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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 5 1950 claremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madills store and overiands store the men of claremont are invited to hear rev j h hunter in the stouffville baptist church on monday evening jan 9th j the womans missionary society will be held on thursday jan 12th at 230 pm in the sunday school room the pastor will have charge of the installation of officers for the new year and mrs mc- intyre will give her report of the school for leaders every member and all newcomers and any others who have not previously attended are very cordially invited a bible study praise and prayer meeting will be held each thurs day evening commencing at 730 in the united sunday school room all sunday school teachers and officers and everyone interested in the work of the church are very earnestly asked to try and become a regular attendant the annual church meeting will be held in the united sunday school room on monday jan 9th commencing with a pot luck supper everyone is asked to con tribute with some article of food and attend the meeting afterwards we regret the accident that recently happened to mr b mitter- trimer when he fell and broke his shoulder necessitating his remain ing in bed for at least seven weeks mr and mrs w mcfayden of thornhill and other members of the johnson family were in clare mont on the holiday to enjoy their new years dinner with mr and mrs henry johnson the annual meeting of the bap tist circle was held on tuesday afternoon dec 27th at the home of mrs f binstead when the election of officers for the ensuing year was held as follows president mrs evans ward 1st vice mrs edgar ward 2nd vice miss viola forsythe secy mrs jas coates assist secy mrs binsted treas mrs j ward assist treas mr b burnell inspirational leader miss s e evans pianist mrs wearn on friday evening jan gth the annual meeting of the baptist church will be held in the sunday school room mr and mrs evans ward and mr and mrs kenneth ward and j children motored to toronto on new years to spend the day with mr and mrs alan fryer mr and mrs earle cooke spent sunday and monday visiting with mr and mrs bruce harton and mrs cooke in toronto mr and mrs sam taylor and family spent new years visiting with his brother and family in uxbridge mr and mrs r torrence visited with his parents in cherry wood on new years day mrs g m mclntyre visited with relatives in toronto during christmas and new years mr and mrs robt forsythe spent christmas in stouffville at the home of dr and mrs button and children ever get stuck call ken wards garage this establishment has just procured a new tow truck with a lift capable of hoisting ii tons whether its a bus truck or car wards can do your job call them the first time youre in trouble mr and mrs frank ham enter tained holiday visitors including their entire family namely mr and mrs geordie middleton of stouffville hilda mr and mrs walter baker myrtle mr and mrs don mccullough marie and their son lome and his wife of oshawa mrs frank ham is con siderably better in health and en joyed the company of a number of grand children 12 in number they also have three great grand child ren the couple will soon celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary which due to mrs hams health will be a quiet affair may they long be able to hold many more anniversaries is the wish of a host of friends the annual meeting of the womans association was held last thursday afternoon with mrs reynolds in the chair after a short opening program with scripture reading by mrs peddie the reports of the years work were presented mrs johnson reported total expenditures were 76697 with a balance of 6512 in the treasury mrs peddie con vener of the sick committee reported 23 lxes a gift and 10 cards sent during the year rev ii lackey conducted the election of officers for 1950 as follows presi dent mrs c reynolds 1st vice mrs lippert 2nd vice mrs m johnson mrs r morgan presented her resignation as recretary after a service of 20 years a vote of appreciation was extended to her for excellent service throughout the year by the organisation in accepting the resignation the newly elected secretary is mrs m middleton owing to pressure of duties the treasurer will resign at the next meeting of the wa buying committee mrs overland and mrs mccullough pianists mrs h johnson mrs ward auditor mrs mclntyre the meet ing closed with singing the theme song a hymn and prayer by the pastor business plan big party to help rink fund claremont mens business assoc iation is planning the biggest dance and euchre party ever staged in the village for friday jan 13th the event is being held in support of the rink committee which has recently completed the erection of an outdoor rink at the local school grounds at a cost of 500 two halls will be used to house the dancers and card players and in addition therell be a chinese auction and a draw for amovely radio tickets can be procured from almost every business establish ment in town so get yours today and help along the fine work these men are doing county fall wheat puts 1015495 in farm pockets 19000 acres planted in fall wheat in ontario county last year gave an average yield of 31 bushels to the acre for a total of 589000 bushels worth 1015495 the monthly crop report of the statis tics branch of the ontario depart ment of agriculture shows the ontario county yield to exceed that of durham county by about 2000 acres and three bushels to the acre 476000 bushels of fall wheat in the latter county were valued at s20671 although it is not definitely known officials estimate that the acreage planted in fall wheat in ontario county this year exceeds that of last the long open fall has given farmers an opportunity to get a lot of wheat in the fear among wheat growers at the pre sent time is that the spell of mild weather will start the wheat grow ing again and then it will be killed by frost 39600 acres were put in oats in ontario county with an average yield of 33 bushels to the acre for a total of lt306800 bushels worth 1002236 oat figures for durham show an acreage of 35300 with an average yield of 21 bushels for a total of 847200 worth 650311 little barley grown not a great deal of barley is grown in ontario or durham coun ties in the former 8100 acres was planted with an average crop of 28 bushels to the acre for a total of 226800 bushels worth 263088 in the latter 2600 acres yielding an average of 21 to the acre for a total of 54600 bushels worth s63- 336 mixed grains represent a larger proportion of the farmers crop in ontario county 54200 acres yielding an average of 35 bushels to the acre for a total of 1897000 bushels worth 1785180 same figures for durham county 41000 acres 25 bushels to the acre 1025000 total bushels worth 965- 500 only 600 acres of grain corn and 2800 acres were grown in durham and ontario counties respectively yields were 47 and 42 bushels to the acre and total productions 28- 200 and 234400 bushels worth 37- 070 and 181440 production of corn for fodder was naturally much higher in these two counties where the emphasis is on dairy cattle and milk production in ontario county 107070 tons of fodder corn was produced worth 612903 this represented 12900 acres in corn yielding s3 toris to the acre pro duction of 91810 tons in durham worth 5551010 showed a slight decrease whatever potato production ontario county gives and it was not low in 1919 comes of course from the north end- of the county around uxbridge township 3000 acres were planted in potatoes this year with a yield of 158 bushels or close to 120 bags to the acre total production of 600100 bushels was worth 71 1476 figures for durham show 2700 acres in potatoes with production of 157 per acres or a total production of 123900 bushels estimated to be worth 501441 soy bean production in both counties was negligible ontario was estimated to have produced 890 bushels worth 2010 and dur ham the same number worth the same amount ontario and durham counties rank high in production of hay and clover in the former the acreage amounted to til 100 with a total yield per acre of 110 tons grand total was 70510 tons worth 1628- 226 alfalfa production in the same country amounted to 22510 tons worth 579052 in durham county 70510 tons were taken off 64100 acres and al though the yield per acre was slightly less than ontario the total value amounted to 1092383 in durham 14400 acres were put in alfalfa hay with a total yield per acre of one and a half tons for a grand tonnage of 21600 worth s5w900 pickering council will enforce housing bylaw whats the use of having these bylaws if we dont enforce them was councillor geo todds comment during a discussion regarding the use of the nicholson cabin canip for permanent dwell ings at the lakefront other members of council agreed with councillor todd that if the local bylaw forbidding the use of cabins as permanent dwell ings was being contravened some thing should be done about it mr nicholson owner of the cabin in question had been given notice to evict his tenant but so far no action had been taken the township bylaw governing such cases calls for buildings of 410 sq feet before they can be used as permanent dwellings at the statutory council meeting on thursday road accounts were passed totalling 516737 which included 127600 for new culvert pipes a report was tabled by clare mont fire brigade showing 22 calls during 1919 four within the village the brigade will receive a grant of 61000 cecil story 9th con farmer will be paid 1000 for two sheep injured by clogs and r c baker also of the 9th con will be paid 1500 for one sheep killed and one injured relief for the past month totall ed s53399 and hospitalization 40819 council will meet again this thursday to deal with the applica tions for township assessor the opening 1950 council meeting will be the following mondav atha mr and mrs joe trail enter tained mr and mrs david trail and laurie and mr george tran on new years day mr and mrs eli lehman and grace were new years guests at mrs joe hovers stouffville mr and mrs murray dunkeld entertained mr and mrs frank wagg mr and mrs elgin wagg of stouffville mr and mrs arthur wagg and family leaskdale and mr and mrs fred draper and family on monday mr and mrs bert silverthorn and family were guests on monday evening with mr and mrs joe tran monday guests at the carruthers home were mr john forgie dun- barton mr and mrs wellington wideman and celeste miss addie and will coates congratulations to mrs murray dunkeld and son donald who each celebrated a birthday on monday the new modern rio theatre uxbridge matinee saturday at 230 pm wednesday thursday january 45 kathryn grayson and jose iturbi thar midnight kiss color foto nite every thursday this week 110 cash offer wednesday night is attendance night lots of fun nlots of cash friday saturday january 67 george murphy and richardo montalban border incident monday tuesday january 910 betty grable and caesar romero the beautiful blonde from bashful bend adult in technicolor two shows nightly first 7 pm brougham mrs gannon of minden called on mrs l w sheppard one day last week mr and mrs c h todd of lans ing visited with their aunt mrs geo philip one day recently mr bruce ritchie who has been working near north bay arrived home for christmas and expects to remain home for the winter sir and mrs roy tripp and family of toronto called on mrs follows one day recently mrs k wilson spent christmas with her sister mrs corbett of greenwood miss shirley beer and master kenneth beer of toronto spent a few days last week with their father mr d a beer mr and mrs chas burrows returned home after spending christmas with their sons and other friends in montana and other western towns mr and mrs bill devitt of tor onto spent new years with his parents bill assisted in the choir on sunday afternoon mr and mrs robt harvey of haliburton called on his mother on monday mrs c devitt spent a couple of days last week in toronto mr and mrs a ramsay and kenneth also mr and mrs hess had new years dinner with mr and mrs a jones of toronto mr f wright spent new years with his daughter mrs c devitt and family mr and mrs e hogle of colum bus called on her brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs m hamilton family gatherings were held at many homes over the holiday including mrs j miller mr and mrs d l mairs mr and mrs h malcolm and mr and mrs l w sheppard mr and mrs h crawforth also mrs crawforth sr visited with mrs a b matthews over the weekend mr and mrs gordon duncan and carol were holiday visitors with her parents mr and mrs m harlock brougham lodge 155 ioof held a special meeting on dec 29 when they put on the initiatory degree after which a tasty lunch was served the next regular meet ing will be held an thursday jan 5 at 8 oclock the friendly bible class will hold their next regular meeting at the home of mr and mrs robt malcolm on monday jan 9 the annual congregational meet ing of st johns united church will be helcbon monday jan 16 at 8 pm the next monthly meeting of the womans institute will be held on jan 10 in the hall hostesses mrs c devitt mrs r malcolm mrs cassie mrs milne home econo mics and health convener mrs t philip roll call tell something you can do or make well mr and mis david crawford of brooklin were holiday visitors at the home of their son ralph brougham mr and mrs vernon ellicott had their new years dinner with his parents mr and mrs r ellicott mrs m annis and little son farm supplies for poultry coop lay mash red head lay mash master lay pellets oyster shell grit jamesway waterers nests and feed hoppers pratts poultry regulator dr hess panamin royal purple poultry conditioner for hogs coop hog grower coop sow ration master pig starter howards worm medicine hog troughs pig rings dr hess hog tonic hog minerals for cattle master feeds calf meal calf starter grower dry and freshening ration 16 dairv feed 24 dairv feed coop 16 dairy ration blatchfords calf meal and calf pellets cattle mineral beet pulp dried brewers grains oilcake meal bone meal dr hess stock tonic corn gluten dri kil for the barn stablephos mixed with barn yard manure saves valuable nitrogen and keeps stable sweet and clean hydrated lime for white washing stable brooms forks shovels small hardware coop filter discs roll roofing asphalt and cedar shingles donnaconna wallboard gyproc wallboard and roc lath insula tion glass and putty eavestroughing claremont coop lome spent a few days last week with her mother mrs honey of honeydale find aged man prostrate in home friends will regret to learn that thos gammage one of our elder citizens was found prostrate in his home here tuesday morning mr gammage lives alone and it was just by chance that the baker stepped inside on his tuesday rounds help was soon summoned and the elderly man has been removed to the brierbush hospi tal stouffville it is believed he had fallen from a couch and had been on the floor for a couple of days fortunately the weather was mild since there was no fire in the house fred dlngmax and wife mark tzxt anniversary wednesday last- week marked the 52nd wedding anniversary of mr and mrs fred dingman 4th concession whitby township they passed the occasion quietly at home both are ljfelong residents of the district and very well known until two months ago mr dingman was rural mail carrier on whitby route no 2 he retired at the end of november mr and mrs dingman have two sons roy of brooklin and earl of oshawa mrs dingman in the for mer phoebe victoria madill daugh ter of the late mr and mrs james h madill of pickering township rev a white baptist minister of mrs isabell carter dies following lengthy illness following a lingering illness mrs isabell carter widow of the late joseph carter passed away at her home on the 5th concession of pickering near whitevale on fri day dec 30th the late mrs carter was born in uxbridge seventy- eight years ago and married the late joseph carter in 1889 the couple has farmed in pickering township up until mr carters death six years ago deceased was identified with the whitevale united church and her family pastor rev mclachlan conducted the funeral service from the residence on sunday jan 1st pallbearers were messrs frank carter roy carter howard forsyth gordon hodgson george tool and albert seebeck inter ment was made in the whitevale cemetery surviving is one son oscar at home and a daughter mrs walter hamilton brougham a second daughter jane mrs geoi hutch- inas died some years agoi there are also three sisters mrs s tool mrs forsyth and mrs sinclair and four grandchildren more accurate representation is to be given the north american indian in the movies claremont performed mony 52 years ago the cere- ww monster dance euchre two halls claremont fri jan 13 4 prizes free lunch for euchre players draw for beautiful radio columbia orchestra chinese auction fun for all old and young under auspices of rink committee of the claremont business association t euchre starts at 800 pm dancing at 900 pm radio draw at 1100 oclock rink has been built at a cost of 50000 by the claremont business association come and help a good cause tickets on sale at any claremont business place 100 per person vwwwwww