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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 20 1949 glaremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madills store and overlands store mr chas cooper is in toronto this week attending the retail implements dealers convention- mr jack norton walked on with a fine new auto robe at the stoutfvillemarkham hockey match in the stouffville arena on wednes day night when he held the lucky number program the annual business meeting of the claremont united church will be held on thursday jan 27th all members and adherents are invited to attend mr a j sutherland announces that he will put his home on main street up for auction either jan 29th or feb 5th definite date not yet settled mr sutherland has been working at port hope and the family intend to take up resid ence there we understand- the home of mr geo scott was disposed of on saturday afternoon by public auction mr al robinson of the claremont coop was the buyer at 4500 e j pomeroy of oshawa was the auctioneer while a good crowd was on hand when the sale commenced many left the scene when rain began to fall the womens missionary society of the united church held their first meeting of the new year on thursday jan 13 in the sunday school room mrs mclntyre pies was in charge of the worship- ser vice mrs f carson read the scripture and rev kennedy led in prayer a very beautiful solo was rendered by mrs will evans accompanied by mrs w ward at the piano rev kennedy installed the officers for the new year the study book was taken by mrs badgerow and mrs reynolds tak ing the form of an interview with miss dr stella cheng of west china as a result of the outstand ing contribution in education made by our missionaries in west china many young people have become followers of jesus christ and are giving christian leadership weddings nighswandkk martix the wedding was solemnized at the pleasant view mennonite church columbiana ohio on sun day jan 9 1919 at 230 oclock when elva laura daughter of mr and mrs abram martin of salem ohio was united in marriage to harvey nighs wander son of mr and mrs peter nighswander altona ont bishop moses horst officiated assisted by kred nighs wander the bride was attended by her sister martha and cecil reesor cousin of the groom acted as best man green river mr and mrs bruce diamond had dinner with mr and mrs giles tran on sunday mr and mrs g freshwater were toronto visitors on sunday after noon we have been informed the iook of brougham have pur chased a hospital bed for charity this is for use of the surrounding communities the cgit will meet at the home of grayce and hazel carter on friday evening new bus lines set dp by hs area board several new bus routes were established by the new pickering high school area board at their first official meeting on wednesday evening don beer of brougham received a contract to operate a line from kinsale to brougham to pickering to whitby this line will carry some thirtyfive students a markham bus will pick up at green river and whitevale however the cost will now be borne bf pickering the ttc buses will be used to carry some 45 students to scarboro collegiate from balsam to claremont a large passenger car will be put in service as will also be the case from the 7th con to claremont contracts have not yet been agreed on with the bus operator carryin students from the altona area to stouffville high school and from the area east of mongolia to the stouffville school ross irwin was appointed chair man of the new board with percy xeale as vicechairman mrs fred white was engaged as secretary at a salary of 250 other members of the board are syd pugh b jamieson and h mitchell balsam and mt zion here con- wed- quite a number from attended the sunday school vention held at altona last nesday the community was shocked by the sudden death of mr john briggs who passed away on satur day while driving his car the late mr briggs was in his gsth year and was born in england and farmed most of his life in saskatchewan two years ago he married miss gertrude parrott of ashburn and then retired near brooklin left to mourn his loss are his wife and two daughters of moose jaw sask funeral was held on tuesday from his late residence interment was made in groveside cemetery brooklin the annual congregational meet ing will be held on friday night some increases for township employees some increases in salary have been granted to a number of employees of pickering township road maintenance workers who requested an increase at last weeks council meeting were granted time and a half for sunday and night work jas blackwell assessor will receive a pay hoist of 200 and 100 allowance for his car since mr spears has retired as assessor leaving only one man oir the job it has been agreed that additional office help will be engaged to assist the one assessor mr roy ward road super intendent will receive an additional 100 car allowance bringing this remuneration up to 1000 con stable fred white was appointed truant officer at a salary of 100 plus car mileage dr x e tomlin- son medical officer of health requested an increase from s00 to s1000 and was granted a raise of s100 mrs rhoten public health nurse was increased from 2100 a year to 2200 the position of caretaker for the brougham hall and the municipal offices is open for tender win ellicott the present caretaker has been receving a salary of 30 per month mr ellicott has asked for an increase up to 75 per month and council decided to call for tenders the position calls for attending the hall for over one hundred meetings a year in addi tion to caretaking duties in the municipal building additional office help is also to be engaged to assist the clerk mr lloyd johnston a 1940 model truck has been disposed of by the township the truck was advertised by tender and was sold along with a snow- plow for 600 the truck had travelled over 200000 miles on township work township assessor rehires after 23 years service adam spears assessor for the township of pickering for the past twentythree years has announced his retirement- mr spears has taken an active participation in the who reached the grand age of 91 years on friday mrs malcolm was about in her cheerful manner as usual mr roy carter and son lome mr g bennett and mr fred hamilton left on sunday by motor for a three weeks trip to florida those who attended the- ss convention held in altona last week found it to be one of the best in years twenty attended from union ss while our yp quartette furnished music for the evening service sympathy is extended to mr and mrs j mcpherson of whitevale in the anxiety of the loss of his father a number from here have volun teered to search for the missing man but so far with no avail mrs j xighswaniler entered a toronto hospital this week we we congratulate mrs a malcolm- hope for a speedy recovery brougham mr and mrs m hamilton were at claremont on friday afternoon calling on mr and mrs frank ham mr and mrs gordon trull of toronto visited mr and mrs j stewart oh sunday mrs dawson of claremont is visiting with her daughter mrs d l mairs and family mr george burton of ajax visit ed with his sister mrs m hamil ton on sunday congratulations to mr and mrs robt jackson of the seventh con cession on the arrival of a baby girl the brock road euchre club meets in the township hall every wednesday evening when every one is welcome to enjoy a pleasant evening at christmas the club donated and delivered twentyfour packs of playing cards to the men at sunnybrook hospital the regular annual meeting of st johns united church will be affairs of the municipality for forty years he has attained his 7sth year and is ready for a well earned rest council at their inaugural session agreed to grant mr spears a pension of 40 per month as compensation for his many years of service to the town ship church on thursday evening at s oclock the oddfellows of brougham lodge wish to announce that they now have available for loan to any requiring the same whether they are a member of the lodge or not one hospital bed mattress and mattress cover to anyone requiring same in the district for applica tion for this bed see d a beer of brougham or newton laughlin of cherrywood the brougham sr hockey team played cherrywood on thursday last with a score of 42 in favor of brougham danny moore twoyearold son of mr and mrs roy moore was taken to oshawa hospital last week where it was found neces sary for an operation at time of writing he is much improved a euchre sponsored by the womens institute will be held tuesday jan 25 in the township hall ladies please provide the womens institute met on tuesday jan 11 in the township hall with the president mrs r birrell presiding assisted by the secretary mrs m b burk and mrs b harvey at the piano during the singing of the odes a letter of thanks was read from the fred victor mission in appreciation of warm clothing sent them letters of thanks were also read from the shutins who received christmas boxes it was decided to spend 15 in prizes for brougham school children to be given at the end of the term an interesting report was given on the course personality and dress conducted by miss kidd at claremont in november mrs t g philip group leader of blue cross plan for hospital care in formed the meeting that the insur ance for 1919 will be due in feb will all members please take notice mrs x burton convener of home economics gave a very held on monday evening jan 21th fine program she was assisted by choir practice will be held in the mrs w willson mrs c burrows after nearly two exhaustive weeks 6sy earold john mac- phcrson of whitevale is still missing depsite the efforts of a 00man search party he was reported seen at unionville but nothing came of it air view of whitevale show macpherson home and church the latter a familiar landmark missing man went for a customary sunday afternoon walk on jan 9 took the big family dog with him the animal returned alone fertilizer spring is approaching and with spring- comes seeding time to avoid delay at that time order your fertilizer now and have it delivered we recommend the following analysis for spring sowing 2126 use 300 to 350 lbs per acre 31s9 use 230 lbs per acre if nitrogen is available in ample supply 0117 use 300 to 350 lbs per acre claremont cooperative phone 38w claremont ontario we deliver irs hetu mrs t g philip mrs a harvey president of north pickering red cross made appeal for blood doners she also said a canvass will be made in march for red cross funds the roll call easy supper dish brought a good response lunch was served by the following hostesses mrs w knox mrs c devitt mrs l matthews miss e seebeck mrs lemmon mrs g hodgson brougham public library the annual meeting of broug ham public library was held on jan 13th at the library with mrs harlock president in the chair the librarian reported 27 members and 243 books in circulation in 194s in addition to the school pupils to whom library privileges are extended through the courtesy and kindness of the- teacher mrs annis who chooses the selections from the library stock twentyfive books were donated to the school recently the treasurers report included the expenditure of 11433 for new books and incidentals and receipts of 2g76s leaving a bal ance of 15335 he members of the library board for 1949 are presi dent mrs 11 harlock vicepresi dent miss m gillman librarian mrs t c brown secyreas mrs t robertson directors mrs bruce ritchie mrs m annis mrs r miller admission to the dance at the elms this week is to be 50c instead of 75c as advertised a geologist says glaciers will cover the entire country a billion years from now thats an excel lent solution to our many prob lems but too slow of execution as far back as history goes no matter what governmental and economic systems nations set up some people had more spending money than others markham last dav thurs jan 20 margaret obrien in 10th ave angel friday saturday jan 21 22 gaiwnt adventure hearttugging thruisi the story of a j horse with a f great fighting -kbdrt-j- decolor ht ui smsup ihthoiw l riod 4 rollicking days monday lo thursday january 21 25 2i 27 you havent lived until youve seen it warner bros mke bsk i i lillsllli bbs sfanft lllitillfiij sbias i william irene pllpfeu dunne a v iyf edmund gwenn taylor zasuprns