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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 5 1947 aoc30c30e30l j i i 10e3qi i claremont and district by stan correspondent local dealers madias pff kirinr a number of friends aonoi aoaoc store and overlands 10 aonor 10 stor o d o j auditors report shows 87000 township assets gathered in the baptist church on friday even ing to tender miss margaret bris coe brldeuhbe a presentation of a lovely parlor table miss jean and isabella gregg of richmond hill and toronto visited over the weekend at their home here mrs ralph weilman is improving in health her friends will be pleaded to learn miss hilda prouse of toronto visited at her home here last week- ordination services for rev len wenham of the claremont baptist church will be held on june ljth- examination services will be held in the afternoon while the ordina tion will be held in the evening mrs birrell heads brougham institute conducted by master lnive mr and mr kails visited prof lang of mcj sity d scott of fenelon with mr and mrs claremont twp tax rate same as 46 the township tax rate for clare mont police village will remain the j mens institute same for 1057 113 mills although the county rate and school rates are somewhat advanced the auditors report received by the township council on monday showed that claremont has an assessment of s12710og0 from which the revenue for township purposes received amounted to 193592 including dog taxes of 5 and poll taxes of 900 on behalf of the village the town ship expended last year the sum of 5s2s0 of which the largest single s1272vi in new towiiship this v building in ai- it date the annual auditors report was received by pickering township council at their regular meeting on monday the report showed the municipality to be in a sound finan cial position with assets amounting passed the bylaw for the purpose of collecting federation of agricul ture dues was given only two read ings and then hoisted for further consideration a request was received from woodlands fast community park committee for assistance from the council in connection with operat- george scott on thursday mrs armstrong of whitby is here helping to wail on her sister mrs luther pilkey who is confined to her bed rev 1 f kennedy attended con ference at brockville last week mr and mrs klovd coates of toronto visited with his mother over the weekend pickering folks will be interested to learn that miss violet swan a candidate for towrishi council two years ago is opening a tea room at rosebank thewomans missionary society of the united church will hold their annual meeting on thursday june 12th at 230 pm in the church mrs geo scotts group will be in charge of the program and mrs howard will give a review of the study book on india mr and mrs thos scott visited in oshawa over the weekend mr and mrs fred pugh clare mont accompanied bv mr and airs morgan pugh of uxbridge are tak ing a trip to the west miss barbara hare of stouffville spent the weekend with misses erma and charlene mcmullen mrs m crittenden judith ann and dennis and mr ross mcmullen had sunday evening supper with mr and mrs earl mcmullen it being charlenes birthday all parents wishing to start pupils in claremont public school on sep tember are requested to register the pupils at the school on tuesday june 10 from 115 to 230 pm the preschool examination will be given by dr tomlinson moh it is im portant that all children are regis tered so they all may be accommo dated item was for street lighting a total of s0 was spent maintenance in the village balsam pi their tickets not later than 10th date of meeting tickets will also be available at mrs sheppards the annual meeting of tiie broug ham womens institute was held in s3 1030 the township hall following a on road weeks postponement with a fair attendance mrs t robertson pre sided and the business covered the annual report of the secretarytreas urer a discussion about tiie cele bration at guelph for which airs birrell had gathered much informa- given hawa about the probabilities of char- total debenture debt of the town ship schools still outstanding amounts to 5103277 being deben tures on school sections no 15 4w 3w 3e and pickering claims for sheep killed by dogs were presented for jas wilton lot 32 con s for one sheep 14 and for john spang lot 30 con s 2 ewes killed 34 and one ewe injured 2 the annual bylaw setting forth the tax rates for this year was tenders running between s7000 and ss000 were received for the purchase of a new gravel loader and the contract for the new mach ine will be let shortly road accounts passed for payment amounted to 513501 which includ ed 1090 expended for dust laver belief accounts passed totalled fust live months of this year as the 26740 total building for all of last year building inspector prouse told amounting to 127250 fiftytwo council that new building in the permits have been issued nearly all lifetime ambition to become an opera star is about to be realiz ed by mary stewart seen here of vancouver she has been offered the second lead in higo- leto at the cambridge theatre in london the necessary readings and municipality was as great for the i hospital stair is spending a two weeks vacation at her home congratulation to mr and mrs nerval mcavoy of lay ton on the loth arrival of a daughter at the oshawa the hospital on monday may 20 miss jean lynde or ashburn has been employed at the balsam store for a time councillor and mrs disney atten ded the graduation exercises at tht toronto normal school when their daughter marion graduated marion has been engaged as teacher at cedar grove school mr and mrs reg morrish and family of highland creek and mr and mrs m annis of brougham were sunday visitors with mr and mrs ralph jones the wa will meet next wednes day june 11 at the home of mrs f disney mrs day in charge of programme gregg furniture sale draws big crowd a large crowd of eager buyers was on hand for the auction sale of furniture property of mrs john gregg claremont the total pro ceeds of the sale amounted to over 900 a number of wellkept antiques found a ready sale dishes particularly a bedroom suite brought 80 and a gramophone was knocked down at 21 the golden oak dining room suite realized 10 from a claremont buyer a large axminster rug sold for 41 and the lawn mower a large one sold for 21 all the goods were of a high quality and brought buyers from as far awa as aurora and toronto mrs john greggs property has been sold to mr bell of toronto and the price is reported at s500 claremont wins softball opener the weather has brought the pickering softball schedule to a standstill but the opening was played at pickering last week claremont downing a young ajax team 130 miller and borland form ed the local battery the home brews had considerable trouble getting to ajax pitchers in the first four innings and were down at one stage 10 however the claremont heav guns began to boom in the fifth and homeruns bv reynolds and johnston started the parade which saw thirteen runs cross the plate green river mr ben carter is not as well as usual we hope he will improve soon the friendly neighbor club held their banquet on tuesday at mrs j nighswander with their gentleman friends their were five tables for progressive euchre high scores for ladies i gray airs j nighswander consolation airs geo pickard gents reg nighswander geopick- ard consolation roy carter the ladies of the club tering a bus a resolution was drafted for presentation at the dis trict annual at pickering on june relative to prison reform financial report showed re ceipts of approximately 230 and the expenditures of 175 which includ ed 50 donated to the firemen to ward their new equipment total number of members attending dur ing the year 272 visitors 37 three branches were entertained all the standing committees had taken part in programs a highly successful sewing course had been conducted a friendship begun with an english branch through the medium of let ters and parcels twelve and onehalf pounds of food stuffs were contributed at this meeting toward the next parcel and in all we felt that the year had been satisfactory the election of officers was conduct ed by mrs ai annis and resulted in the following officers being in stalled for 19474s president airs birrell 1st vice president mrs sheppard 2nd vice president airs ai annis sectreas mrs m burk district directorairs w gray pianist airs a harvey and airs w ellicott flower com airs alatthews airs lemon and airs a gray press secretaries airs t robertson and airs alatthews social com aliss ai duncan airs sheppard airs w gray airs wan- hop and airs allen gray directors airs n burton airs r raine airs ellicott at the conclusion of the i election airs a harvey expressed of the services of the president thanked the members for electing her and referred to past of them for permanent home inspector stated the each received a small vase and the gentlemen a i appreciation plastic pencil in the diningroom retary and the in a delicious supper had been prepar- b ed this brought the season to a co presidents who would never be tor- mr eugene percy is leaving on gotten for the work they did for the thursday for a month in western i group hostesses for the afternoon canada were airs holtby airs- alilne airs the cgit are looking forward cassie miss duncan several new to their mother and daughter ban- members were presented quet to be held in whitevale this week the junior red cross bazaar will be held at the school house on satj urday from 24 oclock air and mrs alfred alichell will be at home to their friends on the evening of june 10th the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary brougham those who profit most from the removal of controls today are the manufacturers and the privileged groups stressed william brvce mp for selkirk during a debate in the house of commons notice school section xo 15 pickering notice is hereby given that tues day june 10 is the final date for re gistration and medical examination of children 5 years and over start ing claremont school in september ps if accommodation should be insufficient age will be limited to six years and to residents of the school section cherrywood the wa will hold their monthly meeting on june is at the home of airs e r pilkey word for roll call martha the hostess group 6 will have charge owing to the erskine cemetery decoration next sunday there will be no sunoay school or church ser vice airs allchurch and sister is leav ing this week for a three week visit with relatives in western canada congratulations to air ond mrs stanley powell who were married this week they will locate in os hawa air and mrs will westney of audlev spent sunday with air and airs george todd a community shower was held on monday evening at the home of mr and airs wesley petty in honor of their daughter edith who is to be married this week kenneth hollinger has secured a position with general electric of toronto best of luck ken air and airs frank torrance and cousins from calgary alberta spent a few days in ottawa and brockville and eastern points mrs w j petty of toronto spent sunday in our community mr and airs wm sinclair enter tained a number of the family to dinner on sunday evening harold fenncy of toronto visited with his mother mrs fenney one day recently airs stevenson of toronto is visit ing with her daughter mrs w holmes weekend specials soups tomatoes 3 for veg bf noodle etc 2 for h fruit juices orange grapefruit 20 oztin 2 for 27 roasts rolled ribs prime lb 45 porterhouse and winj lb 45 fresh groceries spices vinegars sugar cereals etc claremont meat market pflone 3501 claremont airs c devitt was in toronto one day last week visiting her aunt airs wm wright who has been confined to her bed due to a stroke but is now slowly improving air ebeelby and family of gieen river were recent guests of alrand airs a j gray airs annie beer has been ill dur ing the past few days suffering from the flu air and airs harold wright of stouffville called on his aunt alrsv wright on friday evening plans are being made by the wm to attend the 50th anniversary of the institute which is being held in guelph in june a bus has been chartered for the trip air a b alatthews also airs l alatthews were in toronto on satur day attending the funeral of their brotherinlaw the late r w witter deceased was a resident here some fifty years ago but has been living in t lie city for over 10 vears air and airs h aladill and little daughter edna of lakeview had sunday dinner with dean and airs mairs and family air and airs willson of toronto visited with airs t beer on sun day service in st johns church was held at 9 10 am on sunday last with a good attendance the sing ing by the two young men j brad- shaw and ray ellicott was very much appreciated by all present keep up the good work boys airs v wright and airs l mat thews spent a couple of days last week in toronto the next regular meeting of the womens institute will be held in the township hall on tuesday june 10th thick plunges ovek bridge xo one injured a truck heavily loaded with sods plunged nearly twenty feet over the bridge on the pickering park rd north of no 2 highway the truck was said to have been travelling at a slow speed but got too close to the edge and toppled over land ing right side up in the water the two men in the cab were uninjured old get pep vim with iron plu tupplmats calcium vitamin b so 60 ivwt i 0tj mil rx ewrrtm 1t ftv i e- bft lac tr3 phh eakarat t n i r nv toimy ia tx miji se- men women hi rsn3 tike u37tx ooqu danforth bus lines daily service effective sept 29th claremont toronto brougham east bound read down west pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1115 1130 pm daily ex sun hol 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 715 730 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 330 345 am am am daily daily sun ex ex sun sun hoi hoi toronto hoi 1000 915 bay and dundas 845 1025 940 danforth and luttrell 820 1035 950 scarboro jet 810 1050 1005 malvern 755 1053 1008 browns cor 752 1055 1010 town line 750 1105 1020 cedar grove 740 1115 1030 locust hill 730 1120 1035 green river 725 1130 1045 brougham 715 1145 1100 claremont 700 bound read up am pm daily pm pm sun ex sun sun sat hoi hoi only hoi 945 200 530 945 920 135 505 920 910 125 455 910 855 110 440 855 852 107 437 852 850 105 435 850 840 1255 425 840 830 1245 415 830 825 1240 410 825 815 1230 400 815 800 1215 345 800 parcel express 0x1383 eastern standard time a cm in the hand is worth 2 in the mind the demand for general motors cars continues far in advance of our ability to deliver while general motors dealers and the factory are doing everything possible to get that new car for you it may still be some time before all orders are filled in the meantime let us keep your present car in the best possible condition our regular tuneup and inspection service will assure you safe comfort able worryfree driving while you waif for your new car 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