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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 18 1948 glaremont and district i pigs bring 1000 at wilson sale by staff correspondent local dealers madills store and overlands stoe we are glad to report that mr j weeks ago she sustained a fall in loss hill is able to be around again her kitchen and from which she after another bout with his adver- never entirely recovered deceased sary nigh blood pressure left ciaremont village over sixty sorry m reginald kennedy is afd hafnaf wnton slfll not feeling well we wish him a iaed hannah l nonsh speedy recovery d mrj miss kathleen beelby spent the mckav mrs fi mr3 jinks weekend with her parents here j arnoi also on6 s miss mae mclntyre was a recent jji j brougham sucking pigs sold for 12 each and the entire lot of pigs brought 1000 at the auction sale held on the r wilson farm balsam last week the sale totalled s2200 a team of mr h philp and daughter hea- w sow o frw ther of toronto called on mr and hopkins sows rea hzed s7oo and mrs m hamilton on sundav hree 0 j e i ii j r brougnt njdo mrs hardy and son billy of tor- j t wes lehman sale near clare- onto visited with her parents m mom on saturday realized a total and mrs knox during the weekend of 327500 a team of horses sold mrs a wright of georgetown is to a greenwood man for 7750 each green river a great number of this commun ity are suffering from flu pneu monia and measles have broxen out among the children we hope al will soon 1k feeling much better little clarence beelby has gone to live with his sister mrs russ hodgson and will now attend the seventh concession school his cheery disposition will be missed here fnec was cancelled this week due to so much illness of its mem bers a special easter morning service is being planned in union sjsof pic tures and music full particulars later next sunday the sr bible class will take devotional period and the usual donation of eggs for sick childrens hospital will be received or leave at duncans store by march 24th visitor with mr and mrs g mcln tyre mr and mrs j badgero accompan ied mr and mrs d catherwood to a masonic banquet at brookiin last friday evening mrs a mantle who resides with her daughter mrs fred redshaw and family has not been well lately the baptist ladies are having a h spending a few days with her bro- chapman of aurora ther mr a beer and other friends two sons predeceased the mother some years ago about 50 members and friends of the goodfellowship class met on tuesday evening at the manse for their monthly meeting mrs man- ion and mrs rhodes were in charge of the program which consisted of easter hymns prayer by the pas tor the reading of the true life story of a young convert by mrs j quilting bee this week at the home morgan scripture reading by mr of mrs r forsythe another case of scarlet fever is reported in the community mr and mrs morgan evans accompanied by the vincent baker family of altona visited mr and mrs carl dopking at dundas one day last week miss lois baker remained for a weeks vacation the community mens club are holding a boxsocial in the commun ity hall on friday evening there will be a short program of home tal ent and the men will be disappoin ted if you arent there the farm forum met at the home of mr and mrs lipperd last monday evening when the subject discussed was do we farm the soil or mine it the monthly meeting of the w ms of the united church was held on thursday 11th with the presi dent mrs h g mclntyre in charge mrs w palmer the christian stew ardship secretary led in the de votional reading the last two chap ters of the study book great is the company was given by mrs n sanderson and mrsjl pilkey mrs kennedy prepared an interesting report of the recent presbyterial held in rowmariville which was read by mrs w evans the total membership for 1947 was 1556 an increase of 72 over the previous year and the total amount of money sent to the treasurer was 12800 an increase of 12500 in oshawa presbyterial which was quite gratifying news the prompt action on the part of mr edgar ward and the local fire brigade prevented what would have quickly developed into a seri ous blaze last wednesday fore noon when sparks from burning furnace pipes and chimney fell and smouldered on the roof of his fine brick farm residence a hurried fire alarm was sounded which brought an immediate response in the meantime mr ward ascended the roof and placed blankets over the smouldering patches which were soon extinguished by the chemical appliance of the fire brigade be fore any appreciable damage had been done there passed away in chatham on sunday march 7th mrs ann pugh relict of the late edward e pugh the late mrs pugh was 98 years of age but conducted her own housework as well as a woman twentyfive years her junior some badgerow a humorous reading on a trying day at the parsonage by mrs lehman and an irish solo by mrs evans an appreciative ad dress written by mrs carson with a hvnin book was presented to a past president mrs manion on the eve of her departure from our mid st in her reply mrs manion grac iously thanked the class for their kind remembrance which she would always cherish and assured them she would never forget the twelve happy years spent in ciaremont after two interesting quizz games and lunch the president mrs rey nolds thanked rev and mrs i e kennedy for their hospitality and the very fine evening farrs elevator ciaremont phone 38w res 38j robert millar brougham for service western grain chop ajax oats free of weeds no 21 barley alfalfa seed and clover seed wooden shingles at sg50 a square master feeds are proven have a bag of master chick starter on hand when the per diem rate was raised from 5 to sg in 1941 and he had not changed his views our boys went overseas and fought for 150 a day in this last m war and i never saw any resolution damage suit settled at assizes a damage case scheduled for a hearing by the assize court at whitby before mr justice d p kelly was settled out of court last week arthur j sutherland of ciare mont and his daughter helen aged 11 were awarded a total of 3s56 in their action against john blair of brookiin the girl was given s3000 and her father the balance for disbursements the action arose from an acci dent on the main street of clare mont on aug 22 19 16 when an auto driven by blair struck helen the plaintiffs claimed negligence on the part of blair and charged that he had been drinking helen suffered a fractured hip concussion and injuries to her right leg necessitating hospitaliza tion for more than a month she was placed in a cast until novem ber and was unable to attend her school until the following january thus losing a school year county council declines higher pay conscious of their civic duties ontario county councillors declined last week to vote themselves an increased rate of pay for attending council sessions councils committee on finance and assessment had recommended that the per diem rate for attending sessions be raised from 6 to 8 but members generally expressed the view that they were adequately paid at the present rate york county gets 800 per day with 7c mile once a week for travelling the question had been raised originally by n e mcewen deputyreeve pickering who spoke in consideration of those 10 cents for each mile travelled in attending council from the northern going to and returning from council part of the county meetings and seven cents for com pne after another councillors mittee meetings expressed their opposition to an remuneration for members of increase feeling that they had the countrys old age pension and accepted office not for the money mothers allowance board was they got out of it but for the ser- raised from so per day for meetings vice they might render attended to g mileage rate is seven thomas harding reeve reach cents recalled that he had been opposed on recommendation of the fin ance and assessment committee also the salary of county engineer d j kean was increased to 3160 this compares with a present salary of s2100 with additional fees mrs r ford and little daughters of highland creek were recent visit ors with her parents win and mrs ellicott mr w a knox also t r knox were at wingham for a couple of days last week attending the fun eral of their cousin mr e beelby of green river visited with j and mrs gray on sunday afternoon mrs- e carswell of oshawa visit ed on tuesday with her parents mr and mrs walter hamilton mr and mrs ross raine of oak- wood spent a recent weekend with mr and mrs wm gray a red cross meeting is being held in the office of mrs rhoten in the municipal building on monday march 22nd at s pm mr dean mairs has returned from a trip to the usa sponsored by the j i case co to their dealers on a special chartered cnr train some of the cities visited were chicago burlington bellendorf rock island rockford and racine including an organized trip to each of their plants a very pleasant evening was held at the home of mr and mrs cliff hubbord on saturday last when about thirtyfive neighbors and friends met to help them celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary the evening was spent with games and contests mr e wilson called the meeting to order and called on master keith balsdon who pre sented the happy couple with a silver cream and sugar and a silver tray from the neighbors and a chenille bedspread from the family a very dainty lunch in cluding a wedding cake was also en joyed by all a committee of the fire brigade held a second meeting on thursday evening to reorganize the brigrade six new men were added and two retired after some years of faith ful service the reorganization has brought the brigade up to date with a force of lo men including the chief and a reserve of five we are very pleased with the way the boys give their service on a 24hour basis without any remuneration the womans institute held their march meeting on tuesday after noon march 9th with a good at tendance the secretary read sever al letters from an english institute expressing their thanks for a box of provisions which was sent to them from brougham institute twenty dollars was voted to the crippled childrens fund for britain the blue cross was again under discussion and it was decided that the institute should take up this work plans were also made for the short course on your moneys worth in food to be held in the township hall on the afternoons of april oth and 6th mrs norton convener of histori cal research then took over the meeting and was assisted by mrs cassie who spoke on queenston heights mrs w c willson on toronto mrs burk on ottawa mrs burrows on laura secord and mrs sheppard gave a good descrip tion of the martyrs shrine the hostesses were mrs harlock and mrs mairs cows brought 17750 with coun cillor frank disney of pickering one of the buyers chunks of pigs varied in price from 25 to 36 sows sold at 71 each and hens 155 auctioneer farmer handled both sales farmers and income tax discussed at brougham the farmers income tax will be the highlight on the program at a joint meeting of the farm forum for brougham greenwood and whitby farmers in the town hall at brougham on monday march 22 this is a live issue the members of the government have allowed themselves 2000 tax free how much will the farmer be allowed off lets get to this discussion which will be followed by a social time euchre etc audley church service was held at the local church on sunday evenin when rev mr copeland spoke from the slides showing the work of the church in africa everyone extends to mack and mrs hedge every good wishes for their marital happiness for long life together a wolf is reported to have been near baggotsville and as yet no one is able to get a shot at the animal sympathy is felt for austin baker upon the death of his sister in tor onto he attended the funeral on monday last many are sorry to hear of the ill health of rev mr joblin of port perry his daughter mrs henry westney has been with him for a few days moss woods milking and coolers kooddoosoco machines for supervision of county bridges asking the government to increase the engineer in york county was their pay ho declared recently raised to s000 it has been the mileage rate will remain at stated greenwood miss katie green and friend miss brown of toronto were guests of miss edna green last sunday mrs j stones sister visited with her over the weekend we are sorry to lose the silcox family who are moving to burwash before very long a number of our local men went north one day last week on a fish ing trip but returned empty handed miss beatrice maclean was taken to the oshawa hospital last tuesday for treatment we certainly hope she may soon be better mrs j brooks mrs c mctaggart and mrs m pegg spent last tues day in the city a number from here took in the hockey game at oshawa last satur day night between markham and collingwood which was won by markham mr and mrs ed pascoe attended the funeral of the late mr hallet at pickering last thursday the kinsale folk are holding their euchre this friday night at the home of mr and mrs p clarke mrs james brooks celebrated a birthday last sunday and spent the afternoon with fred and mrsbyers mr and mrs a smitl of toronto were visitors with mr and mrs geo griffin also called at the fred byers home mr and mrs geo pegg white- vale visited relatives here last sunday mr bob mcvey and mr nose- worthy of toronto called at the tiome of mr and mrs m pegg last sunday the farm forum meeting was held at the home of roy and mrs hill last monday evening danforth bus lines toronto east pm sun hoi 915 1010 1020 1035 103s 1010 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 bound pm dailv ex suna hoi 55 g10 g20 g35 g3s 610 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat onlv 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 3 25 335 read down am dally ex sun hoi 915 940 950 1005 100s 1010 1020 1030 1035 1040 1050 am sun hoi 1000 1025 1035 1050 1053 1055 1105 1115 1120 1125 1135 brougham toronto bay and dundas danforth and luttrell scarboro jet malvern browns cor town line cedar grove locust hi green river brougham ciaremont clarkmont west bound am dailv ex sun hoi 840 s10 800 745 742 740 730 720 715 710 700 am sun hoi 935 910 900 s45 842 s40 830 820 815 810 800 pm daily ex sun hoi 150 125 115 100 1257 1255 1245 1235 1230 1225 1215 read up pm pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 345 sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 s20 815 810 800 parcel express dally 0x1383 eastern standard time reduction in fares effective sept 20th from toronto single fare return pare 110 to locust hill to brougham to clareirront 60 70 75 130 140 auction sale household furniture cooking utensils dishes the undersigned has received instructions to sell by public auction at village of claremont saturday mar 20 the following property belonging to the estate of the late miss emma brown 2 wooden beds springs mattress 2 iron beds springs mattress 1 bedroom carpets 2 toilet sets organ dominion sideboard music rack or book rack dining room table 2 clocks kitchen cupboard boiler number chairs 2 rocking chairs sewing machine standard 2 small tables kitchen washstand coal oil stove and oven new- perfection washing machine 2 wringers large kitchen table kitchen stove corona hanging lamps table lamps carpet sweeper pots and pans numerous other articles sale at i pm terms cash no reserve john scott clerk wid miller executor 204 ritson rd s oshawa ont a s farmer auctioneer conceit and pie social the friendly bible class of brougham will present a concert in the township hall at brougham on friday evening march 19th at 8 oclock program one act play a bachelors baby one act play bride and gloom a mock wedding solos by miss marion wannop greenwood and robert miller brougham songs by the bible class quartette mouth organ music by ernie crooks pickering ladies with pies free admission adults 35c- children 20c nwvsevvnsi attention farmers save money by buying your pasture cattle now before prices go up for sale this week 30 holstein heifers ranging from 1 to 2 years some vaccinated also 2 good stock bulls 10 close and fresh cows blood and tb tested l kahn son phone ciaremont s5 r2 the new waterloo 30 garden tractor with three forward speeds manufactured and distributed by waterloo mfg co at waterloo ontario who have had 100 years of experience in the manufacture of farm machinery this husky well built garden tractor will handle an 8 inch plow in any kind of soil up to 5 in depth and will plow an acre in 5 hours equipment available at present include plows disc harrows cultivators seeders hay mowers and snow blades these are all manufactured by waterloo mfg co and are especially adapted for conditions in our district see these tractors and equipment in our show room today buy waterloo and be assured of parts and service for all time to come c h bell son stouffville phone 281 ii minimum mortality healthy growth when feed prices are high be sure your chicks get an early start with minimum mortality coop chick starter contains the 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