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the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 11 1946 nonoi a ox aoiaot i0e30e o d o glaremont and district 303 o d o bv si f correspondent aonoi i ioc local dealers l movders store and i onoc ov hands store xotaoi spays fancy prices alberta auction funeral service heid for the late william mitchell of afha funeral services were held for the late william mitchell on mon day march 25th who passed away at his residence on the 7th con of pickering on saturday morning ho ida the bride wearing apale blue mrs e palmer and mr r boyd have returned to their home claremont after spending a months with mr and mrs geo lee- j- friends will be glad to note that fflf i n hfirqpq jit chas derusha is steadilv improv- v1 xuj 11u1 okso xi ing in health since his serious ill ness kenneth stickwood infant son of air and mrs stickwood has been quite ill friends are glad to ee earl curly cool back at his former job in the cooper hardware curly recently returned from overseas after several years ser vice his mother mrs blanche cook expects to return from toronto to make her home in claremont shortly mr and mrs gordon graham of oshawa and mr- and mrs duncan mcmillan of toronto visited at the home of mr and mrs ed lewis on sunday the residence of mr and mrs will burkett east of the commun ity hall has been sold to douglas norton exsoldier of this war the price was reported in the village at 2700 mr and mrs burkett left the home here some time ago to live in stouffville mr and mrs bert gibson of oshawa visited relatives in the vil lage on sunday marion gostick not mr and mrs chas gostick has been suffering with scarlet fever as stated in this paper last week friends will be pleased to note that mr edgar sherk is improved since his serious illness the baptist church had a wood bee in the yard last week when a number of the men turned out to cut up a supply of firewood for next winter mrs abram mantle who has been living with her son in toronto has returned to claremont to be with her daughter mr and mrs fred redshaw work commenced monday morn ing excavating the cellar for a new- residence to be erected by g m forsyth on the 0th concession just east of the main street four corn ers spangs are the building con tractors mr and mrs morgan evans celebrated their 13rd wedding anniversary on monday of this week and were receiving the con gratulations of their neighbors and friends in the community mr and mrs evans retired to claremont from the farm last year there are three daughters and two sons in the family mrs lome jones mrs walter baker mrs carl dopking edgar ward and will ward skilmck 1jamsw brougham united church was the scene of a wedding on saturdav april cih 1910 230 pm when doris winnifred ramsay daughter of mr and mrs a ramsay j i brougham ont was united in mar- friage with alexander skilnick son green river mr and mrs chas carter were in ballantrae on sunday visitin i with her mother mrs davis mr and mrs w duncan and i family made a trip to palmerston over the weekend mr and mrs ed- wilson visited j on sunday with mr ad mrs j altelaar of manilla mr and mrs a j gray bruug bam had sunday dinner at the i carter home little clarence beelby eccidently j of mr and mrs j skilnick of i yorkton sask rev i e kennedy jfiiciated the bride given in marriage bv buyertatthe lacombei falh wore a of whl aihr am flowered organza sweetheart style headdress and a floor length veil a pieov of pickering township and a wellknown horse buyer throughout the country was one of the largest horse sale alberta a week ago bidding in 12g head over a thou sand horses were sold for a total of and earn a of pmk earn sg0 000 ations miss norma ramsay was a chestnut roan team owned bv bridesmaid and wore pink corded robert park of laeombe brought a laff w shoulder length veil price of 100 from mr pieov while alk cat a nosegay of sweet peas he paid 300 for a tine single and breath m uoilad 305 for another team from mac- u lso acte as st man kenzie bros il tlham devitt brougham this was the 22nd such sale held organist ushers were mr roy in the west and lasted four days h aml mr kenneth ramsay 1 he recpetion was held at the home of mr and mrs manson ellicott the brides mother re ceived wearing brown trimmed with lime green and a pink corsage and was assisted by the grooms sister wearing a red suit with a white corsage some fifty guests were present the grooms gift to the bride was a gold wrist watch the couple left for a trip to flor was in his s5th year born in devonshire england he came to canada as a boy with his family and settled at darlington a year later they moved to pickering township where he resided until his death attending ss no 2 he later farmed in various parts of the township he came to atha thir teen years ago from the southern part of the township his wife the former sarah anne wright pre deceased him 51 years ago he was a member of the united church he is survived by a son edgar at home a daughter mrs frank torrance of cherrywood four brothers joseph at brougham james at pickering frank at cherrywood samuel at billings montana and three sisters miss emma of cherrywood mrs john thompson of toronto and mrs james white of pickering also four grandchildren and three great grandchildren a short service was held mon day from the mceachnie funeral parlors to the ershire church for service with rev i e kennedy officiating interment in ershine cemetery the pallbearers being six nephews of the deceased lloyd and walter white arthur and harold mitchell harold wright and jack mitchell owing to the small attendance at the rod cross meeting which had been planned for april 2nd at mrs alclntyres in claremont it was not possible to decide the future plans for n pickering branch discussion centred around the establishment of a loan cupboard in which articles needed in emergencies would be stored and available for use by the public health nurse the branch would welcome opinions on this subject complete returns of the member ship drive were not given some units not haying communicated with the president at all since it started but claremont handed in 180 and brougham turned in 02 as this fund has not been closed yet anyone who has been over looked is welcome to become a member by payment of a dollar to a red cross collector it is hoped that real spring weather will enable a full represen tation to meet at brougham in may on a date to be announced claremont locker system standard size locker 000 a year cutting room and chilling room available free to customers cartons and containers for fruit and vegetables at normal charge il akkwkli party on thursday evening a surprise party was held at the home of mr and mrs gordon riddle when over go friends gathered for a social evening and to present mr and mrs jos tran and family with a lovely chenille bedspread on their leaving the community to make their home at atha dont fail to read chas coopers big display adv in this issue for everything in the implement and hardware line suit with brown accessories brougham mr and mrs a j gray visited at the home of her brother mr and mrs roy carter of green river on sunday mr and mrs c devitt spent the weekend in toronto with their son bill and other friends miss b stevenson returned to her home here after spending a few weeks with friends at picker ing and other places mrs t c brown spent a few days last week with friends in toronto the many friends of mis d see- beck are glad to know she is improving from iter recent illness congratulations to mr alex al bright of whitevale who recently celebrated his ninetythird birth day mr t philip sr will hold a auction sale of his household furni ture on saturday april 13th at his home just east of the village mrs atkinson of toronto visited with mrs b harvey over the special at elivas beauty shop top off your easter outfit with a stunning now permanent styled by elva mclean for appointments phone pick ering 99 rl or call at the shop on the east slope of greenwood hill burned his eyes on saturday from lime while spraying the stabl however the doctor says he will not loose his sight mr and mrs y lade alo mr and mrs h ego called on george iresons on sunday afternoon yp class met on tuesday last at the home of ed wilson a good number were present while mrs wilson took the topic there was a piano solo by edna beelby the de votional was taken by r nighs- wander and g duncan next meet ing at the home of edna beelby on april 23rd the erokinole listed for this week by yp class will not be held until april 17th at e crosslands this is an open party pot luck lunch mrs r defoe has returned home after spending a month with her family in toronto entire family save leonard her bert and his family home with them during the weekend for the first time since the beginning of this last global war i mr adam spears has been doing some excellent land scaping to the grounds of his home this spring mrs m griffin is back at her home in whitevale dr and mrs b b beaton whit by called on mr o r beaton and mrs allen on saturday last mr and mrs a e fleming en tertained at a family dinner on sunday april 7th those who were at their home over the weekend were misses helen hornshaw doris wilson jean fleming and constance ran dall wouldnt you permanent now like new tayloriovst phone claremont 10w o 19 j we solicit your business farrs elevator claremont rhone res 38j office 3sw we have a car of gluten car of fencing no 1 alfalfa seed red clover and all grass seeds special pig grower farrs own mix master chick starter is doing a real job try farrs m dairy ration guaranteed to give results western whole or chopped grain always on hand order your xut or stove coke for next winter 0okross easter special try a dozen buns the stouffviile bakery mcmullen electric weekend mrs win ellicott attended an executor meeting of the wl which was held at the home of mrs n white of brooklin mr gordon thornton of toron to spent the weekend with his friend mr c sheppard the womens missionary society will hold their easter thankoffer- ing service on sunday april 14th at s pm taking the form of a music festival a number of guests will contribute suitable music come and join us in singing the old familiar hymns from the screen pictures will also be shown at this service a special mens church service was held in our church on sunday evening the members of the local tire brigade attended in a body the speakers were rev mcneely of king st church oshawa and a layman from that church mr brown ross knox son of mr and mrs win knox has taken over the store from his father and will place a delivery truck on the road ross is newly returned from overseas the elder knox will continue as post master a pleasant evening was held in the hall on saturday april 5th when over eighty friends and neighbors gathered for a farewell party for mr and mrs gannon who expect to leave shortly to make their home at haliburton mr m burk was chairman a brief address was read by mrs matthews after which mrs cassie on behalf of the church presented a lovely leather bound bible to mrs gannon mrs wm ellicott and mr and mrs r reine then presented an allwool blanket a woolfilled comforter and a magazine stand to mr and mrs gannon from the community all joined in singing for they are jolly good fellows mr and mrs gannon will be greatly missed from this community as mrs gan non is a real brougham girl having been born on the fifth concession just west of the brock rd and has spent her entire life here with the exception of a few years when she was teaching school in the north country she has been postmistress at brougham for over 21 years and was organist in the church teacher in the sunday school member of the wms and the institute best wishes of the community go with them to their new home they always froli electrical construction of all kinds men and wire lionet now available workmanship phone 1201 stouffville estimates given poles supplied victoria street buckwheat wanted contact us for best prices reesors mar mill ltd markham phone 96 whitevale winners of the flannelgraph con test held at first baptist church will bo announced on sunday it was exceedingly difficult for the judges to pick a winner holy communion was observed at the conclusion of the regula church service this church is also pre paring for special easter services a gay shower was held in honor of miss emma birnie at the home of mr and mrs adam spears miss birnie has been the happy re cipient of many lovely gifts at sev eral showers held in her honor re cently about eighty ladies from locust hill cherrywood and whitevale charges of the united church at tended the wa last wednesday afternoon the tea tables were gay in easter finery and many of the ladies too looked lovely in thei new spring gowns the program was provided by the visiting ladies and arranged by mrs judson a pugh mrs norman burke was hostess to the womens missionary circle of the whitevale baptist church last week welcome home sailor home from the sea errol griffin is back and are we all glad mr james griffin is now work ing for mr k c donnelly here mr and mrs benson draper who have lived in whitevale for a few months have now taken up resi dence in green river mr j heal is the happy owner of a new 195ft dodge car mrand mrs w fitch had as their weekend guest mr- tom young of toronto mr and mrs f herbert had cherrywood mr and mrs gray and daughter visited at the home of their daugh ter mr and mrs bob torrence cecil hollinger has secured a position in toronto best of luck cecil- the wa will hold their monthly meeting on wednesday afternoon april 17 at the home of mrs mc- lachlan of whitevale word for roll call on easier thoughts group 4 in charge mrs a thompson visited with friends in toronto mrs burke spent a few days with her daughter mrs udell at white vale little miss heather bains is spending a few days with her grand parents mr and mrs murray albert maynard and friend of toronto spent the weekend with his parents mr and mrs a maynard glad to know that albert is much better after his accident a number of our young people attended the banquet at locust hill last week after six years in operation the cherrywood unit of the rod cross have completed 2g13 knitted arti cles 1548 articles of sewing as well as 1s7 quilts our thanks goes to atha news congratulations to mr and mrs ernie carruthers who celebrated their first wedding anniversary on sunday april 7th sorry to loose mr and mrs a featherston and family who mov- jed to their new home at armadale on tuesday last best wishes in i your new home j mr and mrs thomas harding from millikon visited their daugh ter and soninlaw mr and mrs s j barkey on sunday mr and mrs graham robinson nee ruth waggl newly weds of toronto mr and mrs stewart mar tin of newmarket were dinner guests on sunday at the cairv tilers home mr and mrs murry dunkeld and family were supper guests on tues- dav evening with the carruthers mrs thomas dunkeld mr e milton silent sunday with mr and mrs chas carnochon markham mr and mrs fred byer and fam ily visited in ringwood on sunday with mr and mrs delos graham mr and mrsmurray dunkeld and family wore dinner guest- with mr and sirs elgin wagg on sunday the ladies who gave of their time to help make these articles mrs l hollinger is the president cecil 15 ivm1lles sign of the cross starring frederic marcli kllissa landi lumlcttc colbert and charles lauglitou claremont united church wed april 17 815 pm see emperor nero burning of rome persecution of the christians admission adults 30c children 15c jc30c 30i aoooc soi claremont meat market choice meats fish groceries we can supply choice home killed beef by the quarter for your lockers at the right price phone 3501 claremont delivery in goodwood on thursdays claremont ontario telephone claremont 3501 n iocs oeao aoc30e nonoc i eposit your savings in an account with us they will be secure from theft or other form of loss and will be at your disposal when and as you wish the 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