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IS Era Express WEDDING MARTIN- standards of white chry santhemums and pink carnations made an attractive setting for the wedding of Hilda Josephine daughter of Mr and Mrs George Harvey and Fred erick A C Martin son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Martin which took place recently in the Aurora United church Reverend John G Morris officiated at the ceremony with Mr Harris at the organ The soloist was Miss Margaret Barrager The bride given in marriage by her father was radiant in a crystal white floor length gown of nylon organza over satin The bodice was of imported chantilly lace with portrait neckline trim med with sequins and pearls long sleeves of organza fashioned with a floral lace motif on each wrist Her fingertip veil of silk illusion was held by a coronet of sequins and pearls and she carried a cas cade of roses and steph- anotis The brides attendants were Miss Ann maid of honor and Mrs John Kell and Mrs George Hall bridesmaids They wore waltz gowns of azure blue nylon chiffon over taffeta with bouffant skirts and shirred fitted bodice and necklines ex- fending into flowing twin panels at the back They wore matching blue picture hats trimmed with velvet and they carried cascade bouquets of pink roses and white chrysanthemums The groom was attended by Donald and the ushers were John and Floyd Jen kins At the reception at Ridge Inn the brides mother received in delphinium blue silk organza accented with white accessories and a corsage of pink roses and white carnations The grooms rnpther wore pink and white printed nylon sheer with white accessories and corsage of pink carnations For travelling the bride chose a periwinkle blue linen suit with white accessories and a corsage of sweetheart roses The young couple left to spend a short time in the Adirondacks and Lake Placid Going to the Old Country by Ship or Airplane HERBERT Travelbureau Reservations for Steamships Airlines and Cruises Official agent for all steamship lines Trans Canada Airlines and KLM Main St Newmarket Ont Phone King Cemetery Fence Renovated By Liens King City cemetery wrought steel fence is the civic betterment project of King City Lions Club under committee chairman Keith For four or five evenings a doz en club members have steel brushed the fence to free it from rust and blemish It has been a big job as it is at least 20 years since any upkeep work was un dertaken There are feet of the enclosure two of which re quired repair as they have been driven into by cars Special met al alloy aluminum paint has been applied George local painter and decorator has given free time in spray painting Bill Knapp Aurora loaned his gas powered equipment since hy dro was not available on the cem etery grounds The special lions committee working with lion Cambden are Jock Thompson Jack cemetery secreatry M J Lang- don E Ross and Eric Abra hams B and Motors loaned equipment to straighten the parts that were damaged The fence was errected by the cemetery board in the fall of 1929 Fencing was paid and the sum of was collect ed from donors The caretaker re ceived for removing the old picket fence and grading up for the new fence It was painted black The letter ing over the large gateway has now been painted black to con trast with the silver color of the fence The work and cost of paint ing material has been done free of cost to the King City Cemetery Co Last spring the Lions spoke to the cemetery board which grate fully accepted their offer to re- finish the fence The appearance of the cemetery grounds has improved now that the fencing in good shape When first erected it was greatly admired by plot holders I News Street branch met at the home of Mrs Waiter Rose Thurs day evening July There were members and nine visitors present A invitation to visit Elm Grove Institute on Sept was accepted Members are request ed to contribute two pies each for the booth on Sports Day also to help some time during the afternoon or evening Mrs Archie Sedore convener of historical research assisted by Mrs J Clark gave an inter esting program Mrs Jack Bos- worth gave an excellent paper on the history of Canada going back to when the Hudson Bay Co was founded Mrs Joe Clark showed old fa shioned articles which had been in the Clark family for many years Miss Baird of Scarborough who is a member of the showed colored slides of a trip she had taken to Europe York County Federation of Ag riculture will sponsor a rural Sunday service on July 21 at York Pioneer Park Sharon at pm Rev Albert E Peterbor ough will be the preacher Assist ing are Rev Mr ville and Rev Mr Curtis New market and Rev R S Johnston A Junior Farmers Trio will sing and other music will be supplied York County Womens Institut es have notified those who wish to take picnic lunch can make tea on the grounds WI district representatives to the federation have responsibility of notifying branches Miss Anderson King City representing Centre York has branches to notify LASKAY branch went bus to Bayview Beach Lake Simcoe a mile south of Churchill on July for the picnic outing Thirty had a lovely time with children enjoying the water for swimming and wading It was a privately owned beach procured by Mrs Jesse Richards Churchill a member of the branch King City and District Mrs Laura Rotting Correspondent Phone King PARKVIEW LEONARD ROSENBERG CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT KING FAMILY REUNION The King family reunion was held at Mount Albert park July 1 with present The presi dent Mrs Art King reports that the afternoon was spent with members enjoying horseshoe pitching and other sports Oliver King donated some of the prizes Lunch was served and the same committee was return ed for the next year OPEN TENDERS A special meeting was last week to open tenders for the new York County administra tion building It was attended by Warden W J Taylor Commis sioners Edward and William Hodgson and members of the county property committee Nine tenders were received Clerk John Smith was instructed to investigate the four lowest bids and a meeting will be held later when a report will Ik presented Now she has the answer Property Changes A J Gordon real estate re ports two acres of land sold off the Stanley Chambers farm on Seventh concession of King to a Toronto man who will build a home The new owner Mr Boll- ang is a tool and die worker in the The Chris Chamberlain farm of 200 acres on the Tenth line of King has been sold to Major Jam es Baxter Seventh of King The Chamberlain auction sale also has been completed but the family have the privilege of living on the farm until next spring As yet Mrs Chamberlain states their fu ture plans are not yet decided Mr and Mrs Henry King side- road east of St have sold their house and lot to a Mr Alridge Toronto Invite Sister Groups Mrs Mrs A Black Mrs Finch Mrs W J Willoughby of Strange Pre sbyterian Mrs Fred Curtis of the Eversley society represent ed local groups who were guests of St Pauls Presbyterian Sewing Circle organization dis trict when a special afternoon was held at St Pauls church July Rev J E C Shepherd gave a talk on mission work It was the first time in the history of the Circle that outside groups were asked to participate St Andrews WMS July meet ing was held at the home of Mrs Ernest Hollinshead Plans were made for the Sunday Greta Receives County Scholarship At York WI Rally Greta Richmond Hill was awarded the York county Anna P Lewis scholarship as top York county girl with provincial honors in clubs Greta belongs to the Con cord club sponsored by Institute The presentation was made by Mrs A Kennedy at the York County WI rally at Stouffville Having graduated from Rich mond Hill high school Greta is taking a nurses training course at Toronto General hospital in September She was introduced by the home economist Mrs Mabel Projects by Girls Home- making clubs at the York WI rally were sandwiches for after noon tea Greta Dahl as com mentator different ways with one cut of meat by Clara Her- Tempcranceville club and steps to good grooming Ruth Elders Mill club Return York President Mrs was reelected president of York County Womens Institute at the rally Vicepresidents are Mrs Clarence West York Mrs Noble Munroe North York district Mrs J Cattanack East York and Mrs George Shoults Centre York The new secretarytreasurer Is Mrs Lunn Newmarket Auditors are Mrs Archie and Mrs Pol lock Keswick Representative to York Childrens Aid is Mrs Bernard Kays Miss Helen Atkinson was the retiring secre tary This lady had a shopping problem Wanted to be sure of pel ting the best and the most for her money Now she has the answer it in the advertising columns of this newspaper where the most successful merchants always put their beat buys forward The Newmarket ERA EXPRESS Your Community Newspaper German Pup Adopts Robin Kitten King the German shepherd belonging to Mr and Mrs Frank Egan Kinrr City has a career of responsibility Destined for rare the Society his former owner could afford In pro- wide a livelihood King Is maturine into a useful net and watch dog He Ins marked ten dency for protecting others humans or animals During a windstorm he res cued a fledgling from a scrap metal heap after it was from tho nest King look Mrs to the scene and tin- orphaned bird was fed milk from an eye drooper and dniv por tions of garden worms He stood lest anything harm the bird which Was housed in a bird cane Kin other birds and the hound away from Cheeper The most recent acquisition to Kings little family is Snowball an abandoned kitten he hauled from the and washed clean licking its bedraggled white coat of fur The kitten also claims Kinos motherly attention He keeps Snowball and Cheeper apart hy standing between them does 24hour duty on the property He has been trained in war tactics by his master who is an army war veteran No armed person would dare come on the place states Mr King would snatch his re volver and hold the person until help came Mr bears three marks on his wrist sustained during the dogs routine I didnt punish King Mr said Thats act I wanted him to perform if the occasion arises Furthermore the dog likes children He stands guard at the nearby railway crossing which children must cross enroutc to school school and congregational annual picnic for July at the home of Mr and Mrs Don line and Janet Mary Finch offered to buy sports prizes and arrange the program Paint Library Mrs John Aud Miss Blair Bur rows and Mrs A E Jarvis are putting outside coat of paint on King Memorial Library building this week Menfolk are not home during daytime so the ladies are tackling the job themselves Open Church Rev Martin chair man of York Presbytery officiat ed at the formal opening of the new St Mathews United church at on Sunday July Attend Funeral Mr and Mrs Norman Ferguson King City attended the funeral of Mrs Annie Nugent of Oril- a sister of Mr Ferguson held at Orillia on July She was the eldest of a family of children of whom Mr Ferguson and his brother Dan of are the only survivors Mrs Nugent is survived by her daughter Hattie who has just recently retired from a teaching career and a son Law rence both of Orillia Mr Jim Wells Toronto broth erinlaw of Mr Fred Curtis and Mrs Ralph Burns has been ill in Toronto East General hospital where he had surgery for gall stones He works with the Press- wood Meat Company Toronto a Mrs John Gayton Toronto has been staying at the home of her sister Mrs Don Spr- since the McCallum baby Gordon was born at York county hospital on Dominion Day Mother and baby are now at home The eldest son of Mr and Mrs McCallum is Donald nearly two years old Mrs Bruce King St has her mother Mrs John Mac- Arthur of Kentville Nova Scotia and her sister Mrs Everett Hunt ley New Minus and her little daughter Pamela as vacat ion guests Mrs will remain for the summer and Mrs Huntley will stay until the last of July The Phillips family reunion was held at the farm home of Mr and Mrs Roy Phillips Vaughan town ship on Sunday July There were 35 present The mother Mrs John Phillips King City has grandchildren and nine great grandchildren She has five chil dren Mrs Williams Toronto is visiting friends in King City Mrs John Phillips her uncle Mr Jam es Mr and Mrs A J Gor don and others She came to the village to attend a special meet ing of St Pauls Presbyterian A Visiting Mr and Mrs Harold Russell on Sunday July 14 were his brother Charles Russell and mother Mrs Russell of Cooks- town also Mr and Mrs Morris Davey of Vancouver Mrs is a sister of Charles and Harold Russell Presbyterian congre gation Sunday school and several of the community motored to Iakc July for the annual picnic About 60 were pre- sent Mrs Howard Cairns Mrs George Wilson Mrs Dan Park er and Mrs Bruce ar ranged the sports program and prizes Mr and Mrs Lawrence Scott Keel St and their three daughters are on vacation at the summer resort Lake Mrs Harrison and dau ghters Joanne and Sandra left last week for a months vacation in California where a sister of Mrs Harrison lives in Los Angeles July Is Month For Boys Over 240 At Camp Camp Ahshunyoong is a hive of industry these summer days as 80 boys carry out the program ar ranged by the camp director Rev J MacFarlane Aurora The senior camp which started on June was plagued with stormy wet weather but it failed to in terrupt the camp program or dampen the spirits of the boys Swimming instructors are John Taylor Aurora and Kenneth Newmarket The coun sellors are Dennis Edwards Paul Brammer Bob Teddy Bennitz and Don Robinson all of Newmarket David Bull Jimmy Fox Don Hoover John Jury Randy Murray Bert Radford and Dave Seston all of Aurora Ford Battler and Bruce Rich mond Hill Brian Styles King John Bridge Orillia Gary and David Whitney and Douglas Yarker The sports program is under the direction of David Aurora He has assisted John Taylor with the swimming in the two junior boys camp which fol low the senior camp Two other leaders are Paul Stevens Toronto and Robert Knight Visiting Hours Visiting is restricted to Sunday afternoons The hours are to pm and parents and friends are asked not to bring treats and food to the campers The tuck shop at camp provides the extra sweets and wellbalanced meals are prepared by the camp cooks First week of the junior camp began on Wednesday July The second junior boys camp starts today and will conclude on July 25 It is expected that more than will have attended Camp this season Coun sellors leaders the director work hard to provide camping exper ience for York County boys The Best Drug Store is now Airconditioned or convenience Come in and cool off Sue Company For 300000 In DeathJacket Drownings lavtf A family the prebUm With dual Newmarket Furniture Electric Main St The widows of two Detroit men drowned in Lake last July have filed suits totalling 300000 against the American Pad and Textile Company of Greenfield Ohio manufacturers of life preservers the men were wearing at the time Charging the firms preservers caused the victims to float with their faces down in water caus ing their deaths by drowning the suit also said the preservers were not designed to keep a per son erect with head out of water in case of emergency Mrs Myrtle M Murphy mother of two sued for in the death of her husband James Murphy while Mrs Mary Sturdevan 35 who has six children asked similar damages in the death of her husband Danile The two were found floating face down along with a compan ion Frank Detroit near Island after they had gone out from their Pefferlaw cottages for an evening fishing trip At the time it was believed a wave had capsized their boat which was tied to a buoy widow did not file suit for damages Murphy was superintendent of the General Box Co Sturdevan an inspector for the Detroit office of the Federal Housing Adminis tration and chief in spector for the Detroit office Marlier chairman of the board of the textile company said We have never received any direct notice of such a claim and in fact at this point have no official notice of the lawsuits We consider the action suit abso lutely groundless He said some of the many types of preservers his firm manufact ures comply with Coast Guard standards and some dont but he was unable to say what type the drowned victims had used The preservers did not meet Canadian standards and were labelled death jackets Can adian officials Provincial police said the jackets fitted across a persons back and forced his head under water when he was bo longer able to swim Release Results Of Music Exams Pupils of Dorothy Armstrong City have completed piano theory and harmony examina tions under the Royal Conserva tory of Music are the re sults Grade four piano Susan Adams and Joanne both honors Grade five piano Marlene Pax- ton pas Grade six piano Gail Thomp son honors Elaine Collins hon ors and Marilyn Gillespie hon ors and Janet Mary Finch pass Grade seven piano Elaine Gil lespie pass Grade piano Ted Sandra and Ann honors Pat and Mae Shepherd pass In grade two theory three re ceived first class honors Joanne Marilyn and Klaine Gillespie Blackball got a pass mark and Heather pass mark Doris Wood received a pass mark in grade three harmony VANDORF The Wesley United church ser vice was in charge of Mr Jim Sleeth last Sunday he also sang a solo The Sunday school per iod was in charge of Mrs William Kingdon Temperance convener who arranged a panel discussion on Temperance Today With Young People Those who took part on the panel were Misses Ann Crawford and Gail Ted Brown and Douglas Preston with Bob as master of ceremonies It proved very in structive Mrs Kingdon Mr and Mrs Iorne Cousins Aurora and Mrs Cole Toronto attended the funeral of their cousin Mrs Wes ley on Mon day Mr and Mrs John White and hoys Parry Sound spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Herbert White Ruth White returned home with them for two weeks Mr Harold Duncan and daugh ter Miss Duncan Don Mills spent Sunday with the Herbert White family Congratulations are extended Mr and Mrs Arthur who celebrate their wedding anniversary with a fam ily gathering held at the home of their son and daughterinlaw Mr and Mrs George Van Nos- Mr and Mrs Forward and Mrs Gray Willowdale spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harold and family CNR To Fix Approaches At Eversley Approaches to side- road CNR crossing are built too high and may cause accidents says King township council While there has never been a ser ious accident the hazard exists There are four passenger trains and several freights using the crossing daily To eliminate the danger coun cil decided last month to accept the CNR offer to reconstuict the approaches at a cost of about 390 The department of high ways engineer has estimated the cost of rebuilding the road would be Council therefore agreed to let the CNR do the work Council has since learned that the CNR will pay back to the township percent of the cost or approximately Claiming the CNR payback is too slim council has agreed to re fer the matter to the board of transport commissioners which has jurisdiction over such affairs While is not extensively used as a through road a headon collision between motor vehicles could easily result Councillors and Jenn ings point out Cash from Citizens certainly made things easier for us If John hadnt and off lor fix would iue fine but lull mi ill Mr cheques By the lima got back In nock hills beginning up petting lis down someone helpfully alliens Finance Hiey hare mi near hen vent down them The manager was understanding He arranged o that enough rash to clean up all nur debts and now wo nuke just one payment every month The Armstrongs I ilirus I In I hey help money Aon can too for loan up In Giro us a call or drop in At all loom ore not CITIZENS FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED We to torn Loon Go lennyrU Main St 52JS1 Open ill Sot till 12 loo In all principal Results and Express Classifieds The Wood Duck brightest col ored duck found in Canada nests in hollow trees and stumps Even ornithologists arc unsure how the young birds before they can fly get out of the high nests and down to the ponds and streams where they are reared headon crash injures persons Four persons were injured two seriously in a headon collision of two cars at the Don Mills and St on Saturday July Admitted to Toronto Western hospital with undetermined head injuries was the driver of one car Michael Miller His wife Ruth in York County with a broken pelvis The driver of the other car Mitchell Robinson Toronto suf fered a broken knee A passen ger Gall Coekburn Toronto was treated for cuts and bruises Robinson was charged with il legal possession of liquor YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY OUTSTANDING VALUE IN GOODWILL USED CARS TRUCKS Backed by our Written Warranty 1954 BUICK HARDTOP Twotone pain white wall tiros and rad io A real sharp car only 29000 miles 1954 MERCURY MONTEREY sedan power seats power brakes power steering Motet Malic drive radio white wall tires Clean CUSTOM FORD sedan radio 99500 METEOR 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