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the tribune stouffville out thursday february 22 1940 l 55 page seven claremont by staff correspondent mrs jos mitchell we under stand is sick with the flu mrs james taylor is under the doctors care mr and mrs john bayles of greenwood visited friends in town on saturday mrs dave dawson has been forced to bed with an attack of cold mr and mrs will birkett vis ited with friends in port perry recently mrs russel connor and two children former 7th line resi dents now living in dunbarton are down with scarlet fever mrs thomas paterson and miss evans are still in poor health mrs jos empringham spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs dave dawson mr and mrs dean mairs and fam ily were also visitors at the dawson home mr and mrs alvin bushby of pickering visited with the formers mother mrs john bushby on sunday a birthday party was held last week for mr john fleming who is 80 years of age mr fleming has been in poor health this winter but has been some what improved of late victor robinson and bob hol- man attached to the oshawa tank corps spent a day in town last week mr and mrs nathan tarr of stouffville and former clare- mont residents will celebrate their golden wedding on satur day february 24th mr jack norton who is em ployed at coopers hardware will leave in the near future for hamilton to take a course of the international harvester co mrs roy morgan spent a day recently visiting with her brother and family mr and mrs archie fleming of unionville word has been received in claremont of the serious illness of mrs harry thomson who is at present living in buffalo mrs morgan visited with mr and mrs stan slack recently mrs bradberry of uxbridge and formerly of claremont was rushed to the hospital last week mr bradberry was employed here at one time by connors bakery a number of the district young people tendered a shower at frank coopers on wednesday for the newlyweds mr and mrs w benson professor to speak here professor watson of mcmas- ter university will be the guest speaker at the evening service in the baptist church here on sunday february 25th the professor will speak at whitby in the morning fractures a rib mrs minnie bennett had the misfortune to fall in her home get your weekly check get all the long mileage that is built into your tires let check the air pressure every week its just one feature of our free shell service that means time and dollars saved stop in regularly recently and fracture a rib mrs bennett did not realize at the time that she had broken any bones and not for some time was she aware of the severe bump she had sustained to hold dance the badminton club will sponsor a dance in the com munity hall claremont on fri day evening march 8 madills 8piece orchestra will supply the music may organize temperance a temperance speaker irom toronto will be in town on thursday february 22nd to speak at the home of mrs cam eron in the interests of organiz ing the temperance forces in the community all the ladies of the village who are interested are asked to attend school to present diplomas it is expected that six stu dents of claremont continuation school will receive graduation diplomas at the annual com mencement exercises to be held in the hall here on friday even ing february 23rd the valedic tory address will be given by russell prouse dances chorus es and a play entitled the pampered darling will be other features of the program honored on 30th anniversary mrs burnells home here was the scene of a family gathering on sunday in honor of her moth er and father mr and mrs ow zeller of stouffville who were celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary all the children were present being mrs ward claremont alta stouffville and verna and roy at home the occasion was even more auspic ious as it was mrs burnells birthday also the married couple were presented with a beautiful cedar chest by the family returns from europe mr and mrs herb forsyth who left claremont some four years ago to settle in france returned to the village here on friday and are at present stay ing at the r forsyth home mrs forsyth was a french girl and her parents still reside in that country the couple have two sons who returned with their parents no immediate plans for the future are known suffered blood poisoning two residents of the district are afflicted with bloodpoison ing this past week george red- shaw just north of the townline has the infection in his arm be- lieved caused by an injury to his finger mr redshaw also sus tained a fall through the hay- shoot in his barn recently and this is also believed by his doct or to have possibly hastened the trouble east of the village stanley reesor has been re moved to a toronto hospital suffering from poisoning which we understand has affected his heart in some way w h moore ontario candidate hon gordon conant premier hepburns attorney general friday night endorsed the mac kenzie king government and all abandoned the resoluteeand they have all climbed back on the band wagon where they should have stayed in the first place mr sinclair said he left the ontario legislature because there were a lot of things in the ontario house that i did not approve of and do not approve of now the premier hepburn said he had forgotten me well a lot of my friends have not forgotten me mr moore warned that the moment you accept the idea of a national government consisting of the brainy men and the men of genius you cease to have par ty government he stated he was not in fav or of union government in 1917 and since he had been in parlia ment he had thought less of it than ever there should be criticism in government said mr moore but it should be of principles not personalities to charges of patronage in war contracts mr moore replied that a few days after war was declared charles vaughan of the cnr was placed in charge of government purchasing mr moore noted that mr vaughan was cnr purchasing agent when dr manion was minister of railways brougham mr thomas beare spent last tuesday with his sister in brooklin a demonstration was staged in the community hall here on tuesday evening by mr dean mairs agent for the case co glad to hear harold cassie has so far recovered from his recent illness to be able to return home from the hospital on sat urday last on saturday evening a num ber of friends gathered at the home of mr and mrs carl devitt to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary mr and mrs arthur bassett olive and shirley of ringwood had tea on sunday with mr wm bassett the dramatic contest which was previously postponed was held on friday night four plays were given victoria square received first prize two groups from dunbarton took 2nd and 3rd prize respectively it is reported that mr mc- clean has sold his farm near here it is understood that the buyer was an american the property is known as the old knox farm mr and mrs jno robinson who have been working the madill farm for the past few years have moved to bradford were sorry to have them leave but wish them success in their new home an interesting debate was held in the church here on tues day night last by the young people of columbus and brough am the subject chosen was resolved that it would be in the best interest of education to dis pense with departmental exam two young ladies from colum bus took the affirmitive and de feated john knox and hugh gannon on the negative the w i held their regular meeting on tuesday afternoon last at the home of mrs m hamilton with an attendance of 37 a report of the work done by our red cross workers was given by mrs john miller and letters of thanks were received big roomy look at that big v8 beauty no wonder the neighbours stop to admire its sweeping lines and its rich interior roominess but in this years ford v8 the rides the thing its a modern motorists dream come true such sweetriding price low comfort at such a and because a quiet ride is a restful ride great care has been taken to soundproof the body new curveddisc wheels reduce road sounds new finger- tip gearshift on steering post gives quieter operation but drive the new ford v8 yourself and discover that new ford ride ford cars are made in canada 88000 canadian workers and dependants benefit because ford cars are made in this country when you buy a ford more of your money slays in canada see this car at yur dealers df holder 1 sons stotfiville markham whitchurch court case continued from page one pledged himself to work for the from those on the sick list roll reelection of w h moore call answered by an exchange boadwai service station stouffville liberal mp for ontario which includes claremont and picker ing township mr conant thus became the sixth of premier hepburns cabinet ministers to espouse the cause of the king government mr moore received the nomination by acclamation following the withdrawl of w e n sinclair former ontario liberal leader the other nom inee mr sinclair said he was glad to see the riding associa tion at the opening of the meet ing pass a resolution endorsing the king government and its war effort if there is one man in canada who is fully qualified for the position he holds that man is mackenzie king said mr sin clair he has studied public affairs from boyhood up and i am sure he will be prime minis ter after the election there have been bickerings and criticism but i still have to see specific charges he con tinued resolutions have been passed but the resoluters have of valentines the hostesses were mrs hamilton mrs beare mrs hedges and mrs soden we wish to congratulate the members of the red cross of this district for the wonderful way they have undertaken the work during the past few weeks they have made 12 sets of pyjamas 7 pair pillow cases 12 bed pads 7 hospital jackets 20 pair socks 2 pair seamans stockings 2 pair rifle mitts 2 pair half mitts 2 pair kneecaps 5 pair wristlets 2 helmets sweater 1 scarf some forty orders for jams and marmalades have been plac ed by the war supply board since november 1st to keep w enlisted men supplied with these niceties the combin ed orders represent a total of miooo and include strawberry raspberry and plum jams and p marmalade send the tribune to absent friends on wednesday about 9 oclock in the morning with his brother-in- law mr boyd he said ive got the cash and ill pay the bal ance i got a rope and we start ed to load the cattle we got them loaded and he was putting in time until about 12 oclock i was going to mention to them to have dinner with us when the truck started up eves said id better pay you he pulled out three bills a 20 10 and 5 then he pulled out a piece of paper he said it was a cheque for 155 i wouldnt take it i told him i didnt know his name nor where he lived i knew he was an eves but didnt know which one i said if you unload the cattle ill give you back the money the cheque was left on the engine and the truck went out i looked at the cheque and it was made out to bruce eves for 145 1 drove up and saw the truck at boyds lot near sharon eves just laughed at me he said he was awfully sorry to bring me up there and i asked him what he was trying to pull off he said didnt you get the cheque and i said yes but it was 10 short he said the cheque was alright and that i drove up there eves said ive changed my mind ill only give you 5 now that you have the police on the job i said all 1 want is my 10 mr stiver asked the com plainant if he had tried to cash the cheque and he replied that he had phoned the bank and found that there was plenty of money there then you have received 190 now yes replied reynolds ernest barber reynolds hir er man who was present at the time said the cheque was left on the engine later he had gone up to eves with his employer and eves had argued to split the 10 carl reynolds barber and i went to eves place testified constable watt when i arriv ed there eves came out to my car i questioned him with regard to the deal and he admit ted to me that he had agreed to give reynolds 10 but seeing that he had brought the police there stated accused my bro ther and i went back the follow ing saturday and made a deal for 190 we went for the cattle wednesday morning and harold had a jersey cow on the truck he spent quite a while trying to make a deal with reynolds for one of his cows he was talking to us for about fifteen minutes with his foot on the running- board after i had paid him the money he took the cheque and counted the bills and said there was 190 that it was alright when we pulled away he said the best of luck afterwards he came tearing up to me and said i told him the cheque was for 155 not 145 i told him that he had looked at it himself he didnt know how many cows were registered and i told him that if he got them all register ed i would give him the 10 mr boyd corroborated eves evidence there was no mention what soever of any registering of cat tle said constable watt he into the case he was willing to admitted to me that he had a split the difference and give him i greed to pay 10 but that he 5 thats all he would say mi- reynolds would not accept the terms there is no case laid out for stealing cattle stated defence counsel i think the accused would have been perfectly satisfied if would have to wait for the 10 he had been paid the 10 but until he sold his pigs i told him notwithstanding the fact that i was not waiting then he said reynolds would not take 190 he would bring the 10 downi the cattle eves took them that night i didnt get the lo his worship nor i didnt cash the cheque tl i offered reynolds 180 for got constable watt and we tne cattle the first time i was was willing to split the differ ence then the time and place that rey nolds should have made this ob jection was before the cattle were taken stated defence counsel mr boyd says they were talking after the money was paid mr eves was willing to pay the 10 but he wanted the papers mr reynolds did not waste much time going up when he found what the cheque was worth stated his 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