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the tribune stouffvule ont thursday june 29 1950 glaremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madius store and overlands store dont forget the big church supper and concert to be held in the community park on wednes day july 5th see bilk for panic ulars mr and mrs fred wilton of uxbridge spent sunday with his brother mr jas wilton mrs vine and leslie a number of people of the com munity attended the cemetery decoration service at uxbridge on sunday june 25th xext sunday july 2nd will be decoration day at claremont union cemetery there will be no united church service in the evenin mrs r tansley spent several days last week in toronto and was guest at a garden parly on friday accompanied by her friend mrs blaekwell of toronto and mr tansley they motored to miners bay haliburton county remain ing until monday that big paint sale at grahams store balsam is continuing if youre interested in making your rooms more colorful be sure to visit your dealer for floglaze at balsam more than a thousand colors claremont copped the football honours in the exhibition game here with oshawa friday night 21 patrons of mr harry porters barber shop are asked to take notice that this place of business will be closed all day monday dur ing the months of july and august friends will be interested to learn that mr bob forsyth is giving up his optometrist position in toronto which he has held for many years and will retire to his home in claremont mr and mrs r hockley and young son of toronto were week end visitors with her mother mrs n sanderson mrs mantle and family miss robena fossett of sarnia has been visiting for the past week with her aunt mrs d gregg and cousins on thursday and friday afternoons she was guest of honor with a few invited friends at the home of mrs gregg and mrs johnson and on friday evening with miss s e evans postponed claremont street dance and fair has been post poned to july 7th all draw tickets dated june 23rd will be good for the lucky draw on july 7 return football game between oshawa and claremont sponsored by canadian legion branch is3 claremont last sunday june 25th was a memorable day in the life of clare mont baptist church the attend ance at both morning and evening services was very gratifying gos pel messages in song were present ed by the plobardaires of tor onto their rendition of the holy city the hebrew benediction and the lords prayer as well as other sacred numbers was most inspiring at the morning worship service mr jas coates deacon of the church and moderator of the whitbylindsay association of baptist churches assisted in a solemn service of dedication of two children robert james bren- nan son of mr and mrs john brennan and shirley diane davi son daughter of mr and mrs g davison the goodfellowship class held their june meeting last tuesday evening june 20th at the home of mr and mrs 1 peddie mrs rey nolds was in charge of the program which consisted of scripture read ing prayer by rev lackey short readings by several members a paper read by mrs lehman on thei religion of the late jack miner a humorous poem by mrs t hem- mond and a review by mrs wal lace of her recent plane trip to scotland and interesting places visited during her six weeks visit to the land of her birth which was greatiy enjoyed by all mrs wal lace received an appreciative clap at the close of her remarks and the showing of numerous pictures of places visited during her trip lunch was served the apprecia tion of the class to mr and mrs peddio for their hospitality was expressed by the president mrs l pugh rev ralph and mrs wilson and daughter ruth accompanied by a lady friend from oshawa called upon mr and mis sam taylor and family on sunday evening mr and mrs earle cook enjoy ed a motor trip over the weekend the businessmens community picnic to sky loft last wednesday afternoon and evening attracted a large crowd f young and older folk and an enjoyable time was hail by all mrs wm evans was the winner of the lucky number draw receiving 5 cedar creek school won the war contest with claremont school in the ladies nail diiving contest mrs r fuller excelled there were three humor ous funis shown and free ice cream for all children there were races for all ages and baseball altogether it was a grand picnic for the community for which the business men deserve a big thank you tuesday rev 11 and mrs entertained rev and mr and loretta of victoria the two gentlemen are old friends mrs lackeys mr and mrs wm gray of garden hill were also present on wednesday mrs harry gibson of nelson bc was their guest on sunday rev a e and mrs arm strong and mr and mrs hugh miller were guests the latter lady is a dear friend of mrs lackey since school days in port hope the wa will be held on thurs day of this week in the school room of the united church there will also be a quilting bee for those who come early and sew everyone welcome last lackey currey square college parents cemetery decoration next sunday july 2nd next sunday july 2nd will be the occasion of the annual ceme tery decoration service in clare mont union cemetery rev h lackey minister in the local united church will deliver the address and the baptist male quartette will sing the time of the service is 230 oclock in the event of rain the service will be held in the baptist church mrs overland has her two little grandchildren visiting with her from hamilton while mr and airs gordon overland are enjoying a trip to the us the rain of early friday evening prevented ths legions prospects of a successful street dance so the members decided to postpone the affair for a couple of weeks the anniversary services of the united church were conducted by rev h lackey the guest speaker being dr a e armstrong for many years foreign secretary of the united church of canada who preached at both services he stressed the need for christian people to follow the teachings and life of jesus if they would win others to know and love him and cited examples of the moravian church in europe and us as be ing the highest type of true christians in the world the atten dance was fair but disappointment was felt that some had failed in realizing the great spiritual value of setting aside worldly hindrances to enjoy the benefits of assembling in the house of god for the pur- pose of praise and prayer rise up ye men of god have done with lesser things give heart and mind and soul and strength to serve the king of kings surely applies to our day as much as the days in which it was written miss cox assisted the choir with two vocal solos during the morning service and the quaker hill male quartette contributed three numbers during the evening service the church was beautified by baskets of peonies and orange blossoms brougham local subscriptions sought for park floodlights additional local contributions are asked by the claremont businessmens association in their campaign for floodlights in the local community park to date only contributions from outside business firms have been received and the local organization is ask ing tiiat the farmers of the district rally to the campaign which will provide them with evening enter tainment for many summers to come below is a partial list of contri butions received to date chas cooper general motor agency 30000 goodyear tire corp 1000 thos birkett son 1000 t eaton co 2500 toronto elevators 2500 robt simpson co 500 stouffville tribune 1500 t d thomas mpp 500 canadian breweries 1500 canada starch co merchandise radio equipment planned for pickering township police pickering township council is discussing the question of install ing radios in their police cars be cause of the high cost it is not believed that a twoway system of communication will be pur chased at this time but it is felt that even if the cars received in coming calls from the provincial police radio system it would be of great assistance the department will permit the installation if the local council sees fit to make the expenditure chief of police l v trinnel strongly recommends the use of radio in his work union church services begin next sunday j commencing next sunday july 2nd union services for the clare- mont churches will be held as 1 follows pastor g davison will be ministering during july and the services will be held in the united church rev h lackey will be ministering during august and the services will be held in the baptist church sunday schools will con tinue as usual each in their own church services will be held at the usual hours former pickering policeman dead william chester native and life long resident of pickering town ship former township police chief chairman of the pickering library board for go years and an enthus iastic hunter all his life died last week at his rouge hills home he was ss on march 17 he and mrs chester had quietly marked their gth wedding anniversary born on a farm at port union mr chester farmed most of his life but was also chief constable of pickering until his resignation in 1945 he and mrs chester left the family farm m years ago to move to rouge hills when the pickering library was organized in 1s0o mr chester be came its first chairman and had held that office since he was pop ular throughout pickering and scarboro as a hunter he took regular annual trips to northern ontario and had bagged more than 00 deer in 1011 at the age of 79 he brought down three deer in four shots mr chester was a life member of doric lodge af and am and centennial uiited church he is survived by mrs chester a son wellington and a sister mrs b f closson of highland creek john adams second president of the united states was the lawyer for the defense of the british soldiers arrested after the boston massacre 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 san hoi am dally ex sun hoi toronto 1000 bay and edward 840 1025 danforth and luttrell 810 1035 scarboro jet 800 1050 malvern 746 1053 browns cor 742 l055 town line 740 1105 cedar orove markham 730 1116 locust hill 720 1120 green river 715 1125 brougham 710 1135 claremont 700 am sun hoi 935 910 900 s45 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 425 415 405 400 355 345 pm sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 bus will operate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and via markham from nov 1 to april 30 termlnn nt 074 bay street toronto danforth bus lines mr and mrs alex moffatt and daughter judy visited with the sheppard family on sunday mr and mrs h philip and family of toronto spent the week end at their farm home here the many friends of mrs nott are glad to know that she is improving as well as can be expected although still in hospital miss sharp also mrs palmer of oshawa called on the formers niece mrs al harvey during the weekend mrs malcolm and mrs t c brown visited with mr and mrs j no knox of hampton on sunday mr g e holtby spent the week end with mr and mrs stewart beare at their cottage at sunset beach on lake simcoe mr and mrs f b ritchie and family also mr and mrs 1 i ritchie and miss louise ritchie all of toronto visited with their parents mr and mrs b ritchie during the weekend mr thos gammage suffered a sick spell over the weekend but is better at time of writing mr and mrs ayhner carter and little son of claremont visited with mr and mis a j gray on sunday mr m hamilton and mr w a knox were at columbus one day- last week visiting the formers brother and sister mr frank hamilton and mrs e hogle mr and mrs j prucyk and sons larry and marty of georgetown called on friends here recently mrs t c brown accompanied mr and mrs t sharp of green- bank on a motor trip to wood stock while they visited the formers sister mrs thornton mrs begg and children of tor onto visited at the sheppard home on sunday mr and mrs sherlock of tor onto also mrs burnett of mt clair nj called on mrs harvey on sunday mr and mrs w j brown also mr john brown all of toronto called on mrs t c brown on sun day mrs wm hamilton of markham called on his brother and sister-in- law mr and mrs m hamilton one day recently church service for the obser vance of the lords supper in st johns church on sunday was well attended the choir music and solo by mr robt miller also the beaut iful floral decoration added to the sacred service rev h lackey in a very sincere appeal urged that we place our glory not in temporal things but that we glory in the lord the next meeting of the wa of st johns church will be held at the home of mrs f cassie on tuesday july 1 at s pm members please note change in day of week new members and visitors will be very welcome a strawberry social sponsored by st johns church will be held on friday evening july 7 a drama his women folk sponsored by the buttonville wi will be presented mr and mrs gordon duncan and little daughter of markham visited with mr and mrs m har- lock mr and mrs booth of whitevale visited with mr and mrs l hop kins on sunday on thursday afternoon june 22 the wms auxiliary of st johns church met at the home of mrs c barclay with a large attendance the program for the afternoon was a review of the programs of the wms through the twentyfive years of union the president mrs m ellicott took charge of the opening devotions as out lined in the missionary monthly mrs geo duncan and helpers took charge of the program with the subject growing with the years mrs duncan called on the past presi dents of the years since union each giving the highlights of the turn in which they presided the wms has grown from five mem bers to now about forty in sum ming up the challenge for the future of the united church we stand at a strategic moment in the history of the christian church for service for christ and his king dom all fields are asking for more missionaries now and the call for larger giving and more devoted service a rededication of member followed at the close of the meet ing all enjoyed a very appetizing tea and the social gettogether a picnic celebrating 50 years of the womens institutes of south ontario district was held at brooklin arena on saturday june 21 wl members from whitby honeydale brougham brooklin attended at supper time the tables were set banquet stylo mr thomas mpp and his wife were present he was introduced by mrs brady past president of the district mr westney reeve also spoke as did mrs m birrill the new district president mrs n white convention chairman spoke on institute work and interests a beautiful birthday cake with candles was enjoyed by all sports and races were held for the children corsages were presented to charter members mrs cronk of pickering branch mrs mc- neilly mrs mackie mrs heron of brooklin gave prizes to the oldest the biggest and the youngest all together it was a grand picnic and a celebration to be well remem bered by many wi members only a few types of mammals sweat methoxychlor is quick sure and safe to use on dairy animals and in dairy barns no milk contamination cil methoxychlor 50 wettable powder is the safest longlasting flykiller known you can spray it with safety directly on dairy cows no dangerous residue will show up in the milk use safe effective cil methoxychlor in the barn the milk house feed storage livestock and poultry pens it kills horn flies stable flies house flies mosquitoes fleas and lice also many insects attacking vegetables fruits and forage crops kill flies the safe effective way ask for cil methoxychlor coop phone 38 claremont george todd reports establishment of an improvement area at ajax we believe this will be favourably considered and it is always gratifying to report when approved will facilitate progress and that is exactly what completion of bringing water to i am able to do at this time the pickering village ontario county council on which 1 road work is progressing satis- i am also privileged to serve has i factorily more ditching and grad- decided to construct an adequate j ing has been done so far this year bridge to cope with present day than was done all of last year and traffic over dutlins creek on the gravelling is well ahead of brock road and the much debated schedule we have set up a stock question of the new home for the pile of gravel in the north east aged has been settled the move corner of the township negotia- to change the location to uxbridge tions are already under way to township was defeated and the either purchase or lease land in new home will be built on pro- the south end of the township for party adjacent to the present a similar purpose and to locate home rounthwaite and fairfield certain road equipment if con- have been retained as architects i sidered advisable we are also plans have already been drawn negotiating for the purchase of an and approved so that work should additional gravel pit the township start immediately has purchased a quantity of the building of the new high chloride calcium and any pick- school in pickering village has i ering resident who wants some been started and when completed can get it at the municipal garage we will have a high school of for 90c a bag incidentally one bag which all may well be proud a will do approximately 50 feet of new public school is being built roadway a dog catcher is to be at frenchmens bay a new fire engaged and a pound set up to area has been set up in the south take care of stray dogs and last west corner of the township but not least extensive alterations application has been made to the have been made in the municipal municipal board of ontario for the building rotary lets ah go to pickering july 1st dominion day big parade at 1 pm midway sports games at memorial park al harvey heads fine evening program get a ticket on the 1950 pontiac the whole family will real day have a 3wjkweyfreol