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j- y s rtis y jlg-j- js v j i the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 51942 pagesevbn i claremont and district by stall correspondent iotal agent connors bakery mrs clarence peugelly visited with her mother and father mr and mrs thov paterson one day recently -mrs- george beverly added her name to the list of claremont ladies last week who are working at pickering mr ernie hinan has taken a job at the dil and his transport is be ing driven by edgar sherk mr thos paterson attended the annual meeting of the shareholders of the b s telephone co in stouffville on monday last mrs lonsdale visited friends in oshawa last week mrs rev w daniels is now able to attend church last sunday being the first since her recent 111- ness mrs ed lewis isv still in a pre carious state of health and has not improved as steadily as her friends would like to see misses viola and georgie for- sythe of oshawa were home over the weekend mr fred morley and daughter jean spent the weekend at their home here j mr and mrs r f cooper of waterford were weekend visitors at their respective homes here mr and airs roy ward spent sun day with mrs wards parents mr and mrs w p jones of balsam mrs will burkett has returned to home here after spending a week with friends in port credit the work convener of the red cross has passed the word along that plenty of material is on hand and workers are urgently needed to be gin filling the required budget for this year a letter from gordon morley one of the thankful boys remembered by this community at christmas came to the baptist church last week- mr morley is stationed at montreal mr wm dickinson completed his moving last week he will now occupy the house of the late mrs william hill mr and mrs george middleton have taken up their new abode in mr dickinsons house on the 9th concession a family reception in honour of the newlyweds mr and mrs douglas norton was held at the home of mr and mrs len pilkeyon saturday evening the couple were married on january 10th some twentyfive rela- tives of the couple attended and pre sented them with numerous- lovely gifts mr and mrs norton will make their home in oshawa where mr norton is employed by ontario motors joins kcaf mr bill tomlinson son of dr and mrs n f tomlinson has enlisted j in the royal canadian air force bill was schooled in claremont following which he attended oac avooci lots ah sold the entire offerings of mr dave pugh at his auction sale last satur- day were disposed of the largest lot sold for 14 the five acres brought approximately 200 1 applys for constable job jack norton proprietor of the large service station on the four corners has applied for the position of fulltime constable for pickering township a decision was not reach- edat the regular council meeting on monday mr norton has been oper ating his garage for about two years and has served as village constable and also on the county force tni business growing total of three taxis are now delivering passengers three times a day at the munitions plant mr jack brignall has opened a service and ibegan operation last weekend mr derusha has been using twb cars on the route for several weeks the plant running three shifts a day seven days a week and the three busses are making three trips each day n superintendent honored on i retirement mr dave dawson who has been the faithful superintendent of the united church sunday school for over five years has resigned his posl tion and a congregational meeting last wednesday paid fitting token to his sorvice mr dawson was pre sented- with an occasional chair the retiring head of the sunday school had succeeded mr m j wilker who had in turn succeeded- mr luther pilkey ilow get first workout the district got its first real touch of winter so far as snow is concern ed last weekendwhile the roads east and west were not entirely impass able on monday they were heavy in places and required the plows through to case the going statistics for this region show that so far we have experienced a record low of less than jen inches snowfall the same period in 19056 saw a snowfall of only 13 inches so that this year has the past record surpassed by more than 4 inches november 1941 saw no snow whatever december 6 inch es and january just past about 3 inches munition- workers write from old country letter received by mr and mrs dave dawson from relatives in eng land dear folks glad to hear from you and to know you are all well as we are over sere hitler co havent got to england yet although he keeps sending some of his planes across but they have not done as much damage as they did some time ago we have got better guns and planes to stop him we wish it was all over and we were on a sounder and more peaceful foot ing i think we have got the ger mans on the run the russians have done a fine work and the cheeky japs will have to be taken down and that will he when the usa gets going it will make a real difference to us i expect you heard mr churchills speech from ottawa he is the real bull dog breed our boys are both working in munitions mak ing pills for jerry hope you had a nice christmas i never saw a turkey or goose this year but we shall have to make the best of it we have hot gone short in anything yet we are having a very open winter no snow and very little frost the rationing scheme takes a lot of our time but its a fine thing and every one gets a fair share age allowance for travelling is talk- c gostick mrs w r brans r edof altona xadyxewked cross president mrs william mcnair of altona was elected president of the claremont and north pickering red cross for the coming year at the annual meet ing held on friday night here the other officers elected were as follows vice pres burnett jamieson bal sam 2nd vice pres dr n f tom linson secy mrs mclntyre corres ponding secy mrs j gregg treas mr hooey pressr mrs hooey work convener mrs will burkett pur- chasing mrs crosier a good turn out heard the various reports from the units at alona brougham claiemont green river and mount zion it was revealed that the total i receipts of the branch had been s25s4ss during 1941 with a cash giving up fanning mr john fuller is giving ui farm ing at lot 12 con 9 pickering and will hold an extensive auction sale on tuesday february 17th the entire stock and implements will be listed in this paper ne week mr fuller now on h ot h n i ii f anj ot tn work completed during the year was as follows s13 knitted articles 1754 refugee articles hos pital supplies 427 blankets 7 quilts 448 layettes 10 handkerchiefs s6 boxes 9 cash donations totalled miuer atha trio misses nighswan- der and miss k wilson rev daniels conducted the election of officers dicksons hill has an unusually large list of cattle on hand and the sale will un doubtedly attract a large crowd county council matters ontario county council at its too late last week miss edith hoover was home last wednesday mr and mrs ward hallman visit ed with his parents in rocheter recently mrs stevens of newmarket has been visiting with her niece mrs harvey moyer this week the school children have been en joying skating on the pond at the noon hours lately a crowd nearing the hundred mark gathered at mr and mrs herb widemans recently to shower katherine and clarence miss luella stouffer presided over a short pro gramme which opened with an im promptu male quartette starring three basses and a in the persons i of maurice b eby j b hoover roy moyer and j wesley wideman bruce wideman and erma roach sang a duet mrs kenneth walker co by bus buses leaver stoukfviiile a 616 am b 825 am c 250 pm b s40 pm adjourned session this week is ex- j212598 which included the town- pected to vote a one mill tax grant of 1400 w i donation 6 a iu throughout the county for patrlotlci ot auction sale of 400 and mrs k timbers and mrs menno purposes it will be handed to the organizations 12598 grove favoured us with a trio and different organizations through their rev i e kennedy acted as chair- john keeler gave a demonstration on respective councils as was done last man during the entertainment por- how to ask a girl to a skating party year the per diem allowance of 5 tion of fridays program which in- then three clotheshaskets and a per day for each member of the eluded a talk and motion pictures by bushel of beautiful gifts were opened county council is not likely to be major- watson headquarters repre- by the lucky recipients and admired increased although increased milejsentative local talent included mrs by the onlookers mrs lehman gave toronto bi000iuiri c 1230 pirn d 430 pm c 445 pm b 1015 pm a dally ex sun hoi bsun hoi c sat only adaily ex sat sun hoi eastern standard time gray coach lines a recitation on speak up ike spress yourself everyone enjoyed a most bountiful repast and then all went home agricultural conventions annual meetings and the ont provincial winter fair seed show being held in toronto the week of feb 9 at the king edward hotel will attract over n 1500 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