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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 23 1947 r ioc nnoi o fl o glaremont and district i0e30e library shows yearly circulation over 2000 by staff correspondent mr and mrs will slack of mona kd attended the funeral of mr slacks uncle the late albert slack on sunday mr and mrs c a overland were visitors in toronto on sunday mr and mrs vic robinson of highland creek called on friends in the village on tuesday mr and mrs m j wilker of tor onto were at mrs gleesons home on sunday when this wellknown claremont lady celebrated her s2nd birthday the actual birth date was monday jan 20 mr and mrs ridge of ajax called on friends in the village on wed nesday miss stella roiling visited rela tives in aurora last week mr and mrs duncan mcmillan of toronto visited at the home of mr and mrs ed lewis recently miss edna benns rn of toronto visited during the weekend at her home here mrs jas taylor had the misfor tune to fall on the ice last week injuring her wrist the injury necessitated the use of a cast the ladies circle of the baptist church will meet on tuesday jan 28th at the home of mrs john coates this is the regular january meeting and the arrangements are in charge of mrs jess wardens and the wind that group it will be a new year pro- barley a novel on gram its a little early just yet to be thinking about spring but just the same jos empringham reports seeing two robins at his farm on the 8th concession south cf the village last week local dealers mowders store and overlands store brougham l the many mends of mrs- m hamilton are sorry to hear she is again confined to her bed through illness the annual congregational meet ing of st johns church will be held in the church on friday even ing january 24 the sunday school and members of the church board appreciate the circulation in the claremont library reached a total of books last year it was revealed brougham rink in having recently at the annual meeting the j closed during church hours r the sympathy of the community green river mr and mrs geo ireson and patricia spent the weekend in tor- onto i mr and mrs n symington tor- onto and mr and mrs v grav of brougham also mrs j nighswan- jder spent wednesdav with their j mother mrs w gray sr and en joyed a goose dinner real strides made in first month and the pupils welfare the trus- n friday jan 31st the occasion by newly elected board salaries tees expressed their confidence in i of and cnas carter silver the statr and their desire to assist ng anniversary they have in- the teachers in every way suggesi tne sunday school to have tions to improve school affairs will an ooen erokinole party at their be acted upon at once home roads and weather permitt- at the january 16 meeting it in we ho for a fi attendance the 1947 claremont board of uas the unanimous decision of the mrs j burnett visited at her home school trustees has lost no time in board that an upward revision of on sunday last down to business fourj teaching staffs salaries was on the radio on sundav morning claremont school board take steps to modernize building and equipment increased outofdate equipment to be scrapped better facilities for lunches number of subscribers stands at 60 1 with an additional 88 student sub scribers the library is open each tuesday and saturday afternoons and saturday evening at the annual meeting last years board 20221 cooperation of the officials of ine getting down to business four sssvsrnr ealed brougham rink in having the rink leungs idmrtfcon increase granted thewa pjttg thorough inspection of the school i br individual salaries into line he at one time served this commun building and equipment it wasi eacn teacners qualifications tn and is now 93 years old living decided to furnish better facilities a experience and is in accordance in toronto for pupils having lunch at school lh inspectors and teachers i the kn ec omplete all necessary repairs federation recommendations the the home of mr speedilv as possible and to board gave instructions for the mr and mrs j cook had sundav was reelected with the addition ofithe misfortune to break tsmau replace wornout and ouhrfdatejgrifool library mptonized and dinner wit friends in t one new member mrs drew mrslbone in his right hand while play- teaching equipment more adequate p- n bvcrhmrietf bv mr thos gregg is the librarian mrs ing at school precautions against fire and acci- ffi 51 mclntyre president mrs john fi h philip left on a business dent were first to be put into effect mdngre when e gregg vice mrs drews name was trip to england and other european a are gong is being ins ailed fire p when the is extended to mr wesley slack ihj mr a slack of claremont i for pupils having lunch at school i f tlle inspectors and teachers i the fnec met this week at master ronald hamilton son of to complete all necessary repairs federation recommendations the the home of mrs a hoover mr and mrs fred hamilton had as a v1blhte ani1 ml board gave added to the book committee a l sailed on the queeii extin are being located on number of worn out books have elizabeth leach floor and regular fire drills been sold and new replacements j mr and mrs chas burrows left made including the following in hast week to visit with friends at fiction there are three more of jacksonville 111 and also with upton sinclairs lanny brddj their son in montana series two solitudes by hugh we are sorry to hear that mrs maclennan the rise of henry d seebeck mrs walter hamilton morcar phyllis bentley the and mrs albert matthews are all river road frances p keyes i suffering from severe cold lifelong farmer resident dies in 83rd year after an illness that has extended over the past six months albert wesley slack passed away at his home in claremont on thurs jan 16th he was in his 83rd year de ceased was a lifelong resident of the district farming just east of the village and had retired just a few years ago over fifty years ago he took as his bride elizabeth bever ley who survives him along with one son wesley slack of broug ham and a daughter mrs leslie gauslin claremont two brothers are james slack of stouffville who is 86 and william slack of sask who is 78 the funeral on sunday was con ducted from the late home by rev i e kennedy and rev len wen- ham with public service in the united church the pallbearers were messrs ralph wellman nor man linton wm pugh morgan evans wm pegg and walter gaus lin flower bearers were dean mairs thos philip jr and walter bayles interment was made in claremont union cemetery beaverton merchant retires the beaverton express relates some interesting facts in reporting the retirement of alex c mcrae from business in that town the express says mr alex c mcrae has retired after carrying on a lumber and carpentry business in beaverton since 1888 mr mcrae was s7 wed nesday of this week and still in fair health and we hope will be able to enjoy many years of leisure during his business career he has built many of the homes in town shakes the the first 25 years of bobby burns life which is historically true in nonfiction there is hirashima the experi ence of six survivors of the atomic bomb hurry up please its time which is a humorous treatise on the labour unions also the much talked of the egg and i and 1 choose freedom the biography of a social official who deserted the ranks of communism driftwood valley is also another enchanting book on british columbia plant and wild life the library also has some new juveniles children of mex ico riches of central america and along the inca highway will be interesting aids in social studies there is a good book of science stories and three good books for the younger children join up for the year 1947 greenwood the vpu held their meeting last sunday night at the home of mr l pegg the congregational meeting of last friday night was very satisfac tory with all the societies in a thriv ing condition the sunday school meeting which was held first re sulted as follows supt milton pegg assts mrs morden and l pegg sectys douglas morden and david hayward treas gertrude corbett pianists ed pegg and jean pascoe cradle roll supt mrs cole missionary supt mrs m pegg temperance mr f hayward teach ers were to remain the same as last year except the junior boys class with j stone and mrs luff- man as teachers we are pleased to report that mrs f l green mrs ed pascoe and joyce raine all returned home this weekend from the hospital our sympathy is extended to the mr james wilson and family of mt zion in their recent bereave ment a hockey game between the juniors of claremont and broug ham was played on the local rink on saturday with a score of 123 for brougham mr george knox of enniskillen and mr harry knox of toronto were at their home here during the weekend mr john devitt is in toronto where he has secured work with the t eaton co the executive of the township sunday school association met on january 16 when plans were made for the ss convention to be held in brougham early in march the wms met on thursday afternoon at the home of mrs aj gray mrs norton opened the meet ing in the absence of the president the secretary mrs h plaxton read the minutes of the last meet ing and also gave a report of the nominating committee mrs cassie read the treasurers report mrs philip friendship convener report ed making over sixty calls during the past year mrs allan gray reported the activities of the happy circle mission band and mrs d burton reported for the baby band the supply secretary mrs lemon gave a good report of her work the study book was taken by mrs johnston sr and mrs norton rev i e kennedy conducted the instal lation of the officers for the coming year and tells us that the first car load- of lumber he purchased cost him 7300 with freight at 1200 eggs wanted by reg grading station free weekly pick up cases supplied grover 8970 write or phone p hutton prompt returns 40 kemvorthy ave toronto 13 do it right with sealtite sealtite rockwool home insultation blowing method district agent frank armstrong phone 28 cedar stajax stouffville 168 whitevale the yps of the whitevale un ited church circuit held a skating party at markham rink on saturday evening the subdeb club met on satur day afternoon at the home of miss jean griffin on january 18 the young ladies went sleighriding for awhile and then went indoors for fine refreshments the saturday before the club met at the home of the misses jeanmarie and betty- ann lindsay green river baptist church and first baptist church whitevale are having the pleasure of getting acquainted withthe members of the executive of the union of regular baptist churches one week ago sunday rev w s whitcombe ma associate editor of the gospel witness and protestant advocate was present and the second sunday in february rev mr hall the se cretary of the union will be the guest preacher all friends are cordially invited to attend whitevale united church held its annual election of officers on thurs day evening jan 16 the evening commenced with a hearty potluck supper the junior girls class of the whitevale united church had an evening at the theatre last monday jan 13 they were accompanied by their teacher mrs kenneth hastings ggit met at the home of miss edith malcolm of green river this past friday we would like to hear will be held a request was for warded to the government boiler inspection department for more frequent and regular inspections of the heating equipment two such inspectors one week later made an inspection the caretaker reported at the organization meeting on january s wm j doherty was elected chairman three committees were appointed teachers and inspectors wm j doherty les mccullough maintenance les mccullough s j dunning finance wm j doherty s j dunning miss a forgie was appointed secretarytreasurer and james bris coe was rehired as caretaker and granted an increase in salary in appreciation of his efficiency and years of service protection in the form of public liability insurance was renewed and application was made to bring the teachers and caretaker under the workmens compensation act a more efficient and economical method of purchasing and checking school supplies was adopted a first aid kit was ordered for the school other business discussed included the setting up of a salary schedule for the teachers closer supervision by the board of all school activities and cooperation between the trus tees staff and parents the two principals mrs laush- way and mr catherwood were in vited to meet with the board on january 10 to discuss all problems of school management discipline regular place the month board meetings take 3rd wednesday of each hundreds will testify to the good results obtained in tribune classi fied advs mr george n williams for a number of years chief provincial architect and latterly acting deputy minister of public works has been appointed as of january 1st to the combined post of deputy minister of public works and chief architect to hon geo h doucett as deputy minister he succeeds the late ra mcallister oil burners for any type heating plants the guaranteed installation of a wca oil burner will banish your heating worries for this winter and for many more installations made in about three weeks from date of order seventeen years experience with oil heating systems sold and installed by arthur r gray lloydtown ontario phone schomberg 5022 more news about what the cgitr is doing there may soon be a school bus conveying scholars to high school this is one of the results of the activity at the annual school meet ing held recently it should be the duty of every ratepayer to attend the school meeting it is a shame that in a country where we have the great privilege of making our wishes known in public affairs that concern all of us that we dont exercise this right it is nice to see mrs geo white out again after her recent illness many folks have been ill recently with severe colds some of them are mrs a e fleming miss joan mil- rose rev j and mrs mclachlan mr harry herbert of st cathar- ines was at home here for the week end as were miss doris wilson miss jean fleming miss norma middleton and mr auston metcalfe the yps of the whitevale un ited church circuit held its devo tional meeting on sunday evening january 20 in whitevale united church miss mary pearce was the leader for this meeting mrs cou- mans of locust hill was the speak er on this evening too the ordin ance of the lords supper was ob served in the united church masters ronald and gordon hilts visited in markham with their grandparents during the weekend clarkmoxts eldest citizen will be 91 on tuesday claremonts eldest citizen ira boyer will celebrate his 91st birth day next tuesday jan 2sth mr boyer makes his home with his niece mrs esther palmer born in pickering township ninetyone years ago mr boyer was a music teacher he has made his home in the village for over fifty years the pioneer boyer family settled on the 7th concession in the early 1800s mr boyer is a quiet man enjoys bowling on the green and is an enthusiastic checker player marmill the quality name of poultry live stock feeds clo laying meal for your laying birds breeder mash if you are selling your eggs for hatching 16 and 24 dairy feeds for your milch cows calf meal or pellets for those growing calves piggy meal and excello hog grower to make hog raising more profitable we have a limited supply of blue coal nut and stove size ah coal orders are strictly cash central feed store rebuilt ford model a motors ford model a rebuilt motors exchange reg 8450 7950 ford v8 rebuilt motors exchange 12500 hydraulic jacks 1 4 ton capacity 995 hydraulic jacks 2 ton capacity 1195 hydraulic jacks 3 ton capacity 1495 hydraulic jacks 8 ton capacity 2550 heavy duty one man towe bar 1075 heavv duty car heaters with attachments 3450 200 walt electric soldering irons 850 bench vice medium size 245 bench vice heavy duty industrial type 1785 car aerials antennas from 495 and up paris auto supply ltd auto wreckers richmond hill phone 86 i danforth bus lines daily service effective sept 29th 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 945 545 200 1000 915 bay and dundas 345 945 200 5 30 9 45 1010 fi10 225 1025 940 danforth and luttrell 820 920 135 5 05 920 1020 g20 235 1035 950 scarboro jet 810 910 125 4 55 910 1035 635 250 1050 1005 malvern 755 855 110 4 40 8 55 103s 638 253 1053 1003 browns cor 752 852 107 437 852 1010 640 255 1055 1010 town line 750 850 105 4a5 8 50 1050 650 305 1105 1020 cedar grove 740 840 1255 425 840 1100 700 315 1115 1030 locust hill 730 830 12 45 4 15 830 1105 705 320 1120 1035 green river 725 825 1240 4 10 825 1115 715 330 1130 1045 brougham 715 815 1230 400 815 1130 730 345 1145 1100 claremont 700 800 1215 345 00 parcel express ox1jh3 eastern standard time