Ontario Community Newspapers

Newmarket Era and Express, 16 Apr 1953, p. 14

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r Phone Newmarket f rfrf to 1 I I Have recently acquired the services of craftsmen skilled in types of masonry including stone and brick fireplaces chimneys reinforced con- Crete ordinary cement jobs at competitive prices r All Wort Guaranteed EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS IN TURNING ARTICLES INTO CASH I 1 THE HOURS OF BUSINESS WED FRI SUN will be PM TO PM AM TO 630 PM HOLIDAYS AM TO CLOSED i 7 J- Bin Lion lulling wrpoodeiit LIMIT Discuss Proposed Hall At the quarterly meeting of the board of King Mcmorlu li brary held at the home of the chairman Mrs James Hock study was given to a proposed site of a community hall on Fat- ton street which is under con sideration by King Community Association The proposed community centre would incorporate a li brary as set forth in draft plans drawn up last year- The boards opinion was that a li brary should be centrally located in the village The proposed site on street was con sidered too far removed from the main thoroughfare Fines on childrens overdue books arc to be discontinued for borrowers under high school age The board feels that encouraging children i regular reading habits is important With the cooperation of parents and re minders to the children by li brarians board feels that children will respond to their re sponsibility by returning books A membership campaign will be started by the board to enrol new members in the hope of ex ceeding the wel above the mark Man Killed Clifford Lloyd Thorn hill who was killed last Thursday when the truck he was driving in collision with a moving CNR freight train at Ave was born on the third concession of King at ersley on what is now the James Ball homestead He was the son of the late Henry Lloyd and Jennie Thomp son The Lloyd family lived there until 35 years ago Sur viving are his widow Barbara Lloyd a Maple girl and four sons Harvey and Bruce lived with the parents on the Fairfield farm Markham township which their father managed Alvin and Stanley live in Toronto Six brothers survive Walter King sideroad east Maple William at Little Britain Norman Lome and George Toronto There are also two sisters Mrs Vincent Cain Newmarket and Mrs George Manning The funeral service was held from the funeral home at Maple on Monday after noon with interment in Maple cemetery Mr Bruce Parker who was an employee of Motors for the past year has taken a position with Moffats Ltd at Weston Weekend guests of Mrs Ivan who attended the wedding held in Aurora on Saturday were her mother Mrs Margaret Rice Watford Mr and Mrs Clarke Rice and Ronald Watford Mr Mrs Allan Rice Toronto Miss Grace King Miss Una Niagara Falls spent Jast week at the home of her niece Mrs Rolling Mrs Whitney Atherley end her daughter Frances who teaches school were Faster vacation visitors of the formers mother Mrs George Stone Mrs James Rock vili repre sent Centre York District WI al the conveners conference on and She will sit on the home economics and health sessions mid Mrs Clarence Merchant will lake in the resolutions de partment Before her marriage to Doug las King which took place on April Margaret Bull Aurora was honored with a shower at the home of Mrs Clarence Doolittle Catherine St She received beautiful gifts and was assisted by Mrs Nor man StunJen The bride is the daughter of Mr Mrs Bull and the groom is the only son of Mr and Mrs Ivan Windy Ridge Farm King side- road Officials of King Township Credit Union that a speaker may be supplied to any club lodge or meeting that would like to become ac quainted more thoroughly with the Credit Union movement While it is just over two years since the movement was organ ized at King Ridge loans were made during the past year rais ing a total of lm year four percent interest was paid on members savings The Credit Union hold a bank night every Monday night to oclock in King Ridge school auditorium Mrs Harvey took her grandchildren Ronald and Carol Parker and their friend Peter to Toronto for a visit to the Ontario Royal Museum one day Inst week Jerry McDonald King ston spent the Raster vacation with Mw Mc Donald Sir Ellsworth and returned from Florida to their King township home Kingswuld last week Mr and Mrs W are from Florida and Mr and Mrs A J Gordon and son Don- aid came back last Saturday af ter three months In Arizona Norman Strange lias crimp home from a Flor ida vacation Weekend visitors of Mr and Alex Campbell were Mrs Campbells brother Mickey Morrison wife and young son Mickey London They returned to London Sunday and will con tinue on to British Columbia on Monday where Mr Morrison will continue with a construction firm Mrs Campbell To ronto also visited her son New Presbyterian There is a newcomer added the Presbyterian Manse family He is Peter Christopher the fourth child of Rev David and Mrs born on Friday afternoon April at the Womens College hospital Toronto Mother and baby Peter arrived home early this week His first Christian name is given in honor of an uncle Rev Peter Gift draws from Perrys Pharmacy made since the open ing of the new store on April have gone to three lucky people Mrs Robert Wood- bridge winning a basket of spring flowers Mrs J King a twopound box of choco lates and on April 11 a mantel radio won by Wilfred Hare a farmer near Maple Miss was suc cessful in her Easter examina tions at McDonald College A Guelph and will complete her years course in May She spent the Easter vacation with her parents Mr and Harry Local people invited to the SpechtBull wedding at Aurora last Saturday were Mr and Mrs Len Shropshire Mr and Mrs Roy Mr and Mrs Ross Mr and Mrs Harry Mc and the J Mr McBride was unable to at tend and the were at their cottage Mrs T L Williams was feted by Toronto relatives at the home of her daughter Mrs Don Mer chant Dr on Satur day evening to celebrate her birthday She received several lovely gifts On behalf of King district and Oak Ridges sub units of the Au rora branch of the Canadian Cancer Society a trend tea will be held on Friday May from to afternoon at the home of Mrs Cecil third line A reply has been received by the WA of King United church for Easier cards sent to the Victor Home for Girls at Toronto On Tuesday evening April the and members of the are invited to hold a meeting at the home of Mrs Ar thur Green at her Islington apartment Mrs Rat has promised hi give ail account of her trip she and her husband made in February to Florida and other points Commissioners A special meeting of King City village trustees is scheduled for Monday April in the evening in the Masonic hall- Business deferred at Ilia last meeting March be taken up Ratepayer Association A group of intcreshtfj residents of King are thinking of a ratepayers association ami hope to hold a meeting in near future inler- are nuked to attend If plans allow thin meeting vill be held on April Preaching Home Rev David will return to his home Vorlt Presbyterian at and Keele Toronto lo preach anni versary services on Sunday Apr Mr Roy Book of York Congregation ami a lay pallor will be In charge of the Presby terian services at King What insignifi cant burning of in two recent instances spread size able then when sparks were carried to arena of long grass Aurora fire department was called to the Jackson nro on Good Friday ana to tauter Brown on King St on Thursday At the Humbly- pro perty neighbors with aid of King City lira ami the Aurora department mat ters brought under easy control nearby caught Mrs Drown thought hud a in a defined it jumped out of control ing fiercely through long She called Aurom fire de partment and In the meantime Mdtori hod arrived with and neighbor Mr Ken tried frantically to beat rings of art their hornai with broom It touch and go lor a with Bt to BowinifiMft and KITEFLYING CLUB FORMED BY MARRIED COUPLES A new recreation group exists in the village known as the King City Flying club composed of four married couples who fly kites They are Mr and Mrs Alex Campbell Mr and Mrs Gordon Smith Mr and Mis Glen and Mr and Mrs Jerry Morrison in he Dew and William sheets area The I Icu originated with Mar- jorie Morrison after Gordon Smith declared himself i cham pion last week His homemade plastic kite reached a height of over feet At noon hod Sunday a com petition was launched with the hidhi the gentlemen Wight kites of various shapes sics and colors floated through the air in a mild breeze with four remaining in the scene for some lime Francis Urquharts brown paper craft outlasted the others keep ing to the air for over two hours at a height of feet She won the championship on behalf of the girls Hazel Campbell used a red white and blue box type kite Pat Smith flew a green cello phane box Fire Fly Morrison used an aluminum Flying Saucer type Induct New Lions Induction of Herbert Ross and Stanley Kerr into was conducted by the King City club on April bringing the members to Maple Lions were unable to accept an Invita tion on that date so a shadow skit was enacted by Stan Hunter Jack Abraham and Gordon A report on the weekly skat ing at Aurora arena for dis trict children was given Village and district children had privilege of free skating on Sat urday evenings for weeks The highest attendance was and the lowest was with an aver age of per Rink ren tal was paid for by the club and cents from each child per night for transportation broke slightly above par on that count Davie Drinkwater was the youngest skater of the season Several adults accompanied the children to see that they were supervised It was an interest ing project said lion Wib Jen nings The young people enjoyed every moment of it and their parents were appreciative com mented another member of the club Election night will be held on May following presentation of nominations on April by the nominating committee Hie Hy dro Choir will come to King again on May under the local Lions sponsorship will be lor mm not be of dramatic but hVi to fellow the trend decoration by giving wall Int Royal ft my other of the Coronation Colours now obtainable in paint Browns work house Conservation authorities say Man burns his meadow to kill weeds in the grass and in so do ing kills all the organic life and destroys his good top soil Burn ing to destroy weeds actually stimulates weed growth in creases water runoff and speeds up soil erosion Church Gifts Dedicated Sunday April 12 held special significance for the congregation of AH Saints Anglican church when Bishop A Wells To ronto dedicated impressive gifts donated to the church The chimes and amplifying system installed in the church before Christmas were given by Mr Stanley Watson of King City to commemorate the life of his de parted brother Mr Charles Har per Watson The beautifully toned bells were played from the organ by Donald during the ser vice The pipe organ was a gift iWv rat from the Watson family to the church a few years ago Don ald who is a theological student at College Toronto the lessons in the absence of the rector Rev It Mi- He was able to assist the bishop who was in charge of the entire service Other gifts were also dedicated Two brass collection plates with a rope edge design and two brass altar vases were placed in memory of the late James Patterson by his widow of Creek and his sister Miss Eliza Patterson Hamilton Shirley Rowlings and Freda Dent were soloists assisting the choir Kingcrafts April Meeting On Wednesday April 22 King crafts regular monthly meeting will be held at the Guild of All Arts Scarborough where a visit to this beautiful place and after noon tea will have special inter est There may be seen the craft display shop the antique department the noted pewter panels done by a French Cana dian artist and some of the guest rooms which are Canadian in character Everyone Is asked to be on hand at at Arm strongs corner as transporta- be ready to move out by noon hour TW as VS 4 3fflft fe2 fit try nasi aid roa the work carried our in CM Afonueal as a fret to ft yields are usually ibe result of a plant in the soli Ckkf that la County Quebec has V type tomato a o WMn ifr i Tuner by fciuutird all other circuits minim signal lo noise performance No Snow In medium signal areas iMtduro on chan nels better on low better than mlnovolta or ten limes as good as eoiiveutloital sets Whites or brilliant spot that appear after a line on a plrture are ellmluated Two Video Amplifier provides sharp for clearest pic ture flu hi makes set Immune look from even on weakest iiiil at all itnicla yoke and fo- etw sllivlly www on signal Hot in it In operation well detijned ventilation keep nkM v iT at I I fi ffii- ration ibi l l A I i ACv J T w -if- IT 1 it V Im jam a i -0-

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