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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 11, 1954, p. 1

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v ten pages gmmrretojvn ontario wednesday augus 11th 19s4 ten paces middle of october for hhydro changeover here qowdystm weds at eaton memorial ontario hydro ha now co the jab of inventorying all freq uency atnihlw electrical equlp- jnent owned by customers in the eertownbrmdlooullun area netting tb stage tor the launching jo actual is to aocyda changeover sannouncinc thlj irydro chalr- snen robert h saundere aald the ly f changeover lining have been i wanplatad th georfetown acton asramplon utltoa streetsvtlle and campbellvtlle and in the rural sections surrounding theae munld- palltles the switch to 60cycle power in home stores factories oticm farm and other premlaaa in the area will get under way next oc tober in georgetown and will csj- ry on through to early ibm in ac cordance wltli the following tenta tive echedule georgetown hydro electric com mission second and third week of october 1m4 dramptoa rural operating- are olen williams distributing station laet week of october and first week in november ibm brampton ds jaet week of december first two week of january 1015 milton vb last week of january flrat week of february ibm streetsvllle and ifeadowvale us uat three week of february ibm acton public utilities commls- aon second and third week of november ibm brampton hydro electric com mission last week of november through december 1054 goelph kurul operating are mrs george charters dies in 89th year one of georgetown senior resi dents mrs george charters 80 died friday at the home of her hftce mrs clarence hayes 14 ac ademy hood she had been hi for only a fev dsys member of s pioneer haldutund county family she was the former mary elizabeth glenn daughter of eftr and mrs william glenn after her marriage to george mackenxie charters they settled on a farm near lrsgcrsvtlle and lived there until hi retirement thirty years ago when they moved to georgetown mr cftarters died five years ago fond of flowers birds and her garden mrs charters lived a quiet life she enjoyed good health and spent much of her time reading for the past two years she had made her home with mr and mrs hayes she was a staunch baptist and a member of flrat baptist church in town mrs cjiartera was the last surviving member of a family of nine pastor ray costenjs of acton offi ciated at the funeral service on monday at the mcclure funeral home pallbearers were watson wlnfleld gordon flaheri harry ad am george fawcett jack hamil ton and frank seddon interment waa in greenwood cemetery geor getown aotoa distributing stations no 1 and x second and third weak ef november ibm milton hydro electric commis sion second and third weeks of january 1055 campbeuvule hydro system last week of january 1055 streetsvllla public utilities com mission seso week of febru ary lofts theae conversion dates are ten tative and might be varied from tune to tune as the program moves ahead mr saunders asld that change over in the above section would follow completion of the work in the weterdown burlington dis- trlct where the switch to 90 cycle is now well under way pointing to overall progreaa of the giant southern ontario conver- elon program the hydro chairman aald it waa now rapidly nearlng the halfway mark of the eallmatde 004700 custom ers of all classes ultimately to be effected by operation changeover 430736 had had their electrical equipment altered for use at 60 cy cles by the end of june this in cluded 390187 domestic 33083 com mercial and 6 066 power customers for these customers a tremen dous total of 2818 m electrical it ems ranging from giant industrial motors to tiny record player units wire altered for 60cycle opera tion or exjrharued this total in cluded 1016 055 appliance for do mestic customers 208525 items for commercial customers and 401553 plees of clectricsl equipment for power users changco cr lor georgetown will affect 1300 domestic consumers and 175 commercial the brampton ru ral area has 3010 domestic consum ers and 432 commercial morning train crash ties up days mr and mr bruce d gowdy were m rec in timothy eaton memorial csturch toronto the bride the former renata adama is the dughter of mra adams and the late major frank adama the groom a the son of mr and mra douglas m gowdy hia father a limehouae native la a maclean hunter pub lishing co executive georgetown almost had a cake yesterday which would make the kitchener centennial creation look like a muffin whan the cnr main una was be ing cleared after an early morning freight crash a carload of flour rol led down the bank lust as a brisk rain shower started horuuiataly not much of the flour spilled out of the car and the flour was aal- vaged and carted away by truck during the afternoon the weather mr kdltor the first wrk of august has been very close to normal for tem perature and the rain was quke social and personal lady golfers have two more fine days lady members of the boll club have had an unusual share of good weather for their tuesday fames yesterday with ruth evans and mrs james evans in charge prizes were given for best score to mrs s w orr and mrs john bell last week mra walter blehn and mrs stewart young were in charge and the prizewinners were mrs graham famell and mrs jack gunning federation service in norval church pastor ray coaterus of acton baptist church gave a kindly mes sage the harvest field and with his wife sang a duet great is thy faithfulness at the annual church service of eaqueiing federation of agriculture the service was in norval pres byterian church on sunday after noon barbara cunningham sang the 33rd psalm during the offertory and betty mcclure was otgvrtist the service was again a highlight of the federation year mr and mri fred uwirncc mere in callander lait wrk mi sacs itowena and wtlma stuli have returned from a holiday spent at me adele in the laurentlans mlu addle coventry is spending a couple of wevks with relators in markdalc mr and mrs charles wray arc vacationing this week at rootes bay muskoka mr and mrs gordon spence and gordon jr were vacationing last week at the glengarry cabins lcr rls mastet ricky kake or saraguay montreal is holidaying with master john bennett son of mr and mrs john bennett 17 temple road mr and mrs j m mcklnlay toronto are visiting this week with mrs mck inlay s brother and sister p b and hazel harrison charles street mr and mrs b j hill buffalo ny were recent visitors at the home of miss annie adams 31 church street mlas jean adams who spent the past week at her home has also returned to buffalo a local couple mr and mrs- dave crichton have been patients in guelph general hospital since last tuesday mr crichton suffer ed a severe stroke but at last re ports is progressing quite favour ably mrs crichton is able to go up for part of the day and is well on the road to recovery from an illness of some weeks duration in north bay prior to her wed ding on july 3 1st margaret max- will who is now mrs william hyde of georgt- ltun wui died ut a din ner and prt s4 nliitlon by girls of the htlro iliflim oftici where she wll mployrd mrs huhurd grace was hostess at a imsrrllancous shower as was mrs stanley maxwell and a pre ntaition was made by the hydro staff mr and mrs ace hal ley have re turned from two weeks at port severn after spend ing a week touring to chicago allan bailey and thomas beckett visited with them for a wwk while mr and mrs b aldheim brampton wero with them for the two weeks friends and relatives who visited them during their stay included mr and mrs g aldham mr and mrs bob gladding mr and mrs h ceely mrs a salisbury bramp ton mr and mrs it itgastaft is- lirutton mr and mrs j aldham preston mr and mrs bob glad ding jr mimirck mr and mrs d post new toronto mrs j blair oakville mr and mrs e coram ni agara falls ny and mr and mrs j bailey jr georgetown additional personals ap pear on pages 4 and 0 of this weeks issue welcome it amount d to over a third of the norms rainfall for august ern detain date mas mln ha in auguit 2 80 55 33 august 3 7b 53 ei august 4 80 52 12 auguit 5 78 57 trace august 6 78 55 august 7 78 13 august b 78 54 trace avirsgu 70 54 1 05 kt olorge8 aypa rl its new prkxy even more lucky were railway- men who might have bean in tha caboose of an east bound freight at a ruling in th main yard of th station the train was hit by no- ther westbound about 530 bju which- crumpled tha cabooae into matchwood damaged a qaupl of other cars and the engine of tha ocpmlng train and refused a tieup on the- line which waa not overcome until late afternoon engineer n uctaggart listow- u was injured when he leaped from his engine seconds before the crash fireman william park and brake- man william at tray remained in the locomotive and were unhurt mr uctaggart was taken by uc- clure s nmbuunre to peel urmor- lal ifoeplta bramptos v be trea ted for cuts and abrasions suffered in his fall east and westbound trains on the torontojlondon line were detoured during the day the accident also interrupted traffic north to barria some of the early train passengers taxied north and that train was able to proceed at noon the acclden occurred behind victoria crescent first local man un the scene was a neighbouring resident thomas leslie who ted the injured engineer at a meeting of m george a aypa on friday glcnna dohtrty was lee led president succeeding ellen prust who has moved to toronto archdeacon w g o thompson conducted the election three take prizes at elora spiel three local couples won prtics on monday at 4 bowling tournament in elora with mr and mrs em thompson getting first prize mr and mrs jack williamson and mr and mrs george wood others who shared in the prlxes- wiuum m union pearson local ladys brother a toronto resident 40 years and native of acton william m unarm pearson died ust week in toronto general hospital surviving arc his wife a daugh ter mrs k g austin and son ken ruth one sister mrs f w john son edith street georgetown and a brother ernest of toronto mr johnson played on acton baia ball teams in his boyhood days and although he had lived in toronto for so long he never lost interest in his home town many a weekend he was to be found in acton park and he attended the fall fair and many other functions each year wears grandmothers pin on limehouse wedding day mr engagements and mrs elwood macdougall announce the engagement of their daughter sylvia mary joan to howard uawrte ll idler son of mr and atn adam la idler cooksvflle the marriage will take place on saturday august the twenty eighth at three oclock in st johns united church georgetown an heirloom a small gold pin- worn by her greatgrandmother on her wedding day enhanced the wed ding gown of a saturday bride who was married in limehouse presby terian church wedding principals were jean catherine lindsay a graduate of guuelph general hospital nursing school and ataff member at the hospital and a guelph plumber douglas mcleod davidson son of mr and mr duncan davidson r h 4 guelph the bride la the daughter of mr and mrs k c lindsay georgetown rev alex calder officiated with the church decorated with white gladioli the brides sister ruth of georgetown mr lindsay gave hla daughter in marriage a reception was held in lime- house memorial hall the bridea mother wore queens blue crepo with lace inserts natural accessor ies and a corsage of sweetheart ro ses the grooms mother wore dus ty rose crepe with lace inserts white accessories and a corsage of white baby mums leaving on a honeymoon trip the bride uore navy and white nylon aheer white accessories and a aliv- glc strand of pearls the gift of the groom mr and mrs davidson will live at r r 3 guelph x growing district booms school population bjaaioii ine oriaes sister jiuui us f fart william was organist and her ueolfetowii high jchool alsterlnlav sirs donald undaay i the lords prayer before the uppcf jcsooi kssuits 1api v- v sang ceremony and because during the signing of the register sh i- vsi th hrlde wore white chanuily sffji jvjmti jaco over taffeta waits length with 3 t queen anne neckline and illy point k li sleeves her fingertip veil waa caught to a matching bandeau and ahe carried red roeea and white stephanotls with ivy barbara lind say as maid of honour wore a strapless waltz length sown of tu quolae nylon tulle over taffeta and a matching lace bolero she carried a caacade of white ahasta sand wore a matchlngjieed- plece groomsman was donald hatch norwich and ushera were brothers of bride and groom robert david son guelph and donald lindsay confusing news item wm i the little red aeboouimiw on the dren echo around k according to reflected in the achool with manea 7th xlne just north of no 7 high- teacher mra richard shortlll sr ulce kroes and rama added to the y ha quite a history if it old twice thla year attendance reached more familiar meenery klrkwood walla could but tell their story very a high of 43 while at june closing and gibson iv interesting it would be aaatnfap- jha record waa so thla photo was taken last spring i c- py children have passed within ha according to the number of pre- on the playground and show mrs ll portals i ohoolere the vicinity ha elaa- shortlll with her students back stewart metcalfe menryn mute sharon allan gary allan next row peter lawr gordon adams grant baker bonnie cotton an item reported in the council news last week said that all town oil contracts presently held by bui bailey brampton will be turned over to w h kentner and son who have installed a local service in view of the company paying heavy taxee in iovn when written we thought thla charles plquffe wordingplain enough but whn85 lat comp 67 germ comp 87 diane swln- pointed out tof us we realised that richard mbnkokng comp klj don anderson eng comp so bng lit f alg f georn f trig f phya f chem p fr auth 32 fr comp f mary beckett chem m ola berg eng comp 81 eng lit s3 alg 15 geom 73 trig 73 phys 68 chem 71 ft auth 66 fr comp 52 allan darby eng comp 63 eng lit 52 alg 71 geom 73 trig 70 phys 63 chemeo fr 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