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Newmarket Era , July 7, 1916, p. 6

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gat Ganarai Store TOE SOCIAL The Mission Band of the Mount Albert 1st Church intend holding an Ice Cream Social- on JDRowlands lawn on Tues day Evening July beginning at oclock Everybody come ic in Mi A severe thunderstorm ac companied by hail visited this section on Sunday afternoon Not damage was done in the village but further north peas and suffered severely The pupils and their friends of Holt Franklin Schools held a picnic on Hammetts pond on Sat- A very enjoyable time was spent- in boating and races for everybody for which prizes were given yhile playing near the market steps little Cora Wilson Jell and put her arm out of joint Per haps we would not have so many accidents if there was a public playground for the children and then perhaps they would ra ther play on the streets v There will be a sale of baking i Tor the Red Cross at Ross store on Saturday commencing at four oclock Miss Mamie Love A T Toronto will sing at the Metho dist Church at next Sunday morn ing service School reports too late for this issue A very pretty wedding took place on Wednesday June at oclock at the home of Mrs Ambrose Myrtle Sta tion when hex only daughter Olive May was united in marriage to Mr Carl Moorhead son of Mr and Mrs John Morhead of Albert The ceremony was performed by Rev of Christian Church The bride who was given away by her brother looked charming in white crepe and tulle veil with orange blossoms and carried bouquet of cream roses and lillies of the valley Miss Mary of Toronto cousin of the groom acted as flower girl and carried a basket of The grooms gift to the bride was a handsome pearl and amythest necklace and to the flower girl a signet ring The wedding march was played by Miss Vera Cook of Prospect The bride travelled in santoy blue suit and white hat with pink flowers and blue La ter the happy couple loft for Buf falo and Niagara Falls The wedding presents were numerous and costly the home of their faiheV Mr- John Steeper- MiBjf Gertrude Moore of Toron to is at her home in town for the holidays Miss Nettie Ross of Toronto was at her home in town for the weekend Mr Hayes who has been working at a munition factory in Toronto was holi day visit- Miss Campbell is visiting at the home of her sister Mrs Fitzger ald Mr and Mrs Sloan left for a visit with friends at Flesh PROMOTION EXAMS Report of Senior room Publis School Mt Albert ok femk ign I mi PERSONALS Miss and her friend Miss Elsie of Toronto arc at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Burn- ham King St Miss Marjory is visiting with friends at Newmarket Mrs Geo of who has been visiting her mother Mrs Hunter has gone to Barrio for a few days Mrs Kennedy is in Town on a visit to her son Mr Leslie Ken nedy Mr and Mrs Harper of Toronto were at the home of Mr Geo A for the holiday Mrs Robertson is spend ing a month with her parents in Toronto Miss Myrtle Rear is spending holidays at her home in town Mr and Mrs J L Stiver and mother Mrs J A the holiday at the homo of Eugene Miss Ella Kirton of Wood- bridge Miss Dolly Kirton Miss Mabel Kightlcy Miss While and Mrs Brown of Toronto were at the home of Mr W J for the holiday Mrs W Davidson is visiting with friendsin Toronto Mr and Mrs Arthur Steeper and Mr Millard Sleeper were at Albert Dealer in all kinds of Farm Implements McCorrnlck Binders Mowers and Rakes and the Mo- Oil Engines all sizes no bet- goods made and the John Deere and Peter Hamilton and goods and do not forget the quick Meal OH Stove This is the best of all Oil Stoves Phone or write mo Senior ill to Junior Total Pass marks The following pupils have taken 50 per cent of total and over 33 per cent on each subject Have been recommended but did not write on exams Thirsk Bruce Ross Mildred Dike Marguerite Shaw Jessie Hans ford 631 Nellie Johnston Ken neth 608 Ruby Woodcock Junior HI to Senior HI Total 800 Pass marks Florence De Geer Eileen Rowland Edna Dike Ivan Woodcock 584 Doug las Campbell Clarence Robert Harrison Helen Davidson James Rolling Ivan Brace McGregor Teacher Report of Primary Room Mount Albert to Jr HI From Sr Classes A and Total 650 Pass marke 325 Esther Rolling 533 Ida Dike hon Cora Knightly Clara Rolling 509 Bella Fisher Charlie Morton Mary Campbell Ralph Croutch Cora Wilson Winnie Little 445 Evelyn Hans ford Effic Ross B 396 Mabel Pegg Ada Croutch Promoted May 1st from Jr II to Sr Total marks 575 Morgan 420 Verna Hayes Rowland Promoted from Sr I to Jr Class Total marks Pass marks Hilda Davidson Olive Haines Ruby Hayes For rest Toole Rowland Dyke 187 Clara Jean Draper 155 Woodcock absent sickness Promoted on dally marks and monthly examinations dur ing year Jr I Class Total marks Stan ley and Campbell 19 Arthur Harrison 201 190 Vera Mitchell George Wil son Basil Thompson This class examined for class standing on ly as they have not completed Junlpr I work Promoted from Junior A to Middle Primer Class Total marks 125 Frank Ross Evelyn 118 Clarence Hardy Edwin Frank Harrison and Hilda Kenny lion Margaret Harper Madeline Ross Velma Rolling Sarah Woodcock Howard Morton Norman Harrison 89 Arthur Williamson Kenneth Draper Grant Draper promoted on class work Promoted from Junior Primer to Junior Primer A Class Florence Harper Agnus Steeper Helen Dunn Vera King absent sickness promoted on class work Class standing of those remaining in Jr Class Bruce Johnston Bertha Watson Kenneth Hayes Thompson Greta Little Alvin Foster Willie Kenny Roll Jim sent Keswick fThoSieth6dist Sunday School has decided to hold teif annual Excursion and Picnic Thurs day July for a they are going to Lake Park Special car leaves gross ing at a good time Come along The boarding houses are filling up Mr Win has also had to secure an annex to provide sufficient accommodation for his guests to sleep Mr Marritt has rented his cottage on the lake shore to Mrs of Toronto who has taken possession Mr H Eves of Newmarket is now occupying his cottage on Keswick Beach and is entertain ingvisitors from a distance Mr Robert Glover is taking much pleasure out of his new Ford car The 127 th are planning for a big Concert in the Temperance Hall next Saturday night The Red Cross Garden Parly at Mr Rob TillettSi near the north sohoolhouse on Friday night will be largely patronized The girls deserve much encourage ment and the cause is worthy Bigcongregalion at the Meth odist Church last Sunday night and the sermon by Rev Richard Morton was a pleasure to every body His personal friends were much gratified Those retired farmers around Keswick who dont know what to do to put in the time would be gladly given light employment by neighboring farmers and they would esteem it a great favor to have their assislence Frank son of Mr Wm who has been laid up for three months with inflammatory rheumatism is we are pleased to state able to be around the house this week There were an interested num ber of ladies at the Hall on Tues day afternoon and so a fine lot of work was accomplished Some were packing boxes for our boys in France and England also a large box was sent to Toronto Red Cross Headquarters con taining 3 quilts white cotton sheets hospital handker chiefs mouth wipes bandages doz hospital caps washrags and a large parcel of old cotton The boxes for the boys contained socks cheese cloth shirts towel and soap life buoy I wash rag gum cocoa maple butter cakes and candy The community are preparing for 500 or at the Garden Par ty on Friday night on Mr Tillets lawn supper for 35c and a good program thrown in Come and help the cause Everyone is so pleased to Mrs Ira Morton to sit on the front porch and enjoy these bright days Hope she may still improve Cedar Glen has a lively bun in attendance The Misses Warriner and Miss Lloyd have opened a Tea Room on the premises of Mr Will BALbWiNBREEZK Donald No ass mi Gold Frame Plants Are harder better rooted give bet ter result than plants Choicest varieties of Tomato Flower Plants Asters Carnations eus Phlox Petuneas MIgnonetU Flowery Sage Sweet Snapdragon yerbloas etc tKW MR BOX or Wee roofed from the to the west side of on the norm farm df A Tory Hill Walk from to west season Is but our customers toroughout East HolUnd Landing may rely upon the delivery from the woa a soon as favorable On market every Saturday TERRY The Strawberry Festival on the of June was largely attended I be ladies from all around were a great help Mr Rose of Toronto spent over with parents in town Miller of Toronto Hat spent over Sunday with parents in town a number took in the Camp Meting on Sunday near Larger crowd ex pected next Sunday Mr I of Toronto spent over Sunday In town- Who goes through town very often driving ho attractive a pair from Baldwin I its fun Messrs and Johnson loaded a car of No live stock this week for Toronto Mr Johnson took a busi ness trip to Toronto this week Some young lads are very busy driving around this berg especi ally on Sunday evening Hay cutting has started Lot of tired people after that big feast Ha- Wish em much Joy Proceeds so it is re ported Guess Ill wind the windy wind ing Slcoping- All the world a lover oven If he Is a married man and the objection Is his wife Homemade baking el served in a cosy and do manner Once you try il you be a regular customer Miss of Toronto spending a few days with Miss Leila Morion Miss Evans who sang so in Methodist Church On Sunday night last will sing at the Garden Party oh Friday night Mr of Toronto spent over Sunday at Mrs Friend Mor tons Mr Carl of spent holidays with friends in Ibis vicinity Mrs of Toronto is visiting her brother Con- noil Mr Gladstone Marritt return ed home Sunday after a fine Irlp to Springfield IT A Mrs Fletcher has a niece and baby daughter visiting her for a short time The Christian Endeavor enjoy ed day at Snake Is land on July St A good sociable time was spent on the water In launches and up with music and goods at Island Grove Parlors Keswicks paper boy Llewellyn Fletcher- is badly used up with poison from the Poison Ivy Mrs Brook of Dollar spent a few with her sisters Mrs Purdy and Mrs Morton Mr and Mrs Travlss and family of Newmarket spent Sun day at Mrs Have you seen the drugs and accessories at Sandys Mr Jessie Connell has his mo ther with him for a days Freeman Jovial face Is certainly pleasing to see It is to see one accepting his duly and Ihough it Is not always easy carry the A very praiecworthy effort is being made on the instant to a Bee to beautify the old Richard Mann Burying Ground Mr Martin Rose desires to express his sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends for their assistance and sympathy during the Illness and death of his beloved partner and also to those who assisted at the funeral All persons Interested In the Richard Mann Burying Ground near Keswlok are requested to meet on the ground at oclock p ON JULY for the purpose of and Im proving the grounds JOHN W MAN1ES I MARRAW J one a radius of about ten miles of Baldwin- Hail was a prominent feature I have been saying Look I for as it was central period of Mercurys equinox- first ten days of July seem to be prone to demon strations hail Mercury goes off on a holiday on or about the Following closely will be awfully- hot waves and abundance of showers J bees arent gathering much honey Weather is unfavorable Our venerable friend watches the weather close ly Sees wher the mqon hew moon is and weather it will be wetior dry In his as- observations Uncle fails to catch a view of The Owl The human eye is hot strong enough it requires the eye of faith Look down a the end of this- budget and you will see that by the latest snapshot from the Era observatory that the wise old bird is at his post of duty On watch for hews Alwoys ready ever waiting The Keswick scribe must surely live in Sleepy Hollow else why not be wide awake and scoop in what Dame Rumor is loudly pro claiming ie a charming young widow has two admiring suit- for her hand and heart Ever so much news of a similar char acter comes floating on tine breeze Dominion Day brought many friends to town The day was quietly observed Only flags braving the battle and the breeze If we were as enthu siastic arid patriotic as Yankee Doodle be a hundred flags afloat was ever a staunch admirer of the British flag I love patriotism wherere tis bo found In Qucensvilletherc stood for generations before an hotel a flagstaff Ever aloft was a Jack or some other royal stand ard None there now The patri otic spirit must be dead No I a spirit never dies It may sleep Visitors on Dominion Day Ar thur Smith and family Mrs Charlie Georgian Bay North Shore James Owen Mrs Mary Toronto and Mrs Charlie Owen Point Ed ward at Mrs Wm Hogg and family motored from land Mrs Sinclair is homo af ter a long slay with relatives in and Winnipeg I Rumor says Never mind its something pleasant Mr and Mrs Ben Tomlinson arose bright and early on the Dominion Dayandsaid Why cant we bo young again and celebrate along with the other kids Theres nothing to hinder they agreed So off put and had a most time meeting no such mis fori v as recorded of John his spouse They Mr Ars worth a lor 25c of any expect Say in loth Ju lolly Jay my little I guess I should apologize for the way I you up lasl wcck re berries After sampling a liberal supply I can readily conceive how very difficult it is to refrain from covetousneHs Perhaps the kills have been Instiiictcd as an old- time Muskrnt addressed his hoys on their starting out in life to do for themselves Hoys said he Got money Get It hon estly if you can hut get it Franks berries are most lus cious and wonderfully large de velopment Many so big that none but an India rubber mouth could hope to accommodate a whole one Frank Tomlinson and Tommy are selling at two boxes for a quarter well heaped up and running over Our Russell Gum Swamp Academy and Fos ter Egypt P have taken their departure for other realms to conquer Goodbye sweetheart I Goodbye I They each received handsome gifts as souvenirs and testimonials of endearment from their pupils many of whom wept as old Peter did Elder W P had a lady and baby for company to and fro Keswick and Baldwin on Sunday evening Who were Pro bono publico No flirtation you may hot your bottom dollar on that On Dominion Day at Jacksons Point a ball team from Toronto gave the Virginia Vibrators a great shako up Baldwin Bubs then assayed to ropeat the trick but the Frenchmen tallied to Boys cant play with their noddles soaked with booze Virginia cludedsix stalwart sons of Jlm- mle Lyons the Irish agitator and Onion King of Town ship The Brownies held a most suc cessful Strawberry Festival last Wednesday ovening It was pro nounced an elegant supper by fear lessly declared it beat Egypts big spread I dont swallow such muhy yarns as that No j Glad to see John at home In the Highlands He found his venerable mother reasonably well for a Scotch las sie of 86 years- Jack Is of most friends too nice for Dakota Great catches of are made here this season It beats the Throngs are weekS6me days ago a car load of throe generations of the Curtis family from King Town ship were at Tomlinsons and fished air day at the Devils Elbow ElbowPark They had a great haul of mud cats Remember week Good unsc Lots of Good Fat Fowl Will pay top price Dont delay soiling them while my price Is- good FA1RBARN Prop Herman Phone 21r3 BROWNHILL GENERAL 8T0RE Mrs Wm of Man is visiting her sister Mrs AR Mackenzie Messrs Bill and Ross Macken zie were homo attending the wed ding of their sister Miss Marion Miss Gladys Belfry of Newmar ket was visiting her cousin Miss Ada Wright a few days last week Miss Myrtle Myers of Toronto is visiting with her cousin Miss May The funeral of Mrs Martin Rose was largely attended on Tuesday Much sympathy is felt for the husband The operators Miss Lulu and visited their cousin Miss Adeline Ballard who recently recovered from an oper- for appendicitis Miss May entertained a number of young people in honor of her cousin Miss Myers of To ronto Mrs Will Watson of Aurora Is staying her mother- Mrs A J Milne who is very poorly Mr and MrsE J Mr and Mrs J Huntley mo tored- up to Mr Thos Huntleys at Sutton on Wednesday Dr Graham spent Wednesday last week in Toronto Mr Brown of Toronto spent a short time- at Mr John Scotch Thistle York lour King and Country Need N o w Will When Britain Is calling her sons to the offensive in pursuit of the Huns and every man has hU place to fill when your own Battalion Is being upon to enter the Training Camp In active pre paration for service when your Empires pause and that of civilized humanity Is In the balance YOU CAN HELP TO TIP THE si money 1 to hear try picnic I that be DEATH OF MR6 HALL Mrs Ada Hall wife of Herbert Hall 3rd Concession East bury was found dead In a cistern near her home on Monday night of last week The lid was on the cistern and although the was found In water feet Inches deep the doctors who examined neighbors think that Mrs Hall stepped into the cistern replac ed the lid and died from exposure In the cold water She had not been seen since early morning When her husband left for work and daughter Flossie left home to attend Sunday School picnic with a married daughter Mrs Allan Shaw About 10 oclock a Mr Hall returned from the milt and went into the house before going ahead with other work He noticed that his wife was absent but as she had been talking of going to the took ft for granted that she had gone with her daughter About in the evening the parly returned from the picnic and Mr Rail was amazed when they asked where Mrs Hall was Two search parties were organized and they scoured the- neighborhood without success until someone thought of the cistern Mrs Hall had hern In poor health and was despondent which looks as lit she had planned to take her own life The funeral was held Thursday af ternoon of last week from the resi dence to Cemetery funeral was one of- the largest seen In that district and Included the prominent residents from New market and Holland Landing districts The service was conducted by W Atkinson pastor of Presbyterian of which Mrs Hall had been a member while the prayer was offered up by Mr pastor of Holland Landing Methodist Among the others who assisted at the service was Mr Pressor an elder- of the Christian Church Pt Newmarket Crown authorities have now as certained that the body of Mrs Hall was by a neighbor Al though tho opening of cistern was covered he thought that It might ho that the woman was In the well and in probed for the with a polo The sharp point en tangled In the clothes and he drew the remains from the well It was stated that when body was found It was in a position Under he auspices of the East York Liberal Association including South York Federal and East York Provincial ON MARKHAM FAIR GROUNDS Saturday July 16 Big Programme of Baseball and Running Races PLATFORM MEETING Patriotic Addresses by Johnston Garter P Guelph and Major A Hunter Toronto a returned Veteran from France Branch of the Red GrossSociety will be in attendance 8TOUFFVILLE BAND Picnic in Hie Afternoon Everybody Come See Small Hills leaves Toronto Returning leaves at p in A AMES Esq KIRBY Treasurer GOD SAVE THE KING n Secretary treated at le Wells- luaccs at on tf Icy Hospital 0 at Jack Point on over The pavilion Su Mr and Mrs was the great attract o ess Mr and Mrs of To- tprmedlate piano She over the holiday here sumo lier studies for Quito a number from hero took next year Sutton West Mr and Mrs A M and MIhb Martin spent in Sutton guests of her slslor Mrs J Mrs Martin is remaining over for a week or so Mrs accident ally fell verandah of her homo on Saturday and broke her hip Congratulations are alio Misses Maud and and Mamie MoLaughllnthey hav ing passed their- Normal Exams Messrs Green wood and BurOh of were home over Sunday Misses Amy and Nellie Buroh of Toronto spent oVer Sun day with their parents Mr and Mrs W arrived home on Saturday from Toronto where Mr FRUIT BULLETIN IS the offlolal Niagara Fruit Bulletin Buy your now The to secure ine are at their best this week your Niagara Peninsula i This Label la your pro tection the num ber is your guarantee of quality Worth more than unknown without any personal responsibility hind them on iho lobol vUh ihs map PENINSULA and are ready aervod cold meats now tot pie or

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