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t ald the georgetown herald wednesday oct n the qomquittlttm of i v georgetown m wtujams norvautime house uornby stbwa w w a3hgrove baixlnafad terra cotta subscription rac s oo w vaj single copies 5c each atut is ig ra q o ed on appll atlii walter c biehn publisher and ed tr garfield l mcqiuray stan reg broomhead the herald is printed eaih wednesday afternoon at the office on main st georgetown authorized as second class mall post of lice dept ottawa member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec division of the c w na leslie m clak harold davison the editors column early circuit riding recalled contributed in july 1828 a young preacher by the name or john carroll was appointed by the methodist church to be assistant to the rev john black of the toronto cir cuit in the history of canadian methodism which he later wrote entitled case and his contemporaries he makes mention of preaching in georgetown that year intimating that a methodist society was already established here here is an extract from volume 3 of his book page 200 saturday rode to my sunday morning s work sunday a m four corners the corners of toronto trafalgar esquesing and chinguacousy p m car ters church monday clarages tuesday mcnabb s mills norval wednesday away to streetsville thursday switzers friday kenney s in the old sur vey of trafalgar saturday bloomfield s school house sunday a m kennedy s meeting house p m georgetown monday rev e adams school- house acton tuesday william kennedys wed nesday wtflliam kennedy s jun a m and after a five miles ride without a house mr dean s in erin thurs day on through caledon where sometimes there is an occasional appointment among the scotch to where campbell s corners now gives name to the neighbour hood we always mei the class whercer there was one and there vasa class in nearly every place as there were 500 members on the whole circuit we would gladly preserve a memorial of the gardner s and hall s and switzer s and kenne s and crawford s and kennedy s and snider s and neeland s and rut ledge s and brodie s and harrison s and graham s end aiken s and hundreds more on this circuit but we have no space in which to portray their excellencies the georgetown united church although only 21 years old inherits this i 18 year old tradition and celebrates it on sunday october 27th on the occasion of its anniversary services the united church is glad to have among its active members at the present time the descendants of several of the families mentioned by john carroll in the above quoted paragraph as well as some descendants of those prominent in the ealqly pres bytenan tradition incubator baby were always glad to hear news of former georgetowners especially when its good news and a clipping from the sleaford eng guardian has been brought to our attention by friends of bill oxley who with his parents went back to england several years ago bh has 3ince served with the raf including three years in india during the war and has made a miraculous recovery from a severed jugular vein which he suffered some time ago in an accident this news however concerns the ninemonth old son of bill and his scotch wife the former isobel seal of guard bridge fifeshire on january 20 ian stephen oxley came into the world two monhs before his time tipping the scale at an even two oounds a tiny little thing with a face no larger than an orange and feet barely two inches long told by the doctor that the baby had a chance of surviving if every atten ion was given to him grand mother mrs r oxley 233 dysart road beeden park took on the job warmth was more important han food so an improvised incubator had the baby wrapped in cotton wool with three hot water bottles placed around his basket these had to be chanced every two hours and mrs oxley personally supervised this for a fortnight ian was able to suck from a bottle but it took no more han a teaspoonful at a time to sustain him good care had its results and in the august 30 edition of the guardian is a picture of proud grandma oxley her daughter in law and babv ian who then weighed i i lb 7 oz and was in perfect health a tri bute to his grandmother s lovinc care wilfred mino another georgetowner is the baby s god father by the way so little ian has many connections with his father s old home town more postal facilities not umil a reader drew it tq our attention did we leaiize that georgetown is lacking in certain postal facilities enjoyed by many towns which are smaller and more compact than our rambling 3000 metropolis we refer to the placing of collection boxes for letter mailingin two or three spots in town to save a long walk to the port office for those who are not able to make the trip every day this person who is a resident in the park difttric often writes a letter in the evening and is not able to make the trip to the post office and wovitl appreciate the convenience of being able to mail ftjuwmgnffcti good bafc mv and fomhdwn fhdsnbg ub bo 1 y as a remembrance from their ntany friends in georgetown and district mr and ifn gordon w mountodt have recently received a bank draft for 350 at the time of mr ueuntodcs retirement last march a group of his friends got together to plan some sort of civic recognition of his service to the town during his is years heie as manager of the canadian bank of commerce as a result of the meeting donations were made to the sum of 350 and thds money together with a letter from mayor cleave was sent to the couple in toronto the letter reads mr cordon w mcllntock toronto dear mac a number of the boys in town whose names are attached hereto hove asked me to forward this bank draft to you and mrs mcllntock in doing this mac i am urged to emphasize that this expression does not represent a onethousandth part of the esteem in which you are held in georgetown and its countryside inclu ding the prosperous and important villages which make georgetown a centre for many events you have been a model citizen a most unselfish and willing public ser vant neer sparing yourelt in all good works you have been a staunch friend to everyone seeking your able counsel and guidance we sincerely regret that you will not be remaining in georgetown but in sist that you visit us often on ujt m i am fa i vory swoewoy yourr harold cleave mayor mr mcllmbock was extremely active in the community hi e in georgetown his varied activities included active participation on the executive of the baquesing agricultural society lions club red cross ourllng club cedar- vale school girls pipe band and georgetown united church he had been a member of the old arena board and during the war devoted much en ergy to the victory loan campaigns acton broadcasts on ontario panorama last friday night we were interes ted to hear our neighbouring town of acton featured on lowneys ontario panorama radio broadcast among those interviewed by gordon sinclair were executives of beardmores and the wool combing corporation an actqn resident and native of iceland who makes spuming wheels and a ra dio ham who has talked to others in all parts of the world the legion wjv as sponsors of the broadcast re ceived a 50 cheque lor their work in presenting it we have heard that the local re creational council is interested bringing the show to georgetown and hope to see it along sometime this win ter gordon sinclair is no stranger in town as he wrote a series of hu man interest stories about the smith ana stone plant during the war and was at the factory several times to ga iher material r i r- justtltinking- could my wife snajjage on the income she would have if anything should hap pen to me if the answer is no you need more life insurance bruce mackenzie the london life insurance company o if its worth owning its worth insuring o it at one of the corner mail boxes which could be erec ted this service would be particularly welcome dur ing winter months when the post office hill is a trea cherous spot for pedestrians we might suggest that four boxes would do the trick in town one in the park district one on north mam street over the white bridge one in college view and one on the highway bomewhere past the high school i fcc i ft dominion of ttfj ij canada bonds m due november 1st 1956 have been called for payment november 1st 1946 these bonds should be presented for redemption with all couponi of later date attached no further inttrest will ghh be paid on these bonds after this date jhh ijmmiiiiiitumntimitiiiii niiumiuimiitiimiimiioiiiimmiaiiiiiiiuijiaiiimw directory i uiuuiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiniiimiiiiiiaiiiiutuiuaiiitii iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiniiimitiiiicjiiiniiiiiiitiiiirnimtiniiniiiiiitiatunuii iitmiiinuimmmiroumuimaiiuanraiiiimi tnnuiuaniiuutiiiqiiiiuitiiiiuiiniihiiuiinno i iiiiuuiiainiiuititiudrairiiniiinuiiiipminiininiominitm a e lepage realtor head office 320 baj street toronto telephoi e ad 5681 farms country estates surburban homes city houses summer properties member national association op real estate boards g local representative i telephone 416j c a w1llson georgetown ontario qursomaumnaminmmauimiiinoiiumniau specializing in 1 f r watson 1 i djdj3 md8 i i offloe houx 9 to 8 eroept 1 1 thursday afternoon 8 j dr j burns milne d8kntal surgeon xray i georgetown phone 80 1 m a oliiiinotiuuiiummnmitiiuiiiaiiiiitntmniiiiiiiuiadnitiiiuilio jiimmmironotiiuiiniiiiiimtiomiiniuioiwiiiiiitasmimn 1 dr clifford reid i lxs dds 1 dentist i phone 410 open eenings a i main street georgetown 9 im mupttni n i n 1 1 m i nni i ii 1 1 1 1 ij i ii in 1 1 in tea i mil ii i ma hum mtiiointutii it elmer c thompson insurance service i fire auto windstorm c p railway and allied i 3 steamship i summer excursions phon 119w or j georgetown 1 c ii m itmiui i rim tin i ii ii ii iminii iltiiim ui i miiihii mi htiiii it o iitutnimiamiiiiiiiiiauimiiitiiiiiiniiiiii s melsen i the chiropractor m drugles therapist 33rd year of practice lady attendant hours mon tuea prl 25 pjn sat 25 89 pm closed thursday over dominion store georgetown phone 150w ncithiniitnnthiitiiiniaihiiiiiiiiinihihiiiiudiiimmiiitj uitufana iinititiioianiitiiiiiiidiuiutiiitaiiiiniiiiiianiiiiiiiitianidniiti4 dr s e magwood i 1 veterinary surgeon phone 11 1 office between division court clerks ofuce and the new 5 municipal building at the cor ner of main and mill streets radio repairing j we specialize in this work w yeera experteno j sanford son phone oboroetown mw monuments 1 markers ane ixttttsjlto pollock ingham oalt designs on rerniert phone 3048 our work in greenwood cemetery i iniiimtin iiiikin in i iiom iiiuioiiiiminjinmiitiiiii i le roy dale kc 1 m sybil bennett kc 1 barristers and solicitors i j mill street a oeorgetown phone 19 1 iuijmiainflnmiinioiininhibdhiniimndtrauwniciiniminn jiihihiiiihaiiiihiiihinhmmihioihhiiiiiiraiiihimmnnihiiiino i j a w1lloughby 1 wllloughby farm agency g i head office toronto 146 yonge st ax 0605m i largest and oldest in canada established forty years i consult our active olty depart- i ment for that home in the city ftom hewson is your local w representative sinininnbaiinnnitntinniitindiiiiiiininaniiiiiiimoitiininni lanfidon aybworth barristers bouctton and notaries puttie kenn m langrton r uadntyre ajtaworth bjl aeton ftbflt moktoalgx soonst to loan offloa onvorr theatre skfe- im btphone- nuutpitium iiiuiniinatiiniiimrammtmhoinmiiinic3niitim lever hoskin oharterkd aooourrtants saocessars to jenkins hardy 1305 metropolitan bide 44 victoria st toronto el eui mhiniiiiaimiiniinauimmmdninminioiiiiiiiiiiuaiimiiiino walter t evans company twentyfive years established protection and service fire life automobile insurance windstorm accident sickness travel agency ocean steamship and inland lakes member toronto real eatmte board phone is3 offloe mill st kecord buck avd white sbow held at guelph the fifth annual black and white champioiiihi show sponsored by the holsteinfrlftlan assn of ontario was held at fruelph on tuesday octo ber 8th otr 200 head of toe top holsteins frm york simcoe peel halton weliigton waterloo went- worth bran welland lincoln and haldimand re in competition hal- ton was repesented by entries from the herds ofarold bingham and san 3 given f o hunter t j browniidge jid arthur ruddeu and w h robindn of georgetown john picket and f ford of hornby w s hall oakule max greenberg root segsworth ad a o hunter of free man the top iwards from a halton standpoint we in the senior yearling bull class were kaymondale salax won first foa r c given and sod and in the to yr old bull class whent haltxxis grad champion glcnajton r a monogun owned and exhibited by harold t and son of geor getown placet second to rowdale ra sovereign foio j carswell of beeton this latter almal later took the re serve grand tampionship honors in the interooiay herd class ten coun ties were m competition with peel again seourir top honours halton was in fifth lace a new feattt in connection wltbhtie show was an iter call club class open to groups of hree calves from the various oalf cjbs of the district hera with ten clti in competition peel again took to honours with waterloo second and uton third the halton call club wajreprescnted by the en tries of lort lawrence oakvlue earl ford htoby and gordon dax- bj rockwood mmihiimioniiitiii foot ailments treated bt miss allan beg chiropodist light comfortable arches prices reasonable open mon tbura and flat all by appolntinent e 1jb0j 97 arthur st guelph is tout girl friend beautiful asked babble uctavtah of sandy ucorsgor that ah la replied ucopbiot whan x taa bar horn to a taxi i can hard ly heap of arm on the aortar notice v creditors j in the esulof euxabeth anderson late of the tot of georgetown in the count of haon married woman eceased the credltoi of elizabeth ander son late of th town of georgetown in the countj halton married wo man deoeasedwho died on or about the 4th day oaugust 1946 and all others having laims against her es tate are herebjnotlfied to send by post prepaid ootherwise to deliver to messrs lanpn and aylesworth georgetown oarlo solicitors for the undersigned adbustrator of the a- tate of bhe sal elizabeth anderson deceased on orefore the 9th day of november 1946their names addres ses descrlptionsbd full partlculara of their claims anthe nature of the curlues u any td by them and that immediately aft the the 9th day ot november 1940m administrator 10 proceed to dlstrtte the estate of vtm samdeceaasd aotsthe paross entt- tied thereto hav regard only to the claim of ufakhte admtnatfatar ahal than have notto datkd ttab tvlay of october ajx ims a by uukhxand