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the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 8 1940 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent mr hills health is slightly improved we understand mr beeton is now employed at the mclntyre plant in oshawa miss c doughty of peterboro visited with miss s e evans on saturday mrs gleesons brother from seattle is at present visiting with his sister heie mr hinans father from agin- court has been visiting here mr and mrs ralph wellman were in the city on monday visiting a sick cousin mr will birkett suffered a slight heart attack on sunday- night we understand will fleming who has been on the sick list for some time is able to be down stairs again thos linton veteran section- man on the cpr line here re tired from his position this week mr and mrs floyd jones and mr jones mother of brooklin visited at the home of mrs john bushby on saturday miss irene lynn has returned from the hospital in toronto accompanied by miss mabel tucker of weston mr jess worden has been suffering with the cold and flu hope he may soon be himself again lucky numbers in the boose grocery draw are 4509 4667 4505 2442 2431 2331 tribunes on sale every thursday and al so at the boose goodwood store despite the disagreeable weather a fine turnout was on hand for the institute meat cookery demonstration held in the baptist church last week remember mr inrigs illu strated lecture under auspices of the baptist mission band this friday night february 9th a silver collection will be taken mrs g m forsyth and her daughter are both on the sick list viola who is on the teach ing staff of an oshawa school has been forced to take a mon ths leave the bypu held their regu lar meeting on monday evening and enjoyed a sleighing party and the hospitality of the mor gan hill home the young people report mr and mrs hill ideal hosts mr and mrs gillard of oshawa called on rev and mrs augustine on sunday mrs murphy mrs augustines mother who has been visiting in oshawa of late returned with the couple mr and mrs c pengalli of brooklin spent sunday at the home of her parents mr and mrs thos paterson we under stand mrs patterson is not in the best of health mr and mrs evans ward and son kenneth motored to toron- onta last wednesday where get all the long mileage that is built into your tires let us i check the air pressure every week if s just one feature of our free shell service that means time and dollars saved stop in regularly f boadway service station stouffville they paid a short visit to misses elizabeth and marjorie ward j while there they bade farewell to the jack macklems leaving for their home in saskatoon mr and mrs walter bushby and daughter of oshawa spc t sunday at the home of mrs j bushby in town dr and mrs n f tomlin- son also mr and mrs richard cooper were present in toron to last week at the wedding of miss grace blakely to joseph atwell both of that place mr william tomlinson son of the local doctor was best man for the occasion alf moles store will be the seat of the local enumerator for the new voters list who is john scott recently appointed for the area preliminary lists will be made commencing february 10 and adjustments made on march 12th mrs walford who has been spending some time with her sister and husband mr and mrs worthy of brampton is at present visiting with her sister mrs a spears near atha we are sorry to report that mr howard mothersill of oshawa was removed to the hospital there recently suffer ing from arthritis his son geo is taking his place at the factory the baptist church annual meeting is being held in the church here on wednesday evening new officers are to be elected including two new deacons and the work of the various church societies will be reviewed it is expected that rev augustine will be extended an invitation to remain for an other year as pastor which will be his fifth term on the local charge the baptist mission circle met at the home of mrs palmer on wednesday of last week and listened to two inspiring messages mr lewis addressed the circle on prayer and made a profound impression on his listeners miss evans also em phasized prayer pressed her hearers to put forth first things first and earnestly seek gods guidance the society is indebt ed to mr lewis and miss evans for bringing such helpful thoughts in this new year just begun red cross review a meeting of the executive of the claremontnorth pickering red cross society was held at the home of mrs h g mcln tyre claremont recently at which time a review of the work done since organization took place the officers are as follows president mrs f mcnair al- tona 1st vice mrs m forsyth claremont 2nd vice mrs bert harvey brougham recording secretary mrs h g mclntyre claremont corresponding secy mrs r j roberts claremont work convenor mrs w bir kett claremont purchasing convenor mrs crozier altona treasurer miss mary forsyth claremont at the present time 40 pairs of pyjamas 40 hospital bed gowns 40 bed pads and a quilt are in the making besides sox sweaters scarfs and wristlets for which 80 lbs of wool has been distributed it is the hope of the execu tive that if any persons have any old clothing which could be repaired remodelled etc or childrens clothing they will send same along to the red cross in claremont as these are urgently needed the financial report as of december 31 1939 is as follows receipts charter members fees 1300 donations 2401 national war appeal canvass 39624 saturday nights shopping dogdoms best circles as wall- for mr and mrs russell mac- s english rover canadian millan of toronto and their ch ion st be and m threeyearold daughter mary in gai is a case of going to the koka q runnerup for the dogs heres mary gai with title hitched to a miniature major and queenie known in cutter the dogs can pull four are situated on an elevation which looks over lowlying farm and bush land to the wellman house mrs wellman had been shot while sitting in bed writing to her daughter dr iona wellman of chicago mr wellman was shot while milking in the barn it was believed the killer stood in a horse stall across the stable to fire the charge the bodies were discovered by the mailman edward falconer because of the age of the couple 77 and 75 he had been accustomed to carrying the mail to their house when he re ceived no reply to his knocks he investigated finding the bodies mr wellman police state had purchased a load of grain four days before but only one sack was left there had also been rumors that he had collected on some mortgages and though in vestigation revealed he had not done so it is thought the murd erer may have been under the persons up to 10 miles without j impression there was money in batting an eye they cause th house i i- police found one tangible clue quite a sensation when we drive wag spent mivm them over to yonge st to do t0 be from the gun used by the the family shopping mr killer found on the windowsill macmillan reported in mrs wellmans bedroom 43325 disbursements stationery postage etc 304 supplies wool flan- nellette etc 28533 cheque to headquarters 8600 37437 bank bal dec 31 1939 5797 cash an handdec311939 91 township tax sale in spring thirteen properties were list ed by the pickering township tax collector as subject to tax sale at the regular meeting of the township council on monday total arrears of taxes against these lands is 148927 pickering tax arrears have been steadily reduced it was announced 3750 having been collected last year a motion was passed to amend the bylaw regarding fence bon- using whereby it would not be necessary for farmers to erect wire fences in place of the rails to entitle them to collect the bonus if more of our rail fences could be removed stated coun cillor ruddy one maintainer plow could handle the snow piobem without any truck plows councillor heber downs was strongly opposed to the motion feeling that council was letting themselves in for considerable unnecessaxy bonusing twenty- five cents a foot is paid for a bonus on the main roads and fifteen cents on sideroads a new agreement was drawn up whereby the pickering-mark- ham townline and the picker- ingscarboro townline would be apportioned equally for main tenance work rather than mere ly having the cost being divided as formerly council approved the regular library grants which include the libraries of pickering brough am claremont iinsae and whitevale w b milne placed claim for one sheep injured 15 and or- ville burton one sheep 20 the latter claim was for a valuable ewe of registered stock council decided to call for tenders for a new truck for ser- vice in conjunction with the township gravel pit the mun icipality has three such trucks in service relief for the month was 43392 which is a decrease over the same period of last year road accounts totalled 220 brougham mr d dawson jr of clare mont spent a few days with his sister mrs d mairs congratulations to mr and mrs livingston marie durt on their recent marriage in tor onto mrs wm moore jr and miss josephene stephenson of dun- barton visited with mrs d stephenson on thursday after noon mr ben carter of green river visited at the albert gray home recently miss zella seebeck of toron to spent the weekend with her mother mr and mrs fred dingman visited at the ham home last week a number of friends gatheied at the home of mr jos mitchell to help him celebrate his birth day on january 30th congratu lations ethel seebeck spent the week end with her cousins marian and chief is honored on 80th birthday county clerk and chief con stable robert phillips was pre- sented with a bouquet of 80 roses by york county coiincil on friday in honor of his 80th birthday the presentation was made by reeve james rennie senior member of council who pointed with pride to the long years of service given the countv by chief phillips the chief has been our clerk for 26 consecu tive yeais and our chief con stable for 20 years he com mented and one could never have a more efficient loyal and beloved employer his record is unbeatable murder victims not related locally wellmans corner near belle ville where a double murder shocked the whole province last weekend is the home of rela tives of the wellman family so many years resident of the glasgow district near stouff ville but this particular family where tragedy struck are not related to our wellmans we are informed by mr harry wellman of glasgow there are it ap peals a lot of wellmans in the district but not all related in the murder case police ar rested fred thain two days af ter the killing thain was a member of the coroners jury that sat to decide the cause of the couples deaths the investigation concentrat ed on tracks of a team of horses and a sleigh and a mans foot prints near the wellman barn and leading to and from the concession road missing grain was the object of a wide search thains farm house and barn 5888 joan anthony of whitevale mr henry madill visited his brother colan on sunday mr d a beer has opened up an insurance office in port perry mrs gerald harbron and daughter of pickering spent a few days with her parents a and mrs matthews several of our hockey fans journeyed to markham on thursday night to see brough am and dunbarton play the game ended by a score of 5 to 0 in favor of brougham miss k beelby and miss dora matthews visited friends in toronto on tuesday last mr t c brown had the mis fortune to slip on some ice while leaving the church here on tues day night and sustained a sev ere shaking up but we are glad to see him around again he is over 75 mr and mrs ernie burges of queensville visited with l and mrs matthews on sunday the amateur dramatic con test which was to be held on friday night last was postponed jno and mrs jarvis and will is also mrs jarvis of milliken visited mrs d seebeck on sun day sorry to hear mr robert arm strong is not improving as fast as his friends wish his sister mrs jno hodgson is also quite ill s good what do you gain by doing your own baking a tired back red face and hot kitchen are the few pennies you save worth the hours of work you spend shifting beating and bending over a hot oven worth robbing yourself of time you should have for leisure hardly since our bakery foods made from the finest ingredients are so delicious try them today the stouffville bakery stouffville phone 189 0 want to surprise the family with a new dinner time treat serve them a tasty dish of dried or pickled canadian fish no matter where you live your dealer can get you such dried fish as cod haddock hake cusk and pollock and such pickled fish as herring mackerel and alewives in perfect condition interesting recipes can be used for every one of these fine fish fish is a wonderful health food good for every mem ber of your family it is the great source of proteins that help build sturdy healthy bodies serve dried or pickled canadian fish to your family often they will enjoy it and you will find it economical too medieai department of fisheries ottawa write for free booklet 872 department of fisheries ottawa please send mc your tec 52page booklet 100 tempting fh recpci containing 100 delightful and economical fish recipes nam ajdrtis cw21 any day a fish day