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georgetown herald georgetown ont wednesday january 26th 1949 united church plans hew church hall this year tho uniilial congregational meet- frig flf the georgetown united church was hold otj monday oven- inb- jonuary 24th fbllowiftg tho worship service rov j m sjrilth declared- the mooting open for the business of the evening the various- ojrganlaitjqns presen ted printed opd verbal reports qf their financial and general achieve ments for the year 1048 these ln- dlcnted that in splto of tho uncer tainty of things duo to change of ministers and renbvation the church had a good year three new organizations have been started and it is hoped that they will con tinue through 1040 young peo ples union wolf cubs boy scouts there were 23 new members roi fcoived by certificate and 8 by profession of faith a total of 12 names were removed from the roll 0 by certificate and 6 by death in fant baptisms numbered 10 and j24615 00 was received and ex pended by the various organiza tions during the year the feeling of the meeting can be expressed in the term it was a good year and several members of tho congroga- ton proposed resolutions of apprec iation to tho various organizations and their leaders mr william deans was reappoin ted to the board of session as a life member messrs e forgrave hector bird and wm deans were reappointed to the board of stew ards for three year terms and mr claude kcntncr was elected for a similar period mrs c buck and mrs ii h jones were reappointed to prepare the elements for the sac- romont of the lords supper and messrs v t cavanagh and p b harrison were reappointed church auditors mr a maclnren chairman of tho building committee reported brief ly on the accompllsments of tho year and outlined tho plan of ac- tlon for 1040 for the congregations consideration the meeting accep ted the recommendation of the building committee that in view of the present and urgent need for enlarged and improved facilities we continue with the building plans the committment for 1040 is the building of i new sundaj school hall and the division of the present hall into suitable rooms the meeting was dismissed and the benediction pronounced lunch was served by the womans assoc iation guelph lady dies during california visit mri william a storey sister of mrs marlon henderson h r 1 georgetown died on january 18th at pol6 alio california while vis iting at tho homo of her brother dr george black formerly annie black she was a daughter of tho late george w black and janet moove and was born on the 4th line scotch block- following the death oilier hus band who farmed noaflvtllton thirty years ago she moved to guelph she was predeceased by a sister mrs john nicolson mel- vino and a brother hugh black the funeral service was held in guelph from the mclntyre and grecnaway funeral home last wednesday with interment being made in evergreen cemetery imj- ton her pastor rev crawford smith of knox presbyterian church guelph conducted the ser vice revival for grc new committee takes over visiting hamilton lions initiito four lfxalcubj a high spot in meetings of geor getown lldns club was reached on tuesday january tilth when a number of members of hamilton lions club paid a vbjlt and put qn 1 the program for the necllng whlolk husband predeceased hcfc fourteen for the occasion was held in tho legion hall with members of the legion wa catering for a phlcken dinner four new members were received into club membership in a cere mony conducted by archie mcdou- gall a former deputy district governor the new members aro stan flnloy norman hill cecil davidson and bruce mackenzie a fcatuic of the meeting was an in spirational address by frank bar- iter of the hamilton club who iave his thought on what mem bership in a service club should entail ending with the creed that what we do for ouselves dies with us what we do for other uvea on the present deputy district governor bert lewis of ancaster also spoke briefly gordon smith president of the hamilton club was introduced by lion chief j l lumbert and ac ted as chairman of the meeting mrs aj meredith dies in hamilton a resident of llhiehousc for nearly forty years mrs albert meredith passed uway in hamilton hospital on sunday evening jan uary thth n formerly elmtra edge alio was boril 75 years ago hi so dom tlnd had spent most of her married life in llmehousc her years ago she was u member of he canadian legldn wa she loaves a family 6f five chil dren howard of brampton char les of llmehousc gordon and mrs charles w lucas anna of tor onto and mrs fred mccartney of georgetown there are 14 grand children and 13 greot-grandchlld- rcn she also leaves three sisters and four brothers mrb john hem ingway sarah of hamilton mrs arthur kjodt letltia of mount vernon mrs john mcmurchy annie of calgary alta will of wjlcrdown george of brantford and david and fred of hamilton on wednesday rev mr moore of waterdown and hev john m smith of georgetown united church conducted the funeral ser vice from uhe mcclure funeral home in georgetown pallbeareis were comrades clifford hilts henry shepherd james blair tho mas grieve sam tennant and raiders trounce acton last nightj7 2 review night at check line forum an encourjbinji reiponce greeted a public meeting called by the georgetown recreational council iart thursday in tho old town hall when well over a hundred citizens turned out to discuss the future of organized recreation in town e v maccormack past presi dent of the grc wan chairman and first introduced don garvie dis trict supervisor of community pro grams for southern ontario mr garvie first showed an interesting movies of what had been done in decatur illinois to foster an all round intensive program then gave a- short talk in which he empha sized that the main point to first class decide was whether the town wan ted a program then to organise an executive with all local groups being apked to work on the com mittee mr maccormack then called on volitnteers to serve on a new com mittee which would go into the question from all angles and act as a temporary committee which the visitinj club provided prizes albert henney interment was for a lucky draw on which tickets made in llmehousc cemetery were spiel and the proceeds dona- floral tributes ind curds o tod to georgetown winners jjmpathy which were greatly ap- druwn by major joseph gibbons predated by the family were as were r licata norman hill mr- follows pillow the family legion old hutchinson and john gunning i w a true illue lodge no juj williams shoe co mr and mrs h b smith and elizabeth office staff of morahan supply corp monahan employees good neigh bours club willurd ave mr and mrs mcwilliams toronto mrs mcauley helen heid mr and mrs jumes mccartney mr and mrs car scad den mrs lucas sr and family neijjhbours nancy mere dith doris jocelyn bruce and denis johrj bingham is school ae board chairman for 1949 georgetown dairy is sold to hanover man the georgetown dairy owned and operated for the past three years by riley brethour changed iiands on monday when mr bre thour sold the business to ir win noble of hanover mr brethour came here from hespeler purchasing the biuilnje from e b tyers who in turn pur chased cedar vale farm the dairy is housed in what was formerly the railway station of the nowdefunct john bingham was choseij chalr- taronto suburban electric railwoy mn ot tnc board of trushees of which ran from toronto to guelph esqucsing school area no 1 when mr noble has had many years i the board met in georgetown on experience an the dairy business january 17th at the office of the and has lately been employed with secretarytreasurer miss ruth ev- the swiftcanadian company in ana r l davidson of acton who hanover he sered with the rcaf replaced councillor walter llnham during the war and was stationed a a trustee was welcomed to the for a year in newfoundland mrs meeting miss evans was reap- noble and their daughter ann lor- pointed secretarytreasurer for raine will continue to reside in 19i9 hanover until they secure living tio new school sections s b 12 mr and mrs d r mclaughlin were hogts to the check line farm torum on monday evening as it was review night there was no discussion period arising from the broadcast a feature picture also sound films manmade jungle arid a technicolor of the royal wintei fair were shown through the kindness of mrs wm strowe and mr moivyn wile re frciihments wci u sei ud with the same charm and hospitality shown in the mclaughlin home through out the evening the januar 17th meeting the last in n series of bioadcasu deal ing with insurance was held at accommodation in town the weather the home of mr and mrs george fust meeting ln the municipal ljcslie the discussions on child building on monday night and de welfare unemployment insurance tided to ask mr garvie to attend workmans compensation and old a second meeting and outline what age pensions were lively but no he considered a suitable plan to definite conclusions were reached iullmv for a lecreation program to the best method of carrying j hen- die question of the hiring cse out mr lctilic and her co- of a new recreational director was lostesses served a delicious lunch discussed but no action taken until at the end of the evening j the meeting witli mr garvie hockey fans pay tribute to memory of sheeny tost on wednesday night between periods of the game between wet ten and georgetown raiders the sheeny tost memorial trophy was presented to the hioldera the trophy donated by the board of parka management was won by tho local team in a oreseason ser ies with weston acton and ouk- e and honours the memory of who did much to make the n no hockoy conscious one of georgetowns finest hockey stars of all time sheeny was among the first to enlist in the last war and wan killed in action with the can adian army overseas in 1d42 ken nash team captain recei ved the trophy on behalf of his team mates from mrs ken mcmil lan wife of the club president and sister of the late sheeny tost alaoitaklng part hi tlie ceremony were tory qregg of wlngluim and heave jack armstrong psstprest would in turn select a new execu- jj a i tmk i ratmctr live twentyfive of those present i rlal jzjh 1 ii i ij indicated their desire to help out form association and this group chose as temporary officers dr clifford rcld as chair- airanmrnwiis im jn orkania man and mrs h c lewis as ectin to be knoun is tin hilton retary other members of the group fount u ntil sijut wen made are norman smith harry hale it 1 hitlili nu if uiunli cknllsls in iconaid bell wheldon kmmerson milton ltsl uedmsdiv tin cilmi- mi and mrs marshall timbers h ts met u itli or janus mather c lewis mi and mrs joe dinner- h ltn moh in clisi uss nil mi fintil tit itnu nt 1 lira inuli its m an is i l n lenti is nil t 1 1 uioup at tht mll- tmi inn ind fittldfcl tii fomi 111 1 tuition uilli meetings planned foil tlnns jtil pit uliiit ol tht sn lety is or i m ijeaiis of raklllr dl t k halkork of milton is vice picsidcnt md dl j i milne if georgetown snretir trei the fun mteti tni will tx- hi m in milton on reb mian llth inrnc and s 15 clayhlll joined the area on 3anuai 1st the si hool trustees and the inspector j l l skute will visit these and also glen williams public school elicit i rci imrtinc will make nee ssuv 111 cnli gt mtmit of the pre- 1111 its lilt 1tg11l11 ixiuil intltlugs will lie held in iht foul th monday of r it li month ith tht 1 tepl111n uf lbiuuv ubui tin inettlng will bt litlf 1111 tin hunt mimdij after- fast wildgame junior raiders edge clancy thts in a tytt wild hookey name i played here last tue georgetown i junior c entry led all through i the name to defeat klntf clancys j thl juniors 08 georgetown j ipirkcd by junior beaumont play- i ed cood ound hockey beaumont wjs the itar of the came with 3 while inclii and scott each i mo red a pair infills scored his two m i0 seconds harmon and votfel- i rnin were the utars for the clancy ciew with a pair each in tnc third period a regular donnybrook broke out with practically all players beinj in on it pewster ond beau mont- were jfiven majors for flght- ting while dillon was assessed two minutes for leaving his net and joining in the fray beaumont scored the winning goal at 1205 of the third period on a hard driw to the upper corner that nomanalli l in noa neer had a chance on j georgetown goal dillon def haines scott forwards junior beaumont k scott r hepburn alternates inglls louth thomp- i on hilts gojdch hewitt king i gibbs and norton l kc goal l homanalli def j nomanalli j fewster forwards d hall a nicholson jones bundy osborne dowling sharp ies jones vogelmnn harmon i macllroy silp georgetown beaumont 1st period georgetown beaumont j georgetown scott i k c harmon 1 k c osborney k c harmon i penalties haines i fewster 2nd period georgetown gibbs k c vegclman penalties bcott 2 nicholson 3rd period georgotown beaumont 30 georgetown haines 2 45 georgetown inglls hepburn 2 sb georgetown inglls 320 k c vogelman 536 k c harm an 554 georgetown scott inglls q 30 k c jones 0 30 k c fewster 1125 georgetown beaumont 1205 penalties dillon jr beaumont thompson nicholson jr beau mont nicholson major for fight ing blfoe the largest crowd of tne sron the hildrrs last night troun- ced thf aton tanncrg lpd 7x tiic rbciils were flying their back checking was superb and they showed their superiority during u the game going into- the third per iod the locals were leading 30 and were out to give lever hi first shut out of the season lever turned nslde many hard shots and waa in vincible until 7 02 of the third period when sproat scored on m pn- from baiso each of george towns three line shared in the scoring with max bradbury and nick ferrl netting two apiece jr beaumont kemshcad and currle netted the remaining tallies while hilton scored the second goal for the tanners the game was marred by an at tack on referee lennlc brdlth- waite in the 2nd period by mike cox of the tanners cox was ban khed from the game and will prob- ly have to appear before th oha to account for his action georgetown goal lever cuy- patterson mash forwards u brad bury storey currle jr beaumont kemshcad melannon d beaumont n fcrri chappcl l bradbury martin acton goal evans def baylis lindsay for goy odonahuc cox bisso hilspn kentncr sproat marzo brush 1 45 1 45 310 3 47 s 4u 1220 osborne 1122 18 45 haines 120 1st period georgetown ferrl chappel nash georgetown kemshcad jr beaumont 1850 penalties kcntncr bayli sproat d beaumont ferrl mel- anspn 2nd period georgetown jr beaumont kemshcad molanson georgetown m bradbury l bradbury ceprgotowrt ferrl storey penaltle cox misconduct and match penalty martin kentner storey currle 3rd period 4 georgetown m bradbury martin acton sproat basso acton hilson lindsay georgetown currle storey 1804 penalty hilson 42x 81 1510 30 7as 114 mr and mrs frank benner and buby daughter helen have returned from a visit with relative in windsor and detroit mr- banner is on vacation this raont m hi position as manager of ine hoyal bank record financial year for njrval united church son mis clifford held jlnumai- isnrtts of tin cecil wllkti tlfin 9uli ihiiil fid uillas saincmlt a jilttlie aar tnshl silmol to cucst john liinicr guoijl nicr mayor josljiii gibbons bieon akx mallaicii mis olncy and mis hay conn the new committee held their i ai wilt pert mr editor- hoie we are with another weeks mimmnry allowing averages oven higher than last wceu better keep our fingers crouct tiiougli m anything can and may happen after tho storm 8 that liavo hihn all over tlia wcat krn batkin max mln r s jan 17 36 30 jon 18 50 24 italn r0 jnn 10 36 20 jan 20 26 ib jan 21 yi 10 snow 2 ian 22 ji 25 jan 23 26 22 avvrug 3fm 2371 local brigade answers brampton fire call georgetown fire ui njadi were called to brampton latt baturday morning to help fight a ierlous main street fire the fire gutted the promises of the green lantern hestnurant and fire and smoke caused extensive damage to the adjoining mcklllops furniture stoic three residents of apart ments over the stores escaed be fore the flames and smoke roochod their holght mrs lleto mcenery und mr ond mrs lc arm strong mrs mcenorys doua- ter evelyn lost nor trous- seuu and furniture which the had assembled in anticipation of her marriage with rosa colblck a furniture brigade was formed and saved many valuable articles of furniture refrigerators stoves und other home furnishings before tlic fire reached tho mckiuop store the fire first alonn for which sounded at midnight was not uniloi cojitrol until five in the moitilng reunion planned nassagaweya marks hundredth year ullu all plsl t ms 1111 writ- united to the htiukuial meet- 1 inn of ni iiiu i council which i is held in 1 1 it louiicil chimbti at i llinnkwlle on jinlliij lutll memhels of the new council who subscribed to the oath of office ue hoove w m vaiiilckle coun cillor j e iziienlon k hi storey tlcorge e stokes and j s nor- nsh the meeting marked the 100th year of tho establishment of the municipality fourteen past i coves and councillor- wore present and letters of rogiet at being unable to attend woie lead from d h ilutehcon of vuncouvei and cieorge finney of durham after the business five former reeves vere aslcedtq occupy tho council chali for the balance of the after noon all were of the opinion that a centennial field day should be held this summer refreshments were served after the meeting i on january 12th at u second council meeting further plans i weio made for u centennial re union john cm ton was appointed chairman of a historical commit tee members of wlilch are j w moffat c a darby l w mcmil lan george s fulton n s mar shall and william held a grant wm made to the sail a uon at my rescue home mrs b elliott was appointed ciirelakei of tho township hall mr k cox uiictiiker of the memorial plot und l w mcmillan relief offlcei htnb0 u tenpg j mr jim goodlet is in toron uili vittk wimro lie ig taking ko wvloa cou willi inn 1010 raised for church poliosis in 10lil a record finan- i iil cu as reported at the an nual ineetiiij of the noivil united inn ill held on jnuiio 7tli dui- iiti inejiticil b the chinch ladles ptllcilcd the busini ss meeting uliich iiencl witli a bhoi t worship si i ue ondiuted b the uunistei hoi 1 j dunlop mis hamilton mil aiihln was cleitcd as score tu of the n eellnn 1 ho session icport uas presented b tho nimistei and clerk of tile ses ion ii g lynnt during the eu extensne icpairs were carried on in tho paisonic including in sulation paintine and uie iilacing of insulbrick on uie building rhojrepoit of the board of btew- aids was iiresented by the chair man george c brown the mis sionary and maintenance leport by col a l noble allowed an in- cioaso over 11st year mrs ii mc- mtxaughlin rcijcl the womans mis sionary society report ond mm wilbeil cleave the mission band mrs e c reed and mrs n t ialdlaw guve the womans asso ciation and sunday school reports n t luldlaw wllbcrt cleave william graham and geoigc sharp were reelected stewards for three ear terms hartley cameron was elected to fill a vacancy on the board which also has as its meln- bers a e carney howard lald- lay earl hyatt will hyatt ham ilton mcliuunhlln and george c brown at u subsequent meeting of the boai d mr brown who lias been chairman for oven years retired much to the boards regnct tho rolluwlug officers were elected chairman h mclaughlin secretary r goorgo c brown treasurer oeorge sharp members of tho session aw col i he mimstei expressed his doop ippicctation to all leaden and lulpors of tlie different church or- i auiations hi said the work was apt to be hard and tiying at time inn it uas a glorifying work aim ing to make a christian commun is and a christian world a l noble earl hyatt james junior raiders are matched in series with acton georgetowns junior d hockey- team which was originally spotted fh a 4tcam group la playing on abbreviated scries with acton only other entrants in this district fer gus and llstowcl which had orig inally planned to enter teams diopjvcd oit before the schedule began the junior raiders zhs first loaguqgamc here uuit week play in acton next wednesday on rehiuary llth the teams meet here ugaln and on february 15th in acton a best 2of3 playoff series is being arranged with the leading team to havo choice of first ice 1uk iiiugadk calild no damagk kkpoted the fire brigade kms called yes- terduy afternoon to tho homo ol mr und mrs william ure market street where an overheated fire place threatened to cause a fire ba tlie home no damage was repor ted mr and mrs ure live in the white cottage oil tlie hill formerly fcwned by mr and mrs a k wilght mr niul mrs frank smith llari- rv smith wnrt mr nh s wlffrgj burt of balllnafad v