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Newmarket Era and Express, 30 May 1957, p. 16

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RECEIVES GRANT Acknowledgement of a grant for from council was made this week by the Newmarket and District Association for Retarded Children The town has made an annual grant to the organization which operates a special school for mentally retarded children of this area William Barker King City Celebrates 80th Birthday Era and Express Class led Bring Results In Manitoba general manufac turing today accounts for 62 percent of provincial income while argiculture provides percent AROUND CORNER MAIN ST SOUTH I 127 GOODS SATISFACTORY OR MONEY REFUNDED Colorful SUN DRESSES GIRLS SHORTS Reg to 395 65 WONT BUY A POUND OF STEAK BUT IT WILL BUY A FEW HOURS OF RELAXED COMFORT MAKE TONIGHT A MOVIE NIGHT BUY SAT MAY 31 JUNE 1 YOU MUST SEE Hunter and Natalie Wood PLUS A VISIT TO FABULOUS FLORIDA CHASING THE SUN MON TUE JUNE 34 EXOTIC SHE NEEDED A MAN HE NEEDED A WOMAN AND FOR ADDED ENJOYMENT tin in If i A new kind of adventure in astonishment ED THURS JUNE 56 AT WHAT JUL ON HER HONEYMOON of in m PRESENTS DORIS DAY LOUIS BARRY SULLIVAN FRANK LOVEJOY SCOOP WEEK OF JUNE MTW THE BOY ON A DOLPHIN HEAVEN KNOWS MR ALLYSON Newmarket 54641 Nightly from pm Matinee St at 2 pm When William Barker King City migrated from Yorkshire to Canada years ago he bought a railway ticket from To ronto to Aurora where he plan ned to settle on a farm with rel atives While aboard train he pondered seriously whether it was wise to start a life in a new country with relatives His better judgment said no so he quickly decide to get off at King station He spent the first night at the King City hotel and that time has made his residence and lifes work in the district Now that he has celebrated his birthday May 23 he is quite that his hunch must have been planted by the gods as he has never had a moments re gret that Kin became his Can- home- Me had in his locket when he landed in in to take him back to England if he did not like Can ada He never used the money for hat purpose but in later years two return visits to his alive Harrowgatc to see his Natives A sister Mrs- Lily lives at Burton Leonard Excellent health and a fine have been his greatest for which he is grateful Honoring Mr Bar- er on his birthday his five arid grandchildren resented him with a Masonic ring at a turkey dinner at he home of his eldest child Mary and her husband Alex Bishop at their Maple farm The eldest granddaughter ol Barker read her grandfath ers birthday cards and untied the among which was the Ma sonic ring For years Mr barker has belonged to Robertson Masonic Lodge and AM and a past ruling master Mr Barker reminded his Grandchildren he was born in the Victorian era and had attended the golden and diamond jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria reign He had also personal seen three other Ed ward VII King George and the ruling Queen Elizabeth When the Queens royal parents were in Canada he saw them also Making the family circle were Mary and Alex Bishop thei- children George Marion and Albert Mr Barkers son of Richmond Hill his wife anr family Shirley Anne Carol and Susan Eliza her husband Reeve Hodgson of Kettleby and child Beth Bob Janice and Davi and Annie Thompson Norman and little son Billic Crown Hill Mr Barkers youngest child Beverley the high school daugr ter who is his housekeeper their King City home where has lived for ten years Othr- guests were Mr and Mrs Chr Hodgson Tenth Line of Kin parents of Reeve Hodgson an Rev M and wife of King City Always an agriculturists unt he sold his farm when he retired to take landscape gardening he was r one time the largest milk shir per north of Toronto He repr Milk District on the ronto Board for a number years and was also a local resontative to the Ontario Fed of Agriculture Mr Barker was president King Horticultural Society some years winning prizes vegetables He was a trustee Temperanceville school boar and a former secretarytreasure in addition to being a steward or the church board In affairs he was a King councillor for six years and w on the King City villa trustee board He joined Lake Marie Association 25 year ago holding offices from time time Kingcraft Group Sees Secrets Of Ceramics From the crudest pottery to fine china and porcelain ceram ics are made from one thing clay which is decomposed rock wearing off from the surface of rock formations and carried away to riverbeds and onto river banks It takes thousands of years to scrape off and accumulate and has no synthetic substitute It can be carried for miles from its source and in so doing gathers impurities which makes it a more plastic clay This ancient craft was explain ed to Kingcrafters by Mrs Rob ert Crawford teacher of ceramics to the Kingcraft pottery group Ceramic making is fascinating but is a big subject and ones are the best tools The original hard clay called Kaolin is used in the finest por celain or china but of itself can not be fired as it requires too much heat It is mixed with a softer clay said Mrs Crawford who learned her art with Mer cedes Mrs Crawford showed sculp toring by Mrs Cooke who used grey clay from wells at subdivision mixed with while clay It is surprising how clay chang es color after it is fired A blue green red or black can come out huff and reddish The kiln is testing time said Mrs The raw clay must be thor oughly wedged or thrown on a block 50 times to remove the air pockets AH clay contains air and water and until it is wedged and the water bubbles pricked the results when put in the kiln can he disastrous Mixed clay is first washed and screened to get out stones and twigs The coil method is the oldest that is rolled into worms and these sealed together with slip This is the same type of clay mixed with water Anything can be made from coils Glazing is very important Mrs Crawford fires before and after glazing The clay object must be well dried by natural air before it is fire It can be left for months to dry out the water con tent otherwise an explosion may happen in the heat kiln for the water has to go some place The pinchpat method using the palm of the hand to shape the ceramic can he used One be comes very adept and sensitive with the hand as everybody does not use the wheel method Decorating or slip trailing color on the raw clay makes the decor ative scheme on a ceramic Glaz ing also can turn out differently after it comes from the kiln after six to seven hours Ceramic kiln heat is derpes but porcelain to degrees The of the kiln is a study in itself Mrs Crawford demonstrated coiling a snout and handle for a tea pot and fixing it on the bowl with The slab method of fashioning a ceramic is also used Mrs Cooke had made a little table lan tern holding a lichted candle which vorv attractive Mrs Crawford was wearing a costume broach and earrings in white and blue mounted with sil ver to go with her navy blue silk dress costume J vingcrofor I Mrs Crawford displayed several pieces of ceramics I At meeting Mar M it decided to obtain three display show cases for Kingcraft House each six feet long Here the cer amics and all the other handi crafts can be shown to the best advantage Mrs K Tuck thanked Mrs Crawford for her splendid talk and demonstration We of the other crafts did not know how the ceramics were done said president Mrs Partridge and now we arc learning what the pottery group does at classes Had Mrs Bruce Davis been present she would have shown how the pottery wheel is used Street Improvement In Oak Ridges To Collapse If Owners Disagree Because three properly owners backfired on a cooperative plan with King Township owners on Maple Grove avenue Oak Ridges may lose the cherished hope of seeing their street re built and a serious drainage problem rectified June was agreed upon by King council and an deputation as the deadline for the property owners to con tribute each to pay for ap proach culverts to their drivc- ways The money as it comes in will be held in trust by township clerk Rose until after June Not until the whole contribu tion is made can council start work to widen Maple Grove cut back a hill and widen street Do not let us down Reeve William Hodgson told the depu tation headed by Gallant We have spent on engineer ing advice and nothing has been done It has been a struggle he said to persuade the Ontario Depart ment of Highways to offer a subsidy for rebuilding the road Failure to comply with the agree ment would mean abandoning the project The alternative said the reeve would then be for Maple Grove to enter a local improvement plan which would be far more costly No government be given and ratepayers would finance the project over a 10year period Consent of the government to work out the existing scheme was achieved last fall by a depu tation waiting on the minister of highways The department to a per cent subsidy with township meeting the re maining per cent of the cost on condition each property own er pay for his own culverts or dered by township One of the old Oak Ridges roadways Maple Grove requires a drainage system to Highway The bad drainage on Maple Grove Is causing damages to Oak Ridges school tile bed Jack a member of the board told council May Mr Gallant and a few others paid their al lotment to clerk Rose that same night ATTENDS CONFERENCE Mrs Horace attended the Ontario Library association conference at Toronto University Library Toronto last week She participated in a discussion on the i selection of books for small lib- trie- Mr and Mrs A J Gordon Will Celebrate Silver Wedding Anniversary Mr and Mrs Aubrey J Gor don King St King City have extended an open invitation to iheir friends to attend their sil ver wedding anniversary at on Saturday afternoon and evening June They were married 25 years go on May 28 at the home of the parents Mrs Edgar and he late Ernest Edgar Toronto Rev Douglas Davis who was hen minister of King City United hurch Their attendants were he brides- sister Helen Edgar Alfred ODell then of King Some time later Mr Gordon the garage on King St King carrying on a very success- business until he sold to Motors and retired is wife was his helpmate and scretary while they lived in the over the large garage service station They have two children Mrs onald Kingsview a son Donald Gordon in school and a granddaughter Hadwen Doc Gordon was raised at and his wife Toronto lived in King City for a few with her parents until they turned to the city where Mr fear passed away later The Gordons daughter Thelma aduated as a nurse before her carriage to Don Hadwen Zephyr 16 The Newmarket Era and Express Thursday May CHILDRENS SERVICE A service was held for children of St Pauls Angli- church today in the church marked Ascension Day Mrs Isabel Ballard and Michael visited their cousins at Newton brook on Sunday Mr and Mrs visited friends at Atwood last week Mrs A B spent Sun day with Mr and Mrs Allan We are glad to report that Mr Erie is now home from the hospital and is progressing nicely The moved to their new home on Gorham St Newmarket and Mr and Mrs Au stin Cain and family moved into the home formerly occupied by Mr and Mrs Erie Mr and Mrs George Parker j and Peggy and Mrs Milner Wes ton were guests of Mrs James Galbraith on Sunday and attend ed the Sunday evening service The of the United church held its annual evening service on Sunday Mrs McTaggart and Mrs Byron Armstrong conducted the service The guest speaker was Miss Pearson returned miss ionary from India Special music was presented by the band from Uxbridge the church choir and Mrs White who sang a solo Miss Pearson told of her work as a nutritional expert on the board of foreign missions She also gave a vivid description of conditions in India during the famine Miss Pearson intends to return to her work in India as soon as her hea lth permits miles north of Newmarket on county road between Shared Holland Landing Phone Newmarket MAY 30 JUNE THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY In Cinemascope HELL ON FRISCO BAY ALAN JOANNE DRU Also LAW AND ORDER Tech Ronald Regan Dorothy MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY JUNE I IN CINEMASCOPE ALL TECHNICOLOR SHOW UNTAMED Adult Susan Tyrone Power Also CROSSWINDS John Wayne Rhonda Fleming THURSDAY JUNE BANDIO Robert Mitchum OUTLAW DAUGHTER Bill Williams Always a Color Cartoon Children under years free A number of the WMS ladies of the United church attended the annual Missionary Convention held in Vroomation FINISH THE P I I 4S fc fc Both have a bank account and a purpose for saving Plans realty start to take shape when savings start to grow One way to make sure youll have money when you need it to make regular deposits in your bank account At first it may not be easy to stick faithfully to your savings program But as your dollars build up youll find yourself facing the future with greater confidence making plans with new assurance that youll be able to carry them out Use a chartered bank to keep your savings safe and growing You will always be glad you did Save at a bank millions dot THE CHARTERED BANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY When you really need help State Farm is always near P S LEGGE NEWMARKET 0NT PHONE 56641

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