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the stouffville tribune thursday august 31st 1939 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent mr and mrs j coates are visiting with old friends in the haliburton district mr and mrs j m booth were exhibition visitors on monday mrs gleason has been visit ing with her daughter recently mrs j wilker of toronto mrs james grant of toronto visited last week here with her sister mrs james briscoe mrs bert ham of toronto visited with her mother and father mr and mrs thomas sanderson on friday messrs thos and everett hammond enjoyed a trip to vineland on saturday return ing with a fine load of peaches lucky winners in the boose grocery draw this week were nos 67s3 6634 6546 6564 6677 6559 farmers in the district would certainly welcome a good rain which besides softening up the ground for ploughing would lay the dust for time at least mr and mrs red purdy in tend to take up residence in oshawa in the near future mr ernie baker having taken over their former residence mrs reuben bease and daughter helen of staynor visited with her sister here last week mrs h cooper and also attended the evans estate sale the wa of the united church will meet at the home of mrs roy morgan on thurs day the mission band will be repair bills neatly trimmed here youll have fewer repair bills if youll let us go over your car regularly our shellubrication isnt just a guessy grease job its a new and better way to keep your car in perfect lubrication order you get this service right here near home at our neighborhood car care headquarters were specialists in making mo toring a great pleasure let us do our stuff for you today boadways service station our station open until pm entertained at this meeting the mission circle met on tuesday afternoon at the home of mrs e palmer mrs jud wards group was in charge of the program miss peggy overland of tor onto returned this week to her home after spending a few holi days here with her aunt and uncle mr and mrs c a over land the following claremont stu dents were successful in their upper school examinations alma ward fa c fc c helen glover ec 3 myrtle bacon ec 3 mr and mrs morgan hill and son mr and mrs h wideman are now on a motor trip to western canada where they will visit with mrs widemans brother levi pugh a former claremont resident another auction sale is being held in the district this satur day sept 2 when the house hold effects of miss walkington will go under the hammer sale will be held on the property of e pearce just east of town charles cooper is offering an impressive list of goods at special prices for clearing in refrigerators gas engines washing machines implements also stoves see list on page 3 this issue the baptist church male quartette composed of messrs evans ward morgan pugh j coates and edgar ward were guest soloists at the halibur ton church on sunday mrs robt forsyth accompanied them as pianist friends in claremont acquainted with mr and mrs wiggins in brooklin were shocked to learn that their little daughter gloria died last week as a result of a sting from an insect poison set in and de spite everything that was done her life was not spared she had been rushed to the oshawa hospital prior to her death the child was very bright and an outstanding musician mr mooreheads rink of whitby was the proud winner of the sinclair cup at the bowl- lingtournament here on satur day second prize went to wm burkett claremont third to i gordon lemon stouffville and fourth to ralph miller of claremont the annual mens doubles tournament is being held this wednesday the j h evans estate sale last friday attracted a large crowd and prices for the large list of furniture were well maintained and totalled over 300 the property which was also offered by auction by a s farmer went to mrs james coates at 1425 hence as the old saying goes everything was sold congratulations were be ing offered the auctioneer for the smart way he handled the sale and for being able to dis pose of the property at the survey of ontario farm crops coal cement place your orders now for coal at the summer prices salt on hand for hay and feed poultry feeds of all kinds cement delivered if requested land tile various sizes s w hastings stouffville phone 169 cream for best results ship your cream to us you can make your own delivery at a premium of one cent per pound butter fat or have our truck call stouffville creamery open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings j with more than 90 per cent of their crops cut and in the barns farmers in western and southern ontario are reporting bumper grain harvests this year while central and eastern farmers predict their yield will be good northern ontario farmers are a little behind the other dis tricts in their cutting but approximately twothirds of the grain is in stook the crops are above average and if fine weather continues threshing will be completed this week western ontario farmers are well pleased with their crop this year in bruce and grey counties the cutting is finished and the harvest finished second cut alfalfa is yielding well while corn and roots are showing good growth halton huron and north simcoe re port similar activities along with a promising buckwheat crop all grains have been harvest ed in brant county while haldimand lambton and mid dlesex farmers had their crops completed last week yields of winter wheat will be above the average and the moisture which came last weekend will do much to revive the corn crop pastures have also improved because of the recent rains and there will be a big crop of husk ing corn and roots if the weath er continues fine oxford and welland the other two southern ontario counties report fine yields of oats barley and mixed grain incentral ontario crops vary in different districts with mus- koka and parry sound report- ing the best harvest in land crops in many years and dur ham a slightly lower yield in spring grains than last year in hastings county the farmers report a normal yield harvest ing of wheat oats and barley is completed in york and on- tario counties wheat generally has yielded well but oats and barley are short in the straw owing to dry weather grain is of good quality while roots and late potatoes are making good growth but need rain carleton and dundas coun ties in eastern ontario an nounces stook threshing to be general with much of the grain being threshed on the ground due to overripeness pastures have improved and livestock is doing well summer plowing and after harvest cultivation has been carried on satisfactorily and the land is in excellent con dition for working in gren- ville early oats and barley are now being threshed and are of good quality root and corn crops will be heavy the majority of northern ontario farmers report a fine hay crop with most of it cut about twothirds of the grain in algoma is in stook but little threshing has been done coch rane south reports the ground a little too dry for best results in the growth of potatoes and roots and also a considerable rust in some fields of oats oats and barley cutting in manitou- lin and sudbury is done royal canadian pacific engine at worlds fair an impressive feature in the railroads on parade pa geant at the new york worlds fair canadian pacific railway locomotive 2850 is attracting marked attention the royal de corations it still carries recall the important part it played in the westward passage across canada of their majesties king george vi and queen elizabeth and make it the outstanding engine on ex hibit locomotive 2850 impresses at four daily shows as a powerful efficient piece of machinery it is above everything the engine which hauled the royal train from quebec city to vancouver a dis tance of more than 3000 miles the longest continuous run ever recorded by a passenger train at the end of that run locomo tive 2850 worked its way back to montreal in regular duty com pleting practically 6000 miles of continuous service the cana dian pacific railway announced that the entire trip had passed without engine trouble of any kind that the locomotive was still in perfect condition and could if necessary be turned right around and operated back to tho pacific coast again it is one of 60 engines of the same series capable of a similar per formance four times daily during august the oyclopean canadian pacific locomotive goes on display at new york and four times a day spectators echo the words of her majesty queen elizabeth when she inspected the locomotive dur ing the tour isnt it a lovely en gine standing on the engine in this picture are the gay lassies of yesterday and today members of the cast of the pageant same time this is the second furniture sale here in the last few weeks and as things so often go in threes it is interest ing to note that the furniture sales are no exception for the household effects of miss walkington will be sold on september 12 at the premises of mr e pearce growers in claremont dis trict will be interested in the sixteen new varieties of toma toes being carefully watched in test plots and charted as to dis ease resistance early ripening yield and quality of fruit earl mighton bsa of the department of botany oac revealed at a field meeting held at the holmes matthie farm near picton these plots are located throughout the bay of quinte area the matthie farm is known as an illustration sta tion operated in cooperation with the federal department of agriculture in carrying out farming plants and experi ments designed to aid farmers in the sections in which they are located the claremont canning plants are open for the fall season although messrs symes and loyst have been getting things in order for the season do you leave keys in your car it has been suggested that it be made an offence punishable by fine for the owner or other person in charge of a motor ve hicle to leave the key in the car and the suggestion is a good one it is almost an everyday oc currence to hear of cars being stolen and there is not the slightest doubt that in a greal many cases possibly the ma jority the owners of the cars have aided the thieves by leav- ingthe car doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition they practicaly say to anyone who wants transportation heres my car help yourself in london and guelph the police have adopted a simple but effective way of dealing with these temptations to car- thieves when they find a car with the key in it the constables lock the car and take the keys to the police station leaving a note to inform the owner where he can recover his property the london police report that the scheme has worked like a charm they have a lot of in dignant visitors but after a few carowners had to walk to the police station and found that the police mean it they stop ped leaving keys in their cars and in a short time car thefts had almost completely ceased cedar beach dance gardens musseumaxs lake i special 2 nites only 2 geo saltstone and his orchestra lias been secured for two nights only george salt- stone conies direct from a nine months engage ment at the faiiinount golf iiixl country club sat sept 2nd also midnight frolic sun sept 3 at 1205 admission 50c per person in these days it pays to be careful nobody with an ounce of sense would think of leav ing a parcel or a piece of bag gage on the edge of the side walk expecting to go back in an hour or two and find it there a car is really much easier to steal than a parcel a person picking up a parcel is almost sure to be noticed while no one pays any attention to a person getting into a car and driving off some might think it too dras tic to fine people for a moments neglect but there should be some penalty for carelessness which encourages theft send the tribune to absent friends auction sale entire household furniture also electric stove the property of miss walkington will be sold on the premises of e pearce claremont on sat sept xwd at 2 pm terms cash a s farmer auctioneer 7