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l j wbbtfttssjep tppr- g the geo herald wednesday evening june 5th 1946 here we are in june the gool old summer time and have had the usual late cold wave without a frost if ire can get by with notlilng colder the tomato plants will be safe and we may look for a bountiful crop of fruit the recent showers are keeping gar den and field crops growing vigorously pollowing are the local records tues may 28 65 45 the weather hyh u hutt wed may 29 76 50 thur may 30 78 50 frld may 31 78 45 sat june 1 50 39 june 2 63 38 mon june 3 65 45 bueep killing dogs cost esquesing 678 50 more in may depredations of sheepkilling dogs cost the township of esquesing 678 50 in claims paidin may boosting the to- month total to 1033 50 claims were ordered paid at the monday meeting of council in stewarttown t 366 00 14050 60 00 2s 00 10 00 20 00 45 00 400 600 200 insurance revisions made at town council meeting comprehensive policy protects towjv against damages of any sort tun down wage increase for streets employees georgetown council were given de i tailed accounts of suggested changes iri bqittflcipaldubuc liability insurance at monday nights council meeting and 1 after some debate decided to place a comprehensive policy with a e wilson co through agent e c thompson at a yearly rate of 475 30 r policy covers a certain specified list of liabili ties with coverage in excess of these hie company having the right to ad just thai years premium if and when an unforseen claim may occur an amendment moved by mogilvray and maodonald that the town take a liability policy with the general acci dent insurance cov atarate of 321 60 was lost when all other members voted against it town employees alfred collins and orbey herrington were present and asked for an increase in salary speak ing on their behalf cr gibbons said he thought 75c an hour was a more suitable rate for the type of work they were doing mayor cleave criticized the men lor not putting their request through the proper channels and said they should have approached their foreman chief w g marshall i ddr t like it when some of the council canvass town employees to come to council for a raise tie said and this led to an interchange between himself and gibbons gibbons i take it you refer to me cleave i didn t mention names if the shoe fits wear it gibbons i am assuming it fits for the moment the chief is not respon atble for adjusting salaries and i con alder it quite within my rights to dis cuss salaries with town employees cleave i think this was gone about in he wrong way at the last meeting we passed a general 5 per cent increase in wages for all town employees a motion was put by gibbons and goodlet that the salaries be increased to 75c an hour for a 47 hour week with mayor cleave asking for a recor ded vote the motion was lost mac senile being the only other supporter of the increase fire chief donald latimer appeared at the meeting and asked that two broken hydrants be replaced a re- quest by corey herrmgton president of the georgetown and bsttm county poultry association for financial assis tance was met with a grant of 35 craig reid and prank petcb represen ting the pair board asked for an tu- cxeaeed grant for the centennial fair and were given the county engineer has been asked to repair the queen street pavement at an estimated cost of 3000 and ten ders are being asked for laying 10 000 square feet of sidewalks in town invi tations were extended to council by smith stone ltd to visit then- plant as a group and by the legion to march in the grave decoration day parade a letter from mr a maclaren pro tested councils neglect to pass a by law this year allowing farm lands vttfctn the municipality certain tax exemptions and enclosing his tax cheque less these exemptions the letter was filed the clerk was instructed to write the canadian national railway draw ing their attention to widening the john street subway to make it safe for traffic a cheque for 41805 was received being 20 per cent of the hotel author ity fee collected last year from hotels this was 37555 in the previous year baseball georgetown tangles with oakville in opening baseball game emerge victors 6 5 by j s behind the superb pitching and hitting of scotty patterson the local ball team took the opening baseball game from oakvule by a slim score of 6 5 dr w f james harold early d w baxter frank robertson john l moore k c lindsay a n stark spencer wilson va uer a n stark valuer meldrum stark valuer bylaws were passed adjusting the remunerations to fenceviewers and live stock aluers and another to assess the township for donations to service personnel of world war n june 31 was declared a public holiday in town ship schools to enable students to at tend farmers day at muton accounts passed for payment inclu ded relief accounts 0925 cecil obisholm 05 73 dog licenses etc a w benton 92 70 dog ncenses etc road accounts 1230 00 beq telephone 7 58 earlier in the day a court of revi sion with reeve murray as chairman met the only business was an inter change of an assessment on the roll between messrs glenn and davidson at meetings lat month the tender of george brankley for delivering gra el on townships roads was accepted and a tender from the ontario bridge co toronto for constructing a new bridge at lot 24 concession 4 which was washed out by the flood was ac cepted oafcville had their half of the first in nlng having piled up a 3 r score allowed from a walk hit and an error patterson had the crowd wor ried but he appeared confident when he stood on the mound in the second frame pollack pitching for oakville des erves credit for a well pitched game but it was his error in the seventh inn ing on an infield pop flj that gave georgetown the game georgetown were very weak at the plaite patterson two hits for himself both lusty triples chaplin hit a lovely double in the third inning bill ritchie garnered one single and and ritchie got two hits to give georgetown a total of seven hits off pollacks offerings oakvule got the same amount from the offerings of patterson but failed in the clinches or the score would have been changed considerably a very poor attendance w as a disappointment let s hope more turn out for the next home game on june when oakville again visit us bo score georgetown 00400020 6 oakville 301000010 5 georgetown made 4 mlscues and oakville errored twice the local lads put on a very fire display of baseball but considerable shaking up and changing of the line up is needed the home team visits milton tonight where they will meet some very tough opposition but we know they can do it again oakville were wearing the old uni forms formerly worn by the toronto maple leafs so i was informed and it seemed so as i noticed several caps with the letter t on the peak also the v sign on the left sleeve oakvule ab with the anglers by g h sre we are again with a weeks sum mary of fishing news in georgetown and district the weather has been very uncertain times with snow reported at sud bury we can look for anything while looking through brampton conservator last week w noti n change in ownership of brills department store new owner jack cotton will reopen store friday david brill retires after 31 years business in georgetown cfcllbratks sixty years in ministry picture of mac watson of norval proudly displayed a fine catch of ger man brown trout they were- caught in the credit by mac and his pal ed mclean and measured 22 21 and 3 16 the biggest probably weighed 4 and a half or 5 pounds this is not unusual lor these two anglers who are rated among the best fly fishermen uro ind here last season they took quite a number of browns close to 5 pounds mac as you probably know was man ager of norval 6 juvenile hockey team w hlch competed in the finals last year george louth of town and prtd stuckey frank gibbons and herb wood of acton spent two days camp ing on their favourite trout stream near durham and brought back 40 george louth took 18 of them goes to show that we can beat them at fishing as well as hockey i i orval rayner bill tuck and floyd varey had fair success at eugenia lis weekend bill liked it so well he s go ing up again for a week we hope he hooks the granddaddy of all trout sorry we haven t anj news about re stocking yet we will quote some prices of hatching brook trout for june aelivery per 1000 fry 8 yearlings 65 two year olds 19a a 12c per mile round trip is charged for delivery two yearolds range from 5 to 10 inches r clarence benham lions chief for second year setting a precedent in the sixteen years history of georgetown lions club clarence benham was elected president for a second term at the dinner meeting of the club in the mc gibbon house on monday night it was the first time that a lion chief had been reelected and several mem bers spoke of the excellent year the club had enjoyed under mr benham s presidency the slate of officers for 1946 47 is lion chief clarence benhim 1st vice pres albert tost 2nd vice pres jack watson secretary j l lambert treasurer r h ireland tall twister lome peters lion tamer jack armstrong director 12 jt r llcata director 1 yr harold mcclure two new members were welcomed to the dub cecil bardie and stanley grabb a visiting lion from ogden utah gordon wrlggtesworth spoke a few words about the work of the lions club there which conalated of work among the bund and the deaf lion chief benham was chosen del agate to the tatamatkioal convention m phruuefrms neat month with the social and personal his friends in town will be interested to bear that lieut grant munms was married overseas recently to an eng lish girl grant spent his boyhood in georgetown with his parents mrs minims and the late mr mtonms rev and mrs r c todd colleen and tommy spent last week at their cottage at beamsvnle miss jean mackenzie and her bro ther mr kenneth mackenzie of aoton attended the convention of the cana dian coal association as the general brock hotel niagara palls last week mr and mrs david dichton and son david of toronto visited last wednesday with bis parents mr and mrs d p crichton mrs ernest hyde monty and lynn visited in toronto for the weekend with her mother mrs t humberstone mr and mrs harold hall of toron to and mrs belle wood of weston were weekend visitors with mr and mrs frank sykes languay 5 0 1 1 davidson 5 3 0 2 carter 6 1 0 1 markey 5 0 0 0 galbralth 4 0 0 0 henderson 1 0 0 0 pickard 5 1 0 1 snowball 4 0 0 0 green 1 0 0 pollack 4 1 0 0 georgetown a ritchie 4 2 0 2 chaplin 1 0 1 w ritchie 4 1 0 1 patteson 4 2 0 0 ward 4 0 0 0 evans 4 0 0 0 lane 3 1 0 0 wilson 3 0 0 1 l ritchie 2 0 1 1 j mcmenemy 1 0 0 0 strikeouts patterson pollack church news on sunday a service was held in t u tut resur t onto celebrating the 60th anniversary of the ordination of rev nap bourne several cuigymen were pre sent including provost cosgrave dr rogers of the g b rfe who preached and dr piston bf he united church a fellow graduate from mcgill who read the lesson mr scovell rector of the church conducted the service a rectption followed put on by the church ladies when presentations were made to both rev and mrs bourne prior to the service 22 members of the family including 2 great grandchildren gathered at their home to celebrate the happy occasion among them were mn leslie young and son george of terra ootta who were visiting in tor onto with her parents mr and mrs w raines mrs young is a grand daughter a major change in the business life of the town comes with the announce ment that mr david brill has sold his department store business to mr jack cotton the store has been closed this knox presbyterian churtjfa rev chas c cochrane b a b d 10 am sunday school ii am pub lic worship the sacrament of the lord s supper evening services with drawn for the summer months lhnehettse p charch 2 pm sunday school 3 pm public worship the sacrament of the lords supper norval united charon minister rev f j dunlop sunday june 9 anniversary ser vices 11 am and 730 pm special speaker rev j w hunt of london a former minister special music by the choir guest soloist miss olive ranklne of toronto services at glen and mount pleasant withdrawn come and worship rev r c todd ba minister ml it stewart choir director 10 am sunday school and bible classes 11 am public worship junior choir sermon will be for children mrs otjearys pig 7 pm public worship the minister will preach at both services mr and mrs h c harbart of bramoton spent sunday with mr and mrs h e stapleton at norval ashgrove week for inventory kingarrvill re open on friday under mr cottons managership brill has rendered long service as a mam street businessman it was 31 years ago since he first came to georgetown from toronto and estab lished a clothing- ore in the premises now occupied by the golden gate cafe three years later he moved tohis prer sent location at main st mill street corner where r c adams had prev iously had a general store some ele ven years ago he purchased an adja ent store from the jackson estate and moved his ladles department to that part of the building wlh an archway leading to the main store he has taken an extremely active part in town affairs as a member of the lions club credit lodge halton chapter masonic lodges the red cross boys band rehabilitation council and board of trade to name but a few with mrs brill the for mer anne bonan of toronto whom he married after coming to georgetown he has raised a family of six children mrs george novak of toronto arnold overseas with the rcaf jack who has been associated with his father congratulations are in order to our young people for their splendid show ing at the achievement day in milton held saturday june 1st ashgrove girl s club gave a splendid demonstra tlon and wllma thompson of hornby zsczz1 t az returning from service with the won the prize donated by the ashgrove women s institute for the high be ginner bill alexander of the eighth line won the trip to chicago limehouse we ofrer congratulations to mr and mrs w l mllliere who celebrated their golden wedding quietly at thelr home here on monday on june 3 eliza goring and william milliere were united in marriage at aldemey channel islands two 6ons were born ithere and in 1908 they came to llmehouse ontario where their daughter was later born and where they have made their home ever since all members of their family were present for the occasion these in eluded mr and mrs wm mllliere mls eleanor and mr bui muliere of georgetown mr and mrs geo mil here and son george of toledo ohio and mr and mrs harold scratch of ltmehouse this anniversary was doubly cele brated as it was also the silver wed ding of their son and daughter inlaw mr and mrs wm milliere of george town rev j l self b a bx all service on daylight saving time dnlsa public worship 10 00 am sunday school 11 un nerval sunday school 1000 am public worship 1100 ana services withdrawn this sunday for united church anniversary anglican pariah ef hornby rev h leighpink lto rector all s on daylight time bt staafcen charon hornby morning prayar every sunday at 11 am except the first sunday in the month when evening prayer is held at 3 pm holy communion second sunday in the month at 11 am a meets 2 pm tuesdays at homes of members sunday school every sunday at 1030 am fore for the benefit of the many golf en thusiasts in town mr sid orr who la men s captain at brampton has offer ed to keep us posted on the doing ar ound brampton club golfers were hoping that mr wu loughby would decide to reopen his beautiful club here this year but that doesn t seem o be in the cards how ever there arc rumours that he is considering it next summer last wednesday was mens night and sam mackenzie won low gross with n cook brampton runner up other scores were hidden hole no 1 hole bui hooper makton no 3 hole jack galloway brampton hidden score 55 elgte harris one golf ball was awarded to the winner in each event there was a 3 way tie for the hidden hole and ejgte drew the ace of spades can you beat it 81 members took part in the oompe- atkm which shows excellent promise for the st georges church ven woo thompson rector whitsunday sunday scfise 10 a m holy commu ion h1j0o am evensong 7 00 pm st albans church glen williams whitsunday holy communion 930 am sun day school 1030 am first baptist church minister rev j e ostrom organist miss m cook sunday june 9th 9 45 am bible school 11 am worship studies in matthew 646 pm hymn sing 7 pm evangelistic service character counts the young people meet on monday at 8 pm the prayer service an wednesday at b pm welcome buty cress m g chare rev tr v j morgan m at t am ftod and b i 11 am 1st 3rd mod 9th i w a stewarttown congratulations to mr bob lawson who passed with honours his first year oajc degree course at guelph mary lawson email daugh ter of mr and mrs douglas lawson was christened last sunday at knox church georgetown by rev c c cochrane mary wore the same dress in which her father was christened when a baby a gift to him by his grandmother the late mrs david lawon visiting with mrs h p lawson for the occasion were miss jessie coles and mrs basel lawson paul and pe ter all of aoton army overseas beatrice a student of the university of toronto and ber nard and donald who attend geor getown high school mr brill also operated in partner ship wtoh mr wm schenk of the glen the brill hosiery mill until the business was disposed of a few years the family will be moving even tually to toronto where they have purchased a home but will remain in town for several months and as mr brill puts it will never be strangers here the new owner mr jack cotton la a young man who comes from toronto he has plans for renovations and tn- creased lines ol merchandise which promise to make the store one of the finest in the district among these will be a fur department m which ha will be assisted by his father who has many fears experience in the fur busi ness the business will be continued for the present under the name of brills department store mr cotton is the son of mr and mrs harris cotton of toronto hto returned from service overseas in jan uary joining the rcaip four years ago he went overseas hi december 1949 landed in prance shortly after d day and ocntinued through to germany with the 2nd tactical ah force in canada he was s at centraua deseronto and st tho mas he is a keen sportsman and has played a bit of hockey in the city while overseas he married the former kitty marks of london and she is ex pected to join him here in the next few weeks ulln williams on saturday evening june 1 a few friends gathered at the home of mr and mrs wm bennett glen williams to celebrate the 25th wedding ann versary of mr and mrs walter firth meets 2 pm thursdays at ho- q peterborough sister of mrs b tnes of members st paor norval evening prayer every sunday at 730 pjil except first sunday in mon th when holy communion is celebrat ed at ii am rev h leigh pinks address is the rectory norval ont telephone georgetown 382 r 11 joins smith a stone time study deft mr ted vahl has joined the staff of the time study department at smith stone ltd and commenced his new job on monday mr vahl is a native of toronto and has been working with research enterprise ltd at leastde his wife will continue to live in the city untq they find a home in george town inett the happy couple was presented with i a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a fancy bag of silver coins a lovely buffet lunch was arranged with a big wedding cake decorating the centre of the table betty garvin and margaret bennett poured tea while mrs george prpslon and irene mcmaster served sandwiches the evening was enjoyed playing games with mrs bennett and curly wheeler the winners at euchre due to illness in the family mr and mrs ken mmiiin have had to cancel their scheduled trip to the ormstowir and lachute quebec horse shows ken will now be able to devote non of bis time to the june 29th ltons horse show m georgetown when- top show horses will be here to give hons a treat social and personal mr and mrs calvin miller and son jack of ouelph mrs j s drummond and son melvin of barrie and miss ruth drummond nurse intralnlngj at st josephs hospital guelph were sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs i m bennett mr joseph shields is starting con struction on a new home on maple avenue on a lot purchased off mr walter brownrldgee proper mr shields who to employed with b p martin h at present bring on a farm at victoria he b married and father of a son brydon french mccutskkv wedding balunafad united church was thr scene on saturday june 1 of a very pretty wedding when rfaoda florence french only daughter of mr and mrs donald campbell and wouam c mcciuskey only son of mr and mrs mccluskey smlthvule were united la marriage by rev a o w foreman assisted by the reverend day of bra- mosa township the lovely little bride gowned hi white satin with long tulle veil fash ioned to a headdress of lilies of the valley and carrying red roses entered the church on the arm of her step father mr donald campbell to wed ding music played by miss marguerite thompson her attendants were lltue mary howett in pale yellow as flower girl miss phyllis craig in peach maid of honour and miss lillian shortiu in blue as bridesmaid all wore little hats to maitch their gowns and carried nose gays of sweet peas babys breath and forgetme nots mr maxwell of montreal was best man and the ushers were messrs delmar and reginald french brothers of the bride durmg the signing of the register miss mary thomas kitchener sang o promise me after the wedding a reception wag held at the home of mr and mrs campbell receiving with the bride and groom were mr and mrs camp bell and mr and mrs mccluskey mrs campbell wore a copen blue crepe suit with corsage of pink carnations and mrsmccluskey beige and black crepe with white corsage about seventy five guests partook of the wedding luncheon later the hap py couple left on their wed tdp to the states the bride tremoing hi grey salt with rhfrrftilng asjssoiai and top coat they wm i elilu tip lbs bramosa road near ouelph