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the tribune stouffville on rhursday june 5 1952 claremont and pickering twp district mr and mrs stanley slack visited relatives in osawa on sunday mr and mrs hillary redman of elgin mills visited his sister mr towner one day last week mr and mrs it hockley and michael visited with his brother and family at west hill on sun day mr and mrs john beeiby visit ed on sunday afternoon with mr and mrs j middleton of green wood rev 11 lackey attended the annual qshawa presbyterial held at lindsay for four days last week and preached on the theme at the morning service last sun day mrs gray of garden hill spent the past week with her daughter mrs lackey and children on saturday rev lackeys sister brother and wife and mr gray risked at the manse mr and mrs t gregg and mrs condy enjoyed a drive and supper with mr and mrs hugh gregg last sunday friends will be pleased to learn that miss jean gregg has obtained her ba degree through special studying while teaching school the wms will be held on thursday june 12th in the ss room commencing at 2 30 pm mrs carsons group will have charge of the program roll call is your favorite scriptural verse there will be a special business meeting at the close everyone please plan to attend we regret to report that mrs barkas reesor a well known and greatly beloved friend of the community at large has been seri ously ill at the home of her son kenneth at altona we trust she may be restored to health shortly prize winners at monday nights euchre held in the community hall under auspices of the legion were len lye tea kettle maude middleton alarm clock arvilla lehman card table cover jean babb bath towels loss hill table cloth irene moore fishing rod another euchre will be held next monday evening the opening bowling tourna ment of the season was held last saturday on the local greens there were seven rinks entered from agincourt richmond hill stouffville oshawa prizes were as follows claremont e good man mrs e beare a chester high with 3 wins agincourt high with 2 wins oshawa high with one win the greens are open for all ladies of the community who are interested in bowling every tuesday afternoon mr and mrs j peddie mr and mrs w wallace mr and mrs g gauslin mr and mrs l gauslin mr mack middleton mrs mantle mrs woodburn mr cliff pilkey and daughter mrs towner were sunday afternoon visitors with mr russell pilkey in the general hospital toronto the patient was delighted to see so many local friends and toronto relatives and hopes to be able to return home in a couple of weeks his arm has been grafted with flesh from the leg and across the abdomen which makes two new severe sore places to bear the wi executive met at the home of the president mrs mc- connell on tuesday evening may 27 to draft the monthly pro grams for the year it was voted unanimously to hold 12 monthly meetings and change the day of meeting to the third wednesday as in former years the july meet ing will take the form of a picnic at greenwood park an invitation will be extended to altona insti tute members to be present at the september meeting to be held at the home of mrs melvin johnson two excursions are being planned by south ontario for june to guelph and barrie the hostess pre pared a cup of tea and light lunch at the close as a surprise the wa was bold last thurs day afternoon with mrs liopert presiding after an absence of several months through illness mrs h johnson convened the program making the wisest use of opportunities for service in the kingdom the parable of the talents in matthew was read and commented upon by mrs me- intyre others assisting mrs w evans and the president mrs redshaw and mrs r beeiby were unable to be present for the program a hymn closed the meet ing supper was served by the group commencing at 530 until ail were served it was dedcided that 10- be donated from the funds towards the new training school in toronto this is the full amount for the wa visitors at the home of mr and mrs geo kmpringham on sunday were mr and mrs will cassie of oxbridge mr and mrs will craig and mr and mrs murray craig and family of scarlwro and mr wm francis on saturday afternoon a ear driven by two toronto residents went out of control on the ninth concession of pickering about one mile east of claremont and hit a culvert the driver of the vehicle suffered a broken wrist and shock while his wife received several broken ribs they were both taken pickering would gain over 150000 assessment if new g e plant is erected there canadian general electric is presently holding an option on the levi annis farm in pickering township and should the option be taken up the municipality would stand to gain more than 150000 in assessment actual figures worked out by the asses sor on a plant as large as planned would be 9021000 and s577h on business totalling 153sl00 if and when the option is taken up the toronto industrial com mission which has been negotiat ing with pickering twp council stated that 702000 cu ft of build ings would be erected council was informed at their special meeting on wednesday that all volunteer lirefighters in the southwest fire area would be paid on a basis of 1 for the first hour and 75c for each additional hour it was alo stated that mr frank benham had resigned as fire chief and donald lynde elected in his stead council agreed on resolution of mr newman and mr michell that an added bill for indigent hospital care from the county of 50723 not be paid however council did agree to give a grant of 200 to the oshawa hospital regulate ise of tents to curb the use of tents for permanent residences during the summer a bylaw was passed at the special session of council the bylaw was introduced by council lors michell and balsdon and given two readings film council changes name the film council has grown so fast in the past few months with groups from as far west as union- ville and as far east as port perry and caesarea requesting member ship that the pickering township film council will now be known as ontario jand york counties film council the same officers and directors will remain in office at the present time with additional local chair men added a film library has been added in port perry under the chairman ship of mr ernie suman and it is expected that another local library will be set up shortly in markham to accommodate the markhamunionville members mrs leslie lye claremont is secretarytreasurer of the organ ization and training classes for new projectionists are under way at present in brougham council chambers under the direction of mr milton campbell chief train ing instructor may building permits in pickering twp nearly 200000 building permits in pickering twp during the month of may hit an all time high with 190050 be ing issued making a total of 500000 up to the present time permit fees during the month amounted to 23000 from this amount s1s8500 will go into the construction of some 20 dwellings and 2900 into private garages another item that increased rather sharply during the past month was the police costs which totalled 121205 out of this expenditure 09711 was paid out for new uniforms over s21300 went into the upkeep of the cruisers with 1101 being expend ed for tires and 120si for gas here is r g roy chairman of the legion building fund campaign tripping the light fantastic with jenny herman of scarboro at the hardtime frolic in claremont on fri day night this pair was among the prize winners at this wellattended affair in aid of the current moneyraising drive greenwood glen major in some neighborhoods the fastest auto race seems to be to see who can have the most expensive car to toronto east general hospital for treatment the couple were driving to their summer cottage at chalk lake mr and mrs jack morgan and family visited on sunday with mr and mrs norman king at bel- haven and in the afternoon accom panied the king family to can- nington where they called on rev and mrs kennedy and family formerly of claremont perks at pickering may 23 marked the end of the social season at the high school on that evening the last dance of the year may madness was held besides dancing there was a movie and games for those who did not dance as usual everyone had a wonderful time on wednesday the last meeting of parliament was held after a fiery session the two party leaders bade farewell thanked the senate and students for the opportunity to serve and did a little campaign ing on the side for next years election grade 13 have finished their confidentials on the 10th of june examinations will commence for the whole school some who have done well throughout the year will be excused from writing enjoy outofseason foods bought at thrifty insenson prices keep your own produce for many months has atl these features too space for 300 ibt frozen food frrvjcrtip baloc kd extra thick eoldtight initiation two handy sliding baifceh qvicvfri ihh automatic otarm tiatal interior light 2 frigidai food freezer i the only food freezer mr and mrs ed annis of orillia visited last sunday with their daughter mrs geo blake rev monkman attended confer ence at lindsay for four days last week mrs c risley of toronto called on mr and mrs fred byers last sunday afternoon j mr and mrs morden entertain- 1 anc son ed friends from brantford oil j with mr sunday mr and mrs hugh mc- crimmon of toronto also called on sunday afternoon the wa will meet at the home of mrs wm brown on thursday evening june 12th and will have as their guests a speaker from the wa presbytery and the evening wa group 2 will have charge ol the worship period group one of the wa are sponsoring the brookiin yps drama entitled three of a kind in the church on thursday night the regular meeting of the greenwood evening auxiliary of the wms was held at the home of mrs alan short on wednesday evening may 2sth the program on the theme from station to station was presented by mrs c mctaggart and the members of her group the president mrs c e pegg was in charge of the business session a social hour followed mr and mrs david butley and family brookiin visited on sun- dav with mr and mrs charles fiss mr j a kingston is sporting a 1946 dodge mr and mrs walter cook ash- burn visited on monday with mr and mrs joe jones mr and mrs charles spent sunday and mrs joe forsyth mr and mrs joe jonefi visited on sunday with mr and mrs lloyd wilson and family mr and mrs alec hingston and boys called on mr and mrs j a hingston saturday evening ii and mt ziox mr and mrs b jamieson mrs lewis jones and mrs gertrude briggs returned home saturday after a motor trip to quebec city and montreal congratulations to mr and mrs frank mcavoy on the arrival of a son at the oshawa hospital on friday may 30 sorry to hear that little keith jones has been sick with pneu monia mr and mrs elmer wilson and family attended the wedding of her niece mary willison at athens on saturday mrs john gregg of toronto spent the weekend with her brother mr irving mcavoy mrs a rogers of brookiin visited sunday with mr and mrs ralph jones mr and mrs b jamieson and family visited sunday with mr and mrs ov shaw at bond head the mens club are holding an open night on monday june 9th commencing with a baseball game between the single men and mar ried men followed by a program and refreshments all the ladies are invited to a robin hood cooking school at the home of mrs wm harbron on wednesday evening june is at s pm claremont meats guaranteed quality economy prices phone 3501 we deliver special rindless bacon lb 35c fri sat onlv pure lard 3 lbs for 33c we specialize in special sandwich meats cold cuts brougham the june meeting of the brougham womens institute will he held on tuesday afternoon june 10 in the township hall mrs milton pegg will give a demonstra tion on artificial flower making roll call is your favorite flower hostesses are mrs h barclay mrs j mitchell miss seebeck and mrs n burton mrs philip visited on sunday with mr and mrs ryan of cedar grove and also attended decora tion services at zion congratulations to mr and mrs gordon duncan of markham nee dorothy harlock on the arrival of a little daughter mr and mrs wm neilson and little daughter hope returned to their home here last week after visiting friends at gordon head victoria bc congratulations to mr and mrs francis ritchie on the arrival of a little daughter jacquelin frances the following were prize win ners at the firemens euchre on tuesday evening ladies mrs fred hamilton mrs cornutt mrs forsyth shea gents mr w booth mr a evening bunker mr w slack lone hands mr h malcolm lucky chair mr f gostick mrs philip returned to her home here last week after spend ing several months with friends in toronto mr and mrs h shea spent the j weekend with their daughter mrs ingles of acton mr shea is re maining for a few weeks mrs matthews visited with her brother and other friends at brookiin on saturday mrs dawson of claremont had sunday dinner with mr and mrs dean mairs mr and mrs russell hodgson and shirley of atha visited with mr and mrs a j gray on sun day weekend visitors at the home of mr and mrs ai harvey were miss h tout of rochester mr keyser of buffalo mr wismer and mrs johnston of oshawa and mr and mrs mitchell of toronto mr and mrs ross knox betty- jean and may mr and mrs ken pascoe and mr and mrs w a knox visited with mr and mrs i geo knox of enniskillen on sun- i day fpmee on ladies coats suits and childrens coats continues for another week at h golden clothing store powered by the metermiser phone 273 stouffville chas coopers hardware