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the tribune stouffville ont thursday dec 23rd 1943 claremont and district w a ln lljl cfalu by staff correspondent local agent mowders store f mrs stlekwood rn daughter of mr and mrs norman linton has been in whitevale assisting with the nursing at the donald beaton home miss mildred linton of lome park college fort credit arrived home this week for the holidays mr drake of toronto was a week end visitor with friends in claremont miss margaret briscoe of toronto was a weekend visitor with her par ents here miss betty pretty is home for the yuletlde- holidays with her parents mr and mrs alt pretty mrs edgar evans wno resides just east of the village is spending the christmas holidays with her parents in windsor ont victor prouse member of can adas arm forces is home for a months leave the baptist young peoples did not hold their regular meeting this week but will convene next monday at the home of miss g forsyth a social evening for the children was held in the baptist church schoolroom on wednesday santa clans and all the trimmings were on hand for the occasion with gifts for the children mr and mrs ohas hardy have both been stricken with the flu late ly and their daughter mrs gibson of oshawa has been assisting in the home during their illness mrs john gregg and mrs h g mclntyre are both numbered among the sick folk in the village this past week mrs james taylor was numbered among the lucky last week when she won a cash prize from a tea co quizz program in toronto mrs ross farr has undergone a serious operation in the womens college hospital toronto and is holding her own according to word the first of the weelc denly t member f pioneer family the mission circle of the baptist buried here yetrfenlay church will hold their regular meet- foi an illness of only ten ing on tuesday dec 2sth at the days duratlnr mrs w f jones pass- home of mrs c h found topic ej away toronto ou sunday dec will be towards a new order khcj 19tu tne former sara ward mrs uon of officers will be held i jones was a daughter of richard friends will be sorry to know that ward and elizabeth evans of balsam percy redshaw son of mr and mrs j 0 a family of twelve of whom she wa the oldest deceased who was 74 left this district over thirty fred redshaw is confined to the mili tary hospital at debert ns where he is stationed with a unit of the y ago she was actively eugag- casc his uncle geo redshaw e j t work of avenue rd united has been tken down with pneumonia church besides her husband there at his home in claremont s vive two sons russell and nor- a charge of intoxication in a pub- m two daughters mrs s j lane lice place was laid by constable nor- alu i j wilverl and three grand- ton against george matheson claie- children of the large family of mont last week accused being ac costed on the main st here follow ing an alleged nearcollision with the cpr train at the local cross ing miss emma underbill elderly maiden lady is quite ill at her home here in the village the neighbors missed her appearance on monday morning and summoned constale norton to enter the home he found miss undermll in her sick condition and with the help of neighbors they soon had the house warmed up and things in order however later in the day it was deemed advisable to remove her to the brierbush hospit al stouffville pickering fanner buy calcdon acreage george pegg claiemant twelve eight still survive being roy walter fred evans wil liam and judson of claiemcnt and two sisters mrs frank cooper claremont and mrs will birkett stounville funeral service was held at the moiley bedfoid funeial par lours on wednesday afternoon with interment in claiemont union ceme tery clerk beaton seriously ill the veteian clerk of pickering township mr donald beaton is re ported as being seriously ill at his home in whitevale under the caie f a tiained nurse the family has been summoned to the bedside of the sick man last december mr beaton attend ed the township nomination meeting ported to have puichased 100 acres at bioughain to mark his goth con- from wm jline caledon east pur chase price is understood to be 5- 000 mr fegg held an auction sale at his farm lot 10 concession 7 pickering township in november when he disposed of his stock and implements and has since sold this forty acres to john a wilkie of oshawa for a leported pi ice of 3750 secutive year in the capacity of le- tuining ollicer but next monday he will not he m attendance a fact that will be noted with legiet the collection taken at the united church sunday school here recently toxoid and vaccination and added to during hie week completed in pickering amounted to 1500 for the telegram christmas childrens war victim fund mrs norman linton was in lon don recently where she attended the funeral of her father the late mr holtby who passed away there sud- compliments of the season c a overland grovery claremont a summary by the medical health officer for pickering township dr n f tomlinson made during the recent toxoid and vaccination cam paign through the township disclos- m on e es the following number of children matthew son sunday treated vaccinations against small- 1 pox 23s completed diptheria tox- brougham air and mis a b mathews visited their daughter mrs harbron of myrtle on sunday russell gray of reseat ch enter prise ltd was home on sunday mr and mrs h gannon and little daughtei weie lecent guests with his paients mr and mrs d gannon mr and mrs e l crocker and mrs witter of toionto visited mrs mrs thos white buried at whitevale one of pickering townships old est women mrs thos n white pas sed away at her home in whitevale on sunday dec 19th in her ssth year she was a remarkably bright woman for her age and her death removes a member of an old pioneer family of the township mr white died a few years ago her maiden name was eliza jane bruels surviving are two sons orval white of toronto and harry on the home place also four daughters mrs arthui pherrill mrs levi an- nis and mrs apiayter and mrsb aiinis wife of the deputyreeve an- nis of pickering two other bio- thers russell and lloyd reside in montana and toronto the funeral on tuesday afternoon from the late home with interment at whitevale cemetery was attended by many old friends and acquaintan ces of the family captured and prisoner now safely out of germany j congratulations to mr and mrs oid 94 completed whooping cougn and diptheria 47 partially complet ed whooping cough and toxoid 81 partially completed toxoid 1s5 the outbreak of colds and influenza ac counts for many of the uncompleted cases which can however be com pleted on next years round all school pupils have been indexed by the school nurse so that next years program can be carried out more thoroughly than heretofore atha mews a merry christmas to all mr william dunkeld visited sun day afternoon and evening with the carruthers family mr and mrs m dunkeld also mrs thomas dunkeld visited at blackstock with mrs j milton mr and mrs albert draper have leceived an airgraph from their son gren who is on the fighting- line with the cent mediterannean forces gren is enjoying oranges apples nuts the best of luck gren jfor him that long distance call home at christ mas is the big event of the day hes counting on it lets make sure that he and thousands like him wont he disappointed it means giving up our own christmas telephoning so that warcrowded lines will be freed to handle the flood of holiday greetings from naval army and air force posts across the country it means sending our christmas messages by mail should you find you must telephone outoftown try to do so as many days before the holiday ns possible uw especially avoid all s2sl noncsscntial calls lo distant or warbusy centres winning the war is a nonstop job and urgent messages must go through h 4czve sciiaice ottingr uittfs hr voids young daughter on sunday dec 2g there will he special christmas music in the after noon at 230 and in the evening the birth and childhood of jesus will be illustrated in colored slides this seivice will be under the direction of the ypu the cgrlt- girls held a very pleasing and interesting vesper and candle light service in the churchon sunday evening this was followed by carol singing and illustrated slides of dickens christmas carol which was given by rev i e ken nedy and enjoyed by all present the womans institute held their regular meeting on tuesday after noon at the home of mrs harvey with a fairly good attendance the piesident mrs m hamilton was in charge of the meeting reports of the recent convention were given by the delegates and plans were also made for the january meeting which takes the form of a social- evening when the husbands are to be entertained a giant was made to christmas cheer tor british children and also to the hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis a report was also given of the welfare work done by the members the meeting closed with singing christmas carols and a dainty lunch served by the hostesses mis harvey mrs hamilton mrs philip and mrs lemon private banting her lime fully divided between soldiering and studying lady banting widow of the late sir frederick banting is now a pri vate in the cwac and a fifth year student of medicine at the university of toronto she says she enlisted because about 70 per cent of the women students do and because it frees men from some of the tasks they dont like hat thick rcaf ace the capture aud captivity of george mcxeice a nephew of charles j vine of claremont ont portrays an interesting story and incident ally provides a splendid testimony for the uork of the canadian itedj cross in enemy territory while george may not bo known to our reader- mr vine is widely known oer he claremont district the letter read- in part pilot officer rayne d schultz 20yearold sixfeetfour farm boy who shot down thiee nazi planes in one night was a ciack shot at nome hunting patridge on his farm near bashaw alta with flying officer vernon wil liams of hamilton ont as navi gator one night last week schultz downed thiee enemy aircraft while patrolling in his night fighter mosquito denies charge he smoked cigarette joseph mcnenly of the township of pickering charged with unlaw fully smoking a cigarette in the changehouse within the protected area of the dil plant contrary to the defence of canada regula tions was arraigned before magis trate f s ebbs in whitby police court the accused ipleaded not guilty to the charge and was defen ded by l s hyman of oshawa lieut jones chief of the guard at ajax gave evidence that the ac cused man was brought to him by guard j man ton who had arrested the accused on the charge of smok ing in the changehouse guard manton gave evidence that on the morning of november 26th he was on patrol duty and upon making his inspection of the change- house saw th accused smoking at one of the tables and that the ac cused had thrown away the cigar ette upon seeing the guard approach to where he was sitting he placed him under arrest immediately the case was adjourned for com pletion and final disposal to ijan 3rd at 230 in the afternoon the accused was released on bail a happy welcome awaited signal ler george mcneice the only otley man among the repatriated prison ers of war from germany when he arrived at his home his parents mr and mrs h mcneice had hung a large union jack with the words welcome home on it and the neighbors also displayed flags in an interview signaller mcnei ce gave a very interesting account of his capture in france and subse quent experiences in captivity he went to france in may 1940 and was captured near rouen on june 9th serving in the royal corps of signals he was attached to the first armoured division and was the wireless operator in a tank which broke a track while passing thiough an orchard while the crew weie mending it the rest of the troop left and two hours later mcneice and his three companions found themselves behind the enemy lines they set off in an attempt to lejoin the british and encountered some of their own infantry who led by an officer eventually had to leave them the tank passed a blazing lorry lying acioss the road and ran into a number of german tanks at a cross roads mcneices tank filed twenty shells legistering some hits and broke thiough at dusk they ran out of petrol and parked the tank in a wood after making it unservice able they hid in a hedge bottom near the river seine with the ger mans suriounding them and during the night a fierce battle raged be tween the opposing forces when morning came they found themselves hopelessly outnumbered and sur- endeied they were taken to rouen cathedral where they spent the night with 30 other englishmen a terrible march lasting 17 days followed through france belgium ending near the dutch frontier where they were herded into open trucks the train crawled along and the dutch gave them food this was followed by a threeday journey on barges into germany and then by train they were taken to thorn in poland after several days at this sorting camp mcneice was sent to a working camp at danzig and until september 1942 when he had to go unto hospital he was em ployed building flats on the outskirts of the city under civilian supervis ion they had to work 12 hours a day although as he puts it they certainly did not unduly hurry in wintertime they shovelled the to all our customers geo derusha clnreinont ajnv bus lino vlerltfcv to ah our customers corner grocery claremont ontario snow in the streets jerry was pretty confident at the time said mcneice and he tried to keep us down he did no give us much food and if it had not been for the red cross parcels we should have been in a poor way th9 people called us english schweine- bunds at first and boasted about coventry being flattened but when the raf raided the town in july last year aud the russians made 3 or four nuisance raids they gave up boasting only one bomb fell close to our camp breaking the win dows mcneice said they formed librar ies played football and other games and organized concerts the swiss paid regular welfare visits aud par cels from home arrived fairly well several attempted escapes were made but they were all unsuccessful we had had rumours of the re patriation in august mcneice said and we decided to wait and see as many of the lads with me had been disappointed before however our medical dossiers went to berlin to be checked and we set off from a baltic port in a german red cross ship for gothenburg the swedish red cross gave us a great welcome loading us with such things as fruit and cigaiettes we remained on the ship and were visited by princess ingrad when the atlantis arrived at dusk we weie exchanged our companion ships left us to go to leith after a voyage without in cident aud we sailed to liverpool we were given a tremendous wel come at the dock side flags were flying bands playing and an en thusiastic ciowd met us i remained for a week in a chester military hos pital where i had my medical 1 arrived by taxi from leeds and was diopped at bondgate i met my dad at the bus where he had been wait ing for three horns and coming home was recognized by several of the folk and well here i am describing the change in the ger man attitude mcneice said at first they were sure of themselves on jerry remarking you go to berlin i go to london to which a tommy letorted aye as a prisoner they thought they would win the war in a few months and then we should go home again we invariably leininded them of that little strip of water the channel which annoy ed them very much as time went on germans paid us more respect and one said he hoped the english would help germany destroy the russian menace before we came home people were begging for cer tain foods from our red cross par cels and the word victory was hard ly ever mentioned by them we were given a propaganda paper called the camp in which was all the dis couraging home news we simply read the paper and laughed at it he concluded everyone of us owes a lot to the red cross and on the whole the boys left behind are in the best of spirits extensive program being carried out in 37 ontario counties following up the successful cour ses given in farm mechanics and the repair and adjustment of farm machinery the ontario dept of agriculture announces that a similar series of courses of instruction to embrace 37 counties of the province will be held this winter in some areas the courses have already start ed and they will be continued until the end of march last winter 204 courses were conducted in 30 coun ties with 15844 farmers attending plans for this year call for 284 courses to be given in 37 counties of the province and in view of the prac tical value of this type of instruction a greatly increased attendance is an ticipated buvs 41 holsteins hon mitchell if hepburn former premier of ontario has purchased 41 purebred holsteins from the pigeon timber co fort william to be added to his bannockburn herd at st thomas estersi barley two car loads expected at once telephone your order today price fob car gormley feed store frank harvey prop gormley ont phone stouffville 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 stouffville creamery co stouffville ont phone 18601 1