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the tribune stoucviueont thursday july 27 1950 claremont and district by staff correspondent local dealers madills store and overlands store mr and mrs john badgero were holidaying at hawk lake during the weekend mr and mrs gordon taylor were vacationing at sault ste marie last week claremont co op have been making some changes in their office and store departments to make additional space for cus tomers the library board wishes to announce that the library will be closed from and including aug 1st while the librarian is on vacation and will reopen on saturday aug 19th mr chas cooper has had a con siderable amount of work done during the past couple of months on his residence and has enhanced its appearance by the application of white paint giving it a strik ingly fine new look miss jennie pilkey has also had new siding put on her house and a new porch erected in place of the old verandah which with the addi tion of paint has created a home of which she may well be proud owing to a heart condition miss pilkey has been obliged to live very quietly for a number of years mrs j mccullough who has been living with her daughter mrs mccarl at whitby spent sun day at the family home accom panied by mr and mrs howard mills and baby daughter of tor onto and attended morning church service she reports mr mccul- loughs condition to be much the same since he was removed to the daughters home in whitby several months ago the goodfellowship class is serving supper in the united sun day school room commencing at 530 pm on thursday of this week it is hoped everyone will attend as this supper will take the place of the regular wa one usually held there will not be an afternoon meeting as advertised last week mrs s cook returned to her home in lansing after visiting for the past three weeks with her son and daughter and other relatives in the community mr and mrs roy morgan have moved from the farm to their new home in the village east of mr chambers residence on the ninth we wish them many years of health and happiness before tak ing up farm life the morgans built and lived in the house now occupied by mr chambers which also included the house and lot which they are now occupying we extend birthday greetings to mrs ramson a life long resident of claremont who celebrated her 84th birthday on july 24th at the home of her daughter and son-in- law mr and mrs shaver in hali- burton where ill health necessi tated the move from her own home mr and mrs a forbes stronach and family were visitors with mr and mrs gerald auman during last week sorry to report mr james rum- ney has had to enter toronto western hospital where it is expected he will undergo an oper ation mr and mrs arthur loyst and family of whitby were sunday evening callers with mr and mrs grant taylor mrs ada stronach is visiting her son in toronto for a few days miss ramona baer of goderich mrs e allman miss marilyn hall iwell and mr and mrs geo all man and family all of toronto were weekend guests at the home of mr and mrs gerald aihnan mrs doris richardson of tor onto was guest speaker at the fire side meeting of the bahi world faith held at the home of mr and mrs jesse warden on saturday evening the following group of cgit girls have been enjoying ten days of camp life at geneva park lois skinner beverley barclay sylvia johnston june morgan frances mccullough carol johnson owing to a throat condition marion nor ton was unable to attend as plan ned and june davis and marian middleton remained home in sympathy the girls expect to return home tuesday evening there have been fortyfour girls between the ages of twelve to fourteen years during this period and the next group will be of the senior class of girls some of whom will come from niagara district the parents of the claremont girls visited with their daughters last sunday afternoon and all enjoyed a picnic supper in the park mr and mrs henry johnson attended a family social afternoon and evening at richmond hill last thursday at the home of a sister mrs f hickson returning home on friday afternoon the wms will be held on thursday july 10th when it is expected lady friends of mrs condy will be present as guest speakers and provide music fuller particulars on sunday everyone cordially invited oocoxmcoocoo stouffville sand gravel limited are prepared to supply your requirements of crushed gravel sand concrete gravel pit run delivered or at the bin plant phone 125 office phones 370 and 126 sooooooooooooqooa 1949 ford 12ton truck like new 120000 1947 chev coach like new 129500 1942 dodge coupe 69500 1942 ihc v pickup 49500 1942 gmc 3ton with 14 stake body 69500 1941 chev 2ton with 12 stake body 49500 1938 buick sedan as is 34500 1935 chev coach new paint 29500 1934 chev special sedan as is 12400 1930 ford coupe as is good motor 9500 1928 ford coach as is good heater 6500 chas cooper phone 103 claremont brougham mrs geo philp and mrs t robertson had a business trip to toronto one day last week mr and mrs cammack of michigan are visiting mr and mrs fred hicks miss barbara mairs and miss ann barclay left on saturday to spend a week at oak lake camp mr and mrs wm ellicott visit ed their cousins mr and mis l barrett at zephyr on wednesday mr and mrs robinson and daughter rulaine of maryland were recent guests of her sister mrs d a beer mrs ross middleton visited with mr and mrs bennett at mussel- mans lake on sunday afternoon mr and mrs wm burton of detroit visited his sister mrs m hamilton and other friends last week mr and mrs mitchell also mr kenny of toronto visited with mr and mrs al harvey and mrs harvey sr on sunday mr and mrs geo willson and dorothy returned after a pleasant motor trip to ottawa and other eastern cities mr and mrs allan elliott and daughter alayne and master gary winton all of oshawa visited mr and mrs d a beer one day last week mrs a b matthews and mrs willson spent a few days last week with the formers daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs harbron at myrtle the many friends of miss ruth gillman are sorry to know she is still in oshawa hospital but all join in hoping she will soon be home and around in her usual happy way the marriage of isobel adelia devitt daughter of mr and mrs leslie k devitt of toronto and william h hurlburt of edmonton took place at edmonton alberta on july 15 isobel went west after her graduation at toronto uni versity several years ago broug ham friends best wishes are with the young couple whose parents were once young people of this village the sunday school picnic was held at greenwood park on friday july 18 the well equipped park is an ideal place for picnics where there are children some fortyfive wi members from pickering claremont kin- sale and brougham enjoyed a short course at the township hall on friday evening july 20 films were shown by miss ann robert son of the department of agricul ture on newer ways of canning ontario fruits vegetables meats and chicken this is the first course from the department to be held in the evening for some time and was shown at a very oppor tune time now the canning season is upon us again the wms of st johns church held their july meeting at the home of mr and mrs h malcolm with a large attendance the open ing devotions were conducted by the president mrs m ellicott with mrs l johnston at the piano followed by the outline in the missionary monthly plans were made for a picnic for the august meeting and to entertain the baby band and the mission band the afternoon program was in charge of convener mrs john white with group b some very worthwhile papers were read giving informa tion on the world convention for christian education to be held in toronto next month delegates will be present from all over the world the meetings will be held on the campus of the university and other colleges and churches with evening meeting to be held at the coliseum at the exhibition grounds sunday schools and churches are sending letters and contributions to the welcome book to be used to help defray traveling expenses for some of the delegates at the close of the meet ing the hostesses mrs h mal colm and daughters fern miller and helen crawford served a delicious tea which was enjoyed bv all bus service toronto bast bound read down brocgham toronto time ciremot 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 63s 640 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 253 265 305 315 320 325 335 am sun hoi toronto 1000 bay and edward 1026 danforth and luttrell 1035 scarboro jet am dally ex sun h61 s40 810 800 1050 malvern 745 1053 browns cor 742 1055 town line 740 1106 cedar grove markham 720 1115 locust hill 720 1120 green river 715 1125 brougham 710 1136 claremont 700 am sun hoi 936 910 900 s45 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 pm sat only 620 455 445 430 427 425 416 405 400 355 345 pm sun hoi 935 910 900 846 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 bus will operate via cedar grove from may 1 to oct 31 and via markham from nov 1 to april 30 terminal at 674 bay street toronto danforth bus lines george todd reports to the ratepayers taxes are always a moot question but as has been very wisely said nothing is surer than death and taxes taxes are a very necessary evil and your township like all other similar governmental bodies neither manufactures nor grows anything for resale conse quently the only way they can meet their expenditures is from the monies collected from taxes of one kind and another you and i know all too well that ever increasing demands are being made on your council for more and more services of various kinds all of which in their own way have a great deal of merit and cost money but regardless of efficient administration taxes have an unfortunate habit of going up rather than of going down it is with this thought in mind that i am showing you herewitn the actual distribution of your tax dollar over the township as a whole cent education schools all purposes 4s5 county all purposes 22 township roads 15s welfare and hospitalization 23 general police fire health and administration 10g total lo0 the above distribution of your tax dollar varies in accordance with different school sections this is because of variance in deben tures and requisitions where the individual school section requires a higher percentage of your tax dollar for education quite obvious ly there are lower percentages available for road maintenance etc to illustrate this point here is the distribution of your tax dollar in school section three west cents education schools all purposes 635 county all purposes 162 township roads 112 welfare and hospitalization 16 general police fire health and administration 7o total 100 education costs in the township as a whole are slightly better than fortyeight per cent of your tax dollar whereas in school section three west this item jumps to slightly better than sixty three per cent however and whether we have children of school age or not it is a definite obligation on any township to provide the best possible facilities for education this means the best buildings and equipment available as well as the best teachers in this connec tion it is therefore apparent that a very great deal of responsibility devolves upon the various school boards and trustees the slightly better than twenty two per cent of your tax dollar which goes to the county i shall explain in a subsequent report which shall be devoted entirely to county council matters as far as these effect pickering township the road allotment of your tax dollar is little enough but i be lieve value is being received for every dollar spent but sooner or later a great proportion of the tax dollar will have to be spent on roads to take care of the ever increasing motor traffic of not only township residents but also of the various heavy delivery trucks which constantly use the roads welfare and hospitalization are matters which perhaps a great many tax payers dont often think about but both of these items are obligations which must be met where this type of service is required by residents of the town ship who are otherwise unable to meet these expenses themselves i might just mention however that all cases in either of these cata- gories are very carefully investi gated by your relief officer who in turn reports to the council be fore the township assumes the financial responsibility the seven and onehalf per cent under general groups a number of miscellaneous items all of which are nevertheless very important it is necessary to properly police the township to provide the maximum fire protec tion possible and to look after the general health of the township as a whole and i believe we have very efficient and sound adminis tration of the permanent staff at the municipal office greenwood mr wm pengelly is seriously ill at time of writing we hope for some improvement soon wm clark jr had the misfor tune to dislocate his shoulder one day last week the wms meeting for the cir cuit will meet at the home of mrs george wilson on aug 3rd clare mont wms will be guests at this meeting the evening auxiliary of the wms met wednesday evening of this week at mrs chas mctag- garts congratulations to mr and mrs ronald clarke on the arrival of a son on friday july 14th a little brother for cairn mrs a pegg is visiting with her daughter mrs b wilson of ravenna for a time a little son arrived there on july 17 mr and mrs g wilson of good wood visited last sunday after noon with mrs p wilson and les farmers headquarters in claremont district for binder twine rope baler twine stock and barn spray lundy fence and gates ready roofing asphalt shingles insulated siding and rock wool insulation gyproc lath and wallboard electric fencers and batteries coop master feeds blue coal claremont cooperative phone 38 claremont new bus line opened to oshawa a new bus service has been inaugurated from brougham to oshawa making two trips each day with a friday run starting at claremont the daily service may be extended to claremont at a later date if deemed necessary mr donald beer is the proprie tor having obtained the necessary charter to operate on this section of no 7 and no 12 highway the first bus leaves brougham each morning at 6 am leaving oshawa on the return trip at 515 a second run is made from broug ham at 5 pm returning at 330 am with workers from the general motors night shift on friday only bus leaves clare mont at 145 noon returning at the regular time of 515 atha news congratulations to little ruth ann carruthers who celebrated her fourth birthday on july 25th mr and mrs a draper were sunday evening callers at the hardman home several have started cutting wheat and report a wonderful crop mr and mrs ernie carruthers ruth ann and mrs carruthers were dinner guests with mr and mrs frank robb markham on sunday mr roy miller and mr donald parker spent monday evening with ernie carruthers donna and yvonne powell and bettyjean tran were guests of glenda silverthorn on monday last congratulations to mr george tran who will celebrate his 95th birthday on friday mr and mrs ed sharpe of sheridan wyoming are visiting with her father white eggs wanted a 2c premium is being paid by p hutton for grade a large white eggs cases supplied free pickup and prompt return 40 kenworthy aye toronto gr8970 ss3s new farm equipment for immediate delivery 15disc fertilizer drills double single discs 20disc seed drills double discs 2furrow tractor plows 3furrow tractor plows 2furrow fleury tractor plows c tractors h tractors cub tractors 8v2 heavy springtooth cultivator rope type hay loaders green crop hay loaders tractor mower for c tractor 6 horse mower corn harvester ensilage blower harvey bale grain elevators ihc and gilson milk coolers seed box for cultivator front mounted saw for farmall h wetmore and harvey hammer mills ihc and harvey corn shellers ihc and fleury springtooth harrows olaco smoothing harrows ihc and otaco horse scufllers fellows cement mixers beatty and fellows water pumps drag scrapers chas cooper equipment phone 103 claremont