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the tribune stouffville ont thursday dec 28th 1939 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent commencing next week the both churches carol singing by tribune wishes to announce the the choirs was much enjoyed as introduction of a new carrier boy edmund warden who will take over bruce millers route owing to the latters removal of residence tribunes also on sale at booses grocery mr and mrs thos stanbury spent christmas with their daughter at cobourg mr and mrs john pallister were in whitby for the holiday with mrs pallisters sister mr and mrs beelby and kathleen were christmas guests at the graham home miss lena slack of pickering spent sunday with her mother mrs evans ward mr and mrs chris knot have moved into the rear of the con ner bakery mr and mis woods have moved into a part of mr farrs house south of the village mr fred morley has not im proved in health as fast as many of his friends would like to see mr dave connelly returned from the hospital on saturday he is employed by frank ham mr mcavoy was home from the hospital for christmas with his sister mrs john gregg mr and mrs george middle- ton were christmas guests of mr and mrs frank humm the mel tindall family spent christmas with mr and mrs james coates mr and mrs charles vines spent the holiday with mr and mrs wilton mr and mrs bruce taylor spent christmas with her par ents mr and mrs wid miller mrs george beverly enter tained her sister and husband mr and mrs ehvood car- ruthers of north claremont over the holiday mr and mrs chidlon and family of victoria squaie spent the holiday with mrs childons brother mr james briscoe and family mrs edgar ward is under the doctors care and we under stand she is threatened with pneumonia mr and mrs dick cooper of watertown were in town visit ing with their families for christmas the annual oyster supper of brougham union lodge was held in the masonic rooms here on wednesday night mr and mrs mcmillan of oshawa spent christmas with the latters mother and father mr and mrs morgan pugh mr and mrs george derusha entertained a number on the holiday among them being her sister and her sisters husband of zephyr an addition to the regular ser vice mr and mrs milton jean ruth and ellis of atha also mrs thos dunkeld will dun- keld mr and mrs murray dun keld and three children were christmas visitors at the john councillor besides his twoyear here term as reeve william reesori the pickering hockey league is also a veteran councilman i held a meeting on monday having served the township for six years as councillor besides his deputy term of two years dr mcewen of pickering vill age competed for a council seat on several previous occasions but has never so far been suc cessful w h down was elected to the deputy reeveship by acclam ation mr down has been live years in the council b annis and r ruddy two cf last years council were return ed by acclamation and e powell mrd mrs dmai of j f the extra seat b acclaraa brougham barbara and jack enjoyed christmas with mr and poneer citizen passes mrs dave dawson also mr and j mr rolph evans for some jos empringham of mount mr zion and mr allen empring ham of scarboro mr and mrs wid miller are leaving claremont this satur day to take up their new resi dence in oshawa where mr miller is employed in the mclntyre plant thirtyfive years a resident of chremont village and a pioneer of the district passed away at the brierbush hospital stouff ville on sunday morning in his 69th year mr evans was a son of mr and mrs william evans born in j pickering township and fanned mr and mrs thos patersor i f or a number of years just spent christmas in toronto with north of the village in uxbridge cousins miss paterson and mrs j township some thirtyfive stubbs mr and mrs c h pen- years ago he took up residence galli of brooklin were also pre- ln the village with his sister pughs entertained of their immediate christmas day sev- lg from canningtoii sent dave seventeen family on eral com and sandford lucky numbers in the boose grocerv draw are 3220 3216 3202 3131 3150 3092 com mencing with next weeks issue the tribune will be on sale each week at this store some seventeen guests gath ered jit the home of mr and mrs ernie bakr for christmas day anion whom were mr and mrs orval cox mr and mrs bob holman reva cooper harold hopkins doris linton james and doug reynolds annual church meeting the baptist church will hold their annual business and roll call meeting on friday jan 5th the business to come up for dis cussion will be dealt with in the afternoon while in the evening mr inrig will give an illustrated lecture on india 100acre farm sold it is understood that the jas wilton property has been sold to the bath bros of pickering the place is known as the scott farm between the 8th and 7th concessions there are 100 acres with some good bushland good buildings and fine soil the bath bros are extensive cattle breeders election for reeve in pickering there will be a threecorner ed fight for the reeveship in pickering township only a fair turnout was on hand for the annual nomination meeting held in the township hall last friday r e mowbray reeve sarah e evans the only sur viving relative of the immediate family mr evans attended the bap tist church and played for the claremont band over forty years ago he was of a quiet dis position and highly respected by the scores who knew him throughout the locality the funeral was held on wed- esday with short service at the home and at the church rev augustine taking the service interment was made in clare mont union cemetery brougham mr and mrs george white and mr lome white are spend ing christmas dry with james and mrs farley mr and mrs d mairs and family are spending christmas with d and mrs dawson of claremont mr and mrs arthur farth ing of stouffville spent christ mas with the latters parents mr and mrs thos philip sr the firemen are holding a euchre and dance on friday evening dec 29th euchre to start at 8 pm the albert gray family and mr and mrs frank carter and family spent christmas with ralph and mrs carter of mark- ham we extend our sympathy to mrs david seebeck whose brother is seriously ill in tor onto night to draw up a schedule for the season eight teams have entered all games to be played at markham two games will be played each tuesday and thurs day night the annual business meeting of the wms of the united church was held at the home of mrs george philip on thurs day dec 14th when the follow ing officers were elected hon president mrs h malcolm presidents mrs f cassie and mrs b richie and miss m duncan secretarv miss annie baytes press secy mrs t c brown treasurers mrs miller and mrs philip pianist mrs harvey community friendship mrs richie supply mrs a lemon literature mrs burton m m mrs philip christian stewardship miss duncan ass ociate helpers mrs johnston temperance mrs bayles peace miss i bate past days in pickering township of markham we the members of markham township council sincerely appreciate the wholehearted support of the ratepayers throughout the past year fully expressed by your action on friday in according us a full acclamation jas rennie reeve chas hooper dep reeve councillors harry barber w l clark albert reesor arthur johnston was another pickering farmer who began farming in 1867 and from the earliest years gave attention to breeding on several occasions he shipped single carloads of 5000 value and once a single purchaser bought from him to the amount of 7500 in a single- twocar shipment of cattle at one time there were in the home herd as many as one hundred and thirty purebred shorthorns in 1891 1892 and 1893 the j champion bulls at the toronto industrial exhibition were from mr johnstons farm and the shorthorn cows holding the championship for the years 1893 and 1894 were bred here also besides shorthorns mr john ston gave considerable attention to importation of clydesdale horses and purebred sheep and took an active part in the work of the various organizations for the advancement of the stock industry in canada being for three terms honored with the presidency of the dominion shorthorn breeders associa tion in 1910 mr johnston re tried from farming and made his home in the village of brooklin john miller came out from scotland in 1853 he brought with him for his uncle george miller of markham a number of leister sheep and pure bred toronto and was sold in febru ary 1909 for 2500 in the fat stock sale of february 1910 they had the two highest priced males and the two highest pric ed females at toronto 1910 they showed meadow king a 2- yearold bull which won the grand championship and after the show sold him to hearts delight far chazy ny for 5000 the highest price ever paid for a canadian bred bull it may tie of interest to note that the practical worth of the work done by the millers was early recognized in the township in the report of the pickering agricultural society of 1853 a resolution was enthusiastically endorsed on behalf of the mill ers will reside in claremont the parsonage at greenwood was the scene of a quiet marri age on december 23 1939 when mildred gibson daughter of mr and mrs george gibson became the bride of mr garnet craw ford son of mr and mrs david crawford claremont rev mr veigh tied the nuptial knot at the parsonage the happy couple will make their home in claremont wood hardwood and softwood also limb- wood sold and delivered in any quantity prompt deliveries phone 157 ken bbxz mr and mrs frank hamm swine and from the early years a family gathering on christ- of his residence in pickering mas day mr and mrs m hamlgave much attention to breed- the baptist mission circle for the past two years william will hold their meeting on the reesor deputyreeve for two 3rd of january at the home of years and dr mcewen a new mrs c h found the annual comer will contest the reeve- election of officers will be held at ship mr mowbray has had an this meeting i extensive municipal career hav- good congregations greeted in served three years as deputy the christmas services held in a number of years as a ilton also expect all their family home miss gladys gannon rn of toronto spent sunday with her parents here mr and mrs harbron and daughter of pickering spent christmas with mr and mrs a b matthews mr and mrs wm burton and family of detroit are visiting at the home of his sister mrs m hamilton and other relatives ing in 1854 the first importa tion was made two shorthorns and one galloway of which the former won first and second place respectively at the first provincial show held that year in london on john millers death in 1904 the thistleha herd of shorthorns were disposed of by public sale when thirty eight and ten males brought an aver age price of 327 one bull bring ing 1425 after this the farms were divided john millei jr retain ing thistleha and starting a new herd there and the younger brothers andrew and henry moving to the farm known as poplar hall and starting a herd under the names of miller brothers in 1908 a hiefer from their herd was grand champion at clean rest rooms we extend best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year boadways service station phone 265 stouffville whatever we have accomplished during the past year has been made possible through the courtesy cooperation and loy alty of our friends please accept our sincere thanks and our wish for a happy new year stouffville creamery closed every evening at 530 excepting saturdays two english youngsters are newspa full of iiestions for these men c me of the ijanadian expeditionary force in britain pictures like thl these and stories have filled tlie w iters as england welcom- british depots before leaving of the first at division for the front this picture was ec months or more in radioed from london to new 1 undergo training at 1 york arthur w lynde lhcm teacher of singing established 1913 stouffville fridays phone 802 pupils prepared for toronto conservatory of music examinations a sjaws fam f mr s w hastings stouffville phone 169