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the georgetown herald wecbesdar evening april z4th 1046 disastrous fire in georgetown monday afternoon chr freight sheds coal and house destroyed in spectacular blaze e monday afternoon blaze one of most serious in years damage will run close to 60000 fire of undetermined origin swept through the cnj freight sheds on fjfrnirtny afternoon completely destroy ing the shed and contents the fire fcaa first noticed by mrs frank tylpt effhcse husband is a railway employee shortly before 4 o clock but before the fire brigade could reach the scene the whole freight shed was a blazing in feroo the tyler home close to the beds which was owned by j b mac fcffnjrte was also a victim and so quick ly did the fire spread that only a few articles of furniture and ctobhing were able to be removed and these were badly d by the intense heat mr and mrs tyler had lived in the house since moving here from new hamburg and as there was not room for all their furniture had some of it stored in the beds preliminary estimates of loss suffer ed by the railway according to station agent v t oavanagh are in the nei ghbourhood of 50 000 the shed was structure 160 ft by 70 ft and hou pa considerable quantity of freight although fortunately the days deliv eries had been made local furniture dealer harold mcclure was lucky in that a new shipment of furniture haa just been delivered to the store thai morning sum grabb of georgetown furniture sales was not o forlunau and los a large shipment of new fur nlture three railway cars loaded with frei ght including farm implements wert burned with their contents and four others damaged railwaymen manag ed to get three other cars or uhe sidlig safely away j b mackenzie son contractors and coal dealers were also heavy lo ers with loss estimated at five thou- aand dollars partially covered by in- jrurance their coal shed was destroy ed and several tons of coke burned though some of he coke pile was sa ved firemen remained at the scene for several hours after the blaze had subsided and guard were placed by the firm and town overnight as it was fea red combustion might occur in the burning coal pile the mackenzie firm also lost a considerable quantity of roofing material which had been stor ed in the shed and this muchneeded material will be hard to replace the coal welghscales were also damaged badly at the height of the fire it was fea red that it might spread to houses al ong king street a volunteer crew removed practically all the furniture from the home of mr ray thompsont socia and pers mr and mrs morley pearoe and daughter marilyn spent the weekend with her parents mr and mrs- o barber mrs w v grant and miss betty grant spent the week end with lit and mrs w h murdock in mltle ro ches and attended the marks grant wedding at moose creek miss betty grant who is on vaca tion from her position on the teaching staff of arthur high school is visiting for aew days with relatives in otta wa mr and mrs g w mocallum spent the weekend with parents in fene- km falls mrs m h mocallum re turned with them and is visiting in town this week mr find mrs h hurley and daugh ter georgina and m s d perry all of toronto spent the holiday with mr and mrs a hurley mr andr mrs j r campbell of tor onto were easter guests at the home of mr and mrs taos lyons mrs h j jones of toronto and miss mary jane hatton of napanee were holiday visitors with mr and mrs r r mcklbbin miss ann hickey spent the easter weekend with friends in sarnla and petrol la mr and mrs lome t cave of tor onto spent the holiday with his moth er mrs t r cave and bister mrs ross thompson mr and mrs david saxe and mr and mrs s an flnlav spent the easter weekend at the former s cottage at mary lake wilfred hill and miss winnlfred stokes of niagara falls and mr and mrs t l hill of lucan were holiday visitors at the home of mrs t l hul queen street mr f c frestone has returned from toronto general hospital where he underwent an eye operation three weeks ago and is making a satisfactory recover mr and mrs ted palllster and fam lly have recently moved from their home on edith street to the mccul lough farm near acton mr and mrs coulter who lived in the upper part of the house which is owned by mr w b bhortlll have also purchased a farm near limehouse and have taken up residence there prior to her l new donu forget to set your clock ahead an hour when you go to bed this saturday night for prompt electrical repairs to appliances and wiring call h c bailey charles st phone 39flw easter sunday was a beautiful day and we noticed many ladles all togged up in their new spring outfits for church and the easter parade later in the afternoon 106th annlversairy supper of glen williams united church monday may 6th supper from 5 30 to 7 30 p m ad ults 35c children 20c get your phonograph records and needles at pensons fish and chip store a good selection of popular re cords 25c and 35c get your tickets for captain ed die at the gregory april 30 and may 1 sponsored by st george s club- re gular admission 3rd annual father and son ban quet sponsored by norval boy s club in norval parish hall thursday ap rll 25th 730 pm speeches movies eats fun for all st george s tennis club will meet in the clubrooms next monday april 29th at 8 pm the public is cordially invited the w a of the georgetown uni ted church will hol a sale of aprons and baking in the mcoibbon store on saturday april 27th at 2 o clock euchre party in st georges club- corns friday april 26th prizes re fresh men ts admission 2oc stewarttown the services in st jdhna church were well attended good friday and easter day miss eleanor smith pre sided at the organ for the good fri day service communion service was at 9 am easter day sunday school at 2 pm presentation of lenten boxes and a talk by the rector easter day ser vice at 3 pm the rector rev h leigh pink was in charge of all servi ashgrove the regulai monthlj meeting of tht local co ncil of women will b held i the municipal b ill n g o i fri daj april 2g h at 3 pjn mrs harry bevvtll will be guest siealvei mrs henry young lb a native of stonekigh s utcj latl cr nan stont ley as we reported in a news item in last week s herald the regular monthly meeting of the women s institute will be held on wednesday may 1st at 230 pjn at the home of mrs fred mcnallv the cou ntv president and secretary will be guest speakers the norval junior farmers will hold their annual church service noi v al united ohunh on sunday may 12th guest speaker mr gordon hume of milton student at victoria college toronto ven woo thompson gave an interesting talk on church symbols at a meeting of 9t george s club last night plans were completed for the we are sorry to hear that mr g appelbe is on the sick list and hope he will soon be around again the last word was that he was improving slow ly mr james mbbride met with an ac cident last week while working with the tractor he was taken to the hos pital at guelph wtoere we hope he will soon be mending some of the visitors during the eas ter weekend were with mr and rms j h smith mrs w scott mr and mrb baldock of brampton and mr and mrs 3 osborne and daughter heather jane mr and mrs david hodge and joan at mr and mrs w hodges mr and mrs frank jenkmson and mrs jack jenkmson of mount dennis were here mr and mrs w huffman of st ca tharines were home with mr and mrs cecil smith with mr and mrs j h smith mrs and mrs john brown orangeville mrs saewart simpson georgetown mr and mrs w teunant georgetown and mr and mrs h robinson and elaine of georgetown miss christine dickenson of george wii wis homo f r the week end mr and mrs ross thompson of and family of c eorgetown were visit- it g wl h mr i d mr joe standlsh w th mrs marv bai good friday vvl t m j mil shall mr ind mrs p r bi ud diikhtr diwn all of hamllt n on sundiv mr and mrs f balk john and piul of toronto liri- lawmen spent the holiday with- mr ai d mrs w lawson at windsor the school children were taken lirmhouse wcdnesdaj afternoon by mrs c smith mrs oromar and mrs devries to see the pictures shown by the dept of education terra cotta a joung lady from toronto has pur chased a lot off mr w f hunters credit flats and had a large cottage hauled up from toronto in sections t tw j tiu ttage will be completed this j1s a contains four rooms this is our waj of coping with the housing shortage but the building suffered no other than blistered pamt at the back of the house furniture was also re moved from the home of mr gordon bousfcul and a large garage at the rear only a few feet from the burning tyler borne was cleared a barn ait the rear of the ed mcwhirter residence caught tire at one time but was extinguished before damage resulted work will start immediately on re building both the railway property and the mackenzie sheds the most ser- tous loss of all paun is the tyler borne occurring as stales at a time when georgetown is already desperate for housing accommodation otson zilio wedding at st georges the marriage took place quietly in st george e church of england last wednesday april 17th at 630 pm of marlon zuio daughter of mr and mrs at zilio of terra cotta and clifford davison son of mr and mrs wm h davison of glen williams ven w g o thompson performed the ceremony the bride wore a stneetlengtr lime green jersey dress with white coat and corsage of pink roses her attendant has dolly buck wore a turquoulse blue dress and coat and corsage of pmk carnations groomsman was the grooms brother harold davison tne groom is a veteran of service with the canadian army overseas r bave taken up residence in glen marrtagetjcwlllam schenk which takes place tomorrow- in hamilton miss vema molintock was guestofhonour at two showers held by her friends on april 15th miss marlon held entertained at a miscellaneous shower at her home in toronto and on april 17i present and former lady members of the bank of commerce staff met at the home of miss eleanor mllliere for a shower of kltcfaenwar the staff at the bank held a social hour one afternoon last week and mr cecil dohbie on behalf of the staff prsonted mjs mclintcck with a silver entree dish on the occasion of her 8th birthday on friday april 19th sandra fox en tertained as her guests thirteen little friends those present were donny edwards june eason ross mogllvray linda mmo dorothy and brio huler wayne preston pearl and jane glaz ier diane and freddie harrison and george and bobby webster an en joyable time was had by all nesday and tickets distributed for me moers to sell teenagers what are you inter ested in what recreational activities would you like in georgetown the recreational oouncuwould- hire to kn and j hfceyou to meet their new director mr newman at an open forum in the old town hall on friday evening april 26th at 8 pm bring your laeasl bring your questions bave your eyes examined by o t walker ro optometrist at ms office over the bell telephone co main st georgetown the second we dnesday of each month or you may consult o t walker at his office ir brampton phone georgetown 167 brampton 59s members of toronto lodge pay georgetown visit on tuesday evening last april 16th wmfrfn of margaret pearoe rebefcab lodge of toronto paid verdon jte- bekah lodge georgetown a fraternal mt and nwnrthflrrt the jrkahde- me on tares new candidates mrs joe fal mrs ed johnston and una cttfford btacey following lodge ft dsswons kmob was served and a so- legion wa honours brides at party at a party held in the legion rooms on april fools day presentations were made by the legion w a to mrs john fletcher jean tennam and mrs william tennant of a set of di shes and a pair of woollen blankets lespectively prizes for april fools costumes were awarded to mrs wm royen mrs fred mccartney mrs m lawr and miss eileen kerr after a program of games refresh ments were enjoyed mrs t f grieve headed the social committee which ar ranged the event we also learn that mr guelph has sold part of his bush farm on the mountain to a gentleman who purposes norval large congregations attended all church sendees in norval on easter sunday the presbyterian church re ports attendance of 12s at tbe sunday service st pauls cburoh anglican i repot ta good attendances at both mor ning and evening services on easter day ttsehtinaraesyi ma me us worship ssrrioe ml held on oood fri- norval rector is special mission preacher at waterdown at the request of the waterdown mi nisterial association the rev h leigh pink lth anglican rector of the parish of hornby norval stewart- town preached a series of four special mission sermons during hory week at waterdown the ministerial associa tion reports a mostr satisfactory holy week mission with increasing atten dance every night the opening service was held mon day april 15th in the presbyterian church at waterdown with attendan ce of 55 when the rev mr leigh pink preached forcibly on the theme the saving power of belief on tuesday april 16th over sixty people gathered to hear the second address god aw aits your answer the wednesday night service in the united church had just begun and the first hymn was ending when every light rn town suddenly went out due to power fail ure nothing daunted asking for flashlight the mission preacher read the scripture lesson and within a few minutes several of thetc people pre sent had hurried home and ertumed with candles by candle glimmer in a truly early christian and 1 presslve abnosphere the third sermon was delivered jesus onrtsva last step over 90 people crowded grace cbur oh anglican at waterdown on tbu- nlgfa april 16th to bear rev h leigh pink final sermon the man who was not there erecting a summer cottage on it watch terra cotta grow the assessor has been making his us ual rounds here easter visitors have been quite num erous here during bhe holidays miss l laughton of toronto spent easter at her summer home here mr and mrs w j vanderfllet and daughter of toronto spent the week end at then- summer home here mr w h stringer of toronto spent easter with his brother mr john got don stringer mr j g stringer has purchased an uptodate truck and is prepared to do all kinds of trucking all phone or ders promptly filled on shortest notice success to you gordon mr b messkbzer we understand has sold a lot oftf his farm to a gentleman who al8tfpurposes erecting a summer home on it miss annie puckering of toront spent the weekend with terra cotta mr and mrs h puckering of toron to spent the weekend with terra cot- ta friends terra ootta had what might have been a disastrous fire while burning grass the fire spread to mr leslie xc- atns house and got under the house which was totally edstroyed in a short time the hook and ladder company wfere on hand but too late to save the building a number of our citizens are gaged at brampton brick plant present the womens institute meeting wbs held lastr tuesday afternoon at mrs robt cunninghams with a splendid attendance it opened with the ode and minutes of the last meeting roll call responded to by a potato recipe this being the grandmothers meet lng it was turned over to them mrs dick gave the mo to east or west home s best mrs ward ruddell gave a reading by gone charms by edgar gaiest demonstration of home made car- pets by mrs r j graham reading by mrs nurse an old fashioned cou rtship a musical number by mrs fred wrigglesworth and mrs dick the former as a sweet demure lady and the latter dressed as a gent with high silkhat gloves and cane singing reuben and rachael this number cau sed much merriment mrs milton bird gave the report of the nominating committee the offl cen for 194647 are president mrs robert cunningham 1st vicepres mrs thos giffen 2nd vlcepres mrs archer sectreasur er mrs leslie olffen directors mrs r j graham mrs a j ruddell mrs f thompson programme com mrs j beuboddy mrs h barnes mrs marion hunter mrs j mcclennan mrs t brownridge flower committee mrs c austin mrs gerald graham mrs milton bird pianist mrs hector bird as sistant pianist mrs t brownridge press mrs jno bellboddy red cross committee mrs clayton wil son and mrs j j thompson cour tesy committee mrs h bird and mrs r hepburn auditors mrs w brownridge and mrs jno ismond the easter services were well atten dea both morning and evening the rroiu of the church was lovely with an easter ulj and spravs of yellow for sjthia in tht morning jit choir ren alred two anthems uid miss jov rud dtli sang t ie holj city in the vtxstiut of our minister who wai not able to be with us the service was conducted by two students from milton training lor the ministry na mely gordon hume and james mc dougall who gave us a lovely easter messagt in the evening the young people had charge and musical num bers from hartley and colin ander son with violin and cornet were much enjoyed and the address by rev j o totton a former minister oq mary magdalene her griefs and her love closed a lovely easter sunday easter visitors noticed were mr and mrs mcclennan and two sons from manitoba at mr and mrs charles au stins miss viola brlgden mr and mrs t mcmuilen and children mr and mrs orval olouser and children with mr clancy of and mrs bruce brlgden victor thompson of toronto with mrs nurse and harvey mr and mrs jas carney and san- forty applications for veterans homes in response to a questionnaire ap pearing in last weeks herald tosm clerk p b harrison reports that to date 40 applications have been recei ved of these 20 require 4room hou ses fifteen 5room and five 6rooma the large proportion of applications are from veterans but there are also several civilian applicants the property committee has been in vestigating potential building proper ties all this week among which ara lands owned by george h leslie and a maclaren in the paper mill district and a portion of cedarvale farm bor dering no 7 highway umehouse holiday visitors in the neighbour hood included mrs scratch of leamington with her son mr and mrs harold scratch mr and mrs w wheeler and susan of toronto with the roughleys mrs t j campbell and blllle of hamilton with the norton s mr and mrs w i newton of bat- j rie and miss ivens of toronto with the newtons mrs reamsbottom of klrkland lake mrs jones and miss m reamsbottom of toronto with mr and mrs c a foster mr jas nickell of royal oak mich with bis parents mr and mrs j w nickell mr and mrs ted morrow and hl- ane and mr and mrs a w lane and daughter all of toronto witto mrs r lane members of mrs r lanes family held a reunion at htr home on satur day evening in hono ir of mr and mrs a w lane and family prior to their removal to montreal the girls looout club met at tha home of shirley wright last week we are sorry to learn of mr james mcbrides unfortunate accident wt hope that he may have a speedy ra- covery in guelph hospital mr hetherington fed agricultural fleldman for halton showed films tn limehouse memorial hall last wed nesday afternoon and evening ending with an old fashioned spelling matoh a social time was spent at the close easter thankoffering m of tba wmj3 was held at the home of mt newton on thursday afternoon last miss louise relth of the literature department of wms toronto was guest speaker she dealt with tba work of her department and outlined the 1946 study book after africa and told the easter story refrt were served at the close dra of alloa with mr and mrs fred wrigglesworth mr and mrs harry christian and three daughters of hamilton with mr and mrs frank ruddell leaves for australia mrs ethel louden left last week for san francisco where she has secured parage on a freighter which will take her back home to australia a native of sydney new south wales she came to america with oier husband and eet- tted in the states rtiftrfjy before the wttipsak of war her husband died suddenly and mrs lowden found her self all alone in a strange land with no friends or relatives and unable to get back bo her hrh she came to canada and after work ing for sometime at a war plant in st catharines came to georgetown a year ago and took a position in the am bjy ipartment at smith stt ltd making her home with mr and mrs j parmer prior to leaving town fellow employees at smith stone presented her wth a pearl necklace miss m hepburn ami mt b gisby were soloists at limehouse pres byterian cburoh sunday afternoon both were accompanied by mr ken neth harrison ummiftiunn vruaian in ruirir in norval accident when tfce oar in which mr and mfcs leslie fallow of georgetown were rid ing turned over in a dttch at nomd mrs fallow received a bad shaking up which necessitated her removal to peel memorial hospital brampton the oar a 1931 pontiac coach dttraa by mr fallow was proceeding east and had pat come down norval mil whan ne noticed a ran unloading fumltnrav he swerved to avoid the van almost went in the teftditoh and tbe oar went out of control and turned omt in tbe right ditch about halfway be tween the hifl and donaldsons qar the accident occurred saturday after noon dr rt paul of georgetown was called to attend mrs fallow and fortunately her injuries were not so serious as at first believed the oar was badly damaged injured in tractor accident a tractor accident last thursday on his farm on the 6th line seriously in jured james mcbrlde mr mcbride suffered a bad fracture of the left hugh he was attended by dr a mc allister and later removed to ouelph general hospital mr and mrs e d sheley of birm ingham michigan spent tue weekend wrtb her parents mr and mrs j n oweul master john oneill of torjf- pwu onto is visiting this week at tba same g r c recreational funp previously acknowledged georgetown motors sw silver dayf oot shoe company total april 24th 27 00 26 00 35 00 25 00 tl02 00 engagement an enviable record i jmajor and mrs roger guyot of to ronto formerly of glen williams wish to announce the engagement of their only daughter vhrtetane betty to mr george mesvflle nlaon eon of the late mr and mrs m j nixon of montreal thqmarrlaf wfj be solemnised in anglican oburob ohapffl toronto on thursday may 33rd 194a ualed m any small ac 730 pm the beaumont employees parcel fund came into being m 1943 with harold wheeler as chairman and ma ry watson treasurer to may 194o a total of 2 74138 bad been raised of which 227216 went to supplying ov erseas parcels to hoys from the village and surrounding territory in ad through voluntary weekly contribu tions 281200 cigarettes were supplied joining forces with tbe rest of tba village they turned over a balance of 469 2 to wbfcb has been added 4w proceeds from various activities and 8285 from canvas making a grand total on hand of h31 44 for tfcms to returned veterans the final nig effort is the 1 tion and old bona reunion on jum it and 33 we doubt if this record oan ba b 3f