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by staff correspondent ioexos ioe ioc r i-s- ms n o n victory loan salesmen started on an indian and native of pickering their drive- in pickering township mrs burnel conducted a contest on mondav morning messrs n f naming the counties of ontario goddard- wm reesor g gileslunch was served by mrs re frank chapman and r- davidson forsyth mrs earl beare mrs wal- local dealersrmowders store and overjands store iobo are doing the canvassing mrswm pyatt miss audrey lonsdale and miss vivian grant of lace- and mrs- v r evans the claremont womens institute are sponsoring a halloween fancy twnfo sdent the weekend as and comic dress masquerade in the ss ofsfc and mrt frank community hall at 8 15 first and guest oi i second prizes for bestcostumes m loyst mr and mrs grant taylor and baby frank spent the weekend in markdale miss- erla watson who is in training as a nurse in oshawa spent the weekend at her home on the 4th north of the village mr jas coates is putting a new roof on the barn at his farm on the north townline there will be a special young peoples service next sunday eve ning at the conclusion of the regu lar evening worship in the baptist church missionary slides will be shown mrs walter r bell of portage la prairie visiting adult and childrens classes- hv sin gle double or groups those in costume admitted free- a charge of 15c from others program of games and music refreshments it is hoped everyone in the community willattend to hehvmake this- one of the besthalloween celebrations yet it will eliminate the custom ary doortodor visitation dont forget thedate oct 31 new teacher joins school staff- mr w hart whose parents make their home in stouffville has joined man was in claremont tne staff of the claremont continu- her grandmother mrs school and will replace mrs leggitt who has sinced passed switzer- who has resigned mr away i hart has been with the rcaf for mrs frank soden of toronto ftve years formerly of claremont mr and mrs cliff soden also of toronto visited on sunday at the home of mr and former claremont native mrs duncan dolphin held up at king mr and mrs geo lee of stouff- mr hiiyard bryan a native of ville visited relatives in the village claremont was the bank manager bn sundav at the branch in king which was funeral services were held in held up and robbed last week mr markham last week for mrs reeves bryan is a son of mr and mrs robt of welland ont who died quite suddenlv deceased was the former bessie michell who lived with her parents the late mr ancl mrs tobias michell on the farm south of the village now occupied by walter brignal miss margaret mcnab a cousin of mrs reevs attended the funeral from claremont- mrs a l hooey and two sons of woodville were in the village visit ing friends last week mr hooey was former bank manager here mrs l mcomba who has been staying with mrs e palmer has gone to gait where she will spend the winter miss vivian sadler of toronto visited with her aunt mrs esther palmer recently the ladies circle of the baptist church will hold their regular meeting on tuesday afternoon oct 30 at the home of mrs- m benson mrs j coates group will be in charge and reports of the associa tion will be given mr e lewis and mr and mrs sam taylor visited relatives in singhamptorion sunday a special mens service will be held in the baptist church next sundayevening when the pastor will deliver a talk- on forward with christ whilethisis primar- ily a talk for men the ladies are in no wayexcluded the regular meeting of the womens institute was held at the home of mrs- rov morgan last week the roll call wasresponded to with the rtame of a past member of the legislature and the office held main feature of the meeting was an address by teh district president miss mae brown mrs frank carson favored the gather ing with two vocal solos there was an art display in which four mem bers showed work done by differ ent artists with a biography of the life of each mrs rawson convener of historical research gave a biography of chief johnson podash bryan the elder mr bryan was a barber in the village in years gone by in a shop opposite the lewis bakery wandering feline brings nice reward cats may be a dime a dozen in and arouna claremont but one par ticular feline that landed in town last week wasnt classed so cheap ly the cat strayed to the home of mr and mrs boniface here in the village and was befriended by the lady of the house just by accident an adv was noticed in the daily paper which seemei to tally with the property of a toronto man and a pedigreed persian tortoise shell inter- championship claremont continuation school ga thered in 126 points at the inter- school field day with pickering and brooklin on thursday to take the championship by a large margin pickering emerged second with 62 points and brooklin thirdwitli 53 points in addition a claremont boy bill manionbroke the senior boys pole vault record of 87 with a jump of 810 the previous record was set by l kaiser of pickering the claremont school will be pre sented with a large- new cup for their win this cup put up for com petition by the schools is beginning a new cycle this year and the first sclibol to capture it three times will gain permanent possession each champion will receive a silver cup suitably engraved the following were the winners sr boys jim bertrand pickering runner up earl anderson clare mont jr boys donald beelby claremont runner up broxall brooklin watson pickering siv girls mary hcdgson clare mont runners up marion red- shaw jean story helen norton claremont jr girls joan nesbitt brooklin runner up gloria bever ley claremont unhl next week i09 cuit a-a- llambnllof w t insthe claremont community hall fridavoct 26 k bruce goulds and his i orchestra- jifsy under auspices of the claremontparkboard admission 35c fridaiv november 2nd russ icreigrtonrr admission 60c builders supplies we have a good supply of asphalt roofing and cedar- shingles- poultry feed chop and whole grain poultry feeds j molasses fencing ironfencepbsts surge milking machine9 farrs elevator vtt claremont phone 38w claremont meat market y a j sutherfand phone 1808 claremont i -it- fresh and cured meats fresh in season- ifv have bur truck cair6riyou in goodwood and district on wednesdays mrs jas leggitt dies suddenly death came suddenly to mrs jas leggitt of north cknemont on mon day morning oct 22nd since the lady had only been illfor a short time she was in her 81st year i the late mrs leggitt was the how it arrived at claremont only bennett and was the cat can tell however the pay- off came when shortly after the city man had- returned home with his property a cheque arrived for 20 as a reward brougham miss jean coppint also little miss sandra payne of toronto spent the weekend at the woodward home r mr and mrscarldevitt and son john spent the weekend in toronto visiting their son billy and mr and mrs l k devitt sgt ross willson and mrs will- son of toronto are visiting at the home of w e and mrs willson jvirs gannon was in oshawa on wednesday visiting her son hugh who had just underwent an opera tion for- the removal of his tonsils miss dorothy harlock and miss mary beck of toronto spent the weekend with the formers parents mr and mrs m harlock mr smith of research ltd visit ed with mr russell gray on sun day mrs jno miller nas been under the weather during the past week her many friends wish her a speedy recovery mr harry porter will be in his shop here to do your bartering on wednesday afternoon oct slbe- ginning at 130 pm the wms held their regular meeting on thursday afternoon at the home of mrs d mairs with a large attendance mrs johnston the president wasin charge of the meeting mrscassie took the de votional- peribdand mrs brown gave a very interesting talk from the study bbok assisted by mrs plaxtonand- miss stevenson mrs lemon also gavea reading final plans were madefor theahnual thankoffering to be held onn6v-l- hostesses 1 mrs mairs and mrs lemonserveda dainty lunch the avmsbf st johns church are holding their annual fall thank- offeringiri the church-oh-thursday- afternoon nov 1st with neighbor ing societies to assist with the pro gram the guest speaker will be mrs allan miller recently returned from fort harrison who will have many interesting things to tell of her two years -stay- in the north all ladies of the community are invited to this meeting- anniversary services will beheld in st johns church next sunday oct 28th rev mr wenham of claremont baptistchurc1i assisted by his choinwillhave charge of the afternoon service and rev mr mc laughlin of whitevale assisted by ithehome choir will take the even ing seryice a good attendance is looked for the womans institute are plan ning a euchre and dance to be held on fridayevening oct 26th funds to provide presents for our boys euchre to start at 830 anddancing at 1030 pm good music mrs miller and son billy visited with her parents mr- and mrs wm knox on sunday- gilbert wanhdp spent the week end at his home here sulivml oiiiij is fotonite offefc29sv charged withbreaiing and enter ing with intent to commit assault rgroyand george cooper picker ing towhshipappeared before mag istrate f s ebbs in district police court at whitby following a partial hearing of the charge the hearing wa adjqjirned until wednesday oct 31 the accusedwere jointly charged as a result of an altercation at the farm home where one brown re sides as the farm manager for w murphy claremont brown admitted fie had previous difficulties with roy and cooper but it was held that it was mostly as a result of browns boys the altercation a week- ago sun day resulted j some cattle be longing to roy which accused and his- farm manager cooper claimed were on browns property which brown denied brown told the court that later he had been in the house when roy and cooper came to the front door sprung thelatchonthe screen door arid walked in he stated that he had attempted to put them out after getting the two accused out side he claimed that roy reached through one of the panels in the front door and- clubbed him over the head with an axe handle while he brown was attempting to keep the two men from reentering by putting one foot against the front door when they came in roy used profane language and pointed a fin ger at mowder fred mowder and said he knew where the cattle were i told them to get out or i would call the police cooper said if you call the police ill poke you one which he did he hit me on the cheek cooper then went out and i pushed roy out and was holding the door closed with my foot when roy reached through and clubbed me with an axe handle brown testified he stated that when he came to he was lying on the floor a scalp wound necessitated medical atten tion brown stated escapes serious injury at gravel pit gordon benson of claremont who recently was released from the army had a narrow escape from serious injury at the pickering township gravel pit where he was employed last week when he acci dentally fell onto the drive belt of the crushing outfit the machine ing are tour sons an ex- in full operau at the time in railroad work their late and tne youn man hurled father having been a railroad pion- around the belt several times eer in thissection theyare james vas re to of m california august in jelhcoe dr n p tomlirisdn where it was earl at pontypool and robert in found tnat he nad escape broken buth vjntano rlowmen under a warm nazy autumnal a crop still a long time away it is sun the annual- plowing match for not followed by immediate orglor- south ontario county was held onious results say you are teaching the farm ofheber down brooklin the world a good lesson in crafts- wednesday afternoon jmanship the match was not held on the judge win timbers told the tract originally chosen on president audience your generous prize list downs farm- since the ground was too wet but on his second farm to the southwest in the evening- a banquet was held in brooklin masonic hall for speechmaking and presentation of prizes this is the third time the match has been held on mr downs farm n recent years it is under spon sorship of the ontario department of- agriculture judges were arthur little agincourt and winfred timbers stouffville outstanding team was heber downs prizewinning matched clydesdales which he has exhibit ed at many ontario fairs this year taking prizes in light draft classes they were driven by wilmot shea manilla no lady plowers entered in the class provided for them but on lookers were astounded to find a sailor in full- uniform taking part in the match he was abearl miller of sunderland home on dis- and number of classes are among the best i have seen we should do all we can to encourage young plowmen- then r- he proceeded from a highly accurate memory to outline the technical points of the judging telling losers just why they fell down and congratulating winners on the excellence of their work we hadfa little difficulty on the furrows after dark he conclud- etf amid laughter- prize list high cuoedward timbers stanley thompson g tran- sod jointer plows ronald marquis lloyd steckley william- ormerd james lee william hoo- ton sod second jointer a- feather- stone w holder r miller tractors in sod r ratcliffe tractors in sod open to ail josephtran a meyers i- mc laughlin born at bloomington just north of stouffville she has beena resident of claremont for over fifty years forty of which were spent in the home where she passed away her husband predeceased her in august of last year surviving are four sons all ex cept one in railroad work their late and tne y manwas hurled charge leave after three years at- stubble open to all stuart sea he was assisting his brother ball won t eaton trophy valued ross at 18 charles ball carl down at the banquet in the evening howard thaxter lee wiley served by ladies of brooklin united stubble jointer plows harry church in the masonic hall bewell wilmot shea jack dancey speeches were the order of the day stubble boys 18 and under after a welcome to guests by presi- carl timbers lloyd ball dent heber down reeves william stubble boys 16 and under manning thomas harding and william geer norman down were called upon for tractor in stubble boys 18 and brief felicatory remarks then- under george timbers byron agricultural representative frank fockler campbell uxbridge took the floor tractors in stubble open to all he said the lands today werejackbeaton nicely finished with all contestants stubble open to all 3furrow exhibiting good showmanship and plow alan smith skill i am proud of the recent best team and equipment achievements of ontario county heber down ed timbers ed breeders and plowmen folks won- pascoe d thompson fred dob- der why plowing matches are slow son affairs but remember this is a day j youngest flower william greer in which skill is judged we might 16 just as futiley criticize a man for j oldest plower william hooter cleaning up his horses for showl best finish and best crown in purposes today we sawgood show- high cut edward timbers manship and skill cut edward timbers t k creighton kc mla for best crown and best finish for south ontario was also present i boys 16 and under william greer was raised on a farm and plowed william greers cash prizes totalled many an acre myself he said a 17 plowman demonstrates the qualil an award of 10 for the best land ties of patience thoroughness and in the jointer sod classes was not perseverance because he knows decided- announcement of this will he is laying the ground work for be made later aurora the funeral service was held this afternoon from the late residence with interment in littlelake ceme tery peterboro reelect whitby max moderator baptist association the 57th annual meeting of whit- bylindsay baptist association con vened in uxbridge church rev james taylor pastor of the enter taining church welcomed the dele gates and led in oppning devotions the letters from the churches read by the clerk rev pcreed indicat ed that fine progress had been made by many of the churcnes pastor l wenham of claremont and l s haverstock were welcomed into the association work special mention was made of the serious illnes of the vicemoderator rev john mar shall the beloved minister of the oshawa church the moderator g w humphries of whitby gave a most timely and vigorous moderators address he stressed the assoc theme invest in the best association bypu officers were elected as follows- president rev rd harmer of lindsay vice- president robert reeds of rea- borovsectreas miss- norma bowen of oshawa councillors pastorl wenham of claremont stanley evans of whitevalefthey were duly installed by rev l gre gory secretary of rc- boardand addressed if- byi mr houser r interprovihclalrbyipu f at theafternoonsessiona resolu tion of r thanks to uxbridge- and goodwood folk and welcome to re- turning servicemen and women changing patterns in our com munities was enthusiastically pre sented- by the home mission super intendent revch schuttdd mr hsw bickerstath presented realistically the work so success fully being done in rehabilitation work for our servicemen and women the vital phase of the crus ade for- christ evangelism was forcefully presented by rev f t darnell of whitby the song and devotional service in the evening of thursday was conducted-by- pastor len wenham of claremont the rev dr bing ham secretary of our baptist con- vention duly installed the new association officers moderator g w humphries of whitby vice- moderator- rev james taylor of uxbridgesectreasurer rev p c reed of lindsay ph wanted j- dead romm telephone for free pick up phonestoufrville255 markham 4326- claremont 913 9 r4 we pay phone charges gordon young tn adelaide 363 toroatc bones although he suffered severe the weekend at the home of his parents mr and mrs cdavies mrs cragg of toronto is spending a few days with her daughter mrs c- davies miss jean linton of toronto spent the weekend at the home of her parents mr and mrs levi linton sgt orr graham who is stationed in quebec visited hs wife and fam- sprains and torn ligaments and will- ily at balsam- store ov the week- have to take things easy for a time i end i silofilling is practically finished balsam mount zjonineys rally sunday was observed in mt zion church on oct mth rev wen ham from claremont baptist church was the special speaker the mt zion choir supplied the music for the morning service at the prospect anniversary oct 14th born to mr and mrs jas shipton of balsam on oct 7th 1915 a son mr eldred ancl miss ann meech of balsam lake called on friends on friday donald davies of toronto spent in the community we are glad to report that lome carson is improving slightly from the injury which he gave to his knee while doing a polevault at whitby high school over a week ago mr and mrs norval mcavoy of layton visited at the home of irv ing mcavoy on sunday mrs roy ward of claremont visi ted her parents mr and mrs w p jones on sunday sunday visitors at geo wilsons were mr and mrs paul wilson of brooklin and mr and mrs leslie smith of prospect mr and mrs will harbron visited with her sister mrs percy noil of pickering on sundav tpr gordon wilson who returned from overseas reported back to barracks intoronto bn friday oct 19th after a 30day leave at hisj home in balsam wm wright of richmond hill dead richmond hill loses one of its molt prominent citizens in the pass ing of william ashford wright al though he had been retired from active businness for 15 years mr wright toqka keen interest in vil lage affairs and in the personal welfare of its citizens until his pass ing his death occurred in his home on church st in his 88th year the- late mr wright was at one lime the head of the firm of wright bros and taylor funeral directors and a formal partner in the firm of wright and taylor he was born in scarboro township son of the late archibald wright who established a carriage building firm in rich mond ilii the new electrical appliances that aoiown are coming soon electric washers are being built in small volume and production will be increasing monthly we handle easy beatty andgilson get your order in now we deliver in turn refrigerators are coming waite for the favourite of them all its frigidaire pro- duction started on october 15th book your order with us now we will deliver in turn ch as cooper claremont ontario v2ir4ijw rs jvi l4wio 3 f js4jsijdii5cn r i -v- siinis