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pioneer cemetery renovated at ballinafad y mr and mrs robert mcensry look over providence cemetery just pr or to restoration work many stone markers were hidden by weeds ft pioneer meterv east of ballinafad stands today as a prime example of what can hap pen when a group of dedicated people take it upon themselves to strengthen their ties with thl past restoration of providence cemeten a gravesite of 25 plots at the intersction of the ballinafad sideroad and the 9th line of esqueslng is the cent enma project of a committee tieidcd b chairman norman sinclair one of whose ancast or are buried there sinclair is jus one oi the familiar namei which appear on the well weath cred 3 ie markers others are mcenpry anthony mckay and j ear act ul work on the site start ed this summer and wil be com plcted omet me next year however the cemetery is already greatly unproved an old stone fence and another of wire have befn removed weeds and tall grss which had hidden many of the grac stones from vie v have been rcirovcd and- levelling has been donr by bulldozers a new fence has appeared on th field sides but fencing al onp the road frontage won t be done until next year so that new gro th in the spring can easily be cut down it neomcd all that was need cd was for someone to start things off committee secretary mrs jesse mcencry told the herald wcve had assistance from the township council and monpy has come in from points as far awa as western canada she said mr mcencry said the com mittee hopes to havt enough monry left to create a perpct ml f md it all started last june when an adver istmen placed in local pape invited all parties inter ested in restoring tht cemetevj to a meeting from that carve an election of officers strength ennt of the board of trustees and an aopeal to council for aid thcj steered the committee to the department of health and epresentativc was sent from there to meet with them and ad vise them on how they could go about seeing their project throujfc since then changes in the hundred and thiry year old cem ctery hae been remarkable and he progress is being watchsd closely by regular travellers of the bordering roads remind motorists dont pass stopped school bus hospital news mrs henry martin fills hospital board vacancy it has been four weeka since this column has appeared a fact that we can thank to our very able administrator who has been giving us the herald an excellent variety of newi storiea about the hospital that have bean large enough to use u stories by themselves have had two recent ad ditions to the staff and this brings our numbers of doc tors to a peak number dr pan abater is contributing this in formation for an ensuing col umn it was with a great deal of regret lhat the board received the resignation of long time secretary ruth evans who hu made a major contribution tn the hospital over her years of service on the the board ruth has been an excellent member as well as a keen supporter of the hospital in its formative years elected to the board in plac of miss lvans to fill the rest of her term was mrs henry martin board members take this opportunity of welcoming her to th- board mrs martin has a farm home north east of town and her husband is well known locally as vice president of the local smith and stone and plax of canada plant the ladies auxiliary are ac tivc as usual in a variety of money making projects and are deep in plans to make their christmas ball its usual succew w understand looking hack over the year s contributions we find that once more the ladies have been by far the largest contributors to equipment and hospital needs at present the board are corresponding with the ontario hospital commission about the proposed addition to the present building recommended by a commission survev some notes on old georgetown forty nine general occurrtnc es were reported during the per lod of sunday october 8 to sat urdav october 14 inclusive ac cording to a news release fnm the nort i hallon detachment of the gpp incluu d 1 attfmptcd break and enter in esqueb ng tup 2 break and enter where nothing was stokn 1 tneft of battery from farm tractor indiscriminate shooting being investigated where con siruction machinery was da mag ed 2 persons charged under tht game and fish act for hunting witho it a licence in nassaga wcya twp 1 person chaged with drunk driving 1 stolen auto recovered for other police dept 2 pn miscs found msec ore at nigil there were 4 ll quor investigation result n n 4 persons be- ng charged und r the liquor control act all oth er occurrences were of a minor nature there were 6 property dam age accidents investigated and personal injury accident rc- iultingin i person belngnjur ed and otal property damage of 3 725 causes of accidents were inattentive driving dnv er lost control on wrong sidi of road and speed too fast fr road oi traflii conditions iicre ere 5 charges laid as a rcsul of these accidents a complaints have been r ticd regarding vehicles pas ng school buses when stopped the following is a reminder and a warning that offenders shall be charged section 94 subsection i of the highvay traffic act states where a school bus is stopped on a highway or part of a highway on which the maximum speed limit is greater than 33 miles per hour for the purpose or receiving or discharging school children the driver of a veh clc a when overtaking a school bus on which the words do not pass when signals fla shinj are marked and two red signal lights are illuminated by intermittent flashes and b when meeting on such a high wiy other than a highway with sepirite roadways a school but on the front of which two red hignal lights are illuminated with intermittent flashes shall top the vehicle before reaching the school bus and shal not proceed until the bus resumes moion or the signal lights are no longer operating 35 siga for badminton play tuesday nights thirty five adults have regis tered for the georgetown ys 19b768 badminton season the club takes to the courts every tuesday evening at the high school blair mitchell heads the club which includes fred and joan aggiss alex and helen dickson howard and dorothy allan ter ry and marlene harley georgia lewi betty snow hank and hilda levers harry and rose- miry kerwin harold catling jean sampson bob and ann wakfer bob and sue dai the jack greensladc jack martin bonnie bottomley larry hawes john anderson bob clipsham george walker iris bowell mike ford back in the twenties a form er herald publisher r d war ren contributed a nostalgic arti cle on the old days in george town both those who are newer residents and those whole rooti go back to those days wilj enjoy these reminlscencei which will be published in the next few issues of the herald 1 have baen aaked to write tome notes on the georgetown of old u la suggested that they might prove interesting to pre wat day citizens in town and country aurrounding here a few notes put together quite roughly is you will see to show how changes take plaee as the years go by i re member attending several ban quels in the thompson house corner of main and guelph itreet now a garage mr thompson kept a very orderly house he was succeeded think by a mr blggar thomas rose was a worthy cltiien whose store was the building of the original metho dist church in town it stilt stands on the lot opposite the mackenzie planning mills richard creelman in his fac tory just south manufactured knitting machines since back- in the seventies he really did much for the industry in cana da iv h kahrs afterwards in the council and reeve was the georgetown photographer for long time his pictures had the reputation of never flattering the original annie clark was the children favorite and plenty of the old people will remember her candies and ice cream the exact quality not obtainable now doc cain was the barber who gave a shave and a head rub nothing ever like it for a dime w i jackson was a grocer in a frame building where the gibbens block now stands he was a long time resident t j wheeler jeweller was for many years in the building occupied by dominion stores his grandson t j is now one of the associate editors of the toronto star weekly the herald was for many years prior to 1894 published in the large flat over creel mans about that time the plant was moved to the her aid block where it is at pre sent the paper under another name was at first printed where the original town hall used to stand in the vacant corner north of guelph street and just north east of the present town hall one wonders why this choice building lot has remain ed vacant so long the george town weekly paper has done real service to the community during the 72 years since it was first established looking back i would say that its edl torial policy while in charge of the undersigned was dependent with a slant the first manager of the bank of hamilton that is when it was opened in a building op posite the presbyterian church wis a mr colquhoun of hamit when they moved to the new building now occupied by the telephone office i think h m watson was manager a mr donnelly had th sta tionery and fancy goods store next building south followed by j h jackson who later had what was really a depart ment store south of young street f do not recall the occupants of the smaller stores next know there was barber shop and then just nprth of tht clark house now mogibbon house there was wm thomp son a grocer i remember him as a boy for once when i with brother drove somo prize cattle from near acton to e orgetown fair we called to buy some refreshments at mr thompson s then there was the clark house thomas clark was a quiet thoughtful man and after his retirement a good while ago came to toronto to live where he later passed away adam d thomson prior to him francis barclay had for long time the store in the opposite south corner he was conscientious and popular he was always an interested citl zen if 1 remember rightly willi am austens shoe store was next he bad a ton john who went into the manufacture oi jewellery manv years ago and john s son still carries on in toronto mckay bros grocers were for manv years right there on main street i make a guess that is must be nearly seventy years since hugh mckay open ed business here his son wil liam and daughter mrs weth erald are happily still with us j g willson was also near that spot for some time he was the only undertaker in town his sons william and albert still reside the latter in red deer alberta mr thomas rustln wu one of the town s leading druggists for a long period he had a reputation for integrity and of the men of those early days who both quietly and offici ally helped to maintain law and order which waa not espe cially bard to do thos whittaker hardware was there also he wu an old- style business man but kept a verj good store i remember calling upon him once for an ad for the herald looked over his glasses at the young editor as was his cuatom but there was no ad around the church street corner was charles phillips insurance and near him john rue tailor i think john ballantine good citizen and genial irishman bad the frame store where the ken nedy block now stands who had the comer on main street now vacant 1 do not re member later h w kennedy kept a store there until he built fine block nearby he was greatly interested in municipal affairs and was reeve and jus tice of the peace he was kindly and wise councillor in a email office building near by was g s goodwillie lawyer a man well versed in the law for a long time he was clerk of the municipality next was the mechanics in stitute building owned by maj or grant it was the public library and very useful in its day it had a fine front room for those who wished to discuss local problems or politics and sometimes religion and play chess some of the frequenters were joseph barber h p law son major grant dougald reid rev mr duff edwin search in charge of the building and numerous others whom 1 do not offhand recall if any one has a copy of the poem the deacons dream tt was produced here i believe rev mr duff was suspected dougald held had a good pro perty including his hardware store that still stands his son john being now proprietor dougald reid was a kind heart ed man but you wouldn t know it when you first met him i remember having an argument with htm m his store one day he warmed up a bit and finally told me he dldn t wsnt to talk to me he was much older than i so i walked out but we were really good friends even after to be continued georgetowner wins television prize ithl olokoitown hikald thursday oct uth 147 page 8 famous phillips rink jguests at north halton local curling buffs will have a chance to meet a couple of masters when alf phillips sen lor and junior visit the north halton curling club on maple avenue west friday october 27 to offer instruction alf junior is skip of last years brier championship rink a 19 inch portable television expected are the mem- set pain in a glen ball elut of th phillips rink john daw is now owned by george j sec- town man 0ik twi keith keuly ad bill hay 30 langstone cres- aenior and junior and se cant wu the lucky winnei ven other lop notch curlers u ill when bis ticket no u71 wa in instruction in separate drawn last week the draw was p discussing everything made at wheeler s store by jul ttam audim to skipping the kemshrad 1907 brier film will abo be hown an exhibition of curling will follow the film with eight ex ports on the ice and a ninth behind the glass explaining rtra tegy being used first settlemint first european settlement in ontario was a 1720 french ira dtng post known as toronto from th indian word tarantou place of meeting red cross womens work committee t anyona owning mwfol machine willing to b a red cross volunteer sewer in the home please call mis h joan perkins halton holsteins place well in district show the west central ontario dis trict championship holstein show wai held for the first time at erin fa r on friday octob er 6th a total of 204 head from eleven surrounding counties were showr in a newly constxu cted building at erin halton was represented by 41 head shown by is exhibitors some of the high placing hoi steins from halton ware as fol lows bull calf howard tan well 2nd junior yearling heif er howard tarzwell 3rd goi don r sinclair and sons 9th yearling heifer nancy tara wa 9th howard tarrweu 11th dry co howard tanwell 7th aft 13uo claude picket 11th two year old heifer howard tarcwell 2nd h c reid 13th three year old heifer claude picket 10th and 14th gordon it sinclair and sons 12th four year old heifer wm j ben nett 4th fred nurse 10th five year old cow claude pic krt 8 h and rrc reid 9th halton county placed 4th in the county herd of six anim als this class was won by iventworth county followed by peel and waterloo premier breeder and exhibit or awards and all the champ ionships were on b r j stewart bolton rebekahs sponsor manor birthday verdun rebekah lodge of georgetown sponsored the sept ember birthday party at the county s home for the aged halton centennial manor tues day september 26 all manor realdents with birthdays during the month were head table guests at a iuncti served by the rebekahs the entertainment part of the program was in charge of the georgetown chapter of the spe- bsqsa barbershop singers canadian boy scout apple day this saturday oct 21st pitas grva generously entire proceeds go to scout groups in the area golden the finest fish chips for your conveniinci w are open every monday except public helldayi store hours mon tues wed sat 10 a m to 7 p m thurs and fri 10 am to 9 30 pm closed sundays and public holidays golden fish chips m main street north wa fry halibut only ontario manufacturer the manufacturing output of ontario more than equals that of the rest of the country com bincd wrights variety 7 james stkkit open am to 9 pm 7 day opposite mackenzies personal attention hone 87795b9 ample- fra parking x the northern social circle of england u hoping to open a branch in this area for people with relatives and friends in britain details can bo obtained by writing or phoning 1776705 national chairman mrs m m rees 62 main straet south georgetown this is your cartop cash n carry panelling sale i or at sfte25 economy- prwdl st murt s allisons georgetown no 7 highway 3 miles north of town i i knotty ctda rustic hickory h0mesteadb1rchl i i f printed hardboard panelling reg 16 70 sale jjjs reg 17 45 sale jj j 95 reg 15 26 sale 198 jteg 10 5 sale t j 7ft skidog the tghcfbatsd snowmobile i i i i i i i i homestad etm 4s 4x7 red tacamah 4x8 natural tacamah 4x8 toasted mahooany 4x8 4x7 wan walnut print 4x8 nutmeg 4x8 pufinished ujan 4x8 r 9 18 sale j j75 sale j 7j5 rg 10 44 sale j gj5 reg 8 85 sale j g 49 rag 8 85 sale j gg rg 8 20 sale j 59 rg 7 17 sale j 53 r 7 95 salt j j3j- reg 6 80 sale j gj jrb 6 37 sale j jg rg 5 57 sale j 3 gg lutn viilabh in hony salmon tni ratpbarry dadvary an cah carry panah 3 00 any quantity all ragulariy tmckad matariau dallvarad fraa of chtrga i friday oct 20 sat oct 21 weldwood truckload sale j b mackenzie 11 i and son ltd i james st 7737 icmftomkt i i i i i