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the georgetown v 7 the georgetown herald wednesday oct 1 9 1 949 sw horvai plowman jim eccles international grahp winner this years international plow ing match at burford created more interest in this district with the nounccment that jnmes eccles nerval farmer led the mold in the ejo tractor special and qualified for a place on the canadian tea which will tour the british isles lli january managed by alex mb- klnnoy jr they will have a seven week allcxperso trip compete in british plowing matches study ag ricultural methods and see a tow sights mr eccles farms near mount pleasant church just off no 7 highway he is the son of james a eccles and the late mrs eccles ills father having a farm near bim on the 4th lane he is married to the former margaret ford of trafalgar and is a nephew of archie eccles and mrs w a mc- clure xl this district iode will hold november bridge nearly thirty members attended the monthly meeting of the coun tess of strathmore chapter iode held monday night at the home of the regent mrs walter blchn a letter from mlss gillespie sup- intendent of nurses or the hal- ton county health unit advising of a change of date of the child health clinics here to monday rather than friday led to the choosing of a new convener of iode volunteers tfor the clinic the weather mr editor we- surely had a seal big rain this week but on the whole it was another glorious week of weather which ended up with the inost gorgeous djsplnv rr northern lights i have evor seen have heard that is a sign of cold weath er if so it certainly bjawght a frost on saturday night we still have to look forward to our indian summer ern batkln date max mln rain oct 10 82 s3 oct 11 75 58 122 oct 12 58 48 08 oct 13 65 36 oct 14 70 44 oct 15 61 44 oct 16 62 30 average 67 51 44 71 128 public school news mr g mclntyre from the de partment of education addressed the pupils of grade 8 one day recently on vocational guidance the purpose of the address was chiefly to help children to choose careers wisely some of the classrooms arc mak ing use of cases of library books borrowed from the trovelllng llb- two men charged with local breakin a georgetown and a norval man will appear in court at milton be fore magistrate k m uingdon this mternoon charged wluc forcing en trance to tho homo of mrs barbara tost who lives a queen strcot be side scott motor sales and steal ing o gold wrist watch valued at 50 the watch was later recover- cd from a toronto pawn shop the breakin occurred wednes day evening while tho house was unoccupied police were notified when mrs tost returnod home and found evidence that thieves had been in the house she summoned constables sheffield and schlslcr of tho local provincial police de tachment who determined that entry had been gained by smashing a cellar window then forcing a lock on the cellar door a front wing room window had also been smashed with a soft drink bottle which was lying in the room and a window broken in the front door burnt matches were on the floor and the ice box had been raided tnd some food removed the accused were picked up by police in a norval home and after questioning admitted the charge and will plead guilty in court to- day n planning big halloween maunierade tho lions halloween masquer ade party is becoming established oj the place to go on halloween and this year a committee headed by jack gunning is providing an extra special party which should oft n highlight it wltl introduce a nw danoj band to town tho cttmsmenwho havo just finished a trimmer obgagomosk at the popu lar highlands at gait mr gun- ntng with thfc assistance of stan flnlay is planning some unique decorations in tho spirit of the ovonlng for the rose room ar rangements are being mado to have the downstairs rctlfeshment booth in tho arena open for those who wish an intermission snack last year almost everyone came in costume and thlssyeor the lions hope that it will be a 100 per cent dressup party prizes will bo provided for the most beautiful iidy and the most elegant man as well as prizes for best comic and most original costumes limehouse ranes 206 huron st toronto nrescnt convener mrs horold han- 1 which are available for all educo- cox finding the new day very lntional organizations if transporta convenient mrs e w reynolds uon charges are paid one way was made convener for this work mrl john s hughes and mrs on friday afternoon jhe wcath- ftevnolds were nominated to at- cr was ideal for the ntcrtown enri in tea being held by the vol- held meet held at acton park imtcers at the burlington clinic imiich rosulted in the following november 1st pracings 1 milton 2 georgetown a brant of 10 00 was made to j acton good sportsmanship was the georgetown poppy fund as cbscrved throughout all events well as 5 00 to the iode provln- ind the participants thdiughly en- ial workroom maintenance fund iced the afternoon and 10 00 for british and euro- re the postwar con- the halton teaches institute jnnr mrs stan grabb was auth- being held on friday will mean n orlzed send an extrk parcel of olida for he school children sncclal christmas treats as well as morning sessions will be held in tht regular shipment for british glenwood school and oftcrnoon war relief next month rroup meetings will convene in members brought good used clo- east burlington schools the noon thmg to the meeting to be sent luncheon has been planned at the knox marks anniversary i with services supper the 89th anniversary of knox presbyterian church was celebra ted on sunday when rev john g murdock of waterloo was the guest minister at services in the morning and evening the choir under the direuion of kenneth r ilnrisun uiganist nnd choirmas ter had spcci il music arranged for the day miss ruth davis sang a oprano soio jubt for today irr thc morning and in the evening jack harmon sing my hope is in the everlasting as a tenor solo on mondu evening a hot roist beef dinner was served in the church basement an evening of vvoibhlp by the choir followed in the church with the choir assisted j mrs clark lyons presenting sccul ir ind sacied songs those le iturcd in solos ducts and quar tettes ueie ruth davis jean rud- dcll jack harrison and rev alex calder tn bale to the chapters llrant inn many of the local tea- i adopted school at haliburton by the child welfare convener mrs ern batkln it was also decided to send gifts and candy to the chll- ehers will be taking active parts in the convention programme the school radio broadcasts ashgrove dren at christmas members donat- 1 sponsored by the department of tag toward this and mrs batkln education or ontario in coopero- wmiv nifcrine to look after lion with the canadian broadcast- srpurculng wrapping and log corporation began in early shipping of some october some classes have not mrs garfield mcgilvroy reported had the oppoi tunity to listen to onlne achlevemtnu of the iode these due to conflicting times a to the domestic science classes at radio has become an essential part toe georgetown fall fair mem- of every classroom s equipment irrkontesweft yesterday the girls softball rviur funds earn played a game with acton i mot paper on the public school in acton park los- brttish empire whither tendng 95 to the home team tag by mr tryhorn of the sat- urday club was read by mrs grc news normon verdec for the emplrcj study convener mlsi anne hlckey witn artificial ice available now a good representation of mem- 1 m tiie nrcnaj the younger lads are bers is planning to attend the area anxlous to slart ploying teams conference tea and dinner of thai formed tne f weck m iode to beheld in kitchener novembcr wednesday october 26th 1 a new member mrs a wus skating club promises st sss ind aw be a great success and a large rmectmembtrf we number of boy and glr is are ex- wricomed mr edwin hall end pocted to turn out for the first mrt graham farneu membership lesson tonight the board of porks applications were accepted from has donoted the use of the arena mrs lome peters mrs j f gillls and mrs- stewaxdson plans were made to hold a bridge in november and a com mittee appointed to look after this project mrs a kershaw repor ted on the sole of christmas cards and wrapping paper and seals which the iode is sponsoring members were requested to bring one good article of used clothing to the next meeting to be sent to england for british war relief a lucky draw among the mem bers for a luncheon set one of the prizes won by the chapter at the for these wednesday classes and any extra money left over after payment of the instructors salary will be donateo to the grc there is still room for more bad minton players and anyone inter ested should contact recreational director- t self paul barber or l j pell the last league game in boys soccer is being played this week and playoffs will start next weck three teams from the public fair was won by miss hilda er- scn plus a team from the glen win following the meeting a soc- f and 4tcam high school league lal hour was enjoyed when and refreshments wore served by mrs garfield mcguvray mrs stan grabb mrs ivan hoy and mrs calvlri clark health unit nurse gets university deque miss m j guespie supcrv i or of nurses for halton health unit received her bachelor of nursbag degree at the fall convocation of mcgul university held early this month she was granted a years leave of absenco last year to take course in stmlnlstrstlon and su pervision of public health nursing tattsrnlng o bar position with the health unit this fall have been arranged in girls basket ball there have been a few en quiries from girls not attending school and if there is suffldentln- lorost two teams can be formed let the recreational director know tw1xteen news by jacqueline gratinm maybe soirdny johnny will let us start off with something else be tides muslcol chairs but anyway nt the lust party fred dickenson took awax the jack pot a new comer to twlxteen danny mostop and donna timbers started bingo danceend gtonn doherty and bui gtbbs took the spot dance prlie patsy vance and george hoare won the autumn thanksofftrlng meeting of the wms was held on thursday october jtyh in the church with some ladles from bal- lmafad society as guests the pres ident mrs c b dick opened the meeting with the hymn we plough the fields mrs fred aurtworth conducted a lovely devotional on the theme- now thank we all our god two solos by mrs chester de forest were enjoyed by every one followed by the 2nd chapter in the btudy book growing with the years very well given by mrs r j shortill of ballinafad rev fred ainsworth closed with prayer and a social tme concluded the afternoon congratulations to mr and mrs fred nurse on the birth of their son in milton hospital october 12 mr and mrs c b dick have re turned from a weeks motor trip to ramsey new jersey and they report an enjoyable time we arc sorry to rport that mrs hector bird was 111 in a toronto hospital but glad to say she is home again and we all hope will soon be out as well as ever robert murray the little son of mr and mrs murray brigden was baptized at the service on sunday morning dont forget the anniversary ser vices this sunday at 11 am and opm with rev harold stain ton of mimico united church as spec ial speaker apple picking is the order of the day and they sure arc a boun tiful crop fruit was very abund ant this year truly we have much to be thankful for recent visitors include mr and mis harry smethurst catherine and madeline of bar rio with his mother mr geo hnlcrow of manitoulin island with the nobles the gricgs of brantford with miss ivcns and mrs gale mr and mrs sturm and hildu- gardc of toronto with the paul spitzers the stewarts of glen williams with the coulters and asking mr and mrs wheeler and daugh ters of toronto with the rough- toys mr and mr manser and chil- drcri of brampton with the karris mr and mrs w mitchell and miss doris mitchell were guests at the lundvc irnnbtll wedding in alton unitt d chinch on saturday when dons wis one of the brides- m nets a number fioi i lieie attended ilie interna t lorn 1 plowing match last week aw lie ir th tt irlislb it work hiw heen pi dent in our neigh bourhood latej when the annual community meeting of the limehouse memor ial hall uub held on monday even ing mr chi jones was elected to i he board replacing mi j is noble who retires it the conclusion of his term of membership of the board rev a cd der ind members of session and rev mino and arthur benton visited mr wm ritchie on i i iday evening holding a spec ial communion service for bim binee his illness prevented him at tending public worship at the same time mr thos ritchie and mr mcnichol were received into membership of the church saturday bride mrs john clifford uusscll whose marriage was solemnized at river valley home terra cotta wos formerly wllhelmina htndrlka van der vllet daughter of the noted dutch artist who makes his home there mr and mrs russell will live in toronto the birthday dance find pat vancp bruconorton mama mackenzie and ivclth tracey came out with flying colours tn the elimination dance champs in the wellliked jive contobt were lillian shep herd and teddy hewitt another bingo dance came up started by don lorusso and yours truly ellen dickenson and charlcnc day were left with the biooms at the end of the broom dance each having to buy a boy a bottle f pop last dance was a bingo by wendy foot- tit and jack macdougall we arc sorry to say that if twix- teen does not get more adult help it is likely to fall through this 1j hoped not to happen jack me- dougall took danny hewitts place at the mike for most of the even ing and really kept things jump ing stewarttown the misses jeannine and betty humphres spent thanksgiving weekend with friends in toronto mrs lawson vlsited with mr and mrs joseph hunter in norval for thanksgiving and a few days a f ter the october women s institute meeting was held last tuesday ev- ning at mrs bullys home scrip ture lesson was read by mrs c- a grant ond tht hymn unto the hills wj sung also the institute rally song a report was given of the guelph area w i conven tion followed by a sketching con- tmt mrs j c murray winning the prize miss alice davics the schoolteacher in stewarttown gave a talk on her work in an indian tehool and among the indian peo ple in the absence of the presi dent miss beatrice stondlsh tho meeting was conducted by mrs h p lawson thanks were extended to those who hod made the meet ing a success new members were accepted mrs j c murray and mrs w humphreys were hostesses for the refreshments served the wa meeting was held at mrs c e smiths home thursday afternoon mr and mrs dae of mount dennis were visitors with mr and mrs ban ford on sunday happy birthday wishes to billy sanford who vill be 7 next tues day lovely autumn wedding for w van der vliet at terra cotta on soturday october 15th a wedding of widespread interest was i olemnlzcd in terra cotta when i wilhelmlna hendrika van der vliet daughter of mr and mrs jordanus van der vliet became the bride of i tohn clifford hussell son of mr and mrs john s russell of tor onto the wedding was held in the mudio of rivxr volley home decorated attractively the archway ir the studio forming a perfect setting foi the artmony bronze and ytllow mums fern and pine boukhs made ui the background nf the archway while the rest of the studio was decorated with flow tis of the season rev j l self ot norval periormed the double- ring ceremony the bride wore a wedding dress of gold faille taffeta street length with threequarter length sleeves the back of the dress of flared full- i ncss dipping slightly in back she uore n tiny offthefaec hat of the same material with a fingertip veil of broviq and brown accessories a bouquet of bronze and yellow niums with gold ribbon and fern completed her ensemble maid of honour was the brides sister miss augusta van der vllet u caring a street length gown of kelly green faille taffeta similar in style to the bridal gown except for a row of buttons in the dress front and a bustle effect at the back she wore a grey leather hat and grey doeskin gloves and carried a tiny muff with a corsage of bronze and vellow mums centered with yellow roses bridesmaid was miss doris russell sister of the groom simi larly gowned in old rose her cor sage was of soft mauve mums centered with rose and pink roses mr george tree was groomsman and the usher was mr eric rus sell brother of the groom following the ceremony seventy guests partook of a buffet lunch in the studio a toast to the bride and groom by mr self was an swered most delightfully by the groom during the reception sev eral friends took moving pictures and colour photographs the brides mother received wearing a rust crepe afternoon dress with black accessories and a corsage of yellow mums and roses the groonvs mother assisted wear ing a brown afternoon dress with black accessories and a corsage of yolloiv mums and roses among the guests were friends and relatives from toronto hamilton gait and detroit the bridal couple left on an ex tended motor trip and will reside in toronto after the honeymoon tor travelling the bride changed to a taupe faille afternoon dress brown coat brown felt hat ond brown accessories with a corsage of bronze mums she wore the grooms gift of a rhmestone neck lace and earrings ktntners drugs has nktv store clerk mr holly dwyef of callander has joined the staff of kentners drug store as a clerk he is a bro ther of two local men joe and bui dwyer and his sister mrs joe wilcox also is a former resident of town he was wqrklng in north bay prior to comlng to town mr dwyer hoi a fine tenor volco and has studied singing for some years he waa at one time a num ber of the st michaels boys choir in toronto advertising agency head speaks to merchants merchant must keep on their toes and remember that advertis ing ja nocssary to keep and bold a market was ibis advice given in a talk here inst week by bob campbell vice president of th jt waltcr thompson advertlslnjf agency mr campbell spbke at the monthly meeting of the retail vlerohants association which took the form of i dinner meeting on wednesday at the mcolbbon ho tel research shows he said that the buying market changes five per cent each year and that afyha end of twenty years a merchanlcjsaa a complete turnover of customers a town cannot progress or even hold its own unless merchants are ever on the alert for new ideas as an example of wideawake indivi dual merchandising he told of a furniture dealer who deslgnel sample layouts for wartime houses jond increased business with sales which had formerly gone out of town to show how an usoclatioa can function he compared two towns in the west wheh were be ing eflectad by a business shift to larstr caotro one town put hi frozen food locker ind made other improvements which drow shoppers back again the mer chants in the othe town thought they could do nothing with ia result that the population is shrinking while the first town is progressing there is no use in thinking that it cant happen here mr camp bell warned saying that his home town of glcncoc had once been the size of georgetown and now had a population of 950 mr compbell was introduced by acting maor jack armstrong who complimented the association on its work to date chairman dick lacata introduced two new merch ants messrs borg and stockton who have just taken over the geor getown bakery james goodlt pointed out that the association had accomplished two objective to dite the erection of- signs indeat- uig the business section of town and the securing of a liquor lore the merchants are tow trying tc have a motor licence bureau estab lished here and have appealed to the minister of highways for this a suggestion was made that ecch merchant joint in decorating the street in front of his place of busi ness during the christmas season also present at the meeting was syd matthews field secretary of the ontario chamber of commerce harry barth dies after long illness after a lengthy illness follow ing an accident some years ago william henry barth died in hos pital at hamilton on friday oc tober 14th one of ten children of the late george berth and so phia schmelph harry barth was born on june 3rd 1805 on a farm near the village ol morrlston la puslinch township he married isabella roszel on march is 1804 they moved to erin township tn 1900 and later farmed in esquea- ing coming to this township in 1812 mf barth is survived by his wife and four sons gordon of vaneou- verbc stanley of fort william cecil at home and lloyd of lon don there ore six grandchildren only surviving member of bis fa mily is one sister mrs william schultz of gait the funeral was held yesterday from his home 10th line esquas- ing to glen williams unite church where a service was con ducted by rev alex cowan pall bearers were alvln starret albert prcsswood archie eccles jack eason fred weaver and john hancock interment was made in glen williams cemetery j i- our juveniles sent to bowmanville school appearing before magistrate k m langdon in juvenile court here lost week a georgetown juvenile was sent to bowmanvllle training school when found guilty of petty thievery ho was the fourth geor getown boy to be thus sentenced within the past month police have investigated many complaints of breaking and entering and steal ing lately and it la unfortunate out stern measures have had to to taken by th court to deal with tlse will n1udi scene designing in england martha jamleson kingston artist who specializes in stage designing has been awarded v british council scholarship for thu study of scan designing she is now in england and will take a years course at the old vic theatre in london designs by miss jamleson a well as others by grant mcdonald and by montreal and toronto senna designers will be displayed in tha senate room at queens university toward the end of october mlu jamleson is a granddaughter of the late oeorge leslie and a aiece of mrs william bowman of it r a georgetown this is a14paoe vftfatov y a r- az a -fi- sm tltrj tafc