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the tribune stouffville- ont thursday december 21 1950 claremont and pickering twp district air and mrs k h wood and family of kichvale visited mr ard mrs k b wood on sunday miss marjoriekitzgibbon miss joan lambe mr and mrs john taylor all of toronto were week end guests at the home of mr and mrs gerald allman the members of the north pickering branch canadian legion claremont are anxious to express their appreciation to the merchants and others who helped to make their special evening and draws a success the santa claus parade here on saturday was described as even better than the display last year betty ward jas phillips and walter pascoe were the three luckv winners of the turkeys given away the sarco co took the trophy for the best float fred lewis of altona was second and skvloft lodge third there were about a dozen floats in the parade and santa dispersed candies to more than five hundred eager children mrs jim norton won that iine rug the first prize lucky draw at the legion bingo last week otht prize winners were as follows mrs yvonne hodman blankets a mitchell locust hill electric kettle w a doherty milliken electric clock mrs w lehman lighter betty redshaw cigarette roller 5 merchandise to mrs jim taylor a michel s m brown downsview don beer brougham win vince oshawa e jones brougham mrs s loyst doug arksey the wms was held last thurs day afternoon with a good atten dance and the president and secre tary were in their respective places mrs reynolds conducted the christmas candle lighting pro gram assisted by mrs f ward mrs hammond si mrs lehman mrs carson and mrs howard rev h lackey brought a iine christ mas message a number of the ladies quilted prior to and after the meeting plans were suggested for making the society more efficient in a number of ways dur ing the new year the present slate of officers were returned for another term at the december meeting of the wi held last wednesday at the home of mrs m anderson the roll call for a box of candy furnish ed a bountiful supply a splendid report of the november conven tion was given by the delegate miss forsythe who brought gordon sinclairs address to the members which was about the late amy semple mcpherson of california henry long the duke and duchess of windsor both miss forsythe and mrs mc- connell the alternate delegate mentioned the remarks of a speaker at the banquet pertaining to the regrettable lack of cordiality so often manifested between the french and english in montreal and quebec captain jones of the salvation army at uxbridge brought the christmas message choosing as her subject win dows she regretted the fact that christmas was being eommercia lized thus foi getting the real mean ing of the wonderful event to the world we each display vto others what we are by our actions and are therefore windows mrs f carson sang a lovely christmas carol there was an exchange of christmas gifts a lunch of sand wiches cookies candy and tea was served by the committee in charge the cgit group with their leader mrs lackey held a candle lighting service in the united church sunday evening and had complete charge during the hour they afterwards sang christmas carols at the home of mr and mrs r forsythe mr and mrs clarke mrs gibson mr and mrs b hamm and mr j and miss dick- audley arthur hedge is recovering from an attack of pneumonia mrs henry westney visited her after spending a brougham misses myra and donna ford of highland creek father rev joblin in port perry last week frank madigan who has made his home with chas puckrin the crawfords and with mrs mc- rrady here for many years as a general farm hand was taken to hospital last week with an attack of appendicitis he succumbed after the operation and interment was made in the rc cemetery at pickering he was born on a farm in the fifth concession and has lived in this neighborhood all his life a brother in the states and some cousins in toronto are the surviving relatives deceased was in his 73rd year and was never married he was of a jovial and kindby disposition again christmas time has come around and nearly every resident especially the younger ones are radiant with the good will and general spirit of the master of long ago all families are planning gatherings and home comings for the monday and special services are being arranged for the church es this old world is bad enough but what would it be like if there had been no man of galilee to pin faith our adoration the only com fort that will stick in ones mem ory after this year goes into his tory will be the sacrifice we have made to establish good will among men the school meeting for ssno5 will be held on thursday evening dec 2sth at the school house at 7 pm a full attendance of rate payers is asked for this custom of service by the people was the foundation upon which our school system was built about 40 years ago ontario was regarded as tne most advanced and the best sys tem in canada and local control evoked and secured a great amount of local interest in school matters many old trustees of that system took great pride in keeping the public schools manned by good teachers and equipped well per haps it might le observed by many today that the heavy expenditures for streamlined school buildings with all very mod ern means of text books and teach ing aids have not produced a cor responding increase in intelligence or in training many also feel that a school system guided from the to down can never reach the levels that can be obtained from an inspired countryside directing the uplift education of their child ren returned home few days with mr and mrs pike committre is organized a standing fire committee was organized at east woodland pick ering twp last week with the object of organizing a volunteer firefighting department on the committee are bert cain terry ryan albert hall ed hannah harold mitchell jack martin and r wells water supplies in the district will be tabulated and volunteers organized and trained it is hoped to have trained person nel in cherrywood and fairport beach as wed the lire chief will be appointed later inson all shutins mrs- fred pugh won herself that scrumptious christmas cake don ated on saturday by madam clares bakery here to the busi ness mens big santa claus parade each person had a guess on the weight of the cake which has been displayed for some time in the bakery window the actual weight was 5 pounds 10 ozs and mrs pugh came the closest with a guess of 5 pounds 11 ozs wjmsaiwmjkisassikpiiiajsgbasg this friendly greeting express sin cere thanks for your patronage during the i past year with best wishes for a joyful christmas claremont coop rearafflffytt their grandparents w h ellicott mrs c devitt who does not improve as fast as her many friends would wish is now in tor onto where she is receiving treat ment mrs m lemmon is spending a couple of days with friends in tor onto miss 11 percy of markham accompanied by her sister and two nieces called on mrs m hamilton one day last week mr and mrs cyril wannopp have rented a house in greenwood and moved there on saturday mr david barclay had the mis fortune to slip oil a ladder and fracture a small bone in his foot the womens institute euchre was held on tuesday evening dec 12 when the following were prize winners mrs x burton miss jean madill mrs m birrell mr p hardy jlr b beer and master billy ellicott two special prizes were won by mrs j mitchell and mr c plaxton the regular monthly meeting of the wms auxiliary of st johns church met in the church on thursday afternoon dec 1 the meeting opened with the singing of hymn no 61 the program was followed as in the missionary monthly led by the president mrs manson ellicott the busi ness session was a lengthy one the nominating committee was president mrs m ellicott secre tary mrs howard plaxton trea surer mrs cassie and submitted their findings as the following names as officers for 1951 lion president mrs m ellicott presi dent mrs harold barclay lstvice president mrs h miller 2nd vice president mrs w knox secretary mrs howard plaxton treasurer mrs dean mairs literature secre tary mrs t norton press secre tary mrs w ellicott missionary secretary mrs v bayles christ ian stewardship and finance secre tary mrs m ellicott associate members secretary mrs b ritchie supply secretary mrs a gray mrs lemmon and mrs geo philip temperance and christian citizenship secretary mrs l john ston pianists mrs l johnston mrs c barclay and mrs harvey flower committee mrs w ellicott and airs v wilison finance com mittee mrs mairs mrs m elli cott mrs w wilison and mrs h malcolm baby band leader mrs geo duncan mission band mrs m annis coram friendship sec mrs johnston sr mrs t philip mrs m ellicott mrs h miller and airs cassie social coram mrs burk mrs m ellicott mrs h plaxton mrs helen gray a candlelight service was then led by the president assisted by mrs m annis mrs dean mairs mrs norton mrs ceo wilison and mrs ray ellicott the hymns used were numbers 55 1ss 00 and 58 the meeting closed with prayer the womens institute held their last meeting of the year on tuesday dec 12 in the township hall brougham after the busi ness session was over the district president of south ontario mrs m birrell addressed the members she spoke first of the possibility of securing films from the national film board the subjects of which are unlimited the president also told of a gavel to be presented to the institute getting the largest number of new members this year 30 new institutes have been formed there are 1 103 in ontario and according to john fisher guest speaker at the womens institute convention there is no reason why more women should not hold responsible positions in public and in the governing of our country mrs birrel spoke of rev dr norman bells helpful radio speech in finding it of great importance to ailing people to impress on them the idea of living one day at a time mrs jack mitchell delegate to the conven tion held at the royal york hotel in toronto gave an interesting report mrs hotick spoke on what is our horizon in it she spoke of women being more busi nesslike than men when holding office mrs futcher told of a dele gation of 38 wi members going to coperihagan in 1919 these canadians met gracious courtesy in all the nations they visited they were met at the boats by different organizations and always an interpreter the country women of the world have been extended an invitation to visit canada miss lewis showed the convention souvenirs and wi pins of differ ent countries they visited sweden lapland and denmark in tins country many women smoke cigars in holland they visited the cemeteries where canadian boys sleep in oslo there arc- 21 women in city councils in stockholm everyone rides a bicycle in lon don they visited westminister abby mrs snider i- chairman for 1931 and mrs ale- phatter the secretary mrs burk convener of current events road a poem on how to keep christ mas at the tea hour a delicious lurch was served the hostesses thieves take top of prized conacher tree charlie conachers prize import ed holland blue spruce on his pickering twp lawn will never be any good as a tree again but the noted hockey figure still wants to find out what happened to it sometime during sunday night a dualwheeled truck drove part way up the winding drive leading to his home and someone cut the tree off six feet from the ground evidently planning to use the top as a christmas tree pickering township police chief lockhart trinnell says the tree will be hard to disguise it was more than 30 feet tall and eight inches thick at the base and if used for outdoor display can be easily spotted turkeys cheap at uxbridge poultry fair uxbridge got the bird killed plucked and in wholesale lots as poultrymen from neighboring townships of scott reach and brock moved in for the christmas fair are you buying or selling was the greeting to most strangers ridding gets around by a whisper campaign like any true curb mar ket truck loads of turkeys geese ducks and chickens jammed the streets shortly after dawn and business continued until noon the santa claus parade took over the atha news keep in mind the educational film put on at atha school on fri day afternoon dec 22 at 2 oclock all welcome mr and mrs sheridan visited with mr and mrs joe tran on saturday night mr eli lehman is expected home from hospital this week mr and mrs baird and hugh of saintfield were dinner guests with mr and mrs murray dun- keld on sunday mrs fred draper and daughter mr and mrs ernie carruthers ruth ann and mrs a carruthers helped little marie draper cele brate her birthday on friday even ing several from here attended the santa claus parade at claremont on saturday afternoon mr hurrlev of toronto was a mrs chas hooper reelected by york federation charles hooper of ruttonville and councillor for markham twp was reelected president of the york county federation of agri culture at the annual meeting in newmarket last week newly elected officers are frank marritt keswick 1st vice president russell rountree wood- bridge 2nd vice president william buchanan downsview secretary- treasurer elected to the execu tive committee were ron ramer bert palmer allan loveless max newroth mrs burning and mrs brumwell a representative from the junior farmers is to be appoint ed being airs g duncan mrs v hamilton mrs a grav mrs geo gray the next wi euchre will be on jan 9th 1951 rio theatre uxbridge two shows nightly matinee saturday at 200 pm wednesday thursday december 20th 21st quicksand mickey rooney and jeanne cagney afternoon as business thinned out it was a buyers market in tur- dinner guest with mr and keys at least which should be albert draper on sunday good news to the housewives who havent yet grabbed the holiday u is warmer to wear two thin fowl turkey was selling as low as garments than one thick one be- 55 cents a pound cause of much cause the air hetween them serves grousing by the poultrymen as insulation these guys wanna get rich quick was a typical remark some surprise was caused by the price of geese they have less meat than turkeys and the honkers were going for as high as 48 cents a pound with chicken somewhere in between in a back room of the town hall looking like a swami at his crystal ball l mcgill of the department of agriculture was bending to the task of candling eggs as he judged the fourtownship competition the fowl judges wandered around the rows of birds in the hall pok- wong used by at least 150000- 000 chinese people is the worlds most common familv name pine trees are less likely to be struck by lightning because their resin interferes with their con ducting of electricity ing and prying and nodding to each other as they awarded the prizes foto nite every thursday this week first offer 15000 second offer 5500 wednesday is attendance night friday saturday december 22nd 23rd adventures of don juan technicolor errol flynn and viveca lindfors as christmas draws near and heralds the ap proach of a new year our thoughts turn to the business associates with whom our relationships have been most cordial it is our hope that the new year will bring you a larger measure of health happiness and prosperity c cooper claremont monday tuesday december 25th 26th look for the silver lining technicolor june haver and ray bolger the management and staff of the rio theatre wishes everyone a merry christmas bus service tonoxto east bound read down brougham toronto time claremont west bound read up pm pm dally sun ex sun hoi hoi 945 545 1010 610 1020 620 1035 635 1038 638 1040 6 1050 bi0 1100 700 1105 705 1110 710 1120 720 pm sat onlv 200 225 235 250 253 2 55 3ij 315 320 325 335 am sun hoi am dally ex sunfc hoi toronto 1000 bay and edward 840 1026 danforth and luttrell 810 1035 parboro jet 800 1050 malvorn 745 1053 browns cor 742 1055 town line 740 1105 cedj urove markham 7 30 1115 locust hill 2i 1120 green river 1125 lirnughim 710 1135 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