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the tribune stouffville ont thursday oct 7th 1943 page seven claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store tomlinsox to mr and mrs ted tomllnson toronto on wednes day sept 29th 1943 a daughter mr and mrs bruce douglas have rented an apartment belonging to mr albert tee we understand that miss jean ward has left her position at the ajax plant and intends to enter a city hospital where she will be train ing as a nurse friends will regret to learn that william willison of athens ont and a former resident of xorth claremont has been in very poor health and recently underwent an operation from which ordeal he is slowly improving iross redshaw whom we reported as having met with an accident at ajax recently has returned to his work there this week miss kay turner who has been employed for some time at the corner grocery was in whitevale on satur day as a guest at the wedding of her cousin miss lois turner miss mary wagg and mrs thos gregg were visitors at the dr darl ing home goodwood on sunday donald bacon has gone to western canada where he will assist with this years big wheat crop mrs duncan dolphin is progress ing favorably since her recent fall which necessitated her knee being placed in a cast miss mary wagg rn of detroit leturned to her american home on monday evening accompanied by miss billie wagg who will spend some time in the states miss margaret kennedy daughter of rev and mrs i e kennedy en tered her first year at whitby ladies college this week mrs j bushby has been visiting for a short time with her son and his wife mr and mrs alvin bushby of pickering mr whittleton goodwood was in the village on sunday calling on old friends miss velma middleton ot- toronto was a weekend visitor at her home here miss doris dolphin visited friends in brougham on sunday fifth line united church will hold anniversary services sunday oct congratulations i donald beaton who has just completed his 60th year as clerk of pickering- township this is a record which we venture to say is not held by any other munici pal clerk in the province of on tario mr beaton makes his home at whitevale his father before him served the township in the same capacity for many years and both men are held in high esteem as the finest of christian gentlemen and for their thoroughness and general efficiency mr beaton read the minutes as usual of mondays council meeting your patronage is solicited for the dance being staged in the community hall this friday evening come and enjoy a fine evenings entertainment your friends will all he there a fire starting from the big engine in farrs elevators last week called out the local reels but the small blaze was quickly smothered and no damage resulted keep your change dropping in the institute cigarette fund jar in the postoflice time is short parcels must be mailed by no 1st 12anl anniversary services sunday the claremont baptist church will observe its 122nd anniversary next 10th at 11 am and 730 pm mr i sunday oct 10th with special ser- mather will preach in the morning i vices both morning and evening and mr atkinson in the evening professor mccracken of mcmaster special music at both services qua- university will be the special speaker ker hill quartette in the evening for the occasion and the regular choir will be augmented by the ser vices of the gormley quartette at the evening service which will com mence at 730 pm caught in wringer what might have resulted in a more serious accident one day last week occurred at the home of mr and mrs burnell near the cpr when their small son became tangled in the wringer of the electric wash ing machine the little fellows arm was drawn in almost up to the shoul der and help was summoned from the chas cooper hardware to re lease him although the childs arm was severely scraped and bruised no bones were broken thomas condy laid to rest hero on tuesday the death occurred at his home in claremont on saturday afternoon of thomas condy lifelong resident of pickering mr condy had been in very poor health for some time al though he had rallied from time to time during the summer he was in his 75th year deceased was born on the sth concession of pickering and farmed in the municipality fo over thirtyfive years except for a short period in uxbridge the late mr condy spent his entire lifetime in and around the village of claremont the present farr elevators were operated by the deceased for some years he was identified with the methodist church and later the claremont united on the official board of which he served for many years in politics he was a conser vative left to mourn- his loss are his wife the former jennie gregg one brother johnson and a sister mrs smith both in the west mrs milton harris is a niece the funer al on tuesday afternoon was con ducted by rev i e kennedy with public service in the united church nephew of the and interment in the claremont groom was page boy mr donald union cemetery stlckwpod brother of the groom was the groomsman during the sign ing of the register miss mildred lin ton youngest sister of the bride sang because the bridos mother re ceived dressed in green sill crepe wearing a corsage of gladioli for tremendous scarcity of help in the ashburn district is no doubt the cause for so little fall plowing being done a correspondent wants to know how the farmers can grow good crops when so little is done to cul tivate the land properly the idea is false that when the harvest is over the farmer is through and does not need the help and the sooner that j is proven to the officials who preach that doctrine from government pla ces the better the claremont united church war service unit are again planning to send boxes overseas to our men from this community the number of names on our list this year has in creased considerably and prices have risen for these reasons we will re quire more money to finance this undertaking we are therefore ap pealing to church members and others to make their contributions to this worthy cause as generous as possible contributions may be left with mrs w g scott miss a mc- glasnan or mrs pretty claremont post office linton stickwood a pretty wedding was solemnized in the home of the brides parents on friday afternoonwhen miss eliza beth linton rn daughter of mr and mrs norman linton claremont became the bride of mr raymond oscar stickwood son of mr and mrs oscar stickwood of sharon rev i e kennedy officiated and the wedding music was played by the bridegrooms aunt mrs stewart stickwood given in marriage by her father the bride wore a gown of white sheer and lace with fingertip veil and carried a bouquet of pink glad- loll and roses the bridesmaid miss eileen linton sister of the bride wore pale green sheer and laceoarry- ing a bouquet of yellow gladioli donnie fairbarn twp childrens health is good inspection shows xo communicable dncae- found in firt inspection by xeuly ap pointed public health xurse xo communicable diseases and only 10 dental cases needing atten tion were located by the public health nurse and dr tomlinson moh in their first inspection of the township public schools a total of 764 pupils were looked over and 267 cases of immunization dealt with this report was brought forward at the regular meeting of pickering township council on monday after noon pickerings dog population has in creased to over 1000 since last year according to assessor adam spears who showed 1035 animals recorded in the latest census about fifty of the dogs were accounted for among the new householders in the war plant area a total of 3400 was apportioned for patriotic purposes this being pickerings share of the annual county levy the money was divi ded among the following organiza tions salvation army 500 navy league 500 knights of colunibus 200 kinsale 100 n pickering red cross 600 s pickering red cross 1000 and the national red cross 500 road accounts for the past month amounted to 1699 ss relief 5191 and general accounts 133043 and volume of credit are matters of high national monetary policy canadas chartered banks exist to perform two main services 1 they receive the savings and other funds of the public who thus build up bank balances in the form of savings and current accounts 2 they advance money to communities enterprises and persons to serve their legitimate needs claremont fraud case adjourned travelling the bride wore a green crepe dress and navy blue coat with black accessories after a wedding trip to london the bridal couple will live at claremont xo oircnco intended the young man was rather shy and after she had thrown her arms around him and kissed him for bring ing her a bouquet of flowers he jumped up and grabbed his hat oh dont go she said as he made i wit an employee of the reo continued from front page that the charges did not arise from the same set of circumstances he asked the court that the preliminary hearing be taken on all three char ges to save time his worship was dubious as to the procedure on such request and court was adjourned for 10 minutes to discuss the matter apparently both crown and defence counsels agreed to proceed in this manner but magistrate ebbs could not see his way clear in allowing such a procedure and directed that the charge pertaining to the theft of 9750 be disposed of first on which defence counsel elected to be tried by the next court having criminal jurisdiction art dealer laid charges robert g roy who laid the three charges stated that he was an art dealer in toronto and that he had owned a chicken farm at claremont for five years he added that there were a few pigs on the farm and that the accused flowers had been the resident manager of the farm from february until july of this year having given in his notice of resigna tion on may 2j he claimed that he had 1s00 chickens and 700 laying hens in february and ftiat when the accused left the farm there were only 1000 chickens and 246 hens left roy stated that he had given flow ers permission to sell some hens on june 10 and that flowers had given him 1s260 for 186 hens that he had sold he testified he discovered on august 25 that he had been de frauded of 9 750 when he was told by gordon hodgson that flowers had sold him a quantity of hens on may 20 for 9750 roy stated that he had not known of this transaction and produced a cancelled cheque in court for 9 750 that had been made out by hodgson to the accused and cashed by the accused on may 21 miss margaret wallace of the claremont branch of the canadian bank of commerce informed the court that the accused had endorsed the cheque in question and had cash ed it on may 21 gordon hodgson who purchased the hens from flowers informed the court that he had made the first cheque out to the accused for 9750 on may 20 and the second one on june 10 to mr roy for 18260 he identified the cheques in court the court agreed to hear the evi dence of wilfred mcalpine 36 york- vllle ave toronto in the case of the accused charged with defrauding robert roy of 4 as the witness was the only one from a distance along with these main functions the banks through more than 3000 branches and subagencies render a large number of other important services related to local and national needs services which have greatly increased as a result of the war but the quantity of money in existence in the country at any given time and the volume of credit are matters of high national monetary policy the nations own central bank the bank of canada determines them the bank of canada makes ex tensive use of the chartered banks facilities in giving effect to these policies tne chartered banks responsibility clearly established and regulated by the bank act is in the realm of commercial banking that is to receive deposits and to serve the needs of trade and industry t h e c h a r t e r ed banks of canada pickering asked for 785000 in new war loan ontario countys quota in the fifth victory loan has been increased 200000 over that of the fourth campaign pickering township is be ing asked to raise 785000 the total for the county has been ann- ouncedas 4500000 objectives for each section have been raised in keeping with the higher county goal pickering with its large war indus try population has been alloted the second highest objective the allotments for the seven di visions in the county are as follows oshawa and east whitby twp 2430000 whitbyand whitby twp 500000 pickering twp 785000 uxbridge town uxbridge and scott twps 215000 port perry village reach and scugog twps 1s5000 south ontario to bring back high cut class south ontario plowing match will be held this year on october 21 not far from stouffville on the farm of arthur carruthers atha it has been decided to again introduce the high cut class which was dropped a few years ago since many considered ithad no practical value to the farm now it is said there is a good object lesson and while fancy class it is one of the most interesting classes for spectators anyhow south on tario association has received a grant of 20 from one individual who wants to see this class returned to the prize list cannington village and brock twp 190000 rama mara thorah twps 195000 organization of the campaign for the county has been completed with a chairman named for each div ision these in turn will enroll add itional personnel to conduct the drive in their own territory reeve william reesor is the off icial chairman for the township of pickering division hold friday oct 8 for the big dance at claremont auspices community park board more than one quarter of canadas dentists have enlisted in the armed forces fifty per cent of stouffville3 dentsts enlisted send the tribune to absent friends for the door i didnt mean to offend you oh im not offended he replied im going for more flowers aoaoc 301101 30e30e no playfair company members toronto stock exchange ii l trapp member stocks and bonds orders executed on all exchanges inquiries solicited toronto 08 king st west phoxe ad cooi f 1 t motor company toronto informed 1 the court that the accused had bought a connecting rod on may 20 paying cash for it the item was de livered by truck according to the witness but was later returned as it did not it the motor he stated that mr roy came in himself and bought another rod paying for it himself on may 2s on june 7 the witness informed the court a cheque was made out to the accused and sent to him by mall which was endorsed and cashed by him in crossexamination defense counsel dwelt on the point that his client had paid cash for the connect ing rod and had only received his own money back when he returned the illfitting rod the rest of the evidence in this charge will also be heard on oct 22nd tffitp so serious is the coal situation in canada that the prime minister has proclaimed it a national emergency your government urges you to con serve coal for vital war purposes to cut your consumption by at least twenty per cent first check your heating equipment and make any needed repairs avoid fuel waste by cleaning heating surfaces and pipes second fire your furnace efficiently keep a bed of ashes over the grates maintain proper drafts make sure of proper combustion third see that the temperature of your home doesnt go higher than 68 degrees in the daytime and 58 degrees in sleeping hours dress warmly to keep comfortable good grade coke we are now able to offer a good grade of coke which will be classed as your 25 b fuel that your signed form cc55 calls for please call for early delivery of this fuel central feed store phone 277 stouffville vm