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the tribune stouffville out thursday july loth 1943 claremont and district by staff correspondent local agent mowders store mrs cook has received word from mr and mrs loss hill were recent her son earl whc iz overseas with guests with mr and mrs wm wal- the ordnance corps that he has fully lace of avestoa recuperated from a recent appendicil pte wm hicks was down from tis operation and has rejoined his montreal on a short holiday which un i he spent with his wife and baby ahin lehman roy mcleod and daughter bernice here harold coates were 11 home from an enjoyable afaemoon was spent over at stouffville on monday by a number of local ladies who were their army posts during the weekend jack ward rcaf son of mr and mrs roy ward and pte jos ward son of mr and mrs walter ward were at their respective homes during the weekend miss laura hill was home from 0hawa for the weekend the womans missionary society of the united church met in the sun day school rooms on thursday after noon where they entertained the members of the mission band miss peggy overland of toronto has been visiting at the home of her aunt and uncle mr and mrs c a overland mrs wid miller and sons bruce and carl of oshawa aie visiting in claremont with mis millers sister miss emma brown miss marion lotton who has been so seriously ill at her home north of claremont is slowly improving al though two nurses are still in attend ance word has been received at the loyst home here that son sgt ran loyst rcaf has arrived safely in england a brother art who is with a transport coy in the army was home recently for a few days visit first griin cut probably the fiist giain cut in this district was a field of barley belong ing to isaac lehman 9th concession of pickering the barley was a win ter variety and was reported by mr lehman to be very heavy 5th line school teacher giien iloeiitation miss edith peters whose home is in port peny and who is a sister of mrs geo beverley of claiemont and teacher at the fifth line school for the past five years was happily sur prised with a lovely presentation from her pupils last week the group gave miss peters a suitcase and satin house coat and slippers in ap preciation and esteem not only for her school work but also for her work for the local red cross unit miss peters has accepted a position as teacher at blackstock school uests of mrs wm birkett those who were privileged to enjoy the social outing were mesdames raw- son mcliityre condy and scott also mrs hudson of ottawa numerous itcil kstutc changes in the village two moie pioperties changed hands in claremont this week mr chas hockley of uxbridge township has pui chased the house and former bakeshop just to the rear of the coiner grocery according to the owner mr lyman pilkey the pro perty was most recently tenanted by mrs conner and mrs lonsdale who operated a bake shop and small gro cery business sale price was not revealed the sale is also reported of the house on the 9th concession just west of the four corners form- eily the property of the howe estate to mr thos condy the new own ers of the claremont canning plant are expected to move into the present condy place within the next couple of months resident of pickering over 80 years isiuiecl thursday resident of pickering township for her entire lifetime of s3 years and of claremont village for the past twentyfour annie m ayers widow of the late john ayers was laid to rest in the union cemetery on thurs- brougham miss katherine- hicks of whitby spent a few days last week with her friend violet liscombe mrs r miller and son billy of toronto spent a couple of days last week with her parents wm and mrs knox mrs wm ellicott returned home after spending a few days with her sister in toronto mrs f ham and mrs d dolphin of claiemont called on friends here one day last week miss gladys gannon rn of tor onto visited her mother on sunday the annual reunion of the carter hord families was held on sunday afternoon at the home of mr rus sell carter of scugog there were us present and a very pleasant time was enjoyed by all mrs degeer and daughter co a of inneskillen visited with mrs see- beck and other friends on sunday mr t c brown is spending a few days with friends in toronto congratulations to mr and mrs hugh gannon of oshawa on the ar rival of a daughter bonnie sharon mr and mrs s w miller and family are moving to their new home iters organizing committee east of kinsale this week the happy circle mission band are holding a picnic on saturday july 17th at greenwood park everyone bring their own lunch and meet at gannons store at 2 pm the baby band held their regular picnic on the church lawn on wed nesday afternoon last with a good former east york reeve a candidate in s ontario riding arthur williams former reeve of east york gained the nomination on the second vote as the ccf can didate in the ontario provincial rid ing at a mass meeting in oshawa last thursday he will contest the rid ing at present left vacant as a result of the resignation of hon gdcon- aut others nominated were albert elson president of the oshawa local oi the united auto workers asso ciation horace brown dunbarton and frank hayward greenbank brown and hayward dropped out after the first ballot giving williams 50 per cent of the votes and elson 2g per cent arthur williams is a welshman 52 years of age and has resided in canada for the last 14 years in 1934 and 193g he was reeve of the township of east york and was largely responsible for the adminis tration of relief in the township in the depiession years on three occasions he opposed conservative candidates in the riding of east york running against geo s henry later premier of the pro vince in the campaigns of 1934 and 1937 and opposing r h mcgregor in 1935 he is employed by the canadian congress of labour as se cretarytreasurer of the textile wor- greek river results the grade pupils at green river school in september will pass into to grade viii walter eves to grade vii doreen skelly violet hall doris eves mary carter peter white keith white to grade vi orval beelby willys turner to grade v lois seebeck yvonne hamlin donald macphaden fred carter norma hagerman murray graham danny pugh to grade iv isabelle xighswander george fostill nancy hager man ken postill bernice eves george hamlin joan hall clarence beelby provisioned to grade iii bernice duncan bar bara hall hazel carter j white hermon macphaden to grade ii grace carter kathleen nighswander betty postill joyce boyd ronald eves to senior jrimer lorna boyd ken hagerman isobel honey teacher couxcillokss hojustkins among countys best a holstein from the herd of w h westney pickering township coun cillor stood high in the latest mon thly test bulletin for ontario county this particular animal gave 14529 lbs of milk containing 549 lbs but- terfat green river day afternoon conducted the pioneer home bein closed out on saturday on saturday of this week house hold effects of one of the oldest es tablished homes in claremont will be disposed of ny public aiiction being the pioperty of miss mary macnab miss macnab will make her home with her cousin margaret macnab she beingover so years of age and having failing eyesight the mac- nabs are among the best known pioneers of claremont village having conducted the corner store business heie for a period of fifty years 1s59 to 1s9s miss macnab was a dau ghter of william macnab who opened business in 1s55 and a niece of the most successful business partners duncan and john rev i e kennedy service pallbearers were messis john scott john beel by loss hill roy brignall duncan dolphin and frank hamm deceased was born in the township eighty- three years ago and retired to clare mont twentyfour years ago her husband the late john ayres prede ceased her nine years she was one of a family of eight of whom only two survive being william meal 9th concession of pickering and john xeal near palmerston both men over seventy up the annual ss picnic held in wilsons park was well attended with over 100 present young and old alike enjoyed a beautiful supper and races which were held in the evening j -n- miss reta milne spent a few days attendance of babies and mothers wkh misg isabe honey of po perry i wms members three members bernice duncan john mcwhirter we are sorry mrs r beckett has and elden carter graduated from been f01 t week the band i the carter reunion was held on sunday last at scugog island i many attended the shower for mr send the tribune to absent friends and mrs john burnett on friday whiteyale girl this weeks bride sentenced for ration bo the it is getting so now that you have to carry your ration book around your neck to hold on to it declared magistrate f s ebbs in police court friday morning before passing sen tence on george davis aged 17 of kinsale ont of one month in the county jail at whitby davis had pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing from james moore 17 bond street east a package of cigarettes a pen cil and a wi t gas ration book james moore stated that he had parked his car on bond street bet ween 12 oclock and 1230 thursday afternoon and that he had taken his coat off and had left it in the car almost immediately he went back to his car to get his cigarettes and it was then that he found the above- mentioned articles missing p c spencer investigated and placed the accused under arrest when the ac cused was brought to the police sta tion he signed a confession to the theft the ciown pointed out that the coupons in the book were not nego tiable as they were all cancelled otherwise a moie serious charge would have been laid minor accidents lay scleral citizens at least four minor accidents have occured to local men within the last week which is almost to the point of being an epidemic lawrence norton son of mr and mrs jack norton was assisting with the hay ing on the don mccullough farm when he was toppled heavily from the hay lack which had been caught up with a sling full of hay and sud denly dropped back throwing the young fellow heavily to the floor although lawrence was badly shaken up and suffered minor cuts and bruises no bones were broken at the local carpenter shop thos ham mond the new pioprietor suffered a nasty gash in his hand when he be came tangled with a rip saw through which he was putting some lumber it requited several stitches to close the wound bob ward son of mr and mis roy ward accidently ran a hay fork into his foot while helping with the hay and will be off his feet for some time elgin snodden who is employed on the hugh gresg farm is carrying his wrist in a sling the member was broken when hit a glancing blow with a baseball bat evening they were also presented with a beautiful walnut table from the three shift bus line mr and mrs frank booth brook- lin visited with john nighswander on sunday the occasion of his birth day stouffville floral roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 cedar beach gardens musselmans lake dancing- wednesday and friday nights with bruce gould and his music modern and olde tyme dancing saturday evenings max boag arid his 10piece orchestra ualiltldgk farmer falls 20 feet from loft thomas harrison 7th concession farmer north of uxbridge was ad mitted to the general hospital tor onto last week suffering from a fractured pelvis mr harrison fell 20 feet from a hay loft on his farm in scott township in addition to the fractured pelvis the farmer sus tained a dislocated hip miss geitrude poynter hamilton school teacher and aithur duncan stirling ont who will be married this sat- 111 day july 17 in whitevale united church the bride-to- he is the daughter of mrs poynter of whitevale and the late arthur poynter herfiance the son of mrand mrs john duncan toronto after the wedding the couple will make theii home in batawa cream for best results as to price and service let our truck call for your cream we pay an extra two cents per lb of butter fat for cream delivered to the creamery stouffville creamery co open tuesday and saturday evenings stouffville ont phone 18601 v4 ii dap ofpameefmeas w now you can be sure i sla sand and gravel choicest sand ami gravel for iour cement work delivered to your job nortons gijwkl pit brock rd uxbridge two ph claremont office 700 residence 0 rll now you can be sore your family gets good nutrition follow the 63 varied menus in this free booklet heres the book you have been waiting for the practical way to good nutrition no need to be a student of dietetics you simply follow the menus planned for you confident that you are serving meals as healthful as they are appealing this is an important part of your war effort for proper food is vital to health and therefor to allout production yet government surveys show that 60 per cent of canadians fall short of good nu trition even though seemingly wellfed so learn the way to meals that arc as healthful as they are ap petizing send for your 1 copy of eat-to-work- towin now yoluctble i c free sponsored by the brewing industry ontario in the interests of nntririon and health as an aid to victory send for your c0pyt0day jostjtnd your nam and address clearly printed tonutrition for victory box 600 toronto canada tf nutritional statements in eat itorazoirir are acceptable to nutrition sen ices departmtnt of pen- stout an j national maltb ottaua the canadian sutri- thn programme soldier of the soil this year the canadian farmer urgently needs help he needs your help to produce the food so necessary for victory many thousands of farm workers are serving in the forces so that the farmer the soldier of the soil is shorthanded but shorthanded as he is he is called upon to produce more food than ever before food is one of the most powerful weapons of war grains bacon dairy pro ducts eggs beef fruit vegetables food to feed our armies our allies and our people we must have what can you do you may be a school teacher student business or professional man an office or store clerk no matter what you are if you have a few hours days weeks or months of free time this summer you can do your country and the farmer a great and patriotic service by helping out on the farm you may be inexperienced but you still can help you will find work on the farm healthy and congenial it will give you the satisfaction of feeling that you have brought victory nearer what you should do now f consult any special local committee or office established to deal with farm labour place ments in your city or town or write the director of the dominionprovin cial farm labour program at ihc capital of your province or get in touch with your nearest employment and selective service office wwsmemvl if slkddss humphrey mitchell mtnttr ef labour a macnamara vlrtctor salloncl slilrm smum w9