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the tribune stouffviile ont thursday march 25 1948 claremont and by 3ta3 correspondent the local church congregations are holding joint evening services during the week commencing at local dealers brougham mr and mrs lloyd gregg and mr and mrs ross madill attended madill eight oclock with the two pastors jlenue in charge on monday wednesday jj ice carnival at tne maple leaf and good friday evening the ser- gardens ast week and saw vice will be held in the baptist church and on tuesday and thurs day evening in the united it is hoped that main- will avail them- barbara ann mr everson norton was at peter- boro last week attending the jr farmers judging competition when selves oftniropportunity of public he c 06 out of a worship before easter possible 100 points and ontario also mr charles cooper has improved the lead congratulations the genera appearance of his hardpron war store by the installation of l ani mrs root miller spent new fluorescent lights j je weekend with john and mrs mr rov morgan who has been inj hampton the hospital for the past couple oft the thank offering- service of weeks underwent an operation on the wms will be held on april 4 saturday morning which we all 8 pm with mrs lutfman of hope will be the means of restoring greenwood as guest speaker his health jhn knox and familv are miss june morgan spent the upending a few days with her weekend visiting with her friend pa a jj ma miss carol johnson ont county wins at quinte seed fair ajax murder trial cost pickering 2000 substantiate ontario governments view that relief needed from cost of services county pickering has been paying governments to lease the land at the cost of educating grade 11 and ajax to private industry j 12 students at ajax as well as president of the ajax chamber of miss isobel gregg and miss mary morgan of toront spent sunday with their respective families here mrsdavid pugh spent a couple of days with mr and mrs feasby at sandford and returned sunday evening mr t hammond has rented the home of the late mis emma brown and expects to move in with his family during the week in the meantime electricity is being installed by mr gray of brougham prospects were not very bright for a successful box social to be held last friday evening but fortunately the weather cleared and although it was damp under foot a goodly number assembled in the community hall a fine pro gram of local talent consisting of vocal solos quartettes reading and instrumental numbers was greatly enjoyed mr atkinson of stouff viile auctioned the gaily decorated boxes the proceeds amounting to around ss500 for the community mens club mr and mrs 1 badgerow attend ed the lumbermens annual ban quet and dance at the royal york recentlv in company with mr and mrs v schell of stouffviile and report a very fine evening of social enjoyment the baptist womans circle will hold their monthly meeting on tuesday march 30th at the home of the pastor rev wenham will deliver the easter address on resurrection the corner stone of christs teaching all members and friends are cordially invited the womens institute was held on wednesday afternoon of last week at the home of mrs tomlin son it was revealed by the roll call responses that the most popular home remedy for colds was asperin and baking soda a very interesting paper with accompaning pictures of many famous places carried the members through an imaginary trip to the land of perpetual sum mer california a stpatricks lunch was served by the committee appointed it was decided to send s5000 to save the european child ren fund and s1500 to the local library a representative of the upper canada bible society tran sacted a profitable business in the sale of bibles and testaments among those present when some person directed him to the place of meeting near its close a number of comments have been heard from time to time upon the lack of interest on the part of many in the general appearance of our small town which is a pity dirty muddy sidewalks broken glass and bottles paper ashes and trucks parked anywhere and every where provide enough reason for unfavourable comments from par ticular folk now that spring has come let us each take pride in help ing to create a cleaner appearance of our yards and streets and listen for the expressions of praise from the lips of both residents and visitors why not enlist the cooperation of the boys and girls also in this worthy cause 3000c for your requirements in baled hay and straw maple lodge farms phone 4707 stouffviile rri the concert in the hall on friday evening sponsored by the friendly bible class drew a large crowd the plays a bachelor baby and bride and gloom or leap year wedding proved real treats and were enjoyed by all much credit is due these young people for their work mr and mrs w j brown of toronto visited with his mother mrs t c brown on sunday mrs ralph crawford and little son garry are spending a few days with her parents howard and mrs malcolm miss mildred gillman spent the weekend with her friend mis wilkinson of toronto mr and mrs thos- norton and sons attended the ice carnival in toronto recently and also saw barbara ann scott the many friends of mrs b ritchie are sorry to hear that she is in the hospital in toronto where she recently underwent a serious operation miss ruth gillman entertained a couple of girl friends from toronto over the weekend mr and mrs bob harvey of haliburton visited his mother over the weekend mrs smith and daughter visited mr and mrs wm knox on sunday the march meeting of stjohns wms auxiliary was held at the home of mrs geo duncan on thursday march is with a large number of members present the president mrs m ellicott pre sided and the devotional period opened with hymn no 41 mrs albert gray read the scripture which was found in mark 4 28 the lords prayer was repeated by all and then hymn 28 followed mrs h plaxton read the minutes of the last meeting the president report ed that three large boxes of cloth ing had been sent to europe and the secretary read a letter of thanks for the box sent to japan last fall the committee arranging for a speaker for easter thank offering reported that the thank offering would be held on sunday april 4 at 8 pm with mrs luffman of greenwood as speaker and special music mrs john white as con vener was in charge of the very interesting program with the bible for africa and south america as the subject the mem bers responded to the roll call with since the close of the war in 1945 pickering township and ontario county council have been saddled jwith the expense of supplying ser- at the quinte district seed fair- to tl federal government which was held in peterborough housing centre at ajax without march 17th20th exhibitors from i receiving a cent in revenue from ontario county were quite success- the settlement township officials ful having won six firsts and live claim inoaseuspresedvl legislation introduced in the of the counties taking part with provincial legislature now enables forty six exhibitors showing in theie municipalities paying the bills various classes j to have an order in council passed the following is a list of the relieving them of all financial commerce r e ramsdon said our only problem here is the lack of industry all the residents have to go outside for employ ment he explained commencing on the complaints of pickering township council mr prize winners from ontario county new exhibitors exhibitors who have never shown at the quinte seed fair barley 1st morley bain zephyr 3rd russel morrison beaverton wheat 1st morley bain zephyr late oats 1st ross cookman blackwater early oats 2nd morley bain zephyr open classes timothy 1st morley bain zephyr 3rd howard malcolm rl locust hill late oats 2nd uxspring farms ltd r3 uxbridge early oats 6th w f batty son brooklin 9th lloyd lee sea grave peas 1st howard malcolm rl locust hill winter rye 1st harold norton claremont 2nd ivan norton good wood buckwheat 4th howard mal colm rl locust hill winter wheat 2nd howard mal colm locust hill 6th w f battv responsibility for such centres if they cannot reach an agreement with the dominion government reeve w h westney pickering said that with the aid of ontario indents seeking special courses costs going up we provide tb aftercare hos pitalization for indigent patients and child welfare without getting a cent in return and the costs are rising al the time he said the responsibility is solely that ramsden said the thorn in its of the federal government the side was the 10000 the county had province or the local municipality to pay out for the audrey lyons should not be responsible or a war murder trials project i understand pickering had to reeve westney said ontario pay 2000 of it he related county council had put quite a bit mr ramsdon said he would like of pressure on the federal govern- to see ajax become a municipality ment paying taxes to the county however he added the fed- at present it is being held as a eral government doesnt seem to defense unit and by the looks of care as long as the bills are being the international situation i guess paid it will be for some time yet he residents were asking the federal declared a verse from the bible containing the word risen the meeting closed with hymn no 253 and a prayer by the president a very enjoyable lunch was served by the hostesses mrs geo duncan mrs w bayles and mrs h plaxton the brougham hockey team journeyed to cannington last wed nesday for an exhibition game with their oha entry and after a very close game beforea large crowd in their new rink the score in regular time ended in 12 to 12 but in the very start of the overtime broughams goal tender did not quite realize that the game was on again when cannington got an easy goal not deserved by their play- the game was so close that in the regular time with only three minutes to go and brougham one goal down decided to take out the goal tender and they tied the game up although brougham lost the one game that would have put them in the township league playoffs their manager don beer along with several others still think they had the best team which is shown by the following games brougham either tied or defeated the follow ing teams this vear ajax 6 1 markham 4 4 dunbarton 7 2 brooklin 5 5 blackstock 1812 bowman ville 7 3 cannington 1212 son brooklin 10th lloyd lee seagrave spring wheat 2nd howard mal colm locust hill reg winter wheat 5th w f batty son brooklin in connection with the seed fair there was a bacon carcase exhibit and display sponsored by canada packers ltd and the dominion department of agriculture in this class three carcasses were chosen from each of the seven counties in the quinte district the three car casses chosen from ontario county stood first in the class and they belonged to grant windatt game- bridge whose hog carcass was the reserve champion carcass 2nd roy scott seagrave and 3rd bruce tocher sunderland also with the carcass exhibit there was a carcass judging competition five county boys took part the ontario county team composed of everson norton locust hill jack pearsonuxbridge and keith heron blackwater stood first in the competition there was also a junior farmer seed judging competition in which teams of boys from seven counties participated the ontario county team composed of lawrence evans uxbridge r3 bruce boy ington r4 uxbridge and stewart annand r2 uxbridge was tied for third place just one point behind the second place team in the individual classes law rence evans was awarded first place in the oat judging and bruce boyington first place in the red clover judging municipal councils will not be al lowed to exceed their 1947 budget according to dept of highway offi cials who are trying to hold road expenditures to the level of last year auction sale of 50 acre farm ne u lot 13 con 2 uxbridge with buildings sat april 3 1948 2 pm at the premises 1 mile south of goodwood 3 acres more or less hardwood balance pasture and arable land there is said to be erected on the said lands a frame house and two frame barns a silo and a good well the line fences are said to be good terms 10 cash at time of sale and balance in 30 days on delivery of title and possession subject to reserve and the usual conditions to be read at time of sale or may be seen on application to the under signed harris harris wallace alvin s farmer uxbridge ontario gormley ont solicitors for the estate of v auctioneer william whittleton and morley j whittleton gormley cement block co rock face blocks a specialty we now have for immediate delivery both 8 and 10 plain and rock face cement blocks these blocks are steam cured in kilns to give you good sound blocks without chips and cracks order now to avoid disappointments in the spring and summer any information or estimates glady given phone stouffville 7320 toronto ma 7709 gormley ont ioc ioc30i public notice fire calls pickering township the township of pickering is divided into three fire areas and those requiring service are requested to call the brigade in own area 1 lake ontario to centre of concessions 4 and 5 in lot 1 to greenwood creek and centre line between concessions 3 and 4 from greenwood creek to lot 35 call pickering fire brigade 2 centre between concessions 4 and 5 in lot 1 to green wood creek and centre between 3 and 4 from greenwood creek to lot 35 to centre of concessions 7 and 8 lots 1 to 35 call brougham firebrigadepickering98 r4 3 centre between concessions 7 and 8 to uxbridge town- line call claremont fire brigade all calls to brigade not in your area are at residents own expense if extra help required your fire chief or officer in charge only will call another brigade at township expenses by order of council dont wait for this lloyd johnston clerk torn danforth bus lines toronto east pm sun hoi 045 1010 1020 1035 103s 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 bound pm dailv ev sunvi- hol 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 710 720 read down pm sat oniv 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 325 335 am sun hoi 1000 1025 1035 1050 1053 1055 1105 1115 1120 1125 1135 am dally ex sun ho 915 940 950 1005 1003 1010 1020 1030 1035 1040 1050 brougham toronto bay and dundas danforth and luttrell scarboro jet malvern browns cor town line cedar grove locust hill green river brougham claremont claremont west bound am dailv ex sui hoi s40 s10 800 745 742 740 730 720 715 710 700 am sun hoi 935 910 900 345 s42 840 830 820 815 810 800 pm daily ex sun hol 150 125 115 100 1257 1255 1245 125 1230 1225 1215 read up pm pm sat onlv 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 345 parcel express oxi383 dally reduction to locust hill to brcakrham to clarenwnt sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 eastern standard time in fares effective sept 20th from toronto single fare so 70 return fare 110 130 14 order coal now and we do mean now dont wait until the mercury- drops to zero until next winters winds find their way through the crevices in your house save yourself worry order now protect yourself against any possible shortage or delay in obtaining fuel by calling today to the stouffviile coop phone 269 stouffville