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v 3 arsiy vvr ftcs z zs f v j- v j the tribune stouffville ont thursday feb 24 1944 claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store rev i e kennedy was attending tbe play wbich will be presented of toronto to an unnamed purchaser presbytery sessions in oshawa last i in march a quilting committee was lefdon ft 1 r l week o i v the misses mcglashen call friends in uzbrldge on saturday mr and mrs hurtaej of north claremontvisiteddiiring the week- ehatwith relatives luoshava x morris bestead of t vslt ed over thr weekend at his home i here mi lyman pilkey is- suffering from au attack of the flu her friends will be sorry to hear mrs clark of windsor visited over the weekend at the home of her par ents mr and mrs r u forsyth mrs frank ham is improving iu health after being confined to her bed for some time services in the united church on j sunday next at 11 am and 730 pm the subject of the illustrated talk for the evening will be heaven over our heads george foote of stouffville was a visitor at the geo constable home during the weekend v mrs dave dawson is up and about again following a severe cold which kept her bedfast for a couple of weeks the continuation school students are busy preparing for the annual commencement exercises scheduled be held early in march s the bypu of the baptist church held their regular meeting on mon day evening at the home of mr and mrs robt fuller meeting in charge of the devotional committee lieut jos ward was home from his post at camp borden last week end attending the funeral of his fatherinlaw the late mr henry vance canvassers are out this week for the indiachina relief drive organ ized by an interchurch committee and the funds collected by each de nomination will be used for leiief purposes the good fellowship class of the united church met at the home of s and mrs j w fan- on tuesday evening the program was in charge of the men of the class mrs f man- ion the president piesded for the business period the dramatic com mittee reported on the business of i appointed games and contests were enjoyed by all present lunch was served and a vote of thanks extend ed to the host and hostessthe sing ing of aula lang syne brought the evening o a close the household effects of the late mrs meta cowie were sold by auc tion here on saturday there was a good crowd and good prices were bid before auctioneer farmer knocked them off this sale rather passes as the final act in closing out an old home in claremont that we are sorry to see go but death has taken both mr and mrs oowie the premise- were recently sold to john badgerow of stouffville who will move here right away and become residents of our fair village we welcome them hay of prayer the womens day of prayer will be held in the baptist church clare mont on friday ifeb 25th at 230 pm the baptist mission circle and the wms of the united church will conduct the service an invitation is extended to all the women of the community to attend this service wms president given presentation a pleasant ceremony was perform ed at a joint meeting of the womans missionary society and the womans association in the claremont united church last week when mrs heniy johnson who has been president of the wms for five years was pre sented with a reading lamp mrs david gregg read the address of con gratulations and mrs ii g mclntyre made the presentation mrs hugh gregg contributed to the social por tion of the program rendering a piano solo and mrs kennedy and mrs walterward a vocal duet with mrs w evans accompanist some thirtyfive members of the two organ izations were piesent of jg fergusons farm of 170 acres comprising part of lots 15 and 16 concession 6 township of east whit by immediately west of the village of columbus this was formerly the samson roberts farm and was in the roberts family from 1855 to l930wheri it was sold to j a jack lin the present vendor bought this farm in 1936 and in that time built up oneof the best dairy herds in the country this entire herd of 60 reg istered ayrshire cattle with al im plements and equipment were iu eluded in the sale qn this farm are two neverfailing spring creeks with a certain acreage of bush there are two houses the main dwelling being modern with hardwood floors fire places furnace complete water sys tem the barns are modern with wat er bowls and staunchlons and com plete dairy equipment all buildings have hydro installed the new owner will carry on dairying as this proper ty is particularly adapted for such operations bowman and row also report the sale of the 50 acre farm owned by cecil pascoe being part of lot 6 in concession 1 pickering township just east ofajax william e lee of pickering this farm was pui chas ed in 1933 from john m brown of toronto by the vendor and before that time was in the browns family for 111 years there is a good bank barn and frame house and the buildi claremont barber testifies as trio face serious charges recalled that he also heaved milk tells of being rousted from bed bottles at the man with the revolver aj i while over across the road he saw a at gunpoint case odjourned car move away slowly down the road it 11 l i-i- i from near his shop it- appeared to until march 6th j be a 1941 buick crossexamined by mr greer lie i testified that hehadseen thethree pte walter cmoscall of winnipeg j accused in oshawa on a number of who was stationed at toronto mikeoccaions cembal atone time drove wed ix st txakes kectorr ings are equipped with hydro farm has been used for daiiyin ami this business will likely be car ried on by the new owner cembal oshawa and jerry serao- wonyk oshawa appeared in police court at cobourg for their prelimic ary hearing on a charge of attempted breaking and entering and theft of cobourg liquor store on december 31 1943 they have also been char ged with shooting at provincial con stables robt duncan and wmthomp- son of bowmanville with intent to kill breaking and entering and theft of car accessories fiom port hope and theft of a car from york town ship it was agreed between cruwu attorney harry r deyman of co bourg and defence counsel arthur w s greer of oshawa that on account of the tact that the evidence in all the charges was so interlocked to proceed on the cobourg liquor store charge and afterwards apply the evi dence in that case to the other char ges considerable evidence was taken and adjournment was made until march 6 the accused each being allowed out on 5000 bail each all three were charged with vag rancy and also with theft of tour tires on december 30 in darlington township but upon the crown an- thel nouncing that no evidence would be brougham ontario county sales of interesl to residents of ontario county is the recent farm sale re ported by bowman and row repre senting willoughbys farm agency j u s t a rem i n d e r bu019iu i ibnia ail ttrkiusl id 8 j qjblqrf 2 i s bh samff os01 ehol mfb icmilo lot i nol so hosi jia s bio ajfsovf a jyioosvs iota 8 ittjf yonalfi ws -sliy- vi tojvljii3 xi iiojavljno vgjfnod ojrtotifrrrn or bocv iiqa jodai- 91 lo lotfci nl ebetn e 0 s ortjsm jjnb cmz jsjt- jicoo orfoiuili flouio3 fr 3 cc iua itsf youryrtrioricocdjiitymrrifariner tokep your john deere tractor and hquiprnent in tip- topconditiontfbydoing so youll save valuable time and energy insure your implementsagginst untimely delays in the field 3 ibfu asiiftqet jis helpvouvith your servieingoproblelhs if you need repair parts alwaysremderie is ourpolicy to carry a complete overthecounter ib supply of genuinejjohn deere repair parts parts which afeexactdiiplicates of the partstliey replace- n y j jbesure checkover your john deere equip- n mentrighf awayby getting genuine john deere repair partsriowyoullbereadyforfield work when the time comeslsee usnow- stredet claremont rr2 mr and mrs leslie hollanger and bruce of cherrywood were recent guests at the wm gray home airs d gannon spent sunday with friends in toronto mr and mrs c balsdon and son keith of pickering weie guests of mr andimrs m hamilton on sun day mr r d miller is confined to the bouse for a few days suffering from a severecold mr and mrs c plaxton also mr and mrs howard plaxton visited wm and mis giay on sunday mr and mrs jas ravey spent the weekend with her parents wm and mrs ellicott friday feb 25th will- be observed as a day of piayor service will be held in the united church here at 230 pm mr irussell gray of torontospent sunday with his parents a j and mrs gray mrs wm ellicott is spending a few days with friends in toronto imis rowe and children visited with- friends atpt carling recently remember the date friday- feb 25th for the ifiremens dance in the hall mr- m hamilton is confined to the house with an attack of pleurisy pte earl hilts spent several days embarkation leave last week visiting his parents joseph and imrs hjlts and other friends wm jones rcn vr has been up from his halifax post for a cou ple of weeks visiting at the bruce easton home homo from overseas pte john moore who has spent several months overseas u arrived home last week and is at present vis iting his father here mr harry moore prior- to reporting to a new- station on the west coast r moore went overseas with a tank corps unit and returned as guard for a number of prisonersofwar being transferred to this country a oro- ther william is attached to a lire- fighting unit of the rcaf traiuing in canada v displays jilttle faith- ix farm floor promise phone 2216 i iu raij n 4 in of hra only genuine john deere repair parts lax 3fl vjjqlmiq hsjb iqw 5n il- sata j for best results as to price and service let our truck call for your cream r tw of butter jh i fartorcrcamdcliveredltb tfie creamery m jrjj iprht 4 stouffville creamery co stouffville ont v phone 18601 ontario agriculture minister t l kennedy haslittle faith in the feder al governments promises to estab lish floor prices on farm products he told tne ontario sheep breeders as sociation dont you believe it no governmentcan give you a floor price only you yourself can make floor prices he said he urged farmers to woflcout their ownproblems and then present them to government i say its your duty to solve your own pro blems then come- to usand tell us what think is right he declare ed where aid was merited the leg islature would e asked to grant it col kennedy said j prime purpose of the ontario gov ernments proposal to take over the stockyards and permit farmers to operate them was to get better feed ers and- better breeding stockt al though it was also desirous of having i the stockyards make ends meet why cant- wetalse some feeders ourselves why have we to go to other provinces he- asked the present provincial government was the first onethat was not intefk fering with business we beliova we can stop this habit of government interferencejinjbuslness jwe plno to keep you to the highest standards though you say weicant doifc wellwe are going to try f s grlsdale deputy food admin istrator saw little hope of the aban donment of meatless thoiigh there had been tremendously heavy marketing of liyestoek 1b tha past two montbs offeied the charges were dismissed in connection with the cobourg li quor store charge the trio elected to trial the next court no plea being taken fiiot witness was lewis taylor of iangstaff who testified that a license plate was stolen off his car sometime between dec 2g and 30 of last year while the car was iu a garage the license number was sg w77 iia lorric toronto whose home is in york township testified that on dec 2s 1943 at about 320 he was awakened when- his daughter told him thap someone was stealing the car he got to the window in time to see the car being backed out but he stated that he could not tell who was in the car describing the con tents of the glove compartment he said that it contained a whisk sun glasses flashlight and firstaid kit shown a whisk in court he identified it as coming from his car the car in question was a chrysler license number 2c 386 the car was stolen after the thieves had broken in the garage by forcing a window mr lorrie was subjected to rigorous crossexamination on hisidentiflca- tion of the whisk by mr greer the whisk was also identified by charles clayton of toronto who looks after the car for mr lorrie steal buick in ohlmwii wm duncan of osliawa testified that on dec 29 of last year his par a twofoor buick sedan was stolen from the garage by thieves who had entered via a window when it was recovered it had been damaged tothe extent of anoiut 250 including a broken windshield and rear window claremont man testifies l three accused were identified by john brignall claremont barber who stated that onvthe night of dec 29 at 730 the three had come into his shop i asked them what they wanted and one of them said he wanted to play a game of pool but i told him that i didnt run the poolroomany more testified brignall brignall wenton to relate that ontlie follow ing morning at 430 he heard a noise and went to the frbnfof the shop to see a chrysler sedan out in front he was only ablejto make a taxi he declared and had driven people out to a gambling den on tha outskirts of oshawa questioned closely as to where the gambling den was the witness said that he only had an idea where it was and had never been there nor did he know its exact location dont hedge about where is tlii- gambling den located asked mrf greer f magistrate r b baxter rebuked the witness for the manner in which he was standing partly inclined against the magistrates desk stand upon your feet dont lean over on this desk and if you cant tell the truth dont teli anything declared the magistrate brignall insisted that he knew of the gambling den only by hearsay he stated in reply to another ques tion that he had been taken to co bourg jail early in january where he identified the three from police lineups evidence was given by robt hol- den jr of oshawa in identification of photographs taken by him on january 4 on a side road between oshawa and bowmanville technical evidence john smythe photogrametrist from thedept of lands and foiests to v r rcaf pand mrs duncan who were mar- ffed january in st clares pfifrap tlle uride fdhiibrly evelyn marie sander- son is thgdaughter of mr and 5j nejson sanderson clare- mopj the groom is the son of rilrfrank duncan newmark et and the late f duncan local red cross objective 2000 objective in the forthcoming red cross drive which opens feb 2sth for claremont and xortli pickering has been set at 2000 jt was an- nouncedata meeting of the bianch j held at the home of the picsldcnt ronto produced photographs which mrs harvey- brougham e he had taken of mr lorries garage y- owing to tile severewouher and of a provincial police car in toi dit only a limited number h a onto one picture showed a sho gun pellet imbedded in the frame of the spotlight on the police car wit ness said detailed evidence was given by de tective john copeland of toronto finger print expert and police photo grapher this was evidence of high ly technical nature with the view of establishing the fact that marks on the trunk of the lorrie car had been caused by a medium sized wrecking bar which was also produced as an exhibit detective copeland said that he photographed the marks on the trunk and compared them with marks which he created in a lead plate with the wrecking bar he produced photographs of the edge of the wrecking bar showing the char acteristics of the edge pointing out that where part of the edge had been rounded over in use it had left a corresponding mark on thetrunk and on the lead impression heprodiic ed superimposed photographs ofllfe mark on the lead and the trunk with 11 points detailed for the purposejjpf establishing duplicate characteris tics detective w turner of york townj ship police gave evidence in connect tion with the marks onthe window and sash in lafries garage alfred pretty of claremont who operates the telephone exchange- testified that he was called at 530 or shortly afterwards on themorning of dec ember 30 tonotify police i and after doing so noticed a car moving sjowj ly down the roadpast his premises itwas adarkcolbured 1941 buick he said witness stated thatsjia couldnt tell how many were inoit con- of lepresontatives weie present the canvassing committee will be the same as labt year we understand the prisonerofwar parcels cost 250 each and each one is asked to donate at least this amount to put the dnvr oer the top the branch is getting a group of blood jonors together while a good showina on the latest quota of knit ted aitideo was also revealed ijosses rce mux bird cwac is believed to ibeth first woman orderly s in a mens unit in canada she is station- j jdt camp no 15 companyl5ngineet services and w fliftjf jt had f eduntil march 6th- ijate on it was adjourn- out the last two figures on the right hand side of the license plate which werp 77 i at 630 on the morning of dec 30 twas awakened when someons pushed the glass through in the room where i sleep with a shotiguifr he asked ime ifimy willvad bet made and toldime to hand overnrv money i had 350 in my pocket and i got up and ran out to tho front where i turned on the shop lights which were bright somebody push ed the glass out with a revolver in the front of the shop and i hit back at the hand with a broom j i thought that they went to the back of the shop again so i ran out the front and across the street to phone the police related brignall witness 4h ti ie elas fo 8 gfcjifflej floral evonrril sl e s fe bouquets funeral designs w cff flowers c- jrt9fijmt f similt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 before you blame your telephone engineers designed the mouuv piece of lyourt telephone to givs best resullsiat onegiiarier of an linfh- from the lips when your d lipsarefnrthcr away than this our voice is transmitted less strongly less clearly failure to remember these simple facts accounts for the great majority of trouble reports help avoid needless service pehcck at the same time j let those joujlalk to hear you withoutstrain just remember talk clcarlynormauy directly intojthc telephone tcith your lips just finequarter oj an inch jfn the mouthpiece otfevuifstiruih i s5j smoking whife you talk may ciiue distorted reptionii alio prevents your holding the moathpiece realr in of toe lips a wall sec canc come to you stand or sir so ihac your lips are directly in front of and close to the mouth piece donc lalfc close tortiellipj gcrou ir u need to across your desk as you talk continue to bold diihe telephone jn for dear noise- itcc transmission always keep your desk telephone upright not at or near the hor otizonral position r ik tst r c rjrfii j j