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the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 17th 1941 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent birth born to mr and mrs ross redshaw on sunday april 13th 1941 a daughter miss doris hopkins of toronto is spending the easter holidays with mr and mrs e baker miss edna taylor visited on wednesday with mr and mrs wid miller oshawa master donnie warden is being forced to spend his holidays in bed under the doctors care miss harvey of toronto formerly of claremont visited friends here recently miss peggy overland of toronto is visiting with her aunt and uncle mr and mrs c a overland mr w mundell spent a short time in brampton visiting recently miss doreen peters and miss helen deckner of atlanta georgia have been visiting with miss peters aunts mrs elwood carruthers and mrs george beverly mr and mrs george lee of stouff ville called on friends here one day recently mrs j bushby is confined to the house through ill health miss bessie graham was home over the weekend mr and mrs cecil mantle of toronto visited one day recently with mr mantles sister and family mr and mrs fred redshaw a grass fire believed btarted by sectionmen along the railway south of here caught on a couple of hay stacks belonging to the misses whitsonboth stacks were a total loss mr and mrs mcmullen of oshawa spent easter with the latters par ents mr and mrs morgan pugb mrs rich wilson a wellknown resident of mt zion is reported in very poor health mr gordon spencely suffered severe burns one day last week when his clothing caught fire while he was burning grass along the cpr tracks he was removed to his home and is under the doctors care imrs fred morley who has been confined to her bed through illness is still not able to he out although slowly improving several farmers to the south of the village have been working on their land which is fast drying up friends of mrs schneider who re sides just east of claremont will be glad to know that her mother mrs woodland who was removed to the lockwood clinic is improving since her operation miss betty pretty was home from toronto for the easter holiday mr and mrs dave coates who have been living on a farm in the south of the township owned by heber down have now moved to mr downs new premises near brooklin mr marshall elson who has been working for mr r wellman for some time has been forced to return to christie st hospital where he is undergoing constant treatment mr elson spent some time in the hos- farrs elevators claremont ont phone 3sj or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds 1 fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains pital during xew years and was be lieved to be in good health again the lenten contata christ the sacrificewhich was rendered by the dauforth baptist choir of toronto in the baptist church hero on fri day evening proved a musical treat which a full hurch enjoyed the choir contains forty voices and has proved a great help to their pastor dr f orchard mrs olive mcmurehy and two sons are going back to her home in semaus sask immediately after the sale of mrs ira powells household goods this tuesday mrs mcmurehy has been living with her mother-in- law for some time we understand mr roy mcleod fs expecting to accompany them on sunday evening april 2lth the service in the local united church will be taken by the upper canada bible society rev f b allnutt will deliver the address on the triumph of gods work in africa lantern slides will be shown there will be no service in the baptist church in the evening trustee alf pretty and fire chief baker waited on pickering town ship council at the last regular meeting of that body and were given to understand that any increase paid for fire calls could apply to the claremont brigade as well as others in the municipality the council had offered pickering village an increase from 25 to 30 recently last week we reported the death of frederick nelson tomlinson at the home of his son here dr n f tomlinson but due to the short time this column made only brief mention of the fact the late mr tomlinson was born near uxbridge the son of pioneer parents and farmed in reach township until his retirement a few years ago he was a member of the united church his wife the former mary jane ward died nine years ago surviving sons and daughters are dr tomlinson claremont ambrose port arthur edward in british columbia har vey at schumacher gordon farm ing at richmond hill mrs william schmidt and mrs wilfred bower of hornepayne and mrs guy hunt of toronto claremont was practically isolated as far as highway traffic was con cerned last weekend all roads to stouffville were impassable the way to ashburn was a job for a horse the only way to negotiate the brock road either north or south was on the end of a tow rope there were no end of local farmers who had to bring their tractors or teams into play to rescue stranded motorists by monday morning only a couple of trucks were able to pull through the bog north of brougham and your local reporter along with several bread drivers travellers and milk drivers were unable to reach the village on sunday evening those of the young people who were to have taken part in the play to be given in the community hall failed to arrive however the program went ahead and those present all report favorably on the presentation the ontario government will be asked to appoint two agricultural representatives to serve ontario county instead of one as at present mr m f chapman stated that he was communicating with the hon gordon d conantkc attorney general of ontario and representa tive at queens park of this riding pointing out that with the office centred in uxhridgo the south part of the country was not being gfven sufficient attention brougham mr and mrs g seebeck of mark- ham visited with his mother and sister on easter sunday mr and mrs donald witter and daughter of montreal and mrs r w wilter of toronto were guests of l aud mrs matthews on good friday mrs wright misses josephene stephenson and ruth miller of georgetown were holiday guests at the home of mrs d stephenson several of our business men of the illage entertained the brougham jockey team at the maple leaf arena on monday last miss gladys gannon rx and friend of toronto visited her mother and grandmother on sunday after noon mr frank kobinson aud son of goderieh called on mr and mrs l matthews one day last week mr and mrs fred woodward of elgin mills visited at the gannon home on sunday the brougham firemen and the local branch of the womens insti tute are holding a dance in the town ship hall on april 23rd smiths orchestra in attendance entire pro ceeds for telegram british war victims fund a very pleasant evening was spent in the hall on tuesday even ing when a number of friends and relatives of miss merle hopkins and mr jas holtly met to tender them a miscellaneous shower a number of useful and valuable presents were received by the young couple after which the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing the w i held their regular meeting in the hall on tuesday afternoon the president mrs har vey was in charge arrangements were made for the summary day to be held april 16 mrs thomas robertson gave a very interesting paper on canadian industries there were also on display several beautiful layettes for britain don ated by the members hostess mrs m burk and helpers mrs w wil son mrs george wilson mrs r raine and mrs lemon served a very rdaihty lunch for best results ship your cream to us for the safest and most convenient way to store your meats and other eatables rent a cold storage locker the savings derived thereby are such that you really cannot afford to be without one rental 000 per year stouffville creamery co phone 18601 coal and feed cement tile and salt s w hastings phone 169 stouffville enumerators are appointed for york county enumerators for york county in connection with the coming census are north york e a bonnick oak ridges south york f t knight west york charles ring the appointment for east york is yet to be made these chief enumerators will be aided by- an army of helpers spread over the various municipalities five cents will be paid census enumerators for every person liv ing in canada recorded on the popu lation schedule form which will be carried by enumerators as the count of canadas population proceeds this summer the trade and commerce department has made known about 17000 enumerators will make the count starting june 2 and carrying with them stout white paper sheets more than two feet wide and on which they will write cull information about every resi dent the sheets when completed will give the names of members of every household war service the exact place of residence value of the home or rental paid the kind of dwelling and the number of rooms seek employment data those over 25 years are required to answer what was your occu pation in 1931 period of unem ployment and employment along with wages earned must be stated the enumerators compensation will include eight cents for filling in detailed information concerning every tenth house visited as census authorities hold adequate data can be assembled without making in quiry on every home in the country working in country districts the enumerator will be paid 35 cents for recording details of every farm of five acre3 or more and 25 cents for those under five acres for schedules dealing with fruits and vegetables he will receive 25 cents for abandoned or idle farms the information he collects will be paid for at the rate of ton cents for every entry of animals animals pro ducts fruits gardens etc not on farms he will receive five cents per family total annual sales collection of details on merchan dizing and service establishments brings the enumerator five cents he will obtain names of owners num ber of stores operated by organiza tion in canada and the nature of trading wholesale retail or other wise the kind of business such as hardware groceries service station and shoe repair must be given value of the toial annual sales are required to be stated to the enumer ator allowances for expenses vary in localities outside cities in the mar- thc attention it should praises work of agric federation york county agriculturists elect itecve james liciinle of markham as first president one sure way to keep democracy functioning is for you to keep build ing up your association robert j scott of the ontario federation of agriculture declared at the firsl suss m ki k reeve james rennie annual meeting of the york county branch of the federation in the masonic hall at irichmond hill last week at which a number of local farmers were in attendance he said that farm organization under the direction of the federa tion had made greater strides in the last six months than at any previous time in history and that if the feder ation continues to grow at its pre sent pace it would make its voice felt in seeking a just price for farm ers products definite results have already i 1 pity the poor crow from ottawa to toronto is only 223 miles as the crow flies but the crow according to experts in natural history flies only 30 miles an hour even the swift carrier pigeon makes only 40 miles an hour the telephone covers the distance well you might say instantaneous ly the sound of your voice changed to electric waves travels with the speed of light and its the same between any two cities of the continent whether your message is to halifax to vancouver new york or san francisco the tele phone makes possible an immense speeding up distance is hardly a factor any more whether- for the great emergencies that war brings or for everyday busi- iw quick completion of every detail wf times quebec and ontario the en umerator will be paid in lieu of transport and other outlays an al lowance of 5 per 100 names in ad dition toother payments on the prairies the allowance is 7 per 100 names in fractional townships be ing counted where there are less than 100 persons the pay will be in proportion to the size of the town ship been achieved by this youthful organ ization and so long as it keeps broadening then the farmer will get his just share and not just a meagre existence mr scott predicted he added that it would take real cour age to assist agriculture at the present time and we must not mini mize the task ahead the temporary board of directors named at the county branchs or ganization meeting in newmarket last summer was returned to office as follows reeve james rennie of markham president w j buchan an of downsview and mrs ralph willis gormley vicepresidents and e f ramsay sharon secretary- treasurer every branch of farming was rep resented at the largelyattended meeting including several women representatives the constitution and several by laws prepared by the directors a meeting held in the forenoon were unanimously adopted i w bills bog was at gibraltar at least thats what his folks think he went over with that hardrock mining outfit in the engi neers seems like only yesterday he was a kid spending holidays here now hes in the middle of the big fight well do our part too ivmmr foep an hiumq war savings certificates remember when victory is won your dollars come back to you with compound interest the more you save and lend the better for canada now the better for you then pmtibti bj lit war satiny ommttta ottawa