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the tribune stouflfvule ont thursday july 20 1950 tries to rescue grandson drowns with him at udora double tragedy struck in the mill pond of udora in the peffer law district when a grandmother drowned in a futile attempt to save the life of her sixyearold grandson who had ventured be yond his depth dead are mrs lome bagshaw 59 lifelong resident and michael snodden son of mr and mrs morris snodden who live on a farm in georgina township michael and his cousin donald bagshaw six were visiting their grandparents farm on the black river excited and anxious to explore the two boys had left their lunch unfinished and ran down to the river they had only been gone a short time when their grandmother went outside looked around and then suddenly heard michaels voice down by the liver crying for help she ran down the road from the additional locals mr and mrs anthony nigh and mrs g hilts of gormley visited with mrs beach and her sister on sunday mr f c rowbotham returned saturday after 5 days of eye treat ment in toronto general hospital we are glad to report he is some what improved vincent baker of altona has pur chased a farm five miles north of oakwood to which he plans to move next march first a daughter of mr and mrs baker lives in that district markham district veterans association is presenting hay loft jamboree a home talent show at rainbow gardens markham july- 24 and 25 contests for amateur talent are part of the house across a timber bridge and s and anyone in the vincinity is welcome to come to the tryout upon reaching the river found donald in the watei crying and trying to reach michael who was floundering and slipping farther out the grandmother who could not swim a stroke plunged into the shallow side of the millpond and on friday july veterans hall 21 at markham struggled to get to michael by this time had gone down a few feet farther and she stepped off the ledge hidden under the water which drops about 12 feet she too went down donald scrambled out of the water and ran up the road to get his grandfather who was on hi way from the house donald screamed at him that his grand mother was in the water with michael then mrs leonard bridger mrs bagshaws youngest daughter and mrs betty rogers a friend stay ing in a cottage nearby heard the cries and slid a rowboat into the stream and rowed toward the two drowning persons but they said each time they got the boat near mrs bagshaw she would go down and come up farther away michael had disappeared neither woman can swim so each feared jumping into the mi- rex frost your favourite radio announcer will be in stoulf- ville july 2s he will be speaking on agricultural broadcasting and his recent trip to scandinavia this who open meeting is being sponsored by the altona womens institute and will be held in the veterans hall births rae mr and mrs jas rae stouffville rr2 are happy to announce the birth of their son on friday july 14 1950 at the brierbush hospital stouffville clarke mr and mrs ronald clarke greenwood are happy to announce the birth of their son on friday july 14 1950 at the brierbush hospital stouffville elson mr and mis lloyd elson stouffville rr3 are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on monday july 17 1950 at the brierbush hospital stouffville new type bridge on 2nd of markham a newtype multiplate bridge culvert was placed at the corner of the elgin mills sideroad and the 2nd concession of markham on tuesday afternoon this multi- plate steel installation is one of a half dozen of this new type install ed in the township within the last couple of years one is in use in whitchurch and one in uxbridge township the new construction which does away with concrete butments and piers is manufactured by the armco co of canada and is made up of heavyguage steel arches securely bolted every few inches in a tubularshaped culvert oipe the one laid on the 2nd this week was thirty feet in length and seven feet in diameter exgagemext mr and mrs frederic h hamil ton of brougham announce the engagement of their eldest daugh ter beula mary to donald william duncan eldest son of mr and mrs wm m duncan of green hiver i the marriage will take place saturj day august 12th at 7 pm in the united church brougham mr and mrs fred gostick wish to announce the engagement of their daughter nellie jean to william james hopkins eldest son of mrs hopkins and the late wm hopkins of ashburn the marriage will take place on saturday august 19 at 230 oclock in green river baptist church double drowning at udora friends will regret to learn that mr jas jarvis was taken to st michaels hospital toronto last friday afternoon water they did all they could to reach the elderly woman until she disappeared and never came up again lome bagsliaw the grand father who cant swim either had exhausted himself in a frantic effort to reach his wife i shouted at her to come back and that i would get a boat but she walked on into the dark water fully clothed she didnt seem to hear me her only idea was to save michael then she disappear ed sobbed mrs bridger to the daughter the scene held continued on back page miss canada columbia jordans delicious raspberries 5 29c grape juice ks 23c natures best choice rickmello froihly ground tomato juice i2- 22c coffee l 35c mm harry hornes asitd flcv punch mixes 33c hedlunds with gravy meat ballsy 43c rose whole dill pickles afe 35c laings cc sauce rfxk fancy british columbia pack red c0h0e salmon kha77 saiad dressing miracle whip dominion full nut flav9ur peanut butter hnzruitieats vegetables infant foods garden fresh fruits vegetables arriving fresh daily including lettuce celery tomatoes beets potatoes ontario xo 1 new potatoes locnl large heads new cabbage ontario- green top new carrots ontario green top new beets ijhikc black sweet cherries 10 1b 39c 2 for 19c 2 bunches 15c 3 bunches 15c lb 25c 6 qr basket 139 mrs r h camplin was 97 years of age funeral service for rachel home camplin widow of james w camplin was conducted by rev w s butt in the central united church unionville on saturday july 15 mrs camplin was the daughter of mr and mrs alexander home who lived in the township of reach near greenbank in 1s75 she was married to james camplin and they farmed near greenbank until 1911 when they moved to unionville where mrs camplin lived until about is months ago when failing health caused her to give up her home she died in the bradford nurs ing home on july 13 at the age of 07 years although she had reach ed a great age her mental faculties were quite normal until a few days before her death she led an exemplary christian life was a member of the united church a member of the wa and a life member of the vvms she is survived by one grand daughter mrs eileen cooke cunningham her husband two sons russell and arthur and one daughter laura mrs cooke predeceased her following the service the funeral proceeded to greenbank for inter ment in the family plot gormley miss eva schlichter of new dundee is spending several days with mr and mrs e hunt mr and mrs c winger and family visited on tuesday with mr and mrs fred lebeck of stayner mr and mrs ben cober mr and mrs john cober mr and mrs levi steckley carol and mary visited on monday and tuesday of this week with relatives at fordwich miss mildred brillinger is spend ing two weeks at nottawaga beach near midland miss bett3 glover is having some holidays with mr and mrs ross horde of browns corners lemon vi lle harvesting peas seems to be the order of the day some report good returns and others poor mrs a e williams and miss ruth williams were guests at the hastings farm last week messrs keith hutchinson and fred harwood are busy at the vinery at richmond hill sorry to hear mr roy graham has been laid up again with a back injury mrs s w hastings spent the weekend with her daughter in muskoka we are glad to welcome the wicks family back for the summer the toronto east rural presbytery ypu as you may have noticed in the coming events the toronto east rural are having a musical open air service in stouffville park there will be music for everyone to enjoy and bill hiltz who has recently returned from college in the states will bring a short mes sage the program committee has planned- a splendid service and these are some of the numbers the youth for christ choir will give several selections evelyn and harold lapp will sing that lovely number heart divine john and gordon murison will play their french horn and cornet a treat you will not want to miss and last but not least edna jerman will sing the lords prayer we know as many as possible will want to be at stouffville park sunday night july 30th for two reasons to enjoy a splendid ser vice and to encourage the young people in their great work the young people are anxious to carry on this work they have a great deal of work in connection with summer camps and training school life long resident of whitchurch twp passes in 88th year mrs margaret foster passed away on sunday july 16th two days prior to her 88th birthday at the home of her daughter mrs chas preston of lot 1g con 7 whitchurch she had made her home with mrs preston for some years mrs foster was born in whitchurch township her parents being mr and mrs john mcclennan of scottish origin her husband george foster prede ceased her 2s years ago two years ago the late mrs foster sulfered a stroke and dur ing the past winter had pneu monia she had been bedfast for two weeks the fosters farmed north of bethesda for years on the farm now occupied by fred preston and lived in aurora some 30 years the deceased was a member of bethesda united church she is survived by three sons george and earl of aurora walter of sutton west and by one daughter mrs chas preston laura of stouff ville rr also surviving are 22 grandchildren 21 great grand children and 2 great great grand children funeral service was held in thompsons funeral home in aurora by rev mr moddle on wednesday july 19th followed by intermeal in aurora cemetery crosier reunion in memorial park the 19th annual reunion of the crosier family was held on satur day july 15 1950 at stouffville memorial park the day was per fect for the occasion and a most enjoyable social time was spent during the afternoon an interesting program of sports was held including baseball supper was served and while at the table with the honorary president mr cecil crosier toronto in charge special prizes were given to mr and mrs john albright uxbridge for the oldest man and woman present and to ronald wesley crosier infant son of mr and mrs allan crosier blackwater for the youngest person present the following officers were elected for another year honorary president cecil crosier sr tor onto president wesley crosier blackwater vicepresident roy hart uxbridge secretarytreasurer delbert catherwood claremont it was agreed to hold the 1951 reunion at the same place and on the first saturday in july two persons drowned in the black river near udora last week 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