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the stouffville tribune thursday december 19th 1940 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent tribunes for sale at kakers ftroc- cry anil at i matthews lirougluun reports are that mrs william dickinson is not improving in health united church christmas tree anil concert next monday dec 23rd mr and mrs oscar barher were in uxbridge visiting one day last week mrs john gauslln visited with her sisterinlaw mrs p lee during the past week mrs ed lewis and daughter irene spent a day in toronto last week mr and mrs william brown have both been in poor health the past tew days mrs paltenden and children were in toronto visiting relatives recent ly quite a number from here attend ed the funeral of the late mrs henry wideman last week mr and mrs charles symes of he 5th concession have moved into he william palmer house here in olaremont a further group of young men in quiet parsonage wcddin a quiet wedding was solemnized at the united church parsonage on saturday december 14th when xorina beverly daughter of mr and mrs george beverly of clarcmont was united in marriage with gordon benson son of llr and mrs milton benson rev i e kennedy perform ed the ceremony new snowplows operating the new suowplows recently pur chased by pickering township are row in operation and ready to keep concession lines cleared when the next big blow comes along it is re ported that one of the plows accidently took to the ditch while on a trial run near greenwood but min or trouble of this sort might well be expected until the outfit has plowed their first course and become accustomed to the road seriously injured in accident mr jos fair local elevator pro prietor suffered a broken nose and his daughter required several stitch es to facial cuts injuries which they christmas shopping wih christmas goods on dis play and filling the shelves of our stores and with the invitations to thop at home as extended in our for one never kuowl columns the public claremont and district received their sustained one night last week when we had given away all our pictures and other things but we are living in times when those things dont matter much you hear of the englishmans home being bis castle well it was so at one time but not now from one night to another if he shall have a home it is really fear ful and certainly keeps us on our knees those land mines will take down a street of houses but so far we have only had one cracked win dow at the bottom of our street their is a crater large enough to put a house in our church has had some slight damage we now hold ser vices in the school hall ralph who attended school here and in stouffville is stationed with the royal air force and is now fly ing a fourengined bomber and muriel who is in the hospital is busv mending broken bones trust you will have a real happy christmas yours truly a m stephens a choice and quality of goods and personal service on the part of the town merchants and sales staffs which will give pleasure and satis faction to the shopper there is little doubt that sel- has assurance again this year of j fish extravagant purchases of the luxurious things of life will be curbed under war conditions yet there are children the less for tunate and the shutins to whom a ray of christmas joy means more than can be td new sensational utterly different j0 personal radio imolkham visitors hit ry train lotice to report for military service ast week mrs aitkin and daughter of tor- nto visited with friends here re- ently the annual christmas tree sup- er and entertainment of the bap- ist church sunday school will be teld this friday dec 20th mr and mrs floyd jones and amily of brooklin visited with mrs i bushby on sunday miss laura powell daughter of mrs ira powell has gone to toronto o spend the winter with her ister mrs f midgely mr aitkin formerly of the bank f commerce staff here has received commission with a branch of the janadian army and is now stationed it camp borden a special white gift service of the jnited church sunday school will e held in the united church on sunday dec 22nd at 10 am these ifts so urgently needed will o to he fred victormission in toronto special christmas services will be leld in the united church next sunday dec 22nd appropriate christmas music will be featured by he choir while the pastor will rng a christmas message mr frank barclay has a new ruck in operation on a section of oad in the port perry district which to is understood to be snowplowing or the county rev and mrs walter daniel were n toronto for a few days last week ind while there mrs daniels gave an iddress to the women of mount ennis baptist church at a luncheon neeting visitors at the home of mrs ed jleeson last weekend were mr vilbur gleeson of toronto a son ind mrs m j wilker wife of a ormer claremont school principal nd who is a daughter of mrs glee- ons work is going ahead on the jiew torage building being erected at the an- elevators and just west of the iresent buildings morley symes of oodwood is doing the work mr arr purchased an old elevator ullding in uxbridge last year and umber from this will go into the obstruction on his claremont remises sreaks collaritoiir mr fred lee son of mrs p lee f claremont had the misfortune to ueak his collarhone recently when e was accidently knocked down by cow the injured man will stay vith his mother here in the village intil he has fully recuperated their car collided with another en route from the city mr fair is un derstood to have been following another car which made a sudden skid on the icy road throwing it crossway and directly in the path of the fair machine which collided headon claremont gels n liijr lemon mr harry porter local tonsorial artist is proudly displaying a lemon tree in his shop window which is now bearing fruit three in mimlter the largest lemon which is just beginning to ripen is 12 inches around and is judged to weigh about a pound mr porter says thai th tree is twenty years old although it lias only been in his possession for 12 years has borne fruit ever since he got it the tree blossoms about april which is the real beautytime in both color and fragrance of scent former resident buried here former resident of claremont some forty years ago the late mrs jane graham wife of william gra ham was laid to rest in the union cemetery here last week mrs gra ham who passed away in toronto last wednesday will be remembered by the older members of the com munity as an ardent baptist church worker and both mr and mrs gra ham sang in the baptist choir for many years mr graham who un fortunately is ill in the hospital at present was a blacksmith while m claremont and operated the present shop run by mr lye little election talk pickering township council met for their final meeting of the year in the township hall brougham on monday when practically the entire business consisted of passing the fin al accounts for the year nomina tions for three councillors deputy- leevo and reeve will he held in the hall on december 30th enquiries among pickering farm ers show that while there is very little election talk at present an election was a possibility and es- farrs elevators claremont ont phone 38j or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds l fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay beat prices for grains socially since there will be two j vacancies to fill with the removal from the council of deputyreeve ileber down and councillor elmer powell who have both removed their place of residence from the munici pality there is much interest in the township today on the possibility of the establishment of a huge in dustry land for which has already been negotiated for by the govern ment it is admitted that in this eent a boom would strike the town ship former pastor writes from england a letter just received from rev a m stevens former claremont and stouffville pastor reads as follows i dont know whether you are still looking for us over or if you have heard we were detained at the last moment we expected to be on a ship that recently went down and then found out we were booked for the one following i was going as a chaplain and as you can guess we were terribly disappointed so we started to unpack our trunks but 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 skidding on the icy road as he sought to stop his car at the cpjr crossing on brock road herbert scott his wife and daughter of 70 milliceht street toronto escaped from the stalled vehicle as an east- bound freight train struck a few moments later reducing the auto to u reckage the accident occurred just south of brougham saturday afternoon the scott family was on the way to brougham as the car approached the crossing mr scott saw the train and applied the brakes the car skidded turning around with the front of the vehicle directly in the path of the oncoming train the three occupants made a hur ried exit while mr scott sought to tlag the train unable to stop in time the train struck hurling the wreck age off to the side of the track what a gift to charm the heart of the recipient if a woman what a gift for the young man or old this handful of radio can be carried and used any where at any time radios newest sensation camera sizepersonal as a purse the new rca victor personal ofliv radio weighs only 4a lbs and meas- ures 878 x 31116 x 3 inches open the lid to play close it to stop and such astonishing volume con baiteria i shoulder strap and clarity from this tiny marvel ctbmjwwbhf available at sli extra cost all prices quoted do not include tax claremont chas cooper ontario cjlest vwe omet while we celebrate this season of goodwill in comfort our brothers sisters and comrades across the sea live neath the shadow of death death let loose from the skies by the monstrous hordes of nazidom and paganism at this season we are particularly reminded of the debt we owe to those whose service and sacrifice make it possible for us to enjoy our christmas midst the carefree happiness of children and fond parents those valiant men who patrol the skies man the ships stand by the guns and place their all even unto life itself between us and the enemy how can we pay our debt to them the least we can do is to save every dollar that we can and lend it to canada so that canada can provide everything in munitions and equipment to fortify these men for the defence of our country and our civilization our savings should be invested in war savings certificates and we should continue to save and invest in war savings certificates until victory is won the widows mite counts as much as the more fortunate ones plenty as evidence of service sacrifice and determination so then whatever else you do at this christmas season save and invest in war savings certificates the very consciousness of your service in the defence of your homeland will make greater your personal enjoyment of christmas w- h somrvilu and d gasp baubin joint floftoaol chostmmn war savings committee ottawa