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v o a the tribune- stouffvilleont thursday may 11 1944 i0e301g aoxaoi i0e30i aoaox ion o gtereftiofit and district 1 by staff correspondent aocao l i local agent mowders store aoiaoaocio xotaob pte chas saunders wounded in italy pte charles saunders son of mr and mrs richard d saunders of claremont was very seriously wounded during the fighting in italy according to word just receiv ed by his parents here the infor mation from the war dept stated that pte saunders had received a serious bullet wound in the shoul der and neck which might result in a severe sickness since the ini tial word no further communica tion has come to the parents who are anxiously awaiting more infor mation on his condition pte saunders enlisted in 1940 with the algonquin regimentrlc e and has been in italy since christmas last a brother william has seen service in the same regi ment for two years being stationed in newfoundland- tribunes on sale each week at the corner store overlands mrs mathews brougham chas watsons goodwood many families on the move in and around claremont may is certainly moving time for claremont families and trucks and wagons have been plying hither and yon transporting the belong ings of those taking up hew abodes mr and mrs cliff reynolds have moved into the house lately occupi- edby therobt redshaw family who have moved into the found place which they recently acquired wm vause who occupied the small cottage situated in the field just south of james leggitts has moved to the former store premises on main street next to the jack brignall stand and lately used as a shoe repair shop mr vause is em ployed as a guard at ajax mr and mrs jack coomb have moved from theroy7arm to the cecil story farm the former robt fuller property just south of stouff- ville mr and mrs roy alsop have re turned from toronto to reoccupy their home on the north townline mr alsop has been employed inthe tcity during the winter but will now go back to the land we under stand mr and mrs- john pallisterhave purchased the ridge house in al- toha occupied their new- home this week the pallisters recently disposed of their farm on the pick- eringuxbridge townline further east mr jos nokes has purchased a house in beaverton and left his 6th concession farm on monday barclays transport taking the household effects to the lakeside village mr nokes has been em ployed as a guard at ajax ill health forces john beelby to sell owing to ill health mr john beelby wellknown 8th concession pickering farmer has rented his place to lloydbrook farms and will hold a public auction sale on thursday may 25th mr beelby is in st michaels hospital toron to- at the present time and follow ing a minor operation expects to be able to return home but under doctors orders to take a complete rest for some time this one hundred acres is the home farm where mr beelby was born and raised over sixty years ago mr martin gall it isexpected will be the farm manager and will share the farm house with the beelbys for the present it is interesting to note that the day following the sale which will be may 26th will be the 30th wedding anniversary of mr and mrs beelby an occasion on which had been planned a little something special by the family s the sale on may 25th will offer over 20 head of young grade cattle j implements grain household furni ture and many other articles a s farmer will be the auctioneer us navy secretary dead y i of navy frank ykn6xlsvdeadat home in washington he suffered from agastrointestinal ailment mr robert leggitt and mr hoi man of aurora visited on sunday with mr leggitts parents mr and mrs jas leggitt friends will be glad to learn that this north clare mont resident is home from hospit al mrs august leggitt of jellicoe is also visiting in the home this the wms of the united church will hold their regular meeting in the churchon thursday afternoon the program will be in charge of mrs rawsons groo mrs allan fryer of toronto visited oversunday at the home of her father evans ward mr and mrs hurtabee of north claremont visited relatives in osh- awa on sunday mr and mrsdick johnson of tor onto and former claremont resi dents greeted old friends here on sunday and spent some time with mr and mrs dave pugh mr morris binsted of toronto visited over the weekend at his home here miss peggy brown of ajax ont visited on friday with her sister mrs everett hammond the george middleton family moved to stouffville this week where they will occupy the former frank baker house on baker ave which they recently acquired miss jean and gladys morley of toronto visited over the weekend at their home here miss gertrude morgan of toronto visited over the weekend at the home of her cousin miss s e evans mr and mrsbert gibson oshawa visited on sunday at the home of mr and mrs chas hardy mr vic shaver was a visitor in toronto on wednesday mrs flewell visited in oshawa on tuesday the regular meeting of the clare mont institute will be held on wed nesday may 17 at the home of mrs i dopking miss se evans will give the topic on canadian poets friends will be pleased to learn that mr geo redshaw who is in st michaels hospital is steadily improving and hopes to be home soon mr and mrs dean mairs jack and barbara of brougham were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs jos empririgham friends gathered at the home of mrs wes lehman one evening last week when assisted by mrs harold loyst she held a euchre- party which netted a tidy sum for the work of the forgetmenot club mrs e m sanders who has been living in claremont with her daugh ter mrs saunders has gone to erin ont where she will make her home with her younger daugh ter mrs linstead whose husband is a sergeant in the rcaf next sunday will be mothers day and special services will be ob served in both the baptist and unit ed churches an interesting cere mony at the united service will be an infant baptism rev i e kennedy and mrs jas mccullough were in courtice last week attending the session of the presbytery local farmers in this district have taken on a contract to grow 1400 acres of peas and corn for the van- camp co whose plant is at whit by mrs john beelby and son robert were in toronto on sunday visiting mr beelby who is in st michaels hospital the corner garageman jack nor ton was greeting everybody with a more than cordial smile this week all because he has recovered his prized dog which he reported as having been stolen leaving the owner pretty dejected for two weeks until the faithful friend ar rived home again toiuatocs in blossom we have some early gardeners in the village but few can equal mr albert lee who has tomato plants set out in his garden already out in blossom mr lee raised the plants from seed himself dislocates shoulder following closely the accident of last week which befel mr courts when he dislocated his hip came a misfortune to mrs warren wil son who resides near brougham this lady took a tumble down a hight of stairs and came up with a dislocated shoulder dr n f tomlinson administered medical aid brougham miss b stevenson who spent the winter in toronto has returned to her home here for the summer mr and mrs carl devitt and family have moved to the village having taken up residence in part of the jas phillip home formerly the mckinnon home mr and mrs jasravey and mrs gorden of toronto were guests of mr and mrs wm ellicott on sun day mr and mrs dean mairs also jack and barbara had dinner with mr and mrs jos empringham on sunday mr george mcgregor of peter borough called on old friends one day last week mrs c storry also mrs f madill visited a b matthews one day re cently mr oscar white has moved back to his home here after spending the winter in toronto v next sunday being mothers day special service will be held at 2 pm when there will be a joint service of ss and regular service there will also be baptismal service sorry to hear that mrs w c willson had the misfortune to fall and dislocate her shoulder one day recently her many friends wish her a speedy recovery mr and mrs b kidd and daugh ters margaret and gladys of toron to called on mrs l matthews one day recently i the many friends of mr wm ellicott will be glad to know he is able to be around again after his recent illness mr fred madill still prefers old dobbin to a tractor as he has just purchased a very fine team of work horses 4 mr and mrs robins of toronto also mr and mrs ducet visited mr and mrs fred hamilton on sunday miss zella seebeck of toronto visited her mother and sister over the weekend the jr red cross are holding a bazaar and sale of sewing and homemade cooking in the school on saturday afternoon may 13th commencing at 2 pm donations thankfully received from anyone willing to help this worthy cause a draw will also be made on a lovely quilt which was made by the girls mrs h g mclntyre heads claremont s greexwood the ypumet in the basement of the church last week mr and mrs h gilchrist oshawa visited with fred and mrs byers on sunday v our young people presented their dramaat mt zion lastfriday night drhoskins of toronto showed some very interesting pictures in the church on sunday night the many friends of walter wil son are glad to see him home again after his recent illness the sympathy of the community goes out to mr james raine and ons in their recent bereavement seeding is in full swing in this part of the township another week of fine weather will see most of it in the ground the wms for the circuit met on thursday at 2 oclock in the kinsale hall mrsr mowbray was in charge of the meeting at the annual meeting of the claremont womens institute mrs h g mclntyre was elected to fill the presidents chair for 14445 the new slate of officers is as fol lows hon pres mrs r e forsyth pres mrs h g mclntyre 1st vice mrs frank carson 2nd vice mrs f redshaw secy mrs w lehman cor secy mrs a lhooey treas mrs john gregg pianists mrs re forsyth and mrs e palmer the standing committees citizenship mrs j gregg hist research mrs rawson agric can ind miss rolling home economics mrs f loyst social welfare mrs jas coates disl dir mrs j gregg home and school com mrs w r evans mrs f carson sick mrs hooey mrs lehman mrs d mc cullough membership com mrs rawson mrs w r evans miss s e evans mrs walter ward audi tors mrs loyst and mrs stanbury mrs j gregg is liaison officer to wptb during the year the branch do nated cigarettes to the boys over seas in addition to 100 to the red cross blood donors service 100 to the prisonersofwar parcels 15 to the village library and sugar for jam to the extent of 2260 the following work was also completed 191 ladies and girls blouses and skirts 140 skirts and shorts 10 turtle neck sweaters 59 pairs army socks and seamens stockings 35 refugee quilts and cot covers 30 custom quilts 10 miscel laneous articles public meeting ccf members report to constituents on tuesday may 16th at 8 ociock in ratclifjps haijl stouffville the following members of the ontario legis lative assembly will report on the work of the recent session agnes macphail mpp york east geo mitchell mpp york north arthur williams mpp ontario through the instrumentality of a thorough- going democracy the ccf is committed to the maximum welfare of the common man make this your canada everybody invited richmond hill fair the richmond hill agricultural society which has so long upheld the traditional 24th of may holiday will again hold their big agricult ural fair on that date this month which happens to fall on a wed nesday for a mid- week holiday this will be the 95th annual fair of this association which is looked forward to by many people in this district as one of the events of the year not to be overlooked you will find a program for all the family and instruction for every body yl certccor mruintfro department of national war services k xow fchi admiraii v to my fellow canadians- 4 x you the citizens of canada and aeabersot the voluntary salvage coonlttees and many other voluntary warlforkers havedoneon oxbollent war job iioe fier part to helpwln the rar aasbeen thtiif rol and unselfishdevotion to jiff r duty of- saving and turning in the essential your tf hst backed up the wis and gaigns have been nationwide and u cam- vour job hasbeen a bg 2 as5ssssid agalnvtavovos past t look to the svsssr the mt be safely packed v tho enemy l fi oore suppii i2 1 darch hearer to rba kaste pap paperboard nilio fellov canadians n y sincerely u v bowlers to hold first tourney on may 24th the claremont lawn bowling club held their annual meeting in the club house here last week and the following slate of officers were elected for the coming year pres earl bearevice pres re forsyth secretary ralph miller prize com fred evans john badgerow mrs fred evan3mrs bearegames com mrs will birkett mrs dop king fred ward mr fred ward is again attending the greens ground com- fred ward- fred evans- and don hedges it was decided to hold the first tourna ment of the season on wednesday may 24th- although the- bowling season was expected to officially open on monday evening of this week viceadmiral sir bertram ram say 55 commanderinchief of allied naval forces in the im pending invasion has been pro moted to the rank of full ad- miral he organized the dun kirk evacuation planned the naval phase of the invasion of north africa and was allied commander at the landing in sicily at claremont friday i at 12 lucky prizes draw for comforter donated by mrsterritt pickering refreshments auspices claremont lawn rowlinir crnb- v bring your friends j ffwwkwsti -i- b jii vvvul erche ona ffar servt ces s 10000 bag andbook 5stssss fi paper containers r n department of national- war services but more paper leave yours at the lions salvage depot main street srouffviiir stocks4vwyia kasksilaal4 evsakcdaadka