire england the deceased came to canada with his parents in 1s89 and settled in the pickering district a farmer all his life mr found retired to pickering in the spring of 1541 when defence industries limited established the ajax shell filling plant and took over the farm which he had operated for a num ber of years mr found was a member of the pickering united church besides his wife he leaves to mourn his passing one daughter mrs edgar aliman merty of tor onto and three sons gordon and ray of pickering and cecil of markham also surviving is a brother george found of courtiee the funeral service was held on sunday march 18 conducted by rev young assisted by rev robinson interment was made in erskine cemetery uxbridge gets new fire truck a new 10000 fire engine arrived in uxbridge during the weekend three months late the 500gallon pumper has been on order several months and in the meantime the uxbridge volunteer brigade has successfully fought a number of sizable fires on one occasion however a barn was destroyed with a total loss of 9000 because firemen said their old pumper would not operate and their supply of nose was too short to reach the blaze the truck will serve scott and part of uxbridge townships on payment of a stipulated sum for each fire brougham special easter service will be held in st johns church on good friday afternoon congratulations are extended to mr and mrs h miller on the arrival of a little son a brother for john mr and mrs sinclair of cherry- wood were recent guests of mrs w hamilton and mr o carter mr and mrs h robertson of toronto visited with mr and mrs ross middleton on sunday mr and mrs harbron and daughters bernice and inajean of myrtle visited their aunt mrs l matthews on saturday evening j we art- pleased to report mr fred wright is able to be out and has been visiting his daughtei mrs c devitt mrs 1 liscombe was removed to the lsolation hospital last week suffering from an attack of meningitis and at time of writing she was some better mr and mrs r middleton of port hope called on his brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs ross middleton on sunday sympathy is extended to mr ross middleton in the loss of his brother the late fred middleton who passed away suddenly last sunday the euchre in the hall on tues day night sponsored by the womans institute had the follow ing winners mrs h malcolm mrs hardy mrs nighswander mr w a knox mr manson ellicott and clifford hardy mr r d miller has been con fined to his bed clue to an attack o flu for the past couple of weeks but is now some better mrs m harlock and mrs l w sheppard are also improving and able to be up mrs d a beer is still confined to bed we wish these people a speedy recovery the young peoples union is holding an open meeting in the church on thursday march 22 and at 830 pm films will be shown a- very enjoyable evening was held in the hall on friday evenin whei the board of stewards of st johns church sponsored a pot luck supper which was enjoyed by all present several rolls of films were shown and several musical numbers mrs lackey rendering two vocal solos there were also two violin soios they were accom- paniedby mrs devitt on the piano billy eilicott delighted the gather ing with guitar and georgina dun can with two piano numbers allan ellicott was master of ceremonies word has been received from mr and mrs brows nee helen south pickering farmers turned down in request for police cost exemption a motion by councillor clare concession balsdon and councillor milton burk to grant south township farmers exemption from the heavy police costs being entailed by this part of the municipality was defeated on friday when it was placed before pickering council mr alan lishman led a delegation of farmers from south of the 3rd concession requesting that their buildings only should be taxed for police purposes a petition con taining the names ol 93 farmers was also tabled the total cost of policing which may mount to nearly 10000 this year if all the additions of men and new equip ment are made is now shouldered by the ratepayers south of the 3rd at the present time the assess ment act provides that lands and buildings may be exempt for police purposes but not lands alone and it was on this informa tion that council based their final decision to turn down the request it may be some time before the proposed clover leaf on the new lakeshore highway will be con structed between lots 28 and 29 fairport beach residents object- hold folk school at sky loft lodge a folk school planned for easter week is being held at sky loft lodge in the dagmar hills of ontario county about eight miles northwest of brooklin and six miles south of uxbridge the school is a joint project of the durham and ontario federa tions of agriculture who are hop ing to enlist the interest and atten dance of approximately thirty young people in the 1s30 age group it will be conducted by ray hargott fieldman of ontario folk school council assisted by various leaders resident in the two counties as well as executives of various farm cooperative and adult education organizations opens march 29 tentative plans for each day ed quite strenuously when the j the fol activities proposal was first made by the rh march 29 the sehoo highway dept claiming that itj p fw registrations at 13 dept claiming meant an additional mile for their children to walk to school at the present time however its the shortage of steel that is hold in up the project green river we congratulate al freshwater who won first prize of 500 at the bougham school contest recently mr and mrs f booth of brook lin mrs w lawrence of toronto visited at the nighswander home over the weekend mr and mrs roy carter enter tained a number of friends to a euchre party on saturday evening the uss will have a special easter service at 1030 sunday morning each class will contri bute an item to the program last sunday our usual collection on eggs for the sick childrens hospi tal was received the box will be in duncans store until the end of the week mr and mrs e bruce enter tained a few friends at their home on saturday evening miss eunice bruce is leaving on thursday for a weeks vacation with friends in montreal we welcome mr and mrs ken beelby to our midst again they have an apartment with mrs ed wilson mrs 1 xighswander entertained her intermediate class to a party on saturday evening a number from here attended the cmquinole party at the baptist church whitevale on friday evening mrs w gray continues to be in weakened condition we are sorry to hear mr frank malcolm is in sunnybrook hospi devitt who are now in florida tal we hope for a speedy recovery they report the weather down mr walter milen is progressing there much colder than usual with although he still has a cast on his just arrived records stouffville youth for christ girls choir singing jesus is all you need look away to jesus made of nonbreakable material and pressed by- mercury records we feci sure youll want to add one of these records to your collection price 90c each farrs radio electric phone 366 stouffville ont some snow despite this fact the canadian tourists are arriving there in large numbers their little son barry is recovering nicely from his recent tonsil and adenoid operation the l egular meeting of the womens institute was held in the township hall on tuesday march 13 with a good attendance the president mis l johnston and secretary mrs burton were each in their respective places the minutes of the previous meeting were read as well as letters of thanks from the shutins for get- well cards it was decided the institute will sponsor a swimming ciass this summer for the benefit of families of the members a dis cussion was also held on a health program it was also decided to hold a homemade baking sale some time this spring mrs norton convener of historical research then took charge of the meeting this being grandmothers day the program consisted of singing by twelve grandmothers accompanied by mrs harvey at the piano a paper written on grandmothers by mrs t c brown was read by mrs c burrows a reading was given by mrs norton on grand fathers a contest prepared by mrs wm gray brought the meeting to a close lunch was then served by the hostesses mrs d mairs mrs manson ellicott mrs ray ellicott and mrs c burrows who replaced mrs harlock who was ill the march meeting of the wms of st johns church was held on thursday march 15 at the home of mrs d mairs with a large attendance mrs h barclay the president opened the meeting the scripture reading was given by mrs w ellicott the secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting after which the business was carried on mrs t norton gave a report of the presbyterial meeting recently held in centre st church oshawa arrangements were made fo holding their easter thankoffering on april 1st with mrs dr mckinney of brooklin as guest speaker the afternoons program was in charge of mrs geo duncan and helpers the subject was the uned church in japan the purpose was to present some problems facing japan and to dis cuss our share as members of the christian church in aiding in their solution a court of opinions was conducted by the leader assisted by mrs wm gray mrs a j gray mrs w a knox and mrs t norton the leader asked opinions or the following questions is leg fkdkhatiox of agricujture dr m m coady will be the guest speaker at the last meeting of the pickering federation of agriculture this winter dr coady is director of the extension depart ment of st francis javier uni versity antigonish ms and the founder of the antigonish move ment which stresses adult educa tion and cooperation dr coady teaches that cooperation o com petition will bring the more abun dant life to the common people dr coady has spoken to congress in washington and to the house of commons in ottawa an honour rarely extended and only to very outstanding men in order to give as many people as possible the opportunity to hear this great man the federation will hold the meeting in the town hall at whitby on tuesday march 27th at 815 japans desire for peace genuine is japan likely to adopt com munism should japan be per mitted to increase its trade with north america is there a great future for the christian church in japan the meeting closed by sing ing a hymn and the benediction a dainty lunch was served by the hostesses mrs mairs mrs cassie mrs it plaxton and mrs wood ward balsam and mt zion the wa met last wednesday at the home of mrs a manderson mrs a morden of greenwood gave a travelogue on her trip to van couver and california which was most interesting a turkey supper was served following the program mr and mrs percy jones and family srcent the weekend with mr and mrs don piett at hamil ton mr and mrs john white and family of brougham mr and mrs frank grey and daughter of lea- side attended a birthday celebra tion in honour of mrs w white at her home on sunday there is still a number sick with the flu and colds mr and mrs cecil jones attend ed the funeral on monday at dray ton of his aunt the late mrs geo audd the former jennie jones there will be a euchre party at the alt zion school on thursday night march 22 the mission band will meet on friday march 23rd at the home of mrs ralph jones next sunday march 25th the sunday school and church will meet together at 2 oclock for a special easter service air and airs charlie day and family of ajax visited sunday with and airs r day ah when a girl has dancing eyes men watch your step claremont taxi 24hour service ill claremont 84 44tf r carruthkrs prop hool h pm followed by handicraft instruc tion by edward pegg of the ontario college of art toronto in the evening ray hergott will speak on the history and philoso phy or the folk schools and will conduct a recreation period from 815 to 10 pm on friday five study and discus sion periods will be conducted by various leaders and will include the following topics philosophy of the forest the story of the soil basic principles of the co operative alovement the purpose and program of the federation of agriculture and the farm radio forum a twohour handicraft period will provide a change of activity in the afternoon and the time from 845 to 10 pm will be enlivened by folk dancing on saturday the lectures and discussions will be devoted to con sideration of the value ofthe rural community democracy in action at the community level and can adian culture for sunday the students leaders and guests will attend the morn ing service of worship at green wood united church or any of the nearby churches they may prefer during the day three leaders will speak on the appreciation of art alusic and literature the first folk school for durham and ontario counties will be concluded following the supper hour atba news mr and airs arthur wagg and family from alt albert visited mr and airs murray dunkeld on sun day afr ernie abraham and son also his father of west hill visited air ernie carruthers on sunday billie sherician has been out of school for a week with ihe flu several from here attended the wl neld at the home of airs harris on wednesday of last week m m m m mm m m m m m m m m m m m m for growth liveability and vigor use master chick starter a grain base feed made especially to give young chicks a good start in life available in mash or simmimk x krums j master balanced feeds fir mi cutset of rouim farm uve stock fill iiaiing animus ooas mmmmmi mmmmmi claremont cooperative phone 38 claremont ontario feeders whv keep records eventlfatly buy master bus service toronto east bound read down brougham toronto time cixaremont pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 pm dally ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 236 250 253 265 305 315 326 325 335 am san hoi west bound am am dally ex sun hoi read up i pm toronto 1000 bay and edward 840 1025 danrorth and luttrell 810 1036 searboro jet 800 10s0 malvern 745 lo6s browns cor 742 10 55 town line 740 1105 cedar flrove markham 730 1116 locust hill 720 1120 green river 715 llis brougham 710 m j 5 claremont 700 sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 345 sun hoi 935 910 900 846 842 840 830 820 816 810 800 bus will operate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and vis mnrkham from not 1 to april 30 terminal at 674 bay street toronto danforth bus lines