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Newmarket Era and Express, 12 Feb 1953, p. 5

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avftW IGNEOUS or y gravel and pit Delivered or at bin Plant phone and Industrial House and Farm ttZ MONK 151 -ft- i stiver ons and vale Barristers DOUG OBITUARIES J Appliance Ontario St W Newmarket j 4 JOSEPH VALE PLUMBING HEATING Contractor Dealer for Mane and Air tt t -r- PHONE f Ill PHONE AURORA J Solicitor 51 MAIN ST rf a J ft ii VIOLET OWNSON fi Coweyanclni Ingranco lH ftiiJ ETC -j- a tV NOBLE MUNICIPAL OFFICE DENTIST W3 EVANS FUOS NEWMARKET Coal Coke Wood and Stoker Coal Phone 5 L-i- Orders taken for Gravel Sand and Crushed Stone and General Hauling THE VARIETY OF a Mrian ear collection MONUMENTS la that we can any kotk to kind and We alio make to order of every description find oaf wort excellent always and service prompt and reasonably priced A valiant soldier a line gentle man and a respected citizen George the oldest war veteran of King district was laid to rest In King City ceme tery on Monday Feb with reverence and respect After the burial committal was performed by Rev the graveside service of the Canadian Legion was given by Comrade Joseph and the salute to the departed com rade was given by bearers Com rades Joseph McGrath Jack Jones Albert P Cairns and A Jar- vis Their crimson poppies the symbol of service and sacrifice were laid on the flag draped casket The funeral service was held in All Saints Anglican church conducted by the rector Rev D Michel where a large gathering of friends paid their last respects to one who had tes tified allegiance to the Crown loyalty to Canada the country of his adoption and had moved among the folk he loved so well with uprightness The rector spoke of his record as a great soldier and his love of children in the neighborhood He paid tribute to the pride he had taken in for and beautifying the church grounds for many years Members of the congregation of the Anglican church Lake Marie and King Athletic Association King Leg ion and personal friends at tended Mr passed away suddenly on Saturday afternoon from a heart seizure at his- home in King City where he lived alone of the fact that he was born on Victoria Day May 24 years ago Mr carried the Victoria Medal among his service medals He was born at Jersey on the Chan nel Islands enlisting with the Imperial Army for service in Ceylon Burma and Mnlaya He would tell of unique experiences on the northern frontier lines I and after eight years he was demobilized immigrating to Canada in As a young man he arrived at Kleinburg railway station bound for Noble ton where he was to work for James Kaake as a farm helper One of his first acquaintances was Mr Andrew He was hired on sev eral and King farms In he enlisted In the 127th York Rangers Battalion and served overseas on military con struction work until after the first World War When ho set tled in King City he had lived with Mr and Mrs George How ard and spent much time in the home of Harry Edwards After Mr James bought the Pinkerton properly on King street lie moved small building to the rear and Mr its use as a small home The only survivor is Miss Yvonne Mitchell Brighton Eng land niece of the deceased OF ManMpal Bnlldlnr noun I HONE W LUESBY and SON MAIN ST NEWMARKET L INSURANCE Confederate Life Ire Automobile and Casualty Eagle Newmarket Newmarket Albeit 1 KT NSURANCE 1 -I- n y r e A OBITUARY Stanley Jackson Cain A highly respected and well- known resident of the district Stanley Jackson Cain passed away at his homo mony Villa Highway an township Known as a suc cessful farmer and breeder of cattle he lived most of his life in this vicinity where he had a host of friends Mr Cain acted as chairman of the Board of Stewards In United church He took a keen Interest in community affairs For many years was prominent in Masonic circles In he served as Worship Mas ter of the True Blue Lodge AF and AM No Bolton and the previous years was a popular member of the senior Wardens Association of Toronto District KESWICK CO and inch PHONE 2404 KESWICK Last year he served as Worthy Patron in the Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star in Bolton He will be much missed in Lodge circles The last rites of the Masonic order were con ferred at a service in his home en Sunday evening conducted by True Blue officers and members with many from King Caledon East and Toronto lodges in attend ance Stanley Cain was the eldest son of the late Thomas and Margaret Cain formerly of Aur ora He is survived by his wife the former Pauline two sisters Mrs George White Pearl Keswick and Mrs Toronto two brothers Elliot and Harold also six nephews and three nieces A sister Mrs Al bert Kerr predeceased him The funeral service on Mon day at his home was well at tended Interment was in Laurel Hill cemetery Bolton Six mas onic members acted as Flower bearers were neph ews Stanley Fred Bill Kerr Tom Cain Alex Cain Paul Matthews and Masons Lome Ellis Mel Hoover and Jack Turner Voluntary Observers Needs Part Time The Royal Canadian Air Force has set up a Ground Observer Corps and is accepting civilian members to help man their Ob servation Posts The Ground Observer Corps will be trained right in their own district by members of the Air Force to spot and report aircraft flying over their territory This Ground Corps Is open to any mature Canadian male or female with good vision and hearing The Ground Observer Corps Is a vital link in air defence work and Is being set up to supplement radar coverage with eyewitness reports of aircraft seen visually or heard Official Observers will serve right In their own neigh borhood Training classes will get under way in the very near fut ure within easy driving distance of anyones own home Mr Clare Clarcmont has been appointed regional super visor for this district and has application forms available upon request Ontario Provincial Command of the Canadian Legion has an nounced that the week of May to June 2 will be known in Ontario as Legion Coronation Week It is expected that all branches across the province will be holding various functions during this week in honor of our Grand Patroness Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Branch had already been working on a similar idea for this locality when the news was received from Command On Friday the 13th our Legion Coronation committee will be meeting with the town council committee to start working on the plans program etc It is hoped that all local organiza tions will eventually participate The Canadian Legion respect fully asks all citizens to start planing their celebrations and decorations We shall soon have coronation decorations on sale and would ask that you examine them as their designs have had Royal approval being manufac tured in England Our next regular bingo is Feb and Comrade Sid says it will be the usual enjoyable af fair Comrade Brice also an nounces that in the near future a bingo in aid of the Flood Relief Campaign will be held Please watch for advertisements TV reception has been very good comrades Dont forget the fights on Wednesday and Friday nights and the hockey on Saturday Mrs Ann Davison 36 is shown in her 23foot yacht Felicity Ann in which she sailed the Atlantic alone thus becoming the first in history to do so She set sail from Plymouth England last May and has reached the West Indies Her first attempt to cross the Atlantic with her husband ended in disaster Their 70foot ketch sank in a storm and he was drowned She vowed she would make the crossing alone SHARON Mr and Mrs Harvey Miller entertained at a family gather ing on Sunday in honor of Mrs Millers Mother Mrs Wilkin son on her 81st birthday There were guests present Mr and Mrs Stewart Hal- stead and Miss May Stevens To ronto spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Gor don Stevens Mr and Mrs Robert Houston and girls spent Sunday in To ronto Mr Dan Gill flew to Montreal on Monday on a business trip WJtfS AUXILIARY Miss will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Junior Evening auxiliary United church Newmarket on Tuesday Feb pm The meeting will he held at the home of Mrs Robert Pe ters Millard Ave Miss Ayers will speak on her trip to Alaska Belhaven News Mrs and Jean ther Mrs Stanley Baseline spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ted Weekend visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Selby were Mr and Mrs Raymond and David Mr and Mrs Fred Blazey and boys Mr and Mrs Frank Kydd and Mr and Mrs Tom Severn all of To ronto Sympathy of the community is extended to Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Pollard In their recent be reavement Miss had tea Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs John Keswick Mr Lloyd and friend and Mr and Mrs Lee spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Albert Miss Muriel in Barrier spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Mr Dan Trenton spent the weekend with his mo- Mr Harold Knights who is attending Toronto Normal school is spending a week at Baseline school Mr and Mrs Ab Edney Agin- court spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs- Harry Mr and Mrs Clarence Smith Toronto were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Perry Mr and Mrs Norman King and Floyd visited Mrs Kings aunt Mrs Green- bank on Sunday MOUNT ALBERT Mrs Stan Oldham was a week end visitor at the home of Mr and Mrs Jim Slorach Mr and Mrs Jim Slorach and Mrs Stan Oldham visited Mr and Mrs Rob Nash in on Sunday It Era ft Oh Tuesday evening over neighbors and friends ga thered at the home of Mr and Mrs Horace Mutual Cor ners and gave them a pleasant surprise with a social evening and also presenting them with a love ly cake plate and box of choco lates The event was their wedding anniversary The meeting of Pine Or chard Union church was well at tended at the home of Mrs Starr assisted by Mrs Elsie Plans were made for a church supper and pictures of Royal Tour on February Miss and Mrs were Thursday night tea guests of Mr and Mrs Fran cis Sheridan and little girls Guests on Sunday at the home of Mr McClure included Mr and Mrs Toronto Miss June Haines Sharon and Mr and Mrs Sharon On Saturday Feb Mr and Mrs George Smith Shirley and Clarke Smith spent the day in Toronto at the home of Mr and Mrs L Clarke the occasion being the wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Smith Mr and Mrs Raymond Stan ley and two boys of US are spending a week or more at the home of Mrs Stanleys par ents Mr and Mrs Elmer Starr Mr and Mrs Verne Sheridan and family were Sunday guests at the home of Mr Frank Curl Zephyr Mr and Mrs George Smith and children had Sunday dinner with Mr Smiths mother Mrs Fuller- ton Toronto Mrs Clarence Fisher and Miss Marlene Fisher returned home on Sunday after a few days stay at the home of Mr Sheridan Mr and Mrs Earl Toole Stuart and Elgin Mrs and Mrs Tucker motored to on Saturday to have dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs A Little Miss enjoyed spending the weekend in Toronto at the home of Mr and Mrs David Keswick News fir- Crown life X f4U II ORK i 1 coop Enquire ri mm tos liii The February meet ing was held at the home of Mrs Perry Winch The program consisted of a splendid devotional by Mrs Agar an editorial Beer in Korea by Mrs Cameron and a discussion on the harm of cock tails also topics on Francis by Mrs F Pollock and Mrs Kennedy Lunch was served and a social hour spent while various groups were arranging for the Worlds Day of Prayer The March meeting will be held at the homo of Mrs Freeman Pollock Friends hero were sorry to learn of Mr Freeman Ryes acci dent in Toronto last week The scaffold on which ho and a ner were working collapsed causing a fall to a cement floor some feet below Mr suffered two broken heels and is in Toronto East General hospi tal The Ryo family home is in Toronto but summers arc spent at their Keswick Beach cottage j T 1 1 a t r 111 1 1 A large congregation was present at a very impressive service in the United church on Sunday evening Feb when a beautiful picture of the Head of Christ was presented to the church as a gift from Mr Mrs Era was received by the minister Mr Graham on of the congregation and by Mr Roy leer on behalf of the board of trustees who both voiced appreciation of the lovely thought that prompted this and dedicated It to the praise and glory of God MOUNT PLEASANT Mrs returned from Toronto last week has been most of the winter The Womens Guild will be held at homo of Mrs Alex Hopkins on Tuesday Feb at pm Mr and Mrs Harry Morton hod Sunday with Mr and Mrs Barnard Davidson Mr and Mrs Cryder- man and had Friday din ner with Mr and Mrs Davidson Mr Rye visited his bro ther on Sunday Mr Ryes part ner suffered a broken leg in the fall Mr Jim Cole is in Toronto un dergoing an eye operation A Agar has purchased the property where his drug store and home are located and plans an enlargement of the drug store Mr Fred and Mr Ken left last week for a months holiday in Florida Mr Elmer Peters attended funeral of Miss Laura Peters in Toronto last week Miss Peters spent some weeks lost fall at the Goddard Rest Home Misses Norma and Marion King sang a duct at church Sun- day morning- Mr and Mrs Ted Leonard en tertained Sunday evening in honor of Mr Mrs Ivan Rye on the occasion of their wedding anniversary Mr and Mrs Alex Pat and visited Mr and Mrs K on Sunday Mr Gordon Wood and Miss Ruth Mary Mr and Mrs Perry Winch visited Mr and Mrs Perry Winch for weekend Evening Auxiliary will meet at home of Mrs Ted Murrltt on February Mrs Anderson will toko tho study and the now president Mrs Ramsay Weddoll will preside Mr and Mrs Gordon Carr visited Mr and Mrs on Sunday Announcing ft gfrrrK mm 5 J fc n r ia ma fi SvM T IW I -s- w f I I 11 STOVE MOT OIL vs ij- v mm TIMOTHY ST C- v Uaafag ANII IONB 1IM NIWMABUff THy j w- Extra lavei if K aai Ml tfb I iafcr MOUNT ALBERT Miss OHve Todd Kinfiflton been a guest of hor Mrs Anglin for a week Mrn John Bowers Yvonne were wookond guests of sister Mrs Watson Service at United church was largoly attended on Sunday evening when Rov conducted a dedication service for tho leaders of Masonic lodges of tho surrounding dist rict His sermon on Tal ents was they should long remember Mr Terry as soloist assisted tho choir in the service of song Daisy Watt spent the weekend at her home town mm 7v r i FOR MEN I T v YOUR CHOKE OISM t v I tV t

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