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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday april 10th 1941 page nine claremont bv staff correspondent to replenish pheasant stock mrs thos condy visited with mrs j bushby on friday last mr and mrs wm palmer have returned home from a visit to the latters nephews mr and mrs hugh pugh orillia mrs ira powells auction sale next tuesday april 15 mrs jess wardens little son has been under the doctors care this past week mrs frank disney ol mount zion visited on wednesday at the home of mr and mrs george scott mr and mrs frank loyst attend ed the funeral of mr loysts brotherinlaw mr kimherley of toronto last week the deceased suffered a slight stroke a couple of weeks ago while attending the fun- ral of mr lloysts brother doug reynolds is now improving in health although he has been con fined to his bed until just recently miss s e evans who has been in rather poor health is improving mr and mrs reuben besse of stayner were here visiting with mrs besses brother mr fred evans last week one of our late cases of measles has been out of school for a few days his name is dougald mcmurchy mr and mrs sam stephenson of oshawa called on friends here re cently mrs h snitzel of london out also mr john howe of winnipeg were here on monday attending the funeral of their father the late richard how who passed away so suddenly last week the choir of the danforth ave baptist church toronto will be pre sent to present their easter contata on friday evening april 11th the contata is entitled christ the sacrifice come along and enjoy this fine entertainment silver collec tion will be taken mr g m forsyth was the only prize winner at the recent ontario county seed fair at beaverton from this section and he carried off a first for red clover and third for nobarb barley the regular meeting of the clare- mont womens institute will be held on thursday afternoon april 17th at 230 pm at the home of mrs i dobking the guest speaker will be mrs bert harvey of brougham the district president kindly note the change in date removed to hospital mrs ira powell who has been confined to her bed for nearly a year now was removed to the brier- bush hospital stouffville last week end her health remains much the same mrs powells household effects are being disposed of at an auction sale here next tusday april 15th engagement mr and mrs loss hill of clare- mont announce the engagement of their youngest daughter dora ilean to mr william hicks son of mrs g hicks of whitby and the late mr hicks the marriage will take place in the latter part of april richard how at rest our esteemed and aged citizen richard how who died in what seemed tragic suddenness while at tending a masonic banquet in tor onto was buried with masonic hon ors service at the baptist church was largely attended the rev wal ter daniels and rev i e kennedy officiating the masonic lodge also conducted their ritual service in an impressive manner pall bearers were messrs thos patterson stewart graham irwin dopkiug lloyd johnson howard malcolm hugh pugh elderly resident struck by car mr tomlinson father of our local doctor x f tomlinson was acci- dectly struck by a car one evening last week while walking on the road just opposite the doctors home the car was driven by mr macmiddleton who failed to see the elderly pedes trian in the dark the circumstances concerning the accident are rather obscure but it is believed that mr tomlinson slipped on the road just as the car approached the injured man is in his soth year and his condition has been very critical although some slight improvement was seen the first of the week local young people win drama trophy the young peoples drama group of the claremont united church are the proud prize winners of a hand some trophy won for their drama presentation at whitby on saturday evening entitled the light at the window the local group are under the leadership of rev i e kennedy and competed for this county prize against oshawa and bowmanville the cup has been competed for among various organizations for a number of years but this years win is more gratifying in the fact that this is the first time claremont soci ety has competed we have been asked to announce that the same play will be given by our local young people in the community hal following the evening church services next sun day night this is an easter play with a religious background to farm jfear claremont on saturday afternoon march 29th 1941 the marriage was solem nized of john son of mr and mrs charles empringham of mt zion and blanche daughter of mr and mrs edward lee of oshawa the nuptials took place at prince albert ontario rfrt the residence of the rev joseph denny a former minister of the bride who perform ed the ceremonny in the presence of a few selected friends the grooms man was mr norman e wilson and his wife sister of the bride was bridesmaid the bride wore a light blue dress with hat to match and the bridesmaid was attired in queen elizabeth blue also with hat to match the happy couple left to spend their honeymoon in ottawa and off returning anticipate taking up resi dence on the farm of the groom at claremont the family of the bride have resided for several years in the township of reach and are highly respected it was decided at a mewling of the pickering township game committee to replenish the supply of pheasants iu the town ship by hatching eggs in the township rather than getting live birds from the department the committee reported that last years assignment from the department was of such poor quality that only u small per centage of the birds survived tor very long three hundred birds lmil been brought out at this time the matter of paying a boun ty for foxes was also discussed fov pelts are bringing from s3 to s farrs elevator claremont ont phone 38j or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds j fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains brougham mr and mrs m routley and son of brookliu called on friends i cently mr and mrs e l crocker of toronto were guests of her brother on sunday mr c bate of port hope visited his aunt mlss ida bate on friday last mr cecil hart and family of cal- ander have moved into the burrows house lately vacated by mrs hicks we extend our congratulations to mr alex albright who recently celebrated his s8th birthday and is still hale and hearty mr and imrs charles hutchings of brooklin visited his sister mrs o wilson recently mrs charles storey and family visited at the homo of mr and mrs comes into pickering each year the matter was left for future discussion assessor johnson said he was pro ceeding with the tax sale set for may 16 and that he expected that the number of properties offered would be cut iu half before the date of the auction seventeen properties are now listed for a total of 1700 tax arrears relief accounts passed totalled 200 and the roll showed ten famil ies receiving aid road accounts totalled 103123 high producing cows the following cows and their milk producing record recently establish ed are owned by lloyd turner of stouffville and they were described i by rex frost recently for canadian records for 4-year- jolds milked three times daily finish ing in february model abbeck prilly 323345 finished second with 23309 lbs milk and s02 lbs fat in 3s5 days four records in 1940 honor list i which includes only the first five of any class during the year milked twice daily 4th in 4yearolds betsy roebuck dixie 3075s2 in 365 days with 20252 lbs milk and 674 lbs fat first in two year olds tor milk and 3rd for fat in 365 days betty coronation sylvia 359121 1s356 lbs milk and 645 lbs fat 2nd for milk and 2nd for pine grange duchess340714 in 365 days with 17842 lbsmilk and 661 lbs fat coronation betty sylvia in 305 days division 2nd for milk and 3rd for fat with 15943 and 541 lbs fat coal and feed cement tile and salt s w hastings phone 169 stouffville pickering council will regulate new wildcat businesses chief business of pickering town ship council during their regular session held in brougham hall on monday was the discussion on new bylaws to regulate the various wild cat businesses which were arising in the south of the municipality due to the erection of the new govern ment munitions plant there jos branigan president of this newly created pickering ratepayers association spoke to council concern ing the various businesses which this body deemed it necessary for the council to regulate and they includ ed trailer camps building bylaws transient traders cabs busses busi ness assessment willi regard to the trailers it was pointed out that every citizen in the village or nearby who had any available space would have several in his yard if they were not licensed in some way and that would create a sanitary problem as well as a nuisance one there were a dozen such outfits set up in the village al ready it was said the new building bylaw will prohibit the erection of shacks or tourist cabins for use as permanent dwellings it was requested that the transient traders license be in creased from 50 to 300 over a hundred cars are employ ed already in bringing men to and fro to the plant to work and all are paying taxi fare stated deputy reeve heber down various opinions were expressed on what fee should be levied on these conveyances and they varied from 10 and 5 for each additional outfit to 5 for the first and 3 for each additional a deputation from a south sub division waited on council in an en deavour to have a section of road repaired it was suggested that this particular piece of road which has been cut to pieces with the heavy traffic be resurfaced and the coun cil to pay 40 pc of the cost over a period of three years after which the road would become a township liability an appeal was received for a don ation from two members of the brooklin spring fair board the gentlemen slated that this was the only spring fair in the county and that from 60 to s0 in prize money frank gostick mrs don mccullough- of clare mont visited her parents frank and mrs hamm mr w j brown and family of toronto were guests of his father mr t c brown who celebrated his 84th birthday on friday april 4th mr and mrs hugh gannon intend to move to oshawa where he has secured work mrs j hanley of stratford is spending a week with her aunt miss i ate the womens institute are plan ing an achievement day to be held in the hail on april 10th mr rush will be the speaker for the afternoon all men are invited to at tend this session the w li s held a very success ful meeting on wednesday after noon when four quilts were com pleted mrs h malcolm mrs j knox mrs fred cassie and mrs t norton attended the womans missionary meeting of the oshawa presbytery held at brooklin on friday last a very successful euchre party was held at th home of mr and mrs l matthews on thursday evening when the sum of 1700 was donated to the war victims fund the prlzo winners were ladies 1st mrs f carter ladles 2nd mrs b harvoy gents 1st mr harvey gents 2nd mr r brown big news for farmers agnes macphail former member of parliament for greybruce and one of can adas bost informed authorities on agricultural problems is now writing exclusive articles based on her wide experience of the past and her observations today for kt uht ititft jtbtil 9 traditional friend and spokesman for the farmer in its news columns and on its edi torial page the globe and mail has taken this further step to extend allout editorial assistance to the farming industry that this help is appreciated is shown in the whole hearted endorsation given by h h hannam president of the canadian federation of agriculture who says the editor the globe and mail t dear sir i wish to commend and congratulate the globe and mail npon the excellent work which it has been doing recently in giving prominence and generous space to news items of interest to farm people particularly are farm people grateful for the excellent editorials which you have carried from time to time and which indicate a very real understanding of the economic position of tlio farmer and the difficulties which he is up against your championing of his cause editorially is particularly encouraging at the same time since agriculture is and must be the basis of our economy you are performing a valuable service to canada as a whole this is all the more necessary and beneficial because agriculture has not had a voice in the councils of the nation commensurate with its importance may i add a personal word of appreciation for the fine effort which the globe and mail is making and which will undoubtedly help to get a fair break for the folks on the land h h hannah president oanadian federatfon of agriculture order your globe and mail front your dealer postmaster or rural mail courier today