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i LEGAL Solicitors and Notaries Public Floyd Corner Office Block ige and Wellington Streets Telephone Aurora O Dales Office and Residence 844 Main St NEWMARKET By Appointment Barrister Solicitor Notary Public Etc PHONE 151 St MATHEWS STIVER LYONS AND VALE Barristers Solicitors Notaries Joseph Vale M Stiver BA Lyons BA IN Mathews St Bay St Phones Toronto r A MILLS Barrister Solicitor and MAIN ST Phone VIOLET MacNAUGHTON Insurance St Phone Conveyancing Newmarket B A SOLICITOR ETC 35 MAIN ST PHONE NEWMARKET DENTAL DR O NOBLE DENTIST MUNICIPAL OFFICE Office Residence Dr C E VanderVooA DENTIST Main St Newmarket Phone MEDICAL ML Physician and Surgeon Phone Cm by Appointment At residence corner of Raglan and Sts MISCELLANEOUS ALHAWKMS Contractor For BULLDOZING GRADING CELLAR EXCAVATIONS and Gravel Sand and PHI Rune Aaron SAND aid GRAVE LID far government approved crashed stone of various CANADIAN PLOWMEN ABROAD C fcyJACAMtOU ONTARIO PLOWMENS ASSOCIATION Editors Note This is the last of a series of weekly stories which John A Carroll assistant deputy minister of agriculture lor Ontario and formerly secretarymanager of the Ontario Plow mens Association win write about the visit of Canadas champion plowmen to the British Isles Germany Denmark and Sweden hooves came so close to Norman that some in the crowd thought he had been hit As it was the concrete gravel and pit Delivered or at bin Plant phone Office phones and ELECTRICAL CONTRACTUS House and Farm Wiring General Repairs i t Household Phone 422 Box Ontario St Newmarket A STOUFFER Raglan Toner and Pianos Bought Sold and Rented PHONE London Its rather lonely here in the largest city in the world Four days ago I watched my two young companions of the past six weeks depart for Canada and home By the time you read this they will have been back more than a week and too shell be once again standing on Canadian soil trying to readjust myself And so I repeat it is lonely here Though there is much for me to do and many government officials to see in this last week miss the banter and comments of Norman Norman of Richmond Hill and Gene Eu gene Timbers of As I watched their plane dis appear from view I could not but feel proud of them They have been two perfect ambassadors for Canada for Canadian agriculture and for Canadian youth It goes with out saying they were ambassa dors for Canadian plowing With them returned to Canada two silver cups one in the possession of Gene and the other tucked in Normans bags But for a certain amount of misfortune that seemed to dog their footsteps at Belfast they would have been taking more than two cups back the practice day before the Northern The Story Of SHARON ETHEL litis is the thirtyeighth instalment of a continuing Story of Sharon from its founding to the present The story teas written after almost two years of research and will we believe be a major contribution to know ledge of the past The remaining instalments will follow The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday Feb Page PLUMBING HEATING CONTRACTOR i Dealer for horses bits inflicted some nasty cuts and scratches about his hands As it was a oneday event the match resembled one of our bet ter county matches more than the Canadian International The manufacturers exhibits could not compare with those seen at the International match The banquet was not held until the day following the match and we missed it for we flew home the evening of the match to be in London the day of the Kings Though by now you will have read the many accounts of the kings funeral and perhaps even seen the not let this last letter close without offering a few personal observations For us it the most impressive sight of the tour and may well be the most im pressive sight we will ever heard of the Kings death as we stepped from our car to enter the AberdeenAngus sales at Perth Later our hotel window in Edinburgh we could sec at least flags flying at halfstaff That afternoon we c were in Edinburgh castle when Ireland international I the in memory of held at Armagh south of Belfast the King was there was an inch of frost in By some wizardry only Oil Burners the low wet field they Were using Although they were full Water Pressure Systems of confidence both them had trouble On the day of the an overnight snowfall had left two inches of snow on the sloping contest area When tell you that of the tractors entered 55 converted to steel before the match you will appreciate that it was slippery Norman plowed without steel grips He plowed with confidence and put up a good crown He had the bad luck to finish in a wet depress ion but we were proud of his work and heard many compli mentary remarks He won the Constructed OAK RIDGES Phone King 111 Phone Aurora NEWMARKET Coal Coke Wood and Stoker Goal Orders taken for Gravel Sand and Crushed Stone and General Hauling to themselves the officials at Ontario House reserved seats for us in a private Sussex Gardens near Paddington sta tions had been warned to be at our vantage point by as near to 6 am as Waiting Patiently We left the Cumberland Hotel at Marble Arch shortly after could see why TOousaiids were already in position then Waiting patiently for the proces sion that would not arrive for another five hours Many had been there all night ami one little woman from Wales was in place hours in advance We shuddered in the chill Overseas Class open to 1 to see people particularly wo- OSTEOPATHY WILSON Osteopathic and Arthritis Clinic WILSON BUILDING BARBIE Telephone Consultation by Appointment CHIROPRACTIC Matin DC OR OF CHIROPRACTIC Newmarket Telephone OPTOMETRICAL DESIGNS residents of UK against men from Holland Switzerland and Norway who placed in that order behind hinii Favorable Comments There were many favorable comments too oil Eugenes work chiefly on the job he was mak ing under difficulties His land was sloping and slippery The reason for his downfall was two fold his team and his skill When he left here Norman still bore the scars of battle that he received when he went to Genes aid The crowd impressed by Genes performance swung round to watch him the horses unused to contest work took fright and became unmanage able Norman went to Genes assistance When he attempted to lead the team the horses reared on their hind legs and when they landed their front our collection of MONUMENTS Is such that we can meet almost any require ment both as to kind and cost We also make memorials to order of every description Youll find oar work excellent always and service prompt and reasonably priced and SON RADIO APPLIANCE SERVICE MAIN ST NEWMARKET Main St Over PHONE A HURST Optometrist Newmarket Clinic Office Hours Except Wed MO If oclock Evenings by Appointment Piano Newmarket ration Life Association Representative Fire Automobile and Casualty Eagle St Newmarket Phones Newmarket 218 MAIN ST NEWMARKET PHONE A WHEARD Painter and Decorator and Sun test Wallpapers Phone Aurora ACCOUNTANT A A 5 Main St Chartered Accountant FIRE BURGLARY AUTO AND LIFE Bill 3 MAIN ST NEWM PHONE If If Expert Watch and Clock Repair 31 St Phone Newmarket ALL WORK GUARANTEED men and girls not warmly clad using newspapers as cushions were in our places by 7 Wo had the on the street and listened reports until a few minutes before the sion was Just before we went out oft to- a specially scaffolding which gave us a perfect view Naturally we all wanted to get as many pictures as possible The boys decided to use black and white I took a chance on color as there were periodic hursts of sunshine As the procession the sun shone brightly on the leading horses I my fire for the more important sections and the sun faded be- hind a cloud It did not appear again until the cortege had pass ed and then it shone with a sum merlike brilliance All Heads Rowed For hours the crowd had re mained most orderly As the gun carriage bearing the coffin approached a hush decendecL It was broken only by flie of horses hooves walking men and military commands As the gun carriage passed all heads Were bowed there was a flutter among the thousands lining the street and buildings some sections rows re ported and many had brought their temporary benches scaf folding a homemade peri scopes Shopkeepers had taken the precaution Of up their windows along tlie route which at intersections was solid fenced with ironpipe fixtures It was an occasion forgotten one which should mean much to t lie wcalth and democratic nations As the rear of the procession moved away from one man turned and said Could that have happened anywhere but in London Countless Little Happenings Time and space has again Signs of Times Sharon has probably forgotten when oranges lemons and ban anas were uncommon and pine apples not at ail in the local store that Sharon people made their own ice cream along with their own butter arid cheese fieri fore oil was used ui there were lamps tallowV Candles also from fieef and mutton tallow were Men wore paper collars they were stiff but not washable Eyeglasses mostly had silver people with superior opinions of themselves possessed gold rims Butter was taken at the store hi exchange for necessary The price averaged and probably 20c lb in the winter Eggs sold in a simi lar way at eight cents per dozen and 20c in the Winter Wheat and barley were sold to buyers at station brought five cents per quart any surplus was churned or given away Before seed drills were used a bag of grain was placed over the farmers shoul der and the seed was scattered by hand A man followed with steel harrows Scythes were used to cut hay even in there were no binders cradles being the imple ment used In those days thresh ing machines were rented with the thresher supplying three men and two teams The machine was operated by horse power threshing the wheat was placed in a fanning mill where it screened and then sold to flour rriilL One feature common to most of the dwellings in Sharon was the mounting block a set of steps and platform upon which those alighting from the high- bodied buggies might step Were the hitching posts some had an iron band encircling the top to which was attached a heavy ring Others were topped by an Iron with ring in the mouth Sharon The gardens of Sharon were like of the Bonnie briar Bush They were oldrJashipned with pinks and daisies and with sweeUscented- wall flowers and thyme and moss roses where na ture had her way and- gracious thoughts could visit with a Jarring note where a tfirush was singing and a sound of bees was in alj In spring over the orchards Sharon drifted the pink fragrance from the oldfashioned apple Mingling with the Incense of autumn was spicy ripeness of pumpkin sweets the sunkissed russets and the glowing crimson of juicy snows There were ap ples pungent and luscious and nameless which were the allot ted portion for the cider press Reuben Phillips Many of these oldtime favorites of nos talgic memory in the limit of commercial orchards have slip ped to the side of the road Trees still stand in Sharon that have come to be landmarks- One on elm is on the Mount road near Hughes homestead Another gafriarch stands in the field north of the school house A wellremember of trees now cut down wore the tall spruce in front the onetime house On the lawn stands a trees Which had been by de scendants of A magnificent walnut tree and has the unique distinctions of an international pedigree fe to be seen on the farm of man had lived there from 1822 to her death in In while her son Dr David tundy was practising medicine in 111 she visited him and back with This she planted and from the which is monument To she gave ftbrn the tree which in turn have pro duced trees which are still growing tfce Speaking of this tree Mrs Crorie remarked that often on Tench Nathaniel Thomas Directly to the west of the property and half through the Joseph Brammer had established a saw on the stream Greek whicfi meandered from the Davis farm at the town line through the farms of Sensseliaer MteCartyv Moses Knight fe John and John Terry where it supplied water for the Terry tannery- it crossed Queen Sti to wander on through the- farms Samuel Haines Peter John Willson and its cedar freshness into the sunshine of the clearings The opulent depths of this creek long since and military supplies were stor ed there It too later was used as a skating rink the Dr Mont gomery house and the home the Methodist church the Amos farm house of Mrs and the marble works the Mansion House where now stands the Collins house Tom Morris and the harness shop Ira and the paint shop a lane leading to the pro perty house of the pianoviuher the inn which burned in fihe known as the Hughes property of the George KesterV the shoemaker Austin 1st the Lake propertyv the corner on the sideroad the Terry house and Reuben Phillips house cider north the two houses on the farm ter of Israel Mrs Bertha Phillips reside in the village Old Homesteads Several homesteads around Sharon have remained the pro perty of the descendants for more than a century There are Crown patents belonging to Wil liam the family the family and Mr Frank Ramsay is now the owner of the crown deeds Until quite Kitely family in this list teMdition to the families and which the early fabric of Isaac Kitcly SSbhSl out his patent in S the son of James trained to be Mr minister but upon emigrating to America he joined of Friends and mar ried a Friends Eliza- Wood These two early and esteemed Friends are interred in Friends burying ground at Pennsylvania Sfesy MiJhe and Howard Moore are three who after more than four score years are still watching the happenings of Sharon A of David Mrs Emily have banks Gross and a build their nests Village in Over a cup of tea a stroll of reminiscence through the vill age during the was taken with Mr Howard Moore Mr Moore was born in Sharon and is now S3 years of age Begin ning at the Road in or der were a house owned by Christopher and remem bered as the Mrs house Samuel Proctor Kitely property and once occupied by the Anglican minister a house- destroyed by fire pro perty a house shop with paint shop above blacksmith shop and the large brick house built by Peter To the north of this house stands a small frame dwelling house adjoining the farm of George and this latter was later owned respec tively by the and Shaw families Ascending the hill the first building was known as Mrs Thorpes home Adam Born- and later John Anglican church G P Smiths house tailor shop and store the post office and dwelling house of John carriage shop of Driver boot and shoe shop of George Driver Sr John the blacksmith the Music Hall At one time the Music Halt had been divided then later one sec tion was used as skating rink the promoters of this being George Jack Mar shall William Be side this stood the house of John Wasley Hannah David later occupied by his grandson the Davidite kitchen Meeting Rachel Graham a lane the store and lastly the Temple Other Buildings Going north along the cast side is the Stokes house Chris topher the present house built upon the site of a previous house owned by Mr Thompson The drill shed stood back of these houses 1 11 I IUM1B0WL LAMPS CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED- KEN PONTING PIANO TUNER AND TECHNICIAN Dealer For New and Risen Pianos Organ toed Piano Bought and Sold GRACE ST J Pre SONS Brick and Block Laying ft FIREPLACES BUILT Phone Sutton CAR OWNERS Insure your car today the CoOp Way Sponsored by your Fed of Agriculture JOHN STOMA Newmarket Phone beaten me and I cannot rio coolness of its shade she offered a you These arc but few beautiful wl seen in leach of tor the drowsy cpn English- Canadian made clear pic ture is bbWifed of thd place during Much of and the farms fchcbd had the owners and had become familiar Barker John and Benjamin Eves Thomas Brown William Knight Mr Jacob Powell John Wri you of the many other things that we have seen and done in the past six weeks As as the big events there less little happenings that we will remember for a Such as the sense inadequacy we felt jji Denmark when we were dining in ancient inn across from the beautiful Castle The table was londed with a different types of dishes So to please our we thought we sampled most of them and ate hearty about the time we were feeling stuff ed along came the whisper from our host main course will he coming in a minute There are many such incidents over which we will chuckle in the future But most of all we will re member the many friends we have made In the countries we have visited We will long re member the warmth of the wel comes extended us and the hos pitality which sometimes em barrassed us Our we have done our share in strengthening the bonds of friendship and perhaps brought nearer the day when we will see a really representative international plowing match sure was a lucky day me when my Bank of Toronto manager showed rac how could replace poor milkers with purebred dairy cattle My present herd is the envy of the district I get greater profits from more milk higher percentage milk and more butter fat gains and I find them a good investment by cutting down on costly turnover FARM IMPROVEMENT new the Ijnd or frciw cm neMtffCp In with fneorparitttf NEWMARKET