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the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 11th 1940 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent tribunes on sale at booses baptist church met at the home grocery every thursday of mr and mrs evans ward on j tuesday evening of last week mr nelson sanderson was the p f the evening home over the weekend mr and mrs walter bushby visited with his mother mrs j bushby on sunday mr morgan pugh is sport ing a new car mrs cecil storry and daugh- was presented by the young peoples society mr and mrs lee of toronto also mr and mrs sherwin of ashburn called at the home of mrs john coates on sunday mrs roy thompson and ter mary we understand are not j baby of tweed were recent vis improving in health as fast asjtors with her parents mr and friends would like to see mrs frank loyst miss mildred miss harvey has returned to of toronto was also home for the home of mrs reedman the weekend after holidaying at her home j culvert washed out near blackwater j the spring breakup resulted mr and mrs herb forsyth saturday in a washou at the and family have moved to tor- culvert in front of the john onto having been in claremont palhster farm on the townline since their return from france i north monday traffic was warn mr ross watson who lives north of the village was strick en with pneumonia during the past week some difficulty was encountered in opening the road to permit the doctors car to reach the sick bed mrs walford has arrived home after spending the winter with her relatives across the line mr david scott of fenelon falls called on his brother geo scott last week mrs william hill is some what improved after her illness mrs george hill a daughter is remaining in the home for a time keep in mind the park board concert this friday evening april 12th in the community hall all home talent so come out and boost the cause mr charles slack of cedar springs near chatham has been in town for a few days during the sudden passing of mother mrs e slack ed against using the bridge heres a record mr alvin redshaw of the 5th concession reports that he has a sow with a litter of eighteen pigs and whats more theyre raising the entire eighteen the mother herself is handling fourteen while the other four are bottle fed babies kitchen shower for newlyweds the young people of the bap tist church journeyed to mount zion last thursday evening where a kitchen shower was tendered mr and mrs norval mcavoy the event taking place at the home of the grooms parents mr and mrs e mcavoy collides with grocery truck mr harry boose was involv ed in a collision last week when the truck which he was driving enroute to port colbourne was his crashed by a dunnville man who it is understood turned in the ladies circle of the to the booze outfit as it at- used implements at special prices wallas tractor in good condition disc harrows 2 seven ft binders mh set 4 sec lever harrows land roller good watch dog team of work horses temped to pass damage was islight institute meets wednesday the regular meeting of the w i will be held on wednesday of next week april 17th at the home of mrs i dopking a pap er on country etiquette will be presented by mrs frank carson while a discussion on builtin conveniences for the kitchen will be led by mrs n f tomlinson bad roads prevent crowd only thirteen tables were in attendance at the euchre held ful four storey cake misses anne symes margaret wilson and minnie sellars poured tea following a short honeymoon the couple will make their home at 73 gates avenue toronto lifelong resident buried the funeral was held from the late home on tuesday of mrs emanuel slack who pass ed away here on saturday even ing april 6th in her 82nd year public service was held in the baptist church with rev p augustine and rev i kennedy in charge and interment made last i claremont union cemetery turtrs provided him with racing machines and sent him around to the different bicycle nieet3 in those days it was the ambition of every cyclist to complete a century and young wagg on one occasion rode from midland to uxbridge and completed the hundred miles by doing is on the track there was no distinction be tween amateur and professional then an young wagg wassuch a star goodwood has produced some men attractio tnat he was able to coni- of prominence in the industrial- maud 10 for makin his appearance world of old ontario and one f a race track i took money when- them was the late newton ki by ever j cou get u ie his fine wagg of midland who died in miami col of cups was destroyed in florida last month i tne flre w burned his laundry newton kirby wagg was born m j some eignt or nine yea joodwood on september 29 some late newt wagg s death recalls early ge history xy hree years ago his father col- ago weather conditions prevented a and charles slack larger attendance mrs rey- the ate mrs slack was a nolds is the convener of the daughter of mr and mrs wm sponsored the deering mower frank bakeh international harvester peter hamilton and fleury co beatty co melotte or lister co bissell co pedler co lightning rod co real estate handled at our offce repairs for cream separators telephone 15204 a we were just hoping granny ivould remember and imm me deab m mfna calet long distance and peter really knew her voice thats the real thrill of long distance voices come clear and distinct calls completed quickly with rates so low particularly after 7 pm and all day sunday why wait for an excuse to call there must be someone who would lore to hear your voice tonight group which evening three in city hospital three of our local residents are in st michaels hospital toronto all suffering from appendicitis mr frank cooper was removed suddenly a week ago and has been we under stand in very critical condition delbert booth operated on some time ago is reported to be fast regaining good health mrs roy coppins from north of the village is also recovering from a similar operation crashes guard rail mr harry mchavey an em ployee of nelson wagg narrow ly escaped serious injury on saturday night when the car which he was driving plunged through the guard rail on the hill south of the village and rolled down the steep embank ment save for a bad shaking up neither the driver nor his com panion carson wagg were any the worse for the smash al though the car was badly wrecked some unique antiques in the home of mr and mrs dave dawson just north of the village is a set of dominos cut out of bone the set is over a hundred years old and was brought out to this country from england many years ago among other valued antiques which the tribune was recent ly privileged to see at the daw son home is a gold ring also well over the century mark the top of the ring is a small glass gldbe containing a lock of hair while on the inside is in scribed the date 1827 honored on birthday two handsome presentations were made to mr thos pater- son last wednesday evening at the meeting of the masonic lodge it being the occasion of his 70th birthday mr paterson who has been a member of the order for thirtyeight years and was master thirtytwo years ago was taken completely by surprise when following the regular order of business he was confronted with a beautiful birthday cake while milton burke presiding master pre sented this highly esteemed gentleman with a handsome table lamp from rt wor bro eckblad and v wor bro raw- son of toronto mr paterson also received a gold watch and knife in honor of his birthday and long years as a real brother mason mr paterson was born in claremont and has spent his entire life in the village toronto man takes claremont bride a pretty wedding was solem nized at st johns norway toronto on saturday april 6 at 3 pm when catherine jeanne symes daughter of mr and mrs walter symes of claremont became the bride of william ernest robb son of mr and mrs wm robb of toronto rev b brown officiat ed the bride given in marriage by her father was smartly at tired in a suit of airforce blue with pink accessories and car ried a cascade of briercliff roses she was attended by evelyn symes who was attired in a heaven blue dress with match ing accessories and carried a bouquet of canna roses ernest w stapleton a cousin of the grooms acted as best man following the ceremony the guests gathered at the home of the brides parents which was daintily decorated with pink and white streamers for a wedding breakfast the brides table was centred with a beauti- lewis born on the 4th conces sion of uxbridge her husband predeceased her in 1929 the couple having farmed for many years on the 7th of whitby township mrs slack was a life long resident of the district where they lived among the indians ade and bought the uxbridge steam near mindemoya the piuueer farm- lar- i looked like a o money maker said he but i got a or cut ties for the railway at s ctuts ii j ka trimming i sold out to a chinaman apiece and floated them aown the river to province bay such ties are then i went up to midland to worth 300 a thousand now tiring see wnat x coul1 find x had always of farming the senior wagg went to wanted to be close to the water i toronto attended the ontario calwent down to the dock the old iege of veterinary surgeons and rosedale was in ill always rem- started practice at goodwood where envber that day for joe argue was young newton was born the future carrying a case of eggs from pres- attended the baptist church imidlander attended school in ux- ton store across the railway track and was held in high esteem by bridge but quit when he was thirteen i when the bottom omhe case fell out her many friends in the com munity her death was not al together unexpected as she had suffered several minor strokes within the past few weeks the deceased is survived by three halfbrothers charles my grandfather wanted me to go and the eggs broke all over the on to school said he but i wanted eround i took joes picture with my to earn my own living i started in at camera- a brickyard where i earned 1 a week along with my partner jim and the hours were from seven to six coombe we had only 500 between if it rained we could not work at the us i bought the laundry that was bricks but my boss had a big patcli being operated by letherby and wal- of potatoes in which to keep me lace said mr wagg we had a lee cecil lee of goodwood and busy i certainly earned that dollar a very hard time of it i worked at geo lee toronto four sisters week mrs t hayward mt albert mrs alf hayward ardbeg mrs jas davey toronto and miss minnie lee of goodwood i everything myself finally coombe earned pair of boots i bot discouraged and left for the min- mr waggs next job was with e country i stayed on and have a woods general merchant he got 0 the business ever since 25 cents a day for delivering parcels unjer y ow name two sons are perry slack of i nis bare feet earne1 myself a newton wagg oecame one of mid- bristol indianna charles slack pair o boots he recalled mr lands most prominent business men of cedar springs ontario and one daughter mrs john coates claremont a brother and sister and an infant son died some years ago brougham tribunes on sale at mathcws hotel every thursday mr and mrs m hamilton visited at the frank ham home on sunday the d a beer family visit ed with friends in oshawa on sunday last miss conny hedge and friend were with her parents here ov er the weekend miss phylis farley has taken a position in whitby mr and mrs e l crocker and mrs witter of toronto vis ited with the latters brother l matthews on sunday sorry to report barbara mairs under the doctors care this week hope she will soon be better mr and mrs phillips of tor onto called on mr and mrs hamilton on saturday congratulations to mr t c brown who celebrated his 82nd birthday one day last week miss wanda varneum of tor onto visited with her sister and other friends over the weekend mrs w e holtby was in tor onto on saturday attending the funeral of her sister mrs marshall pair of woods held back 25 or 50 cents aland the town flag was at half mast week and gave the balance to moth- ion his death former united church er then a storekeeper named pastor of markham village w r henry whose place was across the auld spoke of his spirit of venture a road offered me 250 per week great quality which had played such and i stayed with him until he a part in the tourist development of r courage failed a man named j f browns- this area his quality of combe bought the stock and he is there yet i worked for him as clerk and earned 400 the next job was with w a broddy a store keeper i earned 6 and was one of his toest clerks mr broddy was a good business man and he really taught me by the art- of sales manship he bought boots at 1 and sold them at 125 one day he jumped on me when i failed to make a sale and said he could get a slot machine that could sell shoes as well as i was doing then he showed me how to make sure of selling to every prosptct that came into the shop instead of letting half of them walk out weve got a lot of slot machines in our midland stores added mr wagg they just stand around and let the cus tomers do as they please bicycle racing it was about this time that the young shoe clerk became interested in bicycle riding safeties were just coming in and newton wagg thought there was a future in selling as well as fun in riding them he had saved 36 and with that as capital went in to the business of selling bicycles and mending umbrellas he sold scores of red bird bicycles during the next few years and became a rac ing rider of note competing in events all round the countryside he won cups galore and was very proud of a diamond jubilee medal which he won in a ono mile race in the time of 210 the bicycle manufac- which enabled him to face lifes ups and downs with equanimity was also commended as was his care for his mother when as the eldest of the family responsibilities fell on him at an early age relatives from a distance attend ing the service included mrs f pal mer of uxbridge 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