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the tribune stouifviile onx thursday february 2s 1952 claremont and pickering twp district mr and mr- lyock and son john o toronto visited with mr and mrs tansley on sunday mis i loyst received an urgert quest to go to to toronto last a- rekend to the home of a sister- iv who is critically ill mr id mrs murphy who have been v suing with mr and mrs shirkie for several weeks have moveo to toronto where mr murphy is employed you are reminded of the womans annual worlds day of prayer to be held this year in the baptist church at 230 pm this is a privilege and duty of every woman to attend the womens institute is spon soring a euchre on friday even ing march th in the masonic hal commencing at 815 ladies please provide lunch everyone welcome mr and mrs tansley have received an invitation to a turkey supper at uentonia united church toronto when the mortgage will be burned and the happy occasion celebrated by new and older mem bers early in march mr ormision of brooklin un representative of the oshawa presbyterial concerning the establishing of a fund towards the building of several churches in the southern ontario districts was the guest speaker in the united church last sunday morn ing there was a good crowd at the euchre on monday night in the legion hall with prizes being won by norma benson sadie hardy and jean redshaw w lehman a mclntyre and c madill with a mclntyre winning the lone hand prize well folks dont forget another euchre next monday night mr and mrs j peddie visited on sunday at the home of mrs ross watson goodwood rr we regret that mrs watson has been ill for the past weeks and has been living with a daughter at oshawa a son bill living at home has undergone an operation we trust they may both soon be well at the institute meeting last thursday afternoon mrs cather- wood of whitby gave an interest ing talk on the care and life of bees and mrs ken ward on historical research the president conducted a short memorial ser vice for our late beloved king assisted by mrs lehman mrs j morgan contributed a humorous reading owing to the prevalance of cold among the members there was not as large an attendance as usual lunch and a social half hour closed the meeting this is new brunswick by jessie lawson and jean smith will take you from the north west corner with side trips down to the south shore of st john returning along the east coast up the north shore along chaleur bay to gaspe coast profusely illustrated and full of the charm of the maritimes this library book should be read by all who have learned the joy of travelling amid the comforts of home obtainable with hundreds of other excellent books for a small membership fee from our line library brougham mrs lemmon spent the past week with friends in toronto mrs nott of port perry is visit ing with mrs m hamilton mr and mrs charlie eaton were sunday callers at the home of mr and mrs chas burrows mr and mrs v wright visited with their cousins mr and mrs lloyd creig on sunday mrs geo hamilton and sons of keswick visited with mr and mrs dean mairs one day last week congratulations to mr and mrs ouellette i nee evelyn woodward on the arrival of a little son the annual womans day of prayer will be held in the church here on friday afternoon feb 29 mr and mrs h crawforth and laughter joyce of whitby called on their aunt mrs matthews on sunday mr and mrs wm knox visited their sons george and harry and families of enniskillen on thurs day afternoon mr alex mairs and son of how- manville called on their cousin mr dean mairs and family one day last week sorry to hear that mrs lloyd j white has been on the sick list her many friends join in wishing her a speedy recovery the womans association of st johns united church will hold their next regular meeting on march 12 instead of march 5 please note change of date due to a slipper held in the hall on tuesday evening the regular weekly euchre will be held on thursday evening feb 28 and not on the 20 as usual come to the leap year dance on february 29 to be held in the brougham township hall spon sored by joy rebekah lodge no 355 draw will be made for an electric mantle clock proceeds go to the cp and t fund the brock road euchre club held its weekly euchre in the hall on feb 20th with the following prize winners ladies mrs carter mrs g riddle mrs h jarvis gents mr clark mr w booth mr albert gray mr and mrs w c willson mr and mrs wm knox and mrs matthews attended the oyster supper in the presbyterian church at pickering on friday evening mr and mrs martin routley and mr and mrs h mowbray of brooklin had tea with the form ers sister mrs matthews one day last week the many friends of mrs a ramsay are sorry to hear that she was removed to oshawa hos pital on sunday all join in wish ing her a speedy recovery mr and mrs chas burrows pickering twp purchase new 25000 roadjviaintainer audley at a special meeting of picker ing township council held on wednesday afternoon of last week it was decided to purchase a new adam- road maintainer at a price of 2542900 a tradein allowance on the old machine of so2rou brought the purchase price down to ail even 1900000 tne tender accepted was the highest received by the council others ranging from 2057100 up employee increases granted salary increases have been granted to several members of the pickering township stall namely the chief assessor assistant asses sor tax collector secretary and clerk mr e k jones chief asses sor had his salary boosted from s2s7500 to s300000 assistant assessor mr a j thompson was raised from 82200 to 232500 tax collector r g baker was increas ed from s2s7500 to s300000 while the secretary mrs e robertson was raised from 100000 to 172500 clerk l t johnston received a salary boost from 360000 to 372500 main st accident brings week in i county jail pleading guilty to a charge of i drunk driving john devitt 29 of i claremont was sentenced last week to seven days in the county jail he will also pay court costs and have his driving licence sus pended for three months be cause tie was driving a borrowed car it will not be impounded provincial constable david bathe said that at s30 on the night of feb 10 he was called to claremont where there had been a slight accident devitt was asleep in the rear of the car and witnesses said he was the driver responsible for the damage the collision occurred just outside the door of harry porters barber shop held a family dinner on sunday to help mr burrows celebrate his 72nd birthday and to wish him many more those present were mr and mrs albert burrows and helen ann mr and mrs joe burrows bonnie and pennie mr and mrs kussel burrows and children also mrs phillips of oshawa the regular weekly euchre spon sored by the womens institute was held on tuesday evening feb 19 when the following were prize winners ladies mrs w carlton mrs joe wright and miss seebeck gents mr hollinger mr h malcolm and mr wallace due to a supper held in the hall on tuesday evening the regular euchre party will lie held on thursday evening fob 2sth the w ms held their regular monthly meeting at the home of mrs thos norton on thursday afternoon feb 21st with a good attendance the president mrs h barclay opened the meeting in the usual way the business period over the program convener mrs johnston sr was assisted by mrs mairs mrs lloyd johnston and mrs matthews very c interest ing and informative readings were given dealing with the missionary work in the home missions a tasty lunch followedthe hostesses were mrs norton mrs burk and mrs thos philip and mrs john white ani mt 58ion mr wm avers of lindsay visited recently with mr and mrs les harbron mrs f disney and grant car son were winners at the euchre last wednesday night miss erla jones and june fiss- spent saturday in toronto mr and mrs wm harbron spent last tuesday with mr r ball and dora of taunton while mis les harbron and lloyd visited relatives at hampton mrs winton white spent the weekend with her daughter mis frank gray at pickering quite a number from here attended the oddfellows at home at ajax last week mrs f disnev and marion visited sunday witli relatives at schomberg mr and mrs b jamieson and mary jean visited sunday even ing with mr and mrs john dry- den friends will be sorry to hear that little donnie wilson is sick measles are still going the rounds mr and mrs ernie pilkey visit ed sundav with mr and mrs harold norton at claremont several from here attended the pickering high school concert last week vcrv popular feature of the annual livestock meetings at regina was a beef and lamb cutting demonstration for women fhere were 120 women registered iiui all took part in a meat identi fication contest marmt micfs paid for deadstock horses cattle hogs mtmone cotiici stottfltillo gordon young limited notice to telephone users improved telephone service is forecast for sub scribers served by the bell telephone companys claremont exchange and customers of the bethesda and stouffville telephone company in the rural area east of yonse street from south of richmond hill to just north of aurora as a result of an agreement re cently reached between the two companies under this agreement the bethesda and stouff ville telephone company will purchase the bells claremont exchange while the bell company will pur chase the facilities of the latter company which are connected to the aurora and richmond hill exchanges in a joint statement issued this week the two companies stated that the chancres would be effective after midnight next tuesday march 4 more than 400 telephone subscribers will be af fected in all 200 in claremont and 220 in the area east of yonge street in a letter to its claremont subscribers the bell company points out that since the purchase of the woodbridge and vaughan telephone company on jan uary 1 1951 it has been apparent that the territory couid be better served by one telephone exchange rath er than two as in the past to effect this improvement the exchange has been sold to the bethesdastouffville company which already operates its own exchange there the latter company will announce its future plans shortly meanwhile service will remain as at present the subscribers in the rural area east of yonge street are already served through the bell central of fices in richmond hill and aurora under an agree ment between the two companies after midnight march i the wires and cables providing the connect ions between their telephones and the central offices will also belong to the bell company half will he serv ed through the richmond hill exchange the remainder through aurora a letter to these telephone users from the bell company explains that local rates will conform to those which apply to the bell subscribers at present served through the richmond hill and aurora ex changes the letter also states that purchase of the facilities in the area will enable us to provide you with dial telephone service when these exchanges are converted to the dial system r 28000 added to pickering twp road budget road expenditures in pickering township have been estimated for 1952 at 125000 an increase of s2s000 above last years budget the purchase of a new maintainer will up the greater proportion of this increase a bylaw to authorize the total road expenditure for the year was given its necessary readings and passed at council last week a bylaw to authorize the borrowing of 230000 by deben tures for the building and equip ping of an addition to the present pickering district high school building was introduced by coun cillor newman the bylaw was given the necessary three readings and approved shell oil company- get pickering twp contract six companies tendered for the contract to supply the township of pickering equipment with gas oline and oils for 1952 and the shell oil co was the successful applicant with a price of 232c for grade 1 gas 212c for grade 2 and 201c for diesel fuel tender prices ranged from a high of 252c for no 1 gasoline conservatives to meet the annual general meeting of the north york progressive- conservative association will be held in the legion hall aurora on march isth it was decided at an executive meeting held in aurora last week with president earl toole in the chair uxbridge phone 252 oil heated at an even temperature for your comfort 2 shows nitoly 7 pm mutfnoo 200 pm sat holidays 630 890 last showing today thursday february 28 a millionaire for christy starring fred mcmurray and eleanor parker fri and sat feb 29 mar 1 apache drums starring stephen mcnally and coleen gray monday tuesday mar 3 1 the desert fox starring james mason and jessica tandy wed thurs march 5 6 people against ohara starring spencer tracy and diana lynn mr gerald drown has just recovered from a severe cold vvhien kept him in the house for a week or two mrs henry westney president of the new hospital auxiliary has been doing goml and encour aging work among the various organizations a pipeline for oil is coming along the old cnr- rightofway and farmers are being approached to sign up for the privileges over their lands kiliotl corrie and family have moved back from toronto to his mothers farm here several from here attended the high school dramas held there by the pupils last week everyone is loud in praise of the work of the students the community club are hold ing a euchre and dance at the school house on wednesday even ing march 5th everyone is invited the ladies are providing and the usual collection by the couples greenwood the evening auxiliary met on wednesday night at the home of mrs ross lackman the yps will meet on thurs day night at the home of miss joanne morden the world day of prayer will lie held in the church on friday eel 29th everyone welcome mrs d morden held a nylon demonstration at her home on wednesday evening feb 27th the smith family of toronto were visitors witli mr and mrs f byers last sunday we are pleased to report that mrs f gibson is feeling some better the past few days mr and mrs wm carroll mrs fairgrieve of whitby mr and mrs ham of oshawa and mrs p wilson visited last sundav after noon- with mr and mrs john middleton and mr and mrs k beelbv production of all concentrated milk products in 1951 showed an increase of 13 per cent over 1950 which was by far the highest previously recorded cherryvvood the president mrs s jones oresided at the februarv meeting of the wa which was held in the hall the meeting opend with a call t worship followed by the sing ing of one of our late kings favourite hymns after which a few minutes in silent prayer was observed mrs mckean favoured us with two solos the lords prayer and ave maria god save the queen was sung by all the devotional period was taken by mrs holmes assisted by mrs wood with theme our homes mrs gordon petty gave the study chapter mrs taylor gave a very timely talk on temperance the business part of meeting included a motion to support the ajax and pickering township hospital fund the worlds day of prayer will be helii at locust hill on fri day feb 29th the meeting closed with the wa benediction after which group two served a dainty lunch glad to see mrs i gates mrs e armstrong and mr hoy mor- risli are able to be out after their recent illness a few of the wa members attended the annual meeting of the wa in donlands united church last week a social evening was spent in the hall recently iii honour of mr and mrs james armstrong every body reported a good time miss doris hollinger spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs walter hollinger there will be an euchre and croquinole party in the school on march i everybody welcome miss elsie alves spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs a 1 taylor left this week for a trip to florida mr and mrs grillitli of scar- l borough spent the weekend with mr and mrs a murray miss lna law and mr r bryans of whitby had tea on sunday evening with mr and mrs wm tweddle mrs l gates spent a few days in toronto this past week mr and mrs s powell enter tained his sister and brother-in- law on sunday mr and mrs jones of trenton spent a few days recently with their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs wilmot gates 7th vv k h vy uk i h see the new coop black hawk tractor manure spreader on display now at claremont coop we have also on hand one 9 cu ft coop deep freeze and coop refrigerator 9 cu ft call in today and compare these machines with other makes claremont coop zxk phone 38 claremont ontario k nic v tio note this new feature this lid has a special resilient sealing device around its inside rim this sealtite lid keeps the tobacco fresh by forming an airtight seal which retains natural moisture and flavour msssil l iftoi mia fine i best cigarette tobacco c mu romttg