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the tribune stouffville ont thursday august 21 1947 0230 aossoi 331 10301 i0e30 claremont and district 8 o d o by star correspondent t i local dealers- 3sb store and overjands store 30qoczz ioc30c claremont party toured west resident nearly 40 years r o n m o fc- miss day durden who has been claremont canning co are pre- visiting claremoit has returned paring for a big season in tomatoes to toronto in this issue the company are call- mrs stevens and miss priscillaiing for 40 female and 10 male emj mr and mrs fred pnkey have stevens american visitors at the jployees aso a boiler operator good rectmt returned from a- fine trip dave dawson home favored the j wages are obtainable and as the t0 western canada and while they morning church congregation inj looks so promising it is like- relurn vv glowing accounts of a the local baptist church with aj a on season ss ahead wonderful country the thing that really impressed them more than anything was the great hospitality of the people everywhere they mrs gleeson dead i fiends seemed eager to do 1 them a favor and to entertain them mrs edward gleeson resident of everv wav at the home of mr claremont for nearly forty years and mrs levi pugh in alberta passed away on wednesday of last tnev enquired about the num- week at the home of her daughter j er of acre ln f oi bov mrs fred evans mrs gleeson has had aml i that the one big been in declining ealth for some ne of wheat contained 100 acres years and has not been out on the it promised an excellent vield street for considerable time she thej speiu lne o tiav 0 th was in her s3rd year year at this home it was daylight born in oshawa the late mrs at 3 am right through to 1130 gleeson was one of a family of five i pm they found the village or town of which only two brothers survive of midnapore a delightful place not wm c lyons of seattle and d cjfar from calgary and stopped here lyons mrs gleeson was the former at the home of mr and mrs sam francis mary lyons and fiftynine waddell and with mr fred ratcliif years ago she married edward jan old stouffville boy and leading gleeson who predeceased her ten merchant at midnapore needless to years her late husband passed j say the waddells are customers at t ratcliif store mr and mrs brougham mr and mrs cliff hubbord lefti n monday for two weeks holidays doe lake spent c t iat doe lake mr and mrs m hamilton spen the weekend with mr and mrs c i j balsdon of pickering duet dr ami mrs x f tomlinson also mr alan tomlinson and miss jean berry are enjoying a motor trip from claremont to the bc coast mrs ferris sister of mrs tomlinson who has been visiting here accompanied the party as far as sudbury mr and mrs- morgan pugh of uxbridge were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs jas coates mr and mrs geo scott visited relatives in pickering on friday mrs h g melntyre was in tor onto one day last week visiting with her brother who is in poor health mr and mrs stanley richardson and daughters ann and margaret are here from iakefield visiting with mr and mrs f s robins guests with mr and mrs earl beare last week were mr and mrs stephens toronto miss leola beare who is here from pennsyl vania mr and mrs cecil beare and mr and mrs wm- beare port perry mrs hugh pugh of dublin ont visited last week at the home of mr and mrs wm palmer mr lyman pilkey has returned to claremont after visiting with his sister in strathroy mrs furry of niagara falls mother of mrs harry boose of claremont celebrated her 92nd birthday on wednesday aug 13th j mrs furry has 42 great grandchil dren and one great great grand child mrs robt bryan of aurora formerly of claremont visited last week at the home of miss s e evans mr and mrs wm palmer visited on sunday at the home of her sister mr and mrs chas elliott of bobcaygeon word has been received in the village of the death of mrs todd a resident in the states and the former sarah wagg sister of mr nelson wagg deceased was the daughter of the late mr and mrs geo wagg and mother of biliie wagg who made her home here for some time we extend congratulations to miss megan beare daughter of mr and mrs earl beare on passing her upper school examinations with honors megan was a student at port perry high school away just one year prior to their golden wedding anniversary the couple lived for a few years at greenwood for nearly forty years were residents of claremont the late mr gleeson was employed at graham bros prominent 9th con cession farmers in addition to two oroihers the deceased is survived by two daugh ters mrs fred evans claremont and mrs m j wilker of toronto and by one son wilbur gleeson of toronto the late mrs gleeson adhered to the catholic faith and requiem high mass was held on friday morning august 15th in st francis de sales church in picker ing interment was in st gregorys cemetery oshawa the pickering softball schedule is nearing completion and this week is expected to see the comple tion of all games claremont is heading the group at the moment the first four teams will tangle in the playoffs but the number of games to be run off to decide the championship has not yet been settled the sale of household goods be longing to orville cox and conduct ed at his home near atha station on saturday brought a total of s 150 the sale was conducted by a s farmer and a large gathering of eager bidders was on hand to snap up the offerings which were in excellent condition t is expected that mr cox will make his home in stouffville the local fire truck had a sunday call last weekend when a grass fire on the property of bill rapsey near chalk lake threatened a number of buildings and bushland in the neighborhood fortunately the wind was blowing away from the danger spots and the neighbors were able to squelch the blaze with the aid of the claremont firemen claremont park board is staging a big concert and football game in the park this thursday evening enniskillen and claremont will provide the sporting portion of the program beginning at g30 pm these two teams it will be recalled played to a deadlock at the recent civic holiday field day following the game al harvey will trot a big lineup of stars to the stage includ ing tom hamilton the vanity girls and many others j m dealers canadian buyers of scrap claremont will pay st00 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 buy slofk more called for j hutton cldremont ihoxk clakemoxt srsi search for pickering pilot lost two days thirtyfive year old j b mutton rr2 pickering is the object of an organized aerial search by planes of the rcaf following his five day disappearance together with his fox moth aircraft while on a photographic mission to goose bay labrador the plane is believed to be somewhere on the north shore of the st lawrence river the fox moth equipped with floats was last heard from 10 hour after it left rapid lake north of seven islands in the st lawrence river on a photographic mission the plane left the toronto dellaviland airport on august s and although at first it was believed that the plane carried a passenger officials at dellaviland say the pilot was alone in the aircraft officials conducting the search for the missing flier said that he should have landed according to schedule no later than august 11 in addition to being on a photo graphic mission the plane was also acting as a supply ship for north ern quebec areas well known in pickering town- pilkey then went on to spend a half day at lake louise in the rockies and marvelled at the ice land poppies the main flower there words could hardly express this trip into the rockies one must see it they were more than interested in the minette hot springs where clear hot water springs out of the rocks a visit was made at the home of mr and mrs wiliam mcnelly at excell alberta mrs mcnelly was the former mary hill motoring in this district they had to turn out to allow a bear to pass ancl every where one reads signs saying dont feed the animals in saskatchewan they stopped for several days with mr pilkeys brother clarence at invermay he has been farming there for 35 years and this year the crops are above average and will give excel lent yields at calgary they attended the ex hibition and at edmonton were impressed with the beauties of elk lake park here they saw a herd of forty elephants dr b i love formerly of claremont was in charge here at one time returning home the travellers declared they would never forget their wonderful trip to the great northwest ship mutton joined the raf in 1936 and in 194 he transferred to the rcaf while overseas he flew as an airgunner in the middle east and after completing training as a pilot he completed two tours of operations over france belgium holland and norway he acted as pilot of a tow plane in three of the most decisive campaigns of the war in which gliders were used normandy arnhem and the rhine crossing ross kester living west of altona was called at the stanley theatre in stouffville a few nights ago had ross been on hand to answer his name he would have received 205 in the foto nite contest misses mildred and ruth giliman spent last week with friends in toronto mr and mrs o burton of stouff ville called on mr and mrs jno miller on sunday mr and mrs a j gray visited her father mr b carter at green river one day last week messrs donald and albert beer spent a day last week picking blue berries around orillia and graven- hurst mrs jno miller visited friends in hamilton on saturday mr and mrs r storrey of stouff ville called on mrs w e holtby on sunday mrs lemon attendee the wedd ing of her nephew mr hood near lindsay on saturday mrs d gannon returned to her home near minden after sending a few days with mrs sheppard and other friends mrs- l matthews spent a few days last week with friends in toronto mrs c devitt accompanied by her son billy visited on saturday with mr and mrs browes of river view mrs pooley of bowmanville spent the weekend with her sister mrs thos norton the many friends of miss ida bate are sorry to hear of her serious illness at the home of her niece mrs mohan of toronto mr and mrs wm- ellicott also mr and mrs ravey visited with mr and mrs a paynter at myrtle on sunday afternoon the wms are holding a picnic on the lawn of mrs sheppard on thursday afternoon aug 21 good program of sports and other enter tainment the womens institute are plan ning a motor trip to niagara early in sept particulars later the regular meeting of broug ham womens institute was held in the township hall on tuesday afternoon with a fair attendance president mrs birrell was in the chair during the business session an invitation was read and accept ed to visit the kinsule branch on sept 23rd transportation will be arranged at the next meeting the district president mrs r 1 brady of pickering was the guest speaker and her address was much enjoyed by those present a bus will be chartered for a trip to niagara fails on sept 11 those intending to go may leave their names with any of the following mrs a harvey mrs t philip mrs birrell mrs sheppard tickets will cost s 100 and must be taken up by saturday aug 30th a dainty lunch was served by the hostesses mrs n burton mrs g hodgson mrs h philips mrs o burton and mrs t philip 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 pianist and accompanist al harvey master of ceremonies football game at 630 pm i enniskillin vs claremont i group no 1 are sponsoring a drama from solina entitled lizzie walks out on tuesday night the 6th of august in the church this is a threeact play very humorous wonder of wonders at last a practically sproutless and fall wheat special strain smutless rustless winterkill resistant egyptian amber government licensed inspected and tested for germination and quality germination 9tc for last three years quality no 1 tests up to 65 lbs per bushel in last two years no crop reported less than 10 bushels per acre many much higher less than 10 bushels per acre main much higher s290 per bushel fob markham ontario thirty cents per bushel premium over market price paid to growers for all sold for seed send for copy of contract to egyptian amber wheat association markham ontario canada ocoocoococc implements for sale power binder diamond harrows 1way disc 2 row power potato digger 7ft springtooth cultivator new model john deere tractor on display fred e byer rii i- in ciaklmovt cherrywood a successful bazaar was held by cherrywood wa on the church lawn on saturday afternion the bazaar was opened at 3 pm by mrs harold mitchell of dunbarton ladies from cedar grove locust hill whitevale and dunbarton were present amount exceeding two hundred dollars was cleared mr and mrs walter hollinger spent the weekend with mr and mrs jim thompson at mt albert the torrance family attended the mitchell reunion at pickering on sunday mrs derbyshire of toronto is spending a week with mr and mrs leslie hollinger congratulations to mr and mrs vincent teefy on the birth of their daughter mr jack morrish is holidaying with friends at midland mr and mrs jack bridges tor onto are spending a few days with their friends mr and mrs frank torrance miss usher of toronto spent al few days recently with her sister mrs edgar pilkey mr and mrs murray hollinger and mr and mrs stanley powell of oshawa had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs wes petty balsam mr and mrs ed jones and mar vin holidayed last week with rela tives at bancroft mrslevi linton spent a few days last week in toronto marilyn and clare ormerod children of mr and mrs milton ormerod of cresswell are visiting relatives here about 30 relatives and friends called on mr geo wilson satur day night in honor of his 75th birthday misses helen wilson barbara coultis marion disney and mar- jorie appleby are spending this week at a cottage at beaverton mrs hugh pugh and glenn of dublin visited with mr and mrs ed jones last week congratulations to mrs robert carson wtio celebrated her birthday on saturday aug 16 and a family gathering was held at mrs errol carsons on sunday in honor of it mr gordon wilson got his new i farmall tractor last week which had been ordered since last winter mr and mrs cecil jones accom panied mr and mrs harper beaver on a motor trip to drayton last wednesday and called on mr and mrs geo auld mrand mrs bert jones of brook- lin visited on sundav with mr and mrs w p jones mrs sarah white a lifelong resident of brooklin district mrs sarah elizabeth olver white was buried last week while visiting two of her sons in ottawa she suffered a stroke and died sun day three weeks later born at ashburn on october 12 1861 she married william white in brooklin at the age of 23 and lived on a farm near that community until the death of her husband in 1931 since that time she has lived with her sister miss a w olver brooklin she is survived by four sons claptqn and russell of ottawa ralph of stratford and gordon of oshawa two sisters mrs james mcbain reid pointe an baril ontario and miss a w olver brooklin and one brother col e a olver toronto gutta percha tires are your best buy greenwood misses lean saddler and mar- jorie byers spent the weekend at port elgin visiting miss f barry mr and mrs ross disney were in oshawa with friends last sunday afternoon misses mildred and gertrude cor- bett sient a few holidays visiting around lake huron mr and mrs jas brooks of the village visited with f- and mrs byers last sunday we are sorry to reiort that miss katie sadler is not as well as her many friends would like to see being confined to her bed most of the time our sympathy is extended to the family of the late mrs e gleeson if claremont the glees m family were one time residents of our vil lage having ih 3 t t owned by rosa i moved to ci sremont j mr and mrs c f of whitby thv tough high quality materials give gutta percha tires dependability plus a tread designed to grip on canadian roads greater mileage into each tire this mark is your guarantee of perfec tion in any gutta percha tire your size in stock at stouffville coop telephone stouffville 2g9 claremont meat market phone 3501 claremont thrbshing roasts our specialty teas coffee and cocoa have not gone up here soups canned goods and fresh grocerfes at prices that save your money