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the herald georgetown ont wednesday january 12th 1949 earned indian runner did early training here r the- death of torn longboat famtfd indian runner really the tay in his youth when he was a resident of steworttovyn- andworj ked as a kopplcker on thqfarm of the late john smith bossoyon- thlj trth line s to wort town residents rool thatll lived- hi the hotel operated py tar brirwer in tho build ina which is now occupied by j sanford and son much of bisitrainirig was done here and it was always a matter of pride that in the days of his fame stewart- town could tlaim some share in his hie following item in mondays globe and mall written by hal walker is reproduced and will bft of interest to older residents who recall him tom longboat pcerlesu indian marathon runner who once blushed to the most boisterous welcome toronto ever accorded on athlete died sunday night in the quiet re moteness of the oshwckan reserva tion at brantford that he loved so well he was 02 years old only tangible reminder of the fame that was his at the turn of the century was the home in which the tall straighthacked onondaga indian died it was the sturdy cement- block house presented by the irish canadian athletic club of toronto which sponsored the drive for nickels dimes and quarters from tom admirers longboats graceful loping strides and amazing durability brought this tall shy man fame such as he riover dreamed of when he was an 18yearold farmer on the six na tions reserve he amassed 17000 as a professional runner accumu lated more medals than he could keep track of he had a cigar named after him he had a fan mall of a clark gsblc he vis to canadians of tho early 1000s what babe ruth was to become to amer icans in the golden era of the 20s theyrcj going to bury the mortal remains of tom longboat this aft ernoon after a service in the onon daga tribal long house but the tnemory of his exploits will live long with another generatjon tom longboat had little but his memories as the twilicht of life ap proached but there was no bitter ness ive had my day no re grets ho once told a newspaper reporter who found the former sports idolsweepitg a street in the service of the toronto streetclean ing department at his death tom had a shock of grey hair and wrin kled countenance but the wrinkles were from hia love of laughter not worry longboat refused to take life seriously he was a yrcat natural runner a rowboned headstrong indian lad who loved to run and hated taking orders he served in i both world wars he was a brigade runner with the 107th battalion served two years in france nar- owly escaping death on several occasions in the laut war he was a member of the veteran guard stationed at a military camp near brantford i in the first great conflict he joined col dick greers sports mens battalion and among those in the same platoon were tim daly maple leaf hockey trainer and reg noble a hockey ureat of yes teryear ouee when the 180th sports mens were assigned to hold a crowd back und allow the 75th battalion to entrain from the un ion station longboat was missing when his platoon was drawn up so well loved was he by the boys of the 73th they kidnapped him and it wasnt until three jays later he was discovered to be in halifax tom longboat came from the ob- acurlty of a farm t the six nations rervt to overnight fame tliat waj back in 1006 when as a 100 to 1 hot h won- the famous a round thebay race at hamilton from then on he was constantly in the headline he won the fewtioa harathea in 1007 long regarded as the world long d latent running clas sic the reception he received in toronto after winning that race waa rfiwayi regarded by longboat jtf the highlight of his career ka newspaper reporter of the day beecrlbed his triumphal return in thia way arriving from buffulo longboat wan welcomed with a volley of cheera then with a onlod jack wrapped around hit boulder and another in ids hand be entered an automobile to head the parade the heros face was wreathed in smile as the p roc as- ion tturued along bands played torches flared and representatives of every sporting association in the city were in the cortege jens of uiousands craned for a view of the great indian murathoner n the city hall t tom made u very brief aijd modest reply to the speeches lodgbot ranker canada in the 1008 olympics and fast when he yufftrvd a sunstroke dftee holding a large lead according to tom planagahwho managed longboat when he- turned professional tom never- lost after ho olympics until ho quit rjinuing seriously around 1910 or 1011 big chief us he was knovvij once ran in an unique con vest in which ho outdistanced a horse and buggy from hotfcrgvllle to cale donia it was 12 miles and horse and buggy got away from him tho first couple of miles but tom caught up and finished in front by about a mile at one time such was longboats popularity that the police commis sioner from toronto stoppled tire less tom from exhibition races whiclifjnished in toronto becaust the traffic blocked the main arter ies flanagan recalled largest crowd over to see the great indian in action was when he won the montreal star marathon entima ted crowd 100000 the races ut remembered were the ones in which the wonderful redskin another nickname which added to the colour and fame of lonnboat raced against the little englishman auic shrubb nobody seems to have an accurate record of how many times they met but it is generally agreed longboat won most often they raced before capacity crowds at hanlans point and in madison square garden fame tom found was just aa fleeting for him as it had been for others his lust attempt at comeback after two successful ones came in 1024 when he asked the amateur athletic union to reinstate him as an amateur so he could race against paavo nurml the fleet finn nothing came of the request longboat said he didnt think nurml could beat me thb he had two unsuccessful business ventures finally he took a job with the toronto btreet cleaning department proud of his bearing tom tried unavailing- ly to catch up with an impostor who represented himself as long boat in order to cadge free drinks in hotels jane gray who had a radio pro gram in which she portrayed prin cess muskeekee recalled last night one of tom longboats sad dest days i was interviewing mr long boat on my program toward the end of it i asked him ifyie would like to say hello to any one he said tie would like to speak to his laughter i tin nit she was about if ears old apparently snmr playmates heard me say thib and nishecl to ill his daughter on the radio she laced across the sti eel into the path of a ear and was instantly it i lied you can imagine how ter- uble i felt about that that was the saddest day in the till years of gladness and sadness m the life of tom longboat we may never see his like again mrs e j moodier died saturday the death occurred on saturday afternoon january illh of mrs e j- goodicr who with her husband had been a rctddont of georgetown for the pflsl fourteen years mxa goodicr had bee irr poor health for fv cbrtbjderable time and the end was tok unexpected she was annie poyno smyth a native of abbeylolj queens county irelond the slaughter 6 thomas and margaret mylh both of whom had been school teachers and was one of thirteen children eight of whom- wore trained as ycachertf she had spent over four years in south africa ns governess in tho household of hon harry hurton minister of finance in tho government of south afrlcu and had frequently met jan smuts there thc came to ottawa in 100b where she was governess to seymour mcdougall grondson of the then receivergeneral she later married edward john goodicr the marriage being per formed by the late archdeacon patersonsmyth rector of st georges church montreal who hnd been mrs goodlers rector at abbeylelx in ireland on mr goodlers retirement from the cnr railroad as station master they moved to georgetown and pur chased the house on guclph street where she died mr and mrs goodicr had looked over many places before they made their choice of georgetown and have been valued citirens living a quiet life but taking a keen inter est in the community they have been particularly de voter members of st georges church ot whose services they were very regular up to the time when mrs goodicr was no longer able to attend the office of burial was conduc ted by archdeacon w g o thompson in st georges church on monday afternoon at 2 30 with choir in attendance and the old hymns as pants the hart for cool ing streams and nearer my god to thee sung the poll bearers were messrs bert fiddler gordon sanderson j e clarke hugh dickie james roe and jnmej godfrey flowers in loving lemembi ance with their symbolism of the resur rection beautified the casket and were received from mr and mrs sid mackonzic st georges wa daughters of the church mr and mrs thos eason the sanderson and fiddler families and pieces from mr goodicr thre men escape injury in building collapie three men all esqucslng town ship employees luid a miraculous escape fro injury oii monduy uf- ternoon while working in the- re pair shop in the rear qf the new township hallat suswarttowpthe men herbert roahier edmoleflfn nhd sam milvhnm were working on iiome of the township road mach inery whohu sixteen foot brick pil lar which supported three heavy hteel girders in lite roof colltrpscd spilling the girders to the floor only minor damage was caused tp machinery the township council way in session at thetimo holding their first session- of the new year luckily the roof of the building held firm and repair work is being completed this week to put the building buck in its original shape grc public meeting to discuss future meeting here forms district firefighters group a movement to form a district association of fire brigades was in augurated in georgetown on mon day when representatives of var ious brigades met in the george town fire hall the meeting was addressed by mr carl caskcy le- gaiadvisor to the ontario fire marshals office and other guests included mr ed mcneely of tho toronto fire department and mr fred mitchell of islington others present come from milton bramp ton orangevljle woodbridge in- glewood and erin the meeting elected horiy sav ings local fire chief as president and david bowman secretary of the georgetown brigade as secre tary a meeting is planned later at woodbridge to choose a full slate the new organization will be valuable in establishing coopera tion between existing fire brigades j which as a group will be able to fake advantage of courses of in struction and exchange information about fire equipment mrs junes lackey thirty yeai resident a resident ti georgetown for thirty years mrs james lackey- died in brampton on december 22 und was hurled in greenwood cemetery here on the diry before christmas formerly elizabeth williamson thc was born in ire land 70 years l ago before moving to georgetown she hnd 1 1 ved in acton where her husband was em ployed with beardmorcs they first lived in town in the house on mcnabb street now occupied by mr ond mrs james itlchnrdson and later on main street north mrs lackey was a member of knox presbyterian church pre deceased by her husband in 1023 her closest surviving relative is a niece mrs murray mcdonold i of acton rev alex calder conducted the funernl service and pallbearers were joseph gibbons alex hume freeman kersey fred thompson w c heynolds and cecil david son celebrating her ninth birthday on monday glorin bain daughter of mr and mrs clarence bain enter tained at a party in her home her hues is included patsy arjd betsy willson mania mack en ic judy mccumber gloria boyd gall mc- gilvray helen muckart agnes nelson barbara alcott and gail thompson iode plans valentine dance special services for week of prayer the week of prayer was obser ved last week in georgetown with special services m all four protes tant churches on monday rev c it cower baptist minister spoke at the united church tues day united church minister rev john m smith was in the pulpit of the baptist church the next evening rev alex j calder pres byterian spoke at st georges church of england and on thurs day archdeacon w g o thomp son anfhcan rector was at knox pi tsb tei tan church the prayer week concluded on friday with a spriiil service in the united chuieh al which a foi nier george town man rev john mcdermid of brampton wa guest spealcer j plans for a valentine dance in february were made at mondays meeting of countess of strathmore chapter iode the chapter will take over the spot vacated two venrs ago by the bon temps club whose dance was always a high light of the winter season a dance committee was appointed com posed of mrs lawrence mcclin- tork miss jean mackenzie mrs waftcr blehn mrs henry rugg miss ellen weedmark mrs- stan grabb and mrs riley brcthour reports were given by mrs ern bntkin on the sending of a christ mas box to the adopted northern school ond by mrs a kershaw on i the sale of christmas cards by the members which had proven very successful it was nomination nignt and i nominations foi the new officers were made the election of officers will be at the next meeting the meeting was held at the home of mrs r- h ireland and hostesses with her were mrs wal lace thompson mrs w c rey nolds ntui miss ann hickey one of the moh important puo- lie meetings to be held in george town tot srrti- time 4s that next thursday january 20tb colled by georgetown xlecreatlonal council in the bid town hull tho meet- ing has been called in order to find out whether tho public wishes a recreational grbup to continue to function and the present executive are seriously considering qhould interest not be forth comings in dla- banding the organization at the present time the giic u without the kerviccsf a recreational dir ector due to the resignation of hal newman which took effect the end of the year winter activities such as hockey liave been suspen ded the grc first wants to as certain whether there is enough public interest to continue and t so requires new recruits on the executive as well as expressions of opinion on hiring a new full or parttime director and whether lome public finance will be made available for salary and other ex penses present at the meeting will be don garvle who is employed by the government as district super visor for community programs in southern ontario he will bring along a few recreational movie and answer questions about the type of program which can be un dertaken in towns everyone men and women in terested in recreation for the young people of town and district l asked and urged to attend mlts rouer1 mccauley dies in brampton minister of education speaks at mayors inaugural dinner township officials honour retiring reeve members of the 104u esqueslng council and township officials gathered at the home of councillor h craig reid last wednesday ev ening for a party in honour of george cleave rejtring reeve of the townshnattd warden of hal- ton county a presentation was made of a smoking stand and re gret expressed at his departure from office those present included george currie george leslie wil frid bird and h craig reid mem bers of the 1048 council treasurer k c lindsay clerktax collector 1 m bennett assessor a w ben ton and road superintendent w e townsend balunafad all those present at the farm forum meeting on monday fav oured cooperative automobile in surance the meeting discussed various typed of insurance for the farmer the group met at the home of mr and mrs frank smith grant wright gave a brief review of the short course which he luid attended at the ontario agricul tural college in guelph a detailed report will be given t u latex meetlng next monday the forum will meet at the home of mr and mrs robert moknery mrs george kiddall who under went a mujor qperutlon in toronto general hospital lust frlduy is re ported as making satisfactory pro- grtwm toward recovery may m joseph gibbons uiaugui at banquet which has become alumst an annual event during the tvlnyors long term of office was held on monday night when mr and mrs gibbons were host to a large gathering in the legion hull present for the oceasion were members of the 1040 council town and hydro employees the five local clergy and representa tives of the press hydro commis sion board of parks management lions club hockey club fire bri gade board of trade recreational council legion and legion wa together with the high and public school principals the town solicitor the llalton county warden esquea- ing reeve and stan hall ontario mp a short council meeting preceded the banquet at which the 1040 council subscribed to the oath of office which was administered by the town clerk charles willsort yjembera of the new council are mayor gibbons reeve jack arm strong deputyreeve james good- let and councillors arthur her bert cecil davidson vem mc cumber noi man hill william mcnally and thos l lyons fol lowing the oath of office arch deacon w g o thompson read a chapter from st pauls kputle to the romans and reminded coun cil members of their duty in transacting town business effic iently and honejtly mayor gibbons suld that he was dispensing with his usual inaugural uddress until the first business meeting which later was set for next monday and that he would appreciate it if members would re- fruln from introducing any con troversial subjects until that ttmr he reminded council that ttteet- lngs td and would start promptly at eight o clock at the legion hall a dehoiouu chicken dinnei was sei ved liy the ladies of the auxiliary reeve jack ai insti ink was toaslmaster and j chairman and called on miss sybil j bennett kc to introduce the guest speaker hon dana porter newly appointed ontario minister of education mr porter who was minister of planning and develop ment when the government was operating an air immigration scheme for th bringing of british tmmlgrantti to ontario gnve an in teresting account of how this was operated at one time as many as 400 people arrived dally und the average time taken for job place ment was three days the red cross and salvation army were extremely helpful in providing hos tel service for the new canadians the present natural population in crease in ontario is 40000 yearly with 00000 being added each year by immigration ontario he said is on the threshold of its greatest development and business should plan to grow with the population- mr porter referred to the first time he 4iad appeared on a public platform as being in georgetown in 1034 when lie made a political speech at the theatre here at a conservative rally following his speech for which deputyreeve james goodie t mov ed a vote of thanks several of those present were called upon by the chairman for a few words mayor gibbons wus the concluding pooker und he reviewed some of the things which mude georgetown such a good town he spoke or he splendid cooperation councils of the past hud received from citizens and said he looked forward tq u greuter and better georgetown us wu march down thaymrs a resident of terra cotta fo most of her life mrs robert mc- cauley died in brampton on thin sdny january 1th born in tullanioi e hi years ago she was tin nurly christina mcdonald she was married fifty years ago to mr mecaulev ho predeceased her five years ago iturviv iiik are two ions and two daughteis john of tei i a cotta donald f denver colorado myi- lle of brampton- and mrs ctinles dukette of north holly wood california rev alex calder conducted the funei al service on saturday from the mecluie funeral home in georgetown pallbearers were wus ley rutledge leslie icam william hunter gordon stringer charles mcnally and thomas hop kins interment was made m glen williams cemetery the weather mr editor with a thei mometer reading of al the sorui june in january la certainly applicable to the weatber for this weekend the w ola weeka weather might be well cal led an assorted mixture we hud foe rain hall slet dimtdj sunshine and plenty of wind all it lacked was a burst of thunder and lillhtnlnjf ern batkin date max mln halu jan 3 26 14 jan s3 t jan 3 40 16 3 jan 6 28 24 hurries jan 7 so s4 jan 8 41 91 jan 8 80 18 average 3671 j087 curl sedore 0year old hon of mr and mm v sedore of norval hau returned home from peel memorlu houpltal brampton where he hus ihmmi quite 111 follow ing un ojwrntlon to remove u rup tured appendix thiw is a tow mt papkh public health nurse speaks to institute the regular monthly meeting of hie georgetown womens institute waa held at the home of mrs ray kcrcher queen street on wed nesday evening january 5th with the president mrs harry bailey in the chulr the noil call soma legislation i would like to seo pas sed was well responded to a new years letter of greeting was read from the provincial pres ident it was decided to purchase a copy of the new institute book fifty yeors of achievement if nnyone wishes to purchase a copy the price is ldo mrs dan livingstone convener of the helping hand committee reported packing and delivorlng eight christmas hampers for the peel and halton home in bramp ton a letter was read from the overseas family recipient of the last parcel sent t the special speaker for the even- nig miss ellen weedmark public health nurse explained the organi sation of the halton public health unit which was interesting to all ami the institute were indeed kniteful for the information that would familiarize them with this important work it was decided to hold a euchre m the arena hose room later this month and mem bers will sell tickets for tills event mrs win t sinclair gave a paper on januarys motto door way to the future mrs walter peck gave the current events and also ran a contest jurfibled words which was won by mss weed- mark delicious refreshments were served by the committee for tha- tnonth mrs dan livingstone mrs frank petch mrs w peck and mrs w g marshall a hearty ote of thanks was moved to all by mrs harold cleave soso club will dkcokate sunday school kooms on wednesday january 8th the 5050 club of the united church held their first meeting ex the new year the members attended the week of prayer service at st georges church and then met at the home of the new msjtldinta mr and mru howard qntlp worth with the secretarytrsnasrerfe mr and mrs graham parneu w joint conveners in his opening address mr wrlgglesworth welcomed old and new members and express to thai hope ior betterment of christian relationship and fellowship liroughout the church and com- tnu an outline of half of the years work was adopted major projects to be undertaken are the decorat ing of two sunday school class rooms and tn p presentation of a concert later lu the year the next meeting will take the form of a skating party att the arena with the balance of the proi gram at the home of mr and mrs nmhntn farrieil idhuuui it- through inurflly