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the tribune stouffville ont thursday oct 5th 1939 page nine glaremont by staff correspondent mrs robert bryan of aurora spent sunday at the thomas patterson home here harry booses lucky numbers this weekend were 6212 1480 6301 6289 and 1116 mr john fleming is able to be about again after his severe illness mr and mrs earl beare have rented the fred pugh house just opposite the united church mr and mrs floyd jones of brooklin and mr and mrs walter bushby visited their mother here on sunday most of the local lads who recently joined the ranks of the canadian militia were home for the weekend mr and mrs roy morgan spent the weekend attending the wedding of the formers nep hew h morgan at guelph mr w hill is under the weather his many friends hope he will soon be out and around again mr and mrs sam stephen son of oshawa visited the lat- ters sister mrs walford on sunday mr and mrs abram mantle have removed their residence to toronto where hope is being held for the improvement of mr mantles health george derushy has taken up residence in the north half of the dave gregg house re cently purchased by mr gregg from mrs soden the annual rally of the bap tist young people will be held at reaboio on october 9th with sessions both afternoon and evening mrs walford who has been on the sick list in our village now for over two years was able to attend the anniversary ser vices in the baptist church on sunday mrs howard mothersills mother mrs wilson has gone to toronto where she will spend the winter at the home of her daughter mrs clark charles cooper and a party of friends motored to the north country last weekend to enjoy a little duck shooting the boys report bagging a few nice birds it is reported that mr harold sanderson has taken over the corner lot on main street own ed by hig father thomas sander son he is expected to build a new garage and service station on the site and negotiations are understood to be underway with the mccall frontenac company the baptist male quartette is certainly becoming a very popular foursome they have been present as part of the program at over a dozen concerts and services this fall their latest call being last wednesday when they sang at special anniversary service at raglan- the quartette consists of messrs evans ward morgan pugh jas coates and edgar ward dr david archer one of the senior members of the ontaiio county medical association died early on the morning of wednesday september 20th 1939 at the oshawa general hospital following an illness of some four weeks his passing removes one of the veterans of the profession in ontario coun ty whose practice dates back to the horse and ouggy days in the county a large attendance was reg istered at the services sunday and the supper and concert on monday evening for the 118th anniversary of the claremont baptist church it would appear from the records that this claremont church is one of the oldest institutions in the dis trict at the time of the found ing of this church the township of pickering like the rest of the province was very sparsely settled and the land for the most part was still covered with virgin forest there were no railways till thirty years later the city of torcinto was in corporated in 1834 thirteen years after the founding of the claremont church it was known as the first baptist church of christ in pickering the first membership consisted of pei sons expelled from the church in markham for heresy dis orderly walk etc there were twenty charter members for the first years of existence meetings were held everywhere from the 7th of pickering to the 9th of whitchurch but in 1850 the church purchased a piece of land from joseph wixon on the 9th of pickering and on it erect ed a plank house 28x34 this building was replaced by one of stone in 1864 and in 1866 it was completed on the present site and across the road a fine brick manse erected exclusive of temporary supplies the clare mont congregation has had 22 ministers in the 118 years of its existence the first incumbency was the longest of all that of elder wixon who served for 29 years the next in length was theophilus booker who remain ed for nearly ten years alex white for eight years and h wood and a grant for six years each of the 20 members that composed the church at its organization 12 were men and 8 were women it is interesting to note that practically 1000 persons have united with the church during its existence 700 coming by way of baptism in 1870 during mr camerons min istry the church was enriched by the accension of the entire remaining membership of what was known as gosticks church on the rear of the 7th this church had been organized in 1835 with rev thomas gostick as minister on september 23 the home of mr and mrs john burgess of norwood ont was the scene of a very pretty wedding when their only daughter mary wilma was united in marriage to hugh kenneth gregg son of mr and mrs david gregg of claremont ont the ceremony took place under an archway decorated with standards of pink and white gladioli the rev w i robinson of norwood offici- premier kaarel ecnpalu coal cement place your orders now for coal at the summer prices salt on hand for hay and feed poultry feeds of all kinds cement delivered if requested land tile various sizes s w hastings stouffville phone 169 cream for best results ship your cream to us you can make your own delivery at a premium of one cent per pound butter fat or have our truck call stouffville creamery open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings gen i laidomer under pressure from moscow estonia and the soviet signed a 10year mutual assistance pact giving russia air and naval bases on the baltic reports say that the estonia foreign minister had no choice but to sign earlier it was said the government of premier kaarel eenpalif was not considered sufficiently fri endly to moscow general k laidoner commanderinchief of the estonian army said his country would defend itself if attacked ated the wedding music was played by mr elton burgess brother of the bride who also accompanied miss jean gregg sister of the groom who sang o promise me during the signing of the register the bride given in marriage by her father wore a gown of mar quisette with inserts of french lace over white taffeta her finger tip veil was held in place by a cornet of orange blossoms and lilyofthevalley and she carried a bouquet of butterfly roses her only ornament was a gold locket the gift of the groom miss isabell gregg sister of the groom as brides maid was attired in a pink lace frock over satin with veil held in place by a large flower of matching color she carried a bouquet of briar cliff roses the groom was attended by the brides brother mr ward bur gess the brides mother was attired in navy crepe dress with corsage of premier roses while the grooms mother wore navy triple sheer with corsage of talisman roses after the wed ding buffet luncheon was served the happy couple left for the worlds fair the bride travell ing in a dark brown ensemble with matching accessories on their return they will reside at claremont donald mickey macdonald was granted a new trial by court of appeal- sept 26 under sen tence to hang for the murder of james windsor toronto book maker in windsor home on jan 7th macdonald got his new- lease on life four days before the sentence was to be carried out green river mr walter rosson of toron to is visiting with mr and mrs herb percy the annual business meeting of the baptist church was held on tuesday evening this week the young people met this week on monday evening at the william duncan home all young people are invited to come to these meetings which have a membership of about thirty in many sections near this fair community the trees are al ready ablaze of glory there were many motorists on sun day attracted by the rural grandeur miss june shank and miss reta milne took tea on sunday with miss jean jarvis at locust hill vandorf apple picking has begun and every orchard seems burdened with luscious fruit this year silo filling is still on the go but the standing corn is badiy frozen now sorry to report mrs edgar rose is bedfast with a heart condition which requires rest we sincerely hope she will soon feel better the ladies aid aie invited to the wms meeting in aurora on thursday afternoon a number from here attended the school of methods held in newmarket each tuesday even ing for the ypu of the north centre presbytery mr and mrs percy allin of aurora had sunday dinner with mr and mrs herb oliver mr and mrs russel sprox ton and family were sunday vis itors with mr and mrs charles hooper and family of button- ville prayer meeting will be held at w h sproxtons home on thursday evening this week master billy kingdon was presented a silver trophy on sunday which he won last win ter in connection with the tem perance oratorical contest repre senting york county con gratulations billy better values at booses grocery pure clover honey 4 lbs 33c 8 lbs 65c mixed honey 8 lbs 49c clover leaf pink salmon large 2 for 27c cooking onions 10 lbs 19c crown brand syrup 10 lbs 71c tip top brand peas corn tomatoes 3 tins 25c six lucky draws each saturday night see this paper for winning numbers harry boose grocer claremont claremonts cash and carry store tribunes small advs are cheap and profitable central feed store price pugh stouffville bmwwjuja ii utfen to the shodow every wed cfrb 9930 pm every sal cbo 630r7 markh am rair fai the 84th annual exhibition of the markham and east york agricultural society october 5th 6th 7th many grandstand attractions cowboy roping star dog performance over 3000 in prizes eglington hunt club horse show military display by the queens york rangers 1st american regiment trotting races 500 judging horses cattle etc york county holstein breeders show hydro demonstration car markham citizens band special new midway shows on the grounds both days dancing at nite lucky draws saturday evening in the 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