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tit 6 the stouffyiue trjsune thursday april 28 1955 unionville news mr asd mm n belmler and mr and mr boss hela ler vis ited on sunday with mr and 5rs wmimore said fatally a bradford use ecus s belas thi birhdav j bolls asothe nd daughter mr and un bert norton and barny of markiaaj tlslted on sunday with mr and mrs don ald lucau mr and mrs stanley stiver pent sunday trsti their daugh ter and soaiajaw mr and mr bob redhead of newmarket mr l mcmnlleo station st la purchased a n trair mr and mr bill mecowaa and brue of scarboro visited on sirday with mr and mrs jas tvlr miss elaine richards ard a friend from oshawa called on mrs h fladlay on sunday after- eooo sunday may stb at centra can a will be csristlaa fa t day a joist service with the i- r school will com- nte j as ral 1 the sarins wa centra united ca sreh on thursday may 5th 1 ir john d jaejtsoa of toronto salt on crime sa a co zi society the w a will meet on tanrs- day arii 5th at tzi pm in the churcn basement taursday may 5th will be the meeting for may of the womens institute v ember are asked to come at 13 to hear the special speaker a er which the basi- aesg meetin will be held the 1 a en litre club met 3 wi me of mrs do prizes were won by mrs mclar en mrs smith 3nd mrs hardy sorry to 1 ear mr albert dutt- held sr is i la the east gener- is the only baby powder that contains olive oil thats why it moistureproofs your babys tender skin against diaper irritation zbt baby powder is avail able in two sizes nursery- size hospital used in over 1700 hospitals stouffville ontario pexl v ptttj dei by savage to xcver before so many styles from which choose theyre high fashion in low heels ju priced to pamper your budget in smooth suddic leathers and brccyv nvlon mesh and so r r tt i very comforsaolc leh man s siouffviue ss t j ontario af hoerlta mr c marshall of minaetfs j point spent sunday wltb mr and i mrs h h powers tie teachers and officers of centra inited caarca sunday school met at the home of the perlntendent mr a dyke on tuesday evening- two special services were arranged we ex pect to have rer horwood of toronto for guest speaker at oar anniversary services atten dance certificates which now tae even years to complete win be continued after that lime with gold attendance pins at tendance certificates win be pre- ned on anniversary sunday miss beverley bratton will give the story for family day mrs g martlta and mr and mrs c cuthbertson spent sun day evening with mrs martins three nieces and families at the qaeensway miss margaret martin of tor onto visited her mother mrs g martin for the weekend coxxeli spexcer standards of white snap dragons and chrysanthemums decorated st johns anglican church bowmanville for the marriage on saturday afternoon april 16th of barbara joan spencer daughter of mrs john magee bowmanville and ed ward keith connell formerly of lnionville and now of bowman ville son of mrs albert and the late mr connell rev a c herbert performed the ceremony while mr john smart presided at the organ and st johns boys choir provided appropriate mu sic the bride was given in mar riage by mr john magee and wore a floor length gown of white tulle over taffetta appli- lued roses encircled the scoop neckline and were repeated on the full skirt long sleeves came to a point over the hands a juliet cap encrusted with pearls held her fingertip veil and she carried a corsage of red roses and lily of the valley miss lydia bates bowman ville the maid of honor and bridesmaids miss helen stacey of oshawa and miss pat schrani of newcastle wore similarly styled gowns the maid of honor in wood violet shade and brides maids in pale orchid their floor length dresses were of nylon tricot featuring fitted bodies with draped neckline ending in a floating panel in the back which fell to the hemline all wore matching feather caps and carried cascades of white crysan- themums miss maureen sellars unlon- ville was flower girl wearing a floor length dress of pale orchid in similar style she carried a basket of white crysanthemums mr ronald moffat bowmanville acted as best man andthe ushers were mr dave mulrkead tor onto and mr eric miller union- ville a reception was held in the legion hall following the cere mony the brides mother re ceived wearing a street length dress of navy lace over pink taffetta with navy accessories and a corsage of white carna tions the bridegrooms mother assisted wearing navy lace over navy taffetta with white hat and navy accessories her corsage was of red roses and white car nations the bride and groom left on a wedding trip to east ern canada and the catsklll mountains prior to her marriage the bride was entertained at a num ber of showers miss lydia rates of bowmanville was hos tess at a miscellaneous shower and miss helen stacey oshawa also entertained in her honor at a miscellaneous shower miss pat schram newcastle held a cup and saucer shower mrs austin wiltshire oshawa a per sonal shower and mrs fred cole bowmanville a linen show er the bride was also enter tained by her coworkers of the engineering department of gen eral motors when she was pre sented with a lamp and a wine satin comforter i the young peoples of central inited held a dinner night mr donald deacon was the guest speaker congratulations to mr and mrs j p carr who celebrated their golden wedding annivers ary on tuesday april 26th their family was present for the i occasion as well as a great num ber of old friends and neighbors mr and mrs robert gough spent thursday evening with his aunt and uncle mr and mrs jack gough milllken mr h kindlay and son dean and miss aundroau londc of toronto and mrs l rainey cn- i joyed a motor trip to orillia on sunday afternoon mrs j walker and children gail and arleue of hyland park mrs t findlay of thornhlll and mrs w bailey langstaff visited with mrs rainey satur- i day afternoon we are pleased to hear that mr and mrs gordon champion and family who have been living in simcoe for the past few years win be returning to their home on sablston drive mr basil e riti who has j been with mrs f w kincaid during the winter has returned to her home in cbatsworth ont a l3tshton and mr i mrs jack bushell of maple i 1 with mr and mrs larose teatly r rhoraas nell formerly of passed away at the daughter t zoi cod ftj this past week he liavjs to mourts him bis wife a former jennie ander son i dausmeri and oar sobs ontario country history many early settlers in ontario county came from the united states at he end of the revolution ary war many families who tad settled in the united states remained true to british con nection and were persecuted the triumphant insurgents for their loyalty there was a general confiscation of their possessions and they were driven to seek homes else where many o the refugees settled in canada after under going terrible hardships and were known as united empire loyalists other americans sought a home under the british flag from less patriotic motives they discovered the sunny spots along the shores of the lake found out the soil was good drew their 200 acres of land and rations from the nearest fort or garrison for a period of three years and had no objection to be classed as uels although their sym pathies were altogether with his funeral was held last thurs day afternoon from the danforth funeral home interment in mount pleasant cemetery mr and mrs nell lived a number of years in unionville mrs neil has not been well recently mr pick mcmullen spent last week in quebec where he took part in a curling bonspeil the unionville horticultural society met in the basement of central united church on mon day night with is present two delightful piano solos were given by mrs c a temple mr weir gave his report and was follow ed by mrs f barker mr mar lowe of unionville nurseries gave a talk on gardening and flowers speaking of the fact that our lawns are one of the most important items questions asked were answered by mr marlowe mrs toogood with mrs temple at the piano ren dered two lovely violin solos our next show is the tulip show which will be held in central united church wednesday may 25th mr and mrs ray ingleton of cedar grove visited last sunday with their mother mrs i mid- dleton sympathy is extended to mrs goddard in the passing of her sister last week messrs ham and chuck may- nard were smelt fishing last weekend and returned home with a good catch sorry to hear mrs skelton has been ill in the hospital at toronto the past week the womens missionary so ciety of central united church held their thank offering ser vice this month in the church ladies from the anglican gos pel centre and lutheran church es of unionville agincourt markham bbenezer locust hill and whitevale attended the guest speaker spoke on north and south korea the devotion al period was in charge of the agincourt group a lovely solo the holy city was given by mrs c cuthbertson with miss m warne at the piano mrs h wcatherill and mrs r thomp son as conveners were assisted by the memberes in the serving of a lovely lunch the patriots they became excellent settlers and throve on the virgin soil of canada not a few of this class entered and took up their abode in the county of ontario during the years of calm that succeeded and have been erroneously claimed as persecuted uels made good subjects they however in course of time and their families became good british subjects and at this distance of time it would be a difficult as well as an unnecessary and ungracious task to point out who were the real and who the pretended loyalists who found out they were likely to fare better under the proclamation of governor simcoe with the disbanded soldiers and loyalists than in the struggle for a home in uncle samuels dominions the family of benjamin wilson claiming to be a uel the first known settlers came into the township of whitby in 1794 he was a vermonter born in the town of putney in that state trouble avith indians for a couple of years he had no other near neighbors than the indians and they appear to have been somewhat troublesome the first year the indians came and carried off the whole years provisions which had been supplied the family by the government the poor people were driven in terror from their little settle ment down the lake towards the bowmanville or barbers creek the indians were a band of chippewas the chief wabbokisheco who had been absent when the settlers sitsntx was lotted oa his re turn compelled the indians to givo up the provisions taken away and made ample pay ment in furs for such as had been consumed the chief 3lso gave wilson a peacebelt to hang up in sis shanty telling him there would be no danger in future as otg as the belt was kept n sight ard neither was there the indians becxre mast friendly and supplied the family afterwards with abun dance of venison and fish farewell settlement the settlement of the fare wells ls another of the earliest traceable and there is some what of a little spice of ro mance about it a moody fare well and his brother william were the sons of a widow who came with her two boys from oswego to niagara where she settled down in the time of governor simcoe there she contracted a second marriage with sergeant cranford of the queens rangers and at the time of the removal from niagara to york in 1t90 came with her husband and his regi ment to the latter place cran ford got 400 acres of land and the ferry at the number but it appears with a soldiers want of thrift characteristic of the time allowed what would have been a splendid compet ence to slip through his hands about the beginning of the century the two farewell boys started in a canoe from toronto down the lake shore landing at oshawa creek literally paddling their own canoe there they took up the land on which tiey afterwards lived for so many years and on which their descendants at present reside a m was the father of abraham farewell ex mpp and his brothers re siding at harmony a frame house built by abraham fare well was raised on the day of the declaration of war between england and the united states in 1812 chased by wolves old mr farewell used to relate how he was frequently chased by wolves along the special new reo deluxe power mowers 1954 models at a real saving available only as long- as re herl great new rotary reel mod els lets make a date to demonstrate on your lawn i newhtfsheb wst mowers present supply lasts reo deluxe 18 regular 14950 21 regular 15950 now 12250 now 12950 eureka hand mowers rubber tired ball bearing clearing at only 1595 1795 for 14 and 16 models a large stock of hand and power mowers are now on display at stouffer hardware main street phone 96 fls- mothers day a problem here are lor ay we suggest nylons gloves a lovely slip a beautiful blouse or a skirt of high style the three sisters new specialty costume jewelry hats handbags the three sisters phone stouffville 276w2 7 f front read and especially at the cedar swamp near bart- letts between whitby and oshawa in those early days cp to 1s04 there was no house between farewells and lynds at lynds creek west of the town of whitby about two years after their settlement the farewell brothers went to lake scugog to trade with the indians for tare they left a man named john sharp in charge of the camp while they proceeded up the scugog on their return they found the unfortunate sharp murdered his skul having been smashed in with a club they quickly made their way back to osh awa and told tiieir story of the murder to eleazir lwkwood then settled on the lake shore he had noticed the indians camped on the shore on their way to toronto a day or two previously some of them were intoxicated and one of them ogctcrogeut went through the motions showing how he had killed poor sharp this performance was watched by loekwood from a distance having go hold of the story lockwood started for toronto after the indians they were found encamped on the island by lockwood ard the indian superintendent col givtas to whom lockwood related the particulars of the murder a warrant was issued a sergeant and gvt3rd were procured and the offending indian given up by the same chief who com pelled the restoration of wil sons goods counsel was assigned to the indian who on the trial successfully raised the question of jurisdiction as o whether the crime was com mitted within the home dis trict or the district of new castle the case was sent to be continued on page 7 plate brisket lb 19 smoked fillets lb 49 fresh hams lb 45 smoked cottage rolls lb 59 home rendered lard 2 lbs 35 minced beef 2 lbs 65 prime rib roast rolled lb 69 calves liver lb 75 open wednesday mornings 0 boyles meat market stouffville phone 35 r0xy theatre markha evenings doors open 630 sat mat 130 now playing wednesday to saturday apr 27 2s 29 30 andwl 60 native- jf j andlrvalklki goeswacky l0r1 nelson byron palmer and hil0 hattie d t w sk3um tort it mx hfaut hbw c10rk rt ttmoo uukmt am t uowo ccuotw 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