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for fine printing a century of servic a hub- lishan printon i offered by tha herald to georgetown and district georgetown herald telephone tr 72201 hone tr 7201 to place a want ad in the herald the quickest way to buy or aah easily and efficiently t authorized as second class mall peat office dep ottawa georgetown ont thursday march 16th 1961 4 00 per year single copy price ten ce peter jones georgetown dashing duo jacqueline and ian bowell display the form that won them applause in the sixth annual rhapsody on ice satur day in a circus number this pair played high wire artists ballinafad two fathers ages total 191 years organizations mrs a lawr commented on the inspirational presentation of the christian stewardship program b the secretarj mrs g f macken showboat minstrels now in rehearsal captain ralph ursel of the rotary showboat cast off from his moorings at the head of the credit river this week and hopes to dock in georgetown ap 28th the script is almost com plete after many a brain wracking session while a song or two about the weird native customs in peorge- town has been pencilled in the chorus has been re hearsing furious v and line end men are brushing off their straw hats again the man in the white suit will be jack giinn mr lnterlocu tor the show will be pei for med here april 28 29 and may 5 6 a week later the showbuat wll be fltnli 1 down to the frigidaire audi torium in scarboro for ano ther two night stand spons ored b line scarboro optini ist club glen boy town girl seek speaking honors tonight march 10 the coun ty public school speaking finals will be held in percy merr school trafalgar and there is particular loial interest becausu two youne speakers from town and glen williams are among the final ists marl wheeler glen wit hams who won the north hit ton finals reeenl and yoland i goudckctting of wriggle swurth school who placed second will be among tonight s competitors the winner tonight will com pctt in the provincial contest during the teachers convention taster week in tronlo i believe calabogie man was oldest in canada who w is snowy owl rare visitor to town a distinguished traveller from the arctic wastes nude i brief stopover here last wudnesdaj as fljing conditions were made im possible bv the sudden blizzard mclea scandi ictt better known as the real snowy owl a larl bird even in his frozen homeland made a hopping tour of the del rex area diirint tils stay did wis siihu d bv mrs j mcuslmd of norton cret cint who called the herald to relate iter find and en quire about thi feathered glued of the north other eilhrs also puss d their d vcrv on lo the herald 30000 blaze at mushroom plant what council did not acceptable is mayors i opinion of deirex proposal j council will study plan another week oir t theatre group planning georgetown firemen called io milton blaze shortage 1 spencer church iperhips the oldest man in canada when he died a ft w wet ks ago was an uncle of tw disluci residents mrs alex brown 27 victoria st and mrs uilford boujhncr itrra tolta boi n on a farm near c ill because of a shortage of bogie sixtv milts west of ot scott air packs used bv fire t iwa he spent all but a few men to enter hidv smoke of his 110 vt irs on the farm milton firemen looked to gtor a thl bl1 h ik w h getown for help mondaj when been n june fire raced through the base sprj and akrt until he be ment of the milton department tame ill at christinas mr store hurch was i shade under 5 six local firemen accompan feet tall and weighed onlv 100 led the pure air supplies to the pounds he attributed his long scene of the milton blaze and life to working haul three assisted in balthnc the t a birlhda celebration 1 ist flames while the other three lar 164 direct pan nth creature i startled iui like a i rtisn utt and tl l 111 owl length t tnlc imj hcan i 20 and i naturil ilirh sometimis itli is the can after wednes of loe il condi turns this pirticulir mig rint mij think twice about li iv in 1h regions of the equ itor bifori mi i vi studied the proposal of dilrcx developments foi re lease if more building land j ind it s cortainlv not ae i uptible said major hvde w hen hi suggested to council uonelav that the firm should have jn an wtr as oon as pos i siblc to a request made last i k the company had asked re lease or 1162 building lots in three jcars with deirex prei ding services required in the subdivision bv law pa ing 200 i ipir building lot against school construction costs and s100 pirl kinempn prpcpnf lot to finance a full turn indus riwciil witih tin ri sounding success of thur first production dirlj work at ihi cross rends ilill ringing in their ears the 1 it tit theatre roup is looking around for an j ther pi ij possiblv a compdv or a sophiticatcd thrillci with an e nhrjed group i the toiupaiiv hopes u pn- enl their next plaj before social and personal the devotional was tiven by irs r shortill followed by the lopic prepared bv mrs d smith the topic entitled w iking sickness scourge of africa points out the social s u uj bkms a mr and mrs midill who mvl smpe rural areas into the complied life of citus and suburban towns the muting closed the benediction and a social pi nod followed with cn lunch served bv mrs l jam mr beaton s parents of sar rf m nort ma were guests at the man mrs m mathll entertained idinner pirtv on saiurda night in honour of her father 3 birthday mr lindsay was 92 years old and he enjojs ceptionally good health on sunday went to mount albert to oh serve mr madill s fathci birthdn who was 99 on that day he lives with his diuih ter there turned to acton to help cover that town while the acton brigade assisted in mil ton the local firemen used the inhalator truck one milton fireman was tim poranly overcome by smoke in the fire which caused an esti mated 40 000 damage the fire burned out the bast ment interior and spread to portions of the main floor stock not burned by fire wis con sidered a total loss hoc uise of smoke and w iter damage the fire was discovered in the basement of the twoslinj brick building bv sure mmagir lohn clauon he rushed up stairs and informed the store owner pearl davis of hamilt in employees and customers and occupants of two apartment hnn hftj descendant two dav cele of eighteen most of theni pn ill tnur ntw grandson michael m his wifi dud chirlotle north arolina jtfr k lind mrs ihrii bv pline and chapel street teacher reit and her mother en r isk guilph and br id it v spent sun melon with mr and trial commissioner some points in the proposal would bv lav bas ill render our subd v useless conti 1000 to hospital a si 000 cheque was handed over fiom the kinsmen lo thi r and mrs william hvde queen street are visiting r daughter ind son in law in buzz powell and j i1j thi ce of for twentyfive years v uui public at chapil for twi ars m i miltor hool vs 1iun i sutt d i manh fnh she v mrs street dij m ixi hi mrs d in mccrac d daiuhu sir 1 ri r t lr posilie n m etr m t wti mis- s ill bad tau hi first at a rural school in the i millon district at libil and in milton she came to george town in 1129 and was grade 3 1 h i i on bund s b sub i ont ilt nded t of john gwejn mrs ndr tattc 5kss ttz abd vision ovtr nc kinsmen lo tht nin d u georgetown memorial hospital mayor whnvaid previous coun i rund mondaj night at a regu eils had decided there must be ldr nitctin of kin sum balance arrived at be i residinl dean taylor acted ween industrial and residtnt for i clubin makinc the prcs nl assi sment before any more leased plan gives no assur u nainlaimnl an kind of in lie their trip i ratl0 and couldn i be accepted v11 be awa two i sald the major expressed doubt belli mccrae 2fl that thi town needs a full time indusli lal ce mmissioner cr ian cass said he would like more time to sludj the proposal 1 feel if there art going to hi anj relaxations council sh mid make a counllr propos il and sav what we ire pre parid to do was his opinion i don t ft el any mi mber could sa ms or no in this luniud tunc said cr bob burke cr jim fmmcrson said he had given thi request much thtir iith mr sn uh tir t chnstenin in of mr and newman church toronto i afternoon and the new york tluv left on friday for colungwood where they attended the christening of the new boat that mr bea ton will be on this scasi n the co it group met for their regular meeting on m m day and lad an almost perfect attendance de pitc the stormj night the girls made arrange menls- to entertain the acton prcsbj lian troup at a st patricks p itj nevt mondav night and also their bike sale to be hf d at tue store on sal urdav afternoon mrs u alter sande rson whose hmlding 50th wedding annierarv was emplovees who attempted to on march 8th on jrida ev extinguish the bl ie were fire tning their familj held a let together and dinnir in bramp ton at thi home of thtir son louis they have two other sons earl o brampton and willard of ballinafad mr ind mrs sanderson moved into ihe communitj from petcrhor ouh district about three ed back from the basement by heavy smoke space heater flares man severely burned gerrj pirkins 46 victoria street was taken lo hospital ago and we welcome them lo w1 severe burns on his face our neighbourhood and extend an hands suffered whin a lo them our best wishes on this happv occasion the fvening auiliar held their march meclm at the home of mrs m norton twel ve members were present and answered the roll cill with in easter thought mrs j mc enery reporli d tint materia jhjivsdav was- purchased from i v neel erchu fs hive bee for the cubs ind scout will be pri senttd lo ihtm on their investiture into the scout ing prfram mrs norton read a poem on hen christian cilionship a rep rt mi on the inntial prcsbvterial meeting of the wms at mil nled b mrs accident at plaza causes minor damage only rinor damige resulted when a car and a truck came together at the entrance to dilrex mirket centre list pace heater flared up at his home sundaj mnrnins fire chief bob bonfield said the oil hoiter apparentlv blew ixack through the cirburator resulting in the sudden flish which cauht mr perkins un aware he will be in hospitil for at least two weeks baseboard in the room w is chirred bv the firt which was quicklj doused bv firemt n with a c02 extinguisher the alirm was turned in shortly before 8 o clock getown she retired in 19o4 she attended knox prc icrnn lhureh riiinnj her n ilpmi here pour venrs aeo went to miltt n to mike i diiuhter of tht lite mr n mrs j h seo l she have l sisters mrs a 1 mainili milton and mrs i j m in mimic i a sistir mrs ii me duff t prtvlneast d hir interment in tvirireii ce ettrv milton follow ed tune sirvict on saturdij it the nib son runcnr h une georgetown now has fifth guide company of the habv s parents at st johns united dillondarby wedding jhn the first compmj of m it be foi il h i police said a 19j9 v ord m thimes driven hj i ihn edward thcy guyett of 6 gibbons phce was proceeding south on mountain i view behind a 1954 chev driven day saving coming bv el ling berg of lime house it bert cir slowed to left turn into the plaza entrance guyet wis umble to sop the truck m limi to ivoid a collision the road at ihe time mcencrv the last of such in nual meetings to be held prior to was to the amalgamation of the sev timatcd at s united church women s i sins of sprint council has stt davlight saving time for the same pe riod this year as toronto clocks will be turned ahtad an hour at 2 a m april 10th and residents will enjoy that extra hour of evening daj li0ht until october 2sth the iiflh gcorgcl mn ompany were enroll 1 it i cerem ny tht re last tiirsdiv the tomp inj whit h was formed november 11 is spin sored bv the catholic omens i eaue cipt mcdonald of 1st terra c ua company cnnduilt i the e nrolmi nl befr rt the nu m bers parents and the 1st ttrn olta cirls who wire cut i lunch sewvtd aftir thi tor 1 orked out solution 1irst we have to deal with his request and give it a jes said the mavor n r proposal bv deirex or council me mbt r is some quitt ceremonv in st i thine eniireh different per l mud church mrs son i iv ive had time lo stu h kithltin dirbv tluilhlti of j it anel il s ceruinly not accept the lite mr and mrs gtorge birrus 47 john street fast i r win f hunter said tht berime tin bride of pi rcy qiuvtun bolls dow dillon sm of the lale m mrs tom dilh n the bndt wire a ttirost i dn t btlitve delri sluthd einssmaktr suit with hurtl on 1100 lots since thiv matching hit and a corsige of start d and thev are askin br ine shasti mums release of an equal number in be v ian me mine officiated kss than two jcars and a fur al the five ocloek widdmc on ther group later he said in situid mirch 11th mrs other words we would be giv s ille neled her mg a complete release of all kr him enstm n mauling land as of now bit i corie1 if vtllow shisla r hunter said industrv is still the kejnole and ht h ls hopes thit some of the indus trial kids will bear fruit cr jim brown said the quts lion of an industrial commis tation and a member of the hospital board of directors jeihn old aectpled 1 he mi t ling was also the third birthdav parly for geor jc towns jt ungest service club and e dt put governor george kenned who started the local club rollini was tht guest oi honour mr kennedy is from oikville i twelve kinsmen represent i ing the local club made the j trip to preston to atttnd the j ing annual confe rente of zone a kentner who had to be clubs for a badly burned hand stiff ed while he was attempting cut t it the oil flow to the bo valve a german shepherd w was inside the boiler room a supervisor with butish focated m the smoke hailwavs clarence william i wtih all local trucks wise 70 died suddenly freb- acton firemen were called h lli fire strikes twice to town industry total losses at the mead lengrowers plant which hit by fire twice onhe wee end in iv climb as high 30 000 00 j- ire chief bob bonfield sal vesterdaj that the skrow iheis of toronto who recen look over as owners ot t mushroom farm have submt ted an insurance claim for tha amount most costly items razed the twin blazes were two tra tors a loader and a bohet other smaller pieces of eqtd ment were also inside the bull iui and included in the loss tht building itself pleiel demolished the first alarm was turn in al about twenty minutes four saturday morning and second late sunday night though firemen battled second blaze until the sm hours of monday morning fore gaining the upper hand was the first outbreak that re ulted in the major part of damage while the saturday fire confined to the equipment age building the sunday nig recurrence ran across five zag roofed houses in which th mushrooms are kept in spaw firemen attributed the rani spread of the latter fire to sawdust insulation in the ing only two of the fl houses however suffered co siderable damage water t age to the mushroom crop w also hith the brigade remained at plant until noon monday the only injury received ther blaze was by van was employee of british railways 0 28th at wealdilunc mid ind for the duration of the father of i fire protected the town a loial re idi nl mrs harry smith rn 8 orchard bhd mr wist was a native of melbourne auslnlia he leives his wife iv i son leonard of gmim lark his daughter and i nt grandson piul sanderson georgetown id a biothir icrfc of grinke park p and piyment of s300 1 j y husband was minister mr r 1 dividson of lb hi rt ind black big mi n darhv the eldest mn tfivi hi mother in mirri ije mr willi mis the bndi s bro htrinliw wis groomman al a wedding rtciption following mr kalshen wcalhtrall a niiti of the bndi received fir her in a ri il blue gown with a pink carmtion corsige mr in 1 mrs dillon ire iiv d on februarv 18 after a long illness she was a georgetown resi dint nun ve irs afo when her hushind w is minister of thi tht n milhoelisl chureili now si lohn s i nitod she is survived in her bus hand md two son- hirold and donakl uner il si rv it t to k place ancaster united church on because of the plants 1 location flames were visible f milus limehouse girl burn as dress catches fi b innie cimpbell 10yearo daughter of mr and mrs timpbell limehouse is m me some progress towards covtrv from serious burns fcrcd three weeks ago at h home shi was getting ready school one morning when nv ion dress caught fire fro a heiler her mother roll hir in a coat to put out flames receiving bad bums hir hands herself bonnie is a patient in hospital for sick chil toronto and appreciates minv letters and cards wbl hir friends have been sen her el v ist she hat ner might be and th mivor pointtd nu thit dian dtlrex has offered s100 for taeh building permit taken out the town would have no rime of unv set amount of pose as for two factions cvtroue es forced to pull to eellur in industml promotion he said anr tht re could he no qutiiu n of factions lt hcird so nun linns thit indusiij is jusi irnund the connr lhat i hesitate to com mint but 1 hope the work of thi past stveral monlhs may had lo seime success he con iimu i d there is er the pric rt at present j eleased there contest winner sail0rettes at ice revue rhapsody on ice the s xth annual georgetown figure skating club presentation wound up saturday with anchors asway performed by ibesa senior akaters as in former years tha skaters played to a packed hous which is in default agreements would not be reas i onable j a straw vote was taken and icil d iion o other week 1 wh and nassa