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fe twelve pages georgetown ontario wdndy april 14th 1954 twelve pac conservation decision jmay be made next month mr wtlmrs freestone ixty years married fat of a proofs i to form ft cre- ut valley onsrvauon authority which has been under cui deration for four yen- will be decided may wh a meeting of representatives of the 15 munlrpaljuf which ue part tlaily or totally within the credit river watershed spread through four counties will vote on the issue on that date to form an authority twothird of the muurtpauues within woter- had must be represited at a con ference called specif 1 tea uy for that purpose then two thirds ot those in attendance mult vote in favour of the step before it can be laben wedneaday night 107 men and women representative of the 13 municipalities attended dinner meeting at the yellow briar to hear the advantages of such a pro ject explained with flooding this spring at grnirchvlue interest in the forma tion of an authority ha been revi ved moat of thoae in attendance at wednesdays meeting appeared to favour the proposal municipalities within the water shed include amaranth mono erin east carsfraxs caledon esuuesjng chlnjbuacousy trafalgar and tor onto townships acton georgetown brampton slreetsvllle port credit and erin vitiate m ta a matter of life and deth irwin lobstnger told the meeting he contended that wood products are so essential it is imperative- that forests be resto red mr ixitttinger is a member of the saugrcn autorlty oliver wright of the grand valley auth ority wai also a speaker iode will spark locssl civil defence at uie april meeting of the coun tess of strathmore chapter iode held monday april 12th at the home of mrs g lock hart hoyal norval miss jean mackenzie was appointed cfcvil defenre listson officer for the chapter civil de fence is being stressed by all iode chapters and headquarters is urging all branches to take a leading active part in this important community matter the regent mrs h j newman presided at the meeting attended by about 40 members miss ruth evans reported on the plans made by her committee to entertain new canadians in georgetown and dis trict early in may it is hoped that a successful evening of this type will take place mrs percy leslie reported that plana for the chapters annual an niversary dinner olao early in may were almost completed miss sybil bennett mp will be guest of honour and speaker the chapter donated f2500 to tthe lucy morrison memorial fund this fund is used for educational bursaries for deserving students in ontario a donation of 300 was also made to the st john ambul ance association pnrt r jthewitartaln feature of the evening was a talk on australia given by mr wal lace thompson the social committee composed of mrs howard wrigglesworth mrs sam mackenzie mrs e e hall mrs william fleming mrs robert jones miss alice treanor arid mrs walter biffin oaslsted the hostess in serving tea sandwiches and cook ies after the close of the meeting mrs e lewis heads firemens auxiliary mm erwln lewis was clotted president of the ladles auxiliary of the fire department when the group met recently and planned euchre party next week trjew officer at the auxiliary alao include mm jock harlow vice president mr jack davidson trea- surer mrs jack cunningham secretary and a social- committee composed of mrs wlulam hyde theweafher mr editor the tempera uires on this weeks summary are mora seasonable and days like sunday are not osrd to take at this time ot year krn balkln date mu mln italn april 1 m 10 41 april 6 b0 44 april 7 si m 20 april 8 44 3 april 4 ib april 10 si 28 07 april 11 62 44 e average 13 31 112 bon voyage party for councillor mr and mrs joseph gibbons op ened their home on monday even ing for a bon voyage party in hon our of councillor harry hale and his wife who leave on sunday for a twomonth visit with relatlvies and friends in england during the ev ening mr and mrs hale were pre vented with a travel alarm clock and mrs hale and the hostess were also presented with a bouquet of roses the evening was arranged by the host and members of coun cil who attended with their wives rrid also inrludcd mrs ailrrn bradley iwlunakad evening auxiliary meet at m mclftugfilint the evening auxiliary met al the home of mrs m mclaughlin on thursday evening the worship service was led by mrs f j shor- til the topic which droll with conditions in korea was given by mrs jesse mcenery further plans for their baaaar were made it will be held in may in brin united cburch basement mr and mrs g matthews have returned homo after spending a month with relatives in toronto miss muriel hilts spent last week with friends in toronto dlllle mcenery is recovering from an appendectomy which he under went in guclph genera t hospital on friday we hope he will soon be able to return home lantern slides on the easter story were shown to the mission band on sunday morning the children were presented with pretty easter cards and membership pins congratulations to the pupils of blue mountain school who song so well at the halton musical festival in georgetown on wednesday the school choir with their number away with melancholy will be in the finals also grant baker in his solo class the children are show ing improvement under the leader ship of crawford douglas their music teacher mrs james nelson who has spent the last few months visiting here with friends and relatives returned to her home at amesdale last fleck a romance which began over si k ty yesrs ago on board a passenger ahlp bound for australia was re called on rrlday when mr and mra y c freestone held open houaa t their home on temple hoad to mark their diamond wedding anni versary mrs freestones faml ly wrr emigrating from england to aus tralia and on ship siir met u young toward v ilh whom she kept in touch by letter after reaching aus tralia her family did not like the new kind and decided to return to england and the romance was fur thered when the couple again met on the return trip they were mar ried in st just cornwall and came to canada 24 years ago mr free stone worked at the smith stone plant until he retired a short lime ago friends joined members of u- family in calling at their home on friday to extend congratulations they were especially thrilled to receive a c stole from queen eliza beth letter from prime minister st laurent and telegrams from col george drew and sybil bennett mi as well as s scroll from the on tario government mr and mrs freestone have a family of thirteen six living in eng- land and seven in canada two daughters died when they were chil dren members of the family are charles john stanley and henry of cornwall england thomas and jamei of birmingham england william mrs clarence phillips alice mrs robert martin mar garet clarence and ivy of geor getown and mrs dan gorlck mary and fred of toronto twen ty grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren are also numbered in the family circle at musk festival here wirutars war chosen in esquas- ing township music festival last week to compete with other rural schools lo the county at the milton estival in may miss isabel stuart of the depart ment of education hamilton was adjudicator at the allday festival in st johns united church mem orial hall whan soloists and choirs from all schools in the township performed only noncompetitive event was the choir class for 3 and 4 room schools of which norval and geor- williams ore the only two in hal- ion th choir was placed first in this by the adjudicator three were chosen in the solo classes and two in the ot tiers for further competition at the county festival these include choirs from clay hill and stone school in the under 30 enrohnetat and patricia and blue mountain in the over so group datable trios from norval and hornby were also chosen and lor duels valerie nurgb and allan urownridge at ashgrove and maur een hepburn and penny norton of glen williams will compote furth er those who won in the solos in cluded girls 7 and under susan smith stewart town donna jten- ruck dufferln jtuth coles ban- nocktujn byi 7 anh under phulp wilson stewarttown gerald thompson ashgrove kicky sam- mjya ugny girls 0 and under su san cunningham ashgrove joyce hen nick dulterln cafthleen sosn- owski patricia boys 0 and under david kidney stone school chris canham stewarttown john soulier patricia girls 11 and under joyce mclean norval carol barth clay hill alleen harrop plnegrovc boyi 1 1 and under grant baker blue mountain i tons id arpa pat ricia donald howden ugny boys changed voices hans bydevaste waterloo david irving ugny lome thomson llgny girls 13 eaid over bonnie june mcmeekin ner val sandra tlndale waterloo val erie nurse ashgrove boys 13 and over johnny wilson waterloo itobert stark hornby fred arnold qualrc bras social and personal mrs sam tennant is a patient at present in guclph general hospital mrs hajcl suggett toronto was a visitor in town jasl week with mrs w c reynolds visitors with mr and mrs a w gilmer on sunday were mr and mra v h gore and mr and mrs h h gore toronto miss joan devrics who is em ployed with the itoyjil hank at is lington ta vacationing in west palm beach floridj mr and mrs jack runham were in montreal last week attending the annual convention of agents or the metropolitan life insurance company at the mount royal hotel mr and mra j l croine new mrs charles tyler mrs david williams md mrs walter luchardr- seven new members join rebekahs seven new members were odmlt- i ed to membership in verdun jle- beluh lodjte at a meeting on april 6th when the local lodje exempli- fled the degree in a very reditaple manner those joining were mra del laird mrs walter thompson mrs hush wylle mrs clifford nor ton tra arthur sheppard mra gordon jamlesorr and mrs muriel adams officers of the local lodge had the honour of taking the- opening eer- snoalev el brton recently when huua lirlia thimble club quilts plans hamilton trip following an afternoon quilting on thursday members of the thim ble club viewed a stanley brush demonstration in the evening pres ented by mrs dorothy teeter the ladles decided this year to visit places of interest in hamilton for their annual days trip m mr und mrs diok smlthson and mr and mrs charles smlthson have returned after spending the winter 1n florida mr and mrs a bragg smith who have been living in georgetown will ibe moving back to terra cotto soon mr and mrs robert mcculls and family were out from toronto spending the weekend at their cot tage sunday visitors with mr and mrs joseph mcbrldc were mr and mrs william ktrkwood w t mcpher son erin and mr and mrs norman icom georgetown mr and mrs art rhodes and woyne toronto spent fho week end with friends in the village tutu gnu m a w w i fay ward and doug of guclph were visitors on sunday with mr and mrs harry hayward king street mr and mrs wlbert cleave arc in victoria visiting with their son- inlaw and daughter mr and mrs william anderson they travelled by plane to chicago and went on by train from there odbpellows end euchre series y ttie oddfelbws closed their spring ouohre- friday when prize winner were mrs norman sny der 112 nd j a wlllltts 112 -head- lng the list a committee member who declined in flavour jot phly wilson 102 and william lyons 102 wonaocoad prizes travelling prize were won by mra hancock and mrs snyder arid smith- williamson nuptials at knox in knox preabytcrlan church on april 2nd rev alex colder of- flcliiutl at the wedding of anne stewart williamson and george al bert smith a provincial paper em ployee the bride wore a copper brown suit with matching accessories and nn orchid corsage attendants were the grooms brother bert and mrs smith the latter wearing a red dress navy accessories and an or chid corsage after the ceremony a family re caption was held ui the yellow briar innbramptois and mr and mrs smith left for a honeymoon in the states they are living in the grace apartments on albert street antwerp posting for cpl albert carter a georgetown soldier who has been stationed at ookvllle army headquarters for some time cpl albert carter- expects to be leaving for service overseas later this mon th cpl carter will be joining the 3rd canadian army administration unt injantwcrp belgium and will be away from home for the next year and a half his father served overseas during world war ii terra cotta peanut inlung rushed to hospital k mr and mrs lawrence majuery d a bad scare on friday when their 2year old daughter linda wa rushed to toronto sick childrens hosplta with ape in helumf plays leading role in tv production televiewers who watched the general motors show last night had the thrill of seeing a georgetown lady play one o the lending roles in the play phyllis malcolm stewart took the part of mlas erma lnthe haven and was featured with such well- known canadian aotsr as bud knapp and charnilon king mis stewarthas laid much experience lh adlo tetevisloh end stage work her mother mrs 1c stewart duriteni street wj oneiofthe beiuty harris signed to coadi lacrosse benny harris will return to gaorwv getown this year to coach thai j n a gs in their second season tat lacroase fievrra of last years ontario j ehampson team have already sigrsfttl for the season wnlch agill get under 1 wy in may this year an addadt j trmturm will be a twohour schoov 1 preeedlng regular practice when 1 young men who havent tried tho j l will issve a chance to laartl i slid jkiuly develop into intermedj late calibre fur this season plmyrrt who hsrve signed for season include len caruso zake i mccaxidlesa joe louth qeorc i graaby don itoss fred cuthbert doug townsend junior beaumont and johnny haines mcetlnjt last week the new exec- utive elected wheldon steamer tnimcrson as president to guide the club aftalrs this yearj charles wajters w u of t tendn coadi brother of a georgetown resident charles walters 04 died at his r idence in toronto on friday mr walters had been instructor of fencing at the university of tor- onto for thirty years for many years he was on the staff of the sun life assurance company regarded as an authority on fencing ha instructed to his early years at the ymca beforr his appointment a instructor of fencing at the univer sity he retired in 1060 in recognition of his talents in thlg field the universitys athletic assoc latiop established the charles wal ters tsophies for intercollegiate competition predeceased by his wife he leavea his daughter mrs g dllloa two sis ters mrs r walters and mrs an nie bond toronto and his brother arthur walters georgetown mr and mrs nelson handy and family glen williams are now occupying their new home at sun beam ii eights located off no 7 west of the dominion seed house where a new housing development is in progress mr and mn robert mejllaster und mrs a w gllmrr were in wl- orton on saturday to attend the funeral of mr john huchn he was the father of mrs john mom aster formerly of glen williams and now a wlarton real dent mr george fleming new west minster bc was a guest for a few days last week at the home of his brother and sisterinlaw mr and mrs william fleming mr fl issj wi mat fui ul iullf pf mi mother lost week sisters and nieces of the bride cntcrtolnjd at ifawthornc lodge milton recently for anne wil liamson und george smith whose marriage took vhicc on april 2nd they presented them with a colfoe table umkiiouse ri8t board play is entertaining the hall board sponsored a play mrs simpkins boarding house in the hall on saturday evening mrs klrkpatrlck did a splendid job in her part of mrs slmpkjns others with lesser parts did a good job too on behalf of the cast mrs mitchell presented miss i vena the director of the play with a gift of appreciation mr and mrs earl scott obliged with musical numbers between acts mr sheldon lawr was chairman mr w mitchell was holder of the winning ticket drawn by little stephen lawr for a fruit coke raff led by the hall board for the bene fit of the laver family congratulations to mr and mrs rbabr wj ssji m ai m a in tie son early last week and mr and mrs jack crichton for a little daughter on wednesday we welcome mr and mrs sandy mcdonald and gail and mr and mrs norman modonald and family to our neighbourhood both of whom moved last week mr and mrs lobb of kouge hill visited with mr crook on sunday and with mrs smethurst vyere the c a grunts of stewarttown and the j a smethursts of islington northern townships control brucellosis ifblton will soon have county- wido oalfhood vaccination to control brucellosis meetings held in various sections of the county have recorded almost 100 per cent favouritism to such a plan and the two northern town- ships esquesng and nassotfaweys passed byksws providing for this at their meetings last week in each case over 00 per cent ot the cattle owners petitioned for such legislation which provides compul sory vaccination for all female calves exofflcio members of both town ship committees arc dr harold wor- ton chief inspector of the health of animals branch for the provln cial department of sgrlcullure and j e whitelock county agricultural representative in esqueslng oleric- treosurer k c lindsay 11 craig tl eklw wlimi su the administrative committee and in naaaagawcya clerk treasurer l w mcmillan robert lakinf and charles thomson form the board pte leonard tennant home from korea confer royal blue on eight orangemen loi 23b5 milton held their reg- ular meeting monday night and quickly despatched all business after the closing of lol 2385 the hornby district orange lodge took over with district master enle wilson in the chair and wor bro ernie rawson in the deputy mat- acts chalr to confer the royal blue dpgreo on eight candidates bros j bcatty lol 68 a daw- son lol 243 r denny lol 447 a grctg lol 68 a- irwin lol 2385 j klngshott lol 487 c spence lol 243b- watson lol 487 members were present from lol 2389 mluon and lol 165 horn by oalcville lol 3234 caittpbell- ville lol 1104 and stewarttowntol 68 oach sent a carload of members qoorgetowa lol 245 had a good- sited representatlbnand acton lol 47came through with a very large number of their members xhe semiannual dlsujct meeting sill 4ie held in the oddfellows hall luda onmay ttt at 8 fcjn mxmikm uw home from aervice in korea pte leonard tennant will detrain at georgetown triday morning he hoe been serving in he east with the rcrs four years in the army pce-ten- nant first enlisted with the engin eers was out of the service for six mowhs then reenllated with the ryal canadian regiment he er- ved in canada wpeta chilli- waek bc stwjtoit ctiirchia be- ifore going ove l tioviv