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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 1st 1941 page seven glaremont i by staff correspondent mrs j bushby is spending a few- days with her daughter and family mr and mrs floyd jones of brook- lin mr gordon birkett of stouffville was a visitor in the village on sun day mr and ii rs george lee of stouffville visited with mrs lees sister mrs esther palmer on sun day while in town they also called on mrs w jones mr and mrs will evans children are suffering from an attack of whooping cough miss jean stony is living with her grandparents mr and mrs c ii found at present while attend ing school here betty and andrew storry are home with the meales miss carruthers who has been assisting in the warden home since mrs wardens illness is herself in bed with the measles mrs charles gostick is confined to her home in ill health her son kenneth petty is home from school with the measles mrs clarence pengelly of biook- lin visited during the past week with iter father and mother mr and mrs thos paterson the ladies circle of the baptist church met at the home of mrs w daniels on tuesday the meeting took the form of a radio broadcast on foreign missions with mrs jas coates group in charge ptes vic robinson and robert holman were home over the week- end mr bruce miller of osbawa spent the weekend here with his aunt miss emma brown several of the jos farr family in the north end of town have been in doors with the measles mr and mrs levi gibson of tor onto visited with the formers aunt mrs ed gibson on wednesday the sale of the powell property which was offered by auction here is not yet a fact however we under stand an agreement has been signed and there may shortly be a new owner walter booth who took a position at alt moles service station a short time ago has been forced to relinquish his job and return to the home farm near mongolia where his fathers ill health prevents him from operating the farm mr charles gostick placed a new- tractor in operation on his farm this weetc and mr morgan hill of the north townline also purchased a new machine injured back slow to fcnfl mr norman graham has failed to improve as rapidly as was expected following his recent injury to his back mr graham whose home is just north of claremont was injur ed a couple of weeks ago while working in a car of coal at havelock ontario since that time he has been at home here farm lund changes hands mr oscar hutchinson who lives at the corner of the townliue and the 4th concession of uxbridge dis posed of ten acres of land last week harold dickinson of ixbridge twp being the purchaser the laud sold adjoins the dickinson farm it will reduce mr hutchinson to fifty acres claremont 1uly carry the mail probably the only woman mail courier in these parts is mrs loss hill handling his majesties service on claremont rr2 and from all reports is doing an al job mr hill the regular courier is assisting mr hoy a city farmer on the sth con cession in setting out a young forest it is over six years since a feminine driver carried the mail out of stouff ville and at that time mrs hornsby of toronto then miss blanche slack filled in here for mr herb ferrier pickering firefighters deadline passed despite their threat not to answer fires outside pickering village fire fighters answered two calls near dunbarton with their chemical outfit the twp council offered the village an advance of 5 per fire and pay ment for chemical used but while this addition was satisfactory to the other fire departments serving the municipality it has apparently failed to satisfy the pickering committee reeve win reesor informs us that he applied to the village for an ex- tention of time but has received no further communication service station changes hands the new service station situated at the four corners on the old hotel site and owned by perkins of unionville has been taken over by jack norton who is incidently our cop the station has been operated since its erection a year ago by harold sand erson but this week mr sanderson left claremont to take over a new- position with donald motors of avhitby mr norton the new tenant and operator will leave vacant the garage owned by mr jno mcgrath which he has occupied now for nearly a year farrs elevators claremont ont phone 38j or 38w dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains wet land holds up seeding south of the village according to mr john scott prom inent pickering farmer it will be quite a number of days before any farmer in the southern claremont area has finished seeding operations several other farmers held the same opinion and believed that the heavy snows which held on so long and clogged the roadways and low fields are responsible for the slowness in which the land is drying up how ever up the brock road north where the soil is lighter we understand at least one farmer has finished mr walter symes who operates two farms with a total area of a little over 200 acres finished seeding about one hundred acres this week this is the earliest report we have 3iad although several others are re ported well on their way queen more exciting than blitz says claremont xursc a visit by queen elizabeth to a british hospital staffed by canadian doctors and nurses had far more effect for excitement recently than even a blitz so says a letter received by mrs g benns of claremont from her daughter nursing sister edna benns she visited all wards shaking hands with everyone nursing sis ter benns wrote she must have been very tired later she came to our mess for tea accompanied by lady peel hon vincent and mrs masseyand gen and mrs mcnaugh- ton lady bessborough lady pon- sonby and many others can you imagine us working that night or the patients settling down early after that wonderful day i can hardly believe that i actually have been presented and shaken hands with her majesty it all seems like a dream miss benns trained at toronto western hospital and left for over seas last june she has been visited by her nephew sergt j j regan with a canadian unit and another nephew sergt neil uegan is serv ing with a unit in md 2 at toronto carrying on his farm work popular bride ami groom to live in claremont beneath an arch of pink and white roses dora ilean hill daugh ter of mr and mrs loss hill of claremont became the bride of william henry hicks son of mrs g hicks and the late mr hicks of brougham on saturday afternoon april 2gth at the hour of 3 oclock rev i e kennedy claremont united church pastor officiated at the ceremony held at the brides home just south of the village the bride given in marriage by her father was gowned in white satin with threequarter length veil and she carried a bouquet of red roses and carnations her only atten dant was miss laura may hill of oshawa who wore pale green organ dy over net with hat and green vel vet streamers to match she carried pink carnations and mauve sweet peas the groom was supported by mr fred hicks of whitby the wed ding march was played by mrs wal ter ward of claremont at a short reception following the ceremony mrs hill and mrs hicks each received while waitresses misses greta hardy dorothy bur ton margaret wallace all gowned in pink and misses lorraine todd and ivy maguire in blue served a dainty lunch to some forty guests the happy couple left on a honey moon trip to montreal the bride travelling in a blue coat with rose accessories on their return they will reside in claremont 7ie ate to tfrti ttotiket tfum martin senour tnanvti m hi nil outside home paint- gives greater protec- olj fyw brathwaite phone 9601 stouffviwk ont day afternoon can to meet your wishes i have and i note that you would like an mrs maskell and jean spent the always been under the impression other agricultural representative in brougham weekend with friends in stouffville the w i and firemen sponsered a dance in the hall on wednesday night raising the sum of 1775 for the british war victims fund mr and mrs wm wright of tor onto visited mrs d stephenson on aj dewan minister of agriculture mr frank hamilton who has been on the sick list during the past week does not improve as fast as his friends would like misses dorothy and betty baker of pickering visited friends in the village on sunday although it may not be well found- ontario county i realize that this is ed that there is one agricultural an important county but i am representative for each county obliged to tell you that we have had however as i have said i will dis- similar requests several times from cuss it with the minister i other counties you will appreciate mr chapman has also received that if we set a precedent we shall the following letter from hon p im be obliged to follow up in many other cases i do not think dept i have your letter of april 7th approval likely little chance of second aoh1c hep buy war saving certificates stouffville creamery co phone 18601 imr and mrs gerald harbron of pickering were recent guests at the home of her parents a b and mrs matthews mr and mrs d a beer and family spent sunday with friends in oshawa mrs a moffatt of toronto called on t c and mrs brown on satur day we extend our best wishes to mr and mrs avm hicks who were married in claremont on saturday afternoon mr and mrs a wilson of clare mont were with mr and mrs martin gall on sunday mr and mrs pyatt and family have taken rooms in the gannon apartment mrs kavanough and miss zella seebeck of toronto visited the latters mother mrs d seebeck over the weekend glad to see miss dora matthews around again after her recent attack of measles mrs harold wright and son of stouffville called on friends one day last week mr and mrs robert malcolm and son of qtieensville visited relatives and attended church here last sun- hon gordon cotiantkc attor neygeneral and representative at queens park of south ontario rid ing has acknowledged a letter from mr f m chapman of audley ask ing that the work of the department of agriculture in ontario county be divided between two men as the work now- is too much for one hon mr conant sayb this will acknowledge your letter of the 7th instant i will discuss your proposal with the minister of agriculture and do the very best i western canada special bargain excursions prom all stations in eastern canada going daily may 1728 1941 inclusive return limit 45 days tickets good in coaches at fares approximately lc per mile tourist sleeping cars at fares approximately lc per mile standard sleeping cars at fares approxim lc per mile cost of accommodation in sleeping cars additional baggage checked stopovers at all points enroute similar excursions from western to eastern canada during same period tares ttckcisrnifurnumits and train ihjofmattonfrontxeents ask for handbill canadian national advnot137 have start the summer rf e f rom jrewowub pledged all you can to buy coal and feed cement tile and salt s w hastings phone 169 stouffville new tires now will free you all summer long from the danger and annoyance of tire failures we have your size in several price ranges and well put them on without extra charge estop in at the sign of the shell boadway service stahon certificates requires a steady flow month loaned from tha you know that canadas war effort of money week by week moih by savings of her people if you havent pledged yourself if you have pledged yourself act now canada needs all you can save and lend there are three ways to pledge 1 ask your employer to deduct a speci fied sum from your salary or wages each pay day x 2 authorize your bank to deduct it each month from your savings account 3 sign an honour pledge to buy stamps or certificates for a specified amount at regular intervals keep up your pledge see your invest ment grow as the months go by increase the amount you have pro mised to save and invest and remem ber that in addition to your regular pledged amount you can at any time buy extra war savings certifier es from your local bank post office or you can send your money direct to the war savings committee in ottawa published by the war savings committee ottawa fteep up uoul reaae f increase your regular investments in war savings certificates