The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

the georgetown herald georgetown ont wednesday february 2nd 1949 skating follies pleases full house atfarena with 1000 rcservod boats sold in advance anil the rush scats well tilled the skating follies picsented by georgetown girl pipe bund last friday was an outstanding success it wasjthe moot elaborate cnrnlvklt ever seen in soorgelown featuring green tainted cc a spccuil dresi- lng room bulll on the- ice al the far end of the arena decorations spot lights and nil the elements df a professional how the talent too measured up to expectations with perhaps the outstanding act being tho team of elizabeth lcleu and dervvyn potts champion adagio team of the hamilton skating club other stars were little toby kecler who appeared with master jim wuson and later on as a solo star marlon wilson and norman falk- ncr the latter a oncmoggcd skater who performed amazing feats on hi one log all from the univer sity skating club of toronto and barbara jacques stiver medallist of hamilton master charles sncll- lng of the granite club alio had i solo appearance and the unlvor- slty dance court composed of twelve couples rounded out a well balanced show a comedy skit by two of the male member of the cast was a showtopper the lome scots band played the overtures and some of the accom- panlmerts and during the finale the band girls paraded on the ice and formed a background for the ensemble riley brethouf was masterofcercmonies providing a rapidfire round of comedy as he introduced the vanous numbers after the performance the toctal committee of the band entertained in the rose room for the visitors mr editor tiiu weekend weather could cer tainly be called lovely and bright even if it was cold last week i rcjid the following li thomas richard hehrys column wuybo the weatherman is going to pay attention to the last paragraph ern batkln ontarjo- people are becoming a little fed un with their jnlld wlpter one person says a little bit of snow would stop the germs from being blown around former say the crops are being ruined many arc worrying for fear the cold weather will come in the spring it always does anyway kid are complaining about the dlnrth of siding and skating if its all right with the wenthor- man we think most people arc quite willing to endure o some winter weather now knox presbyterian church holds annual meeting the annual congregational meet ing of knox prisbjtenan church was hold on monday night prece ded by supper served by the church jadies rev alej j calder waj chairman for a business meeting at which encouraging icports of the church societies were prescntod- durmg the year well over 7000 was raised in the various depart ments of the church and extensive redecorating and alterations made in the church basement william mcdonald v as elected to the board of miniicis and george hendeibon and james kennedy le elected all foi thiee ear terms other members of the board are w g marshall it ii inland wil ham cromar robcit alexander edward mcwhiitcr mil ilodgen barnes mr mtwhnttr i oleeted is a trustee otl i tjeinj htibett cleave mil le ii line the kirk sission it the chuiih is i ninpo id of h ii louhs 1 hum is anderson william cumin iilvviid mewhlr- tel sun h in mi sun mukinle herbeit li ivt i i b ii siniliu f i 1 in inpsiin 1 vli hum renchers fair directors met draft school prize list for georgetown fair the weather date max mln snow jan 24 30 22 jan 25 23 10 v jnn 20 18 10 2 jan 27 3g 14 flurries jnn 28 38 18 jan 20 19 10 jan 30 16 2 average 20 b 12 os 5 town oldest resident george charters dies lions will help to organize credit valley conservation authority as tijri hopetqs u the organisation of u credit vulldy conservation authority the iiodm club along with tht- credit valley uona will sponsor a dinner thb spring to wlilch ihc heads of all municipali ties affected wllj bo invltod mn ajeic matlaren lb in charge of urrangemenu br uip clhiiw out lined tho pluti at the ll6nn dbruyer meeting last nlghj ht the mcoibbon honiic lmer writfht o tlo credit clug was a gutst and paid his- club wai interested not only in flood control butulai in beautifying the ritcr which hay become polluted at various painty mr mudaroit pointed out that the farm land alone the river s jjnidually beco ra in j unworkable and that feeder itrunms which once ran all your lound are now dried up completely in the mimmer months crenjion of an authority would deal with uice probltmi and eclc solutions a dance committee composed of jack armtronu dick llcata ray whimee and walter blehn iu ai- lanninfi the nnaual st patricks dance in marth ladlcu night was planned for next month with jack armstrong bruce mackcrraie cecil davidson and ray whltmee in charge of arrangements iho community betterment com mittee with alex maclurcn an chairman plans to hold a npeclal ninm at the first march meeting at which club members are invited to bring any sukjifstions or ques tions on municipal affairs mr maclarcn hopes that this will be the start of a movement to waken i atlpacrs from their inertia in board of education picks harrison treasurer evans secretary i h harrison w appolnted treasure uild jamesif klvais sec retary of georgetown board of ed- ucatlon ut a special board meet ing last wednesday pt the public school the positions curry salar ies of350 und s2a0 roipcctlvely committees -tor- the year were named b iollows property and sunply kdwln wilson ktfey brfc- thejr finance tr j b mil ho syd orr high tchoo district john hell mrs ikirry watklns tiio irealurei wus instructed to open a public school account im thy bank of commerce ind a high school accbunt in the royal bank a let ter from the town clerk asked that the budget be submitted by fobru ary 15th in order to facilitate the striking of the town tax rate chairman walter blehn ttntjd that john bingham chairman of the 1040 high school board had con sentcd to prepare n brief on the background of the high school ditrict and a special meeting uould be called when this was lend the board is advertising for an attendance officer at a yearly ialary of 200 i a lii association kilty brethour was the mystery speaker giving a short talk on the dany business he also collabora ted in an imusmg skit vith john ounnine nnd ilaiold hutchinson iwi whltmee itpoited on a visit paid to the hamilton lions club iclcntl b himself ait seott hai- uld mcclure and h iruld hutchin son municipal affairs and ants club georgetown e oldest tesidcnt inember aftei this meeting to hold george m charter died at his meeting in i eir homes and if home on academy road on mon- successful to eventually form i rate diy january 20th in poor health fur the past ear he suffered a fall on the ice in midjanuary from which he never fully recovered mr charter was born dj years ago in norfolk county ne the village of hartford he wa the ton of the late david and janet char- tcr- pioneer scottish settlers hi father holding the crown deed to the farm where he was bom mr cnarterj farmed until hit rcliitinent thht vtirs ngo at which time he moved to georgetown as a young man lie was t membci of the nor- fulk regiment in which he rose to the rank of captain he was a member of the baptist church and a st mnch conservative in politicj in later ears he had made a hobby of aidciung ind his gladioli gar den was one of the beaut spots in the seetio of the town where lie in ide ins home in 1hm mr chaiteis married m ii lliyabt hi glenn who sur- wl ih u i the list urn uiung inembti of i f of eight 1e c h ciowi i ondutted the in i at ci v it t from his ho il on u e lncal i w 111 inti i nn ut l illow me in g i tern ood tinuluy fit or- i tow n i a 11 in ii i s i 1 1 gt oi gt i iwu tt cioir in 1 ishi i m l i ti ihh n 1 in uolo 1 l lot nut i nk st idoii norval district farmer succumbs to heart attack ashgrove wtll now vtll the beir st e his shadow on k cdntsd iv i thru irv 1 we hope o s wt w ml six mire weeks of winter i hi davs aie utttinj inriltr and tin old gcls stiongt don t foijtt t put out iimk tidbits foi ihi liids these oltl da s mr lhniius htowfiiulge uii ntieii the inei tmj is i diiittm of the mini hitideis assonition lit id in ih ko i hottj in loiorito on lind i mis i ltd rn h swti tl i wt i k t nil w itn mi j is c ii in inl d tin hi i ioph 1 hut h i ith l t churles burton norval district faimcr died suddenly aftei a heart attack which he suffered at his home on the frth lin west on frl- da january 28th a ion of the late charles and eliza jane burton he was born at meadowv ale 60 years ago he is sur ivcd bv his wife for meilv florence d llvett three ehildien eleanor at home mrs he i hert kinslc of br impton and at thur of norval and six j rand- ehildien he also leaves four bro thei s sam of norvol james of churchv illo thomas of vancouver bc and robi rt of portland ore gon ktv i 1 maxwell of noival c onductt tl the funeral scrv ice on monti i from the home of the bi impton tuncral service with n rrmrrv following in hillcrest cemetei v norv il iallbearcrs wtie howaitfmnv fail hyatt riioinis mtmurt h i i ou ii ti d brown blown fair board shows 340 deficit although bestfair on record annual mekting tittjdov nokvai ijnitk1 h h at a recent ruclloi tit ibejiome of mr und mri hamllvoo mc- ijmitihlln ottutrs of norval united cliurth s s ucrc olipmsn for tlit coming year it viku learned wrtli roiirct hat n t loldlow rfiiway school iuporintenddnt for the pist ten years wus givrpg up hll office mrs wllbert cleave sue- iceds him in ttie iiouioji with w p tildlnw and earf wlltpn lis ass ociate uipcrliitndcnt john hunter 11 iccretary with georfl srhltli 11 a iltnnt gordon criham k trea urer and gordon laidlaw a distant teachers in the sunday school are mr hamilton mclaughlin mr n t laidlaw marjoric cas- cadden mr h g lyons mrs p j dunlop e c reed and lt col a l noble associate teachers aire mary carney marion pomeroy mrs m guy wilson mrs hartley cameron william laidlaw and mrs s spncer in charge of various department or cradle noil mrs mac alexan der mlsiions mrs h mclaughlin temperance h g lyons pianists marion pomcroj mary carney lluih wilson lantern operators george smith donald cleave jul ian rtccd william hunter president john bird exprrmmo tluuiks for cooperation xa ro turned as chairman for 1949 wellington and lctei mssagahua towvsiiip sks f x iiouvty i ik ii i hi s ut hie mi 11 mini 11 tin r 1 1 i 11 1 i c in in r in illklt 11 11 i 1 usolutlon vis passed at the n 1 k im i council nultiuj tin i 11 11 i 1st iskini hiltun conn ir 1 uithoiii pininint of 1 lumiiitv mi foi s liilltd 111 tlu iniin- l 1 fiutl 11 di 1 11 1011 took plate i ti iinttniuil r unliin planned 1 1 tl 1 iiinni 1 uiiikillor i h 1 11 11 1 iiiiiiini in or 1 nun a a i ut 111 ihui e of 1 i i s noi 1 1 11 ii it itllll s iiuliiiliil pi j mrg charles parton is the new president of lerjon ladies auxiliary mi charles parton was elected piisidcnt of the ladles auxiliary of bianch 1ju canadian legion when the annual meeting was held 1 lcliitly she succeeds mrs j j kcmsliead who has been president for the past four years i nt new officer arc president mrs charles parton pist president mrs j j kcmsluad 1st vice presi dent mrs pcrc ch iplin 2nd vice president mrs alf collins sccrc- lar mrs trcd mccartney treas- ire r mrs thomas grieve standard lioirer mrs william hewitt social nuiicrs mrs stan allen mrs nouiun lnckhurst sick visitor mi ind hinsbv bingo conven- 1- mrs m lnvvr mrs jame in ivenww nropcrtv mrs j j ikcinslicjd pianist mrs mary mor- 10 c aftei the ileclioi of officers lurnli u is servid by the commit- lyons heads new public works committee m ill ii i i 1 ill ho i ml i i of 1 tn ill 111 plan fi 1 1 ho 1 1iid cecil ct mil i sell mondi 1 llllt of tin i quesin di ti let ten 11 in t 1 lull i 111 1lii il us u lu 1 dn i toi s i 11 sh h v uid t foi cl 1 mil r lit 1 ml lean 1 di 11 1011 on xti 11 ive u vi 1011j pi ii lit iliawu d 1 h nun 111 of tin icted is meeting 11k mcciblii 11 iloti huddell hd 111 1 school uoik ud wert in nh in tli wri it swtn tli st hool st t tn 11 ch ill man v mrs j lines i lv 111 who silent some time in tie uahumih t i 1 1 1 her husband whllt he was stationed there as an air force officer spoke on her impic 11011 of thit country as an added feature of the meeting those attending the dinner were mr and mrs perc cleave miss it plereey ml s ismey kcan mrs j dwyei miss nellie jardine mrs edna tapp mrs n r gardiner miss ueatilee hume mrs e beau mont miss nora kranst7 miss mil dred eason miss jean huddell miss gladyi mecrae mls3 shirley dodds miss mnrjorlc gault miss charlotte mccullough mr howard wrlgglosworth mr john bird and mr garfield mcgllvroy or rii in 11 ii d m uk ki i in iimi uosmnf ml mi i tin ii ill id 1 ollt t hon of s t li 1 1 1 i d 1ii1 1 h 1 i d i 11 1 mi 11 ii 1 i i i itlv d ith mill it l i hi bt t 1 ti 1 i ii ill u ife into the tilt mrs nletil mlnivuii albeit st hod us guests ut her homo lust fri day mikii kluubuth leleu mrs bartuird mi deiwyn i mr robert potts of iliniillton ont mr dcrwyn potts und miss kllaibeui laluu wore uuest ihirformers tie famous adagio team at the skat- i wus served by mrs llllltlt tl tn st ii si t h i ho kt i it t holiltl hll 1 tl ilitl in lit ill t lit i h itl hip and c t iiijui 11 at t 1 t din to poln t tin kltlllttl l 1111 i till sltll of i tl till lilt u i til ii f i tl fllllc ii it k foi dim t inn ft 1 1 it w 1 ompli tt v j 1 t k with both ft out anil 1e11 t litis sm 1 hed 111 mi iioj- kei said he saw tin tialn coming aiitl turned off ins ignition mil ap- iilietl the brakes but ikidtlctl on the ley 1 oatl on then way to mar kct it was the first time in many weeks that they hud not taken their children with them mr hosker li a brothei of mr percy olney of geoigelown acton beaten again fergus victims too as raiders top league chick link rouum dihuusskb iarm irobuce makkettng ingfnlllx in mi afn mondays meetlng of the check line paim korum the first in u new series of broadcasts dealing with the marketing of farm pro duce wus held at the home of mr and mrs newton ituddell the sub ject gave ilse to a lively discussion and while lt was generally ugredd that some organljitlou was most tlesllable and neeessaiy to meet pieient duy conditions then wus n dlveiulty of opinion 1111 to how bent to attain the deslied und lunch ituddell und i luir erfhntaai iht kuiltl lumtiitt tin 11 sen tilth wm list nmht uhtn the luck- j its 1 pi gii i in lit wcu tin 111 lin il tin lot il link it took 1 11 1- 11 only lhnt si 1 out to imtl the 11 1 11 r 1 ui t if tin i t 11 11 net i iltt t 11 si t imtl i itci c unit took 1 int tlici 111 s fiom stiiu mil mux llllitlbui to scon hi ttoutl ioul liiju wen hemmtd 111 their own t nil most of the game ami from the lining chances ualtltis had theie should have btm a lot more goals ttnetl hobson in gtnl foi leigus had a busy night and was instru mental in keeping the score down currle storev und m ilrudbury were georgetown s best georgetown levei goul ptit- terson nlish oefence storey cur rle m bradbury forwards mar tin d ileiiumnnt keiiriheiid cliai- tel jr beaumont l bradbury melunson kergifs hobson goal r tiller mephall defence mason brown stewart forwards hlddull dixon iaiidonl- g montgomeiy a munt- omery heferees hex malluitl geiaitl first period lujinjivtown currle m lliudhuiy stoiey gem getowu currle storey m ilrudbury rrguaq montgomery cord 50 103 12 40 nil 1 luw 11 storey inrit ltnilt ttwnt st 1 11ml it rlotl in i 1 tow 11 1 lit iiunont c liipltll ct 11 m lol 11 m hi ailliiu stint i 1 1 gu ml on bi ow 11 1 ct ut low 11 melunson 1st nishtvutl ct 01 gt town currie sttnt 1 ivniltj a montgomery third period cetn getown pattei oiv stoiej montgomery 1 eigu a puller tergus g i llllll montgomery 17 is ii jl 11 11 ib 25 1 4 so ii is aftei a seoieless first period in acton last thursdny tho tunneru uutlhetl one in the second which provetl to be their only goal in a il i drubbing by georgetown iluld- eis fountl 11 gieut difference in leu conditions but it didnt stop them fiom ipluylng good fust hockey tunnels tiled the old rough luetics when they fnund they couldnt stunt the lenlfle puce only to be peruillud time ufler time to fur ther lessen tllolr chuncos dolly iliniuiiiont cliappel und nash were outstanding for georgetown sv in toinmit ci his bctn tica t i on iliiiil mn c ollncil this 1 i 1 mi 1 public oiks tt i i li 1 i m lis is t h nun n and il i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 w ith ni 111 itters 1 i t i i llllll lit u st u i 1 i t s s 1 i 1 t li i it i in tiom is the 1 1 ii 1 h 111 in 111 u hilt 1 in 1 ill 1 tt 1ii1 1111 mi n ill 0 t i uik liiij 1 1 t nil 1 o hum i 1 1 i 1 lu 11 in ill fi mil i lint s i ii 1 lit 1 h i it t nillet is i111i11 lid i nil in 1 ml d imtl- i ii i 11 i ill ii lli it 1 nil in iii 1 il p ii 1 mil tt 1 1 winks t 1111 ntti t t 111 mi c imbt 1 hi 1 11 11 i hlltltlllli mil 1 oih 1 t i mil nt 111 in hill vi it 11 ill in 1 1 hi 1 nivlt t tonniiiut 1 111 t n nut i in 11 1 h 111 111 in 11 e i in 1 1 it t v1111 tioni davidson cooillit mt cumber tt ilt 1 wink n 1 in heibert hill i mills ho ills mtnill hill ilcrbtrt i instrong 1 hlll hid ptilltt dlmllmlll vim tiling coodlet hu ithnis mil pi opt 1 1 mecum in 1 i von mtnilly vt tt iins fliii hill heiheit i id on intlustiial gtiotllet mi cumber mtnilly publli woiks lyon j hill mt cumber the annual meeting of the e- queijing agricultural society was held on yaturiay artenoon in the munlcljwl lhlliding while the qeorgetawo ur enjoyed the best itcar in uid hljjtdry of the society it was unfortunate that a deficit bf 34000 bad to be shown ou the years business this deficit was due lria largo extent to the large exhibit brought out und the outstanding prle list of over 52100 00 paid this along with a few improvements to pens and the much higher operatruf costs of last years show left the balance on tho wrong side of the ledger however the deficit will be no bar to the enthusiasm of the directors for 1049 nnd they are planning to make this show even better if this is possible in his address president john bird expressed his thanks for the excellent cooperation he had re ceived during the past year from the directors including the ladles he cited many of the improve ments made during the year and expressed the hope that some of the suggestions made in his address could be dealt with this year the directors accepted with re- fret the resignation of mr and mrs b h ireland from the board due to mr ireland lqoving shortly to become manngcr of the brantford branch of the bank of commerce president bird wos reelected as were the secretary and treasurer 1049 officers and directors are as follows president john m bird 1st vice pros harding price 2nd vice pros nelson a rob inson t secretary garfield mcgtlvray treasurer p w cleave directors k c mcmillan t j brownndre james fisher gray- don chester w a chapman wm cromar john mcnabb frank petch spencer wilson f o hun ter n h brown howard wrig- klesworth tlobcrt miller craig heitl clarence spence the name of g w mclintock vvas added to the list of honorary directors associate directors are douglas currie charles hunter nell van vliet w alcxnndcr donald llnd- si gordon price ted leslie george wilson john mcclure tre vor williams howson ituddell plovd brirden ted brown lntlv directors president miss charlotte mccullough 1st vice president mrs j ellerby sccretry- trc isurer miss marjorle gault dir ectors mrs r petch mrs herb ci ive mrs g chester mrs j h huntci mrs ward brownrldge miss doris harding mrs t golden mrs s wilson mrs g mcgilvray mis i su nnd mrs t william son mrs n liobmson associate tlllt tors miss tihl ituddell miss ilni 1 stnll miss mirlon currle mi s itssie wmkfieltl mis ii e b itkm tlu tint 1 tors sit the 19 ii fair liti is sipltinher lfith and 17th hi h i ilt s ippomtt tf to attend the ont 11 lo convention of itii iiltuntl sot 1 tits in tin km rdvvirtl hotel initii to vt 1 mi t i lltihv the pi 1 1 tut ml it t prcsitlt nt and lit 1 mt 1 i p tthittlntk ripiiltural rop- n tntitiw foi hilton wis present md i iv t 1 vti thouilit provoking nltli t ss on the etoiiomics situation iffittinj ijrii ulture totlav norval guide news llrviehouse a speciul meeting of the women s association of llmehouse presby terian church wus held ut the homo of miss ivcns on saturday evening for the purpose of choosing u play mr und mrs geary attended the sheudunlevey wedding in st chads church toronto on sutur duy mrs h norton spent the week end in toronto mr und mrs e wilson und teddy will be missed from our mtihit hav ing leeently moved to toronto mr jus noble is progressing fav- ourubly ut home following un oper- iitlon for llornlu in toronto on wednesday of last week et ntributeti 1 the editor hns promised us a tin nt 1 in the hernld now nnd thou to report on activities of the norval gil guides o here goes for our first column thanks to mrs murray laird we now have a nice cozy meeting place her spacious living room with its soft enrpet mukes us feel like celebrities for those who are not aware guides are pioneers in their own waj and chairs are def initely taboo we sit when we find time on the hard hard floor nnd sometimes we wish hardwood had never been found due to exams at milton high latin we believe ond tho stormy weather turnout ot the last meet ing wasnt too good so semaphore wus laid aside for next week the impojrtunt subiect or how to make money was discussed and were full of new and interesting ideas just wutch and wait youll be surprised we were the time soon slips by at meat- rngs so please everyone try to be on time remember an early start will accomplish a lot l