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yy jf a av glaremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers mowders store and overlands store iqeaosaoaor ssaoiaoes ted tomlinson rcaf over seas son of dr and mrs n f tomlinsonclaremont has been commissioned a pilot officer according to a cable received last week ted has completed over twenty bombing missions on the continent his wife and family reside in toronto mrs john a white of claremont has left for wyoming io to spend the winter with her sister mrs wilker- mr thos coates of uxbridge visited with relatives here one day lastoweek miss margaret briscoe and miss doris dolphin both of toronto were visitors at their homes here during the weekend misses jean and gladys morley daughters of mr and mrs fred morley and both wrens in the canadian navy have been enjoying a leave at their home here mrs ab mantle has returned 46 the home of her daughter mrsfred redshaw after spending a couple of months with her son cecil in toronto cigarettes have been mailed to the following boys overseas from the forgctmenot club henry rasmussen gordon gregg carson wagg neil smith vic- robinson stanley linton harold hopkins bob holman mike brown fonzie manion t the regular meeting of the clare mont institute will be held at the home of mrs w g scott on wed nesday feb 14th at 230 pm the topic laws affecting public health will be taken by mrs jas coates ttfe claremont openair rink is now operating and will be open for skating three evenings a week the park board announces tuesday thursday and saturday nights ivan beverley son of george beverley of claremont narrowly escaped injury last week while playing on the street the little boy was said to have been sliding behind a c3r and when suddenly he let go he fell into the path of an other motor whose wheels pushed the lad along a short distance out without any apparent injury rev ac hoffman of west china will be the guest speaker at the claremont united church at the morning service next sunday at 1100 am majgen odium cana dian ambassador to china says of mr hoffman he has enough energy for a wendel wilkie and enough kindliness for a saint you are invited to come and hear this noted visitor the war unit of the united and death removes mrs john bushby claremont church plans renovations on tuesday evening jan- 30th the congregation of claremont un ited church met in their annual business meeting after a bounti- ous supper served by the womans association the meeting was called x- k council swamped by pleas for more snow removal death has removed one of the old est residents of claremont in the person of mrs john bushby who died on february 1st in her 82nd year deceased was the former jane albright and was born in uxbridge township she has been in very good health but suffered a stroke at the home of her daughter mrs floyd jones at brooklin where she passed away the late john bushby predeceas ed his wife some years ago the couple farmed for some time on the cth concession of uxbridge and following mr bushbys death his wife some years at balsam and spent the remainder of her life of 28 years in claremont the late mrs bushby was identi- fied with the united church and to order by the pastor rev i e was active in the organizations of kennedy who then conducted the the church during her lifetime surviving are two sons alvin of pickering and walter of columbus baptist churches are receiving an- two daughters katie mrs ed predated acknowledgements from the boys overseas who received christmas boxes from them pilot officer w w tomlinson rcaf jarvis was home last week also mr and mrs cooper and garry were here from waterford visiting with dr and mrs tomlinson former resident dies in toronto the death occurred in toronto on sunday of mrs roy mighton the former grace margaret mundell the late mrs mighton passed away at the home of her sister mrs ben kilpatrick after an illness of some lee kinsale and flossie mrs floyd jones brooklin there are two brothers john of uxbridge twp and james of uxbridge funeral service was conducted at the united church on monday and interment in uxbridge cemetery writes from the western front a letter from ptebill collins son of piner collins formerly of clare- mont written to a friend in the village reads in part 1 get pretty homesick at times but just have to get over it i have been sick with duration the mundell family i tonsilitis but am better again farmed just east of the village now we are having nice weather some years ago and in her younger at the moment and it is a change daysj deceased was engaged as a from so much rain the airforce nurse since that time she has can really go to town when its kept house for her father in clarelike this we have a comfortable mont but recently went to toronto spot to- live in and lots of warm to make her home with her sister clothes the new tank suits they mrs kilpatrick surviving are her issued us are a great help when you father mr mundell toronto a sis- have to spend four hours on the ter mrs kilpatrick toronto and i gun- in the middle of the night you a brother jack aurora funeral really- need something warm but was held on wednesday with its not all sunshine and ill take interment in claremont cemetery life back home anyday bill tjjtlciu oj liwjlyiii wai jjuj r-v-f- vf yes 15 million chicks got their start in life in 1944 on shur-gain- 18 per cent chick starter we believe thatsrat least twie and likely three times as many as were fed on any other brand of chick starter in canada why- this enormous preference for shurgain chick starter and why does its popularity grow year after year lets look at the reasons attractive feed chicks like fresh tasty shurgain chick starter its made from the choicest freshest and most palatable ingredients thats why chicks eat it so freely and grow so quickly r attractive chickschicks live and thrive on shurgain starter because they get the proper balance of vitamins minerals and high quality proteins with lots of animal protein thats the way to efficiency and success l attractive prices local manufactura of shurgain chick starter at your neighborhood shurgain feed service mill saves money 15 million chicks were fed onshurgain inl944 by farmers who knew the answer shurgain chick starter can 15 million chicks be wrong devotional exercises mrs h g mclntyre was appoint ed secretary for the meeting the report of the various church organ izations were received and adopted all reported a successful year con tributions to missions by the church and its organizations amounted to over six hundred dollars the sev eral treasurers reported monies on hand after all obligations were met amounting to nearly one thou sand dollars the session reported the membership at 210 a slight de crease from last year due to the removal of several families from our midst the congregation stood in silence while the names of the deceased members were read and the pastor offered prayer messrs david gregg and w r evans were reelected elders for a term of four years mr jw farr was appointed an elder to fill out the term of mr s f robins messrsdelbert booth melvin john son lloyd pugh and mrs thos stanbury were elected stewards for a tirm of three years the matter of the renovation and repairing of the church building was discussed at soine length a committee was appointed to v sidcr the whole question with power to consult architect draw up plans etc and report back to the congregation at a later date the committee consists of rev i e kennedy drn f tomlinson messrs jas mccullough walter ward jw farr george constable w palmer floyd pugh donald mc cullough and mesdames h g mc lntyre frank loyst fred redshaw the pastor thanked the officials of the church the choir the organ ist and the organizations for their loyal cooperation during the past year motion of appreciation of the services of the pastor and his wife was- passed unanimously and was tendered on behalf of the con gregation by dr n f tomlinsoyi the meeting closed with the sing- ingof the doxology and the benedic tion north pickering red cross news the timely help of mrs milne green river was much appreciated by brougham unit in finishing up the remaining 17 boys suits- which were shipped to the work convener on monday mrs birketf wrote to say how pleased she was with the first 18 and we are glad to pass the word along mrs m hamilton brougham has a number of bloomers cut out ready for volunteers the 50 needed are not nearlyfinished the febru ary quota- announced it- is all easy childrens underwear50 boys under vests nowljeing made by mount zion 100 girls combinations 2years 200 night gowns girls 4yrs and 30 crib covers but this is the important part this is all very urgent to jthose not knitting we say please help besides the 17 boys suits men tioned above 5 sweaters 4 prs socks and 5 prs gloveswent to the work convener through the kind ness of mr nolan this is not the first time he has brought and car ried for the red cross which has helped out greatly pickering twp council like all surrounding municipalities found themselves deluged with requests for snow removal at their regular meeting held in brougham on mon day- the township has made heroic efforts to clear the roads but fur ther storms and breakdowns in equipment have dogged them at every- turn outside aid has been sought from the county and several large con struction companies- although it has been felt that the cost of some of this outside equipment was mak ing the price of the job almost pro hibitive one large bulldozer was engaged at 1100 an hour to open the 7th concession only to have sundays storm block the road once more many requests were received for aid on short stretches of road near the lakefront one ratepayer stated that he was one of fifty folks who were obliged to haul all their fuel in by handsleigh another told of school children being unable to at tend school council is moving to obtain new equipment some of which might even be used to remove snow this winter if the necessary permit can be obtained from the transit con troller although a definite decision has not been made the purchase of two new trucks is contemplated the one to be heavy enough for snowplow ing work while council is giving the most sympathetic consideration to all re quests to open roads the public it is hoped realize the stupendous task it was definitely decided to keep roads open that have already been worked on pickering asked to set dp postwar planning committee rotary cliib urges for committee iind recommends jos bannigan sis chairman robert ruddy spokesman for a committee of pickering rotarians addressed the pickering council on monday urging that a postwar planning committee be set up in the municipality and that mr jos- bannigan be named as chairman he stated that themajor endea vor of such a committee would be the future of the munitions plant which several years agotook over 3000 acres of farm- iland in the south of the township it was not definitely known mr ruddy said if the federal govern ment had definite plans for dispos ing of this plant but if they have not it would be the intention of such a committee to try arid inter est some industrial concerns in this site council agreed i to join the on tario association of rural munici palities and the reeve deputyreeve and clerk were named as delegates tojlie convention the pickering township build ing bylaw was passed as was the bylaw ratifying the constables in- crease in salary as set out at the last meeting road supt roy ward was grant ed a pay increase and will now re ceive 1500 and 500 for car ex penses the township set a figure of 34- 000 as their road budget in 1045 this is 6000 more than last year necessitated by snow removal and the expected purchase of new road machinery fjfty percent of this amount is paid by the department of highways- l bulxdozkk pushes bull ox truck a rare incident was enacted on the main street of claremont on monday when a bulldozer owned by the macxamara co and plowing snow for the county was called into play to help load a bull on a truck the bull belonged to doug bacon and was being loaded on jas pettys truck the animal balked at going aboard the truck and nothing the men could do would induce the big fellow to change his mind the bulldozer was appealed to andgave the ani mal a- neat shove that landed him into the truck at one jump clarkmont residence sold to creamery max the house and lot owned by wm beaton of claremont has been pur chased by fred evans local cream ery proprietor sale price was not disclosed the property situated on the 9th con in the east end of the village consists of a stucco house and about half acre of gar den land mr beaton is employed in oshawa and we understand he has purchased a home there seek larger grant for the farmers county federation of agriculture seeks at least 500 in- ontario county council last week the agricultural represent ative for the county frank camp bell gave a short general report of his activities mr campbell stated that the adult education pro gram was started last year and is of the same type which tias been arried on in simcoe county for the jast three or four years the de sire for this program in ontario county has grown and many want to know why it did not come sooner mr campbell explained that this was due to the fact that the department of agriculture used simcoe county as a testing ground also in simcoe county there is a larger staff of agricultural workers mr campbell stated he expected to see this program very active in the county this year and it- is also planned that a seed fair is to be held in brooklin this year further it is planned to extend the pasture- program work this year as this is of value to both beef and dairy farmers mr campbell introduced llewe lyn richardson who represented the county at the agricultural con vention for the americans heldjn chicago last year he was the boy who won honors in ontario county at the livestock judging contest sr shurgain chick starter v wl p gfrv rttrr 18 cent made and sold by dickson hill mill ceiqol yruoy trce ytiitfnf- markham rr 2 phone stouffville 26302 j1j bnua mx 00 j f m anbjlftnsq shn- iiuf-u- come to the ix the community hall claremont auspices of the park board friday feb 9 audrey smith and her orchestra lunch admission 35c ralph g wilson county assessor r g wilson assessment commis sioner of the town of whitby has been appointed assessor for ontario county on the recommendation of a special committee headed by dr c g deyinebeavertori k j 1 the new- appbintee has had 13 years experiencefor the- past two years he- has been assessor and work supervisor of whitby prior to that he served 11 years in the york county assessment depart ment speaking in committee mem bers of council expressed their approval of the selection made the war is not over yet the us war production board is oper ating now on the theory that the war in europe will go on- indefinite ly stated chairman krug while addressing a press conference in philadelphia he said new fact ories will have to be built to supply demands for trench mortars and these factories will be unable fares elevator claremont phowe38w surge milking machines we have a good supply of asphalt roofing and cedar shingles builders supplies chop and whole grain poultry feeds moiias8es fencing iro fence posts rx which was the best attended con test in history he had also re presented the county at a provinc ial contest a few years ago cattle vaccination the- agricultural committee fur ther presented another speaker to the council robert ruddy of her mitage farms pickering mr rud dy gave an address on cattle vac cination he stated that it is to be desired that the county of ontario- approve arid support a countywide vaccination x of cattle upon the hermitage farms they are now practising vaccinating heifers at 4 months and usually in another 4 months it is negative again there is a check test at 30 days after vaccination to find out if the heifer is positive arid if not it is revaccin- ated they have now 143 vaccinated cattle on the farm mr ruddy stated that many men in- the southern part of the county feel- they need more assistance from the agricultural represent ative and know that this would be possible only if he had an assistant as he has too much ground to cover mr ruddy- asked that the agricultural committees should consider the advisability of petit ioning the minister of agriculture for an assistant to mr campbell mr ormiston added to mr rud dys remarks in thesame vein and supported his recommendation heber down former deputy- reeve of pickering also was allowed to address the county council and he stated that he spoke as a dele gate of the federation of agricul ture in regard to a grant from the council for 1945 he stated that at present funds are low and there was the need to pay the member ship iri the national federation for 1945 and this fee amounted to 300 mr down asked that at least 500 be allowed the federation to carry on its work to get into production before next august claremont meat market freshaiid cutbed meats fresh fish every thursday haveour truck call on you in goodwood and district on wednesdays a j sutherland phone 1808 claremont tj m jjtoludffifi vifes m ivi vbmmyjvmikw m