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the tribune stouffville ont thursday october 23 1947 i claremont an 6 by stas correspondent the regular meeting of the bapj list ladles circle will be held on tuesday afternoon oct 28tn at the j home of mrs burnell association report- will be given mr and mrs wm benns and son mr and mrs chas bene- fromi toronto visited at the home of ef formers mother mrs t benns on sunday mr and mrs j todd s nouse was struck by lightning one day last week bill no serious damage resulted mr l lye who i- employed in toronto was a visitor at his home here over the weekend mr and mrs gordon benson have moved into the house recently vacated by mr and mrs alvin red- shaw the article in our last issue con cerning the claremont iosl office was in error when it stated that mrs pretty was successful in making an application it should have said unsuccessful the sense of the statement of course indicat ed that mrs pretty was unsuccess ful although the wrong word was inserted by the linotype operator the publishers regret the error mr and mrs c dowling and son from port credit have moved into the farm vacated by mr and mrs iawson mr john mcxab of toronto i visited with his aunt miss mar- garet mcxab here on sunday local dealers- madius store and oversands store m broughams new fire snick attended its initial fire last week and although the local fire brigade did not get the opportunity to display then- fine now equipment they stood by ready for action if heeded the fire was in the glover home on the greenwood r1 and was out of the local tsrri- tory consequently it was the pickering brigade managed to squelch the outbreak without brougham turning on their equipment chief b e annis told the tribune that his boys are practicing twice a week and getting accustomed to the new outfit the truck being dis placed will be kept as an auxil iary for a timealthough it has seen service for twentyeight years further new equipment will be added to the new truck as funds permit frank cooper is recovering from an accident which he suffered recently when a heavy bar feli across his foot while he was at the pickering grave pit breaking his mrs bert mantle of loronto has mr cooper expects to have the been visiting with her daughter and cast removed shortly family here mrs x sanderson miss edna benns and nephew barry robertson of toronto visited her home here over the weekend rev 1 e kennedy preached the anniversary sermons at vrooman- ton on sunday rev mr halbert preached here and took as his sub ject in the morning what think ye of christ mr and mrs henry reed and son of oshawa visited on sunday at the home of mrs benns the trail rangers are holding regular meetings on wednesday evenings in the baptist church the annual meeting of the bible society will be held on thursday evening oct 23rd in the united church pictures will be shown on the life of wm tindall who was ratepayers school meeting to dis cuss the school area as it relates to our district r be held in the school here at claremont on oct 30th all ratepayers please attend this meeting at s pm mr and mrs ernest pilkey john and judy also john phillips visited sunday at the home of mr and mrs xorman king of behaven keep in mind the one cent sale at roadways drug store stouft- ville on thursday friday and sat urday next week oct 30 31 nov 1 s150u0 expenditure fob chbrhywpod school pickering township council in special session on monday evening gave two readings to a bylaw pro viding for an expenditure of 17000 prominent in the early work of the for school section xo7 cherry wood society for the erection of a new tworoom mr and mrs lloyd pugh visited j school the cherrywood school kingston last week spending two- was burned down a couple of vears days at the international plowing ago and classes have been held in match i i temperance hall since that mr lyman pilkey is looking fine time after spending a week at lake of bays doing a spot of fishin mr and mrs harold i loyst motored to the states for the week end visiting in detroit ilr and mrs wm plat and son of leaside were visitors at the frank loyst home during the weekend mrs elinore crisp of parry sound spent a few days last week at the bob dawson home mr and mrs roy morgan have returned from their trip to western canada and friends will be pleased to learn that mr morgan is recup erating nicely from the operation brougham the wms held their october meeting on thursday afternoon at the home of mrs g philip with a good attendance plaits were made for holding a bazaar on nov 15 under the auspices of the ladies of brougham united church this will be a good place to do your christmas shopping mrs mairs mrs lemmon and mrs harvey provided lunch the regular thankoflering ser vice of the wms was held in the church on sunday evening mrs to attend the international plow ing match it is reported that the knox store has been sold to a toronto buyer who gets possession this fall mrs timmins donna and mar garet of oshawa spent sunday with mrs woodward the misses smith of newmarket were thanksgiving guests of their cousin mrs a j gray mrs forman and daughter eleanor and son harry of listowel also mr and mrs leggett all were recent guests of mr and mrs wm knox mrs woodwards house at the rear of her store is being made into a selfcontained apartment mr and mrs ross knox and bettyjean were in toronto on sun day visiting mr and mrs ross willson the regular meeting of the womens institute was held in the township hall on tuesday afternoon with a good attendance mrs birrell the president was in charge the secretary read a very interest ing letter from a member o an institute in devon england plan- water pails for sale cheap in brougham after years of carrying water from several good wells in the vill- age of brougham certain residents held a meeting last october and sueribod sufficient funds to insta i a pressure system whereby hard j i water could ie forced into their j homes accordingly a well was dug at a i given point after three devotees of the crutch stick fraternity had each unknown to the others agreed i on the same place all three agreed that a good spring could be found at a depth of 43 to 47 feet so that when the well digger hit the i spring at 5s feet these brougham j j people became staunch members of the apple tree divining asso- j ciation considerable difficulty was en countered getting the lower bricks in the well because water came in at the rate of 500 gallons per hour this however was finally accom plished after a number of attempts to keep the pump going steadily foi ls hours a twohorse xwer deep water electric pump was installed in the top of the well and in spite of diffi culty in obtaining pipe a number of homes have running water on tap and the department of health place the water grade a many were the jokes cracked about the gophers digging holes and trenches anil the expected invasion but when you can turn the top in stead of carrying the pail the hard work is remembered as just so much fun if at the end of a years trial there is sufficient surplus water it may be made available to more homes on checking with the re gistry office this community water system appears to be the only one of its kind in the county of ontario to give year round service the parties behind this under taking are to be congratulated on their initative and if it continues to be successful we have no doubt but that projects such as this will become common especially as brougham residents confidentally expect quite a real estate boom r0xy theatre main street markham monday to friday show starts 730 pm last complete show starts 93j r saturdays continuous 700 pm to midnite matinee saturdays and holidays at 2m pm last times thursday friday october 23rd 21th continuous from 700 pm nightly claudette colbert fred macmurray in the egg and i one day only saturday october 25th which he underwent while on the duncan was in charge and trip mrs mills sr and mr mills jr of toronto and mrs w were recent assisted by mrs thos philip mrs t xoxon and mrs r crawford mrs devitt sang a solo one visitors at the dave dawson home sweetlyfsqlemri thought and mrs dave dawson jr was also a recent visitor at his home here mr and mis grant taylor were visitors at tweed over the weekend with mr and mrs roy thompson the october meeting of the clare mont womens institute was the means of bringing thirtythree interested women together to the home of mrs mrs c reynolds a short thanksgiving poem was read during the customary open ing service mrs tomlinson gave an interesting talk on her recent motor trip through western can ada and united states to the pacific coast with short stopovers at interesting places including beautiful vancouver island and banff miss viola forsyth reviewed the life of judge murphy janev canuck who was the first one of ontarios and later manitoba and albertas outstanding women in active service for fallen humanity particularly directed towards help ing drug addicts and women in the difficult task of recovering self- respect miss forsyth recommended the reading of the book from the local library to more fu stand the very inters broadmindedness through the life of this great canadian woman and family mrs redshaw read a thanksgiving paper bv john gurn in everything give thanks after the lunch committee had ser wm ellicott and mrs m ellicott a duet the guest speaker miss had- dow who is now teaching a jit pleasant school on the 7th con cession gave a very interesting and inspiring address on bolivia where her father was a former mis sionary and where her sister now lives mrs wm ellicott was in toronto on friday afternoon attending the funeral of her aunt the late mrs hutchinson messrs russell gray and roy miller sient the weekend in buffalo mr and mrs fred rodd and frederick rodd visited with mr and mrs ross madill on sunday mr and mrs wm ellicott were at oshawa on sunday afternoon visiting her brother mr m barrett who is in the hospital there mr b carter of green river visited his daughter mrs a j gray on thanksgiving day colonel e p rook of dartford england called on mr and mrs m hamilton one day last week mrs geo philip picked a pint of y under- j choice ripe raspberries on saturday ting and afternoon from bushes in her own garden mrs m harlock has been some what indisposed during the past week her many friends wish her a speedy recover mr dean mairs mr thos philip auction sale farm stock implements the undersigned has received instructions to sell by public auction at lot 24 con 3 bickering friday oct 31 the following property belonging to a c diamond were made for the open meeting to be held in xovember mrs w white extended a hearty invitation to hold this meeting at her home this was accepted a delegate was appointed to attend the convention it was also decided to hold the xovember meeting a week later than usual so as not to conflict with convention rev a c luff- man of greenwood gave an interest ing address on life in saskatche wan mrs malcolm mrs gillman and mrs glen were hostesses and provided a sumptuous lunch monday tuesday october 27th 2sth drama as only the screen can portray john wayne gail russell in angel and the bad man wednesday thursday october 29th 30th mark hellinger tells it the killers way brute force adult entertainment girls championship by a single point three records were broken dur ing the day don manion of clare mont breaking the existing softball throw record last of pioneer family gone ved refreshments misjolmson the j mr a b matthews mr w bayles president extended a vote of thanks and billy spent a couple of days to the hostess lunch committee and attending the plowing match at all who had contributed to the pro- i kingston last week gram also expressing regret for the mr and mrs llovd greig mr removal of one of the institute and mrs ross madill also mr and members mrs giles to another mrs howard hagerman of locust community in the near future 1 1 ill motored to kingston last week claremont meat market phone 3501 claremont threshing roasts a specialty groceries canned goods and cooked meats at prices that sare you money brown clyde mare reg 7 vrs bay mare 0 yrs clyde bay horse yrs gp bay filly 3 yrs wagon type welsh pony 1 yrs quiet to ride or drive 3 sets harness saddle and bridie new holstein heifersd i holstein cows yrs springing 2 holstein heifers due time of sale 3 yrs old 1 holsteins heifers springing2 vrs ayrshire cow i yrs calf by side ayrshire cow g yrs springing 3 jersey cows 5 yrs old springing due nov jersey heifer full flow jersey cow yrs full flow ersey heifer 2 yrs fresh 2 durham cows vrs calves in side guernsey cow g yrs calf by side 2 durham cows springing durham cow g yrs full flow durham cow 1 yr milking bred black cow 5 yrs due time of sale guernsey cow g yrsfull flow bred guerseny heifer rising 2 holsein heifer rising 2 3 brindle heifers bred jersey bull 1g mos 7 cahes 3 brinde heifers bred 10 pigs 90 lbs delaval milking machine complete with pipe line and motor near new woods electric cooler used 2 sea sons pails strainer and plunger ford tractor complete with plow and cultivator 17 tooth cultivator 13 tooth cultivator mh double discs new bissell 2 furrow tractor plow intelnational single discs 5 ft stiff tooth cultivator tractor hitch 2furrow gang plow md 2 furrow riding plow single riding plow cockshut 21 walking plowmd isection harrows rubber tired wagon good comb tongue steel tired wagon comb tongue mh binder 7 ft pump jack mh binder g ft 2 flat racks mh hoe drill 13 mh disc drill 13 disc z hp engine mh horse rake iarge water tank set scales 2000 lbs mower md mh mower numerous other articles krai estate the farm consisting 193 acres will be offered for sale at 230 oclock subject to a reserve bid particulars made known day of sale with the passing on sunday morning of miss emma underbill the last member of one of clare mont districts pioneer families is gone miss underhill passed away at the brierbush hospital where she has been a patient for some weeks she was in her slst year deceased was a daughter of the late mr and mrs jas underhill who farmed near claremont over a half century ago the late miss under hill spent her entire eighty years in and around claremont she was organist in the methodist church for some years and sang in the choir here despite her great age she has continued to do much of her own housework and was al ways active in church work until declining health kept her at home the funeral on tuesday afternoon was conducted by rev i e ken nedy with interment in the 8th line cemetery pickering township claremont winner of field championship for the second time claremont copped the championship inter- school field day trophy competed for this year by pickering lxstween the school there brooklin and claremont claromont won the sil verware in 1915 as well and one more win will give them permanent possession of the cup pickering came second in points last week with brooklin third the local school took the senior boys championship won by don beelby and the intermediate boys cham pionship won by don warden allan redshaw was just nosed out of the junior title by one point in the last event while june davis also of claremont missed the junior big crowd at pickebixg sale the c m glover public auction held on monday at green valley farm on the 4th concessioivof pick ering attracted one of the largest crowds seen at any sale this year extra money spent in advertising plus fine weather and a very large sale of stock and implements all combined to bring the desired re sults ken prentice informed this paper that he had not stood before a larger crowd of people for a long time prices ruled fairly high and the sale total mounted into an im posing sum painting barns and roofs sprayed painted red lead and aluminum houses brush painted estimates freely given a e heaton son gomiley ont pi stouft 7315 ooooooooococwoooa palmolive soap 3 bars 19 heinz tomato soup 10 oz tin 10 catelli spaghette 20 oz tin 13 sweet mixed pickles 16 oz jar 25 neilsons cocoa 1 lb tin 29 half lb tin 19 white swan toilet paper 3 rolls 29 mens dress shirts 295 penmans med weight combinations 279 rubber knee boots 15 379 white flannelette dotted marquisette curtaining the corner store we deliver r madill ph 4 sale will mart ac 12 harp order to finlh before dark e i- chapman clerk a s farmer auctioneer danforth bus lines toronto brougham claremont est bound read down west bound read up dm pm pm am am am am pm pm pm daily daily daily daily sun ex sun ex ex sun ex sun suna sat sun sun sun sat hoi hoi onlv hoi ho toronto hoi hoi hoi only hoi 9 45 5 45 2 00 1000 015 bay and dundas 810 935 150 520 933 1010 610 225 1025 940 danforth and luttrell s10 910 125 455 910 lno go 235 1035 950 scarboro jet 800 900 115 445 900 1035 635 250 mso 1005 malvern 745 845 100 430 815 03s 6 38 2 53 1053 1003 browns cor 742 s42 1257 427 842 040 640 255 1055 1010 town line 740 840 1255 425 840 050 650 305 1105 1020 cedar grove 730 830 1215 415 330 11 m 700 3 15 11 15 1030 locust hill 720 820 1235 405 820 105 705 320 1l20 1035 green river 715 815 1230 400 815 710 325 1125 1040 brougham 710 810 1225 355 810 il20 720 335 1135 1050 claremont 700 800 1215 345 800 parcel express 0x131 eastern standard time daily reduction in fares effective sept 20th from toronto single fare return fare- to iocust hill 60 110 to brougham 70 1 30 to claremont 75 140