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the tribune stouffville onu thursday december 9th 191s glaremont and district bv staff correspondent local dealers maduts store and overlands store mr k b woods local coop accountant took up residence on monday on the 7th con of picker ing in a house belonging to mr e crossland mr woods conies from alliston- mrs keith drake of oillia and children spent a few weeks with her parents mr and mrs f ward while her husband was con fined to the general hospital with a foot affliction albert boake and family of pine orchard mr murray mcmullen and mr and mrs gerald arm strong of port dover spent last weekend with mr and mrs earl mcmullen friends will be pleased to learn that mr c a overland who has been ailing now for several weeks hopes to be up and about in his store again shortly readers look for the large ens- play advertisement in this paper next week of chas cooper many christmas suggestions and other items will be listed the december meeting of the womens institute will be held on the 3rd wednesday dec loth at the home of mrs w lehman commencing at 230 the roll will be answered by quoting a favorite bible verse mrs kennedy will speak on the book of books and the report of central ontario con vention will be given all members are asked to bring candy some of which will be served instead of the usual lunch balance used for christmas boxes an appeal for good secondhand or new clothing for babies and children up to 11 years for the shelter in oshawa has been made by the executive of s ontario avomens institutes clothing may be brought to the regular meeting of the institute or left at the home of mrs mclntyre this is a community appeal the wa bazaar held last fri day in the basement of the united church proved quite a success a splendid variety of articles were sold and around s150 was realized thanks to everyone who contri buted in any way the lawn bowling club held their annual meeting last week and re elected last years officials for next year as follows president mr ed goodwin of oshawa vice- presidents air fred ward mr tom hammond secytreas mr irwin we are glad to report the return of mrs m williamson to her lovely home after an emergency opera tion for appendicitis in the tor onto general hospital very recently miss isobel prouse of toronto and gladys prouse of georgetown spent the weekend at their respective homes mrs oscar barber had the mis fortune of breaking her kneecap at uxbridge and has been confined to her bed the past two weeks two nearby neighbours are kindly playing the good samaritans must hold second nomination claremont ratepayers will go through the formality of a second nomination meeting this thursday evening the three trustees who were nominated at last weeks meeting and consented to accept office were not legally signed up on their nomination papers in time due to an error and thus the pro cedure must be gone through again in some unknown way some ancient nomination papers got into the hands of the claremont authorities which allowed candi dates six days in which to sign up for office rather than the legal twentyfour hours papers printed with this ruling have not been in use for some years local member for high school area there is considerable discussion in some local quarters regarding an appointment of a member to the new pickering township high school area coming from the immediate claremctnt vincinitry the matter was discussed at the meeting of pickering township council last week and at least one councillor pointed out that none of the prospects for the office so far approached would accept how ever the names of edgar ward and ernie baker are now prominently mentioned as possible members dunbarton public school board will have one appointment by virtue of their largest school attendance figures released by the statistics branch of the orftario department of agriculture show the make of butter in ontario county in octo ber was 61901 pounds as compared with 75441 pounds in october 1947 the total make for the 10 months of the present year in the county was 74079s pounds as com pared with 782727 pounds in the same period a year ago claremont bride to reside in toronto in a quiet ceremony at the united church parsonage green wood on saturday dec 4th miss dorothy june sutherland daughter of mr and mrs a j sutherland claremont became the bride of gerald clark son of mr and mrs percy clark of greenwood rev mr lucman performed the cere mony the couple was attended by harold clark brother of the groom and mrs r h forbes sister of the bride a short recep tion was held for the immediate families at the brides home in claremont the couple will make their home in toronto school children vt letter from rev wenham a few days ago mrs porters class got a very interesting letter from mr wenham our former baptist minister here in claremont written from his new home in vorkton saskatchewan he says in part i was surprised and very pleased to receive all your wonder ful letters mrs wenham and i read them all over thinking of each of you dwigiu has not read them u as yet as he has been busy with his school work i am glad that mr kennedy is telling you stories i certainly miss that half hour every week with all of you we like yorkton very much a few weeks ago we had a big field day and dwight was chosen to run for his school he also has a very interesting job that of helping to train police dogs which are used to find little boys and girls who get lost in the bush or fields j one of our most interesting jobs is broad casting our service the first sunday morning each month yes i use the things that you gave me and i like them very much thank you very much for all your lovely letters len wenham 191 2nd ave yorkton sask stouffville stmas m and horse show township t 1390 for pickering brigades fortythree fire calls accounts were received at the last regular meeting of pickering township council for five calls answered by the three local brigades pickering claremont and brougham pickering answered 13 calls outside the village a record figure and for which they received 31390 ciaremonts bill was for 400 and brougham 52000 mr hale no 2 highway asked council for permission to erect five double cabins on his property council agreed to the new cabins providing they were built accord ing to the specifications set out at the meeting approval of council was given the east woodlands ratepayers for the erection of an outdoor skating rink goxl30 we should have regulations for collecting garbage in the south of the township declared deputy- reeve mcewen in answer to a req uest for a garbage collectors license we havent any regulations for garbage collection hut we should have agreed reeve w 11 west- ney council agreed that such regula tions might dispose of much trouble over roadside dumping tenders were opened for the purchase of an additional show- plow tenders ranged up to s00 but sawyermassey received the contract to supply a new champion plow for 68400 payment was made to a mc- kenzie of lot is con 5 of 2500 for one sheep killed by dogs the resignation of the sanitary inspector and school attendance officer dr loos was tabled in council dr loos stated that he could not continue the positions on a parttime basis the doctor sug gested that a combination be made with that of building and plumb ing inspector there are no regulations on the township books governing pool halls it was revealed when mr johnson a south pickering rate payer placed a request before ouncil for a license the only existing halls are governed by police village regulations a communication from the solici tor mr ruddy informed council that proposal of the township hockey league to add 100 to each tax bill for the purpose of erecting a skating rink it as illegal such money would have to be raised on a debenture vote the same as any other money bylaw how they voted poll disney mceweti balsdoh burk swan todd kingston va 30 2s 51 34 6 46 pickering 45 167 1s5 116 25 14 liverpool 17 is 53 30 14 45 dunbarton 53 70 9s 63 49 97 woodlands 79 105 109 70 9 151 cherrywood 45 33 61 49 24 55 kinsale 79 11 60 70 s 71 brougham 135 53 131 149 21 135 white vale 102 21 s5 so 20 97 mt zion 103 4 7s 75 5 7 claremont 105 51 96 12 31 us altona 02 3 51 50 1 59 pickering beach 1 20 25 4 0 7 frenchmans bay 37 60 103 10 52 fairport beach 19 2 3s 14 24 36 rouge 9 14 19 15 3 20 brock lid 31 57 65 70 19 17 totals 9g4 773 131 1069 317 1262 on tuesday december 21 1948 prize list best percheron or belgian mare or gelding best clydesdale mare or gelding heavy draught teams 20 15 1600 lbs and over light draught teams 20 15 entry fee 1 10 5 3 2 10 12 5 8 12 8 1600 lbs and under amateur class for teams 15 belgian or percheron teams 20 15 4horse teams 10 single wagon horse in harness 10 pony in harness 14 hindi and under 10 8 10 12 8 8 5 3 5 5 8 5 5 4 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 entries must be made with the secretary lloyd turner by u 12 oclock noon the day of the show entrv fee 100 u a welcome to stouffville on dec 21st ti township municipal building gets uptodate plumbing job pickering township munici pal building at brougham has blossomed out with fine new washrooms and drinking fountains the washrooms are on the second floor and the fountains in the council board rooms and township nurses office the fixtures are an improve ment long due in the building and the council is to be con gratulated in getting the job completed the cost was approximately 1100 and the contractor was dean mairs brougham mrs e woodward and daughter evelyn also mr and mrs jack stewart visited with mrs pollard of oshawa on sunday mr l w sheppard has been on the sick list during the past week but is now somewhat improved mr and mrs e e crocker of toronto called on mrs l matt hews one day last week mr and mrs carter and family had tea on sunday with his sister mr and mrs a j gray harvey liscombe son of mr and mrs david liscombe has been confined to his bed during the past week due to an attack of pneu monia but is now improving slow ly the infant son of mr and mrs fred hicks was taken to sick childrens hospital one day last week where he underwent an operation we all hope he will soon be better mr and mrs r middleton of goodwood called on mr and mrs ross middleton on sunday mr and mrs eli mairs were recent guests of his cousin dean and mrs mairs and family congratulations to mr and mrs chas liscombe on the arrival of a little son mrs w hamilton spent a day last week with her mother mrs carter of whitevale who we are glad to report is able to be around again mr and mrs martin routley of brooklin also mr and mrs l b routley of montreal called on the formers sister mrs l matthews on friday last mrs geo philip was at toronto last week attending the funeral of her brother the late russell brodie who was well known in this com munity mrs ryan and miss pearl carl ton of toronto visited with mr and mrs m hamilton on sunday miss margaret duncan of tor onto called on friends over the weekend and attended the bazaar on saturday the womens institute is to be congratulated on the success of their bazaar in the township hall on dec 1th the president mrs r birrell called on mrs brady the district president to open the bazaar which she did in a few well chosen words the tables looked very attractive with their christ mas decoration and the waitresses very charming in the institute colours yellow and mauve they realized a substantial sum from the sale of aprons home baking candy miscellaneous articles and afternoon tea many from outside points were present several mem- i bers were at claremont on thurs- i day dec 2nd attending the course personality and dress conducted by miss kidd of the department the regular monthly meeting will be held in the township hall on tuesday dec 14th report of the annual convention will be given by the delegate mrs l w sheppard roll callgift for the childrens aid society hostesses will be mrs albert gray mrs george gray mrs robert malcolmn mrs george duncan and mrs jack mitchell audley the school concert will be held in the school room on monday evening dec 13th it has been a good month for getting the farm work done yet some people had to work on sun day last with tractors the jersey breeders of the two counties are having their annual meeting at the hotel in brooklin on the icth which takes the form of a banquet several foxes and a deer have been seen by local farmers here lately congratulations to the elected members of our council on mon day last the reeve attended the county council meeting in whitby this week balsam and jit ziox born on saturday dec 4 at the brierbush hospital stouffville to mr and mrs lloyd wilson a son mr irving mcavoy is sporting a new plymouth car mrs stewart of toronto put on a wearever brush demonstration at the homes of mrs frank hay- ward and mrs frank mcavoy on friday night mr and mrs r day motored to gravenhurst on saturday mr and mrs lewis jones and family visited sunday with mr and mrs alf parrott of ashburn mr irving mcavoy kathleen bemice and mary visited sunday with mr and mrs nerval mcavoy at layton the annual christmas tree will be held on dec 17 and a white gift service on sunday dec 12 at 2 pm the active service class will meet on tuesday night dec 1 1 at the home of mrs cecil disney cecil disney lome jones davis and homers families all have the chicken pox a chicago woman has divorced the same man four times in the past three years at that rate shell soon wear film ot dragging him through the courts coop feeds lor poultry hogs dairy are scientifically balanced to give maximum production most economically coop feeds are your feeds made to serve your requirements all coop feeds are formulated and registered by united cooperatives of ontario and are mixed at your local claremont coop contact your local manager when requiring electrical appliances farm machinery farm supplies fertilizer agricultural chemicals grain hardware building supplies petroleum supplies seed and milking machines 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