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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 12 1946 r o d o 30e30e xotaoc aox claremont and district iomg by staff correspondent local dealers mowders store and overlands store aaono l m mr and mrs lloyd pugh were visitors in toronto one day last week miss vivian sadler of toronto visited one day recently at the home of her aunt mrs esther palmer mr h kedman of elgin mills visited with his sister mrs towner one dsy last week miss llene cooper of toronto visited over the weekend at her home here mrs- ed gleeson has been con fined to her bed with a severe cold mr and mrs clarence pengelly of brooklin called on friends here one day recently mrs jess warden was a toronto visitor last week mr and mrs m j yvilker of toronto visited over the weekend at the home of mrs ed gleeson dr and mrs n f tomlinson visited with mr and mrs earl ward pinedale recently ratepayers and electors of school section no 15 are urged to attend the annual school meeting to be held at the school claremont on thursday dec 26 at 10 am school business wil be discussed reports presented and the election of one trustee held to fill a retirement mr and mrs chas empringham and mr patterson of scarboro jet visited at the homes of mr and mrs jos empringham mt zion and mr and mrs bus empringham salem on saturday mr and mrs jack morgan mrs roy morgan and miss mary morgan attended the funeral on friday last of the late mrs clements formerly fern elliott of agncourt mrs cle ments passed away suddenly with pneumonia in her 20th year a quiet wedding was solemnized at the home of rev i e kennedy on saturday when miss tweedie of white vale became the bride of andrew carruthers of claremont the couple will make their home here visitors at the home of mr and mrs jack morgan on sunday last were mr and mrs stuart ball and daughters helen and donna of quaker hill also mr and mrs nor man king and son floyd of bel- haven plan to worship at mt zion church on dec loth to hear gunner knudsen wellknown danish lyric tenor and scottish preacher daniel cairns and may cairns brilliant pianist service 11 am with a young peoples rally 730 pm d b annis is returned as reeve of pickering with a little over thirty percent of the eligible vote recorded d b annis was returned as reeve of pickering township in mondays election with a majority of 232 votes over dr n e mcewen mr annis isentering his third term as reeve atha farm sold mr fred byer has just sold his 122 acre farm at atha station to mr moses wilson who at present is tenant on the storey farm at dick- the 1943 council was return- son hill the property being lot 2s ed by acclamation i con 7 pickering is well known as mr annis recorded his heaviest the peter stewart place mr stewart vote in his home constituency of om dac in 1931 and moved to undaunted record of dr mcewen cipant and in the run for the dewho never led a successful battle puty reeveship dr mcewen was at the polls although he is a man deliberating over the outcome of one of the candidates since that mondays election in pickering mr time the undaunted dr mcewen mac forsyth recalled that it was from the southwest is said to have just 23 years ago when there was a participated in twentythree elec- lively contest over the municipality tions as a candidate which undoubt- in which he wasa successful parti- edly is a provincial record for one of considerable ability now the town of whitby is really wearing the pants a new factory turning out 24 dozen pairs a day is getting nicely into production with twenty people working whitevale where he counted 171 1 markham village votes against dr mcewens 24 while mr mcewen poled his largest count in pickering village which gave him 116 votes against mr annis 60 claremont recorded an even closer vote between these two candidates than last year mrannis poling ss and dr mcewen s2 the vote by poll was as follows s w next spring mr byer intends holding a public auction sale and in the meantime liopes to purchase a business site in stouffville from which point he will carry on ids implement business which he developed in recent years s s j a o c2 p5 o annis 31 60 21 19 51 35 11 117 171 45 ss 77 7s9 mcewen 21 116 62 94 4s 23 6 52 21 1 82 5 537 brougham funeral for mrs mary walford held on saturday funeral services were held on saturday for the late mrs mary walford who passed away at the home of her sister mrs adam spears of whitevale mnftjjirdrd was the former vr gibbons and lived in clefli6nt a great number years- she was an active worker ththe baptist church and a mem ber of the choir deceased was in her 74th year and leaves to mourn her loss three sisters eva mrs sam stephenson oshawa nettie mrs robt worthy brampton and jessie mrs spears also a brother william of toronto inter ment was made in the union ceme tery at claremont rev mr wenhani conducted the service and the pall bearers were j a worthy r f worthy g h sievert geo w crevvson j h spears and harold hornshaw wife of former storekeeper dies in toronto funeral services were held on monday for the late agnes scott one of the pioneer storekeepers in claremont the mcnabs resided in the home on the site of the present mclntyre residence de ceased was the daughter of the late mr and mrs geo scott surviving are two daughters bessie mrs renfrew toronto mary mrs mc- farlane toronto also two brothers david scott of fenelon falls george in claremont and a sister mary mrs disk in western can ada we solicit your business farrs elevator claremont phone res 38j office 38w feeds feeds we solicit your patronage for poultry hog and dairy feeds western oats and barley whole or chopped and delivered mr and mrs richmond of tor onto visited with their daughter mrs a ramsay and family one day last week mr and mrs w e holtby observ ed their sixtythird wedding anni versary on thursday dec 5th the day was spent quietly at their home here mrs jno miller visited with mrs green of greenwood one day last week mr and mrs e l crocker tor onto visited with mrs l matthews on friday last mrs t c brown who has been sick during the last few months has gone to toronto to stay with her son will and family special music is being prepared by the choir of st johns united church in readiness for the christ mas service to be held on sunday dec 22 the carols sung on sun day last were enjoyed by all this en niriro -svik- continue each sunday until christmas the funeral of the late jane lis- combe who died in oshawa hospital was held on friday last with inter ment in the union cemetery here a bus load of friends came down from toronto one evening recently and spent an enjoyable evening with mr and mrs joe burrows a very enjoyable evening was held in the hall on wednesday last twelve tables of progressive euchre were played prize winners were mrs l hopkins and mrs t norton mr w witney and mr n burton mr albert harvey and his com pany are planning for a concert to be held here on dec 26 more par ticulars next week the sunday school are planning for their annual christmas tree and entertainment to be held on dec 20 master howard malcolm eldest son of mr and mrs robt malcolm met with a painful accident one day last week when he fell through an open door into the basement of the house a distance of eight feet strik ing his head on the cement floor the fall caused a slight concussion but no bones were broken he is now doing as well as can be ex pected mrs e carswell and little daugh ter lynda of oshawa met with a serious accident on saturday morn ing they were on their way to visit the formers parents mr and mrs walter hamilton and when about one and half miles south of the village on brock rd the door of the car in which they were riding flew open seeing the little girl falling out the mother tried to grasp her but in so doing both fell to pavement where they received severe cuts and bruises they were both rushed to oshawa hospital in a serious condition the 24th annual meeting of the citizens league and firemen was held in the fire hall on tuesday evening dec 3rd with a large and interested attendance the presi dent w slack thanked the com mittee for their support and wished to retire the treasurer frank car ter gave a very favorable report showing a nice balance on hand the fire chief gave a report on the years work and moved that this public meeting recommend that the incoming officers consider the pur chase of a new fire track which led to a iiyely discussion the motion was carried guest speakers for the evening were w c willson mb burk and d b annis all spoke very favorably on the work of the fire brigade the following officers were elected for the coming year presi dent rdmiller vicepresident d l mairs secretary dabeer treas urer frank carter fire chief e e annis 1st deputy maannis 2nd deputy ajgray directors t g philip manson ellicott w slack mbburk fred cassie ross raine m harlock auditors george dun can wm ellicott shop early mixed nuts lb 49 smyrna figs lb 37 cut mixed peel half lb 19 shelled almonds 4 oz 20 shelled walnuts 14s 4 oz 30 apple juice 48 oz 31 better krust pastry flour 7 lb 241b libbys peas 20 oz orange marmalade 24 oz jar heinz baby foods 3f 25 ideal tomato catsup 1 05 oz tin nippynut butter spread for bread 16 oz carton 25 75 17 35 84 29 cranberries oranges grapes christmas wraps toiletrees somerville toys the corner store claremont danforth bus lines daily service effective sept 29th brougham toronto east bound read down claremont west bound 44 cases are scheduled for nonjury assizes 38 of them divorces salt large a carload of fresh salt in or small cakes binder twine binder twine and rolled roofing claremont ontario phone 38w locker system standard size locker 900 a tear cutting room and chilling room available free to customers cartons and containers for fruit and vegetables at normal charge taylorloyst phone claremont 19v or 19j exoi ocio christmas fowl having purchased our christmas turkeys and geese we can assure our patrons of special and grade a turkeys at a price they will appreciate canned peas tomatoes and apple juice etc by the case priced to please claremont meat market claremont oaten tphone oarenmt 3501 a long list of cases is set for hear ing before mr justice keiller mac- kay during the december sitting of the nonjury assizes of the supreme court in whitby the hearings started on monday and it is expect ed that the sitting will continue for at least two weeks with a possibili ty that it might go on a few days longer undefended divorce cases are the most numerous on the list of 44 suits to receive judgment there be ing 35 of them three divorce suits will be defended and there are nine civil cases to be tried a suit scheduled for hearing is that of william h leonard 90 of port perry against dr john h mc- arthur of blaekstock for a refund on the 31000 paid in medical fees in july 1915 a counter claim has besn made against the plaintiff for an additional 92725 alleged to be the emainder of the fees owed the doctor for his medical attendance to the plaintiff during 1944 and 1945 the piaintiff is asking for an ac counting of the bill which he claims was a gross overcharge 38 divorce cases the 38 divorce cases are thought to be the largest number of divorce hearings to bo scheduled for trial at the assizes here and are some of the many hundreds of divorces now being asked all over the pro vince mr justice mackay who is ex pected to preside was here earlier in the year for the trial of george bilton whose hanging is sot for tuesday in the county jail bilton was convicted of the murder of mrs theresa laurie of ajax whose mangled body along with that of her fouryearold daughter was found near the new highway just cast of the wartime village pm pm daily pm am am daily am daily am pm daily pm sun ex sun ex ex sun ex sun sat sun sun sun sat hoi hoi only hoi hoi toronto hoi- hoi hoi only 945 545 200 1000 915 bay and dundas 845 945 200 530 1010 610 225 1025 940- danforth and luttrell 820 920 135 505 10 20 6 20 235 1035 950 scarboro jet 810 910 125 455 1035 635 250 1050 1005 malvern 755 855 110 440 1038 638 253 1053 1008 browns cor 752 852 107 437 1040 640 255 1055 1010 town line 750 850 105 435 1050 650 305 1105 1020 cedar grove 740 840 1255 425 1100 700 315 1115 10 30 locust hill 730 830 1245 415 1105 705 320 1120 1035 i green river 725 825 1240 410 1115 715 330 1130 1045 brougham 715 815 1230 400 1130 730 345 1145 1100 claremont 700 800 1215 345 read up pm sun hoi 945 920 910 855 852 850 840 830 825 815 800 parcel express 0x1383 eastern standard time mnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm aonoi loxaoi mt ziox church worship with us on dec 15th at 11 am and 730 pm gunner knud sen wellknown danish lyric tenor will sing he is one of the most thrilling tenor voices you ever heard daniel cams scottish evengelist will preach and may cairns brilliant pianist will play come come you know shed like nothing better than one of our fine tables a lasting gift come in while the selection is still good we cant possibly tell you of their 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