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v r- v xjb c v ff j v- j the tribune stouffville ontjthursday december 10 1942 claremont and district i by staff correspondent local agent mom dors store i mr and mrs robert fuller were to latest reports and is now able to auditor ketirijig visitors in toronto on saturday sit up for a short time each day mrs mcdowell has been visiting at mr and mrs walter ward were the home of her brother george picdinner quests with mr and mrs kett of glen major mr and mrs james coates were in toronto one day last week visit ing friends j frank cooper on saturday evening the claremont and north picker- branch of the red cross will j meet at the home of mrs h g i mclntyre on friday evening of this mr harry found one of our eld- er natives has been suffering from a bad cold these past tew days miss mildred ioyst of oshawa is c t j v recuperating at her home here after mrs william mcleod has been tnr visiting at the home of mr and mrs n bands of pickering miss katie beeton rn of tor onto visited at her home here on sunday mr and mrs wilker of toronto were visitors on sunday with mrs gleeson mr allen empringham of agin- court was a weekend visitor with his cousin jos empringham roy mcleod rcaf who has been laid up in military hospital with pleurisy for some time is able to be up and around again miss marlon kilpatrick rn of toronto was a sunday visitor here with her parents mr and mrs ben kilpatrick the ladles are still busy at the sewing club rooms here every tues day anyone who can assist will be more than welcome the sunday school of the united church are planning a christmas entertainment for the children date to be announced later mrs j middleton of goodwood i her operation for appendicitlswhlch she underwent recently the regular meeting of the wms of the united church will be held this thursday afternoon in the base ment of the church the meeting will be in charge of mrs george scotts group and will be election of officers two letters have been received by the officials of the baptist church theone from alan fryer and the other from george middle on both in the army and both having re ceived boxes of comforts from their home church the deep appreciation of these men was expressed for tne kindness and thoughtfulness of those they have left behind the komens institute will meet on wednesday december lgth at 230 at the home of mrsn f tomltnson members are asked to bring some article for the shower for english babies mr g m forsyth is a claremont local representative of the wartime- prices and trade board mr forsyth was appointed along with several has been visiting at the home of he paring men and women as son and family mr and mrs ross a o committee for this area middleton they are reeve william reesor councillor w- h westney lloyd ttt i e o 7 1 m johnson and miss a e richardson the united church sunday school on sunday last for the british child- a sma gathering -was- rens christmas fund held recently to celebrate the 79th birthday o mrs frank soden at the fund is being kept open for the home o j and airs clifford another week and any who can are sod en toront0 among those pre- asked to contribute to this worthy we jir and mrs bob cowan cause oshawa mr and mrs will ham the junior congregation of the and mis bert ham toronto mrs baptist- church are busy preparing gi is keeping in fairly good a program for a candlelight service health and hopes to celebrate many to be held on sunday evening dec 20th miss mary mcnab who has been more birthdays ratepayers of claremont and dis tricts are urged to support the ill for the past three weeks at the- townships scrap iron arid steel drive home of her cousin miss margaret as ordered by the council in a-dts- mcnab is understood to be con play adv in last weeks issuethis sideralbly improted material is to be gathered before mrs albert rawson of toronto next tuesday dec i5th and de- ahd a former resident of clare- livered wherever you are directed by mont has been seriously 111 she has your schoolboard do this today the shown some improvement according need is urgent mr thos paterson who has held the position of auditor for the school trustees of claremont section is giv ing up his position due to ill health a meeting of the ratepayers of the section is being called for this satur day in the school to elect a new officer the trustees are messrs g m forsyth john scott william cowle horse frightened by snowplow a spirited animal driven by mr j taylor of the 5 th concession of uxbridgei took fright near the cpjr station here on saturday and before trie wild race down the tracks was brought to a halt almost every thing that was of any value about the cutter and harness had been de stroyed it is believed that a big snowplow clearing roads for the county was the cause of the horses skiddishness no injury was sustain ed by either horse or driver lifelong native of pickering township buried here the remains of the late james hortop late of whitby were laid to rest in the union cemetery here on monday afternoon the late mr hortop who was son of mr and mrs thomas hortop and born near balsam 74 years ago passed away in the oshawa general hospital after a little more than a weeks illness deceased was a farmer working an acreage just north of balsam ah entire lifetime or un til he moved into the town of whit by a few years ago he was identi fied with the united church the late mr hoitops first wife the former emma spaulding of stouff- ville district predeceased her hus band some years ago heis survived by liis second wife the former lena mowbray three sons- kenneth of windsor thomas camila harry in the army and by two daughters edna of windsor and hazel- camila there are also two sisters mrs sam jones of mt zion and mrs clifford gray of uxbridge funeral was held on monday afternoon from the late residence in whitby to claremont union cemetery the pallbearers were messrs edw ward edw jones louis jones garnet gray allen gray and roy ward the best results are obtained from tribune classified advs -rw-rrv-u- rrj r- christmas card game committee present council with fine surplus cheque for 100 presented to council by silas toole presi dent township giuuc committee 20000 more donated to various war cliaritics the handsome sum of 40000 was presented in a cheque to pick ering council at the regular meet ing on monday as a cash surplus from the township game preserve committee which has been operat ing for three years the presenta tion was made by the president of the committee mr silas toole in addition mr toole revealed that 200 had been divided equally among the british war victims fund the navy league salvation army and claremont and pickering red cross branches bounties have also been paid on no less than 30 foxes shot within the municipality the cheque was accepted by reeve reesor on behalf of the council and a vote of thanks was expressed on their behalf by councillor w h westney sheep claims wero received by the council totalling 3350 henry arnold of concession 1 claimed js50 for a ewe killed while charles buckrin concession 3 claimed 20 for a purebred shropshire ewe kill ed and also a 500 bounty for one dog shot mr t walton of lot 30 con 1 appeared before council with ai appeal for some road work to be done in front of his property he- claimed where the culvert was not working and the water had flooded the road relief accounts passed totalled 1s32s which was a sharp increase from the previous months clue to the entry into the township of a large toronto family however a considerable portion of this inciease will be met by the city oc toronto hydro accounts were passed for brougham street lighting 15600 for greenwood 3033 and for pickering village 45100 the regular nomination- bylaw setting th date for the annual nom ination meeting monday dec 28th and setting forth the polling booths and electoral officers was given its three readings and passed no additional business was done iby council sitting as a court of revision following an adjourned court in november a number of changes in ownership were listed by assessor adam spears hut there were no overassessment claims brougham fancy boxed correspondence cards with envelopes 15cland 25c 21 in fancy box for 25c tags seals wrappings 8 in cellophane package 10c ribbonlied booklets 5c 10c wrapping tissue 2 rolls 15c tying ribbon 10c assorted tags and seals a gift of stationery r fancy gift box 15c and 25c our candy department has a line for every taste toys six piece plastic tea sets dolly cradles 15 inches long wood toys carts etc 50c each 79c 29c to 75c reeve reesor for warden two candidates prominently men tioned for the wardenship of on tario county for 1943 are reeve william reesor of pickering town ship and reeve james blanchard of cannington the northern man is exmpf for north ontario its a long time since pickering has been honored with the wardenship and being one of the larger municipali ties it may come this way of course both men must first be re turned by the electors of their res pective municipalities before either can seriously consider the warden- ship one member only of ontario county council is actually sure of his seat for next year and that is dr j c- dcvine reeve of beaver- ton where the early election date is observed and where the doctor has been returned for another term altrina mr and mrs n bunker and mervln were guests of mr and mrs arthur wagg of leaskdale on sat urday mr and mrs gerald polnton and little son of toronto spent the weokend with their respective parents mr and mrs 0 madlll and marjory spent saturday last in the city the pot luck supper on friday night was enjoyed by all present mr dixons illustrated bird pictures were- very educational and the in strumental and vocal numbers were appreciated mr arid mrs carmon fllgg spent sunday at their grandparents home mr and mrs w h clarksons mr and mrs a d morris had tea sunday night with mr and mrs w h clarkson the neighbors and friends of mr and mrs harry polnton gave them a surprise party on monday evening a very enjoyable time was spent and during the evening a presenta tion of table and electric lamp was made as a small- rememhranco of their years spent in this vicinity light refreshments were served j stouffville 5c to 100 store ttjt 9- tmr dolaval milkers and cream serakators order now only a limited num ber avallablo for 1943 we install and service bell son phone 2s1 stoutfvllle s choice ii a ioi boo tot nstmas g rdcerfes nice fresh goods available mowders corner store claremont sorry to hear that mrs william ellicott is under the doctors care suffering from a severe attack of pleurisy l matthews had a business trip to toronto on monday the happy circle mission band held a very successful bazaar and sale of work on saturday afternoon when they realized nearly forty dollars for their work according to postmistress mrs e m gannon brougham folk have been doing their share in buying warsavings stamps 9000 having been cleared in only a few weeks mr george l emprllgham of malvern called on his friend mr l matthews one day recently messrs- thomas albert and d a beer visted with friends in george town last week a euchre and dance is being held in the hall on wednesday even ing december 16th proceeds to help send boxes to our local boys overseas mr and mrs a j gray visited at the home of his brother alex gray of the sth concession on sunday last pte allan carlton was at his home over the weekend the sunday school are preparing for their christmas entertainment to be held on december 22nd pte a bell visited with friends over the weekend mr and mrs c balsdon of pick ering visited her parents mr and w heron- farmer on the 1st mrs hamilton on sunday i concession of pickering appeared the 20th annual meeting of thejbefore the township council on bnjugham firemen was held on monday afternoon to ask for assist- december 1 the hall was full show- ance in the ratification of a new ing that interest is not lacking con- j subdivision of hjs property by the cerning fire prevention in this centre j purcell real estate agency acres on this fifteen are ibeing expropriated by wartime housing limited for munition workers homes just prior to the expropriation ot this land by the housing interests the purcell agency appeared before the council and urged they approve the setting forth of a subdivision of this block mr heron told council appeal for aid against housing co action pending between pickering farmer and cxr acting for the crown bclill 4 w of this township the result of the ml heron farms 90 election of officers forthe coming i of w lifted year were president d l mairs vice morley harlock secretary l t johnston treasurer t g philip fire chief e e annis assistant fire chief l mathews directors d a beer frank carter manson elliott w a knox wesley slack fred cassie m b burk we extend our congratulations to tilts move by the purcell people had mr and mrs w e holtby who were been made without his knowledge married 59 years on saturday when fiit that lie was in full agreement many old friends and neighbors call ed on them to wish them many more years of happiness on sunday afternoon they were at home to all their family the holtbys have ibecn to be taken pver residents of brougham over 50 years to the couple were born one daughter mrs william milne of green river a daughter deceased and one son g e holtby farming just below the 7th concession there are five grandchildren and three great grandchildren with it council had refused to approve the plan since they claimed it was an obvious attempt to gain higher rate per acre for the land dont neglect your- christmas advertising next week is your last oppor tunity to bring a christmas message to your prospect ivo customers in town and dis trict locil merchants should not miss this opportunity of iiilvortising at least i the lines which arc most easily obtain able the tribune circulation is now at an alltime peak 1825 copies being printed weekly copy should be placed with he paper by he end of the week iii the meantime wartime hous ing ltd went forward with their building plans on the property which they expropriated and offer ed payment for as farm lands according to mr heron he has been advised by his solicitor to take action against the crowns agents and he appealed to council again without success to approve his siibdivisionas drawn up by purcells mokeifarmers must vacate defence plant area a total of 600 more acres of land are in the process of being expropri ated by the crown for the dominion industries plant in pickering town ship the addition callsfor land lots 1 to 6 lying between the range line and concession 1 some fifteen farms r will be affected by the order the first notice or which has already gone forward make your car last every auto available is desperately needed today the transportation facilities are strained to the limit so its important that you make your car last for canada and share it too bring it in often for complete check ups cut your speed and save your tires keep your motor tuned yes its expert care that means longer wear drive in to see us today roadways garage stouffville ont jti rp orj farmers are your machines in working order for next year parts and labour are going to be very scarce in the spring why not check over your machines and let us order your repairs now is your tractor in f good condition i the only way a tractor pays is that it does the work in c the shortest possible time with the least help when it should be done next year you cannot afford a breakdown in seed- ing time we have a good stock of parts our tools are factory equipment our mechanics are factory trained let us check your tractor now- we will pick up and deliver any machine at a small charge ch as cooper ilionc 101 claremont a v mfys