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7 7yzz v jt vrf yj -i- s-iyzrtz- ithe tribune- stoiiffvime- ont- thursday march 2 1944- i p fj i 5 glsmmont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store miss jean gregg of richmond hill visited over the weekend at her home here the prayer service of the united church will be held this thursday evening at the home of mr and mrs j mccullough there was a flue turnout at the meeting last week at the home of mrs condy regular monthly meeting of the a tryout pickering township council will be held at brougham on monday march 6th mrdavid gregg who has been con fined to his house through illness is improving we are glad to know students of the continuation school were in stouftville last wednesday eiening for their annual skating party mrs alan fier of toronto visited over the weekend at the home of her father mr and mrs evans ward preparations are- going ahead for the annual commencement exercises to be held on the evening of march 17th a social evening for the choir of the united church was held on thursday evening at thew evans home we regret to report that beverley barclay- daughter of mr and mrs frank barclay is home from school with the measles chas cooper was confined to his home through illnes during the loading sawdust for montreal clakemoxt library a carload of sawdustis being load- here are some more of the latest ed here this week destined for a mon- books added to the public library treal fuelflrm the sawdust is being j te secret agent of japan trucked from the big sawmill lnthe former forsyth bush by ross reri- shaw although there is more than a car ready at the mill only the one shipment is being sent at present for by amleto vespa the author mr vespa is an ita lian a loyal fascist after world war i he joined the manchuriau warlords service but- after conflict ing with his italian authorities de cided to become a chinese citizen when the japanese took over in manchuria mr vespa was forced over 150 guests received on golden wedding occasion over one hundred and fifty guests since the lives of his wife and child were received by mrand mrsvilliam ren were at stake to join the japan occasion of their ese secret service in the book he michell on the golden wedding anniversary the tells what he witnessed while a se- diningtable was coveted with alet agent weekend the good fellowship class of the united church are planning to hold an entertainment in the near future mr and mrs clarence fengelly or brobklin visited one day last week at the home of mr and mrs thos paterson mrs walford we understand is in poor health at present mr alvin bushby of pickering was in town on wednesday alan pretty who has been employ ed at whitby has taken a position in the ajax garage the derusha bus to the plant had difficulty negotiating the trip one day last week due to the heavy snowfall the first the bus has been delayed all winter george hammond who has been confined to the house for so long due to a fall is around again his friends are glad to note sirs jennie howe anderson tor onto and formerly of claremont visited over the weekend at the home of mr and mrs j briscoe mr wm beaton of osliawa visit ed over the weekend at his home here mr and mrs jrf copper of water- ford visited during the weekend at their homes here bill tomlinson rcaf and mrs tomlinson were also visitors with dr and mrs n f tomlinson during the weekend j i townsmen collide on oth con fred evans local creamery man and earl beare of the chas cooper hardware collided on the 9th conces sion near the fretz farm one even- ing last week resulting in consider able damage to both cars the beare car was stopped on the road art the time of the accident according to local police officials when the evans machine collided from the rear nei ther driver was injured handmade lace cloth and tastefully decorated with the brides cake talis man rose buds and gold candles those pouring tea were mrs l wil son mrsaspears mrs john michell mrs w harris mrsg garton mrs j walker mrs l hodgson and ms wm rei3or those assisting with the serving were mrs f beare mrs alf michell mrs a burrows mrs henry michell miss ethel brodie and mrs ryan late in the evening mr spears called the crowa to order and reeve wm reesor in a few weir- chosen words paid fitting tribute to the bride and groom of fifty yeais ago the family were all present in cluding the live children and thir teen grandchildren friends came from xew toronto barrie balsam osliawa claremont altona and tor onto as recorded in these columns last week mr and mrs michell mxlc their first home on the 3rd concession of uxbridge going to the west in 1s97 to uaulphin man on march 9 th of that year while moving in from the railroad mr michell had lils feet severely frostbitten and was invalided to winnipeg for six weeks mrs michell carried onat the home stead and folks back home never knew that anything had happened mrs michell still says that her three years in that log house on the plains are among her fondest memories their eldest son alfred was boru there they returned to ontario in 1900 and came to whitevale in 1932 free trip to berlin by isabel guernsey a canadian woman describes her adventures of the fifteen months she spent in germany subsequent to be ing torpedoed aboard the zamzam which was enroute to capetown she never lost her humour in spite of the horrible experience in a crowded nazi prison ship journey among warriors by eve curie is an account of evo curies trip for free france to the farflung iron- tiers of battle in the nearfuture a member of the library board is going to review one of the latest books everyone will be welcome date to he announced later local cop doivn for liic coiint constable jack norton whose husky person has subdued many a violent lawbreaker was no match for a cou ple of local medical inenwhoput him quietly away whilcpefforniiriga ton sil operation last week mr nortons daugiiter helen also underwent the operation performed by drs n f tomlinson andss ball although the event was described as anything but enjoyable jack says he is right as fain again now here you are another tug at the community hall claremont on friday march 3 barretts orchestra lunch brougham mr and mrs f dingmanof whit by were recent guests of the latters sister mrs albert matthews mrs drynan and little daughter of toronto visited their grandpar ents t c and mrs brown mr7 harold cassie of oshawa spent theweekend with his parents mr and- mrs fred cassie congratulations to mr and- mrs lloyd johnston on the arrival of son i mr dean mairs and mr a b matthews had a business tripto tor onto one day recently mr bruce lapeer rcafof tor onto was visiting his grandfather mr h liscombe one day last week mr t3 carter also mrs e jack son of green river vlsied at the a j gray home onsunday mr andmrs martin routiey also mr and mrs- bradley of brooklin visited mrs l matthews onsunday mr and mrs m ellicottof toron to visited her parents here onsun day mrs ellicott wbo has been spending a few days in toronto re turned with them will all red cross workers please get their finished garments to mrs m hamilton immediately the quota date was march 1st let us bo as prompt as possible mr alfred hamilton is confined to the house suffering the effects of a severe cold mr roy miller and mr russell gray of toronto spent the weekend at their respective homes dr n f tomlinson will be at mrs harveys march 8th to take blood tests of any wishing to donate blood tor the next red cross blood don ofs clinic the world day of prayer was ob served here on friday afternoon when about foity iadies met in the church mrs johnston and mrsgeo duncan vere leaders assisted by mrs holtby mrs barclay mrs robertson and mrs ritcfile although most red cross knitters sny from the knitting of turtle neck sweaters they prove no hardship for mrs chas burrows who banded in 9 of those articles this week which have been completed since christ mas the yp are presenting their drama in may wltlrjune in the hall here on march 8th assisted by the audley yp drama and also a drama by claremont yp entitled nellie mcnab at conclusion of this program there will be a pie social- free admission to all ladies bringing pie reserve decision in careless driving case at whitby legislation applys to pickering twp legislation will be introduced at the present sitting of the legislature at queens park- permitting munici palities to accept a fixed sum in lieu of taxation on properties owned by wartime housing limited this will naturally be interesting to the town ship of pickering this practice has been in vogue in this township for sometime a fixed sum is collected from the wartime housing tenants by the township and is turned over to the trustee board of the new school section serving these people this agreement was set up ufctween pickering and wartime housing and signed by the two but will now re ceive the approving signature of the province on the introduction of the above legislature and neck for 150 yards and held this position until the castbound truck reached the position of 80 ft away it is obvious in having committed such foolhardy driving he was then faced with an emergency and had to dive for an opening he had to act quickly either speed up to pass or dropback into the position which he had fust left mr annls said the emmergency was in my sub mission said tho crown attorney of mcmillans own making and his own stubborn refusal to drop behind therefore the accused is guilty as charged v j kxowij3s spends 84th birthday at- work auroras oldest business man w jknowlescelebrated his 84th birth day last week a large number of friends and relatives called at his residence to extend greetings born at thornhill mr knowles has resid ed in aurora for 83 years and for 63years lias been in the meat busi- ness he now assists his son reg a veteran in municipal politics mr knowles was warden ofyork county during 1916and served the munici pality ascouncllldf reeve and brief ly as mayor in 1906 v marmill 24 er cent milk maker for best- results as to price and service let our truck call foryour cream- we pay an extra two cents per lb of butter fat for cream delivered to the creamery stouff ville creamery co stouffville ont phone 18601 after hearing evidence and argu ment of counsel in the case of harold mcmillan of locust hill charged with driving on january 10th in whitby police court magistrate f s ebbs reserved his decision until maich7th additional evidence heard was to the effect that on january 10th about g20 pm the accused side- swiped a car driven by richard v wright of pickering on dundas st just east of garden street injuring three out of five passengers in the wright car and causing damage to both cars the accused it was stated was endeavouring to pass the wright car and before he attempted same he blew his horn the driver of the wright car speeded up and when- the accused had passed about twothirds of the car he realized that he was in danger owing to the fact that a tran sport travelling at a high speed coming east was only a short dist ance from him in order to avoid a headon collision he was forced to cut in sharply and the force of the impact caused the wright car to crash into a hydro pole which was broken in two chief j w elliott and constable john thomas of whitby police force investigated the accident and gave evidence alex mcmillan father of the accused as well as passengers in the car were heard a w s greer of oshawa counsel for accused submitted to the court that conflicting evidence hadi been given by the witness for the crown passengers in the cars and others it is my submission saidmrgreer that the horn having been blown was a clear indication hat the acc used was going to pass and having got beside the wright- car it was wrights duty not to speed up his act of speeding lip caused the urgen cy to cut in there is this fact estab lished that there was an eastbound truck and there was a car ahead of the wright car and it was not struck nor the transport by the accused mr greer submitted that the accused probably should riot have turned out nevertheless this did not constitute a criminal liability or a crime mcmill an was driving with lite lamps lit showing due care and caution for condition while he stated there were no lights on the wright car nor the transport crown attorney af annls put the blame for the accident on the accused- submitting among- other things that the accused knew full well there was- a traffic hazard with the transport coming in the opposite ilrcction and when hewent neck concert worth seeing wed mar 8 brougham town hall brougham young people will pre sent variety program of dramas skits solos debates nellie mexab by claremont ypu in may with june by brougham ypu pie social free admission for ladies biinging pies admission 25c and 15c there are several requirements of a ration for dairy cattle namely palatability variety digestibility bal ance and bulk a good feeder will take into account all these factors when providing a ration for his herd of these requirements he is able to supply only a few from his own farm most farms have pasture land for their animals the size of the dairy herd mainly de pends on the size of the pasture land hay and roots are fed and these are usallygrown on the farm but there are many important food elements that are lack ing in the ration made up of pasture hay- and roots this is where commercial feeds come into play they balance up the homegrown rations central feed store pflone 277 stouffville stotifjivtlle floral lroses r vvedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers miltsrnith telephone 7001 7002 now for your gasoline licenses and ration coupon books on march 31 the present gasoline licenses and ration coupon books wiltexpire after that date no gasplirfewih be sold except on the presentation of a 194445 ration book in his own interests every vehicle owner is asked to apply atorke forajncw license and ration coupon bookfor each of his vehicles application forms must be completed detail commencing april 1 under the 94a5 ritioningplan the opera tion of which will bcbasicallythesame as that now ini effect all noncommercial vehicle owners will againbe allowed abasicaa gasolincliccnsc and ration couponbook containing 40 units for a passenger car or 16 for a motorcycle similarly owners of vehicles eligible for a special category who can prove their need will be granted an extra vocational allowance fixcdin advancefar theyearendirig march 3l 1945 in determining the extra allowance s will bcmeasurcd to individual needs the previous category anil mileage of the car will not necessarily be an importantebnsideration the extra vocational coupons will again be issued in books labelled special and each book will contain not more than 60 units to permit constant review of the needsof each category applicant only one special book or portion thereof will be issued at a time the oil controller also has the right to refuse any application for 1 a special category or to suspend any ratidncoupon book for an infraction -of- the regulations v the shortage of gasoline is still acute do not apply for a special category unless your need is urgent gasoline for commercial vehicles will again be rationed toassure themselvessufficientgasdlirietocarryon normal business activi- tics after march 31 operators of commercial vehicles arcurged to complete at once and in detail tho required application for each of their vehicles f f on and after april 1 service station attendants will not accept gasoline ration coupons unless the license plate number of the motor vehicle for which they were issued is written in oneachcoupoh every motor vehicle must also display on its windshiclda194445 sticker indicating the category of the coupon book submitted at the time of the purchase if the owner of a motor vehicle sells transfers or disposes of it in any way it is his obligation to see that the gasoline license and ration coupon book for that vehicle is returned immediately to the nearest regional oil control office to obtain a gasoline license and ration coupon book secure an application form at your nearest- post office study the form and follow carefully the instructions contained therein when you receive your 194445 gasoline ration book guard it carefully donot leave it in your car if because of your negligence it it lost or stolen if may not be replaced the department of munitions and supply v honourable crd howe a1mr- v- canada 15 short of gasoline use your coupons sparingly ct t v r g c maifefesi ivsv 3u- si5szt ifcltjsv