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the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 14 1949 claremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madills store and overlands store in addition to making his home purchased the j fair residence more comfortable doug norton is adding to the appearance of the place with insulbrick siding the job was fast being completed on this wellknown main st home this week claremont coop has completed the installation of a new heavy duty engine to assist in operating their feed mill near the cpr the new engine gives the plant one hundred horse power capacity miss peggy overland of toronto was a weekend visitor with mrs c a overland a nice job is being done by the county in the village here with the new hardtop being placed on the brock road and the 9th con west beamish construction is the con tractor mr harry porter announces that his barber shop will be closed for summer vacation for one week commencing monday july 25th irving rolling escaped serious injury when he was thrown from the mower as the horses unexpect edly bolted and ran away thrown off the machine it passed over him but his injuries were not as serious as might have been big reduction in hats and dresses on thursday friday and saturday july 14th 15th and 16th at mrs m watts stouffville after this sale the store will be closed until further notice mrs g mclntyre attended a family reunion last week in her old home town in a northern section of ontario mr and mrs t stanbury enjoyed a visit with a grandson and a couple of pals from the city who came from toronto to enjoy some fishing at scugog lake last week master murray taylor had a tonsil and adenoid operation last saturday in stouffville hospital by our local doctor murray came home later in the day and is doing fine we regret that mr drew our station agent is in the hospital at present having undergone an oper ation mr s taylor has been vigorous ly digging for a well at his home home during the past couple of weeks when away from the bakery business rush hours he has reached a depth of 32 feet in hard clay and hopes another foot or two will bring the desired flow little miss sylvia johnston and wayne and eleanor butler are spending this week holidaying with the latters mother at the home of airs butlers brother in delhi mrs butler spent last week visiting her children at harold johnstons home mr h mills of toronto sang a fine bass solo in the baptist church during the morning service last sunday the baptist sunday school is holding its annual picnic on saturday afternoon of this week in an ideal location mrs earle beare spent a couple of days in toronto last week mr and mrs h mills visited on sunday with mr and mrs j mc- cullough the community is rejoicing over the wonderful rainfall on saturday replenishing the cisterns and bringing a new lease of life to the dying gardens and flowers we wish to welcome the new comers to our community namely mr and mrs buckles and daugh dr and mrs clarke of toronto who purchased the former x wagg estate and mr and mrs and family who purchased the judd residence mr woods is tne cooperative secretary with the exception of the moiiv ing sunday school service the doors of the united church remained closed last sunday after the recently redecorated church the purchase of chimes and special services of the past few sundays it seems a great pity to find a silence now it is hoped that the congregation will find its way to the open church on the hill until the situation is altered next month claremont ladies ball team won in the return game with whitby 83 last wednesday june 29th on tuesday evening july 5th they also won 43 with sunderland ladies in claremont park the team is hoping to purchase suitable suits with money canvassed locally during the week w h moore cpr agent here is improving since his severe illness in st michaels hospital the other employees on the road in this division presented mr moore with lovely flowers last week the womens institute will hold their regular meeting and picnic on thursday july 21st at the home of mrs- lloyd pugh there will be an exhibit of articles from holland by a recent bride topic asleep at the switch roll call what i like best when im sick sports committee mrs m johnson mrs reynolds mrs catherwood everyone provide lunch everyone welcome their golden wedding day mr and mrs henry shea 127 boston ave toronto formerly of pickering celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on sunday july 10 with a family gathering held at the home of their eldest son w g shea hollywood farms manilla ont all of their children three sons and three daughters were present for the occasion along with 25 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren a purse of money was presented to the couple from the family besides numerous other gifts claremont school entrance results the following pupils were grant ed high school entrance standing on the teachers recommendations dorothy brooks ruth davidson june davis doris hilts eva nighs- wander merle lobinson william robinson wallace storry shirley taylor the following passed the final written examinations clarence beelby jiazel carter honours nelda dunkeld blair evans doreen findlay dorothy graham honours barbara hall honours richard hazlehurst herbert hornshaw nancy ivings murray johnson honours otto kahn murray lynn maurice marshman jean schneider hon ours bernice duncan on account of illness was granted standing under regulation 29 ronald hamilton was granted standing under regulation 2s ter miss dr shaver who recently ments a new mexal bulletin board uses small magnets to fix announce- w c mcdonald ro optometrist at stouffville 930 am to 130 pm every thursday at markham 200 pm to 800 pm every thursday eyes examined lenses prescribed glasses repaired fitted markham former telephone office phone 4w prescriptions filled stouffville behind marie jack beautv parlour phone 176w brougham mr and mrs r ellicott visited with mr and mrs- wm ellicott and family on sunday afternoon mr and mrs mantle and family of brooklin visited with her parents mr and mrs l hopkins on sunday congratulations to david norton and barbara mairs of markham high school who passed their exams with honors mr and mrs al harvey and john spent the weekend at lake simcoe mr and mrs d a beer are enter taining her sister and brother-in- law from usa mrs wawson sr visited her daughter mrs mairs and friends last week mrs c kavanough of toronto spent the weekend with her sister mrs seebeck the july meeting of the wms of st johns church will be held at the home of mrs howard plax- ton on thursday july 21st at 230 pm hostesses are mrs h plax- ton mrs bayes mrs c plaxton mrs w gray with group a will have charge of the meeting a pleasant social evening was held in the hall on friday last when a number of friends and neighbors met to tender a miscel laneous shower to mr and mrs t anderson nee sadie malcolm the number of presents showed the high esteem in which the young couple is held a dainty lunch was enjoyed by all watch next weeks paper for news of the big garden party at greenwood park on july 2gth sponsored by the brougham fire dept this is always a show and they promise us something bigger and better than ever this year the tenth annual carter hood reunion was held on sunday after noon july 10 at the carter home on scugog island about go guests were present coming from tor onto newmarket port perry ballantrae green river brougham and district mr and mrs a dobson and little daughter of beaverton visit ed his aunt mrs philip one day last week mrs wright returned to her home in georgetown after spend ing a few weeks with her brother mr albert beer mr w j brown and son jack of toronto visited his mother mrst c brown on friday last the many friends of mr john knox of hampton are sorry to hear that he had the misfortune to dislocate his knee causing him to get around on crutches we all join in wishing him a speedy recovery mrs a b matthews has been spending a few weeks with her daughter mrs crawford of whit by mr and mrs boyington and sons of uxbridge also mr and mrs lome white and family and mr and mrs jos empringham called on mr dean mairs on sunday evening miss margaret duncan of tor onto spent the weekend with mrs geo philip mrs e woodward and evelyn and air and mrs j stewart visited the formers brother mr and mrs earl strong of st george one day recently mrs woodward sr of toronto who is well known here has left for calgary where she intends to make her home with her daughter brougham soft ball team played dunbarton one evening last week resulting in a score of 87 for brougham local firemen save reforested area at dagmar prompt action by neighbors and the claremont fire department averted what might have been a fire of major proportions wednes day in the dagmar area it required the efforts of a dozen men includ ing the claremont equipment and equipment from a nearby ontario land and forest reforestation pre serve to keep the flames which covered more than 15 acres of pasture land from eating into more than three hundred acres of forest the fire started on the town line between reach and uxbridge twps north of the third concession on a property owned by a h murphy of brooklin weekend campers from toronto started a fire in an old pine stump in order to provide a smudge to keep away mosquitoes what they failed to do was to see that it was property extinguished before leaving it smouldered for two days and on wednesday fanned by a wind broke into flame and ignited the dry grass around it neighbors saw the flames sweep ing over the pasture land wednes day morning and armed with shovels and flails went to work a call was put in to the claremont fire department which responded and helped fight the blaze jack hill in charge of the uxbridge forest brought a gang of men who also helped the claremont fire fighters mr and mrs earle bal lard neighbors mrs handel of toronto and others all worked hard for most of the morning and finally brought the blaze under control about 2500 one and two year old scotch trees which were plant ed on the property were lost mrs harvey topper born in pickering mrs harvey topper mount albert died suddenly at her franklin home on june 29 she was the former alice aisop born sixtyone years ago in pick ering the daughter of mr and mrs hiram alsop she is survived by her husband and one daughter mrs joe menar newmarket funeral service was conducted by rev c p shapter in the chapel at mount albert on julyl pall bearers were ben sinclair las hammett guerney brooks howard toole clarkson graham and garnet parks interment was at mount albert cemetery balsam and mount zion congratulations to dorothy graham and otto kahn on passing their entrance miss maggie neal of stouffville is visiting for a time at the geo wilson home t mrs ralph price and nancy of toronto visited last week with her parents mr and mrs w white congratulations to mr and mrs ted appleby on the birth of a son on tuesday july 5 1919 at the oshawa hospital mrs lewis jones erla and phyllis are holidaying at shadow lake this week mr and mrs paul wilson of brooklin visited sunday with mr and mrs geo wilson grant murray and ronald jones left sunday to spend a week with mr and mrs carl dopking of dundas the active service class will meet on tuesday night july 19 at the home of mrs b jamieson junior farmer picnic at geneva park the annual picnic of the ontario county junior farmers associa tion will be held at geneva park on friday evening july 15th at g pm everyone is cordially invited to attend the picnic supper will begin at g oclock and please bring your own lunch cutlery and cups ice cream and soft drinks will be sup plied by the junior farmers danforth bus lines toronto east bound read down pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1033 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 pm daily ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 7w 720 pm sat only 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 brougham claremont west bound read up am am pm pm pm daily daily ex sun ex sun sun sun sat hoi hoi hoi only hoi 935 150 520 935 910 125 455 910 900 115 445 900 845 100 430 845 842 1257 427 842 840 1255 425 840 830 1245 415 830 820 1235 405 820 815 1230 400 815 810 1225 355 810 800 1215 345 800 am dally ex sun hoi toronto 915 bay and dundas 840 940 danforth and luttrell 810 950 scarboro jet 800 1005 malvern 745 1008 browns cor 742 1010 town line 740 1020 markham 730 1030 locust hill 720 1035 green river 715 1040 brougham 710 1050 claremont 700 parcel express ox1383 dally redaction in fares effecttte sept toot from toronto single fare return fare to locust hill 60 110 to brougham 70 130 to claremont 75 140 association to supplement the lunch basket there will be a ball game after supper so bring your running shoes the evening will be brought to a close by a dance in the geneva park pavilion from 9 pm to 1 am there is a swimming pool in the park for those who would like to swim the picnic is under the super vision of mary boyes president of the ontario county junior farmers association and everson norton secretary together with their executive greenwood the wa will meet this thurs day in the basement of the church a quilt will be worked at the induction for our new min ister was held last thursday night in the church we hope their stay with us may be both pleasant and inspiring we are pleased to report that mr i mclean and mr wm pengelly are improving in health mr and mrs barrett entertained his sisters from toronto over the weekend miss ina wilkie has returned home after her visit to the west mr and mrs l parks and family of oshawa were guests of their parents over the 1st of july mrs m pegg and sons spent the first of last week with relatives at magnetewan we understand that mr and mrs k beelby have sold their farm to mr closson of cedar grove who will take possession oct st the sunday school picnic will be held saturday july 16th at greenwood park supper at 6 olock mr and mrs james brooks were goodwood public school promotions entrance mary gribben hon grace thompson hon doris woodland hon bill gribben pass grade viii faye bunker hon verna bunker hon grade vii jack bunker hon lorna woodland hon fred marshall hon marion hawarth hon nancy haight hon grace hall gilbert rummenie maureen latremouille grade vi jim harper margaret tindall harold bell bob spencely grade v marlene latremouille hon joan macdowall hon donna stewart hon marilyn slack danny gribben bobby todd warren latremouille rec jim machesney rec s i grade ivrjohn paxton hon david evans hon allan maches ney hon lorraine bunker hon ronnie meyers earle hawarth alaine maye i grade iii dianne manoch hon caro bell hon freda hallet hon leslie styles hon ronnie stewart grade ii carolyn bunker hon i mary tindall hon ricky black burn hon sandy macdowall hon pam yearsley hon garry baston hon bobby hall marjorie luck- now ronnie james jackie hall shirley maye mrs josephine wagg principal miss effie campbell assistant in preston last weekend attending the old home week mr chas hunkin of toronto is 1 spending some of his holidays with wes and mrs sadler i the wms met last thursday at the home of mrs wm harbron mt zion with a good attendance the theme of the program the need for more missionaries was taken by mrs reg hoskin miss i wilkie mrs a pegg mrs pickerings new housing bylaw well received one of the most important items of business to pass through the hands of pickering council last week was the passing of the new building bylaw at their july meet ing one feature of the bylaw is that the builder must put up 300 to be kept by the township treasurer until the builder has completed certain specifications and has the roof on and the windows in it was expected there would be a great deal of criticism about this clause however a large deputation from rouge hills was quite in favor of the new bylaw even suggesting it could be made stronger a deputation from the pickering township ratepayers association met council in the afternoon and asked several questions concerning the bylaw and they too seemed quite satisfied the rouge hill delegation voiced their favour before council at the evening session barrett and mrs m pegg the next meeting will be at miss e greens home on aug 4th some commenced to cut fall wheat this week the rain of last saturday was a real shower of blessing mrs john brooks mother mrs keddel of toronto is a little improved in health at time of writing mrs fred byers visited her aunt mrs blakely in toronto on satur day accompanied by miss marjorie and mr doug marden miss edna green is visiting in toronto with relatives this week vww supplies feeds coop or master for cows poultry or hogs molasses in steel drums will not leak or spoil order your winter requirements now reduced from last years price to 34 cents per gallon corngluten available now may be scarce this winter dried brewers grain- a good feed to help sustain milk production available in quantity at 5100 per ton delivered shell livestock or barn spray- keep your animals and barns free from flies binder twine plymouth red top blue coal- the wellknown dl w blue coal fill your bins now while the price is low claremont coop association phone 38w new cockshutt farm machinery on hand cockshutt model 30 tractor selfpropelled combines 10 and 12 foot also pickup balers full line of farm machinery also used tractors of all makes write or phone your inquiries will accept farm stock as part payment terms can be arranged immediate delivery papic forage harvester full line of haying equipment and balers john white ba station no 7 highway brougham markham 16rl3