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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 16 1950 claremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madills store and overlands store mrs nelson sanderson is spend ing the week in newmarket at the home of her daughter and son-m- law mr and mrs duncan and family and expects to greet her twoweeksold granddaughter mr lyman pilkey received thirtyeight congratulation cards and thirtyfive personal calls last friday march 10th on the attain ment of liis eightieth birthday no doubt the icy condition of the roads prevented a number from accept ing the privilege as mr pilkey has always had a smile and cheery greeting for everyone throughout the many years and we trust he may set the record by receiving friends on march 10th twenty years hence i special temperance program will be conducted by mrs lackey during the next sunday school hour with the regular service the canadian girls in training are planning an entertainment including pictures for wednesday evening march 29th in the united sunday school room mrs tansley entertained her niece mrs lynch and lady friend last thursday will the blue cross members please take their payments to mrs lippert next week so that the total amount may be sent to blue cross headquarters before the end of the month mr and mrs alan taylor and baby of goodwood spent sunday with her parents mr and mrs f redshaw the wms was held last thurs day afternoon in the united sun day school room owing to the weather there was not a large attendance but a good program was presented by the members of the group with the assistance of mrs h gregg who contributed a beautiful piano solo the society accepted an invitation extended by stouffville avms to an easter gathering on april 5th they also discussed a plan for an anniversary early in june in claremont wms the local fire brigade made a run on thursday night to exting uish a chimney fire on the roy morgan residence just north of the village no damage resulted mr and mrs gordon overland of kingston were visitors in clare mont several clays last week with mr overlands mother mrs c a overland mrs albert slack lived lifetime in pickering the death occurred on saturday of mrs albert slack lifelong resident of this locality mrs slack who was in her 81st year was taken ill only thursday deceased was the former elizabeth bever ley widow of the late albert slack who predeceased her three years ago she was born in pickering township and spent the fiftyfive years of her married life near claremont retiring to the village six years ago the late mrs slack is survived by one son wesley slack of brougham and a daughter mrs gauslin there are two grand children a brother luther bever ley resides in toronto the funeral on tuesday of this week was conducted by rev h lackey with public service in claremont united church inter ment was made in claremont union cemetery brougham field day awards and certificates presented at annual commencement three interschool championship trophies were presented to students of claremont high school at the annual commence ment exercises held last week the presentations were made by mr frank barclay convener of the sports committee claremont business mens association june davis received the intermediate girls award joey pegg the inter mediate boys and ivy schneider senior girls the cups were don ated by the three school boards local field day winners received school rings donated by the students council june davis and ivy schneider took the inter mediate and senior girls prize and joey pegg and ivan beverley the two boys awards on friday evening mr burnett jamieson member of the town ship of pickering high school area board presented edna pugh with her graduation diploma and june fiss keith carson and donald jamieson their intermediate certi ficates the large audience was enter tained with choruses dances and instrumental numbers as well as three short playlets entitled buddy buys an orchid with the following cast erla jones joey pegg marion norton mary story the flivver family with lillian risebrough earl rowe shirley taylor and dennis couperthwiate and quiet home wedding with ted curl otto kahn dorothy graham june davis marean jamieson june fiss ivy schneider mildred ward reg sanderson alice keeler blair evans and mary mcavoy film library operating in claremont claremont rental case heard in whitby court judgment was reserved by magistrate f s ebbs following hearing of a charge against jack brignall of claremont laid by the wartime prices and trade board the information alleged that he failed to make application for rental fixation on a property in claremont and that he charged a rental higher than was reasonable r j harris of uxbridge prosecut ed and the accused was defended by r d humphreys kc of osh- awa the property concerned is located the first house north of the hardware store in claremont evidence was that one tenant clifford liscom had paid 20 while the rental fixed later was s15 for one unhealed room r roy paid the claremont and district film 10 per month while the fixed rent library is now set up and operat- was 4 and mrs eva towner paid ing 15 for five rooms while the fixed film programs were put on in rental was 12 two districts last week on wed- defence argument was that this nesday evening at cedar creek property was not shared accom- school and on thursday at green- modation as defined by the rental wood regulations and therefore is films may be borrowed by any exempt since none of tenants had group or organization and a pro- lived there on november 1 1948 jector with sound equipment may mr humphreys said that the pur- be rented at a very nominal cost pose of the new rental regulations during the month of march the is to provide for orderly decontrol equipment may be rented for a of rented property when it charges dollar for an afternoon or evening hands oshawa times the claremont district film libr ary will serve the district for about five or six miles around that centre there are many films available without cost and a very interesting and educational pro gram can be arranged by any school church group or organiza tion to help raise funds for their projects the committee in charge consists of rev mortkman of greenwood who is in charge of bookings mrs alma wilson treasurer of the claremont and district film com mittee and clare keevil chairman of the group rev davison secre tary bookings for the balance of march should be placed early with the rev mr monkman and notice cockshutt presents the long furrow a new and different natural color all sound movie plus added short features and comedy see the parade of the most modern farm machinery in operation across canada on thursday march 16th at 830 pm in brougham town hall no ad mission charge eggs wanted by reg grading station cases supplied and picked up at your door for a reference ask your neighbors about our grade price and prompt weekly returns eggs in small lots may be left at carload croceteria for our pickup write or phone p hutton orover 8970 40 kenworthy ave toronto 13 the friendly bible class held their march meeting on monday evening march 0 at the home of mr and mrs frank carter with a large number of members in attendance mr ross knox and mrs jack mitchell were in charge of the worship service and mr ross knox gave a very interesting talk on his fasit to paris france when he was in the army overseas he also showed the members many pictures of places of interest in paris mr frank carter presided over the business at which time mr and mrs robert miller offered to entertain the class in april at the home of mrs john miller at the close of the meeting ross knox conducted some contests which were enjoyed by all the evening closed with the usual lunch and with mr and mrs carter being thanked for opening their home to the class mrs b ritchie had a business trip to toronto on wednesday last congratulations to mr and mrs t anderson sadie malcolm on the arrival of a little daughter mrs t c brown was at oshawa on friday last attending a banquet given by the oshawa times gazette in honor of their many correspondents of whom mrs brown is one of the oldest mrs lemon who has not been enjoying good health for some time is now visiting at the home of her brother at valentia her many friends wish her a speedy recovery mr and mrs harold crawforth and mrs crawforth sr also mr and mrs f dingman of whitby enjoved a pleasant evening with mrs a b matthews and mrs wil son on saturday mrs thos richard and little son visited with her grandmother mrs seebeck one clay last week the many friends of ills c devitt are glad to hear that she is improving in health and expects to be coming home this week the north pickering branch of the red cross are making plans for a fund raising campaign to be held in the near future mr and mrs kenneth bent and little son also mrs e carswell and daughter lynda of oshawa accom panied by a number of other friends gathered at the home of mr o carter recently when they joined mrs w hamilton in cele brating her birthday congratulations to mr and mrs d dolphin who are celebrating their golden wedding this week mr harry knox and miss tink called on his parents mr and mrs w a knox on sunday t mr and mrs w a dobson and jean of beaverton visited mrs geo philip on sunday mr and mrs plaxton sr are spending a few days at the home of their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs h keyes of oshawa due to the arrival of a little daughter in the home the womans association of st johns united church brougham is planning a special entertainment on friday march 24 in the town ship hall there will be a quilting in the afternoon which will be a special drawing card to all ladies a pot luck supper will be served at 030 pm followed by a very interesting series of pictures pre sented by mr c shank of the downham nursery co ltd of bowmanville a cordial invitation is extended to all to attend this cherrywood congratulations to all those who celebrated birthdays recently we wish mrs william davidson of dunbarton a speedy recovery after her recent operation mr and mrs r tindall had dinner on sunday with mi- and mrs a j taylor mrs a woods visited in brigh ton on sunday mr and mrs locke of toronto had dinner on sunday with mr and mrs geo todd the many friends of miss evelyn beare wish her a speedy recovery after her recent opera tion mr and mrs walter duffy of bolton had dinner one day this week with mr and mrs geo todd i greenwood mrs s dix and children visited with relatives near ottawa last week mr frank webb underwent an operation in a toronto hospital last week he is as well as can be expected and we hope for an early recovery mrs kindree and daughter of hamilton visited one day last week with her daughter mrs a morden miss helen minaker of the osh awa hospital spent the weekend at at her home here a miscellaneous shower will be held this saturday evening at the home of mr and mrs e pegg in honor of miss marion mcvey the farm forum met at rev and mrs monkmans last monday night the junior farmers were invited sorry to report the illness of mis john mctaggart we hope for a speedy recovery announcing the appointment of wards garage claremont as sales agency for austin motor cars come in and see these sleek new 1950 models that give you everything in economy comfort and dependability ken ward prop ph claremont 700 an english dramatist wrote a play in odd moments in a cafe well theres no better place to have odd moments the new modern rio theatre uxbridge matinee saturday at 230 pm 5 5 master chick starter krums you will see your chicks grow big sturdy frames and lay on firm deep flesh quickly you will see how masters ingredients combine to keep appe tites keen to grow feathers quickly and to keep chicks lively s master balanced feeds for ailcusses of 0ultt fakm uye stock run learinc animus dogs immmmmi mm mm ml claremont coop phone 3s 1 i s 8 8 m si feeders who keep records eventually buy master wednesday thursday march 15 16 margaret obrien and dean stockwell in the secret garden in technicolor foto kite every thursday this week 12000 cash offer wednesday night is attendance night lots of fun lots of cash neighborly gettogether admission 35 and children 20 cents congratulations to our broug ham hockey team who are now winners of the township league and are playing for the orha they played at shroud last week where they were beaten only by one goal after twenty minutes overtime monday night they play ed at newmarket the postponed congregational meeting of st johns church which was to be held on monday night is now being held on friday evening march 17 friday saturday march 17 18 george montgomery and rod cameron dakota wl isiivxi grove home burns alilj is lost but fur coat keswick march 9 roused by calls from nola vidal and bernice kay pretty roches point tele phone operators when tire broke out the island grove home of george links 30 neighbors form ed a bucket brigade and fought the blaze for more than two hours in icy winds and snow sweeping off lake simcoe a fire truck from sutton bogged down in snow on the lakeshore when firemen tried to run their hoses out and chop holes in the ice the house was gutted and dam age was estimated at 15000 all i got out was my fur coat mrs links said many a true word is spoken in jest cannibals will not eat a man who smokes thats strange we had always understood that smoke- cured meat had a better flavor any of the eight or ten trained projectionists will be glad to oper ate the equipment on a voluntary i basis for this introductory period monday tuesday march 20 21 milton berle and vntginia mayo err always leave them laughing the evening wa spent a very nice night at the home of mrs g stone last wednesday when they entertained the senior wa mrs the postponed meeting of the evening auxiliary of the wms was held at mrs roy hills the worship service was in charge of croll of the wa presbytery was the guest speaker the wa met last thursday afternoon at the home of mrs e disney mrs m pegg and mrs monkman had charge of the wor ship service which was centred on trust after a short business period some quilting was done mrs hill and mrs brown prepared the luneli assisted by mrs disney mrs f webb she took as her theme the church the house hold of faith the fifth chapter of the study book was reviewed by mrs c mctaggart assisted by mrs h middleton and miss b mclean a report of the presbyterial meet ing at bowmanville was given by mrs r disney the president mrs e pegg conducted the busi ness when plans were discussed of ways and means to meet the allocation lunch was served by mrs hill the march meeting will be held at mrs c clossons 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 two shows nightly first 7 pjn laii5iaiaiaiaiaihiaj3ibi3j3jaiai3iaia thos wignall funeral director honour graduate ontario licencing examinations dignified bfficient service heated ambulance phone markham 239 bus service toronto east bound read down brougham toronto time claremont west bound read up pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 1050 1100 1105 1110 1120 pm dally ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 325 335 am sun hoi 1000 1025 1035 1050 1053 am dally ex sun hoi toronto bay and edward 840 danforth and luttrell 810 scarboro jet 800 malvern 745 browns cor 742 1055 town line 740 1105 cedar grove markham 730 1116 locuat hu1 720 ii 20 oreen river 715 1125 brougham 710 1135 claremont 700 am sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 345 pm sun hoi 935 910 900 345 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 bus will onerate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and via markham from nov 1 to april 30 terminal northeast corner of b ay and edward streets danforth bus lines