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the tribune stouffville ont thursday may 13 1948 glaremont and district by starf correspondent local dealers madills store and overland store u v53eks5 p6 gfc farmers discuss formation of coop two weeks ago a meeting of district farmers held in the town ship hall brougham diseussfcj at length the formation of a farmer cooperative and a representation committee was appointed to further investigate and bring in a report this committee has now completed its work and will present its find ings to the farmers of the district next friday night may 14th at the brougham township hall at s30 pm it is hoped every farmer interested will endeavour o be present local store to change hands the a brooks smallwares store in claremont has been sold to clare keevil of bickering who will take possession on may loth mr brooks is employed in northern ontario while mrs brooks with the assist ance of her family has been operat ing the store we understand that mrs brooks and the three eldest sons will move to the former bacon farm just west of the village recently acquired by mr ed nor ton the brooks boys will operate the farm mr norton is employed near ajax we welcome mr and mrs chester who have taken possession of their new home which was recently purchased from the miller estate in the vihage service in the claremont baptist church will be withdrawn next sunday evening in favour of the anniversary services at goodwood a number of owners have been making extensive improvements on their homes recently mr james briscoe has put new foundation and floor and a fresh coat of paint on his veranda mr harold loyst has a newly shingled roof pulled oil the old siding and is putting a new foundation under the front part of his house mrs william neal has workmen busy at the foundation of the house purchased at the bate miss lnder- hil sale which she intends occupy ing when improvements have been completed the may meeting of the womens institute will be held on wednes day may 19th commencing at 230 oclock at the home of mrs donald mccullough the rollcall will be answered by your idea of success two topics the value of guid ance in our schools and the prospect of health will be taken by members motto wood on fire is fuel knowledge on fire is power lunch committee mrs w benson mrs h gregg mrs white mrs jordan transportation will leave corner around 215 pm mrs t bacon of stouffville visited with her daughter mr and mrs peddie and son on saturday rededication services in the new ly decorated baptist church were held at the regular services on sun day dicksons hill male quartette assisted with music at the morn ing service and the altona double trio at the evening service when the united church congregation were present and rev kennedy spoke a few words and led in prayer rev wenham preached at both services and the church was well filled with worshippers from the surrounding community all parents wishing to start pupils as beginners at the clare mont public school next september are asked to enroll their child on monday may 17th at 1 pm at the school the medical officer of health and the public health nurse will be present to give useful information of any condition found to be interfering with the childs health progress mr and mrs len pilkey and mr and mrs joe ward of oshawa mr and mrs bruce harton miss kathleen beelby and lady friend miss eileen cooper miss dorothy hockley miss mary morgan miss isobel gregg and miss doris daulphin all of toronto spent sun day with their respective parents and relatives and attended divine services at the morning session mrs c a overland was in tor onto on monday where she under went a further examination on her knee which was seriously injured in a car accident some time ago while mrs overland is out and around since the mishap she moves with difficulty repair work is expected to com mence shortly on the claremont united church where an architect laid out plans for improvements some time ago the work to be done includes lowering the ceiling and strengthening the walls in i addition to redecorating bud i bedford jones in st spang has the repair contract i at the united church service ruth sharon hall infant daughter of mr and mrs hall toronto and granddaughter of mr and mrs sutherland and robert charles sims infant son of mr and mrs charles sim- were baptized by the pastor rev 1 kennedy who later preached on the subject remem ber mothers home bible god on saturday afternoon may 1st mr and mrs t stanbury were honored guests at the marriage of their granddaughter helen mar garet daughter of mr and mrs atha news former greenwood pastor rev john bunner is dead a minister of the united church for over forty years rev john wesley bunner died in the oshawa general hospital on wednesday afternoon his health had been fail ing for some months and two weeks ago he had been confined to the hospital born in bowmanville in 1s66 of pioneer english parents his early years were spent there deciding to study for the ministry he entered albert college later graduating from victoria university as a minister of the methodist church he served in the early days at haliburton and later at have- lock xewtonville prince albert greenwood and other charges in the bay of quinte conference retiring from active ministry he returned to again make his home in bowmanville where he took an active interest in church civic and school affairs serving as an alder man on the town council he was a member of bowmanville lodge loof during the past two years he has resided in oshawa in 1s9s mr bunner married nellie grant who predeceased him surviving are one one daughter helen mrs stewart alger osh awa and three sons ewart of lon don grant and dwight of oshawa mr and mrs murray dunkeld called on mr will davidson of cherrywood who is quite ill and not improving as fast as his friends would like to see mr and mrs- gordon brown and two sisters visited mrand mrs nor man lehman on sunday mr and mrs david tran also mrs c a- overland of claremont spent monday in toronto mr and mrs lloyd pugh and barbara of claremont visited her parents mr and mrs win wallace on sunday congratulations to mr and mrs fred draper who are happy to announce the arrival of a baby girl at the brierbush hospital a little sister for eileen and freda mr and mrs murray dunkeld and family visited in oshawa on sunday mr and mrs ernie carruthers and ruth ann motored to niagara falls and st catherines on sunday to see the blossoms 90th birthday sunday on sunday may 10 mr l d banks of pickering will celebrate his 90th birthday failing eyesight prevents him from reading or writ ing but he enjoys fair health de spite these handicaps friends ex tend hearty congratulations frank parkinson of cobourg to mr william fairley son of mrs fairley and the late william fair- ley of merritt bc miss kathleen warner and the boys choir pro vided wedding music and rev h peters church officiated the bride given in mar riage by her father wore a portrait gown of bridal satin with slight train a coronet of seed pearls held her long veil and she carried delight roses and frusia with a sprig of white heather her atten dants chose picture frocks of orchid bud and cascade green crepe with sprays of pink carnations the best man was mr john parkinson after a reception at lakeview house the couple left for quebec the bride travelling in an ensemble of soft blue wool with navy coat anc accessories the couple intend making their home in vancouver spring meet and horse show harness races pony races and light horse show games kilty band uxbridge may 24th refreshments admission to grounds 35c parking on the grounds concert and dance in town hall in the evening children free 12 and under 7vvvwyf brougham the may meeting of stjohns wms auxiliary will be held at the home of mrs manson euicott on thursday may 20 at 230 pm when the ladies of the greenwood auxiliary will be entertained the visiting group will furnish the pro gram all ladies of the community are cordially invited to attend the may meeting of the happy circle mission band will be held in the school on saturday may 15 at 230 pm georgina duncan and her group will be in charge of the pro gram please bring needle and thread mothers day service was held in st johns church on sunday after noon with a good attendance mr manson euicott sunday school supt conducted the service assist ed by miss beulah hamilton miss ann barclay and little carol white rev i e kennedy told a very interesting story advising all to remember mothers love mothers teaching and mothers god a baptismal service was held for bettyjean knox daughter of mr and mrs ross knox garry ralph crawford son of mr and mrs ralph crawford and linda diane wright daughter of mr and mrs d wright rev i e kennedy officiated another enjoyable evening was held in the hall on friday may 7 when a number of friends and neighbors met to tender a mis cellaneous shower to mr and mrs clifford liscombe our latest newly- weds the number of useful and valuable presents showed the high esteem in which the young couple are held cliff is a brougham boy who has lived here all his life and has been employed by barclays transport for several years we extend best wishes to the young couple who are at present making their home at greenwood mr and mrs a bedford of tor onto were recent guests of mr and mrs a j gray on sunday may hi the regular church service will start at 915 am followed by sunday school miss squires regional supervisor ontario public health dept was in pickering township this week on a routine visit mr and mrs ted follows of hamilton spent the weekend with his parents mr and mrs wm follows mr w euicott and daughter diane of toronto spent mothers day with his parents mr and mrs wm euicott mr and mrs john knox and family of hampton spent the week end with their parents here mr and mrs h a hopkins of rosebank called on their daughter miss a hopkins one evening last week mr and mrs d l mairs and family visited with her parents mr and mrs dawson of claremont on sunday afternoon mr and mrs m harlock had tea boxcars that floated downsteream sank a boat in the foreground ton out just 35 minutes earlier are still being sought after this accident seen frm the air near field ont- five cars floated hundreds of yards and have not yet been found while others floated a short distance and checks the numbers of cars in the sturgeon river while in the background spectators visit the accident scene a second freight accident derailed 20 cars at bur- blocking the main line and forc ing the transcontinental passen ger trains to detour officials said aerial view of the field wreck shows the cars slid down the steep banks on sunday with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs gordon duncan of green river mr and mrs clin hubbord also mr and mrs c balsdon of picker ing and mr fred hamilton called on their parents mr and mrs m hamilton on mothers day mr and mrs a j gray and fam ily visited with mr and mrs lawrence gray on sunday mr and mrs hardy and billy of toronto visited with her parents mr and mrs wm knox on sunday a unique occasion was marked at the home of mrs t c brown on sunday when no less than eight great grandchildren of this well- known pioneer lady of mrs brown were all present in the home at one time they were helen patsy and kenneth knox howard and george malcolm richard and lynda wells and gary crawford they are children of mr and mrs john knox hampton mr and mrs rob malcolm west of the village mr and mrs john wells toronto and mr and mr ralph crawford brougham 50c an hour wage quite ah right say some ontario county councillors tliorali reeve says hed be glad to get that much i want to ask a few questions dr neil e mcewen of pickering announced at the county council session in whitby most pertinent of the doctors queries was how much is this county paying for road labor he supplied the answer 50c an hour dr mcewen told how he was driving along the road one day and stopped to talk to some county employees who were knocking off for the day at 430 he had noticed that they started on the job at 930 how do you expect a man to support his wife and family on that the doctor challenged as a member of this council i felt mighty small when they told me what they got i mentioned that they were leaving the job early and they said what the h do we care replying the chairman of the county road committee countered with last year these men were getting only 35 and 40 cents an hour t d thomas of east whitby at 50c an hour i dont see how any man could show much interest in the job in east whitby we have it thrown tip to us that the county of ontario is paying these low wages but the confirmation of it is news to me one councillor suggested that the employees come from the north part of the county where living is cheaper in the uncivilized areas andrew muir quipped is that your basis for complaints about the assessment thomas harrison of thorah im a farmer and i guess i have one of the better farms in the neighbourhood id be glad to get 50c an hour my own hired man does better than i do mr mclntyre we had better reduce your council stipend mr thomas at last i know why so few farmers pay income tax for real results try the tribune classified adv columns c ttr co o codxty accepts 21361 for all ajax back debts ontario county council friday accepted 2130130 to write off all the back debts incurred by the county and pickering township in providing municipal services to the crownowned village of ajax the council at the same time entered into agreement with central mortgage and housing cor poration to accept 9000 annually for administration of municipal services many members expressed the view that the sum was inade quate and reeve t d thomas of east whitby township asserted that if theyre willing to give us a sum like that for each of the next two years you can see that they have an idea of what it cost us over the past six reeve thomas harrison thorah township asserted that the exact total of costs incurred by the county might never be known when the original munitions plant was being built the govern ments heavy trucks cut the road throughout that area into pieces the federal government isnt playing santa claus to us thats certain reeve harrison declared george finley central mortgage representative told council he envisaged a future city at ajax and said the governmentowned company intended to transform ajax into an asset that this county can be proud of commenting on the final settle ment t k creighton progressive conservative nominee for the legis lature stated that its a preelec tion settlement that ottawa could not very well avoid making in a lastminute effort to avoid the wrath of the electors council members contend that there are no exact figures on just how much the county has paid out mill rate lower but taxes same in pickering pickering council has confirmed the 191s tax rate of 177 mills applicable to the whole township village of pickering rate is an additional two mills rate for high school purposes in all areas except claremont and pickering where there are continuation schools is 22 mills township clerk l t johnston pointed out that although the gen eral rate was 2359 last year the lower 194s rate does not mean lower taxes because of the equalized assessment proceedings whereas the assessment last year was approximately 4500000 this year it is over 7000000 a special meeting will be called in about two weeks to further dis cuss the question of pickering township approving the high school area proposal reeve w h west- ney stated barn destroyed by fire at greenwood brougham may 10 a serious barn fire occurred here on friday when the barn on the farm of mr d tweedie was totally destroyed by fire and was beyond control before brougham fire brigade arrived on the scene however the fire lads saved the large shed adjacent to the barn and neighbors removed the contents of the barn the loss was covered by insur ance with t birkett son stouff ville and the cause of the fire is a mystery mr tweedie was away at the time and mrs tweedie sum moned the aid of neighbors when the alarm was sent to brougham in municipal service cost to the village that doesnt pay taxes y y y markham summer policy continuous nightly from 730 pm doors oimii 700 pm matinee saturday at 200 pm thursday and friday may 13lh 14th dan daily jeanne crain in you were meant for me special extra the silver wedding anniversary an outstanding film record of the lives of king george vi and queen elizabeth all the pageantry historic events and intimate family gathering its the short subject of the year direct from britain saturday only may 15th a boy a girl a horse and people you know or hope to know jean parker russell hayden in o rolling home added attraction in cinecolor monte hale in under colorado skies monday tuesday wednesday may 1718 19th bing crosby bob hope dorothy lamour in to rio due to further holdover engagements in toronto sitting pretty will be shown at this theatre starting monday may 31st