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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 27th 1940 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent telephone your news or mail to this office by monday during the next two weeks as your re porter will be absent in western canada a large gathering of clare- mont folk attended the 50th anniversary services held in brougham united church on sunday the thos bacon farm has re cently added a new hayloader to its equipment the bacons on the townline are the first to re port haycutting in this district bill coates has recently pur chased a new milking machine the claremont band gave a short musical concert in the local park on saturday and journeyed to bond lake where they gave a concert on sunday mr jos farr has brightened up his north end property with a coat of paint gordon borland who recently graduated from oac has tak en a position with one of the toronto dairies two of our local farmers have recently placed new tractors in use on their farms messrs fred i wair puirh and phil bonns orh niir v iui i r see e world of tomorrow today includes taxi to hotel assured hotel accommodation admission to fair grounds admission to 5 concessions sightseeing tours of new york and the fair grounds includes taxi to hotel 1455 gife assured hotel accommodation 2 admissions to fair grounds admission to 5 concessions sightseeing tours of new york and the fair grounds tour of nbc studios two choices of several other entertainment features includes i85 m m 4 i taxi to hotel assured hotel accommodation 2 admissions to fair grounds admission to 5 concessions sightseeing tours of new york ond the fair grounds tour of nbc studios cruise to west point admission to ripleys oddi- torium admission to newsreel theatre 26 includes taxi to hotel m t 151 gratis chjotid in canadian hinds and tor 2 in a room assured hotel accommodation 2 admissions to fair grounds admission to 5 concessions sightseeing tours of new york and the fair grounds tour of rca development chinatown and harlem tour 3hour boat trip around manhattan island cruise to west point three choices of several other entertainment features reservations must be made at least a week in advance descriptive folder and complete information at brown betty tea room phone 19s gray coach lines pugh and phil benns each pur chasing new international out fits from mr charles cooper news of the theft of gordon birketfs car on sunday from claremont will be found else where in this issue the regular meeting of the w a of the united church is being held on thursday june 27th in the sunday school room a good supper is being provided the children of mr and mrs jos farr who have been sick this past while are now all re turned to good health the afternoon tea in aid of the red cross work which was to be held at the home of mrs hudson on monday was postpon ed indefinitely owing to the garden party at brougham miss stella mccullough and miss kathleen beelby entertain ed their sunday school classes on the lawn of the mccullough home saturday afternoon one of the eldest citizens mrs lynn is in very poor health cecil storry is building a new barn on his 5th- concession farm and a raising is expected to be held this week weather permit ting mr bud norton and miss edna taylor visited with mr and mrs wid miller of oshawa on sunday mr and mrs avery of west on have been visiting at the tiome of mrs wm hill for a few days on their return mrs hill will accompany them for a sbort visit we are pleased to report that miss margaret mcnab who has been under the doctors care is now able to be on verandah part of the tirrie mrs l bame of buffalo and mrs dickson of new york re turned to their homes on wednesday after spending a few days here during the recent passing of their mother mrs h thomson mr m anderson is giving his house a new coat of paint james briscoe and will thomson doing the work al and bob harvey natives of the brougham claremont district and world renowned entertainers returned with their families last week after an ex tended concert tour in the brit ish isles reports are current that the two brothers have en- isted mr and mrs reid of toron to called on the latters aunt mrs ira powell whose health continues very precarious mr guy hayward and his sister mrs campbell of ardbeg a nephew and niece of mrs p powells wore also here sunday mr and mrs james taylor and edna were in ashburn at tending the wedding of mr tay lors niece during the past week mr and mrs boose our groc er are taking a couple of days holiday and are accompanied on the trip by their grandson miss vivian sadler of black- stock niece of mrs esther pal- was much appreciated omrnitted from list in the list of those serving in the casf from claremont and district and published in this paper last week the name of david walker was omitted former resident dead word was received here of the death of robert bowen of toronto and formerly of clare mont on friday mrs bowen was the former mary reid and occupied the house now own ed by mr and mrs hinan to take refugee children a cable was received last and mrs morgan banff and the west coast call mer was at the baptist church on sunday and sang a solo which plumbing and eavetroughing ox short notice fully equipped to do any work required fletcher goudie ihone 7102 hill from cousins in england asking if it would be possible for their children to find a home here with the hills immediate reply was sent overseas with a most welcome invitation kid dies from 5 to 16 years are be ing considered by the govern ment for transfer two iocal rinks in the money a bowling tournament of mixed fours saw a good turnout at the local greens last friday night prizes for the evening went to the goodman rink of oshawa first fred cowie claremont second and harry porter claremont third a mens doubles tournament will be held on july 5th to form civil guard a meeting of the pickering township ratepayers was held in the towrship hall at brougham on tuesday evening j with a view to organizng a civil guard the meeting was called by reeve wm reesor of the township and was sanctioned by ontario county council pastor leaving town rev and mrs p g augustine expect to move from the village this week to make their home for the time being in kingsville where mr augustine has two brothers mr augustine who recently gave up his pcjst as pas tor of the local baptist church will along with his wife be greatly missed in this commun ity where they served so faith fully for four years still on top there was no letdown in clare mont football teams winning streak when on saturday they defeated oshawa hungarians 10 in the motor city park clare- monts next game will be again st wonder bread of oshawa on july 3 although there will also be an exhibition game at the stouffville dominion day cele bration gets teaching position margaret johnson daughter of mr and mrs henry johnson of the 9th concession who was an honour student from stouff ville and claremont continua tion schools has been awarded the teaching position at the greenwood school margaret passed her normal school course with high standng this year village ladies do great work thirtythree quilts four of these donated three pairs of blankets and a large quantity of childrens dresses and pyjamas have been turned out by the local ladies in the refugee supply work five boxes were shipped several weeks ago the bowling club house is open every day for all who are able to assist in this work heavy coat material is especially requested at this time but the ladies are open for any donations of clothing of any de scription local car in crash when attempting to pull out tho canadian rockies and brit ish columbia are the jnorth american continents vacation land this year banff lake louise tho several charming canadian pacific lodses of the rockies vancouver victoria and the canadian pacific west coast boats are enjoying the greatest popularity of their history with the official opening of the holiday season early in june americans and canadians started coming by the hundreds in a holiday stream which reservations show will continue to gain in force through the season many special entertainments planned for banff lake louise and the other rocky mountain resorts centre at banff and in clude the indian days celebration july lg21 annual alnino club f canada camp in glacier creek valley july 1429 trail riders of the canadian rockir july 2g- 30 skylino trail hikers aug ust 25 banff golf week aug ust 1824 and banff school of fine arts august 131 the stampede at calgary canadas greatest wild west show will be from july 8 to 13 golf fish ing tennis swimming boating and the liko are allsummer ac tivities which need no special dates farther west vancouver vic toria and other pacific coast cen tres are holiday headquarters for hundreds of visitors victoria which last winter proved to visit ing hundreds its right to the title of canadas evergreen play ground is showing equal popu- t n ftimmer resort van couver has had an unusuai early- season influx of visitors cruising to alaska by the canadian pacific princess steamers is so popular this year that ihreo special 11- day cruises as well as many reg ular nineday cruises promise to attract capacity crowds other pacific coast cruises are finding equal favor the abovo pictures typical of holidays in western canada show an indian totem pole the em press hotel victoria bc canoe ing on lake louise second only to banff as tourist capital of the rockies one of the famous prin cess steamers and the figurehead of the first empress of japan now a historic monument at van couver the empress of japan plied pacific waters for 31 years from 1891 to 1922 toron- at the whit- home farrs elevators claremont ont phono 3j oi3sw 1kkks ix and high grade poultry pig feeds i fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains from a parked position beside the brougham united church on sunday evening a car own ed and operated by bob fuller of claremont was involved in a crash with another machine filled with greenwood young people proceeding west along the highway the greenwood car careered over the ditch and ended up against a pole by the annis property although no one was seriously injured the west bound car had to be towed from the scene of the accident birth to mrs annie reesor of claremont wife of mr nor man reesor on june 16th 1940 at markham a son brougham mr and mrs a keast of tor- onto were weekend visitors with his cousin mrs lemon j mrs knapp and daughter mr and mrs wm tordiff of allandale called on her sister mrs l matthews on wednes day mr donald wilson of to spent the past week gannon home miss phylis farley of byspent sunday at her here the sympathy of the com munity is extended to the fam ily and relatives of the late mrs c phillips mr h parkin of havelock was renewing old acquaint ances on the 7th con last week mr and mrs e l crocker and mrs r w witter of tor onto visited their brother on sunday and also took in the jubilee services in the after noon mr james houtley and sons afiieit and charles of brooklin spent sunday with friends here and attended golden jubilee services mr routley who is 84 years old is still hale and hearty the funeral was held to the christian cemetery brougham on friday of lorena ellicott who passed away in the moun tain sanitarium hamilton on wednesday june 19th she was mrs cecil phillips and was born and raised on the 5th concession a daughter of the late mr and mrs harry elli cott band mrs ellicott is survived by two sons harold and robert and one daughter ruth broth ers william and randel of brougham and sisters mrs wm knox of st george and mrs g e holtby brougham the funeral was held from the late residence lot 22 conces sion 5 pickering rev bick of whitevale and rev kennedy taking the service pallbearers ware messrs jas farley w wilson f cassie t wilson silas toole and w johnston on sunday last the congre gation of st johns church celebrated their golden jubilee services it being just 50 years ago june 24th when the corner stone was laid on sundav morn ing rev s t tuckerba bd a former minister of the methodist church was the speaker with music by the claremont choir at 230 rev c e fockler ba formerly of the christian church here gave a very interesting address to a crowded house many being unable to find room inside some were given chairs on the lawn where they could enjoy the ontario county s annual tax bill a direct levy of three quarters of a mill yielding 1785709 for patriotic purposes was authorized by ontario county council on friday on recommen dation of the finance and assessment committee the money will be levied and collect ed against the various munici palities within the county in eluding the full value of proper ty that enjoys a fixed assess ment the total amount of the levy will be distributed by the coun ty treasurer to the treasurers of the various municipalities and in turn municipal councils will distribute the money among patriotic organizations only who are carrying on under the provisions of the war charities act the bylaw to raise the money stipulates clear ly how it is to be usel nospecific organization being named as benefactors the three quarters of a mill increases the tax rate to that besides a sorrowing husfextent total amount to be rais ed by taxation this year is 27185887 to pay for roads bridges administration of just ice mileage and perdiem of members of council salaries etc the amount to be paid in tax es by the various municipalities of the county including three quarters a mill for war purpos es is as follows pickering township 4979898 east whitby 3433828 west whitby 2156250 reach township 2409961 scugog 400741 uxbridge township 1144963 scott township 1693388 brock township 29591 24 thorah township 1538367 mara township 1974730 rama township 429676 whitby town 2076912 uxbridge town 595743 port perry village 588078 cannington 381165 beaverton village 423063 27185887 keep young and 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