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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 31 1941 page nine glaremont by staff correspondent lurs norman graham of havelock lias been visiting the graham sisters on the townline north mrs frank carson visited friends at whitby one day last week mrs arthur derusha has been tery ill and was removed to the hos pital a week ago mrs ed linton while visiting re cently with her daughter mrs irwin purdy oshawa had the misfortune to fall and injure her knee mrs gordon graham has returned home to oshawa after visiting with her mother and father mr aud mrs ed lewis mrsfrank soden of toroonto visit ed with mrs g m forsyth and family on thursday mrs a d peters of port perry has been visiting here with her daughter and family mr aud mrs george beverly miss betty stony has been holi daying in toronto remember the wa of the united church are holding their icecream social on the church lawn on wed august 6th mr j brown mr and mrs harry found mrs wid miller and miss emma brown motored to milton one day last week where they visited at the home of mr browns niece mrs jack randell mr john a brown of manitoulin island is visiting here with liis sister mrs harry found mr and mrs everett hammond nave rented the rooms over browns restaurant mr hammond is employ ed at the pickering munitions plant mrs cecil storry and family visit ed with her mother aud father mr aud mrs c h found on sunday last mr and mrs brown and son from the ottawa district are visiting mr browns sister mrs h g mclntyre mr and mrs alvin bushby and family of pickering visited mr bushbys mother mrs j bushby mr and mrs bud norton mr and mrs jim taylor and family and mr and mrs robert beelby spent sun day at port bolster the union church services in the community park each sunday are still growing in popularity and praise is certainly due the band for the manner in which they have assisted in these services it is reported that mr bus empringham has purchased the sadler property at kinsale mr empringham is employed at the pickering munitions plant a number of friends of mr and mrs harold hopkins gathered at the home of this newly married couple last friday evening to tender them a lovely kitchen shower mr and mrs w p boynton and family visited at the dave dawson home on sunday son bruce is re maining on the farm for a holiday mr and mrs harmon yake and ray mr and mrs gordon riddle and irene spent sunday with mr and mrs wm gladwell of rice lake mr cliff reynolds received word last week of the serious illness of his mother who resides near ottawa mr reynolds expects to visit her quite soon mrs wid miller and son carl of will be many in town oshawa is visiting sister miss emma brown millers eldest boy bruce who carried tribunes for some time has just passed his entrance mr and mrs smith of peterboro have rented the late mrs ira powells house just west of the four corners mrs teddy rhodes and two children are visiting with her sister and family mr and mrs ernie hin- an mrs rholdes husband is with the canadian forces overseas mr mcdonald former high school teacher here visited friends in the village during the weekend here with herj former resident seriously iii mrs mrs w beelby stroud a sister of mrs ayres and william neal both of claremont is seriously ill at her home she is 75 and was a resident of this village some forty years ago her husband is also a claremoa man having been born on ihe old beelby homestead just off the sth concession sunday motor mishap no serious injury resulted on sunday from a collision between car driven by charles gostick of this place and a city motorist when they came together at the corner of the 10th concession near locust hill while the gostick car was ditched its occupants escaped with little more than a severe shaking up purchased corner business the car sales and service business in the corner stand here carried on so successfully for a number of years bymr alf mole has been sold to bob mcleod also of claremont mr mole has gone to brampton where he has taken over a still larger car sales business his succesor mr mcleod has been employed as a mechanic at the charles cooper arage for nearly thirteen years stores to close all stores will close in claremont on civic holiday according to a can vas made of the business places on monday the holiday has been pro claimed by reeve reesor of picker ing township this is a busy time for the farmers and outside of some gas that may be sold to holiday travel lers it is hardly likely that there we welcome the campers john itcdsliaw dead 111 now for some time john red- shaw of the 7th concession of ux- bridge and wellknown in clare mont passed away at his home be low the town last week he leaves to mourn his loss his wife the for mer minnie gourlie five brothers will george robert fred and edward and three sisters mrs wes hardy mrs charles hardy aud mrs george hardy funeral service was held in the freo methodist church in uxbridge with burial in the oxbridge cemetery chicken thieve out again fearing a repeat performance which cost him some thirty plump pullets a couple of weeks ago mr gordon hodgins promptly called constable norton when a light appeared in his hen house lastl thursday evening being aroused is your cottage well white cups 5c glass pitchers grape cut design 25c tumblers 5c fly swatters rubber 10c fly sprayers 15c kleenex cleansing tissue 29c ladies fruit time is here doing down fruit is a lot more fun and a lot less work with easy-to- workwith utensils like these enameled preserving kettles ivory red mentha seals 10c zinc ringsdoz 25c rubber rings doz 5c supplied with these flashlight batteries 10c waxpaper 100 ft rolls 25c paper baking cups pkg 10c fly coils 2 for 5e 3 for 5c fly spray 25c 20c dcoderant cream 15c 39c white shoe dressing 10c and 15c hostess celanese hose mens rayon cottop socks mens work socks mens cambray shirts bovs striper polo shirts roys drill shorts 24 to 30 8 k 10 x 25c 20c 20c 67c 25c 55c stouffville 5c to 1 store by his dog and seeing the light be quickly summoned the officer but apparently in the interval the thieves themselves became suspicious that all was not well aud made good their escape no fowl were missing the police scoured the countryside for some time but could find no trace of the marauders car weed cutting due several complaints have been registered by claremont citizens re garding the state to which the side walks in the village have been allowed to become overgrown with weeds and grass when a ratepayer fails to keep his weeds cut the authorities resort to measures where by such a person must cut them or pay for such service while the rate payers have no such recourse of action against the village they do ask that this service to town prop erty be rendered this paper has no doubt that steps will be taken to get rid of this nuisance at an early date 200 pheasants released in pickering two hundred pheasants were re leased in pickering township on saturday which should assure a good seasons hunting this fall the birds were freed under the supervision of w j martyn of bowmanville game and fisheries overseer for ontario countythe birds english ringneck- ed pheasants were raised on the codrinton bird sanctuary near brighton hunters are asked to lend their aid in protecting the birds as by the time the hunting season rolls around there will be few left as hawks and other birds and animals will prey upon them last in i5ig family mrs j c italian dies funeral services were held at ux bridge friday for mrs joseph c raliam sc a resident of uxbridge for 55 years born in pickering township the former agnes pilkey she was the last of a family of 12 her first marriage was to chester wilson she was an active worker in chalmers presbyterian church she is survived by iter husband two children clarence and elizabeth at home and two stopchildren nelson raliam toronto and mrs e c veitch toronto rev j c robinson conducted the service assisted by rev richard davidson lifelong resident buried on tuesday in sliml year on sunday evening there passed away at the brierbush hospital stouffville a lifelong resident of this locality mrs ira powell she was in her 92nd year the late mrs powell was the former eleanor hayward and was horn just a mile and a half west of the village she attended school at altona 75 years ago after wards moving to uxbridge for a short time she was one of eleven children of whom only four now sur vive three brothers tobias walter and marshall and a sister mrs hannah bailey the late ira powell predeceased her some years ago al so surviving are three daughters mrs florence midgloy toronto mrs mcmurchy sask and miss laura there are five grandchildren and two great grandchildren although she had enjoyed remarkable health up until a couple of years ago her decline was rapid and finally this spring she was forced to give up her home here and be removed to the hospital for better care the funeral was held from the united church on tuesday at 2 pm with interment in the union cemetery mrs powells christianity was chiefly exemplified in doing good to others hence many kindly acts stand as a memorial to her fine life assessment appeal to be heard in september the township cf pickering which recently filed an appeal against its equalized assessment of 1942 taxa tion as fixed by ontario county council in june will have its appeal heard by county judge d b cole man at whitby it is understood that the hearing would probably not take place until after the summer vacation the township with a natural in crease of24000 and a loss of 144- 560 on lands expropriated by the crown for the shell plant at pierc ing asked for a reduction in its equalized assessment of 90000 to be equally distributed over the county pickering bearing its share of the loss the township claims that 2500 acres of land assessed at 114300 so expropriated passed into the owner ship of the dominion government as from the 21st day of october 1940 as registered in the county registry office and that in consequence such properties are nontaxable for all purposes whatsoever as from such date in accordance with the british community evangelistic skkvice arrangements are made for great united services at qukexsville skating 1uxk from july s3 to august 10 services each week night except saturday at 743 pm st on sunday night at 8 pm st these meetings are sponsored by the following denominations associated gospel churches united churches mennonite church free methodist brethren in christ bap- list nazarene special speakers special music everyone cordially invited sending boys to goal in orillia it is against a town by law to ride a bicycle in the town park to say nothing of the town sidewalks the other day a boy of 17 years was sent to goal for seven days for an infraction of this law he was guilty of riding his wheel in the park north america act it is contended that these proper ties were actually off the assessmelt roll from the date of expropriation and cannot be assessed by the county pickering township pays is per cent of all county expenditures and has the largest assessment so far the county of ontario has taken no action to argue the appeal when it comes before the judge according to a news item from the united states a bakery over there has just offered to its custom ers an improved doughnut with a handle on it for dunking purposes now if theyll just go to work on a hot dog bun with a zipper opening and a mustard trough everything will be fine cottagers look one coat magic try cil paint to bring new spark to that cottage furniture new color to every dull spot try ci lux for one magic coat lawn mowers 875 to 1250 screens and screening ah sizes screen doors dont labor over a hot wood fire we have a fine line coaloil stoves ovens garden hose fly spray riches hardware stouffville ontario be thrifty and cool bathing trunks 95c to 195 and heres our idea of a great takeiteasy shoe one of these crepesoled sports shoes that you cant beat anywhere for style craftsmanship and quality come in to morrow for yours and get your feet set for a treat 60c to 350 mcgregor happy foot bpit sochi 50c wear these for health and comfort all wool softinner sole acts as cushion and helps prevent floor burns and blisters summer caps sport shirts and slacks mens womens childrens 25c a e weldon stouffville phone 172