Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 13, 1949, p. 7

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p7 mcclure clan one of districts oldest families has reunion 1 celebrating the 120th anniversary of the iettlemeat in south peel by a group of brother from ireland wore than 400 member of the mc clure elan gathered at mueo park xrindala on july 5th for their eighth family reunion which la held every three yearn the re union program included porta in the aftetfnoonr brief addreaaea diny tag the hipper served by- bramp ton weat ladle institute election of officer and dancing the grand march to aupper was led by two kilted pipers fram brampton- officer elected were dr fred lusclure toronto president w l mcclure brampton let vice an drew mcclure woobrldge 2nd vice hyatt mcclure brampton 3rd vice garfield mcclure brampton aeere- tary samuel f meclure bramp ton asst secty craig mcclure toronto treasurer mrs louva mc clure toronto historian and thomas a mcclure brampton asst historian leslie mcclure of swlssvule 01 pa was the guest to travel the greatest distance there were mem bers of the fnroily present from oshawa peterborough brentford stratford grimsby as well as those from the georgetownbrampton olstrlct youngest member on the grounds was four month old jane elltzabeth daughter of mr and mrs andrew mcclure of norval mrs daruls mcclure 85 of toron to widow of a former clan presi dent and mother of the new presl- escape persecution and settled in counties galway and antrim in 1780 john and richard mc clure emigrated to the state and settled in pennsylvania where they established the american branch of the family in 1820 jama me- tture or lower jamie a he was known came to canada and settled at churehvllle near brampton a few year later thomas and his fa mily made the thsee month trip by sailing ship thomas dlevl on the night of his arrival at churehvllle arid hi was the first burial in streetsvllle cemetery cmhwharri and glen lead softball jjtm cheltnham concrete beat the glen on monday night in a 4polnt game played in the glen before a crowd of over 200 fans to win a 1st place tie for the mena softball league leadership a previous game which cheltenham had won wis ruled out due to using ineligible players and the teams decided to play a double point game rather than replaying the first the block- men have won three straight games since the new july schedule was drawn up beating alliance 1715 and legion 53 in the double head- der in the park on monday legion and meadowglen ployed an 8all tie and norval beat alliance 62 dent was the oldest member presj ent also present was mrs m mc- 1 clure a dutch war bride from njmcgcn holland the mcclure history establishes i that the family wos originally nam- i ed lure and emigrated to the isle of man lnahe13th century a j lure sailed northward to scotland and marired a bcotch girl and their first son was called maclure later changed to mcclure following the civil waringrcat britain the fam- ilj fled from scotland to ireland to in t othe two games ut uie new scrip glen won 110 from lions and alliance defeated smith stone 52 team standings arc w l t pts cheltenham 7 1 0 14 glen 7 2 0 14 legion 3 3 1 7 norval 3 3 0 6 alliance 2 4 1 5 lionb 2 5 1 5 s s 2 5 04 meadow klen 14 1 3 social and personal mrs paul barber spent last week at horseshoe island muskoka mis dlanne cameron enjoyed a trip to chicago illinois with friends last week mr r j williams and gwep of glen william are visiting in mon treal this week l mr and mrs jame e keary of toronto spent the weekend in town with mr- and mrs leslie m clark rev and mr r c todd and tommy of niagara fall visited for a few day last week with mr and ysr- graham farnell while their daughter colleen wa a guest with carol banham carol returned with them to niagara falls where her parents mr and mr clarence benham will go for her this week end mr and mrs howard stratford spent the rweeke town wltb mi and uri broomhead t miss mabel chave was vacation ing last week from her position as supervisor of the bell telephone office she spent the week in orluia and bala ijmts james goodlet and children brianvjimmyand david have left to spend the summer months- at their cottage at glcnwood beach lake simcoe mrs j w souther of vancouver b c is visiting with her son yond daughterinlaw mr and mrs bob souther at their new home near wudwood mr and mrs cecil davidson were mt kenneth langdon kenneth jr bvd brian have left to spend fhe rummer at their cottage at wspaga beach piano pupils of mrs j l self norval x who successfully passed their recent music exanv in guelpb include grade 6 elaine laird grade 9 ellen palmer hon pearl louth honi fihella car ney grade 2 harold brain lfct class hon shirley forbes ben grade i thomas hunter hon carol hunter bpn tpmmy lee leslie hon j gordon brain hon shirley fcndley recent guests at valleyvlew cab ins huntsville operated by mr and mrs wilfrid hunter included mr and mrs albert tennant mr and mrs- hugn derricks and suz anne mr and mrs noel reynolds ond vivian and recent newlywed mr and mrs d van fleet of acton at the recent examinations held at the royal i conservatory of music the following pupils of miss helen blackburn atcm were successful grade 7 betty king 1st class holidaying last week at the erncb- hon jane milne hon grade 6 ilime hotel juddhaven muskoka joan bradley hon grade 4 mr and mrs ken richardion and jimmy and mi walter richardson and daughters patsy ond jud crt vacationing lat uue i m the georgetown herald wodneeday july 13th 1949 da wrajders near eftffof bernlee wilson hit janice baker 1st class hon phyl i r opn a i 1 qrxavrkllf 17 lis barker hon palsy wlllaoa 31iiwxa attfufine hort marilyn bell hon eileen pruat hon grade 3 eleanor scherik 1st class hon mary bar ber marie armstrong grade 2 betsy wuison hon grade 2 theory betty king 1st das hon jane milne hon grade 1 theory joan bradley hon lt v wanted yeunc women sea men to ilsrvettlei peaehe flea pear anplesv- grapes tewalaes and ether mil frolt ana vegetable accommodation in farm ser vice force camps august 15th to nov 15th campers must bring blankets sheets and pillow cases for further information write ontario farm service force 0 richmond sit e toronto 1 ontario auspices dom prov farm labour committee six games remain in the regular intermediate baseball schedule and the georgetown jlolders have giv en a good account of themselves to dale and are a constantly improv ing team they have won seven and lost seven the last win being last night when they played a post poned game in milton i and woskc 64 remaining games in the schedule are july 13 waterd6wn at georgetown july 18mlltqp at georgetown july 20 georgetown at acton july 23 georgetown etwat july 27 georgetown at fergus july 30 milton at georgetown e tom goodlet off to calgary 8tampede a local man joined the special train which left toronto last week for the calgary stampede in the person of tom goodlet mr goodlet travelled west on the train which was arranged by mayor mo callum of toronto as a goodwill gesture to the city of calgary and os a return visit after the cal gary invasion of toronto last year for the dominion tfpotbeu linals v georgetown shock absorber sevice distributing agents for cledraulic and gabriel stabilizers rubbers coil springs and king pins ford shocks large knees etc if its shqcks you want we have them phone s09w king st georgetown mrs fred chapman fred jr i and jill arc spending the summer i tt their cottage at victoria har bour mrs jack cotton and son david have left to spend the summer at tent cil big ba point lake simcoe mrs rou duncan joanne and kuss jr are wtiutioiunu at their unimtr cottaye at georgian beach near mtaford raiekv now playing scott of the antarctic georgetown technicolor john mills diana churchill friday saturday july 15 16 matinee saturday 2pm zslbrflt milmikm mm mil jjnjujt u win gdi knur monday tuesday july 18 19 edward ioavid butler ronald jack m reagan carsonarnold wayne morris natolpltmcal virginia rud patricia nbal jerry walo tir jmzzszzzxz plus selected short subjects air and mrs rt scott and fim- il bijtnt jat week at their summer cdttagu at uarnllia park iake simcol mi si jtct- hill tnd mr gordon millar of torunto ucrt tht kuutta j of mis margaret sargent oti the wttkliui miss ailteri and master ooukkis ditchfilld of windsor are visiting in low n with tlieir grandmother mr- a sarficnt- rtv ind mrs c c cochrane i and i uml of wm mount quebec win visiting frn nds in town one d i i tst vvtek mr and mrs m cameron anvl ons donald and john of ptter- borough wire in town for a few j das this wlek en route to jcin- jlimimt thu iwllspfndi tht ir v nation mr crtivr ulumn was in town lal wltk visiting with relatives i itis msler who is visiting from i lvmljin rtturnid to windsor with 1 him 1 g til ijraisb diughter of mr and mrs william uraiibj is spend ing two weeks in littk britain v isiting with her cousins helen and jimmynxuul mr and mr aithur krture and iiightti lois f chi ago mrs i- red iieurt icrgii and mrs harry elliott and nittt doris of eramosa visit d mrs c ireuit one day last wet k mr and mrs kt ilh uirbtr and mtirj havt n tumid frim a visit in t ssi x with mr and mrs howard m clarke marv r miined in wind sor w ihil she will viit with her grandpa rents visiting with her parents mr and mrs giore h lishe at their farm near georg town are mrs george chapman anil dn lighter pat of sudbury miss doroth harris of the tor- mto sick childrens hospital nu ra ng staff is a guest this week at wildwood with mr and mrs ern iiatkin mr and mr ftg broomhead and glenn spent the weekend in wel- land where they visited with mr and mrs ed darb mr and mrs james linton and daughter frances hnve returned i rom a two week vacation which they spent at bcnumaruj muskoka mr and mrs harojd blcklc of oshawa were visitors in town yesterday with mr and mrs leslie tills i mrs leonard bell dennis brcn- da and ellen are spending the- sum mer at their cottage at 8 mile point lake simcoe mr and mrs fred mcnahy r vacationing this week at port cart ing mrs bruce mickenxje and ton paul are holidaying at turkey point lake simcoe mrs walter blehn carolyn and ellen are pending month at id verhuron beach where aa their guest thla week they have mr william ucnally and david the black horse do you know advisory panel ttd beevj louis bourdon richard penningtom untvamty librarian mtgill umi ty gregory clark diiingu hd the population j of canadas 10th province rs 35 in the dominion of canada is 321171 w the population of newfoundland tenth province do you know that newfoundland was dis covered by john cabot on june 24 1497 and was formally occupied on behalf of great britain in august 1583 by sir humphrey gflbert sk do you know that approximately onethird oft its area of 42734 square miles is covered by water the capital of newfoundland is st johns a city of 56709 inhabitants over 940 saw mills are in operation 206 factories pack salmon with a total pack of some 6600 cases and 220 factories pack lobster with a total pack of some 6300 cases seql fishery codfish packing whale fishery are also engaged in large beds of iron oreare being developed and exten sive deposits of zinc and lead ore are being cultivated in 1947 a total of 396998 tons of standard newsprint was exported there ore 1 6 hydroelectric plants with 237471 horsepower developed in 1948 do you know any interetting and unutual facts our advisory panel will pay 25 for any authenticated readert tubmistiont if they are utable all letters become our property write black horn brewery station l montreal pq bluukcrc ghsowse t v rsvsm ryr ma jflff

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