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1 o THURSDAY, JUTJY l9th, 1951 Record That's Hai Two Oclogenariar With Same Firm 5 Two octogenarian brothers ta gether with more than a score o. relatives attended the Jolliffe- Berry-Allin family reunion helc at the home of Wm. M. Alun, Scugog St.. Saturday, June 23. rtn Jolliffe. 89, and his broth- er, Will, 86, of Toronto. were the oldest members of the family piesent while Reid Allun, seven- nonth-old. son of Mr. and Mns Don Allin, Bowmanville, was the ,,,ngest. 'IlAthough intended as a garder party, inclement weather forcer reunion attenders inside, but ai undampened spirit made thE partY in Wm. Allin's workshoi an unparalleled success. Man-' were heard say: "We should have Good Service - Best Gas! Drive up for a tank of our quality gasoline, and have your tire pressure, battery water level, rad- jator water level and crankcase ail level check- ed withaut charge. You take off feeling SURE! Drive up for service, now! KEEP IT RIGHT e Insideand Out. DRIVE UP AT Dowmanville Motor Sales 0,F. ROBSON, Prop. 166 King E. Phone 585 ANM rd Io Beat OBITUARIES a Brothers MRS. ALPHA PINCH :'he death occurned at the fam- 'V ily residence, 22 Gladstone Ave., )2 and 56 Years Oshawa, on Friday, July 6th af _______Sarah A. Pinch, beloved wiie ai thes renios mre fte." omethe late Alpha M. Pinch, in ber f athee alneniosmre aa.come 95th yean. f te il errtoo uchracorehdg Born in the Sunderland district, d a WIIl erry, timeveyn a the deceased had been a resideat 1, aofdrultm.a Oshawa for 20 years and was Famnily Relationship an adherent ai the United Chunch. Delving inta the evolution af Many older citîzens ia Bow- -the family, the Jolliffe-Benny-Al- mariville will have pleasant mem- e lin inter-relationship is arrîved ories ai Mr. and Mrs. Piach when y at in the following manner. they lived in this town, first at 3. Merchant Prince W. J. Berry's Liberty St. North and then at *aunt (bis father's sister) marnied Liberty Place far a number oi a Jolliffe binging these families yeairs before moving ta Oshawa. *~ together, and the late Annie .ioî- They were a genial, laveable old d liue mannied the late Will Alliji couple who by word, deed and * (fathen ai Norman and William) sang brought comiont and cheer * and brought that side ai the fam- ta many fiends, shutins, sick, P ily inta the pictune. discouraged or in need ai a help- y The octogenarian brothers men. ing hand. We know whereof we etioned pneviously have a remark- speak for the editar was a neigli- ;able record in the cabinet mak- bar ai this worthy couple in ing business. The oldest brother, his early married lufe. We necal Jim, worked for a Toronto cab.-ne perience the editon had inet making company for 52 con- with Mr. Piach who was an ex- secutive years before failing eye- pert gardener. One evening we sight forced him ta retire. His were watering aur garden when yugrbrother. Will, outdid this the old gentleman oifened this yoefiral eod ywrigadvice: "George, if you use the efiankheae rcod by -worki3g hase less and the hoe more, you'll years. He retired but several have a much better garden." That weeks ago, and, bath are stiîî was the last year we did any lively and full of fun. gardening. The garden party lasted from 4 p.m. ta 9 p.m. and duning the intervening five hours many aid MICHAEL BURNS and dean acquaintances were renewed. The aifair took the In failîng health for sevenal form ai a Picnic with everyone years, but confined ta bed only bringing a part ai the delightiul for the last two months, Michael food that was served. Burns. husband ai the late Mary Membrs f te fmil atendRhoda Nichols, passed away at Meme a the family att li end- his homne on Jackman's Avenue, îontheareunio ndho lie C. NT- Bowmanville, an June 30, 1951, ronto ,ae:ooy Mr. and s .N in his 86th yean. GlovenChad oothyf ; Mr. nd s. The son ai Michael and An Mns. Chas. JolMr.iJfe;sn. and Mns.Burns, the deceased was born Wir.Joand eMns. Jmest Jollffe; rand lvd lhis lufe on the Mand Mrs. AenJollife;ndn.-Burns' bomestead, Jackman Ave., and rs.Joh Jolife ad Ua where he carried on his occupa- Jollifie. Mn. and Mrs. Ray Whitetina amndungbsciv ai Toronto were also at the ne- yearfs. mngdrighi ctv union as were Mn. and Mrs. Harry ' Predcae y i.iel Allia and daughter Joyce. 199 eeaes b srvivige Ih Localr.peaplerattendnaghncud-chilcren: Charles, Bowmanville;, ed M .d . Wm. Ben n AIte, Norman, wbo with bis wiie Rhea, Nlda; Mn. and ns. m AI- and iamily lived with the de- ln in: M. and Mrs. on Allia ceased- Mrs. Gardon Richards and JidMn and Mns. Do a llia (Greta); Mrs. Albert Living andRkeid nd r o aie,(Clara), Whitby; Mns. Thomas BunktosNot-h.dio a Kinsman (Bertha), Oshawa; Mrs. ledsnitne oteTe io asCharles Tabb (Emma), Oshawa; pleaantmemnie aianother Arthur. Oshawa, and Lizzie af member ai the Jolliffe family rn.Aohn oFe ua when he was a kid, being "Tottie aiOsho.awa, prdcsoFedhimuraso Jollifie who lived with the T. Faot hew, rWllamBase i, Baw- Hîggotham fs' amlyatd the cr- manville, wba died in Septemben, neraiLoer19an5ad()bnt Besides eight children. he St* leaves 19 grandchildren and 20 gneat-grndchildren. Oi bis own familY, a sister, Mrs. Albert Knight, Bowmanville, survives. Rev. H. A. Turner ofiiciated -at the funenal service beld July 3rd at the Marris Funerai Chap- el. Palîbearens were six grand- children: Ken Living, Frank * ~ I Berry, Art Tabb, Frank Burns, George Burns and Don Richards. ___________________________Among the beautiful floral trib- dutes received were those ai the IBawmaaville Foundny and St. f U A LJohn's Me's Club. Interment I Liwas in Bowmanville e try WARDEN'S PIEN at the DRONfu O MMUXITY PA Wednesday, liv, 251 at 2 p.m. PROGRAM WILL FEATURE: Girls' Solibali Gamne Boys" and Girls' Races CHALLENGE SOFTDALL GANI between Reeves and Deputy-Reeves of Northumberland and Durham. BRING YOUR BASKET LUNCH - FREE DANCE ai Newcastle Community Hall withRoy orreat 9 Orcestr wiihRoy orter9sOrchsir EVERYONE WELCOME IC I C. ROSS CANNON C. Ross Cannon, 80, formerly af Portland, Ont., and father of K Cecil F. Cannon, Ontario Deput.y R l Miister ai Education, died July 10 in hospital at South Porcupine. ,th Since his retirement from fanm- ing in 1944 he bad resided with his daughter in Poncupine. theFirt WrldWar and served overseas with the CAMC. He was an active churcbman and Mas- on. He leaves two sons, Gerald Cannon. Portland, and Cecil F. Cannon, Toronto, and one daugh- ter. Mrs. Gettrude Hough, Par- cupine. E The funeral service was held in Elgin Church 'on Thursdayv, July 12. Interment was in El- gin Cemetery. BETTY RUTH FOWLER Our community was deeply grieved on the holiday weekend when on June 3th, as the result of an accident at Bunketon Sta- tion, the young life af Betty Ruth Fowler was suddenly taken. Betty * was bora at Glenarm on Dec. 19, 1936, only daugbter af Ross and Elva Fowler. Four years ago last May, Betty THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO To Live in Haydon MR. AND MES. LLOYD J. SLEMON w hose marriage was solem-nized recently in Blackstock United Church. Formerly Miss Jean M. Toms, the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Toms, R.R. 2, Nestieton, and the bridegroam is the son of Mr. Milton Siemon, of Haydan, and the late Mrs. Siemon. -Countesy Oshawa Times-Gazette and ber mother came ta live ia Blackstock, and because ai her neady smile and iniendly mannen soon made many friends among the young and old. Betty was a regular attendant ai the United Church Sunday School, a former member ai the Mission Band and attended the Public. School in the scbool anea. The 4Àineral service at the Chapel ai A. L. McDenmott, Port Penny, on July 3rd, was conducted by Rev. C. W. Hutton ai Black- stock United Chunch. The large attendance and the beautiful floral ofierings conveyed deepest sympathy ta the beneaved family. The ilower bearers wene ber girl friends ai "Club 9". Joan Venning, Yvonne Gnieve, Joan Hoskin, Joyce Fonder, Marjanie McLean, Jean Thompson, Donna Farder and Wynona Jackson. Palîbearens were alsa yaung friends and seboolmates: Wayne Venning, Allan Balley, Murray Hoskin, Allan Hoskin, Garry Fer- guson and Howard Black. Inter- ment was at Zian Cemetery. SIL VER WEDDING Mn. and Mrs. Henry Sheppard Elizabethville. - On Saturday evening, July 7th. nearly three hundred relatives and friends gathered at the lovely home ai Mn. and Mrs. Henry Sheppard ta honon them on thein silver wed- ding anniversary. In, the eanly a 'ternoon Mn. and Mns. Wilmot Prouse had taken the bride and groom ai 25 years ta Peterbor- ough as a quiet way ai marking their anniversary. It was a real surprise when they arrived at their home ta find it full of guests wbo had came ta share la thein bappiness. The floral seheme was carried out in a most attractive manner, with roses, sweet peas, snap- dragons, delphiniums and by- drangeas in almost eveny room, and in the dining room a beauti- fui thnee-tiered wedding cake, made by the bride's sisters, Mrs. E. Payne and Mrs. M. O'Neill, adorned the centre ai the table. From the ceiling ta each corner ai the table were white and pink streamers and lovely white behîs suspended from the centre, di- rectly aven the wedding cake. The spacious lawn was well lighted and rows ai seats were provided, but nain f ell for a few minutes and it looked as if there would be a downpoun but gen- erous nature took control ai the clouds and the seats were soon filled again. Two chairs were placed an the lawn for tlW hon- ored couple, on one side a beau- tiiul basket ai Canterbury behîs, fnom the famous flowen garden af Mn. Harry Brookiag at Pont Britain, and on the othen side lovely roses irom Mrs. Clarence Beatty's beautiful collection. Mn. Wilmot Prouse, the genial master off cenemonies, called the bride and groom ta take their places and thus brought the ga- thering ta orden. At this point the bride's sisten, Mrs. Isabel St. Louis, pmnned a corsage of rose buds on the bride and a white carnation fan the graom's bout- tonniere; thein daugbter Sybil presented ber mothen with a beautiful bouquet ai Amenican beauty roses, on behaîf ai ber- self and brothens Allan and Han- ald. The pragram began with an instrumental by Mrs. Ross Hal- lowell and Mrs. Westheusen, fol- lowed by a duet by Mary and Kelvin Jones. Miss Laura Ham- ilton gave two delightful read- iags. Canolyn Jones sang very beautifully "This is the best day in the year." Mrs. Betty Mercer played a lovely piano sala. Con- nie Bebee and Mrs. Morley Rab- inson also sang very appropniate sangs and Kelvin Bebee was in veny fune form with his cowboy sangs and guitar. Miss Hazel White was then called an ta read the address, which was composed and artistically written by Mrs. Harold Caswell, and signed by Ethel Payne, Mary O'Neill, Elva and Wilmot Prouse, Leona and Clarence Beatty, Florence Dick- inson, Hazel White. Mns. Ethel Payne and Mrs. El- mer Dickinson presented tne gifts. vhich were 68 pieces ai Rogers 1847 siiverware in theci lovely new daffodil design ar- ranged in a beautiful two-tiered cabinet, also an English lace table cloth. Little Miss Heather Bennett of Oshawa, great grand- daughter af the groom's mother, presented for Mrs. Wm. Shep- pard, silvenware that bas been ia the Sheppard iamily for four generations. Another gif t was a beautiful hand-made centrepiece gîvea by Mrs.%C. J. Staples, Part Hope. Mrs. Morley Robinson led ia VIRTUE PICNIC The Virtue iamily annual pic- nic was beld recently in Elliott Memonial Park, Hampton, with a total number present ai 95. Races were supervised by Les Virtue, Port Penny, and all chil- dren received pnizes and consol- ation prizes. As usual a bountiful supper was enjoyed and the catening staff ai Hampton Women's Insti- tute did thein usual fine service ai looking aiten the tables. A short business period during the supper hour was beld andi an invitation was given the clan ta hold their picnic next year at Pleasure Valley Ranch owned by George James, North Oshawa. Prizes were distnibuted: Lucky prize-Mrs. W. Niddeny, Peter- borough; oldest lady present- Mrs. Anderson. Toronto; young- est child present-Baby Craw- ford, Bunlington; f amily frain gneatest distance-Mn. and Mrs. L. Niddery, Aunona. The weathen was fine and a happy gathering at last said their goodbyes reluctantly with the hope ai seeing one another next PAGE PMV 25 Local Flighty Familles Ev icied From Their Homes on King Street singing "For they are jolly good fellows." Although visibly mav- ed, Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard replied in well chosen words and ex- pressed their thanks. Friends called on ta express their pleas- ure at being with Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard on this memorable oc- casion and ta wish them mafiy mare years ai happiness were Mr. Vernon Peacock, Rev. UdelI, Eth- en Jones, George Finnie, Law- rence White and Victor Climo. Mn. Wilmot Prouse had already expressed his greetiags in the chairman's remarks. Friends were thene fnom Osh- awa, Detroit, Orono, Peterbor- o ug h, Cobourg, Bowmanville, Maple Grave, Enniskillen, Part Hope. Telegnams and many cards ai congratulations xvene also re- ceived by the happy couple. The large crowd present showed ia good measune the high esteem in which Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard are held in the community. A veny dainty luncheon was served and 50 brought ta a close an event that will be long re- membered by everyone who at- tended. Family Reunion Twenty-iive of Bowmanville's mast flighty famnilies wene evict- ed from thein bornes last week, but one old bamesteader perched on bis doorstep and refused ta leave. Sidewalk supenintendents wbo frequent the benches beside Jamieson's Tire Shop expressed intense sorrow but were unable ta go ta the aid of the homeless familles. Such was the fate ai 25 pigeon families wha, until recently, made thein home in the cornices ai the Pnower Building, tenanted by Kennedy Dry Goods and Blain Elliott's Plumbiag Shop. In position since the Pnower Building was constructed in the 70s on the site of the ald Farm- er's Hotel which was razed about 1872, the wooden comnices were nemoved because ai thein weatb- ered condition and the fact that they were dangenous ta pedes- trians passing below. Contrac- ton Peter Murdoch af Bowmaa- ville and bis men made the ne- cessary repairs. Weighting approximately 100 pounds each, the seven comnices when removed were found ta be in very pon condition. The wood was rotten in parts and the nails that once held them secure were rusted thnough. Some 25 pigeon familles made their home in these wooden comnices and the menchants in the building iound SHEET METAL WORK AND ROT AIR HEATING " HOT AIR FURNACES * AIR CONDITIONING " OIL BURNERS * ALL TYPES 0F ROOFING Work estimated without obligation will conform to low overhead at My new location. SELDBY GIRANT 6 MILL LANE (Off Scugog St.) BOWMANVILLE PHONE 2674 serviced for over 2000000gMiles ofairIf Alaska . .. Tokyo ... return via Wake Island ... Hawaii ... the R.C.A.F. Airlift to Korea ... more than a million tons of airborne freighî.. through blizzard and Pacific storm . .. without mishap. Over two million miles of flying men and vital supplies to Korea for the United Nations! The R.C.A.F. is doing a job. The perfect performance of these aircraft in such gruelling flights is a tribute to the ability and sense of duty of R.C.A.F. 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RECRUITING UNIT, 9~ 5 York Street Toron to, Ontario W Phone PL. 5636 or 563171 pIease u.,it me, wilhost obligaion, full parficu/ars regardineg NM(ple rint> STJJET ADDRESS IT CTPROVINC... I DUCATION (I>y grade and provinc) j ~ AG~.-..,-.CA themselves sweeping Up twlgs, grass and straw from the side- walk when the homes were de- stroyed. Buld ButegeuaioII UnSier the supervision af Mr. Murdoch, Jack Cooper, Bill Good- win and Bill and Peter Murdoch, erected a scaffold 36 feet hlgh and 66 feet long in order ta do the job. The wafl was reduced in height by three feet during the, rebuilding operation and it wi]l'l be finished with aluminum. fac- ing shortly. Workme7t also repaired the building's store fronts at street level. A new cancrete step was poured at the entrance ta Elliott's shap and the upstairs apartment. A new facing was also bujit an sevenal store fronts. Mr. Murdoch and his crew ac- complished the job in a short two weeks and the contractar said he was Indebted ta the mier- chants In the building who co- operated "wonderfufly well" and ta citizens of Bowmanville who heeded the '"danger" signs and gave the wooden scaffold a wide berth. The building is owned by Wm. Prower, retired bank manager, of this town. Don't matter what walk afi lue 1-we are in we prefen ta he t - year.