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t the georgetown herald csexsreptowii ontario wsdtmttkjr june 22nd 1040 what council did o oh monday jftjnb ju gave third reading to a bylaw to issue 18000 in debentures cor road resurfacing and amended this tod the 180000 water debenture to change the interest rate from u to e f purchased the property of dr h t paul on lower main street for 6m a a alt for the new water pump station moven by armstrong and good- let accepted a tender of clifford hllta for replacing the sidewalk in front of the cordaro property on main street at a coat of 230 were notified by the county that the county rate this year la 8387 x t weathe mr eduo the averages od this week summary are both very high the maximum is- 12 degrees above this jcme normal arid the minimum la 14 degrees above normal the rauvtrled hard tb- come sev eral times bbt only one day jvas there enough to record and that was just iflooth of an mehl the jlrst day of summer cams an tuesday this week but most of us eel that summer has been with us for a couple of weeks or more em batkln max 87 87 88 84 81 rain june 13 june 14 june is june 18 june 17 june 18 june is 87 mln 07 67 trace 70 trace 83 trace 82 trace 69 01 63 average 85 71 65 57 01 limeuou8e presbyterians celebrate 88th anniversary an increase of 1200 over last year instructed the clerk to write mr hall brampton architect pointing out that the fan in the council chamber is not satisfactory were asked by the recreation commission represented at the til51 tn with former mlnuter rev d malcolm with mr garyie of the dav of weuand as guest provincial department to consider i jti t3jr t ti zz a bytaw getting up that organ- pk bringing two forceful jijj knjth mons llmehouse presbyterian zation as a recognised body and cbur u anniversary of its founding on sunday june 10th mr kenneth harrison was in charge of the ser vice of pralso with combined georgetown and lamebouse choirs in the morning the choirs sang hymn of peace rev a calder contributed the solo t open the gatos of the temple and mist jean chester come ye blessed of the lord the anthem by the choir in the evening was god is love and rev a colder sang ninety and nine a ladies trio of misses ruin davis jean ches ter and jean kuddcll obliged with thanks be to god two good sized congregations braved uie heat to help make the day a success on monday evening a program of high calibre was presented in the church by the combined compbeu- ille and lowvillc male quartettes und the lowvllle ladies trio ac companied at the piano by mrs vernon mcarthur and a vocal solo by miss joyce farmer gold medallist bi the holton music fes tival finals accompanied by her teacher miss marion hepburn the ladies of the wa served re freshments from a booth outdoors tiurlng the intermissions also to place lights at the bowl to seek permission for the commission to- obtain use of the township bulldozer at township rates and for a grant of 125 to purchase material for playground equipment in the park mr mac- laren said that the grc was pro viding this equipment at norman dy boulevard and residents there were going to set it up the park installation would be dependent on whether enough men in that district were interested in doing the same council passed a motion for lights and asked the reeve and his deputy to try to get the bulldozer the third request was the subject of a debate deputyreeve good- let said he could not sec where the money would come from as it had not been included in the budget- reeve armstrong said he favoured it but wondered if the other side of town was to get something sim ilar mr maclarcn explained that it was particularly needed in tho pork during the stayathome camp in july and he hoped that other parts of town would request similar equipment in fact this was why the grc was starting such ef forts he promised thot no further requests would be made to council for financing several members said that if the grant could be made from 200 allocated to the property local council of women committee for park use they would holds last meettnq favour it it had been planned to spend some of this on repairing the park gatos and it was inferred that this could not be done if the 125 grant wos made a motion was passed lyons and goodlet voting in opposition prime minister st laurent is visitor in georgetown were invited to attend a meet ing in stewarttown on thursday july 7th when members of the high school district board mun icipal officials of the municipalities it takes in and representatives from georgetown council and board of education will discuss with a representative from the depl of education the situation now that georgetown has joined the area recommended the appointment of walter bfehn dr j b milne and john bell as georgetown members of the board no actual appoint ments will be made until january 1950 when the town officially joins the area moved by davidson and mc- c umber will purchase two water sets for kse in the municipal building fmoved by goodlet and mccum- betl were hiked by the alliance pa per mill to have engineer hagey meet with company officials to dis cuss waste disposal ot the mill were notified by the ontario on friday june 17th fourteen ladies met at the home of miu ettie lawson for the closing meet ing for this season of the local council of women an invitation wit accepted from the weston la- diet to join them on tuesday at a tea but otoing to the very hot wea ther the visit had to be cancelled the treasurer was authorized to pay 50 the balance due the foun dation fund mrs w e nodweu was made convener of the refresh ment committee mrs r t paul gave an interest ing paper on the history of the mason and rlsch piano firm the company was formed in 1871 when toronto had a population of leas than 73000 ard canada had just become a dominion t g mason and vincent risen opened their first store in toronto on king tt ad a factory t king and bathurst straeta atxl sold their flrit piano to a professor philp of quelph a wall- known bandmaster and organist at the time at present all punos arc made in toronto at their fac tory on adelaide street produc tion is 250 a month which will eventually increase to 400 and they are sold in venezuela china and holland all wood used in their manufacture u canadian mrs jesse wyatt was appointed a representative on the halton mu sic festival committee v mrs rob- ert wyatt favoured with two reci tations and mls marlon hepburn mn paul invited and to thnbi tikin part in the pinfjrani provincial police headquarters that an lwo aniens the new contract which would tome the members lu ui cottage on up in january would be at a new beptimbei lain mrs mackenzie scale of rates at present thu town mocd a vote of thanks to the hos pays 1750 per man under int iilw syaum the town would pay 2510 per man but would receive u 25 per cent giant on tiiciscalurlcb as well as on milcu c ukhunc and office supplier voikl lhuirinun david son aid that thb would be an rejtiie over the present cost of- ve to jix bundled dollars rhcrrt1 georgetown was honoured yes terday morning with a brief visit from the prime minister of can ada rt hon louis st laurent mr st laurent was en route by train to toronto where he address ed a political rally that evening and arrangements were made to have the 11 05 train to which his private car was attached stop at georgetown station for five min utes the putflic school children with flags which had last been ucd for the royal viait in 11u9 were at the station as were offic ials of the local liberal organiza tion the girls pipe band town lounul and a large nuinbei of the citizens the train was delayed somewhat as it also made a stop at vtton where hughes cleaver mp the libcnl candidate joined mr st laurent i party at george- nwn m iyor gibbon welcomed the lrime minister to the town and officers of ttie liberal association were presented to him gail mc- gilvrav daughter of mr and mrs garfield meguvray presented a houquel of roses to mrs st laur- liit on behalf of the local organiza tion also on the train were their daughter and granddaughter the prime mmistci looked 1n the pink of condition and showed none of the strain which roust be his after a long election tour which has taken him right across the do minion he was dressed in a light gray summer suit with tan sport hoe- and his appearance and the few words he spoke made a good impression with those present the children particularly were cnthusei when he suggested that a half holi- da be declared in honour of his v i t and thi- wb confirmed by the board of education chairman walter biehn i the trun left the station ieeiiiic in lii n itive trench were tailed u mi 1 dcbcaulieu of ttie beaver electric and miss st je in and borne of the children from notredame de beauregard farm md the prune minister smiled tmadls as he icplicd in french the prune ministers isit was the first in almost fift vears some nf the older residents recall that in 1000 sir wilfrid launer paid a similuk visit to town at that time s 1 mckjnnon of toronto was contesting the riding for the lib- doui pbtk betde read wdm4ct4u drpr jaime wracfitig saturday at st gorgy social and personal baskets of red pink and white peonies formed a beautiful setting in acton baptist church on satur day june is where a t oclock the marriage took place ot bessie evangeline relet elder rtmfg or mr- and mrs hugh m held rjl 2 acton to douglas earl jpecky sec ond 6ri of mr and mrs walter peck georgetown bev chat r- gower performed the double ring ceremony the wedding music was played by mr charles landsbor- ugh uncle of the bride a cousin donald graham sang thanks be to god before use bride entered the church with her father and the lords prayer during the signing of the register the bride was charming in a gown of petal white satin fashlon- od with slim moulded bodice long- tight sleeves and sheer yoke out lined in tiny satin rosettes each centred with a pearl the shirred hip line of the graceful skirt feat ured tiered satin frills forming a pannier effect she also- wore the grooms gift a pearl necklace a long embroidered veil held by a coronet of orange blossoms and carried a bouquet of beautiful red roses miss wando rutlcdge rn of toronto was maid of honour gowned in pale blue eyelet organ dy and carrying pink carnations the bridesmaids were the brides sister mary g reld in lull skirted gown of pink swiss embroidered organdy and carrying nosegay of blue sweet peas and a cousin dor othy e rcid gowned in pale green swiss embroidered organdy and carrying a nosegay of pink sweet peas ruth landsborougb a cousin of the bride made a charming flower cjrl in peach swiss embroidered or- kandy dropping petals for the bride from her tiny white basket dalnt- ily bedecked with ribbon strcam- fuylib diici tiny rosea all the attend ants uore bonnets to match their uowiii tied with ribbon under the liihi and pearl necklace kifu from tin bride the groom s attendant wa his brother ralph v peck of the royal canadian navy the usher3 were clarence h d tteid uruthir of the bride and douglm cole of georuetown who wore in itialed tic pin gifu of the groom the wedding party gathered at grand view farm home of the bi ide s parents where the house uab decorated with baskets of pink itul white pconjt6 and bowls ot iuls the brides mother received in a gown of turquoise blue with i ioragc of pink roses and wear ing white accessories assisting iter was the mother of the groom eral party he was subsequently grc flowered sheer corsage of iliftattd in the election by hon talisman roses ond grey accessor- da id henderson of acton pro- j le j krissivcconserntive member i luncheon was served to about i seventy guests the dining room a very pretty wedding took place on saturday june 18th at st geor ges church of england when ethel marlon youngest daughter of mr emily jmes and the- late georg jafties become the bride of lorn earl son of mrs m draper and the late earl draptr of brampton with archdeacon w g o thompr son officiating the bride given la marriage by her brother george bud jamee was gowned in white slipper satin with sweetheart neckline and long train her ialmength veil was held wth a sequin trimmed halo and she carried sweetheart rosea and bouvardia and wore the groom gift of a gold necklace studded with diamonds mrs thomas hore sister of the bride was matron of honour gown ed in mauve brocaded taffeta with matching headdress and carried a cascade of fuschla gladioli miss eleanor anthony was brides maid xowned in green brocaded taffeta with matching hcaddma and carrying a cascade of picardy gladioli carole ueddon was junior bridesmaid gowned in yeupw broc aded taffeta bodice and net over- skirt with matching headdress and carrying a basket of yellow snap dragons and blue cornflowers the brides gifts to bey attendants were gold necklaces set with rublef to the junior bridesmaid a strinc of pearls the best man was the grooms brother mr jack draper of bramp ton and the ushers were the brides brother mr bill james and mr chester hughson of orangevillav brotherinlaw of the groom during the signing of the regis ter miss jean harley sang o per fect love the wedding music wu ployed by mr jock crichton at the reception held in tbs legion hall the brides mother re ceived in blue figured silk jersey with corsage of pink roses assisted by the grooms mother gowned in blue crepe with navy and whits acccssoricsand wearing a corsage of red roses there were ninety two hucsu present from hamilton toronto shclburne orangevllle actont brampton adn georgetown laid the bridal couple left by mo tor to wasaga beach for travel ling the bride wore yellow figured icrscy with grey accessories and a corsage of pink carnations elva wiley marries orillia man vht 2300 votrrs in hsjjlfcsing on iiil bidal iiti i li t fi fs- wassoinc dismimiiii on the matter qucsing 2115 oleis are lhttd plus but itwas dtiidcd to leave liny de- irmiiddittnnt made line the pie- cision as to uhwiei to eojitinue 1 inltti hu win picpucd the witli the n ut i item oi icvcrt vnhtp ii dividid into nine poll- io a local police department until uu dlvnon otcrs pintlculailv a future mchling v those who have moved into ttie dls- jltlrt since the last election should elu elt to see that their names are aim high but doii i stop shooting the ht ascertain where just because you missed the first i tr illgttist potrhis booth will few shots lie loiatid l x r- mtsj agnes cole has left to spend the summer at lake cecebe mr and mrs james f evans en joyed a trip to cleveland ohio over the weekend visitors in town for the weekend with and mrs joseph carter were mr and mrs reuben eaosn and children june und betty of campbellford mrs e c willis of winnipeg manitoba is visiting in town with her sister mrs j hambleton and her niece mrs a pattenden main street south mrs james h wilson and baby daughter barbara of hamilton are visiting with mrs wilsons parents mr and mrs j d godfrey for a few days this week marlon and margaret hunter daughters of mr and mrs a g hunger of freeman spent a few days in town last week with their grandparents mr and mrs t j fisher while here marion cele brated her fifth birthday prior to her marriage miss ethel james was entertained by miss malzie lorriman at a miscellaneous i shower mrs frank scddon a lin en shower mrs clifford norton a china shower arid mrs william honey a miscellaneous shower j weekend visitors wltir the case- levs were mr and mrs lloyd smith and children don and lor- laine of port credit on hunday at the same hume visitors were mr tui mis ccoikc scott and children 1 weston mid mi and mis noun ii si 11 ind daughter joan of t iijvllle mi luul mis utui majuerv and ulrjikts duiolliv and marion and ml ami mis iiriu mijuciv visitcd i 1 dives in ltil bmiml mi i the iiuend accompany ing doio- vvvi mis connie molfltt who ti itd iici pui cnts in ptiriv sound c li in it j n li s nuilli but nil i cm monil iv robert wi igglesvvoi til mi of mr and mrs h c wrig- usvvorth ntiituintd the follow inif 1 1 tic fi lends dav maikenic paul kivjght jimmy thompson jimmv grnhh ifettv carey and his j in other douglas visitors at the home of mr and mrs bert weston on saturday in cluded mrs j slcightholme and mr ond mrs gordon leslie of osh- owa and mr and mrs thomas blyth toronto richard verdec son of mr and mn norman verdec was nine years old last thursday and cele brated hhi birthday with a party his guests were douglas wriggles- worth dennis bell david jones kenneth vivian billy vivien gor don spcncc terry schlsler billy mccarvell brydon shields and his brother norman his grandpar ents mr and mrs r e jones and two greataunts mrs e j allen and mrs e tinlinc paid a surprise visit in the evening engagement mr and mrs fred anthony wish to announce the engagement ot their only daughter eleanor anne to william frederick cunningham eldest son of mr and mrs robert cunningham norvai tto wedding to take place ortjuly 2jrd at three o clock in st georges church of england georgetown births iohnson mr and mrs fred johnson ore happy to anouncc tin aitlvnl of a baby daughter it p el memorial hospital hi itnpton on sunday june luth imii both dolni fine mtljs of thanks i ulhi in mis john mc- liughlin wi lies to thank fronds and neighbour for flowers cards ind fimt sent tn her luring her lllllcs ttlubltlt llaj webster thanks liiir friends piovlnclal paper mill implnvism nnd indies of the leg ion wa fin nils floworn ond other kindnesses extended v him duilni his lillncss in hospital anil since icturning home tabic being centred with the three- tiered wedding cake surrounded by pink and wh0e atreamersr cand les and bowls of roses above which hung the customary white wedding bell six girl friends of the brldfr assisled in serving the guests the bridal couple left on a trip to visit the grooms brother at halifax the bride travelled in a silver lustre grey covert twill suit with navy blue accessories on their return vhey will reside in georgetown guest f n m a distance were mr o mrs arthur pack of hanosei mrs edgar ktndrew and eddie of primrose miss jean hemstock and mr and mrs fred davenport of owen sound mrs kennedy and mr and mrs jos n reld dorothy and nancy of hamilton from which city also came miss laura reld and the brides grandparents mrs r h reld to whom the bride presented her bouquet and miss licit williamson of valleyfield st pauls united church oril- lia was the scene of a pretty wed ding on june 11th when elva jans wiley daughter of mrs william wiley of toronto and the late mr wiley was united in marriage to mr grcnville kitchener turner son ot mr and mrs theo turner orillia rev e r buguen offici ated given in marriage by her broth erinlaw mr roy mckeown tho bride wore a white satin gown with a long veil falling from a headdress of seed pearls she carried a show er bouquet ot sweotheart rosea mrs verne turner was matron-of- honour in blue taffeta with match ing hat and carried a bouquet of talisman roses mr verne turner was groomsman and the usherst were mr elvin turner and mr kenneth wlndover a reception was held at parry where the brides mother received in powder blue sheer with white accessories and a corsage of rosea the grooms mother wore navy with matching accessories and a corsage of roses the couple left for a motor trip through northern ontario the brute travelling in a rose net dress and hat with white accessories gulden wedding for mr and mrs brandford a family gathering on sunday june 10th was held at their home to celebrate the 50th wedding an niversary of mr and mrs jesse brandford residents of town for iiiinv vears mr and mrs brand- ford were married in mcpal eng land and came to canada in 1012 living on a farm near george les lie s faim the returned to eng land for a few years and on coming back to cunnda setthd in george- town where mr brandford was a mod dealer and conducted a nur sery and market garden until his letirement eight i us ago tin i tv make tin it home wjih mr and mis thomas lnson mr hramlford being associated with his son-in- law in the operation nf c i lot nl tho couple haye four children all ttatunl in town gwirgc cvill mis asnn florence and walter they nave eigltt grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren officers appointed for june 27th election deputy returning officers far georgetown have been appoints to act for tin dominion elscrloss on monday june 27th these era division 1 james f evans dlv islon 2 calvin clark division s frank whitmec division 4 don herrlngton division s fred bralsby and mrs fred bralsby division 0 walter gummer and thomas trconor mr p w cooke of milton is re turning officer for the county gttc news dont foigcl to vole iipxt monday luno 27th v x don t foiget the mens softball mi moiulaj wednesday and friday at the park last week the high school team disbanded leaving eight evenly matched team a new where in the herald schedule of games appears else where in tills herald the seven lads who still owe for their lacrosse sticks are asked to i a btfforc saturday a onoloot measurement was at one time actually estimated by the length of n mans foot hmri ii v jauali u