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the georgetown herald fourthn pages authorized n sacond class mau fast otbca dapf ottawa georgetown ont wednesday may mhi 19s9 rrst section gala display at the park this saturday evening high school award remembrance of visit of governorgeneral massey for georgetown hajf an hour with his excellency governorgen eral vincent massey was not near ly enough time however in those fleeting min utes of introductions and cere- raony this distinguished visitor captured gebrgelowners like a friend of the family and won the hearts of school children like a generous uncle generous in giv ing them the reward they hold dearest a school holiday a light crowd braved the chill winds at the station to see his ex cellency greeted there by a wel coming party of mayor councillors the members of provincial and fe deral parliaments and their wives as he stepped from his coach be tween the resolute rows of kilted lome scots guard bandmaster alf perrott directing the citizens band dipped his baton and the famil iar strain of the maple leaf ech oed down the route of the motor cade where bareheaded residents briefly abandoned their warm homes to stand at their doorsteps and catch a glimpse of royaltys representative on st georges church lawn hundreds of cheering school chil dren brownies guides scouts and xubs stirred a sea of union jacks as the black convertible carrying the governor general came into sight here on a platform draped with red white and blue bunting the mayor officially welcomed his excellency and in honour of his visit presented the high school with a 100 scholarship to be known as the governorgeneral mas sed scholarship and to be awarded thisyear directing his reply to the child ren governorgeneral massey brought smiles to faces of the ad ult onlookers and drew anticipating beams from his young audience with a tantalizing speech which he climaxed by proclaiming fri day a school holiday on behalf- of the queen mayor armstrong quick ly nodded his consent from st georges church the open cars moved to the cenotaph where in a brief ceremony the governor general laid a wreath in honour of georgetowns war dead an inspection of war vet erans militia and high school ca dets concluded his schedule here and the procession returned to the station where the citi zens band and the girls pipe band played as the viceregal party boarded the train for bar- rie the next stop on the tour which concluded at camp borden only minor damage three weekend fires only minor damage resulted when a car driven by gordon smith of 61 mary st milton burst into flames opposite the pumping sta tion on maple ave early sunday morning despite the height of a thunder storm the smith car a 1951 pontiac was westbound when wires appar ently shorted causing the flames firemen were on the scene in a matter of minutes and doused the blaze with c02 extinguishers on sunday the brigade was baf fled completely by directions to a chimney fire which later proved to be on the r r 2 farm of j-ew- ins they tried for fifteen min utes to find the source of the alarm but finally had to return to the station the blaze was fortunately minor and was brought under control without the firemens assistance the ewins farm is located oppos ite the greenock farm of sandy best mp the brigades confusion how ever may have been a lucky break for the georgeview shopping plaza where fire broke out in bundles of paper stacked behind davidsons pharmacy the flames scorched the back stoop but were held in check by the firemen who had just return ed from their search but for the brigades promptness the entire shopping plaza could have been endangered a child playing in bark of the store is being questioned in con nection with the fire which broke out at about 2j30 pm st andrews ladies plan for fall bazaar the womens federation of st andrews united church held their regular monthly meeting at cedarvale school for girls on wednesday may 13th as the president mrs kelvin brown was unable to attend mrs d a ward vice president presi ded at the mectinc while the business meeting progressed the members worked on items for their fall bazaar which will be held in st johns united objirch on satur day october 17th a report on progress of a cook book complied by the mem bers was heard this book will be on sale within the next few months plans were made to serve refreshments after a reception of new members into the congrega tion of st andrews united church on sunday june 21st many other items of business were discussed and disposed of- as this was the last regular monthly meeting of the federation a committee under the direction of mrs j chobson was formed to plan a special ev ening next month this will be a social gettogelhet and all mem bers will be contacted in regards lo this refreshments provided by mrs ward and mrs trevor moore were served with the assistance of several of the members canadian indians studied for missions the wms meeting was held on tuesday afternoon may 12th at the home of mrs frank wilson with the president opening with a hymn and prayer secretary mrs cecil wilson read the min utes of the march meeting and called the roll which was answ ered by a thought or verse on the word give after a few items of business were discussed sup ply secretary mrs frank ruddell displayed articles for the bale af ter which mrs john hill gave a splendid devotional on the good samaritan closing by reading a letter from a missionary who had been in japan for twenty years giving his impressions of their life and ways s the offering was received and dedicated foliowed by the study chapter in charge of mrs john ruddell and proved very interest ing as it concerned jhe canadian indians and told how they are anxious to be christianized and friendly and be one among us if we would only cooperate oth ers assisting were mrs c b dick mrs clayton wilson mrs hector bird and mrs john bcllboddy the prayer for our chosen missionary- was given by mrs cecil wilson mrs vcrn picket thanked the hos- less and all who took part in the meeting and it closed with prayer- after lunch a seed and plant sale was conducted by mrs w and mrs h bird which realized a nice sum for the society mrs maurice dixon of kapuskas- ing is visiting her mother mrs r j graham and sister mrs fred xurse and family at the church service on sun day morning clayton paul dear little son of mr and mrs cla- ton h dick was baptized lime house sixteen baptized at st johns united sixteen children were baptized at the family day service a week ago sunday in st johns united church with rev morgan mcfar- lane officiating those baptized were bryon da vid son of mr and mrs robert wade daniel raymond and leah ann children of mr and mrs raymond turner alan cecil son of mr and mrs cecil davidson sandra karen daughter of mr and mrs norman eyre steven ross son of mr and mrs cecil mcnam- ara carolyn patricia daughter of mr and mrsjohn m bird rjl3 ronald walter son of mr and mrs heinz hofmann of brampton linda louise florence daughter of mr and mrs bruce cook king city evelyn may daughter of mr and mrs robert allen susan marie daughter of mr and mrs fred ma- veal elaine patricia daughter of mr and mrs denzu williams stephen john son of mr and mrs bert haddock randall wayne son of mr and mrs gordon bowers peter russell son of mr and mrs william glynn stephens and de borah ann daughter of mr and mrs robert heathe mens club opens golfing season the mens section of the golf club got off to a good start on thursday aternoon in spite of un seasonable weather with an open ing day program consisting of golf and dinner followed by a colour film from tee to green the turnout was very good with near ly 70 playing golf and over 60 staying for dinner despite high winds and low tem perature jim linton shot a very creditable 37 to take low gross honours net prizes were awar ded on kickers handicap and the par was drawn at 36 with 6 men les pcrcival hugh dickie sam mackenzie jack malcolm charlie jehner and bill anderson sharing net score prizes in addition all the players participating were tea med up and the winning partners were 1st dick grace and barney wilcox 2nd tudor beaumont and ross duncan 3rd les percival and scotty patterson a special prize for high duo went to joe stnte and graham famell lucky draw winners were irwin noble stan wade and les percival returns home after visit in scotland mr john wood returned to the home of his daughter mrs earl scott on sundav after some six months visiting relatives and friends in scotland flight cadet peter scholz was at home for the weekend having completed his year at rmc and now beginning his further training at trenton ont for the summer months mesdames james noble f t c brown w mitchell and e san- ford attended the annual tb meeting and dinner in qakville last week mr a w benton attended the annual convention of the associa tion of assessing officers of on tario at ottawa this week mrs e a wiley is spending this week with the pattersons the wms met at the home of mrs leferink last thursday even ing mrs patterson read scrip ture mrs roughley led in pray- harold bingham noted as holstein breeder one of jialtons top holstein breeders harold bingham 81 was buried in greenwood cemetery on sunday following a funeral service at the harold c mcclurc funeral home mr bingham died in guelph general hospital on thursday an esquesing native he was the son of john and catharine cran ston bingham was born on lot 26 8th line and attended the stone school he lived in pus inch iownhip for three years then re turned to this district and tarm- i cd on the 9th line gil man farm in 1915 he moved to the present farm at lot 20 concession 11 in 1953 mr bingham and his nn kle received a master breed cr shield highest honour award cd by the holstein fnesian as social son thnr carue herd have been consistent prizewinners at livestock shows mr bingham leaves his wife gertrude anthon his son kyle and one grandson and three sisters elizabeth isabella and rebecca bingham he was prede ceased by brothers william dav id horace and john and a sister mrs r c given mr j holland conducted the service- the funeral home on suhttsy and mr a blair a service at the graveside pallbearers were e j looker darwin cripps john mcfetridge harding price frank bingham and hi hard allan georgetowns intermediate ontario hockey champions 111 5ays the score on thorold arena board as hunters realtors took the championship game to win an ontario interme diate b championship kneeling left to right george grasby bod varey bill chard jack rhodes gerry inglis jamie cun ningham standing playingcoach nick ferri club secretary art mcallister trainer jim ford blake inglis dave voyce fred lawrence ron dixon junior beaumont wally magdy bill hewitt prestdentmanager bill hunter dave irons photo by r m turkinglon social personal mrs f owen of verdun que bec has been visiting with mr and mrs frank petch 30 chapel st e for the past two days mr and mrs frank petch 30 chapel st e were recent visitors with mr and mrs ross mcclellan of stratford mr and mrs stan finlay and family 17 duam st visited in st catharina n sunday with mr and mrs j lart mrs ro n dusen of tara has been g with her brother jack and ost gladys mcgibbon arthe mcgibbii house holiday guests with mr and mrs jack gunning 14 charles street were her brother bob and mrs ellcy of windsor mrs dick riddall 4 ostrander blvd and mrs clarence white of brampton spent the holiday week end in callander with their sister mrs fred mathers mr mathers and family mrs a r vanatter 16 durham street was guest of honour at a family dinner on thursday even- ing may 14th at the astoria res taurant brampton on the occasion of her 86th birthday mr and mrs douglas ismondi and ruth of norva visited with miss hazel kellogg and mr and mrs lloyd kellogg of battle creek mich they also visited with mr and mrs elmer ismond at marshall mich over the holiday weekend miss edith dent leeds york shire england arrived sunday may 17th to visit with tier sister and brotherinlaw mr and mrs philip hayes and niece and neph ew cnthia and tommy 122 tem ple road miss dent will also be visiting friends in the usa- weekend guests at the angli can rectory were mrs richard sons mother mrs e milne and miss j milne of toronto on mon- da guests who came from tor onto to celebrate mrs milnes 76th birthda were mr and mrs f foster mrs e haydock mr and mrs j haydock miss j haydock i mr a howie and miss a foster who also celebrated her birthday which was on tuesday kirkw00d hardware looted 1000 merchandise missing er and mrs benton told the story of the inn of the sixth happi- jess mr leferink played two organ numbers xargo and an dante in g by shults the text word used in a verse of scripture was salvtionl the hostess ser ved a delicious lunch afterwards funeral service for baby accident victim mr leo grecniees of jchovahs witnesses conducted the funeral service on friday afternoon at 2 oclock forsteven james lee son of mr and mrs forrest lee of ashgrove on wednesday may 13 steven was in his second year and was accidentally killed in an acci dent at the ashgrove intersection mr and mrs lee have a small daughter miriam the service was conducted at the harold c mcclure funeral home 34 edith st with interment in hillcrest cemetery norval pallbearers were derrick homsby walter wilson harold wilson and lawrence johnson guide company host to mothers banquet the second company of girl guides wore hostesses to their mothers at a mother and daughter banquet in st georges hall last wednesday evening hay 13th honoured guests at the banquet were mr and mrs albert dawson king street who were there to see their daughter brenda presented with one of the most difficult badges to earn in guiding the religious and life badge also her first class guiders badge and great est honour the all round cords rev kenneth richardson presen ted the life and religious badge and mrs e c reed district com missioner presented the other badges to brenda and to other members of the company mrs reed presented the hostess badge to ann lackey the needle womans badge and little houm badge to nancy jamieson diane mccolgan received her second class guide badge and mrs reed explained thefficylt circumstan ces under which diane ha dhad to work for this badge having been in bed with a large cast encasing her she said she knew diane would make a good guide because she certalnlrnad the stuff that good guides were made of lieutenant betty green intro duced mrs reed who was the guest speaker her topic was god in guiding explaining to the guests and guides that no matter what part of guiding or what work they were doing god was part of it and must be so to be successful lt green also thanked the ladies of the scout auxiliary who catered to the delightful tur key banquet officers seated at the head table with the honoured guests mrs reed and mr and mrs dawson and rev and mrs ken neth richardson were captain mrs t brown lieutenants mrs green and mrs betty jamieson captain brown conducted a camp- fire session to conclude the even ing i mrs don wingrovc 15 durham si has returned from a weeks vi sit tn kirkland lake where she was a guest of mr and mrs a g little and dr jind mrs strachan harris miss ann wingrove and i mr uoyd cochrane of windsor spent the holiday week end in town with her parents localites share reward money ior missing youth seminole indians described to group the may meeting of the union home helpers was held at the home of mrs norman icam queen street recently with the president mrs b ostrander in the chair mrs l royal read the scripture a- praer by mrs harvey pucker ing and a lesson from the study book entitled how we witness day by day was taken by mrs j mcdonald mrs c taylor of terra cotta who spends the winter months in florida gave an interesting talk on the seminole indians natives of the florida everglades she stressed their colourful dress and beadwork and how their habits have not changed for generations discussions during the business portion of the meeting dealt withjreturaed to th h hospital visitors the presbyterian deaconess and training schoof and the work of the regional secretary at the conclusion of the meeting the hostess served hinch with the assistance of mrs a moore and mrs n newns the july meeting will be held in the church base- two georgetown men ralph bludd of 3 churchill cresc and keith miller of rr1 will probably share the s100 reward monfey for their part in the return of a gait youngster who disappeared from his home on wednesday may 13th the 14 year old truant had been living with relatives in the prince ton district of gait for the past eight years and was spotted sat urday morning by keith miller who became suspicious of the ac tions of the youth as he loitered near the john st flasher light he took the boy to a restaurant and when his suspicions were only sharpened by further conversation with the lad he decided to slip out and check with the police when he discovered the boy missing from gait he immediately boy was gone ralph bludd joined keith miller in the ensuing search and the run away was recaptured on the out skirts of town near the north hal ton golf and country club the reward for information of the boy was put up by his father a large quantity of merchan dise worth close to lj0oo was taken in a breakin at kirkwooda hardware norval sometime over the holiday weekend csl dave hardy of county de tachment opp said the store was entered tatesaturday night or early sunday morning the thieves must have used truck jo carry off their loot which included mixmasters steam irons electric coffee perks a mcculiough chain saw two skill saws electric fry pans a vacuum cleaner a quart tity of work shirts pants and socks cigarettes and tobacco and a num ber of fishing reels conservation work is explained to institute highlight of the may meeting of silverwood wl was the interest ing talk given by guest speaker mr a maclaren on the objects and accomplishments of the credit valley conservation authority the idea was broached by mr maclar en himself in 1948 but was not footed into being until 1952 and great deal of progress has been made since then in conserving the soil and water supply in the val ley of the credit he spoke on the work of the six advisory boards which cover farm planning and land ue flood control and pol lution reforestation parks and recreation historical records and publicity of interest to many who think that halton county should have a museum is the ten tative plan of the authority to buy an old home to contain early records and tchcs and a prop to save the old dynamo as a mem orial to the first electrical power produced in canada for industrial the meeting was held at the home of mrs d peck who was convener of the meeting on cur rent events after the saying of the 23rd psalm as the opening a great deal of hilarity was caused by the roll call which was to guess the combined weights of the president and secretary and mrs k c lindsay won the prize for making the closest guess mrs clarewilson gave a good reading on the motto no one is rich en ough to be without neighbour it was decided to obtain spoons mementoes of the queens coming visit and mrs norton mrs burt and mrs mar- chiogton were named as voting delegates to the annual meeting an auction sale of plants and slips brought some fast and furious bidding under the hammer of mrs harry scott and put a nice sum of money into the treasury