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the tribune stouffville out thursday june 7 1951 claremont and pickering twp district the womans missionary society will be held on tuesday june vj instead of the usual date mrs sandersons group will have charge of the program a number of the institute mem bers attended the south ontario convention last week at shirley mr and mrs melvin johnson and family spent sunday afternoon with mr and mrs murray orme- rod toronto mr and mrs arthur cox and two children of uaviland visited last sundav and monday with her par ents sir and mrs 11 johnson communion service will be held in the united church next sunday morning the goodfellowship class expect to entertain visiting organizations at their next tuesday evening meeting to be held in the basement of the church the visitors will provide the program which will commence at 830 oclock miss isobel gregg is visiting at the home of her brother and sister- inlaw mr and mrs gordon gregg at malartic quebec the ums wish to express their gratitude to the community who responded so generously to the appeal for clothing for korea the large box will be packed on tues day afternoon of this week we are glad that little mary beel- by has recovered from a head injury shwsustained when she fell off her bicycle a few weeks ago necessitating her stay in the hos pital for several days pickering censustakers are all at work this week and include the following janet mowbray j graham john balfour george todd russell davidson mary ramsden evelyn barry margaret mckenzie elizabeth bryant james teefv william reesor howard turner james coates sidney pugh john forgie and harry purvis ladies come to the baking sale and afternoon tea in the masonic hall saturday afternoon june 9 at 3 pm lucky draw sponsored by the ladies auxiliary to branch no 483 st johns united church broug ham mrs miller suffered a stroke a short time ago and has had a heart condition since that lime she leaves to mourn her passing three sons allen of pickering hugh and robert of brougham there are three brothers hugh harold and john all of alberta and one sister mrs c a barclay carrie of claremont funeral service was held at the home on tuesday afternoon at 230 pm conducted by rev h lackey of claremont united church inter ment was made in st johns ceme tery 7th concession pickering the pall bearers were harold barllay frank barclay iimm barclay john miller john dryden and jim good brougham resident for 78 years mrs annie miller passes on saturday june 2 mrs annie maude miller passed away at the home of her son robert miller in brougham after residing in that district for some seventyeight years born on the farm of her parents mr and mrs samuel stevenson in 1s71 the deceased married john miller who passed away three years ago the couple farmed on the brock road north of brougham for some thirtyseven years before moving into the village mrs miller had been living at the home of her son robert for six years she was identified with hs ei 9 i v a a a aw i home baking sale ladies auxiliary- branch 483 home baking sale and afternoon tea masonic hall claremont lucky draw saturday june 9 300 pm b b b sa n b a a a a n brougham mr and mrs a harvey and john also mrs harvey sr and mrs robertson spent sundav with air and mrs boo harvey at hali- burton mr and mrs hud brows and barry and barbara of st peltvs- burgh florida are visiting with her parents mr and mrs carl devitt congratulations to mr and mrs bruce bagg nee wilma mc- whirter oti the birth of a son on may 27th mrs o seebeck visited with her granddaughter mr and mrs t richard of zephyr miss i brignall of peterboro and mrs carson of brooklin called on mrs matthews on sunday after noon mr and mrs w a knox and mr and mrs wm euicott and mr and mrs randel euicott were in toronto on june 2nd attending the wedding of mr robt phillip and miss falconer in st rauls united church mr and mrs w a dobson of beaverton visited mrs philip last week mr and mrs a bell and mary of uxbridge visited with her parents mr and mrs hilts on sunday the many friends of miss ruth gillman are glad to see her home again much improved in health mr and mrs frank banks and daughter and granddaughter of clarkson and mrs humphries of toronto visited with mr and mrs c plaxton on sunday mr grant johnston spent the weekend at his home here mr and mrs w j brown and son john also mrs malcolm visited their mother mrs t c brown on sunday mrs t ouellette of windsor and mrs f buchanan of detroit visited the latters cousin mrs lloyd johnston for a few days last week the june meeting of the womens institute will be held in the township hall on tuesday after noon june 12th mr louis briggs principal of the new high school at pickering will be guest speaker this meeting will be of special interest to parents hostesses are mrs h barclay mrs j mitchell mrs matthews and mrs n burton all are welcome the young people of st johns church held their final meeting of the season on friday evening june 1st at the home of vein middleton with a good attendance the first part of the evening was spent play ing baseball and other games fol lowed by a weiner roast the young people appreciate the kind ness of mrs middleton who helped to make the evening a success mrs woodward sr is visiting mrs e woodward and family miss m burton of detroit visited her sister mrs m hamilton and other friends over the week end mr and mrs wm euicott visited their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs r ford of highland creek on sunday mr and mrs ross middleton of brougham also miss eflie harding of stouliyille visited with mr and wj to open district museum the district annual meeting of tne womens institute met at shirley ontario in bethel church may 2th mrs hi birrell district president was in the chair mrs dull of shirley extended a warm welcome the reports and minutes were read by the secretary miss may brown who reported seven teen life members the past year the presidents address was given she told of visiting all branch institutes but two dining the year there was an address by the pro vincial board member mrs a e kennedy who wanted to impress on the inembers that they should make themselves heard during discussions she said unless you say something once in a while how are people going to know what vou are thinking she also told that there are now 1 kis womens institutes and so junior institutes anil that annual fees should be collected at the annual meeting there is a new prayer for the institutes this year words are sung to the tune of the doxology women are now eligible to serve on jury there is a collection of institute books from england in the loan library a report was given by mrs griffith on her trip to guelph in may as convener of community activities and public relations mrs lishman and mrs 1 mc lean for federation of agriculture discussed the need of a health unit in the community to promote the study of health a committee was appointed to look into the i matter by visiting an active work- j iltg unit and to give a report on j what they learned about it the memorial service was taken by mrs n j white who gave a very impressive reading on faith in ourselves five quilts made by the different institutes were on display the ladies of altona institute made a rose and white pin wheel design quilt which was judged the best and will be taken to the convention in toronto to compete and be judged with those from other institutes mr gordon mcmahon gave an address on recreation the gavel donated by mrs hutcheson went to the institute with the best atten dance during the year this was won by pickering in the discus sion about setting up a museum 10 was voted to mrs roberts to have a cupboard built in the library at whitby to house the antiques the institutes are to donate what they wish the dis trict annual picnic is to be held at stoney creek on june 1 1th the members are to go by 1ms all last years oflicers were reelected mrs reuben middleton of port hope on sunday after sundown it is colder on a desert than in a forest sand loses heat while trees hold it vtm m mm m iv m m w mm mijvi mmmm use master pig feed i 5 i i meal or pellets for rapid efficient gains low cost of production ease of handling extra profits per pig at market a sound finance plan get the most profit from pigs this summer by feeding master pig starter pig grower pellets and pig finisher claremont coop phone 3s claremont i f eiders who kitf utoros eventually buy- mast w master balanced feeds for u custit of poultit run uyi too iji iikc ikiimll oocl jimmmmm mmm m m i uxbridge phone 252 2 shows nightly 730 030 saturdays holidays matinee 200 pm held over for 3 extra days wed thurs fri sat 6 7 8 9 the finest family picture of the year td climb the highest mountain tn technicolor starring susan hayward william lundigan id climb the highest moun tain is a tenderly unfolded story of a small backwoods town and a twofisted minister who leads tlie uay in making liis community a better place to live in mon tues june 11 12 one of pararriounts best in technicolor musicals lets dance in technicolor starring fred astaire betty hutt0n wed thurs june 13 ii mgms lana turner ray milland a life ot her own adult entertainment dont miss halls of montezuma in technicolor starring richard widmark joyce mackenzie playing mon tues june is 19 cherrywood the wa will hold their regular monthly meeting in the hall on wednesday june 13th at 230 pm word for roll call is light group live will be in charge mr and mrs leonard hollinger spent the weekend at chatsworth with mrs j crowther mr and mrs wesley petty spent the weekend with mr and mrs a w hodgson of harrowsmith miss doreen davidson of dun- barton spent the weekend with miss 1 windsor there will be no sunday school or church service next sunday owing to service at erskine ceme tery mr hall of trenton spent the weekend with mr and mrs riches and daughter mr and mrs newton laughlin and emma and mr herb bennett attended the lodge parade and ser vice at pickering on sundav mr and mrs w wager and fam ily spent the weekend at enter prise mr herb bennett had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs newton laughlin and emma audley the mumps have been prevalent here and several older people are sick with them airs pratt has recovered from her illness and resumed her duties at the school on monday mrs hattie willoughby of pick ering has been relief teacher at the school here for several days mr archibald ips visited the school here last week and found things running smoothly mr and mrs betson of toronto visited with their son bob and family on sunday many attended the brooklin fair on saturday it was the biggest fair that they have had mrs frank wonnacott mother of the late sydney wonnacott passed away in the brampton hos pital last week after a short illness and was buried from pickering on monday with interment in bow- manville cemetery deceased was a kindly quiet person who was well and favorably known here ernest l chapman who has been in poor health for several months passed away in the oshawa hospital on monday morning last at the age of 75 years deceased was the son of the late mr and mrs nelson chapman who were life long residents here he has lived for many years on his farm near ajax three years he was reeve of the township and for the past three vears was president of the oshawa fair anniversary services were held in the local church here for the sunday school the guest speaker was rev pelly of sunderland he delivered a fine message on the text these shall perish but god will remain rev young assisted mr munro warden of the county was present the choir was a num ber of the girls from the school i eooooooooooq monster euchre dance sponsored by the claremont business community assoc on fri june 15 two halls lucky draws chinese auction lunch and prizes for euchre players draws tip top tailor suit ronson lighter travalarm euchre starts at s pm ooogooooooo pickering approves biggest monthly road bill in history pickering ajax reach agreement regarding water supply to village at a joint meeting of pickering township council pickering police village trustees and ajax boaid of trustees the question of pick ering village securing a supply of water from ajax was again dis cussed and a satisfactory agree ment was reached last week each group was represented by its legal advisor and some lifty or sixty interested persons from the affect- ed area were also present due to the fact that the meeting had been erroneously announced as an open meeting some time was spent in asking and answering questions regarding the proposed water agreement and zoning bylaw at limes tempers were ruined and as it was becom ing increasing difficult to proceed with the business at hand reeve westney requested that all those except the parlies concerned leave the water agreement ami bylaw were then examined and discussed at some length and finally picker ing township passed a resolution permitting pickering village trus tees to enter into an agreement to secure a supply of water supplied by the ajax improvement district to the village of pickering and the high school the bylaw was examined and with certain changes and excep tions agreed upon to be inserted will come up for third reading this week if passed it will then go before the municipal board for public hearing it was evident from the earlier part of the meeting that some opposition can be expected at the public hearing if and when that is held some changes were indicated in the route by which the proposed vater supply would reach picker ing village it is now suggested that connections ba made to a ten in h main located near the old cap ami detonator line m the plant area and then proceed north westerly to the pickering c en and up lauren street piekerr ng consuitins engineers agree on ate ieasio7 o tie plan which should provide adequate pressure in pickering without lessening the sressure in ajax upper section which coults happen if the take oil v at the more i ly point mi from an h inch main at the regular meeting of pick ering township council it was agreed to raise the salary of road sunt roy ward by 300 a year this increase now raises his salary from s3000 to 3300 mr l a voucher the dept of highways municipal engineer was on hand for the meeting to give his ideas and estimates on costs of repairing roads and culverts in the township there is no use putting in these apple barrels and expecting the water to run through them com mented the municipal engineer during the last few clays he had been touring the roads with road supt ward in order to get some idea of their condition the road account total for the month amount ed to over 1000 with a payroll total of 2500 the largest that has ever ben known three tenders were received for the new truck that is to be purchased by the township for the purpose of drawing gravel the tenders ranged from 3000 to 6000 the council agreed to decide on the vehicle at a special meeting to be held in the near future a representative of the dow chemical co was on hand at the regualr meeting of pickering town ship council to give an estimate on the cost of spraying roadside weeds the council was informed that the price would be approxi mately ssoo per mile this price was given on continuous spraying the council showed some concern over the growth of poison ivy in the township and in order to kill the weed it wasj believed by some of the councillors that spot spray ing was all that would be necessary instead of continuous spraying by the mile it was agreed by the council that the month of june would be the best time to start before the weeds could get a chance to go to seed the represent ative of the chemical co was not prepared to give a price on the cost of weed spraying by the hour the representative informed the coun cil that a 2 id solution would be j used by using a continuous spray the machine could cover some 20 1 miles per day on both sides the i council decided that the dow chemical co should give the coun cil an estimate on the cost per hour before they would decide on anythiu definite e l chapman died on monday prominent in church fraternal agricultural and political circles in the southern part of pickering township for half a century ernest l chapman passed away monday morning in the oshawa general hospital in his 7gth year not in good health for some time mr chapman spent the winter in florida and returned a short time ago he entered hospital a few days ago a son of the late mr and mrs nelson chapman the deceased spent practically his entire life in the vicinity of the homestead at audley as a young man he spent some time in winnipeg returning east he entered business in tor onto before purchasing the linton farm near ajax president of the south ontario agricultural society for three years prior to his retirement a year ago mr- chapman was prominent in agricultural activities for many years and served as a director of the society for many years a member of the pickering township council for ten years he served as reeve for thre years and was a member of the ontario county council serving for many committees in fraternal circles he was a prominent mason being a member of doric lodge af and am pickering he is survived by his wife the former edna boyes of pickering one daughter miss bernice chap man a member of the toronto public school teaching stair and one son lack s chapman of ajax also surviving are a sister mrs lawrence clark of toronto ajiri two brotheis frank m chapman of grasmere orchards pickering and miles s chapman of pickering s5ss5s33s833s peak tent meeting concludes this weekend thurs 8 pm evangelism fri 230 pm s pm holiness federation sunday 1030 am worship 2 pm sunday school 3 and 730 pm evangelism key reilly mr mullen at all services sg3siisasss2 ss2ss3 corner store claremont complete line of fresh fruits fresh meats vegetables groceries dry goods shoes clothing etc open daily s am til 10 pm w j lewis sons delivery service 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