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the tribune stouftville ont thursday dec 16th 1943 claremont and district by staff- correspondent local agent mowders store mr geo barclay has been num bered among the dozens with the flu this past week miss margaret manlon of renfrew ont has been visiting her brother and family north claremont mr and mrs walter ward were recent visitors with mrs wards sister mrs stephens of aurora who has not been enjoying the best of health mr and mrs bruce taylor good wood called on friends in the village one evening last week pie everett hammond from the west coast has arrived in the village where he will remain until after chrstmas pte gordon taylor was a visitor at his home here over the weekend william evans has been forced to give up his work at ajax for a few days due to an accident which befel him when he unfortunately ran a nail into his foot j the annual united church christ mas entertainment will be held on dec 20th a reception was held in the bap tist church last week for the new pastor of that church rev w h bexton and mrs bexton mr harry found expressed the words of wel come on behalf of the baptist con gregation while rev i e kennedy spoke on behalf of the united church the united church w a holding their regular meeting last week had no less than three of the ladies at tending- celebrating birthdays mrs nf tomlinson last years president and her sister mr3 ferris of clin ton a visitor both marked the occa sion as did also mrs luther pilkey mrs pilkeys actual birthday came one day later but she gladly joined in- with the others a w s greer in hospital aws greer wellkmown local barrister was admitted to the os- hawa hospital last week following a slight heart attack mr greer hiut just completed a very heavy week in whitby- court and will- need to rest up for a few days young people reorganizo the young people of the baptist church met at the home of miss jean ward last weok this was the re- organization meeting for the coming season irev w h bexton the new pastor was there and had the pleas ure of meeting the members the election of i officers for this year re sulted as follows pres mrs ken ward lstijvice paul wellman 2nd vice billyibinstead sec miss fish ier rtreas kenneth petty pianist marjorie petty roost jknidcrs at work christmas poultry time is fast ap- proachingjand two thefts have been reported so far from this area of fowl pugh hadjforty roosters lifted one evening last week without a trace while the same night three plump geese were stolen from the farm of arthur prouse according to constable jack norton neither familyiheard anything the night the thieves made their visit and it was some time before the thefts were discovered a third pickering farm was visited over the weekend and seventeen geese all ready for christ- masmarket were taken the property of clara balsdon the thieves aided by the noise of the wind were able to smash- the locks on two gasoline pumps at dunbarton the same even ing and steal some 70 gallons of gasoline arrives ix italy word has been received here by his mother mrs blanche cook that pte earl cook of the ordnance corps has arrived in italy unfortunately curly has been suffering from an at tack of the hives ijus and car collide on outskirts of village a car driven by bruce douglas and the uxbridge to ajax bus collided near the community hall on satur day night the collision occurred according to the low- constable when the douglas car turned left oil the brock rd as the bus was pro ceeding south behind it although none of the occupants of either vehi cle was injured the bus was unable to proceed on its way and geo de- rushas claremont bus was pressed into service to complete the trip brougham the cgit are holding a vesper and candle lighting service in the church next- sunday evening dec 19 at 8 pm lantern slides or scrooges christmas wili be included mrs fairservice of loundshoro spent a few days last week with mr and mrs w eholtby her many friends will be glad to hear that mrsgillman is able to be around again after her recent severe illness mr bert harvey spent a couple of days last week in toronto miss wanda varnum of toronto visited at the d a beer home over the weekend the happy circle- mission band will meet at the school on saturday afternoon at 2 pm there will be election of officers mrs mcdougal of blenheimvisited her friend mrs tc brown recently the yf held their regular meet ing in the church on sunday even ing under the leadership of miss k hamilton miss gladys gannon rn of tos- ontot visited her parents one day last week mr and mrs roland harden were at whitcvalc on saturday evening when they were given a shower by their friends many beautiful and useful presents were received by the young couple despite the stormy weather a goodly number of- the mission band members were able to attend a christmas panlomine presented in thegreen river church by the busy bee mission band last friday dec 10th the programme was excellent and consisted of readings recitations duets and a christinas pantdmine at the close of the meeting a dainty brougham firemen save 100000 in property in 20 years present chief has attended os out or 77 calls since organization of league the citizens league and fire brigade of brougham held their an nual meeting at the fire hall last week e e annis fire chief stated in a review of the twenty years of organization that they had 77 calls and had saved more than 100000 worth of property from damage with president d l mairs in the chair the annual report was heard showing a decline in both receipts and expenditures but a good surplus the chief reported only 4 calls dur ing the year the equipmentin good condition but a lack of experienced hands he paid fitting tribute to the passing of deputy chief l mathews e e annis was called upon to give a review of the work of the organization since its inauguration twenty years ago at the time of the big store fire in brougham follow ing this disaster a meeting was call ed in feasbys garage mr annis stated and the following laid the foundation for the present organiza tion w j devitt treas tcbrown secy and chief m hamilton direc tor r feasby chief l johnston director w e holtby only man to be president two years r d miller treas and director for 19 years e e annis first president and fire chief 14 years incidentally mrannis has answered 08 of the 77 calls the brigade has attended in this period ot time deputyreeve blake annis and for mer reeve r c reesor were guest speakers and praised the work of the brigade especially its support of local improvements at the present time the men are urging improve ments to the township hall the following dicers were elected for the coming year president mor- ley harlock vice pres milton burk secy lloyd johnston treas t g philip chief e e annis deputy chief a j gray directors d l mairs w a knox d a beer w slack m ellicott f carter f cas- sie auditors john knox allan elli cott a donation of 10 was received from w c wilson for the brigades ecent service at his-home- death kbelhri at his residence green wood ont sunday december 12 1943 lorenzo keeler beloved hus band of ellen kceler in his 87th year funeral from his late resi dence wednesday dec 15th in terment whitevale cemetery lunch was served mr and mrs w e holtby cele brated their diamond wedding on sunday dec 5th when they were accompanied by their children grand children and great grandchildren and other immediate friends among whom was mrs davies of crystal beach a sister of airs holtby on tuesday afternoon and evening the happy couple wore at home to about 100 friends and nelghborsjwho called to offer their congratulations friends were present from clinton buffalo gowanda loundshoro and toronto a cablogram of congratu lations was received from king george and queen elizabeth all f or a merry christmas fancy trays plaques skating outfits skiis tobaggons woodworking tools agnews hardware stouftville ontario charge dismissed continued from front page i and that mr flowers was the onlyj one who had any records which lie kept ina book purchased by him self on one of the weekends in fact nearly every weekend there was an argument with reference to the management of the farm and he was not satisfied with flowers with tlmj that he told him that he was to curtail his expenses and was not to purchase any more feed on credit also that when he needed any feed to phone him long distance and lie would send same from toronto on may 23rd witness said he took away the truck so that there would be no more large accounts for gaso line at this point the crown attorney produced as an exhibit mr flowers letter of resignation dated may 24th which was a result of the argument and curtailment of his expenses however he did not leaveuntll july 12lh at which time the witness told the crown he had to put him off the premises mr flowers in his evidence stat ed that mr roy asked him to stay on at the farm at the expiration of hlsone months notice and that- was why he was there untiljuly u2th at which time heleft to take over his new position at king city in the em ploy of jv crawford and that also on the day that his belongings were leaving theroyifaran mr roy stopp ed his wife from taking a chest of drawers which he claimed did not belong to her the chest of drawers was taken off the truck and placed in a machine shed at the roy farm mr greer in his crossexamination of mr roy revealed that it was about one month to six weeks after the 12th of july before the charge was laid many exhibits were placed on re cord such as cheques mado out to flowers in settlement of affairs such as any feed he had bought and paid for also statements ledger sheets and counter cheque books from the joseph farr elevator feed and grain at claremont and the marmills at markham mr ross farr was called as a wit ness re purchases made by glen flow ers from time to time as well as mr at can a gilt besides merry christmas a wellchosen gift can say you see i know your tastes and i took the trouble to find a gift that will gratify them it can say the actual purchase of your gift was simple thinking about it planning it making a careful decision on it those were the important things you want a gift to say the right thing whether it be admiration or sentiment or love m we have the answer at stouffville 5c to 100 store richard ward of the marmills at markham mrs a flowers wife of accused testified that she had received the cheque made out in favor- of her husband in the amount of 9750 for chickens bought by gordon hodgson also that she had heard the argu ments carried on with mr roy and the accused and that mr roy took the truck to toronto thereby mak ing it difficult for them to always get feed- in case of an emergency and also by taking away mr flowers au thority to purchase locally also ow ing to the fact that he did not wish to deal with mr farr or chief nor ton from whom gasoline had previ ously been purchased mr roy it was claimed had also told the accused to use his own car and he would pay for the gasoline mrs irene roy testified to the fact that she had heard her husband tell mr flowers that he was taking away the truck and curtailing his ex penses change in pickering council is unli the general concensus of opinion among the farmers of at least the northern sections of the township are that no election is needed in pickering at this time thlsojjinlon is gleaned from questioning by the tribune during the past couple of weeks i think the whole slate should stay in until we see whats going to be done with the dil plant one man stated although william reesor is com pleting his year as warden of the county arid had formerly stated his intention to withdraw after he had filled this post it is intimated that he would consider remaining at the township helm if his ifellow council lors wish him to do so if mr ree sor should decline to remain it is expected that some man from the north of the township will bepro- christmas foods candy per lb 39c up nuts 49c oranges all sizes old york cereal 25c vitab cereal 25c brck cereal 25c dolls 49c up womens and mens slippers 115 up dart games 49c jggsaws 10c christmas cards christmas wraps corner grocery claremont coffee consumption up rations cant be raised canadians are-now- consuming cof fee at the rate of 54000000 pounds a year 28 per cent above prewar levels this is the reason given by the wartime prices and trade board against increasing the present coffee ration at least for thetime being according to a recent statement coffee stockpiles have not increased beyond the point necessary to look after the last increase of one third in september posed to fill the council vacancy and would no doubt carry the position byacclamation two car loads expected at once telephone your order today price fiob car gormley feed store frank harvey prop gormley ont phone stouffviue 7307 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- stouffviue creamery co stouffviue ont phone 18601