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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 21 1946 30e30i aono ioe aoi glaremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers mowders store and overlands store not i0e30e mrs meryl boose and children of toronto visited with relatives here one dav last week- we understand that mrs orville cox who lives just south of the village has been very ill miss billie wagg and ladv friend irom sarnia visited over the week end at the home of her uncle nelson wagg- mrs hugh gregg was a visitor in toronto one day last week mrs keith drake and son of orillia visited recently at the home of mr and mrs fred ward miss margaret mcxab and mrs h g mclntyre spent a few days in toronto last week messrs morris and william bin- stead of toronto visited over the weekend at their home here the annual nomination meeting for trustees for the police village will be held in the community hall this friday evening at s pm so far as we have been able to find out there are no new aspirants to ollice friends will regret to hear of the passim of mrs cwking wife of a former baptist church pastor here nearly twentv years ago rev king who occupied the local pulpit for several terms predeceased his wife several ears ago surviving are two sons dr earl king eldest son is a professor in the university in london eng and harold a young er son is a teacher of art in toronto the funeral attended by several claremont people was conducted to mt pleasant cemetery toronto jack brown former manager of the lloydbrook farm south of here is now employed at the chas cooler establishment the 150acre farm belonging to the late j h carveth just east of the university ajax road has been purchased by mel bryant and an auction sale will be conducted by ken and clarke prentice on sat urday december 7 of the carveth arm stock and implements mr and mrs jas- coates were in toronto recently the womens institute will be hostess to altona institute at a conference on the care of clothing in the club house on thursday nov 28th from 10 am to 4 pm miss collins of the dept of the wi branch will be the instructor it is sincerely hoped that all women of these communities will avail them selves of this excellent opportunity of gaining first hand information on this important topic- there was a good attendance at the november meeting of the womens missionar- society of the united church which was held at the manse on thursdav afternoon of last week the president mrs lovst was in the chair and took charge of the devotional period assisted by mrs w ward at the piano mrs loyst gave a detailed account of the womens day activi ties held in oshawa in connection with the united church cavalcade the chapter in the study book on the women of india was taken by lira kennedy who was assisted by members of the society this study showed the great development in the position of women in india in the past one hundred vears a tasty lunch was served fiy mrs rawsons grou who was in charge of the program 9 o d o j nearly 200000 building boom in pickering township loexosoe 27 buildings started but unfinished because of- material shortages a total of 10s building permits were issued in pickering township during the oast year of which si were completed at an estimated cost of 17301000 twentyseven of the permits issued were for build ings which were not completed ow ing to material shortages vl the 1 completed buildings 39 were perma nent houses with an estimated value of 14260000 29 were cottages estimated to cost 1810000 there were eleven garages erected at a cost of s3s10 and two restaurants for ss500 these details were re vealed at the statutory meeting of the township council held on friday evening a communication was received from the ontario hydro commis sion stating that thev would make a survey of whitevale village with a view to having street lights in stalled there- a well signed petition was placed before council at the november meeting asking lights go on dr gordon armstrong of dun- barton shores subdivision com municated with council over what he alleges to be certain damage to his property because of a ditch owned bv the township and which is not cleaned out dr armstrong threatened action aeainst the mun- icipalitv if something was not done members of council were not of the opinion that there was any liability on the part of the township but instructed the road supt to invest igate the matter at his convenience pickering fire brigade received 300 for thirty fires during the year it was intgrestine to note that only four of the thirtv were within the village limits an account for 15 for one sheep killed belongip to john teefy of cherrywood was passed for pay ment a bvlaw setting jan 13th as the date of the first meeting of council in 1917 was given its necessary readings and passed council will meet again to pass accounts on dec 2nd at s pm relief accounts passed for pay ment amounted to only 10 while contingencies paid totalled 173512 you will find contentment and happiness there for many years to come signed on hehalf of your claremont neighbors and friends wesley stony frank gostick gordon riddle john beelby hollinger mccawilster scctionman suffers stroke on hunting trln mrbjhurtabee section foreman in claremont was resting in have- lock hospital this week where he was removed after he had suffered a stroke just prior to going out hunting the unfortunate man was standing at the washbasin wlien he was stricken and suffered a second attack before he reached the hospital over 100 friends and neighbors at john scott farewell over one hundred friends and neighbors of mr john scott one of the best known farmers of picker ing township and particularly the claremont district gathered at the scott home just off the sth conces sion last week to honor mr scott prior tc leaving for his new home in stouffville- the farewell address was read by mrs john beelby and a presentation made of a 3way tri- light floor lamp dear mr scott we have gather ed here tonight to convey to you in some measure our appreciation of you as a friend and neighbour during the years you have lived among us also to express our regret at your departure from us we are deeply sorry that mrs scott is not here yhh us tonight many of us know personallv of her kindly acts for she and you have alwavs been ready with a helping hand when needed you will be missed in this communitv for your wise counsel and good judgment have been of real benefit to us and now we ask that you accept this gift as a small token of our esteem our very best wishes go with you to your new home and we hope and pray that picardy gladioli dahlias and har vest decorations in st johns church norway in toronto gave an autumn background for the wedding of phyllis elaine daughter of mr and mrs c a mccallister and leonard dewart hollinger son of mr and mrs walter hollinger of cherrywood rev fred nicholson officiated and mr w h mould was at the organ the bride having been a choir member for seven years the service had choral accompaniment the bride was given in marriage by her father and wore a white tulle skirt with satin bodice and fingertip veil falling from a head dress of french flowers she carried a shower of pink roses and white button mums miss jean mccai lister was maid of honor and miss nancy mccallister was bridesmaid both wearing turquoise taffeta dresses with tulle skirts matching halos and accessories they carried cascades of picardy gladioli cecil hollinger acted as best man and the ushers were william hollinger and fred puckrin a reception followed in the par ish hall the brides mother receiv ing in aqua blue dress with fuchsia flowerdd hat the grooms mother had chosen a twotone jersey dress in grey and purple with grey acces sories and rose corsage for a motor trip east the bride had chosen a black and gold dress with topcoat of sage green the couple will be living in cherrywood claim plants too little and too late settled for 200 the case of fleming versus williamson and the claremont canning company was before his honor judge d b coleman in county court friday j p man gan kc appearing for the plaintiff and j w carrick kc for the defendants the plaintiff james j fleming of north oshawa was claiming loss of revenue from seven acres of land prepared for the growing of tomat oes in the summer of 1945 and for which he claimed the defendants had failed to deliver the tomato plants as promised the defendant pointed out that plants were deliv that the ered to the plaintiff which he had refused to accept but mr fleming claimed that they were too little and too late according to witnesses for the de fence the season of 1945 had been a bad one for tomatoes a cold wet spring had delayed planting and most farmers had harvested less than half of the normal yield due to a combination of late plant ing and a frost between september loth and 20th witnesses for the defence felt that an earlier planting was possi ble on the fleming farm which has light soil and was suitable for an earlier crop than the heavier clay loam generally found in the farms near the base line the defence called w h down of brooklin and r lewis farming south of the base line these men according to the defendant had re ceived the plants which mr flem ing had refused to accept and both men stated that the plants were good healthy stock mr down said that he had received some worse and some better but had been glad to get them after hearing the evidence judge coleman held a conference with counsel for both parties in the ac tion and recommended that an at tempt be made to reach a settle ment after a short delav they an nounced that their clients had reached an agreement and that the defendant and plaintiff had agreed to a settlement of 200 judge cole man complimented counsel and both parties for their avoidance of continued and costly litigation and brought the case to a close thursday nite is foto nite 325 ioc i0e30e aoi xoeioi inao selfserve groceries now at the claremont meat market delivery in goodwood on thursdays claremont ontario telephone clareraont zsiil i0c30c 3000c lozaoc iobh pickkking butchkr charged too much for meat clarence silk proprietor of silks meat market in pickering was fined 135 and costs by magistrate fsebbs whitby on four charges of violating wartime prices and trade board regulations in regard to the selling of meat magistrate ebbs fined silk 50 and costs or one month on each of two charges for offences on august 10 and 17 25 and costs or one month on a charge for an offence september 13 and 10 and costs or one week on a charge regarding coupons dated august 17 the sen tences are to run concurrently the cost of living is high enough today without you shoving it up any higher magistrate ebbs told the accused when sentencing him he added that the butcher had been warned and that it was not as though one of your employees were doing this without your know ledge for the evidence is that you were the one involved the charges were brought against silk by g a edmonstone meat inspector of the wptb who testi fied that he had sent an assistant mrs- doreen green to purchase meat from the silk meat market on several occasions and on three visits she had paid from four to nine cents a pound over the ceiling for various types of beef mr silk pleaded guilty to three charges of selling meat over the ceiling price but said he was not guilty on the charge regarding the coupons evidence of the wptb officials however convinced the magistrate that he was guilty a f annis kc in charge of the case for the board said silk had been shown to have charged a much as 33 per cent over ceiling and he had been warned by mr edmonstone and this could not be overlooked bv the wptb this is a situation of a serious nature he said the amount here may be small but lots of meat passes over a counter in a day farmer killed by overturned truck at greenwood george william hill 60 of eighth line pickering township was killed on saturday when a stake body truck he was driving over turned on the greenwood hill on a sideroad close to the intersection of no 7 highwav the driver evidently had diffi culty controlling the truck as it came down the hill and ran onto the shoulder he was pinned beneath the overturned truck and was dead when taken out a farmer witnessed the accident and called provincial constablt- gordon keast after trying to pull the man from the wreckage hills 15yearold son douglas and a two- yearold granddaughter who were riding in the truck escaped without injur- the hill familys household effects were being moved from pickerings eighth line to green wood at the time of the accident brougham mr and mrs john knox and fam ily of hampton were guests of mr and mrs ralph crawford on sun day mrbill devitt and miss m new ton of toronto spent the weekend with carl and mrs devitt mr and mrs w j brown also mrs drynan and daughter all of toronto visited with his mother mrs t c brown during the week end mr and mrs r raine spent the weekend visiting friends at oak- wood mrs ab matthews who has been ill at the home of her daughter mrs harold crawford of whitby is im proving and her many friends wish her a sneedy recovery miss ethel seebeck who has been confined to her bed suffering from a severe cold is now somewhat im proved mr and mrs wm gray were in toronto recently attending the funeral of her brotherinlaw mr wm lock mr george trumpley who has been living in his cabin trailer at the rear of knox store has moved to scarboro bluff the bazaar held on saturday af ternoon and which was sponsored by the wms of st johns church was a real success conveners were apron booth mrs d mairs and mrs m ellicott quilts and baby- ware mrs o burton mrs h plax- ton and mrs bayles homemade baking mrs ritchie mrs mannis and mrs lemon fish pond mrs crawford and mrs harlock plants and vegetable mrs wm gray and mrs a j gray miscellaneous mrs norton lunch mrs cassie and miss duncan the opening address was given bv mrs kennedv who attend ed a warm welcome to all present about 140 was realized from the affair a youth rally will be held in brougham united church on sun day nov 24 at s pm special music and congregational singing on thursday evening a number of friends and relatives gathered in the hall and tendered a miscellane ous shower to mr and mrs russell hodgson the number of useful and valuable gifts received by the young couple showed the high es teem in which thev were held the firemen are planning for a euchre narty to be held in the hall on friday evening nov 22 good prizes come and enjoy a pleasant evening mr and mrs ross knox spent the weekend with friends in toronto i miss b stevenson is visiting with friends in toronto and pickering mrs miller of toronto spent the weekend with her parents wm and mrs knox for your requirements in baled hay and straw see maple lodge farms phone 4707 stouffville rr1 we solicit your business farrs elevator claremont phone res 38j feeds i office 38w feeds patronage for dairy feeds we solicit your poultry hog and western oats and barley whole or chopped and delivered salt a carload of fresh salt in large or small cakes binder twine binder twine and rolled roofing claremont ontario phone 38vr claremont locker system standard size locker 900 a year cutting room and chilling room available free to customers canons and containers for fruit and vegetables at normal charge tayiorioy8t pfaoae claremont iftw or 1m wanted by the j m dealers canadian buyers horse hair bagging wool feathers metals scrap tires tubes batteries j hutton claremont phone claremont 8 r3l best prices paid 8tf egs grading station f s loyst sons wish to announce the opening of their government egg grading station no 0287 at clare mont on monday nov 25 1946 well be glad to receive all your eggs at highest market price the station will be open from 8 am until 10 pm f s loyst sons claremont ontario notice regulations under the public health act pasteurization of milk no person shall sell offer for sale or deliver in any part of the township of pickering milk which has not been pasteurized by order the lieutenant governor in council inly 23 11g township of pickering l t johnston clerk 1 imihiiiiiiiiiiiiihwii millmiimiiiii bill iiiiihiiii huh ill we want your poultry eggs we sell direct to the consumer you can be assured of the highest market price for these products get our prices eggs h i c ken s fowl phone ducks whitby calves 336 hogs pickering farms ltd whitby ontario phone whitby 336 day or night- buckwheat wanted contact ua for best prices reesors marmill ltd markham phone 96 danforth bus lines daily service effective sept 29 toronto brougham claremont east bound read down west bound read up pm pm pm am am am am pm pm pm daily daily daily daily sun ex sun ex ex sun ex sun sun sat sun sun sun sat hoi hoi only hoi hoi toronto hoi hoi hoi only hoi 945 5 45 2 00 1000 915 bay and dundas 845 945 200 530 945 100 610 2 25 1025 940 danforth and luttrell 820 920 135 505 920 loo co 235 1035 950 scarboro jet 810 910 125 455 910 1035 635 250 1050 1005 malvern 755 855 110 440 855 1038 638 2 53 1053 1008 browns cor 752 852 107 437 852 1040 640 255 1055 1010 town line 750 850 105 455 850 1050 650 305 1105 1020 cedar grove 740 840 1255 425 840 1100 700 315 1115 1050 locust hill 750 850 1245 415 850 1105 705 320 1150 1055 green river 755 855 1240 410 855 1115 7l5 350 1150 1045 brougham 715 815 1250 400 815 1130 750 345 1145 1100 claremont 700 800 1215 345 800 parcel jexpres8 ox1383 hastebx staxdard timii