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firemens Auxiliary Plans Turkey Supper Kin City The Womens Aux iliary of King City Firemens As sociation set up the menu for the full course turkey dinner which will be held at the United church October 29 Thirteen turkeys have been or- dand tickets are available from auxiliary members The group is shar ing in the work under the chair manship of Mrs Don McCallum president The lucky draws at the meeting were won by Mrs Bob Berwick and Mrs La Pi ante a new member Proceeds from the turkey din ger will be partly devoted to some furnishings for the fire mens committee room in the fire bait Pioneer Museum Near Edgeley A Link With Past By Laura Rolling The pioneer museum of the Dalziel Conservation Area near Vaughan township re- Claims the ancient setting of the early pioneers of the Pennsyl vania Dutch and the early Scot tish settler The conservation area is ad ministered by the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Mrs Neil Thornhill is the historical con sultant and museum director It has taken Mrs Neil two years to arrange the scenes and the thousands of relics each one with a special link with the past The museum itself is a region al project Mrs Neil told the Era I ANNUAL PLOWING MATCH Kin and Vaughan Branch of Ontario Plowmens Association TUESDAY OCTOBER 1957 On Farm of George Lot Concession VAUGHAN Township onehalf mile south of north of No highway ALEX President RAY JENNINGS King City Secretary J KING CITY GARAGE GRAND OPENING Friday and Saturday October 1 8 1 Will be officially opened by King Township officials SATURDAY NIGHT PM Draw for special prizes Music and square dancing on the lot Repairs on all makes of cam Front End Alignment Electric Acetylene Welding Steam Cleaning Road Service IMPERIAL ESSO PRODUCTS PHONE KING 212 EXHIBITION AND SALE OF OIL PAINTINGS STONE HOUSE ART CENTRE SO Paintings from to 25 Oil Paintings from Matty other great values OCTOBER 1426 MONDAY TO SATURDAY am TO pm STONE HOUSE ART CENTRE OAK RIDGES St miles north of Richmond Mill and Express Everything comes from York County and has been put into the twostorey log barn built by Schmidt in after he came from Lan caster County Pennsylvania to Canada The old relics that were for gotten in basements and barn sheds have been brought out and polished for the public to see how they were used to years ago They are for future generations to trace the history of the early settlers and are a great credit to the people who made them by hand and to their descendants who prize their his toric value A C Tyrrell Ontario Dep uty Minister of Planning and De velopment made the official opening of the first annual pio neer festival of the Con servation Area To plan well for the future we must know a great deal about what happened in the past said the minister Conservationists must learn all they can about the development of the areas they study To do this they study the records of the past but unless accurate knowledge is shared to some extent with the public it cannot be used to the best ad vantage Under the democratic system of government he said the final word on the amount of planning for conservation rests with the people concerned With out some form of illustration or visual record they cannot imag ine the busy stirring life of a hundred years ago We need more than books pictures and archives to tell us how our forefathers lived We need to preserve some of the actual tools and machines build ings and furniture they made and used every day As time goes on these become more rare and if we allow them to be lost through indifference and neglect we are depriving our grandchild ren of a heritage to which they are entitled Mr Tyrrell assert ed There Is no belter way he said of preserving relics than to them in their original locations and under conditions as like as possible to those in which they were made and used Often the only to do this is to move them to a now and form a museum village It is fortunate he said that the umber Authority secured a barn on its original site and fil led it with collections made and used in this vicinity The Era learned from con servation officials that the farm located near the property had been purchased It is the hope of the Authority to transform it into an Village Purchased In It was in 1828 that James from Lanarkshire Scotland bought the Schmidt farm and its The first night in his new home the records state James Dalziel read the verse the Psalm from the family Bible This is my rest forever here will I dwell for I have de sired it James his wife and nine children were Godfearing settlers and to his grandson James now nearly came this heritage Mr with his wife and daughter Mrs Charles Agnew live in the solid brick house built by the grand father The museum barn surrounded by demonstration plots a farm pond picnic facilities and large parking space has been restor ed by the authority John Schmidt relates Mr Tyrrell was a lumberman as well as a farm er and that is why he required such a large stable for his in dustry with standings for several yoke of oxen at the east end and a roomy horse stable at the west Oxen says Mr Tyrrell were preferable to horses for lumber ing in the woods Mrs Neil hopes to fill the stables with pioneer scenes sim ilar to those in the upper part of the barn Primitive Methods The demonstrations on foods made the primitive way and by primitive recipes were under the York County branch of the Ger man Pennsylvania Folklore So ciety of Ontario Herb Constable of Maple is the York president and Miss Annie Stong is secre tary One activity was sausage mak ing Two hefty porkers slaugh tered on the Snider farm the previous day were suspended from a frame The carcasses were butchered cut into pieces weighed and sold to a long line of customers The Dutch sausages were made by the primitive wooden sausage maker and fil lers the lard was rendered in a handed down through gener ations of families Mrs Herb Constable and Miss sold hand engraved souven ir plates depicting Pennsylvania Dutch scenes in Ontario They also sold little plaques with a German expression Another scene was apple but ter making Here Sni der moved the long wooden handle that turned the paddle inside a huge iron kettle over a fire He stirred the cider filled with peeled apples When boil ed down it would make the Dutch apple butter but Mr Sni der had been turning since 8 am and the butter wasnt ready for the jars until after 5 pm His sister Mrs Thompson was peeling the apples with an old fashioned iron peeler screwed to the table She said there had been an apple paring bee at Wes ton the night before to get bushels of apples ready for the 30 gallons of cider In another booth was Sim of using a cabbage slicer made by his great grand father a century ago He was making sauerkraut the primitive way He makes it at home but instead of letting it ferment be side a wood stove he allows it to stand ten days beside his oil burning furnace Instead of storing it in or 20 gallon crocks he puts it in his home deep freeze In another booth was Dutch cooking sold by Edgeley Wo mens Institute Chief Visits One of the guests of the RC Authority of which A Richardson is the chairman was a full blooded Indian Chief Pale Face from the Six Nations Re serve at He came in full costume and feather head dress The Museum curator Albert explained how St Andrews Church Observes Anniversary St Andrews Presbyterian church Strange was beautifully decorated with bouquets of flow ers colorful vegetables and su mac leaves for the 120th anniver sary service on October 6 A container of large gold mums of white shaggy mums were the gift of Mrs Johnstone Dahlias and aster mums came from Mrs Howard Fry while flowers in other varieties added to the scene A bowl of yellow a made a pretty contrast to the taller varieties The pink walls of the church against the blue border of the windows brightened the lime oak finish of the chancel Choir loft chairs were vacant at the morning service as influ enza struck 50 per cent of the junior choir members who had prepared special music At the last moment on Sunday morning Miss of Las- kay United church supplied two lovely vocal solos Mr Bruce Will BA minister of the congregation preached in the morning Rev Frank Slavik BD Toronto was the evening preacher assisted by Maple Pres byterian choir Page The Newmarket Era Express Thursday Oct RICHMOND HILL LIONS I WEEKLY GO Monday October 800 PM AT LIONS COMMUNITY HALL CENTRE ST EAST RICHMOND HILL huge iron pot hanging over a I four or five hundred visit the wood fire Everything was made Museum every week This is a up except the pigs heads and community project he said they were not being made into and we want old and young headcheese that day The work- alike to share wonders started before am and Greetings from Vaughan town- were at it until pm ship were brought by Deputy The ladies wore Dutch Reeve Robert Kirk Kingcrafts Founder Will Hold Annual Meeting Birthday Party On October 23 Lady George treasurer Mrs founder and honorary president It I Cooke recording secretary of Kingcrafts will be hostess at Kings wold when election of officers annual reports and the seventh birthday celebration of Kingcrafts will be held At the September general meeting which opened the fall term Mrs Laird presented the slate of officers If further nominations are made they must he in the hands of Mrs Laird by October whose telephone original buildings He acquired I number is Maple 176 acres From this site two i Nominees arc honorary ago the conservation dent Lady president authority purchased acres in- Mrs James Baxter past presi- cluding Ihe log barn with foot- dent Mrs Barrett Partridge vice thick handhewn pine and oak president Mrs Henry Borden timbers second vice president Mrs Announcing the new 12th Series a BUY THAN EVER On October of Canadians will again have the opportunity to join in this easier way to save Many thousands will lake advantage of it as they have each year for a round dozen years Theyll have a special reason this time because the 1 aeries offers the highest interest rate in Canada Saving Bond history making this issue stand out from them all Arrange for your bonds without delay save to speed worthwhile plans toward reality If an emergency should arise they can he redeemed ami easily for cash face value plus earned interest Canada Savings Hoods can he ordered through banks investment dealers and trust or loan firms or through the convenient Payroll Savings Plan where you work that bonds con build your future Interest First 2 Years Remaining Years 4 Denominations 5000 and in fully registered form 500 5000i Limit Not more than of this series in any one name I Miss Helen Hunter assistant re- cording secretary Mrs Gage I ove cor respond i ng sec re a i Mrs Milliard Bryan house com mittee convener Mrs John Grew On Wednesday Oct 30 Under the Garden Group there will be a home baking sale convened by Mrs C also of Christmas and decorations which can be ordered before Christ a Handicraft articles will be dis played which can be sold Mrs Eric White of the Garden announced that group meetings will be held every third Wednesday of the month com mencing at 11 am when work will be done on Kingcrafts gar den as long as weather holds Other kinds of work will pro gress in the work room in the early afternoon A box lunch at noon will make iho midday break Mrs Ron rugging group convener reported on the suc cessful venture of ruggers in their demonstrations the Tins group made headlines in a radio presentation over i hen they were interviewed by Marjorie Chad wick nod John Tyrrell The seventh birthday party of Kingcrafts is an important oc casion at Kings WOld where the organization had its inception under the inspired leadership of Lady From a group of women to an active member ship Of over 150 is quite a climb person can be lone to King- rafts provided she lives in the and has a desire to do craft work The associate mem bership is very sizeable too New active members are Mrs Herbert Schmidt art Mrs Little Mi Lois and Mrs Victor Doner in smocking Also from King in associate i- Mrs lh ice Jennings and Mrs A Cameron of WEEK IS CONCERN OF ALL Kintr City The establishment of fire prevention week by the government is the concern of everyone stated King City fire thief Dave Glass In fart it should be observed every week in year in the minds of the people as the loss of life and property is a constant menace The chief and his assistants will visit schools in the King City fire area carrying out fire drills and giving talks to pupils He expects to have a representa tive from the Ontario Fire Mar department visit one of the schools prevention posters are being placed in King City stores to draw the attention of the pub lic The number of fire attend ed by the local fire department has cost King township hundreds of dollars in the past year the chief points out YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY Jackpot 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