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m i gewgetownront wednesday january 18th 10s0 i of tbe worst fires in recent bourtupit saturday morn- pai the hrtjht of- arwnd elorjn r hukebirh ohclonvo- rxlhiftmfaftayitk harolov lbumtrwo flamoand wkf aertryjtwhik frro tvo r lidtltsp by itfrr gleaes erov ijqijyee cheater deforest who wfls isn his wny to tho barn hftcrbrcnlsr vteit shortly alter nitlo oclock kwwlemrs clfcoye fymed in the lflirrrri the two mon raced to the flrn in a soahf five minutes tallowed them before the burn be- lesme o rjjblng inferrio they rolca- faed thirty head of registered hot- btelhs housed n thobarn two hor- i mj b bull and five head of cattle i could not be saved and perished in i the ore to add to the confusion a hydro break had occurred shortly before i tha fire- and it was impossible to lfdund the siren which is electric tally controlled from the telephone office the glrlsnt the office wor iced valiantl phoni firemen in dividually there was little the ade could do except play wa ter on jui adjoining building and to annual meetings horton morgan nuptials r in toranto wetui church the wedding of two former qcsrgotown residents took place on saturday- january 14th an dewt sanfwclkh united chjiwh wfceav the reverend williams united to mnrilago poreon 1 blfiabeth mor- gan daughter oi mr apdmr jor funeral service tor mr dennis tracey m in ill health for some time mrs dennis tracey died at her home in glen williams on monday janu ary- out adaaghtetiof the late james norton and mary jane all- vk ahe was bom hi church- vtlleo yeamjfeojind had spent presbyl the annual meetings of nprval and vnioiv presbyterian churches- wore held last week each taking vhe form of a noon dinner with the business mbotjng following in the afternoon rev j l- self is min ister of both churches union church hail on exception ally good year arid showed the lar gest amount of money raised in hie hlstoryof the church a new furnace was installed in the church during the year and improvements made to the sunday school room the churches combined to make renovations in the manse at norypl end to paint it both churches met their mission allocations gcneratcontributlons at nprval totalled 1997 and 378 was sub scribed for missions in the report presented by the treasurer f k newv borjov jif6t mr aha mr jjdmio lhoton of srrfuecdillfc te hrldcvas fonnc em in tho morgan of orcwwoharaia ken- jmost of jaife inlho gleijj ho tynsva m4rrfbe ojfuhe- church of fngtaiid vv x predofle by- hef htishhnd nfif ywirg ago she leaves- jhroo jiifih qtcjiieaeo illk lou of ijcor- ordwrr ant horry of picn il- edwin wilson is new school board chairman the weather fcjmltpr ttbcrporf weather- man certainly kotjiloloff ou alustdeuftvcmjtcajla about hlmelf ihoneolhls foiior7 ittplunvis ok wejlwlsurt rotor tinuro read tbo madkefiaejews ithts brecjsc contskieikto plow i think julhnvertd order rfhnemr omptcr to record thevvlrid velocity flnmkad grondchlldron a evcnat that would you like to lrohgri allan norton of tlnic- i rnnnge places wjtbritlsh cplum iows is the only surviving rnemborbiil and tivir 7 inches bf snow i ilernbatkin jatficc df ithe lower paper m01and latcv ins 4 memtjer if the ralh inhsfafre of flee staff given by her father in- marrfager the bride was chnrmtngly cowiicd in long whrrtrtoitela with russian trim her short veit caught ijy ir the original family of sl jlra hnlo of white- roses arid she cor hers- and sisters who predeceased r date ricd american beaity roses- and j r vcre mrs charles suthcrlanov whltc suapurngon her bridcsmald jlr nichiud marchmeht fred w- miss beverley mossmarr of toronto t i lames- two soils nlso died wore a long blue figured taffetn j tvcrtl nirs ago iferb and albert with busthv effect and cap sleeves j arriulcacon w g o thompson rnd long matching mittens and a i conducted the funeral service last ilue net halo she carried a bou- vqdnesday jrom her residence pallbenrers were ken weston hoy norton- arthur norton tom nor ton albert catter and joe nor ton interment was made in greenwood cemetery georgetown ipwtect thobbuae luckily ithejjarri fenhley roporu were glyen for roofed xtdtfisheet metal sv was the 70mlle gale that of burning metal were jnown across the fields for hun dreds of yards bad therooflng been shingles worse damage might have occurred to other buildings in the vicinity as it was burning debris set fire to shingles on the roof of iirne peters home at the comer of george and main streets and the fire truck had to leave the lira tor a tune to extinguish these a hollow tree in a george street backyard also caught fire when parks ignited it it was fortunate hat the wind was also blowing vdeeby across the widest expanse flt cleared held and away from the churchill crescent housing subdlv- toe fire brigade stayed at the until late afternoon pouring the sunday school by mrs craig mcclure for the mission flenot by mrs olivet hunter for tho alex ander auxiliary wms by btofe f f fendiey the wa by mrs hun ter and the choir by albert hunter n a robinson oliver hunter j e paterson and donald dolson were elected to the board of man agement other members of which are h mcclure jack harston per cy leslie w lindner 7t mctfabb tom mcgee and h craig reid w e townsend and h craig reld were reappointed auditors unions general contributions were 1394 plus 326 for missions according to treasurer art mc- mckones report mrs jack mc donald reported for the wms mrs clarence anderson for the sun- shine mission band and laverne thompson for the sunday school quel of pink roses and white snop- oragon groomsman wris lloyd crawford and the ushers were wil liam jbayllss and alln brown all of toronto mr dan david played the weddtng music at a reception in the church base ment catered to by mrsg mld- cleton end miss a hancock the brides mother rvccivfcd wearing wine taffeta with matching acces sories and a corsage of yellow roses and mums the groom m assisted wearing a gray figured crepe dress a corsage of pink roses and mums the tables wercttleeor- atcd withvases of white and pink rose and pink streamers and three large white bells hung overhead centering the table was a three- tiered wedding cake guests were present from london exeter geor getown- an sprucedale for a honeymoon trip thebrlde changed to a black crepe dress and black coat tiny white fur bat and black accessories the cou wil reside at 882 runneymede road toronto date max min jan ml 2 jim 10 49 24 jjin 11 40 17 ian 12 35 10 ian- 13 50 25 ian- 14 i4 25 jan 15 32- 18 average 4128 17 halrr 62 edwin vyirson property pkairmari ot last ytnribosw6f edueatloii was eectod chairman x the- pub- 116 school qodm at th first jneelf bt the hew board last weflh 51 113 h down besides the animals mr cleave lost the greater part of his farra machinery and most of the seasons crops i the barn was built uvj891 when flia property was ownedy james t and arthur mckanc kennedy the farm had seen in the kennedy family for generations anctwas purchased by mr cleaves gather the late william cleave in 1008 situated within town limits the iarm lies at the rear of proper ties along george street with churchill crescent at the back and the cnr railway line cuts along the other lde of the property lions club may run fall fair concessions the board of management and new members are jack mcdonald and hugh leslie other members aro eric leslie william hunter fred lyons albert dolson laverne winning plowmnr sail for month in britain posiesors of the travemng jlon for a week after taking fl from the credit valley club the local lions lost it in turn to a number of mem bers of hamilton downtown club who attended their dinner meeting ind the mcgibbon house on jan 17 the trophy goe- to any three tfrmore members who visit one of the other clubs in tho district and is designed to promote inlcrelub visiting lion chief j l lambert presi ded at the meeting which had been planned mainly for business a 25 donation was voted to the sick childrens hospital and a cable of congratulations sent to a new club in london england thefirst club to bo formed in the british isles alex maclarcn was elected third vicepresident ottho- club to re place a member who had resigned and spfence mcklnnon wllt fill his position as a a oneyear director winner of a lucky draw onabed lamp donated by fred schultz wan alex maclarcn don barrager poke of the clubs success in oper ating tone or two concessions at the tall fair last year and it was sug- fested that this year the club take over the wholes entertainment con- csaspn a committee will further investigate this cecil davidson re ported for the membership commit- 1 tee that- at present there aro 42 members and 0 potential members havt been passed the club limit stands at so alex maclaron spoke oiv suggested town improvements which tho civic betterment com biruee will discuss imprompt entertalnmcnf was pro- two members frank mur- fln fend vic smith who were asked 10r a three minute speech on their business when panadas champion plow- rmen sailed january 12th to partici- in matches abroad they took maple trees with them to plant in great britain holland denmark and west germany in addtlitsn to the maple trees thbcaaiadian plowuien carried vith thorn a ciuantlty of maple sugar sup plied by tin province- or quebec for distribution to friend- the trees furnihed by the ontario ljepurtment of lands and foresty canadas champion plowmen ore nonald k marcpils 211 of it r 1 sunderland ontario and james m ecclcs 311 of it h 2 ilraniton ont eiso gold medallists in the horse and tractor classes respective ly at the international plowing match held afar urantford last october the pair are accompanied by alex mckinney jr of bramp ton as coachmanager the three sailed from new york on the queen mary for a months tour of lhc british isles as guests of imperial oil in addition to taking part in plowing matches they will study brltsh methods of agriculture and visit many places of interest at the end of the brlt sh isles tour t plan to visit what council did v on tuesday january 17 1 nt to 7hehtaseelalmeeungto dis srea betw gue total liquor store opened saturday bob caldwell is new acton mekchant actons main street is looking more familiar ato oeorgetowners with the addition of a s geori itfetown merchant a tew years ago clifford bradley purchased but cher shop in our neighboring town and recently bob caldwell has be come a partner in the caldwell and mathers food store there the new store is located at the main corner where the former carload groceteria was located georgetowns new liquor store opened last saturday the storcls located on mill street trr part of the tom hewson building where mr hewsona office was formerly located attractively painted in two tones of green with natura wood finish mastic ule iloor and fluor- mrvcawweu came here from he board wasrocreated afi dissolution vyr agtffwjaaal 1 of bducatlon waioptii ierltsrjll a board of bdueatlarf vgin tokdrninister die twolkealmlioql with georgetowns enfcry into north ft al ton hlgrt schoct tfsfrlc- it was vecnsarito ogalrti form a separate public school board t as the school board was elected by occianidtloif it was riccossaryto hoose vhloh members would serve one and two years terms two yar members are row duncan edwin wilson and- harry shorthl and-one- year members stan flhlay cecil mcnamara and ray salter appointments of james f evans as secretary and p- b harrison as treasurer werecooflrmed and m h moyer was reappointed attend- a nee officer some dlscussipn t6okplaee at he meeting concerning accdyirno- dation f or future years a report prepared by last years board wa rd in which it was recommended that site be purehkied this year f of a new school aa at least four extra classrooms would be necessary wltwn the next few jrears ths uthe major prob- tern on the school board agenda this year esccnt lighting it is one of the most attractive stores in town 3 b mackenzie and son were contrac tors for the job j arnolt early former town ass essor who served overseas as a major with the canadian army is vendor of the new store and jim ritchie is employed as a clerk- a tbronto man u in town this week to instruct the local men in man agement the new store will serve a wide brampton a few years ago where arn john r barber joins thompson insurance firm hv had been meat manager at the a ft p store and purchased jim goodlets grocery business selling out hut year to roy ba and charlie brown he purchased the former longs confectionery and operated it until its sale to steam boat emmerson last fall mr and i mrs caldwell and son edgar are still living in the apartment above the barker and brown store but expect to move later to acton this week with engineer c r hagey an ac count for 2200 interest which the scott jackson construction firm claims is owed by the town on m that had beeri held back on the sewerage contract mr hagey said that the town would be held liable for interest on the disposal hart of the holdback as a 6 per cent interest clause was includeu v- this cdntract- while there is no such clause in the newerage con tract the town may have acertain obligation in this the interest ac crued on a holdback of some i500fl after the contractors had posted a bond to cover any discrepy rncics after the work was comple- ted last years council had follow ed a policy of paying only when riounls were certified by mr iia4- iv and claimed that the disputed i pi mienis harl not ijcsn niide un jlhis cirtificitlnn was prcowtw scott jaiusoii in turn clalnwd tha tliiir bill wa due when rendered council deciiliii te licai the mat- lei up at oiler and arc arrailgtnc early meetlnir witii tin- contractor in order to save any further intcrct cliaiics against the town to en- epiiric- regarding tile disposa plant mr hagey said that town torcman krn hyde was doing very good job thct and took persarfinlntcmstinthe plant r hebated 51072 tosmth stone which was an overcharge on their maple avenue property the com pony had paid their sewerage levy in full for the 20 year period and it was found they had been over charged being the only liquor outlet be tween these two cities it came to town as a result of a petition by trie retail merchants association to tle town council who in turn peti tioned the liquor control board for ts establishment a similar petition about- the same time from acton was turned down china missionary bible class at st johns limehouse- donations holland denmark and west ger many at their own expense they will fly back to canada none of the three have ever been abroad but they are all of british stockr they represent fourth and fifth generations of families that migrated to canada more than a century ago and they plan to look uiiiamhy connections whon- ovcrv in chelmsford england married yaehool teachers who are going to irecome mothers knajr take 14 weeks jcoateraltj taavo they do ao on wind spoils fox drive- plan one tins saturday district foxes had a weeks grace due to the wind storm on satur day a fox drive planned by the anglers and fruntcrs association had to be postponed as the wind would have made it impossible tb hove a successful hunt and the drive wo iiqitfloned tpthls com ing saturday weather permitting those intercstea will meet al gcor- getqwa motors three prlzasaril being offered for the best has of foxes and rabbits andof course each fox shot is worth a 8 bounty paid by tha county cr p drew councils atten- lion to the fact that a number of -tonanta- nt urartlme housing had taken the wrong impression from recent talk that they be given a chanco to purchase houses there is no intention of forcing a tenant to purchase the- house he occupies or having it sold over his head cr lyons thought council should ask contral mortgage and housing for an extra months rent in lieu of taxes bshe docs not think the lown is deriving sufficient reven- ue gninted permission to the lions club to hold a tng day on may 8th on motion of mcgllvfay and lvons rounell derided to ask pro vince police henominiters for a nromnttnn for constame taek sheltleirt whft is in chnrtfr of the liwnl ietnrhment to 4he rank of nco- were sent to the save the children fund and the queen elizabeth hospital at the january 1ucting of iimehouse womens fnmiute held at the home of mrs s klrkpntnck on january 5th kc ports given showed that eiejit sliut- lif in the comnuilly had been i iiunilikd witli fruit- boxes at i lhrisiiias and lhat nearly ski0 was tvd in pric nmncy by exhibit- in at fall fairs- in the district mrs mllcr rcportel approximately h0 iiule from tie ale of ctiristmas ard 0er s20 was made by cat ering to one baikpiet the institute held a christmas party on decem ber 27th when all children in the comniunhv wore given bags of candy nuts and oranges tho topic lor the meeting citizenship and education with rirs noble a chairman consisted of current ev ents by mrs corbctt reports of stnnding committees by the con eners and a vecy timely article new years resolutions by mrs o mulder the sturms of weston visited the caul spitzers on sunday mr arid mrs alex henderson of orangcvlllc with the h thomp sons the j a smcthurstsof toronto and mr and mrs c a grant and kenneth of stcwnrttown visited mrs smethurst on sunday visitors in the community arc few perhaps due tc the condition of the county road leading to the village from no 7 highway the dinner planned by the wa for last friday night was called off due to bad weather communion services will be held at llmchouse on january 22nd of the forming of a partnership tween elmer c thompson well known local insurance and traval agent and john r barber on monday ltcol barber joined the firm wfiich mr thompson es tablished here 27 years ago and haa since operated so successfully from an office on mill street besides general insurance the firm is local agent for transcanada airlines cpr and general steamships native is member of one of tha oldest town families his granov father james bsrber with a broth er came to canada from england in 1021 and after a year at dundee me to georgetown and bunt tha j paper mill whlelrwas last operated rev geo king ba amissirjnarytby provtriclbl paper and familiarly of the united church of canada to i known- as the iowcr mm until k jcnina now home oii furlough was was closed down het year ft la tho guest speaker at st johns interesting to note that a dynamo which the brothers constructed for use in lighting the building was tha first knowin use- in the world of clcctrlrltv for industrial purpose john r- barber is the son of tha late mr and mrs john r6nf bsr- lor jlo was born in thij old bar 1or house onjewer main s vtiich hns now become the berwtelc kill nnnrtments attended nubile iit blab schools- here and cradii- ifcd from thf jtnlverilrv of toron to lnio7 ttp did nosterndusta nrk tlioro and later rerelvet ha tnsfor of ari dorree in phlloso nliv tn 1071 h wai olerted h mem ber of the tnvo itxchn ind was rinrtnor in the rnverffe firm of amo tlprher nnh co twv amoq fn md co until nnrtlv before tho war- tonff a rmhor of the tjimp rent rffff- ptit hi onlloted for active- se church on sunday morning mr king gave a brief resume of mis- don work in honan north china aid showed how in spite of hard ship persecution and superstition the christian gospel was made known to the people of honan he refer- icd jo the present poliucal problem in china and expressed faith that tlii liidigennu church would re main loyal to christian standards ind continde the acts of christian worship and service the choir iimlir tho leadership of mr nor man ititrd sanirthc anthem sun f my soul tlie solo parts were sunby mrs g kidney the evening worship was conduc ted by the pax illble class from weton presbyterian church mr gordon alcott teacher of the class and well known to the people of georgetown spoke to the congre cat inn on the theme thc chal lenge lly illustration from the life of jesus chtfst and his discip les mr alcott referred to the chal lenge of god in the lives of men and women and urged that a re sponse be made in order that the gospel might be made known by christian example the old tes tament lesson from exodus was read by x ken niepagi and the new testament lesson from st mark by craig crlbar the choir consisting of members of the pax class under th lead of mrs j murlcy anff nccbmparnedtjy mrt rex meti calfe sang two anthems fairest lord jesus and come unto me a riunrtctte arrangement of whls- 1 pcrlnghope was sung bythe four desmond sisters jt was announced that kenneth m harrison would present a brief organ recital following the evening service next sunday evening flt appointed hons n eotleeter of ogt taste idlhon to liia regular dvttaa v- ma- wrong dates j the herald hnd its dates mrxed last week readers will please note thaftbe lions par- nival is on friday january 27th and the iode valentine dance pri friday feb- february 1 0th j stslaltuialmalalalm n iq4n mid with the rav of matnr ris in corrttlnf nf h local ff pnmimnv ttp nroceoderf 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