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tha tribune stouffville ont- thursday march 25 195 claremont and pickering twp district the wi intend holding a euchre party in the commun ity hall on friday evening april th instead of the week previous as was planned the wa will hold its regu lar monthly meeting on thursday commencing at 3 pm followed by a supper provided by two groups to which the general public is invited for the usual price commencing at 530 until all are served mr and mrs k hodgson have moved into the former miss marguerite graham home which they purchased a couple of months ago the regular meeting of the wi was held last wednesday afternoon in the hall with the president and secretary in their respective chairs there was a good attendance of members and visitors mrs mclntyre reported the pur chase of an invalids chair from the t eaton co at a considerable discount the institute for the blind sent a letter asking that a canvass for funds be undertaken as in past years a picture calendar showing scarboro and a field of heather a christmas gift to mrs dawson from relatives in england was passed around the tweedsmuir history al bum which mrs mclntyre has been compiling for a number of years is now in charge of mrs keevil and was on exhibit for any who were interested the presi dent read a letter of appreci ation for two boxes of sals- bury biscuits sent an african correspondent omrs suther land at christmas to be served at their institute meet ing a tribute was paid to the late miss s e evans a char ter member followed by pray er by the president with all members standing mr has kell of better business bur eau toronto was introduced by mrs keevil and exposed a number of swindles stating that man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once there are seven bureaus in canada from coast to coast 42 on the staff in toronto directed by a board of fifteen businessmen chain letter children of uxbridge were sunday visitors with their parents mr and mrs a prouse mr and mrs t hammonds twins celebrated their 2nd birthday on monday friends from toronto visit ed with mr and mrs bill glidden on the weekend mr and mrs geo mecori- nell attended the funeral of the late joseph bond of lnion- ville who passed away on wednesday of last week toronto friends were week end visitors with mr and mrs boxall miss g forsyth of oshawa i pent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs mac forsyth miss eileen cooper was home for the weekend miss ann francis celebrated her twelth birthday last fri day she and her two smaller sisters have been home from school with chicken pox this past week the veterans construction co have commenced digging the cellar for the new home of mr and mrs carl norton on the eastern lot purchased from the forsyth farm mr and mrs gordon over land spent the weekend with his mother mrs a overland and attended the funeral of the late geo tran mr and mrs jack wallace of weston were sunday visit ors with mr and mrs wes lehman and bruce congratulations to mr and mrs roy morgan who celebra ted their 3gth wedding anni versary on march 20th mr and mrs w e crackle and elaine of weston and mr and mrs wesley lehman helped them celebrate by spending the evening playing cards miss marion norton spent the weekend with her parents john and mrs norton mr and mrs garry evans of port perry spent the week end with mr and mrs fred ftvans a bus load of brownies and guides of the first claremont pack and company were guests of the uxbridge pack photo chimney repair grow ing hair vacuum cleaners magazine subscriptions fertil izer and grass seed shady merchants and other rackets never deal with strangers credentials are necessary never sign a contract deal only with reliable people or companies there are over 1s00 complaints received mon thly from people who have been swindled free investiga tions mrs l pugh thanked mr haskell for his very help ful talk mrs w evans led in singing a couple of songs followed by lunch mrs todd and clayton were sunday visitors with mr and mrs hy johnson mr and mrs ross gordon and children of kincardine also mr and mrs e bell and intl company for their first there is the enrollment our leaders were treasure chest warmly greeted by the mayor and the president of the ki- wanis the ladies association and also by the district com missioner of the girl guides the mothers of the brownies and guides were well repre sented to help mrs whitfield iaunch her company after various speeches were given from the platform the enroll ment took place captain bon iface and brown owl mrs lye were invited from the platform and called their girls along with the uxbridge pack and company for some jolly singing around the campfire taps was sung also the queen after which the claremont brownies and guides were in vited to lunch which unfort unately they had to refuse as they had promised to be home by 10 oclock but the ladies rovided boxes of cookies to be eaten on the bus for their trip home we fee sure that the cxbridge pack and comp any under the direction of mrs whitfield will receive 100 per cent support with the good wishes of the church mayor and town council and other or ganizations solidly behind them may we extend our good wishes in their future work firemen answer greenwood call kkeeaee2e2ee2e25e2qae2eaeee2eaez52ae2e22k2e2eee2eee2e3qqke it doesnt matter how prices fluctuate when you use coop seeds you can always be sure that the top quality of coop seeds will never go down soir with confidence and harvest with pride 9 claremont coop phone 3s collect claremont ont brougham in spite of unfavourable weather there was a fair attendance at the march meet ing o the womens institute held in the hall on march 9 with the president mrs m ellicotl in the chair a sum of five dollars was voted to be donated to the pickering dis trict high school for a prize as had been done last year a most interesting program was given by mrs geo gray convener of historical re search the topic of her paper was the heritage of human ity how our preservation of trie treasures of art and liter ature and in particular our preservation of the contribu tion of our own community to the culture of our day is a duty and contributes to the progress of mankind several short interesting papers were also touched on one the his tory of our common foods mrs glen gave her usual enjoyable current events talk tea was served by the hos tesses mrs m ellicott mrs si annis mrs w bayles and mrs c burton the weekly euohre was held in the hall on tuesday even ing the following were prize winners ladies mrs ed williams mrs hardy and mrs h barclay gents mr h pugh mr h barclay and mr e wiiliams travelling prizes mrs morrison and mr geo duncan wedding anniversary mrs r pilkey special mrs klinck mr m hamilton visited his sister and brother in oshawa one day last week congraltulations to mr and mrs e campbell on the arrival of a little son keep in mind the pot luck supper in the hall on friday evening march 20 everyone welcome mr and mrs ross knox and daughters and mr and mrs ray ellicott and janet visited with mr and mrs mcguckin of stoulfville on sunday after noon mrs e carson visited with mrs h shea during the week end our local firemen were call ed to greenwood on sunday evening to a lire which badly damaged the home of miss e green mr donald white has sold his farm home here to mr veisley who will take posses sion right away mr white who has spent practically all his life in this locality has purchased property at lind say where he expects to move shortly the march meeting of the wms of st johns church was held at the home of mrs t norton with a very good attendance the president mrs h barclay was in the chair the devotional con vener mrs j keeler opened the meeting with a hymn followed by the scripture reading by mrs j mitchell and prayer by mrs a j gray the secretary read the minutes of the previous meet ing plans were made for the special thankoffering service to be held in the church on april 25 at 730 pm when the guest speaker will be miss dick plans were made for packing a bale for relief articles to be left at the home of mrs a j gray by april 28 a special feature of this meeting was the presentation of a bible revised version and a glass rawfruit dish to mrs norton in recognition of her work in the wms of the oshawa presbytery she has served as president during the past four years the address was read by mrs h malcolm arid mrs h barclay made the presentation mrs j keeler assisted by mrs j mitchell mrs barclay and mrs gray took charge of the program which was taken from the study book the meeting clos ed with the roll call which was the word alter and the mizpah benediction the hos tesses mrs thos norton mrs e norton mrs john white and miss e seebeck served a dainty lunch j claremont brougham and pickering fire brigades answ- jered a call to greenwood on sunday evening when lire broke out in the home owned by the late fred green his daughter has been living alone i in the wellknown landmark fast work by the three bri gades confined the outbreak to the attic water damage to the interior of the home vas quite extensive it was about twentyfive years ago that the grist and flour mills also owned and operated by the late mr green went up in smokt atha news sympathy of the community is extended to the family of the iate george tran who died last week mr and mrs lloyd turnbull and family mr and mrs ken walters all from toronto vis ited on sunday with their mother mrs hoover and vern mr and mrs frank robb and george were sunday din ner gueats with the carruthers family mrs edyth marshman enter tained her family over the weekend we are glad to see mrs mac- donald out again after her re cent illness we are sorry to report that mr fred draper is not enjoy ing the best of health at this time mr and mrs norman leh man and family were dinner guests with mr and mrs bob lewis of altona on sunday what this country needs says the windsor star is more free speech worth listening to now we know why febru ary was so short march was so windy it blew in ahead of time glen major mr ed palmer uxbridge spent a few days last week with mr and mrs jos foisythe mr allan jones and miss margaret winter newmarket spent the weekend at the jones home mr vic cathers of toronto spent sunday with miss june fiss at her home mrs george pickett spent the weekend at her home mr and mrs david burley and children of brooklin visites sunday with mr and mrs chas fiss and family mr and mrs ralph faulkner of goodwood visited one day last week with mr and mrs joe jones mr and mrs robt holdham and doug spent the weekend with mr and mrs t rise- brough mr and mrs ed jones and marvin brougham visited on sunday with mr and mrs wm fiss and edgar mrs ralph faulkner mrs edgar johnson and xrs jim jones spent one day last week with mrs charles fiss balsam and mt zion mr david noon who is sta tioned with theairforce at clin ton ont spent the weekend with his mother mrs f noon mrs noon is spending the win ter with her sister mrs r day miss marean jamieson nurse in training at oshawa is spend ing a three week vacation at her home mr and mrs norman ander son of ashburn visited sunday with mr and mis r day murray and grant jones mo tored to port colborne on fri day and played hockey with the brooklin midgets agaiifst wain- fleet and won the cup for on tario ronald jones and lome dis ney who play hockey with the brooklin bantams journeyed to lucknow last wednesday and won the cup for ontario mr and mrs lorne jones and doreen mr and mrs elmer wilson and mr and mrs lloyd wilson attended a st patricks party at the home of mr and mrs wm evans last thursday night mrs w p jones arrived back sunday after spending some time with her daughter mrs oscar stephenson in toronto there will be another euchre party at the school this fridajr night dance in the claremont community hall friday mar 26 with bruce gould his orchestra sponsored by the claremont hockey club goodwood the newly formed young peoples union at siloam met on tuesday in the chuch in the absence of the president h chapman the vice presi dent keith wallace was in charge the united church prayer meeting was held in the par sonage on friday a film strip on the life of christ was ap propriate for the lenten sea son the goodwood wa will meet thursday afternoon of april 1st at the home of mrs a hall the variety concert spon sored by the goodwood scout group in the town hall last thursday was a success the group chairman gerry mac- dougall welcomed the audien ce which included the cubs and scouts from zephyr who attended in a body he also in troduced rev mr davison of claremont who was master of ceremonies the boys were congratulated especially peter granger who had worked very hard the concert numbers consisted of old tyme music- played by walt cooper don na stewart and allen taylor a highland dance by mary tin- dall and elizabeth mundinger piano music by glenda taylor eric granger and clarion bak er bruce taylor with his e- lectric guitar lome tindall and his saxaphone mr bert staley gave a reading and mr w hewlett sang a solo a number of skits were done by the scouts and the cubs at intermission the audience joined in a singsong mrs s bacon was the winner of the draw for the junior mixmaster and a second prize of a foam rubber cushion donated by rondell motors was won by mrs chas farrow wives of the group committee served a lunch to the entertainers mr and mrs g macdougall entertained a number of friends at a canasta party in their home on friday night prize winners were mr and mrs e foskett mrs allen taylor and claude watson open session of the baptist sunday school will be taken next sunday by mr lambert stouffer of stoufrville bypu will be friday ev ening at slo the fellowship group with john may in charge will provide a social ev ening mission band will be at the home of mrs jones all child ren are asked to be present many children have been ab sent with chicken pox the past few weeks miss ruby hockely nurse- intraining at oshawa is en joying her annual holidays miss marilyn jones spent a few days visiting miss irene scott at the home of mrs har ry woodland we notice a new grader with snow plow attached and ex pect that township roads will benefit miss shirley granger and friend spent the weekend with shirleys parents mr and mrs e granger mr james mellor and mr jean claude weil were week end guests of mr and mrs g macdougall dr allan secord will be the guest speaker at the merry mixers meeting friday evening march 26th the cast of the red lamp are rehearsing to present their play in mt albert on thursday april 1st and in zephyr on fri day april 2nd cwm w www w www www m bingo legion hall claremont monday mar 29 sponsored by the canadian legion branch 483 w v v soesoeooecosoooscosoos taylors restaurant we specialize in fish chips all day saturday sunday also daily from 5 pm to 7 pm home cooking baking for take away orders phone claremont 16 oooooo p green river sorry to report that a num ber inour village are suffering from colds mr m- draper was a sunday visitor at the hutchings home mrs v postill has been spending a few days with her daughter mrs iaycock of scar boro junction a couple of ladies from here were afternoon caliers one day last week at the home of mrs williams miss hazel carter visited with friends in oshawa on sun day mr and mrs r carter had tea last week with rev and mrs mclachlan of locust hill miss grace carter and friend attended the sportsmans show on saturday congratulations to pdhs on winning first priza at hart house on saturday for their play the devil and daniel webster for the best dranv atic characterization of daniel webster ken chafen was pre sented with a special award all cglt members please attend the next meeting for the new handicraft project cottage prayer meeting will be at the home of mr and mrs m draper on tuesday march 30th at slo pm bikth campbell mr and mrs earl campbell brougham are happy to announce tha- 1 birth of their son wednes day march 17 1954 at the brierbush hospital stouff- ville a brother for dennis and gary stanley stouffville ont policy 2 shows xltely 7 o pm matinee saturday 2 pm thursday friday march 25 26 saturday only march 27 plus western gentlemen with laurel hardy monday tuesday march 29 30 high wide and handsome entertainmentrf mgm presents in color by ansc0 takb w starring richard mark- karl im j carleton carpenter russ tamblyn 1 elaine siewarpsr wednesday thursday mar 31 apr 1 champion dennis okeefe 4 idw uxbridge livestock sales every tuesday at 1230 noon j p mcdonald licensed auctioneer york ontario counties percy king clerk uxbridge 58 or j p mcdonald am 17492 scarboro collect watch papers for future announcements