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mi LEGAL A Barristers Solicitors and Notaries Public J Floyd Corner Thomas Office ArdiU Block and Wellington Streets Telephone Aurora MISCELLANEOUS Joseph O Dales Solicitor Notary Public Office and Residence 44 Main St NEWMARKET Evenings By Appointment A iA Barrister Solicitor Notary Public Etc PHONE 11 Wellington St MATHEWS STIVER LYONS AND VALE Barristers Solicitors Notaries Mathews Stiver I Lyons Joseph Vale Main St Bay St Phone Phones Newmarket Toronto I A MILLS I Banister Solicitor and Notary Public MAIN ST Phone I A E HAWKINS Contractor For BULLDOZING GRADING CELLAR EXCAVATIONS and Gravel Sand and Fill Phone 21teiflWa SAND and GRAVEL LTD Ike Story Of SHARON By ETHEL This is the thirtyninth instalment of a continuing Story of Sharon from its founding to the present The story was written after almost two years of- and will we believe be a major contribution to ledge of the past The remaining instalments will follow weekly OBITUARIES lor government approved crashed stone of various sites concrete crave and pit Delivered or at bin Plant phone Office phones 370 and ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR House and Farm Wiring DOG BAIN General Repairs Oil Burners Space neater All Electrical Household Appliances Phone Box 25 Ontario St Newmarket A STOVFFER Raglan St Expert Piano Tuner and Repairer Pianos Bought Sold and Rented PHONE Note The following material should be inserted after the in stalment of Thursday Feb 14 Lundys mill pond was the favorite skating spot for the boys of Sharon- They played shinny similar to present day hockey but instead of the hockey stick a crooked root was used The skates of that day had steel runners and wooden tops that extended up the back and turned up a little in front A piece of wood shaped like the foot was fitted to the steel and a screw fitted into the heel while the front secured by a strap It is recalled they did not stay on very well Literary Society During March of a Lit erary and Mutual Improvement Society was organized in Sharon and with members Among those taking an active part in establishing this society were Mrs- Amos Miss Stokes Mrs Reuben Phillips Sharon had also at this time a Christian Working Band and they too reported a member- of In they one Ancient Buildings Two more of the ancient Mns Thompson After suffering a heart seiz ure Mrs Thompson pass ed away at her home Holland Landing on Friday Feb Mrs Thompson had been around her home as usual on Thursday but shortly after retiring was stricken with a heart seizure from which she failed to rally Mrs Thompson was bom in township in the year She was the daughter of the late Jacob and Sarah lugs in Sharon were demolished dark thc surviving in 1900 drill hall and the of the family Her house on the farm The drill hall stood on the east side of Queen Street and ap proximately two lots south of the United church- Military sup plies were stored there and fi nally it was used as a skating rink One by one the links with the past in Sharon have disap peared The house of David stands at the back of the Ramsay lot Time has left its disintegrating mark upon it but of interest where the roughcast plaster has fallen pie were among the early pion eers of and townships She moved to the village of Holland Landing when she was a girl In October she married Thompson of Holland landing where she has since made her home She was a devoted wife and mother Her home was always open to the ministry of the church and to all Her welcome to her home and her kindness Will not be forgotten by a host of friends She was a faithful Interment was made in the vault at Newmarket cemetery The large attendance at her funeral and the many beautiful floral tributes were evidence of the high esteem in which Mrs Thompson was held The pallbearers were Mr Bruce Clark Mr Elmer Clark Mr Lome Mr Roy Mr Noah and Mr Asaph dist church later of the United fashioned lath The window sockets from which ail light has gone vacantly remind the visitor of a day in Sharon which will never return On the same property remains tho kitchen where the good women prepared the food for the fa mous feasts The hall so long for temperance and social purposes was taken over in 1913 by was bade farewell to one of their township and members Mrs Ira who j was moving to Sydenham Mrs VIOLET ROBINSON PUBLIC Conveyancing Insurance St Phone Newmarket IAMB D BARRISTER SOLICITOR ETC 35 MAIN ST PHONE 804 NEWMARKET DENTAL James J PLUMBING HEATING CONTRACTOR Dealer for Water Pressure Systems Oil Burners Cement Septic Tanks Constructed OAK RIDGES Phone King 111 Phone Aurora DR NOBLE DENTIST Over MUNICIPAL OFFICE Office Residence Dr VanderVoort DENTIST Main St Newmarket Phone MEDICAL DR Physician and Surgeon Phone by Appointment At residence corner of Raglan and newmarket Coal Coke Wood and Stoker Coal Orders taken for Giavel Sand and Crushed Stone and General Hauling I OSTEOPATHY WILSON Osteopathic and Arthritis WILSON BUILDING BARBIE Telephone 2293 Consultation by Appointment CHIROPRACTIC Marian J DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC ST Newmarket Telephone OPTOMETRICAL THE VARIETY OF DESIGNS in oar collection of MONUMENTS Is such that we can meet almost any require meat both as to kind and cost We also make memorials to order every description Youll find jSutofk excellent always and was the wife of Ira who had taught school in Sharon and who had gone on to teach in high school and in time became school inspector in Eastern Ontario That year the Masonic hall was reopened In January Sharon lost one more of its useful and re spected citizens Mr John Sel- It was owing in a great measure to his efforts that Sha ron obtained telegraphic com- with the rest of the world A reply from headquar ters of Telegraph Company stat ed they had no record of any telegraph office at Sharon David Hughes had studied telegraphy and had been associ ated with the Grand Trunk Rail way at night duty Later he joined the Northern Railway Company and began for himself in Sharon where he was telegraph operator and trained various young men of the village to do this work whenever he might be absent Two of these boys were Robert and Ed Noble Telegraph lines had followed the railway hut no was opened through Sharon until about It is believed from anything found that David Hughes was the first operator The line went from Sutton through Sharon Newmarket Aurora Tottenham and Rosemary connec tion being made with Toronto In the office at Sharon was closed but there were still three points open as communi cation between Newmarket and Sutton Mr James tells that shortly after his father became post master he the son applied to the telegraph- company to establish an office in the post office This the company did and he was pointed agent though only years old They retained the telegraph office until the family moved to Toronto our prompt and reasonably priced and SON MAIN ST NEWMARKET the present lot across the road beside the York Pioneers Mu seum Previously council had met in the hotel As a mem orial hall it is the central place for social and municipal gather ings When it was taken over by the council Mrs Amos was the last member of the old Temperance Lodge in Sharon and she stipulated that for pur poses of church and religious- meetings they should have use of building without payment of rent Beside this ancient hail a new structure was erected in which was financed by money bequeathed by the late Orville Rriggs to East bury township Business Activities Sharon had a business and in dustrial life that was unique in annals of pioneer settlements and in and around the person nel and each operation could be collected a page of history rich in romance and adventure As early as there were in Sharon tanners weavers hat ters blacksmiths tinsmiths coopers joiners shoemakers cabinetmakers carpenters tail ors storekeepers and wheelwrights Each occupa tion was In active operation Charles had established a store and later had entered into a partnership with Hugh Their partnership was dissolved but just pre vious to the dissolution heir store had been robbed offered a reward of pounds and shillings In Charles amalgamated with William and some years later went to Aurora where he became postmaster During William was the tanner George Roster and Charles Haines wore the shoe makers In P bought and sold horses William and Peter Shaw dis solved partnership and James was the proprietor of the Mansion House In P Smith established a general and a tailor shop He con tinued in business in Sharon for many years and his place was known as the Bee Hive Main St Over PHONE A HURST Optometrist Newmarket Clinic Office Hours Except Sat it oclock Evenings by Appointment Phone Newmarket -if- Life Association Representative and Casualty Eagle St Newmarket Phones Newmarket Mount Albert RADIO ft APPLIANCE SERVICE i 218 MAIN ST NEWMARKET PHONE 1204 A ACCOUNTANT A A a Chartered Accountant fane 1236 FIRE AUTO ANDIilFK Bill Mctfpii MAIN NEWMARKET it PHONE w PIANO TECHNICIAN Dealer for New Mason and Risen Piano Organ Pianos Bought mod Sold St NEWMARKET Pre A HEARD Painter and Decorator and St in test Wallpapers Phono Aurora JOHN DALY Expert Watch and Clock Repair St W Newmarket WORK GUARANTEED Note here follows the new in stalment for Thursday Mar Isaac Kitely was horn in and from court ami municipal records of the day he seems j Variance with their sense have been very active in the iMy settlement of Sharon When the church at Holland Landing where she took a keen interest in all its activities during her entire life In when the church was modernized she took a very active part In October she celebrated her golden wedding anniversary in the church- She also took a keen interest in the work of the Sal vation Army which she at tended in Newmarket Surviving are her husband three sons Oliver of Toronto Percy and Russell of Holland Landing and two grandsons Wayne and Bruce funeral service was held on Monday Feb at the chapel of and Rose Newmarket conducted by her minister Rev assisted by Captain Best of the Salvation Army Newmarket Rev Holland Land ing and Rev Percy of Mount Albert United church with his wife Martha Roberts he came to Canada in For a short time they resided at Mount Albert then moved to Sharon where they lived until Mr Stokes was made superin tendent of the York County roads at which time they mov ed to Toronto where he died in MSI John Stokes as an ar chitect had designed a number of wellknown buildings in the community among them being the Presbyterian church county registry office of the same place and the house of Sir William Mulock on Street He also had contributed a long term of municipal service With the parents this family of seven daughters in a very large way gave to the cultural life of church and commun ity They were musical one daughter Emily who became the wife of William principal of Newmarket public school with Elizabeth Ann Barker later Mrs George Fogg of were frequently invited to sing at public functions They were by A s J Hughes who played their accom paniment The Family It might be said that the were cobuilders of Sharon with David They originally had been Friends from Pennsyl vania and were loyal in sen timent the Crown while it was in power hut neutral in ac tion and for a time were left in peace After the Revolutionary War became a War of Independ ence the laws were changed and were not so liberal to the Friends They the Friends were harshly treated It was not so much the amount of the pen allies which grieved them hut the fact they were compelled to support a system of violence and bloodshed which was at of mmmmmi OT CAR OWNERS Insure your car today CoOp Way Sponsored by your Fed of Agriculture JOHNSYTEMA Newmarket Plume Kitelys came to Upper Canada they travelled by homemade sled drawn by oxen At that time there were only two log cabins York- Tho land chosen by Isaac Kitely was covered by dense forest After the death of Isaac his son William continued to farm the homestead and he has been described as a good neighbor and one who never missed attending a funeral In June William Kitely and his wife celebrated their golden wedding There were per sons present the presents were nil golden and they felt they had honored the fifth command ment Family As a young man James had come from Ireland He married Betsy Darling and they a family of children James was shot and kitted at the corner of and Yonge Streets in Toronto in the trouble John Kavanagh one time post master of Sharon was youngest of this family Ho was bound out to a Mr Bel fry north of and af ter his apprenticeship was fin ished he began for himself Later he married Eliza Ryan who had come from Tippcrnry Ireland as a girl to join an aunt living near Sharon To her children she had often told the story of her eight weeks trip on sailing vessel to New York and of the terrific storms encountered on the voyage John Stokes John Stokes was very well known and respected throughout the entire community He was born at Portsmouth England became a civil engineer and The family came to Up per Canada in IflOB and settled on Street the father being years of age when ho made the long trip They presented their certificates of membership to the Friends Meeting on Street but a very few years elapsed when they became associated with David and several of the family moved to Sharon In addition to the Crown Deed of which William is proud he also has the day book of his grandfather Elien- Doan Jr John John was born in Durham County England He emigrated to Pennsylvania and from there to Upper Canada by way of Lake Ontario and landed at Muddy York As the boat was docking the gun which he held went off shattering his hand so badly it had to he amputated For the rest of his life ho wore a pronged iron hook as a hand In he married Elizabeth Johnson of Pennsylvania who had come to Canada with her brother Jacob Johnson John was a surveyor as well during those anxious times previous to through he served as town clerk The old homestead is occu pied by his descendants A great granddaughtor of John Ramsay went from County Tyrone to China as a missionary where she spent years Below the village on lot No son of John Calvin settled and that still is in the name is occupied by John great grand son Kenneth At one time the president of the Whitchurch Sunday School Convention and for several years an assessor in eastern Whitchurch Township Joseph Martin died at his home farm east of Mount Albert on Febru ary 1952 after an illness of five months He was born on September near the son of Sarah and George Martin was married to Josephine who sur vives him Throughout his life ho was engaged in farming and was a member of the United church in Mount Albert Surviving are three sons Stanley E Martin Detroit Floyd Martin Toronto and Martin Mount Albert two daughters Mrs Floyd Fairies and Mrs J ft To ronto two brothers Stanley Martin and George Martin Toronto and four sisters Mrs Miller Mrs Baker Mrs Anderson Union ville and Mrs Bert Baker Rev conducted the fu neral service at home on Febru ary Pallbearers were Bruce Baker Baker Dr George Miller Miller Keith Mar tin and Ivan McLaughlin Interment was in cemetery Ancient pastime Diceplaying has been traced back almost to the beginning of history and there were sharpies even in that era because loaded dice have been unearthed in the ruins of Pompeii The Newmarket Era and Thursday Mar Page 3 HEAT LAMP r mm VS 50tffi llr Y Helps soothe muscular aches and pa Handy for drying and around the home shop See your Lamp Dealer CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED USE ERA AND EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS TO TURN YOU MO LONGER NEED INTO CASH again the Red Cross Appeal presents with a challenge and an opportunity New victims of war wounds need of lifcsavinff Mood transfusion services the inevitability of great disasters of fire and Hood all must find the Red Cross ready As the need to alleviate suffering grows the generosity of Canadians grows too Hut today the task is almost measure There la the challenge The opportunity to before you Give TODAY to carry on tomorrows work of mercy is urgently needed to KEEP YOUR RED CROSS STRONG M are 1 appro by auditor of foe Gavmm9nf CHAIRMAN ALEC BANK OF TORONTO