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the tribune stouffyule thursday nov 23 1944 xomoe glaremoht and district o o by staff correspondent rcao l ao mr and mrs james coates of claremont had tea on sunday with mr and mrs john pallister altona mr and mrs dean mairs of brougham also barbara and jack and mr and mrs david daw son were visitors at the pallister home sunday mrs roy thompson and children has returned to her home in tweed after visiting with her parents here last weekmr and mrs frank loyst friends will regret to learn thai dawson gorhe who was employ ed on various farms in the mt zion district a few years ago has died of wounds received on the western front mrs wm puckrin of audley is visiting with her niece mrs fred ward mrs puckrin is 87 years of age and remarkably active she keeps busy with fancy work all without the aid of glasses mr and mrs a d peters of port perry visited their daughters mrs lee mrs beverely and mrs carruthers and her niece mrs hill on sunday mrs peters will re main here for a week mrs robt worthy and daugh ter of brampton visited with her sister mrs walford last week mr mundell and daughter have gone to toronto for the winter months and will make their home with his daughter mrs ben kil- patrick mrs mary rawson has gone to markham to visit for a time with her son and family mr and mrs robt rawson mrs milton benson had her granddaughter from toronto visit ing with her during the weekend mrs chas clark of windsor visit ed relatives here over the weekend a large number of members and friends of the good fellowship class of the united church met for their regular monthly meeting at the home of mr and mrs fred redshaw the program was in charge of mrs lehman and mrs manion a very splendid paper was given by mrs lehman on youth and age reading current events and musical numbeis were given which made a very fine pro gram in the absence of the pre sident the business was conducted by the vicepresident mrs r pilkey games and a dainty lunch brought a very happy evening to a close auld lang syne was sung it was decided to accept the kind invita tion of mr and mrs g middleton of stouffville to have the decem- ber meeting at their home with imrs fcarson and mis m middle- ton on the program committee local dealers mowders store and overlands store loboboeio toiaoe d o j ab jim reynolds if he rcnvr is a son of mr and mrs c w reynolds of clare mont he has just been home on a wellearned lave after spending fifteen months at sea on the hmcs haida one of canadas tribal class des troyers jim has now returned to halifax to join his ship and to further his course douglas reynolds a brother is liso in the navy serving aboard the hmcs lewis just recently mr and mrs reynolds were thrilled when jim paid them a visit down the line at pickering where they are both employed he was accompanied on the trip through the plant by his chum and shipmate ivan baker of pickering uxbridge tp couple buy home here mr and mrs stanley slack of uxbridge township have purchas ed the former thos paterson home on the main street near the saico plant the place has been on the market for several months for 2500 cash mr and mrs slack will vacate the dickinson place north of the village on the 4th concession of uxbridge since the passing of mr paterson some months ago his widow has made her home in brooklin at the home of her daugh ter mrs pengelly pass election bylaw election in pickering township or not the annual election bylaw was passed on tuesday evening of this week at a special meeting of council setting out the polling places the deputy returning offi cers and poll clerks nomination day is set for friday dec 22 and if an election is needed it will be held on monday january 1st ulmdgc-aja- bus takes to the fields the uxbridge to ajax bus loaded with abouto passengers left the road at the cprner of the 5th con cession and the brock rd one day last week over an embankment and through i a fence into a plowed field other han a bad shakingup none of the passengers were injur ed and with their assistance the bus was soon back on the highway more books in the library theres an excellent choice- of new nonfiction books in the clare mont library good night sweet prince the life and times of john barrymore garden guide for the amateur gardener anna and the king of siam roughly speak ing they shall not sleep peo ple on our side lessons on my life the little- locksmith youre only human once my unconsidered judgment sharks fins and millett southontario hockey league again to operate it is expected that the south- ontario hockey league will oper ate again this winter with four or possibly a fiveteam group the teams definitely in are port perry brougham uxbridge and whitby oshawa is the doubtful member it has been agreed among the teams to hold the monday night single games rather than the dou- bleheaders as in former years re presentatives are expected to meet this week to make final arrange ments and draw up the schedule local car goes up in smoke the local fire truck made a hur ried trip to the north end of the village on sunday evening when the chev car belonging to mr ed redshaw took fire near the station mr redshaw was proceeding to the local depot when it was believ ed a stone flew up against the gas tank causing it to leak a spark from the exhaust immediately ignited the stream of high test and the whole rear of the car was soon ablaze a passenger in the car endeavored to squelch the blaze with his windbreaker but only succeeded in losing his coat and as if that wasnt enough 1500 in the pocket the village fire fight ers wereisumnioned but the smok ing chariot was under control when they arrived having had a liberal application of spray from the station fire extinguisher the rear of the car was badly burned meat market claremont choice line of fresh and smoked meats fresh fish every thursday we are in the market to buy all kinds of dressed poultry customers should place orders early for christmas poultry a j i titherland ph claremont 1808 claremont brougham mr and mrs cory and baby have moved to dunbarton mrs roake and miss ella macausland of barrie were recent guests of mrs gannon mr frank hamilton visited his sister mrs e hogie and family of columbus during the weekend mr leonard hunt- spent sun day with friends in toronto mr and mrs r ford and daugh ters visited with mr and mrs wirt ellicott during the weekend miss gladys witter of toronto visited her aunt mrs l matthews on sunday mr bert harvey is spending a week with his son robt of hall burton mr and mrs e midgley of greenwood visited mr and mrs t robertson on sunday miss anna percy and friends of thedford called on mrs gannon one day recently mr and mrs h robins and miss thompson of toronto mrs white mr n banks and master b mc- leod of pickering and mrs raven of kingston were recent guests at the home of mr and mrs fred hamilton the wms arc holding an open meeting in the church on friday afternoon dec 1st the guest speaker will be a returned mission ary from china locust hill branch are expected as guests lunch served veteran of boer war gets military callup notice chas burrows 66 years of age and wellknown carpenter in broug ham has received a callup notice for military service in fact this is the second such notice mr bur rows has received the first call last august and which he ignored the latest summons was of a stron ger nature stating that rcmp officers would see that this notice was not ignored apparently there has been a slip up somewhere along the line mr burrows is a veteran of the boer yar and a veteran in training of the first world war and in this war he is a volunteer with the civil guards of pickering three sons of mr and mrs bur rows are serving with the armed forces overseas two of them hav ing been overseas four and a half years the one boy being a prisoner from dieppe ill volunteer tomorrow if they need fellows of my age mr bur rows told the tribune he expects to report this wednesday a strange coincidence in the af fair is that the regimental number given this veteran on his callup notice is the same as that which he carried in world war i white dutch clover originated in holland several centuries ago but is now grown extensively ih central europe russia and north america and is the most common seed in commerce oil from the seeds of sunflower is useful for edible and cooking pur poses for canning fish and making fine soap its food value is equal to that of the finest olive oil would have been 30 years married in february arthur boyes passed away at his residence in pickering after a lengthy illness he was in his 75th year born in pickering township the son of the late mr and mrs john boyes he attended schoolin pick ering village married in 1835 to the former minnie westgate they farmed on the late fred andrew farm moving to the 4th con and then to the farm now occupied by his son harry coming to the village mr boyes was employed as an inspector for the dept of highways a job he filled until his retirement in 1939 he was a member of the presby terian church and always took an active interest in church affairs mr and mrs boyes would have celebrated their 50th wedding an niversary in february he is survived by his wife two sons harry of pickering and jack overseas two daughters mrslorne kemp of whitby and mrs austin franklin port perry three sisters mrs robt stork mrs- el chap man and mrs theo annan all of pickering a brother wm of belle ville funeral service was held from the late residence with his pastor rev david marshal officiating pallbearers were messrs john stork john s balsdon edward coates ross amurison arthur w mitchell and r w miller interment was made in erskine cemetery selves as blood donors we give a few facts about this wonderful mercy service army armstrong for many years a popular oh -a- referee in this districet has been reelected president for the second year of the oshawa city hockey league- county council final session ontario county council convened this week for its final session at whitby county clerk donald ruddy stated that there was little imore than the passing of accounts to be dealt with no committee re ports to be acted on 74msmks north pickering red cross reporters this branch by reason of its limitations cannot embark on any large project alone although help ing along with funds for jam for britain prisoners of war food parcels mobile canteens etc with the rest of ontario branches how ever it is interesting to learn that toronto branch plans a red cross lodge at the bayview entrance to the new sunnybrook hospital there will be a lounge tuck shop outdoor terrance quiet room can teen reading writing and games rooms the lodge will provide overnight accommodation for 21 relatives visiting patients in hos pital with the hope of stimulating all eligible readers to offer them- yes theres a shortage in november especially theres a seasonal shortage of bottles and cartons naturally this tends to slow up deliveries from plant to store during die holiday season so please return your empties promptly to your nearesr brewers retail store they can be used over and over again live brewing industry ontario you buy in wartime 1300000 more pairs of childrens shoes last year in the last twelve months canadian manu facturers made for canadian children about 25 more shoes than in 1939 a fine job done by the organization i and direction of production by this i boards footwear administration and the co operation of manufacturers and this was accomplished while they were making more essential type shoes for war work ers who wear out their shoes faster than they do in their normal employment now you see it disappearing act rubbersole shoes in normal times most young canadians got at hi least one pairof rubber soled canvastop shoes a year but natural rubber- supplies fell into enemy hands and the manufacture of rubber footwear was drastically curtailed were now using reclaimed and synthetic rubber in these shoes there have been more of them this year and there will be more next year leathersoled shoes have had to be used in place of this rubber- soled footwear but shoes made of leather need more care fian running shoes when they dont get it they wear out more quickly when they get wet they must be dried slowly away from direct heat and they should be greased also its not always a case of poor quality its poor care nowyoudoni 1 i leather goes to war through ihstandordiond s ssppwvulo board watdws the p vrnaonhotyo oil you w ln ww rims youve got to have good strong leather for childrens shoes but the soldiers are taking most of ours for their boots for these leathers a substantial portion of the hides came from south amer ica and other countries war cut down these imports and there have been difficulties in getting enough of these and our own hides tanned into leather due to shortage of workers the pro duction of high grade leather shoes has however been main tained at the highest level con sistent with the labour and mate rials available while shoe fac tories have been working over time factory capacity for civi lian shoes cannot be expanded in wartime and its not possible to change plants from the manu facture of one type of shoe to another for instance from wo mens to childrens the pro cesses the machines and the lasts are different turning hides into shoes there are very large war uses of leather for instance in footwear a soldier re quires four pairs of shoes in the first year of his service and about three pairs per year thereafter but what is more im portant he needs to have his shoes resoled four or five times a year his shoes arc of the highest quality leathers obtainable leaving the other grades of leather for civilian use airmen need leather for jackets and mitts war factories need leather for belting and farmers need leather for harness leather the best leathers has gone to war thewartime prices and trade- board ims b one of a soues of advertisements oivino the facts about the supf1y situation of various widely used commomtm