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i c w i8 1 I J J J- The Era Newmarket- Aurora March S Socials BY Mrs Burrows Is vacationing In Jamaica enjoying the sun and Coca Cola Her column Lake Socials will resume upon her return H BINIONS CORRAL TRADE POST i Llddle Bruce Brian Grimes and Michael Gaudaur as clowns on bicycles helped carry through the circus theme adopted for this years Our Town In Ice Shepherd Staff Mount Albert United Will Hold Sunrise Service Dressed in their circus spangles to represent market Figure Skating Clubs ice show performing animals this group awaits the ring- masters call to present their act in the New- Shepherd Staff MOUNT ALBERT Special arc Invited to attend Holy Week services will be and partake of breakfast held Wednesday and Thurs day evenings in Mount Albert Will Newcomers History United Church parlor from until pm and on Good Friday morning at am An Easter Sunday Sunrise service in the United Church at am will be followed by breakfast in the church par lor The group will be in charge of this service again this year and community rcsi- By DAVID HASKELL East Gwillimbury in the I Nineteenth Century written I by Gladys Rolling is lommended reading for all Newcomers to the township who are not as fa miliar with the historical gnificancc of East older residents will Mrs Rollings book fas cinating And oldtimers loo will joy reading the book because author covers about every family who resided in East Township in the Many of the nineteenth cen tury names are still with us today Such families as Dra per Evans Glover Pollock Selby Smalley Sucs paid cents to and Wright are remove a tooth what it cost sprinkled throughout Mm for pounds of beef page book cents Names such as Brammcr Morris Proctor and are bound to stir up memories of forefathers The book contains many il lustrations of oldtime resi dents old maps and photo graphs of homesteads DIARV Highlight of the book is a diary kept by Ezra a farmer whose land was on the west side of the 3rd concession a short dis tance south of Mr who worked the farm with his father Ira must have been a parsimoni ous man indeed Throughout bis diary he makes references to wages he paid help cents per day what fae Canadian Legion Notes Milton Wesley Branch By LLOYD SIVERNS A very large number turned up for the St Patricks Day dance held in the auditorium Saturday and May Bag- ley and Jack and Tecr celebrated their and anniversaries Mary celebrated her 21st birthday Billeting urgently requir ed for those that can handle Iwo boys overnight for the nights of March 29 and 31 These boys will be play ing in the Legion Centennial Hockey tournament on these days and will be coming from near and far play the games that arc scheduled on the above dates Please phone Art Ferguson if you can put two or more boys up on the speci fied nights This past Thursday night Newmarket played host to Branch for Zone Social Sports The night ended up even as New market won darts and euchre and won the fleboard and cribbagc Alex Hands is back at St Michaels Hospital Barry KcclGY Bill Crawford and John Murphy arc all recuper ating at home Also we have learned that Sam Deans is back In York County Hospi tal Anyone Interested in wel fare work hospital visits etc please phone Jack Caradona if you are available There are two conventions coming up in the near future Tle District Convention will be held in Bolton on April 1 and the Provincial Command Convention will be in Samia June to June 10 We welcome new members Mary Margaret Emmel Donald B Scott and Wil son We also welcome trans fers from other Branches Lome Fletcher Reginald Norman A Myles and Peter Sanderson Clifford J Rank has transferred to Aurora closer to where he is living Peco is busy making a few changes in the hall for your comfort He has a lot of things planned but the next thing on his agenda is extra exhaust fans in the mens Of course the year of Mr diary was 1871 The first few pages of Mrs Rollings book tells of the first settlers in East Gwillim Township The year was PAST AND SAKE The Governor of Upper Can ada Lord wanted a fast safe way of supplying the British forts on Lake Hu ron and Lake Superior Sur veys showed him that it was only eight miles by barge up the Holland River to Lake Water routes and portages could then supply the forts East Gwillimbury was named after maiden name of Lord Simcoes wife It wasnt the war of thai the Holland River route was used too extensive ly Supplies were hauled from Toronto to Soldiers Bay at the Sidcroad and then loaded on barges for the Great Lakes forts After the war traffic stowed down but road from Toronto brought tour ists even then A naturalist John of spending several days at Soldiers Bay and describes staying in a house in midst of the and marshes where mosquitoes were plentiful and troublesome making it impossible to sleep at night In later years Holland landing became a thriving community the location of sawmills grist mills distil leries breweries At times it was almost impassible to cross Old Street he- cause of the heavy oxen cart traffic DECLINE in the IBMs saw the decline of Holland Landing with the coming of the rail roads The next note of historical significance for Holland Land ing was the Re bellion of A village participating in the comic re bellion Mrs Rollings book makes reference to fact that Alexander who wrote the Maple Leaf Forever was a onetime resident of East The author make the same mistake as many others who write histories She pinpoints the location of historical sites with modern- day locations She draws her facts from conversations with senior citizens old church records municipal records the files of The Era and Ontario Archives MINUTELY Each community in the township minutely exam- in her history The section on centennial farms farms which have re mained in the same family for more than 100 years is accompanied by a photograph of the homestead The book is wellwritten and easy to read and should be must reading in this our Centennial year East in the Century sells for S2 and can be obtained from the follow ing Township Mount Al bert or Libraries Marina Mrs Jac ques Holland Landing Mrs K III Maurice CI East Gwillimbury Heights Oscar Main St Newmarket Post Oilier General Store Drown Hill and Tom Lane Mr Haskell Is Editor of The Era and a former book reviewer for The Telegram Mrs C A Campbell Buried Saturday MOUNT ALBERT An other Mount Albert area sen ior citizen Mrs Catherine A Campbell wife of the late William Campbell died al her home on Alice Street in the village on Thursday March The funeral service was held at the Lewis Funeral Home on March with in terment in Mount Albert Cemetery Rev William March was in charge of the service The daughter of the late Mr arid Mrs William Mrs Campbell was born in Zephyr on Sept I She married William Camp bell March and couple farmed on Concession Scott Township for four years then moved to the farm two miles north of Mount Albert on the Centre Road where she remained until the summer of when the family moved to Mount Al bert Her husband predeceased her in September One son Douglas and two daughters Mrs Norman Brooks and lola live in Mount Albert Mrs Campbell was an active member of the United Church and a life member of the Womens Missionary Society Regular Easter Sunday services will be held in the United Church at am and in the Church of the Mount Albert Rebecca Lodge To Hold Euchre MOUNT ALBERT The Rebecca Lodge Benefit Com mittee will sponsor the Thurs day March 23 euchre in the Community Hall at pm At the March Rebecca euchre the mens first sec ond and third prizes went to Isaac William Critten den and George Walsh with the ladies prizes going to Mrs Art Wagg Mrs S Campbell and Mrs Pearl Fos ter There were 17 tables of euchre players There were tables of euchre players at the Horti cultural Society euchre in the Community Hall on Thurs day evening Mrs Charlie Smith and Angus Harrison held the high scores with Mrs Bruce Lapp and Oscar Dike winning the consolation prizes Mrs Brian Stokes won the door prize at 730 pm A daily Vacation Bible School will be held in the Church of the from 1030 am until noon from March 27 until March 31 in clusive Rev and Mrs Brooke Ar- Mrs William Kirton and Mrs Cecil will be as sisting with this Bible School and all children are welcome to attend The Couples Club bake sale held in part of the Lewis store on Saturday was most successful Many nonmem bers contributed baking which was sincerely appreciated by club members Miss Viola Gillion was awarded third prize for a wall plaque made from dried flow ers and plant material at the recent Spring Flower Show held at the OKccfc Centre in Toronto The class was open to all Horticulture members in On tario and Miss Gillion is to be congratulated on her suc cess ALL VEHICLES SAFETY CHECKED BY FACTORY TRAINED TECHNICIANS AND ALL CARRY TWOYEAR WARRANTY 66 V8 auto power brakes power steering and discs radio Lie 65 CHEVROLET Sedan auto Lie DODGE Iolnra 2dr hdtp V8 auto radio power steering and discs Lie Sedan auto Lie 65 FALCON Station Wagon Auto and radio Lie 2dr hdtp V8 auto power brakes power steering radio and discs conditioning Lie CHEVY Nova SS Bucket seats consul auto radio and discs Lie 65 Sedan auto Lie i 63 RAMBLER Auto radio reclining scats with head rests Lie 613473 61 FORD Auto radio Lie t I l auto power brakes power steering radio and discs Lie it CHEVY II Sedan standard radio Lie 547711 HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN Please forward your Easter Seal Contribution Today BINIONS MOTORS LIMITED Authorized Dealer ST AURORA YOU BE A l club rooms and in the ladies lounge blacksmith Samuel Over bowling teams com- building pikes hut peted in Barrio in the Ladies District Bowling this past Sat urday Collingwood Ladies Auxiliary won with Branch ladies coming among teams that qualified to play in the Provincial playoffs April Ret and her girls Ida Bcrtolin Joan West- lake Ethel Winter Joy Coun ter and Teg arc to be congratulated and wc will be watching and routing for them on April 22 after the rebellion was put down Mr fled was ultimately captured and was one of two men hanged for Donated blood has a life of days If it is not used with in that time the plasma Is drawn off and made into vital blood products such as gam ma globulin scrum albumin fibrinogen and fresh frozen plasma MILLING and LATHE WORK WELDING FABRICATING Hour Service A T MACHINE SHOP ST Thinking Of Siding uire- About PRENATAL CLASSES for EXPECTANT MOTHERS course of weekly classes beginning in Hill April and Newmarket April at pm in hygiene of pregnancy how baby crows food for the family feeding of the baby the hospital stay and other subjects of importance to the expectant mother are invited to attend the first and eighth LOOK At These Features Printed for painting All lengths minimum unci install Costs less than aluminum or other Fathers classes A now being accepted at COUNTY HEALTH UNIT Richmond Hill Street North Aurora fig Street South Newmarket Prospect Street Main Street Sutton High Street Metal corners primed than aluminum against peeling and warping ir- I I ll- SIMPLY SHOP THURSDAY NIGHT MARCH AND PM AT NEWMARKET PLAZA PICK UP A FORM ON HAND FOR THE DRAW AT PM TO BE ELIGIBLE WINNER MUST HE ON THE PLAZA AND REPORT WITHIN MINUTES AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE WINNER MUST SHOW PROOF OP PURCHASE MADE BETWEEN AND MARCH 1967 EVES i Install PHONE Davis Drive Newmarket Experts la Heme Planning Participating store employees and their Immediate families not eligible STORES OPEN THDRS MARCH UNTIL PM CLOSED FRIDAY 1 Hundreds of specials avail able Thursday March between and j- ii It s Tj -v-