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the georgetown herald wednetdty evening novepjxr 6th 1947 glen fair well patronized will be an annual event at albans ladles guild scored xealtut on saturday afternoon when they sponsored the first nil fair to tie held in olerfwiquuns four weeks ago thefproject was spoken of to fearfuvand trembling manner bat after the success on saturday feel bold enough to state it will be an annual event from now on exhi btta far exceeded expectations ol those who arranged the prise list every class bad an entry and there were ten and twelve entries in some rtnujm the display arranged by the ladles of the united and anglican churches beautiful quttts and needle work made a most attractive show exhibits were lovely m workmen- imp and design m the crochet and embroidery classes and the tables were too small to display their beau ty to beet advantage knitting occu pied a torge space and cakes pies and other eatables were there quantity and were snapped up by eager buyers after the snow three prizes had been provided for crafts sports schedule ends at norval playoffs this week playoffs are in full swing at ner val recreation centre this week with the regular schedule ended in the girls softball and boys soccer league leagues which nave been operating for the past month participants in the games are all pupils at norval public school and the games are sponsored by the norval recreation centre in cooperation with the school- teaching staff the soccer fills in the gap between lacrosse in the summer and hockey in the winter while soltball was introduced to give the girls spare time sport activity which had previously been lacking success of the introduction of or ganlsed recreation among the girls is shown in the interest which was taken in the thrice weekly jpt the bluebirds after getting away to a slow start ended their set strongly to win first place last week they won 9 6 on wednesday and hobbles but the judges found while the other two games were tied it necessary to divide exmbus into two classes and three specials prises were awarded mrs beaumont and mrs gardiner arranged the large school exhibit decorations were an attractive ool- dtsplay plants flowers and winter lection highught of the day was the baby show twelve beautiful babies aad their beaming mothers in that class but alas only six prises to be awarded and the judges had const derabte anxiety before they finally named ftw winners the fair attracted a crowd of about 500 and the interest shown by every one to the village and the surround ing district was encouraging to the sponsors archdeacon woo thompson officially opened the fair judges were namin frtrs w v g mrs s groat knitting etc mrs thos uts vance kentner hobbies children s work lambert plants and flowers walter bigg babies mrs merv klrby beg n and mrs john campbell reg n prize ijbt chocolate cake mrs barry pomp- ton mrs jack kemabead mrs cliff davison light cake compton mrs tom haines mrs e appleyard l miller e l miller robsmrs e bhtdd buna mrs crawford sr date loat mrs s norton apple plejmmer oonpton dav ison lemon pie oompton davison haines butter tart mrs jack gilbert mrs h preston sr mrs herh ton- cock pj chill sauce mrs reg wtuiama mrs tom norton peaches mrs tom norton mm ffm young lace table cloth mildred bason irs- h preston jr mrs v klrby pillow cases klrby compton as thnleck- pipe jo lack of spaee balance of prise uj4 wid be held over until bab goldham dons a lions clink a big success chicago black hawk uniform 1630 are xrayed 18all on monday and 7 all on fri day the two teams are playing threeof five game series for the champlorishlp with games to be pla yed on tuesdays and thursdays final standing l pts cardinals the three soccer teams have been particularly evenly matched and the score has been close in all games iroquois who boast the leagues highest scorer arrde hasell won one game and tied one last week to gain first place and can now alt back and wait for hurons and algonqulns to declare a winner to meet them monday iroquois beat hurons 6 affile hazell and don jarvle getting a trio apiece for the winners with remembrance day service sunday nov 9th juh pjw at the cenotaph if the weather is inclement the service will be held in the united church tuesday nov 11 town siren will blow at 11 00 aiti fbr 2 miutes silence what council did on monday november srd discussed with messrs wut ford and trygve wold the question running a 6 inch water main into the smith and stone plant on king street to service a sprinkler fire ex tinguisher system being installed council had agreed last june to put thls in but since buying the pipe had found that cost ol mstaltatton would be about 4fi00 and funds were not available for it this year the mayor said that the budget would be reviewed to see it funds could be found to put m at least a part of the system presentation to knox crtjroh marking the g of the con of the thnehouse presby- jamle cunnlhgnant3 and hho ter amoto 2 scoring for the losers wed nesday s game was a 4all tie hazell scored three and jarvle one for iro quois and bui hunter three and peter fendley one for algonqulns another tie game on friday was pla yed between hurons and algonqulns jamie cunningham and bui hunter getting a lone score apiece for their teams the soccer playoffs are scheduled for monday wednesday and friday hurons and algonqulns play 2out of three and the winner meets iro quois in a simitar series for the championship fkial standing w t l pts iroquois 3 2 18 htjbon8 1 3 2 s aloonquins 13 2 5 amle haaell topped the soccer scorers with a total of fourteen goals in the six games played bui mitch hunter was second with eleven and jamie cunningham third with nine ooala scored are as follows team initials in brackets amis hasell u 14 bill hunter a 11 jamie cunningham ch 9 don jarvle i b peter fendley a 5 sho teramoto h 3 george orasbv h 8 social and personal tertan church mr s harding price will present knox church with a new sixtray communion set the presentation wilt take place during the evening annrversary service amday november 9th and wfll be reort by alex d hume clerk of knox church session social and personal miss ruth brow has returned home to wayne michigan after spending several months wtth her uncle and aunt mr and mrs a k stain at their farm on the norval road mrs t oreasley of scarborough england hai returned home by plane after spending three months in canada with her soninlaw and daughter mr and mr fred webb of georgetown mr and mrs howard graff have moved into theh newly buot home tn the fines on charles street oc cupying their apartment in the mis ses morrisons home across the street are mr and mrs fred webb and children mktaefand anthony the former a public school pupfl mr webb has been m town since he bought out bafrots bakery earlier this year mrs herb hughes is a patient hi guelph oeneral hospital where she will undergo an operation mr and mra frank choat of tor onto were weekend guests at wild wood with mr and mrs ern batkin mra alex kean left yesterday to visit in flushing new york with mr and mrs george kean mr don barrager has recovered from an attack of pneumonia which hospitalized him tn ghelph general for a week mr h m stewart of wlldwood is recuperating in peel memorial hos pltar brampton after suffering i stroke last friday mr and mrs p u muur of swastika who have been vacationing with mrs w j roe and mr and mrs 6 l miller have returned home wayne mcmenemy son of mr and mrs john mcmenemy is borne again from guelph general hospital where he was recuperating after tonsil operation mrs a e wright has home after spending three weeks in st josephs hospital guelph where she was taking treatment for heart trouble mr and mrs cece hardte and son eugene have moved into a bouse in the olen formerly owned by roland haines and bugene has enrolled at georget high school cece has been commuting from toronto since he and lome peters became the lo cal ford and monarch agents two years ago involved to the greatest mass trade in pro hockey history georgetown s bob goldham has don ned the uniform of the chicago black hawks and will be playing de fence position with the hawks this season announcement of the deaf was made monday night with the news that toronto maple leafs had aoojmreamx bentley and cyril thomas in exchange for goldham oaye stewart gus bodnar bud polle and ernie dickens bob one of hockeys outstanding rearguards has not yet hit his stride oils season a fractured arm kept hfm idle most of last season and tills year he had been getting back his playing form with the pittsburgh hornets before returning to he big leagues his absence from the leaf lineup will take much of the thrill out of tile game for georgetown fans and will add new interest to the vi sits of the black hawks to toronto quiet halloween here kiddies entertained at old town hall umehouse mrs henault of detroit was a vlsl tor with her aunt and uncle mr and mrs mills last week mr and mrs w shelbourne and daughters have moved into their new home recently purchased from mr russell thompson mr thos kennedy has been vlsl ting friends tn the burlington dls trict mr and mrs greenlees and chll dren visited the bentons on sunday mr and mia w wright visited m 8 m wrights on sunday mr and mrs russell thompson risked his parents at laurel on sunday may we extend the sympathy of ttte community to the family and attends of the late john newton who passed away last friday after a short amess also to the remaining members of the moffat family on the very sadden passing of mr ctorlstophar moffat on sunday and to the beenejj on the sudden sad death of the infant son of mr and mrs edgar beeney jr on monday stowarttown miss davies and the school pupils were hosts to the parents at a hal lows en party friday in the school games smgkig and apple bobbing were enjoyed in the costume parade one of the quietest hauoweens m years passed last friday night georgetown with only minor pranks reported here and there only serl ous trouble in the district was al the home of alex grelg on no 1 highway just out of town where two new wooden gates were removed from the premises one gate was later found in the creek near the property but up to the present the other gate has not been located the usual quota of witches ghosts and gobuns made the rounds of the bouses for shellouts and this year fared better with candy peanuts and apples all plentiful a large number of the children joined a pa rade downtown led by some mem bars of the band which ended at the old town hall where a party was gad fay the recreational council and uons club there were prises for the best costumes and at 030 the smaller kiddies were ushered out to make way for the teen towners an nual party and dance at both par ties oranges peanuts and eppta were provided by the gju7 bui doherty won the teen town prise for his excellent msaquerade as one of the opposite sex betty barrow ruby tennant and donald hodge were judged the win ners refreshments were served u everyone were asked by william mcnauy about water service for houses un der construction by mcnauy wood products tn the dayfoot subdivision this entails an expenditure of 1000 and once again council was faced with an unbudgeted expez this will be reviewed along with the smith and stone problem- endorsed churchill crescent as the name for the new street in wartime housing project no 2 the was suggested to council by the le gion branch appointed officers- for the munld pal elections which this year will be held on monday december 8th established a holiday schedule for town employees of one week with pay for those with less than 6 years service and two weeks with pay for those employed more than s set the armistice service for 230 pm at the cenotaph on sunday no vember oth received 15063 the balance of funds of the georgetown war ser vice recognition committee to used to help pay for a new tablet on the cenotaph were told by tax collector k m langdon that he hoped to leave off lev this year with all taxes paid up he reviewed a dosen arrearages water rates and asked if council wished him to take action on them he was instructed to carry out the by law terms and cut off water ser vice to those in arrears mr langdon said progress was be tog made in putting together the towns claim that enlargement of the john street subway was the respon albtllty of the cnr severer elder ly people had been interviewed and affidavits taken which showed the existence of a road there before the railway came through decided to hold a special meeting next monday to discuss a building by law the mobile xray clinic wfalob came to town last wednesday thurs day and friday under the sponsor- ship of the lions dub met wtth a ready response from residents of th georgetown district from the op enkig of the citato on wednesday evening a steady stream of health- minded men and women attended the clinic to have a free chest xray in a campaign to help eradicate tub erculosis from the province the number of attendants was 1990 in cluding many from outlying commu nities the local clinic organised by tha lions club was arranged by a com mittee composed of jack armstrong general survey chairman mayor jo seph gibbons canvass chairman br r t paul clkuc chairman ab tost secondary schools and roy barker publicity a number of canvasser from different local ladfea organi sations made a nousetohouse can vass in town arranging appolntinentm which were ir charge of th secretary mrs trevor williams also contributing to the success of tfa campaign were the ladles of the st john ambulance brigade who sided with secretarial work at the cbnlo technicians who travelled with tb clinlo were jim mcbeynolds and but kennedy of the ontario department of health results of the xrays will be known in about two weeks time and any one whose plate was unsatisfactory will have the opportunity for a re- check when a smeller xray unit comes to town for this purpose sum plates are spoiled in the photogra phing process and others may be un suitable because of dress and suit materials etc worn by the attend ants w 1 m s sectional rally h ashgrove united church remembrance day november 11th never allow busy everyday affairs to dim for a moment the memory i of those who suffered and i sacrificed for us r give generously for your poppy made a 26 day fund grant to the poppy received 88001 from central mortgage and housing for wartime housing rent and s1s30 from the provincial govt as an interim re bate on road expenditures reeve maclaren complained of rtf lee bekig fired in town limits near his property and was advised to re port the matter to the provincial police gets highest marks at guelph music exams sylvia lambert daughter of high school principal j l lambert and mrs lfllmeert had the distinction getting the highest marks of any student trying- the music examlna uons at guelph centre of the toron to conservatory of music last june she received 80 in grade 5 piano on wednesday evening together with other priae winners she appea red in recital at the ymoa audlto hum fc guelph with an attendance of over shots the northern sectional rally of hal- ton presbyterial met in as united church on tuesday ootobcr 28 with mrs w n brownrldge and vicepresident of haxbon presbyter ial presiding reports were received from 1 aux iliaries l evening auxiliary l rflmn- ted group 3 mission circles 1 ooit kj mission bands and 6 baby bands although the sectional rallies had been discontinued during war yean reports show that interest has not lapsed m these groups rather most and greater things bars baen aooosa- pushed and as reports were read onsj could no he surely modi harvest for our master shall be rea ped from this two very fine devotional p tatroduced both morning and after noon sessions acton auxiliary took charge m the morning with mm h caldwell and mrs poole taking part mrs poole based her thoughts on st luke 4 1622 and in her address emphasised that the bbae church and christian enterprise most unite to cope with problems of today and that the heart of christian work was to introduce jesus la all study and work mrs poole dosed this devotional period with a nraoa appreciated solo this is my task the uerrlfie auxluary took al their theme m the afternoon hm garden of life with mrs o b plmdall mrs wilson and mrs mc millan m charge mrs mrar said in referring to the scripture st john 1841 that the garden in which jesus was burted was very beauti ful so m our garden of ufe there t a grave where disappointments d failures lay burled yet we most ihw m the garden and enjoy its beauties which surround this grave mrs fred amswortb mtroduced the speaker for the afternoon mfag delight bjniard eu miss bimard is on furlough from txtdore ndk4 where she has served 19 ye nursing staff there hei gave a dear conception of condi tions as to staff equipment and housing in hospital hi tndore and surrouadmg coun she outlined the plan that was being followed la tile rebuilding of their new building and emphasised the great need far doctors and nurses as well as tea- oners and ministers of the gospel the door is wide open now but la three to five years the opportunity may not he ours miss billiard said two very delightful duets were rendered during the afternoon ses sion mrs howard wrlggleaworba and mrs hector bird sang oh to be like him and god will take care of you was sung by two ladles of the milton evening auxiliary at the noon hour the aahgrot wa served a delicious hot dinner rev fred alnsworth closed tha- meeting with prayer misses dorothy johnson and mar garet dunbar of bora were s visitors with mr and mrs dick bjov dell