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the tribune stouffville ont thursday february 20 1947 i glaremont and district 30dcr a o a q by stall correspondent joe local dealers- aoc madills 3 and ioe loexoaocaoi overlands s icaoc bulldozer wins in race with stork additional claremont news will be found on pages 7 and 8 the ladies circle of the baptist church will meet on tuesday after noon feb 25th at the home of mrs fred morley mrs group will be in charge of the program mr and mrs gordon ratclitr of stouffville were visiting with mr and mrs jud ward on sunday mr and mrs dave scou of fene- lon falls visited with mr and mrs geo scott on wednesday mrs esther palmer and uncle mr ira hover have returned from stouffville where they have been visiting with mr and ilrs geo lee miss edna benns of toronto visit ed over the weekend at her home here everett hammond of brooklin formerly of claremont is confined to christie st hospital friends here will be sorry to learn harold brooks of claremont sus tained a bad gash in his foot while cutting wood in a bush near the vil lage the injury required several stitches to close the goodfellowship class of the united church held a sleighing party and their regular meeting at the home of mr and mrs melvin johnson on tuesday miss florence hopkins of mid land visited friends here last week the womans day of prayer will be held on friday afternoon of this week in the united church mrs geo pugh of stouffville has been visiting with mr and mrs morgan hill on the townline miss gladys morley of toronto visited over the weekend at her home here lionel douglas of bobcaygeon was a visitor at the caoverland home on sunday friends in claremont will be interested to learn that mrs a l hooey former resident has been elected to the 1917 school board of woodville two nomination meet ings had to be held in order to get enough candidates to qualify mrs hooey is wife of a former bank manager here and is the lone female representative on the board mr and mrs fred pugh mrs luther pilkey miss jennie pilkey and mr l pilkey spent tuesday evening with lloyd and mrs pugh after a delicious chicken supper was served mrs fred pugh was presented with two lovely dresser lamps it being the occasion of mrs pughs birthday memorial rink for claremont a general public meeting will be held in the claremont community hall on thursday evening feb 27 j brougham mr- and mrs browes and little sn barrv of orillia spent the week end with her parents mr and mrs c devitt mr and mrs m hamilton visited with friends in toronto one day last week mr and mrs e l crocker of d means of building an uptodate closed rink as a war memorial for the residents of the north half of pickering township this meeting should be of vital interest to every family in the district as the pro posed project would mean that a much needed recreational centre will be provided at comparatively small cost if everyone gets behind the effort a preliminary meeting was held on the evening of february 10 at which a few claremont business men attended and the handsome sum of 81400 was donated in cash to start this worthy scheme off it is hoped that every family in the community will be represented at the general meeting remember the date thursday evening feb 27th cars collide on bacons hill a car driven by donald pugh claremont rr and a machine driven by mr stickwood collided on bacons hill just west of the village on sunday injuring mrs pugh and daughter mrs pugh suffered facia cuts while the young lady possible nose fracture both cars were badly damaged the icy road conditions are said to have been the cause of the accident farrs elevator claremont phone 34w office k 38j western grain master and maple leaf prepared feed cement as phalt shingles rolled siding roy thermo oil heaters hard coal seed corn and clover seed to insure our customers of fulfill- ing orders taken for chop or gra bring your own bags bags a board elected tor community park dr n f tomlinson will head the new claremont community park board of five including jos farr ernie baker geo constable and fred ward two members of pickering twp council will also hold seats there have been as many as eight and nine sitting on the board the last few years it was agreed that this body should hold regular meetings every two months commencing april 1st it was revealed that in the neigh borhood of 3000 was raised last year by the means of dances and a field day arena again the question of an arena for claremont or possibly brougham and claremont is again being sug gested by some of the park board members and it is understood that some money has already been pledged if such a project was car ried out the park has tried out the openair idea with not too much success and this year the rink has not operated at all some residents of brougham are anxious for a covered rink there and it is thought that the two efforts might be combined it is estimated that any desirable covered rink would cost in the neighborhood of 12000 4000 is taken ix whitby theft whitby feb 17 cash a victory bond and war savings certificates totalling 1000 were stolen from the pickering farms store over the weekend an old safe in the build ing was forced open the thieves moved the safe to the rear of the building before blowing its bottom out and removing 3000 in cash and a 500 victory bond and 100 5 war savings certificates all registered in the name of joseph lowes toronto police department has been informed by chief william elliott of the whitby police hundreds will testify to the good results obtained in tribune classi fied advs mrs l matthews mr harrv knox of toronto spent the weekend with his parents here also with his brothers near ennis- killen mr win devitt and mss m xewton of toronto spent the week end at the home of mr and mrs carl devitt congratulations to mr and mrs geo duncan also to mr and mrs donald white on the arrival of voung daughters the womens institute are hold ins a euchre party on monday even ing feb 24th to be held in the hall come and enjoy a pleasant evening mr and mrs carl devitt were at home to their family and immediate friends on saturday evening it being their 25th wedd ing anniversary the table was decorated with a three layer wedd ing cake made by the bride of twentyfive years and trimmed by her younger son john the happy- couple received some lovely presents which included a pressure steam cooker from the family the junior members of the company found special pleasure in showering the bride and groom with the cus- tomery confetti the evening was spent in music and games which were enjoyed by four generations the comrade bible class of st johns united church are planning for a social evening to be hel d in the hall on wednesday evening feb 26th come and enjoy lunch at your own birthday table mr and mrs m hamilton were at columbus on sunday visiting mr frank hamilton whose many friends are glad to hear that he is recovering from his long illness the regular meeting of the womens institute was held in the hall on tuesday afternoon feb 11 with a good attendance in the ab sence of the president mrs t robertson the meeting was in charge of mrs birrell vice presi dent the secretary read the minutes of previous meeting also several letters from the shutins who had been remembered during their illness mrs harvey president of the red cross spoke on cam paign which is being held during march a public health report was read also a list of the contents of the loan cupboard fifty dollars was voted to the firemen to aid in buying new equipment mrs nor ton convener of historical re search and her helpers then took over the meeting mrs m burk gave a very interesting report of the activities since its organization in 1910 alo a list of presidents and secretaries who have held office during that time mrs allan gray gave a description and history of the willow plate mrs win gray gave a list of many advantages we have which our grandmothers missed mrs anderson gave a list of those enjoyed by our grand mothers but missed by us the meeting was brought to a close in the usual way followed by lunch and a social cup of tea path carved through cfoot drifts for englih war bride enroute to hospital an expectant mother an english war bride mrs john hicks fair- port beach pickering township had her first real experience with canadian weather when a bull- grtenwood cherrywood the snowbound roads are nearv krank torrance left with all cleared out after the worst mends recently to spend a couple storm of the winter- lets hope months m honda this has been the last one i ml c dinner on the dramatic club expects to put sunday with mrs tenney their drama on in the church feb- m an mr smith and ruarv 2sih j family were with mrand mrssmith we are pleased to report that mr markham on sunday 1 macleans illness is improving e m an mrs lloyd mr and mrs pavne entertained f and daughter best of success the voung people fast fridav even- lr n al whitevale ing all reported a good time r- and mrs rl had dinner the ladies evening auxiliarv v i a s f mr and met last wednesdav night at the re sonmerville on sunday home of mrs ross disnev owing to road conditions son dozer was required to carve a path through sixfoot snowdrifts in a race against the stork mrs hicks reached the hospital with hours to spare but earlier in the day it was feared that the baby might be born without attention a snowplow tried to open the road to her home wednesday morn ing but broke a blade in the deep drifts the pickering ratepayers association and deputy reeve w h westney made arrangements for a bulldozer to open the road it reached mrs hicks thursday afternoon her husband who attends the rehab school at ajax drove behind the bulldozer with his wife in the car she was taken to the womens college hospital where a baby girl was born both are reported to be doing well the ypu met at mr and mrs jp were sno bound over last wannops home on sunday evening weekend mr and mrs j middleton spent a iaj number of ladies attended sunda- afternoon with the tatters u meeting at the home of parents k and mrs beelbv iirs c ood n wednesday last miss bern- mcphail was a week- everybody enjoyed the old end visitor at the andrew ieggs sleigh ride medical home jlm mcleon spent sunday with mr and mrs fred bvers and j relatives at greenwood and the probable cost considering allowance for old motors washing machine new motor and new gears if new gears are not installed the washing machine will run too fast cost about 15 refrigerators old style belt- driven new motor and pulley at cost of about 15 new type her metically sealed units would have to be returned to the manufacturer for conversion at cost of 50 oil burners motors transform ers and controls would have to be changed at cost of s0 plus labor stokers new motor pullies con trols and fan at cost of 90 plus labor ironer new motor cost about 15 the heating element does not require change blowers new motor and con trols about 25 electric clocks- 3 to 350 for adjustment i fred byers marjorie and mrs percy wilson attended the 25th wedding anniver sary of c and mrs devitt broug ham last saturday evening remember the worlds day of prayer in the church this friday 21st commencing at 3 oclock bob morrish and jack simpson are holidaying in quebec mrs pardon spent the weekend at her home at hampton miss annie petty left to take up nursing duties in the hospital at hurst ont atha news mr and mrs norman lehman were dinner guests with mr and mrs allan myers on sunday mr and mrs sam barkey and family visited her mother mr harding at milliken on monday balsam and mt zion xkws miss luella carson has returned to toronto after spending a two week vacation at her home mr keith ward had the misfor- p tune to fall while skiing last week and fractured a small bone in his congratulations to mr and mrs ankle owing to the roads being bud spang who are happv to an- ne was unable to get a doc- nounce the gift of a son tor for several days jlr and mrs norman neal and the bulldozer last friday which son george were sundav dinner opened the roads was welcomed by- guests at mrs jos hoovers stouff- a jn tnls community vllle mr and mrs albert draper were sunday guests with her son gren- ville and mrs draper on sunday mr and m dunkeld and family had dinner on sunday at mr john scotts in stouffville mr and ilrs eli lehman spent a few days with her brother mr speers in blind river miss humphrey and friend from agincourt spent sunday with her sister mr and mrs robertson herei mr norman lehmans sunday school class of 45 held a pot luck supper on friday evening at mr fred byers home a good program was provided mr lehman is a capable teacher and is to be congrat ulated automatic timers on stoves justment 3 fluorescent lights must be placed at cost of 750 up ad- mr and mrs geo wilson visited a few days last week with relatives in brooklin miss eileen carson of oshawa spent the weekend at her home miss evelyn disney spent the weekend with dorothy bayles of brougham the mission band met at the geo wilson home on saturday mr and mrs orr graham and family and mr and mrs elmer wilson spent last thursday evening with mr and mrs lloyd wilson mrs sadler and mr and mrsreg morrish and family of highland creek spent sunday with mr and mrs ralph jones mr and mrs lome jones and family visited sunday with mr and mrs edgar evans of claremont mr and mrs lome parrott of ashburn spent sunday with mrand mrs lewis jones a euchre party will be held at the mt zion school on friday even ing feb 21st old horses s15 we will pay you 1500 for your old horse at your farm phone agincourt 1i12 collect chas cambell agincourt rr2 this we specials porterhouse sirloin and round steak baby beef lb 45 heintz baby foods 3 for 22 red rose coffee in claremont phone 3501 meat market claremont warn power cycle change will hit household purse municipal hydro representatives at the executive meeting of the omea in toronto expressed fear the public does not understand what is involved in the proposed changeover from 25 to gocycle power most consumers they have found believe the full 200000000 cost will be borne by some big impersonal central organization they do not understand the in dividual householders will have to spend anywhere from 15 to 100 to have his household electrical equipment altered the hydro men said it is not a simple matter of tak ing over a 25cycle motor and put ting in a gocycle motor they said a 25cycle motor rotates at 1500 rpm while a gocycle motor has a speed of 1800 rpm thus new gears and pulleys must be installed with the new motor if the equip ment it operates is to be turned at the proper speed here is their estimate of what must be done to various equipment danforth bus lines daily service toronto east pm sun hoi 045 lmo 1020 ufcjs 3i3s 1040 1050 1100 ii or 1 15 1133 boun pm daily ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 63s 640 650 700 705 715 730 d read down pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 330 345 am sun hoi 1000 1025 1035 1050 1053 1055 1105 1115 1120 1130 1145 am dally bx sun hoi 915 940 950 1005 1003 1010 1020 1030 1035 1045 1100 brougham toronto bay and dundas danforth and luttrell scarboro jet malvern browns cor town line cedar grove locust hill green river brougham claremont effective sept 29th claremont west bou am dally ex sun hoi s45 820 810 755 752 750 740 730 725 z15 700 parcel express ox1s83 am sun hoi 945 920 910 855 s52 s50 840 830 s25 815 800 nd pm daily ex sun hoi 200 135 125 110 107 105 1255 1245 1240 1230 1215 read pm sat only 530 505 455 440 437 435 425 415 410 400 345 up pm sun hoi 945 920 910 855 852 s50 840 s39 s25 8 15 800 eastern standard time they need vitaminrich bread for growing- boys and girls theres nothing better than stovers vitaminenriched bread the bread that gives you more of everything and costs you less its really vitaminpacked and piping with fresh nutrition for those school day lunches and afternoon snacks stovers bread is tops its the toast of the town get a loaf 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