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z v t ti s v vv jltie jb5bkjiff vjuqnt ursday- may 25 1944 i- s0e30e giaremoiit and district ioof o n v 0 bystaffcfrrespondent mr fred ward is improving the appearance of his house with a fresh coat of paint thos hammond local carpenter has been in toronto for a few days erecting a garage for mr benj kil- patriek our former butcher who recently moved to the city everett hammond who is sta tioned with the army in a bccamp has arrived home for a brief visit miss llene cooper of toronto visited at her home here over the weekend mr and mrs m j wilker of tor onto visited over the weekend at the home of mrs gleeson miss mabel sanderson of toronto visited over the weekend at the home of her sister mr and mrs maitland anderson mrs alan fryer of toronto and her sister marjorie r n and friend visited over the weekend at the home of their father mr and airs evans ward we understand mar jorie is in training at camp borden as a nurse mr erhn leggitt of pontypool called on his father mr jas leg gitt on sunday this northend octogenarian is slowly improving in health since his recent illness mr and mrs ed lee of kinsale visited friends in town on sunday the meeting of the baptist mis- sioncircle will be held on tuesday afternoon may 30th at the home of mrs wm linton mrs bensons group will be in charge of the pro gram mrs mervin robinson hamilton was a visitor with her sister mrs robt dawson for a few days last week friends gathered in the united church one evening last week to tender a farewell shower to mr and mrs middleton who recently vacated their home here and moved to stouffville the couple were presented with a fine electric floor lamp on this occasion arthur loyst son of mr and mrs frank loyst has returned to camp at brampton after enjoying a short furlough at his home here a carload of gram which arrived in claremont the other day via the cpr destined for farrs eleva tors was not properly released at the switch and was carried all the way to locust hill before the error was discovered we are told audrey alsop fouryearold dau ghter of mr and mrs roy alsop has been removed to the sick child rens hospital where she is await ing amastpid operation mr- john beelby who hasbeen in st michaels hospital for some weeks returned to his home south of the village last week and will be on hand for the auction sale of farm stoc etc which he has call ed for this thursday today claremont boys members of the stouffville air cadet unit were in stouffville on sunday evening to take part in the church parade as part of a youth sunday program in the united church allan prouse who is an officer in the squadron was also on hand local agent moirders store losotaoi dr donald s rawson ot the university of saskatchewan saskatoon and son of mrs r rawson of claremont has had the honor of being elected a fellow of the royal society of canada at the present time he is in government service having been asked to organize the north west territories fisheries survey he recently flew from the west to ottawa to plan the survey today thursday the farm stock and implements of mr john beelby are being sold by public auction on the 8th concession just south of claremont the may meeting of the clare mont womens institute was held at the home of mrs dopking mrs mclntyre mrs john gregg mrs fred redshaw mrs frank loyst and mrs r e forsyth were ap pointed delegates for the district annual it was reported that 37 boys and one girl overseas and 7 boys and one girl in canada receiv ed treats from the branch arrange ments were made for the institute to care for the lawn in front of the public library the current events were brought by mrs hooey and the topic canadian poets was presented by miss s e evans personal letters were read from edna jacques mrs helen anderson mrs lola sutherland miss robina monkman brougham 36 piglets ix three weeks high pork production is being registered on the farm of fred hamilton just east of broug ham on xo 7 highway in the last three weeks two sows on the hamilton farm have given birth to a total of 3g little fel lows twentysix of them were being successfully raised he re ported this week several from around here were at pickering on sunday attending the funeral of the late mrs white mr and mrs ross middleton visi ted at the home of mrs lemmon on sunday miss reesor who has been in charge of the school here for the last two years has found it necess ary to give up her duties for the present owing to ill health miss lackey of uxbridge has taken charge for the rest of the term and we welcome her to our midst miss kay hamilton of toronto spent the weekend at her home here mr and mrs ab matthews were recent guests of mr and mrs ger ald harbron of myrtle mr b browes of west hill spent the weekend at the home of mr and mrs carl devitt mrs wm ellicott and miss p banett spent several days last week with friends in toronto mrs b maskell was removed to st michaels hospital on saturday where she underwent an operation for appendicitis at time of writ ing she was doing as well as could be expected mrs c devitt spent a couple of days last week with her sister mrs geo gray mr and mrs e l crocker also mr and mrs a m crocker and daughter linda of toronto visited mrs l matthews on saturday mrs ferguson spent the weekend at the home of her brother thos norton and family on sutton man kenneth mcauley of sutton charg ed with manslaughter found guilty on lesser charge supenddriiing license for three years convicted of dangerous driving by a supreme court jury in whitby last week kenneth mcauley sut ton was sentenced by mr justice a e greene to six months in jail in addition he will be prohibited from driving a motor car in canada for a period of three years dating from the day of his discharge from prison the accused was charged with manslaughter arising out of the death of mrs maria kirton struck by an automobile driven by him in the village of zephyr on the night of december 24 1943 but the jury after four hours deliberation found him guilty of the lesser charge in passing sentence mr justice greene said that he had taken into consideration the excellent charac ter evidence given by friends on be half of the accused and also to re presentations made by his counsel she has won many trophies lieut mary laroche shown here as she swings her rifle up to her shoulder is a crack shot and holder of several trophies as a marks- woman she is a member of the dominion championship rifle team and at present is stationed at the cwac st sulpice barracks in montreal she hails from frank alta gets soviet medal several farm sales reported the sale isreported this week of the 85 acre farm at lot 17 conces sion 2 pickering belonging to mrs jos cowan the buyer was john e lusted of toronto the s c tomlin estate has been sold to a bagon of toronto it consists of 46 acres parts of lots 13 and 14 3rd concession the 70 acre farm be longing to mr thos shortt of whit by at lot 1 base line pickering has been sold to isaac levine fractures skull driving tractor aboard famed ship james reynolds son of mr and mrs cliff reynolds and who is in the royal canadian navy was a member of the now famed ship hm c s haide which saw action against a german flotilla in the en glish channel oh april 29th it was in this encounter that the sis ter ship the athabaskan was sunk by german shell fire the haida with our local v aboard sunk the enemy vessel and picked up surviv ors from the athabaskan slot machine deadline june 5 po w l mcguinty 35 of tot tenham ont holds distinction of being the first canadian non commissioned officer to be de corated by the soviet govern ment po mcguinty won the soviet medal for valor last fall while serving with an raf squadron as a flight engineer 739 by machines police iri years destroyed two 1 7 aonoc x0e30e stop look listen dont miss the bis d ance in therr community hall claremont friday may 26th special door and lucky danco prizes john manley master of ceremonies round and square dancing auspices claremont park board slot machines valued at 250000 have been seized in various parts of the province by the provincial police antigambling squad under insp e t doyle but commencing june 5 new legislation comes into force which make seizure a push over the measure makes it an of fense to have a slot machine insp doyle estimates 739 ma chines have been seized during the two years his squad has been in op eration they have a value running from 50 to 350 with a deluxe model going higher where the court has registered conviction the machines have fallen under provincial police sledgehammers and the parts sent in some cases to the university of toronto uuder the new act the machines cannot be stored pinball machines however are not covered in the new legislation and evidences will have to be obtained on these machines to prove the devices are used for gaming purposes the slot machine business in on tario is estimated to net the oper ators millions of dollars in nickels dimes and quarters operators split with the owners but the chance of winning a jack pot in the majority of machinesis reported to be about 1 in100chances v heretofore the gambling squad were required to secure evidence of clarence cook son of mr and mrs wj cook of myrtle station had a miraculous escape from death at about 5 pm on tuesday afternoon when the tractor he was driving at the farm of guy steven son on the outskirts of brooklin- went through the rear door of the barn dropped 10 feet to the ground and turned over dr ww baldwin was called and had the injured man removed to the oshawa general hospital where it was found he had suffered a fract ured skull a severe cut on the top of the head and numerous cuts and bruises he was unconscious for a short time and is today making good progress toward recovery it is expected he will be able to leave the hospital in several days he had worked for stevenson for the past two years i mrcook was driving the tractor pulling a load of hay into the barn for some reason the tractor did not stop when it reached the rear of the barn and passed through the rear door and fell to the ground mr cook was pinned under the tractor the rear wheels of which fortunately caught on a fence and prevented its full weight crushing him sam heron a fellowworker who was riding on the load of hay jumped to safety before the wagon fell through the rear door and rush ed to assist mr cook he attempted to extricate him and when he was unsuccessful went to get help on his return he found cook had been able to free himself and was sitting nearby r h greer kc of toronto justice greene told the jury that he had no criticism to make or fault to find with their verdict al though the evidence might h ave justified a conviction on the man slaughter charge his lordship said that he had no doubt that the jury had given careful consideration to the evidence and he concurred in their verdict after the jury had deliberated for over three hours they returned to the court room to submit two ques tions to his lordship and these were answered the law inrelation to each being fully explained half an hour later the jury returned with its dangerous driving verdict when the court resumed on wed nesday morning crown attorney a which justice greene delivered a charge which lasted well over an hour when jhe court resumed on tues day morning the first witnessno be called was robt allan armstrong witness testified that he resided in the village of zephyr and was at the four corners of the village do ing some christmas shopping on the night of the accident he was ac quainted with mrs kirton and saw her in coultices store on the same evening after leaving the store mr armstrong said he saw a per son walking ahead of him but did not know who it was as he was about 150 to 200 ft behind he no ticed the person leave the sidewalk and proceed in a westerly direction this was the last i saw of mrs f annis and defense counsel rh kirton until after the accident he greer addressed the jury after added rev a l mcguire rev allan mcguire will be the preacher at a revival series to be held in the uxbridge free metho dist chuich may 28june 11 ser vices each week night except satur day at 8 pm sundays at 11 a m and 730 p m these services will be preceded by a toronto district youth rally may 2628 rev e a cooper the churchs representative who visits the camps of the armed forces from coast to coast will speak friday night saturday afternoon and night and sunday morning rev c w kay district supt will speak sunday afternoon and rev mcguire sunday night special singing at all services the public are cordially invited canadian agriculture giving as it has suchabun- dant evidence in these days of prodigious war needsofitsabilitylo furnish everincreasing quotas is yet going to be faced with greater production programmes in the days following the liberation of the occupied territories of wartorn europe there is perhaps no other single factorthat has so greatly assisted the canadian farmer to ac- effidency of his methods of production is the implement engineer n masseyharris always a leader in the intro duction of time and labor saving equipment has made another notable advance with its self- propelled combine which has revolutionized harvesting methods theselfpropelled principle introduced in the complish such record achievements as that of masseyharris combine opens up a world of modem machinery united with the farmer in the iob of continuously improving and increasing the possibilities in the future trend of farm machines for the road ahead machines being used for gaming purposes under the new act no evidence of gaming is required all police have to do will be to find a machine and seize it leader of invasion fsswvw t to allied european supremecom- mander is gen dwight elsen- houer 53 conqueror of tunisia scily and southern italy