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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 14 1951 claremont and pickering twp district mr and mrs sam taylor were i i i j in the city on monday l0cal lauj mr and mrs p hardy spent the weekend with the latters parents mr and mrs r a story of west hill spent sunday with mr and mrs palmer mrs zeller and daughter of stouirville visited on sunday with mr and mrs burnell and family reg sanderson had the mis fortune of falling on his wrist and severely spraining it at school last friday mr and mrs walter ward enter tained mr and mrs joe ward and family of oshawa to a dinner in a group comprising fifteen one day last week miss brown of toronto spent saturday afternoon and sunday visiting with her sister mrs mc- intyre who accompanied her to toronto on monday morning the united church sunday school christmas program will take place in the sunday school room on friday evening commenc ing at 8 oclock of course everyone far and near will be looking forward to the santa claus parade through the town on saturday afternoon dec 16th lets all be youngsters again for a few hours rev h and mrs lackey enter tained the ministerial association comprising twentyfive ministers with their wives within a radius of about twelve miles at their last months social gathering glenn stronach toronto spent the weekend with mr and mrs gerald allman mrs j morgan who has been a patient in western hospital for several weeks was permitted to leave last weekend but will be under hospital surveillance for ten more days in toronto mrs r tansley spent a couple of days in toronto last week returning on friday evening accompanied by her four sisters who remained over saturday and attended the wa bazaar in the sunday school room will all shutins who would enjoy having the cgit group sing christmas carols at their door either next sunday evening or on dec 2th please inform miss mar ian norton not later than satur- day of this week the local legion branch recent ly held their annual election of officers and the following will hold positions for next term pres j w todd 1st vice pres j w norton 2nd vice pres win voss sectreas k b wood sergt at arms bill hicks meetings are now being held in the new legion hall first and third wednesdays of each month mrs lipperi was appointed president with mrs roy ward and mrs w wallace vice presi dents of the womans association of the united church for the com ing 0 mrs c reynolds who resigned after two years of presi dency in the society gave an excel lent account of stewardship throughout her term and is greatly beloved by all members the ladies of the wa will servo afternoon tea to the general public in the sunday school room of the united church from oclock after the santa claus parade on saturday of this week until all are served there will also be a few unsold articles from last weeks successful bazaar on exhibit for any who may wish to purchase same mr and mrs george mitchell and family mr and mrs a forbes stronach and family dr and mrs n dales and son all of toronto were guests on sunday at the home of mr and mrs e gerald allman a vote of thanks by the north claremorit parents is extended to mr lesse warden who persevered witli the arrangements of getting the school bus up their way to mr allman goes also thanks for the suggestion of the bus mr and mrs 1 norton and fam ily mr and mrs a robertson and mr and mrs cecil redman enter tained an uncle mr ira calder of montana also cousins mr and mrs e k douglas from north carolina for the past couple of weeks mrs wm wager and son and daughter from newburgh were also weekend guests of the same group we regret that mr lyman pilkey has been ill during the past week with pneumonia at the home of his sister mrs f pugh mi d arksey who moved into a vacant apartment in the w toiri- linson home last month with his wife and two children from brook- lin has been similarly afflicted we understand we trust they may both have a speedy recovery would it not be worthwhile keeping all the streetlights glow ing until midnight and entirely off during the day we arc all urged to conserve electricity but we know of at ieast one street in this village without a light since halloween though a request for one has been made several times neither is there a sidwalk or a paved road and the walk is rough and dangerous wouldnt equal service for all be good business for the village trustees for the new injured in fall this saturday dec 10th will be the occasion for the big santa claus parade in claremont com mencing at 230 pm the celebra tion is sponsored by the business association and everyone is invited to turn out and enjoy the fun therell be free tickets for the kiddies and lucky draw tickets will be sold on two mammoth christmas turkeys a huge christ mas cake is on display and 10c guesses as to its weight are being sold cash prizes will be awarded to children under 15 having the best decorated bicycle wagon or sled also the best costume dont fail to read the big announcement by the claremont merchants on page two section two of this issue lucky draw turkey for big parade brougham wedding bells are ringing again in our midst mr and mrs d l mairs visited friends at keswick on sunday mr and mrs a j gray visited friends at green river on sunday mr and mrs a hardy of tor onto were weekend guests of mr and mrs ross knox mr and mrs w a knox visited with their two sons at enniskillen and hampton on sunday mr and mrs n burton mr and mrs c hubbord and mr geo burton called on mr and mrs m hamilton on sunday the young people of st johns united church will hold their reg ular meeting on thursday evening dec 14 at the home of mr and mrs ray ellicott the many friends of mrs d seebeck are sorry to hear that she has been sick during the past week we hope for a full recovery in the near future mr and mrs wm ellicott visit ed their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs ronald ford and family at highland creek on sun day miss ferguson our public school teacher is busy training her pupils for their christmas entertainment while walking to a neighbours home in north claremont last whi h wu b h town saturday evening mrs clark fell un n oo on the icv road and was unable to rise she was picked up by mr and mrs e baker and rushed to dr tomlinsons office where it was discovered she had severely injured her knee and stretched all of the ligaments of the limb necessitating a cast and being con fined to bed for a few weeks dr clark has recently been released from a rest home in toronto improved in health but still far from being well the sincere s hall on dec 22 in cooperation with the sunday school there will be a christmas tree and santa will make his usual visit the meeting of the wms auxiliary of st johns church will be held in the church on thursday afternoon dec 14 con vener of the program is mrs john white with group b roll call is a verse from the book of ephesians mr and mrs lloyd pascoe and daughter visited with mr and mrs kenneth pascoe on sunday ympathy of the neighbours is the womens institute held then- extended to this couple who have k tuesday made many friends during he ev dec th rf inn short time tney have been in the lvpl thp fft v- manenn community claremont village 50 years ago in looking over the history of the village of claremont fifty years ago the following may be interesting to a few of our villagers of today fifty years ago the population was about 600 the professional mercantile and busi ness interests are represented by the following ministers rev adams methodist rev williams baptist and rev dr campbell presbyterian medical gm brodie md w f eastwood md c j brodie vs general merchants j and p macuab d hopper and r e forsyth grocer t gibbons hardware a b dowswell furni ture and undertaking j h beal baker n tarr butcher s rucuohr shoe stores henderson fanner palmer jobbitt farm implements i powell carriage builder wm dowswell harness maker n burton curling rink w leapcr foundry ii w white carpenters f dowswell w leaner a sharron thos patterson horse importers graham l5ros black smiths graham cooper las harvey and xv thomson eleva tors t caster gregg wilson masons and contractors wm anderson albert rawson flour and feed s palmer pump factory ino gerow hotel alex wilson livery thomson besse barber robt bryan tailor fred farmer commissioner thos dunn tax collector f hutchison societies masonic workman home circle and foresters band leader j w gregg poultry yards g m for syth claremont has a good public library year the goodfellowship class held their regular monthly meeting last tuesday evening at the home of mr and mrs e boniface mrs xv wallace and mrs d mcculiough were in charge of the program consisting of the singing of christ mas carols prayer scripture read ing the christmas message gods supreme gift to man and a num ber of short readings and poems by various members the roll was answered by a verse of scripture containing the word righteous mrs w evans favored with an instrumental solo a couple of contests were enjoyed the hostess and two members in charge of the lunch seated all at tables and a bountiful lunch of sandwiches and cake was enjoyed by all the men had an especially active even ing as they spent considerable time digging and pushing cars out of the mud into which they slipp ed by turning aside from the safety of the regular driveway the meeting closed by expressing thanks to the host and hostess and the joining of hands in singing auld lang syne veterans christ mas party on monday december 18th at 8 pm in veterans memorial hall stouffvillc a christmas party will be given for all veterans of the district along with their wives and families there will be entertain ment and refreshments for trans portation call stoulfvjlle 263w were the following mrs manson ellicott mrs clarence plaxton mrs l w sheppard mr r pilkey mr j tweedie and mrs j mitchell about 100 men took part in the barnraising at the fred hamilton farm last week as a goodwill gesture the community provided the supper for the men a number have continued to assist this week and the bam is now occupied a bee on monday brought in a large quantity of hay which was pur chased to replace that lost in the fire the annual meeting of the citizens league was held in the fire hall on tuesday evening dec 5 when the following officers were appointed for the coming year president fred cassie vice presi dent robt miller chief ed jones 1st deputy ross knox 2nd deputy robt miller secretary wm knox treasurer frank carter directors m harlock d l mairs w slack g duncan m ellicott t phip and kenneth pascoe the friendly bible class mem bers and their families mdt in the hall last friday evening dec 8 after a bountiful supper enjoyed by all the president mr frank carter opened the meeting wita singing of christmas carols fol lowed by the worship service and business election of officers was taken with rev h lackey acting as chairman and mrs geo willson as secretary result is as follows president mr harold barclay vicepresident mr jack mitchell treasurer mis jack keeler secre tary mrs m minis pianist mrs jack mitchell visiting committee mr and mrs geo duncan and mr and mrs geo willson press secre tary mrs frank carter teacher mr allen ellicott the wa of st johns united church held their regular monthly meeting on wednesday evening dec 6 at the home of the presi dent mrs goo duncan the wor ship service was taken by mrs sheppard the minutes of the previous meeting were read by mrs l matthews in the absence of the secretary mrs geo willson mrs t philip gave a report of the recent bazaar which was very encouraging mrs knox gave an interesting report of the rally which was held at greenwood recently mrs knox who wished to be relieved by her duties as vice president was succeeded by mrs cassie who was elected by acclam ation letters were received from shutins who wished to express their thanks for cards they had received also a letter from downs nursery who are to show slides in the hall on jan 12 mrs h mal colm program convener gave an interesting reading which was followed by a piano solo by miss g duncan the meeting closed by all singing the mizpah benediction a vote of thanks was extended to mr and mrs duncan for opening their home a dainty lunch was served by the hostess auction sale kaiul stock imllkmknts horses iigs hay gralu kntllik household furxituke at jlot 35 cox pickekixg 2 miles from stouirville on the miirkham pickering townline tuesday dec 19th the estate of the late ross kester green river on sunday dec 17 in union ss a white gift service will be held christmas sunday at 230 pm dr g fiddes will bring the christmas message special music on wednesday dee 27th in the ss room the christmas supper black team of horses aged durham cow bred oct s durham cow bred aug 22 durham cow bred aug 29 durham cow bred sept 21 durham cow bred sept 15 pigs brood sow not bred brood sow not bred s chunks 11 chunks 2 fat pigs about 30 hens hay chain quantity of hay to be sold in mow quantity of oats wheat for feed harness set double harness number of collars 1930 dodge car in good condition binder mh mower mh seed drill disc cultivator 3drum steel roller horse rake turnip drill steel truck wagon good rubber tired wagon high wagon box hay rack set 2000 lb scales walking plows set 4section harrows 2 hog hooks 2 iron kettles delaval separator fanning mill large press sausage machine forks hoes shovels and many other articles too numerous to mention furniture dining room suite complete solid fumed oak in first class condition 4pieee chesterfield suite complete dining room fixture new hall rack dining room rug large leather rocking chair 5section book case like new oak library table fumed oak leather couch fancy vase large quantity of pictures iframes books etc bed dresser chittonuier like new spring mattress small writing desk dresser bed spring mattress chiffonniei- like new bedroom rugs 9 x 12 6 x 10 chest of drawers wash stand bed spring mattress 3 mirrors bed chest of drawers wash stand 2 bedroom chairs 3 white spreads number of scatter rugs number of feather pillows number of quilts 3 hall runners small chest of drawers findlay kitchen stove 6 chairs leather rocker 2 small chairs hot plate strainer milk pail 2 sausage grinders no of crocks 2 cedar chests cellar table s doz empty fruit jars coal oil stove oven butter bowl prijit drop leaf table quantity of cooking utensils oldfashioned corner cupboard tub stand wringer several lamps shades sewing machine domestic kitchen cabinet no of benches kitchen clock no reserve as farm sold terms cash sale at i2h0 slitup this sale must start on time owing to short days furniture and small goods sold flint lloyd turner clerk a s farmer auctioneer football fields are called grid irons because the white lines crossing the field resemble a grid iron csssssz3 es333 uxbridge township nominations a meeting of the electors to nominate candidates for the offices of reeve deputyreeve three council lors and five township school area trustees for 1951 will be held in the township hall goodwood on friday december 22nd 1950 from one to two oclock in the afternoon election day monday january 1st 1951 john ashenhurst returning officer ggcg iv livva irysn sessna ittys5jtts5tttttt5ttyttttttttt5ttttsttyttsttttttttttjsm ken wagg jeweller stouffvilijk ontario swrjw555res353533ja5ea every saturday night stouffville veterans hall modern old time w w bates orchestra admission 50c come on over to our house were warm as toast witm x r n blue coal gives you heat to spare while others are shivering easy to modernize even oldest furnaces enjoy the stepsaving convenience of the blue coal temp master the auto matic heat regulator with electric eye saves up to 30 on fuel bills free home demonstration no wonder blue coal is the choice of millions blue coal is extrarich in heat units for steady healthful warmth on those extra- cold days warms your house fast in the morning yet slumbers all day to save your money order blue coal today youll feel the difference come in or phone today 1s take notice this party is tor all vvillbe field with the uua santa veterans not just legion members claus treat p r wilson central feed store locust hill phone 72r3 slouffville phone 277 teixowsco lor guarantees you get e bet