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the tribune stouffvilie ont thursday august 14 1947 30cab i i j i i glaremont and district i o ctaon mr and by staff correspondent i 1 local dealers i madills i store and oaonor overlards store t atha news mrs chas postickj parents mr and mrs h boose t inotored to gravennurst one dayj mrs blanche cook son earl and- recentiv daughter mrs harton of toronto on vvednesday evening a surprise- are holidaying hear fenclon fails party was held at the home of mr dr d e bagsnaw and sam and mrs ralph jones mt zion in johnson from atlanta georgia honour of several visitors from called on mr and mrs w g scou bv last week while enroute to tnei additional teacher for public school ml western canada mr and mrs john graham and mr robt jones and his sister miss jones mr bert beverlev of toronto visited his sister mrs albert slack a couple of days last week mr and mrs bert gibson of osh- awa visited at home of mr and mrs chas hardy on sunday the service of the two local churches which is held each sun- dav evening in the park will be held at 730 pm rather than s com mencing next sunday the goodfellowship class which was to have been held on tuesday evening at the home of mrs cliff revnolds will be held on tuesday aug 10th mr and mrs russei dowswel from goodwood visited on sunday at the home of mrs redshaw and mrs todd mr and mrs i lye visited over the weekend in toronto with rela tives miss betty story of toronto is holidaying at her home here miss bessie graham is haying a weeks vacation at mccreas pt lake simcoe miss emma brown had tea on monday evening with miss s e evans mrs jess warden and children of greenwood visited her mother and father mr and mrs ii bouse on saturday friends will be pleased to learn that mrs henry johnson is improv ed in health she has been confined to her home for a time mr and mrs ted yerstraton of new york and mr and mrs e jackson of st thomas visited for a few days recently with their brother mr and mrs s f robins last week mrs herbert johnston of toron to visited her sister mrs robins during the weekend the womens institute will hold their regular meeting at the home of mrs will benson on wed aug 20th at 230 pm the roll call will he answered by my first school teacher the topic annivers aries will be given by mrs jas coates also country womans career lunch committee will be composed of mrs giles mrs car son mrs peddie and mrs j mc cullough- ft is just ten years ago july 1st since the old landmark the sander son hotel on no iourco iters yu destroyed by fire thos sanderson and two other families were routed from the building and most of their furniture was saved those who recall the old frame will hard ly realize it has been gone for ten years dr j kerswill on the staff of western university london along with his parents mr and mrs f dolan of richmond hill visited on sunday with mr and mrs henry johnson mr and mrs percy hardy and sons spent sunday recently with their cousins mr and mrs harold elson and girls mr and mrs jas evans and son of toronto were recent visitors with mr and mrs percy hardy and boys while there they enjoyed a berry picking expedition miss mabel sanderson has been holidaying with her sister mrs mate anderson mr and mrs c a overland and geo middleton motored to king ston on sunday mrs overland and dwight remained with mr and mrs gordon overland in the lime stone city for a time mrs e stephenson and miss priscilla stephenson of arerth penn are visiting at the dave dawson home north townline the death occurred at keswick recently of russell j stork hus band of the former miss bunnell who taught school in claremont at one time he is survived bv his wife and one daughter cecil red ran i under the weather for a few davs with a sprained kneo which he sustained while playing ball against kinsale on wednesday mr and mrs jas forbes and daughter of trenton visited with mr and mrs reg forbes over the weekend shirley and helen sutherland have been holidaying for a few days at trenton recently with mr and mrs l robinson mrs sutherland and june also jerry clark motored to trenton for the weekend and brought the girls home mrs jess warden of greenwood spent saturday here with her mrs sheridan and family spent the weekend in windsor visiting relatives who also returned to spend their hoidays here mr and mrs wallace attended the sutton fair on saturday after noon- several from here motored to oshawa park on sundav to spend a pleasant afternoon the lehman gathering oi 100 met at mr and mrs eli lehmans home last week and spent a very happy we i reunion the local school ji and mrs gren draper spent campbell of agincourt i e bagshaw reunion at port bolster board has been engaged as an sundav evening at his parents mr mr dave scott and mr b kindree additional teacher tor the public and mrs albert draper from fenelon fails were uuo isi- school staff owing to tne increased a number f this community tors at the scott home last week attendance expected this eptemj oned mr and m george dont be surprised if you see our local butcher sporting a new hau- do any day now lucky or not he won the permanent wave given away as one of the draw prizes at the big celebration here a week ago miss phyllis beeloy was the winner of 10 in merchandise these two winners were erroneous ly misplaced in last weeks account of the affair ber the local board met in u ion on monday evening sular wilson recently married with a iovelv rug on mondav eve workmen narrowly escape injury when old landmark collapses j2 green river n a claremont landmark was moved last week when the building if toronto adjoining jack brignalls premises ivic holt- and belonging to mr brignall was torn down at the time of the mr and mrs david liscombe wrecking workmen were busy dso mr x liscombe of toronto i digging a cellar beneath the build- visited mr harry liscombe oneiing but the digging apparently brougham mr and mrs wilso visited mrs day t beer day last week sir roland harden has secured a position with danforth bus and now drives the bus between clare mont and toronto mrs henley of stratford visited her aunt miss i bate over the week end miss lynn mantle of brooklin is holidaying with her grandmother mrs l hopkins mr and mrs jno wells of toron to are spending a few days with mr and mrs ralph crawford mr- bill devitt returned to the city after spending his holidays with his parents here and also with greenwood friends congratulations to mr and mrs robt miller fern malcolm who were married on saturday a very pieasant evening was held in the hall on wednesday last when a number of friends and neighbors met to tender a miscellaneous shower to our newlyweds mr and mrs gordon duncan dorothy harlock the number of beautiful and useful presents showed the high esteem in which the young couple are held mr and mrs c devitt and son billy attended church at green wood on sunday billy assisted his cousin miss marjorie byers in singing a solo miss margaret duncan visited with friends in toronto on sunday rev mr wenham gave us a very inspiring message on sunday morn ing teddy gray was guest soloist teddy did exceptionally well and his solo was enjoved bv all mr and mrs w c willson and son frances also mr thos burton left this weekend for an extended trip through western points mr jno stevenson and daughter who have been visiting mr and mrs jno miller and other friends returned to their home in alberta milbeu malcolm gladiolus and mixed flowers formed the setting in st johns united church brougham on sat urday aug 9 at three oclock for the marriage of elizabeth fern laureen malcolm daughter of mr and mrs john howard malcolm locust hill to robert a miller son of mr and mrs john miller brougham rev 1 e kennedy officiated the bride given in marriage by her brother robt malcolm wore a floor length gown of dull white satin a coronet headdress and finger tip veil she carried red roses and babys breath mrs ralph crawford sister of the bride was matron of honor wearing a floor length gown of robins egg blue taffeta with matching headdress and carried pink roses mr grant johnston brougham acted as best man miss doris malcolm cousin of the bride played the wedding music mrs jack mells cousin of the bride song 0 promise me and o per fect love mr john knox and mr allan miller were ushers the reception was held at the home of the brides parents the brides mother received some nine ty guests wearing an open blue printed crepe dress with corsage of pink roses she was assisted by the grooms mother in a mulberry crepe dress with corsage of roses and sweet peas for a trip to winnipeg and north dakota the bride chose a printer silk jersey dress with navy acces- series they will reside in broug ham weakened the sides holding up the building and the place collapsed the workmen don beelby howard pugh and sons just managed to scramble out in time according to neighboring residents the place was part of a large building which stood on this site for over half a century and housed stores operat ed by thos gibbons and sam farmer we understand mr brig- nal intends to erect a dwelling here greenwood the wa will meet this thurs day afternoon at the home of mrs wm brown revcapt wilcox will have charge of the church service next sunday aug 17th the minister being on holidays our sympathy is extended to mrs wm cole and son in the recent loss of her mother mr and mrs milton ormerod and faniiy of cresswell visited last sun day with the ormerod family mr and mrs vernon short have taken up residence with mr blake ward mrs m minikers sister of tor onto spent over the weekend with her the mission circle held their picnic to woodland park last mon day evening miss helen miniker of oshawa hospital spent the weekend with her parents the assessor has been making his annual visit to the people in this vicinity threshing has commenced some having threshed their fall wheat which is yielding well mrs- w king and daughter mrs lane were recent visitors at mrs r dafoe duncan is progressing nice- ter an operation on his leg blood poisoning had set in mrs r dafoe and mrs allan dafoe visited with rev f and mrs smith who have a cottage at cedar grove mr and mrs alton hagerman and family of maple grove spent the weekend amdng relatives here miss mildred carter has arrived home after a motor trip as far as saskatchewan the ss held a community show er for mr and mrs gordon duncan on monday last they will reside in an apartment here until there is a vacancy at ajax mr and mrs j duncan and john of toronto called on their aunt mrs w gray sr enroute to their vaca tion at muskoka on sunday afternoon a usa car for some reason landed in the river on the south side of the bridge there seemed to be little damage done miss ida hoffman is holidaying with her sister mrs j cook miss peggy and donald tran are spending a week wih their grand mother mrs diamond junior farmer news the annual ontario county junior farmer picnic was held in geneva park oshawa on friday august 1st with a good crowd in attendance after a very enjoyable picnic lunch some of the boys played a softball game the evening was completed by a dance in geneva park dance hall the music was furnished by wilsons orchestra manchester balsam v and mt ziox qn tuesday evening about 70 friends and relatives gathered at the home of messrs ralph and percy jones for a farewell party for mr and mrs john graham and mr bob jones and miss c jones prior to their leaving for their homes in sask dean evans of claremont is spending some holidays with tie jones boys mr and mrs charlie day and son have returned to toronto after spending a two weeks vacation here mrs harper beaver and boys of st catharines are visiting with her sister mrs cecil jones the fiss children are spending a few holidays with relatives in glen major the active service class will meet next wednesday evening aug 20 at the home of mrs b jamieson mr and mrs jack brown left monday morning for sault ste marie where they will visit mrs browns relatives mr and mrs lloyd wilson donnie and carl spent sundav with her parents mr and mrs thomas galbraith of toronto miss jean linton is spending two weeks vacation at her home rev a c luffman will be on i three separate delegations request- holidays for the next two sundays led council to make the change frederick c real anybody who ever lived in ux- bridge forty years ago or more will be familiar with the beal family there and the old uxbridge tannery operated by the beats last week in toronto a member of that family frederick curry beal died in his 74th year formerly a mem ber of beal bros leather mer chants he was born in aiden ny and members of the family lived in toronto lindsay and uxbridge a brother the late norman beal was onetime mayor of uxbridge while he managed the tannery which hummed there 10 and 50 years ago surviving are his widow three laughters and a son seek change in polling hours ratepayers association asks council extend time to enable workers in toronto to vote pickering township ratepayers association residents of the south west portion of pickering are trying to get the voting hour changed in the township the present hours of voting are from 0 am to 0 pm which they claim does not allow the hundreds of pickering taxpayers who work in toronto until 5 pm lime to reach the polls before closing the change asked is from 10 am to s pm at the last meeting of council but there will be service as usual we are sorry to hear that mrst risebrough is stilf in led with a back injur- j m dealers canadian buyers of scrap claremont will pay jl00 for old scrap bat lories delivered highest market prices paid for these goods brass copper aluminum lead iron old radiators horse hair duck feather ticks new duck feathers old bagging all roy- 51000 or more rolled for j hutton claremont phone i iakkmont xrm wartime housing to pit ip 17 homes ix uxbridge according to the uxbridge times- journal wartime housing menced operations on the struction of seventeen houses in the town of uxbridge to be erected in the east end of the town near the high school the houses will be of frame with foundations four feet in depth two in the ground andtw alkive and will range in size but all will be on the moderate or small omsize each place will have modern edn- plumbing and exterior finish implements for sale power binder diamond harrows 1way digger 7ft springtooth cultivator new model john deere tractor on display fred e byer according to a municipal act the bylaw has to be passed 00 clear days before election date which means that it would have to be passed at the next meeting the first monday in september council agreed to move the elec tion date from the first monday in january to the first monday in december council is long in promises and short in performance why cant they grant this simple and reason able request said horace brown president of the ratepayers assoc iation i charge it with deliberately depriving hundreds of working men and working women of their votes he added 1 lost my vote last year because i work in toronto and could not reach the polling booth in time said yiolet swan a toronto school teacher who is a pickering tax payer and who was an unsuccess ful candidate in the municipal j election c lurcii did not agree that the xr lurs are altogether neeess- p iven advance polls in i id inly a few- phone llfi i cfjaremont football game and grand concert at claremont thursday august 21st al harveys entirely new show tom hamilton versatile comedian in a brand new act the stevens boys comedy knockabouts joan and her singing accordion the nickling duohilarious hokum on horizontal bars the vanity girls tap and acrobatic dancers ernie barnes pjanist and accompanist al harvey master of ceremonies football game at 630 pm enniskillin vs claremont i and nails for the benefit of our customers we are bringing- in a car load of nails in sizes from 2 inches to 5 inches from the states these are regular nails these are not aluminum nails we will supply you with necessary nails for lumber purchased cars arriving daily can supply almost any order in spruce pine hemlock sheeting flooring siding 2x4 2x6 2x8 2x10 2x12 arriving this week car dry pine feather edge bevel siding in widths from 6 to 10 inches british columbia shingles in stock while they last roofings asphalt shingles and rolled roofings in stock always cedar plywood and birch plywood in stock also limited quantity of gyproc we invite all our friends and customers to come and see us at toronto exhibition we will be showing our heavy horses in different events and will be there from august 26 on t a wilson lumber co ltd cannington ont phones cannington no 15 after hours cannington no104 exoc loboe iodoc i oem mpiyjavirs krisp sweet mixed pickles 16 oz jar 25 zest plum jam 4 lb tin 59 aylmer boston baked beans with bacon 16 oz tin 2 for 29 fine broadcloth blue only yd print floral yard springmaid poplen yd 49 49 79 mens fine shirts white or blue stripe 295 we have a full line of overalls smocks work pants work shirts work socks work boots corner store claremont phone 1401 we deliver tno lonoc lono lot mised to the claremont meat market phone 3501 claremont threshing roasts our specialty teas coffee and cocoa have not none up here soups canned goods and fresh groceries at prices that save your money tnocr