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iyc i the tribune stouffvffle ont thursday october 8th 1942 rv t j fiv nr4tii page seven clareiriont arid district by staff correspondent local agent connors bakery pte hardy is around again minus his cane following several days suffering with a sprained ankle mr erlln legglttof pontypool called on his parents mr and mrs jas leggitt one evening last week mrs middleton visited herj daughter mrs hammond at white- vale last week we understand randolph car- rutherslett last week in answer to his second call to the army as did also gordon benson and everett hammond joe ward who is stationed with the army at brampton was home here with his wife over the week end i anniversary well attended despite inclement weather large congregations were out both morning and evening at the annual anniversary services of the baptist church here despite the rain rev mr marshall of oshawa was the speaker for the dayand mr gregory of toronto brought special messages in song licgins 2jth year as local tonsorial artist harry porter claremont barber began his twentyninth year in business on monday of this week mr porter carried on his trade at cue time in the old telephone building opposite the lewis bakery and later in the present b s brougham mr and mrs gordon ratcliff of stand opposite from his present stouffville visited relatives in town premises he is among the longest here on sunday pte harold hopkins who is ou active service was on leave at his home here over the weekend mrs ayres south of the village was a visitor with mr and mrs gordon graham of oshawa last week mr and mrs gordon graham of oshawa visited with mr and mrs lewis on sunday miss margaret briscoe of brook- lin visited over the weekend at her home here mr and mrs isaac boadway and mr and mrs wm ratcliff of stouffville were visitors to the baptist anniversary here on sunday during the anniversary services here on sunday rev walter daniel our local pastor took the services of the visiting pastor in oshawa miss bessie graham of toronto spent the weekend at her home here mrs wid miller of oshawa visit ed with her sister miss emma brown on sunday mr and mrs russ cowie were visitors with mrs fred cowie here on sunday friends here will be sorry to learn of the serious illness of mrs morrison nee mona hulbert in the oshawa hospital the hulbert family were former residents in the house now occupied by mrs nelson sanderson mr and mrs cecil redman who have been rooming in the village for some time have rented the ar- b buckle apartment recently vacated hy mr and mrs lome hardy the other part of the house is tenanted hy mr and mrs george constable the svmes canning factory has completed canning operations for another season and while many acres of tomatoes were still avail able for the plant the acute shor tage of labor forced mr symes to close dovn the output of the factory this year is not expected to be more than half that of previous seasons r the claremont and north pickering branch of the red cross will launch their salvage collec tion the end of october and every one in the area is urged to prepare their salvage now and have it in readiness for the trucks dates will be announced later as to the exact canvas established business heads on the claremont main st and still enjoys a good trade among the local gentry with transport firm fifteen years mr lome hardy who for some fifteen years has driven a trans port for barclays of claremont has joined the canadian army he was probably the oldest driver with these local truckers in point of years of service and was well liked by all with whom he did business mr and mrs hardy and their one child are vacating the arbuckle apartment and we understand mrs hardy and family will live at brougham closes place of business claremont lost one of its busi ness places last week with the clos ing of the c a sterritt furniture itore mr will palmer has been in charge of the business which has been closed due to unforeseen circumstances mr palmer on be half of mr sterritt extends ap preciation to the public for past business and states that folks may stil be served by getting in touch with this local manager miller bottling trophy changes hands the miller bowling tiophy a challenge cup held last year by mr sterritt and mrsr was won last weekend by mrs sterritt and mrs will birkett before these two ladies could carry off their prize they were challenged to de fend the title by mrs lye and mr hammond but the new champs stood their ground and are still the proud possessors of the silverware mr william bassett picked green peas also ripe strawberries in his garden on october 1st ple charles aldridge of hamil ton visited friends during the weekend mr and mrs wilson of toronto were guests of thomas and mrs beer on sunday mrs hanthorn of burnt river visited her sister mrs s miller on sunday jack and barbara mairs visited their grandparents d and mrs dawson of claremont over the weekend mr allan carlton of feterboro and pte gordon carlton of niagara were home for the weekend mr and mrs charles liscombe of toronto spent a few days last week with his father harvey liscombe congratulations to mr and mrs james holtby merle hopkins on the birth of a daughter mr and mrs d mairs and mr and mrs colin madill attended the funeral of their aunt the late mrs brooks one day last week mrs maben of brantford is visit ing her daughter mrs h philp interesting coming event plans are under way for an event which will be looked forward to by everyone who desires to help the red cross the north pickering branch of the red cross will hold a miscellan eous sale and bingo at claremont on november 25 in the afternoon and evening there will be a sale of useful and interesting articles a lucky fish pond a refreshment booth guess- i ing contests and many other novel sidelines which you will hear about rush to complete six hundred homes brt in the southern end of pickering other war plants all over canada township near the war plant the government built 300 new homes for its workers then- the number was doubled and they are still building similar building is going on near thousands of workers will have new clean and healthy accommoda tion with modern plumbing new roads walks etc are all arranged for and paid for by thegovernment above are shown four stages in building that could be seen at pick ering last week showing the completeness with which the materials reach the job for putting together pickering council have quiet session ajav school agreement ratified pheasant shoot to be held october 23a4 window dedicated at cherrywood a beautiful stain glass window in memory of ray taylor who lost his life while serving with the roy al canadian air force in england was dedicated at the cherrywood united church on sunday arthur taylor father ofthe flier dedicated the window to the church before a large crowd which attend ed the ceremony geo- todd supt of the sunday school unveiled the memorial and dr reddick pastor replied on behalf of the congrega tion and community which is competed for annually among members of the local bowj sentenced for wife ling club following the bowling supper was served and a round of cards enjoyed in the club house leaving the farm mr duncan dolphin who has worked the farm of mrs clara car son for 22 years is giving up farm ing and will conduct an auction sale of farm stock household goods etc on friday october 16th the place is known as the underbill faim and is situated at lot 23 rear of con cession 7 mr dolphin who is 72 years of age told the tribune that he believes he has worked harder this year than any time when he was a young man storekeepers debute advisability of more closed nights discussion as to the advisability skunks raid henhouse skunks made a daring raid oil the henhouse of mr william whit- ty townline north last week and decapitated no less than sixty of his j of closing their stores on tuesday fine young birds we do know that and thursday evenings and at 1030 skunks have become very plentiful this past year or so but this was a large haul even for a twofooted roost raider former resident wed at kingston mr george mothersill formerly of claremont was married on sat urday in st johns iroman catholic church rectory kingston the bride being viola may lorraine visheau daughter of mr and mrs william visheau of that place bishop d j oconner officiated the reception was held at the home of the brides parents valhalla blvd birchcliff on saturday nights is quite a ripe subject among local businessmen at a meeting held last week to dis cuss the subject no satisfactory agreement could be reached sever al of those present are opposed to the idea on the grounds that it would drive business from the village and others hesitate to take the step unless it is unanimous as to the argument that business would be driven away it would appear that such business has little chance of going elsewhere since even the courary stores round about besides beatingat whitby should have thought of family welfare before magistrate comments expressing deep concern over what might happen to his family were he not allowed to continue to support them david gerald host ler was sentenced in whitby police court last week to one month county jail for beating his wife why didnt you think of those things at the time asked magis trate ebbs before passing sentence v hostler was tried in court two weeks ago but was remanded a week for a mental examination on september 22nd he was reported to be quite responsible for his acts but was remanded further until a check could be made with police on his previous record i have it on extremely good authority that he has a record commented crown attorney allii f annls on tuesday afternoon but he doesnt appear in the mounted police records when the assault took place the family was living in an isolated part of picker ing township but mr annis stated that the rest of the family had mov ed back to bancroft where they had formerly lived he added that arrangements were being made with the childrens aid society of hastings to see that the children pickering township council passed an unusually quiet session at brougham on monday afternoon the agreement between the council and the dominion housing limited was ratified by the council and merely awaited the signatures of the township officers the agree ment as was stated previously pro vides for an eightteacher school to be built and equipped by the government and maintained by a board of trustees selected by the minister and whose funds will be provided by a 12 and 15 tax collected from the ratepayers in trie area by the township a bill amounting to 23900 waa presented to council from mr e woodward head of the woodward j bus line operating from stouffville for alleged damages sustained by his bus while travelling the brock rosttsincetliis it a county road pickering was in no way obligated to even consider such an account district engineer higgins paid council a call and during his brief remarks he requested that council endeavor to reach a settlement as soon as possible with the dominion industries plant regarding the maintenance of the new road lead- ing to their property from the high way reeve wm reesor stated that council had agreed to sustain the road but that the company wished the township also agree to shar ing in the maintenance of a large concrete bridge constructed there and to waive all claims to some eight miles of road within the plant proper this he- stated council would not agree to mr higgins told members that the department was anxious that- the matter be settled as they wished to close the old sideroad that had served this part of the lakefront heretofore dates for the pheasant shoot in pickering game preserve this year will be on october 2324 and clerk donald beaton was instructed to draw up a bylaw appointing suffi cient game wardens to police the township on these dates hugh pugh a member of the game committee revealed that a total of s00 birds had bean added to the local stock during the past year he stated that the sale of licenses for the hunt was on a par with previ ous years v relief for the past month totall ed 62 3s while the road accounts passed were 135787 pickerings share of the coun ty hospitalization for the last six months was 42438 which was stated to be about the same as last year ireeve wm reesor presided at the meeting and councillors pre sent were deputy reeve blake annis councillors george todd m s chapman and w h westney plowing match in south ontario the south ontario plowing match will be held as usual this year and the date set is wednesday october all finished 14 on the farm of elmer powell ml kng pointed out ui e columbus the womens institute 0t eight rooms would accommo- markham principal to head ajax staff mr earl webster who has been prinoipal of markham public school for several years has accept ed a position as head of the staff at the new ajax school being con structed by the government mr duard rose of markham who has already been attached to the mark ham staff for some years will take over the principals duties the engaging of a principal was one of the first official acts of the new school board which has as its chairman irichard king secretary of the board is leo irwin and trus tee f c annesley completes the personnel all are employed at ajax the school is under the inspectorate of r h hutchinson of whitby we have 178 pupils on the register ready to begin classes immediately the school is finished air king told the press the furn ishings will be installed the first of the week along with the new furn ace the decorations are practically will furnish the evening banquet and with anything like favorable weather the officials are assured a good list of competitors notffng matters now- jbtl bonds date 40 pupils grades ranging from grade 1 to grade 10 the school supplies educational direction as high as two years in high school should there be anyone in the area who wants to attend- a higher grade than we have here provi sions have been made whereby there will be no cost to the pupil mr king stated only 200 homes of our housing project are completed and occupied and children from these trailers and cabins will all attend the school he opinloned that when all houses of the 600dwelling project are occupied it might be necessary to enlarge the school circulation copies this issue 1750 other towns in close proximity are were being looked after establishing the shorter hours cream we want more of it you want the best market for it have our truck call or make your l deliveries to the creamery and get two cents extra per pound of butterfat cold storage meal lockers for rent stouffville creamery co open tuesday thursday saturday evenings stouffville ont phone 18601 perhaps you are fortunate that you are here on a lesser charge of assault and not something pore serious commented the magistrate he added that there seemed to be certain periods of the year when this type of offence seemed to be more prevalent and that it could not be allowed to continue everett mcmurray of the village pf pickering was sentenced to two weeks in jail on a similar offence for which he was tried at the pre vious court session he had no for mer record mrs mcmurray was called and stated that she dldn want to go back and live with her husband unless he will go back and support his family and quit drinking meal for the poultryman who is chiefly interested in egg production and wants more eggs at the season when the prices are best marmill lay- ind meal clo is the standby of many years it has been tried and tested in every way for profitable and low mortality and has more than proved its worth more and more poultrymen pin their faith on marmill laying meal clo all the time f central feed store stouftvihe ontario i phone 277 m 4ftato