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s v 8 the tribune stouffville ont thursday jan 27th 1944 claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store mr geo hammond has been con fined to his home for some time with a bad leg mr and mrs robt story of west hill and miss story of toronto were visitors with friends here on sunday friends will regret to iiear that mrs david greggs sister mrs ship ley is in poor health miss jeangregg and miss gallin- ger of richmond hill visited during v weekend in the vjllage mrs thos condy was in toronto one day last week visiting her sister mrs david mcfarlane who has been in hospital for some time miss emma underhill is expected to return to her home from the brierbush hospital stouffville this week following some weeks illness mr fred morley and daughters were weekend visitors at their home misses bessie graham velma mid- dleton and joyce mccullough were weekend visitors in the village mr geo scott was in fenelon falls one day last week visiting his brother david former corner store proprietor in claremont and who suffered critical heart attack recently and bas been in rather poor health al though latest reports are that he is slowly improving friends gathered at the marshall lotten home north townline on wed nesday evening to tender a miscel- laneous shower to miss marion lot- ten whose marriage to frank e badgero of stouffville was announced last week mr and mrs walter ward were visitors in toronto last week along with mrs thos condy at the home of miss jennie michell a former re sident in the village these three ladies marked their birthdays within a few days of each other and took this occasion to celebrate together in the city reports on the situation in the village tell us that the soft water bombadier with rcajf victor prouse son of mr and mrs arthur prouse 9th conces sion of pickering has graduated as a bombadler with the rca f he is at present stationed at valleyfield in quebec prior to enlisting victor wasassociat- ed with his father on the farm after attending school in clare mont and stouffville a brother russel is in the navy reserve mrsthos hammond claremont and mrs elmer bell uxbridge twp are sisters library board holds annual meeting at the annual meeting of the clare mont library board held last week mrs frank lloyst was returned as president mrs mclntyre secy and dr x f tomlinson treas mrs jos farr was added to the list of board members the library income is not latge and almost the entire- amount is taken up with the purchase of new looks the membership fee is 50c a slightly increased township grant is expected to assist with this years expenditures the following is a list of the new fiction books now avail able daylight on saturday by j b priestly about life in an english aircraft factory boughs bend over by m p french story of pioneer family survival by phyllis bot- tome austrian psychiatrist torn from wife family escapes to eng land to find relief from mental dis tress in hospital work wjlthout orders by martha albrand ameri can lieut taken prisoner in italy placed for safety in mental hospital by antifascists proves great aid to italian underground so little time by john p marquand scene set in mass ny story of jeffrey wilson and son jim after dunkirk and before pearl harbour through married for fifty yeairs hbmesteaded weist in 1890s residents for over thirty years of the 7th concession of pickering township mr and mrs andrew pegg celebrated their golden wedding an niversary on monday at their lovely hoine overlooking one of the beauty spots of the township it really doesnt seem very long mrs- pegg said to the tribune on the memorable occasion mr and mrs pegg are natives of the sharon and church hil district north of stouff ville and took up the present farm south of claremoiu after homestead- ing in xorth dakota and manitoba for seventeen years mr pegg who will mark his soth birthday in march was born near sharon and after spending sometime inj western canada came back to church ilii vhore ie married essie llewclla hill daughter of mr and mrs wm hill the ceremony was conducted at the hill home on jan 24 1s94 by rev newton hill of lindsay an uncle of the bride it had rained during the day said mrs pegg recalling the event clearly we drove to goodwood to catch the train for lindsay through halt a foot of slush the couple travelled to north da kota where they hbmesteaded during the 1s90b ireturning tlilirtyfchree these fires by grace l hill author 1 1 a l set their i so wellknown review seems super- the h the t auto mobile in the district which proved quite a novelty jfluous watch for later reviews of nonfiction piisscd awny following lengthy illness interment was made in claremont union cemetery on thursday after noon of the late ida stanbury daugh ter of mr and mrs thos stanbury of claremont who passed away in peterboro hospital on tuesday fol lowing an illness of long duration the late miss stanbury was born in toronto coming to claremont when a small child she attended both wells are at a very low ebb while public and continuation school here l some farmers surrounding are al ready hauling their drinking waier the hardwater wells in the village are said to be holding up well mrs i e kennedy wife of the local united church pastor was in thessalon ontario her home town recently attending the funeral of her only sister mrs ed e thomp son mrs thompson has been a visi- tokin claremont on several occa sions the goodfellowship class of the united church met last week at the home of mr and mrs jas peddie mrs manion president of the class presided at the devotional part of the meeting while the remainder of the- program was spent in games and contests with a dainty lunch the group plan to make the next meet ing a sleighing party providing there yisiiow and they will he entertained at the home of mr and mrs frank carson brougham mr and mrs e burgess and dau ghter of queensville also mr and mrs h wldemnn of markham called on friends here on sunday last mr and mrs gerald harbron and bernice of myrtle and mr and mrs harold crawforth of whitby visited their parents albert and mrs mat thews on sunday afternoon mr clias liscombe of toronto visited his father one evening last week mr and mrs midgley of toronto were guests of mr and mrs thos robertson on sunday the firemen are planning another dance to he held in the hall on friday evening jan 28 good music lunch served mrs c hubbard of brockrd visited her parents mr and mrs hamlltonone day recently mr and mrs b l crocker also mr and mrs a m crocker and dau ghter linda of toronto visited mrs l matthews on sunday the many friends of mrsv thos beer will be glad to know that she is now able to move around the house with the aid of crutches the regular meeting of the wms following which she was employed as stenographer by a peterboro firm besides her sorrowing parents she is survived by two sisters mrs martin peterboro and mrs parkinson co- bourg and two brothers william of peterboro and jack of toronto ser vice was conducted at the graveside by rev i e kennedy of the united church to which miss stanbury be longed and was always an ardent worker the pallbearers were mes srs stanbury brothers parkinson john scott john beelby and frank lloyst the many floral tributes bore testimony of the high esteem in which the deceased was held mrs elsie mowder and mrs jlobt g roy of toronto were visitors with mr and mrs john coombe on sun day judgment reserved after hearing defence evidence in the charge of careless driving a- gainst andrew mcllvenne rr 2 pickering last week magistrate ebbs reserved his decision until february 3 the charge arose out of an- ident on the fourlane high- on the morning of november 12 ianwlien the accused collided with the rear of another vehicle opp john scott prosecuted the case while aws greer appeared for the accused resident of clnreiiiont over fifty years death came suddenly on saturday to mrs harry found resident of claremont for over fifty yeais the late mrs found who was the daugh ter of the late mr and mrs wm brown of manitoulin island was in her 78th year five years agomarch 13th 1939 the couple marked their golden wedding anniversary of re tiring nature mrs found was al ways an ardent supporter of the bap tist church and her kindly disposi tion is warmly recalled by her sor rowing friends in addition to her bereaved husband mrs found is sur vived by one sister mrs d ii avhite of manitowaning and one brother john a brown also of that place one daughter mrs cecil story miss emma brown of claremont and mrs w miller of oshawa are nieces of the deceased the funeral service on tuesday was conducted by rev bexton with public service in the baptist church pallbearers were all ofliccrs of the local churchmcssrs jas coates evans ward morgan pugh chas gostick edgar- ward and malcolm forsyth interment was made in claremont unionceme- tery relief for sheep owners advocated all mrs peggs grandparents are buried in canada a fact of which she is very proud mr peggs forebear- ers were united empire loyalists and are buried at the family burying ground near shoon the first metho dist prayer meeting ever held in tor ontowas at- the home of jas lever great grandfather of mrs pegg who through her life has always been a staunch member of this denomina tion to the couple were born nine children five sons milton lloyd will and edgerton all of pickering township george who lately moved to caledon east and four daughters mrs w a brown pickering mrs r appleby whitby township mrs b s wilson collingwood and mrs c mctaggert on the homo place there are twenty grandchildren a sister of mrs pegg mrs w hjones who supported her at the wedding ceremony fifty years ago makes her home with the couple air pegg has one brother george on pelee island a halfbrother herbert pegg church hill and two halfsisters mrs spen celey richmond hill and mrs com fort chicago mr and mrs pegg enjoy good health and the tribune joins with their hosts of friends in wishing them many more years of happily weddedlife mrs bert harvey j years worlc reviewed at annual meeting last week the annual meeting of the united church congregation will be held following a potluck supper in the church on thursday night beaverton gets first warden in 59 ars reeves james rlniiciiuid of canning- to and xoniian down of east whitby also nominated jtut de cline to oppose beaverton reeve of st johns church was held at the home of mrs a j gray on thurs day last with a good attendance mrs johnston sr took charge of the study period assisted by mrs gannon rev mr kennedy was present and con ducted the installation of officers for the coming year cream for best results as to price and service let our truck call for yourcream we pay an extra two cents per lb of butter fat for cream delivered to the creamery stouffville creamery co stouffville ont phone i860 william reesor rceve of picker ing township and norman down reeve of east whitby members of a delegation which recently waited upon the hon tl kennedy min ister of agriculture with regard to obtaining some relief for sheep owners who are sustaining heavy losses by dog and wolf killings told the ontario county council that the minister was not only sympathetic but advised that he had been consid ering this matter for some time the delegation left with the impression that bounties be increased from 5 to fifteen dollars on wolf cubs and a further sum on mature wolves standing committees of ontario county council were appointed wednesday afternoon completing the organisations of the county ad ministration for 1914 the standing committees are as follows with the first named in each case being chairman finance and assessment blake annis chairman harper newman oscar downey thomas harding w m letcher roads and bridges harper new man chairman norman down alex e thompson james blanch- ard b annis education james h ormiston chairman thomas harding ray ferguson alex e thompson pat rick duffy printing- amos clark chairman joseph p wilson geow jamieson john rae r m deverell county property and goal man agement r m deverell chair man w m letcher william ffleesor arthur grass russell hood legislation and memorials rus sell hood chairman james blan- chard arthur grass geo w jamie- son james h ormiston mileage and per diem alex thompson chairman patrick duffyjoseph wyilson john rae russell hood agriculture norman down chairman joseph p wilson g w jamieson patrick duffy will- lam ressor reforestation ray ferguson chairman oscar downey john rae william reesor amos clarke the county road committee named reeve stanley miller of brock township as its chairman j- dr jc devine reeve of the vil lage of beaverton and father of four soldier sons was unanimously elected warden of ontario county for 1944 at the inaugural session of the county council he is the second warden in 59 years to be elected from beaverton the last man from thatjhriving lake simcoe village to be accorded this honour being dr w walls nominated for wardenship in ad dition to dr devine were reeve james blanchard exmpp of can- nington and reeve norman down of east whitby mr blanchard nom inated mr devine and graciously announced that he had no intention of opposing his friend of many years standing a man who had four sons in the service of their country and one whom he felt would ably and credibly fill the highest office in the countys gift sir blanchard an nounced that if spared lie would be a candidate next year in a brief speech of acceptance of the honor conferred upon him war den devine expressed his deep ap preciation of the magnanimous act of reeve blanchard o cannington in deciding not to oppose him it was something that he would not soon forget i feel that i have made a homerun with one of the players holding the ball with which he could have srtuck me out the war den- said the warden expressed the hope thut he would be able to up hold the dignity and effiency of the office and keep aloft the high stand ards of service rendered by manyof his predecessors in office mrs bert harvey cf brougham was elected as the new president of the claremont and n pickering branch of the red cross at the an nual meeting held at the home of mrs h g mclntyre last week the following officers were elected vice president mr w milne green river 2nd vice pres b jamieson mt zion recording secy mrs mc lntyre corres secy mrs j gregg treas sirs farr work con mrs birkett mrs hamilton mrs robert son purchasing con mrs hooey mrs crozier mrs roy ward a gooa representation was present at the meeting froni claremont and brougham the absense of altona mt zion and green river while re gretted did not denote any lack of interest in the work of the branch mr goddard retiring chairman occu pied the chair the financial report given by mrs farr showed gross receipts of 3- 6s929 with expenditures of302760 leaving a balance of 66169 out standing donations were 100 for sugar for the jam for britain pro ject 300 for greek relief and 500 divided between the blood donorser- vice and prisoners of war parcels mrs birkett the work convener leported the following garments sent out during the year 33 sleeveless sweaters 17 turtle necks 1 pr of seamans stockings 5 seaooot ditto 7 scarfs 168 prs socks h helmets 10 prs gloves 22 prs mitts 3 tuck- ins 35 mens pyjamas 105 triangle bandages 2 caps 55 womens skirts 48 womens blouses 43 pinafore dresses 58 blouses 9 girls dresses 14 pantie dresses 5 girls coats 24 nightdresses 4 hospital bedjackets 125 hankies 48 wash cloths lay ette 11 comfort 8 swing and 3 ditto bags 65 quilts 8 sweaters 13 child rens ditto 3 prs mitts 2 caps 34 articles for infants 23 boys pyjamas 108 skirts 70 shorts and 16 prs stockings thanks was extended to all who helped in the work with the hope that still more help would be offered in 1944 briefly in speaking of his nom ination dr devine made a very fav orable impression as he outlined his ideals of public service and re affirmed his faith in democratic gov ernment members of the county councils he felt were closer to the people and knew more of their prob lems than those who served only un der the banner of some political par ty he said that opportunities for service would become greater when victory was achieved and postwar problems presented themselves i believe that all of us must accept the challenge he declared dr devine told his colleagues thahiis only ob ject in seeking the wardenship was to be of serviceto his fellows and to the country if elected that ideal would be ever before him brief addresses were given by ex- wardens john a mcdonald of mara malcolm forsyth of clare mont markhamunionville lions club carnival will be held at union ville on friday jan 28 races costumes broomball game 25 lucky draw admission 25c 5 m m wxzwkkttxxtiiswxwixiiitxxixni 60 of canadians fall short of goqd nutritioni 5 the best results are obtained from rrlbuno classified advs plenty of food does -not- necessarily mean theright kind of 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