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i ten pages locrwrcopy wednesday evening jan 7 1959 fiiem3iiehadt4l3w returned third term v jack harlow has been chosen chief of tiigeorgetowit fire de partment for the 3rd traignt year chief harlow was returned to the position onsunday whenihfi brigade held their annual meeting at the fire hall on guelph street attended by representatives from georgetown andvesquesing town ship council as well as a former fireman fred armstrong industry and chamber of commerce repre- apparently destined to play doormat for the rest of the indus trial league prank king cleaners lost a squeaker to barlocks sunday after leading the toronto club 3rl nearing the end of the second pe- scntative jack crichton of the al- 1 riod barlocks swarmed back late hance paper mills art scott and alf perrotl mayor jack armstrong and coun cillors garfield mcgilvray john iodon maxies goal from kostyluk elliott and ern hyde attended pt 1407 but the cleaners took over from the local council and george c leslie wilfred bird and cam sinclairfrom the esquesing coun cil mayor armstrong chaired the meeting and member of the fire committee john elliott ncted as secretary two former chiefs har- ry savings and henry shepherd acted as scrutineers mayor armstrong mr bi and xcmefsvings and shepherd conveyed the town andtownships sentiments in complimenting the department not only for their fire fighting duties but for their aid with community activities includ ing the santa glaus parade bob bbnfield was elected to de puty chief the position vacated by andy ritchie who retired from the executive c spence is secre tary judd davidson is treasurer jim valantine capl no 1 dave williams capt no 2 jack cun ningham ueul no 1 clarence carey lieut no 2 capt hook and ladder jack kerr truck driver no 1 bill ritchie truck driver no 2 harold bennett who takes over from ralph bludd pa nel truck driver chuck laws and township truck driver herb ro- shier other members of the brigade include william hyde andy hit chie george chaplin walter rich ardson wilfred breen charles hu chuck tyler ace bailey gor don inglis and art stamp stewarttown presentation recognizes public school standing a very enjoyable meeting and christmas party of esquesing wi was held at the home of mrs rob- ert lawson on thursday decem ber 11th there was a good turn out of members and several visit ors a donation of money was made to fire victims mrs walter lawson was elected to theesgues ing community hall committee and greta koeslag was presented with a leather wallet from the wom ens institute in recognition of her high standing in grade 8 in pub lic school arrangements were made for xmas cards and boxes of fruit to be sent to a number of shutins and sickfolks after- thebusinessol the meeting susan smith and ruth with du accompanied on the piano by mrs reg williams who also played in strumentals and christmas carols to which all joined in singing christmas gifts were exchanged among the members and gifts were given those who supplied the program and to the visitors the lords prayer closed the meeting and lunch was served by the com mittee congratulations are extended to wife mr and mrs r gibbons on the arrival of a baby boy we are pleased to see that herb reid is recovering sufficiently to be out again after his illness and time spent in guelph general hos pital mr and mrs joseph sanford spent christmas holidays with the mitchells in limehouse ted baily was in the village friday visiting with his mqther mrs- mary ahy the death ocurred recently of howard bescoby of graverihursl ihe was the son of the late mr william bescoby who lived for a number of years in stewarttown and previous to that on the check line on the farm now occupied by mr and mrs j j atkinson cngagfmfnt john street east announce the engagement of their daughter arlene louise to hank mulder son of mrand mrs k k mulder 75 juarket street the wedding will fekejprsa the latter part of jan- mr and mrs harold gough st catharines announce the engage- mejtatlbqir daughter violet ann utprjteve sinclair at dinner at the to ross norton son of mr and mrs- barvojnoaon limehouse the weddiiyjtd ukejilaee in acton it on r gamia glen barloclq are weeks hockey winners in the second and the final to edge the cellar team 54 barlocks led 10 after one per- in the second doug norton from cliff norton at 306 dan mossop from cunningham at 443 and cliff norton from wylie and king at 1250 barlocks pulled even before the end of the frame t luciuk scor ing from bloski at 1628 and for- an from banyat185l they open ed a two goal margin in the third on goals by kostyluk and foran but bud gibbs gave the cleaners the last word at 18j25 halton homes managed only two goals against the unbeatable glen club in the other of the double bill as they dropped a 42 decision to thep ace setters glen blanked the homes for two periods but paul barber from pomeroy messed up the shutout at 230 of the last one ritchie picked up the second hh tally from mike george with less than two minutes to go max stafford judge george webster and bob webster the glen marksmen glen now leads the second place team by 5 on 6 wins and 3 ties for 15 points halton homes has four- wins and two ties for 10 points barlocks 3 and 3 for 9 and frank king cleaners a single win for 2 points ross dillon of halton homes leads the goalies with a 344 goals against average charlie jones of the glen is second in that de partment with 306 gord king of barlocks has 477 and carman maltby 533 point ldr haines glen 8 15 23 george hh 10 11 1 kemshead glen 10 11 21 kostyluk bar 11 6 17 ritchie hh 9 7 16 webster glen 6 8 14 jarvie glen 4 8 12 stafford glen 6 4 10 b webster glen 5 5 10 gibbs king 4 6 10 parks board member bowling enthusiast william george bell a resident of georgetownfbr the past twenty- three years died in st josephs hospital guelph on sunday jan uary 4 mr bellwho was in his sey entyfifth was born in lind- sav the son of laura alice nicole bell and james bell he lived in lindsay until hp was sixteen mov ing to toronto where he jived un til coming to georgetown he was educated in lindsay and toronto prior to moviirgto georgetown where he operated georgetown clay- products he operated the bell fabric company in toronto he married amy jane bailey on december 12th fifty one years ago and she survives him as do their two children laura mrs harry moss 12 ostrander blvd and leonard james of cadillac michigan one brother charles joseph of lindsay and three grand children are also left mr behwas very interested and active in community life being one of the original members of the board of parks management when it was formed he was an honorary member of the curling gluband anardentlawn bowler he was also a meffiberof silvers five pin bovling team he was a past master of britannia- lol toronto rev alex calder conducted the funeral service at the harold g mcclure funeral home 34 edith street on tuesday january 6th at 2 pm pallbearers were den nis bell his grandson earl walt ers harry cross frank cluskey ed wilson and granville hender- son interment was in greenwood cemetery georgetown the new rectory pictured when it was nearing completion makes a handsome addition to slalbans anglican church glen williams rev and mrs john rathbone and their family moved into their new home in time to spend- christmas tere the house contains living duv ing kitchen washroom bedroom and study on the ground floor and two bedrooms and bath upstalrl eonoabntetf gi care was taken in selecting mater ials to match the church to which it is hoped to join the rectory by a cloister and eventually to build anew parish hall the brick is sandstone grey and the front half nearest the church la cut stone hawesand nelson were general contractors the building commit tee was under hairmanship of roland haloes- and the men of the brotherhood qf angucan churchmen undci spare time in various work projip ects toronto businessman leaves brother here aston c bus salter brother of ray salter 32 maple avenue w died suddenly on wednesday dec 31st in st michaels hospital in toronto he was fortyfive years transfer bob burke port colbprne bank assistant accountant with the canadian bank of commerce here for six years bab burke will be moving to the commerce branch car driv bymich mcelhi at port colbome at the end ney of toronto and stuart bennett cars collide at 7th line corner collision at the corner of the 7th line and no 7 highway just west of town on wednesday dec 31 how ever neither driver was injured the bennett car was stopped on the 7th line about to enjer the highway and the mcelhinney car was southbound on no 7 when the accident occurred mr mcel hinney told police he became con fused by the lights from the stand- lng bennett car and missed the our public school principal and his orner the month where he will take the owh7were in po accountant mr burkejirst joined the bank staff 3 1 his home town of atwood and since then has been with banks at beaverton southampton miiverton durham st thomas palmerston arttllislowel and was at unionville for four years be fore coming here it was at lis- towel that he married his wife is obel and they presently reside at 35 park av with their threo ehil cst william bennett of the county detachement opp investi- satedjaecxasjland placed uhl damage at 400 to the mcelhinney av and 250 to mr bennetts it was reported al about 725 pm reeve deputy are hosts at dinners on december 30 reeve george currie of esquesing was host to the council and township officials at a dinner party at hawthorne lodge milton his guests included members of the 1959councll deputy reeve campbell sinclair and councillors walter linham wilfrid birdjnd i stahliindmanagevd george leslie clerk k c lindsay mimerwoi 9nd sswwnp arlhtir ron inn himi and assessor arthur benton road superintendent william townsencf and members of the works staff oshierrbob lindsay sam mrand mrs william bill 9t mileham and william corlep buil i ctui f n- ine insocctor william hulk- incur ing inspector wiuiam hulls insur- arice agent george c brown solici tor thomas van sickler don win- grove manager of the baank of coirf merceanovspencerjwils a form er coumcllor on monday- council neld their in augural meeting at stewarttown and after opening ceremonies in the morning were guests of dep- jack 0lantern in town guests also included rev j e maxwkell of norval and messrs lindsay tan sirklpr hull browa- of age mr salter was born in toronto the son of mr and mrs william salter who survive him having lived all his life in toronto he at tended school there and ht the time of his death operated a busi ness of his own which manufactu red drapery tracks mr salter was a keen member of the royal canadian yacht club and the- kennel club he- is sur vived by his wife the former mar- jorie macr and their son william a brother ramsey of georgetown and a sister mrs george cross of toronto the rector of staidcns angli can church conductedthefujieral service in the chapel of austin j mack funeral home 1086 queen street east on saturday january drenj donald age 9 patricia 6 and murray 5 mr burke will bevjeplaced here by w j s fisher assistant- account am now with thp timmins branch other recent additions to the staff include mrs john easdalc teller mrs brian williams ledg- erkceper mrs frank grandy tel ler and miss ankie dekleer jun ior they have filled vacancies originated with three members mrs thomas carberryjurs lewis dreyer and mrs dennis booth left the staff in december and jun ior neil benton was moved to oshawa oh january 5th with an accompanying promotion to per sonal loan clerk other members of the commerce grove include mrs fred helson mrs jessie wilcox mrs donald rand jane jaossen l b king gloria boyd gail thom mrs h hicnter mrs william hender son and mrs roland awrey maurice manderson is named queens counsel maurice manderson whose law office is located at 61 mhtstrcan now add qc to his name mr manderson was on of sever al ontario lawyers honoured in the queens new years list with the title of queens counsel also in the list was rutherford langdon sault ste marie a- bro- thc magistrate hkiuhoii laug- mcmorial gardens safety theme for next home a school meeting a close to capacity crowd is ex pected in wrigglesworth auditor ium on monday january 12 where a panel moderated by hydro com mission chairman e w binkley will deal with every phase of safe- tv mthp rnmimmiiy mhin they vey the topic safety in the home school industry and on the high way sponsored by the wrigglesworth home school association the evening will bring together on the discussion panel fire chief jack harlow lawyer doug latimer am bulance chief ed hall safety sup ervisor at smith 4 stone bob mc- menemy safety director at swifts harold seckington bell telephone district manager lloyd denby a canadian national railways inspec tor yet to be named and local traf fic officer cst ted scott admis sion is free andhe program will start at 8 pm i two color films charlies haunt anot yoitrevdriving ninety horses danati by thereu telephone 1959 school staff sees pictures of eurore mrs james f evans who with her husband enjoyed a trip to europe last summer- entertained members of the chapel sl public school staff with pictures taken during the trip at a christmas party prior to holiday closirjg thetaff exchajigedgifu and refreshments were served bymrs jack thompson and mrs david auff tells town history to home school mayor jack armstrong was the guest speaker at the january meeting of chapel street home and school association held mon day evening at the school and he spoke on the history of george town from its first settlers direc ting his talk to the newcomers or armstrong listed a number w-s- landmarks and early a tape recording of the christ mas music sung by the chapel st pupils over the amplifier at st johns united church was played by kindergarten teacher mrs er nest smith and two solos were sung by mrs george grasby the old fashoined town and little irish girl w alavoie former textile manufacturer w a lavoie a former manufac turer of knitted- goods in george town died in st josephs hospital peterborough on december 29th he had been in ill health for some lime tctiring from business eight years ago mr lavoie is survived by his wife louise and two sons law- d 4nteraient-wtft4n- h renceofpetefboroughaddwilfred 26 henry st georgetown eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren funeral service was condtfeted from lanes funeral parlours pe terborough on new years day in terment was in peterborough cem etery social personal mrs t van sickler mr s b chamberlain of winni peg is visitioin town with his son and family dr and mrs j h chamberlain 5 market street mil amfjufrs jack s buchanan andniss bette buchanan of wind sor were holiday visitors with mr and mrs frank buchanan 32 wind- sor road a n with mr and mrsj ne pauuilo 59 hewson cres for the holidays were her parents mr and mrs fred hall and their children jerry and judy of walpole island william pacholok 33 edward street with his brother joseph pacholok pf new toronto motor ed west to spend the holidays with their parents mr and mrs mich ael pacholok in ethelbert mani toba miss helen devereaux of mac- donald college st annede belle- vue has returned to the college after spending the christmas hol idays with her parents mr and mrs harry devereaux 9 park view blvd miss thelma hunter has return ed to her position on the staff of quinte high school belleville af ter spending tbe holidays with her parentsmr and mrs qli hunter 17 valteyview road mr and mrs frank petch 30 chapel street east and mr and mrs ross mcclellan stratford attended the funeral of mrs mun- ro sr in parkhill last wednes day mr milo munro and linda returning with them tblstratford for a few days rev morgan mcfarlane officia ted at the baptismal service on sunday december 28th at ii am when brian karl lang son of mr and mrs gerhard lang 109 main street north and diane susan por ter daughter of mr and mrs ken neth w porter norton crescent weraaptized mr arid mrs peter pratt aqd daughter anita 14 mclntyre cres spoke by transatlantic telephone on christmas morning with his parents mr and mrs george pratt southampton england they hope to come to canada for a vis it later this year relatives from windsor visited with mr and mrs charles jennerl 49 charles sl for the new year holiday they included her par ents mr arid mrs william h leigh her brother and family mr and mrs c m leigh billy john ny and mary elizabeth mrs ross secord and donna 30 shelley street flew to windsor to spend christmas with her parents mr and mrs al wolt2 sgt and mrs ted woltz wayne and krist ine of winnipeg are visiting w mr and mrs secord at presofit sgt woltz coming east to taki special course at camp borden with the rcamg mrs j f gillis 19 king st w had mr and mrs alan giuisand daughter karen of peterborough home for qhristrrras- she return ed with thfcm f6r a few days and they visitedat merritton with mrs giujpjiboninlaw and daugh ter mr and mrs jack munro and with mrs stanley obrien mr and mrs 41 gillis fiainpd m bers of the spitzcr family for new years- including mr and mrs august spitzer miss eleanor spitzer and mr gerry inglis from town and mr and mrs ken ewcn and daughter carolyn of norval janice brown daughter of mr and mrs dennis brown 11 park view celebrated her sixth birth day at her home on tuesday dec heads church group mrs thomas van sickler be came the new president of the daughters of the church when rev kenneth r richardson form ally installed the 1959 executive on monday evening at st georges anglican officers assisting mrs van sickler arc mpsthorrtas eas- on 1st vice presidemmrs alan thompson 2nd vice i prcsejdent mrs ron ovenden secretary mrs stewart phillips treurcr mrs walter bichn flower fund and press convener mrs william mc- nally mrs stan finlay- gorodn tec group covneners mrs don wingrov social convener uvenderi membership 90th hf guusis included jam and edward reader bobby run bam psulsanderson kathy and patty lince fraser gurm patricia burke chris goodfcllow david matthies hughic muiams barbara inglis and her brother jeffcry her grandmother mrs g needham of norval was a at the party and jcfreshmcnls and games were ar ranged by jill runham and judy nash company will also be shown georgetown has just completed its second iatahtyfrcc year in a row and it is hoped thta the panel discussion wilt make the poputa- mm m t m safcty conscious h save from vht retiring pre- mrs ntt convener an inspirational talk by mr richardson followed the installa tion of officers after which mrs van stcktct acceptedtheptcsid sident mrs larry maughan items of business discussed in cluded the drawing up of a list of aims and objectives for the or- ganization for the coming year this will be done at the next meeting mrs thomas eason ii vited the daughters to meet at her home for a valentine meeting- in february to which each mem ber is asked to bring a prospective new member- plans were jnadeto jjive a noon luncheon to the clejv gy of the halton deanery who meet at sl georges on tuesday mr and mrs frank emery of utica ny are visiting wifmr and mrs william boyle 21 paix- view mrs clare- reithy clareand bobby of seaforth were with mrs edward hill 7 guelph st and fa mily over the christmas holidays f mr and mrs john 0sc 20 jyiaple avenue tffest chris and tonyr spent a delighf tul new years holiday at tallyho lodge hunts- ville mr and mrs arnold a gleimof toconto were with her sister and brotherinlaw for cnristmashr and mrs r s carcaud 21ba1r stow crescenl mr and mrs ron perego 18 ehzabetb sl went to montreal lor christmas where they visited her parents mr and mrs cherel te and his parents mr and mrs f perego mr and mrs don powers lin da and murray 144 rexway drive were holiday guests in thames ville with his parents mr and mrs harvey powers mrs johu mcclure king street and mrs delbert arnott streets- ville were boxing day guests of fcanitmrs eric mosibyr toron- to when they attended the todd ao production ofsouth pacilic mr and mrs burton macdonald joyce and ross 9 mcnabfi street visited in wbodbridge on sunday january 4th with mr and mrs bertram lynd and family with the maodonaldg for christmasan new year were her father mr thomas pierce of brussels mr and mrs biu milliere and i son paul 12 wesleyan sl joined s family party in mount forest at the home of his parents mr and mrs bill milliere sr for christ mas also present were mr and mrs spence mckinnon and child ren bob and barbara of cornwall mr and mrs wm t sinclair 55 charles sl and mr and mrs camp bell sinclair and son carl lime- house were among the guests when mrs margaret lang orangevime entertained members of the sin clair family at a new years dinner the party was held at the sjmron ru in orangevule mr and mrs john narey of 85 mclntyre crescent were thrilled last sunday when they received a transatlantic phone call from the la iters parents mr and mrs john mccallum in glasgow scotland mrs nareys sister mrs david mackenzie and her husband also spoke from glasgow it was a wonderful reunion the reception ipj- it was like talking to iir saijl mrs narey iting with mr and mrs rex heslop and family heslop court are her sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs burt tribble of en gleharl mr heslops sister and her husband mr and mrs r stem back of hollywood california his brother mr and mrs karl heslop londohmr and mrs norman ken nedjr his sister of orono and mrrahd mrs charles southcott of toronto also visited over the jiolf days mr arid mrs james m costigan 55 john sl e were with thelr daughter- and famirymrand- bruce reidtrobert and susan of glanford station over the holid ays at the rcids fov christmas with mr and mrs costigan were mr and mrs jim costigan jr 29 market st mr and mrs jim mccaig 37 maple ave w mr and mrs jim robb of toronto and mr and mcs herb sinclair and son danny of hamilton local relatives join 98th birthday party a gala birthday party on christ- mas day marked the birthday of wjycarold thomas k65s born at langside in bruce county in 1861 thirty five relatives attended the party in rexdalc including a grandson r w murray 22 nor- tonctceandgrandaaughter mrs 1 c v waldorf 22 elisabeth street mr and mrs murray also had their children lynne leslie and robbie with them and besides mr and mrs waldorf were their chili dren drjtern waldorf from tex- asttll and mrs paul waldorf trenton misses- jea and maty waldorft toronto a picture of mr ross blowing out the candles k jm hiscakenwith some of his ten e goagreat gjandchildrsn looking on appeared in the toronto tele- m he bruce county farm home- i jw his father is still jj ite a family christmas luncheon and tea was held at the home of ilr and mrs john mcclure king sl their children mary jane and william john welcomed the aunts arid cousins mr and mrs clare hutchinson and family listowel mrs william and william j hut chinson cheltenhanxmj and mrs eric mosley tjpf miss mary mcclure preston misses is- lay and agnes mcclure toronto mr and mrs delbert arnott of streetsville with mr and mrs ern hyde 24 ewing streel new years eve were mr and mrs stan finlay barbara and johnny 17 durham streel mrs helen humberstone mr and mrs louis humberstone a and tommy t mr and mrs fred robertson harry and brenda rosemary peggy anne and ginny hornby donald humberstone and his daughter terry qf0xangeyiile mrsdon humberstone was in hospital tiev years evewhere she gave bhv to a baby boy fc sgl george milton kay of the united sates army and mrs kay wbq was the former betty dickenson and their two children georgeann andtevenr whojhavev been stationed in p fr for the past three years are back in the us again the kays who are visiting hiir parents mr and mrs john ky have been in tel- epfrone communication with her sisters here mrs mike lornsso bd mhv bastibdo thai hat-