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the georgetown herald first section georgetown ont wednesday october 6dt 1954 eight pages town asks 1000 equesing acres convert seven farms to factories stores houses rumour became fact when it was learned this week that mayor jack armetrong and clerk treasurer john d kelly after council endoraation signed an agreement on the own s behalf with delrex developments limited which may lead to an i unprecedented industrial and commercial growth ajid a house building program which could double the town s population within a few years the agreement ratified by a town by law came after jeeeks of speculation since it was first known that the w duffy and sons real estate firm of weston had exclusive listings on close to 1 000 acres of property abutting the eastern town boundary for an unnamed client the man behind delrex is rex heslop whose rexdale subdivision is etobtcoke is one of the most fabulous planned communities in ontario while georgetowns possible addi tion will be on a smaller scale than this it will surpass anything previous in georgetowns history hew minister inducted at st johns united hrv morgan mcjetrlaar prcachid hli 1lrt trrmon in st johns unl ttl church on sunday surccm r ui hi v john m smith now in whitby mr mcfurunc wn inducted ui the church minister on thursday when local nd dlalrlct lericyinin from the various proles- lanc lriuinlnallonj joined the con- irtotlott fur lh event itev j l- lllulr mi hon conducted tn inijrcuuc frrvlcr in the church at lcait aevvn farmi will go out of production it present plm mat erialize purcsaae hps bem com pic ted by delrex of propertiei own ed by ii cral reid w t cral reld wilbert cleave campbell sinclair william emslie bruce reld and mrs w a mcclurc the for mer farms will become the site of a new town sized subdivision of homes and factories and stores the agreement hinges on the out come of an anntxatlps bylaw pas- ted by georgetown council which wilt require the approval of the munlclv board the town s pro mise to provide trunk sowers and watermains to the boundaries of the development is contingent on thctlcvclopment being within town limits a new feature of the sub division which may set a pattern for the future locally is the com pany s agreemint to provide their own sewers water lines and roads within the property five per cent of the land arion the south of no 7 highway is also being deeded to the town for public use primar ily as a new public school site harry a willis qc toronto lawyer and local barrister george jlcwson have been retained to act in the town i behalf in business dealings an important feature of the agreement is that 40 per cent of the area will be industrial and com mercial and the remaining 00 per cent resident at present splitup in town is 23mt per cent industrial 18 3per cent commercial m per cent residential anjj vt per cent farms the lands north of no 7 are sla ted to become the inbustrlal part of the subdivision located dost- to jfa cfjtfc tarontoondon main line ttpur lines could easily be run from the mcclure property adjoining the railway the southern portion of the properties will be mainly resi dential with some light industry cng the highway frontage and a tineas aecooji also concentrated alone the highway mr hefloovs wide connection with industry in canada the slates and europe leads to interesting snecu- jauon on what the future may brine to georgetow it reasonable assumption that he already has me parties ftoteresled jor sucoess ofr t the sukdivisiott oa his part ionges y 4fdtjrcnfc industrial and 7 frnimtr iltih h social and personal mr george gollop returned to montreal on sunday after spending two weeks wtti his fathir grorgt gollop at norvul mr and mrs dick licaia returned home latt wcrk from a motor trip which took them through new york state and new england to csjm cod mrs a m grandy her sister mrs fred hulrcr and niece mar garet ann miller from ottervllle were in town on saturday as guests of mr v u and miss hazel hani- son and to attend georgetown fair mr and mri george lawrence st thomas and mrs thclma mason and family st williams wero sun day guests with mr and mrs chic jewell and mr and mrs fyed law rence mrs jack mcmaster wlarton and her sister mrs l kreutsizcr of hepworlh arul miss ethel gilmer and mr gordon crichion brant- ford were fair day visitors at the home of mr and mrs a w gil mer a visitor from texas with his tfather and mother mr and mrs fred cook of toronto called on friends in his home town last week he was dan cook who is a rancher at harhngen in the lone star state duns father wassa garage man in georgetown many years ago his place of business being in the bull- ding now housing the brewer s re tail store mr and mrs frank keep ep som surrey england have visited for aweek with mrs keeps sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs ray whitmee mr keep is manag ing director of the j d hewitt travel agency jermyn street in london when they leave george town on thursday mr and mrs keep will travel west to banff van couver seattle chicago and new york where tney will return to england on the mauritania which sails october 6th mrs harry billlngton and son slu ar back from a visit home 4o ewyland last w ma with dr j m miller cooksville proichlns a sermon v hlch he titled the new i ife mr mcparune wn presented for induction by hev w j hollr of r reeltoit and liev f a currey acton read the scripture and ltd in prayer the church choir and organist norman laird jtresented send out thy lights as a musical portion of the service after refreshments were served in the church hall an impromptu pro- cxnm featured duets by isobel dob- non and mrs jack bailey with mr i alrd accompanying and greetings were voiced by rev alex calder and rev alfred barker local pres- bylerlon and baptist ministers the latter representing the ministerial association mr holley also spoke on behalf of the presbytery p b harrison was chairman mr mc- 1orlane introduced his wife from the platform and a twuquet of flowers was presented to her by mrs harold cleave mrs freeman kersey faithful church worker a resident of norvul and oeorg- t mn all her life mn kraiiimi ker- wy died suddenly early saturday morning at her norm on oyng st lormcrly ida bell cunningham lie uui born on a farm near nor- vul daughter of the late john and jane w inlaw cunningham and at tended norval public school she later lived in norval when hir fa i her rt tired and then came with her family to georgetown where she was married to mr kersey in 1021 a fslthful church worker she re turned her membership in norval prtsuterian church while also be ing an attendant at the locsl knox church she wui a sunday school ttuchtr ur many years at norval ond was in charge of the mission bund at knox for many years she also devoted a great deal of her time to work of the women s missionary society in the churchts mrs kersey is survived by her husband and one brother william c cunningham geikrgetown ano ther brother lioberl died in british columbia twelve years ago the funeral service on monday at the mcclure ftineral home was con ducted by rev alex calder and rev g l iloyul pallbearers were nrph pui gilbert cunningham salmo b c k nncth kersey onkvllle to ut is kersey strathroy william llollinicsutrth watford robert cun- ninjhnm norval and jack cunning ham g4 retown interment w m in llltk nst cemetery norval pack lodge rooms for 100th lol anniversary members of loyalorange xodffe 60 falewarttown officially recogni sed the 100th anniversary of its founding monday night when visi tors from half a dozen district lod ges joined with them to pack the lodge hall dignitaries present included dis trict master ernie wilson and coun ty master jack fox lodges repre sented included hornby george town campbellvillc acton ook- vrllc and milton a highlight of the evening was ex emipj mention of the royal arch purple degree on candidates george grelo and john seattle th lodge is planning a big pub lic social event later this month in esquealng community hall stew art toan a euchre and dance spent a few days with mr and mr clifford cook before continuing on to dallas texas where they will make their future wme ur bll- llngton a former avro- employee has a new lob in a texas aircraft y v f t fi i disappointing attendance set- another meeting date if at first you dont succeed is the motto of george louth mer cantile hockey president whose or ganization meeting on sunday at the arena had one drawback lack of attenderg oenrg lug t anothar meeting- thompson back again in hockey picture the weather mr rlitr i lit normal av ernges for the month f sevt mix r w ri maximum oh which is 2 degreee below nor mal uiul tnlnlmum 47 being 1 de fcir lx i w normal ttte rainfall f 40 inches was only 1 istri inch i low normal tin vftur sliowrt on this wuki summary arc much bove t f ix 111 utrift i r btvtember tkl may it tuntlniii uvir rhankstfl alng hiik i rul 1 tru il lltln datf max mliv hall sit 27 71 40 sfj 1 h 1 48 06 sojn a bh 43 72 sflsl 30 uu 8 11 oct 1 is 2 j xt i 04 57 2 oct 1 78 3 04 average 12 m 2 33 silvfr wood mr wrny wats f rnu r fjeorgctov i si tor in town this week at son otlgrlmmiy own drugklst wu isitom at the home of mr and mrs jorgc uurt on the 7th line this post weekend were mrs burt s muthtr and brt ther mrs j fos ter and mr tush foster of toronto mr and mrs hurry marchlngtnn hor returned tp their home oftcr almost three months of travelling in r ntlund scoti ind and the con tinint 1u turning to the local hockty pic ture after several years retirement trn ittompaon was elecletl new ptxsident of the hockey club at a will utt nded monday m ting in the arena mr thompson will have a cap able group of seasoned club mem- b rs with a sprinkling of new ihxi to guide ue destinies of what tur lot p it is decided to entt r this season several suggtitions were talked over at the meeting a rumour that un oh a ruling will alter the im port picture would work to ceor- gt towns favour in intermediate ranks if it comes about the pow ers that be arc considering banning lmsorts after october 15th which would bring a decided homebrew flavour in place of the import load ed teams with which the locals have competed in recent years it is be lieved that milton oak hie and ergus would be entrants this year lumlra and brampton are both go ing senior b serving on the executive will be leigh bradbury past president jack hart 1st vice president bob darotf sccrctaryirtcaurcr dr clifford reid and mayor jack armstrong honorary presidents and executive members a m baxter tom beck ett bill marshall jack crichion ross duncan jack gunning tom lraincs bob laine sid suvir art scott murt allison nnd norman mn entry list sets new record at georgetown fall fair y mcclure grand prize goes to lucan man thomas hill lucan was closest gucssrr to the 183 lb weight of the 1 nittdalrc range oftcrcd at a tpeclal prize during the expansion sale at mtclure home furnishings mr hill and mrs stan wright ostrandcr ulvd tlext with their guess ol 18 i lbs nnd company oltlcinl harry sainwcll drew to decide he winni r at the store on saturday mrs wright will receive a consola tion prize valued at 30 when th sale ended saturday w c kennedy toronto sales manager of the frlgldslre co and a former georgetowner was also present to compllmentnroir mcclure on the forward step he has taken to give georgetown a fine large furniture store every day during the sale a lucky draw- was made from weight gues ses submitted with prizes of pic tures mirrors and lamps those who won these were eltzabath leslie mrs bob harris wm 0 bell joa hal jr mrs j hlddlaston psul- ine tyers florrie alcott mrs ssm walker mrs charles ledwidge itev alex calder and frances esns despite early morning downpour gate receipts were on par with last year deputy minister officially opened fair sheep and hog show broke all records for this friday night and thosa who are interested in playing and on serving in an executive capacity should take note there la only one way to organlz a league- and that la for a fair ahareupf interested parties to attend meeting roy thompson is top junior at strmtsvihe topping his brampton fab record where he won the showmanship prise roy thompson son ot mr anrl mrs vern thompsontunlorv loolc double honours at streetsvule fair on saturday this young peel celt club mem ber won 4 gold watehfor hu show manship prize and doubled his luck whan elm jlawn supreme oerothy was judged top arilmalonprade owntaslllnlslsvlftsllfliiwrtl when the lorth annual george town fall foil which is sponsor ed by the esquealng agricultural society closed lis gates on satur day evening officials tcrc able to announce gains in many depart ments same of them the most spectacular in history despite early reports snd the act thot heavy rain drenched the fairgrounds in early morning the crowd took advuntago of the sunny afternoon and brought the atten dance up on a par with 1031 visi tors to the hall display on friday night made the largest crowd evid enced what peasedthe dlroctors most was the recordbreaking entry in the hall display when at no other time has there been such sn array of homebaking and ladles work coupled with a good entry in fruit grain and vegetables aa many as fifteen entries could be found in some of the domestic science class es the special prizes for the most points in baking and isdles work went to mrs norman robertson ot acton and the most points inthe hsll to mrs jim dills ot mlhon who waa awarded the t eaton co silver tray bays fie competition keen interest wai displayed in the boys pie competition when 39 pies were entered forjudging ori ginally the prize list called for only two prizes but the lady directors agree to a a s of- nill engloby s7esrold judge of unusual interest was the fact that the judge ol the beautiful flow er show wss 87yearold mr h occomorc of guelph treasurer ot the pntarlo horticultural society this grand old man and flower en thusiast retains all hit faculties and did a wonderful 1ob of ptocirqr thc awards mrs wellington wil son had the most points in this class school snd institute exhibits the work ot the public school continued on page 8 firemen in action for saturday show a highlight of tire prevention week will be a demonstration sat urday by georgetown firemen who will show modern flreilghtlng me thods the event is cslled tor 2 00 pm in the lions club lot beside tho post office anditbarring some ac tual work or unseasonable weather should be one of the most interest ing events in town according to fire chief william hyde he brigade intends to con struct a smoke house which memv ber will enter to test equipment used in such- cases smoke bombs will ba set off and spectators will be shown how different types of fires such as oil and gas are fought due to the larva entry david mae- troubleto make it interesting and kenzla and kevin warelngwere the lfls expected that a jorge crowd of first and second winners followed citizens wilt be thste to wltnan the by gary teeter gerald rosen bui demonstration rural residents who sanford donald curry barry hay- share coats of their georgetownl ward tom lyons jjanny golden wanned fjrepmteauon mll ot benham david ooodlet andwant to attend i pi tgfjg assjjajjsjajjsirriii iitataaalbsajbslftsjsijsiaac- i j