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lb pw2 the geofbtowii herald wednesday august 14th 1929 llhcres only one way to qet bk six quality without payinq biq sixjrice kkrrjohbsin oakvule on aug 10o1 by the rev mr seymour marlon kathleen kerr youngest daughter of the late rev w k kerr of vancouver do and mr kerr of oakvllle to bwyn maddock jones of hamilton late of wales dkat1ih pibher at the home of mrs rllxa- beth llulfman main blroel acton on monday afternoon aug i3tll 1800 miss margaret fisher in her kmh year robertson at oakvllle on sunday august hth iks duncan robert son iii ilia solh year somervillk at her horn near ac ton on august sui margaret jane cook widow of uw late fyfe bobl- ervllle in her mill year interment waa mode on monday at llmehouse cemetery t herbs bo laager any reason why yoa sbosiblnibeiflttiabueelass because th no longer any reeeoti why you should pay am usual ttlaj six price for poodae baa brought the power el hi si oaifw die sturdy eridureooe ol bid catassls die regal charm of fisher bodies into die lowpriced field pontile ba everydtiai that you would ordin arily pay hi car price or luxurious auteelatxnmt deepaaated eomfort alasnejexpendirig fourwheel brake love low hydraulle shook absorber tlltray hesdlighte ooteoatrolla omr high- compremloei cylinder head and a long li el bii ear feature the moment you ride lit pontlae slit dm ninmeur you drive it youll know of surety there oily one way to get bii six quality g limit paying bix six prise rioiiie aaosocr or csmgaal uoroa of cahaba uurran s v king corgetowri ontario m c overholt acton ontario its bbttbb bflcatlsb its canadian itxmmcwkymcmiimtcmlmmxmcmi binder twine superior manilla made by inter national harvester co for sale by w b browne co nerval flmt hills mrval ainiwaf iigf w rt tttt- tt li endurance the tire sensation of 1929 frankly we cant quite ee how to much tire quality can be made to tell at the price atked for the new endurance it it a wonderful tire made of the right tuff and plenty of it and blacked by dominion rubber company a keen buyer will get hii moneys worth in en durance come in and find out ob about it dominion tire depot georgetown- thoa j speight iif ebuoy tennis shoes a full selection of tennis and sport shoes in stock at very low prices d brill co phone 167 georgetown muiaobi family of robert giften held grand reunion nearly m rie c owl aksmssi the earth quaker iioijkkh tasmblkd in tin midst op unuhuat iiarrbnino at 633 oclock on monday morning rmldenta in all sections of georgetown received something of a shock as they felt a distinct tremor that made the rooms in which they tat or stood or the beds in which they lay sway from side to side the movement lasted for from ten to twelve seconds and was ao distinct and deflnll that it caused widespread incitement and even concern reeve mclntyre was one of the many who experienced the peculiar phenomena as ha saw things about him moving back and forth postmaster mcdermd noticed his house tremble to an extent that was llttl short of alarming t m chief marshau was bombarded with enquiries during the early morning as to whether the shake was general in town at the oolf club the tremor was so distinct that dishes were heard to rattle and at the golf club managers house the shock was very real customs officer cole was awakened out of sleep by the swaying of hi bed and saw his reading lamp swinging from side to side following the mi usual disturbance mr kirk exchairman of the school board was tepurg before the dresser adjusting his tie when the mirror clearly moved toward him and the floor on which ha stood became far a few seconds quite unsteady major aram who at the time was sleeping the sleep of the just area at his usual hour and was surprised to hear what had happened as the town historian however ha quickly recalled a similar occurrence about four years ago when all ontario was disturbed dr p l heath was awakened by the shaking of his bed and the evi dent moving about of objects in his and adjoining rooms mr w o mckay pioneer march- ant when asked whether he had felt the quake replied bun i did he also kimtobered the occasion a few years ago when the country generally had a similar experience the centre of the shock at that tin being the province of quebec dr henry o reed who ha known georgetown for more than three aeon years remembers the quake of 1033 and also can testify that one occurred on the morning of august 19th int while the visible disturbance lasted for but a few seconds the seismograph in the toronto observatory records earth tremors for fully twenty rain- wy occurred also in various points in ontario north and west and were elauyfceitletri hew york stale tittle was felt of the quake at acton burlington oakvllle or milton only the more important town being touched glerjwilllams a moat successful community pic nle was held on saturday afternoon a large entry of contestants greeted every event and owing to this fact many of them had to be run off in sev eral heat before declaring a winner the big day opened at 3 oclock with a olrla softball game between the anglican church and united church the former winning the sunday school scholar were given free tickets by their schools which were to be turn ed in at the booth under the manage ment of messrs harold wheeler and jack araham and the children cer tainly took advantage of this opport unity to visit the booth until their tickets gave out the crowd was large and the proceeding much enjoyed following is the list of prise winners boys race s yrs and under r addy boys race a yrs and under c beau mont william schenk qlrls yrs and under alice addy o hadley boys race 10 yrs and under gor don graham a mais lee girls raos 10 yrs and under berths schenk una bill boys race 14 yrs snd under morris millar garnet norton girls rsca 14 yra and under berths allen madeline graham single airla race open c mooul- lough anna cooper married ladles race open mrs p araham mrs wm schenk single men race open wo hu1 aeorge ingle married mena raoe openpercy ora- hem joe esson boys thraelegged raoe graver nor ton snd wlnaeld wheeler olrls boot race mildred norton marlon schenk boys and girls peanut race allan dewhunt garnet norton boys buscult race tommy norton wlnneld whelr boys wheelbarrow raoe grant mil lar richard beaumont boya race up to 17 yrs twice around field robert mcmaiter allan dew- hurst boys awlmmlng rae014 yra and un der graver norton harvey dew- hunt girls swimming race open may allen mildred norton boya swimming nice open edward iiu1 drover norton pop race married men and women- mr hadley mrs schenk much credit is due the ladles aid for supplying the refreshments snd also to the committee in charge of the sport under the auspices of union pres byterian church a successful sjarden party wa held on th spacious grounds of mr joseph hoar then was a pop ular programme given by the pax pun company of toronto and miss betty bilvertone aoorerlanntit snd mr 811- vertone violinist then was great de mand for the excellent refreshments the financial result were satisfactory the jol attended the parade in orangevlu on monday last and all report a good time it is time our councillor were dri ving through here snd see the eon- tlon of our roads mr and mr r c campbell of to ronto spent sunday at th home of mr jos maichmant mr oeonn beaumont of toronto spent th weekend with glen mead mr and mrs j hepbum of toronto spent saturday visiting friend uls mary belay of llamlltorj re lumed horn after spending a few day at tbe bom of mr jas mchally the lint annual reunion of the de scendants of the late robert ollten one of peel countya pioneer residents was held on saturday last at the beau tiful home and spacious grounds of mr and mrs robert j poyhu near uramptoh despite somewhat incle ment weather almost two hundred of the clan were present ranging in age from infanta in arms to those who have reached the evttung of life there were guests at the unction from moosejaw mount poreat roae- ntount mlneslng stayner winona roronto button georgetown mono mills bolton hornby as well as urarnpton and vicinity with their accustomed generosity ut and mrs robert poynta promo ted the reunion giving th use of tlielr home providing refreshment and distributing prises for festive oc casion at the ooncluslon of a bounu- ful luncheon rev godfrey gray of rtosemount was asked to take charge jf the proceeding and responded in his usual genial and effective way a splendid program of reading mus ic and speeches fallowed the chair man a mr john mcculloch gave s reading and musical selections wen rendered by the following talen ted members of the connection misses irene silverthome slrley spiers nuth olffen margaret spiers the clarke brothers of toronto mrs hay of streetsvllle mrs gordon olffen and mr gllfen wilkinson who wa looompenled at the piano by mrs wil liam cation the musical program was followed by addresses given by mrs olover of moosejaw bask andrew olffen of alloa john olffen of george town robert modeland and joseph gray of toronto robert poynts snd gordon orsydon of brampton at th conclusion of the spseebe a group photograph was taken by john s cole brampton and the alecuon of officer for the ensuing year then took place with the folowlng result prea robert 3 poynu brampton vice- pre rev godfrey gray rose- mont see mrs john mcculloch mount poreat the next unlon will be staged in the latter part of june 1h0 at a place to be decided upon by th of- flcera elected a sketch with blueprint showing in detail the decendant of the late robert aiffen prepared by mr ooroon oraydon and mrajo speirs wen on exhibit during the afternoon and at tracted considerable interest an additional feature of tbe event the presentation by mrs joseph speirs of a complete history of the olffen family and tbe authoress wa the recipient of many eorepument on her spendld effort the ute robert qlffen wa the on of june olffen snd margaret miller aiffen during hi youth ho lived in kilberken near paisley scotland and was a weaver by trade he came to this country in ims when be wss 31 year old his brother william came out befon him hi parent two bro- thers and one sister following leav ing two sisters in bmtlsnd his voy age took six weak travelling by sail boat prom toronto he walked to the home of mr blakely who lived lot t flfth luwhst ohlftguaa where ha worked until be ws to buy fifty acre he bought tbe north half of lot u fifth line east now owned by charles hewson hi father when he came took up lot 1 second line east robert then married mary armstrong and lived on tbe fifty acre for a few yean he then sold it to take over father farm his wife died in leal leaving two daughter mary and margaret rob ert found he couldnt get- along with out a helpmate so soon married nisa- beth speirs robert father bad nor- er obtained lie deed tor- hu turn so robert got it bom the crown in lam but hi father conlnued to live there until hi death in lest hi mother having died in ims both an interred in mayfjeld cemetery after hi second marriage he ral- ed a family of twelve six girls and six boys ail of whom lived until six year ago when the eldest boy james died at the age of to yean making a family of fourteen for robert olf fen but margaret lived with bar mothers people who took bar when her mother died she later married sam hawthorne of oretnocb in the year last tbe present nous on that farm was built and the same year msry married peter spain the family never lived all together for some had gone to make home of their own before other were born in ish robert olffen died at tbe age of 71 yean his wlf who wss al ways bis mam stay and otxafldant passed away in dos in bar eeth year both an interred in dixon osmetary of the fourteen children nine an still living namely mrs bam haw thorne oreenoeh mra- jan shipley atenan saslt peter of stayner mrs john mcmeekln mt pleasant miller of mount forest andrew of alloa john of georgetown mra john of toronto and mrs robert poynta of brampton all with the exception of mrs hawthorn and mrs shipley wen present at the reunlon those who nave passed to their reward be ing mr peter speirs msybeld jam es of stayner mrs joseph gray hsy- nad un hugh wilkinson inglewood snd william of brampton there an seventyone giandchlldnn on hun dred and seventeen gnat-granochlld- ren and two gnstajnattsjulcnudnn june and rolsnd spain of toronto a programme of race for young and old under th direction of gor don lindsay concluded the afternoon pleasure and enjoyment and the re sults of the raoe ware as fouowg girl and under marlon gray janet gray lunloe wilkinson boy 9 and under gordon williamson hun ter cation john raid airla 10 and under kthel cation norma gray mary gray boy 10 and under clur cation crawford poynts malcolm wil kinson airls 15 and under helen standing grace oray boys ib and under ray llndsey bert standing lloyd duke young ladle msry mo- ueefcln marion olffen margaret mnmsahn young men gordon lind say robtmndslend dougl mode- land married ladles mrs john mc culloch ura frank carney married men robert mndelam craig mcolun john mcculloc ladles walking raw mrs peter olffen mr howard oray mrs andrew olffen the first annuel olffen reunlon ws brought to a close by three rous ing cheers far host and hnstan snd the singing of the rational anthem oiurchnevvs st o chares- service next sunday 11 am mat- ins and address by mr b a oosse of owen sound t pjn evensong and toase all the lower school certificates have james redshaw 73 died at the home been received the candidates wrot of his son kdlth bt last thursday on four or three subjects or in some night following a lengthy illness he la case a smaller number the number survived by four other sons william after the name means the number of winnipeg thomas and ernest tor- 1 subjects in which the candidate waa onto and fred rochester ny he successful these certificates will be also leaves fourteen grandchildren okaiiam lawftom word was received at acton last week by his sister mrs john mann of the death on saturday of mr araham lawson of croswell mich at the age of eightyone years mr lawson had been in gradually declining health with his advancing years and since last november ha been quite lndlspoeed urahara lawaon was born on the old itomesiead at lot 3d fourth line s- queslng township fortyseven years ago he was joined in holy wedlock to maggie kennedy who predeceased him four years ago their family of three children all survive them mrs mcclure snd john on the home farm at croswell mich and mrs john gardiner of flushing mich two sis ters snd one brother also remain to mourn his death mrs john arthurs toronto mr alex lawaon detroit mich and mrs john mann who re sides on the farm on the acton cross road it la fiftythree years since mr lawson nmoved to michigan he wa s member or the presbyterian church the funeral was held on monday and interment waa made in the cemetery at croswell michigan free press hstnbv raimg one of th oldest resident of norval district died on wednesday august tin in the person of henry prime veteran railroad man of 30 year ago who passed away in his asth year born in london england mr prime cam to the kingston district 73 yean ago at the age of 38 he became connected with the great western railway after wards tbe grand trunk and wa in turn fireman engineer snd later sta tion master at various points he wa stationed at walkarton for 17 yean when the fenian raid broke out he joined the railroad brigade and took part in the fighting he retired ao yean ago from th railroad and for ih past three yean had been living with a daughter mrs a e bhaln of norval one other daughter survives mrs wallace grow of wyandotte address by air b o oosse i wal- note there will not be any cele bration at am next sunday uamei caswell at 11 am th subject will be the faith for a new day at 7 njn the divine invitation th service will be held in the baptist church in the morning and in the united church in th evening jams boralrd formerly deputy reeve of chlnruaoouty ha been ap pointed by that township council a weed inspector hi duties to commence at ones obituary high school results given to the pupils at the nopenlng of school 9 ernest alcott 3 mary arnold frances atkinson 9 haael bamea 3 verne barnes 3 noraen bennett 9 mary biodd 9 elisabeth bonathan 4 wllbert brad ley i florence bnuldford 3 helen brown 3 vema brown 9 william chaplin 4 lawson ohesney 4 8111s coulter i cecil davidson 9 margaret denl- son 9 william dovermux 3 allan dewhurst 3 omar digging 9 john duncan x james kvsns 1 graham fametl 9 russell ftrestlne 3 june frank 4 douglas fraser 9 horace gaudier 9 thlrsa aandler 9 alleen glass 3 edylhe godfrey 3 zeta graham i alice oray 3 doris greene 4 kathleen hale 4 may hancock 3 joseph harris 4 josephine heath 3 marjorie henderson 4 jessie hill 1 mary hunter 1 horace hurley 9 jean hyatt 4 oordon johnston 9 beatrice lane 1 john lane 1 mar garet leslie 4 margaret macdonald 4 bruce mao- kenale 9 john maelaren 4 william maclann 4 earl mecumbtr 9 alan mcdonald 4 helen mcdonald 4 rema cenery 3 waller mcouvray 31 hmarjorle mclcsne 4 marguerit mo- master 3 kelly mcnally 3 emii marshall 9 oordon martin a jean merrill l fraser munma i james moron 1 jane morrison 4 irene mul- hallend 3 esther murphy 4 martha murray 8 jean nixon 4 eva payne i mary keeva john nankin 3 ro bert rain 4 luella raid 9 alicia riddell 3 harold ritchie x john saunders 3 lilian saunders t kathleen bhaln 9 norman sinclair 3 john smethurst 1 ethel smith 3i ethel spenoe 3 sarah blandish 3 doris syke 1 isabel thompson 9 bessie wsgstaffe dorothy wag- ataffe s alios walker 3 dorothy watson 9 eaton wilson 4 louvain wood 1 harry wright 3 maby davjpfton the funeral took place on monday august 6th of the 1st msry psrr re lict of the late james davidson at olenwuuam cemetery mrs davldiab was bdm in terra cotta m years ago and was tne daughter of mrs parr and the 1st benjamin parr and was a member of the united church her husband predeceased her 0 yean ago and ah leave to mourn the loss 01 a devoted mother three daughter snd three son mrs p pink meaford mrs w hayes terra cotta wuda of georgetown kenneth jama and norman all of terra cotta the nsll- bearen were ernest rodgers william mephsnon james mclsod edward townsend joseph mcbrlde and rob ert puckering the many forartrib- utes wen beautiful and testified of th high esteem in which deceased wot held in the community mbs b w pasuceh a former soloist in the mendelsohn chair mra harry w parker died on monday at bar home 83 brunswick ave- after a long illness due to heart trouble she was 09 yean of age and well known in musical circles bom in baqneslng township in helton county she was educated at the pub- lice schools loretta abbey and tbe conservatory of music softball st andrew olrls softball dub of the presbyterian church brampton won victory st georgetown on friday night when they defeated georgetown team by 18 to 19 it was anybodys gam until everything was over on tuesday night the leremount of brampton journeyed s georgetown to try their hand but wen shown by the ladles of the paper town that they had quit an opposition and war handed the abort end of the score of 1810 baseball georgetown snd milton played the second game for the helton county championship in milton an saturday which resulted in a win for george town by the scon of 140 hall who has pitched good ball for georgetown all season eould not get going snd ws taken out of th box in tbe tint inn ing cote replacing him and he pitched good ball for the remainder of the game only allowing eight scattered hit marsh the milton pitcher wag lilt hard snd our hoys collected a total of 30 bit off hi offerings everybody should be out to the park and see the final gam for the championship on thursday august 15th st 9 tun as the winners of this group meet ham- lion on saturday tum4umanbtimvmmrmumtxlada ssum bo fatqajjsl omtmrnt say tmmm saisada erwmgoldhams meat market choice fresh and cured meats of all kinds at most reasonable prices tf erwin goldham phone 1 gtsoitetetomrn college view garage welding and expert brake service battery repairing- m 1 all make r cera oao otla tsrarsss sue stadia aad car osatterls wreasy an up lodalesulo repair shop prompt service wotiunanship guaranteed a brunton ccvuasg view phone 336 gotthuwi esquesinq council the esqueslng council met on mon day pursuant to wiiouirnmetit tfc reeve in the chair member all pres ent the minutes of the last meeting were read snd confirmed cleave currie that the treasurer pay thomas anderson 1 sheep killed by dogs 02000 k c lindsay valuator 1 trip s500 p o meolbbon 3 lambs killed by dogs sotoo a n stark val uator 1 trip oa00 w n brownridge 3 iambs and 1 sheep killed by dog ojooo a n stark valuator i trips aoocarried wilson currie that the treasurer pay municipal world tlfx supplies f5l jjl te eoount july 18 y ug jo aeiq 14c broom 70o stamp sloe carried appelbeoieeve that the treas urer pay hospital for sick children for maintenance of ruby tennanl july 8 to 81st 1330 om mountain ssnltorium hamilton for msintensnoe of edytbe pryde june 1st to july 31st 1030 0140 mr elsie miller june lot to july 31st ims s8150 carried appalbe wilson that tbe treasur er pay the road sheets ss presented by the road superintendent uptok data total mlm41oarrled olmvecinrthat tve b grant to introduce s mm w wootot a sfnllary inspector for the township of esqueslng and that said bylaw be now read the first time carried wilson appelbe that bylaw to appoint a sanitary inspector having been read a ant time be now read a second snd third times snd passed snd that the blank be filled in with the name of j sanford and that the seal of he corporation be attached thentocarried oleeve wutouowlng to petition for drainage work having been pres ented by j alexander for drainage on lota 11 and 13 snd roadway no 3 seventh line this council would ask r smllboounty engineer to invasu- gst and hove an sword made car ried wilson currie that this council now adjourn to meet again september 16th at 7 oclock pjncarrled a new fur coat out of your old one our expert knowledge of remodelling and repairing together with our dose touch with authentic atyle trends enable uo to say yes if you bring your furo benv cobh in and inspect our ttck c ivew fur coals made by rjuraelves in our own wotratahopg ouourriiig you that the worlfrnanship and fur in these atarttvetus can net be mtt because we use only the womt materials lafontaines fur store 95 qulecstreet guelph phone 122 acton mr prank ilolme drover of ac ton purchased the dairy herd of wil liam pewstar of the centre road last week th herd comprises twenty- six heed mr geo dills celebrated his eighty- thlrd birthday on saturday at the home of hi daughter mrs p j browning in toronto snd will spend s week or so visiting in the city mrs j o leeli and children of calgary alia who have been visiting at the home of her parent mr snd mr alex bell for the pest returned ham this week lyoas clan hold iwiriloti the second reunlon of descendants of james lyons an irishman who et ude in the oheltenhsm neighborhood feel county in 1615 was held in stan ley park erin on saturday august 10th th first wss held on the orig inal homestead at cheltenham three yean ago two hundred and fifty took part in the sports spseebe and nrtainmant despite rain it wo decided to hold the next meeting three year hence jas lyons j clsrk snd t l leaue were anpoln- ted president vlopresldent srsee- retarytressunr rspecuvsly com mittee in charge of this oalebratlon wa hamilton lyons t l leslie thoa lyons and j l cleric lettera and mrnssfr of congratula tion were received from wunlpef ilomloto alberta and ao for away ss mount castle inland i bpeakera were hamilton lyons chairman albert lyons j l clerk t l lealle warden of hslton county cleorge townsend george love r p leslie thomas lyons jsx a meltons t o dalson end dr m j quance a program wss given by mis betty ly- nfth annual reunlon of the oris miss alma olbaon mies enid th storey family was celebrated st the thorn ton mrs a townsend miss is- home of mr t a stony acton on aheue welkins miss evelyn lyons monday of this week at one oclock miss ruth anderson snd miss ruth th guest commenced to arrive and leslie by three urrorards of one hundred snd fifty hod gathered en th lawns pres enting a most oolorful scene free card of than3m th family of th ute mary david son terra cotta desire to thank their relstlve and friend for their kind ex- nrmslon of sympathy snd th many r beautiful floral thbutea in their recent clark campbell sinclair young ladles sad bereavement owing to the ion of msry hunter msry lyons enid ron- thelr devoted mother iton winners of th sports ware and under boys hugh leslie donald campbell frank dolson girls ethel leslie jean eoeles msry campbell 10 and under girl vlvun clark pearl pewster morion cation bays donald cation jim eoeles jack wardlaw 16 and under boy jams clark douglas mociun jim eoeles girls ethel mc- kane kathleen lyons margaret les lie young men wilfred leslie hugh forsters grocery full line of fresh groceries al ways in stock bananas and oranges al ute rlghl prices kecream in boll cones or bricks terms i cash forsters georgetown phone 29 livingstones bakery r specials for friday and saturday echlet 30c a doceti leroon squares 35c a dozen macmra cake 28c each lunch cake 18c each all idntb of cookies 20c a dozen quality bread 9c a loaf d livingstone phone 66 georgetown norval gabage an highway prompt service on repairing of all makes of care we guarantee our work and our price are reasonable british american gasoline and autolen oik norman norton norval ont phone 32732 ikarnpion pure food store stiteee eesee lessee seessese 5 lb pail new clover honey 59c heinz white pickling vinegar per quart 19c 2 pkgs parowai 25c certo per bottle 29c christie assorted biscuit per pkg 35c baby chedder old cheese each 31c fancy red cohoe salmon large tin 35c aylmer tomato soup 2 tin for 1 9c i lb tin vitone 49c tanglefoot fly spray 8 oz tin 35c tanglefoot fly spray 16 oz tin 60c 5 lb wheatleu 25c fruit and vegetable and soft drink tier the case at tight price eiees4i miiiiii a efarnell prompt delivery phone 76