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georgetown ont wednesday september 21 at 1949- etown a great bxceuifent oaritjb show hall exhibit pleases commercial exhibitors add to interest another successful fall fair wu recorded last saturday when orice more the perfect weather brought a largo crowd to this popular an nual ovont the only thing missing was the midway for in spite of the efforts of the directors no trav elling show could be induced to como this year this was partly compensated for by pony rides which helped to overcome the dh apoplntment of the youngsters the harness races as usual provided the main thrill in the grandstand show along with ori excellent show- double baby show at georgetown fair georgetown falr had a doublo baby show this year in addition to the prizes offered by a george town- old boy nat guthrie robin sons of hamilton contributed pri zes to add interest to this popular fair feature judges were mrs norman vcrdec miss irene mul- holland mrs jack roughley of limohouse and mrs j mccrackcn of brampton winners of first prizes included henry king son of mr and mrs n ack king charlene anne lee ate sw npe f d mrs harvey jn- situation theccrk isgoihg to rslv uhier mr ot hi diuh- is to be c cponcil comments by the bystander frank kentnor seems fb have no problem with the water sbbrtago lrtfact he has a surplus seem there is a broken pipe under the street and it drips into his cellar ernie la to take care of it flans are now in for the new waterworks building all details seem to have been handled in a business like way by mr roberta the engi neer the patrons of the popu lar spot on mill street will have to park round the corner now that 1 parking ban has been placed on tom hewsons side of the street ihls will save many frayed tenders and tempers to help the park ing this show to halton county entrants proved popular with exhi bitors l a rearrangement omhc hall ex hibit tndded to its attractiveness and many took advontagc of visiting the hall friday night to view the ex hibits almost 400 attended the dance on friday in the rose room special features in the hall ex hibit included the arts and crafts display the same as it appeared at the cne bill haines of glen wil liams had his stuffed birds and an imals on display and a showing of zuka melons by meadowglcn growers drew attention the jun ior farmers grain show was be low average there were more en tries in domestic science and vege tables but ladles work exhibits were smaller than in previous years among the commercial exhibitors dl thompson daughte this year were scott motor sales m e thompson saxe motors georgetown motors tom hewson bell bros of milton r mcduffce sons milton f marlatt implements milton bill bailey imperial oil brampton dill grays radiator service brampton milton milling co mc- clures home furnishings jol manvlllc co b f murfln metal worki phoenix hous kcntncrs drugs and andersoi apiaries hornby the girls pipe band led the and mrsjock tlmleck glen wll- nlctcly tiled seems someone is hams terry david raymond son still using it as a sewer instead of of mr and mrs d raymond jean- using the municipal one provided iettc finnamore daughter of mr for about four hundred thous and mrs finnamore glen wil- nnd bucks dangerous health hams twins groce mary and practice davidson keeps harping hugh graham children of mr and mjnut that ventilating fan it is mrs g graham supposed to keep the air free of il prize winners smoke but it doesnt clerk richard john elwood son of mr iikes up his pen again to wite the and mrs henry elwood terra architeet abmii it klgin st cottn mary rose tyler daughter will be having a new street light of mr and mrs charles tyler brighten up that dark area margnret brownridge daughter of ope that eitiens realize thil it mr and mrs ward brownridge puts- about eleven dollars a year andrew george dewhurst son of r the hydro bill every lime coun cil and mrs harvey dewhurst il has a new 1 1 1 1 installed shirley anne zilid daughter of ill if it prevents any if our folks mr and mrs a zilio terra cotta heing frightened in these dark other babies entered were spots its worth it last meeting betty june norton daughter of mr and mrs james norton linda of mr mrs e thompson elizabeth cole daughter of mr and mrs john cole margaret diane foster daughter of mr and mrs john foster david stephen johnson son of mr and mrs earl johnson george douglas shepherd son of mr and mrs c shepherd david llau- son of mr and mrs joseph all bernard lawr son of mr former minister officiates at chutthilt wedding with a former minister rev o r flindall of allonford officiat ing the wedding was solemnized in churchill united church on saturday september 10th of gcor- ftlna bbrnlce thompson eldon daughter of mr and mn j alfred thompson r r 2 acton and le- roy macarthur son of mr and mrs fred mocarthur of acton given in mnrrlngaby hor f outer iho bride was gowned in white satin with a long tmln hor finger tip ych was fastenedo a lace cor onet stybi headdress edged with pearls she carried a ak6wcr bou quet of red roses and wore the grooms gift a double string of pearls mrs richard shortlll jr ilstcr of the bride wore peach yel low taffeta and carried a bouquet of mauve gladioli another sister shirley as bridesmaid was simi larly gowned in blue taffeta carry ing yellow gladioli the little llowor girl jean wardlaw of geor getown wore pink taffeta mr ralph thompson was best man and the ushers were richard shortlll and ernest dohson brothers-in- law of i the church was beautifully dec orated with dahlias and with gladioli for the- ceremony vhjch was t by 150 quests lillian shortlll played the wedding music and dorccn thomp son sang through the years a lawn reception was held at the home of the brides parents her mother receiving in- a burgundy ee flock and mrs macarthur in ey for a northern honeymoon trip the bride travelled in a green vabardine suit with brown acces- xnies theywill reside on their tim on the third line erin what council did l on monday sepf 18th joe will preside over as mayor his swan song in municipal poli ties and it was a real struggle lor joe to keep ironi breaking down when the council on behalf of themselves presented him with a lovely desk pjn the boys paid for it themselves joe spoke high ly of members who had served with him down through the- years expressed a firm assurance that he will give value in his new position as assessor the by- and mrs harvey lawrsusan lynne stander was thoroughly ilisappoin- duffy daughter of mr and mrs ted in the citizens of this town wm duffy bcnnie irenerpallistcr not a single one of them showed up daughter of mr and mrs emr-pal- at rhe meeting to offer any expres- amcndcd the parking bylaw to permit parking on mill street from main to market on the north westerly side only fat reading moved by david son and armstrong 2nd and 3rd ropdings by mccumbcr and mcnci- deputyreeve goodlet suggested that letters bq sent to the theatre the legion and tlie hotel asking that they provide parking accom modation for natrons to euse park ing congestion in tho downtown area he also suggested that the 2- hour parking limit be extended to include market street grand parade of livestock which i u i lhe me concluded the grandstand show a i mr a t s aclon effort wo expense joe has special feature this year was the da of mr and gone broadcast of the cbc saturday m e mclean nerval linda cas- years broadcast of the cbc saturday magazine direct from the fair grounds commentator don fair- bairn used georgetown fair to typify a rural ontario fair and interviewed such personalities as president john bird corey her to during the past thirteen rs or more to do the extremely sidy daughter of mr and mrs e heavy ask of running our towns cassidy milton heights george affairs 1 think we as- citizens allan gilchrist son of mr and mrs should be ashamed that we take g gilchrist david greygoose son such untiring service for granted of mr and mrsv greygoose gor- don willis son of mr and mrbjl- mutton poultry judge and editor wlli thomson d hunter iiol8tbins are of feattier fancier and e h buck a paris president of the ontario fall fairs assocatlon local fire men did a good job of policing the grounds j doug bailey of brampton and gordon wild of milton were prize- winners in the pony race road race winners were r m barden lllllsburgh a b weber kitchen er w j woon niagara falls and dick matson erin a special prize offered by mcgowons variety shop to the youngest child on the grounds went to john james gol- on son of mr and mrs tom gol den a prize offered by the herald to the oldest person attending was shared by w g gollop of norval and mrs m roney sr of toronto a partial list of prizewinners appears in this edition and the balance will be printed next i week mr and milton mrs james thompson f- prizewinners grc news georgetowns softball world scr- ios between lions club and smith st stone starts tonight with an other game fridoy at the park they will play a best twoofthree series for the gbc trophy golden hill ugotalikome own ed and bred by f o hunter nor val was grand champion holsteln cow at saturdays fair the cows nelly rag apple burke and gol den hill scnuulng bonnie also owned by mr hunter placed first and second in the dry 4yearold class and together with the cham pion holsteln and her son golden hill r a souvenir which if owned jointy by mr hunter ond lome cleave made up the flrot in lacrosse georgetowns three minor teams were eliminated from i prize holsteln herd further ola competition but ob- these animals also claimed servers feel that next year the story will be different and the teams have done remarkably well in their first season pec wees playing in a tournament at mlmlco on saturday won 121 over toron to holy name club only to lose a the h bingham sc son special for best holsteln female ond the n a rob- nson special for beat holsteln herd heartbreaker to fergus 86 in laidlaw ike inglis bill hewitt glen williams much freher thon the local boys i mr and mrs william lorrlman georgetown held a 52 lead in the left on thursday for a holiday in second period last month geor- xngland sailing on the ss em- 1 getown twice defeated the same press of canada from montreal fergus team he terry bludd keith scott dove second round fergus hod a bye barber don scbenk bud haines into the round leaving their team gory cooper faithful church worker sam orpen dies a utint f oiorjjctown for t-i- past dim ymi samuel orpen ilied in sunny bronk hospital tor onto inst friday following a short illnusj until mcviiin to bramp ton ii tew months ato mr orpen v as it valued member of the teach ing staff of st georges sunday ichool and as a token of respct the boys of his classy formed n inard of honour at the church and i the kraveside during the funeral rvice yesterday while in town e lived with his aunt the late mrs sydney young who passed way earlier this year mr orpen was born in toronto 7i years ago and was at one time jaritone soloist in m johns gar rison church a lithographer he had been in business in toronto rochester ny and established the dominion lithographing co in montreal he enlisted in the first great war with the 50th battalion was transferred to the third bri gade machine gunners and wai severely wounded in the second battle of yores after the war he spent ten years on a farm in al berta in his younger days he was a boxer and a lacrosse player he was a nephew of the late abe or- len prominent in race track cir cles surviving are his widow thp for mer harriett hammond a daugh ter sylvia a son maynard and one brother edward h orpen of toronto archdeacon w g o thompson conducted the funeral service in st georges church on tuesday with interment following in grcnwbd t cemetery pallbear ers were harvey dewhurst rich ard pruat charles chaplin w f bradley alva grieve and thom as warnes date sept 12 sept 13 sept 14 sept 15 will placo no parking signsjft on the southwest side of mill st moved by goodlet and davfd son will have the portion of market st from mill to church surveyed to ascertain the proper street width with a- view to providing morp parking space fmoved by goodlet and david son will hold a special meeting next monday afternoon with mr jack son of the scott jackson con struction co nnd mr ha gey tho sewerage engineer in order to have a final reckoning of sewerage in stallation costs called for lenders for erection the weather- mr editor 1- the average on this week aum- mary la almost on the exact mark for the months normal pverage i wonder u you remember thai georgetown fair had the aiinw break this year as in 1048 with tha weather last year it was alltuo warmer and we had more rain pa the sunday after fair day krn batkln max mln rain 74 65 49 3 60 02 71 78 sept 17 isopt ib 08 average m 43 41 40 40 bo 02 0828 4 48 89 113 there wasa hump in the road which needed levotlini- this will be done on behalf of the membere of tb 1 049 council reeve armstrong pro- lcntcd mayor gibbons who waa serving as presiding officer for tb last time with a desk sot which hoped would be useful in his off ice as assessor be thanked th mayor for his courteous and bust ncsslike manner of presiding a meetings and for the guidance ha had provided to younger council lors f the new water pump housev ten- mwcmbbons hers to be suomitled by 5 pm on i hal seldom c nnd ho fdt urtobcr 3rd unot to th task of saying macdby armstrong and her- h e say he had 1m enjoyed his work on cduncll down j through the years and had many were asked by frank kentner j emeries of nssociationa fo remedy water seepage into the ji p council3 basement of his store on main st trl ere are some people which was caused from a leak in cn 5ee b in anything a the main the matter v th the town foreman l leak in was left rson tries to do whether it b in municipal politics lodge or ser vice club or church work said mr rry lale reported that tile j g inch liad been placed on college street had already washed out and i i ecjple are few and all they suc ceed in doing is to make life mis- at u was hb oi7onha u was nly a waste of time to repair this unless something permanent is done he also said that sewage was still running into the open ditch tte clerk was osked to write halton health unit to inves- lkate this a show of hands fav oured permanently tiling the ditch will place another street on eliiin street moved by davidson and cumber light mc- wijl have the town men remove a dead tree from in front of the young residence on lower main st he did not mean by this that hfl resented constructive critiaism na continued and cooperation did not recessarlly mffan ogreement ha idvlsed any young man with tha interest of the town at heart to offer his services in a public posi tion i am moving out of politics concluded mayor gibbons and i will do all that is humanly posslbla to do my duty in my new position as assessor in closing he paid tribute to is town clerk who he said was ona of the most efficient in- ontario and to the accurate reporting of the local newspaper which did moved by mccumbcr st lyona ncws w did a i w k service in presenting coun- miss ryan was many years hydro clerk mr and mrs jack hooper were guests at the lcrcherwin wedding at st margarets church in hamil ton on saturday the bridegroom john larch is son of mr and and sho teramoto on the bantam team were harvey hazell walter alexander paul barber don white carman malt- by jud hob re bob freestone bob allen tom palmer james cun ningham butch schcnk james tlmleck jerry cooper bud varey ndl the bantams and midgets lost out to brampton in a home and home goals to count scries 2310 and peter fendll and 1811 the first two games at brampton found our boys a little mrs oscar lerch former realdenuj slow in starting and the opposition a boys soccer league gets under- of georgetown took full advantage of the mlscues way today the teams will play at mr and mrs millar who had the bantams nearly surprised at the public school norval and the bean spending a vacation with mr norval friday and although they glen and mrs robert mcmenemy sr j lost 75 they made brampton work returned to their home in phlla- for this advantage midget gomes main street and john street bat- delphla on friday sorky folks ff the editor wasnt qulje perking on nigh after his vacation and a aw news items have had to be held over until nert weeks tame uss the aolbth have you anything to eallt ona nast week in both towna were outstanding tied it out to a tie last thursday georgetown had the lead with in the hardball semifinals and minutes to go in the second game will decide a winner tomorrow but brampton came through to the winner meeting glennorval win the game on the laat shot pee combine in tha finals wee players included julian reed i dale sedore ken richardson roaa cunningham bill richardson bui donaldson peter pomeroy don jarvies george grasby jamie cun- nngham len benstead barry tlm leck ken scnenk sandy macken zie glen wellington james tere tnoto laurie read bud olbba and keith tost playing for the mid mall ad does the trick try eta ware blake inglis joe louth peter bratkln amle harel oord georgetown showed hamilton a thing or two about hardball hut saturday winning 209 at the local park the teams meet again in hamilton this saturday playing lor tha locals were jud hoare c orbey herrinflos p jim tlmlaelc lb harpln beaumont 2b george webater aa bod webster and paul barber if bud varey and lyn macneahi rf tom palmar cf ticorgetown lost one of its best mown citizens on saturday with the death in guelph of mlaa katia d ryan former clerktreasurer for the local hydro commission a lifelong rcsidlnt of town she was tbe daughter of the late charles ryan and catherine dalton- in april 1048 she retired after serv ing for thirtyeight years as a member of the hydro office staff for several years of which she also acted as collector of taxes and wa ter rates at the time of her re tirement miss ryan recalled that the had seen the growth of the hydro from a private company ona of whose members waa the late h p lawaon to ita present operation as a government utility the late herald publisher j m moore was reeve at the time hydro was taken over by the ontario government at that time 700 accounts were wet- viced and today there are over 1100 local consumers i high requiem mass waa celebra ted on tuesday morning in holy i cross church by rev pr v j morgan pallbearers were harold marshall graham farnell james boyle j j gibbens w p bradi ley and a nephew charles roes ryan of toronto mlaa ryan leaves wrote to the archltcci mat coun cil wished the matter of the fan n the council chamber which was not working efficiently cleared p will advertise for sale a septic tank used as a temporary disposal system for churchill crescent be- lore the sewerage system was op erating roaa chairman mcnally reported that the road resurfacing program was in progress and that about 300 yards of king street hod been pav ed as well as part of the 9th line the county engineer was of the opinion thta it might take two or three hundred tons of materials over the originol estimate to do the whole job ond mr mcnally said that even if the cost were up 1000 to 1500 he would favour completing the program instructed the clerk to forward a 300 cheque to the grc on request of that organization deputyreeve goodlet said that he noticed an improvement in en forcing tha main utraat parking regulations and in the police direct ing traffic since the police com mittees meeting with inspector knight cr davidson who is pol ice chojrmsn said that he had had a further meeting with the inspec tor and had also written to com missioner stringer saying council would wait and see how their re quests were met before coming to a decision as to whether to retain the provincial policing system may or gibbons complimented mr dav idson on doing a good job aa chair man and said that what had at times been a difficult situation seemed to be working out satisfac torily now cr lyons reported that work done on a roadway into the scho- fleld property off normandy boul evard was not satisfactory yap as i i an only sister miss annie ryan former principal of georgetown public school a brother charla ntcholaa ryan died several yaara ago interment waa made in greenwood cemetery george cils meetings n detail to the rate payers following adjournment cr dav idson said that before the meeting broke up he wished to say in an swer to a letter appearing in laat weeks edition of the herald that he felt he had done the right thing in voting for mayor gibbons ap pointment as assessor and that ha was prepared to back this decision up each member of council in turn reiterated their similar feel ing glen native diesingalt an interment service was held in glen williams cemetery yesterday afternoon for an old glen red- dent william h scott who died in gait on sunday at the home of his sister mrs r e bobartaaav in falling health for the past year he had been confined to bed tor a month before his death a son of the lab thomas scott and margaret mcelroy ha waa born in glen williams 76 yeas ago and had resided there until ten years ago when he want ta gait to make his home his wife formerly frances cook died ia 1038 only surviving relatives are his sister and ona brother georga scott of gait he waa a cf the glen orange lodge rev dr pakeny conducted th funeral service in gait and pall bearers were tbomaa stubba george watson a d pulton mat thew clark and r x robertsoa all of gait and arthur raid a toronto a ii little polio victim still in hospital jimmy ruddell yearold eon mr and mrs newton ruddell contracted poliomyelitis a weeks ago has been moved toronto sick childrens hospital to the convalescent hospital- at thistletown where ha la hr good progress towards l the disease affected tha baby right arm andhe la receiving phy siotherapy treatment ifl i g5at