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PAGE LETGHTTHCAAANTAEAN WANVL. TATlmrA T?.9dIR Hislory of the John Courtice Family Early Seilliers of South Darlinglon Hoid Famiiy Reunion ai Port Perry Over 600 descendants of John and Mary Courtice. from all sec- tions of Ontario and from as far away as Richmond, Virginia and Wisconsin, attended the Courtice Family reunion on July 5 in the Memorial Community Centre at Port Perry. During the afternoon sports for the children were run off under the direction of Bert Lancaster and Bill Moss of Kitchener. This was followed by a delicious din- ner to which ail did full justice. Among those in attendance was Mrs. J. 0. Scott of Richmond, Virginia. Officers Re-elected Officers of the reunion were re- elected and it was decided that the gathering will be held every two years. Those returned to of- fice were: president-C. C. Je!- BUY YOUR COAL NOW AT PRESENT LOW PRICES with the "blue coal Summer Fui-Up Plan ----------- AIways buy Vbue cool- The World's Fines# Anthracite: -----------------I Sheppard & Gi Lumber Co. Limiled Phone 715 - Bowmanvlllo frey. Port Perry: vice-presider Ken Courtice o! Courtice: fi urer-Gordon T. Roacb, Tor(i secretary-Mrs. Tihomas Lamt Toronto.i From many sources C. C. frey o! Port Perry during the1 two years prepared a bistory the farnily. It shows thaf J and Mary Courfice were mai in Devonshire, England, about year 1790. Five o! their child came f0 Canada in the 1830's. order o! their ages they u Christopher, James, Thomas, E riet and John. The book contains a short1 tory of their early years in C ada and a list of the descenda of the various branches o! famihy, up f0 the present ti Excerpts from the history are follows: nt- reas- onto; ibert, Jef- past y of John ~red tthe ,ren . In w'ere Ear- his- Can- lants the Ârne. 'e as Family History The first son of John and Mary Courtxce to corne to Canada was Thomas Courtice. He carne out on the sailing shipBoline, whose 61 passengers crowded ber to the lîrnit. The Boline sailed frorn England on May 4th. 1831, and reached Quebec City on June 27. He rnade bis way westward pasl Montreal and Kingston, and fin- ally to Darlington Township, where he settled. His farmn was about haif way between what is now Oshawâ and Bowrnanville, and the harniet of Courtice is narned after hirn. In those davs it was ail forest and there were only trails for roads, and very few settiers. Thomas Courtice took up land about two and one haif miles north of Lake Ontario, beside a srnall creek. and there he buiit a small house and cleared some land. In 1833 Christopher Courtice and James Courtice, xith their wives and farnilies, carne to Can- ada together. The * were taken to Little York, (now Toronto) because there was no wharf at either Bowrnanville or Oshawa, and the boat could flot put them off at Darlington Township. They DRINK- - INCLUDING OOVT. TAX 15. FIEE! ATNE FREE!f Corne to Dowranville. TO DO YOUR SHOPPING EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON DURJNG THE SUMNER MONTHS While you are having that done . 0 . leave your children at ihe theafre for a free maflnee . . . and where ihey wîll be well looked afier. Features to be selected froin the Children's Library whenever possible. TH'!E 1:30 P.M. Shop wilh the Iollowing merchants who are the sponsors of these free matinees:- BERRY BOOK STORE BOWMANVILLE CLEANERS & DYERS CARTER FAMILY CHARTRAN'S MEN'S WEAR COWLING DRUGS F. JAMIESON TIRE SHOP JURY & LOVELL DRUGS JEWELL'S "BIG 20" HIGGON ELECTRIC LANDER HARDWARE MARR'S JEWELLERY MIASON & DALE HARDWARE F. F. MIORRIS CO. PALMER MIOTOR SALES THE RADIO SHOP SEVERN'S BAKERY SHEPPARD & GILL LUMBER CO. STEDMAN'S 5c to $100 STORE TED IVOODYARD WALKER STORES ALEX 3lcGREGOR, DRUGS M 4 M M ( Historical Items The folhowing excerpts are tak- en from "a short sketch of the Courtico family," writfen by Thomas Courfice, the son of Chnistopher Courtîce, for the Courtico Farnihy Picnic held ini June, 1900. when the author was 70 years o! age. 'To work they wont witb a wil and witb the aid o! axe and ox- team they soon succeeded in clearing a spot f0 build a bouse for a home for bis famihy, and a place f0 worsbip God. 'If was said o! Abraham that where he had a tent, God had an altar.' So if bas been said o! the Courtice Family for gonerations. 'Where they had a home, God bad an alfar'. We refer f0 this witb gratitude in our heants. "As a resuit o! continued on- ergy and perseverance, the for- est soon yielded, and the fruifful fields were enciosed; from five f0 fen acres were added each year. Roads and bridges bad to be made, and buildings fo be erecfed. The first school house in the neighborbood was built o! iogs on the soufh-easf corner of the same lot. This place was used for every public meeting; educa- fional, pohitical, municipal and rohigious. Here was the gather- ing place for overy popular en- terprise. The first school master was Solomon Smith, and he was f0 feach in wvinter montbs only, for in the summer every youngster had f0 work fo help father and mothen dlean the land. Among the early settiers we may men- fti on James Rundle, William Rundie. Samuel Mason, William Annis. Wihliam Oke, Thomnas Worden, Richard Osborne, Robert Curtis (hafer spelled Courtice), Capf. Trulh. and father's fwo brothens. James and Thomas Courtice. "In the earhy settiement of the country if was flot easy lu keep a correct account o!fthe days of the week, and the dates o! the month, for newspapers and ai- manacs were seldom seen. Uncle Thomas said on one occasion he was keeping the Sabbath day' sacred by iaying aside ail work, when f0 bis surprise a neighbon carne in and wanfed f0 do some business. Uncle Thomas told him if was the Sabbath and he was not in the habit o! doing business on that day. The neighbor said if was Saturday, and he infend- ed f0 keep the nexf day. Af fer some debafing they could flot de- cide, so they wenft t anofher neighbor to belp them ouf of their di!ficulfy. When they came they found him cbopping wood, aund asked hlm whaf day if was. If is Monday,' said ho. 'I kepf yesterday for Sunday'. So the question was flot easih'y setfled. "Father nover pusbed himself info public office. sfilh he was I 2 A DUIRO PUMP Means Better Living !! 0 UR DURO Water Sys- temi gives us fresh, pure water when and where we need if .. . adds ta our con.- venence and comfort of daiiy if e. PUM9PS & SOFTENERS LIMITE» PF UI LONDON -CANADA JACK BROUGHR PLUMBING AND BEATING PHONE 615 expected to take the lead in most publie meetings, especially in church work. In this he joined cheerfully. Being an acceptable local preacher and a good singer, he was qualified for that position. He was highly respected in the neighborhood, a philanthropîst, who was ever ready to heiD the needy and encourage his fellow citizens in good works, and God blessed him in his labours." Cleared Four Farms Christopher Courtice and bis farnily cleared and tilled field after field. and farm after farrn, until four of the most comfortable homes in Darlington Township were secured, and were owned by Christopher Courtice and Business Direciory LEGAL W. R. STRIKE, Q.C. Barrîster, Solicitor, Notary Solicitor for Bank of Montreal Money to Loan Phone 791 Eowrnanville, Ontario LAWRENCE C. MASON, B.A. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public King St. W., Bowmanville Phone, Office 688 - Residence 553 MISS APHA I. HODGINS Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to M. G. V. Gould Temperance St. - Bowrnanville W. F. WARD, B.A. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Money to Loan 9½ý King Street E., Bowrnanville, Ontario Phones: Office 825 - House 4091J CONANT & CONANT Barristers and Solicitors Gordon D. Conant, Q. Roger G. Conant, B.A. Oshawa, Ont., 71,ý Simcoe St. S. Phone 3-2227 Ajax, Ontario - Phone 25 DENTAL DR. WV. M.' RUDELL, D.D.S. Office: Jury Jubilee Bldg. 40 King St. W. - Bowrnanville Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.rn. dai]y 9 a.m. Io 12 noon Saturday Chosed Sunday Office Phone 790 House Phone 3609 DR. E. W. SISSON, L.D.S., D.D.S. Office in his home 100 Liberty St. N. - Bowrnanvilie Office Hours: 9 arn. to 6 p.rn. daily 9 a.m. to 12 noon Wednesday Closed Sunday Phone 604 CH'IROPRACTIC G. EDWIN MANN, D.C. Chiropractor Office: 1 Speciaity Paper Products Building 63 Temperance St. Office Hours: Tuesday and Saturday REAL' ESTATE Properties Sold - Rented Managed and Appraised L. M. ALLISON Real Estate Broker Newcastle, Ont. Phone 2566 Two blocks north of traffic signal, Newcastle H. G. (HaP) GILL Real Estate 8 Second Street Properties Sold - Rented Managed and Appraised Members of the Canadian and Ontario Real Estate Boards H. G. Gi, Realtor Phone Bowmanville 3514 ARCHITECT Before you build, consuit an architect HERBERT G. COLE, M.R.A.I.C.' Telephone Bowmanville 3653 AUDITING MONTEITH & MONTEITH Chartered Accountants 37 King St. E. Oshawa Mr. Gordon W. Riehl, C.A., resident partner. OPTOMETRY KEITH A. BILLETT Optometrist Office Hours: 9 a.rn.to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday except Wednesday 9 - 12 Evenings by Appointrnent 14 King St. W. - Bowmanville Phone 3232 - G tbree o! bis sons. He died in 1875 at the age o! 80 years. To go back f0 the 1830's again, James Courtîce moved f0 Picker- ing Township, about 15 miles fartber west, and took up land on the bank o! a small river, called Duffin's Creek. The village now iocafed at that point is caled Pickering. James Courtice died in 1849. About 1838 Mrs. Thomas Cour- lice died, ieaving two smahh cbihdren. Subsequently, Thomnas Courtice rnarnied Mary Annîs and in 1841 he sold bis farm in Darl- ington to bis brother Chnistopher and moved f0 the Township of Pickering, about bal! a mile wesf of Dunbarton, and not far from the lake. He was a member of the Bible Christian Church and filled the office of Class Leader and Local Preachen very accepf- abhy f rorn earhy manhood until bis deatb in 1860. The original farmn cleared by Thomas Courtice is stili owned by a member o! the Courfice Famiiy. and bis name is Courtice. A short tîrne affer James and Christopher Courfice came f0 Canada, their oniy sister, Harrief Courtice, and ber husband Rich- ard Score. arrived in Canada. Failing f0 find Harriet's brothers, fhey setfhed in Toronto, where Richard Score carried on a Men's Taihoring and Funnishings bus- iness. They lived in Toronto un- fil their deaths. John Court ice remained a bachelor ahi bis ife, and ho made bis home for a good many years wifh his nephew, Thomnas Cour- tice in Prince Albert, Ont. Ho died in 1878. OBITUARY MILTON THOMPSON Suddenly on Juhy 12, Milton Tbompson, a resident 0f Union- ville. passed away in bis 54tb yean. Born in Tyrone, near Bow- manville, at the home o! bis par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thornpson, the deceased rnoved t0 Toronto and' then fa Union- ville where he bas resided for the iasf 15 yars. Mr. Thompson was ernphoS'ed as a devehoprncnt engineer at Gen- oral Steel Wares in Toronto but was a skiihed carpenter, a frade that he practiced onhy as a hobby. It was whll engaeil in the con- struction cf a home in Mankhamn that he. suddenhy succumbed. Mr. Thompson had reccnthy su- pervised the renovating and de- signing o! the Central United Church in Unionville and lived but long enough fa see the work complet cd. Besides bis wife, the former Lilhian Beatty, deceased beaves fa mourn bis passing one daughter Mavis (Mrs. Brian McCuiium) o! Long Branch and one son Ed- ward o! Unionville. There are fbree surviving brothers, Arn- brose o! Regina, Leslie o! Tyrone, Arthur o! Oshawa and one siston, Almeda o! Whitby. Funeral service was beld in Unionville United Cbunch, Juhy 15, conducfed by Rev. W. Butf assisted hy Rev. Milton Sander- son o! North Parkdaie United Church, Toronfo. witb intenxiienf in Sf. Andrew's Cemeteny, Mark- ham. The pahibearers were Harold Guscoft, Gordon Ogden, W. Mas- on, Francis Thampson. Ray An- derson, Allan Thompson. TOO TIRED TO PRAY Sho tbougbt when nigbt had fin- aily endedi day "Dean Lord, ton ight I arn f00 tired f0 pray." And weariiy she closed ber oyes in sleop. Slipping fan info the shadowed deep. Up in Heaven the dean Lord heard and smihed. 'Today she sootbed a littie, cry- ing chiid She sfopped ber work to take old Ella Khoop A fragrant, wanming bowl o! ber good soup. Hon borne was orderly, ber gard- en tended, Hon cbildren fed, their chothes all dlean and menc*d. Her busband home fromn work found happind'ss, And quiet pence in ber deep gentheness.," The dean Lord smihed agaiu- -Too tired f0 pray? Tby bands have offened prayens o! love ail dayv." -Jane Coffin. Alrnost three-quarters of ali72 Canadians live within 100 miles ci the U.S. border. Health Unit Urges Early Care 0f Eye Defecis in Children m So t@ I Average weekiy wages ang salaries in Canadlan industrý were $54.27 af April 1sf this year about $6 a week higber than yean previously. 0 Tell us how much Cash you noed.1 0 Up ta 24 monthi ta repay. 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A Product cf the Roates Group Rootes Motors <Canada) Limif.d e Montreol *Toonto *Vancouver FRANK'S GARAGE Scugog Street Bownaanv boarded a smaller boat going down the lake, and were put off on the heavily wooded shore of Darlîngton Township one fine day in August, 1833. Leaving the women and child- ren on the shore. Christopher and James started off on foot through the woods, with guns over their shoulders, to try to find their brother Thomas. The only infor- mation they had was that he was four miles west of Bowmanville and two and a haîf miles from the lake shore. They did locate him wîth a small house buiît and about three acres of land cleared. There were no horses or roads for them to travel on, so a teamn of oxen were hitched up and they ail started off through the woods to get the women and cblidren left by the lake shore. They re- turned safely and joyoushy f0 settie down and work ouf for' themselves homes in a new coun- try. Christopher selected the ad- joining lot to bis brother Thomas, then nothing but a forest of trees, and the home of bears and wolves. Three years ago 60 to 70 per cent of the Population of Chiengnial, ln Northern Thalland, was affected by ma'aria. Since then, wlth the help of the UN. World Health Organization (WHO), and the U.N. International Chlldren's Emergeney Fund (UNICEF), Thailand has largely sueceeded ln ellminating the "Slow killer"' in many parts of the country. Above, a Thal doctor uses a borrowed table from a nearby temple to, examine a group of children of that region. The great importance of eariy investigation and correction of eye defects in children was em- phasized by Dr. John S. Craw- ford at a recent meeting of the staff of the Northumberland- Durham Heaith Unit. Dr. Craw- ford is an ophthalmohogist on the staff of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and the Fac- ulty of Medicine of the University of Toronto. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in ail conditions af- fecting vision. After graduation in medicine special training is taken in ahi phases o! vision test- ing and treafment including surg- ical operations. Dr. Crawford emphasized that chiidren can wear glasses af 18 monfhs. If a chihd's vision is such thaf he is heiped by glasses he wiil wear them. Any sign of a visual defect should be investi- gated before the age of 18 months. The importance of eariy treat- ment o! squint was also stressed. Ophthalmologists ndvise that a chihd with squint should not be ieft without treatmenf until ho reaches school age. Ail cases of squint should be investigated as soon as turning of the eyes is suspected and put under treaf- ment if necessary by the age o! 18 montbs. The various methods o! testing vision of school children were reviewed at the meeting. Dr. Crawford and his coîheagues have recently completed a survey o! the vision o! 2,000 school child- ren in Toronto and made a study of the details o! vision testing. Heaith Unit staff nurses do routine vision tests, on school children and check with the par- ents and teachers for any history o! eye strain in cases showing doubtfui tests. Ail chiidren found on test to have signs o! defective vision are reported f0 the par- ents and the famiiv physician for further investigation. If is of interest to note that over 11,000 vision tests have been done on school children by Health Unit staff nurses.11 Quite recentiy we noticed a newspaper account o! the calling fo the Alberta ban, of a former Durham Counfy boy, Eric Rich- ard Lovekin. Dick used to calh Kilcoiman Farm (befween Bow- manville and Newcastle) home. His public school was Shaw's. Whihsf living in Toronto, lie join- ed the R.C.A.F. during 1943 and was trained f0 be a bomber pilot. Was discbarged in 1945. In 1949 he graduated in Arts frorn Trin- ify College. Toronto. Ho obtain- ed bis iaw degree frôm the Uni- versity of Toronto law schooi in 1950. and once more entered the Air Force. He~ is af present a Flylng Officer in the permanent force, sfationed at Edmonton. Be- sides thaf, ho bas been articled f0 Noil Primrose, Barrister, wifh I finîshed the bottie. When my head began to feel fuzzy I thought it was due to the heat in the room, so suggested we bad better hike for home, and a fur- key dinner. We climbed aboard a bus, Alicej went up the stairs first. By the time I reached the top, the bus gave a lurch, my rubbery legs gave way, and I suid down that pesky iron hadder on the seat o! rny Bedford cords. The conduet- ress was just starting up the stairs. When she saw me com- ing she grabbed both hand rails and braced herself. My spurs tore ber dress. Whiie assisting me to a seat she said 'Blimey, you ain'f nrf stinko." Which, in Canadian lingo means "inebriat- Until thon I had nover tastod port wine, so how was I to know the damn stuff was liquid dyna- mite? Nobody bas ever got me within 40 rods of it since. In fact, just writing about if makes me bilous. I wonder if Alice ever fbinks o! the night I treated ber to a trip to His Mai esty's Theatre, to see Chu Chin Cbow? Our seats were in the dress circle; I was churnp enough to buy her a 10i shilling box of chocohates; treat ber f0 dinner at the Savoy, besides buzzing around town in n taxi.g No wonder I didn't bave muchi money when I decided to quit the~ bright lights; go into bus- iness for myself, and get mar- ried. When my wife reads this col- umn, she will probabhy enquire wby I spent money so lavishhy on the London girl, yet act s0 stingy with ber. Boing a gentleman I will decline f0 answer. whom he hopes to practice alte: bis hitch witb the R.C.A.F.1 finished. Dick is married; entitie to write B.A., LLB after hi name, and is only 28 year-, age. Aparently, nothing' tom good for the Irish! Our granddaughter, livingn Courtice, bears the name ofDon na Gail Thompson. We ha.ea ways supposed the littie la held a monopoly on that nam combination. Thus, got quite ýjolt a few days ago, f0 notice a newspaper that a Donna Ga Thompson (no relation) lives a 999 Mortimer Ave., Toronto. By the way, what are th Lions digging that huge hohe for on their Cornrunity Centre pý erty on Beech Ave.? Mayç is how they are spending tl~ lar that I forked over for fiv tickets on that nice Buick c that I hope to win. For several years, when th Bob Scott family has visied uS they have always hadtors away. Last xveek wben Bob an his wife called, we tried to mak up for lost time. What a gab-fes we had. They were on vacation had been to New York, amon other places. 1?heir daughter Sylvia, who, with her grand mother, is visiting in England telegraphed to say she had see Queen Elizabeth. Sylvia is 1 years old, thus would get quit a kick out of flying the Athanti Ocean, and seeing the Queen u close. Bob is still chie! engin eer of the Women's College Hos pifaI, Toronto. The Sialesman SoId Ai Following Stores Truli's Store, Courtice. Strong's Store. Port Hope. Reg. Edmund's Store, Bethany. Dyer's Drug Store, Newcastle. T. Enwright's, Newcastle. S. Brown, Newtonville. C. Pethick, Enniskillen. T. M. Slemon, Enniskilleni. F. L. Byam, Tyrone. G. A. Barron, Hampton. Newtoij Taylor's, Burkefon. H. T. Sayweli, Biackstock. Keith Bradley, Ponfypool. C. B. Tyrrehl, Orono. H. K. Reynolds, Kendal. J. W. Jewell, W. J. Berry, Howse Confectionery Jury & Loveil Elgie Harnden's Handy Store and The Statesman Office. im- 1 i Ed Youngman's Co lumn. It was nice to receive a letter from Mrs. O. Edwards, Toronto, to learn that the Edwards fam- ily are logging along nicely. Double decker busses from "Lunnon", with their Cockney drivers, are expected in Bowrnan- ville within a few days. Wonder if an l1A bus will be among them? The reason I remember the 11A busses so well is be- cause they used to play between Victoria Station and Shepherd's Bush. In the Shepherd's Bush district lived a very nice dark- eyed. dark-haired young lady whom I *delighted to visit, when on leave, during World War I. 0f course. our friendship was purely platonie. I wonder if she remembers the Christrnas Day we visîted her cousin, who happened to be a cellar man in one of London's most famous hotels? To celebrate, he opened a bottle of '63 'port wine, on which the "crust" was so heavy it had to be strained through muslin. I gulped rny glassful down, and when Walter left the roorn, polished off Alice's i allotrnent. because she didn't like it. Before long, Walter and 1 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVrLLE, ONTARIO THMSDAY. JMY 24. io.q2