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a wet sponge in the face is the next best thing to a cream pie i bono on the throwing end of a wet sponge in the mug is almost as satisfying as i hitting somebody in the face with a cream pie those who tired of it at a recent bnck- lyard carnival staged by george mack and stephen laframboise not only released o tot i of frustrations and had barrels of laughs but also contributed to a good cause since pro- iceeds went to the muscular dystrophy association grinning and bearing it here is the guy on the receiving end of the wet sponge stevie milliard at left an unidentified carnival goer tries his eye at the old dropthecorvntothejug i test of skill below ronnie timpson lends a helping hand to an uncooperative apple at the applebobbing tub the carnival ideas came in a kit from the television show rock- etship 7 which the promoters sent for they raised almost 45 thi oioborrowm hltaloa thursday august ll 1m1 page s j coneybeare hosts toronto tv show television viewers tnj aum- tner have been witching a for mer georgetown resident wba cohosts an interview show the other eye on cbc tv rod coneybcare who was a radio writer and perfonnek when he lived here has suc cessfully made the switch to television and projects well on the show r with his wife and family ha lived on charles st before mo v ing back to the city milton man belongeos to town bridge club a member of georsetowij duplicate bridge club george- solly died in mtlton hospital on august 14th mr solty an avid bridge player had started a club in milton earlier this year and was a regular attender at tbe georgetown club s tuesday night scssions he had former ly operated a restaurant in milton he leaves two sons george and peter f requiem mass was held in sl joseph 5 church highland creek with interment in the 2 church cemetery good buy root family in america over two hundred years good guy nt an ik nc msnmce j0tiue state farm canadian head office on august 12th 75 descend ants of the roots who pioneer ed in erin township met at the century farm of mr and mrs harry burt hillsburgti the afternoon was spent in various sports and in renewing old acquaintances and looking over various heirlooms that had been brought to the rcun ion the oldest descendant ot john root one of the first pio neers in erin township was mrs elizabeth stauffr age 89 from hllsburgh the young est was david root 13 months the son of mr and mrs george root hulsburgh mr and mrs laurie todd and steven o vancouver bc travelled th longest distance mr geor c burt of hillsburgh had the most descendants present at the reunion his son harry was robert r hamilton optometrist office hours daily carretal bldg 116 mountainview road for appointment 773971 toronto by bus low fares one way 1 25 good any day return 2 25 timet abie ch effective september 6th 1967 saturday express trip to toronto via yorkdale centre read down g read up 907 sm georgetown 6 w p m 9 55 im yorkdale centre boo pm 1025 a m toronto 5 30 p m complete daily service to toronto 6 25 a m exc sat sun 4 hoi 2 z3 p m 6 46am exc sun hoi 523pm 9 07 a m c sun a hoi express 6 38 pm 9 13 am j 848pm 11 48 a m sun t hoi 10 23 p m president of the 1967 reunion following the picnic supper a short program was conduc ted by th- president mrs mor gan graham of hillsburgh gave a verv interesting paper re gardinr her branch of the fa mily nancy root a sister of john root married matthew smith who settled in erin township in 1821 mr smiths oxen broke the trail in iebru ary of 1826 when john root moved into tic township to take the farm part of which is still in th family now owned by frank root lot 17 con c erin township mrs graham s paper tract the history of this branch of the root fpmily and proved ot great interest to those who had gathered for the reunion th first recorded burial in the comngsby cemetery was one of nancy root and mahiew smiths children son david join root mpp reported on the work of a committee which had been established at the 1966 reunion and authorized to rcrect the stones and um prove the plot where the pion cer john root his two wives and child had been buried as a result of th family taking on this project for the centen nial year the stones marking the graves have been cleaned and reerected in a proper base the plot has ben mark ed with corner stones and per petual care has been provided it is ovr 200 years ago in 1764 since a mennonite prea cher ailed from bcdmlnster germany to the united slates and took up residence in buckes county pennsylvania the rec ords seem to indicate that hs name was david ruth follow ing the american revolution in 1799 the oldest son h norval crossed the border and took up land in clinton township in the beamsvtllc ara there he mar rid mary overholt the over holt family had come to hie niagara peninsula in the 1770 s immediately following the am encan revolution henry s old est son john was a bugl boy in the war of 1812 14 and af ter establishing his home in erin township in clltngtnn county he was liter appointed as a captain in the militia and his oldest son robert root who took the farm where john root and his brother himcs now reside was appointed as a lieutenant in the militia among the relics and heir looms shown at the reunion wis captain roots sword and fam ily bible other interesting heirlooms were some of the dishes and utensils that w re used in the early pioneer horn limehouse linda linham home from maryland trip miss linda linham has relur ned from a week s stav in a home m maryland is this n important 4 h award and we congratulate her she en joyed hr holiday very much except for the very heavy rain during most of her isit congntulations to mr and mrs neil anderson who celc bra ted their siher wedding an mversary with a family part on baturday even ins miss margo ruddll was one of the six 4h hallon county girls who was a guest of the cnt for three da list week friday and saturday night trip 1130 pm toronto georgetown gvelph for complete service to guelph kitchener london see time table no 3 tickets and information at stans restaurant tawphoo 1774531 s wade agam derex plaza restaurant totev karohdh agent tewphene- 1779194 georgetown market cintri norvalrwidentformer toronto twp farmer joseph albert hiuis died in georgetown and district mem orlal hospital on saturday au list 19th in his both year fol lowing a lengthy illness he was born in toronto town ship one of a family of seven his parents were the late mr and mrs william hilhs he fanned in toronto township all hii life until six years ago when he sold the farm to jack fraser he kept the house and lived there for a few years then sold it to jim jones lie lived the last few years with his ter mrs edith white of nor who is the only surviv j ing member of the family i he was predeceased by two sisters and three brothers mr hert caseley violet of nor val maude hilhs of toronto township melville hilhs of to rontn township irwin hilhs of toronto and jack hill is of nor val the funeral was held at the mcclure funeral home geor gctown on monday afternoon august 21st with rev r dun canson of norval preytertan church conducting the scrvic- pallbearers were jack fraser hardy barnhill gordon case- ley john marshall jim jones and roy coupland flower bearers were dave hillis bar- ne shields ron marshall bill shields orval shea and douglas burnett interment was in hiucrest ce melery te welcome mr and mrs d ioot and famih bact to the village recontlv the hae h ved near moorcfield mr and mrs cordon qum ton of mcaford visited mr and mrs bert benton and the jack quintons during the weekend mr and mrs bourque have relative from magdcllnc is land isilinc them mr and mrs i oucllet and mr peter landry in the mail bag shouldnt delay in council appointment 97 sargent road august 2oth 1967 dear mr editor as a taxpaying rcsidrnt of our town i feel that council should not delav in filling the vacant scat of councillor from ward 2 exoouncillor hamon has left vacant besides the council tors seat positions on various committees until this position is filled every taxpayers initcrest will be partly neglected ward 2 is entitled in full representation on council hoping for sooedy action on this very important matter albert porter calling all men gste 13 manufacturers clearance m topcoat when you purchase a ft suit thats right buy a suit now at cotton brothers and you get a fine topcoat absolutely free there a style and price to suh you so com in now and take advantage of this offer sorry but we have to limit thu special offer to thursday friday and saturday this week only 4 save now manufacturers clearance special topcoats 3 days only sensational values 999 10 sin99 qm13ftb wm 1 main street s- 8772991 while supply lasts open thurs and fbi 1rjki