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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 18, 1953, p. 3

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new ford plant ready shortly ttie georgetown hekaut wednesday march 18th 1953 fage 1 former resident was buried here thursday a georgetown resident 25 year ago mrs james a aberdeen 7q was burled in greenwood ceme tery on thursday mrs aberdeen the former drusr el la bailey was a resident of lam bert lodge toronto and died there on monday she was a sister-in- law of the late ed mccannah who was cnr station agent here many years ago ftr mccannah is remembered as builder of most of the houses along one side of queen street from the highway including the large stone home of mrs hazel mickus which was his own residence after his wife s death mr and mrs aber deen lived in this house with mr mccannah mr aberdeoi who died ten years ago was a toronto real estate salesman and commuted ito work in the city during his res idence here the funeral service for mrs aberdeen was held at the skinner and middlebrook funeral home in toronto early thursday after noon with interment here later that day anglers hunters build 2500 workers will be employed at the new ford plant on the queen elizabeth in something less than three months when the assembly line is expected to be in operation an aerial view shows the 32 acre 35 000 000 plant which is the largest industrial structure under one roof in canada know canada of halton folk is theme school for the third consecutive year halton county has held a folk school this year from feb 25th march 1st at the home of prof and mrs alex sim merton the school was attended by people from throughout the county who came in for different sessions as welt as the students who lived in for the five days among the 45 registra tions were three visitors from went- worth county under the direction of mrs el minor coulter with mrs lillian gray acting as house mother a very full program was enjoyed the leader of the school dr j r kidd director of the canadian as sociation for adult education con ducted all the sessions which dealt with the theme selected some months ago by halton folk school committee know canada as the theme covered a wide range from canada yesterday to canada today in its historical physical so cial economic and cultural aspects those who were able to participate in all the sessions and discussions came away feeling they knew their own country considerably better than they had previously the use of films added much to the sessions those which were showed being our family tree our heritage canada at the olym pics canadian agriculture indian mask and the longhouse people one special feature of the folk school was the community night program held on friday evening at merton school for which merton home and school association pro vided the lunch and hospitality mrs eleanor sim acted as chair man and cliff waite ontario farm forum secretary was master of ceremonies thor hansen the danish born artist who designed the decorative scheme for the brit ish american oh co building in tororo was the guest speaker it this meeting culture is the nc printing of distinction let our new printing equipment do a better job for you and give you printing satisfaction wedding stationery letterheads envelopes statements ruled forms tickets posters folders cheque forms catalogues verending quest for beauty mr hansen told his audience it grows out of the evironment in every country locality town and city the artist showed a film depicting many of his own original canadian motifs and designs local speakers at the folk school included james dills of the milton canadian champion and the acton free press ho apoke on canadian newspapers ald publish ing and presented a film- showing photos taken in the course of his work as a reporter rev w lake of lowville who spoke on living in the present industrial age da vid pelletterio ont pres of jun lor parmers who spoke on the work of that organization and mrs v chisholm who dealt with can adian industries miss elizabeth i oosily of oakville gae instruc tirn in poster painting and mrs lilli in gray m needle painting v lsitors to the i oik school for the first lime learned that the folk school is not ano her organization but in ly be used by any or ahftth r rural organizations for the de ilopnimt of a ncht r fuller w iy of h lust as the mdii iduil grows lops bsl within i happy ly en ironinint in the sami oplc grow by coming toge thcr fc a short or longer period in t program where they share vork study and play the folk school purpose is enlightenment and as the program is designed with that purpose in view those who share the experience come away more keenly aware of their respon- sibdltfles toward themselves their neighbours and the world the program which included shared household and program dut ies v orship study recreation mu sic handicafts and even eight hours sleep nightly was so full that one student was overheard to remark that enough had happened in five days to fill a book the folk school committee was requested to begin planning now for a fourth folk school husbands wives want new pep and vim apaioted only 60 atu 1 more than 95 per cent of cana da s wines come from the niagara peninsula clubhouse to be proud of members of georgetown anglers and hunters association are justly proud of their clubhouse near lrickory falls it has been one of the major projects of the club with most of the work done by the members themselves over the past two years the clubhouse measures 18 x2v and is buibt of cedar logs cut from trees on the property the trees were cut in april 1951 and allowed to season one year the building was started t in june 1952 and com pleted last november the rustic building is the type that would warm the heart of any outdoors- man now the property committee has under consideration a pond for show and tournament casting it would be created in the spring creek which flows diagonally through the northwest section of the 12 acre property mmtlm l the georgetown herald printers and publishers telephone 8 main street terra cotta history of hamlet reviewed by wi an interesting and informative history of terra cotta was given by mrs clarence anderson to mem bers of terra cotta women insti tute meeting on thursdiy at the home of mrs john mccullough originally called salmonvillc be cause of the large number of sal mon which were fished from the river miny years ago thfr hamlet derived its present name from the tern cotln colour of the shilc from whuh brick is made the topic of roll call was an his toric al relic it was responded to by such varied articles w pieces of rtomin lottery t nuff box ind an indenture of 1618 mt ovv en micdonald reported on the cincer meeting in bnmp on mrs jcnmccul lough spoke on the international peace girdcns and showed a coloured film 6t places she had visited during a trip thru western canada several amuiing contests under the direction of mrs eric liedie contributed to the evenings enter tainment a piano selection by mrs lloyd davison was also much en joyed the meeting concluded with a social hour the canadian bank of commerce a complete fuel service at w h kentner son phone 12 blue coal high quality stoker coal for those with coal stoves and furnaces fuel oil contracts available for- those who use this form of heating

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