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the georgetown healii c georgetown out wednesovy november 16 1949 y0uh6 georgetown woman jks after traffic accideht sv 4 sj a traffic accident in pennsyl vania brought tragic death to one of georgetowns jnpst popular young ladlea last week when mrs hell mclennan suffered fatal in juries and died in meadvuie hos pital the qccldgnt occurred at a orfghway intersection when a car driven by mr mclennan was truck broadside by a car driven by paul fisher of qreen- vule pa mrs mclennan was throjm several feet from the auto amd suffered fatal head injuries both vehicles were badly wreck- ja and mr fisher and his passen ger evelyn joanne koston is of hhcnkleyvllle were both seriously injured receiving bead and facial jfiduries mr mclennan was trea- jpd for minor injuries and shock the accident occurred at 1215 pm on thursday when the mc- were en route to their home in islington after driving her maternal uncle back to the states after a visit in canada when news of the accident reached town mr and mrs m r mover immod- tatelyjeft by car with mr and mrs d r mclaughlin to be with their daughter an operation per formed at the hospital did not help and the accident victim failed to regain consciousness before her death v saturday mary p moyer was born in buf falo ny 23 years ago the fam ily later moved to toronto and in 1040 came to georgetown to live on the former hutt farm just but of town limits on main street rears ajo to the weather mr editor call the past weeks weather in dian summer or whatever you wish to but you wulhave to agree it was really enjoyable the weeks average of 85 and 34 degrees are 13 and degrees respectively above the normal average the last thunderstorm in nov ember recorded here was in 1943 phd it only lasted an hour so the ana we had last week was really unusual and quite prolonged era batkln canon woodcock rveekchea sunday at st george canon h f woodcock will preach at morning- and evening services in st georges church of england this sunday when special services will mark the 70th anni versary of the establishment of the church canon woodcock u a for mer rector of st judes church oakvllle and of christ church peer park toronto at the evening service the lome scots band will assist with the musical portion of the service special music is being prepared by the st georges choir under the leadership of w f brad ley and mrs bradley will tx usual be at the organ date max mln rain nov 7 m 33 nov 8 50 30 nov 0 48 23 nov 10 60 31 32 nov 11 0 42 nov 12 47 33 07 nov is 57 35 47 average 5328 34 1 18 stroke is fatal to george walters rev chas r gower was in charge of the funeral service from mcclurc s funeral home on satur day for the late george j wal ters who died in guelph general hospital on thursday november 10 he had been in failing health for some time prior to the stroke which was the immodlate cause of his demise mr walters was in his born in acton the son of the south moving a few years ago their present home on mm road i uw sou she attended high school here and ij je after graduation employed as a k wa mr walters lived all clerk in robbs drug store a year h tw i and a half ago htws married to homo in georgetown for nell mclennan who bad been the t rf j i quiet life and attended the geor- acton businessman cues suddenly mrs frank wood and mrs james ritchie were among those who attended the funeral in acton last wednesday of william blair brother of mrs wood who died suddenly in his 80th year on the previous sunday a son of donald and susanna blair he was born at bclfountaln and after many years as a carpenter he bought a plumb ing and heating business in acton which he was operating at the time of his death he was a past master of walker masonic lodge three daughters survive mrs tercy smith minnie of everton mrs omar parker beatrice ev erton and mrs rac west velma acton there are also two broth ers and one sister wesley blair of calgar alta joseph blair of chaplin sask and mrs wood his iwife mar ann allen and one son i torrance predeceased him manager of the store and they moved to islington where he had purchased the six points drug mrs mclennan had a beautiful contralto voice and was prominent 1b school music festivals and as a member of st georges choir she had aung many times at public social events in town and district she also took an interest in dram atics and was a member of the lo cal theatrical group apprentice productions besides her husband and parents she is survived by a younger sister olive the funeral service at the mc- dure funeral home yesterday was conducted by archdeacon w q o thompson with rev a h mc- xenzle of islington assisting in- terment took place in greenwood cemetery georgetown pallbear ers were charles mclennan arthur bernhardt paul barber norman flahlff gordon beatty and harold martin owen hughes n a toeonto ttookdj mr owen hughes son of mr ald mrs john s hughes main street north has joined the tor onto police force being posted to no 1 police station prior to the commencement of bis eightweek training course owen resigned from the engin eering department of the ontario department of highways which he has been with for the past three years in order to become a mem ber of the toronto police force gctown baptist church for many ears he was employed with the w h kentnei and son coal firm of later years he bad been help ing his son clarence in his market garden surviving are his widow the former maude harding and five children harvey acton clarence georgetown lorne guelph john lloyd hamilton and jessie mrs harry sbortill georgetown there are also four grandchildren del- mer and corlnne of guelph kar en georgetown and charles of hamilton the pallbearers were messrs albert kershaw gordon spence herb distance alan norton ed logan and joseph gibbons inter ment took place in greenwood cemetery armstrong trover nuptials at huttonville in a double ring ceremony in huttonvllle united church on oc tober 26th dorothy isabel troyer daughter of mrs m f towns of waldermar became the bride of harvey allan armstrong son of mr h w armstrong georgetown the bride wore a white satin gown with a fingertip veil falling from u heartshaped headdress donald armstrong inglewood was best man and ushers were the grooms brother norman armstrong and the brides brotherinlaw ray mond whaley a reception was liield at huttonvllle at the- home of the brides aunt mrs ethel mc- murchy the couple will reside in huttonvllle social and personal sunday guests with mr and mrs unes f evans were bui anderson p71d donald weber of guelph miss joyce mcmillan home from brans some hall for theweekend hsd as her guest miss bonnie tay lor of toronto miss barbara cooper of cold- water was a recent visitor sttwild- wood with mr and mrs efn bat- kin mr and mrs c f pattenson of tjttawn were weekend visitors with mr and mrs john bell at their home on market street mr and mrs walter blehn carolyn and ellen visited in tnger- aoll on sunday with mr and mrs tommy lee and family meg william hillstik returned to her home on johnwlreet and is valcsclng after spending some in st josephs hospital ilph mr and mrs ernie crawford and sb roderick visited in oruua for the weakend with dr and uh george delagran us owynaath meoowan at miailrial spmnt the long weak and a town wfth her parents mr and visitors last week with mrs j n oneill and miss a coventry were mr and mrs charles ran- some of holland centre mr and mrs gilbert mcguiness of berk- le mrs r sanderson and mrs kendall of brampton mr and mrs chauncc s holt and mr russell stone of mount carroll illinois were guests on sunday at the home of mr and mrs ken mcmillan renewing ac quaintances made hist year at the chicago horse show the ameri cans have brought their argyle stables to canada for the royal winter fasr mrs w c reynolds and mrs j s hughes were delegates from the countess of strathmore chap ter iode to a tea given by ass istants to the burlington health clinic a week ago tuesday the tea was held in the legion hall burllhgtoln and gave the guests from various communities in hal- ton an opportunity to sea how the burlington ladles assist their coun ty health clinic mrs mather wife of halton countys medical health officer dr j m mather presided at the tea table georgetown first to have free dental care dr j m mather halton medi cal officer of health and dr b j omeara newly apoplnted coun ty dental inspector attended a meeting of georgetown board of education last wednesday and ex plained in detail how the new den tal system will work the local board at a previous meeting had already voted to provide free den tal treatment for all public school children and an agreement will be signed effective the first of the year to provide for this thirty per cent of the cost is borne by the provincial government the work covers only extractions or dinary fillings and prophylaxis and local dentists work at an hour ly rate it was pointed out how free treatment had benefitted many municipalities a test survey in nassagaweya which has had free treatment for two years showed 66 per cent of the pupils needing dental attention a similar survey in oakvllle which has not hsd this service showed 03 per cent in need georgetown is the first mun icipality to inaugurate free treat ment though all tour townships now have it an appraisal of the public school building by sam mackenzie show ed its replacement value at 78800 as coinsurance of only 47 000 was carried and to collect full value this type of insurance re quires that at least 80 per cent cov erage be carried the board decided to increase insurance to 78000 insurance on contents was increas ed from 4000 to 10000 also the business to be divided equally between local agents blmer c thompson and walter t evans co a contract for painting the fire escape and tarring the roof at the high school was given to mcoeod and frank at a price of 00 a let ter from inspector l l skuce ln- ormed the board that as george town had the largest public school enrolment the school board was tligibleto appoint a member to ihe north halton high school dis trict board native of england mother diet in guelph mrs harry ooldham sr mother of harry ooldham georgetown merchant died in guelph on oc- tober slat in her 81st year with her husband she emigrated from england and they resided it acton for forty years her husband pre deceased her several year ago and for the last four years she had liv ed with her daughter in guelph she leaves a family of five chil dren mrs w neln of new york harry of georgetown mrs harry holmes acton charles of guelph and mrs j irvlno montelth the funeral service was held ln acton and interment was made in fair- view cemetery acton lodge past master john p reirj dies following a long period of falling health john p reld died suddenly on monday evening november 7 in his 71st year member of a pio neer georgetown family he was a son of the late dugald reld and janet mcglll who settled in geor getown about ninety years ago possessing a pleasing personality and fine character he was hold in nigh esteem throughout the com munity where he was widely known through his many years as a main street businessman the late mr reld attended pub lic and high schools here and was a member of credit lodge as were his father and three of his four brothers his father was master of the lodge in 1897 and he was elected to this honour in 1011 he is survived yby his widow formerly olive w donaldson one daughter miss marlon r reld rn of toronto one sister mrs dr h g wood katharine of rochester minnesota two nephews and two nieces k reld mcgregor malcolm gillespie mrs a wood and mrs m luzlnc all of toron to he was predeceased by four brothers and one sister the funeral service conducted by rev alex j colder of knox presbyterian church was held on thursday at the mcclure funeral home with interment in green wood cemetery georgetown pallbearers were clayton dick sr everett cole d r donaldson herb distance alex d hume and reld mcgregor relatives atten ded the funeral from erin bramp ton ashgrove toronto gait shef field london and hulsburgh attorney general oks magistrates decision pergonal tax service opens local office personal tax services an organ ization known from coast to coast in cnnudtr has opened a branch offlco in georgetown and this week the announcement is made that marshall timbers will be in charge the new office la located in the building on main street which al norton has purchased and is mak ing over into apartmonts and off ices the last commercial estab lishment to occupy the building was norman browns bakery and it has been used as a house since that time personal tax services has offl ces in such lending places as wind sor newfoundland montreal moncton n b winnipeg saska toon calgary vancouver and tor onto whore head office is located a wide variety of services is off ered from detailed bookkeeping to audit and advice on tax problems a staff of competent assistants is available at all times and will do the work at the home farm or off icc sjjb according to newt items in tues days toronto papers attorney general dana porter 1 quoted a faying tin satisfied the mag istrate acted properly in this mat ter we are only concerne witts his bona tides as a magistrate t are not a court of appeal last thursday police chairman cecil davidson acting mayor jack armstrong and deputyheeva james goodlet went in person to toronto bearing councils request that magistrate k m langdoa ha replaced by an outside magistrate in hearing local court cases tha complaint had been made beeauaa u majority of the council dlisgisad with one man holding office aa magistrate and town solicitor aa well as carrying on a prints law practice and because they war not satisfied with acquittals made by the magistrate in the tlto case and other irpeedlng and park ing charges mr porter told tha deputation that the matter would be investigated at press time no official letter had been received from the attor ney generals department at the town clerks office war dead honoured on remembrance day halton farm forum acted as bugles for the last poet a remembronce service for those and reveille who lost their lives in two world the poppy day committee which wars was held on friday morning was again headed by mrs t f f the cenotaph while the day had grieve reports the most successful not been declared a civic holiday tag day to date 310 82 being the merchants closed their stores for a i proceeds on november sth in addl- two hour period and most local in- tlon generau donations dustrles shut down to enable em ployees to attend the service a parade formed at the legion hall with sqms henry shepherd mbe as marshal and led by the girls pipe band marched to the ceno taph where the service was opened by acting mayor jack armstrong archdeacon w g o thompson rev john m smith and rev alex j calder took part a large num ber of wreaths were placed by in dividuals and organizations and henry shepherd called the 1914- 1b18 roll of honour legion presi dent david bowman rehearsing the names of those killed in the last war town clerk charles willson made by individuals and organiza tions the following are acknow ledged bank of commerce royal bank harleykaymarsland smith stone board of education l fleck miss h a staunton legion wa beaumont knitting town of georgetown root simpson co meadowglen growers r legion t eaton co dominion stores apple products iojjx local council of women true blue lodge rebekah lodge local union 474 dominion seed d g h wright k m dale bennett georgetown her ald mcglbbon house and all bos- lnessmen baby rushed to city dies at sick childrens hospital a newborn babj son of mr and mrs fred tucker john street born in guelph on saturday was rushed to toxmto sick childrens hospital for treatment by speclal- ists but died on the following day the 11pound bab was taken by police ambulance to toronto with a nurse administering oxyge items held over it was necessary to omit news items from this issue includ ing the recipe column public school news and the bowling col umn due to space requirements sorry bat until rubber type la in vented this la bound to happen oe- eadoaady by lillian c gray forums that sent in reports to the county press correspondent this past week were town line omogh kelso boyne zimmerman mt nemo kilbride s s no 4 esquesing and s s no 1 nassa gaweya the topic for conversation for the evening was should there be federal aid for education a subject which all forums realize is of firsthand importance to them selves and the future generation as to what the government should do concerning the canadian teach ers federations appeal to ottawa for financial aid to the provinces for elementary and secondary edu cation the opinion was unanimous that the dominion government should give financial aid where it is needed and establish minimum standards in all provinces five of the forums added that at the same time the province should be left in control of education as at present this was because as town line pointed out if the province or municipality has no voice in the control of education it will lose in terest s s no 4 esquesing says regarding the same standards teachers could teach in all prov inces and students could move from one province to another without hindering their progress boyne thought if the poorer province could receive federal aid and minimum standards were establish ed it would give every canadian i child equal opportunity also that it would make tor better canadian unity it we had s cana dian school system when it came to the question what do ou consider the most serious education problem in your 1 community mt nemo observes lrrhcre is only one thing touchier and that is russia and the atomic bomb five forums replied that injustice in taxes was their prob lem borne said they were paying taxes for schools they would never receive any benefit from zim merman thought taxes should rot all be borne by the landowner but tenants should be taxed a well indirect taxation was fav oured rather than land tax other problems mention w poor tea cher daylight saving ttma and uttjslactory couraas for mal pupils chatting by mhb had heard that mrs george hughes wal estab lishing a convalescent rest home at elmholme on the 7th line phoned to ask her a little bit about it and was invited out to have a look and get my informa tion first hand in case some of you are not familiar with the farms in this vic inity elmholme was purchased by mr and mrs hughes from vern picket about four years ago when mr picket bought the ross thomp son farm mr thompson coming here to engage in the shoe bus iness he now operates on main st it is the old bessey homestead owned by dr mcandrew prior to its purchase by mr picket now having thoroughly ac quainted you with the past history of elmholme well bring you right up to date in her 14room home mrs hughes recognized right from the start the wonderful possibilities it had for conversion into a convalescent rest home the lhssibtllty has now become an ac tuality with five lovely bright bedrooms newly decorated and two bedsitting rooms downstairs fin ished and ready to be furnished had no idea seeing the house from the road that it was so huge the rooms are really large with several windows in each then mrs hughes howed us the new sunroom being built right across the back of the house truly making the house an ideal setting for its purpose and that purpose is literally and figuratively speaking to let in a little sunshine on the lives of elderly ladles who no longer wish or are able to keep up their own home mrs hughes patrons will also include walking convalescents from hospital as she will not be able to care forbed patients in order to make life as pleasant as possible guests- will be allowed the freedom of the whole house tray service in their rooms if desired and plenty of good food in warm and comfortable surroundings added advantages of course are the beauty of the countryside cou pled with its neamees to town tbd tudfd of thouobt led us to the nraslon that there seem to be tew towns of any size nowadays without their nursing home or even in cases hospitals- were thinking particular of chesley a smaller than georgetown in braes county which recently converted one of its largest and names into a beautiful and uptodate hospital the feat has been aocompushed by voluntary donations in addition of course to the government grant financing of such an ambitious project is naturally an uphill road for the community but voluntary dotsa- uons are still supporting it we feel a great deal of credit is due them the women of chesley hava formed a large organization which they call the hospital aid thla organization works hard mmvtwtg things for the hospital and raising money for it at present plans ara being made for a huge bazaar on a recent weekend am chesley we visited tha home of editor and mrs clay ton schaus of the chesley enter prise couldn t help remarking ob the beauty of the floral centre pieces and winter bouquets placed here and there about tha room whereupon mrs schaus hastened to assure us that they were not all permanent fixtures so to speak in the room beeauaa the was making them to sell lor the hospital aid in the course of conversation we leaned that aha had made 7000 tor tha aid this fall through the sals of bar ar rangements the 7000 was clear profit too because those beautiful cen trepieces were made with colour ful wild berries cones mils sad pods bits of driftwood attached with plastlcene to small slabs of stone or an old plate or vase giv en a lift with a new paint job in some were a few everlasting flow ers a couple of bullrushes and a trail of bright living try may you dost think that sounds aaay attractive but arrang glft h thay trahy work of art tha proof of tha i continued on hack page