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i tne tribune stouffville ont thursday december 9 1954 claremont and pickering township district mr and mrs douglas bry ant and children of pickering also mr and mrs d wood- burn and mrs mantle of toron to were weekend visitors of mr and mrs x sanderson and mr and mrs r hockley and family we are glad that mrs roy wilson has recovered from her recent illness and was able to enjoy the christmas parade and fun around the four corners on saturday afternoon from a seat in the family car miss jean gregg of winder mere dive west toronto was a guest of mr and mrs hugh gregg on saturday and sunday the christmas program of the wjis was ably presented by mrs carsons group last thursday in the ss room mrs t gregg contributed a piano solo star of the east and several christmas hymns were sung the president mrs ixyst was in charge of the business and called upon the dept secretaries to report on the years work special thank was tendered to the leader of the quilting committee for the splendid work of the past year also to mrs neal for opening her home for the quiitings from which the sum of 11500 was realized the mission band supt suggested the coopera tion of members in purchasing biblical calendars during dec to increase the bands revenue the treasurer of the wms suggested the use of monthly envelopes for all members and mrs tomlinson was asked to purchase and deliver same a famous picture of the christ chfld was passed around among those present by mrs carson a vocal duet was sung by mrs sanderson and mrs redshaw the secretary reviewed the highlights of the programmes during the year the nominat- lng committee reappointed all officers for 1955 a short report of the annual convention held early in november was given by mrs carson who was sin cerely thanked for her extra efforts on behalf of the wms during the year the united sunday school christmas program with tree and santa claus will be held on friday evening dec 17th commencing at 8 oclock in the church there will be reci tations songs dialogues by members a silver collection will be taken everyone wel come the goodfellowshlp class monthly meeting was held last tuesday evening at the home of mr and mrs w evans with a good attendance roll call was a contribution of jams cookies for hospital patients rev h lackey gave a fine christmas talk mrs hugh gregg provid ed a piano solo mrs root jackson a vocal solo accompa nied by mrs lackey and mrs carruthcrs a reading lets keep christmas lunch was served at the close by group of the month congratulations to mrs benns our s7yearod member of this community who expects to enjoy christmas with her family of sons and daughters quite recently the various mem bers of the family as above and including grandchildren and great grandchildren gathered in the home for a grand re union on the 5th concession a couple of miles north of cla- remont where the family has farmed for about forty years mr and mrs sam stephen son who have gone to oshawa for the winter months attend ed the saturday christmas parade and visited their ckre- mont home which was former ly her place of residence and for sale a wrecked passenger car from the north end of the vill age was towed into a side street saturday afternoon we were told that the driver had been injured but beyond hear ing that it was a man nothing further was related except that the car had turned completely over parade pictures available persons desiring pictures of the claremont santa claus par ade held on saturday afternoon may obtain copies from mr a j galloway at the corner store samples will be on display later this week the pictures are priced at 75c each nmvammfni aaaneebbebaaaaaab 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 eegabbbbecmccaaaabbapa gama z 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 for creamy satin finish on turkeys and capons feed marmill fattening mash or pellets and get the top prices marmill fed and marmill finished birds sell at a premium on the christmas market marmill feeds may be purchased from central feed store stouffville r a bri lunger gormlev roy smith bethcsda frank wade locust hill reesors marmill ltd markham a a phone 9600 brougham mr d a beer will be run ning his shopping bus to osh awa again on saturday after noon december 18 leaving brougham at 1 pm and return ing leave oshawa at 5 pm come and finish your christ mas shopping mr and mrs mitchell of to ronto visited their daughter mrs al harvey one day last week the sympathy of the commu nity is extended to mr war ren willson who had the mis fortune to break a bone in his ankle on monday evening last he is now confined to the house getting around on a walking cast his many friends wish him a speedy recovery congratulations to mr and mrs robt miller on the arrival of a daughter barbara lou ise at ajax hospital on mon day dec 6th mr and mrs loyd mcgreg or and family have moved into the harden home recently va cated by mr and mrs harry spang mrs wallace ellicott and daughter of toronto visited with mr and mrs wm elli cott and family on sunday mr and mrs bob harvey of haliburton visited at the home of his brother al and family one day last week the regular weekly euchre was held as usual on tuesday evening last when the follow ing were winners mrs h plaxton mrs m ellicott and mrs matthews mr t robin son mr r pilkey and mr p brown the friendly bible class held their regular meeting on monday evening at the home of mr and mrs everson nor ton when the following officers were elected for the coming year president allan ellicott vicepres everson norton secretary mrs frank carter treasurer mrs j keeler press convener mrs m elli cott and teacher mr allan ellicott there is to be a social eve ning held in the township hall on friday evening december 17 when all friends of the com munity are invited to honor brougham softball team and see them presented with jack ets crests and also a cup for being champions of interme diate s ontario amateur soft ball the sunday school are plan ning for their christmas con cert to be held on wednesday december 22 in the township hall santa will be there to distribute all the presents from the tree adults 35 cents chil dren free the mission band will meet at the home of mrs e camp bell on friday afternoon after school all children welcome congratulations to mr and mrs wm ellicott who will celebrate their fiftyfifth wed ding anniversary on december 20 they will be at home to their friends from 2 to 4 pm and later at a family dinner at the home of their son manson and mrs ellicott a large gathering was held in the township hall on wed nesday evening when the la dies of the womens institute members of the womens asso ciation and womens mission ary society were hostesses to nearly two hundred friends and fellow plowmen of mr tran to a turkey banquet fol lowed by a program mr and mrs fred cassie had tea with mrs matthews on sunday evening more than fifteen floats in santas parade at claremont pictured above is part of the huge crowd which attend ed the claremont santa claus parade on saturday after noon more than fifteen floats participated in the procession and close to one thousand togs of candy were handed out to kiddies by santa claus despite similar parades in whitby holland landing and sunderland the attendance was egually as large as in previous years the markham district high school band headed the parade atha many happy birthdays to little billie tran wno celebrat ed his 6th birthday on monday dec 13th many happy birthdays to marie draper who celebrated her sth birthday on wednes day dec loth mr and mrs frank pow ell and scottie spent wednes day in toronto mr and mrs norman leh man attended the funeral of a causin the late mr james in uxbridge on saturday nearly two hundred friends attended the banquet held on dec sth at brougham for joe tran 1951 canadian tractor plowing champion after a bountiful turkey dinner mr tran was presented with a clubbag by the south ontario plowmen assoc mr russell morrison of beaverton was chairman entertainment was supplied by mrs montgoney of brooklin and the uxbridge guest speaker was mr j d thomas of the imperial oil co junior farmers quartette president of the work plow ing organization mr and mrs hubert avery of brockville and mrs gordon overland of kingston spent last weil night with the trans judging from the terrific speed at which some of the new- cars are being driven one as sumes they have a power as sist on the accelerator greenwood there will be a carol service in the church this sunday eve ning the 19th at 730 oclock the yps meeting was held at the home of john griffin last sunday night with len waltham conducting the pro gram the sigma c group met in the church on tuesday night the christmas tree and con cert will be held in the church on tuesday evening the 21st at 8 oclock concert beginning sharp at 8 oclock school and sunday school pupils will take part in the program admis sion is 35c all children school and high school free a number from here attend ed the santa claus parade at claremont last saturday after noon the little neil girl who is in the oshawa hospital with pneumonia is improving mr percy clarkes house is nearing completion and he ex pects to be in it by christmas time mr f goddard was a caller at the stanley byers home re cently we are sorry to report that mr a johns is in the hospital having had an operation a couple of weeks ago we hope he will soon be able to come home the evening wa held their meeting at the home of mrs a short last wednesday evening the president mrs a morden opened the meeting with a poem election of officers was conducted by rev mr moore- and the following were elected hon president rev mrs moore president mrs c mctaggart first vice pres mrs wm pegg secty mrs d morden asst secty mrs l wilson treasurer mrs f webb asst treasurer miss e ormerod flower committee mrs a morden visiting committee mrs c closson parsonage com- mrs h mid- dleton pianist mrs g east wood asstmrs e pegg audi tors mrs r jackman and mrs wm lawson press sec mrs a short corresponding sec mrs wm maxwell business was conducted by the presi dent the treasurer secretary and flower fund reports were given also auction sale held and a social half hour with lunch the next meeting to be at mrs a mordens the afternoon wa met at the home of mrs r brown with group 2 taking the wor ship service the roll call was answered with the word gift no election was held as last years officers were to remain in for two years business was conducted by the president in cluding christmas box send ing repairing the organ at the church and other items were taken care of lunch was serv- ed by the hostess and a vote of thanks was given to mrs brown for having us at her lovely home the january meeting will be at the parson age green river sorry to report that mr fred wright is in the hospital at present mr and mrs bowles sr spent the weekend with mr and mrs t bowles mr and mrs r hamilton and r hutchings called on mrs frank hutchings of cla remont who is at present con fined to her bed mr and mrs mcclelland and family of newtonbrook called the most g cherished gifts of all by fragrant accessories for bath time and after bathtime becomes a ritual to loveliness the fragrant elizabeth arden way with luxuries to cleanse refresh and smooth her skin delightfully m at the home of mrs findlay on sunday still sorry to report that more of the children are victims of the mumps the many friends of bob findlay will be pleased to see him home on furlough from hmcs cornwallis anyone having anything to donate to the shutin boxes for christmas eve please have your donations at the church or at the home of mrs m dra per not later than dec 19 the baptist ss will hold their christmas entertainment on friday evening dsc 17th at 8 oclock all are welcome the ss next week will be held as usual at 945 am and evening service at 730 next sunday evening will be special christmas music hundreds of peoph colorful floats on saturday afternoon hun dreds of grownups and child ren thronged into claremonfs civic square to view one of the mast colorful parades in the villages history more than fifteen floats led by the mark- ham district high school tru mpet band rolled down to the four corners in front of the judges stand santa claus took up his position in front of ken wards garage and handed out nearly one thousand bags of candy to a neverending lineup of kiddies rev geo davison genial baptist church minister acted as master of ceremonies mr charles cooper and j w pad gett assisted santa claus with the handouts to the children prize winners in the proces sion were best commercial float fred lewis of altona school floats 1st claremont public school 2nd altona public school scouts guides 1st claremont boy scouts 2nd claremont girl guides cubs and brownies 1st cutre- mont brownies 2nd clare mont cubs for the best decor ated bicycle carriage wagon or decorated float 1st fred die peddie 2nd gibson chil dren 3rd anne fryer 4th bill keevil sth june benson the judges were mrs wm lawson mrs hugh gregg mrs l sherry mr gep todd and dr n f tomlinson winners of the lucky draw prizes were 1st mr earl beare claremont a mixmaster 2ndmr chris gladstone ux bridge a miniature tool shop 3rd bobby seto scarboro a normandy chime clock 4th miss mcdonald toronto 12 prs of- ladies nylon stockings sth mrs harry porter clare mont one bushel basket of gro- ceries ms fmy lov hartihapd loop in gold colour foil box 12 j tuffpuff tlu crciu duilmo powdtt in accordion iquai borrf in chriilma carton 175 comucopjo bin grou solid colofln lso vo w chrmtmat cotton iv gll fvfl w end lorh sons in window box 200 jim gronhn or ueo gtom hona lolio in oritiwo cotton lso vlliioiki lurmont xmoj lshfre in ihln knar houstons rexal drug store stouffville rilone 229 wm drew honored upon retirement at the end of this month mr wm drew claremont sta tion agent will retire from ac tive service with the cpr he will move to peterboro early in the year on friday evening residents of claremont honored the retiring agent by present ing him with some lovely gifts both mr and mrs drew re ceived a chesterfield chair a floor lamp a hamper and tow els the presentation was ar ranged by messrs levi linton mr and mrs mac middleton and mrs grant taylor mr drew has been agent at claremont for the past nine years he started his railroad career in fort william when but nineteen years of age he has been connected with the cpr for the past 43 years among the many who at tended the gathering were mr wooten the present roadmas- ter mr levi linton and mr magnus morgan retired road men mr mike trudeau bridge and building master for the district was also in attendance mr j w stewart superinten dent of the division could not be present but he forwarded a congratulatory message there were also friends from have- lock peterboro and toronto mr and mrs drew have two daughters one in vancouver and one in kingston and one son a resident of peterboro not one but s omousf fragrances from the house of lenlheric beautifully packaged for giving carefully selected for keeping n k omtctl ituies lohqiit 195 houstons rexall drug store stouffville phone 229 appreciation i would extend my appreciation to the electors of stouffville who cast ballots on my behalf in mondays municipal election ken laushway thank you electors of village of stouffville i should like to extend my sincere thanks to all those who through their votes work and influence contributed to electing me a member of council for the year 1955 it will be a pleasure to serve you and i will not be unmindful of the trust and con fidence you have placed in me win timbers