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the tribune stouffville ont thursday nov 21 1940 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent copies of the tribune are on sale every week at the ernie- baker grocery miss kathleen beelby spent satur day in toronto miss xlcglashen spent a few days recently in toronto it is reported that miss jean ward is in rather poor health mrs duncan morgan is visiting at the home of miss s e evans miss e brown of toronto was a weekend visitor with her sister mrs h g mclntyre mrs e stephenson of toronto visited with old friends here recent ly the bypu of the baptist chucrh held their regular meeting on monday evening mr goddard was guest speaker the little son of mr and mrs don hedges is at present sick wth the flu birth born to mr and mrs jess warden on tuesday nov 12 1940 a son roger lee mrs norman wilson of brooklin visited friends in the village on saturday miss hopkins of midland visited with mr and imrs harry porter recently miss enid cook of toronto visit ed over the weekend at her home here mr dimmerjon of toronto and formerly of claremont was in town on saturday called on many form er friends here visitors at the warden home on sunday were mr and mrs sykes also mr and mrs merle boose both of toronto mr william beaton of the phil lips plant oshawa was up to the village where he was a pallbearer for the eric pearce funeral miss clara seal of toronto and a former resident of the village attended the funeral here last week of the late eric pearce mrs a d peters of port perry perry visited with her daughter mrs george beverley and family for a few days recently mr and mrs roy morgan attend ed the funeral of a cousin alex thorns of dunbarton on saturday to the erskine church william porter who has been employed on the charles sargent farm on the north townline has tak en a new position with the arnold farms at pickering we understand four young men of this district have been called up for military service in the 22-year- farrs elevators claremont ont phone 3sj or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds l fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials wo pay best prices for grains old class to begin training this fri day mrs eric hudson and mrs gor don swallow have left on a trip to ottawa where they will attend the wedding of a sister in the capital city mrs w birkett and mrs w lehman spent friday at ringood visiting with mrs abner fluuier- feldt the brown family have been liv ing in the house owned by evajis ward left last week to make a new home in goodwood where imr brown has taken over 23 acres of land miss doris graham who lives just north of the village won a 500 prize iu one of the radios many quizz programs recently mr and imrs edgar ward were in the city on sunday where they visit ed stanley beaton who is confined to st michaels hospital where he recently underwent an operation for appendicitis mr beaton is employ ed on the ward farm the attendance at the united church sunday school on nov 10 was 130 which is a remarkable turn out and to be envied by many churches in places of much greater population the ladies circle of the baptist church will hold an open meeting at the parsonage on nov 27th when mrs daniels will speak on the sub ject mission work in the north the word for the roll call will be praise mr hinan is busy these days transporting several thousand cases of tomatoes from the walter symes canning factory here quite a last minute rush is on just prior to the close of navigation on the lakes in order that as many deliveries may be made via the water as possible a means of transport which is con siderably cheaper than by rail the hunting parties returned to town and surrounding neighborhood last weekend and tell some high tales of their prowess with a gun while in the north woods clare mont has the honor to have in its midst a hunter with the distinction of bringing down the largest bear to be caught in the north for some years details of this catch are found elsewhere in this issue reception friday rev and mrs walter daniel new pastor of the baptist church who recently took up residence here in the parsonage will be at hometo their friends on friday nov 22nd ironi 3 to 5 pm in the afternoon and in the evening from 7 pm on medical shortage in pickering it would appear that there is a definite shortage of medical men in pickering township at the present time up until a few weeks ago the municipality has been served by three doctors drs tomlinson pearson and cartwrsght through court proceedings of several weeks in which imr pearson of dnnbarton was involved this gentleman has been unable to practice while dr cartwright of pickering village had the misfortune to fall while on a hunting expedition recently injuring himself in such a manner that he too has been off duty this has left the entire weight of caring for the claremont ladies in winning war outshone all others work cash prize claremont ladies making up the shouldertothewheel club are certainly to be congratulated in winning the 25 award being given by the magizine canadian country man the judges commented most favorably on the outstanding work of the claremont group stating that it would serve as a line inspir ation for other war workers the local ladies far outshone any of the other entries and their accomplish ment should certainly be a strong incentive of groups in the district who might undertake similar pro jects as explained by mrs h g mclntyre president claremont be gan with a red cross branch of five units which quickly worked up all available funds as a result during last winter the womens institute divided into groups and and put on different forms of entertainment to raise money and in this way made it possible for the work to be carried on during the summer when the need for refugee help became urgent the claremont group sponsored by the w i and assisted by the ladies of the com munity began to make quilts and clothing in august tickets were sold on a quilt which netted ss700 from june 4th to october 1st 100 quilts including refugee and finer quilts have been made and 550 taken in several of the quilts sold have gone to toronto to chicago snd to ottawa for the contest the thirteen mem ber of the group comprising the shouidertothewheel gloup made the following list during the month just ended mens knitted articles 23 pairs socks 7 pairs mitts 3 pairs rifle mitts 6 sweaters 2 scarfs 1 pair wristlets mens and bays articles 12 large size hospital bedgowns 12 suits pyjamas g mens work shirts 6 suits boys pyjamas 5 p3ir boys pants windbreaker ladies articles 6 ladies dresses g ladies dresses g ladies slips 7 ladies aprons 12 pair ladies bloomers 6 ladles nightgowns girls articles 1 knitted parka g dresses 6 skirts g blouses 9 dresses 6 nighties 1 cloth fur- trimmed parka 12 pairs panties 12 slips 4 knitted sweaters g childrens coats baby garments 6 nighties g dresses 6 slips 6 baby jackets 6 pairs booties 12 bands 3 knitted bonnets l knitted sweater is diapers other articles 12 terry towels 24 pillowcovers pieced and quilt ed 20 refugee quilts served a hot supper followed by games and made 3625 gave war saving stamps for prizes held a euchre and cleared 875 served suppers to bowlers and cleared s75 pieced quilted and sold 15 quilts and after taking out expenses cleared 6700 held an exhibition of the groups months work and charged 10c admission from this was made 1170 the thirteen ladies who compris ed the claremont club are mrs will birkett mrs d a pugh mrs h g mclntyre imrs condy mrs ham mond mrs jno coates mrs hud son mrs roy ward mrs w p jones airs frank barclay mrs ernie baker mrs will porter and mrs wallace apples fre5h from canadas world famous orchards these big rosy apples arc ripe and delicious good eating cither fresh or cooked order a generous quantity from your fruit t market today marketing service dominion department of agriculture ottawa honourable jaracs gardiner minuter tjuxfjie good and good for you coal feed cement order your next winters coal before prices advance further we deliver anywhere 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 township ills on dr n f tomlin son over 400 attend supper over 400 hungry people had their wants taken care of at the fowl supper sponsored by the united church here last week close to s200 will be realized from the affair the stouffville orchestra was present and provided some supper music for the big crowd which was much appreciated despite the rath er unfortunate circumstances which surrounded the drama put on by local talent the program went off without a hitch mrs eric pearce who held the leading roll was un able to take her part due to the un fortunate passing of mr pearce on the day previous mrs d booth who had been assisting with the getting up of the play tilled in the gap on short notice and did a fine jol farmer overcome in barn death followed shortly working in the horse stable on the farm of douglas beach at siloam walter norton native of ux- bridge township who lives with his son alvin norton near the beach home was overcome with weakness of some nature and fell unconscious behind the animals this was just after the noon hour on thursday and within half an hour he was found by murray paisley who happened to enter the stables he was rushed into the beach home and given first aid but died in a short time he was in his g2nd year deceased had heen drawing in com all morning but appeared to have suffered a heart attack fortun ately when he fell to the floor he landed clear of the horse he was near as ho had not been bruised in any way the funeral on saturday after noon to uxbridge with service in the fifth line church was very largely attended the deceased is survived by his wife and by three sons and one daughter namely george of lindsay alvin with whom the father lived at siloam and finley in the midland battalion stationed at lindsay the only daughter is mrs harvey derusha of lindsay brothers of the deceased were dan norton uxbridge joe on the 5th of uxbridge and abram of whitby mrs mason in barrle was a sister alexander thom alexander thorn 77 a lifelong resident of pickering township died thursday at his home an active member of erskine united church mr thorn was on the board of managers surviving are his widow one daughter mrs frank white and one sister miss agnes thorn county council meets november s ontario county council has been cilled by warden leslie a imcmui- len to meet at the court house on monday afternoon november 25th at two oclock for the final session of the year so far as is known now there is no contentious question on the docket for this session although anything is liable to come up business of the session will be largely routine with all of the com mittees reporting the thankoffering meeting of he mission circle will meet at the baptist parsonage on wednesday nov 27 at 8 pm when imrs daniel will speak on our work in northern ontario the men of the congre gation will have charge of the de votional also the musical part of the program the key word being praise you are invited brougham messrs david and charles lls- combe of toronto visited at the home of their father on sunday mr albert harvey of toronto called on friends on sunday miss mary malcolm of toronto spent sunday at her home here mr thomas robertson had a business trip to toronto one day re cently mr and mrs hunter who torm- ully lived in the gannon apartment have moved to liverpool earl bell suffered a sprained knee juring a friendly scuffle recently and has been off work he is a thresher with dean mairs imessrs alex eli and son norman mairs of scugog were recent guests at the home of their cousin mr dean mairs a very pleasant evening was spent at the home of wm gray jr on wednesday last when about 3s friends and relatives gathered to help mr gray celebrate his birth day mr and mrs k madill of roachs point visited his parents mr and mrs fred imadill over the weekend we extend our sympathy to mrs charles storry whose father the late t c gostick died at his home in stouffville it was with deepest regret that we learn of the death of mr wm devit at his home in brooklin mr and mrs devit were well and lavor- ably known in our midst having lived for a number of years on the homestead just east of the village now occupied by his son carl mr d mairs and family visited at the home of d dawson of clare mont on sunday the firemen held their euchre and dance in the hall on friday night with a good crowd in atten dance the prize winners were ladies 1st miss ruby booth ladies 2nd mrs arch bunker gents 1st gordeii philip and gents 2nd imr a bunker miss nora ham has been laid up with a severe attack of flu we hope lor a speedy recovery mr and mrs fred dingman of whitby had dinner with a b and mrs matthews on sunday the w i held their regular meeting on tuesday last at the home of mrs m hamilton and rev i kennedy gave a very interesting talk on peace and present condi tions there was a fine display of work done by members for red cross and war relief an invitation was accepted to visit brooklin wi at their meeting on nov 27th attendance was 45 roll call was answered by suggestions for peace slid home mesdams hamilton beer mairs and imadill served a dainty lunch citizen taxpayer employer consumer el ave you ever thought of your bank as a citizen taxpayer employer and consumer your bank strives to be a good citizen to render a useful service for a moderate 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