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ufa tvftwa t flwt tnr wi ww claremont and pickering township district mr xjtm ly hae beg ap pointed to the position of scout master mr and mr gordon morley and family were weekend risi- tora at the borne of mr and mrs fred morley the legion supper held on friday evening was weh m- tended mr don hedges wa involv ed in a minor collision cm mon day of last week near mark ham dont forget the euchre in the legion hall every monday night the prize winners last week were mrs hardy mrs m middleton mrs bertha todd mrs ethel murry mr levi norton and mrs myrtle loyst a remembrance day pro gramme was presented last tuesday evening by members of the good fellowship class led by mr mcconnel and mrs hammond at the home of mr and mrs m anderson mr mc- connell gave a fine talk on the social and serious activities of the regiment to which he be longed in winnipeg the fine padre rev dr gordon or ralph connor as he was known as author of a splendid group of books endeared him self to all hearts during the 1st world war hymns of rememb rance were sung and mrs w evans contributed a piano se lection various members also read poems and articles of prose on the theme rev mr lackey led in prayer sand wiches tarts tea and coffee were served at the close by the group in charge and a vote of thanks was tendered the host and hostess for their hospitality the wms held their nov meeting last thurs afternoon the president mrs ixyst was in charge of the devotional pro gramme assisted by members of the group and prayer by mrs cooper the second chap ter of the new study book on india was ably presented by mrs mclntyres group and it proved to be very interesting mrs hugh gregg contributed v piano solo nearer my god to thee with variations mrs sanderson and mrs redshaw were appointed to interview members for the various offices for the coming year the remembrance day an nual parade and service was held last sunday from the vet erans hall to the baptist chu rch where the service com menced at 3 oclock all groups were represented in the parade owing to the enforced absence of the guest speaker the local padre and pastor rev g da vison had charge of the ser vice bowmanville legion bag pipe band provided the music for the parade united church evening service was cancelled owing to the afternoon parade and service visited with mrs hickson and kgv u60 ddvisoii family of richmond hil last sunday and attended the mor- cnnaliric oruiro nitg united church service vuiluuui jclfllc charge of rev mr higginson i f pastor assisted in the first sec- if rpmpmhrftncp tion by a young lady training vl kcihgiiiuiailv for the ministry from toronto j a solemn and impressive re- mr cora redshaw visited inierebrance day service was with her uncle mr and mrs held in the claremont baptist lawn of mt albert on sun- j church on sunday afternoon claremont santa claus parade set for dec 11 day mr towner spent last week end in toronto with some rela tives mr and mrs ciiff madill and little daughter of stouffville were sunday visitors with her parents mr and mrs mac mid dleton miss sylvia johnson spent the past weekend with her school girlfriend miss louise goudie of ajax master david and little miss heather carnagie who are liv ing with mr and mrs harold johnson were in toronto on saturday last to the santa claus parade mr and mrs walter baker of markham and mr and mrs simpson of toronto also mr and mrs mayes of oshawa were sunday visitors with mr and mrs howard hockley mr and mrs sam stephen son were in iondori last fri day and visited with her bro ther mr and mrs alex mor gan and family of sarnia over sunday mr and mrs carl norton and children were visitors on sunday with her mother mrs harper of woodville rev geo davison delivered the address prior to the ser mon the flags of the various legion branches were dedicat ed and wreaths were placed at the claremont santa claus parade will be held on sat dec 11th the annual affair is expected to attract hundreds of people to the village the procession will commence at 2 pm and parade south to the four corners in front of the tilfefesss t stand santaclaus will atha mr and mrs e mcaloney and brian visited recently with mr and mis morley smalley at mt albert mrs ernie carruthers atten ded the teachers ss classes held in markham three days last week mr and mrs philips cold- water spent wed last week with mr and mrs sheridan master brian lageer spent the weekend with his grand parents mr and mrs chand ler toronto and also attended santa claus parade on satur day mr and mrs richinson to ronto were sunday guests with mr and mrs sheridan and fa mily a number of altona w i members attended the funeral of the late mrs white in brook- lin last week mr and mrs norman leh man and family were in to ronto on saturday mr and mrs cyril bielby and family were sunday din ner guests with mr and mrs george nendick scarboro jet the madill brothers enter tained company on sunday province of ontario wreath was placed by mrs wes lehman the canadian legion wreath by mr doug norton the in dies auxiliary wreath by mrs gordon benson the claremont business and community as sociation wreath by mr bill voss the claremont public school wreath by miss marie lynn the girl guide wreath by sandra davis and the boy scout wreath by robt barton in his remarks rev davison recalled the war days with all their havoc and destruction both in england and in europe towns and cities could be repaired and rebuilt but the awful effects of war with its dead its wounded its orphans and widows could never be repaired said rev davison the cream of humanity in every nation was gone he continued what is the cause of war questioned the padre war is a disagreement both political and economic he said rev davison pointed out that since the dawn of record ed history there has been war and although in some instan ces the reasons were foolish the majority of nations deemed it necessary to keep their coun try free from slavery in closing the speaker stat ed that as long as a spirit of bitterness and hate exists with in the hearts of mankind there will be war wickedness within the hearts of humans must be dispelled if we want to live in a world of peace the church was completely filled for the service the leng thy parade was led by the col orful bowmanville pipe band a number of members from the stouffville legion were present at the service the cla remont boy scouts cubs girl guides and brownies were all part of the impressive cere mony take up his famiilar position in front of ken wards garage where more than 1000 bags of candies will be distributed to the kiddies trophies and cash j prize will be presented to the best school floats the cups have been donated by harry porter frank ward the vil lage and sarco last year more than twenty floats were entered a popular band will lead the parade the big day is sponsored by the claremont business mens as sociation it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure anybodys at tention if the trend continues much longer it will be neces sary to knock a person down and sit on him in order to get him to listen to you balsam and mount zion mrs sydney knolton and ba by of brooklin spent a few- days last week with her mo ther mrs f disney mr winton white is at the royal with his herefords birthday greetings to mr lome jones who celebrated his birthday nov 12 miss jane tiffin spent the weekend with her parents in orillia mr and mrs cecil jones spent the weekend with their daughter myrna in toronto and attended the royal satur day night mrs g briggs of oshawa spent the weekend with her sister mrs lewis jones dont forget the supper ba zaar and programme in the church friday night nov 26 greenwood area horse breeders win home comfort sale fmi mm emr stainless steel washer beautiful solaray electric blanket even without th blanket this beatty stainleis steel washer marvellous value no other washer but a beatty has a stainless steel tub inside a heavy outer steel tub beatty human hand washing action is twice as fast and clean giant press wringer wrings dryer than others 4piece ball bearing mechanism is stronger no belts life lubricated district horsebreeders figured in the prize lists for olydes- dales in the judging at the royal winter fair on saturday in the breeding classes for clydesdales w f batty broo klin had the oth and 8th prize mares foaled in 1952 and was placed 8th in a class for cana dianbred females under three years old t r hall oshawa had 5th place in the class for stallions foaled in 1953 in the class for draught cly desdales w f batty was 4th in geldings and mares foaled in 1952 and t r hall was placed 2nd in a class for light draught gelding or mare four years and over in the percheron breeding classes wilmot g shea of sun derland had the 3rd prize and 4th place gelding or mare foal- miss phyllis richardson of toronto visited recently with mr and mrs e trimble mr and mrs wm carrol and mrs fairgrieve of whitby spent last sunday at the john middleton home mrs leslie wilson was a visitor for a couple of days last week in belleville with a girl friend congratulations to mr and mrs george lee nee margaret hicks upon their marriage last saturday in the church the yps met last sunday night at the ed alf and joe pegg home with len waltham in charge of program the afternoon w a met last thursday afternoon at the home of mrs reg clarke with eleven members and one visi tor present worship was in charge of mrs p clarke two minutes of silence was observ ed for our war dead mrs i mclean read the scripture mrs p wilson the lesson thoughts and mrs clarke led in prayer business was con ducted by the president and we have been asked to do an other quilt having just finish ed one for a lady in toronto this we agreed to do the first of the new year the treasurer reported over 100 from the bazaar and in place of having turkey dinner we collected 122 lunch was served by mrs r clarke and mrs p clarke the december meeting is to be at mrs r browns home mr and mrs johnston of biggar sask and mr and mrs moody of toronto were guests at the parsonage last sunday mr and mrs les wilson were visitors in the city last sunday evening with the dawson fam ily the evening w a held their regular meeting at mrs e trimbles last wed night the worship service was conducted by mrs a morden and mrs wm pegg mrs h moore led in prayer business was taken by the president with an auc tion sale following lunch was served by the lunch committe next meeting at mrs a shorts home mr c mctaggart and milton pegg are listed among the deer hunters this week alfred pegg and ken brooks returned home last sunday with a deer catch the flowers at the church service last sunday were from the funerals of the late mrs f w gibson and mr thos philip master ronnie tittertpn was in the sick childrens liospital last week having had an oper ation on his nose mr e trimble has been mak ing a new driveway into his house mr chas mctaggart is con- assault case is dismissed a charge of assaulting a for mer constable on the picker ing township police force was dismissed against david free man a sergeant on the force when magistrate langdon rul ed there was no case through lack of evidence at whitby traf fic court the former constable don ald dand saw his complaint against freeman thrown out when he was unable to produce two witnesses who reportedly saw the alleged assault the charge arose out of an incident on september 26 near rouge hill golf and country club a result of which dand was fined 10 and costs for ob structing police when he ap peared before magistrate frank ebbs in police court last month brougham ed in 1952 gelding or mare foaled in 1951 four years and structing a house on a newly jjj tradein 92 50 and up total extras tjiii lijtrijm solaray elctrit bloatat uw you for mort cowortobu iham 3 wool bloftv it it compwttly automatic with 9 lmprour fulou5 iktfnoiron s control lor rt o wort genuine sb4nhaij double eua lit flat rayon salin binding uxi vory hrtu cvncnt it aty to wah lath indtfinittly colli ait practically tibttakobi comej uncon- tftioaal guarantee small down payment terms to suit c h bell son over james cookson of bow manville had the 2nd place heavy draught gelding or mare 4 years and over in the classes for dressed tur keys willow lake turkey farm ashiburn stood first in a class for single hen under 10 pounds 6th in a class for sin gle hens 18 to 22 pounds and sixth in a class for single hens 10 to 11 pounds special award for the cham pion box of fowl went to poster brothers greenbank who also won the special ribbon for the reserve grand championship box of poultry green river mr and mrs m draper were weekend guests with relatives atwelland mrs d shank spent sunday with r hutchings mr and mrs a pearse enter tained mr and mrs munns and mr and mrs smith and sons of toronto on sunday mr and mrs h smith and mr and mrs t robinson were toronto visitors on sunday last the scotts quartette of christ gospel hall was thor oughly enjoyed by all who heard them on sunday evening last the thankoffering supper was enjoyed by all present the offering was almost six hundred dollars the neighbours of mr and mrs i cook gathered at their purchased lot from fred byers the sideroads will soon be like little towns l sorry to hear that mr lloyd pascoe had the misfortune to have his arm broken last week the boys club between ages 11 and 14 meet in the church every tuesday night at 730 goodwood some goodwood boys who play peewee hockey on satur day are ron and kieth stewart bob hall ken may and don watson deer hunters who have been away the past week are har- vev bunker george alsop geo and walt todd art hall reu ben middleton walt and gor don symes and bob white yes they are eating venison mr and mrs dan wagg spent wednesday with their son lloyd and wife at brantford mr and mrs edmund skin ner spent the weekend with her sister mr and mrs ivani the following were winners at the weekly euchre which is held in the hall every tuesday evening and sponsored by the womens institute mrs g hodgson mrs williams and mrs bagshaw mr h plaxton mr l jewell and mr bagshaw birthday prize went to mrs w knox come out and enjoy a pleasant evening the regular meeting of the womens institute was held on tuesday afternoon last in the township hall with a good at tendance the president mr m ellicott was in the chair the secretary mrs burton read minutes of the previous meeting after which the cur rent business was attended to and the meeting was turned over to the hon president mrs birrell who gave a talk on the study of the handbook meeting closed in the usual way by all singing god save the queen a dainty lunch was then served by the hostesses mrs w ellicott mrs sodon mrs robt miller and mrs a j gray keep december 22nd open for the sunday school xmas concert in the township hall santa claus will be there and also a xmas tree the friendly bible class sup per in the hall on friday eve ning last was quite a success proceeds went to sunday school work mrs ingles also mr and mrs bozzel and family of acton visited with the formers par ents mr and mrs henry shea on sunday mr and mrs k pascoe and donna visited with toronto friends on saturday evening mr and mrs lome ham and son of oshawa visited with mr and mrs dean mairs on saturday mr and mrs t r knox and daughters bettyjean and faye were sunday guests at the home of mr and mrs george knox of enniskillen mr henry shea is visiting with his daughter mrs ingles at acton remember the bazaar in the hall on saturday afternoon sponsored by the womens as sociation afternoon tea will be served county film council news the ontario and york coun ties film council general meet ing met at heirloom house the home of mr and mrs john kennedy scaiboro does some organization to which you belong womens institute home and school as sociation school club or chu rch group use national film board films and equipment if so you are entitled to repre sentation on the above named council and your secretary or some representative member should be receiving notices of six meetings per year mr tom rimmer secretarytreasurer of the council rr 1 markham ont is revising his list for notices in 1955 will you help by checking to see if your or ganization is represented the annual meeting is plan ned for january 19 1955 every member organization in the council should send two or more representatives at the meeting mr clare keevil president of the on tario and york counties film council commented that a to tal audience of some 30000 peo ple had witnessed the films dis tributed by voluntary workers from our three film libraries in 195l this represents a large and powerful audience in our two counties are you discuss ing the films after each show ing does your secretary al ways fill out the spare for your comments recommendations and suggestions provided on the film showing report card sent with each block of films you can influence the content and quality of future films pro duced by the national film board ai ottawa they want your suggestions in 1955 it is hoped that each general meeting of the ontario and york counties film coun cil will be largely devoted to the previewing and discussing of new films there was a good attendance at this months meeting but many member organizations were not represented the don kennedys commodious club house which we used as a meeting room could easily have accommodated two repre- sentativese from each of the 4s associations in the ontario and york counties film council beth irwin mrs j c w irwin the bostonian who is teach ing a pigeon to play the piano probably us meeting with more success than would be the case if he were trying to teach a 10yearold boy to play it television makes it possible to hear and see what is going on some of the programs make us thankful you cant smell em hockey supplies large and complete stock of hockey and figure skate outfits from lowest price lines to highest quality stan lane ltd 2135 danforth avenue toronto phone ho 2331 church was filled both morn ing and evening then on wed nesday evening the fowl sup per was an overwhelming suc cess twentyfive turkeys were consumed along with bags of vegetables and pie to no end it is estimated that well over 500 sat down to bountiful ta bles the play the glorified brat was given twice to capa city houseful this play is ex ceptionally good the quartet from greenbank gave a musi cal treat we are glad to be able to re port that mrs reid who has been quite ill is improving also mrs cairnes mrc robinsons sister is improving those who motored to denbi where mr herbert is minister to present their play are joe and norm wagg vi and herb wagg wilkie and walt coo per allan and marion taylor friiivuraitwxiixxxtvnitiiiitiiutt wiin cream for best results ship your cream to stouffville creamery we pay two cents more per pound butterfat for cream delivered to the creamery cold storage lockers for immediate rentals stouffville creamery co to have our truck call phone 186w i enjoy square dancing at mclennansmusselmans lake ballanlrae sideroad at 9th con del kidd and his boys opening dance i saturday november 20th dancing 812 pm admission 50c per person s38sesaee4 n mrs baldwin visited claude and helen watson jer- home on friday evening lastlmiss ruth adair with mr and mrs ed mann of toronto on friday mrs gordon jones and bet ty mrs frank collins and al lan and mrs ralph faulkner and stanley pugh had dinner with mrs bill hudson of ux- bridge on wednesday mr and mrs reuben may mr and mrs george baldwin and mr and mrs f baldwin attended a shower in toronto in honour of a cousin of theirs stouffville phone 2slw and presented them with a lovely set of dishes on their departure from the community the iadiej aid will meet at the church on wednesday eve ning nov 2lh at 8 oclock word for roll call will be 3n nounced on sunday guest speaker will be miss h givens of toronto cottage prayer meeting at the home of mr and mrs wm hopkins on tues nov 23rd s pm the christmas entertainment of the baptist ss will be held i there will be a returned mis sionary from india the rev orville getty speaking sing ing and showing slides and cu rios at the baptist church on thurday evening all are in vited to come and learn more of our mission field work bypu will be friday eve ning stewardship group in charge of allan hockley will provide program the anniversary services of the united church were an in spiration the special music by ihe quaker hil quartette and ry and june mcdougal bruce and dorothy taylor we won der where all the baby sitters came from around home friends of john hudson who lived with mr and mrs gribbon on the fourth will be pleased to know he ls expect ed out of hospital after a sen ou knee injury a couple of weeks ago mr and mrs bev taylor and wee son bryan had sup per with mr and mrs gord jones on sunday 200th bahy born on sat the 200h baby to be bom in ajax and pickering general hospital arrived at 1t0 am on saturday the baby boy s the fiist son of mr and mrs leo moreau of pickering beach they have had five daughters previously and are overjoyed at the arrival of a son at last the moreaus have topped eddie cantor in 31 the boss sure loads that truck these days since hes been feeding us that coop dairy ration this respect the church on friday eve- the baker hill indies were dr glynn jones atunded the jmng dec 17th messes in themselves the birth thats right all cows produce better on coop dairy feeds claremont cooperative call or phone claremont 38