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the georgetown herald wednesday evening september 24th 1947 burlington georgetown win halton school championships 1 i hamilton olympics take 30- mile rejay new canadian shot put record by finnish star burlington high swept the school closes at the gjtc track and field meet here last saturday when they oared 3ft points to easily win the high school trophy milton and oakville were tied for second place with 7 points each acton had 4 and georgetown 2 x georgetown took the public school championship with 35 points closely followed by burlington with 34 mar vol was third with 2 the track meet was officially op ened at 2 pm by mayorwoseph gibbons who welcomed tlte visiting contestants j the track meet jointly sponsored by the recreational council and the gladstone athletic club brought many toprankn g track and field stars in the nen events with at least one new eoord being set by t solo of the y tys ac who tallied 15 ft 8 inchei in the shot put obrien of west end y scored a fast 102 in the 100 yard open girls of the yfltys ag presented a rhythmic drill as part of the program the tugofwar tropby wem by default to the hamjlfn firemen when a team from the local legion branch did not appear and the visiting team put on a 4mar pull display feature of the meet was the 30- mile international silver relay with five teams entered the trophy pre vtously held by gladstone was won by hamilton olympics who covered 30 miles in d hours and 32 seconds gait a c was second and others en tered were gladstone niagara falls and west end y who finished in that order fastest individual times were scored by scotty rankine and ab morton of gait and walt fedorlc of die olympics it was aj cool day saturday and not as many spectators turned out as might have on a wanner day however the meet broke even flnan dally and sfet a good standard for future events the weather mr editor by the folio ving summary of the past week you will notice a decided drop in tempeature stlu i guess we are fortunate because had it been colder and sundays rain turned snow it would have been equal about 16 inches of snow according to the meteorological tables then we could have imagined we were out west where the reports say roads have already been blocked- era batjdn date max min bain sept 15 74 68 jh sept 16 66 47 sept 17 76 48 sept 18 78 46 sept is 77 62 3t sept 20 6 60 sept 21 79 50 165 average 74 52x7 tot l62 pubtr j ic school hrte 810 75 yd murlel bnstow g 11 4 sec joanne showers b mary rapson b giria ll 12 14v joan bowman b ruth mcnolly g joan dabble o otrii 12 15 high jvnp mabel shepherd g 3 ft iot rum monauy co j tapp cm0 gmu49rbroalmbmp xuzabeth ireland o 13 ft 1 j tapp of ruth menajly g girts u 15 km yd belay burlington oentral 33 sec geo elizabeth ireland ruth mfnaliy joan dobble shirley cmseley georgetown mabel shepherd mlrtm orace dorothy maj uery jane muna fthu13 15 100 yd bxith bowman cb 136 sec joan dobble g mabel shepherd g beys 810 75 yd peter brown b 105 sec robert webster g billy gibbs g boys 1112 100 yd ross mcgul o 11 sec don white g leonard stasja b boys 1- 15 high jump o benner b 4 ft 7vi r garrett b b powless b boys 12 15 broad jump bob cooper b 13 ft 8 continued on inside page hurst murphy wedding at holy cross church in holy cios roman catholic church decorated witto pink and white gladioli on saturday morning september 20th rev fr v j mor gan officiated at the wedding of eli zabeth jessie murphy daughter of mr and mr- james murphy and arthur hurst on of mr and mrs william hurst of weston in the absence of her father who is visiting in england mr robert mulr gave th- b ide in marriage she wore a weddlrjj gown of white satfn with fine mesh skirt train and long nylon veil with lace net headdress she carried a bouquet of red roses maid of honour was her slter miss toots murphy who wore lime green brocaded satin and carried yellow roses her bridesmaid miss june black of brairpton was gowned ii mauve brocaded satin and also car rted yellow ro mr william hurst of weston was his brothers groomsman and mr philip carney escorted the brides attendants mrs william carney was at the wnan and during the service the chcir sang o god of loveliness 8okst was mrs harvey lawr who aang to jesus fteart and panls angellcus a reception was held in toronto at the home of the groom s sister mrs john webb the brides mother received wearing a pink auk jersey with black accessories and pink rose corsage assisting was the grooms mother wearing a flowered dress with black accessories and corsage of pink roses guests attended from toronto guelph brampton and de troit michigan for a honeymoon trio to the unl ted states the bride chose a black frock with pink net black and white accessories and corsage of pink roses the couple will live in georgetown we see this week that ross dillon has joined the staff of barraajers cleaners and dyers that eaton s order office had new coat of paint this week in its attractive colotting of blue and black with suver lettering that mr and mrs william deans and frances have moved a few doors wm the street on charles street to oie house recently vacated by mr and mrs cfttvli olark that lincoln xuto body have a smart advertising stunt for their spray painting in the car which they have painted advertising their busl ness that the gregory theatres in georgetown and acton recently ac quired by odeon theatres will be known as the roqcy after next week both uieatres wll operate six nights weekly instead of four as in the past what council did on monday septenbeb 82 decided to ask electors to vote aft this decembers elections on tho question are you in favour of municipal boa of education sb georgetown elected annually by to people i moved by macbtren and arm strong requested all organizations ustoar the park to leave it in a cleaner condition satisfactory w the town foreman or lyons who brought up the question said that it took the three towr men a day or moss to clean up the park after big days besides their work beforehand hi putting the pork in shape and bo felt that organizations could lend a hand in the cleaning up and as the town the expense moved by thompson and bason instructed the town solicitor to exchange 50 feet mode or less of depth in central park to the rear of property fronting guelph streak owned by the imperial oil company for a right of way off guelph stress into the park hired w j binnle guelph to dig water mains at a price of 60c a jflies at 101 mrs clara eddelstone of 5129 harper avenue chicago 101 years old who claims the title of worlds oldest air pasatnger unpin he might like to be an airliner stewardess if she were justafew years younger 8he is shown here trying on the hat of transcanada air lines stewardess isabel oliver just before taking off fronthe municipal airport chicago for montreal mrs eddelstone made the trip to attend a reception for one great granddaughter and the wedding of another and to an ait the expected birth f a greatgreatgrandchild that a great many town and dis trlct citizens have taken trips west this year most of them going through canada to the coast and returning through the united states i 4 moved by goodlet and eason that acton is interested in pu shlng georgetown into intermediate ball next year because of the lions census which shows george town with a population of 3115 social and personal nephew of fr morgan going to india with jesuits vincent morgan nephew and namesake of rev fr v j morgan who has been visiting in acton with his uncle will soon be leaving for service with the church in india is a scholastic of the jesuit order in toronto and sails aboard the queen mary on october 11th for england continuing hts trip from there he is bound for dalrlling a city of 25 000 in northern india near nepol he will be accotipanled by another scholastic and two jesuit fathers mrs a brooks of westlock al berta visited with her aunt mrs frank cole and other friends during the week miss lucille green of peterbor ough is visiting in town this week with her sister mrs roy barker mrs g w mccallum is visiting in tillsonbiirp this week with her sister mrs vfi lam powe mrs r welch and daughter lynne of claybank saskatchewan are vl siting in town with her parents mr and mrs vance kentaer bud hyde has enrolled as a stu dent at western technical school in toronto this year where he will study to be an electrician mr and mrs- al cameron and chil dren donald and john of peterbor ougb have been visiting in town with her sunn the misses brown charles street mr and mr william deans and miss frances deans have returned from a vacatur at limberlost mua- koka with them were mr and mrs ted beam of toronto mr and mrs g wellington wu son and son fcac have recently mo ved here from their farm near horn by mr wuson has purchased a new house at the corner or union and durham streets mrs harry stockford and her daughter mrs thomas watts of downsyiew have returned from a weeks trip to the states they vtsl ted in chicago illinois with mrs stockford s brothers mr elmer wil loughbv and rtv bertram wlllough by a minister in georgetown some j ears ago at the congregational church thyt also visited in gary indiana with miss mamie stockford who is supennendent of nurses at the methodist hospital there moved by hale and lyons attention water users the wa er service in georgetown will be cut off on sunday september 28th from early morning until 4pm town reservoir is being cleaned or later while the please make arrangements to store sufficient quantities of water for your needs during the day theatre announces new policy odeon theatre of canada oper ators of the gregory theatre an nounce that effective monday sep tember 29th the theatre will operate nights wit a complete change of program evey two days with the shows starting at 7 o clock and i 0 clock in the evening and a mat nee for the children at 2 pm on saturday instead of 3 o clock as in the past the box office will open nightly at 630 and on saturday at ternoon at 130 to commence this new policy the bookings are as follows monday and tuesday ida i uplno and b alda in the man i love- wed nesday and thursday mr district attorney with dennis oteeefe and marguerite chvman friday and saturday little mr jim with lov able butch jenkins in the starring role the programs will also be rounded out with an outstanding group of short subjects the company also announces that improvements have already bean 1 made to the sound and projection equipment in the georgetown the i ter and this will be further impro ved as the materials become avail able it ts expected that the name of the theatre will be changed to roxy in the near f tture this will con 1 form with oter odeon theatres in various towns throughout canada with the fall season starting with in the next few weeks the biggest attractions in local theatre hlstorj will be presented among the early pictures listed is the outstanding comedy succe s the egg and i starring claurtette colbert and fred macmurray that mrs hugh black former district residei who has been vlsl ting with her daughter at plain field since mr blacks death has moved into the house at the comer of church and edith streets former ly occupied by mr a knoepfli mr knoepni has retired from his posi tlon with g en textiles ltd and is living in kitchener wth his daugh ter that st georges church deco rated with flowers fruits and vege tables celebrated harvest thanks giving sunday and the cnurch was well filled with worshippers rev g eakins of milton was guest mini ster that daylight saving time ends ttifa saturday nigbt and clocks should be turned back an hour will ask voters- in december if they are in favour of a one mill grant approximately 1339 to the lorn scots band in 1948 moved by maclaren and eason asked the road committee to in vestigate cutting back the comer of queen and guelph streets in front of harry scott s to eliminate a traf fic hazard exisltlng there asked the hydro to lnstal street continued on back page ht that doraa shoe store located in the premises m the dlgglns bull ding formerly tenanted by the geor getown taxii opened on monday that oho new garage being erec ted on john street by gordon bar ley is progressing nicely and will be an adrhmon to the georgetown bus nes dfcsrict that georgetown wtu be without water service tar most of next sun day while the reservoir at stiver creek is having 1 annual cleanout smith wood wedding at dan forth united church turn your clocks four norval lacrossemen play in allstar match playing with a team of junior sb stars against the ontario- champion ship st catharines team in that cuy on monday were tour members- of the norval arrows the game arranged in order that six of the 3t allstars could be picked to bolstor the ontario cnampfeaaa in their c tern playoff with cornwall to played at verdun quebec st oattfr- arlnes beat fergus in two straight games to win the ontario cham pionship goalie spike scott centre outfk lyons defenceman doug and wing bill laiduvw were narvaa qrepresentatlvex bfc ostusrtues 10 at halftime and the fmsl aoom- was 147 tn their favour reports sr tfcat spike scott was by far the best goalie alkradng only three goals ld bis second period appeara towo- send was credited with an assist bat otherwise the norval boys were oat of the soaring picture new theatre manager m comes here from england with u e fbll fair over and day light saving time t thing ol the on saturday september 6 h in past ills weev nd we can start dig dan forth averjp united ch rch the king in for wter and it really feels reverend bell united in marriage f ke wir icr todaj monda j with a eileen lillian wood daughter of chill wind b owing and top coats mr and mrs harold wood of tor onto and robert j smitl soi of mrs arthur smith of toronto and the late mr smith the bride riven in- jnarriage b her father wore a white velvet gown with long veil aught with a braided halo she carried american beauty gladioli matrc- of honour was mrs bruce mclean and the bride s cou sins misses helen birch and jean untn next apn vardon were bridesmaids all were gowned in atrlcan bea ty velvet and carried white gladioli bouquets four year old judy wilton was flo wer girl govned similarly to the bride mr bruce mclean was groomsman and the ushers were the bride a cou sin john woo and the groom s brother arthrr smith mr taylor ts at the onrn and mr stan bices sang ave maria a the lords prayer jack popy has been appointed manager of the gregory theatre in georgetown and has come here to make his home a native of van couver bc jack has been in eng land since early in 1943 serving du ring the war as a flying officer with 407 squadron of the roaf since his discharge he has been employed with odeon theatre at southamp ton england as soon as r finds living quar ters here he will be joined by his wife the former faith ayllng and their daughter susan kathleen mrs back on sunday i vtm bor m toronto but went i to england with her parents when she was five years old and has since bournemouth hampshire supervisor of odeon theatres in this district is mr keith wuson who manages the capitol theatre in brampton mr wilson has been in town frequent lv during the last few weeks arranging details of policy changes since odeon theatres ac quired the gregorv theatre chain start ng to appear on the streets da light saving tune which has been w h s since april officially ends at 12 01 am on sunday mora ing and clocks should be turned back an hour at thl time wu y iallj catch ur with that extra hour of sleep lost tn april and the few ruralltes who ill protest about fast time can forget theh grouch again the reception was held at the old mill mrs wo receiving wearing long gre jerv gown with blue ac cessorjes and blue rose corsage the groom i mother chose a blue and black ensemble b ack accessories and a similar corsage the couple have taken up residence on queen street in grgetown where the groom is employed wltn electrical indicators led dutch family comes to district from old country newcomers to this district are mr and mrs ane velltnga who arrl ved in quebec city on september 19 after crossing to canada from hoi land mr velmga has accepted a position with howard laldlaw at his farm r r norval accompanying him to his new home here are his wife dirkje and their daughters trelntje age 3 and hutje 6 months the family understands some eng lish but spaojc only their native tongue mrs john harthef and family here from holland friends of mrs john hartllef tb former helen mclean will be in terested to heir of her arrival la canada from holland on saturday september 20th with her husband who died in 1946 just three weeks be fore the end of the war mrs hart llef went to holland fifteen years ago to make her home accompany ing her back to canada were then five children ages 5 to 12 they wero met at montreal by mrs hartuefs mother mrs grace mclean of tor onto and her isters mrs hugh mo- nally of toronto and mrs william hiller of geoetown after vlslttnf tn toronto and georgetown for a few weeks thy will leave for new glasgow nova scotia where thojr intend to make their home mrs hartuef has developed a mar ked dutch aoont during her life bs europe and tfie children though they understand some english speak only dutch they were amased st the quantity and variety of foods obtainable here soap was one of the hardest tmes to obtain m hol land and dutch cleanser had beea used as a substitute on many occa sions this is a twelve page paper