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the tribune stouffville onu thursday december 16 194s claremont and district by stag correspondent local dealers madills store and overlands store svmpathy ls extended to mr and a shower will be tendered mr mrs evans ward in the death of a and mrs milliard stiner on the twxiayid grandson the infant it f ps you will be welcome to this child of mr and mrs e ginger toronto mrs ginger is a former interesting social event on behalf two brougham firemen retire after 25 years of service claremont girl marjorie ward of a rece maried young couple christmas guests arriving at the of the locality sanderson home this week will be two ears collided on the 9th con mr nelson sanderson miss west of the village on saturday thelma sanderson mr and mrs afternoon u the one machine oper- j organizauon dowel of the sth ere c d woodburn all of torortlo i ated by dave mcdowell of the sth a tr- i r- nimrari rirol co of pickering was proceeding nui jr ana mrs jac duncan caiol o rw30 onlo lhe sis k mr two members of the brougham fire brigade ralph miller and e e annis have retired after twentyfive years service with the messrs miller and two of the original mbers when the equipment con ed of little more than a bucket brigade the organization meeting twentyfive years ago was held ii the feasbv garage now the mairs ann and david of newmarket mr amj the othe car driven by s meguckm oshava jaek j 9th con of markham the home and sick committee ttas going in the direction of clare- of the womens institute packed mont while no one was seriously j hardware and distributee around eighteen injured beyond quite a shaking up i mr annis was elected chief of candy and fruit with i the two cars were quite badly the initial meeting a position boxes at the initial meeting a position he m h an damaged the corner is quite i has held ever since with the excep- chriss greetings to the sick and on q q q terms as shutins of the village one box is junclion of two mr miuer was one of the first being sent to one of our number and lhe driveri5 apparently j directors of the brigade and has who is a bed patient m the hospital i cljci not see each otner ibeen president for a number of for incurables in toronto j a number of people have been terms mr and mrs bill tomlinson and suffering from the flu latelv mr of the one hundred and five fires family j j mri sam taylor and ja visiting with his parents dr and family and mr boniface being in mrs n f tomlinson bill is a the group but fortunately there medical student at the western i have been no very severe cases so university far as is known the misses jean and margaret at 3 oclock on the afternoon of farr of western university and december ladies college whitby respective- geo ly are spending their holidays with their parents mr and mrs joe farr 1th the marriage of na marjorie youngest daughter of mrs pilkey and the late raymond pilkey of claremont land milliard ros stiner son of mr annis told the tribune that he had attended ninetyfour the retiring chief could recall no casualties among the members in the twentylive years succeed ing these two men who have served the village for a quarter century are d l mairs as presi dent and ed jones chief and mrs forest stiner of uxbridge township was conducted by her pastor rev i kennedy in the united church manse clare- the pickering township council ji will sit for the final meeting of 1948 next thursday afternoon dec 30th little new business is expected to be conducted by the dying council- and only routine mont the grooms brother mr matters and accounts will be taken bill stiner of loronto was best care of man and his wife was matron of while the local merchants have honor a reception was held later not declared themselves in a group at the home of the grooms parents as recognizing the boxing day on the 5th concession where about holiday following christmas it is nftv gue3 were assembled in expected that the majority will h of tn occasion the bride ss2 ssrtst fiffi anailk charmingly attired and looked before tuesday will no doubt be ve lovely it is expected that the able to be taken care of at one of happy couple will reside with his the local groceries parents for the present christmas means splendor to everyone its brightly lighted shopping for presents sing- arols children hanging stock- gaily decorated shops and windows midnight mass these and countless others that make a merry christmas and a happy new year ings claremont cooperative whitevale sunday school holds annual meeting the annual business meeting and election of officers for the united sunday school at whitevale was held on dec 11 with rev j mclachlin as chairman mrs n k robinson missionary treasurer reported soi collected for missions during the year mr a wilson secretary reported services held on fiftyone sundays 2505 total attendance during the year with an average of 44 mrs n randall reported 13 babies on cradle roll and years collection for the home department 450 officers elected superintendent mr j lumley assistant harold philips secretary bruce annis assistant a wilson treasurer miss marjorie tweddie home department and cradle roll mrs n randall missionary superin tendent miss m alexander mis sionary treasurer mrs n k rob inson temperance department mrs j tweedie teachers honor bible class rev j mcpherson iam class mr n k robinson worth while mrs j lumley junior boys mrs n randall junior girls mrs k hastings primary miss marjorie tweedie beginners mrs j tweedie pian ist mrs n k robinson assistant mrs a wilson port perry hospital closed cash lacking since its last patient left recent ly the port perry hospital has been closed owing to lack of financial support herbert brooks vicepresident of the hospital board said an archi tect had been called in to estimate cost of making certain construc tion changes which will enable the hospital to qualify as a public hospital entitled to assistance from the provincial government if the provincial government promises to grant the hospital a charter mr brooks said there may be an attempt made within the surrounding community of 5000 to raise the funds required for the construction changes brougham 1 the many friends of mrs a b j matthews are glad to know she has so far- recovered from her recent illness to be able to leave the hospital and is now recuper ating at her own home here mr and mrs will knox mr and mrs k paseoe and mr ross knox were at orono on saturday attend ing the knoxfarrow wedding george burton of ajax called on his sister mrs m hamilton sun day mrs e w moltby one of our most elderly ladies was very ill on monday and fears are held for her recovery mrs holtby who has teen in failing health for some time is eightyfive and termed by some as the mother of brougham her daughter mrs milne is in attendance at her bed side the infant son of mr and mrs fred hicks returned home from hospital in toronto on thursday following a successful operation friends will be pleased to learn a pleasant evening was held in the hall on thursday last when a number of friends and relatives gathered to tender a miscellaneous shower to george knox and his bride miss farrow of orono special christmas services were held in the united church on sun day afternoon and evening rev i e kennedy was assisted by the claremont baptist minister rev davidson in the afternoon the choir was assisted in the christmas music by the baptist male quar tette in the evening the wms conducted a candlelight service mrs john white mrs cassie mrs john miller mrs m ellicott mrs don white and mrs a gray took the leading part of the service special services will be held in the church each evening during the first week in january rev i e kennedy will be assisted by out side speakers on tuesday dec 14th the regular meeting of the womens institute was held in the township hall with a good attendance the president mrs r birrell was in charge a letter of thanks was read from miss hancock of the childrens aid society showing appreciation of the generous dona tion of childrens clothing received from this institute mrs l w sheppard was appointed a director to represent the institute in the community club recently organ ized in this district a committee was appointed to try and secure a cupboard for the dishes recently purchased by the institute mrs wni gray gave a report of an executive meeting she attended at brooklin on nov 22nd at this meeting the institute district annual date was set for may 18th and it was advised for the insti tutes to hold their annual business meeting in april the euchre will be held as usual in the township hall on tuesday dec 2sth two large boxes of warm clothing were packed and sent to the fred victor mission toronto mrs m harlock will start a class in handicraft the second week in january mrs l vv sheppard held the attention of the meeting in a very interesting report of the central ontario con vention which she attended on nov 10th 11th and 12th at the royal york the result of the roll call was a lino collection of christmas gifts for the childrens aid society at the close of the meeting refreshments were served by the following hostesses mrs a gray mrs g gray airs m ellicott mrs j mitchell mrs d duncan and mrs robt malcolm pickering man fined for selling groceries j over ceiling price it is about time you made up your mind to get these matters j adjusted and in f3ir to the public jyou have been coming before me too frequently altogether magis trate f s ebbs told clarence silk pickering village retail grocer and meat dealer in court he imposed a line of s75 and costs for contraven ing wartime prices and trade board orders covering certain food products the magistrate at whit by remarket that silk had also been before him on charges involv ing short weight prosecutor allin f annis stated that on november 12 1940 silki had been convicted on four charges and fined a total of 135 this was his third time in court and sixth i conviction though the other charges involved the sale of meat rather than groceries defence counsel walter thomp son asked that his client be allowed time to pay the line upon being a new camera automatically develops and prints pictures in one minute while the next negative is turned into position mhmfwmmm for christmas delivery in limited quantity frigidoire refrigerators coleman lanterns 60 cycle only findlay cook stoves easy washers heat pads oil burners ladies gents bicycles aladdin lamps toboggans chas coopers hardware claremont ontario ihhttftttrk the brougham farm forum members of the above forum met at glens on the 13th visi after listening on the radio to the panel discuss the sins and blessings of the movies all settled down to an experience with this great modern medium of entertainment and information it was found that some of those present seldom attended the movies and others went when the program as adver tised appealed to them while a wave of the baneful effect of horror and crime pictures and the sense of dissatisfaction created in some miniature minds by the wholly false standards of life so often portrayed it was not considered that the influence of the local theatre at markham was unduly harmful one member claimed that after a hard weeks work it was better to relax in a comfortable theatre on a saturday night than to kick up ones heels at the village dance hall it was thought some effort should be made to increase facil ities for the display of national board films at community gather ings after all these are publicly owned productions and as citizens we have the right and responsibil ity to see that they serve the country well after consuming the cakes sand wiches and the homemade candy the members dispensed refreshed in body and mind argentine electors are fined if thev dont vote radio activity from the bikini atomic bomb tests bleached out the red and purple coloring of under water coral heads atha news happy birthday to little marie draper who celebrated her second birthday dec 21 mrs james milton and family of burkton visited her brother mr and mrs murray dunkeld on sunday best wishes to mrs joe tran and wee son who returned home from the nusing home on sunday mr eric wallace is home from toronto recovering from an attack of the flu refused mr silk brought forth the s75 rather than take the alterna tive penalty of one month in the county jail the informations alleged that operating under the name of silks meat and grocery market certain brands of goods had been sold in excess of maximum prices beans beets pears oranges orange juice butter and other commodities were detailed with the amount which each had been over the ceiling inspector w tucker of the wptb said that he had made a check on october 19 and from 1g items surveyed found that 10 were over the ceiling asking for suspended sentence mr thompson said that meat was audley everybody is wishing everybody else a merry christmas and they and your correspondent extend to the staff of this paper a happy and prosperous new year the children of no 5 school held their christmas tree on friday afternoon last when several of the parents attended presents were exchanged and the sections candy treat given to the younger mem bers the music teacher miss janet spratt was present and contributed to the enjoyment of the social hour school closed on wednesday last for the christinas vacation and it will reopen on jan 4th with a new teacher in charge mr cameron is returning to commercial work in the city the community club is planning to meet on wednesday evening jan 5th and the place and nature of the meeting will be announced next week we congratulate c s bryant an expresident of our community club upon being installed as a master of the doric masonic lodge in pickering last week ben as he is familiarly called has always been helpful in any thing for the good of the community and will make a success of his present position mr silks chief business and he also stated that the accused was not aware he was doing any wrong however the fine was imposed markham to you and to those dear to you a very merry christmas the management wednesday thursday friday december 22 23 24 great stage and screen attractions on our stage a joyful christmas pageant the childrens choir of 35 voices singing ii the carols of christmas on the screen a treasure of musical pleasure in technicolor judy garland gene kelly in the pirate showing christmas night only for fun and for a very merry christmas two full hours of color cartoons and comedies 8 cartoons plus laurel hardy three stooges in their first mistake uncivil war birds two complete shows at 700 900 pm midnight show only sundav december 26th at 1205 am siasiji pnuntco iust for fun by coward smau dennis i okeefe i heien walker june havoc eddie rochester 3 great days monday to wednesday december 27 28 29 wwmmt 1 anderson gail patrick mischa auer tefssj