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the tribune stouffville ont thursday december 15 1949 toeooogogetmoooogooocooflogeofleoogoooooooooooooogoow glaremont and district by staff correspondent mr and mrs r tansley attend ed a birthday party for her brother in toronto last friday friends are reminded of the euchre and dance under auspice of the claremont bowling club to be held on the evening of monday dec 2g this will be a delightful evening and town and country folk are heartily invited theres a euchre and lucky draw on friday evening dec 10 in the claremont community hall ah invited theres no shortage of coal at the local coop and youre advised to get your bins filled now before winter gets too severe the coop unloaded two cars last week on of blue coal nut and one of stove your attention is drawn to the display of the claremont business men on page two of this issue it will pay you to shop at home a careful survey reveals that many of the prices being advertised by local merchants are below those of the large chain store houses in the city wife of loral business man is bereaved friends in claremont learned with regret of the passing of mrs james carson of dundalk mother of mrs chas cooper of claremont the late mrs carson was the former martha j wilson and is survived by one son earl and five daughters edith mrs hugh mc- aulay of dundalk may mrs roly thompson toronto anna mrs robt weir toronto alice mrs norman reddick proton mildred mrs chas cooper claremont interment was made in dundalk cemetery mr catherwood our public school principal is conducting a class in english for the hollanders who have settled in and around our community air l hill has been accepted as mail carrier for rr3 route and to deliver and pick up mail bags at the station mr and mrs hockley and baby also mrs sanderson are spending a couple of days in toronto this week mr and mrs tom stanbury who have been splendid citizens of our community for the past thirty- five years first as farmers and a live stock trucker later retiring at the north end of the village have recently moved to cobourg to a cottage built by members of the family who wished to have the aging couple near by in case of illness while we deeply regret their departure we realize the move was justified and wish them continued health and happiness for many years in the midst of their family mrs russell of markham mother of mrs burton and dear grandmother of mrs e cooke and brothers of our community had the misfortune to fall in the kitchen sustaining severe bruises and a broken arm as the lady is in her 88th year it is not expected she will obtain full use of tier arm again owing to the failure of bones to knit at the age congratulations have been pass ing out to mrs t benns of clare mont who recently celebrated her 83rd birthday the following members of the family were present to mark the special occasion mrs t robertson and sons bruce barrie bobby of tor onto mr and mrs m e morgan of belleville mr and mrs r b reed of oshawa mr delbert catherwood princi pal of the local public school announced that if there are any dutch immigrants in the district who would like to receive instruc tion in english classes may be arranged several evenings a week chas cooper and earl beare were recently nominated directors of the ontario county garage operators association thirtyfour members of the association attend ed the annual meeting and herb robinson local mechanic won the lucky draw prize a motor rug mr cooper was the first president of the association when it was organized several years ago mr and mrs ernest pilkey john and judy of claremont are now living at ashburn mr pilkey has secured a farm job there recent visitors with them were mrs mina mcmaster and john phillips of greenbank and mr and mrs geo foote and bovs of stouff- ville the congregation of the united church is showing its apprecia- ation of the sunday evening ser vices in gradually increasing num bers both in pew and choir loft there is still room for those who have not yet made the small effort to be present why not start next sunday mr and mrs d coates and son of brooklin spent sunday with jier parents mr and mrs fred redshaw mr and mrs v ellicott and children of brougham visited with mr and mrs harold redshaw on sunday owing to the illness of the man ager of j b- holmes manufactur ing company in stouffville miss lillian and miss joyce redshaw are out of employment at present the annual reports of the officers of the various departments of the womans missionary society were presented at the regular monthly meeting last thursday in the sun day school room of the united church a vote of appreciation was extended to the retiring president mrs g mclntyre for efficient faithful services also to mrs tom- linson who has served as treasurer for the past five years a motion was carried limiting all officers with the exception of treasurer to a twoyear term in future rev h lackey presided during the elec tion of officers which are as follows president mrs hi john son 1st vicepresident mrs w lehman 2nd vicepresident mrs lackey secretary mrs r pilkey treasurer mrs n sanderson christian stewardship finance mrs w lehman missionary monthly secretary mrs w pal mer pianist mrs lackey temper ance and christian citizenship mrs f carson community friendship mrs j badgerow mission band supt mrs w evans and mrs w hill baby band supt mrs d hedges mrs w evans contributed a solo and rev h lackey gave the christ mas message entitled to all people in- which he said the divisions among men and women are small the great things unite people the christmas message is intended to be the glad possession of people all over the world that is the purpose of the womans missionary society mrs r howard reported that 18 books have been read mrs mclntyre was appointed press secretary mrs horse racing according to lackey was appointed leader of ancient drawing is at least 3000 cgit years old brougham announcement mr and mrs w h ellicott will be at home to their friends and neighbors on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on tues day dec 20th from 2 to 5 pm mr s madill returned to his home in toronto after visiting with mr and mrs ross madill miss margaret duncan spent the weekend with her brother george and family the many friends of mr wm dunn are sorry to hear that he is seriously ill at the home of his son burton mr and mrs ross middleton and gerald called on mr and mrs r middleton of goodwood on sun day mr bert beer returned home last week after spending a couple of weeks with his sister mrs wright of georgetown mr and mrs m annis and lome visited his father mr and mrs e e annis of kendall on sunday mr and mrs al harvey and john also mrs harvey sr visited with friends in toronto on satur day last the regular meeting of the euchre club which meets in the hall every wednesday even ing took the form of a pot luck supper last week when over sixty were present the remainder of the evening was spent with moving pictures and singing christmas carols after which santa claus arrived and irr his usual jolly way presented presents to all the children and also to a number of grownups the teacher and pupils of our school are busy practising for their christmas concert which will be held on friday evening dec 10 at 815 pm the regular meeting of the wms will be held at the home of mrs robt malcolm on thursday dec 15 at 230 pm convener of the program is mrs wm gray with group c roll call a verse from the bible containing the word holy the 27th annual meeting of the firemen was held on dec gth with president d mairs in the chair the treasurers report was given and considered a very successful year the auditors then moved the adoption of the treasurers report fire chief jones gave his report and then election of officers was held and resulted as follows president ross knox vicepresi dent fred cassie secretary wm knox treasurer frank carter fire chief ed jones 1st deputy chief ross knox 2nd deputy chief robt miller directors g duncan d mairs allan ellicott m elli cott t phillip w slack and h plaxton after 20 years of service as secretary president and director donald beer retires from the board as he felt he was either secretary or treasurer of too many organizations and had to drop something or else give up his own business he said he would still be ready to run on the ding of the bell santa arrives this saturday big parade a real big santa claus parade sporting over a dozen floats a brass band and most of all old st nick himself will take over in the claremont business section this saturday afternoon beginning at 3 oclock the parade headed by the band will proceed from the cpr station south to the four corners main st where santa will mount his throne and give out with presents for all the boys and girls this big event is being staged by the claremont business mens association and will no doubt make claremont the hub i of christmas activity in the district on saturday taylor tops poll in trustee election the first vote in claremont vil lage in a dozen years saw a heavy vote polled on monday with a newcomer to the municipal scene grant taylor scoring top place in the running with 108 votes wes lehman and thos ham mond two members of last years trustee board were second and third with 99 and 81 votes respec tively clare keevil another local new comer was nosed out of the runn ing with 75 votes and jack norton member last year with 70 considering that there are less than two hundred and fifty eligible voters the turnout was exception ally good a new hydro iie is bevng put through just south of the line that runs along the old cn right of way agriculture experts say the toad frog eats each year as many insects as it would cost a farmer ss to kill audley warden w h westney has con sented to act as chairman- at the annual school closing exercises which will be held in the school house on monday evening dec 19th all ratepayers are invited to attend we congratulate bert guthrie upon his election as president of the community club his father and mother have been life long residents of this centre and have always had an interest in the neighborhood mr oscar king and mrs king of toronto were recent callers on friends here most people here feel that the return of the township council for another year is a wise move these men are all business men and know how to manage affairs in a really business like way for the good of all residents grasmere jerseys shipped two calves for jersey breeders in ten nessee last week that stat is about the foremost in the us in 1h club work mrs kennedy who is teaching at leaskdale visited her parents mr and mrs g k pratt over the weekend we regret to hear that mr kennedy is not in the best of health but hope for an early improvement claremont the sad news of the death of milton j wilker former school teacher came as a shock to the whole community where he had lived for many years and was so well known mr wilker was born in tavi stock and received his early educa tion there and in stratford he graduated from ontario college of education and received his ba from toronto university he came to claremont continuation school in 1914 where he was principal for 16 years while in claremont he took an active part in all com munity life he was superinten dent of the united church sunday school for several years and was also a past master of brougham union lodge af am he moved to toronto in 1930 when he became science teacher in long branch high school having taught there for the past 19 years he was keenly interested in sport activities in connection with school always being an ardent supporter of teams mr wilker passed away sudden ly at his home sunday nov 20 which came as a great shock to his school as well as to his friends and relatives he had been present at the school commencement the previous friday evening where he had taken part in presenting diplomas to the graduating class the students and fellow teachers of the school showed their loyalty and affection by their large atten dance at the funeral service which was held in claremont united church the service was taken by rev mr kennedy assisted by rev mr lackey of claremont the high esteem in which mr wilker was held was evidenced by the many beautiful floral tributes and the large number who attend ed the funeral the burial took place in claremont union ceme tery with full masonic honours he is survived by his wife the former margaret gleeson and one brother edgar in stratford pickering tp men make name for themselves as poultry experts two of the most expert chick sexers in canada george sugino- mori and ronald kimura are gett ing ready for another seasons work in one of the most highly skilled of all trades for the past two years these canadianjapanese have lived in pickering township on the brock road near the 5th concession a site they selected as central to the territory they work in they guarantee 98 accuracy at 1200 chicks an hour in their spare time they have built their own homes done some market gardening on the side and at present mr kimuri is instructing in judo at toronto western ymca people of japanese extraction are particularly noted for the skill they have developed as chick sexers main reason for this is that the worlds best school in this art is located at nagoya japan and from there expert sexers go throughout the world however everything about the trade is not taught at school during an eight months course students must attain an accuracy of 95 per cent and do 200 chicks in 30 minutes then they are appren ticed out to experienced sexers in other parts of the world during which time their speed and accur acy increases they can teach a man 9g per cent of the work but the other four per cent is intuition experi ence or sixth sense whatever you want to call it said george it is a well known fact that japanese attain a proficiency never equalled by whites george remarked that while in japan he had to undergo an oper ation going to the hospital is in itself a major undertaking since the patient had to take along his own stove his own food and some one to cook it for him george and ronald a brother- ww jujiimvls inlaw 35 years of age work in partnership both on their 45acre farm and in other projects inci dentally they bought the property from dr neil mcewen their neat homes not yet entirely completed nestle on a hillside which had been beautifully reforested with scotch pine as might be expected remunera tion in this trade is comparatively high a standard fee is one cent per chick and if steady work can be obtained in a large hatchery one can make a substantial living during the short season from january to the end of may actu ally these two men work with a number of hatcheries from ralls in colxiurg on the east to a large kettleby hatchery on the west before coming to pickering they worked in southern and western ontario since 1943 of courser their trade is of great benefits to the purchasers who want to know yith certainty whether they are buying pullets or cockerels birds which die are counted as a mistake and includ ed in the two per cent margin for error birds must be handled so carefully they are not injured speed in the work is very important for instance a sexer does better to handle 1200 per hour with 97 per cent accuracy than only 1000 with 98 per cent accuracy march and april are the busiest months although work begins right after the new year and continues until the first of june i around chatham is located almira mr and mrs chas conner and family spent sunday with mr andf mrs edgar stickley of victoria square mr and mrs a j sheffer of stayner visited over monday even ing with mr and mrs peter stick ley mr and mrs bill simpson and little karen stewart of ballantrae had supper monday with the conners it was karens birthday mrs allen wideman and mrs peter stickley spent tuesday with mrs jacob shank of markham the occasion being a quilting bee ontarios best white sexers in winnipeg where the worlds largest hatchery is located the best japanese sexers find plenty of work two lay methods of sexing chicks are the wing method and color sexing but these are scorned by the expert trained in the vent method since the war the trade has been very brisk though sonwj observers see a falling off in the coming season experts agree thai the rhode island red is the most difficult breed to sex so interesting is this type oi work that the national film board has done a subject on it these british columbians like ontario s lot and have decided to stay here pickering likes them tooi they and their children are- now an integral part of the community- well educated in canadian school all members of the two families are thoroughly canadian v all for a christmas choose sports gifts every mem ber of the family will love and appreciate from our qualitywise group of sporting necessities for tho senior every thing in wliimcatoring snorts equipment whether its a winter or sum mer sporting gift he or she prefers choose it here where prices are right chas cooper claremont ontario j