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sc m iri4rr i v jaktmm b klua herab i i 1- lf xiox xoxaoz aoiaoi o d o p gliirfemoiit afiel district by staff correspondent ioi tor local dealers mowders store and overlands store xoaocxoi aoiaoc congratulations are being passed on to mr and mrs reg hoskiris of mt zion on the birth of a daugh ter friends and members of the claremont united church sunday school- honored miss darlene nor ton with a card shower last week end on the occasion of her nine teenth birthday darlene is in hamilton sanitarium and is sin cerely missed by her host of friends in the village lost mamas baby boy in or around claremont or vicinity overgrowri thirteenyearold boy who last seen he was wearing knee plants arid white blouse any one knowing of his whereabouts please report same to mrs w r evans of the goodfellowship class play the abovementioned boy will be needed on friday evening april 27th when the play will be presented in the community hall claremont salvage collection throughout the claremont area is continuing mat erial may be left at the united church shed or call the office of this paper and the truck will pick it up fire breaks out in bush lots fire broke out last week in wood lots on the former mill valley property arid destroyed several cords of wood belonging to cecil lee messrsed davis rand i h davis were on hand at the time doing work for messrs derusha arid redshaw and gave the alarm claremont brigade answered the call promptly and distinguished the outbreak in short order more properties changing hands mr and mrs giles who occupy a small acreage on the second side- iroad west of the village have pur- gordon morley rcaf who is chased the will palmer residence still overseas wired a lovely bou quet of flowers to his mother here mrs f morley and they were on display in the church on sunday morning to add to the service mr keith drake of toronto visited here on sunday mrand mrs ed lee of kihsale mr and mrs floyd jones of brook lyn were in the village on saturday a hedge with a history was re cently removed by mr harry porter from his- property in the villagethe hedge was planted by mrs porters grandfather joseph law and there it has stood for many years mr porter intendsto replaceit with another low hedge which will further enhance the scenery- about their residence mr adam spears township assessor was in the village last week making his annual rounds the bypu of the baptist church met on monday evening for their regular meeting at the home of mr arid mrs ed lewis friends wilpregret to learn that mr john soden who is in oshawa hospital is not improving in health and required a further blood transfusion onmonday mr and mrs- frank ham and mrs duncan dolphin were down visit ing him at the hospital on sunday evening aprn22nd mr humphrey of whitby moder ator of the wliitby and lindsay association will have charge of the service in the baptist church mr and mrs ilurtabee of the northend visited over the weekend with relatives in qshawa mr and mrs leslie gauslin visit ed on sunday at the home of her mother and father mr v mrs albert slack the wood sale held by mr fred mowder last week realized a total of 1222 under the- hammer of as farmer the top price was realized for a number of buttermilk logs which brought 3 each five oak logs brought 16 and- a nuriiber of hydro polos sold for 950 it was the 5th birthday for the good fellowship class who met at the manse of the united church on tuesday april- 10th with 32 pre sent an interesting program was prepared by mrs wallace and mrs pugh rev kennedy took the chair for the election of officers the executive remained the same for the coming year with more added to the quilt committee following the business and games lunch was served and a delicious birthday cake consumed themaymeeting will be held at mr arid mrs l hilts home cigarettes have been mailed to the following boys overseas from the forgetmenot club henry rasmussen gordon gregg carson wagg neil smith vic robinson stanley linton harold hopkins bob holman mike brown and fonzie manion a b jim reynolds of the rc nvr has returned tosthyacinth que after spending a leave with his parents mr and- mrs cliff rey nolds jim- as many of us know has spent several months in the hospi tal since his leave at home last october arid we are pleased to have him well again in town and situated on the9th concession just west of the four corners the giles place will be taken over by mr- arid mrs fred alsop from stouff ville who have disposed of their residence in stouffville the sale has also been reported of the- brown restaurant block on the four corners to mr ernie baker although no confirma tion of this transaction could be obtained the beginning of this week mrs- baker who operates the restaurant is not in good health former cherrywood mother passes the- death of mrs john timbers at the home of her daughter mrs wesley thompson in port perry ori friday april 13 removes a woman who was wall known in trie cherry wood district until recent years mrs timbers was an aunt of messrs win and fred timbers of stouffville and her husband for many years was a well know apiarist at cherrywood where he died 27 years ago theaged mother who was in her 81st year had lived at saridford just prior to moving with hek daughter to portperry g still another daughter miss lillle i fliac of lianriufiyiyn timbers lives in the united states uko ill ulccliwuuu man breaks neck in fall expects to recover engaged shingling a barn for mr dean mairs at brougham mr john moore fell about 15 feet to the ground and sustained a broken neck rushed to st michaels hos pital in -toronto- his injury was attended jo and it is hoped that he will make recovery it is believed that mr moore was seized with a weak spell when he took the tumble which was the second one he had experienced in not a very great length of time his condition the early part of this week was brie of restlessness resulting from shock and the cast newly placed on his neck slaiv after chute jump pioneer her mrs timbers maiden name was i sarah ann baldersori and her re mains were resting at the funeral parlors in port perry from which place the funeral proceeded to bethel ceriietery 5th line mark- ham on monday afternoon lifelong resident of brougtefdead lifetime c resident bf brougharii thomas beer passed away at his residence there pn saturday april 14th hewas in his 73rd year arid had riot beenirirthe best of health for s6metinie deceased a son of the late mr and mrs jos beer besidesihis wife the former annie beattie the late thorites beer is survived by one son donald of ybroughamna brother albert beer also of brougliarii and orie sister mrs villa wright george town there are three grand children- j furieralservice was conducted on monday byrey4 e kennedy and interment made in brougham cemeterypallbearers were messrs m hamilton thos gammage w slack c phillips w hamilton and carl devitt ijrooklin would plant trees in memory op men brooklin horticultural society pro poses planting trees in the munici pality in memory of those who have served in the armed forces during the present war whitby township council was advised at its meeting the society requested the approval of the council for this venture was resident of locust hill for 45 years 3 fred l green orie of the pioneer millers of pickering township and grandson of the original f green fromwhom greenwood village de rived its name died at his home there on sunday he was in his slst year fred l green was a son of the late s -j- green under- whom he served his apprenticeship as a mil ler he took charge of thebusiness himself in 1886 arid operated the mill for over forty years he is survived by his wife the former katee stevenson funeral service was conducted at the fam ily residence greenwood on wed nesday afternoon with in salem cemetery lieut jeff nicklin of winnipeg man former rugby star of the blue bombers was one of the first to jump arid one of the first canadians to die on dday beyond the rhine when he floated to land he caught on a tree and the germans shot him hanging as he tried to get out of his chute of the village mr and mrs chas carter were with ben carter on sunday mr- and mrs j nighswander and family visited with frank booth of brooklin recently mr chas white has moved in the large house of mr frank wright until he can get in the mr a hagerman place in june which he has bought greenwood resident of locust hill for 45 years mrs james dimma passed away at the faririly home there on thursday april 12 after an illness of some two months she had been a widow for 29 years highly re spected and greatly admired by many friends mrs dimriia was a member of zion united- churcti for many years surviving are an only daughter marjorie mrs greystone of mon treal and three sons frank arid leslie of locust hill and elsworth operation in halifax young peoples the funeral on saturdayproceed- thursday evening we are sorry to report that mr john soden is not improving as fast as his friends would like to see interment mr cole is getting along very nice- jly but still in the hospital marion mcvey and friend of tor- 1 onto were at the parsonage over the weekend mrr allan clark of oshawa was mr carl robinson and laay with his parents over sunday friend of toronto are visiting vith- mr and mrs l parrot of- ash- mrs a hoover i burn visited with john and mrs mrs a treewartha and miss j middleton on sunday day nigstinaidof the soldiers boxes overseas was well attended proceeds amounting to nine dollars the prizes went to miss joyce miniker ross disney mrs frank disney and allan clark the wmjs held their meeting in the kirtsale hall last tuesday the president miss m brown presided after the worship period minutes of last meeting were read main item of business was the supply bale which has to be ready by june the program was taken from the mis sionary monthly followed by a re port of the presbyterial meeting at oshawa given by mrs m pegg and mrs mcvey meeting closed with the last verse of hymn 261 iob 3actcomedy mamas baby boy a riot of laughter presented under the auspices of the goodfellowship class op united church community hall claremont friday april 27th slo pm adults 25c children 15c green river used spreader increases in valtje with two years use a manure spreader bought two years ago at the marshall sale in king twp for 215 sold at the charles moynihan sale in whit church twp for 223 a threshing machine about- 25 vears old brought 785 v a 1020 tractor on steel 680 in all the sale realized over 4000 brougham 4v v auction sale household furniture the i undersigned has received instructions to sell by public auction on saturday april 21 in the village of claremont the following property belonging to the estate of the late mrs jane bush by tdining room table and chairs 3 bedroom suites organ electric radio electric iron electric bed lamp couches rocking chair glass- cupboard tables kitchen chairs quantity of dishes linens bedding curtains floor covering j cooking utensils matts sewing machine washing- machine j coal oil stove arid oven good cheer cobkstove heater with oven pails dust mops lawn mower garden tools numerous other articles the property consisting of vi acse more or less with frame house of 7 rooms cellar cistern hard water and hvdro barn suit- able for garage will be offered for salc subject to reserve bid sale at 1 pm mr arid mrs e l crocker arid granddaughter gwen of toronto visited mrs l- matthews on satur day mrs win ellicott also miss pearl barrett spent a few days in toronto last week mr- d gannon left last week on a business trip to haliburton dis trict a very serious raccident happened last monday when mr john moore fell to the ground while shingling a roof for mr d mairs the unfort unate man was rushed to st michaels hospital where it was found ho had a badly fractured neck his many frienclswish him a speedy recovery- mr and- mrs ivan ellicott of peterborough visited the formers parents mr and mrs r ellicott during the weekend mr i and mrs hugh gannon and daughter bonriie yisited his mother mrsd gannbn orisunday mrs- truck of belleville visited at the gannon home one day last week the sympathy of the community is extended to the family of the late mr f l green whose death occurred on sunday evening the euchre and dance sponsor ed by the wi in the hall on wed- riesday night was fairly wellattend- edforthistime of year when every one seems to be busy the prize winners were mrs while mrs sheppard mr r carlton and mr c fuller mr and mrs albert matthews were at whitby one day last week to meet their nephew mr roy dirigmari who is home after serv ing four years overseas the regular meeting of the womens institute was held on tuesday afternoon at the home of mrs w e wilson and imrs osborne twentyfive members and four visitors were present a letter was read from russian relief acknowledging- a donation sent by this branch some time ago also a letter on jam for britain plans were made for as many- as possible to attend the cooperation pro gram dealing with citizenship in the rural community to be held at claremont on april 23rd at 10 am eastons bus will take the ladles from here the remainder of the program was turned over toj the social welfare convener mrs glen assisted by mrs knox mrs warinop mrs robertson and mrs sheppard the meeting closed by singing god save the king fol- lowed by a very dalntymunch serv- tcrms cash cd by the hostesses mrs burk mrs w c wilson mrs farley ed to st andrews cemetery mark ham for burial and was attended by many relatives and old friends of the family lydia fuller called on friends in the community on sunday mrs wm gray has suffered an other attack in the past week with her heart we hope to see mrs henry shank home in the near future she has been in the general hospital for the past four weeks with a foot crokinole on at thehome of murray beelby mr roy carter is now moved up on the c white farm we are for tunate this familyis not moving out the euchre party at the home of mrand mrs vm clark last satur- lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family shoe repairing womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts stouffville phone 4301 opposite the town clock claremont meat market tomatoes 2 tins for 25 cents fresh and cured meats fresh fish every thursday have our truck call on you in goodwood and district on wednesdays a j sutherland piionej1808 claremont sand and gravel choicest sand and gravel for your cement work delivered to your job nqrtons 49tf gravel pit phone 700 9 rll where ie heart is 99 johrivscott clerk elmer wllbnr aucdoneerl mrs hetle and mrs osborne sitting by the fireside at homer digging inthvgardenfor fuii lazy weekends just fishin ttiese things mean comfortable pleasant living the kind of living your man overseas is dreaming of fighting for make sure these simple pleasant things exist for him when he comes back remember that it is possible ifor them to exist only if his dollar is worth a dollar by protecting his dollar we help to protect his future thats why we must realize nov the dangers that lie in careless unnecessary buying never buy two where one will do buy only what weneed we must support rationing and price control and encourage others to support them and we- must avoid all deal ings with black markets these are the rules if we break them we can be certain that we will start our country his country oh the spiral of inflation prices shoot skyhigh wages try to catch up and never succeed you may pay a dollar for 30 cents worth of goods and this means your dollar your- soldiers dollar is worth only 30 cents theres ho limit to inflation and i theres ho stopping it once it starts so lets make sure our boys will come back to a protectedddllar7 ajdbllarthat will buy afulldollars worth of goods lets keep up the fight against inflation every day ih every way we can so that our men overseas can look forward to pleas- ant satisfying living the cana dian way of life make this pledge today i pledge myself to do my part in fighting inflation by observing rationing mad avoiding black markets in tor shape or form by rot pocrlhg prleo controls and dtfaer ammnflaiibn measures and re fraining from careless and unneces sary baying i will norbuy two where one will do nor will i buy 1 a where an old willdo by buying victory bonds and wjr savings stamps supporting tax ation andabidiag by all such measures which will jowerthe cost of liring and help keep prices at a normal level vazwir the brewing industry ontario to reveal the dangers of inflation i lujiuuann ssa v s vy tm