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the tribune stouffviue ont thursday july 6th 1944 claremont and district ioe aoi by staff correspondent 0 aobto with her xoexoe local agent mowders store loaoaoboi iono a o 0 o j pickering tax rate is slightly downward mrs combe is visitin cousin mrs esther palmer for a short time but intends to take a trip to sault ste- marie shortly we understand mrs levi gibson of toronto at tended the decoration services here on sunday work is going ahead steadily at the new welman barn and the one section of the new lshaped struc ture is practically ready for this years hay crop miss clara neal of toronto visit ed with friends here on sunday mr and mrs walter thomson of markham attended the services in the cemetery on sunday mr and mrs richard johnson of toronto visited on sunday at the home of mr and mrs dave pugh and attended ths memorial services mrs wilkes and children of tor onto visited over the weekend at the home of mr and mrs prouse lieut jos ward of camp borden visited at his home here cturing the weekend mrs bruce harton of toronto has been enjoying a visit here with her mother mrs blanche cook mr and mrs floyd coates of tor onto visited over the weekend at the home of mrs john coates here mrs corney of toronto visited over the holiday with mrs conner and her mother mrs lonsdale mrs lonsdale had the misfortune to fall and sprain her ankle the other day while out calling on friends mr and mrs harry porter were in the north country during the holi day weekend our local tonsorial artist was trying his luck with rod and line miss irene lynn of agincourt visited relatives here during last week mr and mrs r e forsyth were holidaying in windsor with their daughter anna last week mrs forsyth will remain for a few days this week we understand mr and mrs frank loyst were in tweed during the holiday visit ing their daughter and family mr and mrs roy thompson gordon scott son of mr and mrs geo scott of claremont has been promoted to the rank of sergt- major gordon is stationed at lon don ontario his wife and three children reside in windsor where the scotts have a store claremont softballers carried off the 10 first prize award at the big dominion day celebration at pick ering the boys were paced on the mound by miller this aggregation are really something to beat and cleaned up the five teams in satur days contest with little trouble they are appearing at goodwood for the big orange rally july 12th therell bea mixed doubles bowl ing tournament on the claremont greens this friday evening mr and mrs fred evans and mr and mrs earl beare were in os- hawa during the weekend and car ried off the prize high for two wins in the bowling tournament there they were presented with fine towels and shirts for the men twentyeight rinks competed friends will regret to learn of the passing of misslibbie smith in ux- bridge the late miss smith made her home at one time with misses mcglashan and was a faithful unit ed church worker particularly in the missionary society she leaves to mourn her loss two brothers thomas and henry two other brothers james and hugh prede ceased here rev i e kennedy of claremont conducted the funeral service i claremont public school report promotion june 1jh4 grade 7 to grade 8 honours don manion june su therland pass don brown larry brown wilfred morley recom mendedalex beaton don beelby grade 6 to grade 7 and grade 5 to grade 7 honours allan pilkey pass ger ald middleton marion evans yvonne redman elizabeth denby violet binsted joyce redshaw june elson recommended carl norton elmer brooks d l bacon teacher dies of wounds received in france grade 4 to grade 3 honours douglas sutherland joan middleton keith carsonbruce kennedy pass blair evans clyde beaton dorothy brooks recom mended lyall brooks grade 3 to grade 4 honours marion norton regin ald sanderson joe hinan ronnie burnell marion middleton pass alan redshaw olga rhodes mary story recomended shirley taylor grade 2 to grade 3 honours nelda elson phyllis beelby garry evans david bever ley earl pilkey pass aubrey carson grade 1 to grade 2 honours frances mccullough and ross brown equal carol johnson glen evans joan red shaw kenneth middlteon diane denby recommended frank white 1 annie s porter teacher total war savings 17425 word lias been received here by mrs rhodes north claremont that her husband sergtmajor edward rhodes highland light infantry died of wounds while fighting on the normandy beachhead edward went into france with the third canadian division while not natives of claremont the rhodes have made their home here for several years occupying a newly constructed cottage next to margaret farr the hiuan property ivan beverley edward rhodes enlisted at gait his home town and was a regiment al sergeantmajor besides a sor rowing wife he leaves two little girls olga and denise three bro thers are also in service jack is known to have been with his fallen brother while charles and stanley are in the navy another brother is employed at oshawa while two sisters reside in gait pickering township tax rate was struck at the regular meeting in the township hall brougham on mon day afternoon and will be 133 mills lower than last year by reason of the one mill subsidy on educational costs which in pick ering total 50000 an amount of 4071 will be returnable to the ratepayers in the reduction other slight decreases in the patriotic levy general school rate and gen eral township rate account for the remainder of the reduction the general township rate last year was 45 mills and this year recently sold for the sum of 12000 will be 4 mills the county rate is assessment on the property was slightly up while relief is also uponjy 4900 wards 05 mills but continued mr spears the equalization still potent problem place is only worth ssooo there was considerable discus sion regarding equalized assessment which still remains a potent pro blem for the county and township it was pointed out by assessor adam spears that while certain pro perties were selling at heretofore unknown figures this did not re present a true value of the land he cited as an example a farm which reeve reesor contended that the time was fast approaching when all assessments in the township would have to be raised if any equal basis for the entire county was to be at tained the raising of the entire assessment of the township would in no way interfere with the taxes as the rate could be adjusted ac cordingly will proceed with new township offices infant son has narrow escape the little yearold son of mr and mrs harold barclay had a narrow escape from probable serious injury last weekend when playing in the yard at his home 7th con and brock rd just south of claremont a car had pulled in the driveway at the time arid the driver on com pleting his business was in the act of backing out the lane the little chap was playing nearbv unnoticed and was struck by the car although the wheels did not pass over him he suffered severe head bruises and cuts pickering game stocks replenished over 7000 salmon fingerlings were placed in pickering township streams last week by men from the dominion department of game and fisheries the fish were all count ed out carefully and placed at the most suitable spots along the creeks one hundred and fifteen pheas ants also arrived from the ontario dept it is expected that these will raise a brood yet this year a num ber of young birds is also expected to be let loose in the township be fore fall a committee comprised of reeve wm reesor and councillors w h westney and m s chapman has been named to proceed with obtain ing plans quotations and site for a new council chambers vault and garage to house road machinery in the township of pickering the formation of the committee climaxed discussions which have taken place at regular council ses sions over a period of months it was felt that more satisfactory quarters could be provided if the council were to withdraw entirely from the present hall although some repairs will also be made to this building the township is badly in need of an office for the clerk and vault to house the municipal records the hall now being used was a gift to the council and would be turned back to the people of the district for entertainment use the township is in process of pur chasing a new crusher for their gravel pit the cost to be in the neighborhood of 4000 the pre sent machine is eight years old and while not new in the beginning has given good service road supt roy ward revealed that over 100000 yards of gravel has been crushed by the present machine at one time this gravel cost the township 85c but is being turned out today for less than 35c a yard t the may report from the public health nurse mrs gordon revealed that 84 special physical inspections had been made 15 visional tests taken 8 other inspections and 54 complete physical inspections a hospital report revealed that be tween feb 1st of this year and the end of may hospitalization for in digent patients cost the township s7200 of which fifty per cent is paid by the county a request was received from union school section no 4 that they be permitted to become part of town ship of scarboro school area no 2 being all property west of the rouge river parts of lots 3135 in broken front ranges nos 1 2 3 a total of 952 acres the request was granted sheep claims passed for payment totalled 19900 don mccullough 9th concession received 1s600 made up by seven ewes killed one ram and six lambs killed two ewes and one lamb injured h arnold no 2 highway received 1300 for one lamb killed relief accounts paid totalled s12128 and road accounts 174070 wst whttevale private in normandy casualties pte william colbert aged 23 has been listed a casualty in the invas ion forces according to word receiv ed by his parents mr and mrs w colbert near whitevale pte colbert enlisted with the health queens own rifles and was attach- 1 ed to the headquarters staff over seas two years pte colbert married send the tribune to absent friends an english girl last january born in scotland the young sol dier came to canada as a child his two brothers also serve in the arm ed forces greenwood lady reached her 100th birthday sunday on sunday july 2 mrs jane boyer of greenwood south picker ing township celebrated her 100th birthday by receiving members of the family and a host of friends everybody in the village and many more friends took the opportunity to wish aunt jane continued good toronto goodwood flash es mr and mrs w davey spent the holiday weekend at their summer home island grove lake simcoe toronto friends feel very sorry to hear of the illness of the corres pondents brother e j davey stouffviue with good medigal care and home nursing he should show improvement soon dan wagg is busy building a new verandah walter brown was home for the weekend miss elma wellman of toronto is visiting mr and mrs j rae harvey feasby has returned to camp after furlough at home ted hall and family were sunday guests with mr and mrs c jones save your gas coupons get the old car turned up for the big day at goodwood july 12th buy your spare tribune at wat sons store for sale at all times w p t b question q i pay my room and board by the week must i pay full rent when i am absent for two weeks holiday this is a matter which would have to be settled between your landlady and yourself there is no board ruling governing such arrangements a- brougham his fourth break frank white son of mr and mrs jas white who live on the farr farm just east of the village is carrying his wrist in a cast for the fourth time the break came while the lad was climbing over a fence he tells us and this is no less than the fourth time he has suffered a similar mishap to the same wrist cemetery grounds wcllkcpt the grounds of claremont union cemetery were a pleasing sight for the large gathering there last sun day afternoon at the annual decora tion service and george hammond caretaker is to be congratulated on the fine appearance of the grass and flower beds rev w h bexton claremont baptist church minister was the speaker on sunday and was assisted by the baptist quart ette goulds sound equipment from uxbridge was engaged for the occasion and enabled the proceed ings to be carried to every part of the grounds a freewill offering of 50 the largest ever given was re ceived at the close of the service dancing every friday evening claremont community hall plan to attend june 2 barretts orchestra john manlef- master of ceremonies round and square dancing auspices claremont park board i ny iu- wii ths- i a cable has been received from pte chas aldridge who has made his home with lloyd j white tell ing of his safe arrival in england mrs albert matthews spent a few days with friends at whitby mr n f machin of oshawa also his daughter mrs shearer of ot tawa called on friends here on sun day mrs f woodward and family spent the weekend with friends in gait mr and mrs jno gillman and daughters were guests of mr and mrs walter vickers of gamebridge on sunday mr and mrs h philp and family who have been living in toronto moved to their farm home on the 5th on saturday mr and mrs b easton are spend ing a ten day holiday in the north country miss dorothy harlock left for toronto on monday to take a six weeks summer course in prepara tion for joining the teaching staff after midsummer holidays mr r philp of buffalo visited his parents and other friends over the weekend mrs w ellicott and little daugh ter of toronto are holidaying at the wm ellicott home the regular meeting of the w i will be held on tuesday july 11 at the home of mrs winton white west of claremont this meeting will take the form of a picnic with sports a good attendance is look ed for mr and mrs english and bever ley spent the weekend at port carl- ing miss glady gannon rn of tor onto visited her parents mr and mrs d gannon on monday mr roy miller is holidaying at the home of his father r d miller after spending a few days at severn lake a cordial invitation is extended to all wms members and mbthers of cgit girls to attend a tea to be held saturday afternoon july 8th at the norton home under the auspices of the cgit funds raised are to defray camp expenses if ladies from the village desire transportation please meet at mat thews corner at 215 pm the fireman had a call on satur day night to the corner of brock rd and 4th con where a shed was afire this structure was a total wreck but adjoining buildings were saved building is the property of mrs petch mrs alfred hamilton met with a painful accident one day last week when she slipped and fell while working at ajax sustaining a bro ken elbow her many friends wish her a speedy recovery a- cable has been received from geo knox rcaf telling of his safe arrival overseas dave dawson north claremont towiiline was the lucky winner of the draw for the junior red cross quilt made at the school last week miss irene reesor teactvr and who has been absent through illness for some weeks was back for the pro ceedings and officiated at the draw one mans come is anof her mans out go fc lr t o 1f rising prices and costs were allowed to keep pushing each other up inflation would be un avoidable thats what inflation is a panic rise in prices with money losing its value and confusion everywhere to prevent inflation a ceiling has been set on prices and profits wages and salaries have been controlled 50 w if one person demands higher prices another higher profits another a higher wage or salary soon everybody would be mak ing the same demands demands on everyone else then costs of production could not be controlled the ceiling could no longer be held living costs would go up uoj out90 and lmeome begin their frantic rise economic stability is necessary to meet the present problems of war and to provide a basis for peace o 1oten to m the spotlight radio programme everv sunday night 7 jo pm edt thlt it on of a srlt bring lltud by lb gavwnnmni of canada la mphatlzo 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