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5r- kggg5 v v 1 rs eav ij v i s ft vox o n o i glaremqiit atid district n o by staff correspondent ioe30e local dealers mowders store and overlands store ioe3q1 r 101 mr and mrs m j wilker of tor- onto visited over the weekend with mrs gleeson mrs earl leggitt of pontypooi was a sunday visitor with his mo ther mrs jas leggitt mr and mrs henry johnson of stouffville moved to their newly acquired home here last week the former rumohr residence miss joyce mccullough of tor onto was a weekend visitor at her home here the bypu of the baptist church held a social evening in the sunday school room on monday evening jack ward rcaf son of mr and mrs roy ward has completed his embarkation leave and left for moncton nb a capacity house was in atten dance at the comedy drama put on in the community hall on friday evening by members of the good- fellowship class and entitled mamas baby boy the group gave an excellent performance and were roundly applauded by the large audience all the parts were ably portrayed and the costumes and reparture left nothing to be desired the group have already been booked for several repeat per formances and are open for further engagements the may meeting of the wms will be held on friday may 11th note change of date at 230 pm in the sunday school room of the united church mrs rawsons group will be in charge the society has accepted an invitation to visit the pickering wms on thursday evening may 10th friends will be sorry to learn that mrs ab mantle who makes her home with her daughter mrs fred redshaw is in poqr health mr and mrs percy redshaw billy and faye of oshawa mr and mrs david coates and jack mr and mrs ellicott mrs wm red shaw bill walker and miss har- moirwere all sunday visitors with mr and mrs fred redshaw four carpenters from the bank of commerce maintenance start be gan work this week ori an addition to the local bank building an extra room is being added to the living quarters upstairs with a garage be- neath a big gang of scctionmen with a maintenance train were working through claremorit this week pre paring to lay new and heavier rails on this cpr line the new rails weigh one hundred pounds to the foot which is twenty pounds heavier than those to be removed greatly increased traffic necessi tates tlie change over 30d second son of green river couple killed in action sympathy is expressed on every hand to the parents and their family of the late herb calbert who was killed in action recently the following is part of the letter received from his chaplain dear mr and mrs calbert by the time you receive this you will have heard the news about your son on feb the 25th we moved up after dark to a position just a few hundred yards from the enemy the men took shelter in barns wrecked houses and dug outs shortly after midnight our artillery fired a very heavy barrage of shells upon the well dug in german positions there were many machine gun nests also so it was a difficult and dangerous attack our lads captured their objective in a few hours and thus broke the bestheld enemy position other battalions raced through and captured important towns and villages with comparative ease it was during this early morning battle your son was hit and instant ly killed the next day i went out with a party of our men and we brought back your sons body and buried him at a temporary can adian military cemetery just east of cleve his grave is lotl row 14 grave 14 each graveis care fully marked with a white cross on which is painted army number name unit and date of death may god be with you in these days of sorrow and grant you his peace signed andrew j mowatt herbert calbert is the second son of this couple tobe killed in action their oldest son william was killed in action as he landed on the beach of normandy op dday both were with the queens own rifles and both in same coy xob brougham mrs gannon spent the weekend with her daughter in toronto- mr and mrsa bmtthews were at myrtle one day last week visit ing mr and mrs gerald harbron greenwood the yjpumeton tuesday night mr and mrs c hart and family at the parsonage moved toajax on saturday the wms will meet on thurs- mr ajgray is adding consider- day today at the home of mrs r able improvements to his house in mowbray with her group in charge the westend i the wa nd red cross will mrs c wannopp has been on the meet m th sunday school room on sick list during the pastweek herursday may 10th a quilt will friends wish her a speedy reco very fx hla k the friends of mr- w jones rcnvr will be sorry to hear he mto l a few wlth mr and mrs wm knox and miss is in the marine hospital suffering u mrs stanlev still remains verv barbara also mrs ross knox and f an attack of rheumatic fever u the home of her daughter mrs t c brown visited mr and- several members of the wms mvte pscoe mrs john knox and family at their journeyed to green river one after- j trp fred brown was at his home new home near hampton on sun- n0 last week where they were over the weekend r day guests of green river wms a mrs perry wilson leslie fred the sympathy of the community very enjovable time was spent by and mrs byers attended the funeral is extended to mr and mrs carlau devitt and family in the passing of i mrs devitt sr whose death took place last week at her late residence at brooklyn green river mrs w ireson is back to her mr and mrs e l crocker and home aerf pending the winter mrs r w witter of toronto call ed on friends here on sunday mr and mrs kenneth balsdoh and family visited their grand- with her daughter mrs h ego of weston missreta milne spent saturday with friends in toronto the drama mamas baby boy of their aunt the late mrs w j devitt of brooklin on friday last everyone was pleased to see lorrie arnis who recently returned from overseas we understand he gets his discharge in a month miss lois byers of whitby was at her home one day last week wm ormerod is able to be around again after an attack of the shingles special arrangements are under cent j w to remember whose way for mothers day service may money be used to carry out wee babe was fatally stricken little betty neal nine months old daughter of mr and mrs- chas nealdied suddenly on friday eve- hing after being stricken with chicken pox the disease reacted strangely with the wee tot accord- ing to dr tomlinson as it is most rare that such a disease proves fatal besides the sorrowing par- ehts the infant is survived by one brother nelson arrangement made for vday services at 11 am on vday a service of prayer and thanksgiving to al mighty god will be held in the baptist church claremont on the following sunday evening there will be a great commemoration and victory service in the united church both wjll be union ser- vices in charge of the two local ministers rev l wenham and rev i 15 kennedy at the sunday evening service a thankoffering will be taken canning co throws big puty claremont canning co owned and operated by mr mike williamson was host on wednes day evening to members of the staff and a host of friends frptri claremont to a banquet and dance in the community hall the ladies of the claremont united church did the catering and set up a meal which was described by mr williamson as really something wonderful about eighty satdown to the tableswhile the hall was crowded for the dance mr william son spoke briefly of the- new addf- tion to be started at trie factory al most immediately jand of his hope to make thispartyari annual event impose 25 pine in driving case pleading not- guilty to a charge of dangerous driving joseph wla- zekpickering township was found guilty and sentenced to a jfine of 25 andcostsby magistrate f s ebbs and in addition his drlv- ing license was suspended fbr period of one year the accident of which the charge arose took place on february v 24 at the intersection of church street and highway no 2 in pickering with the car opcrat- ed by the accused and another driven by dr richard mckcnna of trenton involved in a collision considerable damage was sustained by the mckcnna cxt ji a- ontario riding chooses strong liberal candidates wen sinclair kc prom inent oshawa barrister and former leader of the liberal party in the ontario legislature and dr w h gifford present mayor of the city of oshawa were chosen unanimous ly by the ontario riding liberal association to contest the riding in the federal and provincial elec tions respectively at its dual nom inating convention in whitby last week during the meeting william h moore former chairman of the tariff board who represented the riding at ottawa for the past 15 years announced his retirement from political life with the excep tion 5f mr moore who declined to stand no nominations were placed before the meeting both candidates were accorded the enthusiastic sup port of the 500 party stalwarts ifi attendance the nomination of mr sinclair was moved by g m forsyth of claremont and seconded by v wil liam davidson of whitby while the nomination of dr gifford was moved by william davidson and seconded by j- c anderson kc of oshawa james heffering of whitby pre sident of the ontario riding liberal association presided with him on tlie platform were miss m e sleep major harry milieu frank chap- man j c anderson kc g m goodfellow w- h moore w a dryden-g- m forsyth dr w- h gifford e cheetham and theodore king it is with the greatest pleasure in the world that i give my hearty approval of the nomination of w en sinclair commented w h moore in announcing his retire ment- from politics i have been in ottawa for nearly 20 years and for 15 years have represented this riding it is too much to expect thatone could satisfy everyone but i have tried to do my best after 15 years i feel i have earned a rest i feel that i am- en titled to stay at home for awhile 1 1 have nothing to say about- the past although during the election ifi have the opportunity i may do so we should look to the future there are strenuous days ahead it is not up to me to suggest whom you should select- 13th young peoples was held on tues day last at the pearse home the locust hill yp were also in at tendance our yp have an invita tion to attend the vocation service at markham presbyterian church on may 13th c congratulations to mr and mrs parents mr and mrs m hamilton given by the claremont united 1 on sunday i church was presented in the church after all when the politicians the womens institute will hold here on monday under the auspices outbid each other such as raising their next meeting on tuesday or our sunday school i the school grants from 50 to 90 per may 8th at the home of mrs we a are undnr u holtby as this is the annual meet ing there will be an election of officers the coming year also reports from conveners of various committees roll call to be answer ed by suggestions for next year hostesses will be mrs weholtby mrs milne mrs geholtby mrs fcassie and mrs rholtby the promises announcement on and after may 1st our store hours will be as follows monday wednesday and friday 800 aji to 600 pm tuesday and thursday 8 a ji to 9 pm madam clares bakery sand and gravel choicest sand and gravel for your cement work delivered to your job nortons eugene forsyth on the occasion of their 5th wedding anniversary on friday last also to little allan attlelaar who celebrated his birthday on saturday 49tf gravel pit phone 700 or 9 rll sound advertising is never a 1st risk but always a sure and safe in vestment we trust that the party who for warded us a statement credited to walter winchellhad no ulterior motive in requesting its publica tion in any event the saying is very true and belrg something that bears repeating we sudmit to the wishes of our unknown correspon dent winchell said r great- minds discuss ideas mediocre minds discuss things small minds discuss people ah army can move asjfast as its supplies that truth is well established engineers and infantry need artillery support all need ammunition food and they needmoralsupport proof thatweat home are doing all we can to nack them up attack wins objectives support wins wars i and that is where we on the homefront fit into the war programme we must furnish support we must buy more victory bonds victory bonds are a good investment the safest place that you can put your sayings you should buy them to nave money for things you want to do when the war ends in case of- emergency you can get cash for them all the money you invest in victory bonds comes back to you eventually mean time your bonds earn 3 interest your banker will tell you its gpod bear in mind that part ofr the money business to put your savings into victory which victory bonos provide is used bonds invest in the best the stores in stouffville are now open every tudaynl saturday i evenings for the summer season i natokal wa fmance committh v ii s