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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 24 1949 glaremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madills store and overlands store d r spemu former school teacher the tenders for the new half million dollar school will be called earlv in the new year jas dickinson veteran mail courier here has been on the ail ing list for some days sir and mrs vein elhcott and familv of brougham visited on sunday with her parents mr and mrs fred redshaw mr and mrs d catherwood and boys visited with mr and mrs leonard blight of brook- on sunday the proceeds for the chimes fund from the variety show last friday night realized 7300 the good fellowship class would like to sav thanks santa clans is coining to clare- mom on saturday dec 17th according to arrangements being made by the local merchants association bill browning is chair man of the committee in charge of arrangements special harvest home services were held in claremont united church last sunday with rev mr lackie delivering the messages in the morning and evening the quaker hill quartette provided special music dont forget the bazaar in the united church on friday dec 2nd at 3 pm a good variety of articles for sale aprons fancy work quilts and quilt tops candy homemade baking and a fish pond for the kiddies there was a chicken supper in the united church basement on tuesday nov 22nd the famous mens lyric choir of toronto under the direction of mr frede rick g thomas assisted by a violin soloist provided a musical program the womans institute held their regular monthly meeting last thursday at the home of mrs d catherwood mrs badgerow the president was in the chair mrs melvin johnson gave a report of the wl convention held at the royal york in toronto mrs mcconnell gave a very interesting demonstration on christmas decor ations followed by the usual hobby basket there was a very good attendance the claremont locker service here is offering something new and most uptodate in locker ser vice its the plastic wax coating process which ensures your meat and produce of absolute freshness when frozen this waxing makes your parcel completely airtight preserving the moisture the colour and flavour that ordinary paper wrapping cannot do it will pay you to read their adv on page 2 of this issue and avail yourself of this most modern locker service therell be skating provided in claremont this winter by the merchants association an open- air rink is being arranged for on buried here milton john wilker popular school teacher in claremont school for fifteen years passed away suddenly at his home in toronto early sunday morning the late m j wilker has been on the staff at long branch since leaving clare mont soml years ago he has been suffering from a heart ailment for some time although in compara tively good health his only survivor is his wife the former margaret f gleeson of claremont the funeral on wednesday of this week was conducted from the home of his sisterinlaw mrs fred evans claremont with interment in the claremont union cemetery green river we are glad to report mrs giles tran came home on saturday after four months in oshawa hospital with an injured leg mrs r dafoe is spending a few days with her son stanley at victoria square mr roy carter is building a new house near his own buildings mr t hagerman has the cellar dug out next to his booth for a new house the teenagers had a very successful meeting in the ss room under the leadership of miss bar bara bruce mr bruce annis was the auctioneer for the box social one box brought 275 the union sunday school anni versary is set for dec is a christ mas supper is being planned sympathy is extended to mrs r milne and mrs syd beare in the death of a dear husband and father mr and mrs w gray of broug ham spent sundav with mrs w gray sr mr and mrs alf calbert and son peter have moved in with mr and mrs roy carter until the completion of the new house mr and mrs ted krainyke and family from highland creek have moved in the small house of mr houston until the completion of mr hugh michells house mr and mrs reg nighswander of lockport visited with jack nighswander on sunday evening audley much sympathy is expressed for the family of the late wm dryden who has been a leading and well known figure in the county for liis whole life time frank wonnacott won 6th in the junior farmers oat competition and 1 12th in the open class at the the local school grounds already winter fair with his clinton oats a big grader has been on the stel f an w n liimon levelling up the ground and the hockey cushion and lights will be installed shortly one or more minor hockey teams are to be sponsored and frank barclay has this matter in hand new high school in architects hands the proposed new pickering township high school to be locat ed just north of pickering village is in the architects hands for pre liminary planning when these plans are ready they will go to the depart of education for survey and with any revisions made definite blueprints will be drawn on which tenders will be called merchants launch advertising campaign claremont merchants associa tion this week launched an impres sive advertising campaign the first issue of which appears on page two in this newspaper the association members are offering specials in almost every line which will make your shopping worthwhile in claremont turn to page two and see what they have to offer will erect plaque in drydens memory a bronze plaque to honor the memory of the late w a dryden first president and exgeneral man ager of the royal agricultural winter fair who died friday will be erected in the rotunda of the coliseum the present president john w mckee announced today the stones have been picked off the school grounds and some top soil added so as to get a better base for the seeding some swings are being arranged to be placed on the grounds the wa of the local church held a supper and bazaar on nov 11th it was a success as about 175 people were in attendance it was opened by mrs young sales from the tables laden with fancy work mens needs toiletries farm pro ducts and homemade chocolates were numerous the committee is to be congratulated upon its success the november meeting was held at the home of mrs c white with 20 persons present mrs bert guthrie led the worship period rev mr young conducted the annual elections resulting as follows hon pres mrs wm guthrie pres mrs frank puck- rin vicepres mrs geo squire recsec mrs c clemence cor- sec mrs c puckrin treas mrs a bell press sec mrs fred puckrin friendship commitee mrs bert guthrie and mrs g puckrin baby band mrs ashloy parsonage com mrs wm guth rie mrs clemence and mrs j puckrin flower commitee mrs pardon mrs bert guthrie for the east and mrs j puckrin and mrs f puckrin for the west quilt com mittee mrs j puckrin mrs c clemence mrs cowie mrs pardon and mrs white citizenship com mittee mrs g squire mrs f puckrin and mrs f puckrin aud itors mrs clemence and mrs pratta luncheon was served by the east group brougham mrs jno balsdon of pickering called on mrs m hamilton one day last week mr roland harden who is work ing in toronto spent the weekend at his home here mr and mrs ross knox and bettyjean and mr and mrs ken neth paseoe spent the weekend in toronto mrs woodward and evelyn had sunday dinner with mr and mrs jack stewart of oshawa mr and mrs jno knox and family of hampton visited with her parents mr and mrs howard malcolm on sunday mrs h shea returned to tor onto on saturday after spending a few days with airs l matthews mrs harden and patsy had a business trip to toronto one day last week mr and mrs campbell homer doreen and donald of hampton were sunday guests of mr and mrs ralph crawford mrs shand of myrtle is now staying with mr and mrs m hamilton mrs e carswell of oshawa and mrs e hoyle of columbus were sunday guests of the hitters brother mr and mrs m hamilton mrs k paseoe mrs ross knox and betty jean mrs r harden and patsy were in toronto on sat urday taking in the santa clause parade brougham lodge no 155 ioof held their regular meeting on nov 17 with a good attendance the initiatory degree was put on for four candidates the next meeting will be held on thursday dec 1st the regular meeting of the wms of st johns united church was held at the home of mrs m ellicott on tuesday nov 17 with a good attendance the president mrs m ellicott was in charge assisted by mrs h miller the secretary mrs ii plaxton read the minutes of the previous meeting and the business com munication a very favorable report was given of the bazaar a committee was appointed to make plans for the wardens banquet to be held on nov 29 mrs thos philip then took charge of the meeting and assisted by mrs robt miller gave a very interesting account of the work done in the far east mrs m ellicott mrs r ellicott and mrs w a knox served lunch no change looked for in pickering township council nomination meeting at brougham this friday this friday nov 25th is the date of the annual nomination meeting for pickering township council and though there are some rumblings of discontent here and there no change is expected in council personnel for next year reeve w h westney deputy reeve frank disney and coun cillors clare balsdon geo todd and milt burk are all expected to stand for reelection although there has been a flurry in some quarters principally claremont over the setting up of the new township high school area it is doubtful if council meets any concrete opposition from this quarter i wh dryden dies at his brooklin home while his beloved royal winter fair was setting up new records w h will dryden first presi dent and one of the founders of the big agricultural show died on friday at his maple shade farm near brooklin where he had been confined to his bed since septem ber the illness that kept mr dryden in bed also forced him to miss attending the royal for the first time last year although the strain of his illness showed on his face he showed up for the fair although he had already been forced by poor health to hand the supervision temporarily to w p watson ontario livestock com missioner who was lent to the fair by the ontario government when summer came mr dry den who was approaching 69 found his health was still not up to the strain of running the worlds largest indoor fair reluctantly he gave up the post he had since 1920 and the fair appointed c s mckee to take over mr dryden remained a director and was still active in plans for the 1919 show until his overworked heart forced him to take to his bed last september mr dryden was the fairs first president back in 1921 he held the post again in 1922 then in 192g be came general manager but mr dryden had interests other than the winter fair although it had been his pet through the years on his farm near brooklin he raised shorthorn cattle and with them he had claimed not a few awards at the royal and other shows he is survived by his wife a son john who now runs the dryden farm and two daughters mrs harry willis of brampton mrs james leamen of toronto and two sisters mrs j c sycamore of st petersburg fla and mrs w e matthews of detroit he was the only son of john dryden one time ontario minister of agricul ture fair president john w mckee recalled that when the royal was being founded it was mr drydens casting vote which broke a tie and established the fair in toronto rather than hamilton balsam atha atha extends sympathy to rela tives in the passing of mr milne mr and mrs david tran and laurie attended the royal winter fair on friday mrs robertson mr and mrs collins and family motored to tor onto last saturday for the santa claus parade glad mr draper is feeling some better plowing is all completed and winter snow flurries are begining to blew mr and mrs frank beelby were visiting on sunday at mr and mrs clarence atkinsons gormley mr and mrs frank wogg and bus service toronto i1rougham east bound read down toronto time sun hoi toronto 1000 bay and edward 1025 danforth and luttreil 1035 scarboro jet 1050 malvern oliaremoxt west bound read up pm pm dally pm sun ex sun sat hoi hoi only 945 545 200 1010 610 225 1020 620 235 1035 6d 250 103s 63s 253 1040 640 255 1050 650 305 1100 700 315 1105 705 320 1110 710 325 1120 720 335 am dally ex sun hoi s40 s10 s00 745 1053 browns cor 742 1055 town line 740 1105 cedar grove markham 730 1115 locust hill 720 1120 green river 715 1125 brougham 710 1135 claremont 700 sun hoi 935 910 900 s45 s42 840 830 s20 815 810 800 pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 245 pm sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 320 815 810 800 bus will operate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and via markham from nov 1 to april 30 terminal northeast comer of bay and edward streets danforth bus lines greenwood the farm forum met on mon day at the wm brown home congratulations to mr and mrs kenneth short who were married recently miss e green has been off school for a few days with laryngitis the hunters are home again and had fairly good luck mrs j brooks and girls and mr and mrs james brooks spent last thursday in the queen city there will be a missionary pro gram in the church given by tor onto talent on dec 7th the evening wa is sponsoring a drama as busy as a bee put on by the pickering young people in the church on tuesday nov 29th at 8 oclock mr and mrs p clarke mrs wil son and les attended the fowl supper and drama at goodwood last wednesday night a statistician has figured that if todays automobile were manufac tured using the tools the automo bile industry had in 1910 it would cost 00000 mrs lotton of stouffville were supper guests with mr and mrs murray dunkeld on sunday mrs ernie carruthers and ruth ann are spending a week in tor onto with her sister mrs graham robertson mr and mrs draper were among the guests at brawley farm at ashburn on sunday when a chart ered bus load from toronto were present all ayrshire cattle people avoid wasting tyi swifchei off n not needed the hydro euctwc power commission of ontauo and mount ziox the active service class met in the basement of the church last tuesday evening when mr paul wellman of claremont was guest speaker an invitation was accept ed to visit the goodfellowship class at claremont on dec 6 mrs wm sadler of highland creek is spending a few days with her daughter mrs ralph jones mr and mrs kenneth jones and erie of claremont visited on sun day with mr and mrs cecil jones we are glad to hear that mrs lloyd robinson was able to come home from the hospital on sun- day the mission band will meet saturday at the home of mr ralph jones the young people will meet friday night at the home misses betty and marjorie appl by dont forget the bazaar ar supper under the auspices of ti wa on friday dec 2 at c30 the annual christmas tree wi be held friday night dec 16 sunday visitors at the oi graham home were mr and mr cyril stephens and family of to onto mr and mrs lloyd smit and mrs geo smith of prospect gggcgcgssjaassgacnaascgggggsss senses sssssaaaaaa eggs wanted by registered egg station highest market prices free pickups prompt returns john m offen cedar grove phone 86rl3 markham i srggg asaaessgegcocssssags gam free 1000 free to any person providing the name of a prospect for a pefrolane stove or hot water heater if you know of a friend who might be interested write to us giving his or her name and address if a sale you will be paid 1000 write or phone to the petrolane corp ltd thornhill ont phone 251 attention farmers 13 for dead or we are paying the current market price crippled farm animals horses cattle hogs telephone collect for immediate service gordon young limited toronto ad 3636 stouffville 255 uxbridge 27 cream for best results ship your cream to stouffville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery cold storage lockers and fast freezing facilities stouffville creamery co to have our truck call phone 186w ernest ridout real estate ltd we have clients wanting farms resi dences and business properties in this area if you are considering selling your property give us a call for prompt efficient service if you are contemplating buying pro perty in this district get in touch with our office we may have just what you are looking for call thos j wignall main st markham phone 90j head office 1172 bay st phone princess 3324 v