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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 6th 1940 page seven claremont by staff correspondent for additional claremont and ask members and workers to pickering news turn to page 6 apply for material and continue of this issue the work- mr arthur loyst is confined to his home with scarlet fever mrs ira powell is slightly im proved we understand nelson sanderson of toronto was home on sunday mr and mrs jno pallister attended the funeral in flesher- ton on monday of a distant relative a quilting was held by the women of the village in the bowling club house on tuesday in aid of the red cross work miss elizabeth ward and friend of toronto spent over sunday with her father mr evans ward mr william barber of ux bridge and father of our mail courier mr oscar barber was a visitor here this week mr and mrs sam stephenson of oshawa visited with mrs walford recently mr and mrs richard jorn- son of toronto visited friends here recently word has been received from buffalo that mrs h thomson formerly of claremont is not improving in health miss harvey and miss t gregg were in the city on fri day mr and mrs john albright of uxbridge visited with the form ers sister mrs john bushby on friday mr dimerjon who has been in the employ of the phillips plant is now working in toron to and may move to the city shortly the ed lewis bakery is undergoing interior improve ments mr and mrs walter bushby of oshawa visited the formers mother mrs john bushby sunday mrs a d peters of port perry visited recently with her daughter and family mrs geo beverley mrs abram mantle formerly of claremont and now of tor onto has been visiting with her daughter and family mrs fred redshaw miss margaret mcnab who has been very poorly now has a trained- nurse in attendance mrs bradbury and baby from uxbridge were visitors of mrs conner and mrs lonsdale recently we understand mr david walker who has been in the employ of mr lester mccul- lough is with his family moving into town mr walker has re cently enlisted we understand that a nephew of mrs jas gibson was one of two flyers involved recently in an airplane crash near cobourg mrs charles and mrs jos empringham attended a musical recital in hart house one even ing last week miss betty harris atcm a niece of the former was one of the pianists mrs ted tomlinson and daugh ter jane of geraldton have been visiting with dr and mrs n f tomlinson and with her parents mr and mrs clayton of mark- ham james crossland of the 7th concession is completing exten sive improvements to his barns under which have been placed new stabling with a 75x25 hog pen to the north as an extension to the barn claremont softball team fail ed to finish the money at the mount albert field on satur day they were ousted by peter- boro who were in turn trimmed by a fancy toronto team whose star senior pitcher buddy wright struck out sixteen of the canal town boys rev james graton who was to occupy the pulpit in the bap tist church last sunday was taken suddenly ill and unable to come in his stead rev l kipp editor of the canadian bap tist addressed the congrega tion rev c dixon of toronto will preach next sunday to the local branch of the red cross comes word that supplies are now urgently needed and a request has been made that re newed efforts be mhde to rush these articles through to head messrs tobias heyward and daughter of mount albert mr and mrs nathan tarr and duighter of stouffville and mr arid mrs dave gregg of clare- jmont were all visitors with mrs ira powell on sunday this is the first time for many years these three old claremont boys have had a chance to get to gether and talk over old times and they certainly made use of the opportunity wins in amateur contest bob miller son of mr and mrs john miller who hurled the softball game for claremont at the mt albert field day re deemed the village name during the evening concert when h carried off a cash award in the amateur contest for this vocal solo horse displayed at show two of mr nelson waggs prizewinning stallions were on exhibition at the peterboro clydesdale field day on satur day this is an annual horse show promoted by the peter boro clydesdale breeders and while there were no prizes for the claremont horses they formed a highclass addition to the show will not call minister immediately it is understood that the i board of the baptist church will not seek a regular pastor for the local congregation until fall the services will be taken in the meantime by outside ministers chiefly from the toronto area celebrates 80th year mrs william hill celebrated her 80th birthday on satur day june 29 mrs hill who was the former emmaline pugh has spent most of her long lifetime in claremont and vicinity on march 27th 1889 she married william hill who passed away only a short time ago mrs hill although she has been poorly from time to time of late is in comparatively good health the family including three sons george of claremont morgan on the townline and clayton on the 5th of uxbridge along with a daughter mrs harold dickin son of uxbridge twp were all present bestowing gifts and good wishes on the happy occa- sionanother daughter mrs w mcnelly lives in alberta there are also 18 grandchildren sixteen prize winners at coopers despite the bad weather con ditions last friday a good crowd turned out for the annual cooper demonstration while the sale of large merchandise such as cars and implements was rather curtailed the re mainder of the show and sale of goods displayed by a host of companies went off satisfactory thos blizzard markham mrs f lynde uxbridge rr and bruce easton of brougham won the twoday free expense trip for making the largest pur chases during the day in dollars and cents other lucky prize winners were l hooey w ward h dickinson edgar evans jack ward mrs robert mcleod miss stella rolling erwin rolling miss beverley barclay all of claremont mrs s towner and gordon fisher of myrtle jim carter and lome jones of brougham brougham mr and mrs robert malcolm and little son of queensville were with their people here on sunday mr and mrs a moffat and little daughter a toronto call ed on their many friends over the weekend mr and mrs a keast visit ed his cousin mrs lemon on sunday mr and mrs hillock and mrs wright mr frank stephenson mr herb distance and mrs harris of georgetown were weekend guests of mrs d stephenson miss beatrice stevenson re turned to her home here last week mrs henry shea of picker ing called on old friends here mr and mrs kenny of tor onto spent the weekend with bert and mrs harvey mr hugh gannon has had installed a new gasoline pump on their lot adjoining the store mr w j brown and family of toronto visited his parents on sunday the district annual meeting of the womens institute was held in brougham on wednesday with several special speaker- addressing the gathering in the united church following which the delegates were treated to a dinner in the townhall and pro vided by the local branch dele gates were present from the seven societies of kirsale brooklin altona claremont whitevale pickering and brougham there passed away on satur day june 1st at her home lot 20 con 7 pickering mrs jos mitchell who was the former mary ann lewis daughter of mr and mrs john lewis of i brooklin mrs mitchell who had jbeen in failing health for some i time had with her husband been i a resident of the 7th concession for 34 years in addition to a j sorrowing husband she is sur- l vived by one son jack at home i three brothers thos and frank of brooklin george of milwau- kee and a sister viola of brook lin deceased attended the unit ed church and was an ardent institute worker the funeral on monday was conducted by rev i kennedy from the late resi dence to erskine cemetery pallbearers were messrs a mitchell h mitchell allen neal norman neal lloyd white and walter white as a part of the golden jubi lee celebration of st johns church brougham on the weekend of june 23rd a supper and garden party will be held on monday evening june 24th quarters the local committee during the past week we serve the man who stands behind you this is the fellow who assures you of your daily sus tenance something vital to every man in this world we strive to serve him sincerely so that he may serve you better this is a bond of faithful cooperation and is a pleasure enjoyed by us and a policy beneficial to you here are two great creamery services provided for twentytwo years to the cream producers of this district that every farmer can enjoy you can send your cream by our truck which calls at your place twice a week in the summer and every week in the winter your cream is picked up in any quantity for which you get cash and your butter if desired at a special price to our shippers you can make your own deliveries to the creamery for which you get a higher price and also butter at special prices all in all summer and winter you will get best results and best service from the stouffville creamery the stouffville creamery stouffville ontario phone 18601 we keep open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings so that can bring your cream whei coming to town without making a special trip and if you wish you can have your cream teste ind paid for while you wait