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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 154s claremont and district on by staff correspondent friends were pleased to see mss jas graham out last week for the first time in over a year following an accident in which she sustained a broken shoulder however we learn this week that she is not so well again the ratepayers meeting called for j last monday evening and thenj postponed until tuesday drew only a handful of local residents sever al members of the south pickering ratepavers association were pre sent and addressed the meeting the meeting was poorly advertised and little could be accomplished in the matte iation here be called at mr ca overland local merch ant was forced to his bed again last weekend following a week spell which he suffered last sat urday night chas cooper has been on a bus iness trip to the west this week theres a big one cent sale now at boadways drug store the claremont cooperative took over the premises of the jos fan- elevators this week claremont united church is plan ning a harvest home supper and evening programme in the church in the near future but no date has been set as yet watch for a notice later and plan to be on hand mrs d woodburn visited with her sister mrs x- sanderson and family over sunday miss mcdonald of toronto spent sunday with mr and mrs lewis and mr and mrs s taylor and family mr and mrs arthur cox and baby mr and mrs e smith messrs donald and ray sharpless and mrs sharpless of toronto spent sunday with henry and mrs johnson the two public school rooms cel ebrated halloween on friday af- ternoon and evening so all togeth er this small town boosted the occasion with simple fun and frolic and so far as we can tell there are no irate citizens over damage this year the death occurred in oshawa general hospital suddenly on sat urday of laura may evans wife of the late howard michael de ceased was born in claremont six tythree years ago a daughter of the late ed evans but left the community as a young girl she is survived by one daughter a son was killed overseas in world war 11 funeral service was conducted from whitby on tuesday with in terment in groveside cemetery a movement has been on foot in claremont for some time to interest a number of citizens in the format ion of a lions club here members of the stouffville lions club have approached the locsl business men several times and have offered to attend a meeting at any time to further interest claremont men in lions club work it has been sug gested that brougham and clare mont might go together to form a club the womans institute held their halloween masquerade last friday evening at the home of mr and mrs melvin johnson with a good attendance in spite of the driv ing hazard there were quite a number of ladies men and children in costume and the following ob tained prizes mrs tomlinson witchs costume henry johnson clown will evans farmer carol johnson gipsy girl there was a programme of contests eating-the- doughnut race pinning the tail on pussy blindfolded resulting in much fun a lunch including can dy and apples was a last feature all present expressed pleasure of a satisfying evenings enjoyment theres five percent discount this week at overlands store on your purchases of groceries dry goods or boots and shoes this is anniversary week at this claremont grocery mr and mrs loss hill also mr and mrs wm wallace spent the weekend with mr and mrs reg nighswander of lockport ny local dealers- madills store and overlands with most ajax people going deputyreeve resignation of asks for police pickering wants i 30 percent cut on scale of assessment j a brief that the present assess ment obsolescence rate of 10 per cent applicable to the village of pickering be increased to 30 pet- cent and that this be effective on the 1949 assessment which has al- proximitv to ajax are offset motion of dr x e mcewen fails to get seconder wants to leave clean sheet for incom ing council south ratepayers should select own police pay for them deputyreeve con tends a motion by deputyreeve dr n- of organizing an assoc- 1 e m to ask for the resigna- second meeting will lj 0 chief constable irvine and a later date constable fred white pickering twp police officers failed to get a seconder at the regular meeting of council on monday i want to see a clean sheet left for the incoming council the deputyreeve stated the ratepayers in the south end of the township are getting the protection let them choose their own officers he contended maybe they would be satisfac tory to a new council said council lor frank disney we dont want to be hooked with two policemen who havent been satisfactory all summer the doctor continued the provincial police are now policing the township north of the 3rd concession at no charge to the ratepayers councillor disney said hed want time to think the matter over the deputyreeve stated that police protection was costing the township 87000 a year but more than ninety percent of the work was done south of the 3rd conces sion road accounts passed for pay ment totalled 82291622 which included an item of 820000 for the new adams maintainor three farmers were compensated for sheep killed by dogs elmer annis lot 29 bf received 827 for one sheep killed and one injured hugh miller lot is con 7 one sheep killed 810 and a mckenzie lot is con 1 one sheep killed 825 gordon culham planning engi neer was appointed to this new position with the pickeringwhitby planning and developing board bylaw he will receive ssoo of which pickering twp will pay 05 it will be part of mr culhams duties to designate areas for rural village and urban development and draft the requirements for regulat ing this growth a communication from the cpr stated that traffic over the crossing at the greenwood rd between lots 11 and 12 was not deemed heavy enough to warrant signal lights relief accounts passed for pay ment amounted to 811019 brougham hockey league asks for pickering twp rink several representatives of picker ing township hockey league waited on council sitting on mon day at brougham and brought in a petition from the league asking that a vote be taken at the next election for the support of the rate payers for a township arena it was suggested that a fixed fee of 8100 per year be added to every tax bill for a period of not more than four years and that this money along with a government grant would be sufficient to erect an sis to 820000 rink while council declared them selves in favour of a township arena it was not known if there was sufficient time left to put through such a bylaw before the election date reeve westney and deputyreeve meewen said they would look into the matter at county council this week in many a case poor health is brought about by light work and heavy meals mr and mrs j no knox and j family mr george knox and miss farrow also mr and mrs hardy j and billy of toronto visited at the home of mr and mrs w a knox during the weekend miss beulah hamilton spent the weekend with friends at xeweastle mr and mrs allen strong of mount dennis called on his niece mrs e woodward on sunday miss betty hoey spent the week end with her friend miss ruth gillman mrs geo philip spent a few days last week with friends around mark- ham miss louise ritchie spent the weekend with friends in toronto lionel diamond a lay minister in the north called on mrs t c- brown on saturday mr diamond has been south on a honeymoon and to visit his mother and other friends mr and mrs archie marshall of toronto called on his aunt mrs w e holtby one day last week congratulations to mr francis willson on winning the ontario county junior farmers judging trip to the 1 h club congress held in chicago mrs a b matthews who has been ill for some time was removed to the brierbush hospital last week her many friends wish her a speedy recovery miss margaret duncan of tor onto called on friends here during the weekend mr and mrs cummer lee called on mrs milne and mrs holtby one day last week miss wilkinson of toronto spent the weekend with her friend miss mildred gillman we welcome two new citizens to our midst a little son of mr and mrs clifford liscombe and a little son for mr and mrs fred hicks the friendly bible class will hold their regular monthly meeting on monday evening november sth at the home of mr and mrs frank carter the guest speaker will be mr roy mcwhirter anniversary services were held in st johns united church on sun- 1 day oct 31 rev mr fisher of brooklin was speaker at both ser vices pickering choir lead in the service of praise in the afternoon and the home choir lead the sing ing in the evening there was a good attendance in the afternoon with a smaller crowd in the even ing due to the unfavorable weather many thanks to those who so kindly supplied flowers for the occasion they were much apprec iated are you looking for christmas gifts warm knitted clothing for the children ready made garments and home baking then come to the township hall on saturday afternoon xovember 13th the women of the church will welcome you to their bazaar a committee of community ladies sponsored a banquet for the broug ham soft ball team in the town- proximity of ajax in the matter quest of- reduction is 5eing made of trade as is generallv assumed has already been earned out and it would be necessary to have the village properly reassesvi for proper c whitb ot js tmfreasofitt urged sped in press- shop the opening of highway 2a lng the request with the has greatly decreased retad busm- authoite ess reral values in pickering show no signs of increasing propor- tionately to those in port perry and uxbridge possible advanta ady been made was presented to pickering township council on monday and will also be presented to the ontario county council which meets this week pickering village feels that it has suffered from the recent stan dardization of assessment which has taken place all through the county the brief gives reasons validating the request for a bigger discount in assessment secretary cyril morley pointed out that while whitby is rated at 100 per cent pickering at 90 per cent port perry and uxbridge en joy a 20 per cent reduction from standarized values and the village of dunbarton 30 per ecnt reasons cited in the brief are that pickering is a more rural community than port perry or ux bridge pickering is comparable to dunbarton which has 30 per cent obsolescent pickering does not benefit nearly as much from the ship hall on saturday evening mr francis willson was master of ceremony and after supper made a presentation of the cup to the brougham team who had won it during the past year mr chas mctaggart one of the players most seriously injured during the year was presented with a silver cream and sugar and tray gordon todd land leslie wilson were each pre- i sented with a baseball bat made and donated by robt miller for their ability as catchers and grant john ston was the unanimous choice jof his pals as the most valuable player on the tetrm and was pre sented with a nut bowl made and donated by robt miller each player on the team was then pre sented with a lovely jacket suitably trimmed several of the boys spoke briefly expressing their apprecia tion of the gifts lots of fun and lots of treats were enjoyed by all at the hal loween party in the hall on friday evening sponsored by the friendly bible class the prize winners for fancy costumes were lynn carswell as bopeep aileen carter a colored atunehomei l a p h barclay as red riding hood john harvey dressed as a lady jean madill a white rabbit anna philips a fairy mrs jack mitchell as a clown and mrs geo willson as a gent mens prize winners were george willson and ross knox who made a good policeman the euchre sponsored by the womens institute in the township hall on tuesday evening oct 26 was well attended the following won prizes ladies mrs m ellicott mrs 13 harvey consolation mrs m annis gentlemen francis will- son c plaxton consolation w hollinger the boys of the ball team apprec iate the kindness of the ladies who sponsored their banquet rosetown saskatchewan jjy menicipal landing strip xim citizens own planes and pickering lacking a water system the brief pointed out that the frequently drop down on the 1919 assessment for which the re- gressive town has a of its guests pro- dance and euchre in the community hall claremont on friday nov 5th with johnny rayrner his orchestra greenwood chopping mill phone 7r3 pickering we handle sunray feeds master feeds western grain the best in service delivery a j morden son owners ooooocxxooochwkooocx3ck000000000 new business lor claremont district we beg to announce that the claremont co operative has been organized and will carry on business in claremont district servicing the farm ers in the friendly cooperative way we have purchased the jos farr elevator premises and business and will add many addition al lines to our sales this presents a grand opportunity for the farming district hereabout we solicit your support and in return can guarantee lowest prices in feeds flour hardware building materials and other lines custom chopping done claremont cooperative phone 38w i s t co recent sales by our stouffville agent harvey moyer danforth bus lines toronto east pm sun hoi 945 1010 1020 1035 103 1040 5050 uoo 1105 1110 1120 bound read down pm daily ex sunl ho 545 610 5 20 035 63s 640 650 too 705 710 7 20 pm sat onlv 200 225 235 250 253 255 305 315 320 325 335 am sun hoi 1000 1025 1035 1050 10 53 1055 1105 1115 1120 1125 1135 am dailv ex sun hoi 915 940 950 1005 100s 1010 1020 1030 1035 1040 1050 brougham toronto bay and dundas danforth and luttrel scarboro jet malvern browns cor town line markham locust hll green river brougham claremont claremont west bound am daily ex sun hoi 340 810 soo 745 742 740 730 720 715 710 700 am sun hoi 935 910 900 s45 842 840 330 820 315 s10 soo pm dailv ex sun hoi 150 125 115 100 1257 1255 1245 1235 1230 1225 1215 read up pm pm sat onlv 520 455 445 430 4 27 425 415 405 400 3 55 345 sun hoi 935 910 900 s45 s42 s0 s30 820 315 810 300 parcel express ox13s3 rally reduction in fares effective sept 20th from toronto single fare return fare to locust hiu 60 110 to brougham 70 130 to claremont 75 140 farm ion acres mr ferguson farm 100 acres mr burton farm 100 acres mr smith farm c acres mr mccreiglit farm 50 acres mr scheme farm 100 acres mr ratclift farm 00 acres mis death farm o acres mr baker farm r0 acres mr fit man farm 52 acres mr lewis farm 50 acres mr rush farm 87 acres mr conner farm 100 acres mr knee farm 100 acres mr slack farm 100 acres mr goedcn house 3 acres mr douglas house mrs mnrchlson house mrs mowiler house mr bcauvais house machi le tool co house mr thomas house mr buyer house 5 acres mr gospel house 5 acres mr wallers house mr purii house mr billiiiks house mr taylor house mr smith house m r dougherty house mr smith house mr parker house mr harnett house mr gunn house mr barnes house mr rcgenmelcr store mrs brook- j a wilsoughby sons established over 45 years