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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 29 19j claremont and pickering twp distria mr and mrs cecil redman miss yvonne redman and mr peter white arid mr and mrs ed red- shaw spent christmas day with mr anil mrs al robinson we regret that mr j mccul- lough had the misfortune to tumble a couple of weeks ago and break a hip bone while under an excitable period in connection with his prolonged illness mr and mrs roy morgan miss mary morgan mrs d pugh mr e pugh spent christmas day with mr and mrs les feasby of sandford mr and mrs alan tomlinson and family of hamilton and mr and mrs x k tomlinson and family of toronto spent christmas at the home of dr n f tomlin son of claremont dr and mrs f j button and family enjoyed christmas dinner with mr r e forsyths mr g m forsyth a brother was also a guest mr and mrs geo derusha spent christinas day at the home of her sister mrs kenneth dop- king of toronto mr and mrs sam taylor and family and mr e lewis spent their christmas day with mr and mrs gordon graham and family of oshawa a family party of fifteen spent christmas with mr and mrs henry johnson mr and mrs bruce harton and mrs s cook of lansing were entertained on christinas day at the home of mr and mrs earl cook mrs condy enjoyed her christ mas day with mrs m harris and mr and mrs jim harris and child ren of the townline mr gordon gregg of madock wife and little daughter mr and mrs hugh gregg and misses mr and mrs douglas bryant of pickering are pictured after their recent marriage in clare mont the bride is the former joan sanderson daughter of mr and mrs x sanderson of claremont deceased over a wide area her minister rev h lackey spoke of her bright dauntless spirit throughout her long illness mrs e evans sang a requested solo isobel and jean gregg spent 7 tt cvoss the text of s the sermon in christmas day with their mother mrs d gregg who is convalescing from a recent illness at her home mr and mrs ernie baker enter tained mr and mrs cliff reynolds mr jim reynolds and friend of toronto and douglas on christ mas day mr levi linton- spent christinas day with friends in tor onto miss mabel gibson had christ mas dinner with mr and mrs harry porter mr and mrs morgan evans entertained their family of sons daughters and grandchildren numbering around twentyseven at their christmas day celebration in the village on monday mr and mrs r tansley spent their christmas with sisters and brothers in toronto miss kathleen beelby entertain ed some friends last week on the occasion of her birthday rev and mrs harold lackey and children enjoyed christmas day with relatives near frankford mrs mantle mrs n sanderson reginald and mr and mrs d bryant of pickering spent christ mas with mr and mrs d wood- burn and other members of the family in toronto reg returned to pickering with his sister and hus band for the remainder of the week mr and mrs fred pugh enter tained mrs mantle miss j pilkey mr lyman pilkey and mr and mrs lloyd pugh and children to christmas festivities on sunday mr and mrs pugti and children comprised part of the family group with mr and mrs v wallace on mondays celebration mr and mrs mel norrish of brougham were visitors at the home of mr and mrs fred red- shaw over the holiday later in the day mr and mrs norrish journeyed to his parents mr and mrs william norrish for tea in the evening mr and mrs redshaw called on the brignall household and spent a very pleasant evening a new schedule of rates has now been issued for the telephone customers in the claremont exchange as laid down by the bell system which recently took over the woodbridge vaughan com pany which operates the one exchange in claremont the b s company of stouffville operates the other exchange bill for the service will be issued on a monthly basis without discount an indivi dual residence service will carry a rental of 290 and a similar business service casting 450 four party lines or more will be changed to not more than two- party lines as soon as facilities can be made available mr and mrs earl mcmullen and family entertained the following relatives at their christmas cele bration mr and mrs j w mc- mullen and ross mr and mrs lome mcmullen and family mr and mrs joe mcmullen and fam- my fathers house there are many mansions was also a request owing to the extremely cold weather the com mittal service was also held in the church mrs frank ham dies after long illness following a stroke and a lengthy illness of five years mrs frank ham passed away on dec 22 at her home in claremont the late mrs ham was born 2l- miles south of claremont on the brock road 73 years ago the daughter of the late mr and airs james madill she married frank ham in march 1900 besides her husband she is sur vived by one son lome of oshawa and four daughters mrs george middleton hilda of stouffville mrs walter baker myrtle mrs donald mccullough marie both of claremont and nora at home also a brother fred and two sisters mrs dingman phoebe and mrs bert mathews katharine the funeral service was held from the late residence on tues day at 2 oclock thence to the united church claremont for public service the service was conducted by rev mr lackey and interment was made at the union cemetery claremont the pall bearers were william palmer walter ward judson ward thomas norton john beelby and frank cooper junior pakmek srkaks emerson norton of pickering township was introduced to county council last week by agri cultural representative h l fair of uxbridge as winner of the ontario county judging competi tion mr norton gave a report on his trip to the rural youth confer ence in west a brougham mr and mrs bruce ritchie spent christmas day with their family in toronto miss muriel sheppard of tor- altona happy xey year to all david nighsvanders entertained their family on christmas day mr and mrs c hodgson and family were guests of his parents mr and mrs l hodgson on christmas day mr and mrs 0 madill spent christmas day at the home of their daughter mr and mrs g pointon toronto mr and mrs d mansbridge and paul were guests of her parents rev and mrs pike over the holi day mr and mrs david crosier entertained their family on christ mas day mr and mrs walter carter were guests at the home of his sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs a wideimfn on christmas day mr and mrs c kerswill and family were with her parents mr and mrs r winn for christinas mrs kirbison who is living with the clarksons is spending the holiday season in the city with relatives mr and mrs w clarkson were guests of his sister and brother-in- law mr and mrs art smith bloomington mr and mrs wm mcnair were ily mr murray mcmullen and mr guests at the home of their gordon fuller all of stouffville daughter and soninlaw mr and mr and mrs w reaman and j mrs s thompson on christmas family of lincolnville mr and j day mrs clifford mcmullen of toronto mr and mrs peter nighswander and mr and mrs a e boake and entertained ner brother and his family of pine orchard compris- wife on christmas day ing thirtyfour members in al mr and mrs harv ing thirtyfour members in all mr and mrs harvey nighs this is the largest christmas party wander and little daughter are on we know of in this district a two weeks visit at the home of a packed united church on her parents in ohio tuesday afternoon for the funeral mr and mrs x bunker enter- service of the late mrs ham tests- tained their family on christmas fied to the large family connecday uors and wide acquaintance ofj mr and mrs wm reesor held onto spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs l w sheppard mrs lemmon spent christmas with toronto friends mr and mrs ivan ellicott of peterboro spent the weekend with his parents mr and mrs r ellicott mr and mrs w a knox visited with s their son and daughter-in- law mr ana mrs george knox at enniskillen on sunday mrs wm gray sr miss ida gray and mr henry gray of green river had christmas dinner with mr and mrs a j gray and family a family gettogether was held on sunday at the home of mr and mrs m hamilton when their children grandchildren and great grandchildren helped them enjoy their christmas dinner j mr and mrs j empringham spent christmas day with mr and mrs dean mairs and family mr john c hamilton spent christmas day with his sisters in oshawa mrs l matthews spent christ mas day with friends in toronto mrs geo philip had christmas dinner with mrs j miller and miss b stevenson mr and mrs bob harvey and son robert of tall pines halibur- ton mr and mrs mitchell and miss atkinson of toronto miss sharp of oshawa and miss mc- ginnis of buffalo spent christmas day at the harvey home mrs t c brown had christ mas dinner at the home of her daughter mrs h malcolm mr and mrs chas burrows held a famiiy reunion for their family on monday mr and mrs h malcolm were at home to all their children and grandchildren on christmas day the wi euchre party was held in the hall on tuesday evening dee 19 the following were prize winners mrs l hopkins miss irene keller mrs h plaxton mr frank carter mr howard plaxton and mr w booth two special prizes were won by mrs m elli cott and mr wm knox it was decided to discontinue the euchres until after the holidays everyone plan to attend the euchre on jan 9 and bring a friend the sunday school concert held in the hall on friday evening was a real success the children did their parts well due to the train ing of their teacher mrs ferguson assisted by mrs johnson santa claus made his usual call and dis tributed the many presents from a heavily faden christinas tree christmas at their home with part of the family present mr and mrs john rhi spent christmas in toroiuo with their daughter mrs a hughes mr and mrs f gourte tained their family on sunday including rev and mrs s goudie and mr mertens and margery of stouffville the same group were guests of mr and mrs han goudie and family on christmas day uxbridge man gets 3631 oh contract judgment for s3g31 against general mills and lumber limited of whitby was delivered last week by mr justice wisheart spence following the hearing of evidence in a suit before the supreme court of ontario now in session in the county building in whitby plain tiff in the action was john e madill of uxbridge russel d humphreys kc was acting for the plaintiff and the defendent was represented by abraham cohen of toronto the plaintiff alleged that he had delivered 46038 feet of white pine to the defendent at a contracted price of 7900 a thousand feet and iso feet of basswood at 70 a thousand total claim in the breach of contract action was for 3070 the defendent maintained that full delivery of the lumber was not made and that part of that which was delivered was not of the quality it should have been costs of the action was assessed against the defendent jwgr reelings where to seat female councillor poses problem faced with the electrifying knowledge that a woman will be sitting with the 24man ontario council next year for the first time in history members engaged in some downright serious discus sion about where she should be seated previously the reeve of beaverton has taken a position well back in the chamber between the deputyreeve of thorah and the reeve of rama townships a large body of opinion last week thought that the incoming to one and all we thank you for your appreciated year round patronage and friendship best wishes for a joyous new year claremont coop reeve of beaverton mrs a c mackenzie should be in closer proximity to the warden say right between the reeve and deputyreeve of pickering the controversy waged long and merrily in the morning in the afternoon it was resumed and finally settled witli a motion by archie veale deputyreeve of thorah seconded by ernest cam- ick reeve of rama that the reeve of beaverton remain in the same place as in the past the motion was carried mrs mackenzie will sit between mr veale and mr camicfc providing they are re turned to office the word grocer originally meant one who sold by the gross or wholesale in one area of peru the humidity is so high that matches will not ignite unless kept in airtight boxes canada has about 37000 square miles of peat deposits paper is thought to have been invented in china about 105 ad wwtas its a great big dizzy world we live in with more wonderful things happening than any dreamer could possibly conjure in his adventurous mind and then too there are many many sad happenings sometimes more than we think we can bear but here in youthful optimistic smiling canada were sure that tomorrow will keep its promise of a bright shiny new world so here we are waiting for the new year wishing all of you the very be3t in the days to come chas cooper bus service toronto bast bound read down brougham toronto time claremont west bound pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1040 10 iu 1100 1105 111 u 1120 pm dally ex sun hoi 545 610 620 635 638 640 650 700 705 710 720 pm sat only 200 225 235 250 263 255 305 315 320 2 335 am san hoi 1000 1026 1036 1060 106s 1065 1105 1116 1120 1 125 1135 am dally ex sun toronto hoi bay and edward 840 danforth and luttrell 810 pcarboro jet s00 malvern 746 browns cor 742 town line 740 cedar orove markham 730 locust hill 72 green river 7j5 brougham 710 claremont 700 am sun hoi 935 910 900 845 842 840 830 820 815 810 800 read up i pm sat only 520 455 445 430 427 426 415 406 400 355 345 sun hoi 935 910 900 846 841 840 830 820 816 810 800 bus will nvrae via ccrtir qrnve om may 1 to oct 31 and markham from nov 1 to april 30 tiimlnnl vt 74 uuj iirect toronto danforth bus lines