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jhe tribune stouffvffle ontthursday june 15th 1944 xoe aoaoi glareiiiont and district by staff correspondent local apot mowders store 30b030boi o a o i mr and mrs thos paterson have returned to their home in the vill age after spending some time with their daughter airs pengelly of brooklin since mr patersons ill health miss irene lynn of agincourt visited during the weekend at the robt lynn home here mr david gregg looked up an old acquaintance mr geo cowie in markham last week during a recent trip and reports this former clare- mont resident as improving follow ing a severe illness miss marion evans daughter of mr and mrs fred evans visited with relatives in toronto recently len robinson and cousin of mal- ton visited at the robt dawson home on sunday william f hinchey of elmsted visited for a few days last week with his aunt mrs thos gregg united church anniversary ser vices will be held on sunday june 25th mrs chas grant of toronto has been visiting with her sister mrs james briscoe the goodfellowship- class of the united church met at the home of mr and mrs mac middleton in north claremont for their regular monthly social on tuesday miss margaret briscoe of toronto is enjoying two weeks vacation at her home here mr duncan dolphin who is em ployed as a guard at the ajax plant is enjoying a few holidays and mr and mrs dolphin will visit relatives in toronto the bypu of the baptist church met on monday evening at the home of mr and mrs cecil story among the names of those listed as successfully completing their year at toronto university was that of betty pretty daughter of mr and mrs alf pretty of clare mont betty who is taking three- yearcourse with one year post graduate will intern during the summer months representatives of altona broug ham and claremont red cross branches met at the home of mrs h g mclntyre claremont last week to discuss plans for the sum mer and fall work the new quota for the branch requires 85 prs of service socks 25 prs gloves 25- rib bed helmets and 50 dresses ed that a suitable site would be in the rear of nortons garage on a fiftyfoot tower father of local lady was coop organizer brougham mr roland harden is all smiles these days its a daughter airs a b malthews spent a few days recently with her daughter funeral services were held last mrs gerald harbron of myrtle week for john whitmore father of mr and mrs walter stevenson of mrs jos fan- of claremont who brooklin visited his sister miss b passed away at his home in wood- bridge at age of 70 mr whitmore was organizer and for 20 years man ager of the woodbridge farmers co operative society a former mem ber of woodbridge council and vaughan township council he was elected deputy reeve of vaugham in 1915 and served for two years in 1917 he was elected reeve and servs stevenson on sunday mr and mrs harold crawforth of whitby were recent guests at the home of her parents mr and mrs a b matthews v several of our local ladies were at brooklin on thursday attending the district annual meeting of the womens institute miss m sheppard had a business rejoins regiment after most difficult plastic operation after five months- plastic sur gery in england pte cycil hart son of mr- and mrs c hart of brougham is back on duty with 0e3oc xoraoc x0exoz iobxo ed until 1921 he was a past mem- tripuo toronto on monday foer of the board of directors of uni the wms will hold their regu- ited farmers toronto and for lar meeting at the home of mrs o lift record collection n at erskine decoration visitors at the erskine cemetery decorationseryice on- the 2nd conj of pickering gave generously to the amount of 240 on sunday which money will go to the upkeep of this sacred plot for another year rev m jenkins of pickering was the speaker for the occasion and the pickering united church choir led in the singing assisted by mrs frank baker soloist family moving to parry sound district mr and mrs r p saunders have sold their home here in claremont and moved this week to ilfracombe parry sound district the property which consists of a rough cast house barn hen house and about threequarter acre lot has been sold to aw slack and mr and mrs slack will come in from the farm and retire the saunders have cupied the house which was origin ally in the reedman estate for the past five years clnrcmqiit represented at university graduation russel prouse son of mr and mjs arthur prouse who resides south of claremont graduated from the university of toronto on friday with his bachelor of arts degree russel has been in the navy re serve for the past two years and will now be stationed at deepbrook ns he has spent the past several weeks at hmsc york in toron to a brother is overseas withrc af some years was justice of the peace he was also on the board of manag ers of theunited church mr whit more retired six years ago and has lived in woodbridge his wife died four years ago surviving are two daughters mrs joseph farr of claremont and mrs herbert east- vood of toronto 30 sheep killed by flash of lightning one of the biggest single kills made by a flash of lightning in this district for a long time was record ed last week during one of the fre quent electrical storms that visited this neighborhood thirty sheep were killed in the twinkling of an eye as the frightened animals flock ed tightly together under a big basswood tree on the farm of mr alex gray on the 7th concession of pickering mr gray is recognized as a man who husbands many valuable ani mals in the sheep line with his en tire flocks of several hundred being above the average rating the ani mals killed were valued at 25 each and the loss is partly covered by insurance news from italy from goodwood boy to his parents b 79031 sgt staley support coy irish regt of canada c a cmf dear folks its a long time since i took time to write to you people and the only excuse is lazzinessbut its too warm todo unnessary workand even too warm- to do the necessary things like dropping ioved ones a line 1 sure was glad to hear in your last letter that you are giving up the burton on thursday afternoon june 15th mrs v wright and mrs harris of georgetown spent the weekend with mrs thos beer and other friends and also visited tlie formers brother thos beer who is in os- hawa hospital mr and mrs f carter and mr and mrs a j gray were in tor onto on sunday afternoon attend ing the funeral of their uncle the late john carter who passed away after a short illness and whose in terment took place in whitevale cemetery miss lakey our school teacher was in toronto on friday last when she graduated with honors from toronto university and re ceived the rhm jolliffe gold medal in english from victoria college we extend our congratu lation to this young lady on her successful years work the brougham union cemetery board will hold their annual decora tion services on sunday june 18th at 230 pm rev i e kennedy will have charge of the services and the music will be supplied by the choir of pickering united church we extend our congratulations to miss margaret betty sanderson rn who recently graduated from the womans college hospital also to her brother pilot officer robert bud sanderson who recently xe- ceived his wings at hagersville these young people are son and daughter of mr and mrs wm san derson both well known in this community having lived for some years in the village and attended school here his regiment he was seriously in jured when his motorcycle collided with an army truck suffering head and leg injuries he is well known in pickering township and was employed at ajax prior to enlisting his brother bruce is a stoker 1st class with the royal canadian navy and is now stationed in sid ney ns will certainly be a lot easier on you people i guess you will be really busy by now in fact at about your busiest time speaking of be ing busy ive had the busiest week better fire alarm likely for claremont a committee comprised of messrs jack norton chas cooper and jas mccullough was recently appointed to go ahead with the purchase of a siren for the claremont fire bri gade and the installation of it on a suitable tower in the central part of the village it has been suggest- of my career and no kidding iive vivv hi- jvu tic niviiic um 1111 ti i farm it will be a pleasant change le b on the jump to not be tied down anyway and it i i m disappointed in one of my boys today i had the first crime auction sale of antique and high class plrxiture the property of james raine greenwood just off no 7 highway on sat june 24 piano and bench weber chesterfield suite in my section it was only a minor offence too but it spoiled the re cord you know this italy is the most beautiful country ive ever seen not long ago i sat on a moun tain top and gazed across the most beautiful valley i ever saw and to look at this certain valley you would never know that hidden in the valley was about seven or eight thousand men all armed to kill and j destroy i guess i was feeling sen timental that day because i thought to myself what a shame to be fight ing in a beautiful valley like that and just above me on the hill were which read as follows rev henry cotton conducted funeral services for mrs rachel flewell edwards at her late resi dence on gorham st on may 27 interment was made in necropolis cemetery cannington mrs ed wards was a daughter of clarysa and richard flewell uxbridge she was born at uxbridge on july 23 1859 her father was born in staf fordshire england and her mother was of dutch descent and came to canada with united empire loyal- bethesda camp meeting pikes peak june 4 is 144 evangelist rev r l- leroy of north bay ont sunday servijces june 18th 1030 am great hquness service male quartette sunday school mrs husonscene0felt 3 pm great gospel rally special singing 730 pm closing services of camp plan to attend every service milne sisters violinists will play at all services week xlght services every night at 8 ftclock excopt saturday great youth rally june 16th at 800 pm special music and singing at every service 2 pm ioe ioexoi ists mrs edwards married on nov 28 1894 charles edward edwards who predeceased her on oct 17 1935 she had been ill only six days suffering a fractured hip in a fall surviving are one son major john charles richard edwards two step daughters mrs edith williton and mrs al widdifield two brothers charles b flewell buffalo ny and robert flewell north dakota two nieces mrs mabel grieve and mrs ella noble uxbridge 13 grandchildren four greatgrand children and one greatgreatgrand child 2 axminster rugs 12x9 axminster floor runner mohair couch 6 chairs to match good antique round extension table oak oak buffet studio couch walnut tea wagon divanette 6 leather dining room chairs leather couch glass cupboard 1 walnut dining room table ex tension electric clock electric cabinet padio victor electric iron end table tne graves of a bunch of canadian boys well space grows small so once again ill have to close hope this finds you all well as it leaves me and 111 be home to help you move to your new home love art every friday evening claremont community hall plan to attend june 2 barretts orchestra john manley master of ceremonies round and square dancing auspices claremont park board singer sewing- machine good findlay cook stove polisher carpet sweeper vacuum beatty hall rack 4 mirrors number small tables dresser oak bedroom suite antique 3 toilet sets complete washstand arm chair iron bed and springs desk rocking chair bedroom suite g cane bottom chairs wooden bed with springs ironing board 5 mattresses no electric table lamps 4 feather mattresses clothes rack no feather pillows set scales 25 lb capacity electric washing machine wringer egg crates 2 verandah chairs no of crocks 2 lawn seats silver cruet set 2 silver tea pots silver water pitcher silver butler dish set dishes 2 silver- cake plates no cushions cut glass water set quantity of dishes and cooking utensils buggy pole dlnnerbell cutter rubber tired buggy- good covered cutter good set light bob sleighs set light single harness nickel mountedgood set light team harness good other articles too numerous to men- tion terms cash saleatone wf disney cierk a farmer auctioneer toronto goodwood flashes mr and mrs reuben maye ken neth and mr and mrs fred bald electric plate win were in toronto on sunday flash correspondent wife and family visited at island grove for the weekend mr george cowling of toronto visited his daughter mrs fred baldwin uxbridge 2nd line trustees bee at school grounds on saturday af ternoon a good success teeters were erected for the kiddies as one job accomplished miss mabel tindall spent the weekend at zephyr mr and mrs w hubbard were at the mcguckin home sunday cattle were killed by electric storm the property of alvin nor ton and c jones mr ed faulkner of coboconk is spending a week with his niece mrs geo brown our editor broadcasting on the air was enjoyed by toronto folks very much congratulations letit be often pte stewart mcguckin is now home on leave n pleased to see our friend chas jones at the drum head service miss lillian strehlow niece of the correspondent accompanied by her friend miss miller spent the weekend at hollywood lodge- lake simcoe one of the very old families of uxbridge istheflewellswho settl- edaround quaker hill in the eighties last week the newmarket erarecordedthedeathof adesl cendant of thequakerhiilgrduplv t in the person of mrs- edwards tne person ot mrs edwards v