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wus 8- j- t the tribune stouflfville ont thursday jan- 4 jl944 s glaremont and district by staff correspondent tapes aogaoes ipraoi how they j ion voted ouiui annis mcewen bannigan burk disney todd ssno4 school 27 28 37 16 40 42 pickering 46 106 102 53 40 90 liverpool 1 s 64 62 29 16 23 rouge hills 39 12 26 9 13 39 cherrywood 50 57 45 38 38 89 kinsale 42 9 4 4 53 19 brougham 79 50 33 90 100 79 whitevale 135 20 16 67 93 117 ml zion 48 2 2 11 57 17 claremont 65 56 14 61 107 56 altona 50 0 4 20 49 41 589 404 345 398 606 612 local dealers mowders store and overlands store oesoe o d o j fourteen enjoyed that annual christmas gathering at the home of mrs hazel bacon here- which formed quite an imposing connec tion of relatives for instance well lehman was uncle to one great uncle to nine present and great great uncle to three which we imagine is quite a record com bination we understand that mr lehman who is a stouffville citizen and brother to the late mrs wm watson also attended a similar party at the home of ross watson uxbridge township where he could count himself an uncle to two pre sent and great uncle to five at the gathering mr and mrs fred redshaw were holiday visitors with mr and mrs dave coates at brookhn mr and mrs percy redshaw were weekend visitors at the fred redshaw home here in the village mrs s rumohr has gone to ham ilton for the balance of the winter where she will make her home with her son mr ray rumohr school opened here on tuesday with only a fair attendance owing to the blocked roads there was a packed house at the community hall for the new years eve frolic under the sponsorship of the park board the watchnight service held in the united church on sunday night was well attended rev wenham of the baptist church gave the ad dress of the evening claremont was completely iso lated on tuesday of this week ex cept for the odd bob sleigh that got to town the high wind proved too muchfor the plow which was trying to keep the brock road open to brougham and before the mid dle of the afternoon the road be came impassable ajax workers failed to reach home and others could not get to their work trains were arriving on time and the rural mail delivery went through by sleigh the park board is having a hard time to get claremonts new rink open for business the heavy snow plus the shortage of labor have combined tojiring the project to a standstill the hockey cushions have been completed a well has been drilled to supply the water but so far it has been impossible to hire a man to make ice to add to the difficulty the snow is now lying on the rink surface some three to four feet deep blake annis new pickering reeve todd heads polls blake annis of whitevale was elected reeve of pickering town ship in mondays election defeating dr n e mcewen by 185 votes george todd who was reelected for council toppedthe polls with 612 votes 6 ahead of his nearest oppos ition frank disney who polled 606 it is estimated that only about thirty per cent of the resident vo ters made use of their franchise while the difficult roads made the outside vote practically nil jos banigan running for council for the first time was the defeated candidate polling 345 votes 53 be hind the councils third man mil ton burk who polled 398 largest single poll was at white vale where blake annis gathered in 135 votes in his home constitu ency the only goose egg polled by any candidate was at altona where dr mcewen failed to gather a single vote thus the council is as follows reeve blake annis deputyreeve w h westney council milton burk frank disney geo todd the vote by poll figures will be found elsewhere on this page altona miss barbara barkey rcaf returned to trenton wednesday evening last after spending the christmas holidays with her par ents katheline thompson spent last week with ner uncle and aunt mr and mrs f mcnair stouffville our sympathy is extended to mr and mrs walter baker in the loss of theirbarn by sre on saturday evening the annual school meeting was held on wednesday last mr stan ley thompson and mr arthur wideman were elected for another term and mr- millard reesor was elected to take the place of the re tiring one mr ken reesor mr thompson has been secretary of the board mr and mrs d crosier mr and mrs h stjohn gary and dianne and mr and mrs walter slack and betty ann were new years guests of mr and mrs roy grove ring- wood colour ok jeggs the quality of an egg cannot be judged by the colourof the shell because the colour of an egg shell has nothing to do with the quality of the egg inside some breeds of poultry lay white eggs others brown on the other hand the colour of the yolk depends on the food given the hen pale yellow or rich golden yolks are equal in quality and food value v sugar squeeze soft drink arid candy manufac turers wil be the hardest hit in the recent governmental order reduc ing the sugar quota to industrial users 10 bakers hard hit in the pastry field will be f oread to swing production more and more into atha news a happy birthday to mrs murray dunkeld also son donald who cele brated on january 2nd mr- and mrs leslie rose and daughter also mr h e hennessey from vandorf were dinner guests on new years day with mr and mrs kirton mr and mrs frank wagg mr arthur wagg and family of stouff ville had new years dinner at the dunkeld home ernie and mrs carruthers spent the holiday with mr and mrs wel lington wideman mr and mrs fred draper and daughters had their holiday dinner in leaskdale with mr and mrs lome wagg and family mr and mrs gordon overland mr and mrs jos tran and daugh- ji pickering resident a prizewinner a pickering township resident appears in the list of prize winners in trie public opinion poll conducted by the ontario liberal news in the person of f m chapman who was first among the 5 winners the paper listed 33 reasons for voting liberal and invited readers to select ten in order of preference the contest drew 1300 entries from all parts of ontario the winner of the first prize a 100 00 victory bend being d a cameron of manotick near ottawa south ontario hockey schedule j944 45 season visitors home team where whitby vs brougham at uxbridge oshawa jr bs vs port perry at port perry oshawa inter vs whitby at whitby oshawa jr bs vs brougham at uxbridge oshawa inter vs port perry at port perry whitby vs oshawa jr bs at oshawa brougham vs oshawa inter at oshawa port perry vs brougham at uxbridge port perry vs whitby at whitby oshawa inter vs oshawa jr bs at oshawa oshawa inter vs brougham at uxbridge whitby vs port perry at port perry whitby vs oshawa inter at oshawa port perry vs oshawa jr bs at oshawa brougham vs port perry at port perry brougham vs whitby at whitby port perry vs oshawa at oshawa brougham vs oshawa jrbs at oshawa oshawa jrbs vs whitby at whitby when fri jan 5 fri jan 5 mon jan 8 thurs jan 11 fri jan 12 mon jan 15 a mon jan 15 b thurs jan 18 mon jan 22 mon jan 22 x thurs jan 25 fri jan 26 mon jan 29 a mon jan 29 b fri feb 2 mon feb 5 mon feb 12 a mon feb 12 b wed feb 14 a first game of doubleheader b second game of doubleheader x this is a 4point game north pickering red cross neavs brougham unit has a good num ber of nice grey suits 8 year old size cut out and waiting to be sewn at mrs hamiltons a quilting party is being planned there are 5 quilts ready to quilt knitting needles are clicking again khaki high necked sweaters airforce socks and khaki loves steadily coming along nail fatal for prize bull the hazards on the farm were again demonstiated by the death recently at chicago of the famous canadian holstein bull montvic renown which sold for the can adian record of 14000 two years ago at brantford a nail killed him since he died during an operation to remove it from his stomach get more from your dairy herd j there are several requirements of a ration for dairy cattle namely palatability digestibility balance and bulk a good- feeder will take into account all these factors when providing a ration for his herd of these requirements he is able to supply only a few from his own farm mosf farms have pasture land for their ani mals the size of the dairy herd mainly depends on the size of the pasture land hay and roots are fed and these are usually grown on the farm but there are many important food elements that are lacking in the ration made up of pasture hay and roots this is where commercial feeds come into play they balance up the homegrown rations ask foltdur special delivered price oh western grain central feed store phone 277- 5 stouffville ont 7 brougham- mr howard plaxton has purchas ed the thompson farm better known as the alf hamilton farm on the 5th con we welcome mr and mrs plaxton back again to our midst pte ross knox spent sunday with his wife and parents wm and mrs knox mr and mrs m hamilton also fred hamilton and family spent new years day with clare and mrs balsdon and family of pickering pte robt lfscombe of camp bor den also pte gordon carltonspent the holiday at their homes here mr and mrs r brennen spent the weekend with friends in tor onto mr and mrs w ellicott and daughter of toronto also mr and mrs m ellicott and family spent the holiday with their parents wm and mrs ellicott mr and mrs albert matthews had spent new years day with mr and mrs crawfoith of whitby mr frank hamilton visited his sister mrs hogle and family of columbus on new years day the january meeting of the wo mens institute will be held at the home of mrs c bur ows on tues day jan 9th assisting i hostess mrs e e annis mrs hodgson and mrs wm ellicott the program in charge of mrs m burk convenor of home economics roll call helpful laundry hints please note change of program mrs ross willson of toronto spent the holiday with mr and mrs w c willson pte lawrence upton who recent ly returned from overseas and mrs upton of toronto spent the week end with bruce and mrs easton mr and mrs d crawford who re cently lived on the 7th con have moved to their new home at brook- lin the annual school meeting of ss 10 was held onwednesday dec 27 with a good attendance of men and women the secretary mr thos norton gave the financial report showing a balance of 36 21 for the year 1914 chief item of expendi ture was the purchase of new desks which was favourably commented upon it was voted to increase the insurance and also to permit use of the school to supervisee groups of boys and girls for recreational and educational programs on cer tain evenings vote of thanks to d a beer for creating a safe rink where the youngsters can skate electric lights to be installed in the school assoon as availablel the re- tinngtrustee mr d mairs said he appreciated the cooperation he had received during his ternybut de clined to extend it despite the ur gent invitation from the meeting mr d a beer was elected in his stead there were eight ladies pre sent showing the aroused interest in school matters green river mr and mrs roy carter and mrs e jackson attended the wedding anniversary of mrand mrs howard malcolm recently many family reunions for christ mas and new year dinners were enjoyed amid blocked roads and cold weather letters of acknowledgment from our boys overseas are alf beelby bill spicer tom waldie and don williams the boys state we will never know how much they appre ciate their parcels and hearing from home a number of our community have been very ill with a type of flu mrs r dafoe mrs nighswander mrs wm gray mrs hoover and the peicy family the ss anniveisary was held on sunday last mr j heal was the guest speaker music was furnish ed by the y p class also by hager- man and nighswander sisters on new years eve a very happy party of young people journeyed to the home of austin pearse to watch the old year out after a lively sing song they were served a dainty hot dish many thanks to the boys who offered their team and sleighs young peoples class held their christmas party at the home of ida gray on tuesday evening when a jolly crowd gathered around the christmas tree mr heal being un able to attend miss ruth hutch- mgs took the topic the teacher mrs eugene forsyth was present ed with a beautiful bible being a day late for santa allan michell made a splendid substitute with clayton jackson and ted eves as helpers robert m holtby called by death was widely known as cattle breeder and judge in a large measure responsible to the high calibre of holstein cattle which are much in demand in the united states and canada robert m holtby beloved husband of addie kent passedaway at his home in port perry on saturday december 23 on saturday he con tracted pneumonia and passed away a short time later of yorkshire stock the deceased was born at manchester ontario in 1868 and attended public and high school at whitby and late the ontario agricultural college at guelph for two years during the next 31 years he operated the homestead at manchester during which time he served six years on the reach township council and two years on the ontario county council he moved to port perry in 1921 in 1925 mr holtby was appointed fieldman for canada by the hoi- steinfriesean association of can ada and had an extensive acquain tance among holstein breeders and other livestock breeders across canada and parts of the united states having judged holsteins at most canadian shows and several large american exhibitions the deceased was always a strong liberal except for support ing the late william smith and the union government during world war i and twice united farmer candidates he was the candidate for the new construction party in ontario riding in 1935 mr holtby was a member of the methodist church since the age of 15 years and at the time of his death was a member of the port perry united church besides his wife with whom he celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on november 19 1911 at a mammoth dinner tendered in their honor at lindsay mr holtby leaves three sisters mrs james moffatt mrs john turner and mrs james turner all of carroll mani toba and two brothers william and ernest of manchester breadmaking hotels and restaur ants taxed to near capacity expect ter were new year visitors at the little or no change in meal sales i david tran home from the new order mr and mrs bill dyck entertain- the cut comes at a time when the m dycks parents on the holi- use of sugar substitutes rationed also appears to have been stretch ed to the limit manufacturers have also exhausted the savings possibilities from shifting from high sugar products to those with low sugar contents most companies are fearful of reducing sweetening content further and by and large the only answer to the sugar cut is to cut down production to the electors township of pickering i would like to take the opportun lty of expressing my thanks and appreciation to the ratepayers of this municipality for their confi dence thus shown me on january 1st by doing all in my power for the interests of this township wishing allthe best that we may have during the coming year george todd to the electors township of pickering i wishto take this opportunity of expressing my gratitude to the ratepayers of pickering for electing me as reeve for the year 1945 i wil do all in my power to merit the confidence you have placed in me and wish you all the seasons compliments d bldke annis to the electors township of pickering i desire to extend to the elector ate of pickering my sincere thanks for according me a seat on the council for 1945 at mondays elec tion i trust that i shall be able to measure up to the confidence you have placed in me milton burk to the electors township of pickering ladies and gentlemen i extend to you my sincere thanks for electing me as a councillor with such a magnificent vote consider ing the almost impassable roads and disagreeable weather i assure you that i shall serve without fear or favor to the best of my ability and hope that 1945 will bring a world of peace wishing one and all victory and prosperity in the new year frank disney day mr and mrs ken walters mr and mrs lloyd turnbull of tor onto spent the holiday with their mother mrs a hoover 5th line uxbridge christmas news miss merle symes and mr and mrs joe symes were at the home of their father mr w symes for christmas sorry to report that mr wm redman is not feeling so well these days mr and mrs geo jones spent christmas at the home of their son mr and mrs c jones guests of mr and mrs evans were mrs j johnston and family of pine grove mr and mrs j evans and keith of malton mr and mrs f evans and kay of glasgow mr and mrs elmer evans and boys and pte and mrs s slack and marlyon of uxbridge mr and mrs h norton and joey were at mr d nortons for christ mas law annie symes of mt view is spending a short christmas fur lough at her home here mr and mrs c hill jack and lorna spent the holiday with mr and mrs a ashenhurst 4th line phil benns of toronto spent the holiday with his mother mrs t benns guests with mr and mrs j taylor were me and mrs geo smith of toronto and mr and mrs redshaw of claremont mr grant evans is holidaying at the home of his patents mr and mrs e w evans the silver collection taken at the webb school christmas concert totalled 700 for the british war victims fund f x y the first regular council meeting for pickering township for 1945 will be held on monday nextjan 8th beginning at 11 am when the municipal body will be sworn into office additional claremont news will be found elsewhere in this issue to the electors township of pickering i wish to express my thanks for your support while serving as coun cillor forthe past four years also mysinceie appreciation of the confidence that you placed in me by giving me an acclamation as your deputyreeve for 1945 i wish you all a happy new year wm h westney r stouffville machine tool works telephone 253 j5 of cnr station electric and acetylene welding farm machinery machinery repairs agents for minneapolis honeywell electric janitors plumbing and heating furnaces cleaned repaired hot water systems checked guaranteed rebuiltfurnacesfor sale parts for septic tanks piping pumps etc general repairs expert workmanship john irving wilson ave markhcim j batteries i 13 plate limited quantity 775 15 plate heavy duty 950 17 plato ford type 1050 17 plate heavy duty 1250 winter fronts for all makes of cars and tracks 150 to 250 each f new hot water heater prewar 1095 good used heaters 1000 complete stock now available of perfect circle piston rings paris auto supply richmond hill ont 4 jos patwsi t ifm iii