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the georgetown herald wednesday evening february 10th 1954 ten pages three die in hornby farm flames father two ijaughters were sunday fire victims v emeraoo law hornby farmer and hut daughter beryl and linda were victim of one of jhe wont dlatrlet tragedies in many yean when fire destroyed the la yer farmhouse at hornby sunday mr laver died in the blaring house after aavlm hie wife by push ing her out the door whea he went back to cave the trie trapped in their eecond floor bedroom ftiree eons ted 20 gordon is and keith 14 leaped out a bedroom window to aafety all three were badly burn ed and were taken to muton hoe- pi tal mr and mrs lever were ewak- ened by amoke about 10 jo at eight bo quickly did the fire fanned by a high wind eweep through the frame building that it waa only a matter of minutes when the roof collapsed and the houaa waa in rulna when milton ire brigade arrived early errtvala at the fire acene included a neighbour edgar may and wilfred and lloaa ilrown who helped get the injured to hospital another daughter may wai not at the houae at the time of the fire and arrived home soon after mr and mra laver also have a married daughter mra june elliott bf ac ton the laver farm la situated bealde tl stephen i church which the family attended and where rev j e maxwell conducted the funeral service yesterday for the three fire victims the two older boys are out of danger keith was the most seriously injured und suffered severe cuts as wclj as burns miftiest jean vows at holy cross church following a wadding trip to de troit mr end mr crttles mlgua hav taken up residence at notre dame de beauregsrd farm tha young couple- who haw been living at the farm for several years were married in holy croat church last tuesday morning rev fr v j morgan officiated and canon a itoy of st hyacinths quebec said the nuptial mat the room u the son of the late mr and mrs cher ire mlgue or montreal and the bride who was gabrlelle fit jean is the daughter of mr lorenzo bt jean of montreal end the late mrs st jean mlas jeanette legault of mon treal was maid of honour and the bride s sister clslre sl jean was brideamald 4oojlli atotfi ants were tlie bride i brothers jean luc ond paul bmlle st jean mr lorenzo st jism gave his daughter in marrlsge and sam caruso llrump- ton was usher imn william carney was organ ist and the church choir sang dur ing the service ladles of the altar society ser ved the wedding breakfast after wards in the church basement and amofui those who spoke and toasted the couple were mayor jack arm strong dick li co to mr qrsnson of st cathsrlnei if r morgan and canon itoy a georgetown native dr frsnk williams died suddenly on sunday at his home in toronto mr and mrs gunther frey will live in ottawa married in knox presbyterian church on saturday mr and mrs gunther trnst i fey mill be making their home in ottawa where mr frey la enployed with the pitom- ctcr company of new york mrs trey is the former drenda isabella robinson a member of the royal bank stall before her mar riage and daughter of mr and mrs e robert robinson 22 james street the groom is the son of mr and mra ernst frey munich germany rev alexj colder officiated at the wedding and mra bernice gow- land waa organist the bride v ore an imported gown of champagne sha dow lace the moulded baaque form ing a cameo neckline with cap aleevo and a waltz length skirt fall ing from the selfbelted waist in scalloped tiers mlas ialay mcclure toronto and mra rudolf ludloff montreal were attendants mlas mcclure wearing a full skirted gown ofcho- last second goal beats durham here overcoming a shellacking in dur ham the previous tuesday george town haiders came back atrontfly on friday at the local arena to win a close 76 verdict over durham the game was exciting through out particularly in the dying mom ent of the game when goalie fred lever caught a puck above the eye which required a couple of stitches at that time the game was tied 66 and georgetown a request that the game be finalized without overtime waa turned down by durham offi cials a goal for georgetown a few seconds later had the visitors wish ing they had played the gentleman friday s gome was better sport and a cleaner match than the prev ious meeting when thing got out of cotale prawn ana i uirwi i f tnuw rawer rnra- poodle cloth white feather hat white some tough injuries in durham max clove and a corsage of yellow bradbury will be out of action for mums m l wo a f tha rost of tha swbsnn with a hmkrn harding price fair board president for third term 4m tatk datfes 8e fob octoblk ut and tad harding price was chosen presi dent of the lsqucsing agricultural soolety for his third term at tha annual meeting held last wednes day evening in the community kali stewart town it was during mr price jlrst term of ofylcethat the livestock building wb erected tlie park sud which is almost free of debt du to a llvewlre fund-rats- lux remptfltfn last year ouur ulfutrs include spencer wilson 1st vice president vern arthtr iid vice president p w clr4r lribmiitr and garfield l- mcollvray mretary olllcers of the ladlos section in clude mrs bprmrr wilson presi dent mrs uuiuild llnduy 1st vlcs president nrt vice president mr- mac auxufiikr mlu jean muddell secretary ixmurir miss charlotte mcgullougli hull fujx rlntendcnt uirtxlots for 1054 are hero c kwl mcm1 vftcfulu ivwl john bird ken i- 11a niijuii koblnsfin t j brown ridgi oruydon chi stir oliver llunltr lyid chapman v rank wil son william lruinar john mcnabb clartme sjxim pt rcy clark james klshcr i loyd rlshcr murt allison jjik williamson k w darou ctirald graham u n coxc itobcrl cunnlngiiam wilfrid dlrd val stein duwuy chair lia maurice ba ker mac alexander william kln- radt ken murray charlie hunter duu c urrlc geornc hurt george v tiaon on il 1 1 indaay ted lcs in john mtclun ted uroun tre vor willi tins ward brownridge uowvin liuddill i loyd brltfdcn harold henry lah dirihlurt mm 1 1 flier by mrs ll rl gilmer mrs nelson hi i iison mm it nk ivch mrs j wllllumson mr f red chap jiiii mrs k c mcmillan mrs g mcguvray mrs s mlloham mrs w cromai mrs g chester mm pre cluvi mrs herb clcac mrs t j urt wnridr mrs o ii inur mis jt h milton ml it jimi s 1- mlu r mr don milt n mm v suin mrs w alter sn mrs m ic alrx wider mrs murt al lisem mr dirmi mrs j died 1 n isuri r p w clar presented tin md horn re rt v hich showed t deit bilnue p0 ttic hoard h id suirtid th jiur with a debt uilancc of 1 gdi 67 but i special bulldlnj fund rampavgn launched during the mmmcr raised 1 orh towards wiping out this debt the hoard hopm to completely liqui date the bilanie of this debt during the eominft vear total receipts of the society dur ing thcycar from the tulr gate brants donations dances etc am ounted to 3 010 37 exclusive of the building i- und and expenditures amounted to 4594 03 of this amount 2 700 20 was paid out in prize money each department of the fair was reported by the director in charge and showed georgetown fair mak ing continued progress in his report to the board defends abstract art in speech t6 inrtitute comparing iv 1 sua and musical art in a tpertr to yeorgelowr wore en s institute lajrt wednesday mlas dorothy stone said people arv not fair who insist on udgtng aif aftt- tsl i work by photographic stand ards while granting the musician tha right to combine pure sounds it the joy of it miss stone s commercial artist who teaches art classes in george town high school said there is a definite link between the visual art which appeal to the eye and the musical arts which appeal to the ear fotj when they are lloked togetlirr each enhanres the enjoy ment of the other she used the walt disney movie fantasia as the perfect example of linking uellknuwn musical coin pos tlons with art forms tin re is een a scientific link between color and sour d she said tatklflsof the sawvlatioi pjoaata a of tha aound truck on the edge of a movie film we dejlght 11 music which re mind us of something without be ing a tape recording and we lkc music whlth deserilks a mood or 4 motion said mlas stone using such examples as skaters waltz l j tide parade of the wooden soldiers and hall of the mountain king uut there are also compos i ions which do not resemble an identifiable thing and yet are atlll a joy to the ear ut should thus allow a palntt r to i omblne rhythms und patterns as ion as he aildes by the liws of harm m and recognize tiiat ah si rat t p i luting are ery much a fi mi of urt os her conclusion mis i- rank pitth presided at the met ting which was held at the hoim of mrs k t paul roll call was it ns vi red by a caiuidiari song and llu motto taken b mrs harry it l icy was advertlsv harmony in all things and blot out the dlspords a musical contest was won by mrs rvad utclalr and mm jnrk hailey tang tw o nolo mrs irn thompson irringed the inntiiifc uhlih hit i art ul music i s thi tne seeretir e iw d the cooperation llwit w is hiiiiwi uy tin members through- out the ye ir mil he untiring work of the president the later date for the 1mm fiir had proved advantag eous and an excellent fair day help ed incremfc the gate aomejog ifc expreaneel the hoard a thanks to the chamber of commerce for the toil et facilities pluecd in the park and commented on various aspects of the fair in general the 1954 fair date was set for october 1st and 2nd and advance prize ilklb are now ready for distri bution in the junior prize list lad los work domcatlc science arid flowers fair doard members arc thla week attending the annual conven tion of the ontario fairs assocla- tlnnhflna held in hr king toward exreeve celebrates golden wedding date intfmstely associated with town aria irs since they cam to george town in 1u20 mr and urt william g marstian celebrated the sou anniversary of their wedding on thursday over two hundrwd friend attended an open house which they held in the knos church school room in tlie afternoon and evening xfr marshall is perhaps the towns beat known c it i ten as he has served in almost every municipal capacity climaxing or quarter of a century as a civic employee with a thrryxst term as reve uoth are natives of the district mr marsfiall who is the son of the latr ldward and christina havens marshall was born at 1 lmehouse but moved at an early age to the family homestead of his mother in krln township mrs marshalw- whust parents weru the late oeotrge and almlra lundy itoblmon waa her tli a may robinson befaaa her marriage and was born near krln the weather mr ldllor this wttk m summary started off rather low but the tempcrature haa limbed up stitif then to above 1 eiiruary average nearly rvrry day em ualkln latc max mln italn hub 1 jo 7 1 re 2 j4 i5 1 cb j 36 j mb 4 13 22 lib 5 3j ib lib a 24 14 lib 7 3 7 klurrtcs movies tell of california trip wilfrid i sin nl trip i v inn de rtrltxtl his rec to c ihfornla md bhumid tieveril reels of eoleireel mo vies taken during his visit at the re runy mietini of te rri cotta i- irme rs lub ut the borne of mr and mri willi im hunter mr 1 lie sited hu brother i loyd at pai v idem and tn of his movies show ed the famous hose parade vht h took place at that time music il entertainment at the mot ting included piano selections by irene hunter and violin solos by donald dolson who as vice presi dent also presided at the meeting mr dolson was accompanied at the piano by mrs alex dolson mra howard dolson gsve a reading why i stick to the arm mrs arthur mckanc and mrs george if leslie arranged the program at the ladles meeting which pre ceded the joint meeting mra wll- bcrt cleave presided and secretary mrs george f rater read minutes and correspondence roll call was how t rein cuttnc the hotel in toronto antscrson dov n to relax nnflmrs curtnce son of town son reaa o oawr tel t slow h if w wg tuir veddlag took ptac at tla pnlilnson home on fahruary ttat 1u0s and ur and tin uaralaau recall that there was nih tel st snow at the time that many oi ihm outoftown guests were wowtsounsl md stayed at tha wemuigsoaa loir several days time takes its toll and many of the one hundred guaata hav dlatl in the intervening years aj litem tha minister rev robert tow lie and the groornaipan frank uindy of sl cathartnaa two wfta wera pre at thursdays celebra tion however ware brideamajd mrs duncan ferguson of dalllna fad and flower girl mra burt gra ham toronto the marshal is llvad in hamilton fur a time where he was employ at hlj trade of bucksralth spent a year in xondon and then movad to terra cotta where he had hlj own business for twelve years to 1020 they moved to georgetown and he worked for seven years foe john oneill before succeeding joha jarkson as town constable in 102s younger residents may marvel at the multiplicity of work which fell to a constable a lot in those days at cme time or another mr marsh all had the job of assessor and tax collector road foreman waterworks superintendent truant officer end dog catcher arid there waant a citi zen who didn t come in contact with him in one or the other cap acity retiring from town eervi at the time of the switch to provin cial policing he joined the silver store staff retiring last year mrs marshall while her interests have not been as widespread as those of her husband haa also been active in various church and aodal groups as a member of knox p oyterian church which mt mar- tn tisssttr pitidembtfrarwoman s associa tion for twelve years she also be longs to verdun rcbekah lodge and the women s institute mr mar shall is a past noble grand of orion oddfellows lodge happiest part of last weeks cele bration was the fact that all mem bers of the family were present five children four grandchildren and great grandson baby gary green members of the family are mrs e r wheeler hamilton will lam e marshall ottcrvlue harold mra vic torrance and douglas of town grandchildren ore mrs harry green of oucrvllle and blaine marshall nurse-in- training at brentford general hospital who are daugh ters of mr and mrs w e marshall and paul and tommy aona of mr and mrs harold marshall two sisters of the bride poured tea in the afternoon mrs william graham and mrs jonn short imn in the evening mrs thomas wu- son brampton and mrs harold cleave poured mrs frank robin son of town mrs r d graham of jheismmlas skirted cocktail dress erf iridescent emerald green black accessories and yellow mum corsage tr lfudlolt was groomsmniv nnd mr robinson gave his daughter in marriage a reception followed ot hawthorne lodge milton leaving on a honeymoon trip the bride wore a navy blue suit beige acces sories and a corsage of orchids beat fergus bantams now meet hespeler georgetown bantams enter their second round ot playolts with hes- pelers with thi ilst same thurs- wrut and dill hewitt la laid up with a sore elbow junior beaumont was also mlttlns from friday s line up still bothered with a wrenched boclt from an earlier matrh with elmlra scotty patterson was back in un iform friday and was a welcome addition to the defence department which has not been strong in num bers this season hnrv chnppcl nnd ielch brad bury split bcorlnft honours each notching three goals this friday colliniwood shipbuilders will be the vlbiting team friday s lineup fred lever goal scotty patterson gerry inglls def- aml granddaughters served sandwich and delicacies to the guests ito r nrf ftmrtltn in fnlrt ami day night in hcspwer and the re- hnrv cnn c conlrt c turn game on saturday jbrjiary 13 on saturday february 6th the local boys daatcd fergus 15 to 0 nnd on mondayfebrunry 8 ip fergus defeated th thistles 0 to d to take the round to 0 charlie chomp davis doug richardson bui richardson fred harrison were the top scorers and the rest of the boys plyed good ken momalun u the new presl- even if they wcrent in the scoring dmt f canndlnn hockncy homo lino georgetown has a good goal- aojya keeper in norm lockhurst who tho jj rorm lm rates about tho best in minor teams dca wlj qne qntar top around hbrso showmen wos elected to this the midgets were put out inthesr omcc yes when tho nocln- flrst round by elmlra by th ncoro tllln h0d an t tho ot23to n o hip rniinrt nil klm a h currle i cigh brudbuvy forwards kt n nash george grusby blake inglis bene martin ron dixon ken mcmillan heads hackney horse group white made a perfect setting for the event and a threetiered wedding cake baked by mrs marshall ber- self had the place of honor on tha tea table dozen of cards and congratula tions included those from prim minister st laurent hon george drew sybil bennett mp and hughes cleaver prominent in local politi cal circles mr marshall is presi dent of georgetown liberal assoc lotion a number of beautiful gifts from members of the family and ctasc friends were displayed and the family clubbed together for a gift of money between the afternoon nnd even ing receptions the family enjoyed a turkey dinner besides friends from town and the immediate dis trict who came to offer congratu lations were others from toronto guclph stroud erin orangevule brampton nnd hamilton trousseau tea for brenrja robinson lance rumble is vice president nnd william a harris secretary alwaysscems to have strong teams every yenr saturday morning hockey is still ju 0 aseoitatutn going igrodt 4runi as teams ore in 4 there fighting for playaft positions come out and lend a hand in the fbeen a patient in st josephs hba- daoartmanl tape to ua tutali ouelpn is much improved wjihlir t wt md mrs e jvrobtnsqtlbold-n- trout- 1 seau tea at her home 32 jtrmes street a week ago saturday for her daughter brenda whose marriage to gunther frey took plaeo on feb runrv 6th in knox presybterlan church sovorul friends of theljrldeeliot assisted at t tea including miss lilly reynolds tiergus mis ialay mcclure- mktigene ornmrr f ballaml t j l