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Newmarket Era and Express, 23 Aug 1951, p. 5

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I- IN Oak Ridges News MRS LAURA CORRESPONDENT PHONE KING Pip w up LIBERAL TRADEIN Main St to NEWMARKET New Secretary Mr Douglas Stephenson has been appointed secretary of Oak Ridges lions Club to fill the vacancy created by the resigna tion Gordon appointed when the club was organized in the spring of 1950 On Sept the club will sponsor a monster corn roast on the Lake Wilcox school grounds to take in the commun ities of Oak Ridges and Lake Wilcox It is open to everyone An entertainment will be pro vided School Building Rapid progress in construction of the new Lake school building is being made under contractor Cook Every room will have an outside door and a wide corridor leads into each class room A section of the building will be used for flush toilets Mr Cook thinks the school will be usable by the middle of Sep tember a record time consider ing the plare has been started from scratch The trustee board is anxious to accommodate the children of SS as soon as possible Misses Death by Seconds Eric Labor nar rowly escaped death when he jumped from his transport which collided with a gravel truck making a left turn off highway No at Oak Ridges on the south Lake Wilcox road Satur day forenoon The man suffered broken ribs and severe shock He was removed to York County hospital New market Attempting to pass the haulage truck Labor said he was forced to either hit the vehicle or collide with two women with a baby carriage on the Highway Jumping from his vehicle it swerved off the highway be tween a hydro pole and Connors gas pumps The driver of the Macintyre haulage truck Toron to was uninjured The front of the transport was driven back and the top of the cab lifted backward while the truck was only slightly damaged at the left rear side Child Hit by Bread Truck Jerry monthsold child of Mr and Mrs Frank Joyces Point Lake Wilcox is in York County hospi tal Newmarket with a broken leg sustained when hit by a truck Driver of the ve hicle said he was unaware that the child was near the truck Apparently the child had crawled beneath the parked truck the rear wheel passing over the childs leg I felt a bump and heard a child cough he said He said he had been warned against children on the roadside and at in the even ing would never have expected a child about at that time of day No charges were laid Jerry will be in hospital for a month his family were inform ed Polio Victim Recovering George aged son of Mr and Mrs George stricken with polio two weeks ago is convalescing at his home He was brought home from Isolation hospital last Fri day by his father and has been put to bed for some time The parents were told by hospital authorities the boy would be able to leave hospital at the end of the week but his return came as a surprise to his mother at the time When Mr ap peared with It was a happy moment she said Feted on Wedding Anniversary Mr and Mrs Jack en tertained friends at their home on Tuesday evening Aug in honor of their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Frank on their wedding an niversary The couple had no idea the evening was for them as their daughter Alice and her husband Herbert and daughter Marion of were visitors at the time They were given two Kenwood blan kets in rose and green the gift of their family Mrs Clarke Ar chibald a daughter at King Mrs- and son Frank Jr of Owen Sound Other gifts were received Mr and Mrs W i 1 k i have lived here for years Both were born in Ottawa and Mrs as Jennie daugh ter of Thomas lived next street to House Steph en Francis who became her husband was named after his grandfather and father The couple were married in Ottawas Eastern Methodist church and their attendants still living were Mrs George the brides sister and Alfred brother of the groom After marriage they settled in Toronto for years When their son Frank was born he was the fourth generation to bear the name Stephen Francis Besides their three chil dren a daughter Irma the sec ond child passed away Mr and raised their neph ew Jack Blyth and his sister Marguerite who is Mrs Gordon Tapley of Brampton The couple are grandparents of seven child ren Fifteen Minutes Older Norman Burns 31 Oak Ridges resident has the edge on his twin sister Mrs Sy Parker No ra of Toronto He was born 15 minutes ahead of her on August So Norman told the teacher of Hope school township when the sevenyearold youngsters chil dren of Mr and Mrs William Burns started to school This fact was brought to light last Saturday night Aug when a birthday party given by Mo ther Burns at Normans home on Bond Ave surprised the twins Neither one knew anything about the part said Mrs Burns mother of nine children who made the celebration cake decorated with happy birthday Norman and Nora They blew out the candles before a large gathering of guests from Aurora Toronto Elgin Mills Maple King and Oak Ridges Mr and Mrs Norman Burns have two children Sunny 3 and SNOWBALL Mr and Mrs Robert Bradley and son Bobby Ottawa are hol idaying with Mrs Bradleys par ents Mr and Mrs Norman Teas- dale Mrs and daughter Miss spent two days motoring through Parry Sound and Lake Rosseau Mrs McCartney Toron to spent last week with her niece Mrs Blum and fam ily Mrs Charles Hunt accompan ied her daughter and soninlaw Mr and Mrs George June and Roy to Burks Falls Orillia and other points north Recent guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Bert Smith were Mr and Mrs Jack Cornell De troit Mich Mr and Mrs Norm an Stephenson Richmond Hill and Mr and Mrs Walter Cook Lansing Mr and Mrs Aubrey Wood and family spent Sunday with the Misses Hazel and Ruth Webb Toronto Miss Lois and brother Dale spent last week with their cousins Mr and Mrs Bruce Judges Kettleby Mrs Gould her mother Mrs and sisters Mrs Mrs Mill er and daughter Ruth Gait spent last week at Point au Baril NHS Results The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday An Page Note The word complete in brackets after a candidates name indicates the pupil was success ful in all papers written I after a subject indicates first class hon ors to second class honors to in third class honors to 65 credit in the subject 50 to Pauline Comp Lit Botany H Zoo logy C Crone Bertha Eng Ho armed AN OUTSTANDING i mi ii J r Iff r m r to v I I l f Mrfct WHBaaawHHWI to bring flowing lit Com MtsiafomtoeL buUion Sit in It bctuty tad to jour living pat oh CUIHIONIZID News Of NEWMARKET LEGION Being a Legionaire it is with pride that we pass on to you this excerpt from a recent editorial in the Winnipeg Tribune This j Fr I country has been fortunate in Comp Lit C Trig C C James complete Comp Eng Lit Alg I Geom Trig Chem Ill C Comp C Hugo James complete I Eng Lit I I I Auth I I German I Ger Comp I Hugo Jerry complete Eng Comp I Eng Lit Ill Trig III Latin Auth I Latin Comp Auth Ger Comp I Huntley David complete Eng Ill Alg Ill Trig I II Jackson Allen com plete Eng I Lit I Hist Alg Geom I Trig- I I Auth I Johnston Heather complete Hist If Trig HI Auth HI K e f f r Lowell complete Eng Lit I Hist I I Lat I Meats Poultry Groceries Fruits Vegetables Bobbv aged The Parkers have Billie and threeyearold Dennis Some folks get all the parties and Mrs William Burns never tires doing for her family She took a surprise party to for her granddaughter Glass eight years old on Aug daughter of Mr and Mrs Glass Helen received many gifts including a gold locket sent by her aunt Besides her grandparents present for a buffet luncheon and a candled birthday cake were the Garfield Burns family Norman Burns family Reg Burns of Mills Mr and Mrs Sy Parker Miss Ruth Scott of Aurora Mr and Mrs Elgin Mills Recently Mrs Burns re ceived gifts brought from New York by her daughter Mrs Jack Wilder They were costume necklace and earrings and a spun glass ornamental stork so deli cately constructed that customs officers at the border were pur- suaded not to undo the parcel for inspection for fear of break age Mr and Mrs Carl Burns and four children were dinner guests of their parents on Ave on Monday Mr and Mrs Adam White Kitchener are guests of Mrs A Rosemary Ave Lake Wilcox for a couple of weeks Field Day August The annual field day at Lake Wilcox will be held on Saturday Aug sponsored by Oak Ridg es and Lake Wilcox Ratepayers Association A program of sports and prizes is arranged Wheel House Changes Hands E C has sold his restaurant business on St known as the Wheel House to Mr William White Richvale who with his wife has taken posses sion They are also employing a mechanic for garage repair work and will later have saddle horses for hire in the stables to the rear of the property which were used by Miss Marilyn man riding school instructor and Mrs occupied the restaurant for the past four years which he named In honor of the profession he had followed as a successful Great Lakes captain They ore taking an ex tended vacation and are now with Mrs Plowman a sister of Mrs Hawman living at Parry Sound They attended the funeral of an aunt at Collingwood on Tuesday Mr and Mrs White have two children Harvey employed at the Geo P Dows machine plant at and Roger aged four Association Children About youngsters children of members of the Park Association were enter tained last week at a beach party arranged by Mrs David Clark Willowbank Ave secretary- treasurer of this Lake Wilcox association which includes the three streets Small babies were given gifts Milk ice cream sandwiches and cook ies were served Other yars Mrs Clark has held the party at her Willowbank home Miss Joan Hare Temperance- ville spent last week with her cousin Ash attends Temperanceville school and goes to Oak Ridges They are both fond of their studies and ore piano pupils of Miss Dor othy Armstrong King Before her marriage Mrs Nora Allen receiv ed three showers one at the home of her parents arranged by her friend Miss Kny Payne Lake Wilcox attended by guests a miscellaneous shower given by Mrs Williamson Aurora at the home of the groom Bruce friends present A cup saucer linen show er at the home of Mrs Pen fold Aurora arranged by her mother Mrs Alma Cameron when employees of Aurora Tex tiles were guests the type of citizens who have given leadership to the Canadian Legion since its inception Re quests made of the government by the organization on behalf of disability pensioners widows and dependants have always been moderate There have been Auth I I Eng Comp Lit Botany Zoology III Ill Lat Auth Lat C Lewis Jean complete Eng II Lit I History Alg Ill Trig I Zoo II I Auth By cutting our store operational costs to the minimum are able to pass this saving on to you Poultry at Wholesale Prices Always ARCTIC LOCKERS Phone Prop Timothy St none of the extravagant claims I Lister Gordon that featured demands of similar organizations in some countries For this reason serious and sympathetic consideration should be given to any recommenda tions made by the Legion Of great interest to all Legion members is the coming of the Royal couple to Canada this Oc tober Princess Elizabeth served for some time in the the equivalent of our CWAC and Prince Philip has a very enviable war record in the British Navy He served on a destroyer in that helped cover the landing of the 1st Canadian Division in Sicily He was mentioned in dispatches as far back as and saw service in Japanese waters during the last months of the war Prince Philip is a nephew of Admiral The Earl of Mountbat- len grand president of the Bri tish Empire Service League The Newmarket Optimists Club has challenged the New- j market Legion to a game of Donkey Baseball on Friday ust Our president Comrade Gardiner informs us that we have accepted this challenge This should be a game well worth attending and we are looking forward to that day with great delight We have wondered for some time just what the outcome would be if we brought along our recording of Mule Train However that may not be with in the rules but we are pretty sure that the secret of a success ful career in Donkey Baseball depends entirely on the magic words whispered in the donkeys ear and we shall spend our time from now until the big game in creasing our vocabulary Comrade Chic of Gotham St is gathering names of members who wish to form a Legion TugofWar team the competition to take place at Keswick Cups and plaques to the winners Contact Comrade for particulars Still got Wednesday Aug 29 in mind Still dont know whats brewing but no doubt about it its a good date to re member See you at the big meeting Monday night II Eng Lit History Botany Zoo Ill Chem Ill Alvin Lit Botany Zoo Ill Phys Chem Olson Eng Lit Hist Ill Pearson Barbara Comp Lit I Chem Lat C Fr Ill C Pickering Jean complete Eng Comp II Eng Lit I I I Lat I Auth I I I Comp I Rye Lois complete Eng Comp Eng Lit Ill HI Zoo C Chem HI Lat Auth II Comp II C Comp Simmons Harold com plete Lit Alg I Geom HI Trig Ill Fr Toole Eng Lit Hist II Ill Chem Widdifield Joan complete Comp Lit Ill Bot I Zoo I Lat I Lat I II Fr Comp I Old Time Fiddlers Wanted FOR Fiddlers Keswick Memorial Centre September 1 3 AGE CLASSES GOOD PRIZES APPLY J KESWICK Phone Roches Point 36R OBITUARY William Keeley Interment was made in New market cemetery on August 10 lor William who died at his home Ave Toron to on August following a nine months illness He was born at Sunnidale December the son of the late Mary- Ann and James Keeley In he married Margaret Moore who predeceased him In 1877 he Knights who pre deceased him in Mr Keeley was a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters He is survived by a daughter Mrs Johnston The funeral service was held from the Ingram funeral home with John Clarke in charge Pallbearers were five nephews and a great nephew William John Seymore Wesley Tommie and Ernie Newmarket Public and High Schools reopen Tuesday Sept 1951 THERE ARE SUPPLIES FOR ALL DONT CROWD THE STORE TAKE YOUR TIME KESWICK Miss Irene daughter of Mr- and Mrs Lome Toronto and Keswick Beach whose marriage takes place in Toronto in September was given a shower on Saturday by many friends at Keswick Beach Miss Myrtle Lloyd of Toronto is visiting her aunt Lynn lake Mrs H E Mrs Hanorn Elizabeth 2158 McTavish St Stony Beach died at her home recently She was born in Sharon and came to Stony Beach in and moved to in Her husband George Roland predeceas ed her in Surviving ore three daughters Mrs Stewart Lau ra Saskatoon Mrs John Wilson Mario Indian Head and Mrs Robert Short Bern tee four sons George Moose Jaw Fred and James Stony Beach a brother James Kavauagh New York city a sister Lena Toronto nine grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren The funeral service was at funeral home Stony Beach with Rev J Scott Interment was lfti Stony Beach cemetery REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADE FIRST YEAR HIGH SCHOOL An ALLPURPOSE NOTE BOOK Master Binder x to 1495 A Manilla FILING FOLDER for each sub ject set of required Set of COLORED DIVIDERS for Master binder required 10c per Index strips for Indexing binders any color per or strips ENGLISH Classical Mythology in Song and Story Part I Master Skylark The Taming of the Shrew The Pocket Dictionary HISTORY Britain and the Empire MATHEMATICS General Mathematics Book I SI Set of Instru ments Celluloid metal Vn- Refill for Master Binder Ruler with English and metric scales metal edge high school work book unruled HEALTH Good Health 140 FRENCH de SCIENCE General Science Book MUSIC Music Dictation Book SHOP WORK Boys Only General Shop Work ART AND GEOGRAPHY Complete supplies as required GRADES ENGLISH Poems Chiefly Narrative As You Like It Plains of Abraham A and only Seats of the Mighty only A Book of Better Stories The Dictionary HISTORY Building the Canadian Nation FRENCH MATHEMATICS General Mathematics Book SCIENCE General Science Book II HEALTH Good SHOP WORK Boys only grades A and General Shop Work 160 10 A ONLY LATIN Revised Latin Schools for Secondary I0CDONLY RECORD KEEPING Work Book for Essen tials of Business Practice ENGLISH same as A HISTORY same as A SHORTHAND Basle Course in Pitmans Shorthand Shorthand Note Books centre line fountain pen fitted with Pitman Shorthand 110 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