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-y 'p THUBSAY, ATJGUST 28th, 1947 TEE CANADIAN STATESMAN. ~OWMANVILLE. ONTARTO p LIN THE DIM AND DISTANT PASI Vm uemls Uta lPS (TWNTY-FIVE TEARS AGO Autuut 24, 1922 . Mns. James Deyman moved ta Tononto and sald ber Queen St. home Fire Brigade won finst pnize at We stern Ontario Firemen's Con- vention, for the best appearing cômpany and outfit. Chamber o! Commerce Band wbich accom- pealed the Firemen, won an ad- ditionai prize. Ralph Carruthers, Alex Mc- Gregor, Edsall Oliver, Bud P-ethick and Ross Poaiey ob- tained full matriculation at the Bigh School, on 12 papers. Alex ?4cGregor, at 15 years o! age, was -*warded the Gilfillan prize for General Proficiency. Lawn Tennis Tournament was in charge o! L. F. Raffauf, J. Lerrett, R. Capeland, Gien Mason Rosa Stutt, Dorotby Johnston, Noule Burk and Margaret Mc- MurtrY and. was played on courts ioaned by J. W. Alexander. R. F. *.Aitcheson, Dr. J. C. Devitt and br. B. J. Hazlewood. Te.achers at the High Schooi were W. J. Marrison, Principal, A. R. Scatt, Miss 1. K. Smith, Miss E. S. Tîghe and Mrs. B. M. Buck. Miss Elva B. Bragg and Miss Gladys Palmer enjoyed a trip through the Thousand Islands. Dr. G. C. Bannycastie cught a 6 lb small moutb bass in Hastings county. The fish, which was 22 mns. long, was entered in the Ton- onta Star Bass Contest. Misses Reta R. Cole, Gertrude Hamley and Annie tox conduct- cd musical numbers and games at the Methodist League picaic attended by 40 on tbe church lawn. Mrs. T. Wesley Cawker won prizes in District Saddle, Runa- bout and Harness classes at the Cobourg Horse Show. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Simpson and Mollie had an extended trip tbrougb Quebec. F. H. Morris and W. A. Hawkins were winners at the Dominion Rifle Association NO0TI1C E THE COLLACUTT COACH UNES WAITING ROO-M and BUS INFORMATION I5 NOW LOCATF5D AT TRE Carton Bus Terminal - PHONE 2666 COLLACUTT COACHES WILL LEAVE THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS, TORONTO for BOWMANVILLE at 1:25 p.m. - 5:35 pem. - 8:35 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. ALL COACHES RUN DIRECT TO AND PROM« THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS PICK ca PEPSI --~, --t- Pepsi-Cola hits the. spot anytime! Theres twlce es much iInthie big 12-ounce baffil P.*phi-Cela" J, he reolste.d trade mark la Canada of the. Popsi.CoIa Company of Canada Uimhed /BOWMANVILLE FUI"TY TEARS AGO August 25, 1897 'Sixty descendents o! Christopher Countice hcld a re-union at Oshawa Lake. Jonathan Porter, Lapeer, Mich., formenly o! Bowmanville, died !rom injuries received in a fal tram a ladder. Frank Dehart sold the first 1897 wbeat in this district for 65 cents per bushel. Town Cauncil beld a speciai meeting wben Finance Commit- tee necommended that the first $3000 o! the bonus ta the Rubber Co. be paid. Subscribcd stock o! the Company was $24,500 a n d $18,212.97 invested in buildings, etc. Norman Creeper sustained seniaus injuries in a faîl fnom a wagon. Richard Peate brightened bis home, Chestaut Villa, with a coat of paint. Basebali game betweea Bow- manvilie and McLaughlin Car- riage- team, Oshawa, was won by Bowmanville, 15 ta 13. Russell and Edgar Smaie, Frank Blackburn, Lewis Pascoe and Gea. W. Allia le!t ta assist in hanvesting in Manitoba. John Osborne, Port L'arlington, Wm. Northcott and Gea. Town had fields o!oants yieiding .100 bushels per acre. Methodist Epworth League had a spècial program witb papers by Misses Minnie Joness, Lillian McLean, Bertha McWain, and Lottie Brimacombe and solos by Miss Bickie, Miss Ethel Trebil- cock and Miss Powell. Misses Gertie Young, Florence Tilley, Sophia James were a merry party camping at "The Nest", Port Bowmanvilie. Starkvile-Mr. and Mrs. J. Stark entertained friends -----160 cheese were shipped from Kendal factory at 81/4c per lb. Hampton-W. Jamieson, Oro- no, is assistant cheeçemaker~ ---- A government inspector found 6 cans o! milk contained water and assessed owners $10.00 eacb. Shaw's-Samnuel Rickand su!- fered a broken armn and George Rickard a badly cut hand ----W. H. Barrie and I. Seiby, threshers, reported geod yields o! grain. Enfield-Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lapp celebrated their golden wedding with a party o! 200 fiends ia Sons o! Temperance Hall and were presented with a purse coataining $40.00 by John Ormiston. M. A. James, John S. Ashton, Richard Pascoe and John James were the committëemnd speeches were made by Wm. Werry, Ronald McCullough, W. Ormiston, W. H. Ford, Sam Bray, S. Souch and others. Their son Walter Lapp sent two large wedding cakes fram Montreai. Ebenezer-A. J. Courtice beat the record wben be rcccived $5 1.75 for five Yorkshire hogs 5 months aId- Anson Pickeli sold bis horse and driving outfit ta AI. Moore. a Now... at las... a truly peronal foutain Pen ... that feels -riht", ... that seems ta be alive ta your touch. The Esterbrook Pen, with 33 numbered pon tles, ives you a pesnlzed pIn t engineered ta suit your individual styeo writing or for any job oudo. Whether you write large or small, Id o light, whether you prefer a %tub pitoaceiclib.anofho.points wilI be j ust right for you. 4>I . Esterbrook point you can duplicate . it immediatei'y at any stationer's or wherever better pens are sold. No waiting weeks o rp irs . sm-p T5&I skfor your Esterbrook poins numbere EM C...pom N..-$2.33 end $293S ~ T« laddud. Tàhr Ritrbr.h Puik Proci)ishoew a i-aiLdJ dit cmp,>gui.api«V Mt.the Fs*rreh Pmu....... RENERW-POINT P UNTAIN PEN .AMRICA'S fias,1 PSOU.%Altaas matches at Ottawa Ennlsklfen-Mrs. TJ. Siemon & Miss McKenzie were under doc- tor's care.Mr. and Mns. Walter Stewart left for a trip ta the west --Miss Margaret Stewart was married ta Neil A. Campbell, Oshawa. Tyrone-Peter Werry, 85, one o! Dalington's best known pioneer farmers, passed away._ Edythe Ciemens and Kenneth Fraser passed exams. ..Wo- men's Institute held a successfui garden party at Mrs. Robert Mc- Cullough's. Solina-A presentation of a purse containing $25.00 was made ta H. A. Switzer, popular station agent, who was transferred ta Cherrywood; S. G. Chant, was chairman and speeches were made by Russell Sullcy, H. G. Pascoe, Geo. White, John -Ayre, A. L. Pascoe, Russell Pérkins, John Aldsworth and others--- 25 relatives of Pres. J. B. Rey.- nolds, of Ontario Agicultural College, had a re-union at Hamp- ton Park. MRS. ]FRANK OIkE A great gath ening o!fniends and relatives assembled at the Morris Funeral Chapel on August 14th ta 'pay high tribute ta the memory o! Mrs. Edith Annie Oke. who passed away. suddcnly onl August 12th., Mrs; Oke had been in ber. usual, goad health and death came, unexpectedly from an unsuspected heart condition. When stnieken Mrs. Qke wms ia the mldst o! canning and bad sugar syrup on the electnie range wbich burned to- a >crisp causing much. smoke which was noticed by the neighbours wbo on enter- ing ber home found she had passed away. Mrs. Oke was bora at Kendal, 64 years ago, daujhter o! the late Mn. and Mrs. Joseph Stevens. She attcnded school in the. Kendal and Orono districts and in 1904 married Francis Henry (Frank) Oke o! Bowmanville. They ne- sided on Duke'St. fôr a number o! years.but about 30 years mgo they moved, ta King St. Perhaps no persan in Bowman- ville had more friends than the late Mns. Oke. Ia ber girlhood days she learned dressmaking and since then she had served ber friends and customers' contin- uously for 45 years. For severmi yearg. she and the late .Mrs. Wm. Cordea. had an up-to-date ladies' wean -store on King St. whene Mrs. Oke desîgaed and mmde dresses, coat.s and suits. Her taste in designing wms much spought if ter, particulanly for wedding out!its in which she ex- celied. In recent years she hmd, continued sewing at lier home where many aid friends and cus- tomers enjoyed ber friendship and avniled themseives o! ber expert advice and experience. Mrs. Oke was a member of Tinity United Church and the Rcbekab Lodge. She took a iead- ing part in their affairs and was' generaus in bier support o! bath. Fellow lodge members attended be& funeral in a body. Her husband, two sons and a daughter reniain ta cberish the memary o! a loving and devoted wife and -mather, Wiibur o! Montreal, Morley o! Bowman- ville and Evlyn (Mns. D. W. Patte) Oshawa, also severai grnadchild- ren. The funeral was hcld at the Marris Chapel on August 14 with [Rcv. G. C. Quigley, pastor a! St. Paul's United Church, bninging a message a! com!art ta the be- reaved relatives. Mrs. John A. Gunn presided at the organ and played favorite selections o! the deceased. A weaith o! floral tokens marked the high csteem and re- gard for a beloved departed friend and iacluded wreaths tram Re- bekah . Lodge, Tinity Wommn's Association, Celtic Knitting Ca., Montreal, whcre bier eider son, Wilbur, is employed; several tram Goodyear Tire -& Rubber, Co. dcpartmeats whcre ber bus- band is a long tcrm service pin holder, and hér youznggr son, Morley, is a member of the Fac- toryr Counicil; smtisa mny from. neighbours. mnd friends. The bearers were Frank Coul- ton, Edward Joint, Elgin Wight Richard Clark, E. M. Brown anai E.'Ormiston. Interment was in Bawmmnvilie Cemetery. MES. LORNE ROBBINS A weli known -ad highly res- pected resident o! the Leskard community, Mns. Eva Pemrl Rabbins,. died at ber home on Auguat 5, in ber 62nd yomr. Mrs. Robbins had not been in good hcalth recently, baving. beea afflicted with asthmm for the past tour or five years. Her aven- taxed heant finmlly !ailed and death came suddenly and unex- pcctedly with a feeling o! deep regret by ber many friends. Born at Enniskillen, daughter o! the late Mn. and Mns. John Ranton, she attended schoal ia that vicinity. Twenty-eight yeara mgo she marnied Lamne Robbins and had since nesided at Leskand. She wms a devout memben of the United Chunch and wias in- terested greîtly in the vaniaus onganizations for the welfare of the church. Hon home, gardon and church were hen main inter- eats in lie. She ia sunvived by hon husbmnd and ane daughter, Pauline, at home; also ane ister, Mn. J. Ranton, Smiths Fallu. The funoral waa held on Au- gust 7 fnom bon home with Mn. J. J. Mellor and ber pastor, Rev. A. Eustace aueking warda ot *Obituary »IS. BURTON AND&ùtj The death occurred in Bowm.an- ville, July W9 o! Mis. Mary Jane (Jennie) Andrus at the home of hon daughter, Mrs. Edgar Bed- ford. Mrs. Andrus had been failing ia heaith for the past two or th.ree years' but was oniy confined ta bed for three weeks. Deceased was born ini Orono, daughter o! the lite Charles' ad Margaret Barrett. She was mar- ried . ta Burton Andrus, miao! Orono, who predeceased ber in August,- 1929; misa their eldest son, Ernest, wbo passed away in Hamilton in 1930. Mrs. Andrus was a member a! the -Woman's Missionary Society and a faithful member o! the Un- ited Church whea hemlth permit- ted. Ia her own quiet, nefined way she did much ta help and comfort othens. Surviving are ber two sons, Os- car and Walter manc n daughtcr Elva, (Mrs. Edgar Bedford), al o! Bowmanville; misa two brotb- ers, Herbert o! Taronto, and Wil- liam o! Orono, and ane sister, Mrs. L. Bradley, of Hamilton.. The funeral from the Morris, Funeral Chapel, was conducted by' Rev. J. E. Griff ith o! Trinity' United Church. Many beautiful flowers expressed the high esteem in which Mrs. Andrus was beld by ber !riends and relatives. Palibearers were four nephews, Charles and Carman Brrett, Charles and Howard Bradley, and Fred -Moore and Albert Masan. Interment was made in Orona cemetery. -1 comfort ta' the bereaved relatives and frlends. Many floral tokens marked the tribute of an endearing regard and included pieces from the church, community, Oddfellows Lodge, Orono, and f rom relatives and friends. The palîbearers, who were neighbours and life-long frienda, were Ernest .Syer, Ernest Nich- oison, Ed. Ball, Harry Davey, Robert Chater, and Eani Duvalle. Interment was in Orono Cern- etery. WILLIAM SAMELLS On Manday night, Aug. 11, there passed away after a iengthy ili- ness a bighly respected citizen of Cartwright township in the per-' son of William Sameils in bis 88th year. Bora In Darlington in 1860 he came. ta Cartwright at ah early age. *Nearly 54 years ago he was uaited in marriage ta Emma Mountjoy o! Haydon and togèther made. their home on the farm where he passeii away. He was a successfui farmer, in- terested in the welfare o! the commiinity as well as bis home and family. He was a nmember o! Nestleton United Church and a faithful attendant as long as bis health permitted. The funeral service was held Tbursday afternoon from Nestie- ton United Church following a short service frorm bis home. His pastor, Rev. R. B. Harrison, had charge of the service and during the service Miss Jean Malcolm sang "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say." He was laid ta rest in Nes- tieton cemetery. Left ta cherish bis memory are bis loving wife who is confined ta ber bed, two sons Herman and Kenneth of Nestieton, two grand- children, -Melville and Anna Sa- melîs, and one sister, Mrs. John Mountjoy, Nestieton. A daugh- ter Rilda passed away some years ago. Four brothers and two sis- ters predeceased him. HOG MARKETINGS UP 18 % IN JULY Hog marketings during July of this year rose 18 percent above those of July, 1946, L. W. Pear- sali, Chairman of the Meat Board bas announced. Last July was the third suc- cessive month ta show greater marketings than in the carres- ponding months o! 1946, June, advancing 15 per cent and May, eight per cent. JuIy's increased marketings were almost entireiy due ta heavier offerings fram Eastern Canada which marketed 29.7%/ more hogs than in Juiy, 1946. Ontario rose by 39.5 per cent and Quebec by 49.1 per cent. Hog marketings tram the tbree prairie provinces were down 6.7 per cent fromn those of July, 1946, but are improved fromn June, 1947 wben they were 13.7 per cent less than in June, 1946. Ail Canada hog marketings for the first seven months of 1947 total 2,619,210, or five per cent less than the 2,753,109 bogs mar- kcted during the corresponding, period o! 1946. 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That& a combination of safety fadtors found only ini Chevrolet and higher-priced cars. Yeu con't match Chevrolet's BIG-CAR COMFORT et low cost, either, for it brings you the higlier degree of riding-smoothness and road-steadiness Import.d by the famous Knee.Action Gliding Ride -cand this, toc, isJ excluive, ta Chevrolet li its price range. - - De wtsel Keep your present car ln good running condi- tion by brlnging ift t us for skilled service, now und et regular intervals, until you secure delivery of y@ur new Chevrolet. Corne in - todoyl1 C 41CH EVROLET RtOY W. NICHOLS CHEVROLET,. PONTIACq OLDSMOBILE, BUICIK AND CADILLAC CARS CHEVROLET AND G.M.C. TRUCKS Lu l MIONTARIO % i COURTICE List of Local Faire Posted For Your Particular Convenlonce The circuit of agricultural fairs for Durham and neighboring counties bas been arranged in con- secutive order which will permit easy attendance at ail of them or a selection of' a lew during the ' busy harvest season. Accarding u to latest information, entries are -I pouring in at a rate that promises some of the best exhibits to be K~ seen for somne years. «AÊE AND ONE-THIRD Chie! interest for Durham FR TE R U D TI County, of course, are the fairs at GO: Anytamne from 12.00 o'clock faon Blâckstock and Orono. Attend- Friday, August 29th, until 2.0 p.m. ance -at ~ both will be a ra holiday. MOdBSt.st and a valiiabeepine , ot.RETURN: Leaving destination not later the least o! which >will be the op- than midnighït Sept. 2nd portunity to- meet your friends ' Standarà Time and see the products of local ag-' P fom:* drervîmctl riculture. This is rnerely a- re. ~your Cansddian P.aciic agout. minder of dates to be remember- cd. - . Port Perry Fair-Aug, 30-Sept. li Blackstock Fair--Sept. 2-3.meM -î Orono Fair-Sept. 5-6. _______________________________ Oshawa Fair-Sept. 8.10 ..... Lindsay Fair-Sept. 9-13. if) That Important black dress ...11 a frankly teminîne mood! Tullp shaped drape curves your hips, accents your wec wvaistline. $12395 Wd4e4 St44e4, i? émd~ J J ý ?r . TUE CANADIAN STAYUM". 9OWMANVIELLE. ONTAMO Pi a