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the tribune siouffville ont wednesday december 24 1947 claremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madilis store and overlands store on- large the annual public school concern was held at the school here thursday afternoon with a gathering of parents and friends in attendance pupils from the three public school rooms shared in the program mrs lonsdale who has been ill is successful returning rapidly to better health state alon two properties sold in villag balsam and mt zion s congratulations to mr and mrs 51 wm fiss of glenmajor who cele- i brated their 50th wedding anni- j j versary on monday dec 22nd and g i to mr and mrs win harbron who i celebrated their 42nd anniversary on saturday dec 20th mr and mrs jack brown audi i family spent the weekend in port hope mr and mrs geo wilson visited with mr and mrs a pickering in selling the real ship blake annis who is complet- 1 mr and mrs chas day have with furniture atkin- ing his third term as reeve has moved from toronto to greenwood x two public auction sales held in election probable in pickering twp j next monday dec 29th will be sunday the village the past week have been nomination day in pickering townbushby new 800 ft ski near claremont tow ontarios newest ski resort the skyloft dagmar is nearing com pletion and is now ready to accom- ernie tindall who isjmodate overnight guests the j lodge situated on big beg hill has a magnificent view of the sur rounding country big ben hill the highest in ontario county with an altitude of 1350 feet above sea level has been a favourite rentrc- for skiers since skiing was first introduced the lodge will provide overnight accommodation for fifty people the new soo feet ski tow located on big ben was tested out last weekend and situated to take advantage of the bush and open runs that fall away on all sides of the big hill both the new tow and the former toronto ski club tow will operate daily by reservation and one weekends ski conditions at the present time are excellent for information write sky loft friends will be pleased to learn json sellers sold the esther stated his intention to retire this miss mildred linton of the canj palmer place to mr delbeit catheri nington public school staff is home- wood who is on the public school here- enjoying the christmas holi- staff here now the sale price wasj days js2950 while the furniture brought miss betty story of toronto over 200 additional j visited during the weekend at her in similar manner the underbill home here residence was sold by a s farmer mr and mrs david coates ofjat auction to john neil for 1900 brooklin were visitors in the viland the furniture brought between lage one day last week 300 and s100 additional both sales mrs jess warden and baby of were held to clear up estates greenwood visited on saturday atj the home of mr and mrs harry boose mr and mrs ross watson and family will spend christmas with mr and mrs ernie moss of osh- awa mrs norman linton was in lon don last week visiting with her nephew mr critically ill mr and mrs geo scott are spending christmas with their son and family mr and mrs david scott of oshawa friends will be sorry to learn of the sudden illness of miss emma brown who was removed to the brierbush hospital in stouffville on monday morning miss brown sang a solo in the baptist church on sun day reeve duncan b mclntyre of whitby expressed the view last week that he believed it was a shame to spend so much money on an election when so few voted he referred to an expenditure of nearly 500 for printing the whitby voters list of course he might have explained that the list of voters had to be printed election or no election a shower of gifts for some baby in england was received at the regular meeting of the womens institute last week a number of christmas carols opened the meet ing and a paper on peace among the nations was given by mrs stanbury rev l wenham brought the message followed by a reading by mrs badgerow each member responded to the roll call by repeat ing various memory gems it was agreed that the society should send special boxes of good things to all sick and shutins in the village for christmas mrs fred redshaw was the hostess edgar heitner enjoyed a birth day party at the farm one day last week when friends from toronto and uxbridge were present to enjoy the occasion with mr and mrs heitner and family this week the johnston girls from uxbridge are here for the christmas holi days the heitner family reside on the old benncjtt farm adjacent to the famous graham bros property year reeve annis has served pick ering for ten years having been a member of ontario county council for seven years and while there headed a number of important com mittees including the roads com mittee w h westney deputyreeve is certain to succeed mr annis as reeve and is not likely to be oppos- found to be ideally jed for the office geo todd senior councillor is expected to accept nomination for the deputy-reeve- ship rumours are that he may be compliments of the season may this christmas be the most glad some your every aim achieved fred byer mary pickard irhridge dead born ix pickering many old friends will learn with surprise of the death at whitby on december 13 1917 of miss mary pickard in her 59th year after be ing in poor health for several years the funeral took place to uxbridge cemetery on tuesday december 10 1917 services being conducted in uxbridge baptist church by rev l e atkinson j the late mary pickard was born at columbus ontario in 1sss a daughter of the late thomas pick- ard and isabelle reynolds and worked practically all her life as a domestic in and around uxbridge left to mourn her death is one brother robert pickard of uxbridge township mmmrmm 2 ssssa mrs i macmillox dies ix 88th year one of the oldest residents in the town of uxbridge is dead in the person of mrs dave macmillan who passed away in toronto on december 10 mrs macmillan was very active although she ivas blind the late mrs macmillan was born in unionville her maiden name being mary watson a daugh ter of the late mr and mrs samuel watson after her marriage she lived in the town of uxbridge for many years and was a presbyter- compliments of the season heres our sincerest wish to you for a bountiful yuletide o m madill mmm sigiei6ieitagsstgicisi5caisaaetets55e5ici5isisistepsissww opposed for the position by dr n ian in religion and a church worker e mcewen but we understand that years ago rri uxbridge or phone evenings mi 7291or claremont 21rl2 brougham mr and mrs h madill and little daughter edna of lakeview visited with mr and mrs dean mairs and family on sunday of last week mr and mrs jno gillman spent one day last week in toronto miss wilkinson of toronto visited with her friend miss mildred gill- man and also attended the sunday school concert on friday evening the blue cross group insurance was discussed at the december meeting of the womens institute any member interested may leave their names with any of the officers or come to the next meeting of the w i on jan 13th prepared to dis cuss same mr and mrs al harvey and john also mrs harvey sr were at langstaff on friday evening attending a christinas entertain ment mr and mrs bob harvey of hal- mrs mr mcewen has declined to declare himself in this regard councillors milton burk and frank disney will again acept nomination for office mr horace brown is mentioned as a likely nominee for the council vacancy also jos farr claremont voting will be on monday jan 5th if there is an election comparatively new people to tlie urton called on his mother district they are enjoving the i harvey one day this week country here and just now we the sunday school held their extend congratulations to the head annual christmas concert in the of the household on the occasion of nal1 on fridfl evening with a good his birthday chicken thieves on the prowl thieves broke into the chicken house of mr eli lehman on the sth concession of pidkering one evening last week and made off with a number of fat birds although the place was locked the prowlers made little noise in their breakin constable jack norton is investigating john garland a resident of pickering township all his life john garland leloved husband of mary cowan died at his home in cherrywood on sunday december 11 he was in his s2iid year born at an adjacent farm mr garland farmed at cherrywood for many years he was a member of st francis de sales church pick ering in addition to his wife he is sur vived by two daughters mrs j riley of pickering and georgina at home two sons joseph at home and john of markham five grand sons and one granddaughter also survive mr garland was pre deceased by his brother two months ago funeral services were held and requiem mass was sung by rev attendance of parents and friends the children all did their parts well under the leadership of their public school teacher miss wilson santa claus came for his usual visit to greet the children and help dis tribute the many presents from the treemany thanks to misswilson for her work and time spent in training the boys and girls also to the friendl bible class for their play which was enjoyed by all on tuesday evening dec 0 the stokely vancamp canning co sponsored an entertainment in the township hall with broughams al comedian al harvey as master of ceremonies for the entertain ment the community filled the hall to capacity brother bob was also with al two comedians and one acrobat made the entertainment what was anticipated among the lucky door ticket holders were ralph holtby ross carter and a boy named flegg the 50 bond was won by robert armstrong of locust hill for highest yield of field corn for canning cherrywood december 1g 1917 mr and mrs ivan law and daughters of whitby visited on sunday with mr and mrs wm tweedle mr and mrs jack mitchell had tea on sunday evening with mr and mrs wm hollinger mr and mrs symthes of weston were with mr and mrs frank tor rance on sunday the sympathy of the community is extended to mrs john garland and family in the death of a hus band and father on sunday morn ing mr garland was in his 83rd year mr and mrs wm judd and mr and mrs leslie hollinger and bruce had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs wm gray of broug ham misses doris hollinger ruth taylor and elizabeth armstrong were with their parents for the weekend the election of officers for the womens association was held at the home of mrs roy morrish with a large attendance the fol lowing were elected for the coming year president mrs leonard gates vicepresident mrs s jones secretary mrs wm davidson treasurer mrs neil petty corr secretary miss edith roach pianists mrs roy morrish and mrs don milne flower and fruit sec mrs leslie hollinger visiting com mrs ireson mrs bob torr ance mrs neil petty mrs r davidson parsonage com mrs morrish mrs laughlin mrs jones auditor mrs pilkoy temperance mrs fenney missionary mrs tay lor mr and mrs wm hollinger had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs murray hollinger miss anne brander of dunbarton visited with mr and mrs a j taylor recently surviving is an only sister mrs geordie macmillan of port perry the late george watson of stouff ville was a brother and hugh andersons mother was a sister the macmillan family was one of the best known in the uxbridge district the funeral was to ux bridge cemetery the service being conducted by her minister rev r c mcdermid of chalmers presby terian church uxbridge cows flown xorth canadas furthest north goldmin ing town is enjoying fresh milk without benefit of air express six registered cows were flown into yellowknife 075 air miles north of edmonton aboard a commercial aircraft fresh milk sells for 65c a quart nows our opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for your loyal patronage duringg the year and to wish one and all the merriest christ mas ever and a happy new year chas cooper ss2aisiatmi55a3lsllsssls5s2as3ai3i2a the barometers fickle warm today cold tomorrow dont delay before oncoming winds and snow storms menace your familys health have one of our space heaters installed in your home purchasers are assured of stove oil for the winter complete line of howards poultry products now available 40 protein hog concentrate 33 protein poultry concentrate 38 protein old process oil cake howards iniestinal medicine i cokdiriomrpoultry mpwrj stouffville coop father kyte assisted by the church choir pallbearers were james mc- griskin james and robert mackey frank quinland james teefy and william featherstone interment was in st francis de sales ceme terv in the spirit of christmas we wish for you all the happiness and good fortune that you could possibly wish for yourself p hutton grover 8970 40 kenworthy ave toronto 13 notice to creditors in the matter of the claremont creamery claremont ont and in the matter of the bulk sales act xotice is hereby given pursuant to the bulk sales act that all persons having claims against the claremont creamery claremont ont which arose on or before the 23rd day of november 1917 are hereby required to send post pre paid or to deliver to the under signed trustees particulars of their claim duly verified on or before the sth day of january 194s after which said date the undersigned trustee will distribute the proceeds of the sale of the said creamery- having regard only to the claims of which he shall then have received notice dated december loth 1947 h r button trustee stouffville ontario mcculiough button stouffville ontario solicitors for the said 333 trustee danforth bus lines toronto iujouoham claremont east bound read down west bound read up pm pm pm am am am am pm pm pm daily dally daily daily sun ex sun ex ex sun ex sun sun sat sun sun sun sat hoi hoi only hoi hoi toronto hoi hoi hoi only hoi 945 545 200 1000 915 bay and dundas 840 935 150 520 935 1010 610 225 1025 940 danforth and luttrell 810 910 123 455 910 1020 620 235 1035 950 scarboro jet 800 900 115 445 900 1035 635 250 1050 1005 malvern 745 845 100 430 845 1038 638 253 1053 1003 browns cor 742 842 1257 427 842 1040 640 255 1055 1010 town line 740 840 1255 425 840 1050 650 305 1105 1020 cedar grove 730 830 1245 415 830 1100 700 315 1115 1030 locust hill 720 820 1235 405 820 1105 705 320 1120 1035 green river 715 815 1230 400 815 1110 710 325 1125 1040 brougham 710 810 1225 355 810 1120 720 335 1135 1050 claremont 700 800 1215 345 800 parcel express ox 1181 eastern standard time dally redaction in fares effective sept 20th from toronto single fare return fare to locust hill 60 110 to brougham 70 130 to claremoot 75 140