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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 8th 1940 page seven claremont by staff correspondent pte david walker of thejer grocery suffering from a 48th highlanders was home on tooth extraction miss darlene leave last weekend mrs victor robinson and mrs robert holman visited with their soldier husbands over the weekend the county weed sprayer was in town this week during opera tions for the township out the 9th concession west mrs f midgley of toronto is spending a few days holiday with her mother mrs ira powel mr gordon graham and miss irene lewis also the form ers mother spent the holiday at singhampton the wms of the united church will meet at the home of mrs wilton this thursday afternoon rev newton of niagara falls will occupy the union service pulpit here again next sunday august 11th mrs herb percy of green river was in town last week attending the funeral of the late mrs minnie bennett master blake briscoe is spen ding a few days in toronto at the home of his aunt mrs j grant miss margaret mcdonald of toronto is at present visiting with mr and mrs ed lewis and family mr and mrs gordon over land son and daughter of orillia have been visiting with the formers brother and family mr and mrs c a overland mrs bert ham of toronto was in town on wednesday vis iting her mother and father mr and mrs thos sanderson miss emma underbill is slowly recovering from her re cent accident mrs wm hill visited recent ly with her brother and wife mr and mrs george pugh of whitevale well its raspberry time again and the showers appear to have helped the local crop greatly we havent been shown any samples of local spuds yet this year but by the appearance of mr ed lewis patch he ought to be coming along with some my day mr a spears of whitevale vas in town on sunday mrs wm dickinson is still n very poor health mr and mrs harry porter pent the holiday at omemee isiting mr porters uncle the job of refuelling the ocal school for another winter vas completed this week with ibout 45 tons of coal being stored away dr d bagshaw from sag- naw michigan his sisterinlaw mrs will miller of pickering nd mrs every of whitby were n town on sunday calling on riends the whitby hotel team which ipcrts three claremont boys in he lineup defeated city ser- ice 147 in a softball playoff ast weekend miss edna taylor has been ibsent from her job at the bak- norton has been taking her place mr and mrs thos pater- son and mr and mrs clarence pengalli motored to little falls washago on sunday miss mildred loyst has secur ed a position in oshawa she was formerly employed in the factory here mr and mrs rose and two daughters of toronto mr arid mrs cecil neal were recent visitors with mr and mrs john pallister mrs gordon hodgson of the 7th concession who recently underwent an operation to have a cataract removed from her eye is improving slowly miss minnie cornish of oshawa accompanied by her sis ter mrs edith markel of san franscisco paid a short visit with their cousins mrs john ayers and william neal and family mr and mrs ernie baker and mr and mrs len pilkey were in sudbury for the holiday and while there visited bob holman one of claremonts enlisted men who is stationed there library closed library patrons are asked to lake notice that the public library will be closed for two weeks commencing this tues day august 6th until sat aug 24th mrs gregg the librarian i is taking her annual vacation to build new barns it is reported that col phillips who recently bought additional property to add to his large farm on the 5th con north will take down his barns and erect new stables he will raise saddle horses and other stock new teacher hired miss mary fawn of toronto was appointed last week to fill the vacancy on the continua tion school staff caused by the resignation of miss pryor the salary attached is 900 miss fawn was chosen from some twenty applicants and was high ly recommended by the inspec tor she will teach the languages and art elsses red cross benefit show sponsored by the claremont womens institute there will be presented in the community hall here on friday august 16th by the whitby citizens dairy the motion pictures the royal tour and other feature attractions the draw for the popular nosegay quilt prepared by the members of the red cross branch and for which tickets have been sold during the past few weeks will be i made at this time admission 25 and 10 cents you have again on this evening another opportunity to help your local red cross workers injured on brock road hill claude thompson of rhodes ave toronto was seriously in- coal feed cement order your next winters coal before prices advance further we deliver anywnere salt for curring and feeding land tile 3 4 and 6 inch sizes cement at warehouse or delivered poultry feeds and concentrates s w hastings phone 169 stouffville two creamery services 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 stouffville creamery co open tuesday thursday and saturday evening jured and removed by ambul ance to a city hospital on fri day night when the car which he was driving turned over on tie brock road just opposite the 7th concession pinning him underneath dr s s ball of stouffville and constable nor ton were called to the scene it is understood that the steering shaft broken on the thompson car just as it was rounding the curve at the top of the grade and the machine spun around turning over several times and landing in the west ditch big day here saturday the recently postponed foot ball game ard dance here is scheduled for this saturday evening august 10th the en tire proceeds of the day will go to the park board for the con tinued upkeep of these com munity grounds toronto cormacks and claremont league leaders in the south ontario loop will kick off at 530 st in the evening there will be dancing in the community hall to the strains of barnetts orchestra both modern and old tyme danc ing refreshment booths will be handy and all are asked to boost this village event will receive county office mr jack norton recently appointed constable of clare mont is expected to be sworn in almost immediately to the on tario county police staff salary attached to the job by the vill age trustees is 50 a year for some time the village went without a constable when mr miller removed his residence to oshawa and several breakins and accidents occurred that necessitated someone with authority to investigate the new constable is now on the job and his place of business is cen trally located near the post office where he can usually be reached at any time helped star fresh air fund al and bob harvey recent- 1 it again if called on at his ly returned from england were j home in brougham residents in pickering when lately so many trips have their father bert harvey kept been made by al and bob to the store at greenwood now england that they are now they are top notch entertainers called the pond jumping can- doing their part for the boys atadians last night they appear- war in keeping up the spirits ofed at the eaton auditorium in everybody which is so essential i the interest of the star fresh to success their remarkable i air fund for the first time since talent may well be attributed to returning from entertaining the their father who is no mean troops in england the famous new dates for reopening school the public schools throughout ontario will not reopen on the usual date this year at the be ginning of september but will remain closed until monday september 16 in the case of continuation and high schools the opening is being delayed until october 1st all boys and girls who can do so are asked to offer then- services to farm ers to help harvest the present crop a serious emergency exists in ontario at the present time the department of labor at queens park points out which is due to enlistments and the stepping up of factory work be cause of this the decision has been reached to delay the time of reopening all schools that those on the farm now and others may offer their services in the harvest fields it is ex pected that the time lost in re opening schools will be made up during the term entertainer himself and manys the time he filled in the breach and talked for an hour at some county affair making the crowds laugh until their sides were sore grade fields was on the same program but this is not the first time the greenwood boys have entertained alongside the fam ous star greenwood is naturally alsike yield only fair the alsike acreage in this dis trict is very small this year and the yield from that sown is only fair it is understood that the cold wet weather re- today bert harvey could doproud of its family bees and partially accounts for york county council the dom- the short crop frank wagg inion experimental farm and near altona threshed four acres ontario agricultural college last weekend which turned out 15 bushels the quality of the seed however was reported as very good henry johnson on the 9th of pickering received about the same return from his crop while reeve william are this year cooperating in further research and demon stration work in both that dis trict and the zephyr area plans have been made for a field meeting on wednesday after noon and the potato growers of reesor discontinued his thresh- i york and ontario counties all ing because of the very low i had an opportunity to visit yield and inspect the plots i meeting at the farm of douglas campbell 1 miles north of mount albert the group heard a discussion of j varieties and treatments by mr j a brown who is inj charge of these plots and also potato growers plots visited following up the potato work done in the mount albert dis trict for the past two years by suited in the inactivity of thethe agricultural committee ofidr g p mcrostie of the a wonderful dog mr and mrs fowler of detroit passing through mount forest recently on their way to dundalk were accompanied by their clog valued at 600 a handsome black german police dog which has been trained as a seeing eye we have read about these intelligent canines but never before saw one pilot ing its master along the street observed a citizen of mount forest to the local newspaper there oac field husbandry de partment the plots on gordon rynards farm 1 mile east of zephyr was visited and discus sed by norman parks who is in charge of similar work in the alliston area followed by an address and demonstration on potato diseases and their con trol by mr john tucker of the experimental farm national registration is a plan to mobilize and direct our human resources to assist canada in the present crisis when you regis ter you will receive a certificate convenient for card pocket tangible evidence that you have complied with govern ment regulations it is not only a record for the government it is also for your protection as such you will be required to carry this card with you at all times its presentation can be demanded at any time by the proper authorities everyone can help to keep the cost of this registration at a minimum the government is asking the cooperation of all publicminded citizens in the work of regis tration you can help by getting in touch with your local registration officials and offering your services registration dotes augilst 20 w where to register registration offices arc being set up by electoral districts in the same manner as in the last dominion election registrants arc required to register in the regular polling sub divisions of their own constituencies but should a registrant be in some other province or district out of the regular polling subdivision on registration days he or she may register at any registration office convenient upon satisfactory explanation to the local deputy registrar penalty for nonhegistration failure to register will make any male or female married or single over the age of 16 years liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprison ment and moreover to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for each day after the day upon which he should have registered during which he shall continue to be unregistered published under the authority of hon james g- gardiner minister of national war services n3tg