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Newmarket Era and Express, 1 Nov 1951, p. 16

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I King City And District rHONC KING township provided they all liv ed during the winter months They were placed there by the province late last summer Hun ters appear to have all they could do to get their quota said provincial game warden George of King Those who had dogs had the best Scouts and Cubs buried four days Apart Of paper drive on Sat- j children in the family of Angus He said percent of the licenses will a morning Nov Before that live tons of paper col lected in earlier campaigns will have been transported to the city to be sold to mate room for the incoming supply The local is part of the garage at United church manse Once the group committee of and cubs with the lead ers will set out in cars early on Nov- to cover the surrounding Miss Joan district and the village House holders and others are requested to have papers and magazines firmly tied with twine for Joan Joan Yvonne Bice daughter of Mr and Mrs Bice of King will become the bride of Mr Earl Albert Rob- son son of Mr and Mrs Edwin of King on Saturday Nov To honor the bride- elect who has been a telephone operator at King two showers have been held one a gathering of about 25 relatives at the home of Mrs Jim Davidson and her daughter Mrs Ron last week On Monday evening in the United church rooms a com munity shower was held arrang ed by Mrs Geo Brown Mrs Mrs Mrs Jenkinson and Mrs A Green The decorations were pink and white streamers bells end a bouquet of salvia Audrey Brown assisted with her gifts Group gifts were a green wool satinbound blanket a break fast set an electric toaster a set of vali plaques and vase Others were miscellaneous gifts Re freshments served to end a pleasant evening Brownie Pack Leaders Await Meeting Place Mrs Marion Mrs Jack Walker nd Miss Fay Armstrong are awaiting vord on a place to hold meetings of a Brownie Pack being organized in the King district Mrs the leader has had Guiding experi ence and has made a study of Brownie vork this summer Mrs Walker was interested in Guiding for years in the district Fay Armstrong who is left Guide activities in Toronto only about a year ago She was a patrol leader with the Humevood school company Toronto and had been in Brownie and Guide work for six years Miss Doris has consented to act as treasurer for the local Guide as sociation Over years ago there was an active Guide company at King started by the late Mrs- Victor Ha Lady Pellatt was the Guide commissioner for Canada at that time Miss Audrey Brown spent the weekend at the home of Mr Mrs Robert Xleinburg A party of 13 enjoyed a Hal masquerade party at Kettleby hall October given by the Community Association of which Mr Ross Shipley Is president All in costume the Lucky group won eight prizes Mr and Mrs George Brown Kenneth and Aud rey Betty Cunningham Ellen Brown Mr and Mrs Bill Cut ting Allan Cutting Albert Merle Wilson and Ireland cleverly masked was years since Mrs Brown had been in mas querade costume and her relatives failed to recog nize her Mrs return ed to her farm home at Port Perry last Saturday after visit ing Mrs I Scott for a few days Mr and Mrs Scott re turned home with her to remain until Sunday The Vananakers Scott had been former on Ave To ronto R Benson and her Mr Kay motored to Detroit on Monday for a hfjli- day there Mr and Jack are back again in their house the third concession which they mid some time ego The owners ere not ready for occupancy for tune end the Frauds are cue of Vie opportunity tor the time Miss Joyce was given a surprise birthday party by mother Urn at her home Eaton Hall Farm on Friday evening Oct in honor of her birthday Twenty- five friend from Aurora King n4 Toronto an evening of games dancing and a roast Visitor of Mrs J Grew the weekend were Dr David Macintosh and his wife and their two boys from Toronto Mr and Mrs Ken King Mr and Mrs Sullivan Toronto were guests of Mr and Mrs J Arm strong on Sunday Sister Brother We Week Mr Norman Ferguson of King lost his brother and slater within one week Mr Murdock Fergu son manager of tho North American Life died suddenly at his Toronto home from a heart attack and was laid to rest last week in the old Stone cemetery On Sunday Oct Mrs Christopher of was interred that cemetery She had been in poor health for the past three years and the shock of her bro thers death hastened the end brother and sister Ferguson of who was of pioneer stock one daughter and three sons are living Attending the funeral services were Mr and Mrs Norman Fer guson their son Watson and daughters Mrs Fred Curtis and husband and Mrs Chas Gor don and husband Sympathy is extended to Mrs whose father Mr Walter of Toronto suffered a stroke at his home Park early last Fri day rnorning The funeral was held on Monday with interment in Park Lawn cemetery Mr Brege is survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs and Miss Ebzabeth He was predeceased by two sons Persistent rains made it un wise to hold Kingcrafts meeting at home of Mrs Den ton 3rd concession last week and within a matter of three hours more than persons had been notified by the telephone committee and assistants that the meeting would be held at King United church Mr and Mrs Charles Toronto visited their niece Mrs Jack Walker on Sunday Many visits are being paid to Kirkcraft a handcraft shop situated four miles west of Brampton It was recently opened but closed for the win ter months after this week Mrs J Grew Mrs A Mrs G Wells Mrs and Mrs Geoffrey visited Kirkcraft last week They are ruggers in Kingcrafts Valuable Tools Stolen A tool house was broken into Sunday night on the property of Benson King and valuable hand tools an elec tric skill saw parts of three kegs of nails building paper and bundles of shingles on the property stolen Value vas estimated at The lock on the door jimmied to gain entrance The tools many of them difficult to replace he- ponged to Mr Benson and Mr Bert who are building the Benson house near the third concession Felice Con stable A Houldsworth inves tigated Rugby Player Injured David Wilson of King district received a fractured ankle dur ing the first half of a rugby game between Aurora and New market in the finals of the North York senior rugby league play ed at Pickering College grounds Newmarket on Monday after noon A student at Aurora high school Wilson plays centre half back for his team Newmarket defeated the opposing team Legion Dances A new venture for King Le gion will be veekly dances in Maple community halt On Friday Nov the first dance night will be staged the of Toronto provid ing the music Blooms Twice in Seven Months A threebloom Easter lily giv en to Mrs Bice at Easter time has been blooming again for the past three weeks It planted in the garden where three buds formed When pot ted and brought indoors its flowers burst forth When All Saints Anglican church hold the annual turkey supper on Nov the entertain ment will be held in McDonald and Wells hall where the De partment of Lands and Forests will show colored movie sound films and vocal numbers will be supplied by Misses Freda Dent Shirley and Norma Wells The supper is in inn church basement and the Masonic halt Mrs is the convener were sold to outside hunters One reason given for the small bag is practice of some land owners to post their property just before the hunt Fear of damage is the reason The weather was ideal but neverthe less the pheasant is an elusive Creature Police in and Whitchurch townships said the hunts there were quiet Novice Wrestlers Feature King City wrestlers won glow ing praise at the first seasonal amateur wrestling meet in To ronto last Saturday night at the West id Wearing their royal blue uniforms King City Juniors appeared as the first Ontario organization to en ter a major show at ages from to The lads showed no signs of nervousness the result of their training under Coach Bob McLeod They competed among themselves In the first bout Roddy Bell and Donald Gordon tied Glenn won over Richard Chap lin in the second bout and Bert Archibald and Bill Patton tied in the third performance A feature of the show in the regular bouts was the debut performance of Bill Brown leading with good style and bal ance only to be suddenly pinned after two minutes performance by his opponent Ralph Bates of Scarboro Bills future as an up and coming wrestler was announced over the public ad dress system by Olympic star Harry Peace the master of cere monies had a swell time com mented Bill and I like to come into a show again with more competitors from King City He was the only senior representative from his local club York County Juniors Compete At Guelph York County Junior Farmer project club teams brought honor to their county in the re cent intercounty contests held at the Ontario Agricultural Col lege when teams of two farm young from various clubs throughout On tario competed for provincial championship with the York Baby Beef Club team composed of Salvia Easton of Gormley and Brownie Weir of win ning that contest The teams had to judge four classes of beef cattle and give oral reasons for their placings then go through an oral exam ination based on the production of beef cattle Sylvia was only one mark below the highest YORK AT A provincial day for Home- making Club members was held at the Ontario Agricultural Col lege Guelph the same day as the intercounty contest Four girls were chosen to represent York County They were Aileen Phyllis Marion Eves and Jean Brum well Victoria Square Club mem bers from various parts of the province put on demonstrations and set up exhibits in order to emphasize the qualities neces sary to make any demonstration or exhibit both educational and interesting Miss of the horticultural staff of the OAC demonstrated the art of flower arrangement and Dr of the In stitute conducted a tour through the home economics department dividual contestant and out of a possible team score of York was points ahead of the next team with teams com peting Two dairy calf club teams from York were among the clubs competing and made a remarkably good showing with the team consisting of Gordon Brumwcll and Nelson Buchanan of Victoria Square standing fourth while the Wood- bridge boys Bob of Maple and Bruce King of Wood- bridge placed seventh in the same competition These clubs organized by the Agricultural Representatives Branch of the Ontario Depart ment of Agriculture in cooper ation with local service clubs and agricultural societies were supervised by E Pearson Newmarket assistant agricul tural representative for York who also coached the teams Mr Pearson terming a aeries of conch I tig class for the Baby Beef team which will represent Ontario in the interprovincial contests held in Toronto during the first Week of the Royal Winter Fair Sylvia Is student Richmond Hill high school and Brownie Weir at high school They will spend a week with tennis from nit the prov inces during which they will visit Niagara Falls and spend it day in Ottawa where they ami their coach will be received at Hall by the Governor- General Af COtT CAB1HIT HAD IN CANADA PERFORMANCE NOT PROMISES is the record of- the present Gove meat Plans for rural modern system 2 Expanded roads program Old age assistance 69 years Advanced farming policies 5 Extended electric power service ROBERT KING Phone Vote O- PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE HEADQUARTERS L J Water Fireside Gatherings Following the evening service at King United church Sunday Nov fireside gatherings will he held in Vie Sunday school rooms during the winter One of the feature hymn singing Next Mr if will show colored slides tome of scenes sot on farm of Aubrey where the had on apartment Others viU he views of their trip this Bum mer to Nova Scotia and Breton Special features arc ing planned tor each Sunday evening Presbyterian A will ho held at the home of Laura Rolling on Thursday Nov at pm King United WMS will meet at the home of Mrs Roes Stew art on the afternoon of Nov New Orgs for Teste AAaivemrjr On anniversary Sunday Nov a new organ costing will be used at United church A concert will he held on the following Wednesday ev ening in aid of the organ fund of which more than has been raised by Pheasants The first three days of open season for pheasant and partridge Oct and 27 in King township were without in cident and no property damage claims were laid according to Other years the hunt lasted two days Hunters in reg ulated areas are allowed three cock pheasants per day There were probably pheasants somewhere in the Tumbles Down Furnace Pipe Mrs M Ross of King is suffering fractured ribs sore chest and shock as the result of a fall at her home on Saturday She tumbled down four feet in the heater pipe that leads from the furnace to the large register in the living room Re- pairs made to the furnace by her husband and son- inlaw Albert of Au rora and the register grate was removed at the time Mrs Ross vas passing from the kitchen to the front door when she fell- Mr Ross and Albert and Simp sons driver freed her from her uncomfortable position It was the drivers rap on the door that Mrs Ross was going to answer when the unfortunate accident happened Tractor Takes Life of Father of Three Children Alex Isaacson of township vas instantly killed by a tractor on the Lord Beaver- brook farm operated by Fran cis Powell 2nd con last Friday forenoon A farm laborer Mr Isaacson was pinned beneath the tractor in a 6foot ditch when it struck the culvert overturning on him The help of a neighbors tractor was re quired to move the heavy ma chine from the victims body Dr J P Wilson corner said Mr Isaacsons chest had been in stantly crushed and one of his legs fractured There vas water in the ditch but the doctor said Mr Isaac son vas so badly crushed by the of the machine he died immediately The coroner does not think an inquest will be held Surviving are the vic tims vife the former Pearl of and three young daughters Bever ley Carol and Gloria The funeral service vas held on Monday in the chapel of Wright and Taylor funeral home at Richmond Hill Interment was in St Paul cemetery Canadian Book Week With Canadian Book Week near at hand King Memorial Library has much to offer read- era In current books published in In the opinion of Hie librarians and the book selection committee they are all worth reading They have been en joyed by many in the commun ity Canadian Book Week has been observed since J Before the var there were often elaborate book fairs and exhibitions with speakers and dinners Now an institution of notional import ance it Is interesting to note that works have been pub lished in Canada this year ac cording to the Toronto and Mail Many of these have reached an international audi ence To appreciate the present and future of literature and other cultural arts It is suggested by King librarians that the Commission Report be read It is available in the library Then too in observance of Childrens Book Week com mencing Nov 10 chief librarian Miss is planning special feature for children of the neighborhood a practice that annually stimulates young 1 i r ft A J A -i- w i A4 w -r- HI aaafe v i rM A 111 w PENSIONS Sane nd in foe the keynote to it contribute to the Performance I 1 TO TNT MOMS age l A 1 -it- to all over under ProvincialFederal NEW needy 65 No riA y is- 109 new or provided beda and faeaeineta added or being general of and against cancer for children in primary i opportunity mMmm new achoola for J moat advanced rehabihtation for injured a MOVIMCI ST for Highwaya and in TranaCanada Highway under construction for municipal roads multiplied nine Two million Horsepower added to Hydro output serve of Ontarios fsrmeBack fact y St Lawrence power development to commence Farm income highest in Wstory Plans for modem telephone system for our rural Private and public rental housing speeded under Railway level to be aboUahed by threeway plan i FederalProvtndai Vnvi T pi ft i-n- tT v wealth Development of mining A iH iron r J a i a A J l iii W i r M 3 i aT a 5 J 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