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i xoboe o 8- by staff correspondent ill there will be special services in both the baptist- and united churches on christmas sunday december 24th the ladies circle of the baptist church will be held on thursday december 28th at the home of mrs geo richardson rather than on tuesday as previously announced miss margaret briscoe of toronto visited over the weekend at her home here the children of the united church were entertained to a christmas party and program on wednesday evening a miscellaneous shower was held on saturday evening at the home of mr and mrs fred ward in honor of their daughter jean who was recently married to mr keith drake we understand that mr l pilkey has been quite ill at his home since last week clifford pilkey was a visitor at his home here over the weekend 1 changes in pickering council reeve william reesor will retire froiii office i there will definitely be changes in the set up of pickering township council after fridays nomination meeting reeve william reesor told the tribune on monday that v- third son has been in action word has been received by mr and mrs frank loyst in clare- mont that their son pte harold loysj who trained with a unit of the canadian medical corps has been seeing action in belgium harold is the third son of mr and mrs loyst to be in action overseas a brother arthur has been in france for some time while ren who has completed his quotas of bomber flights is back in this country doing instruction work local dealersrmowders store and overlands store sa s i p pte rosgtcribv spent the week end with his wife and parents here miss mildred woodward and bro ther eric spent a few days last week with friends in oshawa mr and mrs a paynter and earl visited on sunday with friends at myrtle mr e strong and son of st george called on his sister mrs woodward over the weekend miss wanda vareunv of toronto visited during the weekend with friends here a number of our local readers heard the cfrb program from stouffville on friday evening and enjoyed hearing the interesting in terview of several prominent citi zens bruce hart rcnvr visited his parents mr and mrs e hart over the weekend the 22nd annual meeting of brougham firemen was held last week when the following officers were elected for 1945 pres m b burk vicepres wesley slack se cretary don beertreas f cartel directors thos philip dean mairs morley harlock manson ellicott wm knox fred cassie and wm ellicott mr e- e anniswas re elected as fire chief and a jgray as deputy chief the treasurer fw lifelong resident mrs cowie dead the death occurred in toronto on sunday of mrs hannah cowie lifelong resident of claremont and district mrs cowie was in her 80th year and had given up her home in the east end of the village about a year ago prior to this she spent practically her entire life in and around claremont deceased was the formerhannah dixon widow of the late robert cowie and she had been in failing health for some time she is sur vived by one son russel of tor onto with whom slie made her home a granddaughtermrsthos philip of brougham and a sister mrs wm mceachern and a brother james dixon of beaver- ton funeral was held on wednes day- with interment in claremont cemetery j doug dickinson who is station ed at hmcs shelborne ns has arrived home for a christmasleave with his father wm dickinson meat market claremont ph seasotls best a j sutherland claremont 1808 claremont william reesor he would not be a candidate again this year mr reesor has served the town ship of pickering for thirteen years five of which he has been reeve he has brought distinction and honor to the municipality- during his tenure of office elected war den of ontario county in 1943- mr blake annis who has served on the council for a number of years as- both councillor and de putyreeve will be the logical choice for the reeveship while it is likely that councillor w h westney will undertake to fill the deputyreeves position councillor m s chapman we understand has declared his inten- tionto retire from office but strong pressure is being brought to bear to have him remain on the board with the passing of william reesor from the municipal field the township will not have a represen tative north of no 7 highway un less some new names are brought out at the nomination meeting the names of josfarr milton pegg and john scott are being promin ently mentioned to fill a vacancy in the south mr jos- banniganis a likely nominee it is not generally known but the australian system of price con trol is patterned after canadas by march 1943 when the canadian plan was introduced in australia the cost of living in that country had increased during the war by 22 up to that time australian price control had been based on an adjustment of prices to unavoidable increases in costs with profit mar gins kept down an over all price ceiling was introduced in 1943 and since that tme the position has been maintained by the use of sub sidies a policy of linking wages with living costs has been in force in australia- for 25 years and is strongly endorsed by labour as the cost of living moves up the wage rate automatically increases this system makes it even more important to stabilize the cost of living and labour in australia is strongly in favour of price control according to d b copland aus tralian price commissioner recent ly in this country to investigate wartime controls the passing of accounts and read ing of two building bylaws made up the major portion of the business dealt with by pickering township council at their final session of monday afternoon at brougham three farmers will receive che ques for sheep killed by dogs alex gray claimed two ewes killed 24 and one ewe lamb injured 10 benson wilson claimed 12 f6r one ewe killed and frank- carson 15 for one ewe killed and one ewe in jured a building bylaw covering pick ering village and a bylaw amending the pickering township bylaw were each given their required readings and passed road accounts totalled 101106 and contingencies stood at 142600 brougham open hockey schedule this wednesday the brougham hockey team with whom several players well known to this district will be play ing the port perry team at port perry on wednesday dec 20th last year this team came very close to winning the south ont league and had such players as ken reesor herb simpson wid clark geo derusha chub spence- ly ross redshaw and bruce har per playing with them and will be playing again this year henry thomas smith reported that 104 hactbeen raised former banker dies from dances and other sources i henry thomas smith 77 for 40 with a previous balance on hand years with the head office bank of they now have a surplus of 439 toronto died thursday at his home it was also reported that they had in toronto mr smith retired 15 answered six calls during the past years ago a native of markham as year a voung man he was associated the annual meeting of the north with his brother w l smith pickering branch of the red cross former publisher of the shelburne was held on monday afternoondeci economist he was clerk of the 11th at the home of mrs mclntyre i session of trinity united church of claremont representatives were and was a member of timothy tis not just a seasons greeting we are sending youtonday as again we arecompeting with what others have to say whatweeallyjwant to tell you and- to whisper in your ear is were thankful and we value your goodwill weve had this year seller and atkinson auctioneers a study ix farm prices in view of tlie interest in plan ning for agricultural stability in canada in postwar years a study of farm prices over a period of 62 years in ontario 18s2 to 1943 as issued by the ontario department of agriculture reveals a typical example of fluctuation in prices of farm products in the 62 years the average price of oats was 416 cents a bushel with the highest in 1920 at 977 the lowest in 1896 at 20 cents the average for barley was 575 cents with the highest in 1919 at 1458 cents the lowest in 1898 at 27 cents for hay the average during 62 years was 1076 a ton the high came in 1920 at 2425 a ton the lowest in 1898 was 622 urfltm fci l ww j fv accept our thanks for a very merry christmas once again the holiday season is with us and with sincere good wishes for your happiness we extend our heartfelt greet ings while thanking you for your appreciated natronage during the year now closing it is our hope that we may be able to continue to serve you in the- future as in the past jack beachs garage ballaxtrae christmas present from altona mt zio clare mont and brougham mrs birkett work convenor gave a report of the work done by these five units dur- eaton memorial church lawn bowling club the funeral was held saturday at 230 pm from the trull funeral ing consisted of 1535 home north toronto to mount articles madeup as follows 67 pleasant cemetery surviving are turtle necked sweaters 11 long his widow and two sons harold m sleeved sweaters 24 pullovers 185 smith toronto and capt waldo pr army socks 15 pr seamans longve l smith mc army chaplain stockings 60 helmets 109 ladies dresses 52 pr mens gloves 93 night dresses 36 coats 133 pinafore president mrs harvey 1st vice dresses 145 skirts 178 blouses 64 mr milne of green river 2nd vice boys shirts 56 girls underwear 192 mrs t robertson of brougham hospital articles 53 large quilts 10 recording sec mrs mclntyre cor small quilts 10 cot quilts 5 shelter sec mrs gregg treasrmrs farr kits and many small articles for work convener- mrs birkett pur- ditty bags mrs harvey the presi- chasing eonmrs birkett mrs roy dent thanked the members for their ward and mrs crozier publicity support in past year mrs farr re- con mrs t robertson auditors ported the financial standing which i mrs gregg and mrs loyst assist- showed a balance of 660- after vot- ant work con altona mrs crozier ing 500 to be sent to red cross and mrs reesor mt zion mrs headquarters revr i e kennedy janiieson green river mrsmilne then conducted theelection of offi- claremont mrs birkett brougham cers for the coming year asfollows mrs hamilton and mrs matthews i peas 20 tomatoes tomxto juice oz tins 20 oz tins pumpkin 20 oz tins 20 oz tins 2 for 27c 2 for 25c 2 for 19c 2 for 25c three days only dec 212223 lb royal coffee 39c alb op tea 39c tumbler free with each purchase v 6 other leading brands coffee 49c lb orangeslemohsgrapesgrapefruit the corner store this store will be open thursday friday and saturday even ings of this week sfflj mr- msrtf r -ry- 0t we wish to take this opportunity to thank our many friends for their loyal support during 1944 the fact that we have enjoyed the best christmas season in our his tory testifies that our efforts to maintain the quality of our christ mas cakes and puddings have not been in vain1 we wish one and all the seasons greetings and a harpy and prosperous new year v madam clares bakery claremont f phone 4901 leola food shoppe phone167 1 zl iwaw j i 5 j v v i l u- tlvwvw j 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