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the tribune stcuffville ont thursday february 6 1941 page seven glaremont bv staff correspondent mr charles wags spent a few ays visitlug in toronto recently miss clara xeal of toronto visit ed her aunt mrs ayres recently miss edna taylor also miss irene lswls spent a day recently with mr md mrs wid miller of oshawa master blake evans is back to school again after suffering from lie chicken pox miss mabel gibson took suddenly ill during the past week mr percy tarr proprietor cf the stouffville monument works was in ovn last week mr george redshaw has enraged everett hammond to work on his arm this coming season mr and mrs r cooper of water- ord spent the weekend at the home if dr and mrs n f tomlinson mrs fred morley we understand assisting mrs carter of balsam vhu is in very poor health mr and mrs alvin bushby called n mr bushbys mother on sunday urs j bushby mrs wm hill is at present visit- ng with her son and family mr and mis morgan hill mr and mrs levi gibson mrs lohnson also miss withers of toronto called at the home of the ate mrs lee on sunday we wish to report that the child- en of mrs olive mcmurchy are 1m- ioving in health mrs fred ward has returned ter a visit with her niece and hus- laud mr and mrs carl dbpking of familton record attendance for scholars the united church sunday school luring tile month of january was 00 we understand several of the ovs from this district have received heir notices to go to newmarket or training with the next call up his month the young people of the united hureh send a hearty thank you to iessrs farr and hinan for li-ans- orting them to uxbridge for their kating party last week miss mary morgan is back to ork again at the loyst canning actory having been absent from er post a few days suffering from lie flu mrs ben kilpatrick has returned torn a visit with mr and mrs cas ey near peterborough mr caskey i a former school teacher in ciare- lont mr fred lion has been assisting ith the work on the george coates irm since that family has been uffering from an epidemic of sick- ess airs ted lintner is at present acuperating with her mother mrs ill tindall mrs lintner recently nderwent several minor operations throat and nose the lintners ill work the sergeant farm on the iwnline this coming year che village square looked like the eadquarters for a road builders invention on saturday of last week no less then three snownlows imbered into town at the same time pickerings new outfit a new jisel remover belonging to the ounty and barclays new truck ow mr and mrs thomas coates of xbridge accompanied by mrs john jates visited recently with mrs u gauslin mr coates is employ- 1 in the factory at uxbridge where army blankets are being turned out a shower was held on wednesday evening it the home of mr and mrs ljn pilkey when the uewlyweds mr and mrs ken dopking were the recipients ol a host of beautiful gifts froi their many friends in the com munity mr and mrs leonard lye of clureniont received a letter from ther daughter at coventry england in which she stated that she had en absent from her home during the night of the heavy raid made on tint city by the germans recently and on returning found her home in rins oiliest kosillenl hi we are sorry to report that mrs lynn oldest resident in the village is in very poor health mrs lynn is over 90 years of age measles spreading the measles are certainly getting around in this section and we inoerstand that altona only had 14 oat of 2s pupils present at their school last week the sanderson ward and prouse families are the most recent to be hit by the epidemic clieekei most tournament of the villas farrs elevators claremont ont phone 381 or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds j fencing and fonce posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains checker sharks including messrs harry porter dalton and linton were ex pected to oppose one another in the community hall on monday evening in a local checker tournament a supper was also being served on this occasion by the w a of the united church injured in face mr gordon gauslin one or our young farmers happened with nasty accident recently while he was endeavouring to twist some wire he v as using in a piece of repair work the wire suddenly broke striking him iu the face the force of the blow and the cuts incurred have kept mr gauslin off work for a few days but he is able to be about again this week messaro from overseas head hi church the very fine letter from rev h r stephens london england and published in this paper last week was read by rev w daniels in the baptist church last sunday and the former parishoners here of mr stenhens were deeply touched by the message copies are still avail able by calling the tribune omce 5c by mail xiinieroiis accidents al dugmur traffic has been heavy through the village the last couple of week ends with hundreds of ski enthusi asts heading for dagmar last week end a train of fifteen coaches brought city folk to this hill para dise while the week before a dozen cars formed the sunday special numerous accidents have been re ported this year from the resort and only last sunday two cases with broken legs were hauled into the ciuh houso on toboggans third xoiniiintioii fruitless the third successive nomination moating in the village to elect a third trustee failed to bring orth any more prospects than had hie two previous meetings one wellknown villager told the tri- inni that since the men were so hesitant about taking over the job he had lined up three of the town ladits who would be glad to take ovai this reporter in his weekly scout about the village has yet to find any prospect for the position and yet it would seem almost im perative that someone be lined up to fill the gap to make a fourth meet ing worthwhile old resident burled mrs thomas lee one of the old est residents of claremont died last week at her late residence in her 7ith year mrs lee had been active in village activities up till a short tme before her death she was keenly interested in current events jand was a member of the claremont united church funeral services were held from her late residence on monday interment was in clare mont union cemetery surviviiig are two sons fred and albert of clare mont mrs lee was the former mary gauslin special collection for war victims a special collection for the biitish war victims fund will be aken in the claremont churches on sunday february 1g committee for baptist church thos patersou james coat es edgar ward united dr toinlin son james mccullough david dwson mrs h g mclutyre mrs j henry johnson contributions may be left at the bank of commerce claremont or with any memberof the committees the need is urgent the cause is worthy let everyone gie now and give generously claremont people share in estate two brothers two sisters and a niece share equally in the fl953055 estate of elizabeth condy spinster who died in the township of mark- ham last dec 3 according to the will just probated the estate is made up as follows book debts jti097g bank and other stocks sfto securities for money 9342- cash in bank 52s35 real estate 3000 the beneficiaries are johnson condy saskatchewan and thomas condy claiemont brothers ada dickinson claremont and jane r smith sisters alberta and ada harris niece claremont each re ceive 39001 each firl shipment goes out from keil cross this year the first shipment of goods to be sent from this red cross branch this year left the village this week a total of over 800 articles made up the bail quilting is to continue at various private homes for a few weeks yet after which all who can are asked to come to the bowling lub house to carry on the lueh needed work numerous quillings have been held recently at the andrew miller home fred mowders and also at hrignalls this week work was done on tuesday at the thomas condy hoe and on fri day evening the ladies are asked to assemble at mrs george scotts many complimentary remarks are heard concerning the outstanding work of our local red cross branch aid high praise has also been ten dered the claremont ladies by letter from headquarters this is everybodys war and everybodys work and the appeal for more and more aid is urgent material is ready for anyone who can help so if you have not yet offered your services in any way come out this week stock safl taking cpaje goods slightly shelfw0rn goods hot in our line will be discontinued watch our west wihdow goods at half price or less away below cost riches hardware john booth of hamilton a theo logical student in chicago is mak ing use of his six years experience as a magician in hotels and night clubs to drive home points in his monthly sermons at st pauls con gregational church as you sow your good deeds so shall they bios som he told an audience of young people porducing a bouquet of ros es from an empty tube markham getting too large a share of school tax pickering is told coal and feed cement tile and salt s w hastings phone 109 stouffville pickering township is being held up by markham village for fifteen per cent more school costs than they have any right to pay was the con tention of g m forsyth when he addressed council at their regular session on monday afternoon according to mr forsyth markham high school are according to the school act only justified in demand ing 85 pc of the total cost of pupils attending that school from outside their area however the markham school is demanding and lias de manded on threat of expelling out side pupils a total one hundred per cent for such students a number of students who are within a much closer proximity to the claremont school than markham have never theless attended the larger insti tution and for which pickering has had to pay one hundred pel cent of the cost of their education at the same time said mr forsyth claremont school can barely make ends meet and per capita cost is high because of the small number of students attending mr george duncan of brougham brought a story to council of a lather rare yet unfortunate shooting which occurred on his farm one of mi duncans horses was shot re cently while taking a little exercise 3loe to the barn he valued the animal at 150 and wanted to know what council could do with regard the loss while council expressed full sympathy for the farmer they could not see their way clear to give any compensation in such a case which appeared purely between mr dun can and the one who fired the fatal shot the matter was turned over to the pickering game committee for investigation dr 10 mcewen addressed the members with regard to having a small house removed from a town ship roadway and which stands dir ectly in the line of an entrance which mr mcewen would like to establish into his property the occupant of the house in question who had stood before council last fall and stated his willingness to be moved and even jirought with him an offer of a neighboring farmer to nllow him to place his house over on his property is an aged pensioner when reminded by reeve william iteesor that last fall he had given his assent to wait until spring when council would remove the house dr mcewen merely stated that he had changed his mind and must have the building removed at once i domand action at once said the doctor and unless council takes it upon themselves to have this obstruction taken away i will do all in my power to force them to ili so xo immediate action was taken relief for the first month of the new year was 290 with thirteen families on the roll and thirtyone individuals general road accts passed totalled 29100 reeve rocsor presided and all members were present for this february council meeting held at brougham oshawa lawyer reported suing pickering twp pickering township council on monday learned they were being sued by h a newman kc of oshawa for alleged cutting of two tieer on sideroad opposite the new man farm in the township council admitted they had not been served in connection with such action but former councillor robert ruddy told council he had been subpoenaed also township clerk donald beaton intimated that he too had received a summons it was then apparent that the action against the township was about to be served any hour road supt roy ward said the two trees in question were cut down in the fall of 1939 and that he considered them worth only 200 the action will be heard in divi sion court at brougham on march 4 brougham mr b carter of green river spent sunday with a j and gray mr and airs wallace ellicott of toronto visited his parents mr and mrs wm ellicott over the weekend mrs f cassie was a recent guest of her sister mis feasliy of oshawa mr and mrs harold wright of stouffville called on friends one day last week mr albert matthews and dora were in toronto on sunday mrs matthews returning home with them after spending a week visiting friends in the city mrs henry shea of pickering was around renewing old acquaint ances last week congratulations to mr and mrs walter pascoe on the arrival of a little daughter mr fred wright of green river spent the weekend with his daughter mrs carl devitt and family miss kathleen bcelby who has a losition at the oshawa hospital spent the weekend at home mr wm jones of oshawa spent the weekend with bruce and mrs easton misses josephene stephenson and ruth miller of georgetown spent the weekend with mrs d stephenson tho w i have just completed another consignment of work for tho red cross the following is a list 13 suits of mens pyjamas 11 pairs mens socks 1 airforce blue sweat er mens turtle neck sweater mens 2 girls sweaters 2 goys sweaters 6 suits girls pyjamas 3 girl plaid skirls 3 blouse3 for same eiderdown kimina girls same eiderdown kimona girls down bcdjackets mens 3 pairs mitts i pair half mitts 1 pair wristlets 2 pair childrens mitts 10 handkerchiefs 27 doz diapers county asked to support farmers organization ontario county council in session was asked to support the formation of a branch of the federation of agriculture dominionwide farmers organization in ontario county h b turner provisional chairman of the fledging county organization anl frank chapman both of picker ing addressed council on the aims and requirements of the federation and asked that council consider a grant towards its development this is a national organization set up to represent farmers where legislation adversely affecting them is contemplated declared mr turn er presenting a manifesto recently passed by a provincial meeting of the organization outlining some of the farmers problems today frank chapman de clared were not making things go very well were not getting out on our financial obligations the way we should farmers in general had been slow m organizing and the result of this political inactivity had beer that thev had no voice to represent them as did industry and manufacturers mr chapman contended we must do something as a col lective body of farmers and until we do our case is hopeless he assorted urging all possible support of an ontario county council branch of the federation mr chapman stated that he had farmed in pickering for some years and that i doubt if there are many than i am yet im selling milk at five and a half cents per quart to a man who sells it for thirteen theres no equality in such a wide spread between price to producer and price to consumer he urged that council make as large a grant as possible as there are many expenses entailed in the work of getting a branch establish ed in this country in answer to a question from reeve fred h clay ton tlforah township mr chapman replied that mr turner had already been elected as provincial chairman and that a small meeting had been held in brooklin it will take money to organize on the proper basis asserted mr tur ner he stated that the group was already in receipt of a contribution from the county milk producers people farming more extensively e a innes agricultural repre sentative for ontario county asked the cooperation of council in con ducting a survey of farm labor available throughout the county in view of the shortage expected in the spring and summer our first aim is to get all the help available from single men the department of education will also gant one years standing to all pup ils of secondary schools who go to work on farms after easter the army is also being approached for leave for experienced men to help through the harvest and other busy seasons in certain fruit districts such as in the harvesting of apples female labor may be enlisted declared mr innes who is also acting in a temporary advisory committee as secretary of the feder ation group representatives of municipalities were asked to cooperate in obtain ing all possible information in their own centres big reduction in winter goods ladies and mens coats 35 ladies winter coals left to sell from 1250 up 20 mens overcoats to sell from 1000 to 1650 boys and girls coats 12 girls goats with muff and hat to match to clear at- 605 15 boys coats to sell from 495 to 695 blankets and hose flannelete blankets special value size 70x84 229 pr wool and cotton blankets 375 pr ladies fullfashioned hose first quality 59c pr extra special remnants of yama cloth woolette and flannelette at very reasonable prices ladies fullfashioned hose substandards to clear at 25c pr ladies felt hats reduced to sell at 100 all our winter goods arc reduced to clear including mens and boys underwear windbreakers sweaters pullovers ladies pullovers boys girls pullovers also a few ski suits left harry gold phone 273 en stouffville ont