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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 20th 1940 page seven claremont by staff correspondent mrs j mundell and son billy were visitors in claremont re cently mrs frank cooper has been in oshawa visiting with her sister mrs brown mrs luther middleton of brougham was in town on sun day calling on friends mrs morphy is spending a few days with her son rev and mrs morphy of stayner mrs john morgan of toron to is visiting at the s e evans home mr and mrs cecil neal of toronto were guests of mr and mrs john pallister on sunday mrs mothersill and family spent a day recently with mr and mrs lewis and family mr and mrs percy holland of madoc visited with rev ie and mrs kennedy and family recently it is expected that rev cr duncan will again occupy the pulpit of the baptist church on sunday we understand that mrs fred farmer of toronto and formerly of this place has been in very poor health lately mr eric pearce our westend farmer is understood to be in stalling a new electric milking machine this week mr and mrs e baker have moved into the house lately oc cupied by mr and mrs r roberts who have moved to oshawa mr dobking cpr agent is nursing a hand which is swath ed in bandages the size of a football the hand is afflicted with a carbuncle miss mildred loyst who has been taking a business course in toronto is home for the sum mer with her parents mr and mrs frank loyst claremont band was in pick ering village on sunday supply ing the music for a special oddfellows service being held there mr h dimmerjon and his mother of toronto were present at mrs h thomas funeral as were also former residents mrs dick johnson and miss ella dowswell mrs albert rawson of tor onto and formerly of claremont has been visiting with relatives here the missionary society of the united church met at the home of mrs george scott on ithursday june 13th mrs scotts group was in charge a number from here attend ed the brooklin fair which was held last saturday none of the local stock men had any of their animals on display this year although those who attended re port a very fine livestock exhibi tion the ladies are again busy quilting for red cross work several dozen of the ladies are gathering at the bowling club house each tuesday afternoon mrs t sanderson has been visiting at the home of her daughter mrs bert ham of tor onto and has not been in such good health since going to the city gravel pit at peak pickering townships gravel pit in the south of the munici pality is turning out 1000 yards of gravel a day three township trucks are employed at the pit mr frank cooper has been making his rounds of late as radio license collector mr cooper is in charge of the pick ering north side while russel davidson is making collections in the south bowlers rained out claremonts first bowling tournament of the season was rained out on wednesday night last a mixed doubles tourna ment is scheduled for this fri day evening a few of the en thusiasts were trying out the greens on saturday night and report them in excellent shape no park board meeting a scheduled meeting of the park board failed to material ize on monday night and only two of the members turned up it was hoped that a date could be set for the proposed cele bration this year it has been suggested that this year the day take the form of a garden party claremont 1 brooklin 0 claremont maintained their winning streak on saturday night by nosing out brooklin footballers 1 to 0 claremont have yet to lose a game and have only one tie to their re cord the next game for the locals will be on saturday night june 22nd with the hungarians of oshawa an exhibition game will be staged by claremont at stouffville dominion day cele bration with either toronto ulsters or toronto scottish wilson pugh the marriage of miss alma pugh claremont and elmer wilson balsam was solemnized quietly june 12 at the baptist parsonage aurora by rev ar park the bride is the youngest daughter of mr and mrs am pugji claremont the groom the only son of mr and mrs b wilson balsam they were at tended by miss marjorie ward rn of toronto and howard broome donalda farm tod- morden after their marriage a reception was held at the home of the brides parents the couple left on a motor trip the bride wearing a copen dress navy coat and hat with navy accessories they will reside at- balsam vandalism at factory a number of lads apparently bent on wanton destruction took numerous pot shots at the windows in the west side of the recently vacated phillips fact ory resulting in the smashing of a score of panes to the rear of the establishment where about an acre of first class alfalfa hay was nearing time to be cut the maurauders rolled large heavy galvanized curbing over the crop till it was slicked down like a sheiks hair on a saturday night the per petrators of such needless win dow smashing should be taken to account at once by the authorities as an example again st further destruction of vacant and private property prelty lawn wedding the lawn at the cherrywood home of the brides parents was the setting for a pretty ceremony when miss muriel elizabeth torrance daughter of mr and mrs frank torrance was married to david lloyd mcintosh son of mr and mrs george mcintosh rev h howie of dunbarton officiated miss ina mcconachie played the wedding march given in marriage by her father the bride wore a princess gown of ivory satin with finger tip veil held by a halo of orange blossoms miss olive mcintosh was maid of honor while miss jeanne icwhinnie and miss florence mitchell toronto were brides maids bob torrance was the groomsman after a wedding trip the newly wedded couple will reside at hillside aged resident dies in buffalo the funeral took place on wednesday afternoon to clare mont union cemetery of mrs harry thomson late of clare mont but who for the past while has been living with her daugh ter mrs l bame of buffalo service for the deceased was conducted in the united church here by rev i kennedy the pallbearers were messrs ralph reynolds harry bame russ burkholder harry thomson jos tran mrs thomson passed away on sunday june 2nd in her 88th year she was born near goodwood and her bus band harry thomson was wide ly known through this farming community when he conducted a blacksmith business in clare- mont brougham for a full 6 cu ft moomume frieiname at this remarkable price frigidaire gives you all these adantages famous metermiser 1piece allsteel cabinet automatic interior light strinless porcelain in food compart- ment 4 big ice trays with automatic tray release on every tray 5year protec tion plan and many other frigidaire higbquality features come in see how much more value your money buysl chas claremont cooper mr and mrs donald witter and daughter of montreal who are on a trip to the pacific coast called on his uncle l matthews on saturday miss nora ham was an osh awa visitor on friday last several friends from here at tended trie funeral of the late mr ackford of brock road last week messrs aylmer and donald willson with their families of toronto attended the decora tion services on sunday after noon and also visited with their mother mrs l starry visited her father t c gostic of stouffville recently mr and mrs a b mat thews visited with friends near bowmanville on sunday decoration services were held in the cemetery here on sun day afternoon prof renaud of toronto gave a very inspiring address speeches were also given by mr geo macgregor its j of toronto mr w pearcy and mr w wilson the music was in charge of mrs p n s spratt thanks is expressed to mr stewart beare of newmarket for his kindness in providing a loud speaker which was vei much appreciated by all mr and mrs a j gray visit ed friends in green river on sunday mr and mrs a e wells of toronto called on her cousin mrs gannon and other old friends recently mabel elliott a pupil of mount pleasant school had the misfortune to run a nail in her foot while playing in the school yard mr ross madill and charles aldridge were in the city one day last week what is the at traction boys bob and albert harvey well- known comedians who have spent several years in england and have returned home accom panied by their families we welcome them back to our ham let mr and mrs dean mairs were among the 200 guests at the hamilton davis wedding in markham on saturday night gormley bride to live at agincourt the marriage took place at the home of the brides parents in gormley saturday of betty clark daughter of mr and mrs william l clark to jack mack- lin son of mr and mrs james a macklin of agincourt rev dr hardy andrews officiated and mrs murray macklin play ed the wedding music during the signing of the register miss vera thomson sang the bride who was unattended was given in marriage by her father she wore a gown of cannes blue sheer with a corsage of roses and lilies of the valley following their wedding trip to kirkland lake the couple will reside in agincourt for travelling the bride donned a blue wool boucle dressmaker suit with white accessories gets air secretary post air minister c g power has announced the appointment of squadron leader hugh ronald stewart above to the new post of air secretary in the de- part of national defen tribune advs are cheap an4 profitable brougham church celebrates anniversary plumbing arid eavetroughing ox shout notice fully equipped to do any avork required fletcher goudie phone 7402 farrs elevators claremont ont phone ssj or 3sw dewkks ix and hfgh grade poultry pig feeds i fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materia we pay best prices for grains st johns united church which first opened its doors as a presbyterian church on the 7th concession in 1840 will cele brate its golden jubilee next sunday and monday the first church actually in brougham was not opened until 1890 rev l perrin being the first pastor and the late a malcolm the secytreas the elders at that time were messrs colin philip thos henderson r price r greig t poucher r milne and a malcolm other families prominent in the church work in its early beginning were the millers duncans cassies devitts mckinnons philips phillips feasbys browns and manv others rev s t tucker will ad dress the congregation at the opening service next sunday morning at 1030 while at 230 rev c e fockler ba will preach assisted by the junior chcr and by the cgit in the evening rev p f gard iner will preach with music by the pickering presbyterian choir on monday afternoon at 3 pm there will be a special thanksgiving and commemora tion service addressed by rev george c pidgeon first moder ator of the united church of canada the talent for the garden party in the evening will be supplied by the centen nial orchestra under cl barn es john giordmaine outstand ing magician archie munro scotch baritone murdo mcgreg or piper and bert harvey sing er and entertainer very year well over 10000000 tourists visit canada from the united states they spend some 250000000 in the dominion g canadas tourist trade has become one of the most important sources of the countrys national income under stress of war american tourist dollars are vital in providing needed evchange c canadas chartered banks materially assist in promoting this valuable trade over 3000 branch offices provide the tourist with familiar banking services throughout the dominion often in the most remote areas at any of these branches travellers cheques are cashed drawings under letters of credit negotiated money exchanged tourist information gladly furnished by managers and staff ct by friendly courteous treatment and efficient service canadas chartered banks add to the warmth of welcome and encourage the stranger within our gates to return another year in war as in peace canadas chartered banks maintain uninter- rupted all their services to depositors farmers manufacturers exporters facilitating the nations business looking forward to l peace with freedom as the only sure basis for enduring prosperity the 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