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the tribune stouffville oat thursday september is 1947 30c20c unoc aox aor lono claremont and district a o d o ioc by staff correspondent t o c o p dr hoskias of toronto has pur chased the arthur arbuckle farm east of claremont on the sth con cession reg hoskins his son operates the place just across the road the arbuckle family are moving to goodwood where a house has been purchased friends enjoyed a corn roast at the wes lehman home one even ing last week this newspaper was more than pleased to receive greetings from councillor frank disney of picker ing township who along with his daughter evelyn is enjoying a trip to the pacific coast part of the trip is being made by boat up through the great lakes mr and mrs hewitt of toronto were visitors at the jud ward home over sunday mr and mis gordon gregg of val dor que are holidaying at the hugh and david gregg homes rev jas taylor who was to have occupied the baptist church pulpit here on sunday was unable to be present as he has accepted a call to a new church near ottawa friends are offering congratula tions to mr and mrs- geo scott who last weekend marked their 55th wedding anniversary the couple are members of pickering pioneer families and have been residents of the village for some years mr scott is a former reeve and deputyreeve of pickering township he is a son of the late william scott and elizabeth miller and farmed for a time at lot 22 con s pickering mrs blanche cook has been in disposed for some days suffering from hay fever friends in claremont will be sorry to learn of the illness of miss jennie michell of toronto a form er claremont girt mr and mrs mate anderson and son earl also victor morley and douglas hinan were guests recent ly at the wedding in toronto of mr and mrs edmund warden mrs nichol and her mother of toronto visited over the weekend at the home of miss margaret gra ham mr and mrs david coates of brooklin visited at the home of her mother mr and mrs fred red- shaw on sunday mrs pretty our local post mistress was in attendance at the post office convention in london last week miss margaret mcnab has re turned from a visit in toronto the claremont canning co is in full production this week and tomatoes are arriving in a steady stream from surrounding fields there is some doubt however as to whether the output will come up to last year which was a bumper harvest we are told that canned tomatoes will not be too plentiful this winter and the price will be higher mr and mrs peter scott from the states were visitors with mr scotts parents mr and mrs goo scott last week it being the occasion of their parents 55th wedding anni versary gordon morley who is employed in hamilton was a visitor at his home here over the weekend for the next two weeks your correspondent will be indulging in local dealers madilis store and overlands store 53000 mrs chapman i shovel operator has narrow escape when bank caves in a vacation and the cooperation of all our readers is asked in helping to keep up the news items for this ciaremont page we will appreciate you calling stouffville 15301 with your visitors and other news of interest peaches in claremont mrs los hill of claremont is the proud possessor of a bearing peach tree this is just the second year the tree has carried any fruit mrs hill tells us and this year she has picked five baskets of real choice peaches claremont out of softball final- for first time in three wars claremont lost out in the third game of their best twooutthree semifinal round against pickering last week by the score of 42 now pickering will take on durtbartoh for the championship series this is the first time in three years claremont has failed to come through with the title pickering is favored to take home the cup on their seasons performance claveihoht farmer injured by balky tractor earl mcmullen farmer just east of claremont was driving the con stable tractor doiig some custom work on the towniine north of the village last week when he sustain ed severe facial cuts while attempt ing to crank the machine the trac tor had stopped and mr mcmullen was bending over with one foot in the furrow when the machine kicked back the handle causing two severe gashes in the mans face he was removed to the office of dr button in stouffville where twelve stiches were required to close the wound marks 93rd birthday pickering sept 13 mervyn gould narrowly escaped death last week when the steam shovel he was operating at a contract at for- mrs harriet chapman tver i est hill overturned when the lank street one of auroras owest he uas digging mto caved in- it regents will celebrate her 93rd kwk men tvvo hours to dig him out to hdav on fndav of this week vvas ru thg lovomo she enjovs fair health and takes hospital suffering a an interest in every dav affairs f a pataed aim an uw gould could have escaped the in august mrs cnapmanj bv dumping the load in accompanied by her daughter mrs the shovel but bv doing this he profit spent a week at claremont have endangered the lives of visiting at the farm where she and lhree men workin be iim her husband first lived following so took the eh himself his theh marriage she also visted the coniition w reporled to be home where she was born m 14 favourable vesterdav mrs chapman has resided withj j her daughter mrs profit for the past thirty years the family in cluding a daughter mrs storey of snowball and three sons m bourne of stouffville maurice deseronto and perry aurora will all be present for the birthda celebration special session for ft j county council wesley hardy buried at claremont well and favorably known to many people in pickering town ship wesley hardy died at the home of his daughter mrs edgar slack reach township on monday september sth 1917 in his 78th year the funeral took place on wednesday september 10th 1947 to claremont union cemetery ser vices being conducted by rev b a sutton in uxbridge free methodist church the late wesley hardy was born in uxbridge township near clare mont in 1sg9 a son of the late william hardy and sarah hopkins and married charlotte redshaw in 1894 she predeceased him for many years they farmed in ux bridge township until the death of his wife in 1912 after which he retired about ten days ago he suffered a stroke while at the home of his daughter mrs edgar slac from which ho failed to rally left to mourn his death are three sons william of uxbridge norrriari of tilsonburg lome of dunbarton and two daughters elizabeth mrs edgar slack reach and ida mrs edward thorn toronto al two brothers charles and walter of claremont it is expected that the ontario county council will call a special jone day session of the entire i council sometime during septem ber according to r d ruddy i county clerk several matters of importance have arisen necessitat- summer toluist spot fob brougham john white enterprising young farmer just on the western out- j ing the special meeting and that one skirts of brougham is planning a of the main purposes of the meet- brougham on of toronto spetr with miss mildred miss wilki the weekend cillmar- mr b carter of green river is spending a few days with his daughter mrs a j gray mrs b growes and little son garry are visiting with her parents mr and mrs c devitt mr wm jones was a weekend guest with mr and mrs bruce easton several of our local sports took in lindsay fair on saturday after noon big summer tourist spot on the highway and excavation is already underway just west of the village school house the large building seventyseven feet long and forty- seven feet wide will contain over night rooms recreation rooms new car show rooms garage repair depot lunch bar mr white recently disposed of a newly erected service station lunch bar and tourist cabins a little further west on the highway he has erected several badlyneeded homes near the site of the new building and we understand they are being immediately occupied nvavwvvv see pickering farms vc fob minister first if von have good chickens we are paying a special premium for chickens and capons of the heavier weights of good quality we also want your lions 1 broilers pickering farms ltd whitby 336 whitby xiglu or day ontario vwvwwwv milton e dent of the brunswick as minister federal cabinet to ikis as a liberal candidate election gregg yc presi- university of new has been selected of fisheries in the occupy the he will be i in the oct 20 by- in yorksunbury xb claremont meat market phone 3501 claremont jimmy doyle is dead native of brock township james s doyle died in toronto on mon day retired bank manager for 30 years he was widely known in uxbridge and sunderland where he took keen interest in sports years ago he attended uxbridge high school and port perry normal banking business at pefferlaw later becoming manager during residence later at brechin he sup ported the sunderland ball team and its management he was a member of the roman catholic church and is survived by a wife and two daughters also a brother gus in sunderland and by four sisters ing will be to decide on the appoint ment of a new county treasuer during the last session of county council held earlier in the summer miss 1 mckay present county treasurer tendered a letter of resignation to the council to take effect in september of this year at during the meeting that time it was understood that she would remain in office unt1 september and then on a part time basis until the end of the year at that time she would retire from active work in the treasurers office but would be available in an advisory capacity if council so desired miss mckay who was the first woman county treasurer in the province of ontario accepted the post following the death of her father in 1914 donald mckay her father held the post for some twenty yeais and as far as can be ascertained he was the first treas urer of ontario county to die while still in office at the time of his death miss mckay was assistant in her fathers office applications have been called for the position of treasurer accord ing to mr ruddy but as yet no details concerning applicants are available in addition to engaging a new county treasurer it is expected that council will deal with other matters concerning county affairs mr frank sanderson of mark- ham was around sunday afternoon calling on old acquaintances mr and mrs ross madiu visited in toronto on sunday witn mr and mrs s s madiu a social evening was held in the township hall on friday last when a number of friends met to do honour to another pair of newly weds mr and mrs thos rickard nee ethel seebeckk many beauti ful and useful presents were received by the happy couple show ing the high esteem in which they are held mr dean mairs also mr e jones were in toronto a couple of days last week attending a special course ami tractors and other case machinery- miss isabel madiu has been visiting her aunt and uncle mr and mrs h madiu of lakeview the friendly bible class held their regular meeting on monday evening sept sth at the home of mr and mrs ross madiu with a fairlv gocxi attendance the wms of st johns church will hold their regular meeting on thursday afternoon sept 23 at the home of mrs cassie misses ruth oilman ethel see- beck and mrs mary matthews accompanied mr and mrs e e annis on a motor trip last week through eastern ontario and que bec stopping at ottawa montreal and other points through the iaurentian mountains the party covered nearly a thousand miles in their five day trip mrs m matthews has purchased the house belonging to the estate of the late ida bate next door to the township hall mrs matthews expects to move to her new resid ence the first of october danforth bus lines pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 1038 1010 1050 11 on i nr 1110 1120 toronto brougham claremont bound read down west bound read pm pm am am am am pm pm daily jjaily dailv daily ex sun ex ex sun ex sun sat sun sun sun sat hoi only hoi hoi toronto hoi hoi hoi onlv 545 200 1000 915 bay and dundas 840 935 150 520 010 225 1025 940 danforth and luttrell s10 910 125 455 620 235 1035 950 scarboro jet 800 900 115 445 635 250 1050 1005 malvern 745 s45 100 430 038 253 1053 1008 browns cor 742 s42 1257 427 640 255 1055 1010 town line 740 s40 1255 425 650 305 1105 1020 cedar grove 730 s30 1215 415 700 315 1115 1030 locust hill 720 820 1235 405 7 05 3 20 1120 1035 green river 715 s15 1230 400 710 325 1125 1040 brougham 710 810 1225 355 720 335 1135 1050 claremont 700 s00 1215 345 parcel express 0x1383 eastern standard time i illy reduction in fares effective sept 20th from toronto single fare return fare to locust hill 60 i 10 30 to brougham 70 1 to claremont 75 1 10 up pm sun hoi 935 910 900 s45 s42 s40 830 s20 815 s10 s00 threshing roasts a specialty groceries canned goods and cooked meats at prices that save you money stanley theatre frisalmontueswed sept 1920222324