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the tribune stouffville ont thursday dec 2nd 1943 claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store marmill mrs donald hedges and son ron- ale were in joronto last week at tending the funeral of the late miss edith melntyre mr hockley who purchased the bouse and bakeshop belonging to mr lyman pilkey a few months ago has been doing some repair work at his new house we understand that preparations are going ahead for the erection of the new barn on the wellman farm which was destroyed by are a couple of months ago rebuilding is to com mence this week lieut jos ward of camp borden was a visitor at his home here during the weekend mr and mrs geo lee stouffville visited in the village on sunday mrs wm mcleod of pickering visited with her mother here during the weekend mr n f goddard who is employ- ed at the pickering plant has given up his place of residence here and is sow living at ajax friends were glad to see mr thos gregg about town on monday morn ing this was mr greggs first trip out for over two weeks when he was confined to his bed in poor health miss laura hill of oshawa spent the weekend with her sister mrs w hicks and bernice of claremont the womans association of the united church will hold their regu lar meeting on thursday dec 2nd a scrumptious supper will be serv ed in the basement of the church from 5 oclock until all are served mrs loss hills group is in charge mrs comba of oakville has been visiting with her uncle mr ira boyer and cousin mrs esther palmer mrs combas mother the late mrs mckay resided in the village for a cumber of years in the house now owned bymr and mrs e lewis percy redshaw son of mr and mrs fred redshaw was home from his army post at camp borden dur ing the weekend he expects to leave this camp for a new coastal station shortly mr and mrs john murray of sun mr and mrs bert gibson oshawa roads through the forest be paid to visited at the home of mr and mrs chas hardy on- sunday sister of h g melntyre dies suddenly in toronto village friends were shocked this week to learn of the sudden death of miss edith melntyre a member of the staff of the toronto sick child rens hospital and daughter of the late hugh melntyre and mary ann babb deceased was a sister of h g melntyre of claremont and is also survived by a sister may of toronto and a brother moose jaw sask funeral service was held last thursday evening with interment in woodlawn ctemeteiy mitchell ont the township of uxbridge also that the school taxes on the property be paid brougham birthday meeting the womans missionary society of the united church will hold its monthly meeting in claremont unit ed church on thursday dec 9th at 23o pm mrs w g scotts group will be in charge officers for the coming year will be elected as part of the special program that is being arranged for this birthday meeting jlrs fred cowie died in brierbush hospital after lingering illness culminating a lingering illness of some years duration mrs fred cowie of claremont passed away in the brierbush hospital stouffville early sunday morning the late mrs cow ie came to claremont a little over a year ago with her mother follow ing the death of mrs cowies hus band the late fred cowie at zephyr in 1941 before moving to zephyr the couple had farmed on the 7th concession of pickering deceased was a member of the united church and was active in its organizations she was also an ardent member of the claremont bowling club sur viving is one daughter mrs thos philip jr of brougham and a brother russel cowie toronto and mother mrs cowie the funeral was conducted by rev i e kennedy on mr and mrs p forsyth of mark- ham called on mrs t c brown one day last week miss gladys gannon rn of tor onto visited her parents d and mrs gannon recently the yp held their regular meet ing in the church on sunday evening under the leadership of harold c melntyre ot p and frances willson mr and mrs armstrong who hae been living on the newman farm have moved to milton mr and mrs lawrence upton of toronto spent the weekend with bruce and mrs easton the friendly bible class are hold ing their regular social evening at the home of mr and mrsr mcwhir- ter at milliken her many friends will be glad to hear mrs t c brown is improving a little after her severe illness a sacred musical evening sponsor ed by green river friends will be held in the church here next sunday evening at 730 everyone welcome mrs bert matthews has been spending a few days with her daugh ter mrs crawforth whitby j tuesday afternoon with public ser- derland were visitors with mr and vice in the united church inter- mrs fred redshaw on sunday the park board are holding ano ther of their popular dances in the i hall on friday evening with a snappy local tclt dealer ment was made in the union ceme tery i new- orchestra from toronto harold sanderson son of the late mr and mrsthos sanderson for- jner residents of claremont was un ited in marriage at the united chur- ch parsonage whitby with gertrude n swalwell of saskatoon sask kev c g park was the officiating clergyman the couple will make their home in whitby graduated as gunner ted tomlinson rcaf son of dr and mrs n f tomlinson of claremont graduated on friday at mcdonald man as a fullfledged airgunner ted whose wife and small kiddies live in toronto is on his way east and will go to moun tainview to take instructors course dead twins replaced by live ones two pair of twin calves in less than a week is the record of the guernsey herd of w j mccartney 8th concession just south of here the first pair of babies a bull and a heifer failed to weather their en trance into the world while the se cond pair and both heifers at that were born just three days latjr to another guernsey a few stalls away gets rare specimen robt iredshaw who doe9 some business in pelts has received a rare skin from a hunter near ballantrae orval degcer along with some twenty fox skins coon and skunk was an animal which from the tip of its tail to the tip of its nose measur ed just over forty inches the pelt was a light brown with a definite dark brown stripe running from noise to tail the tail was 21 inches in length and the body twentytwo the animal resembling a martin and rather rare was caught by some woodsmen north of musselmans lake presentation made to war re william rcesor reeve of picker ing township and warden of ontario county was presented with a gold wrist watch as a token of high re gard and esteem from members of county council and as tanglbl expression of appreciation of his leadership as warden presentation was made by reeve dr j c devine of beaverton for the poultryman who is chiefly interested in egg produc tion and wants rriore eggs at the season when the prices are best marmill laying meal clo is the standby of many years it has been tried and tested in every for profitable produc tion and low mortality and has more than proved its worth more and more poultrymen pin their faith on marmill laying meal all the time central feed store phone 277 stouffville ask increased bounty on wolves claim mirny sheep being killed in northern townships find county forests are in good shape the reforestation committcein a report to the county council on thursday stated that during an in spection of the county forests in the township of uxbridge made on octo ber loth everything was found to be in order including the forest itself firefighting equipment and trees as the provincial forestry dept did not supply any trees no new plant ing was done this year the committee recommended that the usual grant of 7500 for the maintenance of cream for best results as to price and service let our truck call for your cream we pay an extra two cents per lb of butter fat for cream delivered to the creamery cold storage meat lockers for rent stouffville creamery co stouffville ont phone 18601 municipalities in the north end of the county are paying claims for sheep allegedly killed by dogs which are actually killed by wolves reeve a w grigg of rama township told the ontario county council he told of one man in his municipality who recently in a period of two weeks killed four wolves he suggested an increased provincial bounty on wol ves and asked the county council to eridbrse such a measure the reeve of mara john a mac donald was of the opinion that bells on sheep and lambs would protect them against wolves he did not think that there had been much of an increase in the number of wolves in his township a considerable amount however had been paid for killings supposedly by dogs his township pays a bounty of 2500 for wolves killed in addition to the provincial bounty part of which is paid by the county warden recsor said that for years he had endeavoured to have the sheep breeders of pickering towii ship place bells on their sheep he said he had been doing this on his own farm and had not lost a sheep for 20 years while farmers all around him had sustained losses by dog killings deputyreeve harper newman of mara suggested that the townships should pay increased bounties our township pays 2500 and while this may seem a little high you should consider just how much dam age a wolf can do the matter was referred to the committee on agriculture by warden reesor aoraoc aoiaoc ioe n o playfair company members toronto stock exchange ii l trait member stocks and bonds orders executed on all exchanges inquiries solicited toronto 08 king st west phone ad 000i i t big dance community hall claremont friday dec 3rd new tokoxtooltchkstka auspices claremont park board catered iunrh at moderate cot partnership claim is dismissed continued from front page buy a mare from sam anderson for 35 also pther stock from farmers totalling in all 90 she also claim ed to have put into the alleged part nership 290 saved at the time of her marriage mrs mowder worked queried by the judge as to her own share in farming operations mrs mowder recalled various efforts in eluding assistance in harvesting hoe ing and hai rowing putting in an acie of onions and- 1 took them all out with an old horse and a stone boat milking separating cream and sell ing it and raising geese chickens and turkeys she remarked proudly in one yjr i raised and kept alive 42 turkeys on wire netting a feat which was pointed out by her coun sel as rather out of the ordinary finding life and work on the farm arduous and difficult for all especi ally for her father who had contract ed arthritis the mowders decided to take over a vacant store in claremont and establish themselves as general storekeepers they embarked on this venture in march 1942 receiv ing a months free rental to clean up the place and put it in order they leased the store for- three years at amonthly rental of 35 it was located on a southeast corner of the main street in the village in order to purchase stock for the store which was of a general nature they sold about 400 worth of farm stuff mrs mowders parents remained on the farm continuing to work it at this time mrs mowder said that they decided to open a joint bank account placing therein all j available funds and using it there after for all deposits from the store efforts and for checking out in pay ment of purchases her husband used only his own name on store stationery and a stamp bought for office use explainiiig ithat they were partners in all matters the phraseology did not matter she asserted that when in march of this year she grew tired of con stant work he arranged with mrs roy in toronto for me to go and have a holiday with her it was on her return from this holiday trip and the incident to which a recent ma trimonial legal pitfall of the mow ders was tactfully referreti to in this hearing that her husband so she testified changed the joint account to one in his name only and refused to allow her to have anything more to do with the conduct of the store business queried as to the reason for the change in the bank account she testi fied that he had informed her he had done this on legal advice mrs mowder also testified that she had raised 91 in march of this year to pay taxes on a house in uxbridge given her by her parents this sum represented part of the rental of the house and was finally used by lier instead to pay for goods bought for the store wife claimed dog business she produced a written record of the dog business vthey conducted from the gift of a dalmation given her by her husband she told of de veloping an imposing kennel as many as 40 dogs at one time the dbg business was mine i raised and looked after them she said total receipts from this source were 2- 18330 she submitted this business was at its height two years ago a- monies went into the common purse 1000 said mrsmow- until they entered the store business when a joint bank account was open ed this was closed after personal trouble between the couple early this year settlement disappointing about two hours were spent in reaching a settlement and when mrs mowder appeared in the court room she was visibly aftcctcdby theont- come to the press she said to think that after all- 1 have put into the farm and business to be given only 325 her solicitor interjected that she had secured from the farm cattle valued at 700 which mad6 the settlement virtually but what is that der who said she felt compelled to settle because his lortustiip recom mended that they settle other witiiesses other witnesses subpoenaed for the case were a v nolan of stouff ville who was ordered to bring news paper files mrs wm waddell from whom the mowders leased the farm ii iisl mr and mis jack coombe parents of mis mowder xoiir bank managers from uxbridge claremont and stouffville in j vi ciiarjjes theft withdrawn three charges of theft preferred by fred mowder against his wife elsie mowder were withdrawn in whitby police court on friday fol lowing the supreme court trial i hope i dont see any further charges in connection with these parties commented magistrate ebbs the ownership of the goods the subject of these charges lias been the subject of civil actioit which was settled friday he continued the amount at issue visa valued at about 700 mrs mowder it was said had remoi from the farm cattle and fowl cpr sends scrap to war in marine engine grinder sm discards which had done a big war job already before they were considered ready for the scrap heap were resurrected by the i canadian pacific railway company at its angus shops in montreal to make the improved grinder pictured above for grinding the radial contour of motion links for main marine engines one of the war contracts on which the cpr is engaged at the big shops which are under the direction of h b bowcn chief of motive power and rolling stock and where h r naylor is works manager it was john a hope shops engi neer who conceived the idea for the machine which has eliminated many hours of labor required to draw- file and scrape the radial surfaces the motion links must be finished to meet the high standards and close tolerances de manded by the royal canadian navy for engines in its escort service the entire machine was made of discarded material as shown in the labels on the different parts in this picture the main base was a discarded- iron cast ing originally made at angus shops for an erection jig for the more than 1400 valentine tanks which were built there for ser vice in russia on an earlier j cpr war contract other of tho discards include the connecting rod of a locomotive back in ser vice now as the radial arm of the grinder nfter once earning retire ment with a record of many thou sand ton miles of freight to its credit so it went through the cntiro list of materials put back to work in this important war job with an old style motor a discarded grinder frame and even balance weights from a furnace door being utilized- in the machine which saves precious hours in the production of marine engine power for the hulls being fabri cated in canadian shipyards sij