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o georgerm ontario wetfaeetky fchttuurjr 1st 1950 a robinson new president luesing agricultural society new pjfm ntbsmfent kelson robnson norval cattle dealer to- the new president of esojueslnt agricultural society mr robinson is a ionner reeve of eaquttina township and hat far some years been- a member of the board which operate gelbwn fall fair ta ram bajb t fteuaii a aotynson at noryst is hew president of estjueslngj usurer society- mr- jtoblpsdri succeeds jqhn mfllrf after twoveer term of office was etc- 1b the presidency at theonnual of the society held in the ity hall siewarttoum last lursday miss charlotte mccul- b was reelected president of ladles division dins prce-t-lt- vieev-aresl- ad spencer wlaon 2rif vice dent p ttiaeiw and ger- mcguvray will again be trees- end secretary of the organlza- -the- l0turectors are john bird frank petch thomas brown- ttdge graydon chester oliver hunter fred- chapman frank wu wullam cromar john me- tftbb clarence spence james vwier km batkln howard wrlg- tjewerth robert mluer and diaries hunter honorary direc tors are ken mcmillan craig held o w mcxlntock nat guthrie d o h wright john bingham herb cleave t l leslie drr t paul w c cunningham and w o marshall asmdale directors dougiss currlo meu van vllet e wiubsn vottud lindsay leslie ted brown john mc- taure trevor williams howson soddeu floyd brtgden ward brawnrldge vera archer and george burt w a wilson is a vfe member of the society j d godfrey and john bingham are auditors hughes cleave mpand stan hall mpp are honorary presidents and l e fleck hon orary first vicepresident all l d were returned to office for this year working with miss mecuuough will be mrs 4 euerby vice presldept miss marjorlc gault secretary treasur er and directors mrs frank petch miss elsie bird mm serb cleave mrs graydon chester mrs john h hunter mrs ward brownridge miss doris harding mrs thomas golden mrs spencer wilson mrs arlleld meguvray mrs jack wil liamson mrs nelson robinson mrs p w cleave associate dir ectors are mrs ern batkln and mis ses wilma stull jean ruddell mar lon currle and jessie wingfleld president bird in his remarks drew attention to improvements which had been made to the fair in recent years these included a re organization of the ladles depart- 1 merit engagements of tory gregg as master of ceremonies and the introduction of a starting gate for the races various junior groups high triple fob ladies such as the norval juniors were contributing to a better fair as mrs win wheeler of the kitchen were crop improvement snrrpeti- krumbs bowled a 60i triple last tlons sponsored by the society week to take the seasons high from there was a continued improve- mrs herb hancock who had 163 men in school exhibits and last mrs hancock still holds the high year the cattle show has been jingle with 208 meteors are still closed to helton county with a hiving tic toes a run for first posl- consequent increase in district ex- on in the ladies afternoon league tjbllors m bird suggested that kitchonkrumbsclosebehindr it would ho wise for the society to the teams ore cloqely grouped inlnk of erecting a building on the gantry raiders and den dreamers fair grounds for storage purposes t rt with prize ntoney wdn in soil com petitions hema presenting a suitable flag to the organization the report the secretary stated that in his opinion prize- money paid was at a maximum and that the gate potential is at its peak with lack of buildings and proper ty belonging to the society he did not feel that the fair could be ex panded much farther in order to attract a larger attendance gate receipts for the past four years have been running between eleven and twelve hundred dollars and prize money about 2000horses get the large share of pnjrtnoney last years fair he saldv was an other good show although entries were down in horses poultry and ladles work catue and domestic science entries had increased con siderably roy whltmee and don barrager representing the lions club ap peared at the meeting to request permission for the flptuke over the concessions at the fair james goodlet is retail group head at a meeting of tbrew execu tive of the retail mprchants assoc iation on moosay members bf the group elected jomes obodlet as 9950 president and tiabawsoi viceroslderit j othrmerrioorsrof the executive tare jactjtottprv stick lietttov gra- ittam iortiel walter blehn frank qeigaer and fred chapman the latter being secretary and jireas ureri lions have another carnival at arena retired grocer j f ch1s lhes u after a weeks illness from a heart- condition john fedden chls- holm died last friday at he home of his cousht mrs s- v king guelph street rev alex calder conducted a funeral service on monday at the mcciure funeral home and interment was made in evergreen cemetery milton pall- bearers were six cousins will tom norman frank cecu and lloyd chlahobn- a native of milton mr chls- holm was born 69 yean ago and was a son of the late finlay chls- holht and margaret ireland he the liohsclub sponsored a sec ond skating earhlvalai- the arena friday whlelriam added jea- iures in additloh to the popular ones which made the firsts success among these wa a broojribalt game delwear buslneasmeri and fire men tbeilattr winning- 3j vha- ncrs oftscteraeluded ciron scdtt donna hauyek marlene kcmshead brian lewis john cummws john hulme bob mcgiflgan doujt rth- ardson joyce benhafn sua crab- trv mama mackenzie bruce-den- hsnt doug tucker doug richard- son joyce denham louise tuck er sandra scott ron breen paul barber and george webster a barrel race and barrel jump but contests added novelty winners in these including john hulme doug richardson brace denham doug hulme ron breen and bill haneox there were many co tumw with prizes going to mar- lene kem ahead john piiky bobby kamshead oloruv bala barbara bowman judy mccunri ber patsy wulsen bob tracey mtcnaej lambert bui dates mr w j hular and dorevby holra annual meeting held bx local presbyterians the weather u mr editor date january 2oth 1080 temperature 82 degrees 1 owe vpi1 erh batkln may mln rain 90 3 bate r jan 2s jam 24 ism albert hills buys bb food s mr and mrsalbert hills are taklngover ownership of the bar ker and brown grocery and meat itore on main street this week thcyvcome jiere from fidgal where ihey operated a general store until the business was sold late last fall both arc natives of kent county being born end raised on farms in the highgate district before going into business mr hills operated a farm for a number or years near highgate they have one ronald age 8 and a fiveyearold daughter lorraine they are mem bers of the united church mr hills is interested in sports and played ball and hockey in highgate he also was a member il one time of the highgate brass band playing tenor and aho under the leadership of the late a b castell who led the band in geor getown before he moved to that town r charles brown is remaining at the store and will take charge of the meat department at a meeting of georgetown fair board last night at the home of the new president neuon robinson norval discussion took place onl the suggestion of ge lions club that the club take over full control of the midway concessions ftt the air next fall afterflue con noun arv uamau st vvi 2 it was not felt advisable clerked in a store there and laterjkeuy ftim prle juzko bmujr hm b worked in toronto fo the sydney ilnonl andpaullne hentofton ww a prtre for the beat couple ltrw greeniword was the oldest skater present and john benham and jane wardraw the youngest the har ringtons pauline dolores joyce and ronald won the prize for the biggest family present sydney f mcklnnon store and in 1003 went west for many years he operated a grocery store in nanton alberta returning east in 1019 b operated a grocery store in hamilton until he retired four years ago since that time be had mode his home in town he was the last surviving member of his family an elder brother arthur having died some years ago two nieces and three nephews live in the west uaugi1ter of former norval minister weds jan 20 jan 7 jan 28 jan 29 average 2l 40 mln 32- 20 30 31 17 12 29 81 4087 24 42 new president host to far board the ladles of jchox presbyterian church prepared a hot supper whlchpreccdftd the annual meft- jlng of the church on monday ahd a large mumber were present- to riflby driiyt 0ie buslrtets injur fret thompson wim electa he the ofstm ibf trustee to take the place of th late edward mwrkrter herbwt cteave and alex p huma are other members of this board elms hill and wullam c reynold join- cd the board of management fa n three year tterm and w g mar shall was again chosen church treasurer ahd automatically returna to this board dther members are james kennedy george hender son william cromar robert alex ander john kennedy and william mcdonald misses violet barnes and brand robinson retired as church stew ards nd it was left to the board of managers to fill these vacandaa miss janet mcdougallls again bud get treasurer sam mackenzie and r b foulls were returned- at audi tors william crotnar was ehoeeg j 4jai eeatrafatton u their frfbi to the preassemhiy corurreea which wiu be held in uontnaa early in june a editbe club full cooperation in any concessions ihey wished to arrange at the 1080 fair which will bel f j held on september 18 and 18 a draw will be made for a calf a communication from stanger shows of winnipeg gave hope of having sylvia marguerite boyd daugh ter of rev robert s boyd rector of the church of the epiphany toronto was married last month to douglas m mcconney the orldes father solemnized the mar riage and aphotograph of mr boyd and the newlyweds appeared ni mr errlngton died the toronto dally sur mr boydjf jsl h a v n was rector of the anglican church es at norval hornby and stewart- town from 1920 to 1933 mrs arthur errington resident forty years a resident of georgetown mrs samuel errlngton sfte former catherine louisa bulllvant daugh ter of the late isaac bulllvant and anna mcctouskic died on tues day january 25th she was born in llmchousc in 1875 later moving to georgetown where she married samuel errlngtort of walkerton they farmed there for a number of years until ul health forced his re tirement and they moifd to geor- acon tanners beatens exhibition game here mrs win wheeler has each getting ast week to put them in the runnfhg again bin wheeler had 294 for high single for the day mrs steve norrle 260 and pauline norton 228 in high triple mrs hancock was second vith 613 and mrs norrle third with 539 other good single scores were mrs herb hancobk 184 mrs alf klrby 171 mrs b111 hewitt 167 mrs duke burrds 187 mrs brown 187 mrs ljw tracey 166 mrs h w roshle166 mrs ernie forgravc ifl5 grc hockey scoreboard industrial provincial 4 meodowglen 3 ss 3 businessmen 3 alliance 5 norval 4 high school girls joyces whites mikes blues 1 bantam omha orangcville 4 georgetown 2 luvenile exhibition georgetown 6 brampton v 5 mldjreprtht k canadlcn 3 hawk s 2 it was decided fo jiavc board meeting in the near future to further discuss this matter the ladles who had held their meeting separately joined the main meeting ttaaln and after a piano solo by miss dorii harding j e white- lock county agricultural represen tative introduced the guest speak er f a lasmey of the depart- rrent nt agrlriiltiim he indicated ways in which the directors ceuld improve a fair by visiting other fairs to get idi n and by seeking cooperation from other- organlia- tlons in the community projects rich aajcron and soil improvement conteategjve a tremendous impetus to fall fan- work bfqi charlotte mccuuouih spoke briefly on womens part in the fair j held on september ifth and 18th l 2 bruin vmrrlcsn leacue bantam st louis 1 pittsburgh- cinclnnattl 0 hcrshey 0 junior a oh a pee wee barrlc 4 gait 0 mnrllcs 2 st kitts 0 novice junior b oiia si kitts 5 oalt 0 dnrrle 2 marllcs 1 able and pointed out the favourable re sults of opening the hall on friday evening which was done for the first time lsit year the new president u the last speaker and anrtoiineajj that meeting would be heldat his noma on january 31st to start planning for this years fair which will ba t7- riunga aicn i quite the aiue tlu j car a ithout hte ageold rivalry of acton and georgetown giving iockcj fans something to talk about and o it was a real trea last wednesday to see the tanners in nctioltojlce more in georgetown arena ifonl for an exhibition game and what a game a thrill a minute until the final whistle georgetow n ended up on top 98 wnich should call for another ex- mbltlon game soon dot beaumont and ken nash ere llie blgtuns in the raiders score sheet each getting three jock komshcad got the alllmportdnt finning goal as well as another earlier in the third and junior meaumont scored in the first on a oass from chappel kentner and townsley scored twtce for acton and the other goal- for the tanners were scored by mcphall lindsay bayllss and stewart limehouse in 1009 mrs errlngton had been a resident here ever since and was known to her relatives and friends i as aunt louisa surviving arc one daughter mrs i pius rau lillian one son arthur 1 of toronto and two grandchildren marlcne and philip rau of geor getown she also leaves four sls- l ter and three brothers mrs flor ence bouskill mrs lillian wood and mrs j3alsy willfcrof george town mrs alice wright of toronr to thomas- butluanr of hamilton and william and frederick bnrh- vant of georgetown archdeacon w g o thompson conducted the funeral service on friday at the mcciure funeral home with interment following in greenwood ccmcteo pallbearers i were six nephews harold bulllvant harry wright verdun wright ar thur bullivani isaac bulllvant and james wood t cromar entertained the galls ering with several were much enjoyed this show return for the 1050 fair the ladles section made revisions in their prize list and copies of the new list will be printed and distri buted in the near future former carrolls manager marries in stratford a wedding of local interest was that on frldojv january 27th of hazel louise trebcll daughter of mr w g langdon of stratford and james w bingham former manager of carrolls store hero the wed- qlng took place in st james church of england stratford the couple will live h walkerton mr bingham left town two years ago to manager the carrolls store in nilsonburg he later left the companys employ and is now working for westons bread with headquarters in walkerton social and personal vfiltors from vancouver at the home of mrsw a mcciure on the 9th line ore mr and mrs george h mcciure and daughter n north vanoatrsar rc mr mcciure nabecn in the west since 1911 miss g white of lucan u visit ing in town this week with mr- rnd mm w a mcgowan mr and mrs james goodlet en- jojed a trip to new york city last week travelling home by plane mr j w souther of vancouver u is visiting thi week with hl stone school farm fokdlt monday being review or social night the stone school group went all out for a happy time the even lng started off with the usual spir ited game of euchre the winner this time being mrs- a c pat terson and clarence varey and the consolations going to mr jb marchlngton and miss j redmond a delicious lunch was served mrs j l barber and mr c varcy tuned up and played soma grand music with joe mcdonald the calleroffer there were square and round dances paul jones schotusche and barn dance dur ing which miss shirley burt won the lucky prize as usual the even ing ended on a happy note of anti cipation for the next social affair county baseball league elects 1950officcr ntmvarttown avpa ihrr last friday robert harris presided at the meeting of steworttown ayp i riday in the schoolhouse the singing of two hymns evalonne smith read th scripture because of tomorrow s euchre and dance vvhlch the groin is sponsoring it was deefden to hqe no meeting on friday t pa lost after mr and mrs warren of weston visited the chas jpncs on sunday the county maintainor and sev eral loads of gravel have made a decided improvement on no 22 ildcroad at a meeting ot llmehouse rate payers held last thursday night it was decided to drop the installation of street lights for the village mr alex wright was home from toronto on sunday mrs j santord mrs w mitch ell and mrs e sanford attended the funeral of mrs ball at mount d ope day last week mr and mrs jas noble wera1 with mr robt scott and scott one sunday isllors family in georgetown recently jytr and mrs j a smelhurst and jacqueline and mr and mrs c- a- grant and kenneth visited mr a j smethurst on sunday mn s h lindsay who is a pa tient in hospltnl in guelph follow- rrlnlnr a w t b lng i rantnr nirlrtnnl m progressing ta ourubly in spile of her advanced years we hofic for her continued improvement reports reojd nt the annual con gregational meeting of llmehouse presbyterian church held wednes- day evening show a year of pro grass just passed church officer remain the tame for the etipiipg band concert sunday the lome scots band presented a concert sunday in the theatre a ilvcr collection taken will he do nated to sick childrens hospital son r e souther at the souther nomc near town mr h m stewart durham st who has been seriously 111 since he suffered a stroke over a year ago has had i be taken to peel memorial hespiul in brampton for nursing cavc movies shown at cneck line forum a feature of review night of the check line farm forum was the showing of motion pictures brought jcrom toronto by mr and mrs bui sproule and mervyn wyle the meeting was held on monday at the home of mr and mrs denney charles next week the cross meets at the home of mr and mrs l devrles opera and concert star j rock w sings here joun rockwoqj musical event of importance is the concert npnearance here this rek of baritone john rockwood resented in the unltocvehurejj aitdliorltim under spoasorshlp of the 5050 club of- uwobureh mr 1prkwood nng at the morning sn ice in the church on sunday i c is n native of rockwood and in his early days pf singing he was heard by edward johnson mana- fir of the mclroiolhent opera who mmd him l lti his voice tndyn kcw orjc he has made i numher of recital tours in can ada an the stales and toured the nclflc in charge of a group enter- t inlng the armed forces assisting artists at the are miss june clarke soprano of x donation of 100 has made by halton county baseball league to the ryder fund this fund is being collected in acton for the widow of a young acton ball player- rod ryder who was klued in an accident last fall the dona tion was voted at the annual meet ing of the league which was held last saturday attrawthorne farm muton officers of the association a e reelected including pete mcmnts len president fred dockens vies president and alex cork secretary treasurer these with two dale- gates from each team form the ex ecutive delegates attended tha meeting from milton waterdowa oakvllle acton and georgetown president bob lane and secretary- treasurer corey herrlngton repre senting georgetown the entry fee has been increased from 25 to 38 plus a franchise and default fee of 30 ten dollars will be deducted from this for any team not having two delegates at any league meeting then the of fending team has thirty days to buud the fee up to the- original 50 the meeting favoured the sponsoring of a bantam midget or luvenile team by each team in the league applications for entry in the league have been received front listowel mount forest heapeler apd hamilton studebakera as well brampton the oskvule dele- notes said they did not intend to play senior this year and want an intermediate team back in the league a meeting wul be held in march to consider these applica tions brampton a forme georttowniil zzme lis girl and miss eleanor smith etoehitlir jrt honlst of stmeoe t f smith am- w1n refrigerator in ingersoll band draw thanks to members ot the girls pipe band who have been selling hrlfff nil a innlrf rlrmi lf li the ingersoll pipe band a glen williams resident has a brand new rleotrlo refrigerator david bar clay sr held thai prizewhining ticket when vsr draw it is the orator to go to the glen in the l mrs jack fry sr hwrfcaj by local lions club concert w vi lu