Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 27, 1947, p. 9

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the quality tea arts crafts plan fine exhibit for ge fair orange pekoe old furniture like new with reupholstering call now to avoid the fall man an added variety of coverings b available dick the upholsterer phone 89 for estimate the arts and omrfts of oeongetown iwlcj their august meeting on the mat at the home of mrs paul beer the president mrs ul h moyer in the chair new members were welcomed and discissions of the crafts follow ed the pottery group reported progress in the procuring of a kiln and a few samples of models made by the class were on display plans were made for the pall pair an interesting program of demonatia- tlons on the potters wheel being pro mised whue all the handicrafts will be well represented by a display in terest this year is ta center around the pottery the different stages from clay to finished article will prove of great interest to the visitors at the lair- mra moyer called the attention of the members to the handicraft special in the fall fair prize list and all were urged to enter this competition a very pleasant tea hour followed provided by the hostesses mrs beer and her mother mrs pap assisted by mm denny cbarles and miss judy beer of midland the october meet ing is to be at the home of mrs d mclaughlin windsor bank robbers pasted this way the georgetown herald wednesday august 27 194 for tough going lanes haulage you call we haul no job too big no job too small american cement for sale phone 5 helen devereaux visiting in the west mr 0 d casey sends this item cupped from the crossfleld alberta chronicle which will be of interest to friends of miss helen devereaux miss pat oasey accompanied by two of her friends misses jean barbour and helen devereaux who are all dieticians in toronto arrived a few days ago to spend their holidays at the farm home of mr and mrs dewey casey we hear that these charming young ladies not only play bridge they would have to at caseys anyhow but they also are mean handlers of the rod and line dewey had them out on the dog pound on sunday and they came home with enough trout for a meal some of you boys bad better look out or they will be taking home the prizes from the forthcoming fish and oame banquet the closest this district wants to be connected with bank robberies was last thursday when gunmen who held up a bank hi windsor are believed to have passed this way 40000 was taken at gunpoint from a downtown windsor branch of the royal bank on friday afternoon and the getaway car a light green 146 mercury coach was found soon afterwards abandoned by the robbers the car had been stolen the previous evening from r c calms of ouelph and bore a li cence plate u2807 stolen from the car ql archie eocles k r 1 glen williams mr bccles believes that the licence plate was taken from his car parked on the 10th line while he was cutting grass in the vicinity of no 15 school late thursday afternoon mr bccles was some distance from his car when he heard a car door slum and looking up he saw a car proceeding down the road curious as to the reason he returned to his car and examined the contents but found everything in order it was cot until the nextday that he noticed the missing plate and he was much surprised on saturday morning to read in the daily paper where it had tirned up mr eccles said the car which had stopped was headed north and it is presumed that it contained the bank robbers who proceeded to ouelph and stole the cairns car there it is re ported that a district man was asked for directions to ouelph by some men in a car on the 9th line about the same tune of day and he may have been talking to the actual criminals gutta percha multiservice tire broad flat tread t sturdy tread members strengthened by adequate supporting bars to prevent concave wearheel- andtoeaction and cupping multl service truck tires provide all the traction you need drop in and see for yoursel scott motor sales phone 161 georgetown your general motors bealer r i hear your cook has rather an amorous dlapotluon yes if she cant get up a flirtation with the mllkmnn she suits mashing the potatoes harnessing another 81000 horsepower for hydro federation of agriculture annual field day professor w d tolton of the ont ario agricultural college ouelph was the special speaker at brookvule hall when a targe crowd attended the nas- sagaweya federation of agriculture annual field day mr tolton stressed the importance of each person taking interest in th- activities oi his own community the speaker also related several stories dealing with the hum orous side of community life at 630 there was a game of baseball between a team of no 7 and 8 players and oorwhin which ended in a tie foot races for the youngster were won by the following girls under 6 mar jory elliott boys under 6 wayne easterbrook teddy britton bruce richardson girls 6 to 8 judy elsley audrey howie bovs 6 tl 8 wayne easterbrook bruce richardson teddy britton girls 8 to 10 katherlne elliott joan archibald boys 8 to 10 martin davenport ralph barber teddy brit tle boys 10 to 12 aubrey richardson kenneth elsley freddie archibald boys 12 to 14 ivan macleod and khryn service the game of horseshoes was won by james simpson and henry mariond runnersup were m macleod and g macleod a tugbfwar i single married men cspmed much amusement the married men were the winners two wqllstoofeed refreshment booths remained busy during the day when dark stopped outdoor ac tivities the crowd gathered in the hall to enjoy a prepared program mr o k davenport as chairman introduced the entertainers wno were all local talent there were solos by via joyce cow- per accompanied by mrs lloyd ctaaw- ford miss jean robertson aocomytn- ted by mrs george robertson miss donna frank accompanied by her sis ter miss jean prank a duet by misses donna mcmillan and donna frank accompanied by mfrse george robert son a seven year old tap dancer miss marilyn haggerty kjxkland lase ac companied by her cousin miss audrey rhlnehart mr archie service thanked mr tolton for his splendid address and mr davenport thanked the tamers dancing to the btoomabuiy i m orchestra with mr gklngaburv as 111 floor manager concluded the evening no garbage pickup monday sept 1st labour day garbage will be called for on the regular thursday pickup mm l arrow taxi provide you with safe comfortable transportation direct to the ex morning afternoon or evening trip 2 cars 2 all passengers fully insured for early reservations phone 454 now m u m people sometime ask us what we are doing about providing more electricity for ontario many know how dose we are now to using up all our present supply since the end of the war hydros peak load demand has increased approximately 500000 horse power or more than 25 of the highest wartime demand and is still mounting what are we doing about h above is a part but only or part of the answer it shows the great power development at stewartville on the madawaska river in eastern ontario which was started many months ago when materials and labor were in even shorter supply than now it will give you 81000 horsepower commencing next year with other hydro developments being rushed to completion an added 500000 horsepower will be available in the next five years in the meanwhile we must all us hydro sparingly so tbevsiiwiu be enough to go around tut the hydroelectric power commission please wrap your garbage several householders have been lax in carrying out this important regulation and are reminded that all garbage must be wrapped unwrapped garbage is difficult to handle by those entrusted with its col lection and leads to unsanitary conditions on streets and at the town dump please cooperate wrap all garbage nk-

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