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the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 9th 1939 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent miss effie graham of oshawa visited in claremont sunday the male quartette of the baptist church assisted in the anniversary services of the green river church last sun day mr william hill continues in very poor health and has neces sitated the attendance of a trained nurse mr and mrs james johnson and miss queenie of scarboro jet and miss nelda slack of glasgow spent sunday with mr and mrs roy morgan and mary i mr and mrs archie fleming and family of unionville spent sunday with mr and mrs roy morgan mr ad peters of port perry was in town one day last week mrsbingham has returned to town after a sojourn in toron to mr and mrs william ander son of oshawa were in town last sunday attending the fun eral of the late abraham mantle mrs g beverly and children were in port perry last week visiting her father and mother mr and mrs a d peters miss conner of whitby has been visiting with her aunt mrs conner of claremont mr and mrs mothersill of oshawa paid a flying visit to our town on sunday the womens w m s will meet at the home of mrs frank carson on thursday afternoon of this week mrs rawsons group will be in charge jack mairs of brougham was a recent visitor with his grand parents mr and mrs dave dawson lucky numbers in the boose grocery draw are 5510 5837 5860 5624 5916 5792 among the claremont hunt ers to go north for the deer season are earl beare who trav els with the port perry club walter ward and joe ward with stouffville and ed and elmer sherk the regular meeting of the institute will be held on tues day nov 14 at the home of mrs g m forsyth rev i kennedy of claremont will be the guest speaker lunch will be served please note the change pf date over 30 relatives gathered at the home of mr and mrs luther pilkey on saturday wake up singing when you awak- en with a draggodom feel ing take a famous doctors prescrip tion dr pierces golden medical dis covery to help the stomach digest nour ishing food that builds up and in- vlcoratca the body w j wincgaruvn 7 main st w hamilton out aajra i had no appe tite could hardly aleep and kaa more tired in the morning than the night before i had be come thin and felt wornout after uitng dr flercea colden medical diacovery i felt lilto eating gained in weight had my oldtimo atrcngth and felt aa good aa ever before get dr piercea colden medical diicovery from your drugglat today evening for a dinner given in honor of mr and mrs leonard pilkey who were recently married the couple who follow ing their marriage enjoyed a trip through the maratime provinces were the recipients of many beautiful and useful gifts mrs lee was a toronto visitor on sunday the happy gang held their second meet ing of the club at the home of the president mrs e hudson on wednesday evening with about sixteen of the club girls present roll call was answered by one thing i would like in a guest room at the close of the meeting mrs hudson mrs cameron and miss billie wagg served a very dainty lunch the annual harvest home ser vices of the united church were well attended on sunday as was the hot chicken supper on wednesday rev douglas davis of king city was the special speaker for the even ing and his address along with that of the pastors in the morning and the special music of the choir were highly complimented by those in attendance mrs emily turner delong wife of a m delong of francis saskatchewan passed away at her home on the morning of saturday oct 7th after a brief illness of one week born in pickering in 1859 she married a- m delong of brooklin in 1881 the family went to sask atchewan in 1899 settling in indian head where they lived until 1904 they then moved to francis where she has resided since that time the annual meeting of the ontario county educational association is to be held in claremont on friday afternoon and evening november 10th the county public speaking contest will be conducted by mi- e a innes of uxbridge at 8 pm a meeting of school trustees and ratepayers will be held music will be provided by claremont talent x an apple tree over 130 years old and still bearing fruit is the property of mr g m forsyth north claremont farmer the tree stands in the barnyard on mr forsyths farm and is about three feet in diameter it was planted by joshua wixon whose daughter ruth wixon and later mrs sherrard was the first woman born of white par entage in north pickering the house of these pioneers now occupied by e hinan stands across the road from the for syth property mr forsyth tells us that several other fruit trees of a hundred years or more were cut down during altera tions on his property halloween has come and gone in claremont and outside of a few fences and steps being removed all was serene per haps due to the presence in town of five extra constables in past years local youths have gone to considerable trouble to dismantle everything not nail- 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 ed down too tightly but as one lad has expressed it modern plumbing facilities have curbed their activities as has the strict police patrol housewives hus bands and storekeepers were as usual kept busy answering doorbells and shelling out quantities of candy the usual next day telephone calls with questions of these are your front steps on my porch and have you seen anything of my screen door were omitted this year the masquerade party staged in the community hall was an outstanding success many com ing in costume all presenting a hard nut to ci for the judg es who must have been per plexed in coming to decisions this work was ably done by the two ladymacksof our village mrs mac forsyth and mrs mclntyre mr goddard made an able chairman and everybody agreed it was well done an other outstanding feature was the stunt put on by mrs palmer who dressed like a ghost sang a ghost song in a real spookio way four of our school staff were among the prize winners which included mrs w evans miss prior miss hosie mr why dont i call them up yes why not havent you often 7i5rma 5 a letter when your thoughts went owandering made you want to talk rather than write and then within a minute you heard dear mary her own familiar voice and heres johnny watch a childs face when lie hears daddys voice you wish daddy him self could see it then hed really know how much it means to his family when he calls from a distant town every evening i somehow you arc attracted to a man who says tins in those few words he tells you much ahout himself and his family lie sets an example by going home every evening by long distance by using low night rates which apply every evening after 7 and all day sunday and placing anyone calls you con talk a long way for very little mcdonald miss linton miss alma pugh mr and mrs eric pearce miss catherine camer on shirley kilpatrick mrs cameron billy binstead ken pretty marjorie spang one of the largest gatherings of friends ever to attend a fun eral in claremont was present at the service of the late abra ham mantle 75yearold clare mont resident held in the unit ed church on sunday rev bricker of toronto conducted the service and interment was made in the glasgow cemetery mr mantle passed away on fri day nov 3 at the home of his son cecil in toronto after a lingering illness a son of david and hannah mantle born in ux bridge township he spent practically his entire lifetime in the district retiring to clare mont village some seven years ago after an active life he married charity lawr over 50 years ago besides his wife he is survived by three brothers frank of london thomas of uxbridge township and albert of claremont four sons percy freeman elmer and cecil and four daughters mrs redshaw mrs f hardy mrs johnson and one daughter in the states he forest shortwave station expansion tvnes in foreign stations like locals youll really enoy the new 1940 models lower prices automatic poshbutton tuning never before such perform- ance and values compare the park lane with radios that have cost nearly twice as much and youll agree this wonderful de forest radio is the bargain of all time perfected short- wave station expansion revolu tionizes foreign program tuning 10 times easier now the pari lane is typical of de forest values in radios we are offering at 1695 up dcnt miss this chance come in today builtin atrial wired for television sound the park lane lotube pctfoctnanct froo 8 ficnuuv rogfra tubea autoaatic pushbutton tuning of 6 prcaectcd stations de forest per fected station eapanaion nostoop tuning panel a magrubcent s f aafqc radio at an unheard of fm ju tow prioe only a a bt bag allowance on your old radio eaay terms if you aviab l oneill stouffville ontario past days in pickering when there was no clare mont the stone building which still stands at the southwest angle of the intersection of the brock road and the 9th con cession line now occupied by alt mole already stood there it was t erected in 1847 on the corner of the farm then owned by mr john hamilton the first intention being that it should be occupied by his brotherinlaw robert d paterson mr pater- son lived in the building for a short time but removed to toronto without establishing business shortly afterwards thomas noble a genial irish man rented the store and be gan dispensing groceries and other wares to the settlers of the neighbourhood the place theh began to be commonly known as nobles corners this was the second store in the neighbourhood john c michell having already for several years conducted business on the east side of the brock road about half a mile south of the corner- ambitious enough to boast two stores the region of j nobles corners had yet no de i pository for his majestys mails at length about 1850 the community decided that i could no longer do without so necessary an institution and they began to cast about for a name for the new postoffice that was to be suggestions were not lacking one of the most striking being the remark able name salubrious an other however said to have been ordered by william h michell met with most favour some years earlier his uncle mr watkins who at that time had owned the hamilton farm erected a house on it near the 9th concession line which mind ful of a little village near old london he had named clare mont cottage mr michells suggestion was that the name claremont be given to the new postoffice and embryo village it was so named and by ap pointment of the queen and the province of canada thomas noble became in 1851 the first postmaster of claremont claremont cottage after be ing occupied successively by the families of messrs- watkins daws and hamilton was acci- dently burned down the first store in claremont was that opened by john c michell on the east side of the brock road about half a mile south of the village in 1844 it continued till it was superseded by the new brick store on the southeast corner of the four corners the macnab brothers opened their store in the old stone building on the southwest corner in 1853 at this time the hotel on the northwest corner only in recent years burned down was already in opera tion being built and owned by a man named obrien the frame store on the northwest corner was erected in the later fifties having been from greenwood continued next week i butcher fined breach weights c- silk pickering butcher was fined 10 and costs with the option of 10 days in county jail by magistrate f s ebbs in police court at whitby for an offense under the depart ment of weights and measures act the charge read that he did at the village of 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