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t ssfj5et sts rf hi- the tribune stoupfvuilb ont thursday july 8 1943 glarernont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store mrs saunders and two children firt decoration setvice are visiting relatives in callendarl rained out in 22 years for the first time since the ina-u- mr and mrs bert gibson of os- guration of the annual cemetery hawa visited relatives here on sun1 memorial service twentytwo years day i ago rain prevented the holding of the service at the burying ground mr and mrs alvin bushby pick- hope was held out till the last that ermg called in to see mr bushby s the would ease up enough t0 mother here on sunday permlt the service go on dut u was finally decided to gather in the mr and mrs dick day of balsam visited with friends in claremont one evening last week mr wm graham of toronto for merly of claremont visited friends here on sunday mr fred j todd and miss pyis- cilia stevenson of philadelphia are staying at the dave dawson home mrs wm falmer has returned home after spending a few days with friends in toronto miss joy mccullough of toronto spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs jas mccullough roy mcleod and jack lehman both serving with his majestys for ces were home here on furlough during last week mrs wm miller of pickering and mr and mrs thos scott of toronto visited on sunday with mr and mrs geo scott mr and mrs elmer daniel ot tor onto visited during the past week with mr daniels father and mother rev and mrs walter daniel mrs ayres resident of south claremont who has been ill for some time fails to improve mrs ayres is over so years of age mr and mrs whittleton of good wood visited on sunday at the home of the formers niece and family mr and mrs fred gostick friends gathered at the robert forsyth home on tuesday evening to tender anna forsyth now mrs chas clark a shower of lovely- gifts the goodfellowship classof the united church held their monthly meeting and social evening on tues day evening at the manion home n claremont mrs i e kennedy and mrs vio let pilkey motored to beamsville this week where they will assist with the cherry crop there this year mr todd from the usa who is visiting at the dave dawson home on the townline rendered a baritone solo in the united church on sunday morriing mrs s comba mr t comba and mrs ida boyd of hawksburg down near ottawa were visitors during the weekend with mrs esther palmer having made the long trip to attend the decoration service here on sun day ted tomlinson rcaf who has been stationed at mcleod sask was home visiting with his parents dr and mrs n f tomlinson during tho weekend ted has just been moved to a new station at hamilton where he is training to be an airgunner the children at webbs school in uxbridge township are deserving of highest praise for the fine quilt which the girls pieced last week at the home of mrs ross watson who kindly opened her home for the oc casion the ladies got the quilt ready and the girls went at it with determination and completed the patches so that the quilt could be handed over to the red cross the girls of the school who did the piec ing are doris and lillis whitty jean and jessie faulkner helen richard son and anna bell watson baptist church rev daniel deliv ered the address and was assisted in the service by rev kennedy the musical portion of the program was led by the united church choir presentation made to faithful sunday school worker mr harry found worker in the local baptist church sunday school for over forty years was presented with a fine electric reading lamp on thursday evening at the quarterly meeting of the church mrs found was presented with a ibed lamp mr edgar ward did the honors on be half ot the church and sunday school he being the superintendent a committee was appointed to deal with the engaging of a new organist mrs irdbt forsyth has been filling the position formerly held by the late miss mary forsyth marked 78th birthday on dominion day mr harry found who was honor ed on thursday evening by the local baptist church for his sunday school services over a period of some 10 years also marked his 7sth birthday on this occasion his wife will mark the same birthday this week the couple were married on march 13th 1ss9 in the same house in which they are now living a dwelling which is reputed to be near the cen tury mark mr found was born in louthrope england one of a family of thirteen he plied his trade as a mason for fifty years a trustee of the village for two years mr found held office at the time the hydro was installed in claremont claremont entrance results couperthwaite bert hinan dou glas hinde dawn mcavoybernice moment john skelly jean passed on years work baker eileen baker lois bin- sted velma burton thomas a davis evelyn fretz levi gillman ruth hodgson mary l hamilton john hamilton hazel jonesmyra kahn fritz lewis robert mac- millan bernice manion william maskell jean more- allan morley kenneth nighswander reginald pegg alfred petty marjorie e pugh david story jean ward robert wilson joan woodward mildred tindall elore three may run in south ontario interest increase as election hoard holds itsfirst meeting arrives in england mrs harold hopkins has received confirmation of her husbands safe arrival in england harold enlisted in the canadian army some months ago having been previously employ ed by chas- cooper ministers son directs church work on alaskan highway rev keith daniel of toronto son of rev walter daniel local baptist minister has been appointed director of church school and young peoples work along the alaska highway route an interchiirch committee representative of the baptist angli can presbyterian and united chur ches has been formed to care for the spiritual needs of the workers park services hcriii july 11 beginning next sunday- july 11th the- evening church service in the village will be held in the park be ginning at s oclock the united church will be the scene of the joint morning service it is expected that the band will be in attendance rev i e kennedy will be the speaker claremont share n s10i3i0 we learn from the report of the educational committee ot ontario county council that the amount of money to be paid out by the county council for 1942 for the education jof county pupils is 6719352 to the various high and continuation schools in the county the payments made or due schools include whitby high 5s2190 fort perry high 6566- 9s uxbridge high 662sll can- ningtoii continuation 1120s7 sunderland continuation 202030 pickering continuation 221765 continuation s31s151 brooklln- continuation 244c claremont continuation 1613-j0- first provincial election move in the riding of south ontario was the meeting on friday last of the elec tion board presided over by his honor judge db coleman as chair man other members of the board are dr horace bascom sheriff alex bell registrar of deeds and titles gm goodfellow whitby who it was announced had- been appointed returning officer and a f annis county crown attorney and clerk of the peace the secretary is w r scott county court reporter owing to the fact that no forms or instruc tions have come through organiza tion was the only business of the board election interest in the riding which was represented at queens park by onetime premier gordon conant who resigned recently is gathering momentum and it is stat ed that conventions will be called in whitlby within the next two weeks the progressive- conservative local executive is called to meet next monday evening a threecornered contest between the old parties and the ccf is cer tain in the riding the name of jas heftering of pickering well known sportsman and president of the lib eral organization in- the riding is mentioned as a likely liberal candi date frank kelly seeks nomina tion frank j kelly of hunuville lib eral member for muskokaontario will seek renomlnation at the riding convention to he held at graven- hurst wed july it in the after noon mr kelly has represented muskokaontario in- the legislature since 1934 premier harry nixon will attend the convention and speak in support of mr kelly so far mr kelly has failed to give fair treatment to goodwood and the southern district in the matter of a tarvia road to link up with stouft- ville enroute to toronto the same interest he extended around uxbridge would have built the five miles of tarvia road that the people want to get to toronto over picnic off warden w rees says instead of allowing the 200 hon orarium paid to the warden annually and which mm he is expected to spend on a jollification for the coun clllors usually in the form of a pic nic warden william reesor ontario county reported to the county coun cil at whitby that he would hand over the honorarium this year to the red cross society and that the pic nic would be abandoned warden reesor is known not to be adverse to a bit of enjoyment and believes that the gettogethers are good things and he promised his colleagues that he would arrange for a banquet to be held during the november session of the council the idea of dropping out the picnic met with general approval transporta tion difficulties labor shortage and other considerations led to the only course open and that course the warden followed former editor hurt housing agreement to be ratified at next session pickering council in committee with county council and housing firm to iron out differences on hos pitalization and education capt ralph ingersoll former editor of the newspaper pm is in hospital recovering from injuries received in collision with a london taxicab he is serving with the us army en gineers corps assurance has been given picker ing township council by representa tives of the ontario government that their agreement signed with wartime housing ld regarding upkeep of the properties will receive ratifica tion at the next session of the legis lature the statement was given out following a meeting of jos figott president of wartime hous ing premier ixon hon eric cross hon duncan macarihur and the mayors of several cities also affected by the housing projects it has also been agreed that pickering council as a committee will meet with coun ty officials and representatives of the housing company to deal with the hospitalization question and school tax adjustments a communication was received at the regular council meeting on mon day afternoon from ratepayers in the fairport beach subdivision request ing the council to submit figures to show the cost to the ratepayers should they petition the council to take over the roads and bridges in the subdivision the help situation would make the taking on of such new work this year impossible declared road supt ward council agreed that a reply to this effect should be sent to the residents of fairport a number of other minor road complaints were received the majority of which were attribut ed to the help scarcity a request from wilbur johnson that he be allowed to close the little- used sideroad between lots 24 and 25 on the 4th concession was granted mr johnson agreeing to pay the set rate of 2 for such a privilege the area will be used for pasture during the summer months if my sideroad isnt opened ill take down my fence and claim dam ages declared robert nesbittas he took the council to task for allow ing the sideroad near the nesbitt place on the sth concession to be closed mr nesbitt claimed that his neighbor had closed the sideroad taken down his fence and was using his mr nesbitts fence as the line fence the cattle he claimed were continually destroying the wire it was revealed that no permission had been granted to have the road closed and the neighbor in question has been advised by letter to remove the obstructions immediately a communication was read from the womens institutes of south on tario regarding some action towards the renovating of certain poorly kept cemeteries in that part of the mun icipality council were heartily inj accord with the suggestion but reeve reesor stated that the biggest problem with doing anything at prei sent was that of lalior and he sug gested that the work be put down as a postwar job v relief accounts passed for the month totalled v 5562 road ac counts paid amounted to 150s61 while contingencies were 1070 which included some salary payments ireeve william reesor presided all members being present properties in tax sale brought 800 seven properties were disposed of at the recent tax sale held in picker ing township bringing in a total ot 800 two of the largest parcels of land sold at the sale have since been redeemed the two largest sales of ths day were a two and a half acre lot just north of highland creek which brought 100 form a toronto party and a small house in green wood which sold to e trimble an adjacent farmer for 12500 hugh pugh treasurer was the auctioneer tribune classified ads are read weekly by over 5000 people thats why they give best results try them and see stouffvdle floral roses wedding 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