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the tribune stouffville ontario thursday march 4 1943 claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store officer home mrs cecil storry and ralph well- man were among the group who attended the big auction sale at vic toria corners on thursday mrs esther palmer has received word of the death of her nephew robert madill son of mr and mrs albert madill of harrow ontario deceased was only a young man but developed pneumonia and passed away inside of a week mr kvans ward we understand is confined to hu house with the flu miss ilene cooper of toronto visited here at her home over the weekend mrs win cowie is improving slowly follow ing hei seiious illness i the prayer meeting of the united church will be held this week at the 1 hopal pte stan linton a former clare mont hoy visited during the week end with his sisters mrs e baker mrs c reynolds and mrs h hop- kins at the regular meeting of the ladies circle last week two letters were read from overseas the one from cordon morley and the other from xurse edna benns the letters were in acknowledgment of the christmas boxes they had re ceived from the circle nurse beu- nes told of her work in the hospital while gordon described a recent leave he had had and a visit to st pauls cathedral in london home of mr and mrs dave gregg instead of at the church miss viola forsyth of oshawa was home tecently fiom her teach ing duties in the motor city suffer ing with the cold mr and mrs jos empringham were sunday visitors at the david dawson home north townline fie percy jones of toronto was a weekend visitor at the home of his brother ralph jones balsam mrs john pallister is slowly im proving in health after being con fined to her bed for two weeks pte bud norton who is now sta tioned in kingston was homo for the weekend mr morris binstead of toronto visited over the weekend at his home hero mr walter bushby and daughter jennie of colunvbus visited imr bush- bys mother here last sunday bill tomlinson rcaf and lady friend were weekend visitors with bills patents dr and mrs n f tomlinson friends will be soiry to hear that mr paul wilson of brooklm and wellknown ladio mechanic in this district is seriously ill service was cancelled in the baptist church here on sunday ow ing to the uncertain health ot the pastor rev walter daniel bruce douglas who was visiting at his home in bobcaygeon last week developed a case of flu and was forced to lemam there for a few days roy mcleod rcaf was at his home here during the weekend also george middleton who is on fur lough fiom the coast the world day ofprayer will be observed on friday afternoon march 12 th in the basement of the united church all aie cordially in vited to attend this special service chut spencely one of clare- monts foremost hockey lights of the past few years is teaming up with lloyd brandon wellknown sutton hockey and ball player now with the ajax club in the south ontario hockey league james briscoe is out and around again following a two weeks siege of the flu this was the first time in nineteen years he has had to give up his duties as caretaker of the local school which is quite a record mr robert lynn has been assisting during his absence rev mr and mrs glover former ly of claremont now living in hast ings visited friends in the village last week mr glover has been in the hospital for some time and is just recuperating incidentally their daughter helen glover took part in a recital at the toronto conserva tory of music recently which was attended by a number of local folk mr william dickinson one of our elder citizens took suddenly ill on friday and was removed to brier- bush hospital stouffville that even ing his condition is reported as satisfactory miss mary forsyth who has been in poor health for some time was removed to st michaels hospital toronto last week fire brigade to hcorganiie a meeting is being called for next monday night march sth to reoiganize the local firefighters at present there are eight members on the brigade with charles cooper as chief and jack norton as deputy the matter of purchasing additional hose for the outfit will also be dis cussed injured in plant kplosion mrs c mills who resides just south of goodwood and works at the plant travelling to her work on the derusha bus line was severely burned in an explosion which took place in the cap and det line at the dil last week she is leceiving daily treatment at the plant hospit al 0cr 1000 ration books issued iu claremont a total of 1014 lation ibooks were issued here last week during the tlnee days in which a depot was set up in claiemont many journeyed some distance to have their books renewed as the number issued was far in excess of the lequirements for the village some came in feeling they had a real ordeal to pass through but their fears were quick ly allayed as the genial clerks ex plained that all that was lequired of them was veiy simple g m for syth and stanley robbins were the two officials in charge and their appreciation to their helpers is here in expressed for the splendid job completed by voluntary effort the assistants were mrs a l hooey mrs alf pretty mrs sandford duncan spang a grand total of 5500 books have been issued in pickering according to secretary lloyd johnson snow- plowing costs may be tripled this y r storms have cost township 4000 so far 17 a milt road supt and aiwor ak for higher salaries at licsuliir meeting monday sox of pioneers w miller buried pickering man laid to rest at oshawa goodfellowsiiip class will present their drama the white phantom in the community hall claremont friday march 5th at s15 local talent readings songs etc will fill out an evenings program dont miss this stirring mystery drama admission 25c children 15c son of pioneers of pickering twp william john miller was buried in oshawa union cemetery friday afternoon services were held from his residence the glen where death occurred in his 79th year born in pickering son of mr and mrs robert miller he was educated at ss no 4 east and pickering college as a young man he went to saskatchewan where he farmed for a number of years before returning 37 years ago to pickering where he has since made his home informer years he and his father were known throughout the district as handleis of imported stock a lifelong member of the piesby- terian church he was active in the life of the congregation until pre vented by illhealth he is survived by his wife form erly annie pugh of claremont two sons william and v hugh of picker ing and three granddaughters the stoims of this winter have cost the township of pickeiini approximately 4000 so far and with still a month to go it would appear that snowplowing costs this year would triple those of last sea son there are 225 miles of road to be looked after in the municipality very little hand labor has been em ployed but breakages in equipment have run high and in addition the plows were required to take the road a month earlier than usual request higher salaries road supt roy waid made a re quest to council for an inciexse in salary of 150 at present mr ward has been receiving 1s50 out of which he must supply his own car ive been on the job 20 years and should have at least another 150 with the cost of living the way it is said mr ward assessor adam speais requested an advance of 100 in his salary which now stands at 5450 mr speara claimed that he has seived the municipality for eleven years and that with the travelling he is requiied to do and the revenue he has brought into the township through dog taxes was entitled to 550 for the job council discussed the lequests at some length and finall agiee1 to make the increases pay big sheep claim mr h mcavoy of the sth con cession claimed damages of 22950 to sixteen sheep this is one of the largest claims council has paid in some time valuator g m foisyth stated that the sheep weie attacked right in the barnyard and that he had nevei seen sheep so badly maul ed clerk donald beaton has been in structed to draw an amendment to the township fence bonus bylaw which will pay 40c a lod for le- movnil a rail fence on any road in the township heretofore a rate of 25c and 15c has been paid the higher rate going to farmers on concessions and any side load which was a mail route a communication was leceived from mr harry newman regarding the purchase of snow fence the township is not making snow fence at the present time due to the shortage of labor and wire test case reeve win reesor levealed a court action is now pending tween ontario county and toronto general hospital regarding an indigent hospital account fion ajax these accounts aie continu ally coining to the township and have all been repudiated since the council cannot see that they are liable for accounts incurred by the war workers who are residents of ajax all hospitals have now been notified that the township will not be held responsible for such claims road accounts passed totalled 133031 relief accounts s2o5 contingencies 70393 if we all cut our telephone talks one minute col arthur haiuti i-iiis- cr ollhcr lonniumdiiig the romi1 regiment of t tili is back in ontda co feasor oi the dso for his tiistinguisu- cd leadership on the beatlies of diepih that bc- the hospital patient cele brates 87th birthday friends were offering mr abijah jones congratulations on monday his s7th birthday mr jones native and lifelong resident ofaltona district is quite alert although he has been a patient at the brierbush for two and a half years he gets out of bed every day and sits in his room enjoys his meals and insists on making his own bed he receives quite a number of visitors local farm mechanics short courses during march schomberg mondav and tuesday 12 kleinburg tuesday and wednesday 23 king city thursday and friday 45 unionville monday and tuesday 89 10 am to 4 pm no charge for young and old subjects rope splicing and repairing laborsaving devices mower repairing and adjustment binder re pairing and adjustment including knotter troubles plow repairs and adjustments tractor maintenance and cooperative use of machinery demonstrated on machines and illustrated with charts and lantern slides new machines now rationed service your old ones now be there on time bring your lunch w m cockburn newmarket agricultural representative volt kills him wnltcr c scott president of hie i tmnbljn company ltd drugstore chain was killed nhen ho nccidcntly touched a high voltage wire nt hisliomc neiir cooksville ontario sir scott was fitting a bulb on a hydro pole in his driveway in preparation for a birthday party for his wife brougham mrs win gray had the misfort une to slip on iome ice one day las week fracturing several ribs miss mae stephenson of picker ing called on friends on sunday al so atended church in the afternoon mr chas burrows has been con fined to the house duiing the past week with the flu mr fred wright of green river and daughter mrs geo gray were guests of mr and mrs carl devitl on tuesday pte robt liscombe spent the weekend at his home here mr allan gray is confined to the house with the measles seveial friends from heie were at pickeiing on monday afternoon attending the funeral of the lac w g reid glad to hear that mr dean ma irs is awe to be around again after being laid up with the cold n remember the big faun auction just north of here on the block rd on sat march gth when the geo zinimer place will be sold by auc tioneer clarke prentice 0000 war war calls must come first which means that we should reduce our non essential use of the telephone to the minimum present facilities cannot be increased your co operation is needed if war calls are to go through promptly ctplease remember that the wasteful use of telephone time can hold up war business and that every second you save counts atha mrs l hoover and son vera had tea with mrs a vanzant in stouff ville one evening last week sony to lepoit that mrs fred maishman had the misfortune to fall on the ice and break her ankle mr bert williams is confined to his bedwith pneumonia rmiss verna zellers fiom mongolia had sunday dinner with fred and mis diaper bert couperthwaite attended the commencement at stouffville on fri day evening send the tribune to absent friends it is just like a letter from home ration coupon bankinc 1 beginning march ist the 3xoo branches of th chartered banks of canada undertake another wartime service namely ration coupon banking it is a vital part of the nationwide rationing program 1 if you are a merchant jobber wholesaler or other dealer receiving ration coupons from your customers your bank stands ready to show you how to deposit or otherwise deal with the coupons you receive the same applies if you are a quotauser it has nothing whatever to do with your regular bank account in which you deposit dollars and draw cheques in dollars 3 it is purely a relationship between dealers and commercial banks ration banking begins only after the consumer has used his coupons to purchase rationed commodities 4 the banks job is mainly of an accounting nature acting as an agent of the ration administra- tion wartime prices and trade board under carefully defined regulations 5 ration coupon banking relieves the ration ad ministration of the tremendous burden of hand ling verifying and accounting for used coupons with which consumers have obtained their supplies 6 if you are a consumer only it in no way affects how much or how little of rationed commodities you receive banks do not issue ration coupons nor do they have anything to do with the actual rationing of commodities by this important addition to the many wartime services they perform the chartered banks serve the nation facilitate business and seek to save time and expetise to the country t the chartered banks of canada