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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 8 1941 page seven glaremont by staff correspondent claremont ladies continue record war work tribunes- on sale each week at bakers store watch other pages for additional claremont news the mac middletons children are one of the last families to be afflicted with the measles mrs olive lmcmurchy and children lave returned to their home in semans sask the ladies are quilting again in the club rooms every tuesday chicken pox seems to be the next ofliiction to have struck the village this spring mr irwin purdy of oshawa was in town one evening last week and while here called on his sister mrs e hinan mr and mrs ken dopking were in town last weekend visiting friends mr bill tomlinson who has been working in the northern mining country spent the weekend with his parents dr and mrs n f tomlin son miss b manion of renfrew ont is visiting with her brother and family mr and mrs manion north claremont mrs bert ham of toronto visited with her mother mrs thomas sanderson on wednesday last mrs ernie hinan is just recover ing from the measles having been confined to her bed for a week mr and mrs george cowie of markham visited with mr and mrs tjelson wagg on sunday gordon spencely who was so severely burned in a recent accident onthe railway is now able to sit up in a chair but he will be unable to walk for some time yet mr wm beaton of oshawa was at his home here over the weekend mrs irwin purdy and children of oshawa visited her mother mrs ed linton over the weekend quite a number have completed seeding just north of the village mrs k d woodburn of stouff ville has been visiting her parents mrand mrs mantle a report from brooklin states that mrs j bushby who has been staying with her daughter there fiils to im prove in health as her friends bad hoped mrs lyman pilkey is still in a serious condition since her health took a sudden turn for the worst a week ago a trained nurse from uxbridge is in attendance lawrence imcdowell formerly em ployed by harold sanderson at his service station on the four corners has left this neighborhood for whitby chris knott and ray hill have taken positions with jack norton the new proprietor the baptist mission circle has been invited to the meeting of the tv ms of the united church on thursday afternoon notice of which is found elsewhere in this column next sunday will be mothers day and special orders of service will be held both in the united and baptist churches it js hoped that everyone farrs elevators claremont ont phone 38j or 3sw dealers in high grade poultry and pig feeds fencing and fence posts 20c and up roofing materials we pay best prices for grains will try and attend divine worsnip in one of our churches next sunday the local newlyweds mr and mrs everett hammond were the recip ients of a shower of lovely gifts last wednesday evening when a large group of friends gathered in the bowling club house to tender this couple a most pleasant surprise mr harry found and mr george hammond have just completed a contract to build a fireplace in the house on the former duncan dolphin farm 5th concession this place has been taken over by a city party and is being remodelled into a fine summer home mr wm beaton of oshawa was home over the weekend regular meeting of the wms will be held in the united church this thursday afternoon may 8th at 230 pm mrs rawsons group will be in charge miss isabel elliot missionary recently returned from formosa will be the guest speaker friends of the newly married couple mr and mrs wm hicks gathered in the community hall on friday evening where a shower of lovely and useful gifts was tendered the guests of honor among the gifts was a set of silver from the philips plant oshawa where mrs hicks was formerly employed a dance was held in the hall at the conclusion of the shower and all present enjoyed a fine evening the annual business meeting and election of officers of the claremont bowling club resulted in the follow ing executive being elected for the coming year president fred ward 1st vicepresfred evans 2nd vice- pres earl beare secretarytreas urer i f dopking green commi ttee messrs wm birkett george hammond and fred cowie enter tainment committee all the lady embers with mrs wm birkett as convener may 17th with an after noon and evening session at the green may 21th will be another big day with open mixed irinks cemetery shareholders annual shareholders in the claremont union cemetery met last week for their annual meeting and review of their financial standing sunday july gth was set as the date of the annual decoration day service the work of caretaker george middle- ton was highly commended present officers are pies jas qoates vice pies harry found and secytreas thos gregg a meeting of the directors will be held shortly to appoint the new officers for another year celebrates 75th birthday mrs thos sanderson a resident of claremont for over thirty years celebrated her 75th birthday on wednesday of last week april 30th mrs sanderson was a miss wilson of brougham district there are eight children in the family four girls mrs ivan benson mrs bert hamm mrs m anderson and mabel at home and three boys fred sanderson nelson sanderson and lewis sanderson the park needs your support the local park board which is held responsible for the mainten ance of the athletic field here and whom you expect to head up any civic celebrations undertaken are asking for your support this friday evening they are holding a dance in the community hall billy williams will supply lots of good music and prizes draws and other novelties will certainly make the evening worth your while here is a group of claremont j months when the work turned out from left to right they are mrs ladies sewing for the war workl bus hands totalled over 1000 frank cooper mrs h g mclntyre branch of claremont institute the scene is in the bowling green club house taken during one of the recent jthe organization is not surpassed in mrs frank barclay mrs hammond i the whole county and the village is mrs richardson mrs david pugh i justly proud of the fine effort of its mrs daniels mrs w birkett women i photo by canadian countryman auction here saturday the house and furniture property of the late richard how will be offered by public auction in clare mont on saturday may 10 the liouse along with a quarter acre of land will be sold terms to be made known the day of the sale wartime traffic on township roads is presenting problem one sheep claim totals 14000 buy warsaving certificates stouffville creamery co phone 18601 coal and feed cement tile and salt s w hastings phone 169 stouffville several deputations of south township ratepayers waited on pickering council at their regular meeting on monday and requested that something be done to allay the dust being scouped on to their farms and into their homes by the extra heavy truck traffic this year rate payers from both the 3rd and 1th concessions were among those who sought council assistance assurance was given that the matter would be looked into and it deemed necessary council would undertake to place calcium on those most heavily travelled roads hitherto practically all calcium placed on township roads has been done on a fiftyfifty basis farmers and council paying alike several ratepayers including former councillor robert irituldy were of the opinion that some agreement should be sought with the trucking companies in an effort to have them keep one township road in repair and use that road only reeve reesor admitted that it was a difficult problem to keep up the roads with three hundred and fifty trucks hauling gravel to the new war plant council was confronted on mon day with enormous sheep losses for this month totalling 1s3 on the farms of c bulmer and f c pugh mr bulmer of the 5th concession claimed for 12 sheep killed and fivej injured 140 while mr pugh ofj concession 7 claimed 43 for two sheep killed and two injured constable chester advised the council to put on additional police protection ill the southern area to cope with the new situation pro vided by the influx of workers for the war plant council wero of the opinion that a new county appoint ment should be made only half the original number of properties are likely to be offered at the township tax sale scheduled for next friday may 1c the original figure was for 1700 to bo collected from the sale of 17 properties tax arrears on several of these lands amounted to over 200 each how ever on monday it was revealed over half oftlie arrears would be fully paid up before the date set for the sale three new bylaws were given their final readings they being to limit overloading on township roads and bridges licensing busses and cabs and licensing trailer camps a fee of 10 has been set for anyone operating a bus in the township and 5 for each additional vehicle taxi drivers must also pay a license of 5 to operate within the municipality trailer camp operators will pay 10 for two or more trailers this latter license is incidently the only one of its kind ever drawn up in any sur rounding municipality a request was received from the county and authorized by the dej partment entomologist that the township appoint a corn borer in- f spector j relief account passed totalled 13256 with 10 families on the roll totalling ll individuals road counts passed amounted to 135000 minor cases before division court george hutchinson awarded 00 pc of ss20 claim for motor damage george hutchinson sued martin gall in division court at brougham on monday for 2320 damages to his car judge coleman reduced the damage done to 20 and awarded hutchinson 90 per cent of this amount holding gall ten per cent in the wrong hutchinson will there fore receive about 16 hutchinson i told the court that he had parked his ear on the brock road in pro per position but that gall drove in- 1 to him i frank williamson wins wage claim over avilliain evans f williamson of markham sued william evans on a wage dispute which was settled by williamson obtaining 7050 the poor people of brussels can now look at the shop windows in their district which like their stomachs are also empty brougham mrs harris also miss josephine stephenson and friend of george town visited at the home of mrs d stephenson over the weekend mr and mrs hugh gannon of oshawa visited his mother on satur day afternoon visitors with d l and mrs mails on sunday were mr and mrs lome hamm and mr and mrs e ding- man of oshawa mr d dawson sr of claremont mr and mrs a b matthews and daughter dora were guests of mr and mrs fred dingman of whitby on sunday harvey bros of toronto visited with their parents mr and mrs bert harvey over the weekend mr and mrs donald mccullough and family of claremont spent sun day with mr and imrs frank hamm mr and mrs a moffatt and daughter of toronto called on friends during the weekend bray chicks for immediate shipment at first glance it may not seem possible for you to order a flock of chicks now grow them out and get them into the nests in time to cash in on the high october- november egg prices but you can if you start good chicks and start them now we are running all our in cubators at full capacity and are prepared to supply you with chicks at a mom ents notice not in just one or two breeds but in any one of a dozen pure breeds and several crosses good chicks too the kind you can depend on to live and grow fast the kind of chicks that develop into earlylaying and heavylay ing pullets the kind of chicks robert carnegie of west hill ontario started last may bray chicks mr carnegie writes i never saw a nicer lot of birds never lost one through sickness and my pullets started to lay at 4 vi months old get a flock of bray chicks started under your brooders now catch up and cash in on the usual high egg prices next october and nov ember order your bray chicks started millets and turkey poults too from stiver bros stouuville ontario spring supper dish miss k beelby of oshawa spent thursday at her home mr and imrs sandford and miss m mccartney of toronto spent the weekend at the home of mr wm wm jones of oshawa spent sun- mccartney day at the b easton home j mr m hamilton has been laid up mr gormley and family who re- with a severe attack of flu cently moved into the a carlton house have moved near green j river j the w i will hold their regular meeting on tuesday may 13th at the home of mrs we holtby program election of officers and roll call a and now comes the season when the young folk take to the roads on roller skates and do so at night they find the roads better than the sidewalks but the risk they are tak ing is more than it is worth i a bit of news says that the re cruiting oluces are filled but it comes from austrialia science and technological progress have wrought wonders in the realms of transportation communication and industrial engineering the ease and speed of travel by car and now aeroplane the practical elimination of space by telephone and radio and the convenience and comfort of elec tric lights and electrical household appliances are worthwhile achievements towards the more abundant life in keeping with this progress is the contribution of the implement manu facturer toward lightening the labor and increasing the efficiency of the farmer farming has also been transformed all too little recognition in this respect has been taken of the tremendous advances in farm tractors in design more practical and attractive with the ease of starting and operating of an automobile operating at low cost making possible astounding reductions in the cost of certain farm operations and with greater power at prices which put them within the reach of even the smaller farmer this more tractable and flexible source of power revolutionizes farming practice eliminates the backbreaking work of days gone by and makes it possible in many instances to operate gainfully even under existing difficult conditions masseyharris company limited builders of good farm implements since 184 7